Lists of authors

The following are lists of authors and writers:

Table of contents

1 By name 2 By type of writing or genre 3 By nationality or origin 4 By language

By name

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

By type of writing or genre

• List of biographers
• List of children's literature authors
• List of crime writers
• List of dramatists
• List of essayists
• List of fantasy authors
• List of historians
• List of historical novelists
• List of horror fiction authors
• List of humorists
• List of journalists
• List of military writers
• Lists of poets
  • by name
  • by language: Afrikaans, Albanian, Catalan, Chinese, English, French, German, Italian, Latin, Polish, Russian, Slovene, Spanish, Swedish, Welsh
  • by country List of Canadian poets
• List of political authors
• List of romantic novelists
• List of science fiction authors
• List of screenwriters
• List of short story authors
• List of surrealist poets

By nationality or origin

• List of novelists by nationality
• List of American authors
• List of Brazilian writers
• List of Canadian writers
• List of Pakistani authors
• List of Scottish writers

By language

• List of Chinese authors
• List of German language authors
• List of French language authors
• List of Italian writers
• List of Japanese authors: A B C D E F G H I K M N O S T U W Y
• List of Swedish writers