# List of authors by name: A

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

## Aa–Ad

* Bertus Aafjes (1914–1993, Netherlands, p)
* Patricia Aakhus (1952–2012, US, f)
* Hans Aanrud (1863–1953, Norway, d/p/f)
* Verna Aardema (1911–2000, US, ch)
* David Aaron (born 1938, US, nf)
* Jane Aaron (born 1951, Wales/Australia, nf)
* Jonathan Aaron (born 1941, US, p)
* Rachel Aaron (living, US, f)
* Richard Aaron (1901–1987, Wales, nf)
* Soazig Aaron (born 1949, France, f)
* Alexander Aaronsohn (1888–1948, Palestine/France, nf)
* Aarudhra (1925–1998, India, nf/p)
* Ivar Aasen (1813–1896, Norway, d/p/nf)
* Aarudhra (1925–1998, India, p/d)
* Gjorgji Abadžiev (1910–1963, Ottoman E/Yugoslavia, f/nf)
* Yunus Nadi Abalıoğlu (1879–1945, Ottoman E/Turkey, nf)
* Rafael Ábalos (born 1956, Spain, ch)
* Chris Abani (born 1966, Nigeria/US, f/p)
* Alexander Abasheli (1884–1954, Georgia/USSR, p/f)
* Grigol Abashidze (1914–1994, Georgia/USSR, f/p)
* Irakli Abashidze (1909–1992, Georgia/USSR, p/nf)
* Sait Faik Abasıyanık (1906–1954, Turkey, f/p)
* Ines Abassi (born 1982, Tunisia, p/nf)
* Carmine Abate (born 1954, Italy, f/nf)
* Fekry Abaza (1896–1979, Egypt, nf)
* Afira bint 'Abbad (3rd c. CE, Arab region, p)
* Buthaina bint al-Mu'tamid ibn Abbad (born 1070, Andalusia, p)
* Ferhat Abbas (1899–1985, Algeria, nf)
* Jaafar Abbas (living, Sudan, nf)
* Christina Abbey (1924–2022, England, f), pseudonym of Nancy Buckingham and John Sawyer
* Edward Abbey (1927–1989, US, nf/f)
* Henry Abbey (1842–1911, US, p)
* Lynn Abbey (born 1948, US, f)
* Edwin Abbott Abbott (1838–1926, England, nf/f)
* Eleanor Hallowell Abbott (1872–1958, US, f/p)
* George Frederick Abbott (1874–1947, England, nf)
* J. H. M. Abbott (1874–1953, Australia, f/p)
* Jacob Abbott (1803–1879, US, ch)
* John S. C. Abbott (1805–1877, US, nf)
* Megan Abbott (born 1971, US, f)
* Tony Abbott (born 1952, US, ch)
* John Abbs (1810–1880, England/India, nf)
* Thomas Abbt (1738–1766, Germany, nf)
* Abd el-Krim (1882–1963, Morocco/Egypt, nf)
* Abd al-Qadir al-Fasi (1599–1680, Morocco, nf)
* Mohammed Abdalbari (born 1985, Sudan, p)
* Abdilatif Abdalla (born 1946, Kenya, p/nf)
* Ibtisam Abdallah (1940s–2023, Iraq, f)
* Mohammed ben Abdallah (born 1944, Gold Coast/Ghana, d)
* Sufi Abdallah (1925–2003, Egypt, f)
* Lesley Abdela (living, England, nf)
* Abdi Sheik Abdi (born 1942, Somalia, f/nf)
* Kader Abdolah (born 1954, Iran/Netherlands, f)
* Ali Abdolrezaei (born 1969, Iran/England, p/nf)
* Hamid Barole Abdu (born 1953, Eritrea, nf)
* Samig Abdukakhkhar (born 1990, Soviet/Uzbek, f)
* Kia Abdullah (born 1982, England, f/nf)
* Ghaith Abdul-Ahad (born 1975, Iraq/England, nf)
* Colet Abedi (living, US, f/nf/ch)
* Siôn Abel (fl. 18th c., Wales, p)
* Deborah Abela (born 1966, Australia, ch)
* Joan Abelove (born 1945, US, ch)
* Abe Akira (阿部昭, 1934–1989, Japan, f/nf)
* Éliette Abécassis (born 1969, Morocco/France, nf)
* Antoine Abel (1934–2004, Seychelles, p/f)
* Deborah Abela (born 1966, Australia, ch)
* Joan Abelove (born 1945, US, ch)
* Lascelles Abercrombie (1881–1938, England, p/nf)
* Patrick Abercromby (1656 – c. 1716, Scotland/England, nf)
* Virginia Abernethy (born 1934, US, nf)
* Jean-Baptiste Abessolo (born 1932, Gabon, f)
* Chris van Abkoude (1880–1960, Netherlands/US, ch)
* Casimiro de Abreu (1839–1960, Brazil, p/f/d)
* Mohammed Abdul-Hayy (1944–1989, Sudan, p/f/nf)
* Mena Kasmiri Abdullah (born 1930, Australia, f)
* Yahya Taher Abdullah (1938–1981, Egypt, f)
* Mohamed Diriye Abdullahi (born 1958, Somalia/Canada, nf)
* Kazushige Abe (阿部和重, born 1968, Japan, f)
* Kōbō Abe (安部公房, 1924–1993, Japan, f)
* Abe no Nakamaro (阿倍仲麻呂, c. 698 – c. 770, Japan, nf/p)
* Shana Abé (living, US, f)
* Tomoji Abe (阿部知二, 1903–1973, Japan, f/nf)
* Siôn Abel (fl. 18th c., Wales, p)
* Peter Abelard (1079–1142, France, nf/p)
* Joe Abercrombie (born 1974, England, f/ch)
* Lascelles Abercrombie (1881–1938, England, p/nf)
* Milan Kujundžić Aberdar (1842–1893, Serbia, p/nf)
* Robert Abernathy (1924–1990, US, f)
* Arthur Talmage Abernethy (1872–1956, US, nf/p)
* Jean-Baptiste Abessolo (born 1932, Gabon, f)
* Johann Heinrich Abicht (1762–1816, Germany, nf)
* Azhar Abidi (born 1968, Pakistan/Australia, f)
* Walter Abish (1931–2022, Austria/US, f)
* Chris van Abkoude (1880–1960, Netherlands/US, ch), pseudonym Charles Winters
* Paul Ableman (1927–2006, England, d/f)
* Abdel Rahman el-Abnudi (1938–2015, Egypt, p/ch)
* Abraham Aboab (c. 1560–1642, Portugal/Italy, nf)
* Josette Abondio (born 1949, Ivory Coast, f/ch)
* Marguerite Abouet (born 1971, Ivory Coast, f)
* Leila Aboulela (born 1964, Sudan/Scotland, f/d)
* Edmond François Valentin About (1828–1885, France, f/nf)
* Leila Abouzeid (born 1950, Morocco, nf/f)
* Daniel Abraham (born 1969, US, f)
* Lionel Abrahams (1928–2004, S Africa, f/p/nf)
* Marc Abrahams (born 1956, US, f)
* Peter Abrahams (1919–2017, S Africa, f/nf)
* Rehane Abrahams (living, S Africa, d)
* Odd Abrahamsen (1924–2001, Norway, p)
* Sam Abrams (born 1935, US, p)
* Seth Abramson (born 1976, US, nf)
* Henrique Abranches (1932–2004, Portugal/Angola, p/f/d)
* Milton Abramowitz (1915–1958, US, nf)
* Kosta Abrašević (1879–1898, Ottoman E/Serbia, p)
* Antero de Abreu (1927–2017, Angola/Portugal, nf/p)
* Diogo Abreu (born 1947, Portugal, nf)
* Joseph Wilfred Abruquah (1921–1997, Gold Coast/Ghana, f)
* Dannie Abse (1923–2014, Wales, p)
* François-Joseph Amon d'Aby (1913–2007, Ivory Coast, d/nf)
* Mohammed Achaari (born 1951, Morocco, f/p)
* Nana Achampong (born 1964, Ghana, f/p)
* Bhanubhakta Acharya (1814–1868, Nepal, p)
* Chinua Achebe (1930–2013, Nigeria n/p/nf)
* Catherine Obianuju Acholonu (1951–2014, Nigeria, p/d/nf)
* Mohamed El Aziz Ben Achour (born 1951, Tunisia, nf)
* Gerrit Achterberg (1905–1962, Netherlands, p)
* Said Achtouk (1925–1989, Morocco, p)
* André Aciman (born 1951, Egypt/US, f/nf)
* Socorro Acioli (born 1975, Brazil, f/ch)
* Kathy Acker (1947–1997, US, f/d)
* Diane Ackerman (born 1948, US, nf)
* Kathy Acker (1947–1997, US, f/d/nf)
* J. R. Ackerley (1896–1967, England, nf)
* Diane Ackerman (born 1948, US, p/nf)
* Forrest J. Ackerman (1916–2008, US, f)
* Louise-Victorine Ackermann (1813–1890, France, p)
* Rudolph Ackermann (1764–1834, Germany/England, p)
* Duane Ackerson (1942–2020, US, p/f)
* Martha Ackmann (born 1951, US, nf)
* Peter Ackroyd (born 1949, England, nf/f)
* Milton Acorn (1923–1986, US, p/d)
* Óscar Acosta (1933–2014, Honduras, p/nf)
* Kobena Eyi Acquah (born 1952, Ghana, p)
* Kofi Acquah-Dadzie (born 1939, Gold Coast/Ghana, nf)
* Avis Acres (1910–1994, N Zealand, ch)
* Joyce Ackroyd (1918–1991, Australia, nf)
* Peter Ackroyd (born 1949, England, nf)
* Eliza Acton (1799–1859, England, nf)
* Harold Acton (1904–1994, Italy/England, nf)
* Manuel Acuña (1849–1873, Mexico, p/f/d)
* János Aczél (died 1523, Hungary, p)
* Tamás Aczél (1921–1994, Hungary, p/nf)
* Gilbert Adair (1944–2011, Scotland, f/p/nf)
* Hazel Adair (1900–1990, England, f/nf)
* Virginia Hamilton Adair (1913–2004, US, p)
* Geormbeeyi Adali-Mortty (born 1916, Gold Coast/Ghana, p/nf)
* Carolyne Adalla (living, Kenya, nf)
* Adam de la Halle (1240–1287, France, p)
* Alexander Adam (1741–1809, Scotland, nf)
* Helen Adam (1909–1993, Scotland, p)
* James Adam (1860–1907, Scotland, nf)
* Jean Adam (1704–1765, Scotland, p), also Adams
* Paul Adam (born 1958, England, f/ch)
* Pip Adam (living, N Zealand, f/nf)
* Ruth Adam (1907–1977, England, f/nf)
* Gabriela Adameșteanu (born 1942, Romania, f/nf)
* Draginja Adamović (1925–2000, Yugoslavia/Serbia, p)
* Ratko Adamović (born 1942, Yugoslavia/Serbia, nf/f)
* Andrew Leith Adams (1827–1882, Scotland/Ireland, nf)
* Anna Adams (1926–2011, England, p)
* Arthur Henry Adams (1872–1936, N Zealand/Australia, nf/p/d)
* Charles Warren Adams (1833–1903, England, nf/f)
* Douglas Adams (1952–2001, England, f/d)
* Francis Adams (1862–1893, Malta/England, nf/f/p)
* Glenda Adams (1939–2007, Australia, f)
* Henry Adams (1838–1918, US, nf)
* Jad Adams (born 1954, England, nf)
* Jennie Adams (born 1963, Australia, f)
* John Adams (1704–1740, British N American colonies, p)
* Léonie Adams (1899–1988, US, p)
* Mary Adams (1898–1984, England, ch)
* Patch Adams (born 1945, US, nf)
* Patricia J. Adams (born 1952, Anguilla, p/nf)
* Poppy Adams (born 1983, England, f)
* Richard Adams (1920–2016, England, f)
* Robert Adams (1933–1990, US, f)
* Ryan Adams (born 1974, US, p)
* William Henry Davenport Adams (1928–1991, England, nf)
* Patsy Adam-Smith (1924–2001, Australia, nf)
* Catherine Adamson (1868–1925, N Zealand, nf)
* Hendrik Adamson (1891–1946, Russian E/Estonia, p/f)
* Henry Adamson (1581–1637, Scotland, p/nf)
* Jean Adamson (born 1928, England, ch)
* John Adamson (1787–1855, England, nf)
* Joy Adamson (1910–1980, Austria-Hungary/Kenya, nf)
* Robert Adamson (1943–2022, Australia, p)
* Martín Adán (1908–1985, Peru, p/f)
* Abd al-Wahhab Adarrak (1666–1746, Morocco, nf/p)
* Alison Adburgham (1912–1997, England, nf)
* Arthur St John Adcock (1864–1930, England, f/p)
* Fleur Adcock (1934–2024, N Zealand/England, p)
* Jane Addams (1860–1935, US, nf)
* Joseph Addison (1672–1719, England, nf)
* Lucia H. Faxon Additon (1847–1919, US, nf)
* Kim Addonizio (born 1954, US, p/f)
* Ayobami Adebayo (born 1988, Nigeria, f/p)
* Remi Adedeji (born 1937, Nigeria, ch)
* Mirza Adeeb (1914–1999, India/Pakistan, d/f)
* Debra Adelaide (born 1958, Australia, f/nf)
* Abimbola Adelakun (living, Nigeria, nf/f)
* Johann Christoph Adelung (1732–1806, Germany, nf)
* Sade Adeniran (born 1960s, England/Nigeria, f/nf)
* Saheed Aderinto (born 1979, Nigeria/US, nf)
* Akin Adesokan (living, Nigeria, nf)
* Toyin Adewale-Gabriel (born 1969, Nigeria, f/nf/p)
* Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (born 1977, Nigeria, f/nf)
* Aravind Adiga (born 1974, India, f)
* Opal Palmer Adisa (born 1954, Jamaica, p/f)
* Halide Edib Adıvar (1884–1964, Turkey, f/nf)
* Mohammed ibn Adjurrum (1273–1323, Morocco, nf)
* C. S. Adler (born 1932, US, ch)
* David A. Adler (born 1947, US, ch)
* Adomnán (c. 624–704, Ireland/Scotland, nf), also known as St Eunan
* Judith Adong (born 1977, Uganda/US, d/ch
* Alexandra Adornetto (born 1994, Australia, ch)
* Stanislas Spero Adotevi (1934–2024, Benin, nf)
* Jorge Enrique Adoum (1926–2009, Ecuador, p)
* Nizamuddin Asir Adrawi (1926–2021, India, nf)
* Wilna Adriaanse (born 1958, S Africa, f)
* Edgar Adrian (1889–1977, England, nf)
* Artur Adson (1889–1977, Russian E/Estonia, p/d/nf)
* Adunis (born 1930, Syria, p/nf), born Ali Ahmad Said Esber
* Amina Al Adwan (born 1935, Jordan/US, p/nf)
* Endre Ady (1877–1919, Hungary, p)
* Julia Cartwright Ady (1851–1924, England, nf)
* Mariska Ady (1888–1977, Hungary, p)

## Ae–Al

* Aeba Koson (饗庭篁村, 1855–1922, Japan, f/nf)
* Aelred of Rievaulx (1110–1167, England, nf)
* Franz Aepinus (1724–1802, Russian E, nf)
* Aeschines (389–314 BCE, Greece, nf)
* Aeschylus (c. 525/524 – c. 456/455 BCE, Greece, d)
* Aesop (c. 620 – 560 BCE, Greece, f)
* Anastasia Afanasieva (born 1982, Ukraine, p/f)
* Þórhildur Sunna Ævarsdóttir (born 1987, nf)
* Max Afford (1906–1954, Australia, d/f)
* Ali Mohammad Afghani (born 1925, Iran, f/nf)
* S. A. Afolabi (born 1966, Nigeria, f)
* Lucius Afranius (fl. early 1st c. BCE, Rome, p)
* Maxamed Daahir Afrax (living, Somalia, f/d/nf)
* Leo Africanus (1488–1554, Al-Andalus, nf)
* Tatamkhulu Afrika (1920–2002, Egypt/S Africa, f/p/nf), pseudonym of Ismail Joubert
* Sa'ida Bint Khatir al-Farisi (born 1956), Omani poet
* John Agard (born 1949, British Guiana/Guyana, d/p/ch)
* Francesco Algarotti (1712–1764, Italy, nf/p)
* Shimon Agassi (1852–1914, Mesopotamia, nf)
* Louis Agassiz (1807–1873, Switzerland/US, nf)
* Hiroyuki Agawa (阿川弘之, 1920–2015, Japan, f/nf)
* Patience Agbabi (born 1965, England, p)
* Berthe-Evelyne Agbo (living, Benin/France, p)
* Francis Agbodeka (1931–2005, Gold Coast/Ghana, nf)
* James Agee (1909–1955, US, f/nf/p)
* Claribel Alegría (1924–2018, Nicaragua, p/nf/f)
* Deborah Ager (born 1978, US, p/nf)
* Anna Caspari Agerholt (1892–1943, Norway, nf)
* Pedro Agerre (1566–1654, Spain, nf)
* Sven Aggesen (born c. 1140/1150, Denmark, nf)
* Ifeoma Aggrey-Fynn (1980–2015, Nigeria, nf)
* István Ágh (born 1938, Hungary, p), pseudonym of István Nagy
* Zechariah Aghmati (1120–1195, Morocco, nf)
* Maria Gaetana Agnesi (1718–1799, Italy, nf)
* Pinky Agnew (born 1955, N Zealand, d/nf/p)
* Shmuel Yosef Agnon (1888–1970, Austria-Hungary/Israel]]
* Kelli Russell Agodon (born 1969, US, p)
* Dritëro Agolli (1931–2017, Albania, p/f)
* Georg Andreas Agricola (1672–1738, Germany, nf)
* Rodolphus Agricola (1443/1444–1485, Netherlands, nf/p)
* Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa (1486–1535, Holy Roman E/France, nf)
* José Eduardo Agualusa (born 1960, Angola/Mozambique, f/p)
* Brígida Agüero (1837–1866, Cuban, p)
* João Aguiar (1943–2010, Portugal, f/nf)
* Grace Aguilar (1816–1947, England/Germany, f/p/nf)
* Luis Aguilar-Monsalve (born 1942, Ecuador, f/nf)
* Marcos Aguinis (born 1935, Argentina, nf)
* Delmira Agustini (1886–1914, Uruguay, p)
* Bogi Ágústsson (born 1952, Iceland, nf)
* Jot Agyeman (born 1967, Ghana, nf/d)
* Ivor Agyeman-Duah (born 1966, Ghana, nf)
* Ah Cheng (鍾阿城, born 1949, China, d/f)
* Cecelia Ahern (born 1981, Ireland, f)
* Jerry Ahern (1946–2012, US, f/nf)
* Alf Ahlberg (1892–1979, Sweden, nf)
* Lars Ahlin (1915–1997, Sweden, f)
* Farrukh Ahmad (1918–1974, India/Bangladesh, p/ch)
* Ishtiaq Ahmad (1941–2015, India/Pakistan, f/nf)
* Malik Zahoor Ahmad (living, Pakistan, nf)
* Najiba Ahmad (born 1954, Iraq, p/f)
* Shahnon Ahmad (1933–2017, Malaya/Malaysia, f)
* Abdel Rahim Ahmed (living, Egypt, d)
* Ashfaq Ahmed (1925–2004, India/Pakistan, f/d)
* Humayun Ahmed (1948–2012, E Pakistan/Bangladesh, f/d/nf)
* Kazi Anis Ahmed (born 1970, Bangladesh, nf/f)
* Leila Ahmed (born 1940, Egypt/US, nf)
* Mohammed Taha Mohammed Ahmed (1965–2006, Sudan, nf)
* Mouna-Hodan Ahmed (born 1972, Djibouti, f)
* Ahmet Vefik Paşa (1823–1891, Turkey, nf/d)
* Abul Mansur Ahmad (1898–1979, India/Bangladesh, f/nf)
* Shaykh Ahmad (1753–1826, Hijaz, nf), in full Ahmad bin Zayn al-Dín bin Ibráhím al-Ahsá'í
* Jasmina Ahmetagić (born 1970, Yugoslavia/Serbia, nf/p)
* Astrid Ahnfelt (1876–1962, Sweden, f)
* Juhani Aho (1861–1921, Russian E/Finland, f), born Johannes Brofeldt
* Syed Ali Ahsan (1922–2002, India/Bangladesh, p/nf)
* Alfred Aho (born 1941, Canada, nf)
* Jeannette D. Ahonsou (born 1954, Togo, f)
* Ai (1847–1910, US, p), born Florence Anthony
* Ai Qing (艾青, 1910–1996, China, p)
* Mohamed Aïchaoui (1921–1959, Algeria, nf)
* Ilse Aichinger (1921–2016, Austria, nf/f/p)
* Robert Aickman (1914–1981, England, f/nf)
* Ama Ata Aidoo (1940–2023, Gold Coast/Ghana, f/nf/p)
* Kofi Aidoo (born 1950s, Gold Coast/Ghana, f)
* Naja Marie Aidt (born 1963, Denmark, p/f)
* Shō Aikawa (會川昇, born 1965, Japan, f)
* Conrad Aiken (1899–1973, US, p/f)
* Joan Aiken (1924–2004, England, f/ch)
* John Aikin (1747–1822, England, nf)
* Lucy Aikin (1781–1864, England, nf)
* Aganice Ainianos (1838–1892, Greece, p)
* Alfred Ainger (1837–1904, England, nf)
* Hew Ainslie (1792–1878, Scotland/US, p/nf)
* Henry Ainsworth (1571–1622, England, nf)
* Ruth Ainsworth (1908–1984, England, ch/d)
* William Harrison Ainsworth (1805–1882, England, f)
* César Aira (born 1949, Argentina, f/nf)
* Catherine Aird (born 1930, England, f)
* Aa'isha bint Ahmad al-Qurtubiyya (died 1010), Andalusia, p)
* Jean Aitchison (born 1938, England, nf)
* Adam Aitken (born 1960, England/Australia, p)
* Aizu Yaichi (会津八一, 1881–1956, Japan, p/nf)
* Tolu Ajayi (born 1946, Nigeria, p/nf)
* Dejan Ajdačić (born 1959, Yugoslavia/Ukraine, nf)
* Ahmad ibn Ajiba (1747–1809, Morocco, nf/p)
* Yemi Ajibade (1929–2013, Nigeria/England, d)
* Audrey Ajose (born c. 1937, Nigeria, nf/ch)
* Jófríður Ákadóttir (born 1994, Iceland, p)
* Baku Akae (赤江瀑, 1933–2012, Japan, f)
* Jirō Akagawa (赤川次郎, born 1948, Japan, f)
* Satoru Akahori (あかほりさとる, born 1965, Japan, f)
* Lotfi Akalay (1943–2019, Tangier/Morocco, nf/f)
* John Akar (1927–1975, Sierra Leone, nf)
* Akazome Emon (赤染衛門, late 950s/early 960s – 1041 or later, Japan, p/nf)
* Hyder Akbar (born 1984, Pakistan/US, nf)
* Ahmad Akbarpour (born 1970, Iran, f/ch)
* Yusuf Akcura (1876–1935, Turkey, nf)
* Mikalojus Akelaitis (1829–1887, Russian E/France, nf)
* Grace Akello (born 1950, Uganda, p/nf)
* Jan van Aken (born 1961, Netherlands, f)
* Mark Akenside (1721–1770, England, p)
* Mohammed Akensus (1797–1877, Morocco, nf)
* John Yonge Akerman (1806–1873, England, nf)
* Rachel Akerman (1522–1544, Austria/Moravia, p)
* Sonja Åkesson (1926–1977, Sweden, p)
* Lucy Akhurst (born 1970, England, d)
* Bella Akhmadulina (1937–2010, USSR/Russia, p/f)
* Anna Akhmatova (1889–1966, Russian E/USSR, p)
* Jan Nisar Akhtar (1914–1976, Russia E/USSR, p)
* Javed Akhtar (born 1945, India, p/d/nf)
* Salman Akhtar (born 1946, India/US, nf)
* Shaheen Akhtar (born 1962, E Pakistan/Bangladesh, f/nf)
* Tolu Akinyemi (living, Nigeria, p)
* Mizuhito Akiyama (秋山瑞人, born 1971, Japan, f)
* Akiyuki Nosaka (野坂昭如, 1930–2015, Japan, f/p)
* Kofi Akpabli (born 1973, Ghana, nf)
* Uwem Akpan (born 1971, Nigeria/US, f/nf)
* Mirko Aksentijević (1922–2011, Yugoslavia/Serbia, nf)
* Ryūnosuke Akutagawa (芥川龍之介, 1892–1927, Japan, f)
* Ahmad ibn Munim al-Abdari (died 1228, Andalusia, nf)
* Muhammad Aladdin (born 1979, Egypt, f/d)
* Ismail ibn al-Ahmar (1387–1406, Morocco, nf)
* William Alabaster (1567–1640, England, p/d/nf
* Alcaeus of Mytilene (c. 625/620 – c. 580 BCE, Greece, p)
* Raabi'a al-Adwiyya (714–801, Arabic region, p)
* Anne-Marie Albiach (1937–2012), French poet and translator
* Tunku Zain Al-'Abidin (born 1982, Malaysia, nf)
* Ahmed Alaidy (born 1974, Egypt, d/p)
* Gamila El Alaily (1907–1991, Egypt, p/f)
* Laila al-Akhyaliyya (died 694–709, Arab region, p)
* Idriss ibn al-Hassan al-Alami (1925–2007, Morocco, p)
* Luigi Alamanni (1495–1556, Italy, p)
* Harutyun Alamdaryan (1795–1834, Russian E, p/nf)
* Mohammed ibn al-Tayyib al-Alami (died 1722, Morocco, nf)
* Mohammed ibn al-Tayyib al-Alami (1698–1756, Morocco, nf)
* Mohammed ibn Mohammed Alami (1932–1993, Morocco, p)
* Mohammed ibn Idris al-Amrawi (1794–1847, Morocco, p)
* Mubarkah Bent al-Barra (born 1957, Mauritania, p/ch)
* Eva Allen Alberti (1856–1938, US, nf/d)
* Alcman (fl. 7th c. BCE, Greece, p)
* Salma Khalil Alio (born 1982, Chad, p)
* Anacreon (c. 582 – c. 485 BCE, Greece, p)
* Anaxagoras (c. 500 – c. 428 BCE, Greece, nf)
* Anaximander (c. 610 – c. 546 BCE, Greece, nf)
* Anaximenes of Miletus ( c. 586 – c. 526 BCE, Greece, nf)
* Andocides (c. 440 – c. 390 BCE, Greece, nf)
* Nadia Anjuman (1980–2005), Afghanistan, p)
* Süreyya Aylin Antmen (born 1981), Turkey, nf/p)
* Wani Ardy (born 1984), Malaysia, p/nf)
* Kaddour El Alamy (1742–1850, Morocco, p)
* Alaol (1607–1680, Bengal, p)
* Abbas Mahmoud al-Aqqad (1889–1964, Egypt, p/nf)
* Daniel Alarcón (born 1977, Peru, f/nf)
* Juan Ruiz de Alarcón (c. 1581–1639, Mexico, d)
* Taqiyya Umm Ali bint Ghaith ibn Ali al-Armanazi (1111–1183/1184, Arab region, p), Sitt al-Ni'm
* Leopoldo Alas (1852–1901, Spain, f/nf)
* Alasdair mac Mhaighstir Alasdair (c. 1698–1770, Scotland, p/nf)
* Syed Hussein Alatas (1928–2007, Malaya/Malaysia, nf)
* Alev Alatlı (born 1944, Turkey, nf/f)
* Ali ibn al-Athir (1160–1233, Mesopotamia/Iraq, nf)
* Bozorg Alavi (1904–1997, Iran/Germany, f/nf)
* Ave Alavainu (born 1942, Estonia, p)
* Bozorg Alavi (1904–1997, Iran/Germany, nf/f)
* Alauddin Al-Azad (1932–2009, India/Bangladesh, f/p/d)
* Abu al-Abbas al-Azafi (1162–1236, Ceuta, nf)
* Nura al-Badi (born 1969), Oman, p)
* Abd al-Haqq al-Badisi (died post-1322, Morocco, nf)
* Safiyya al-Baghdadiyya (fl. 12th c.), Arab region, p)
* David Albahari (born 1948, Yugoslavia/Canada, f)
* Gillebríghde Albanach (fl. 1200–1230, Scotland, p)
* Za'ima Sulayman al-Baruni (1910–1976, Libya, f/nf)
* Edward Albee (1928–2016, US, d)
* Albert of Aix (fl. c. 1100, Holy Roman E, nf)
* Albertus Magnus (c. 1200–1280, Duchy of Bavaria/Holy Roman E, nf)
* Susan Wittig Albert (born 1940, US, f)
* Pierre Albert-Birot (1876–1967, France, p/d)
* Anne-Marie Albiach (1937–2012, France, p)
* Jordie Albiston (1961–2022, Australia, p)
* Albrecht von Johansdorf (c. 1180 – c. 1209, Germany, p)
* Vera Albreht (1895–1971, Austrian E/Yugoslavia, p/nf)
* Madeleine Albright (1937–2022, US, nf)
* Mitch Albom (born 1958, US, f/nf)
* Aurora de Albornoz (1926–1990), Spain, p/nf)
* Enrique López Albújar (1872–1966, Peru, p)
* Al-Buzidi al-Bujrafi (1925–2011, Morocco, p)
* Afonso de Albuquerque (c. 1453–1515, Portugal, nf)
* Anthony the Great (251–356, Greece, nf)
* Ayaan Hirsi Ali (born 1969, Somalia/US, nf)
* Maram al-Masri (born 1962), Syrian/French poet and writer
* Fatima al-Taytun (born 1962), Bahrain poet
* Elizabeth Alexander (born 1962), American poet, essayist, playwright and academic
* Alcaeus (fl. 4th c. BCE, Athens, p/d)
* Alcaeus of Messene (fl. 219–196 BCE, Greece, p)
* Alcaeus of Mytilene (c. 625/620 – c. 580 BCE, Lesbos, p)
* Ammiel Alcalay (born 1956, US, p/nf)
* Baltasar del Alcázar (1530–1606, Spain, p)
* Alcman (fl. 7th c. BCE, Sparta, p)
* Vivien Alcock (1924–2003, England, ch)
* Mariana Alcoforado (1640–1723, Portugal, nf)
* Amos Bronson Alcott (1799–1888, US, nf)
* Louisa May Alcott (1832–1888, US, ch/f, p)
* Alcuin (c. 735–804, England/France, nf/p)
* Kaye Aldenhoven (living, Australia, p)
* Naomi Alderman (born 1974, England, f)
* Hugh Aldersey-Williams (born 1959, England, nf)
* Maggie Alderson (born 1959, England/Australia, f/nf)
* Thomas Aldham (c. 1616–1660, England, nf)
* Richard Aldington (1892–1962, England, f/nf/p)
* Brian Aldiss (1925–2017, England, f)
* Ahmad al-Tayyeb Aldj (1928–2012, Morocco, p/d)
* Henry Aldrich (1647–1710, England, nf)
* Nelson W. Aldrich (1841–1915, US, nf)
* James Aldridge (1918–2015, Australia/England, f/nf/ch)
* Radu Aldulescu (novelist) (born 1954, Romania, f)
* Jalal Al-e-Ahmad (1923–1969, Iran, f/nf)
* Léonard Aléa (18th-century–1812, France, nf)
* Vasile Alecsandri (1821–1890, Moldavia/Romania, p/d)
* Mira Alečković (1924–2008, Yugoslavia/Serbia, p)
* Tudur Aled (c. 1465–1525, Wales, p)
* Caetano da Costa Alegre (1864–1890, São Tomé and Príncipe, p)
* Manuel Alegre (born 1936, Portugal, p/nf)
* Ciro Alegría (1909–1967, Peru, nf/f)
* Claribel Alegría (1924–2018, Nicaragua/Salvador, p/nf/f)
* Fernando Alegría (1918–2005, Chile, p/nf)
* Vicente Aleixandre (1898–1984, Spain, p)
* Josip Murn Aleksandrov (1879–1901, Austria-Hungary, p)
* Haddis Alemayehu (1910–2003, Ethiopia, f/nf)
* Jean le Rond d'Alembert (1717–1783, France, nf)
* José de Alencar (1829–1877, Brazil, f/d/nf)
* Rochelle Alers (born 1963, US, f), pseudonyms Susan James and Rena McLeary
* Andrés J. d'Alessio (1940–2009, Argentina, nf)
* Arnold Aletrino (1858–1916, Netherlands, nf)
* Bernhard Alexander (1850–1927, Hungary, nf)
* Horace Alexander (1889–1989, England/US, nf)
* Kate Alexander, pseudonym of Tilly Armstrong (1927–2010, England, f)
* Kwame Alexander (born 1968, US, p/ch)
* Lloyd Alexander (1924–2007, US, ch/f)
* Miriam Alexander (1879 – post-1924, England, f)
* Sue Alexander (1932–2008, US, ch/nf)
* Trisha Alexander, pseudonym of Patricia Kay (born 1937, US, f)
* Grigore Alexandrescu (1810–1885, Wallachia/Romania, p)
* Larisa Alexandrovna (born 1971, USSR/US, nf/p)
* Ioan Alexandru (1941–2000, Romania/Germany, p/nf)
* Sherman Alexie (born 1966, US, f/p)
* Elena Alexieva (born 1975, Bulgaria, p/f)
* Abelardo Díaz Alfaro (1916–1999, Puerto Rico, f/nf)
* Ahmad ibn Idris al-Fasi (1760–1837, Morocco, nf)
* David ben Abraham al-Fasi (fl. 10th c., Morocco, nf)
* Hamdun ibn al-Hajj al-Fasi (1760–1817, Morocco, nf)
* Isaac Alfasi (1013–1103, Algeria, nf)
* Mohammed al-Arbi al-Fasi (1580–1642, Morocco, nf)
* Mohammed ibn Zakri al-Fasi (died 1731, Morocco, nf/p)
* Allal al-Fassi (1910–1974, Morocco, nf/p)
* Malika al-Fassi (1919–2007, Morocco, nf/d/f)
* Felipe Alfau (1902–1999, Spain/US, f/p)
* Muhammad al-Fayturi (1936–2015, Sudan/Morocco, p/d/nf)
* Pierre Alféri (born 1963, France, f/p)
* Alfredo Armas Alfonzo (born 1990, Venezuela, nf/f)
* Mohammed al-Habib al-Fourkani (1922–2008, Morocco, nf/p)
* Hans Alfredson (1931–2017, Sweden, f)
* Horatio Alger (1832–1899, US, ch)
* John Goldworth Alger (1836–1907, England, nf)
* Muhammad Asadullah Al-Ghalib (born 1948, E Pakistan/Bangladesh, nf)
* Abd al-Aziz al-Ghumari (1920–1997, Tangier, nf)
* Abdullah al-Ghumari (1910–1993, Tangier, nf)
* Ahmad al-Ghumari (1902–1961, Morocco/Egypt, nf)
* Gamal al-Ghitani (1945–2015, Egypt, f/nf)
* Nelson Algren (1909–1981, US, f/nf/p)
* Muhammad Ibn al-Habib (1876–1972, Morocco, nf)
* Tawfiq al-Hakim (1898–1987, Egypt, f/d)
* Ahmad ibn Hamdun ibn al-Hajj (died 1898, Morocco, nf)
* al-Ḥujayjah, (Safīyah bint Tha'labah al-Shaybānīyah, 5th – 6th c.), Arab region, p)
* al-Ḥurqah (5th – 6th c.), Arab region, p)
* Abdullah Yusuf Ali (1872–1953, India/England, nf)
* Agha Shahid Ali (1949–2001, India/US, p)
* Ahmed Ali (1910–1994, India/Pakistan]]
* Ayaan Hirsi Ali (born 1969, Somalia/US, nf)
* Bachtyar Ali (born 1960, USSR/Germany, f/nf/p)
* Hauwa Ali (born 1995, Nigeria, f)
* Idris Ali (1940–2010, Egypt, f)
* Monica Ali (born 1967, E Pakistan/England, f)
* Mohammed Naseehu Ali (born 1971, Ghana/US, f/nf)
* Shawkat Ali (1936–2018, India/Bangladesh, f)
* Sabahattin Ali (1907–1948, Ottoman E/Turkey, f/p/nf)
* Syed Ameer Ali (1849–1928, India/England, nf)
* Syed Mujtaba Ali (1904–1974, India/Bangladesh, nf)
* Taha Muhammad Ali (1931–2011, Palestine/Israel
* Tariq Ali (born 1943, India/England, nf)
* Mohammed al-Idrisi (1099–1165, Ceuta/Sicily, nf)
* Abel Alier (born 1933, Sudan, nf)
* Mohammed al-Ifrani (1670–1745), Morocco, nf)
* Dante Alighieri (c. 1265–1321, Italy, p)
* Bisera Alikadić (born 1939), Yugoslavia, p/nf)
* Yousef Alikhani (born 1975, Iran, f/nf/ch)
* Cyril Alington (1872–1955, England, f/nf/p)
* Margaret Alington (1920–2012, N Zealand, nf)
* Salma Khalil Alio (born 1982, Chad, p/f)
* Kavisekhara Dr Umar Alisha (1885–1945, India, nf)
* Archibald Alison (1757–1839, England, nf)
* Sir Archibald Alison, 1st Baronet (1792–1867, England/Scotland, nf)
* Jane Alison (born 1961, Australia, f/nf)
* Rosie Alison (born 1964, England, f/d)
* William Alison (1790–1859, Scotland, nf)
* Akilu Aliyu (1918–1999, Nigeria, p/nf)
* Ghazaleh Alizadeh (1949–1996, Iran, f/p)
* Sonita Alizadeh (born 1996, Afghanistan/US, p)
* Mohammed Abed al-Jabri (1935–2010, Morocco, nf)
* Adnan al-Janabi (living, Iraq, nf)
* Zaynab Alkali (born 1950, Nigeria, f)
* Ibn al-Khabbaza (died 1239, Morocco, nf/p)
* al-Khansa (575–645, Arab region, p)
* Tewfik Allal (born 1947, Morocco, nf)
* James Alexander Allan (1879–1967, Australia, p/nf)
* Mabel Esther Allan (1915–1998, England, ch)
* Rob Allan (1945–2021, N Zealand, p)
* Rosetta Allan (living, N Zealand, p/f)
* Hortense Allart (1801–1879, Italy/France, nf/f)
* Donald Allchin (1930–2010, England, nf)
* August Alle (1890–1952, Russian E/Estonia, nf/p)
* Joseph Alleine (1634–1668, England, nf)
* Barbara Allen (1914–1986, England, f), pseudonym of Violet Vivian Finlay Stuart Mann
* Candace Allen (born 1950, US, f/nf)
* Charlotte Vale Allen (born 1941, Canada/US, f)
* Chris Allen (born 1964, Australia, f)
* Clifford Allen, 1st Baron Allen of Hurtwood (1889–1939, England/Switzerland, nf)
* Dick Allen (1939–2017, US, p/nf)
* Donald Allen (1912–2004, US, p)
* Elizabeth Allen (living, Australia, p)
* Elizabeth Akers Allen (1832–1911, US, p/nf)
* Grant Allen (1848–1899, Canada/England, nf/f)
* Hannah Allen (c. 1638–1668 or 1708, England, nf)
* John Allen (1771–1843, Scotland/England, nf)
* John Allen (1771–1839, England, nf)
* Leslie Holdsworth Allen (1879–1964, Australia, p/ch)
* Mabel Esther Allan (1915–1998, England, ch)
* Mary Sophia Allen (1878–1964, Wales/England, nf)
* Pamela Allen (born 1934, N Zealand, ch)
* Richard James Allen (born 1960, Australia, p/f)
* Roger MacBride Allen (born 1957, US, f)
* Ron Allen (1947–2010, US, p/d)
* Thomas Allen (1681–1755, England, nf)
* Thomas B. Allen (1929–2018, US, f/nf)
* Walter Allen (1911–1995, England, nf/f)
* Isabel Allende (born 1942, Chile/US, f/nf)
* Ellen Palmer Allerton (1835–1893, US, p)
* Richard Allestree (1621/1622–1681, England, nf)
* Artur Alliksaar (1923–1966, Estonia/USSR, p)
* Margery Allingham (1904–1966, England, f)
* William Allingham (1824–1889, Ireland, p/nf)
* Hermann Allmers (1821–1902, Germany, p)
* Abdelkader Alloula (1939–1994, Algeria, d)
* Malek Alloula (1937–2015, Algeria, p/nf)
* Chris Van Allsburg (born 1949, US, ch)
* Aaron Allston, (1960–2014, US, f)
* Washington Allston (1779–1843, US, p/nf)
* Lisa Allen-Agostini (born 1970s, Trinidad, f/nf/p)
* Ahmed al-Madini (born 1947, Morocco, nf/f/p)
* Sadiq al-Mahdi (1935–2020, Sudan, nf)
* Nazik Al-Malaika (1923–2007, Iraq, p)
* Arib al-Ma'muniyya (797–890, Arab region, p)
* Ahmed Mohammed al-Maqqari (1578–1632, Algeria/Egypt, nf)
* Ibn al-Banna al-Marrakushi (1256–1321, Morocco, nf)
* Maram al-Masri (born 1962, Syria/France, p/nf)
* Anchan (born 1952, Thailand/US, p/f)
* Maya Angelou (1928–2014, US, nf/p)
* Helena Anhava (1925–2018, Finland, p)
* Elizabeth Alexander (born 1962), American poet, essayist, playwright and academic
* Maram al-Masri (born 1962), Syrian poet
* Elvia Ardalani (born 1963), Mexican poet, writer, and storyteller
* György Almásy (1867–1933, Hungary, nf)
* László Almásy (1895–1951, Austria-Hungary/Austria, nf)
* Øystein Alme (born 1960, Norway, nf)
* E. M. Almedingen (1898–1971, Russian E/England, f/nf/ch)
* Germano Almeida (born 1945, Cape Verde, nf/f)
* Guilherme de Almeida (1890–1969, Brazil, nf/p)
* Lúcia Machado de Almeida (1910–2005, Brazil, f)
* Manuel Antônio de Almeida (1831–1861, Brazil, f/d)
* Marcelina Almeida (c. 1830–1880), Argentina/Uruguay, f/p)
* Miguel Vale de Almeida (born 1960, Portugal, nf)
* Rita Almeida (born 1974, Portugal/US, nf)
* David Almond (born 1951, England, ch)
* Steve Almond (born 1966, US, f/nf)
* Carl Jonas Love Almqvist (1793–1866, Sweden, p/nf)
* Malik ibn al-Murahhal (1207–1289, Morocco, p)
* Wallada bint al-Mustakfi (1001–1080, Andalusia, p)
* Hamed al-Nazir (born 1975, Sudan, nf/f)
* Finn Alnæs (1932–1991, Norway, f)
* Karsten Alnæs (born 1938, Norway, nf)
* Mohammad Ishaq Aloko (born 1935, Afghanistan/Germany, nf)
* Dámaso Alonso (1898–1990, Spain, p/nf)
* Faouzia Aloui (born 1957, Tunisia, p/f)
* Blanche d'Alpuget (born 1944, Australia, f/nf)
* Muhammad Sa'id al-Qaddal (1935–2008, Sudan, nf)
* Ahmad Ibn al-Qadi (1552/1553–1616, Morocco, f/nf)
* Ibn al-Qattan (fl. 13th c., Morocco, nf)
* Zakariya al-Qazwini (1203–1273, Persia, nf)
* Al-Saddiq Al-Raddi (born 1969, Sudan, p/nf)
* Harun al-Rashid (763 or 766–809, Abbasid Caliphate, nf)
* Karim Alrawi (born 1952, Egypt, d/ch/f)
* Maqbula al-Shalak (1921–1986), Syria, p/ch)
* Hanan al-Shaykh (born 1945, Lebanon, f/nf)
* Ahmad ibn al-Amin al-Shinqiti (1872–1913, Mauritania, nf)
* Fawziyya al-Sindi (born 1957, Bahrain, p)
* Amir Taj al-Sir (born 1960, Sudan/Qatar, f/p/nf)
* Vincent Alsop (c. 1630–1703, England, nf)
* Alta (1942–2024, US, p/nf)
* Ignacio Manuel Altamirano (1834–1893, Mexico/Italy, f/nf)
* Fatima al-Taytun (born 1962, Bahrain, p)
* Steve Alten (born 1959, US, f)
* Peter Altenberg (1859–1919, Austrian E, f/p)
* Nathan Alterman (1910–1970, Poland/Israel, p/d/nf)
* Louis Althusser (1918–1990, France, nf)
* Ahmad al-Tifashi (1184–1253, Algeria/Egypt, p/nf)
* Fouad al-Tikerly (1927–2008, Iraq/Jordan, f)
* Ahmad Baba al-Timbukti (1556–1627, Mali, nf)
* Günter Altner (1936–2011, Germany, nf)
* Joseph Alexander Altsheler (1862–1919, US, f/nf)
* Mor Altshuler (born 1957, Israel, nf)
* Hassan Al-Turabi (1932–2016, Sudan, nf)
* T. M. Aluko (1918–2010, Nigeria, f/nf)
* Alurista (born 1947, Mexico/US, p)
* Julia Alvarez (born 1950, Dominica/US, p/f/nf)
* Al Alvarez (1929–2019, England, p/f/nf)
* Ivy Alvarez (living, Philippines/Australia, p)
* Juan Álvarez (1878–1954, Argentina, nf)
* Julia Alvarez (born 1950, US, p/f/nf)
* Betti Alver (1906–1989, Russian E/Estonia, p)
* Castro Alves (1847–1871, Brazil, p/d)
* Moniza Alvi (born 1954, Pakistan/England, p)
* Ibn al-Wannan (died 1773, Morocco, p)
* Tuhami al-Wazzani (1903–1972, Morocco, nf)
* Ibn al-Yasamin (died 1204, Seville, nf)
* Marc Alyn (born 1937, France, p), pseudonym of Alain-Marc Fécherolle
* Latifa al-Zayyat (1923–1996, Egypt, f)

## Am–An

* Mario Amadeo (1911–1983, Argentina, nf)
* Jorge Amado (1912–2001, Brazil, f)
* Ramón Amaya Amador (1916–1966, Honduras, nf)
* Elechi Amadi (1934–2016, Nigeria, d/f)
* Ifi Amadiume (born 1947, Nigeria/US, p/nf)
* Jorge Amado (1912–2001, Brazil, f)
* Andrej Amalrik (1938–1980, USSR/France, nf)
* Joseph Godson Amamoo (born 1931, Gold Coast/Ghana, nf)
* Ludu Daw Amar (1915–2008, Burma/Myanmar, nf)
* Ana Luísa Amaral (born 1956, Portugal, p/ch/nf)
* Gunadasa Amarasekara (born 1929, Ceylon/Sri Lanka, f/p/d)
* Amara-siṃha (fl. c. 375 CE, India, p/nf)
* Guru Amardas (1479–1574, India, nf)
* Orlanda Amarílis (1924–2014, Cape Verde, f/ch)
* Michael Daniel Ambatchew (1967–2012, Ethiopia, ch)
* Ingvar Ambjørnsen (born 1956, Norway, f)
* Eric Ambler (1909–1998, England, f)
* Catherine d'Amboise (1475–1550, France, p)
* Stephen E. Ambrose (1936–2002, US, nf)
* William Ambrose (1813–1873, Wales, p/nf)
* Ambroise (fl. c. 1190, Normandy, p)
* Zoltán Ambrus (1861–1932, Hungary, nf/f)
* Ellis Amburn (1933–2018, US, nf)
* Erik Amdrup (1923–1998, Denmark, nf/f)
* Jean Améry (1912–1978, Austria, nf)
* Joseph Ames (1689–1759, England, nf)
* Nicholas Amhurst (1697–1743, England, p/nf)
* Yehuda Amichai (1924–2000, Germany/Israel, p), birth name Ludwig Pfeuffer
* Edmondo De Amicis (1846–1908, Italy, f/p/ch)
* Alexander Amilakhvari (1750–1802, Russian E, nf)
* Gad Ami (born 1958, Togo, f)
* Adibah Amin (born 1936, Malaya/Malaysia, f/d)
* Samir Amin (1931–2018, Egypt/France, nf)
* Chabua Amirejibi (1921–2013, USSR/Georgia, f)
* Reza Amirkhani (born 1973, Iran, f/nf)
* Mahshid Amirshahi (born 1937, Iran/France, f/nf)
* Indran Amirthanayagam (born 1960, Ceylon/US, p/nf)
* Kingsley Amis (1922–1995, England, f, p, nf)
* Martin Amis (1949–2023, England, f/nf)
* Majeed Amjad (1914–1974, India/Pakistan, p)
* Anton Wilhelm Amo (c. 1703 – c. 1759, Gold Coast/Germany, nf)
* A. R. Ammons (1926–2001, US, p/nf)
* Pita Amor (1918–2000, Mexico, p)
* Gabriele Amorth (1925–2016, Italy, nf)
* Alan Amory (living, South Africa, nf)
* Thomas Amory (c. 1691–1788, Ireland/England, nf)
* Sheldon Amos (1835–1886, England/Egypt, nf)
* André-Marie Ampère (1775–1836, France, nf)
* Mohammed Ibn Amr (died 1827, Morocco, p)
* Djamel Amrani (1935–2005, Algeria, nf)
* Idriss al-Amraoui (died 1879, Morocco, nf/p)
* Jean Amrouche (1906–1962, Algeria/France, p)
* Taos Amrouche (1913–1976, Algeria/France, f/p)
* Moses Amyraut (1596–1664, France, nf)
* Anacreon (c. 582 – c. 485 BCE, Asia Minor, p)
* Tahmima Anam (born 1975, Bangladesh/England, f)
* Anurag Anand (born 1978, India, f/nf)
* Mulk Raj Anand (1905–2004, India)
* Valerie Anand (born 1937, England, f)
* David Ananou (1917–2000, Togo, f)
* Dragutin Anastasijević (1877–1950, Serbia/Yugoslavia, nf)
* Rudolfo Anaya (1937–2020, US, f/p)
* Nicolas Ancion (born 1971, Belgium, f/ch/d)
* Manuel Ancízar (1812–1882, Colombia, nf)
* Federico Andahazi (born 1963, Argentina, f/nf)
* John Anderdon (1792–1874, England, nf)
* Alfred Andersch (1914–1980, Germany/Switzerland, nf)
* Astrid Hjertenæs Andersen (1915–1985, Norway, p/nf)
* Hans Christian Andersen (1805–1875, Denmark, ch)
* Susan Andersen (born 1950, US, f)
* Tryggve Andersen (1866–1920, Norway, f/p)
* Vilhelm Andersen (1864–1953, Denmark, nf)
* Adam Anderson (1692 or 1693–1765, Scotland, nf)
* Alan Orr Anderson (1879–1958, Scotland, nf)
* Barbara Anderson (1926–2013, N Zealand, f)
* Benedict Anderson (1936–2015, China/Indonesia, nf)
* Catherine Anderson (born 1948, US, f)
* Elizabeth Garrett Anderson (1836–1917, England, nf)
* Ethel Anderson (1883–1958, Australia, p/f/nf)
* Freddie Anderson (1922–2001, Ireland/Scotland, d/p)
* Hilary Andersson (born 1967, US/England, nf)
* J. Redwood Anderson (1883–1964, England, p/d)
* James Anderson (1662–1728, Scotland, nf)
* James Anderson of Hermiston (1739–1808, Scotland, nf)
* Jessica Anderson (1916–2010, Australia, f)
* Jim Anderson (born 1937, England/Australia, f)
* John Anderson, 1726–1796, Scotland, nf)
* Kevin J. Anderson (born 1962, US, f)
* Lena Anderson (born 1939, Sweden, ch)
* Marjorie Ogilvie Anderson (1909–2002, Scotland, nf)
* Matthew Tobin Anderson (born 1968, US, ch)
* Patrick Anderson (1618–1635, Scotland, nf/p)
* Perry Anderson (born 1938, England, nf)
* Poul Anderson (1926–2001, US, f)
* Rachel Anderson (born 1943, England, ch)
* Robert Anderson (1841–1918, Ireland/England, nf)
* Terry L. Anderson (living, US, nf)
* Verily Anderson (1915–2010, England, ch/nf)
* Victor Henry Anderson (1917–2001, US, p)
* Dan Andersson (1888–1920, Sweden, p)
* Emma Andijewska (born 1931, USSR/Germany, p/f)
* Venko Andonovski (born 1965, Yugoslavia/N Macedonia, f/d/p)
* Stojan Andov (born 1935, Yugoslavia/N Macedonia, nf)
* Carlos Drummond de Andrade (1902–1987, Brazil, p)
* César Dávila Andrade (1918–1967, Ecuador, p)
* Eugénio de Andrade (1923–2005, Portugal, p)
* Jorge Carrera Andrade (1903–1978, Ecuador, p/nf)
* Mário de Andrade (1893–1945, Brazil, p/f/nf)
* Mário Pinto de Andrade (1928–1990, Angola, p/nf)
* Oswald de Andrade (1890–1954, Brazil, f/p/nf)
* Bernard André (1450–1522, France/England, p)
* Lou Andreas-Salomé (1861–1937, Russia/Germany, f/d/nf)
* Neshani Andreas (1964–2011, SW Africa/Namibia, f)
* Emil Andreev (born 1956, Bulgaria, f/d)
* Petre M. Andreevski (1934–2006, Yugoslavia/N Macedonia, p/f/d)
* Peter Andrej (born 1959, Yugoslavia/Slovenia, p)
* Emil Andreev (born 1956, Bulgaria, f/d)
* Isabella Andreini (1562–1604), Italy, d/p)
* Stefan Andres (1906–1970, Germany/Italy, f)
* Sophia de Mello Breyner Andresen (1919–2004, Portugal, p/f)
* Bruce Andrews (born 1948, US, p/nf)
* Isobel Andrews (1905–1990, N Zealand, d/f/p)
* Julie Andrews (born 1935, England, ch/nf)
* Kevin Andrews (1924–1989, US, nf)
* V. C. Andrews (1923–1986, US, f)
* Ivo Andrić (1892–1975, Bosnia/Yugoslavia, f/p)
* Ron Androla (born 1954, US, p)
* Aneirin (early medieval, Cumbric kingdoms of Britain, p)
* Harriet Anena (living, Uganda, p/nf/f)
* Guru Angad (1504–1552, India, p)
* Patricia Angadi (1914–2001, England, f)
* Ardan Angarkhaev (born 1946, USSR/Russia, p/f/d)
* Ernst Angel (1894–1986, Austria/US, p/nf)
* Ralph Angel (1951–2020, US, p)
* Marguerite de Angeli (1889–1987, US, ch)
* Stefano degli Angeli (1623–1697, Italy, nf)
* Klairi Angelidou (1932–2021, Turkey/Cyprus, p/nf)
* April De Angelis (born 1960, England, d)
* Norman Angell (1872–1967, England, nf)
* Domenico Angelo (1717–1802, Italy/England, nf)
* Maya Angelou (1928–2014, US, p/nf)
* Eduardo Angeloz (1931–2017, Argentina, nf)
* Angelus Silesius (c. 1624–1677, Germany, nf), pseudonym of Johann Scheffler
* Kenneth Anger (1927–2023, US, d/nf)
* Giulio Angioni (1939–2017, Italy, f/nf)
* Jared Angira (born 1947, Kenya, p)
* Ndeutala Angolo (born 1952, SW Africa/Namibia, f/nf)
* María Nsué Angüe (1945–2017, Equatorial Guinea, f/p/nf)
* Jonah Anguka (living, Kenya, nf)
* James Stout Angus (1830–1923, Scotland, p/nf)
* Marion Angus (1865–1946, Scotland, p/nf)
* Sam Angus (born 1967, England, ch)
* Helena Anhava (1925–2018), Finland, p)
* Thea Astley (1925–2004), Australian fiction writer and poet
* T. E. Anin (living, Gold Coast/Ghana, nf)
* Guda Anjaiah (1955–2016, India, p)
* Augusto dos Anjos (1884–1914, Brazil, p)
* Nadia Anjuman (1980–2005, Afghanistan, p)
* Charlotte Anley (1796–1893, England, f/nf)
* G. E. M. Anscombe (1919–2001, Ireland/England, nf)
* Süreyya Aylin Antmen (born 1981, Turkey, p/nf)
* Ella Anker (1870–1958, Norway, nf/d)
* Nini Roll Anker (1873–1942, Norway, f/d)
* Robert Anker (1946–2017, Netherlands, f)
* Charlotte Anley (1796–1893, England, f/nf)
* Threes Anna (born 1959, Netherlands, f/d), pseudonym of Threes Schreurs
* Abdullahi Ahmed An-Na'im (born 1946, Sudan/US, nf)
* Kofi Annan (1938–2018, Gold Coast/Switzerland, nf)
* J. K. Annand (1908–1993, Scotland, p/ch)
* Anders Annerfalk (born 1959, Sweden, nf)
* Anni Baobei (born 1974, China, f), pseudonym of Li Jie (励婕)
* Núria Añó (born 1973, Spain, f/nf)
* Anrakuan Sakuden (安楽庵策伝, 1554–1642, Japan, nf/p)
* Ali Ansari (born 1967, Italy/Scotland, nf)
* Khwaja Muhammad Latif Ansari (1887–1979, India/Pakistan, nf/p)
* Anselm of Canterbury (1033/1034–1109, Italy/England, nf)
* Peter Anson (1889–1975, England, nf)
* Christopher Anstey (1724–1805, England, p)
* Marion Anstis (living, Australia, nf)
* Manana Antadze (born 1945, USSR, nf)
* Anthim the Iberian (1650–1717, Iberia/Wallachia, nf)
* Anthony (安东尼, born 1984, China/Australia ch), pseudonym of Ma Liang (马亮)
* Evelyn Anthony (1926–2018, England, f)
* Lawrence Anthony (1950–2012, S Africa, nf)
* Michael Anthony (1930–2023, Trinidad, f/nf)
* Piers Anthony (born 1934, UK/US, f)
* Mika Antić (1932–1986, Yugoslavia/Serbia, p/nf)
* David Antin (1932–2016, US, p/nf)
* Antler (born 1946, US, p), birth name Brad Burdick
* Sorin Antohi (born 1957, Romania, nf)
* Susanne Antonetta (born 1956, US, p/nf)
* Slobodan Antonić (born 1959, Yugoslavia/Serbia, nf)
* Voja Antonić (born 1952, Yugoslavia/US, nf)
* Brother Antoninus (1912–1994, US, p), pseudonym of William Everson
* Torben Antretter (born 1992, Germany, nf)
* Raymond Antrobus (born 1986, England, p)
* António Lobo Antunes (born 1942, Portugal, f)
* Gabriela Antunes (1937–2004, Angola, f/nf/ch)
* Christopher Anvil (1925–2009, US, f), pseudonym of Harry Christopher Crosby
* Chairil Anwar (1922–1949, Dutch E Indies/Indonesia, p)
* Robert Anwood (living, US, f), pseudonym
* Erica Sugo Anyadike (living, Tanzania, nf)
* Kofi Anyidoho (born 1947, Gold Coast/Ghana, p/nf)
* Anyte of Tegea (fl. early 3rd c. BCE, Greece, p)
* Johannes Anyuru (born 1979, Sweden, p/nf)
* Gloria E. Anzaldúa (1942–2004, US, p/nf)
* Ludwig Anzengruber (1839–1889, Austrian E, d/f/p)
* Atsuko Anzai (安西篤子, born 1927, Japan, f)
* Fuyue Anzai (安西冬衛, 1898–1965, Japan/China, p)

## Ao–At

* Leïla Aouchal (1936–2013, France/Algeria, nf)
* Góshó Aoyama (山剛昌, born 1963, Japan, f)
* Johann August Apel (1771–1816, Germany, f)
* Guillaume Apollinaire (1880–1918, France, p/d/f)
* Sulpicius Apollinaris (fl. 2nd c. CE, nf/p)
* Apollodorus of Carystus (fl. 300–260 BCE, Greece, d)
* Apollonius of Rhodes (270 – post–245 BCE, Alexandria, p)
* Péter Apor (1676–1752, Hungary, nf)
* Maja Apostoloska (born 1976, Yugoslavia/N Macedonia, p/nf)
* Arjun Appadurai (born 1949, US, nf)
* Nathacha Appanah (born 1973, Mauritius, f)
* Jacob M. Appel (born 1973, US, f/nf/p)
* Aharon Appelfeld (1932–2018, Romania/Israel, f)
* Charles James Apperley (1777–1843, Wales/England, nf)
* Adolphe Appia (1862–1928, Switzerland, nf)
* Kwame Anthony Appiah (born 1954, England/US, nf/f)
* Max Apple (born 1941, US, f)
* Katherine Applegate (born 1956, US, ch)
* Lisa Appignanesi (born 1946, Canada/England, nf)
* Philip Appleman (1926–2020, US, p/nf)
* Richard Appleton (1932–2005, Australia, p)
* Victor Appleton (US house pseudonym since 1910s)
* Katherine Applegate (born 1956, US, ch)
* Boris Aprilov (1921–1995, Bulgaria, f/d/ch)
* Lajos Áprily (1887–1967, Hungary, p)
* Ann Catrin Apstein-Müller (born 1973, Germany, p)
* Apuleius (124–170 CE, Roman E, f/nf)
* Pawlu Aquilina (1929–2009, Malta, p/nf)
* Louis Aragon (1897–1982, France, p/n)
* Shio Aragvispireli (1867–1926, Russian E/USSR, f)
* Arai Hakuseki (新井白石, 1657–1725, Japan, nf)
* Motoko Arai (新井素子, born 1960, Japan, f)
* Tōichirō Araki (荒木東一郎, 1895–1977, Japan, nf)
* Ivan Aralica (born 1930, Yugoslavia/Croatia, f/nf)
* Arambilet (born 1957, Dominican Rep., f/p/d), pseudonym of Ángel Luis Arambilet Álvarez
* Gonzalo Arango (1931–1976, Colombia, nf/p)
* Graça Aranha (1868–1931, Brazil, nf/f)
* János Arany (1817–1882, Hungary, p)
* Aratus (c. 315/310–240 BCE, Greece, p)
* Helena Araújo (1934–2015, Colombia, nf)
* Maria Arbatova (born 1957, USSR/Russia, f/d/p)
* John Arbuthnot (1667–1735, Scotland/England, nf)
* José Arce (1881–1968, Argentina/US, nf)
* Manuel Maples Arce (1900–1981, Mexico, p/nf)
* Jeffrey Archer (born 1940, England, f)
* Jennifer Archer (born 1957, US, f/ch)
* Maria Archer (1899–1982, Portugal, f/ch/d), pseudonym of Maria Emilia Archer Eyrolles Baltasar Moreira
* Mary Archer (born 1944, England, nf)
* Robyn Archer (born 1948, Australia, d/p/nf)
* Archil of Imereti (1647–1713, Kingdom of Georgia/Russia, p)
* Archilochus (c. 680–645 BCE, Greece, p)
* Archimedes ( c. 287 – c. 212 BCE, Greece, nf)
* Philip Ardagh (born 1961, England, f/ch)
* Elvia Ardalani (born 1963, Mexico, p/nf/f)
* Lavrenti Ardaziani (1815–1870, Russian E, f)
* Jane Arden (1927–1982, England, d)
* Edward Ardizzone (1900–1979, China/England, ch/nf)
* Britt Arenander (born 1941, Sweden, f/p)
* Reinaldo Arenas (1943–1990, Cuba, p/f/d)
* Ana Paula Arendt (born 1980, Brazil, ch/d/p)
* Hannah Arendt (1906–1975, Germany/US, nf)
* Walter Conrad Arensberg (1878–1954, US, p)
* Juan Argerich (1862–1924, Argentina, f/nf)
* Tudor Arghezi (1880–1967, Romania, p/ch)
* Alcides Arguedas (1879–1946, Bolivia, nf/f)
* José María Arguedas (1911–1969, Peru, f/p/nf)
* Manlio Argueta (born 1935, El Salvador, p/f)
* Yemisi Aribisala (born 1973, Nigeria, nf)
* Homero Aridjis (born 1940, Mexico, p/f/nf)
* Dan Ariely (born 1967, US/Israel, nf)
* Philippe Ariès (1914–1984, France, nf)
* Afonso Arinos (1868–1916, Brazil, nf)
* Ludovico Ariosto (1474–1533, Italy, p/d)
* Ikuma Arishima (有島生馬, 1882–1974, Japan, f)
* Takeo Arishima (有島武郎, 1878–1923, Japan, f/nf)
* Aelius Aristides (AD 118–181, Greece, nf)
* Aristophanes (c. 446–385 BC, Greece, d/p)
* Aristotle (384–322 BCE, Greece, nf)
* Sawako Ariyoshi (有吉佐和子, 1931–1984, Japan, f)
* Guru Arjan (1563–1606, India, p)
* Reginald Arkell (1881–1959, England, d/f)
* Mohammed Arkoun (1928–2010, Algeria, nf)
* Aleksander Arkuszyński (1918–2016, Poland, nf)
* Michael Arlen (1895–1956, Bulgaria/US, nf/f/d), born Dikran Kouyoumdjian
* Roberto Arlt (1900–1942, Argentina, f/d/nf)
* Ayi Kwei Armah (born 1939, Gold Coast/Ghana, f/nf/ch)
* Venero Armanno (born 1959, Australia, f/ch)
* Kristinn Ármannsson (1895–1966, Iceland, nf)
* Rae Armantrout (born 1947, US, p, nf)
* T. Q. Armar (1915–2000, Gold Coast/Ghana, nf)
* Raphael Armattoe (1913–1953, Gold Coast/Ghana, nf/p)
* Sergio Román Armendáriz (born 1934, Ecuador, p/d)
* Laura Adams Armer (1874–1963, US, nf/ch)
* Simon Armitage (born 1963, England, p/d/f)
* Annie Armitt (1850–1933, England, f/p/nf)
* Rebecca Agatha Armour (1845–1891, Canada, f)
* Richard Armour (1906–1989, US, p/nf/ch)
* Isobel Armstrong (born 1937, England, nf)
* Karen Armstrong (born 1944, England, nf)
* Lindsay Armstrong (living, S Africa/Australia, f)
* Martin Armstrong (1882–1974, f/p)
* Millicent Armstrong (1888–1973, Australia, d)
* Peter Armstrong (born 1957, England, p)
* Richard Armstrong (1903–1986, England, f/ch)
* Sarah Armstrong (born 1968, Australia, f)
* Tilly Armstrong (1927–2010, England, f)
* William H. Armstrong (1911–1999, US, ch)
* Bergþóra Árnadóttir (1948–2007, Iceland, p)
* Nína Björk Árnadóttir (1941–2000, Iceland, d/p/f)
* Bergljót Arnalds (born 1968, Iceland, ch)
* Jón Árnason (1819–1888, Iceland, nf/ch)
* Örn Árnason (born 1959, Iceland, d)
* Céline Arnauld (1885–1952, Romania/France, p/f)
* Ernst Moritz Arndt (1769–1860, Swedish Pomerania/Germany, nf/p)
* Achim von Arnim (1781–1831, Germany, p/f)
* Bettina von Arnim (1785–1859, Germany, nf)
* Craig Arnold (1967–2009, US, p)
* Edwin Arnold (1822–1904, England, p/nf)
* Edwin Lester Arnold (1857–1935, England, nf/f)
* Elizabeth Arnold (born 1944, England, ch)
* Gottfried Arnold (1666–1714, Germany, nf)
* Janet Arnold (1932–1998, England, nf)
* Matthew Arnold (1822–1888, England, p/nf)
* Ron Arnold (1937–2022, US, nf)
* Sarah Louise Arnold (1859–1943, US, nf)
* Tedd Arnold (born 1949, US, ch)
* Thomas James Arnold (c. 1804–1887, England, nf)
* William Delafield Arnold (1828–1859, England, nf)
* Arnórr jarlaskáld (c. 1012–1070s, Iceland, p)
* Þjóðólfr Arnórsson (fl. 11th c., Iceland/Norway, p)
* Hugo Arnot (1749–1786, Scotland, nf)
* Jean Arp (1886–1966, Germany/Switzerland, p), full name Hans Peter Wilhelm Arp
* Franciszka Arnsztajnowa (1865–1942, Poland, p/d), Holocaust victim
* Fernando Arrabal (born 1932, Spain, d/f/p)
* Hafsa bint al-Hajj Arrakuniyya ((died 1190, Andalusia, p)
* Renée Ferrer de Arréllaga (born 1944, Paraguay, p/f)
* Juan José Arreola (1918–2001, Mexico, f)
* Guillermo Arriaga (born 1958, Mexico, f/d)
* Arrian (c. 86/89 – post-146/160 CE, Greece, nf)), Greek name Arrianos
* Yolanda Arroyo Pizarro (born 1970, Puerto Rico, f/nf/ch)
* Pat Arrowsmith (1930–2023, England, f/nf/p)
* I'timad Arrumaimikiyya (born 1045/1047, Andalusia, p)
* Emmanuelle Arsan (1932–2005, Thailand/France, f), pseudonym of Marayat Rollet-Andriane
* Vladimir Arsenijević (born 1965, Yugoslavia/Serbia, f/nf)
* Vladimir Arsenyev (1872–1930, Russian E/USSR, nf)
* Hranush Arshagyan (1887–1905, Ottoman E, p)
* Eustahija Arsić (1776–1843, Austria-Hungary, nf)
* Ahmed Ibrahim Artan (living, Somalia, nf)
* Antonin Artaud (1896–1948, France, d/p/nf)
* Rosalía Arteaga (born 1956, Ecuador, nf)
* Miguel Arteche (1926–2012, Chile, p/f)
* Keri Arthur (born 1967, Australia, f)
* Portia Arthur (born 1990, Ghana, ch)
* Ruth M. Arthur (1905–1979, Scotland, ch), born Ruth Mabel Arthur Huggins
* H. C. Artmann (1921–2000, Austria, p/nf/f)
* Tovma Artsruni (fl. 9th–10th c., Armenia, nf)
* K. O. Arvidson (1938–2011, N Zealand, p/nf)
* Ingeborg Arvola (born 1974, Norway, n/ch)
* Akram Monfared Arya (born 1946, Iran/Sweden, nf)
* Germán List Arzubide (1898–1998, Mexico, p/nf)
* Gheorghe Asachi (1788–1869, Ukraine/Romania, p/f/d)
* Jirō Asada (浅田次郎, born 1951, Japan, f/nf)
* Houshang Asadi (born 1951, Iran/France, nf)
* Milan Asadurov (1949–2019, Bulgaria, f)
* Zabel Sibil Asadour (1863–1934, Ottoman E/Turkey, nf)
* Asai Ryōi (浅井了意, c. 1612–1691, Japan, f/nf)
* Khadambi Asalache (1935–2006, Kenya/England, f/p)
* M. K. Asante (born 1982, US, nf)
* Bediako Asare (born 1930, Gold Coast/Tanzania, f/nf)
* Meshack Asare (born 1945, Gold Coast/Germany, ch)
* Yaw Asare (1954–2002, Ghana, nf)
* Catherine Asaro (born 1955, US, f)
* Lado Asatiani (1917–1943, USSR, p)
* Peter Christen Asbjørnsen (1812–1885, Norway, nf)
* Hilario Ascasubi (1807–1875, Argentina, p)
* Frank Asch (born 1946, US, ch)
* Sholem Asch (1880–1957, Poland/England, f/d/nf)
* Oscar Asche (1871–1936, Australia, d)
* Birgit Aschmann (born 1967, Germany, nf)
* Abdoulaye Ascofaré (born 1949, Mali, p/d)
* Gaber Asfour (1944–2021, Egypt, nf)
* Issa Asgarally (living, Mauritius, nf)
* John Asgill (1659–1738, England, nf)
* Eysteinn Ásgrímsson (c. 1310–1361, Iceland, p)
* Russell Ash (1946–2010, England, nf/ch)
* John Ashbery (1927–2017, US, p/nf)
* Elizabeth Ashbridge (1713–1755, England/N American colonies, nf)
* Cliff Ashby (1919–2012, England, p/f)
* Deborah Ashby (born 1959, England, nf)
* Joseph Ashby-Sterry (1836 or 1838–1917, England, p/f/nf)
* Laura Ashe (living, England, nf)
* Helen Asher (1927–2001, Australia, f)
* Michael Asher (born 1953, England, nf/f)
* Jay Asher (born 1975, US, f/nf)
* Daisy Ashford (1881–1972, England, f)
* Lindsay Ashford (born 1959, England, f/nf)
* Taku Ashibe (芦辺拓, born 1958, Japan, f)
* Dariush Ashoori (born 1938, Iran, nf)
* Mariam bint Abu Ya'qub Ashshilbi (died 1020, Andalusia, p)
* Mary Ashun (born 1968, Ghana, f/ch)
* Bernard Ashley (born 1935, England, ch)
* Melissa Ashley (born 1973, Australia, f)
* Renée Ashley (born 1949, US, p/f/nf)
* Robert Ashley (1565–1641, England, nf)
* Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 3rd Earl of Shaftesbury (1671–1713, England/Italy, nf)
* Anastasia M. Ashman (born 1964, US, nf)
* Carl Ashmore (born 1968, England, ch)
* Radwa Ashour (1946–2014, Egypt, f)
* Charles Ashton (1848–1899, Wales, nf)
* Francis Leslie Ashton (1904–1994, England, f)
* Kalinda Ashton (living, Australia, f)
* Leah Ashton (living, Australia, f)
* Rosemary Ashton (born 1947, England, nf)
* Sylvia Ashton-Warner (1908–1984, N Zealand, f/nf)
* Asiimwe Deborah GKashugi (living, Uganda, d), born Deborah Asiimwe
* Isaac Asimov (1920–1992, USSR/US, f/nf)
* Janet Asimov (1926–2019, US, f/ch), pseudonym J. O. Jeppson
* Abu Abdallah ibn Askar (1529–1578, Morocco, nf)
* Rashid Askari (born 1965, E Pakistan/Bangladesh, nf/f)
* Anton Aškerc (1856–1912, Austrian E, p)
* Anne Askew (1520/1521–1546), England, p)
* Kjell Askildsen (1929–2021, Norway, f)
* Ibrahim Aslan (1935–2012, Egypt, f)
* Mahmoud Aslan (1902 – post-1971, Tunisia, f/d)
* Louise Aslanian (1902/1906–1945, Iran/France, p/f), Holocaust victim
* Timoshenko Aslanides (1943–2020, Australia, p)
* Nana Asma'u (1793–1864, Sokoto Caliphate, nf/p)
* Adam Asnyk (1838–1897, Poland/Austria-Hungary, p/d)
* Werner Aspenström (1918–1997, Sweden, p)
* Aemilius Asper (fl. 1st c. CE or late 2nd c. CE, Rome, nf)
* Asphyxia (living, Australia, ch)
* Robert Asprin (1946–2008, US, f)
* Clare Asquith (born 1951, England, nf)
* Lady Cynthia Asquith (1887–1960, England, f/nf/cs)
* Herbert Asquith (1881–1947, p/f)
* Margot Asquith (1864–1945, Scotland/England, nf)
* Ros Asquith (living, England, ch)
* Abu al-Abbas as-Sabti (1129–1204, Morocco, nf)
* Mina Assadi (born 1943, Iran/Sweden, p/nf)
* Ryad Assani-Razaki (born 1981, Benin/Canada, f)
* Robert Assaraf (1936–2018, Morocco/France, nf)
* Akram Assem (born 1965, Afghanistan, nf)
* Akwasi Bretuo Assensoh (born 1946, Gold Coast/US, nf)
* Machado de Assis (1839–1908, Brazil, f/p/d)
* Mary Astell (1666–1731, England, nf)
* David Astle (born 1961, Australia, nf/f/d)
* Thomas Astle (1735–1803, England, nf)
* Judy Astley (living, England, f/nf)
* Thea Astley (1925–2004, Australia, f/p)
* Margaret Aston (1932–2014, England, nf)
* Tilly Aston (1873–1947, Australia, p/nf)
* Carlos Astrada (1894–1970, Argentina, nf)
* Jean Astruc (1684–1766, France, nf)
* Miguel Ángel Asturias (1899–1974, Guatemala/Spain, p/f/d)
* Alaa Al Aswany (born 1957, Egypt, f/nf)
* Bogoboj Atanacković (1826–1858, Hungary/Serbia, f)
* Ksenija Atanasijević (1894–1981, Serbia/Yugoslavia, nf)
* Sonja Atanasijević (born 1962, Yugoslavia/Serbia, f)
* Nataša Atanasković (born 1972, Yugoslavia/Serbia, f)
* Platon Atanacković (1788–1867, Habsburg E, nf)
* Manouchehr Atashi (1931–2005, Iran, p/nf)
* Oğuz Atay (1934–1977, Turkey, f)
* Jón Hnefill Aðalsteinsson (1927–2010, Iceland, nf)
* Athanasius of Alexandria (c. 296/298–373 CE, Greece, nf)
* Edwin Atherstone (1788–1872, England, p/f)
* Cassandra Atherton (living, Australia, p/nf)
* Yusuf Atılgan (1921–1989, Ottoman E/Turkey, f/d)
* Abu Jafar ibn Atiyya (died 1158, Morocco, nf)
* Lucy Atkins (born 1968, England, f/nf)
* Peter Atkins (born 1940, England, nf)
* Blanche Atkinson (1847–1911, England, f/ch)
* Diane Atkinson (living, England, nf)
* Hugh Atkinson (1924–1994, Australia, f/ch)
* Kate Atkinson (born 1951, England, f/d)
* Louisa Atkinson (1834–1872, Australia, f/nf)
* M. E. Atkinson (1899–1974, England, ch)
* Rupert Atkinson (1881–1961, Australia, p/d)
* Tiffany Atkinson (born 1972, Germany/Wales, p)
* William Walker Atkinson (1862–1932, US, nf)
* Odafe Atogun (living, Nigeria, f)
* Vishnu Raj Atreya (1944–2020, Nepal, nf/p)
* Sefi Atta (born 1964, Nigeria/US, f/d)
* Ayesha Harruna Attah (born 1983, Ghana/Senegal, f)
* Karen Attard (born 1958, Australia, f)
* David Attenborough (born 1926, England, nf)
* Per Daniel Amadeus Atterbom (1790–1855, Sweden, p)
* Mririda n'Ait Attik (c. 1900 – c. 1940s, Morocco, p)
* Amelia Atwater-Rhodes (born 1984, US, f/ch)
* Margaret Atwood (born 1939, Canada, n/f/nf)

## Au–Az

* Elise Aubert (1837–1909, Norway, f/nf)
* Madeleine de l'Aubespine (1546–1596, France, p)
* Jean-Henri Merle d'Aubigné (1794–1872, Switzerland, nf)
* Cécile Aubry (1928–2010, France, ch)
* Edward St Aubyn (born 1960, England, f/nf)
* Penelope Aubin (c. 1679 – c. 1738, England, f/p)
* John Aubrey (1626–1697, England, nf)
* Hennie Aucamp (1934–2014, S Africa, p/f/nf)
* Dorothy Auchterlonie (1915–1991, England/Australia, nf/p)
* W. H. Auden (1907–1973, England/Austria, p/nf)
* Jean Auel (born 1936, US, f)
* Martin Auer (born 1951, Austria, ch/f/nf)
* Raoul Auernheimer (1876–1948, Austria/US, nf)
* Count Anton Alexander von Auersperg (1806–1876, Austrian E, p), pseudonym Anastasius Grün
* Steve Augarde (born 1950, England, f/ch)
* Augustine of Hippo (354–430, N Africa, nf)
* Imre Augustič, 1837–1879, Hungary, nf/p)
* Lillian Aujo (living, Uganda, f/p)
* Kjell Aukrust (1920–2002, Norway, f)
* Olav Aukrust (1883–1929, Norway, p)
* Ingri and Edgar Parin d'Aulaire (1904–1980; 1898–1986, Norway/US, ch)
* Htin Aung (1909–1978, Burma, nf)
* Pe Aung (1917–2006, Burma/Myanmar, nf)
* Francis Aupiais (1877–1945, France/Benin, nf)
* Marcus Aurelius (121–180 CE, Roman E, nf)
* Jules Barbey d'Aurevilly (1808–1889, France, f)
* Maria Aurora (1937–2010, Portugal, p/f/ch), pseudonym of Aurora Augusta Figueiredo de Carvalho Homem
* Joseph Auslander (1897–1965, US, p/f)
* Rose Ausländer (1901–1988, Austro-Hungarian E/Germany, p)
* Ausonius (c. 310 – c. 395, Roman Gaul, p/nf)
* Jane Austen (1775–1817, England, f)
* Paul Auster (born 1947, US, f/p/nf)
* Ralph Austen (c. 1612–1676, England, nf)
* Alfred Austin (1835–1913, England, p)
* Jane G. Austin (1831–1894, US, f)
* John Austin (1790–1859, England, nf)
* Sarah Austin (1793–1967, England/Germany, nf)
* Jonathan Auxier (born 1981, Canada, ch)
* Jovan Avakumović (c. 1748–1810, Habsburg E, p)
* Gertrudis Gómez de Avellaneda (1814–1873, Cuba/Spain, d/p/f)
* Esther Averill (1902–1992, US, ch)
* Gillian Avery (1926–2016, England, f/nf)
* Harold Avery (1867–1943, England, ch)
* James Avery (1945–2013, US, p)
* Avi (born 1937, US, ch)
* Tusiata Avia (born 1960, N Zealand, p/ch)
* Tamsier Joof Aviance (born 1973, Gambia, nf)
* Avicenna (c. 980–1037, Samanid E/Iran, nf/p), Arabic name Ibn Sina
* Carlos Lobo de Ávila (1860–1895, Portugal, nf)
* Bunty Avieson (living, Australia, f/nf)
* Margaret Avison (1918–2007, Canada, p/nf)
* Jack Avon (born 1967, Zambia/England, nf)
* Smilja Avramov (1918–2018, Yugoslavia/Serbia, nf)
* Dimitrije Avramović (1815–1855, Serbia, nf)
* Tash Aw (born 1971, Malaysia/England, f/nf), full name Aw Ta-Shi (歐大旭)
* Krayem Awad (born 1948, Syria/Austria, p)
* Usman Awang (1929–2001, Malaya/Malaysia, p/d/f)
* Christopher Awdry (born 1940, England, ch)
* Wilbert Awdry (1911–1997, England, ch), known as Rev. W. Awdry
* Ngahuia Te Awekotuku (born 1949, N Zealand, nf)
* Diane Awerbuck (born 1974, S Africa, f/nf)
* Farah Awl (1937–1991, Somaliland/Somalia, nf/p), full name Faarax Maxamed Jaamac Cawl
* Kofi Awoonor (1935–2013, Gold Coast/Ghana, p/f/nf)
* Mohammed Awzal (1670–1749, Morocco, nf)
* Jan Axelson (born 1949, US, nf)
* Majgull Axelsson (born 1947, Sweden, nf)
* Ibrahima Aya (born 1967, Mali, nf/f)
* Felipe Guaman Poma de Ayala (c. 1535 – post-1616, Peru, nf)
* Yukito Ayatsuji (内田直行, born 1960, Japan, f)
* Fatma Aydemir (born 1986, Germany, f/nf)
* Kyi Aye (1929–2016, Burma/Myanmar, p/f)
* A. J. Ayer (1910–1989, England, nf)
* Gennadiy Aygi (1934–2006, USSR/Russia, p)
* Nana Oforiatta Ayim (living, Ghana, f/nf)
* Joseph Ayloffe (1708–1781, England, nf)
* Zighen Aym (born 1957, Algeria/US, nf)
* Marcel Aymé (1902–1967, France, f/ch)
* Ayo Ayoola-Amale (living, Nigeria, p)
* Nabil Ayouch (born 1969, France, f)
* Ed Ayres (born 1941, US, nf)
* Ed Ayres (Australia, nf)
* Pam Ayres (born 1947, England, p)
* Hertha Ayrton (1854–1923, England, nf)
* Robert Aytoun (1570–1638, Scotland, p)
* Awista Ayub (born c. 1979, Afghanistan/India, f)
* Tetsuya Ayukawa (鮎川哲也, 1919–2002, Japan, nf/f)
* Iwao Ayusawa (鮎沢巌, 1894–1972, Japan, nf)
* Qadi Ayyad ben Moussa (1083–1149, Almoravid E, nf)
* Abu Salim al-Ayyashi (1628–1679, Morocco, nf/p)
* Humayun Azad (1947–2004, India/Germany, p/f/nf)
* Shokoofeh Azar (born 1972, Iran/Australia, f)
* Maryam Jafari Azarmani (born 1977, Iran, p/nf)
* Ali Azayku (1942–2004, Morocco, p/nf)
* Predrag Azdejković (born 1978, Germany/Serbia, nf)
* Aluisio Azevedo (1857–1913, Brazil, f/nf/d)
* Álvares de Azevedo (1831–1852, Brazil, p/f/d)
* Artur Azevedo (1855–1908, Brazi. f/d/p)
* Uche Azikiwe (born 1947, Nigeria, nf)
* Mohammad Yousuf Azraq (1937–1992, Afghanistan, nf)
* Mariano Azuela (1873–1952, Mexico, f/d/nf)
* Kiyohiko Azuma (あずまきよひこ, born 1968, Japan, f)
* Trezza Azzopardi (born 1961, Wales/England, f)
* Jody Azzouni (born 1954, US, nf)
* Nnorom Azuonye (born 1967, Biafra/Nigeria, d/p/nf)
* Abd Allah ibn Azzuz (died 1789, Morocco, nf)