List of fiction set in Oregon

The following are authors, filmmakers, musicians, and other performers, and their products, associated with Portland, Oregon. A separate list of artists and art institutions is also available.

• Children's author Beverly Cleary set many of her stories in Portland, and used many references to the city in them. Henry Huggins, for instance, lived on Klickitat Street, while Ramona Quimby was named for Quimby Street.
• Katherine Dunn came to Portland to attend Reed College and lives there still. Her novel Geek Love is partially set in Portland.
• Ursula K. Le Guin, Grand Master author of speculative fiction, has lived in Portland since 1958. The Lathe of Heaven, one of her most renowned novels, is set in a future Portland.
• Author Jean Auel currently lives in Portland with her husband. She attended both Portland State University and the University of Portland.
• Author Chuck Palahniuk wrote Fight Club, often regarded as a milestone for both Generation X and Generation Y. He also wrote an alternative travelogue of the city titled Fugitives and Refugees: A Walk in Portland, Oregon.

• Blue Like Jazz by Donald Miller
• Fugitives and Refugees: A Walk in Portland, Oregon by Chuck Palahniuk
• Invisible Monsters by Chuck Palahniuk
• Geek Love by Katherine Dunn
• The Clan of the Cave Bear series by Jean M. Auel
• Ramona Quimby, Age 8 and other children's books by Beverly Cleary
• The Lathe of Heaven by Ursula K. Le Guin
• Paranoid Park by Blake Nelson
• Dies the Fire and sequels by S. M. Stirling
• Bongwater by Michael Hornburg
• Violence of Action by Richard Marcinko

• Director Gus Van Sant has achieved commercial and critical acclaim for his films, including My Own Private Idaho, Drugstore Cowboy, Good Will Hunting (which earned Van Sant a best director Oscar nomination) and Elephant (which won the Palme d'Or and a best director award at the Cannes Film Festival).

• Will Vinton Studios, a famous producer of animated films (especially clay animation); noted for the feature film Return to Oz, the California Raisins television commercials of the 1980s, Eddie Murphy's television show The PJs.

• Matt Groening, who graduated from Portland's Lincoln High School, is responsible for creating two of the most popular animated television series of the last two decades, The Simpsons and Futurama. Many of the character names in The Simpsons are taken from street names in Portland (Flanders, Rev. Lovejoy, etc.).
• Nowhere Man - filmed largely in and around Portland, Oregon
• In an episode of Lost it is discovered that Juliet has been on the island for over two years after she accepted a job in Portland, only to discover at the end of the episode that the job was actually not in Portland, but on the island.
• The animated series Mission Hill was set in a neighborhood located in Portland.
• The second season premiere of The OC was set partially in Portland where Seth Cohen had run away to from Newport beach.

See also Music of Oregon

Artists with Portland ties include:

• Obo Addy
• Agalloch
• Dave Allen - former bassist for the post-punk band, Gang of Four and current member of the band Shriekback, currently based.
• The Dandy Warhols - alternative rock band, originated and currently based.
• Britt Daniel - co-founder, lead singer and guitarist of the Austin, Texas rock band, Spoon, currently based.
• The Decemberists - indie pop band, originated and currently based.
• Everclear, a popular nineties alternative rock band - originated.
• Hazel (including Pete Krebs)
• Helio Sequence
• The Joggers - originated and currently based (not to be confused with Joggerz
• The Kingsmen - originated
• Kutless
• Lifesavas
• Storm Large - a Portland musician with a sizeable following, she was a contestant on Rock Star Supernova
• Stephen Malkmus - indie-rock musician, a former member of the bands Pavement and The Crust Brothers, and current member of the bands Silver Jews and Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks, currently based.
• Scott McCaughey - leader of Seattle-based bands The Young Fresh Fellows and The Minus 5, currently based.
• The Minders - currently based.
• Nu Shooz, a rock band popular in the 1980s.
• Paul Revere and the Raiders - originated
• Pink Martini - originated and currently based.
• Poison Idea
• Quarterflash, 1980s rock band, was once known as "Seafood Mama" due to performing in a local seafood restaurant.
• Quasi - indie rock band, originated and currently based
• The Dan Reed Network
• Resist
• The Shins, a popular indie rock band - currently based.
• Sleater-Kinney - based in Portland since early 2000s, moving from Olympia, Washington.
• Elliott Smith, Oscar-nominated singer-songwriter - resided in Portland from age 14 until 1997. Several of his songs are about the city.
• Swords (also known as The Swords Project) was an American indie-rock band formed and based in Portland.
• Talkdemonic - self-labeled folktronic hop band, originated and currently based.
• The Thermals - punk rock band, originated and currently based.
• Viva Voce - American indie-rock band formed by husband and wife duo Kevin and Anita Robinson formed in Muscle Shoals, Alabama, currently based.
• Christopher Walla - guitarist and producer for the band Death Cab for Cutie, currently based.
• M. Ward
• Wet Confetti - art rock band, originated and currently based.
• Whip
• The Wipers

Songs with Portland ties include:

• The song "Louie Louie" (1963 versions by The Kingsmen and Paul Revere and the Raiders)
• "Hot Time" (1987) by Poison Idea references Old Town.
• "I Will Buy You A New Life" (1997) by Everclear specifically mentions Portland's West Hills
• The song "Portland Oregon" by Loretta Lynn
• In the Decemberists' song "California One Youth and Beauty Brigade," Colin Meloy references the "Multnomah County Library," the library system of the county in which Portland is located.
• The Sleater-Kinney song "Light-Rail Coyote" is about the city of Portland and its residents.

• Portland's local punk/goth scene gave birth to SuicideGirls, an erotic website.

• "Reading Portland: The City in Prose", The Portland Mercury