# List of authors by name: K

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

## Ka

* Aminata Maïga Ka (1940–2005, Senegal, nf)
* Maung Thaw Ka (1928–1991, Burma/Myanmar, nf)
* Keri Kaa (1942–2020, N Zealand, nf)
* Maguy Kabamba (born 1960, Democratic R of Congo, f)
* Philippa Namutebi Kabali-Kagwa (born 1964, Uganda/S Africa, nf/p)
* Maati Kabbal (born 1954, Morocco, nf)
* Kabir (1398/1440—1448/1518, India, p)
* Kabubi Herman (living, Uganda, p)
* Busingye Kabumba (born 1982, Uganda, p)
* Metin Kaçan (1961–2013, Turkey, f)
* Inaam Kachachi (born 1952, Iraq, f/nf)
* Aubrey Kachingwe (born 1926, Nyasaland/Malawi, f)
* Ismail Kadare (1936–2024, Albania, f/p/d)
* Juliusz Kaden-Bandrowski (1885–1944, Russian E/Poland, nf/f)
* Abdullah Abdul Kadir (1796–1854, Malaya/Ottoman E, nf)
* Cynthia Kadohata (born 1956, US, ch)
* Eiko Kadono (角野栄子, born 1935, Japan, ch/nf)
* Jacques de Kadt (1897–1988, Netherlands, nf)
* Margit Kaffka (1880–1918, Hungary, p/f/nf)
* Franz Kafka (1883–1924, Austria E/Czechoslovakia, f)
* Otohiko Kaga (加賀乙彦, 1929–2023, Japan, f)
* Alexis Kagame (1912–1981, Rwanda, nf/p)
* Julie Kagawa (born 1982, US, f)
* Toyohiko Kagawa (賀川豊彦, 1888–1960, Japan, nf)
* Peter Kagayi (living, Uganda, p)
* Apollo Kaggwa (1864–1927, Uganda, nf)
* Mohammed Kaghat (1942–2001, Morocco, d/nf)
* Prince Kagwema (born 1931, Tanzania, f/nf)
* Wanuri Kahiu (born 1980, Kenya, d)
* Gustave Kahn (1859–1936, France, p/nf)
* Joan Kahn (1914–1994, US, f/ch)
* Takeshi Kaikō (開高健, 1930–1989, Japan, f/nf)
* Bairagi Kainla (born 1939, Nepal, p/nf), pseudonym of Til Bikram Nembang Limbu
* Chōgorō Kaionji (海音寺潮五郎, 1901–1977, Japan, f), pseudonym of Tōsaku Suetomi (末富東作)
* Friedrich Kaiser (1814–1874, Austria, df)
* Georg Kaiser (1878–1945, Germany/Switzerland, d)
* Isabelle Kaiser (1866–1925, Switzerland, p/f)
* Shahidullah Kaiser (1927 – post-1971, India/Bangladesh, f)
* Motojirō Kajii (梶井基次郎, 1901–1932, Japan, p)
* Shinji Kajio (梶尾真治, born 1947, Japan, f)
* Ikki Kajiwara (高森朝樹, 1936–1987, Japan, f), pseudonym of Asaki Takamori
* Toshiyuki Kajiyama (梶山季之, 1930–1975, Japan/Hong Kong, f)
* Faizullah Kakar (born 1950, Afghanistan, nf)
* Kakinomoto no Hitomaro (柿本人麻呂, c. 653/655–707/710, Japan, p)
* Ivan Kakovitch (1933–2006, USSR/France, nf)
* Dragoš Kalajić (1943–2005, Yugoslavia/Serbia, nf)
* Shamsuddin Abul Kalam (1926–1997, India/Bangladesh, f)
* Ana Kalandadze (1924–2008, USSR/Georgia, p)
* Paul Kalanithi (1977–2015, US, nf)
* Max Kalbeck (1850–1921, Germany/Austria, nf)
* Mascha Kaléko (1907–1975, Austrian E/Switzerland, p)
* Kālidāsa (fl. 4th – 5th c. CE, India. p)
* David Kalisch (1820–1872, Germany, d/nf), pseudonym D. J. Schalk
* Aino Kallas (1878–1956, Finland/Estonia, f)
* Mons Kallentoft (born 1968, Sweden, f)
* Theodor Kallifatides (born 1938, Greece/Sweden, p/f)
* Chester Kallman (1921–1975, US, p)
* Yann-Ber Kalloc'h (1888–1917, France, p), born Jean-Pierre Calloc'h
* Maira Kalman (born 1949, Israel/US, ch)
* Harry Kalmer (1956–2019, S Africa, f/nf/d)
* László Kálnoky (1912–1985, Hungary, p/nf)
* Sophie Heidi Kam (born 1968, Burkina Faso, p/d/f)
* Sufia Kamal 1911–1999, India/Bangladesh, f/nf)
* Keturah Kamugasa (1967–2017, Uganda, nf)
* Kama Sywor Kamanda (born 1952, Congo/DRC, p/f/d)
* Esther Kamatari (born 1951, Burundi, nf)
* Samson Kambalu (born 1965, Malawi, nf)
* Guðmundur Kamban (1888–1945, Iceland, d/f)
* Kambar (1180–1250, India, p)
* Ariake Kambara (蒲原有明, 1876–1952, Japan, p/f)
* Chōhei Kambayashi (神林長平, born 1953, Japan, f)
* Ezzat el Kamhawi (born 1961, Egypt, f/nf)
* Anna Kamieńska (1920–1986, Poland, p/nf/ch)
* Wladimir Kaminer (born 1967, Soviet Union/Germany, f/nf)
* Ilya Kaminsky (born 1977, USSR/US, p)
* William Kamkwamba (born 1987, Malawi, nf)
* Gertrude Webster Kamkwatira (born c. 1966, Malawi, d)
* Kamo no Chōmei (鴨長明, 1153/1155–1216, Japan, nf/p)
* Whyghtone Kamthunzi (1956–2000, Nyasaland/Malawi, f/d)
* Toni Kan (born 1971, Nigeria, f)
* Kanagaki Robun (仮名垣魯文, 1829–1894, Japan, f/nf), pseudonym of Nozaki Bunzō (野崎文蔵)
* Mieko Kanai (金井美恵子, born 1947, Japan, f/p)
* Amy Kane (1879–1979, N Zealand, nf)
* Cheikh Hamidou Kane (born 1928, Senegal, f)
* Musashi Kanbe (かんべむさし, born 1948, Japan, f)
* Nataša Kandić (born 1946, Yugoslavia/Serbia, nf)
* Mare Kandre (1962–2005, Sweden, f/nf/ch)
* Andrea Kane (living, US, f)
* Julia Kane (1897–1985, England, f/d), pseudonym of Denise Robins
* Kathleen Kane (born 1951, US), pseudonym of Maureen Child
* Ndèye Fatou Kane (born 1986, Senegal, f/nf)
* Sarah Kane (1971–1999, England, d)
* Hitomi Kanehara (金原ひとみ, born 1983, Japan, f)
* Amita Kanekar (born 1965, Goa/India, f/nf)
* Misuzu Kaneko (金子みすゞ, 1903–1930, Japan, p)
* Mitsuharu Kaneko (金子光晴, 1895–1975, Japan, p/nf)
* Kang Youwei (康有為, 1858–1927, China, nf)
* Orhan Veli Kanık (1914–1950, Ottoman E/Turkey, p)
* Yoram Kaniuk (1930–2019, Palestine/Israel, f/nf/ch)
* Chibamba Kanyama (born 1965, Zambia, nf)
* John Christoffel Kannemeyer (1939–2011, S Africa, nf)
* Mohammed Khammar Kanouni (1938–1991, Morocco, p)
* Fabienne Kanor (born 1970, France, f/ch)
* Hermann Kant (1926–2016, Germany, f)
* Immanuel Kant (1724–1804, Germany, nf)
* Sándor Kányádi (1929–2018, Romania/Hungary, p/ch)
* Jaan Kaplinski (1941–2021, USSR/Estonia, p/nf/f)
* Momo Kapor (1937–2010, Yugoslavia/Serbia, f)
* Colin Kapp (1928–2007, England, f)
* Franz Xaver Kappus (1883–1966, Austria-Hungary/Germany, p/f/d)
* S. Avdo Karabegović (1878–1908, Ottoman E/Serbia, p)
* Mina Karadžić (1828–1894, Austria, nf)
* Radovan Karadžić (born 1945, Yugoslavia/Serbia, p)
* Vuk Karadžić (1787–1864, Ottoman E/Austrian E, nf)
* Veli Karahoda (born 1968, Yugoslavia/Kosovo, f/p/nf)
* Karai Senryū (柄井川柳, 1718–1790, Japan, p)
* Angel Karaliychev (1902–1972, Bulgaria, ch)
* Aco Karamanov (1927–1944, Yugoslavia, p)
* Sadegh Karamyar (born 1959, Iran, f/nf/d)
* Einar Kárason (born 1955, Iceland, f/p)
* Vim Karénine (born 1933, US/France, p/f)
* Srđan Karanović (born 1945, Yugoslavia/Serbia, d)
* Hellmuth Karasek (1934–2015, Czechoslovakia/Germany, nf/f)
* Adeena Karasick (born 1965, Canada, nf/p)
* Georgi Karaslavov (1904–1980, Bulgaria, f)
* Hristo Karastoyanov (born 1950, Bulgaria, f/nf/p)
* Uladzimir Karatkievich (1930–1984, USSR, p/f/nf)
* Vim Karénine (born 1933, US/France, p/f)
* Ulrich Karger (born 1957, Germany, f/nf/ch)
* Jozef Karika (born 1978, Czechoslovakia/Slovakia, nf)
* Janet Karim (born 1954, Malawi, nf)
* Rashid Karim (1925–2011, India/Bangladesh, f/nf)
* Sheikh Fazlul Karim (1882–1936, India, f/p)
* Ferenc Karinthy (1921–1992, Hungary, f/d/nf)
* Frigyes Karinthy (1887–1938, Hungary, f/d/p)
* Erik Axel Karlfeldt (1864–1931, Sweden, p)
* Alma Karlin (1889–1950, Austrian E/Yugoslavia, f/nf/d)
* Bjarki Karlsson (born 1965, Iceland, p/nf)
* Kristján Karlsson (1922–2014, Iceland, p/f/nf)
* Mette Karlsvik (born 1978, Norway, f/nf/ch)
* József Kármán (1769–1795, Hungary, f/nf)
* Farida Karodia (born 1942, S Africa, f)
* György Károly (1953–2018, Hungary, p/nf)
* Jan Karon (born 1937, US, f/nf/ch)
* Franciszek Karpiński (1741–1825, Poland, p)
* Mary Karr (born 1955, US, p/nf)
* Zurab Karumidze (born 1957, USSR/Georgia, f/nf)
* Zenzō Kasai (葛西善蔵, 1887–1928, Japan, f)
* Milan Kašanin (1895–1981, Austria-Hungary/Yugoslavia, nf)
* Marie Luise Kaschnitz (1901–1974, Germany/Italy, f/p/nf)
* Julia Kasdorf (born 1962, US, p)
* Anna Kashina (living, USSR/US, f)
* Agha Shorish Kashmiri (1917–1975, India/Pakistan, p/nf)
* Nikola T. Kašiković (1861–1927, Ottoman E/Yugoslavia, nf)
* Stoja Kašiković (1865 – post-1927, Ottoman E/Yugoslavia, nf)
* Laura Kasischke (born 1961, US, f/p)
* Christopher Kasparek (born 1945, Scotland/US, nf/f)
* Jan Kasprowicz (1860–1026, Prussia/Poland, p/d/nf)
* Lajos Kassák (1887–1967, Hungary, p/f/nf)
* Abraham Gotthelf Kästner (1719–1800, Germany, nf/p)
* Erich Kästner (1899–1974, Germany, f/p/ch)
* Elizabeth Kata (1912–1998, Australia, f/d), pseudonym of Elizabeth Colina Katayama
* Noburu Katagami (片上伸, 1884–1928, Japan, nf)
* Olivera Katarina (born 1940, Yugoslavia/Serbia, nf)
* Kyoichi Katayama (片山恭一, born 1959, Japan, f)
* Faiz Muhammad Kateb (1860–1931, Afghanistan, nf)
* Katip Çelebi (1609–1657, Ottoman E, nf)
* Wilson Katiyo (1947–2003, S Rhodesia/Zimbabwe, f)
* Masato Katō (加藤正人, born 1963, Japan, d)
* József Katona (1791–1830, Hungary, d/p)
* Fadi Kattan (born 1977 or 1978, Palestine, nf)
* Hilda Katz (1909–1997, US, nf)
* Jesse Katz (living, US, f)
* John Katzenbach (born 1950, US, f)
* Bob Kaufman (1925–1986, US, p)
* Jonathan Kaufman (born 1956, US, nf)
* Shirley Kaufman (1923–2016, US/Israel, p)
* Walter Kaufmann (1924–2021, Germany/Australia, f)
* Kenneth Kaunda (1924–2021, Zambia, nf)
* Rupi Kaur (born 1992, India/Canada, p)
* Helmut Käutner (1908–1980, Germany/Italy, d)
* Alex Kava (born 1960, US, f)
* Anna Kavan (1901–1968, France/England, f)
* Patrick Kavanagh (1904–1967, Ireland, p/f)
* Joanna Kavenna (born 1974, England, f/nf)
* Kavisekhara Dr Umar Alisha (1885–1945, India, p/nf)
* Datta Raghunath Kavthekar (1901–1979, India, f)
* Catherine Samali Kavuma (born 1960, Uganda, f)
* Nikos Kavvadias (1910–1975, Greece, p/f/nf)
* Yasunari Kawabata (川端康成, 1899–1972, Japan, f)
* Jun Kawada (川田順, 1882–1966, Japan, p)
* Matsutarō Kawaguchi (川口松太郎, 1899–1985, Japan, f/d)
* Ryuko Kawaji (川路柳虹, 1888–1959, Japan, p/nf), pseudonym of Kawaki Makoto (川路柳虹)
* Hiromi Kawakami (川上弘美, born 1958, Japan, f/p/nf)
* Kikuko Kawakami (川上喜久子, 1904–1985, Japan, f/p)
* Kiyoshi Kawakami (河上清, 1873–1949, Japan, nf)
* Chiaki Kawamata (川又千秋, born 1948, Japan, f/nf)
* Kawatake Mokuami (河竹黙阿弥, 1816–1893, Japan, d), pseudonym of Yoshimura Yoshisaburō (吉村芳三郎)
* Merata Kawharu (living, N Zealand, nf)
* Elizabeth Kay (born 1949, England, ch)
* Karen Kay (living, US), pseudonym of Karen Kay Wilson Elstner
* Simone Kaya (1937–2007, Ivory Coast, f)
* M. M. Kaye (1908–2004, England, f/ch/d)
* Legson Kayira (c. 1942–2012, Nyasaland/Malawi, nf)
* Kaykobad (c. 1857–1951, India, p)
* Susanna Kaysen (born 1948, US, nf)
* Nikos Kazantzakis (1883–1957, Greece/Germany, f/d/nf)
* Judith Kazantzis (1940–2018, England, p)
* Alexander Kazbegi (1848–1893, Russian E, f/d)
* Kazem Kazemi (born 1968, Afghanistan/Iran, nf)
* Mihajlo Kažić (born 1960, Yugoslavia/Germany, f)
* Hélène Kaziende (born 1967, Niger/Togo, f)
* Ferenc Kazinczy (1759–1831, Hungary, nf/p)
* Kazuki Sakuraba (桜庭一樹, born 1971, Japan, f)

## Ke–Kh

* Ke Yan (柯岩, 1929–2011, China, d/f/p)
* Ke Zhao (柯召, 1910–2002, China, nf)
* Jayne Fenton Keane (living, Australia, p)
* John Fryer Thomas Keane (1854–1937, England, nf)
* Janet Kear (1933–2004, England, nf)
* Martha Kearney (born 1957, Ireland/England, d)
* Annie Keary (1825–1879, England, f/p/ch)
* Charles Francis Keary (1848–1917, England, nf/f)
* Ezra Jack Keats (1916–1983, US, ch)
* John Keats (1795–1821, England/Italy, p)
* Moges Kebede (living, Ethiopia/US, f/nf)
* Elizabeth Keckley (1818–1907, US, nf)
* Rod Kedward (born 1937–2023, England, nf)
* Carolyn Keene (20th c., US, f), collective pseudonym
* Charles Keeping (1924–1988, England, ch)
* Weldon Kees (1914 – disappeared 1955, US, p/f/d)
* Nancy Keesing (1923–1993, Australia, p/nf/ch)
* Antigone Kefala (1935–2022, Australia, p/nf)
* Daniel Kehlmann (born 1975, Germany/US, f/d)
* Thomas Keightley (1789–1872, Ireland/England, nf)
* Ernst Keil (1816–1878, Germany, nf)
* Aoua Kéita (1912–1980, French Sudan/Mali, nf)
* Fatou Keïta (born 1969, Ivory Coast, ch/f)
* Fatoumata Keïta (born 1977, Mali, f/p/nf)
* Fodéba Keïta (1921–1969, Guinea, p/f/d)
* China Keitetsi (born 1976, Uganda, nf)
* Harold Keith (1903–1998, US, ch/f)
* Sheridan Keith (born 1942, N Zealand, f)
* Christopher Kelen (born 1958, Australia, p/f/nf)
* S. K. Kelen (born 1956, Australia, p)
* Stephen Kelen (1912–2003, Hungary/Australia, f/d/nf), born István Kelen)
* Anne Kellas (living, S Africa/Australia, p/nf)
* Emma Gilbey Keller (born c. 1961, England/US, nf)
* Gottfried Keller (1819–1890, Switzerland, p/f)
* Hans Peter Keller (1815–1888, Germany, p)
* Helen Keller (1880–1968, US, nf)
* Werner Keller (1909–1980, Germany/Switzerland, nf)
* Kitty Kelley (born 1942, US, nf)
* Johan Henric Kellgren (1751–1795, Sweden, p/nf)
* Friedrich Kellner (1885–1970, Germany, nf)
* Kathleen Kellow (1906–1993, England, f), pseudonym of Eleanor Burford Hibbert
* Carla Kelly (born 1947, US)
* Eric P. Kelly (1884–1960, US, nf/ch)
* George Kelly (1887–1974, US, d)
* Gwen Kelly (1922–2012, Australia, f/p/nf)
* Helena Kelly (living, England, nf)
* Herbert Kelly (1860–1950, England, nf)
* Isabella Kelly (1759–1857, Scotland/England, f/p)
* John Kelly (1750–1809, Isle of Man, nf)
* Lindy Kelly (born 1952, N Zealand, ch/f/d)
* Sheelagh Kelly (born 1948, England, f)
* James Kelman (born 1946, Scotland, f/d/nf)
* Stephen Kelman (born 1976, England, f)
* Elizabeth Kelso (1889–1967, N Zealand, nf)
* Arthur Kelton (d. 1549/1550, Wales, p)
* Elmer Kelton (1926–2009, US, f)
* Orhan Kemal (1914–1970, Ottoman E/Bulgaria, f)
* Yaşar Kemal (1923–2015, Turkey, f)
* Zsigmond Kemény (1814–1875, Hungary, nf/f)
* Gene Kemp (1926–2015, England, ch)
* Mark Kemp (born 1960, US, nf)
* Richard Kemp (born 1959, England, nf)
* Margery Kempe (c. 1373 – post-1438, England, nf)
* Thomas à Kempis (c. 1380–1471, Germany/England, nf)
* Walter Kempowski (1929–2007, Germany, f/nf)
* Yasin Osman Kenadid (1919–1988, Somalia/Italy, nf)
* Randall Kenan (1963–2020, US, f)
* Stanley Onjezani Kenani (born 1976, Malawi, p/f)
* Edward Augustus Kendall (c. 1776–1842, England, nf/f)
* Henry Kendall (1839–1882, Australia, p)
* Kaur Kender (born 1971, USSR/Estonia, f)
* Sharon Kendrick (living, England, f)
* Francis Kenna (1865–1932, Australia, p/nf)
* Anne Kennedy (born 1959, N Zealand, f/d/p)
* Benjamin Hall Kennedy (1804–1889, England, nf)
* Cate Kennedy (born 1963, England/Australia, p/f)
* Charles Rann Kennedy (1808–1867, England, nf/f)
* Dennis Kennedy (born 1940, US, nf/d/f)
* Elle Kennedy (living, Canada, f)
* Emma Kennedy (born 1967, England, nf)
* Geoffrey Studdert Kennedy (1883–1929, England, nf/p)
* Hubert Kennedy (born 1931, US, nf/f)
* John F. Kennedy (1917–1963, US, Washington DC)
* Lena Kennedy (1914–1986, England, f/nf)
* Margaret Kennedy (1896–1967, England, f/d)
* Miranda Kennedy (born 1975, US, nf)
* Robert F. Kennedy (1925–1968, US)
* Robert F. Kennedy Jr. (born 1954, US)
* Ted Kennedy (1932–2009, US, Boston)
* Walter Kennedy (c. 1455 – c. 1508, Scotland, p)
* X. J. Kennedy (born 1929, US, p/nf/ch)
* Alice Annie Kenny (1875–1960, N Zealand, p/f)
* Elizabeth Kenny (1880–1952, Australia, nf)
* Alexander Kent (1924–2017, England, f), pseudonym of Douglas Reeman
* Hannah Kent (born 1985, Australia, f)
* Jacqueline Kent (born 1947, Australia, nf/ch), pseudonym Frances Cook
* Jean Kent (born 1951, Australia, p)
* Louise Andrews Kent (1886–1969, US, ch/nf)
* Jomo Kenyatta (c. 1897–1978, Kenya, nf)
* Jane Kenyon (1947–1995, US, p)
* Michael Kenyon (1931–2005, England/US, f)
* Sherrilyn Kenyon (born 1965, US, f)
* Géza Képes (1909–1989, Hungary, p)
* Angela Kepler (born 1943, N Zealand, nf)
* Johannes Kepler (1571–1630, Germany, nf)
* Rivka Keren (born 1946, Hungary/Israel, ch/f), born Katalin Friedländer
* Frank Kermode (1919–2010, Isle of Man/England, nf)
* Josephine Kermode (1852–1937, Isle of Man/England, p/d), pseudonym Cushag
* Justinus Kerner (1786–1862, Germany, p/nf)
* Jack Kerouac (1922–1969, US, f/nf)
* Jan Kerouac (1952–1996, US, f/nf)
* Joan Haverty Kerouac (1931–1990, US, nf)
* Alfred Kerr (1867–1948, Germany, nf)
* Bob Kerr (born 1951, N Zealand, ch)
* Judith Kerr (1923–2019, Germany/England, ch)
* Lady Amabel Kerr (1846–1906, England, f/nf)
* Philip Kerr (1956–2018, Scotland/England, f)
* Tom Kerridge (born 1973, England, nf)
* Ian Kershaw (born 1943, England, nf)
* Janko Kersnik (1852–1897, Austrian E, p/f/nf)
* Imre Kertész (1929–2016, Hungary, nf)
* Raymonde de Kervern (1899–1973, Mauritius, p)
* Ken Kesey (1935–2001, US, f/nf)
* David Kessler (born 1957, England, f)
* Harry Graf Kessler (1868–1937, France/Germany, nf
* Liz Kessler (born 1966, England, ch)
* George Kettmann (1898–1970, Netherlands, p/f/nf)
* Irmgard Keun (1905–1982, Germany, f)
* Alexander Key (1904–1979, US, f/ch)
* Daniel Keyes (1927–2014, US, f/nf)
* Marian Keyes (born 1963, Ireland, f/nf)
* Sidney Keyes (1922–1943, England/Tunisia, p)
* Harriette A. Keyser (1841–1936, US, f/nf)
* Eduard von Keyserling (1855–1918, Russian E/Germany, f/d/nf)
* Euphrase Kezilahabi (1944–2020, Tanzania, f/p/nf)
* Keorapetse Kgositsile (1938–2018, S Africa, p/nf), pseudonym Bra Willie
* Qiamuddin Khadim (1901–1979, Afghanistan, nf/p)
* Yasmina Khadra (born 1955, Algeria/France, f), pseudonym of Mohammed Moulessehoul
* Mi Mi Khaing (1916–1990, Burma/Myanmar, nf)
* Hafizullah Khaled (living, Afghanistan/Austria, p/nf)
* Mohammed Khaïr-Eddine (1941–1995, Morocco, nf)
* 'Masechele Caroline Ntseliseng Khaketla (1918–2012, Basutoland/Lesotho, p/nf)
* Ibn Khaldun (1332–1406, Hafsid Sultanate/Egypt, nf)
* Khalilullah Khalili (1907–1987, Afghanistan, p/nf)
* Mimi Khalvati (born 1944, Iran/England, p)
* Ahmad Al-Khamisi (born 1948, Egypt, f/nf)
* Dilwar Khan (1937–2013, India/Bangladesh, p)
* Mahmona Khan (born 1973, Norway, nf/f)
* Naseem Khan (1939–2017, England, nf)
* Rahat Khan (1940–2020, India/Bangladesh, f/nf)
* Razia Khan (c. 1936–2011, India/Bangladesh, f/nf)
* Uzma Aslam Khan (living, Pakistan, f/nf)
* Dalal Khario (born c. 1997, Iraq/Germany, nf)
* Daniil Kharms (1905–1942, Soviet Union, p/ch/nf)
* Edwar al-Kharrat (1926–2015, Egypt, f/nf)
* Abdelkebir Khatibi (1938–2009, Morocco, f/d/p)
* Ajmal Khattak (1925–1970, India/Pakistan, nf/p)
* Khushal Khattak (1613–1689, Mughal Empire, p)
* Fatemeh Khavari (born 2000, Iran, nf)
* Rita El Khayat (born 1944, Morocco, nf)
* Omar Khayyam (1048–1131, Persia, nf/p)
* Aïssa Khelladi (born 1953, Algeria, f/d/p)
* Khoo Kheng-Hor (born 1956, Malaya/Malaysia, f/nf)
* Myint Myint Khin (1923–2014, Burma/Myanmar, nf/p)
* Vladislav Khodasevich (1886–1939, Russian E/USSR, p/nf)
* Esmail Khoi (1938–2021, Iran/England, p)
* Ungulani Ba Ka Khosa (born 1957, Mozambique, f/nf)
* Reza Khoshnazar (living, Iran/Sweden, f)
* Khosrov of Andzev (died 964, Armenia, nf)
* Driss El Khouri (living, Mozambique, f)
* Elias Khoury (born 1948, Lebanon, f/d/nf)
* Raymond Khoury (born 1960, Lebanon, d/f)
* Vénus Khoury-Ghata (born 1937, Lebanon, p/f)
* Bashir Khrayyef (1917–1983, Tunisia, f)
* Mkrtich Khrimian (1820–1907, Ottoman E/Russian E, nf)
* Johannes Khuen (1606–1675, Germany, p)
* Syed Mahmood Khundmiri (1938–2011, India, p)
* Amir Khusrau (1253–1325, India, p/nf), full name Abu'l Hasan Yamīn ud-Dīn Khusrau
* Mariam Khutsurauli (born 1960, USSR/Georgia, p)
* Gharzai Khwakhuzhi (born 1962, Afghanistan, p/nf)
* Mohammad Ibraheem Khwakhuzhi (1920–1992, Afghanistan, p/f/nf)

## Ki–Kn

* Ki no Tsurayuki (紀貫之, 872–945, Japan, nf/p)
* Leo Kiacheli (1884–1963, Russian E/USSR, f)
* Saba Kidane (born 1978, Eritrea, p/nf)
* Kathryn H. Kidd (1950–2015, US, nf/f)
* Fiona Kidman (born 1940, N Zealand, f/p/d)
* Eduardo Gudiño Kieffer (1935–2002, Argentina, f/d/ch)
* Alexander Kielland (1849–1906, Norway, f/d/nf)
* Gustava Kielland (1800–1889, Norway, p/nf)
* Benedict Kiely (1919–2007, Ireland, nf)
* Søren Kierkegaard (1813–1855, Denmark, nf/p)
* Susan Nalugwa Kiguli (born 1969, Uganda, p/nf)
* Emelihter Kihleng (living, Micronesia, p)
* Wanjiru Kihoro (1953–2006, Kenya, nf)
* Andrzej Kijowski (1928–1985, Poland, nf/d)
* Andrzej Tadeusz Kijowski (born 1954, Poland, nf/p)
* Lali Kiknavelidze (born 1969, USSR/Georgia, d)
* Kan Kikuchi (菊池寛, 1888–1948, Japan, f/nf)
* Kuri Kikuoka (菊岡久利, 1909–1970, Japan, p/f)
* Yejide Kilanko (born 1975, Nigeria, p/f/ch)
* Abdelfattah Kilito (born 1945, Morocco, nf)
* Thomas Killigrew (1612–1683, England, d)
* Joyce Kilmer (1886–1918, US, p/nf)
* Dorothy Kilner (1755–1836, England, ch), pseudonyms M. P. and Mary Pelham
* Mary Ann Kilner (1753–1831, England, ch)
* Garry Kilworth (born 1941, England, f)
* Barbara Kimenye (1929–2012, England/Uganda, ch)
* Jamaica Kincaid (born 1949, Antigua/US, f/nf)
* Clive King (1924–2018, England, f/d/ch)
* Dorothy King (born 1975, US/England, nf)
* Edward King (1612–1637, Ireland/England, p)
* Francis King (1923–2011, Switzerland/England, f/nf)
* Henry King (1592–1669, England, p)
* Martin Luther King Jr. (1929–1968, US, nf)
* Michael King (1945–2004, N Zealand, nf)
* Owen King (born 1977, US, f)
* Rachael King (born 1970, N Zealand, f)
* Stephen King (born 1947, US, f)
* Susan King (born 1951, US, f)
* Tabitha King (born 1949, US, f/nf)
* William King (1663–1712, England, p)
* Karen King-Aribisala (living, Guyana/Nigeria, f)
* Alexander William Kinglake (1809–1891, England, nf)
* Thomas Kingo (1634–1703, Denmark, p)
* Charles Kingsley (1819–1875, England, f/nf/p)
* George Kingsley (1826–1892, England, nf)
* Henry Kingsley (1830–1876, England, f/nf)
* Mary Kingsley (1862–1900, England/S Africa, nf)
* Dick King-Smith (1922–2011, England, ch)
* Maxine Hong Kingston (湯亭亭, born 1940, China/US, f/nf)
* William Henry Giles Kingston (1814–1880, England, f/ch)
* Hans E. Kinck (1865–1926, Norway, f/d/nf)
* Gottfried Kinkel (1815–1882, Germany/Switzerland p/d/nf)
* Galway Kinnell (1927–2014, US, p)
* Jeff Kinney (born 1971, US, ch)
* Junji Kinoshita (木下順二, 1914–2006, Japan, d)
* Mokutaro Kinoshita (木下杢太郎, 1885–1945, Japan, nf)
* Kinoshita Rigen (木下利玄, 1886–1925, Japan, p)
* John Kinsella (born 1963, Australia, p/f/nf)
* Sophie Kinsella (born 1969, England, f), pseudonym of Madeleine Sophie Wickham
* Thomas Kinsella (1928–2021, Ireland, p)
* W. P. Kinsella (1935–2016, Canada, f)
* Leonard Kip (1826–1906, US, nf)
* Paul Kipchumba (born 1983, Kenya, f/nf)
* Rudyard Kipling (1865–1936, India/England, f/p/nf)
* Mohammed al-Tayyib ibn Kiran (1758–1812, Morocco, nf)
* Robert Kirby (1936–2007, S Africa, d/f/nf)
* Bodo Kirchhoff (born 1948, Germany/Italy, f/d)
* John Kiriamiti (born 1950, Kenya, nf/f)
* Natsuo Kirino (桐野夏生, born 1951, Japan, f), pseudonym of Mariko Hashioka
* Risto Kirjazovski (1927–2002, Greece/N Macedonia, nf)
* Russell Kirk (1918–1994, US, nf)
* Russell Kirkpatrick (born 1961, N Zealand, f/nf)
* Lucy Kirkwood (born 1983, England/Scotland, d)
* Sarah Kirsch (1935–2013, Germany, p)
* Hans Hellmut Kirst (1914–1989, Germany, f)
* Danilo Kiš (1935–1989, Yugoslavia, f/p)
* Necip Fazıl Kısakürek (1904–1983, Ottoman E/Turkey, p/f/d)
* Egon Kisch (1885–1948, Austrian E/Czechoslovakia, nf)
* Atala Kisfaludy (1836–1911, Hungary, p)
* Károly Kisfaludy (1788–1830, Hungary, d/p)
* Sándor Kisfaludy (1772–1844, p/d)
* Yusuke Kishi (貴志祐介, born 1959, Japan, f)
* Kyōko Kishida (岸田今日子, 1930–2006, Japan, ch)
* Rio Kishida (岸田理生, 1946–2003, Japan, d)
* Ephraim Kishon (1924–2005, Hungary/Switzerland, nf/ch/d)
* John Van der Kiste (born 1954, England, nf)
* Stefan Kisyov (born 1963, Bulgaria/Cuba, f/nf/d)
* Ikki Kita (北一輝, 1883–1937, Japan, nf)
* Morio Kita (北杜夫, 1927–2011, Japan, f/nf), pseudonym of Sōkichi Saitō (斎藤宗吉)
* Kitabatake Chikafusa (北畠親房, 1293–1354, Japan, nf)
* Yao Kitabatake (北畠八穂, 1903–1982, Japan, p/ch)
* Hakushū Kitahara (北原白秋, 1885–1942, Japan, p), pseudonym of Ryūkichi Kitahara (北原隆吉)
* Kenzo Kitakata (北方謙三, born 1947, Japan, f)
* Kaoru Kitamura (北村薫, born 1949, Japan, f), pseudonym of Kazuo Miyamoto (宮本和男)
* Kitamura Tōkoku (北村透谷, 1868–1894, Japan, p/nf), pseudonym of Kitamura Montarō (北村門太郎)
* Fred Kitchen (1890–1969, England, nf)
* C. H. B. Kitchin (1895–1967, England, f)
* William Kitchiner (1775–1827, England, nf)
* Aniceti Kitereza (1896–1981, Tanzania, f)
* Marvin Kitman (1929–2023, US, nf)
* Sandra Kitt (living, US, f)
* Kazuhiro Kiuchi (木内一裕, born 1960, Japan, f/ch)
* Iya Kiva (born 1984, Ukraine, p/f/nf)
* Aleksis Kivi (1834–1872, Finland, f/d)
* Albert Kivikas (1898–1978, Estonia, nf)
* Eila Kivikk'aho (1921–2004, Finland, p), pseudonym of Eila Sylvia Sammalkorpi
* Andrus Kivirähk (born 1970, USSR/Estonia, f/nf/d)
* Karin Kiwus (born 1942, Germany/US, p)
* Wycliffe Kiyingi (1929–2014, Uganda, d)
* Robert Kiyosaki (born 1947, US, nf)
* Carolyn Kizer (1925–2014, US, p)
* Joseph Ki-Zerbo (1922–2006, Burkina Faso, nf)
* Nils Kjær (1870–1924, Norway, d/f/nf)
* Jan Kjærstad (born 1953, Norway, f/nf)
* Magnús Kjartansson (1919–1981, Iceland, nf)
* Jim Kjelgaard (1910–1959, US, f/ch)
* Marjun Syderbø Kjelnæs (born 1974, Faroe Is, f/p/d)
* Johann Klaj (1616–1656, Germany, p)
* Ivan Klajn (1937–2021, Yugoslavia/Serbia, nf)
* Jon Klassen (born 1981, Canada, ch)
* Sarah Klassen (born 1932, Canada, f/p)
* Annette Curtis Klause (born 1953, England/US, ch/nf)
* David Kldiashvili (1862–1931, Russian E/USSR, f/d)
* Sergo Kldiashvili (1893–1986, Russian E/USSR, d)
* Edward Klein (born 1937, US, nf)
* Robin Klein (born 1936, Australia, ch)
* Lois Kleinsasser (living, US, f), pseudonym Cait London
* August Kleinzahler (born 1949, US, p/nf)
* Ewald Christian von Kleist (1715–1759, Germany, p)
* Heinrich von Kleist (1777–1811, Germany, p/d/f)
* Jochen Klepper (1903–1942, Germany, nf/p)
* Lisa Kleypas (born 1964, US, f)
* Ernst August Friedrich Klingemann (1777–1831, Germany, f/d)
* Friedrich Maximilian von Klinger (1752–1831, Germany/Russian E, d/f)
* Tristan Klingsor (1874–1966, France, p/nf), pseudonym of Léon Leclère
* Richard Klinkhamer (1937–2016, Netherlands, nf)
* Kate Klise (born 1963, US, ch)
* Willem Kloos (1859–1938, Netherlands, p/nf)
* Friedrich Gottlieb Klopstock (1724–1803, Germany, p/d/nf)
* Chuck Klosterman (born 1972, US, nf/f)
* Alexander Kluge (born 1932, Germany, f/nf)
* Ruth Klüger (1931–2020, Austria/US, nf), Holocaust survivor
* Richard A. Knaak (born 1961, US, f)
* Karl Ove Knausgård (born 1968, Norway, f)
* Matthew Kneale (born 1960, England, f)
* Nigel Kneale (1922–2006, Isle of Man/England, d/f)
* Hildegard Knef (1925–2002, Germany, nf)
* John Knewstub (1544–1624, England, nf)
* Boban Knežević (born 1959, Yugoslavia/Serbia, f)
* Marija Knežević (born 1963, Yugoslavia/Serbia, p/f/nf)
* Franciszek Dionizy Kniaźnin (1750–1807, Poland, p)
* Anne Knight (1786–1862, England/France, nf)
* Anne Knight (1792–1860, England, ch)
* Damon Knight (1922–2002, US, f/nf)
* Eric Knight (1897–1943, England, f/d)
* Etheridge Knight (1931–1991, US, p)
* Henry Gally Knight (1786–1846, England, f)
* India Knight (born 1965, Belgium/England, f/nf/ch)
* Raymond A. Knight (born 1944, US, nf)
* Vivien Knight (1953–2009, England, nf)
* James Sheridan Knowles (1784–1862, Ireland, d)
* John Knowles (1926–2001, US, f)
* Marion Knowles (1865–1949, p/f)
* Elizabeth Knox (born 1959, N Zealand, f)
* John Knox (c. 1514–1572, Scotland, nf)
* Ronald Knox (1888–1957, England, nf)
* Jan Knudsen (born 1957, Norway, f)
* Ingar Knudtsen (born 1944, Norway, f/p)
* Per Knutsen (born 1951, Norway, f/ch/d)
* Svavar Knútur (living, Iceland, p)

## Ko–Ks

* Hideo Kobayashi (小林秀雄, 1902–1983, Japan, nf)
* Kobayashi Issa (小林一茶, 1763–1828, Japan, p)
* Takiji Kobayashi (小林多喜二, 1903–1933, Japan, f)
* Peter Kocan (born 1947, Australia, p/f), born Peter Raymond Douglas
* Edvard Kocbek (1904–1981, Austrian E/Yugoslavia, p/nf)
* Herman Koch (born 1953, Netherlands, f/nf)
* Kenneth Koch (1925–2002, US, p/d)
* Martin Koch (1882–1940, Sweden, f)
* Werner Koch (born 1961, Germany, nf)
* Jan Kochanowski (1530–1584, Poland, p)
* Petar Kočić (1877–1916, Ottoman E/Serbia, f/nf)
* Charles Paul de Kock (1793–1871, France, f)
* Aya Kōda (幸田文, 1904–1990, Japan, nf/f)
* Kōda Rohan (幸田成行, 1867–1947, Japan, f)
* Đorđe Marković Koder (1806–1891, Austrian E/Austria-Hungary, f/p)
* János Kodolányi (1899–1969, Hungary, f/d/nf)
* Dayan Kodua (born 1980, Ghana/Germany, nf/ch)
* Shonagh Koea (born 1939, N Zealand, f)
* Wolfgang Koeppen (1906–1996, Germany, f)
* Arthur Koestler (1905–1983, Hungary/England, f/d/nf)
* Gerhard Kofler (1949–2005, Italy/Austria, p/nf)
* Izuki Kogyoku (紅玉いづき, born 1984, Japan, f)
* István Koháry (1649–1731, Hungary, p)
* Michael Köhlmeier (born 1949, Austria, nf)
* Leopold Kohr (1909–1994, Austria/England, nf)
* Youssof Kohzad (1935–2019, Afghanistan/US, d/p/nf)
* Saradha Koirala (born 1980, N Zealand, p/ch)
* B. P. Koirala (1914–1982, Nepal, f/nf)
* Koizumi Yakumo (小泉八雲, 1850–1904, Greece/Japan, nf)
* Miodrag Kojadinović (妙谠, born 1961, Serbia/China, nf)
* Masajirō Kojima (小島政二郎, 1894–1994, Japan, f)
* Nobuo Kojima (小島信夫, 1915–2006, Japan, f/nf)
* Usui Kojima (小島烏水, 1873–1948, Japan, nf)
* Ingrid de Kok (born 1951, S Africa, p/nf)
* Kokan Shiren (虎関師錬, 1278–1347, Japan, nf/p)
* Oskar Kokoschka (1886–1980, Austria/Switzerland, p/d)
* Yakub Kolas (1882–1956, USSR, p/f/d), pseudonym of Kanstantsin Mikhailovich Mitskievich
* Zlata Kolarić-Kišur (1894–1990, Austria-Hungary/Yugoslavia, f/nf)
* Þórðr Kolbeinsson (fl. 11th c., Iceland, p)
* Ferenc Kölcsey (1790–1838, Hungary, nf)
* Nikola Koljević (1936–1997, Yugoslavia/Serbia, nf)
* Adam František Kollár (1718–1783, Austria-Hungary, nf)
* Ján Kollár (1793–1852, Austria-Hungary, p/nf)
* Gertrud Kolmar (1894–1943, Germany, p), pseudonym of Gertrud Käthe Chodziesner, Holocaust victim
* Anise Koltz (1928–2023, Luxembourg, p/ch)
* Liv Køltzow (born 1945, Norway, f/d/nf)
* Ōmi Komaki (小牧近江, 1894–1978, Japan, nf)
* Siré Komara (born 1991, Guinea/Egypt, nf/ch)
* Lazar Komarčić (1839–1909, Ottoman E/Serbia, f)
* Sakyo Komatsu (小松左京, 1931–2011, Japan, f)
* Kinyanjui Kombani (born 1981, Kenya, f/d/nf)
* Ellis Ayitey Komey (1927–1972, Ghana/England, f/p)
* Aladár Komját (1891–1937, Hungary, p/nf)
* Anna Komnene (1083–1183, Byzantine E, nf)
* Milan Komnenić (1940–2015, Yugoslavia/Serbia, p/nf)
* Komninos Zervos (born 1950, Australia, p)
* Leopold Kompert (1822–1886, Austrian E, f)
* Gerrit Komrij (1944–2012, Netherlands, p/f/d)
* Manuel Komroff (1890–1974, US, d/f/nf)
* Yusef Komunyakaa (born 1941, US, p), birth name James William Brown
* Hidemi Kon (今日出海, 1903–1984, Japan, nf)
* Prakash Kona (born 1967, India, f/nf/p)
* Asare Konadu (1932–1994, Gold Coast/Ghana, f/nf)
* Chiaki J. Konaka (小中千昭, born 1961, Japan, f)
* Venance Konan (born 1958, Ivory Coast, nf/f)
* Adame Ba Konaré (born 1947, Mali, nf/f)
* Moussa Konaté (1951–2013, Mali/France, f/nf/d)
* Marie Kondo (近藤麻理恵, born 1984, Japan, nf)
* Yoji Kondo (近藤陽次, 1933–2017, Japan, f)
* Béla Kondor (1931–1972, Hungary, p/nf)
* Amadou Koné (living, Burkina Faso, nf)
* Blaže Koneski (1921–1993, Yugoslavia/N Macedonia, p/nf)
* Fatos Kongoli (born 1944, Albania, f)
* Faik Konica (1875–1942, Albania, nf)
* E. L. Konigsburg (1930–2013, US, ch)
* Hans Koning (1921–2007, Netherlands, f/nf)
* Tensei Kono (河野典生, 1935–2012, Japan, f)
* Halina Konopacka (1900–1989, Russian E/US, p)
* Maria Konopnicka (1842–1910, Russian E/Austria-Hungary, p/f/ch)
* Konrad von Würzburg (died 1287, Germany, p)
* György Konrád (1933–2019, Hungary, f/nf), pseudonym George Konrad
* Heinz G. Konsalik (1921–1999, Germany, f), pseudonym of Heinz Günther
* Aleko Konstantinov (1863–1897, Ottoman E/Bulgaria, f)
* Ventseslav Konstantinov (1940–2019, Bulgaria, f/nf)
* Radomir Konstantinović (1928–2011, Yugoslavia/Serbia, nf/f)
* Dorothy Koomson (born 1971, England, f)
* Dean Koontz (born 1945, US, f)
* Robin Koontz (born 1954, US, ch)
* Ted Kooser (born 1939, US, p)
* August Kopisch (1799–1853, Germany, p)
* Stanisław Korab-Brzozowski (1876–1901, Russian E/Austria-Hungary, p)
* Morten Korch (1876–1954, Denmark, f)
* Janusz Korczak (1878 or 1879–1942, Russian E/Poland, ch), Holocaust victim
* Ana Kordzaia-Samadashvili (born 1968, USSR/Georgia, f)
* Christiane Koren (1764–1815, Denmark/Norway, p/d)
* Koriun (5th c. CE, Armenia, nf)
* Gordon Korman (born 1963, Canada/US, f/ch)
* Ferenc Körmendi (1900–1972, Hungary/US, f)
* M. F. Korn (living, US, f)
* Cyril M. Kornbluth (1923–1958, US, f)
* Paul Kornfeld (1889–1942, Austrian E/Germany, d), Holocaust victim
* Julian Kornhauser (born 1946, Poland, p/f/nf)
* Valentyn Kornienko (1939–2011, Ukraine, f)
* Mary Norbert Körte (1934–2022, US, p)
* Sarah Kortemeier (living, US, p)
* Apollo Korzeniowski (1820–1889, Russian E/Austria-Hungary, p/d)
* Erih Koš (1913–2010, Austria-Hungary/Serbia, f/nf)
* Károly Kós (1883–1977, Hungary, f)
* Heinrich Köselitz (1854–1918, Germany, d), pseudonym Peter Gast
* Hiroshi Koshiba (小柴博, 1884–1925, Japan, nf)
* Sonya Koshkina (born 1985), Ukraine) non-f. wr.
* Jerzy Kosinski (1933–1991, Poland/US, f)
* Ciril Kosmač (1910–1980, Austria-Hungary/Yugoslavia, f/d)
* Srečko Kosovel (1904–1926, Austria-Hungary/Italy
* József Kossics (1788–1867, Austria-Hungary/Hungary, 1788–1867, nf/p), also written Jožef Košič
* Laza Kostić (1841–1910, Austria-Hungary, p/nf)
* Conor Kostick (born 1964, Ireland, nf/f)
* Kosugi Tengai (小杉天外, 1865–1952, Japan, f)
* Dezső Kosztolányi (1885–1936, Hungary, p/f)
* Jóhannes úr Kötlum (1899–1972, Iceland, p/ch)
* August von Kotzebue (1761–1819, Germany, d/nf)
* Adjoua Flore Kouamé (born 1964, Ivory Coast, f)
* Pyabelo Chaold Kouly (born 1943, Togo/Germany, nf)
* Marie-Christine Koundja (born 1957, Chad, f)
* Ahmadou Kourouma (1927–2003, Ivory Coast, f)
* Rudy Kousbroek (1929–2010, Dutch East Indies/Netherlands, p/nf)
* Kōshun Takami (高見広春, born 1969, Japan, f)
* Seydou Badian Kouyaté (1928–2018, French Sudan/Mali, f/p)
* Lojze Kovačič (1928–2004, Yugoslavia/Slovenia, f/ch)
* Kajetan Kovič (1931–2014, Yugoslavia/Slovenia, p/nf/ch)
* Shih-Li Kow (born 1968, Malaysia, f)
* Alicia Kozameh (born 1953, Argentina, f/p/nf)
* Daniel Koziarski (born 1949, Poland, f)
* Urszula Kozioł (born 1931, Poland, p)
* Farooq Kperogi (born 1973, Nigeria, nf)
* Tété-Michel Kpomassie (born 1941, Togo, nf)
* Tim Krabbé (born 1943, Netherlands, f)
* Christian Kracht (born 1966, Switzerland, f/nf)
* Erik P. Kraft (living, US, ch)
* Robert Kraft (1869–1916, Germany, f)
* Thomas Krag (1868–1913, Norway, f/d)
* Vilhelm Krag (1871–1933, Norway, p/nf)
* Petr Král (1941–2011, Czechoslovakia/Czech R, f/nf)
* Lado Kralj (1938–2022, Yugoslavia/Slovenia, nf/f)
* Taja Kramberger (born 1970, Yugoslavia, p/nf)
* Miško Kranjec (1908–1983, Austrian E/Yugoslavia, f)
* Judith Krantz (1928–2019, US, f/nf)
* Ignacy Krasicki (1735–1801, Germany, p/d/nf)
* Zygmunt Krasiński (1812–1859, France, p/d)
* Ivan Krasko (1876–1958, Hungary/Czechoslovakia, p/nf)
* Zlatko Krasni (1951–2008, Yugoslavia/Serbia, p)
* Krastyo Krastev (1866–1919, Ottoman E/Bulgaria, nf)
* Józef Ignacy Kraszewski (1812–1887, Duchy of Warsaw/Switzerland, f/nf)
* László Krasznahorkai (born 1954, Hungary, f/d)
* Karl Kraus (1874–1936, Austrian E/Austria, nf/d/p)
* Rudi Krausmann (1933–2019, Austria/Australia, d/p)
* Ruth Krauss (1901–1993, US, ch/p)
* Helmut Krausser (born 1964, Germany, f/p/d)
* Krayem Awad (born 1948, Syria/Austria, p)
* Štefan Krčméry (1892–1955, Hungary/Czechoslovakia, p/nf)
* Peter Kreeft (born 1937, US, nf)
* Carolyn Kreiter-Foronda (born 1946, US, p)
* Esther Kreitman (1891–1954, Russian E/England, f)
* Jayne Ann Krentz (born 1948, US, f), also as Amanda Quick and Jayne Castle
* Katarzyna Krenz (born 1953, Poland, f/p/nf)
* Maruša Krese (1947–2013, Yugoslavia/Slovenia, p/f)
* Adrienne Kress (living, Canada, f/ch/nf)
* Nancy Kress (born 1948, US, f)
* Michelle de Kretser (born 1957, Ceylon/Australia, f)
* Vincas Krėvė-Mickevičius (1882–1954, Russian E/Soviet Union, p/f/d)
* Jean Krier (1949–2013, Luxembourg, p)
* Léon Krier (born 1946, Luxembourg, nf)
* Uma Krishnaswami (born 1956, India, ch)
* Giles Kristian (born 1975, England, f)
* Kristian Kristiansen (1909–1980, f/d/ch)
* Tomm Kristiansen (born 1950, Norway, nf)
* Ilmur Kristjánsdóttir (born 1978, Iceland, d)
* Jónas Kristjánsson (1924–2014, Iceland, nf/f)
* Snorri Hergill Kristjánsson (born 1974, Iceland/Scotland, f)
* Gerður Kristný (born 1970, Iceland, p/f/ch)
* Ágota Kristóf (1935–2011, Hungary/Switzerland, p/d/f)
* Sara Kristoffersson (born 1972, Sweden, nf)
* Susan Krinard (living, US, f)
* Risto Krle (1900–1975, Ottoman E/Yugoslavia, d)
* Miroslav Krleža (1893–1981, Austria-Hungary/Yugoslavia, p/f/d)
* Vesna Krmpotić (1932–2018, Yugoslavia/Croatia, f/nf)
* Franz Xaver Kroetz (born 1946, Germany, d/nf)
* Antjie Krog (born 1952, S Africa, p/ch/nf)
* Helge Krog (1889–1962, Norway, nf/d)
* Niklas Krog (born 1965, Sweden, f/ch)
* Christian Krohg (1852–1925, Norway, nf)
* Zundel Kroizer (1924–2014, Palestine/Israel, nf)
* Inge Krokann (1893–1962, Norway, f)
* Gerrit Krol (1934–2013, Netherlands, f/nf/p)
* Piet J. Kroonenberg (1927–2016, Netherlands, nf)
* Jarrett J. Krosoczka (born 1977, US, ch)
* Jaan Kross (1920–2007, USSR/Estonia, f)
* Zdravko Krstanović (born 1950, Yugoslavia/Serbia, p/d/f)
* Gyula Krúdy (1878–1933, Hungary, f/nf)
* William Kent Krueger (born 1950, US, f)
* Erwin Krüger (1915–1973, Nicaragua, p)
* Joseph Krumgold (1908–1980, US, f/nf/ch)
* Friedrich Adolf Krummacher (1767–1845, Germany, nf/p)
* Józef Krupiński (1930–1998, Poland, p)
* Edwin C. Krupp (born 1944, US, nf)
* Max Kruse (1921–2015, Germany, ch)
* Agnes von Krusenstjerna (1894–1940, Sweden, f/nf)
* Christina Krüsi (born 1968, Switzerland, nf)
* James Krüss (1926–1997, Germany/Spain, ch/d)
* Ryszard Krynicki (born 1943, Austria, p)
* Marilyn Krysl (born 1942, US, f/p)
* Sigizmund Krzhizhanovsky (1887–1950, Russian E/Soviet Union, f/nf)
* Andrzej Krzycki (1482–1537, Poland, p/nf)
* Ramesh Kshitij (born 1969, Nepal, p/f)
* Driss Ksikes (born 1968, Morocco, nf)

## Ku–Ky

* Alfred Kubin (1877–1959, Austrian E/Austria, f)
* Žofia Kubini (fl. 17th c., Hungary), also as Žsofia Kubinyi
* Paweł Kubisz (1907–1968, Poland, p/nf)
* August Kubizek (1888–1956, Austria, nf)
* Mantarō Kubota (久保田万太郎, 1889–1963, Japan, d/f/p)
* Tamara Kučan (born 1989, Yugoslavia/Serbia, f)
* Nahapet Kuchak (died 1592, Armenia, p)
* Adam Kuckhoff (1887–1943, Germany, f/nf)
* Péter Kuczka (1923–1999, Hungary, p/f)
* Anatoly Kudryavitsky (born 1954, USSR/Ireland, nf/p)
* Erik von Kuehnelt-Leddihn (1909–1999, Austria-Hungary/Austria, nf)
* Bernhard von Kugler (1837–1898, Germany, nf)
* Franz Theodor Kugler (1808–1858, Germany, nf)
* Julius Kugy (1858–1944, Austrian E/Italy, nf)
* Ken Kuhlken (born 1945, US, f)
* Johann Kuhnau (1660–1722, Germany, f/nf)
* Gordana Kuić (born 1942, Yugoslavia/Serbia, f)
* Rifat Kukaj (1938–2005, Yugoslavia/Kosovo, f/p/ch)
* Endre Kukorelly (born 1951, Hungary, nf/f/p)
* Martin Kukučín (1860–1928, Hungary/Czechoslovakia, nf/d)
* Michael Kulikowski (born 1970, US, nf)
* Ayşe Kulin (born 1941, Turkey, f/d)
* Nicholas Kulish (born 1975, US, nf/f)
* Patricia Laurent Kullick (born 1962, Mexico, f)
* Abhay Kumar (born 1980, India, p/nf)
* Masao Kume (久米正雄, 1891–1952, Japan, d/f/p)
* Mojca Kumerdej (born 1964, Yugoslavia/Slovenia, f/nf)
* Maxine Kumin (1925–2014, US, p/f/ch)
* Michael Kumpfmüller (born 1961, Germany, f/nf)
* Maria Kuncewiczowa (1895–1989, Russian E/Poland, f/nf)
* Ludvík Kundera (1920–2010, Czechoslovakia/Czech Republic, f/p)
* Milan Kundera (1929–2023, Czechoslovakia/France, f/p/nf)
* Mazisi Kunene (1930–2006, S Africa, p)
* Ibrahim Kuni (born 1948, Libya/Poland, f)
* Doppo Kunikida (国木田獨歩, 1871–1908, Japan, f/p)
* Stanley Kunitz (1905–2006, US, p)
* Thor Kunkel (born 1963, Germany/Switzerland, f)
* Leo Kunnas (born 1967, USSR/Estonia, f/nf)
* Reiner Kunze (born 1933, Germany, p/nf)
* Richard Kunzmann (born 1976, Namibia/S Africa, f)
* Yanka Kupala (1882–1942, Russian E/USSR, p/d), pseudonym of Ivan Daminikavič Lutsevič
* Tuli Kupferberg (1923–2010, US, p/nf)
* Elisar von Kupffer (1872–1942, Russian E/Germany, p/nf/d), pseudonym Elisarion
* Mwana Kupona (died c. 1865, Pate Sultanate (Kenya), p)
* Yumiko Kurahashi (倉橋由美子, 1935–2005, Japan, f)
* Hyakuzō Kurata (倉田百三, 1891–1943, Japan, nf/d)
* Hanif Kureishi (born 1954, England, d/f)
* Jalu Kurek (1904–1983, Poland, p/nf/f)
* Shushanik Kurghinian (1876–1927, Russian E/USSR)
* Kaoru Kurimoto (栗本薫, 1953–2009, Japan, f/d)
* Kuriyagawa Hakuson (廚川白村, 1880–1923, Japan, nf), pseudonym of Kuriyagawa Tatsuo
* Andrey Kurkov (born 1961, USSR/Ukraine, f/d/ch)
* Lynn Kurland (living, US, f)
* Momoko Kuroda (黒田杏子, 1938–2023, Japan, p/nf)
* Kuroda Seiki (黒田清輝, 1866–1924, Japan, nf)
* Ken Kuronuma (黒沼健), 1902–1985, Japan, f)
* Denji Kuroshima (黒島伝治, 1898–1943, Japan, f)
* Seyhan Kurt (born 1971, France, f)
* Jane Kurtz (born 1952, US, ch/nf)
* Katherine Kurtz (born 1944, US, f)
* Koshi Kurumizawa (胡桃沢耕史, 1925–1994, Japan, f)
* Hermann Kurz (1813–1873, Germany, p/f)
* Isolde Kurz (1853–1944, Germany, p/f)
* Mira Kuś (born 1958, Poland, p)
* Kurt Kusenberg (1904–1983, Sweden/Germany, f)
* Burhanuddin Kushkaki (1894–1953, Afghanistan, nf)
* Rachel Kushner (born 1968, US, f/nf)
* Abdi Kusow (living, Somalia/US, nf)
* Onat Kutlar (1936–1995, Turkey, p/f/d)
* Henry Kuttner (1915–1958, US, f)
* Stephen Kuusisto (born 1955, US, p/nf)
* Kuvempu (1904–1994, India, p/d/f), pseudonym of Kuppali Venkatappa Puttappa
* Eric de Kuyper (born 1942, Belgium/Netherlands, f)
* Ellen Kuzwayo (1914–2006, S Africa, nf)
* Einar Hjörleifsson Kvaran (1859–1938, Iceland, f/p/d)
* Einar Ragnarsson Kvaran (1920–2012, Iceland/US, nf)
* Zofka Kveder (1878–1926, Yugoslavia/Slovenia, f/d)
* Nestan Kvinikadze (born 1980, USSR/Georgia, d/f)
* Benjamin Kwakye (born 1967, Ghana, f)
* Phoe Kyar (1891–1942, Burma, f/nf/ch)
* James Hla Kyaw (1866–1919, Burma, f)
* Henry Kyemba (1939–2023, Uganda, nf)
* Morris Kyffin (c. 1555–1598, Wales, p)
* Susan S. Kyle (born 1946, US, f), also as Diana Palmer
* Natsuhiko Kyōgoku (京極夏彦, born 1963, Japan, f)
* Francis Kynaston (1587–1642, England, p)
* Kyokutei Bakin (曲亭馬琴, 1767–1848, Japan, f/p)
* Goretti Kyomuhendo (born 1965, Uganda/England, f)
* Kyoshi Takahama (高浜虚子, 1874–1959, Japan, p)
* Willy Kyrklund (1921–2009, Finland/Sweden, f/nf)
* Myoma Myint Kywe (born 1960, Burma/Myanmar, nf)