List of authors by name: P

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List of authors by name:

Pa

• Edward Packard (born 1931)
• ZZ Packer (born 1973)
• Lynda Page (born 1950)
• P. K. Page (1916–2010)
• Chuck Palahniuk (born 1962)
• Greg Palast (born 1952)
• Diana Palmer (born 1946) (pseudonym by Susan Spaeth Kyle)
• Michael Palmer (born 1943)
• Raymond A. Palmer (1910–1977)
• Robert Palmer (1945–1997)
• Orhan Pamuk (born 1952)
• Edgar Pangborn (1909–1976)
• Alexei Panshin (born 1940)
• Cory Panshin (born 1947)
• Isaac Pardo
• Jacob Pardo
• Jacob Vita Pardo (1822–1843)
• Joseph Pardo (hazzan) (c. 1624–1677)
• Moses Pardo (died 1888)
• Adele Parks
• Barbara Park (born 1947)
• Delia Parr
• Boris Pasternak (1890–1960)
• Alan Paton (1903–1988)
• William Roger Paton (1857–1921), classic Greek / Latin
• Marion Patrick Jones (1931–2016)
• James Patterson (born 1947)
• Eliot Pattison (born 1951)
• Caroline Paul (born 1963)
• Elliot Paul (1891–1958)
• Milorad Pavić (1929–2009)
• Lois Paxton (1916–2002) (pseudonym of Lois Dorothea Low)

Pe–Ph

• Diane Pearson (pseudonym used by Diane Margaret Pearson McClelland)
• Ridley Pearson (born 1953)
• T. R. Pearson (born 1956)
• Borislav Pekić (1930–1992)
• Robert Newton Peck
• Ethel Pedley (1859–1898)
• Bill Peet (1915–2002)
• Billy Pegram
• Kira Peikoff (born 1987)
• Hayford Peirce (born 1942)
• Judith Pella
• Charles Pellegrino
• Dave Pelzer (born 1960)
• Lynne Rae Perkins (born 1956)
• Anna Percival (1906–1993) (pseudonym of Eleanor Burford Hibbert)
• Walker Percy (1916–1990)
• Charles Perrault (1628–1703)
• Steve Perry (born 1947)
• Michael Alfred Peszke
• Robert Peters (1924–2014)
• Len Peterson (1917–2008)
• Stephen Petranek
• James Clancy Phelan (born 1979)
• Nathaniel Philbrick (born 1956)
• Carly Phillips (born 1965)
• Caryl Phillips (born 1958)
• David Graham Phillips (1867–1911)
• Susan Elizabeth Phillips
• Joan Phipson (1912–2003)

Pi–Pl

• Jodi Picoult
• Tamora Pierce (born 1954)
• Rosamunde Pilcher (1924–2019)
• Dav Pilkey (born 1966)
• Daniel H. Pink
• Steven Pinker (born 1954)
• Jerry Pinkney (born 1939)
• Daniel Pinkwater (born 1941)
• Lee Eric Pinnock (born 1977)
• Harold Pinter (1930–2008)
• H. Beam Piper (1904–1964)
• José Luis Rodríguez Pitti (born 1971)
• Doris Piserchia (born 1928)
• Camil Petrescu (1894–1957)
• Jean Plaidy (1906–1993) (pseudonym of Eleanor Burford Hibbert)
• Belva Plain (1915–2010)
• Sylvia Plath (1932–1963)
• Karen Platt
• Plato (c. 427 BC–c. 347 BC)

Po

• Daphne Pochin Mould (1920–2014)
• Edgar Allan Poe (1809–1849)
• Suman Pokhrel (born 1967)
• Frederik Pohl (1919–2013)
• Peter Pohl (born 1940)
• Daniel Poliquin (born 1953)
• Sharon Pollock (born 1936)
• Alexander Pope (1688–1744)
• Gene Stratton Porter (1863–1924)
• Charles Portis (born 1933)
• Beatrix Potter (1866–1943)
• Jacques Poulin (born 1937)
• Jerry Pournelle (1933–2017)
• Anthony Powell (1905–2000)
• Heather Graham Pozzessere (born 1953)

Pr–Py

• James Van Praagh (born 1958)
• Terry Pratchett (1948–2015)
• E. J. Pratt (1883–1964)
• Marin Preda (1922–1980)
• ArLynn Leiber Presser (born 1960)
• Steven Pressfield (born 1943)
• Richard Preston (born 1954)
• Paul Preuss (born 1942)
• Nicholas A. Price
• Robert Priest (born 1951)
• E. Annie Proulx (born 1935)
• Marcel Proust (1871–1922)
• Kevin Prufer (born 1969)
• Bolesław Prus (1847–1912)
• Kathryn Ptacek (born 195?)
• Philip Pullman (born 1946)
• Al Purdy (1918–2000)
• Alexander Pushkin (1799–1837)
• Mary Jo Putney
• Mario Puzo (1920–1999)
• Howard Pyle (1853–1911)
• Barbara Pym (1913–1980)
• Thomas Pynchon (born 1937)
• A. N. Prahlada Rao (born 1953)