# List of authors by name: N

The following is a List of authors by name whose last names begin with N:
Abbreviations: ch = children's; d = drama, screenwriting; f = fiction; nf = non-fiction; p = poetry, song lyrics
* 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

## Na–Ng

* Abdul Rasheed Na'Allah (born 1962, Nigeria, nf/p)
* Ebrahim Nabavi (born 1958, Iran, nf)
* Thomas Nabbes (1605–1641, England, d)
* Vladimir Nabokov (1899–1977, Russia/US, f/nf)
* Daniel Naborowski (1573–1640, Poland-Lithuania, p)
* Farida Nabourema (born 1990, Togo, nf)
* Herbert Nachbar (1930–1980, Germany, f/d)
* Nada Inada (なだいなだ, 1929–2013, Japan, f/nf)
* Péter Nádas (born 1942, Hungary, f/d/nf)
* Ádám Nádasdy (born 1947, Hungary, nf/p)
* Borbála Nádasdy (born 1939, Hungary/France, f/nf)
* Ladislav Nádaši-Jégé (1866–1940, Hungary/Slovakia, f/nf)
* Ira Nadel (born 1943, US/Canada, nf)
* Kolau Nadiradze (1895–1990, Russian E/USSR, p/nf)
* Sten Nadolny (born 1942, Germany, f)
* Knut Nærum (born 1961, Norway, nf)
* Azar Nafisi (born 1948, Iran/US, nf)
* Kafū Nagai (永井荷風, 1879–1959, Japan, f/nf/d)
* Michiko Nagai (永井路子, 1925–2023, Japan, f)
* Tatsuo Nagai (永井龍男, 1904–1990, Japan, f/nf)
* Kiran Nagarkar (1942–2019, India, f/d/nf)
* Hideo Nagata (長田秀雄, 1885–1949, Japan, p/d)
* Linda Nagata (born 1960, US, f)
* Mikihiko Nagata (長田幹彦, 1887–1964, Japan, p/d)
* Takashi Nagatsuka (長塚節, 1879–1915, Japan, p/f)
* Yoshirō Nagayo (長与善郎, 1888–1961, Japan, f/d)
* John Nagenda (1938–2023, Uganda, f/p)
* Khosro Naghed (born 1950, Iran, nf)
* Ágnes Nemes Nagy (1922–1991, Hungary, p/nf/ch)
* Gáspár Nagy (1949–2007, Hungary, p)
* Lajos Parti Nagy (born 1953, Hungary, p/d/nf)
* László Nagy (1925–1978, Hungary, p/nf)
* Ata Nahai (born 1960, Iran, f/nf)
* Alice Nahon (1896–1933, Belgium, p)
* Beverley Naidoo (born 1943, S Africa/England, ch/nf)
* Sadeq Naihoum (1937–1994, Libya/Switzerland, nf)
* Tekkatho Phone Naing (1930–2002, Burma/Myanmar, f/p)
* Majid Naini (born 1963, Iran/US, nf)
* Shiva Naipaul (1945–1985, Trinidad/England, f/nf)
* V. S. Naipaul (1932–2018, Trinidad/England, f/nf)
* M. T. Vasudevan Nair (born 1933, India, f/d)
* Naitō Jōsō (内藤丈草, 1662–1704, Japan, p)
* Naitō Torajirō (内藤虎次郎, 1866–1934, Japan, nf)
* Manuel Gutiérrez Nájera (1859–1895, p/f/nf)
* Kansuke Naka (中勘助, 1885–1965, Japan, f/nf)
* Kenji Nakagami (中上健次, 1946–1992, Japan, f/nf)
* Chūya Nakahara (中原中也, 1907–1937, Japan, p)
* Atsushi Nakajima (中島敦, 1909–1942, Japan, f)
* Ramo Nakajima (中島らも, 1952–2004, Japan, f/nf)
* Akio Nakamori (中森明夫, born 1960, Japan, nf)
* Shin'ichirō Nakamura (中村真一郎, 1918–1997, Japan, f/nf)
* Mitsuo Nakamura (中村光夫, 1911–1988, Japanm nf/d)
* Chie Nakane (中根千枝, 1926–2021, Japan, nf)
* Nakane Kōtei (中根香亭, 1839–1913, Japan, nf)
* Kōji Nakano (中野孝次, 1925–2004, Japan, f/nf)
* Gishū Nakayama (中山義秀, 1900–1969, Japan, nf)
* Tsuneko Nakazato (中里恒子, 1909–1987, Japan, f)
* Nakisanze Segawa (living, Uganda, p/f)
* Beverley Nambozo (living, Uganda, p/nf)
* Namık Kemal (1840–1888, Ottoman Empire, nf/d)
* Hans Daniel Namuhuja (1924–1998, SW Africa/Namibia, p)
* Glaydah Namukasa (living, Uganda, f/p)
* Guru Nanak (1469–1639, Delhi Sultanate/Mughal E, p/nf)
* Marja Bål Nango (born 1988, Norway, d)
* Nannayya (c. 11th c. CE, E Chalukya, p)
* Elizabeth Nannestad (born 1956, N Zealand, p)
* Twm o'r Nant (1739–1810, Wales, d), pseudonym of Thomas Edwards
* Sanjugo Naoki (直木三十五, 1891–1934, Japan, f), pseudonym of Sōichi Uemura (植村宗一)
* Susan Napier (born 1954, N Zealand, f)
* Sydney Elliott Napier (1870–1940, Australia, nf/p)
* R. K. Narayan (1906–2001, India, f/nf)
* Carmen Naranjo (1928–2012, Costa Rica, f/p/nf)
* José Narosky (born 1930, Argentina, nf)
* Narushima Ryūhoku (成島柳北, 1837–1884, Japan, nf)
* Adam Naruszewicz (1733–1796, Poland-Lithuania, p/nf/d)
* Jan Narveson (born 1936, Canada, nf)
* Ras Nas (living, Tanzania, p)
* Ali Mohaqiq Nasab (living, Afghanistan, nf)
* Alanna Nash (born 1950, US, nf)
* Ogden Nash (1902–1971, US, p)
* Thomas Nashe (1567 – c. 1601, England, f/p/d)
* Martha Nasibù (1931–2020, Ethiopia/France, nf)
* Imadaddin Nasimi (1369–1417, Azerbaijan/Mamluk Sultanate, p)
* Taslima Nasrin (born 1962, E Pakistan/India, nf/f)
* Raduan Nassar (born 1935, Brazil, f)
* Badia Hadj Nasser (born 1938, Tangier/France, f/nf)
* Momčilo Nastasijević (1894–1938, Serbia/Yugoslavia, p/f/d)
* Kinoko Nasu (奈須きのこ, born 1973, Japan, f)
* Melissa Nathan (1968–2006, England, f/nf)
* Ali Akbar Natiq (born 1974, Pakistan, f/p)
* Natsume Sōseki (夏目漱石, 1867–1916, Japan, f/nf)
* Sheila Natusch (1926–2017, N Zealand, nf)
* Gellu Naum (1915–2001, Romania, p/f/ch)
* Saint Naum (830–910, Bulgaria, nf), Naum of Ohrid
* Hakan Massoud Navabi (born 1990, Afghanistan/Canada, nf)
* Joe Navarro (born 1953, Cuba, nf)
* Marysa Navarro (born 1934, Spain, nf)
* Marguerite Naville (1852–1930, Switzerland, nf)
* Fariba Nawa (born 1973, Afghanistan/US, nf)
* Massoud Nawabi (1954–2010, Afghanistan, nf)
* Rajarshi Raghabananda Nayak (1938–2016, India, nf)
* James Nayler (1618–1660, England, nf)
* Avetis Nazarbekian (1866–1939, Iran/USSR)
* Peter Nazareth (born 1940, Uganda/US, f/d)
* Aquiles Nazoa (1920–1976, Venezuela, nf/p)
* Njabulo Ndebele (born 1948, S Africa, f/nf)
* Adja Ndeye Boury Ndiaye (born 1936, Senegal/Ivory Coast, ch)
* Marie NDiaye (born 1967, France, f/d)
* Donato Ndongo-Bidyogo (born 1950, Equatorial Guinea, nf)
* Mariama Ndoye (born 1953, Senegal/Tunisia, f)
* Echezonachukwu Nduka (born 1989, Nigeria, p/f/nf)
* Uche Nduka (born 1963, Nigeria/US, p/nf)
* Joseph Ndwaniye (born 1962, Rwanda, f/ch)
* John Neal (1793–1876, US, nf/f/p)
* Emma Neale (born 1969, N Zealand, f/p)
* Dejan Nebrigić (1970–1999, Yugoslavia, nf)
* Ion Neculce (1672–1744, Moldavia, nf)
* Mircea Nedelciu (1950–1999, Romania, f/nf)
* Kole Nedelkovski (1912–1941, Ottoman E/Bulgaria, p)
* Nedîm (c. 1681–1730, Ottoman E, p)
* Torborg Nedreaas (1906–1987, Norway, f/d)
* Mary Anna Needell (1830–1922, England, f)
* Violet Needham (1876–1967, England, ch)
* Henry Neele (1798–1828, England, p/nf)
* Betty Neels (1909–2001, England, f)
* José de Almada Negreiros (1893–1970, Portugal, f/d)
* Constantin Negruzzi (1808–1968, Moldavia/Romania, p/f/p)
* John Neihardt (1881–1863, US, nf/p)
* John R. Neill (1877–1943, US, ch)
* Philip Neilsen (living, Australia, p/ch/nf)
* Shaw Neilson (1872–1940, Australia, p)
* Carlos Nejar (born 1939, Brazil, p/nf)
* Fabrício Carpi Nejar (born 1972, Brazil, p/nf)
* Gert Vlok Nel (born 1963, S Africa, p)
* Philip Nel (born 1969, US, nf)
* Lino Nelisi (born 1952, Niue/N Zealand, ch)
* Émile Nelligan (1879–1941, Canada, p)
* Esther Nelson (1810–1843, Isle of Man, p)
* Jandy Nelson (born 1965, US, f/ch)
* Marilyn Nelson (born 1946, US, p/ch)
* Tracy Nelson (born 1963, US, nf/d)
* Bhalchandra Nemade (born 1938, India, f/p/nf)
* Božena Němcová (1820–1862, Austrian E, f/ch), born Barbora Novotná
* Alexander Nemerov (born 1963, US, nf)
* Howard Nemerov (1920–1991, US p)
* Vitorino Nemésio (1901–1978, Portugal)
* István Péter Németh (born 1960, Hungary, p/nf)
* László Németh (1901–1975, Hungary, f/d/nf)
* Irène Némirovsky (1903–1942, France, f), Holocaust victim
* Matija Nenadović (1777–1854, Ottoman E/Serbia, nf)
* Rajat Neogy (1939–1995, Uganda/US, nf)
* Mary Edith Nepean (1876–1960, Wales, f)
* Cornelius Nepos (c. 1110–25 BCE, Roman Republic, nf)
* Salomėja Nėris (1904–1945, Russian E/Soviet Union, p)
* Jan Neruda (1834–1891, Austrian E, nf/p)
* Pablo Neruda (1904–1973, Chile, p)
* Gérard de Nerval (1808–1855, France, f/p)
* Amado Nervo (1870–1919, Mexico, p/nf)
* Adalgisa Nery (1905–1980, Brazil, p/nf)
* Neşâtî (died 1674, Ottoman E, p)
* E. Nesbit (1858–1924, England, ch/f/p)
* Jeffrey A. Nesbit (living, US, f)
* Jo Nesbø (born 1960, Norway, f/ch)
* Nescio (1882–1961, Netherlands, f), pseudonym of Jan Hendrik Frederik Grönloh
* Aziz Nesin (1915–1995, Turkey, f/nf)
* Patrick Ness (born 1971, US/England, f/ch)
* Åse-Marie Nesse (1934–2001, Norway, p/nf)
* Håkan Nesser (born 1950, Sweden, f)
* Johann Nestroy (1801–1862, Austria, d)
* Agostinho Neto (1922–1979, Angola, p/nf)
* João Cabral de Melo Neto (1920–2009, Brazil, p/nf)
* João Simões Lopes Neto (1865–1916, Brazil, f/nf)
* Andrés Neuman (born 1977, Argentina/Spain, f/nf/p)
* Alfred Neumann (1895–1952, Germany/Switzerland, f/p/d)
* Jill Adelaide Neville (1932–1997, Australia/England, f/d/p)
* John Newbery (1713–1767, England, ch)
* Henry Newbolt (1862–1938, England, p/f/nf)
* P. H. Newby (1918–1997, England, f)
* John Henry Newman (1801–1890, England, nf/p)
* Nanette Newman (born 1934, England, ch/nf)
* Isaac Newton (1642–1726/1727, England, nf)
* John Newton, (born 1959, N Zealand, p/f/nf)
* Lily Newton (1893–1981, England/Wales, nf)
* Nerida Newton (born 1972, Australia, f)
* Nezahualcoyotl (tlatoani) (1402–1472, Mexico, p)
* Aimee Nezhukumatathil (born 1974, US, p/nf)
* Friedrich Neznansky (1932–2013, USSR/Russia, f)
* Celeste Ng (伍綺詩, born 1980, US, f)
* Patrice Nganang (born 1970, Cameroon/US, f)
* Emmanuel Ngara (living, S Rhodesia/Zimbabwe, nf)
* Lauretta Ngcobo (1931–2015, S Africa, f/nf)
* Honorine Ngou (born 1957, Gabon, f/nf)
* Ngugi wa Mirii (1951–2008, Kenya/Zimbabwe, d)
* Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o (born 1938, Kenya, f/d/nf), born James Ngugi
* Mũkoma wa Ngũgĩ (born 1971, Kenya/US, p/nf)
* Nguyễn Du (阮攸, 1766–1820, Vietnam, p)

## Ni–Ny

* Ni Kuang (倪匡, 1935–2022, China/Hong Kong, f/nf)
* Brenda Niall (born 1930, Australia, nf)
* Ian Niall (1916–2002, Scotland/England, f), born John Kincaid McNeillie
* Djibril Tamsir Niane (1932–2021, Guinea, nf/d/f)
* Mame Bassine Niang (1951–2013, Senegal, nf)
* Barrie Phillip Nichol (1944–1988, Canada, p/f)
* Nicholas I of Montenegro (1841–1921, Montenegro, nf)
* Thomas Evan Nicholas (Niclas y Glais) (1879–1971, Wales, p/nf)
* John Graham Nicholls (1929–2023, England/Switzerland, nf)
* Marjory Nicholls (1890–1930, N Zealand, p)
* Sally Nicholls (born 1983, England, ch)
* Aidan Nichols (born 1948, England, nf)
* Beverley Nichols (1898–1983, England, f/d/nf)
* Grace Nichols (born 1950, Guyana/England, p)
* Christopher Robert Nicholson (born 1945, S Africa, nf)
* Joyce Nicholson (1919–2011, Australia, nf)
* Norman Nicholson (1914–1987, England, p/f/d)
* William Nicholson (born 1948, England, d/f)
* Eckhart Nickel (born 1966, Germany/US, nf)
* C. W. Nicol (1940–1920, Wales/Japan, f/nf)
* Davidson Nicol (1924–1994, Sierra Leone, f/p/nf)
* Christoph Friedrich Nicolai (1733–1811, Germany, nf/f)
* Nicos Nicolaides (1884–1956, Greece/Egypt, nf/p)
* Nicomachus (c. 60 – c. 120 CE, Greece, nf)
* Ernst Elias Niebergall (1815–1843, Germany, nf/d)
* Reinhold Niebuhr (1892–1971, US, nf)
* Lorine Niedecker (1903–1970, US, p)
* Marlene van Niekerk (born 1954, S Africa, nf/f/p)
* Julian Ursyn Niemcewicz (1758–1841, Poland-Lithuania/France, p/d)
* Mikael Niemi (born 1959, Sweden, f/p)
* Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900, Germany, nf/p)
* Carel van Nievelt (1843–1913, Netherlands, f/nf), pseudonym Gabriël
* Luis López Nieves (born 1950, Puerto Rico, f/d)
* Nankichi Niimi (新美南吉, 1913–1943, Japan, f/nf/p)
* Martinus Nijhoff (1894–1953, Netherlands, p/nf)
* Niki Etsuko (仁木悦子, 1928–1986, Japan, f)
* Galin Nikiforov (born 1968, Bulgaria, f)
* Svetomir Nikolajević (1844–1922, Serbia/Yugoslavia, nf)
* Jovan Nikolić (born 1955, Yugoslavia/Germany, nf)
* Jovanka Nikolić (1952–2017, Yugoslavia/Serbia, ch)
* Lisa de Nikolits (living, S Africa/Canada, f)
* Gottskálk grimmi Nikulásson (1469–1520, Iceland, nf)
* Deborah Niland (born 1950, Australia, ch)
* Rudolf Nilsen (1901–1929, Norway, p)
* Tove Nilsen (born 1952, Norway, f/ch/nf)
* Peter Nilson (1937–1998, Sweden, nf/f)
* Jenny Nimmo (born 1944, England/Wales, ch)
* P Moe Nin (1883–1940, Burma, nf)
* Bảo Ninh (born 1952, Vietnam, f/nf), pseudonym of Hoàng Ấu Phương
* Milica Ninković (1854–1881, Hungary/Serbia, nf)
* Esther Nirina (1932–2004, Mozambique, p)
* Hume Nisbet (1849–1923, Scotland/England, f/p/nf)
* Kitaro Nishida (西田幾多郎, 1870–1945, Japan, nf)
* Nishiyama Sōin (西山宗因, 1605–1682, Japan, p), born Nishiyama Toyoichi (西山豊一)
* Kyotaro Nishimura (西村京太郎, 1930–2022, Japan, f)
* Junzaburō Nishiwaki (西脇順三郎, 1894–1982, Japan, p/nf)
* Nishiyama Sōin (西山宗因, 1605–1682, Japan, p)
* Nisioisin (西尾維新, born 1981, Japan, f/d), pseudonym
* Mostafa Nissaboury (born 1943, Morocco, p)
* Judah ben Nissim (13th c., Morocco, nf)
* Nitobe Inazō (新渡戸稲造, 1862–1933, Japan, nf)
* Jirō Nitta (新田次郎, 1912–1980, Japan, f), pseudonym of Hiroto Fujiwara (藤原寛人)
* Sister Nivedita (1867–1911, Ireland/India, nf), born Margaret Elizabeth Noble
* Larry Niven (born 1938, US, f)
* Jennifer Niven (born 1968, US, f/ch)
* Ketty Nivyabandi (born 1978, Burundi/Canada, p/nf)
* Fumio Niwa (丹羽文雄, 1904–2005, Japan, f)
* Garth Nix (born 1963, Australia, ch)
* Carl Nixon (born 1967, N Zealand, f/d)
* Joan Lowery Nixon (1927–2003, US, f/ch)
* Thomas Nixon (born 1961, US, nf)
* Moeen Nizami (born 1965, Pakistan, p), born Ghulam Moeen Ud Din
* Lela B. Njatin (born 1963, Yugoslavia/Slovenia, f)
* Rebeka Njau (born 1932, Kenya, d/f)
* John Nkemngong Nkengasong (born 1959, Cameroon, d/f/p)
* Joseph Hanson Kwabena Nketia (1921–2019, Gold Coast/Ghana, nf)
* Innocent Masina Nkhonyo (born 1987, Malawi, f/p)
* Lewis Nkosi (1936–2010, S Africa, p/f/nf)
* Gamal Nkrumah (born 1959, Ghana/Egypt, nf)
* Kwame Nkrumah (1909–1972, Gold Cast/Ghana, nf)
* Yamilka Noa (born 1980, Cuba/Costa Rica, p)
* David Nobbs (1935–2015, England, f/nf/d)
* Shomu Nobori (昇曙夢, 1878–1958, Japan, nf)
* António Nobre (1867–1900, Portugal, p)
* Keiko Nobumoto (信本敬子, 1964–2021, Japan, d)
* Hideki Noda (野田秀樹, born 1955, Japan, d)
* Charles Nodier (1780–1844, France, f/nf)
* Yaeko Nogami (野上弥生子, 1885–1985, Japan, f)
* Rajko Petrov Nogo (born 1945, Yugoslavia/Serbia, p/nf)
* Gábor Nógrádi (born 1947, Hungary, d/p/ch)
* Fujio Noguchi (野口富士男, 1911–1993, Japan, f/nf), pseudonym of Fujio Hirai
* Yone Noguchi (野口米次郎, 1875–1947, Japan), pseudonym of Yonejirō Noguchi (野口米次郎)
* Constantin Noica (1909–1987, Romania, nf)
* Ethel Nokes (1883–1976, England, f/ch)
* Christopher Nolan (1965–2009, Ireland, p/f/nf)
* Cynthia Reed Nolan (1908–1976, Australia, nf)
* Frederick Nolan (1931–2022, England, f/nf)
* William F. Nolan (1928–2021, US, f)
* Fan Noli (1882–1965, Ottoman E/US, nf/p)
* Dieter Noll (1927–2008, Germany, f/nf)
* Ingrid Noll (born 1935, Germany, f)
* João Gilberto Noll (1946–1917, Brazil, f)
* Olga Nolla (1938–2001, Puerto Rica, p/f/nf)
* Hiroshi Noma (野間宏, 1915–1991, Japan, f)
* Masahiko Nomi (能見正比古, 1925–1981, Japan, nf)
* Kodō Nomura (野村胡堂, 1882–1963, Japan, f/nf)
* Jeff Noon (born 1957, England, f/d)
* Oodgeroo Noonuccal (1920–1993, Australia, p/nf)
* Farish A. Noor (born 1967, Malaysia, nf/f)
* Cees Nooteboom (born 1933, Netherlands, f/p/nf)
* Sigurður Nordal (1886–1974, Iceland, nf)
* Hedvig Charlotta Nordenflycht (1718–1763, Sweden, p)
* Eiríkur Örn Norðdahl (born 1978, Iceland, p/f/nf)
* Óttar M. Norðfjörð (born 1980, Iceland, f/p)
* Sven Nordqvist (born 1946, Sweden, ch)
* Adolf Noreen (1854–1925, Sweden, nf)
* Lawrence Norfolk (born 1963, England, f)
* Howard Norman (born 1949, US, f)
* John Norman (born 1931, US, f/nf)
* Philip Norman (born 1943, England, f/nf/d)
* Regine Normann (1867–1939, Norway, f/ch)
* William Edward Norris (1847–1925, England, f)
* Andrew Norriss (born 1947, England, ch/d)
* Harold Norse (1916–2009, US, p/f)
* Marlene Norst (1930–2010, Australia, nf)
* Grace May North (1876–1960, US, ch)
* Jessica Nelson North (1891–1988, US, f/p/ch)
* Sterling North (1906–1974, US, nf/f/ch)
* Harry Northup (born 1940, US, p)
* Arthur Nortje (1942–1970, S Africa/England, p)
* Andre Norton (1912–2005, US, f), pseudonym of Alice Mary Norton
* Caroline Norton (1808–1877, England, nf/d/f)
* Mary Norton (1903–1992, England, ch)
* Cyprian Norwid (1821–1883, Russian E/France, p/d)
* Akiyuki Nosaka (野坂昭如, 1930–2015, Japan, f/p)
* Nikolay Nosov (1908–1976, Russian E/USSR, ch)
* Christine Nöstlinger (1936–2018, Austria, ch)
* Amélie Nothomb (born 1966, Belgium, f)
* Alice Notley (born 1945, US, p/nf)
* Alan E. Nourse (1928–1992, US, f/ch)
* Henri Nouwen (1932–1996, Netherlands/Canada, nf)
* Joanne Nova (born 1967, Australia, nf/ch)
* Helga M. Novak (1935–2013, Germany/Iceland, f/nf)
* Michael Novak (1933–2017, US, f/nf)
* Anna Novakov (born 1959, Yugoslavia/US, nf)
* Aleksandar Novaković (born 1975, Yugoslavia/Serbia, f/d)
* Duško Novaković (born 1948, Yugoslavia/Serbia, p)
* Mirjana Novaković (born 1966, Yugoslavia/Serbia, f)
* Stojan Novaković (1842–1915, Serbia, nf)
* Novalis (1772–1801, Germany, p/nf), pseudonym of Georg Philipp Friedrich Freiherr von Hardenberg
* Ivor Novello (1893–1951, Wales/England, d)
* Salvador Novo (1904–1974, Mexico, p/nf)
* Franciszek Nowicki (1864–1935, Austrian E/Poland, nf/f/p)
* Alfred Noyes (1880–1958, England, p/nf/d)
* Michael B. Nsimbi (1910–1994, Uganda, p)
* Jason Ntaro (living, Uganda, p)
* Richard Carl Ntiru (born 1946, Uganda, p/d/f)
* U Nu (1907–1995, Burma/Myanmar, nf/f)
* Benjamin Nugent (living, US, f/nf)
* Muhammad Ibrahim Nugud (1930–2012, Sudan/England, nf)
* Princess Nukata (額田王, fl. 17th c., Japan, p), also Nukata no Ōkimi
* Laura Numeroff (born 1953, US, ch)
* Pedro Nunes (1502–1578, Portugal, nf)
* Helvi Nuorgam-Poutasuo (1943–2017, Norway, nf)
* Farah Nur (1862–1932, Isaaq Sultanate/Somaliland, p)
* Sevinj Nurugizi (born 1964, Soviet U/Azerbaijan, ch)
* Branislav Nušić (1864–1938, Serbia/Yugoslavia, d/nf/f)
* Martina Nwakoby (born 1937, Nigeria/US, ch)
* Nkem Nwankwo (1936–2001, Nigeria/US, f/p)
* Flora Nwapa (1931–1993, Nigeria, f)
* Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani (born 1976, Nigeria, f/nf)
* Nat Nwe (1933–2011, Burma/Myanmar, f/p)
* San San Nweh (born 1945, Burma/Myanmar, f/nf)
* Onyeka Nwelue (born 1988, Nigeria, nf/f)
* Chuma Nwokolo (born 1963, Nigeria, f/p)
* Chacha Nyaigotti-Chacha (born 1952, Kenya, d/nf)
* Stanley Nyamfukudza (born 1951, S Rhodesia/Zimbabwe, nf/f)
* Freedom Nyamubaya (c. 1958–2015, S Rhodesia/Zimbabwe, p)
* Nyana Kakoma (living, Uganda, f/nf)
* Sulayman S. Nyang (1944–2018, Gambia, nf)
* Julia Nyberg (1784–1854, Sweden, p), pseudonym Euphrosyne
* Naomi Shihab Nye (born 1952, US, p/f)
* Philip Nye (c. 1595–1672, England, nf)
* Robert Nye (1939–2016, England, p/f/ch)
* Monica Arac de Nyeko (born 1979, Uganda, f/p/nf)
* Sibusiso Nyembezi (1919–2000, S Africa, f/p/nf)
* Julius Nyerere (1922–1999, Tanzania, nf)
* Anne-Pia Nygård (born 1977, Norway, nf)
* Olav Nygard (1884–1924, Norway, p)
* Kevin Nyiau (born 1986, Malaysia, nf)
* Saw Mon Nyin (1919–2011, Burma/Myanmar, nf)
* Zindaba Nyirenda (living, Zambia, nf)
* Vincent de Paul Nyonda (1918–1995, Gabon, d)
* Arild Nyquist (1937–2004, Norway, f/p/ch)
* Khin Maung Nyunt (born 1929, Burma/Myanmar, nf)
* Onuora Nzekwu (1928–2017, Nigeria, f)