Authors
Tue, 12/22/2009 - 18:28 — bass_t
Ab-Ad
- Héctor Abad Faciolince, (born 1958)
- Sait Faik Abasıyanık, (1906–1954)
- Christina Abbey (a pseudonym of Nancy Buckingham and John Sawyer)
- Edward Abbey, (1927–1989)
- Lynn Abbey, (born 1948)
- Edwin A. Abbott, (1838–1926)
- Jacob Abbott, (1803–1879)
- John S. C. Abbott, (1805–1877)
- Kōbō Abe, (1924–1993)
- Christina Abernathy
- Robert Abernathy, (1924–1990)
- Marc Abrahams
- Milton Abramowitz, (died 1958)
- Chinua Achebe, (born 1930)
- Andre Aciman
- Forrest J. Ackerman, (1916-2008)
- Douglas Adams, (1952–2001)
- Halide Edip Adivar, (1884–1964)
Ae-Al
- Aesop, (c. 620 BC–560 BC)
- Cecelia Ahern, (born 1981)
- Jerry Ahern, (born 1946)
- Najiba Ahmad, (born 1954)
- Ahmet Vefik Paşa, (1823-1891)
- Dr. Alfred V. Aho
- Conrad Aiken (1899-1973)
- Cem Akas, (born 1968)
- Aasad Meo, (born 1979)
- Yusuf Akcura, (1876-1935)
- Barbara Allen (1914-1986) (a pseudonym of Violet Vivian Finlay Stuart Mann)
- Isabel Allende
- Alev Alatli, (born 1944)
- Louisa May Alcott, (1832–1888)
- Brian Aldiss, (born 1925)
- Rochelle Alers
- Kate Alexander, (b. 1927)
- Lloyd Alexander, (born 1924)
- Trisha Alexander
- John W. Allen, (born, 1942)
- Kate Allan, (born 1975)
- Charlotte Vale Allen, (born 1941)
- Roger MacBride Allen, (born 1957)
- Steve Almond
- Steve Alten, (born 1959)
- Joseph Alexander Altsheler, (1862-1919)
- Bhatia Alok, (born 1985)
Am-An
- Andrej Amalrik, (1938–1980)
- Elizabeth Amber
- Ellis Amburn, (born 1933)
- Kingsley Amis, (1922–1995)
- Martin Amis, (born 1949)
- Rudolfo Anaya, (born 1937)
- Karen Anders
- Catherine Anderson, (born 1947)
- Colin Anderson
- Kevin J. Anderson (born 1962)
- Hans Christian Andersen, (1805–1875)
- Susan Andersen
- Poul Anderson, (1926–2001)
- V. C. Andrews
- Threes Anna, 1959
- Piers Anthony, (born 1934)
- Enrico Antiporda
- Christopher Anvil, (born 1922) (pseudonym of Harry C. Crosby)
- Robert Anwood
Ao-At
- Gosho Aoyama, (born 1963)
- Maja Apostoloska (born 1976)
- Jacob M. Appel
- Max Apple
- Lisa Appignanesi, (born 1946)
- K. A. Applegate
- Lisa Rose Apramian
- Pawlu Aquilina, (1929–2009)
- Jennifer Archer
- Aristophanes, (c. 446 BC – 385 BC)
- Aristotle, (384 BC – 322 BC)
- Tilly Armstrong, (b. 1927)
- William H. Armstrong
- Fernando Arrabal
- Antonin Artaud
- Catherine Asaro, (born 1955)
- Isaac Asimov, (1920–1992)
- Janet Asimov, (born 1926)
- Robert Asprin, (born 1946)
- Miguel Ángel Asturias, (1899 – 1974)
- Amelia Atwater-Rhodes
- Margaret Atwood
Au-Ay
- St. Augustine of Hippo, (354–430)
- Jane Austen, (1775–1817)
- Paul Auster
- Jan Axelson
Ba
- Enid Bagnold
- Louise Bagshawe
- Paul Bailey
- Anne Baker
- James Robert Baker
- Kage Baker (born 1952)
- R. Scott Bakker
- Faith Baldwin
- Kathleen Baldwin
- J.G. Ballard (born 1930)
- Todhunter Ballard
- Blue Balliett
- Mary Balogh
- Honoré de Balzac (1799–1850)
- Iain M. Banks (born 1954)
- Lynne Reid Banks
- Helen Bannerman
- Michele Bardsley (born 1970)
- Alessandro Baricco
- Jeffrey E. Barlough
- Dan Barker, (born 1949)
- John Barnes (born 1957)
- Steven Barnes (born 1952)
- Jill Barnett
- Nevada Barr
- Tony Barrell
- Andrea Barrett
- Lynne Barrett
- J. M. Barrie (1860–1937)
- Dave Barry (born 1947)
- Max Barry
- T. J. Bass (born 1932) (Thomas J. Bassler)
- Frédéric Bastiat (1801–1850)
- Georges Bataille
- Enis Batur
- L. Frank Baum (1856–1919)
- Stephen Baxter (born 1957)
- Rick Bayan (born 1950)
Be
- "BB" (D. J. Watkins-Pitchford)
- Greg Bear (born 1951)
- Delilah L. Beasley (1871–1934)
- Doug Beason
- Sally Beauman
- Charles Beaumont (1929–1967)
- Margaret Bechard (born 1953)
- Herbert L. Becker (born 1956)
- Samuel Beckett
- Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer
- Jimmy B. Bedford
- John Bellairs (1938–1991)
- Saul Bellow
- Eran Ben-Shahar (born 1969)
- Don Bendell
- Juan Benet
- Gregory Benford (born 1941)
- Gustav BenJava
- Arnold Bennett (1867–1931)
- Berechiah ha-Nakdan (1200s)
- Paul Berna (1908–1994)
- Betty Berzon
- Alfred Bester (1913–1987)
- Elizabeth Bevarly
- Jo Beverley
Bi-Bl
- Earl Derr Biggers (1884–1933)
- Maeve Binchy (born 1940)
- Eando Binder (Otto and Earl Binder) (1911–1974) (1904–1966)
- Charlotte Bingham
- Christopher Bird
- Terry Bisson (born 1942)
- Jerome Bixby (1923–1998)
- Jenna Black
- William Black (1841–1898)
- Malorie Blackman (born 1962)
- Diana Blayne (born 1946) (pseudonym of Susan Spaeth Kyle)
- Emma Helen Blair (1851–1911)
- Andrew Blake
- Jennifer Blake
- August Blanche (1811–1868)
- Hanne Blank
- William Peter Blatty
- James P. Blaylock (born 1950)
- James Blish (1921–1975)
- Robert Bloch (1917–1994)
- Judy Blume (born 1938)
- Robert Bly
- Mary Bly
- Enid Blyton (1896–1968)
Bo
- Heinrich Böll
- Godfried Bomans
- Michael Bond
- Nelson S. Bond (born 1908)
- Ruskin Bond
- Stanley Booth
- Jorge Luis Borges (1899–1986)
- Herman Charles Bosman (1905–1951)
- Lucy M. Boston
- James Boswell (1740–1795)
- Allan R. Bosworth (born 1901)
- Anthony Boucher (1911–1968) (pseudonym of William A.P. White)
- Ben Bova, (born 1932)
- James Bovard
- William Boyd
- Kay Boyle (1902–1992)
Br
- Leigh Brackett (1915–1978)
- Ray Bradbury, (born 1920)
- Arthur Bradford
- Barbara Taylor Bradford (born 1933)
- Marion Zimmer Bradley (1930–1999)
- Ann Brashares
- Wallace Breem (1926–1990)
- Ian Bremmer (born 1969)
- Reginald Bretnor (1911–1992)
- Thomas Brezina (born 1968)
- Dougie Brimson (born 1959)
- David Brin (born 1950)
- Annette Broadrick
- James Brock (born 1958)
- Connie Brockway
- Damien Broderick (born 1944)
- Vincent Brome (1910–2004)
- Louis Bromfield (1896–1956)
- Anne Brontë (1820–1849)
- Charlotte Brontë (1816–1855)
- Emily Brontë (1818–1848)
- Anita Brookner (born 1928)
- Lauren Brooke
- Geraldine Brooks (born 1955)
- Gwendolyn Brooks
- Kristi Brooks
- Terry Brooks (born 1944)
- Rhoda Broughton (1840-1920)
- Charles Brockden Brown (1771-1810)
- Dan Brown (born 1964)
- Eric Brown (born 1960)
- Fredric Brown (1906–1972)
- Marcia Brown
- Sandra Brown
- Harry Browne (born 1933)
- Sir Thomas Browne (1605–1682)
- Dixie Browning
- Anatole Broyard
- Walter Brueggemann
- Rina Brundu
- Jean de Brunhoff
- John Brunner (1934–1995)
- Steven Brust (born 1955)
- Bill Bryson
Bu-By
- Elizabeth Buchan
- Anthony Buckeridge
- Nancy Buckingham (a pseudonym of Nancy Buckingham and John Sawyer)
- Mark Budman
- Algis Budrys (born 1931)
- Lois McMaster Bujold (born 1949)
- Charles Bukowski
- John Bunyan (1628–1688)
- Eleanor Burford (1906–1993)
- Anthony Burgess (1917–1993)
- Sheila Burnford
- Frances Hodgson Burnett (1849–1924)
- Terry W. Burns
- Edgar Rice Burroughs (1875–1950)
- William S. Burroughs
- Virginia Lee Burton
- Octavia E. Butler (1947–2006)
- Susan Bulkeley Butler
- Ray Buttigieg (born 1955)
- A. S. Byatt (born 1936)
- Paula Byrne
- Bill Bryson
Ca
- James Branch Cabell
- Erskine Caldwell
- Otto Maria Carpeaux
- Pat Cadigan, (born 1953)
- Andrea Cagan
- Brian Callison
- Italo Calvino
- Candace Camp
- John W. Campbell Jr., (1910–1971) (Pseudonym, Don A. Stuart)
- Ramsey Campbell, (born 1956)
- Albert Camus (1913–1960)
- Trudi Canavan
- Jack Canfield (founder and coauthor of Chicken Soup for the Soul)
- Truman Capote (1924–1984)
- Orson Scott Card, (born 1951)
- Peter Carey
- Eric Carle
- Liz Carlyle
- Edmund Snow Carpenter (born 1922)
- Terry Carr, (1937–1987)
- Julio Carreras (h) (born 1949)
- Lewis Carroll, (1832–1898)
- Philippa Carr, (1906-1993) (Pseudonym of Eleanor Burford Hibbert)
- Robyn Carr
- Lin Carter, (1930–1988)
- Barbara Cartland, (1901–2000)
- Jeffrey Carver
- Raymond Carver
- Kate Cary
- Zoe Cass (b. 1916) (a pseudonym of Lois Dorothea Low)
- Neal Cassady
- Nick Catalano
- Willa Cather
- Clare Cavendish
- Denys Cazet
Ce-Ch
- Camilo José Cela
- Peride Celal (Born 1915)
- Miguel de Cervantes, (1547–1616)
- Michael Chabon
- Angie Chabram-Dernersesian, Dr. (born 1952), American Professor and author
- Jack L. Chalker, (born 1944)
- A. Bertram Chandler, (1912–1984)
- Raymond Chandler
- Gertrude Chandler Warner
- Stephen T. Chang, Dr.
- Iris Chang, (1968–2004)
- William Ellery Channing
- James Chapman, (1955-present)
- Geoffrey Chaucer, (c.1343–1400)
- Nirad C. Chaudhuri (1897–1999)
- John Cheever (1912– 1982)
- Anton Chekhov (1860–1904)
- C. J. Cherryh, (born 1942)
- Marion Chesney
- Denise Chesterton, (1897-1985) (a pseudonym of Denise Naomi Klein Robins Pearson)
- G. K. Chesterton, (1874–1936)
- Ted Chiang
- Charles Chilton, (born 1917)
- Mary Cholmondeley, (1859–1925)
- Noam Chomsky (born 1928)
- Deepak Chopra
- Kate Chopin
- Jill Christian (a pseudonym of Norren Dilcock)
- Agatha Christie (1890–1976)
- John Christopher, (born 1922) (Pseudonym of Samuel Youd)
- Satyabrata Rai Chowdhuri
- Ralph Chubb, (1892 – 1960), British poet and printer
- Winston Churchill, (1874–1965), British Prime Minister and author
- Winston Churchill, (1871–1947), American author
Ci-Cl
- Sandra Cisneros
- Robert Citino
- Emil Cioran
- Margaret St. Clair
- Tom Clancy
- Mary Higgins Clark, (born 1927)
- Thomas D. Clark, (1903–2005)
- Arthur C. Clarke, (1917–2008)
- Hugo Claus, Belgian author (1929-2008)
- Jo Clayton, (1939–1988)
- Beverly Cleary (born 1916)
- Brian Cleeve, (1921–2003)
- Samuel Clemens ("Mark Twain"), (1835–1910)
- Hal Clement, (1922–2003) (Pseudonym of Harry Clement Stubbs)
- Mark Clifton
- Brenda Clough
Co
- Wendy Coakley-Thompson
- Sheila Coates (1937-2000)
- Harlan Coben
- Stanton A. Coblentz
- Todd Cochrane
- John Maxwell Coetzee (born 1940)
- Ronan Coghlan
- Emily Colas
- Samuel Taylor Coleridge
- Jackie Collins
- Max Allan Collins
- Michael Collins, pseudonym of Dennis Lynds
- Carlo "Collodi" Lorenzini (1826–1890)
- Harriet Theresa Comstock (b. 1860-d. ? ) American novelist.
- Groff Conklin, (1904–1968)
- William Congreve
- Jane Leslie Conly
- Kieron Connolly
- Joseph Conrad
- Damian Conway
- Glen Cook, (born 1944)
- Robin Cook (1946-2005)
- Catherine Cookson
- Caroline B. Cooney (born 1947)
- Carolyn Cooper
- Dennis Cooper
- James Fenimore Cooper
- Jilly Cooper
- Susan Cooper
- Lori Copeland
- Peter Corey
- Bernard Cornwell
- Patricia Cornwell
- Isidoro Correa (born 1952)
- Julio Cortázar
- John Cotton
- Catherine Coulter
- Douglas Coupland
- Georges Courteline
- Caroline Courtney (b. 1946) (Pseudonym of Penelope Jones Halsall)
- Bruce Coville
- Josephine Cox
- Stephen R. Covey
- Sean Covey
Cr-Cu
- Amanda Craig (born 1959)
- Robert Crais
- Stephen Crane, (1871–1900)
- Max Crawford (born 1938)
- John Creasey
- Sharon Creech
- Jean-Paul Crespelle
- Jasmine Cresswell
- Michael Crichton (1942–2008)
- Millie Criswell
- Richmal Crompton (1890–1969)
- A. J. Cronin (1896–1981)
- Compton N. Crook (1908–1981) (Pseudonym, Stephen Tall)
- Aleister Crowley (1875–1947)
- Andrew Crumey
- E. E. Cummings
- Will Cuppy (1884-1949)
- Christopher Paul Curtis
- Lionel Curtis
- Katy Currie (b. 1946) (pseudonym by Susan Spaeth Kyle)
- James Oliver Curwood (1878-1927)
Da
- Roald Dahl, (1916–1990)
- Janet Dailey
- Claudia Dain
- Ruth Jean Dale
- Brian Daley, (1947–1996)
- Jose Dalisay, Jr.
- John Dalmas
- Frank Daniel
- Peter Danielson
- Erich von Däniken, (born 1935)
- Jack Dann, (born 1945)
- Dante
- Paula Danziger, (born 1944)
- Emma Darcy
- Iris Rainer Dart
- Charles Darwin
- Geralyn Dawson
- Saranne Dawson
- Avram Davidson, (1923–1993)
- MaryJanice Davidson
- Adelle Davis
- Rennie Davis
- Terry Davis
- Richard Dawkins
De-Di
- Marguerite De Angeli, (1889–1987)
- L. Sprague De Camp, (1907–2000)
- Miguel de Cervantes
- Charles De Lint, (born 1951)
- Kit Dealtry, (1872-1954) (a pseudonym by Kathleen Clarice Louise Cornwell Klein Dealtry Groom)
- Pamela Dean, (born 1953)
- Jeffrey Deaver, (born 1950)
- Kenneth S. Deffeyes
- Daniel Defoe, (1660–1731)
- Len Deighton, (born 1929)
- Edward "Ted" Delaney
- Samuel R. Delany, (born 1942)
- Don DeLillo, (born 1936)
- Barbara Delinsky
- Esther Delisle, (born 1954)
- Lester Del Rey, (1915–1993)
- Lester Dent, (1904–1959)
- August Derleth, (1909–1971)
- Miguel de Unamuno
- Isak Dinesen
- Jude Deveraux
- Josie Dew
- Nirpal Singh Dhaliwal, (born 1974)
- Ranj Dhaliwal
- Jacqueline Diamond
- Jared Diamond, (born 1937)
- Junot Diaz
- Philip K. Dick, (1928–1982)
- Charles Dickens, (1812–1870)
- Peter Dickinson
- Gordon R. Dickson, (1923–2001)
- Joan Didion
- Annie Dillard
- Thomas DiLorenzo
- William Direen
- Thomas M. Disch, (1940-2008)
- Franklin W. Dixon
- Stephen Dixon
- Decimate (born between 1987-1992)
Do-Dy
- Cory Doctorow, (born 1971)
- E. L. Doctorow
- Christina Dodd
- Mary Mapes Dodge
- Harriet Doerr, (1910–2002)
- Neel Doff
- Robyn Donald
- Emmanuel Dongala
- John Dos Passos
- Fyodor Dostoevsky
- Carole Nelson Douglas
- Norman Douglas, (1868–1953)
- O. Douglas, (1877–1948)
- Alan Downs
- James V. Downton
- Arthur Conan Doyle, (1859–1930)
- Gardner Dozois, (born 1947)
- David Drake, (born 1945)
- Shannon Drake
- Theodore Dreiser
- Dinesh D'Souza, (born 1961)
- William Pène du Bois, (1916–1993)
- K. Sello Duiker, (1974–2005)
- Alexandre Dumas, père (father), (1802–1870)
- Alexandre Dumas, fils (son), (1824–1895)
- Daphne du Maurier, (1907–1989)
- Carola Dunn
- Gerina Dunwich, (born 1959)
- Lee Duran
- Francis Durbridge (1912 - 1998)
- David Anthony Durham
- John C. Dvorak
- Stuart Dybek
- Igor Dymkov, (born 1972)
- Kathleen Eagle
- Margot Early
- Martin Ebbertz (born 1962)
- Umberto Eco (born 1932)
- Allan W. Eckert
- Rosemary Edghill
- Cassie Edwards
- George Alec Effinger, (1947–2002)
- Greg Egan, (born 1961)
- Dave Eggers
- Albert Einstein (1879–1955)
- Suzette Haden Elgin
- Patrick Elkins
- William B. Ellern, (born 1933)
- Stephen Elliott
- Bret Easton Ellis
- Deborah Ellis
- George F. Ellis
- Harlan Ellison, (born 1934)
- Roger Elwood, (born 1933)
- Ralph Waldo Emerson, (1803-1882)
- Louis Émond (born 1969)
- Enheduanna
- Suzanne Enoch
- Steve Erickson, (born 1950)
- Steven Erikson, (born 1959) – (pseudonym of Steve Rune Lundin)
- Javier Abril Espinoza, (born 1965)
- Evliya Çelebi
Fa
- Anthony Faramus, (1920–1990)
- John Fante
- Nancy Farmer, (born 1941)
- Penelope Farmer
- Philip José Farmer, (born 1918)
- Howard Fast, (1914–2003)
- William Faulkner, (1897–1962)
Fe-Ff
- Jane Feather
- Constance Fecher (1911-1995) (a pseudonym by Constance Fecher Heaven)
- Wayne Federman
- Bruno Fehr, (born 1977)
- David Feintuch
- Raymond Feist
- Lionel Fenn
- Marie Ferrarella
- Katie Fforde
- Jasper Fforde
Fi-Fl
- Eugene Field, (1850–1895)
- Helen Fielding
- Amanda Filipacchi
- Anne Fine
- Thomas Fink
- Fiona Finlay (1914-1986) (a pseudonym of Violet Vivian Finlay Stuart Mann)
- Frank Finney (born 1956)
- Jack Finney (1911 – 1995)
- Jane Finnis
- Ronald Firbank
- Timothy Fish
- Catherine Fisher, (born 1986)
- Nicholas Fisk, (born 1923)
- John D. Fitzgerald, (1907–1988)
- F. Scott Fitzgerald, (1896–1940)
- Mike Fitzgerald
- Penelope Fitzgerald, (1916–2000)
- L. G. (Pat) Flannery, (1894–1964)
- Cardine Fleming (b. 1946)
- Caroline Fleming (b. 1946)
- Ian Fleming, (1908–1964)
- Eric Flint, (born 1947)
- Michael Flynn
Fo
- Mary Hallock Foote
- Esther Forbes
- Elbur Ford, (1906-1993) (Pseudonym of Eleanor Burford Hibbert)
- Norrey Ford (a pseudonym of Norren Dilcock)
- Antonia Forest, (1915–2003)
- C. S. Forester, (1899–1966)
- Richard Forno
- Helen Forrester
- William R. Forstchen
- E. M. Forster, (1879–1970)
- Robert L. Forward, (1932–2002)
- Alan Dean Foster, (born 1946)
- Lori Foster
- Mo Foster
- Karen Joy Fowler
Fr-Fu
- Randall Frakes
- Anne Frank, (1929 – 1945)
- Bruno Frank, (1878 – 1945)
- Antonia Fraser, (born 1932)
- Raymond Fraser
- Barbara C. Freeman, (born 1906)
- Douglas S. Freeman, (1886 – 1953)
- R. Austin Freeman, (1862 – 1943)
- Ashley French (1897-1985) (a pseudonym of Denise Naomi Klein Robins Pearson)
- James Frey
- C. S. Friedman, (born 1957)
- David D. Friedman, (born 1945)
- Richard Elliott Friedman
- Robert Frost, (1874 – 1963)
- Athol Fugard
- Robert Fulghum
- Jean Overton Fuller
- Matt Fullerty
- Alice Fulton
- Cornelia Funke, (born 1958)
- Bilkisu Funtuwa
Ga
- Diana Gabaldon
- William Gaddis
- Patricia Gaffney
- Neil Gaiman, (born 1960)
- Antonio Gala
- Abby Gaines
- Raymond Z. Gallun, (1911 – 1994)
- Daniel F. Galouye, (1920 – 1976)
- Fernando García de Cortazar
- Federico García Lorca
- Gabriel García Márquez
- James Alan Gardner
- Anu Garg
- Dorothy Garlock
- Alan Garner (born 1934)
- Randall Garrett
- Julie Garwood
- Elizabeth Gaskell, (1810 – 1865)
- William H. Gass
- Nathalie Gassel (born 1964)
- John Taylor Gatto
- David Gauthier (born 1932)
Ge
- Mary Gentle
- Catherine George
- Elizabeth George
- Jean George
- Adele C. Geraghty poet/author/editor (born, Brooklyn, NY 1951)
- Michael Gerber (parodist)
- Michael Gerber (non-fiction writer)
- Hugo Gernsback, (1884 – 1967), (of Hugo Award fame)
- Tess Gerritsen
- David Gerrold, (born 1944)
- Mark S. Geston
Gi-Gl
- Edward Gibson
- Barry Gifford
- William Gibson, (born 1948)
- Alexis A. Gilliland, (born 1931)
- Martin Gilbert
- Charlotte Perkins Gilman (1860 – 1935)
- Fred Gipson
- George Gissing, (1857 – 1903)
- Harry Glasper (born 1946)
Go
- Robert Goddard, (born 1954)
- Rumer Godden
- Gail Godwin
- Tom Godwin, (1915 – 1980)
- Ziya Gökalp
- Kenneth Goldsmith, (born 1961)
- H.L. Gold, (1914 – 1996)
- William Golding
- Marcus J. Goldman
- Oliver Goldsmith, (1730 – 1774)
- Abe Goldstein, newspaper writer who later became a world champion boxer
- Terry Goodkind, (born 1948)
- Gorki
- Phyllis Gotlieb, (born 1926)
- Ron Goulart, (born 1933)
- Judith Gould
- Stephen Jay Gould
- Iris Gower
- Nikolai Gogol
- Nadine Gordimer
Gr-Gu
- Sue Grafton
- Cork Graham (b. 1964)
- Elizabeth Graham
- Heather Graham
- Kenneth Grahame, (1859 – 1932)
- Hardie Gramatky
- Charles L. Grant, (born 1942)
- Kathryn Grant, pseudonym of Kathryn Ptacek
- Günter Grass, (born 1927)
- Patricia Grasso
- Harriet Gray (1897-1985) (a pseudonym of Denise Naomi Klein Robins Pearson)
- Andrew Greeley
- Jane Green
- Julian Green, (1900-1998)
- John Green
- Graham Greene
- Jessica Gregson
- Kate Grenville
- Frederick Philip Grove, (1879 – 1948)]
- Mildred Grieveson
- W. E. B. Griffin
- Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm
- Ken Grimwood
- John Grisham
- C. Groom, (1872-1954) (a pseudonym by Kathleen Clarice Louise Cornwell Klein Dealtry Groom)
- Clarice Groom, (1872-1954) (a pseudonym by Kathleen Clarice Louise Cornwell Klein Dealtry Groom)
- Kathleen Clarice Groom, (1872-1954) (a pseudonym by Kathleen Clarice Louise Cornwell Klein Dealtry Groom)
- Mrs. Sydney Groom, (1872-1954) (a pseudonym by Kathleen Clarice Louise Cornwell Klein Dealtry Groom)
- Elgin Groseclose
- Annie Groves (b. 1946-) (pseudonym of Penelope Jones Halsall)
- Bernhard Grzimek
- Paul Guimard, (1921-2004)
- Wyman Guin
- Jeffrey Guterman
- Pedro Juan Gutiérrez (Cuba, 1950- )
Ha
- Jürgen Habermas (born 1929)
- David Hackworth
- Mark Haddon
- Margaret Peterson Haddix
- Sebastian Haffner, which was the pen name for Raimund Pretzel (1907–1999)
- H. Rider Haggard, (1856–1925)
- Emily Hahn (1905–1997)
- Qurratulain Haider
- Arthur Hailey (1920-2004)
- Yusuf Has Hajib
- Jack C. Haldeman II, (1941–2002)
- Joe Haldeman, (born 1943)
- Alex Haley (1921–1992)
- Bruce Barrymore Halpenny
- Barbara Hambly
- Edmond Hamilton, (1904–1977)
- Hervey Hamilton, (1897-1985) (a pseudonym of Denise Naomi Klein Robins Pearson)
- Marguerite Hamilton
- Patrick Hamilton (1904-1962)
- Peter F. Hamilton, (born 1960)
- Ruth Hamilton
- Dashiell Hammett, (1894-1961)
- Knut Hamsun
- Daniel Handler – pen name Lemony Snicket
- Thomas Hardy (1840–1928)
- Charles Harness
- John Harrington (photographer, author)
- E. Lynn Harris, (born 1955)
- Joanne Harris
- Joel Chandler Harris, (1848–1908)
- Sam Harris, (born 1967)
- Thomas Harris
- Elizabeth Harrison
- Harry Harrison, (born 1925)
- M. John Harrison, (born 1945)
- Christopher Hart, born 1965
- Peter Härtling, (born 1933)
- William K. Hartmann
- Caroline Harvey
- Alamgir Hashmi
- Henry Hasse (1913 - 1977)
- Havank
- Ethan Hawke
- Karen Hawkins
- Nathaniel Hawthorne
- Ernest Haycox
- Jon Haylett
- Shirley Hazzard
- Mark Victor Hansen (coauthor of Chicken Soup for the Soul)
He
- James Hearst (1900–1983)
- Constance Heaven (1911-1995) (a pseudonym by Constance Fecher Heaven)
- Victor Heck
- Allison Hedge Coke
- Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel, (1770–1831)
- Martin Heidegger, (1889–1976)
- Robert A. Heinlein, (1907–1988)
- Boo Heisey
- Joseph Heller
- Mark Helprin
- Ernest Hemingway
- Zenna Henderson
- Shirl Henke
- Virginia Henley
- Jean Henry-Mead, writer, editor, photographer
- Marguerite Henry
- Frank Herbert, (1920–1986)
- Hans Herbjørnsrud
- Johann Gottfried von Herder (1744–1803)
- Miguel Hernández
- Hans Herbjørnsrud
- Don Herold
- James Herriot, (1916–1995)
- Hermann Hesse
- Karen Hesse, (born 1952)
- Dorothy Hewett, (1923–2002)
- Georgette Heyer, (1902–1974)
Hi
- Carl Hiaasen
- Brenda Hiatt
- Jack Higgins
- Patricia Highsmith
- Douglas Hill
- Joe Hill, (born 1972)
- Grace Livingston Hill
- Paris Hilton
- S.E. Hinton
- Christopher Hinz
- Lydia Hitchcock (b. 1946-) (pseudonym of Penelope Jones Halsall)
- Christopher Hitchens, (born April 13, 1949)
Ho-Hr
- Tami Hoag
- Russell Hoban, (born 1925)
- Thomas Hobbes, (1588–1679)
- Abbie Hoffman, (1936–1989)
- James P. Hogan, (born 1941)
- Wendy Holden
- Friedrich Hölderlin
- Jane Holland, (b. 1966)
- Sarah Holland, (b. 1961)
- Sheila Holland, (1937–2000)
- Timothy Holme, (1928–1987)
- Frank L. Holt
- Victoria Holt, (1906–1993) (Pseudonym of Eleanor Burford Hibbert)
- Homer
- Ed Hooper
- Kay Hooper
- Anthony Horowitz, author of the Alex Rider books
- Janette Turner Hospital
- Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston
- Elizabeth Jane Howard
- Linda Howard
- Robert E. Howard
- Hannah Howell
- Fred Hoyle, (1915–2001)
- Bohumil Hrabal
Hu
- L. Ron Hubbard, (1911–1986)
- Dafydd ab Hugh (born 1960)
- Victor Hugo (born 26 February 1802 - 22 May 1885]])
- David Hume
- Stephen Hunt
- Erin Hunter
- Jillian Hunter
- Louis C. Hunter (1898 - 1984), professor of economic history at American University
- Zora Neale Hurston
- Aldous Huxley, (1884–1963)
I
- Lee Iacocca (born 1924)
- Eva Ibbotson
- Renald Iacovelli
- Henrik Ibsen
- Conn Iggulden (born 1971)
- Atilla Ilhan
- Dean Ing, (born 1931)
- William Ralph Inge (1860–1954)
- Simon Ings
- John Irving
- Washington Irving
- Robert Irwin (Real estate author)
- Christopher Isherwood
- Kazuo Ishiguro
- Judith Ivory
Ja
- Edward Jablonski, (1922-2004)
- Shirley Jackson, (1919–1965)
- Anna Jacobs
- Jane Jacobs, (born 1916)
- Joseph Jacobs
- Brian Jacques
- Alireza Jafarzadeh
- John Jakes, (born 1932)
- Eloisa James
- Henry James, (1843–1916)
- P. D. James
- Phil Janes
- Laurence Janifer, (1933–2002)
- Tove Jansson, (1914–2001)
- Miranda Jarrett
- Alfred Jarry
Je
- Sabrina Jeffries
- Elfriede Jelinek
- John Edward Jennings (1906-1973)
- Merrill Jensen
- K. W. Jeter, (born 1950)
Jo
- Marie-Elena John, (born 1963)
- Nancy John (a pseudonym of Nancy Buckingham and John Sawyer)
- Michael Johns, (born 1964)
- Denis Johnson
- George Clayton Johnson, (born 1929)
- Irving Johnson, (1905-1991)
- Samuel Johnson, (1709–1784)
- Susan Johnson
- Joan Johnston
- Linda O. Johnston
- Eugene Jolas, (1894-1945)
- Annie Jones (a pseudonym of Catherine Jones in collaboration)
- Catherine Jones
- D. F. Jones
- Diana Wynne Jones, (born 1934)
- Graham Jones (author)
- Raymond F. Jones, (1915–1994)
- Ryan Jones (author)
- Thom Jones
- Penny Jordan (b. 1946) (pseudonym of Penelope Jones Halsall)
- Robert Jordan (Author of The Wheel of Time)
- Brenda Joyce
- James Joyce, (1882–1941)
Ju
- Daniel C. Juster
- Norton Juster, (born 1929)
Ka
- Kai Zen
- Franz Kafka, (1883–1924)
- Wladimir Kaminer, (born 1967)
- Andrea Kane
- Julia Kane (1897-1985) (a pseudonym of Denise Naomi Klein Robins Pearson)
- Kathleen Kane
- Sarah Kane, (1971-1999)
- Amita Kanekar
- Colin Kapp, (born 1928)
- Veli Karahoda, (born 1968)
- Jan Karon, (born 1937)
- Christopher Kasparek
- Katip Çelebi
- Alex Kava
- Anna Kavan (1901–1968)
- Karen Kay
- Nikos Kazantzakis
Ke-Kh
- Ezra Jack Keats
- Elizabeth Keckley
- Carolyn Keene
- Daniel Kehlmann (born 1975)
- Carla Kelly
- Kathleen Kellow, (1906-1993) (Pseudonym of Eleanor Burford Hibbert)
- James Kelman
- Elmer Kelton
- Yaşar Kemal
- Mark Kemp
- Richard Kemp
- Randall Kenan
- Sharon Kendrick
- Hubert Kennedy
- Lena Kennedy
- Alexander Kent (see Douglas Reeman)
- Michael Kenyon, (1931 - 2005)
- Sherrilyn Kenyon
- Jack Kerouac
- Ken Kesey
- Liz Kessler
- Daniel Keyes, (born 1927)
- Marian Keyes
- Ajmal Khattak
- Raymond Khoury
Ki-Kl-Kn
- Kathryn H. Kidd
- Jack King
- Stephen King, (born 1947)
- Susan King
- Tabitha King
- Charles Kingsley (1819–1875)
- W.P. Kinsella
- Leonard Kip
- Rudyard Kipling, (1865–1936)
- Necip Fazıl Kısakürek
- Sandra Kitt
- Jamaica Kincaid
- Robert Kiyosaki
- Lois Kleinsasser
- Lisa Kleypas
- Kate Klise
- Chuck Klosterman
- Damon Knight, (1922–2002)
- John Knowles
Ko-Kr
- Jeffrey M. Koopersmith, (born 1948)
- Dean R. Koontz, (born 1945)
- E.L. Konigsburg
- Gordon Korman
- M. F. Korn
- Cyril M. Kornbluth, (1923–1958)
- Jerzy Kosinski
- Judith Krantz
- Ignacy Krasicki (1735-1801)
- Helmut Krausser
- Jayne Ann Krentz (also known as Amanda Quick, Jayne Castle)
- Nancy Kress, (born 1948)
- Uma Krishnaswami
- Agota Kristof
- Susan Krinard
Ku-Ky
- Ken Kuhlken
- Nicholas Kulish, born 1975
- Milan Kundera
- Hanif Kureishi
- Lynn Kurland
- Katherine Kurtz
- Onat Kutlar
- Henry Kuttner, (1915–1958)
- Susan Kyle (b. 1946) (pseudonym by Susan Spaeth Kyle)
- Susan S. Kyle (b. 1946) (pseudonym by Susan Spaeth Kyle)
La
- Kate Lace (a pseudonym of Catherine Jones)
- Mercedes Lackey
- Harold Sonny Ladoo
- R. A. Lafferty, (1914–2002)
- Tim LaHaye
- Ross Laidlaw
- Sinikka Laine
- Jack Lait
- Simon Lake
- Arnette Lamb
- Charlotte Lamb
- Geoffrey Landis
- Jill Marie Landis
- Andrew Lang, (1844–1912)
- David Langford
- Ruth Langan
- Ruth Ryan Langan
- Tania Langley, (b. 1927)
- Alfred Lansing
- Christopher Largen
- Glen A. Larson, (born 1937)
- Keith Laumer, (1925–1993)
- Gale Laure
- Stephanie Laurens
- Hugh Laurie
- Rick Law, (born 1969)
- Stephen R. Lawhead, (born 1950)
- D. H. Lawrence
- Robert Lawson
- Harry Lawton, (1927–2005)
Le
- Day Leclaire
- Munro Leaf
- Edward Lear, (1812–1888)
- Dennis Lee, (born 1939)
- Harper Lee
- Miranda Lee
- Sharon Lee, (born 1952)
- Tanith Lee, (born 1947)
- Ursula K. Le Guin, (born 1929)
- Lois Lehner
- Kimmo Lehtonen
- Fritz Leiber, (1910–1992)
- Murray Leinster, (1896–1975) (Pseudonym of Will F. Jenkins)
- Stanisław Lem, (born 1921)
- Madeleine L'Engle
- Donna Leon
- Doris Lessing, (born 1919)
- Jonathan Lethem
- Julie Elizabeth Leto
- Barbara Levick (born 1932)
- Stacey Levine
- Paul Levinson, (born 1947)
- William Levy
- C. S. Lewis, (1898–1963)
- Deborah Lewis (pseudonym of Charles L. Grant)
- Linda Lewis
- Susan Lewis
- Sinclair Lewis
- Alice Chetwynd Ley (b. 1913)
- Sophie Leyton (1928-2009) (a pseudonym of Sheila O'Nions Walsh)
Li
- Laura Jean Libbey (1862-1924)
- Simcha Liberman (1929-2009)
- Jesse Liberty, (born 1955)
- Jacqueline Lichtenberg
- Suzanne Lieurance
- Mark Lindquist
- Tao Lin
- Astrid Lindgren, (1907–2002)
- Johanna Lindsey
- Art Linkletter
- Elinor Lipman
- George Lippard, (1822–1854)
- Robert Lissauer
- B.C. Levinson , ( 1957- _ )
Lo
- Arnold Lobel
- António Lobo Antunes
- John Locke, (1632–1704)
- Richard Lockridge, (1898–1982)
- Ross Lockridge, Jr., (1914–1948)
- Hugh Lofting, (1886–1947)
- Hilary London (a pseudonym of Nancy Buckingham and John Sawyer)
- Jack London
- William Stuart Long (1914-1986) (a pseudonym of Violet Vivian Finlay Stuart Mann)
- Barry B. Longyear
- Lookman, (Pseudonym of Raymond Whiting)
- Anita Loos, (1888–1981)
- Jean Lorrah
- Claire Lorrimer (a pseudonym of Patricia Denise Robins)
- Peter Lourie
- H. P. Lovecraft, (1890–1937)
- Johnny Lovewisdom
- Dorothy Mackie Low (b. 1916) (a pseudonym of Lois Dorothea Low)
- Elizabeth Lowell
- Paul B. Lowney
- Lois Lowry, (born 1937)
- Malcolm Lowry
Lu
- Tim Lucas, (born 1956)
- Fitz Hugh Ludlow (1836-1870)
- Sergey Lukyanenko, (born 1968)
- Joseph B. Lumpkin, (born 1955)
- Dennis Lynds, pseudonym: Michael Collins
- Gayle Lynds
- Luiz Duarte da Rocha
Ma
- Amin Maalouf (born, 1949)
- Darko Macan (born, 1966)
- Ann-Marie MacDonald (born 1958)
- Betty MacDonald, (1908–1958)
- John D. MacDonald, (1916–1986)
- Alasdair Alpin MacGregor, (1899-1970)
- Patricia MacLachlan
- Katherine Maclean, (born 1925)
- Charlotte MacLeod, (1922-2005)
- Ken MacLeod, (born 1954)
- Ian R. MacLeod, (born 1956)
- Debbie Macomber
- Marc MacYoung
- Maddox, (born 1978)
- Naguib Mahfouz, (born 1911)
- Norman Mailer
- Curzio Malaparte
- Rosie Malek-Yonan
- Stéphane Mallarmé
- Susan Mallery
- Hector Malot, (1830–1907)
- Barry Malzberg
- Andrew Mango, (born 1926)
- Thomas Mann
- Laurence Manning, (1899–1972)
- Richard Manning
- Jill Mansell
- Katherine Mansfield, (1888–1923)
- Cristina Marcano
- Marcel Marceau
- Jill March (b. 1950)
- Stella March
- Ben Marcus, (born 1967)
- Jan Marcussen
- Leo Margulies, (1900–1975)
- Javier Marías, (born 1951)
- David Markson
- Deb Marlowe
- Paul Marlowe
- Damian Marrett
- John Marsden
- Geoffrey Marsh
- Ronald James Marsh (1914-1987)
- Sonjia Marshall (Nov 10,)
- Ann M. Martin
- George R. R. Martin, (born 1948)
- J. P. Martin, (1880–1966)
- Kat Martin
- Sandra Marton
- Karl Marx (1818–1883)
- Connie Mason
- Alexander Masters
- Dary Matera
- Carol Matas
- Anne Mather (b. 1946)
- Richard Matheson, (born 1926)
- Deborah Mathis
- Laura Matthews
- W. Somerset Maugham, (1874–1965)
- Guy de Maupassant, (1850–1893)
- André Maurois
- Tucker Max, (born 1975)
- Kathleen Maxwell (pseudonymn of Kathryn Ptacek)
- Patricia Maxwell
- Julian May, (born 1931)
- Peter May, (born 1951)
- Richard Maybury, (born 1946)
- Anne Mayfield (pseudonymn of Kathryn Ptacek)
- D. J. MacHale
Mc-Me
- Anne McAllister
- Robert McAlmon (1896-1956)
- Paul J. McAuley, (born 1955)
- Anne McCaffrey, (born 1926)
- Sharron McClellan, (born 1963)
- Frank McCourt (born 1930)
- Robert McCloskey (1915–2003)
- Moy McCrory
- Jack McDevitt, (born 1935)
- Ian McEwan
- Leslie McFarlane (1902-1977
- Bryant H. McGill, (born 1969)
- May McGoldrick
- Maureen F. McHugh, (born 1959)
- Terence McKenna, (1946–2000)
- Meagan McKinney
- Barbara McMahon
- Larry McMurtry
- Judith McNaught
- Kat Meads
- Teresa Medeiros
- Capt. S.P. Meek
- Fulvio Melia, (born 1956)
- Herman Melville
- Robert Menasse
- Eduardo Mendoza
- Holdemar Menezes (1921-1996)
- Christina Merlin (1911-1995) (a pseudonym by Constance Fecher Heaven)
- Judith Merril, (1923–1997)
- A. Merritt, (1884–1943)(Abraham Merritt)
- Stephanie Meyer
- Walter Dean Meyers (born 1937)
- Gustav Meyrink (1868–1932)
- Jhaverchand Meghani (1896-1947)
Mi
- Judith Michael
- Barbara Michaels
- Fern Michaels
- Leigh Michaels
- Richard Michelson
- Michelle Mickelson,( born 1970), American Author
- China Miéville, (born 1972)
- Jack Miles
- John Stuart Mill (1806–1873)
- Grazyna Miller
- James Russell Miller (1840–1912), American author, editor and Pastor
- Linda Lael Miller
- P. Schuyler Miller, (1912–1974)
- Steve Miller, (born 1950)
- Walter M. Miller, Jr., (1923–1996)
- A.A. Milne (1882–1956)
- Franco Mimmi, (born 1942)
- Ludwig von Mises (1881–1973)
- Donald Grant Mitchell (1822–1908)
- Joseph Mitchell (1908–1996)
- Minae Mizumura, Japanese novelist, critic, essayist. Educated in the US.
- Darren McEntire, AMERICAN NOVELIST.(BORN 1964)
Mo
- L. E. Modesitt, Jr., (born 1948)
- Donald Moffitt, (born 1936)
- Szilvia Molnar, (born 1984)
- Karyn Monk
- E.J. Montini, (born 1955)
- Lucy Maud Montgomery, (1874–1942)
- Elizabeth Moon, (born 1945)
- Michael Moorcock, (born 1939)
- Alan Moore, (born 1953)
- C. L. Moore, (1911–1987)
- Clement Clarke Moore
- Patrick Moore, (born 1923)
- Ward Moore
- Daniel Keys Moran, (born 1962)
- Sëan Edward Moran, (born 1957)
- Alberto Moravia
- Diana Morgan
- Diana Morgan
- Toni Morrison
- Anne Morrow Lindbergh
- Carole Mortimer
- Andrew Morton
- Sam Moskowitz, (1920–1997)
- Alexandra Motschmann
Mp-Mu
- Phaswane Mpe (1970-2004)
- Paul Muldoon
- Alice Munro (born 1931)
- Robert Munsch (born 1945)
- C. E. Murphy
- Jim Murphy (author)
- Pat Murphy
- Margaret Murphy
- Robert Muchamore(born 1972)
- Lauren Myracle
- K. M. Munshi (December 30, 1887 - February 8, 1971)
N
- Vladimir Nabokov
- Linda Nagata, (born 1960)
- V.S. Naipaul
- Namık Kemal
- Jan Narveson, (born 1936)
- Betty Neels
- Edith Nesbit, (1858–1924)
- Aziz Nesin, (1915–1995)
- Jeffrey A. Nesbit
- John Newbery
- Nerida Newton, (born 1972)
- Friedrich Neznansky
- Friedrich Nietzsche
- Larry Niven, (born 1938)
- Garth Nix
- Frederick Nolan, (born 1931)
- William F. Nolan, (born 1928)
- Nolla, Olga (1938-2001), Puerto Rican poet and writer
- Jeff Noon, (born 1957)
- Cees Nooteboom
- Howard Norman, (born 1949)
- John Norman, (born 1931)
- Harold Norse, (born 1916)
- Andre Norton, (born 1912) (pseudonym of Alice Mary Norton)
- Mary Norton
- Alan E. Nourse, (1928–1992)
- Laura Numeroff
O
- Barack Obama
- Patrick O'Brian
- Robert C. O'Brien, (1918 - 1973)
- Flannery O'Connor, (1925 - 1964)
- Constance O'Day-Flannery
- Scott O'Dell, (1898 - 1989)
- Kenzaburo Oe
- Niyi Osundare
- Gabriel Okara
- Elisabeth Ogilvie
- John O'Hara
- Janette Oke
- Jenny Oldfield
- Eugene O'Neill
- Onyeka
- Ömer Seyfettin
- Michael Ondaatje
- Kenneth Oppel
- Jerry Ordway, (born 1957)
- Marek Oramus
- José Ortega y Gasset
- Abraham Ortelius (1527 - 1598)
- George Orwell, (1903 - 1950) (pseudonym of Eric Arthur Blair)
- Mary Pope Osborne
- Pat O'Shea, (1931–2007)
- John Ostrander
- Jessan Dunn Otis (1948 - )[1]
- Ovidius
- Ruth Owen
- Wilfred Owen
- Elsie J. Oxenham, (1880 - 1960)
- Amos Oz, (born 1939)
- Ismet Özel
- Cynthia Ozick
Pa
- ZZ Packer
- Lynda Page
- P.K. Page
- Chuck Palahniuk
- Greg Palast
- Diana Palmer (b. 1946) (pseudonym by Susan Spaeth Kyle)
- Michael Palmer
- Ray Palmer
- Robert Palmer
- Orhan Pamuk
- Edgar Pangborn
- Alexei Panshin
- Cory Panshin
- Abel Pardo
- Adele Parks
- Barbara Park
- Delia Parr
- Boris Pasternak
- James Patterson
- Eliot Pattison
- Caroline Paul
- Elliot Paul
- Milorad Pavić
- Lois Paxton (b. 1916) (a pseudonym of Lois Dorothea Low)
Pe-Ph
- Diane Pearson (a pseudonym used by Diane Margaret Pearson McClelland)
- T R Pearson
- Ridley Pearson
- Ethel Pedley
- Bill Peet, (1915–2002)
- Hayford Peirce, born 1942
- Judith Pella
- Charles Pellegrino
- Dave Pelzer
- Lynne Rae Perkins, (born 1956)
- Anna Percival, (1906-1993) (Pseudonym of Eleanor Burford Hibbert)
- Charles Perrault, (1628–1703)
- Steve Perry
- Michael Alfred Peszke
- Robert Peters
- Len Peterson
- James Phelan
- Twist Phelan
- Carly Phillips
- David Graham Phillips (1867-1911)
- Susan Elizabeth Phillips
- Joan Phipson (1912-2003)
- Tanwir Phool (born 1948)
Pi-Pl
- Tamora Pierce, (born 1954)
- Rosamunde Pilcher, (born 1924)
- Dav Pilkey
- Jerry Pinkney
- Daniel Pinkwater
- Harold Pinter
- H. Beam Piper, (1904–1964)
- Jose Luis Rodriguez Pitti, (born 1971)
- Doris Piserchia
- Camil Petrescu
- Jean Plaidy, (1906-1993) (Pseudonym of Eleanor Burford Hibbert)
- Belva Plain
- Karen Platt
- Ted Plantos
- Plato (c. 427 BC–c. 347 BC)
Po
- Edgar Allan Poe, (1809–1849)
- Frederik Pohl, (born 1919)
- Peter Pohl, (1940-)
- Daniel Poliquin
- Sharon Pollock, (born 1936)
- Alexander Pope, (1688–1744)
- Gene Stratton Porter (1863–1924)
- Beatrix Potter, (1866–1943)
- Jacques Poulin, (born 1937)
- Gerry Poulos, (born 1963)
- Jerry Pournelle, (born 1933)
- Anthony Powell, (1905–2000)
- Heather Graham Pozzessere
Pr-Pt-Pu-Py
- Terry Pratchett, (born 1948)
- E.J. Pratt, (1883–1964)
- Steven Pressfield, (born 1943)
- Paul Preuss
- Robert Priest, (born 1951)
- E. Annie Proulx
- Kevin Prufer (born 1969)
- Bolesław Prus (1847–1912)
- Marin Preda
- Richard Preston
- James Van Praagh
- Kathryn Ptacek
- Phillip Pullman
- Al Purdy, (born 1918)
- Mary Jo Putney
- Mario Puzo
- Barbara Pym
- Thomas Pynchon, (born 1937)
Q
- Roberto Quaglia (born 1962)
- Erica Quest (a pseudonym of Nancy Buckingham and John Sawyer)
- Amanda Quick (born 1948) (a pseudonym of Jayne Ann Krentz)
- Julia Quinn (born 1969)
Ra
- Rajashree
- Janaki Ram
- Ayn Rand (1905–1982)
- Arthur Ransome, (1884–1967)
- Julian Rathbone
- Marjorie Rawlings
- John Rawls (1921–2002)
- Wayne Ray, 1950, Canada
Re-Rh
- Tom Reamy, (1935–1977)
- Douglas Reeman
- Celia Rees (born 1949)
- David Rees (1936-1993)
- Gwyneth Rees (born 1968)
- Libby Rees (born 1995)
- Simon Reeve (born 1972)
- Matthew Reilly
- Erich Maria Remarque, (1898–1970)
- Miha Remec, (born 1928)
- Mike Resnick (born 1942)
- H.A. Rey, (1898–1977)
- Alastair Reynolds, (born 1966)
- Mack Reynolds, (1917–1983)
- Elvi Rhodes
Ri
- Anne Rice, (born 1941)
- Suzy Rice/Susan Elizabeth Rice
- Emilie Richards
- Mordecai Richler
- Christie Ridgway
- Erica Ridley
- Lawrence Riley (1896-1974)
Ro
- Karen Robards
- Jason Roberts
- Keith Roberts, (1935–2000)
- Les Roberts
- Nora Roberts
- Paul Craig Roberts
- Denise Robins (1897-1985) (a pseudonym of Denise Naomi Klein Robins Pearson)
- Patricia Robins (a pseudonym of Patricia Denise Robins)
- Andrew Robinson, (born 1957)
- Bill Robinson, (1918-2007)
- Bruce Robinson
- Kim Stanley Robinson, (born 1952)
- Spider Robinson, (born 1948)
- Suzanne Robinson
- Lucia St. Clair Robson, {born 1942}
- Ross Rocklynne, (1913–1988)
- Jose Luis Rodriguez Pitti, (born 1971)
- Gene Roddenberry, (1921–1991)
- Bruce Holland Rogers
- Rosemary Rogers
- Dan Roodt
- Ginny Rorby
- Joel Rosenberg, (born 1954)
- Nancy Taylor Rosenberg
- Renee Roszel
- Tony Rothman
- Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712–1778)
- Christopher Rowley
- J. K. Rowling, (born 1965)
- Arundhati Roy
Ru-Ry
- Rudy Rucker, (born 1946)
- Salman Rushdie
- Joanna Russ, (born 1937)
- Richard Paul Russo
- Eric Frank Russell, (1905–1978)
- Mary Doria Russell, (born 1950)
- Mary Ruwart
- Alex Ryan
- Perry T. Ryan, (born 1962)
- Ryūnosuke Akutagawa, (1892–1927)
- Tim Russert
Sa-Sc
- Sabir Hussain Sabir (born in Poonch)
- Sarojini Sahoo, (born 1956)
- Fred Saberhagen, (born 1930)
- Louis Sachar
- Nelly Sachs
- Sadat Hasan Manto (1912-55)
- Carl Sagan, (1934–1996)
- Nick Sagan (born 1970)
- Antoine de Saint-Exupery, (1900–1944)
- Sait Faik
- Pedro Salinas
- Jerome David Salinger (born 1919)
- Wolfgang W.E. Samuel (born 1935)
- Fay Sampson (born 1935)
- Alex Sanchez, (born 1957)
- Michal Šanda, (1965- )
- David Saperstein
- José Saramago
- Pamela Sargent, (born 1948)
- Al Sarrantonio
- Jean-Paul Sartre (1905-1980)
- Margaret Marshall Saunders (1861-1947)
- Fernando Savater
- Malcolm Saville (1901-1982)
- Robert J. Sawyer, (born 1960)
- Allen Say, (born 1937)
- Sachchidananda Hirananda Vatsyayana, pen name "Agyeya"
- Richard Scarry – (1919–1994)
- Nat Schachner
- Peter Schechter
- James H. Schmitz, (1911–1974)
- Stanley Schmidt, (born 1944)
- Arthur Schnitzler, (1862–1931)
- Robin Schone
- Arthur Schopenhauer
- Sandra Scofield, (born 1943)
- Thomas N. Scortia, (1926–1986)
- Alicia Scott
- Ann Scott
- Andrew Murray Scott
- Robyn Scott
- Sir Walter Scott, (1771–1832)
Se-Sh
- William Bueller Seabrook, (1886-1945)
- Catharine Sedgwick (1789-1867)
- Benjamin Sehene (born 1959)
- Hubert Selby Jr. (1928-2004)
- Gerd Semmer (1919–1967)
- Amartya Sen (born 1933)
- Maurice Sendak, (born 1928)
- Luis Sepúlveda, (born 1949)
- Rod Serling, (1924–1975)
- Anya Seton, (1906–1990)
- Theodor "Dr. Seuss" Geisel (1904–1991)
- Anna Sewell, (1820–1878)
- Ram Sharan Sharma (born1919)
- Michael Shaara, (1928–1988)
- Lawrence Shainberg
- William Shakespeare
- David Shannon
- Tom Sharpe, (born 1928)
- William Shatner, (born 1931)
- Richard S. Shaver, (1907–1975)
- George Bernard Shaw
- Bob Shaw, (1931–1996)
- Robert Shaw
- Bernard Shaw 1930
- Scott Shaw
- Maggie Shayne
- Charles Sheffield, (1935–2002)
- Robert Sheckley, (born 1928)
- Kirit Shelat, (born 1946)
- Sidney Sheldon
- Mary Shelley, (1797–1851)
- Lucius Shepard
- Joel Shepherd, (born 1974)
- Barbara Sher
- T.L. Sherred
- Will Shetterly (born 1955)
- Gary Shipman, (born 1966)
- Rhoda Shipman, (born 1968)
- John Shirley, (born 1953)
- Alexander Shirvanzade, (1858–1935)
- Izya Shlosberg, (born 1950)
- William Shunn, (born 1967)
- Nevil Shute, (1899–1960) (Pseudonym of Nevil Shute Norway)
Si-Sn
- Charles E. Silberman
- Ron Silliman
- Burton Silver
- Robert Silverberg, (born 1935)
- Roger Silverwood (Creator of DI Angel)
- Shel Silverstein, (1930–1999)
- Clifford D. Simak, (1904–1988)
- Dan Simmons, (born 1948)
- Francesca Simon, (born 1955)
- Les Simons (pseudonym of Kathryn Ptacek)
- John W. Simpson
- Rebecca Sinclair
- Marilyn Singer
- Jaspreet Singh
- Johanna Sinisalo, (born 1958)
- James Sites, (born 1924)
- Susan Sizemore
- John Skoyles
- Christina Skye
- John Sladek, (1937–2000)
- Eugene Sledge
- William Sleator
- Joan Slonczewski
- Bertrice Small
- Adam Smith
- Alexander McCall Smith
- Barbara Dawson Smith
- Clark Ashton Smith, (1893–1961)
- Cordwainer Smith, (1913–1966) (Pseudonym of Paul M.A. Lindebarger)
- Jean Edward Smith
- Bernard Shaw (born 1930 Dartford Kent) Writer of poems and Fairy-Tales:
- E. E. Smith, (1890–1965), (Edward E. "Doc" Smith)
- Edwin E. Smith
- Karen Rose Smith
- L. J. Smith (author)
- Patti Smith
- George O. Smith, (1911–1981)
- Anthony Neil Smith
- L. Neil Smith
- Mark Smith
- Lemony Snicket – (pen name of Daniel Handler)
- Lucy A. Snyder
- Zilpha Keatley Snyder, (born 1927)
So-Sp
- Donald J. Sobol, (born 1924)
- Jerry Sohl, (1913–2002)
- Alexandra Sokoloff
- Dag Solstad
- Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, (born 1918)
- Walid Soliman, (born 1975)
- Suzanne Somers
- Maris Soule
- Ivan Southall, (1921–2008)
- Terry Southern, (1924–1995)
- Wole Soyinka
- Tom Spanbauer
- Albert Speer, (1905–1981)
- Eleanor Spence, (1928–2008)
- Lee Spence, (Dr. E. Lee Spence), (pen name of Charles King), born 1947
- LaVyrle Spencer
- Norman Spinrad, (born 1940)
- Armstrong Sperry (1897–1976)
- Lysander Spooner, (1808–1887)
- Johanna Spyri, (1827–1901)
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- Matthew Stadler
- Rebecca St. James, (born 1977)
- Michael A. Stackpole, (born 1957)
- Olaf Stapledon, (1886–1950)
- Christopher Stasheff
- Danielle Steel, (born 1947)
- Allen Steele
- Jessica Steele, (born 1933)
- John Steinbeck, (1902–1968)
- Stendhal
- Joanne Stepaniak
- Neal Stephenson, (born 1959)
- Bruce Sterling, (born 1954)
- Laurence Sterne, (1713–1768)
- W. Richard Stevens, (1951–1999)
- Robert Louis Stevenson, (1850–1894)
- Fred Mustard Stewart (1932–2007)
- Mariah Stewart
- Mary Stewart, (born 1916)
- R. L. Stine, (born 1943)
- S. M. Stirling, (born 1953)
- Frank R. Stockton, (1834–1902)
- Bram Stoker
- Katherine Stone
- Walter Scott Story, (1879–1955)
- Lytton Strachey, (1880–1932)
- J. Michael Straczynski, (born 1954)
- Darin Strauss
- Charles Stross, (born 1964)
- Boris and Arkady Strugatsky (sometimes listed contrariwise), a.k.a. the Strugatsky brothers (1925–1991) (born 1933)
- Alex Stuart (1914-1986) (a pseudonym of Violet Vivian Finlay Stuart Mann)
- Robyn Stuart (1914-1986) (a pseudonym of Violet Vivian Finlay Stuart Mann)
- V.A. Stuart (1914-1986) (a pseudonym of Violet Vivian Finlay Stuart Mann)
- Vivian Stuart (1914-1986) (a pseudonym of Violet Vivian Finlay Stuart Mann)
- Theodore Sturgeon, (1918–1985)
- William Styron, (1925–2006)
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- Somtow Sucharitkul, (Pseudonym, S. P. Somtow)
- Montague Summers (1880-1948), English writer on the theatre and the occult
- Patrick Süskind (born 1949)
- Katherine Sutcliffe
- Thomas Sullivan
- Michael Swanwick, (born 1950)
- Jonathan Swift, (1667–1745)
- Michael Szameit, (born 1950), German science fiction writer
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- John Taine (1883–1960) (Pseudonym of Eric Temple Bell)
- Nassim Nicholas Taleb
- Amy Tan (born 1952)
- Ahmet Hamdi Tanpinar
- Jovica Tasevski-Eternijan
- Władysław Tatarkiewicz
- Ellalice Tate, (1906-1993) (Pseudonym of Eleanor Burford Hibbert)
- Alasdair and Hettie Tayler
- Andrew Taylor
- Janelle Taylor
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- William Tenn (born 1920) (Pseudonym of Philip Klass)
- Steve Rasnic Tem, (born 1950) (Steve Rasnic)
- William F. Temple (1914–1989)
- Daniel Terdiman (Award winning journalist, published in both print and non-print media)
- Tom Terry (1963 – )
- Walter Tevis
- Cathy Gillen Thacker
- Dylan Thomas (1914 – 1953)
- Jodi Thomas
- Rosie Thomas (writer)
- Hunter S. Thompson (1937-2005)
- Kate Thompson (author) (born 1956)
- Kate Thompson (romantic novelist) (born 1959)
- Kirstin Thompson
- Vicki Lewis Thompson
- Melanie Rae Thon
- Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)
- Elizabeth Thornton
- Sylvia Thorpe (b. 1926) (a pseudonym of June Sylvia Thimblethorpe)
- James Thurber (1894–1961)
- Robert Thurston
Ti-To
- Patrick Tilley (born 1928)
- James Tiptree, Jr (1915–1987) (Pseudonym of Alice Sheldon)
- Deborah Todd
- Alvin Toffler
- J. R. R. Tolkien (1892–1973)
- Eckhart Tolle
- Leo Tolstoy, (1828–1910)
- Yoshiyuki Tomino, (born 1941)
- Jean Toomer
- Akira Toriyama, (born 1955)
- Thomas Toughill
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- Pamela Travers (1899–1996)
- Calvin Trillin (born 1935)
- Sergio Troncoso (born 1961)
- Leon Trotsky
- Wilson Tucker
- Ilkka Tuomi
- Ivan Turgenev (1818–1883)
- Ethel Turner
- Harry Turtledove, (born 1949)
- Samuel "Mark Twain" Clemens (1835–1910)
- Kathy Tyers, (born 1952)
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- Andrew Vachss
- Paul Valéry
- Chris Van Allsburg
- Jack Vance, (born 1916)
- Janwillem van de Wetering, (born 1931)
- Hendrik Willem van Loon (1882-1944)
- Mario Vargas Llosa
- John Varley, (born 1947)
- Ivan Vazov
- Lisa Ann Verge
- Jules Verne, (1828–1905)
- Caroline Vernon
- David Vernon
- Patricia Veryan
- Frederick Bert Vickers
- Cynthia Victor
- Juan José Videgain, (born 1975)
- Rene Villanueva, (born 1954)
- Judith Viorst
- Joan D. Vinge, (born 1948)
- Vernor Vinge, (born 1944)
- A. E. van Vogt, (1912–2000)
- Voltaire, (1694–1778)
- Kurt Vonnegut, Jr., (1922–2007)
- Vesna Dencic, (born 1963)
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- Roland C. Wagner, (born 1960)
- Howard Waldrop, (born 1946)
- Christian Walford (a pseudonym of Norren Dilcock)
- Alice Walker, (born 1944)
- Barbara G. Walker, (born 1930)
- Elizabeth Walker
- Bronwen Wallace, (1945-1989)
- David Foster Wallace
- Edgar Wallace, (1875-1932)
- Ian Wallace, (1912–1998)
- Pamela Wallace
- Jill Paton Walsh, (born 1937)
- Sheila Walsh (1928-2009) (a pseudonym of Sheila O'Nions Walsh)
- Kenneth Walton, (born 1967)
- J. R. Ward
- Pat Warren
- Ian Watson
- Lawrence Watt-Evans, (born 1954)
- Gerard Way, (born 1977)
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- Catherine Webb
- David Weber
- Stanley G. Weinbaum, (1902–1935)
- Debra Weinstein
- Alison Weir
- Theresa Weir
- Denton Welch
- H. G. Wells, (1866–1946)
- Martha Wells, (born 1964)
- Irvine Welsh, (born 1961)
- K. D. Wentworth
- Bernard Werber
- Cornel West (born 1953)
- Wallace West
- Scott Westerfeld
- Dennis Wheatley, (1897–1977)
- Donald J. Wheeler
- Evelyn Whitaker, (1857–1903)
- E.B. White, (1899–1985)
- Ellen G. White, (1827–1915)
- James White, (1928–1999)
- Patrick White, (1912–1990)
- Steve White, (born 1946)
- Theodore White
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- Elie Wiesel, (born 1928)
- Michael Wiesenberg, (born 1943)
- Kate Douglas Wiggin, (1856–1923)
- Susan Wiggs
- Jennifer Wilde
- Oscar Wilde, (1854-1900)
- Laura Ingalls Wilder, (1867–1957)
- Kate Wilhelm, (born 1928)
- Gina Wilkins (pen name of Gina Ferris)
- Eileen Wilks
- Margery Williams, (1881-1944)
- Paul A. Williams, (born 1956)
- Walter Jon Williams, (born 1953)
- Jack Williamson, (1908-2006)
- Michael Z. Williamson, (born 1967)
- Penelope Williamson
- Connie Willis, (born 1945)
- A. N. Wilson, (born 1950)
- Angus Wilson, (1913-1991)
- Brandon Wilson, (born 1953)
- Clement Wilson, (born 1976)
- Rachel Wilson
- Robert Anton Wilson, (1932-2007)
- Robert Charles Wilson, (born 1953)
- William Upski Wimsatt, (born 1977)
- R. Foster Winans, (born 1948)
- Gerard Windsor, (born 1944)
- Harry de Windt Explorer, adventurer and author, (1856-1933).
- David Wingrove, (born 1952)
- Kathleen Winsor (1919–2003)
- William Winter (1836-1917), American author
- Adam Wiśniewski-Snerg, (1937–1995)
- Kari-Lynn Winters, (born 1969)
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- P. G. Wodehouse, (1881–1975)
- Joan Wolf
- Gene Wolfe, (born 1931)
- Thomas Wolfe, (1900–1938)
- Guntmar Wolff
- Donald A. Wollheim, (1914–1990), (Pseudonyms, various)
- Barbara Wood
- Kathleen E. Woodiwiss
- Virginia Woolf, (1882–1941)
- Jack Womack, (born 1956)
- Patricia C. Wrede
- David B. Wright
- Douglas E. Wright (born 1955)
- Francesca Wright (1897-1985) (a pseudonym of Denise Naomi Klein Robins Pearson)
- Melinda Wright (b. 1946-) (pseudonym of Penelope Jones Halsall)
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- Rudolph Wurlitzer
- John Wyndham, (1903–1969)
- Beth Wylde, (1975-)
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- Agustín Yáñez
- Michael Yarwood,born 1948
- Dornford Yates
- Richard Yates (novelist)
- William Butler Yeats
- Tamar Yellin
- Frank Yerby
- Jane Yolen, (born 1939)
- Rebecca York
- Banana Yoshimoto
- Ed Young
- Marguerite Yourcenar
- Gary Yukl
- Lin Yutang
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- Rachel Zadok, born 1972
- Timothy Zahn, (born 1951)
- Janusz A. Zajdel, (1938–1985)
- Yevgeny Zamyatin, (1884–1937)
- Jessica Zafra
- George Zebrowski, (born 1945)
- Roger Zelazny, (1937–1995)
- Sarah Zettel, (born 1966)
- Rafal A. Ziemkiewicz, (born 1964)
- Aleksandar Ziljak, (born 1963)
- Richard Zimler, (born 1956)
- David Zindell, (born 1952)
- Darko Žlebnik, (born 1951)
- Émile Zola, (born 1840)
- Charlotte Zolotow
- Eugeniusz Zytomirski, (1911–1975)
- Zahid Hussain, (1972)
- Zillur Rahman John, (born 1952)
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