List of authors by name: A

A – B – C – D – E – F – G – H – I – J – K – L – M – N – O – P – Q – R – S – T – U – V – W – X – Y – Z

List of authors by name:

Aa–Ad

• Patricia Aakhus (1952–2012)
• Hans Aanrud (1863–1953)
• David Aaron (born 1957)
• Rachel Aaron
• Soazig Aaron (born 1949)
• Ben Aaronovitch (born 1964)
• Alexander Aaronsohn (1888–1948)
• Héctor Abad Faciolince (born 1958)
• Christopher Abani (or Chris Abani) (born 1966)
• Sait Faik Abasıyanık (1906–1954)
• Carmine Abate (born 1954)
• Christina Abbey (pseudonym of Nancy Buckingham and John Sawyer)
• Edward Abbey (1927–1989)
• Henry Abbey (1842–1911)
• Lynn Abbey (born 1948)
• Edwin A. Abbott (1838–1926)
• Eleanor Hallowell Abbott (1872–1958)
• George Frederick Abbott (1874–1947)
• Jacob Abbott (1803–1879)
• John S. C. Abbott (1805–1877)
• Megan Abbott (born 1971)
• Mohammed ibn Hajj al-Abdari al-Fasi (c. 1256–1336)
• Mohammed al-Abdari al-Hihi (c. 1289)
• Abdelkrim al-Khattabi (1882–1963)
• Abd al-Qadir al-Fasi (1599–1680)
• Kōbō Abe (1924–1993)
• Shana Abé
• Peter Abelard (1079–1142)
• Robert Abernathy (1924–1990)
• Walter Abish (born 1931)
• Leila Abouzeid (born 1950)
• Daniel Abraham (born 1969)
• Marc Abrahams
• Abu al-Abbas as-Sabti (1129–1204)
• Abu Imran al-Fasi (974–1039)
• Abu Muqri Mohammed al-Battiwi (fl. 1331)
• Milton Abramowitz (1915–1958)
• Mohammed Achaari (born 1951)
• Chinua Achebe (1930–2013)
• Said Achtouk (1925–1989)
• André Aciman (born 1951)
• Forrest J. Ackerman (1916–2008)
• Martha Ackmann (born 1951)
• Anna Adams (1926–2011)
• Douglas Adams (1952–2001)
• Patch Adams (born 1945)
• Richard Adams (1920–2016)
• Robert Adams (1933–1990), science fiction writer
• Jean Adamson (born 1928)
• Abd al-Wahhab Adarrak (1666–1746)
• Mirza Adeeb (1914–1999)
• Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (born 1977)
• Halide Edip Adıvar (1884–1964)

Ae–Al

• Aesop (c. 620 BC–560 BC)
• Leo Africanus (1488–1554)
• John Agard (born 1949)
• Shimon Agassi (1852–1914)
• Zechariah Aghmati (1120–1195)
• Cecelia Ahern (born 1981)
• Jerry Ahern (1946–2012)
• Najiba Ahmad (born 1954)
• Ahmet Vefik Paşa (1823–1891)
• Alfred Aho (born 1941), computer scientist and author
• Ilse Aichinger (1921–2016)
• Ama Ata Aidoo (born 1942)
• Conrad Aiken (1899–1973)
• Yusuf Akcura (1876–1935)
• Mohammed Akensus (1797–1877)
• Abd as-Salam al-Alami (1834–1895)
• Mohammed ibn Mohammed Alami (1932–1993)
• Mohammed ibn al-Tayyib al-Alami (1698–1756)
• Idriss ibn al-Hassan al-Alami (1925–2007)
• Kaddour El Alamy (1742–1850)
• Ahmad al-Tayyeb Aldj (born 1928)
• Alev Alatlı (born 1944)
• Edward Albee (1928–2016)
• Susan Wittig Albert (born 1940)
• Mitch Albom (born 1958)
• Louisa May Alcott (1832–1888)
• Hugh Aldersey-Williams (born 1959)
• Brian Aldiss (1925–2017)
• Rochelle Alers (born 1963)
• Isaac Alfasi (1013–1103)
• Jean Le Rond d'Alembert (1717–1783)
• Kate Alexander (pseudonym of Tilly Armstrong)
• Lloyd Alexander (1924–2007)
• Trisha Alexander (pseudonym of Patricia Kay)
• Sherman Alexie (born 1966)
• Benjamin Alire Sáenz (born 1954)
• Tewfik Allal (born 1947)
• Barbara Allen (1914–1986) (pseudonym of Violet Vivian Finlay Stuart Mann)
• Charlotte Vale Allen (born 1941)
• John Allen (1771–1843), historian and political writer painted in 1836 by Sir Edwin Henry Landseer
• John Allen (1771–1839), English dissenting layman and religious writer
• Roger MacBride Allen (born 1957)
• Thomas B. Allen (born 1929), American author and historian
• Isabel Allende (born 1942)
• Aaron Allston, science fiction writer
• Germano Almeida (born 1945)
• David Almond (born 1951)
• Steve Almond (born 1966)
• Steve Alten (born 1959)
• Joseph Alexander Altsheler (1862–1919)
• Mor Altshuler (born 1957)

Am–An

• Andrej Amalrik (1938–1980)
• Eric Ambler (1909–1998)
• Ellis Amburn (born 1933)
• Kingsley Amis (1922–1995)
• Martin Amis (born 1949)
• Idriss al-Amraoui (died 1879)
• Mohammed ibn Idris al-Amrawi (1794–1847)
• Anurag Anand (born 1978)
• Rudolfo Anaya (1937–2020)
• Hans Christian Andersen (1805–1875)
• Susan Andersen (born 1950)
• Catherine Anderson (born 1947)
• Kevin J. Anderson (born 1962)
• Matthew Tobin Anderson (born 1968)
• Poul Anderson (1926–2001)
• V. C. Andrews (1923–1986)
• Ivo Andrić (1892–1975)
• Maya Angelou (1928–2014)
• Threes Anna (born 1959)
• Khwaja Muhammad Latif Ansari (1887–1979)
• Marion Anstis l
• Piers Anthony (born 1934)
• Christopher Anvil (1925–2009) (pseudonym of Harry C. Crosby)
• Robert Anwood
• Núria Añó (born 1973)

Ao–At

• Gosho Aoyama (born 1963)
• Guillaume Apollinaire (1880–1918)
• Maja Apostoloska (born 1976)
• Jacob M. Appel (born 1973)
• Max Apple (born 1941)
• Lisa Appignanesi (born 1946)
• K. A. Applegate (born 1956)
• Lisa Rose Apramian
• Ann Catrin Apstein-Müller (born 1973)
• Pawlu Aquilina (1929–2009)
• Louis Aragon (1897–1982)
• Mohammed al-Arbi al-Fasi (1580–1642)
• Jeffrey Archer (born 1940)
• Jennifer Archer (born 1957)
• Aristophanes (c. 446BC–385 BC)
• Aristotle (384 BC–322 BC)
• Tilly Armstrong (1927–2010)
• William H. Armstrong (1911–1999)
• Arnab Jan Deka (born 1967)
• Céline Arnauld (1885–1952)
• Fernando Arrabal (born 1932)
• Antonin Artaud (1896–1948)
• Catherine Asaro (born 1955)
• Birgit Aschmann (born 1967)
• Jay Asher (born 1975)
• Isaac Asimov (1920–1992)
• Janet Asimov (1926–2019)
• Robert Asprin (1946–2008)
• Clare Asquith (born 1951)
• Lady Cynthia Asquith (1887–1960)
• Miguel Ángel Asturias (1899–1974)
• M. E. Atkinson (1899–1974)
• William Walker Atkinson (1862–1932)
• Amelia Atwater-Rhodes (born 1984)
• Margaret Atwood (born 1939)

Au–Ay

• Hennie Aucamp (1934–2014)
• St. Augustine of Hippo (354–430)
• Jean Auel (born 1936)
• Steve Augarde (born 1950)
• Jane Austen (1775–1817)
• Paul Auster (born 1947)
• Jane G. Austin (1831–1894)
• Mohammed Awzal (1670–1749)
• Jan Axelson (born 1949)
• Fatma Aydemir (born 1986)
• Marcel Ayme (1902–1967)
• Abu Salim al-Ayyashi (1628–1679)
• Nabil Ayouch (born 1969)
• Qadi Ayyad ben Moussa (1083–1149)
• Ali Azaykou (1942–2004)
• Abu al-Abbas al-Azafi (1162–1236)
• Kiyohiko Azuma (born 1968)