# List of Trinidad and Tobago writers

This is a list of Trinidad and Tobago writers, including writers either from or associated with Trinidad and Tobago.
* 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
* See also

## A

* Claire Adam (born 1974)
* André Alexis (born 1957)
* Lisa Allen-Agostini (born 1970s)
* M. P. Alladin (1919–1980)
* Lauren K. Alleyne (born 1979)
* Michael Anthony (1930–2023)
* Robert Antoni (born 1958)
* William Archibald (1917–1970)
* Barbara Assoon (1929–2020)

## B

* Kevin Baldeosingh (born 1963)
* Ayanna Lloyd Banwo
* Courtenay Bartholomew (1931–2021)
* Valerie Belgrave (1946–2016)
* Gérard Besson (1942–2023)
* Lloyd Best (1946–2016)
* Neil Bissoondath (born 1955)
* Cheryl Boyce Taylor (born 1950)
* Dionne Brand (born 1953)
* Wayne Brown (born 1944)
* Cheryl Byron (1946–2016)

## C

* Christian Campbell (born 1979)
* Vahni Capildeo (born 1973)
* Trevor Carter (1930–2008)
* Faustin Charles (born 1944)
* Michèle Pearson Clarke (born 1973)
* Nicole Craig (born 1974)
* Selwyn Cudjoe (born 1943)

## D

* Ralph de Boissière (1946–2016)
* Clara Rosa De Lima (born 1922)

## E

* Ramabai Espinet (born 1948)

## G

* Albert Gomes (1911–1978)
* Beatrice Greig (1869–)
* Rosa Guy (1922–2012)

## H

* Errol Hill (1921–2003
* Merle Hodge (born 1944)
* Imran N. Hosein (born 1942)
* Kevin Jared Hosein (born 1986)

## J

* C. L. R. James (1901–1989)
* Barbara Jenkins
* Errol John (1901–1989)
* Amryl Johnson (1944–2001)
* Marion Patrick Jones (1931–2016)
* Anthony Joseph (born 1966)
* Edward Lanzer Joseph (1792 or 1793–1838)
* Lynn Joseph

## K

* Roi Kwabena (1956–2008)

## L

* Harold Sonny Ladoo (1945–1973)
* John La Rose (1927–2006)
* Nicholas Laughlin (born 1975)
* Earl Lovelace (born 1935)
* John Lyons (born 1933)

## M

* Ian McDonald (born 1933)
* Dionyse McTair (born 1950)
* Rabindranath Maharaj (born 1955)
* Ralph Maraj (born 1949)
* Tony Martin (1942–2013)
* Ira Mathur
* Mustapha Matura (1939–2019)
* Marina Ama Omowale Maxwell
* Olga Maynard (1913–1994)
* Alfred Mendes (1897–1991)
* Sharon Millar
* Patricia Mohammed (born 1954)
* Shani Mootoo (born 1957)

## N

* Savi Naipaul Akal (born 1928)
* Seepersad Naipaul (1906–1953)
* Shiva Naipaul (1945–1985)
* V. S. Naipaul (1932–2018)
* Angelique Nixon
* Elizabeth Nunez (1944–2024)

## P

* George Padmore (1903–1959)
* Leslie "Teacher" Palmer (born 1943)
* Kenneth Vidia Parmasad (1946–2006)
* Raoul Pantin (1943–2015)
* Ingrid Persaud
* Lakshmi Persaud (1937–2024)
* Michel Maxwell Philip (1829–1888)
* M. NourbeSe Philip (born 1947)

## R

* Jennifer Rahim (born 1963)
* Kenneth Ramchand (born 1939)
* Raymond Ramcharitar
* Shivanee Ramlochan (born 1986)
* Kevin Ramnarine
* Kris Rampersad
* Lennox Raphael (born 1939)
* E. M. Roach (1922–2012)
* Ronald Suresh Roberts (born 1968)
* Colin Robinson (1961–2021
* Roger Robinson
* Monique Roffey (born 1965)
* Gordon Rohlehr (1943–2023)

## S

* Amon Saba Saakana (born 1948)
* Marina Salandy-Brown
* Lawrence Scott (born 1943)
* Sam Selvon (1923–1994)
* Raffique Shah (born 1946)
* Frances-Anne Solomon (born 1966)
* Eintou Pearl Springer (born 1944)

## T

* Jeremy Taylor
* John Jacob Thomas (1841–1889)

## W

* Derek Walcott (1930–2017)
* Elizabeth Walcott-Hackshaw (born 1964)
* A. R. F. Webber (1911–1981)
* Eric Williams (1911–1981)
* Henry Sylvester Williams (1869–1911)
* Marguerite Wyke (1908–1995)