text: who is an american author who interests you? i'm trying to find an american author to research on there work! i dont know of one..so if you have one please help me out and let me know!! thanks a bunches! washington irving, howard pyle, and edgar allan poe are three great american authors.  irving was the first american short story teller that was respected by the brits, pyle transformed classic characters such as king arthur and robin hood into literary gems, and poe was the father of the modern short story.