# List of Jamaican writers

This is a list of Jamaican writers, including writers either from or associated with Jamaica.
* 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

* Peter Abrahams (1919–2017)
* Opal Palmer Adisa (born 1954)
* Lester Afflick (1956–2000)

## B

* Amy Bailey (1895–1990)
* Gwyneth Barber Wood (died 2006)
* Mary Anne Barker (1831–1911)
* Lindsay Barrett (born 1941)
* Richard Bathurst (died 1762)
* Edward Baugh (1936–2023)
* Vera Bell (1906–?)
* Louise Bennett-Coverley (1919–2006)
* James Berry (1924–2017)
* Jacqueline Bishop (living)
* Eliot Bliss (1903–1990)
* Cedella Booker (1926–2008)
* Jean "Binta" Breeze (1956–2021)
* Yvonne Brewster (born 1938)
* Anne Brodbelt (1751–1827)
* Erna Brodber (born 1940)

## C

* Lady Colin Campbell (born 1949)
* Hazel Campbell (1940–2018)
* Morris Cargill (1914–2000)
* Margaret Cezair-Thompson (living)
* Colin Channer (born 1963)
* Michelle Cliff (1946–2016)
* Aston Cooke (1958–2019)
* Carolyn Cooper (born 1950)
* Rudolph de Cordova (1860–1941)
* Christine Craig (born 1943)

## D

* Robert Charles Dallas (1754–1824)
* Kwame Dawes (born 1962)
* Neville Dawes (1926–1984)
* Jean D'Costa (born 1937)
* H. G. de Lisser (1878–1944)
* Ferdinand Dennis (born 1956)
* Nicole Dennis-Benn (born 1982)
* Marcia Douglas (living)

## E

* Beverley East (born 1953)
* George Ellis (1753–1815)

## F

* Alfred Fagon (1937–1986)
* Ira Lunan Ferguson (1904–1992)
* Walter Augustus Feurtado (1839–1910)
* John Figueroa (1920–1999)
* Honor Ford-Smith (born 1951)

## G

* Amy Jacques Garvey (1895–1973)
* Delores Gauntlett (born 1949)
* Barbara Gloudon (1935–2022)
* Lorna Goodison (born 1947)
* Colin Grant (born 1961)

## H

* Richard Hart (1917–2013)
* John Hearne (1926–1994)
* A. L. Hendriks (1922–1992)
* Donald Hinds (1934–2023)
* Nalo Hopkinson (born 1960)
* Ishion Hutchinson (living)

## J

* Marlon James (born 1970)
* Evan Jones (1927–2023)

## L

* Olive Lewin (1927–2013)
* Heather Little-White (1952–2013)
* Edward Long (1734–1813)

## M

* Thomas MacDermot (1870–1933)
* Claude McKay (1889–1948)
* Alecia McKenzie (living)
* Kellie Magnus (born 1970)
* Roger Mais (1905–1955)
* Rachel Manley (born 1955)
* Louis Marriott (1935—2016)
* Una Marson (1905–1965)
* Brian Meeks (born 1953)
* Kara Miller (living)
* Kei Miller (born 1978)
* Pamela Mordecai (born 1942)
* Mervyn Morris (born 1937)
* Mutabaruka (born 1952)

## O

* Oku Onuora (born 1952)

## P

* Kayla Perrin (born 1970?)
* Geoffrey Philp (born 1958)
* Velma Pollard (1937–2025)
* Patricia Powell (born 1966)

## Q

* Ada Quayle (1920–2002)

## R

* Claudia Rankine (born 1963)
* Barry Reckord (1926–2011)
* Victor Stafford Reid (1913–1987)
* Trevor Rhone (1940–2009)
* Joan Riley (born 1958)
* Kim Robinson-Walcott (born 1956)
* Namba Roy (1910–1961)

## S

* Andrew Salkey (1928–1995)
* Dennis Scott (1939–1991)
* Mary Seacole (1805–1881)
* Olive Senior (born 1941)
* Tanya Shirley (born 1976)
* Makeda Silvera (born 1955)
* Joanne M. Simpson (born 1957)
* Malachi Smith (living)
* Mikey Smith (1954–1983)
* Vanessa Spence (born 1961)

## T

* Ekwueme Michael Thelwell (born 1939)
* Elean Thomas (1947–2004)
* Ralph Thompson (1928–2022)

## V

* Vivian Virtue (1911–1998)

## W

* Robert Wedderburn (1762–1835/36?)
* Anthony C. Winkler (1942–2015)
* Sylvia Wynter (born 1928)

## Z

* Fiona Zedde (born 1976)