# List of authors by name: F

The following is a List of authors by name whose last names begin with F:
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

## Fa

* Frederick William Faber (1814–1863, England, p/nf)
* Geoffrey Faber (1889–1961, England, p/nf)
* George Stanley Faber (1773–1854, England, nf)
* Dušan Fabian (born 1975, Czechoslovakia/Slovakia, f)
* Mary Fabilli (1914–2011, US, p)
* Kinga Fabó (1953–2021, Hungary, p/nf)
* Johan Fabricius (1899–1981, Netherlands, f/ch/nf)
* Johann Albert Fabricius (1668–1736, Germany, nf)
* Robert Fabyan (died c. 1512, England, nf)
* Héctor Abad Faciolince (born 1958, Colombia, f/nf)
* Youssef Fadel (born 1949, Morocco, f/d)
* José Fernandes Fafe (1927–2017, Portugal, p/f/nf)
* Ahmed Fagih (1942–2019, Libya/Egypt, f/d/nf)
* Daniel O. Fagunwa (1903–1963, Nigeria, f)
* Diane Fahey (born 1945, Australia, p/nf)
* Jacqueline Fahey (born 1929, N Zealand, nf)
* Fawzia Fahim (born 1931, Egypt, nf)
* Ludwig Fahrenkrog (1867–1952, Germany, nf)
* Harry Fainlight (1935–1982, England/US, p)
* Ruth Fainlight (born 1931, US/England, p/f)
* Thomas Fairfax (1612–1672, England, p/nf)
* Gordon Hamilton Fairley (1930–1975, Australia/England, nf)
* Margaret Fairley (1885–1968, England/Canada, nf)
* Linda Fairstein (born 1947, US, f)
* Faiz Ahmed Faiz (1911–1984, India/Pakistan, p)
* Miled Faiza (born 1974, Tunisia/US, p)
* Doumbi Fakoly (born 1944, Mali/France, f)
* Cristóvão Falcão (c. 1512 – c. 1557, Portugal, p)
* Maria and Harriet Falconar (fl. 1780s, England or Scotland, p)
* María Inés Falconi (born 1954, Argentina, ch)
* Knut Faldbakken (born 1941, Norway, f)
* Matias Faldbakken (born 1973, Denmark/Norway, f/d)
* Adebayo Faleti (1921–2017, Nigeria, d/p/nf)
* Johannes Daniel Falk (1768–1826, Polish Prussia/Germany, p)
* Johan Falkberget (1879–1967, Norway, f/nf)
* Kolbein Falkeid (1933–2021, Norway, p)
* Suzanne Falkiner (born 1952, Australia, nf/f)
* J. Meade Falkner (1858–1932, England, f/p)
* Hugh Falkus (1917–1996, England, nf)
* Khadi Fall (born 1948, Senegal, f)
* Kiné Kirama Fall (born 1934, Senegal, p)
* Hans Fallada (1893–1947, Germany, f), pseudonym of Rudolf Wilhelm Friedrich Ditzen
* Padraic Fallon (1905–1974, Ireland, p/d)
* Toyin Falola (born 1953, Nigeria, nf)
* Christian Falster (1690–1772, Denmark, p/nf)
* Ferenc Faludi (1704–1779, Hungary, f)
* György Faludy (1910–2006, Hungary, p/nf)
* Fan Chengda (范成大, 1126–1193, China, nf/p)
* Fan Chung (金芳蓉, born 1949, China, nf)
* Fan Ye (范曄, 398–445/446, China, nf)
* Juraj Fándly (1750–1811, Austria-Hungary, nf)
* Julian Fane (1927–2009, England, f/nf/d)
* Margaret Fane (1887–1962, Australia, f)
* Mildmay Fane (1602–1666, England, d)
* Violet Fane (1843–1905, England, p), pseudonym of Lady Mary Montgomerie Currie
* Fang Fang (方方, born 1955, China, p/f/nf)
* Fang Xuanling (房玄齡, 579–648, China, nf)
* Ronald Fangen (1895–1946, Norway, f/nf/d)
* Sölvi Fannar (born 1971, Iceland, nf/p)
* Frantz Fanon (1925–1961, Martinique/US, nf)
* Ann, Lady Fanshawe (1625–1680, England, nf)
* Catherine Maria Fanshawe (1765–1834, England, p)
* Richard Fanshawe (1608–1666, England, nf)
* Simon Fanshawe (born 1956, England, nf)
* John Fante (1909–1983, US, f)
* U. A. Fanthorpe (1929–2009, England, p)
* Ladislas Farago (1906–1980, Hungary/US, nf)
* Cristina Ali Farah (born 1973, Italy, f/nf)
* Nuruddin Farah (born 1945, Somalia/S Africa, f/d)
* Anthony Faramus (1920–1990, Jersey/England, nf)
* Myrddin Fardd (1836–1921, nf), pseudonym of John Jones
* John Fardell (born 1967, ch)
* Nabile Farès (1940–2016, Algeria/France, f)
* Léon-Paul Fargue (1876–1947, France, p/nf)
* Rosa Lobato de Faria (1932–2010, Portugal, f/p/d)
* Joseph Farington (1747–1821, England, nf)
* Helen Farish (born 1962, England, p)
* Benjamin Farjeon (1838–1903, England, f/d/nf)
* Eleanor Farjeon (1881–1965, England, ch/d/p)
* Herbert Farjeon (1887–1945, England, d/p)
* Joseph Jefferson Farjeon (1883–1955, England, f/d)
* Paul Farley (born 1965, England, p/d/nf)
* Walter Farley (1815–1889, US, ch)
* Beverley Farmer (1941–2018, Australia, f/nf)
* Nancy Farmer (born 1941, US, ch/f)
* Penelope Farmer (born 1939, England, ch)
* Philip José Farmer (1918–2009, US, f)
* Thomas Farnaby (c. 1575–1647, England, nf)
* Nigel Farndale (born 1964, England, f/nf)
* Jeffery Farnol (1878–1952, England, f/nf)
* Musharraf Ali Farooqi (born 1968, Pakistan, f/ch/nf)
* Fadhila El Farouk (born 1967, Algeria, nf), pseudonym of Fadhila Melkemi
* Nabil Farouk (1956–2020, Egypt, f)
* Florence Farr (1860–1917, England, nf/f)
* Frederic Farrar (1831–1903, England, nf/f)
* Stewart Farrar (1916–2000, England, d/f/nf)
* Fiona Farrell (born 1947, N Zealand, p/f/d)
* J. G. Farrell (1935–1979, England/Ireland, f)
* John Farrell (1851–1904, Argentina/Australia, p)
* John Farrell (1968–2010, US, p)
* Kathleen Farrell (1912–1999, England, f)
* Michael Farrell (born 1965, p)
* Forugh Farrokhzad (1934–1967, Iran, p/nf)
* Angie Farrow (born 1951, N Zealand, nf)
* G. E. Farrow (1862–1919, England, ch)
* Rainer Werner Fassbinder (1945–1982, Germany, d/nf)
* Adélaïde Fassinou (born 1955, Benin, f)
* Howard Fast (1914–2003, US, f/p/d)
* Kåre Fasting (1907–1983, Norway, f/nf)
* Tarek Fatah (born 1949, Pakistan/Canada, nf)
* Gertrude Minnie Faulding (1875–1961, ch/f/nf)
* Mary Faulkner (1903–1973, S Africa, f), pseudonym of Kathleen Lindsay
* William Faulkner (1897–1962, US, f/p/nf)
* Sebastian Faulks (born 1953, England, f)
* Jörg Fauser (1944–1987, Germany, f/d)
* Beatrice Faust (1939–2019, Australia, nf)
* Joseph Fawcett (c. 1758–1804, England, p/nf)
* Millicent Fawcett (1847–1929, England, nf)
* Francis Fawkes (1720–1777, England, p/nf)
* András Fáy (1786–1864, Hungary, p/f/d)
* Eliza Fay (1755 or 1756–1816, England, nf)
* Jean-Pierre Faye (born 1925, France, f/nf/p)
* Jean-François Leriget de La Faye (1674–1731, France, f)
* Louis Diène Faye (born 1936, Senegal, nf)
* Madame de La Fayette (1634–1693, France, f)
* Mihály Fazekas (1766–1828, Hungary, p/nf)

## Fe–Ff

* Jane Fearon (1654 or 1656–1737, England, nf)
* Jane Feather (born 1945, England/US, f)
* Daniel Featley (1582–1645, England, nf)
* Vicki Feaver (born 1943, England, p)
* Logan February (born 1999, Nigeria, p/nf)
* Constance Fecher (1911–1995, England, f), pseudonym of Constance Fecher Heaven
* Gustav Fechner (1801–1887, Germany, nf), pseudonym Dr. Mises
* Heinrich Federer (1866–1928, Switzerland, f/nf/p)
* Tim Federle (born 1980, US, nf/d)
* Wayne Federman (born 1959, US, nf)
* Jürg Federspiel (1931–2007, Switzerland, f)
* Klára Fehér (1919–1996, Hungary, nf/f/ch)
* Lopito Feijóo (born 1963, Angola, p)
* José Pablo Feinmann (1943–2021, Argentina, f/d/nf)
* Elaine Feinstein (1930–2019, England, p/f/d)
* David Feintuch (1944–2006, US, f)
* Raymond Feist (born 1945, US, f)
* Bu Feiyan (步非烟, born 1981, China, f), pseudonym of Xin Xiaojuan (辛晓娟)
* István Fekete (1900–1970, Hungary, ch/f)
* Else Feldmann (1884–1942, Austria, f/d/p), Holocaust victim
* Alison Fell (born 1944, Scotland, p/f)
* John Fell (1625–1686, England, nf)
* Károly Fellinger (born 1963, Czechoslovakia/Slovakia, p/nf)
* Mary Fels (1863–1953, Germany/US, nf)
* Owen Feltham (1602–1668, England, nf)
* Kurt Feltz (1910–1982, Germany/Spain, f)
* Jonathan Fenby (born 1942, England, nf)
* Feng Jicai (馮驥才, born 1942, China, f/nf)
* Feng Menglong (馮夢龍, 1574–1646, China, nf/f/p)
* Feng Yidai (馮亦代, 1913–2005, China, nf)
* Feng Youlan (馮友蘭, 1895–1990, China, nf)
* Feng Yuanjun (冯沅君, 1900–1974, China, nf)
* Fenggan (豐干, fl. 9th c., China, nf)
* Forrest Fenn (1930–2020, US, f)
* George Manville Fenn (1831–1909, England, f/nf/ch)
IJ Fenn (England)
* John Fenn (died 1615, England, nf)
* John Fenn (1739–1794, England, nf)
* Lionel Fenn (1942–2006, US, f)
* Achour Fenni (living, Algeria, p/nf)
* Beppe Fenoglio (1922–1963, Italy, f/d)
* Elijah Fenton (1683–1730, England, p/nf)
* Geoffrey Fenton (c. 1539–1608, England, nf)
* James Fenton (1931–2021, N Ireland, p)
* James Fenton (born 1949, England, p/nf)
* Roger Fenton (1565–1615, England, nf)
* Eliza Fenwick (1767–1840, England/Barbados, f/nf/ch)
* Miksa Fenyő (1877–1972, Hungary, nf)
* Mouloud Feraoun (1913–1962, Algeria, nf)
* Edna Ferber (1885–1968, US, f/d)
* Ferdowsi (c. 935/1940 – c. 1019/1026, Persia, p)
* Teréz Ferenczy (1823–1853, Austria-Hungary, p)
* Kitty Ferguson (born 1941, US, nf)
* Ruby Ferguson (1899–1966, England, f/ch), pseudonym RC Ashby
* Sarah Ferguson (born 1965, Australia/US, nf)
* Bernard Fergusson (1911–1980, nf)
* Robert Fergusson (1750–1774, Scotland, p)
* Halima Ferhat (born 1941, Morocco, nf)
* Nils Ferlin (1898–1961, Sweden, p)
* Lawrence Ferlinghetti (1919–2021, US, p/f/nf)
* Patrick Leigh Fermor (1915–2011, England, nf)
* Fanny Fern (1811–1872, US, f/ch/nf), born Sara Payson Willis
* Macedonio Fernández (1874–1952, Argentina, f/p/nf)
* Chitra Fernando (1935–1998, Ceylon/Sri Lanka, f/ch)
* Elena Ferrante (living, Italy, f)
* Marie Ferrarella (born 1948, Germany/US, f)
* Gabriella De Ferrari (born 1941, US, nf)
* Elizabeth Ferrars (1907–1995, Burma/England, f), pseudonym of Morna Doris MacTaggart
* Léo Ferré (1916–1993, Monaco/Italy, p)
* Rosario Ferré (1938–2016, Puerto Rico, f/nf/p)
* António Ferreira (1528–1569, Portugal, p/d)
* Isabel Ferreira (born 1958, Angola, nf)
* José Gomes Ferreira (1900–1985, Portugal, p/f)
* Vergílio Ferreira (1916–1996, Portugal, f/nf)
* Susan Edmonstone Ferrier (1782–1854, Scotland, f)
* Helen Josephine Ferris (1890–1969, US, f)
* Maria Fetherstonhaugh (1847–1918, England, f)
* Omar Fetmouche (born 1955, Algeria, d)
* Touati Fettouma (born 1950, Algeria, f)
* Eduard von Feuchtersleben (1798–1857, Poland/Austria, d/nf/p)
* Lion Feuchtwanger (1884–1958, Germany/US, f/d)
* Malcolm Fewtrell (1909–2005, England, nf)
* Renate Feyl (born 1944, Czechoslovakia/Germany, f/nf)
* Jasper Fforde (born 1961, England, f)
* Katie Fforde (born 1952, England, f)
* I. D. Ffraid (1814–1875, Wales, p/nf)

## Fi–Fl

* Ferdinand Kwasi Fiawoo (1891–1969, Gold Coast, nf/d)
* Jerzy Ficowski (1924–2006, Poland, p/nf)
* Eugene Field (1850–1895, US, ch/p/nf)
* Michael Field (Katharine Harris Bradley, 1846–1914, and Edith Emma Cooper, 1862–1913, England, p/d)
* Richard Field (1561–1616, England, nf)
* Daphne Fielding (1904–1997, England, nf)
* Helen Fielding (born 1958, England, f/d)
* Henry Fielding (1707–1754, England, f/d/p)
* Sarah Fielding (1710–1768, England, f/ch)
* Xan Fielding (1918–1991, England, nf), pseudonym of Alexander Percival Wallace
* Celia Fiennes (1662–1741, England, nf)
* William Fiennes (born 1970, England, nf)
* Fanny Carrión de Fierro (born 1936, Ecuador, p/nf)
* Humberto Fierro (1890–1929, Ecuador, p)
* Graeme Fife (born 1946, England, nf/d)
* C. H. S. Fifoot (1899–1975, England/Scotland, nf)
* Eva Figes (1932–2012, Germany/England, f/nf)
* Salvador Reyes Figueroa (1899–1970, Chile, f/nf)
* Margita Figuli (1909–1995, Czechoslovakia/Slovakia, f/nf/ch)
* Adonias Filho (1915–1990, Brazil, f/nf)
* Ernesto Lara Filho (1932–1977, Angola, p/nf)
* Juan de Dios Filiberto (1885–1964, Argentina, p)
* Nicolae Filimon (1819–1865, Wallachia/Romania, f/nf)
* Amanda Filipacchi (born 1967, US, f/nf)
* Emil Filipčič (born 1951, Yugoslavia/Slovenia, f/d)
* Vukašin Filipović (1930–1990, Yugoslavia, nf/f/d)
* Catherine Filloux (living, France/US, d)
* Juan Filloy (1894–2000, Argentina, f/nf)
* Robert Filmer (c. 1588–1653, England, nf)
* Anne Finch, Countess of Winchilsea (1661–1720, England, p)
* Charles Finch (born 1980, US, f)
* Annie Finch (born 1956, US, p/d/nf)
* Brian Finch (1936–2007, England, d)
* William Coles Finch (1864–1944, England, nf)
* Timothy Findley (1930–2002, Canada, f/d)
* Anne Fine (born 1947, England, ch/f)
* Cordelia Fine (born 1975, Canada/England, nf)
* Nadia Fink (born 1977, Argentina, nf/ch)
* Thomas Fink (born 1972, US/England, nf)
* Fiona Finlay (1914–1986, England, f), pseudonym of Violet Vivian Stuart
* George Finlay (1799–1875, Scotland, nf)
* Ian Hamilton Finlay (1925–2006, Scotland, p/nf)
* John Martin Finlay (1941–1991, US, nf/f)
* Martha Finley (1828–1909, US, ch)
* Mitch Finley (born 1945, US, nf)
* Jack Finney (1911–1995, US, f/d)
* Steinunn Finnsdóttir (c. 1640 – c. 1710, Iceland, p)
* Fran Saleški Finžgar (1871–1962, Austrian E/Yugoslavia, f/p/d)
* Carmen Firan (born 1958, Romania/US, p/f/nf)
* Ronald Firbank (1886–1926, England/Italy, f)
* Ruth First (1925–1982, S Africa/Mozambique, nf)
* Charles Firth (1857–1936, England, nf)
* John Rupert Firth (1890–1960, England, nf)
* Tim Firth (born 1964, England, d/p)
* Johann Fischart (c. 1545–1591, Germany, p/f)
* Caroline Auguste Fischer (1764–1842, Germany, f)
* Louis Fischer (1896–1970, US, nf)
* Tibor Fischer (born 1959, England, f)
* Margery Fish (1892–1969, England, nf)
* Tim Fish (born 1970, US, ch/f)
* Timothy Fish (living, US, f/nf)
* A. S. T. Fisher (1906–1989, England, p/nf)
* Aileen Fisher (1906–2002, US, ch/p)
* Allen Fisher (born 1944, England, p)
* Ann Fisher (1719–1778, England, nf)
* Carrie Fisher (1956–2016, US, f/d)
* Catherine Fisher (born 1986, Wales, p/ch)
* Dorothy Canfield Fisher (1879–1958, US, f/nf/ch)
* Herbert William Fisher (1826–1903, England, nf)
* John Fisher (1469–1535, England, nf)
* Jon Fisher (born 1972, US, nf)
* Lala Fisher (1872–1929, Australia, nf)
* M. F. K. Fisher (1908–1992, US, nf)
* Mark Fisher (1968–2017, England, nf)
* Roy Fisher (1930–2017, England, p)
* William Fisher (1780–1852, England, f)
* Nicholas Fisk (1923–2016, England, f/ch), pseudonym of David Higginbottom
* Robert Fisk (1946–2020, England/Ireland, nf)
* Sebastian Fitzek (born 1971, Germany, f/nf)
* Edward Fitzgerald (1809–1883, England, p)
* Helen FitzGerald (born 1966, Australia/Scotland, f)
* F. Scott Fitzgerald (1896–1940, US, f/nf/d)
* John D. Fitzgerald (1907–1988, US, ch/nf)
* Penelope Fitzgerald (1916–2000, England, f/p/nf)
* R. D. Fitzgerald (1902–1987, Australia, p)
* Robert Fitzgerald (1910–1985, p/nf)
* Louise Fitzhugh (1928–1974, US, ch)
* April FitzLyon (1920–1998, England, nf)
* Joseph Fitzmyer (1920–2016, US, nf)
* James Percy FitzPatrick (1862–1931, S Africa, nf/ch)
* Kathleen Fitzpatrick (1905–1990, Australia, nf)
* William Fitzstephen (died c. 1191, England, nf)
* Matthias Flacius (1520–1575, Istria, nf), Croatian name Matija Vlačić Ilirik
* Marjorie Flack (1897–1958, US, ch)
* John Flanagan (born 1944, Australia, f)
* Roderick Flanagan (1828–1862, Ireland/Australia, p/nf)
* Judith Flanders (born 1959, England, nf)
* Peter Flannery (born 1951, England, d)
* Thomas Flatman (1635–1688, England, p)
* Gustave Flaubert (1821–1880, France, f/nf)
* Konrad Fleck (fl. 13th c., Germany, p)
* James Elroy Flecker (1884–1915, England, f/d/p)
* Richard Flecknoe (c. 1600–1678, England, d/p)
* Paul Fleischman (born 1952, US, ch)
* Sid Fleischman (1920–2010, US, ch/d/f)
* Marieluise Fleißer (1901–1974, Germany, d)
* Abraham Fleming (c. 1552–1607, England, nf/p)
* Cardine Fleming (born 1936, England, f), pseudonym of Anne Mather
* Caroline Fleming (born 1975, Denmark, nf)
* Ian Fleming (1908–1964, England, f)
* Marjorie Fleming (1803–1811, Scotland, ch/nf/p)
* Paul Fleming (1609–1640, Germany, p)
* Peter Fleming (1907–1971, England, nf)
* Louis Fles (1872–1940, Netherlands, nf), pseudonym Dr. W. Bottema C. Az.
* Beryl Fletcher (1938–2018, N Zealand, f)
* Giles Fletcher (c. 1586–1623, England, p)
* Giles Fletcher the Elder (1548–1611, England, p)
* J. S. Fletcher (1863–1935, England, f/nf)
* Jane Fletcher (1870–1956, Australia, nf/f)
* John Fletcher (1579–1625, England, d)
* John Gould Fletcher (1886–1960, US, p)
* Lisa Anne Fletcher (1844–1905, US, p/nf)
* Mary Bosanquet Fletcher (1739–1815, England, nf)
* Phineas Fletcher (1582–1650, England, p/nf)
* Susan Fletcher (born 1979, England, f)
* Thomas Fletcher (1666–1713, England, p)
* Olaf de Fleur (born 1975, Iceland, d), pseudonym of Ólafur Jóhannesson
* Maria De Fleury (fl. 1773–1791, England, p/nf)
* Antony Flew (1923–2010, England, nf)
* Robert Newton Flew (1886–1962, England, nf)
* Walter Flex (1887–1917, Germany/Russian E, f)
* Eric Flint (born 1947, US, f)
* F. S. Flint (1885–1960, England, p)
* Kjartan Fløgstad (born 1944, Norway, p/f)
* Malva Flores (born 1961, Mexico, p/f/nf)
* Marco Antonio Flores (1937–2013, Guatemala, p/f/nf)
* Filip Florian (born 1968, Romania, f)
* John Florio (1552–1625, England, p/nf)
* Pat Flower (1914–1977, England/Australia, d/f)
* Tui Flower (1925–2017, N Zealand, nf)
* Alice Flowerdew (1759–1830, England, p)
* R. Barri Flowers (born 1956, US, f/nf)
* John Floyd (1572–1649, England/France, nf)
* Robert Fludd (1574–1637, England, nf)
* Torbjörn Flygt (born 1964, Sweden, f)
* Chris Flynn (born 1972, Australia, f)
* Michael Flynn (born 1947, US, nf)

## Fo

* Gorch Fock (1880–1916, Germany, f/p/d), pseudonym of Johann Wilhelm Kinau
* Giles Foden (born 1967, England, f)
* Usman dan Fodio (1754–1815, Hausa Kingdoms, nf)
* Aïcha Fofana (1957–2003, Mali, f/nf)
* Lionel Fogarty (born 1958, Australia, p)
* Antonio Fogazzaro (1842–1911, Italy, f/nf/d)
* Per Anders Fogelström (1917–1998, Sweden, f)
* Rodolfo Enrique Fogwill (1941–2010, Argentina, f/p)
* Jolán Földes (1902–1963, Hungary/England, f/d), also Yolanda Foldes
* Winifred Foley (1914–2009, England, nf)
* Jean Follain (1903–1971, France, nf/p)
* Ken Follett (born 1949, Wales/England, f)
* Hans Folz (c. 1437–1513, Germany, p/d)
* Rufino Blanco Fombona (1874–1944, Venezuela, nf)
* Albany Fonblanque (1793–1872, England, nf)
* Mikkjel Fønhus (1894–1973, Norway, f/nf)
* Manuel da Fonseca (1911–1993, Portugal, f)
* Rubem Fonseca (1925–2020, Brazil, f)
* Jean de La Fontaine (1621–1695, France, f/p)
* Roberto Fontanarrosa (1944–2007, Argentina, f)
* Theodor Fontane (1819–1898, Germany, nf/f)
* Narbal Fontes (1899–1960, Brazil, f)
* Philippa Foot (1920–2010, England, nf)
* Mary Hallock Foote (1847–1938, US, f/nf)
* Samuel Foote (1720–1777, England, d)
* Tim Footman (born 1968, England, nf)
* Mary Hannay Foott (1846–1918, Scotland/Australia, p)
* Lady Angela Forbes (1876–1950, England/Jersey, f)
* Colin Forbes (1923–2006, England, f), pseudonym of Raymond Harold Sawkins
* Duncan Forbes (1798–1868, Scotland, nf)
* Duncan Forbes (1922–1994, Scotland, nf)
* Duncan Forbes (born 1947, England, p)
* Edward Forbes (1815–1854, Isle of Man, nf)
* Esther Forbes (1891–1967, US, f/nf/ch)
* John Forbes (1950–1998, Australia, p)
* Carolyn Forché (born 1950, US, p/nf)
* Anne Ford (1737–1824, England, nf)
* Boris Ford (1917–1998, India/England, nf)
* Elbur Ford (1906–1993, England, f), pseudonym of Eleanor Burford Hibbert
* Ford Madox Ford (1873–1939, England, f/p/nf), born Joseph Leopold Ford Hermann Madox Hueffer
* John Ford (1586 – c. 1639, England, d/p)
* John M. Ford (1957–2006, US, f/p)
* Mark Ford (born 1962, Kenya/England, p/nf)
* Norrey Ford (1907–1985, England, f), pseudonym of Norren Dilcock
* Richard Ford (1796–1858, England, nf)
* Thomas Ford (c. 1580–1648, England, p)
* Amanda Foreman (born 1968, England/US, nf)
* Michael Foreman (born 1938, England, ch)
* Antonia Forest (1915–2003, England, ch), pseudonym of Patricia Giulia Caulfield Kate Rubinstein
* C. S. Forester (1899–1966, England/US, f/d/nf)
* Simon Forman (1552–1611, England, nf)
* Juan Forn (1959–2021, Argentina, f/nf)
* Aminatta Forna (born 1964, Scotland/Sierra Leone, f/nf)
* Xavier Forneret (1809–1884, France, f/d/nf)
* Richard Forno (living, US, nf)
* Fereshteh Forough (born 1985, Iran/Afghanistan, nf)
* David Forrest, 1929–2023 and born 1933, England, f), pseudonym of Robert Forrest-Webb and David Eliades)
* Mabel Forrest (1872–1935, Australia, p/f)
* Elaine Forrestal (born 1941, Australia, ch)
* Alfred Henry Forrester (1804–1872, England, f/ch)
* Helen Forrester (1919–2011, England/Canada, nf/f)
* Tony Forrester (born 1953, England, nf)
* Jeff Forshaw (born 1968, England, nf)
* Thelma Forshaw (1923–1995, Australia, f/nf)
* Lars Forssell (1928–2007, Sweden, p/d)
* Tua Forsström (born 1947, Finland/Sweden, p)
* William R. Forstchen (born 1950, US, f/nf)
* E. M. Forster (1879–1970, England, f/nf/d)
* Jackie Forster (1926–1998, England, nf)
* John Forster (1812–1876, England, nf)
* Margaret Forster (1938–2016, England, f/nf)
* Mary Forster (c. 1620–1687, England, nf)
* Michelanne Forster (born 1953, N Zealand, d)
* William Forster (1818–1882, India/Australia, p)
* Frederick Forsyth (born 1938, England, f)
* Jessie Forsyth (1847/49 – 1937, England/US/Australia, nf/f/p)
* Paul Fort (1872–1960, France, p)
* Richard Fortey (born 1946, England, nf)
* Drew Fortier (born 1987, US, nf)
* Elena Fortún (1886–1952, Spain, ch)
* Mary Fortune (c. 1833–1911, Australia, f/p/nf), pseudonym Waif Wander
* Valentin Fortunov (1957–2014, Bulgaria, nf)
* Robert L. Forward (1932–2002, US, nf/f)
* Ugo Foscolo (1778–1927, Italy, p/f/d)
* Jon Fosse (born 1959, Norway, f/p/ch)
* Karin Fossum (born 1954, Norway, f)
* Alan Dean Foster (born 1946, US, f)
* E. M. Foster (fl. late 18th – early 19th c., England, f)
* John Foster (1770–1843, England, nf)
* Lori Foster (living, US, f)
* Lynn Foster (1914–1985, Australia, d/nf)
* Mo Foster (born 1944, England, nf)
* John Fothergill (1876–1957, England, nf)
* John Knight Fotheringham (1874–1936, England, nf)
* Michel Foucault (1926–1984, France, nf)
* John Foulcher (born 1952, Australia, p)
* Adam Foulds (born 1974, England, f/p)
* Tim Fountain (born 1967, England, d/nf)
* Margaret Fountaine (1862–1940, England, nf)
* Friedrich de la Motte Fouqué (1777–1843, Germany, d/p)
* Charles J. Fourie (born 1965, S Africa, d)
* Alain-Fournier (1886–1914, France, f/p), pseudonym of Henri-Alban Fournier
* Martha Fowke (1689–1736, England, p)
* Dorothy Fowler (living, N Zealand, f)
* Ellen Thorneycroft Fowler (1860–1929, England, f/p/ch)
* Francis George Fowler (1871–1918, England/Guernsey, nf)
* Henry Watson Fowler (1858–1933, England, nf)
* Karen Joy Fowler (born 1950, US, f)
* William Fowler (c. 1560–1612, Scotland, p/nf)
* John Fowles (1926–2005, England, f/d)
* Aileen Fox (1907–2005, England, nf)
* Caroline Fox (1819–1871, England, nf)
* Francis Fox (1675–1738, England, nf)
* George Fox (1624–1691, England, nf)
* Helen Fox (born 1962, England, ch)
* Len Fox (1905–2004, Australia, nf)
* Mem Fox (born 1946, Australia, ch)
* Michael J. Fox (born 1961, Canada/US, nf)
* Robert Fox (1798–1843, England, nf)
* Robert J. Fox (1927–2009, US, nf)
* Robin Lane Fox (born 1946, England, nf)
* Edgar Foxall (1906–1990, England, p)
* John Foxe (1516/1517–1587, England, nf)
* Samuel Foxe (1560–1630, England, nf)

## Fr–Fy

* Randall Frakes (living, US, d/f)
* Esther G. Frame (1840–1920, US, nf)
* Janet Frame (1924–2004, N Zealand, f/p/ch)
* Martin le Franc (c. 1410–1461, France/Switzerland, p)
* Anatole France (1844–1924, France, p/nf/f)
* Marie de France (fl. 12th c.), France/England, p)
* Ruth France (1913–1968, N Zealand, p/f)
* Anne Francis (1738–1800, England, nf/p)
* Dick Francis (1920–2010, England, f)
* Gavin Francis (born 1975, Scotland, nf)
* Matthew Francis (born 1956, England/Wales, p/f)
* Philip Francis (1740–1818, Ireland/England, nf)
* Robert Francis (1901–1987, US, p/nf)
* Suzanne Francis (born 1959, England, f)
* Julia Franck (born 1970, Germany, f/nf)
* Sebastian Franck (1499 – c. 1543, Germany, nf)
* Mercedes Franco (born 1948, Venezuela, f/nf)
* Veronica Franco (1546–1591, Republic of Venice, p/nf)
* Anne Frank (1929–1945, Germany/Netherlands, nf), Holocaust victim
* Bruno Frank (1878–1945, Germany/US, d/f/p)
* Leonhard Frank (1882–1961, Germany/US, f/d)
* Gilbert Frankau (1884–1952, England, f/p)
* Julia Frankau (1859–1916, England, f), pseudonym Frank Danby
* Pamela Frankau (1908–1967, England, f)
* Alona Frankel (born 1937, Poland/Israel, ch/p)
* Charis Frankenburg (1892–1985, England, nf)
* Frankétienne (born 1936, Haiti, p/f/d), born Franck Étienne
* Ludwig August von Frankl (1810–1894, Austrian E, p)
* Benjamin Franklin (1706–1790, English N American colonies/US, nf)
* John Franklin (1886–1947, England/Canada, nf)
* Miles Franklin (1879–1954, Australia, f/nf), pseudonym of Stella Maria Sarah Miles Franklin
* André Franquin (1924–1997, Belgium, f)
* Marie-Louise von Franz (1915–1998, Switzerland, nf)
* Franzobel (born 1967, Austria, p/f), pseudonym of Franz Stefan Griebl
* Karl Emil Franzos (1848–1904, Austrian E/Germany, f)
* Antonia Fraser (born 1932, England, nf/f)
* Caro Fraser (1953–2020, England, f)
* George MacDonald Fraser (1925–2008, England/Isle of Man, f/d)
* George Sutherland Fraser (1915–1980, Scotland, p/nf)
* Gregory Fraser (living, US, p)
* Ian Fraser, Baron Fraser of Lonsdale (1897–1974, England, nf)
* Margaret Fraser (1866–1951, N Zealand, nf)
* Mary Crawford Fraser (1851–1922, Italy/US, nf/f)
* Raymond Fraser (1941–2018, Canada, nf/f/p)
* Naim Frashëri (1846–1900, Ottoman E, nf/p)
* Benjamin Frater (1979–2007, Australia, p)
* Heinrich Frauenlob (c. 1250/1260–1318, Germany, p)
* Abraham Fraunce (c. 1558/1560 – c. 1592/1593, England, p)
* Michael Frayn (born 1933, England, d/f)
* Brentley Frazer (born 1972, Australia, p/nf/f)
* Margaret Frazer (1946–2013, US, f)
* Ian Frazier (born 1951, US, nf)
* Louis-Honoré Fréchette (1839–1908, Canada, p/d/f)
* Pauline Fréchette (1889–1943, Canada, p/d/nf)
* André Frédérique (1915–1957, France, p)
* Marianne Fredriksson (1927–2007, Sweden, f/nf)
* Aleksander Fredro (1793–187t, Poland, p/d/nf)
* Lynn Freed (born 1945, S Africa, f/nf)
* Jonathan Freedland (born 1967, England, nf/f), fiction pseudonym Sam Bourne
* Russell Freedman (1929–2018, US, nf/ch)
* Barbara C. Freeman (1906–1999, England, ch)
* Don Freeman (1908–1978, US, ch)
* Douglas S. Freeman (1886–1953, US, nf)
* Edward Augustus Freeman (1823–1892, England/Spain, nf)
* Grace Beacham Freeman (1916–2002, US, p/nf/f)
* John Freeman (1880–1929, England, p/nf)
* Pamela Freeman (born 1960, Australia, f/ch)
* R. Austin Freeman (1862–1943, England, f)
* Dave Freer (born 1959, S Africa/Australia, f)
* Nicholas Freeston (1907–1978, England, p)
* Alicia Freilich (born 1939, Venezuela, f/nf)
* Ferdinand Freiligrath (1810–1876, Germany, p/nf)
* Raquel Freire (born 1973, Portugal, d/f)
* António A. de Freitas (born 1947, Mozambique/Portugal, nf)
* Armindo Freitas-Magalhães (born 1966, Portugal, nf)
* Elizabeth Freke (1641–1714, England, nf/p)
* Jasmin B. Frelih (born 1986, Yugoslavia/Slovenia, f)
* Elizabeth Wynne Fremantle (1778–1857, England, nf)
* Celia Fremlin (1914–2009, England, f)
* Allen French (1870–1946, US, nf/ch)
* Anne French (born 1956, N Zealand, p)
* Ashley French (1897–1985, England, f/d), pseudonym of Denise Robins
* Jackie French (born 1953, Australia, nf/ch)
* Patrick French (born 1966, England, nf)
* Gustav Frenssen (1863–1945, Germany, f)
* John Hookham Frere (1769–1846, England, p)
* Rodrigo Fresán (born 1963, Argentina/Spain, f/nf)
* Yvonne du Fresne (1929–2011, N Zealand, f/d)
* James Frey (born 1969, US, nf/f)
* Oskar Freysinger (born 1960, Switzerland, nf/f)
* Sindri Freysson (born 1970, Iceland, f/p)
* Gustav Freytag (1816–1895, Germany, f/d)
* Alfred Hermann Fried (1864–1921, Germany, nf)
* Erich Fried (1921–1988, Austria/England, p/d/f)
* Leonie Frieda (born 1956, Sweden/England, nf)
* Egon Friedell (1878–1938, Austria, nf/d), Holocaust victim
* Frieda Friedman (born 1905, date of death unknown, US, ch)
* Joseph Friedenson (1922–2013, Poland/US, nf)
* C. S. Friedman (born 1957, US, f)
* David D. Friedman (born 1945, US, nf)
* Graeme Friedman (living, S Africa, f/p)
* Richard Elliott Friedman (born 1946, US, nf)
* Brian Friel (1929–2015, Ireland, d/f)
* Rogelio Julio Frigerio (1914–2006, Argentina, nf)
* Frik (fl. 13th–14th cc., Armenia, nf)
* Shirley Frimpong-Manso (born 1977, Ghana, d/nf)
* Max Frisch (1911–1991, Switzerland, d/f)
* William Powell Frith (1819–1909, England, nf)
* Nikolaj Frobenius (born 1965, Norway, f/d)
* Gustaf Fröding (1860–1911, Sweden, p/f)
* Gayleen Froese (born 1972, Canada, f/nf/p)
* Abraham Emanuel Fröhlich (1796–1865, Switzerland, p)
* Jean Froissart (c. 1337 – c. 1405, Flanders, nf/p)
* Robert Frost (1874–1963, US, p)
* Helen Losanitch Frothingham (1885–1972, Serbia/France, nf)
* James Anthony Froude (1818–1894, England, nf/f)
* Hurrell Froude (1803–1836, England, nf)
* Alistair Fruish (living, England, nf/f)
* Gene Frumkin (1928–2007, US, p)
* C. B. Fry (1872–1956, England, nf)
* Caroline Fry (1787–1846, England, nf)
* Christopher Fry (1907–2005, England, p/d)
* Plantagenet Somerset Fry (1931–1996, England, nf)
* Ruth Fry (1878–1962, England, nf)
* Stephen Fry (born 1957, England, d/f/nf)
* Susanna M. D. Fry (1841–1920, US, f/nf)
* Agnes Moore Fryberger (1868–1939, US, f)
* Fu Baoshi (傅抱石, 1904–1965, China, nf)
* Fu Shanxiang (傅善祥, 1833–1864, China, nf)
* Fu Tianlin (傅天琳, born 1946, China, p/nf)
* Carlos Fuentes (1928–2012, Mexico, f/nf)
* Athol Fugard (born 1932, S Africa, d/f)
* Lisa Fugard (living, S Africa/US, f)
* Sheila Meiring Fugard (born England/S Africa, f/d)
* Alberto Fuguet (born 1963, Chile, f/nf)
* Shizuo Fujieda (藤枝静男, 1907–1993, Japan, f)
* Sadakazu Fujii (藤井貞和, born 1942, Japan, p/nf)
* Shū Fujisawa (藤沢周, born 1959, Japan, f)
* Yoshinaga Fujita (藤田宜永, 1950–2020, Japan, f/d)
* Fujiwara no Akisue (藤原顕季, 1055–1123, Japan, p)
* Fujiwara no Ietaka (藤原家隆, 1158–1237, Japan, p)
* Fujiwara no Kintō (藤原公任, 966–1041, Japan, p)
* Fujiwara no Shunzei (藤原俊成, 1114–1204, Japan, p)
* Fujiwara no Teika (藤原定家, 1162–1241, Japan, p/f/nf)
* Kyūya Fukada (深田久弥), 1903–1971, Japan, f/nf)
* Shichirō Fukazawa (深沢七郎), 1914–1987, Japan, f)
* Fukuchi Gen'ichirō (福地源一郎, 1841–1906, Japan, nf)
* Fukuda Hideko (福田英子, 1865–1927, Japan, nf)
* Sadayoshi Fukuda (福田定良, 1917–2002, Japan, nf)
* Masami Fukushima (福島正実, 1929–1976, Japan, f)
* Fukuzawa Yukichi (福澤諭吉, 1835–1901, Japan, nf/ch)
* Yvonne K. Fulbright (living, Iceland/US, nf)
* George Williams Fulcher (1795–1855, England, p/nf)
* Ludwig Fulda (1862–1939, Germany, d/p)
* Robert Fulghum (born 1937, US, nf)
* Alexandra Fuller (born 1969, England/US, nf)
* Andrew Fuller (1754–1815, England, nf)
* Claire Fuller (born 1967, England, f)
* Jean Overton Fuller (1915–2009, England, nf)
* John Fuller (born 1937, US, p/f/ch)
* Peter Fuller (1947–1990, England, nf)
* Roy Fuller (1912–1991, England, p/f/nf)
* Thomas Fuller (1608–1661, England, nf)
* Lady Georgiana Fullerton (1812–1885, England, f/nf)
* Mary Eliza Fullerton (1868–1946, Australia/England, f/p)
* Alice Fulton (born 1952, US, p/f/nf)
* Catherine Fulton (1829–1919, N Zealand, nf)
* Ulpian Fulwell (1545 or 1546 – pre-1586, England, d/p)
* Funahashi Seiichi (舟橋聖一, 1904–1976, Japan, f/d)
* Vicente Cabrera Funes (1944–2014, Ecuador, f/nf)
* Cornelia Funke (born 1958, Germany, ch)
* Bilkisu Funtuwa (living, Nigeria, f)
* Antoine Furetière (1619–1688, France, nf/f)
* Monica Furlong (1930–2003, England, f/ch/nf)
* John Furnival (1933–2020, England, p)
* Frederick James Furnivall (1825–1910, England, nf)
* Yoshikichi Furui (古井由吉, 1937–2020, Japan, f/nf)
* Henry Fuseli (1741–1825, Switzerland/England, nf)
* Sandy Fussell (born 1960, Australia, ch)
* Milán Füst (1888–1967, Hungary, f/nf)
* Futabatei Shimei (二葉亭四迷, 1864–1909, Japan, f/nf)
* Füzuli (c. 1494–1556, Ottoman E, p), birth name Mahammad bin Suleyman
* Simwnt Fychan (c. 1530–1606, Wales, p/nf)
* Rose Fyleman (1877–1957, England, p/ch)