# List of authors by name: B

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

## Ba–BB

* Amadou Hampâté Bâ (1900/1901–1991, Mali/Ivory Coast, nf)
* Ba Jin (巴金, 1904–2005, China, f/nf), pseudonym of Li Yaotang
* Mariama Bâ (1929–1981, Senegal/France, f/nf)
* A. C. Baantjer (1923–2010, Netherlands, f)
* Gerzel Baazov (1904–1938, Russian E/USSR, p/d)
* Bolu Babalola (born 1991, England, f/d)
* Rotimi Babatunde (living, Nigeria, p/f/d)
* Charles Babbage (1791–1871, England, nf)
* Natalie Babbitt (1932–2016, US, ch)
* Dragan Babić (1937–2013, Yugoslavia/Serbia, nf)
* Gregory Victor Babic (1963–2013, Australia, nf/f)
* Sava Babić (1934–2012, Yugoslavia/Serbia, nf)
* Gervase Babington (1549/1550–1610, England, nf)
* Mihály Babits (1883–1941, Hungary, p/f/nf)
* Gabriela Babnik (born 1979, Yugoslavia/Slovenia, f)
* Ken Babstock (born 1970, Canada, p)
* Jimmy Santiago Baca (born 1952, US, p/nf/d)
* Riccardo Bacchelli (1891–1985, Italy, f)
* Bacchylides (c. 518 – c. 451 BCE, Greece, p)
* Hachemi Baccouche (1916–2008, Tunisia, nf)
* Bellamy Bach (group pseudonym, fl. 1980s, US, f/p)
* Richard Bach (born 1936, US, f)
* Harivansh Rai Bachchan (1907–2003, India, p), born Harivansh Rai Srivastava
* Joseph M. Bachelor (1887–1947, US, p)
* Simon Bacher (1823–1891, Hungary, p)
* Ingeborg Bachmann (1926–1973, Austria, p/d/f)
* Sutardji Calzoum Bachri (born 1941, Dutch East Indies/Indonesia, p)
* Camil Baciu (1926–2005, Romania/France, nf/f)
* Maria Baciu (born 1942, Romania, p/f/ch)
* Anne-Marie de Backer (1908–1987, France, p)
* Marijn Backer (born 1956, Netherlands, p/ch)
* Edmund Backhouse (1873–1944, England, nf)
* Elizabeth Backhouse (1917–2013, Australia, f/d)
* William Backhouse (1593–1662, England, nf)
* Fredrik Backman (born 1981, Sweden, f)
* Anne Bacon (1527 or 1528–1610, England, nf)
* Francis Bacon (1561–1626, England, nf)
* Phanuel Bacon (1700–1783, England, d/p)
* Anatol E. Baconsky (1925–1977, Romania, p/f/nf)
* John Baconthorpe (c. 1290–1347, England, nf), also known as Bacconius
* George Bacovia (1881–1957, Romania, p), pseudonym of Gheorghe Vasiliu
* Marie-Frédérique Bacqué (born 1959, France, nf)
* Krzysztof Kamil Baczyński (1921–1944, Poland, p)
* John F. Baddeley (1854–1940, England, nf)
* David Baddiel (born 1964, England, f/nf/ch)
* Robert Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell (1857–1941, England/Kenya, nf)
* Van Badham (born 1974, Australia, d/f)
* Janet Badjan-Young (born 1937, Gambia, d)
* Adwoa Badoe (living, Ghana/Canada, f/nf)
* Yaba Badoe (born 1954, Ghana/England, nf)
* Amna Elsadik Badri (living, Sudan, nf)
* Hala El Badry (born 1954, Egypt, nf/f)
* Robert Bage (1730–1801, England, f)
* Walter Bagehot (1826–1887, England, nf)
* Julio Baghy (1891–1967, Hungary, p/f)
* Jean-Louis Baghio'o (1910–1994, Martinique/France, f/nf/p), pseudonym of Victor Jean-Louis
* Desmond Bagley (1923–1983, England, f)
* Enid Bagnold (1889–1981, England, p/f)
* Richard Bagot (1860–1921, England, f/nf)
* Elisaveta Bagryana (1893–1991, Bulgaria, p)
* Tilly Bagshawe (born 1973, England, f)
* Guru Tegh Bahadur (1621–1675, Mughal E, p/nf)
* Kul Bahadur KC (1946–2013, Nepal, p)
* Kerolos Bahgat (born 1991, Egypt, nf)
* Abdul Hamid Bahij (born 1979, Afghanistan/Germany, nf)
* Eric Bahloo (born 1964, Mauritius/France, nf)
* Eduardo Bähr (born 1940, Honduras, f/nf)
* Bai Juyi (白居易, 772–846, China, p)
* Mah Laqa Bai (1768–1824, India, p), born Chanda Bai
* Bai Renfu (白仁甫, c. 1226−1306, China, d)
* Bai Shouyi (白壽彝, 1909–2000, China, nf)
* Jean-Antoine de Baïf (1532–1589, Venice/France, p)
* Grace Shattuck Bail (1898–1996, US, p)
* Murray Bail (born 1941, Australia, f/nf)
* Adrian Bailey (born 1945, England, nf)
* David Bailey (living, England, f/d/nf)
* H. C. Bailey (1878–1961, England, f)
* Hilary Bailey (1936–2017, England, f/nf)
* Nathan Bailey (died 1742, England, nf)
* Paul Bailey (born 1937, England, f/d)
* Philip James Bailey (1816–1902, England, p)
* Sarah Lord Bailey (1856–1922, England/US, nf)
* Allan Baillie (born 1943, Scotland/Australia, f/ch)
* Joanna Baillie (1762–1851, Scotland/England, p/d)
* Robert Baillie (1602–1662, Scotland, nf)
* Séry Bailly (1948–2018, Ivory Coast, nf/f)
* Alexander Bain (1818–1903, Scotland, nf)
* F. W. Bain (1863–1940, England/India, f)
* Beryl Bainbridge (1932–2010, England, f/nf)
* Doreen Baingana (born 1966, Uganda, f/ch/nf)
* Elizabeth-Irene Baitie (born 1970, Ghana, f/ch)
* Ibn Bajjah (died 1138, Morocco, nf/p), also known as Avempace
* József Bajza (1804–1858, Austria-Hungary, p/nf)
* Jozef Ignác Bajza (1755–1836, Austria-Hungary, f)
* Józef Baka (1706 or 1707–1780, Polish Lithuania, p)
* Latifa Baka (born 1964, Morocco, f)
* Vyt Bakaitis (born 1940, Lithuania/US, p)
* Djibo Bakary (1922–1998, Niger, nf)
* Bake Robert Tumuhaise (born 1981, Uganda, nf)
* Anne Baker (born 1914, England, nf)
* David Baker (born 1954, US, p)
* Deb Baker (born 1953, US, f)
* Deborah Baker (living, US/India, nf)
* Denys Val Baker (1917–1984, Wales, f/nf)
* Henry Baker (1698–1774, England, nf)
* Hinemoana Baker (born 1968, N Zealand, p)
* James Robert Baker (1947–1997, US, f)
* Kage Baker (1952–2010, US, f)
* Kate Baker (1861–1953, Australia, nf)
* Louisa Alice Baker (1856–1926, N Zealand, f)
* Marina Baker (born 1967, England, ch)
* Samuel Baker (1821–1893, England, nf)
* Wasef Bakhtari (born 1942, Afghanistan/US, p/nf)
* Bâkî (1526–1600, Ottoman E, p), pseudonym of Mahmud Abdülbâkî
* Ljiljana Bakić (1939–2022, Yugoslavia/Serbia, nf)
* Khnata bent Bakkar (died 1754, Morocco, nf)
* R. Scott Bakker (born 1967, Canada, f)
* C. Johan Bakkes (born 1956, S Africa, nf)
* Christiaan Bakkes (born 1965, S Africa, nf)
* Margaret Bakkes (1931–2016, S Africa, f/nf)
* Stefano Bakonyi (1892–1969, Hungary/Italy, nf)
* Lujo Bakotić (1867–1941, Austrian E/Yugoslavia, nf)
* Peter Bakowski (born 1954, Australia, p)
* Salwa Bakr (born 1949, Egypt, f)
* Krishna Bhusan Bal (1948–2012, Nepal, p)
* Bob Balaban (born 1945, US, ch)
* John Balaban (born 1943, US, p)
* Judy Balaban (1932–2023, US, nf)
* Đorđe Balašević (1953–2021, Yugoslavia/Serbia, p)
* Bálint Balassi (1554–1594, Hungary, p)
* Rajeev Balasubramanyam (England, f)
* Béla Balázs (1884–1949, Hungary, nf/p)
* Julia Balbilla (72 CE – post–130, Roman E, p)
* Edward Balcerzan (born 1937, Poland, nf/p)
* Nigel Balchin (1908–1970, England, f/nf/d)
* Betsy Balcombe (1802–1871, England, nf)
* David Baldacci (born 1960, US, f)
* Sirah Baldé (1929–2018, Guinea, f)
* Margaret Balderson (born 1935, Australia, ch)
* Kristín Marja Baldursdóttir (born 1949, Iceland, f)
* Faith Baldwin (1893–1978, US, f)
* James Baldwin (1924–1987, US, nf)
* John Bale (1495–1563, England/Ireland, nf)
* Stanisław Baliński (1898–1984, Poland, p/nf)
* Rabia Balkhi (10th c. CE, Afghanistan/Samanid E, p)
* Hugo Ball (1886–1927, Germany/Switzerland, p/nf)
* Jesse Ball (born 1978, US, f/p)
* Murray Ball (1939–2017, N Zealand, nf)
* Zsófia Balla (born 1949, Romania/Hungary, p/nf)
* Philippa Ballantine (born 1971, N Zealand, f)
* David Ballantyne (1924–1986, N Zealand, f/nf)
* R. M. Ballantyne (1825–1894, Scotland/England, f)
* Carol Ballard (living, England, nf)
* J. G. Ballard (1930–2009, China/England, f/nf)
* Todhunter Ballard (1903–1980, US, f)
* Ishwor Ballav (1937–2008, Nepal, p)
* Blue Balliett (born 1955, US, ch)
* Addie L. Ballou (1838–1916, US, p/nf)
* Pedro Balmaceda (1868–1889, Chile, nf)
* Josephine Balmer (born 1959, England, p/nf)
* Konstantin Balmont (1867–1942, Russian E/USSR, p)
* Mary Balogh (born 1944, Wales/Canada, ch)
* J. P. V. D. Balsdon (1901–1977, England, nf)
* Honoré de Balzac (1799–1850, France, f)
* Samuel Bamford (1788–1872, England, nf/p)
* John Codrington Bampfylde (1754–1796/7, England, p)
* Ban Biao (班彪, 3–54 CE, China, nf)
* Ban Gu (班固, 32–92 CE, China, nf/p)
* Matija Ban (1818–1903, Austrian E/Serbia, p/d)
* Ban Zhao (班昭, c. 45/49 – 117/120 CE, China, nf)
* Zsófia Bán (born 1957, Brazil/Hungary, nf)
* Carmen-Francesca Banciu (born 1955, Romania, f/d)
* Richard Bancroft (1544–1610, England, nf)
* Ellen Banda-Aaku (born 1965, England/Zambia, f/ch)
* António Gonçalves de Bandarra (1500–1556, Portugal, nf/p)
* Biyi Bandele (1967–2022, Nigeria/England, f/d)
* Manuel Bandeira (1886–1968, Brazil, p/nf)
* Danica Bandić (1871–1950, Austria-Hungary/Serbia, f/d)
* Faith Bandler (1918–2015, Australia, nf)
* Manik Bandopadhyay (1908–1956, India, f)
* Bibhutibhushan Bandyopadhyay (1894–1950, India, f)
* Sharadindu Bandyopadhyay (1899–1970, India, f)
* Tarasankar Bandyopadhyay (1898–1971, India, f)
* Miklós Bánffy (1873–1950, Hungary, f/nf)
* Herman Bang (1857–1912, Denmark, f)
* Mary Jo Bang (born 1946, US, p)
* Odd Bang-Hansen (1908–1984, Norway, nf/f/ch)
* Bunmi Banjo (born 1977, Canada/Nigeria, nf)
* Zsuzsa Bánk (born 1965, Germany, f)
* Isabella Banks (1821–1897, England, f/p)
* Iain M. Banks (1954–2013, Scotland, f)
* Lynne Reid Banks (1929–2024, England, ch/f)
* Russell Banks (born 1940, US, f/p)
* Anne Bannerman (1765–1829, Scotland, p)
* Helen Bannerman (1862–1946, Scotland, ch)
* Lex Banning (1921–1965, Australia, p)
* Ann Bannon (born 1932, US, f)
* Shabbir Banoobhai (born 1949, S Africa, p)
* Bao Junhui (鮑君徽, late 8th c. CE, China, p)
* Bao Linghui (鲍令晖, fl. c. 464 CE, China, p)
* Bao Zhao (鮑照, c. 414–466, China, p/nf)
* Anni Baobei (安妮宝贝, born 1974, China, f), pseudonym of Li Jie (励婕)
* Reza Baraheni (1935–2022, Iran/Canada, f/p/nf)
* Amiri Baraka (1934–2014, US, p/d/f), birth name Everett LeRoi Jones
* Ibtisam Barakat (born 1963, Palestine, USA) author and poet (ابتسام بركات)
* Marcin Baran (born 1963, Poland, p/nf)
* Stanisław Barańczak (1946–2014, Poland, p/nf)
* Agnieszka Baranowska (1819–1890, Prussian Poland, d/p)
* Porfirio Barba-Jacob (1883–1942, Colombia, p/nf)
* Anna Laetitia Barbauld (1743–1825, England, p/f/ch)
* Jorge Barbosa (1902–1971, Cape Verde/Portugal, p/nf)
* Alexander Barclay (c. 1476–1552, Scotland/England, p)
* Edwin Barclay (1882–1955, Liberia, nf)
* Janos Bardi (1923–1990, Hungary/Germany, f/nf/d)
* Théodore de Banville (1823–1891, France, p/nf)
* Ana de Sousa Baptista (born 1971, Portugal, p)
* Antanas Baranauskas (1835–1902, Russian E, p)
* Nikoloz Baratashvili (1817–1845, Russian E, p)
* Porfirio Barba-Jacob (1883–1942, Colombia, p/nf)
* Anna Laetitia Barbauld (1743–1825, England, p/nf/ch)
* Arlindo Barbeitos (born 1940, Angola, p)
* W. N. P. Barbellion (1889–1919, England, nf)
* Margaret Barber (1869–1901, England, nf), pseudonym Michael Fairless
* Mary Barber (c. 1685 – c. 1755, Ireland/England, p)
* Ros Barber (born 1964, England, f/p)
* Shirley Barber (1935–2023, England/Australia, ch)
* Muriel Barbery (born 1969, France, f)
* Auguste Barbier (1805–1882, France, d/p)
* Eileen Barbosa (living, Cape Verde, f)
* John Barbour (c. 1320–1395, Scotland, p)
* Ralph Henry Barbour (1870–1944, US, ch)
* Eugen Barbu (1924–1993, Romania, f)
* Ion Barbu (1895–1961, Romania, nf/p), pseudonym of Dan Barbilian
* Alexander Barclay (c. 1476–1552, England, nf)
* Edwin Barclay (1882–1955, Liberia, nf/p)
* Florence L. Barclay (1862–1921, England, f)
* James Barclay (born 1965, England, f)
* Robert Barclay (1648–1690, England, nf)
* Janos Bardi (1923–1990, Hungary/Germany, f/nf)
* Michele Bardsley (born 1970, US, f)
* Leigh Bardugo, (born 1975, US, f)
* Burl Barer (born 1947, US, nf)
* John Baret (died 1580, England, nf)
* Giuseppe Marc'Antonio Baretti (1719–1789, Italy/England, nf]]
* Owen Barfield (1898–1997, England, nf/f/p)
* Serie Barford (living, N Zealand, p)
* Charles Foster Barham (1804–1884, England, nf)
* Debbie Barham (1976–2003, England, f)
* Richard Barham (1788–1845, England, f/p), pseudonym Thomas Ingoldsby
* Alessandro Baricco (born 1958, Italy, f/d)
* Maurice Baring (1874–1945, England, d/p/f)
* Sabine Baring-Gould (1834–1924, England, nf/f)
* René Barjavel (1911–1985, France, f/nf)
* Mehdi Ben Barka (1920 – post-1965, Morocco, nf)
* Mohammad Barkatullah (1898–1974, India/Bangladesh, nf)
* A. L. Barker (1918–2002, England, f)
* Cicely Mary Barker (1895–1973, England, nf)
* Clive Barker (born 1952, England, d/f)
* Dan Barker (born 1949, US, nf)
* Elspeth Barker (born 1940, Scotland/England, f/nf)
* George Barker (1913–1991, England, p)
* Jane Barker (1652–1732, England, f/p/nf)
* Juliet Barker (born 1958, England, nf)
* Les Barker (1947–2023, England, p)
* Mary Anne Barker (1831–1911, Jamaica/England, nf)
* Nicola Barker (born 1966, England/S Africa, f)
* Pat Barker (born 1943, England, f)
* Raffaella Barker (born 1964, England, f/ch)
* Sebastian Barker (1945–2014, England, f/nf)
* Joyce Barkhouse (1913–2012, Canada, ch)
* Jill Barklem (1951–2017, England, ch)
* Anna Barkova (1901–1976, Russia/USSR, p/nf/d)
* Coleman Barks (born 1937, US, p)
* Clement Barksdale (1609–1687, England, nf)
* Mihály Barla (c. 1778–1824, Hungary, f/p)
* Ernst Barlach (1870–1938, Germany, nf)
* Fevziye Rahgozar Barlas (born 1955, Afghanistan/US, p/f)
* Jeffrey E. Barlough (born 1953, US, f/nf)
* Christopher Henry Muwanga Barlow (1929–2006, Uganda, p)
* Frank Barlow (1911–2009, England, nf)
* George Barlow (1847–1913 or 1914, England, p), pseudonym James Hinton
* Thomas Barlow (c. 1608–1691, England, nf)
* William Barlow (died 1613, England, nf)
* Kitty Barne (1882–1961, England, d/ch)
* Barnabe Barnes (c. 1571–1609, England, p)
* Lady Anne Barnard (1750–1825, Scotland/S Africa, nf/p)
* John Barnard (1628–1683, England, nf)
* Marjorie Barnard (1897–1987, Australia, f/nf)
* Mary Barnard (1909–2001, US, p)
* Mordaunt Roger Barnard (1828–1906, England, nf)
* Neal D. Barnard (born 1953, US, nf)
* Kitty Barne (1882–1961, England, d/ch)
* Ambrose Barnes (1627–1710, England, nf)
* Djuna Barnes (1892–1982, US, f/nf/p)
* Eric Barnes (born 1968, US, f)
* John Barnes (born 1957, US, f)
* Jonathan Barnes (born 1942, England, nf)
* Joshua Barnes (1654–1712, England, nf/f)
* Julian Barnes (born 1946, England, f)
* Steven Barnes (born 1952, US, f)
* Stuart Barnes (born 1977, Australia, p)
* Will C. Barnes (1858–1936, US, nf)
* William Barnes (1801–1886, p/nf)
* Annie Wall Barnett (1859–1942, US, p)
* Catherine Barnett (born 1960, US, p)
* Correlli Barnett (1927–2022, England, nf)
* Jill Barnett (living, US, f)
* Natalie Clifford Barney (1876–1972, US/France, d/p/f)
* Richard Barnfield (1574–1620, England, p)
* Wilton Barnhardt (born 1960, US, f)
* Kelly Barnhill (born 1973, US, ch)
* Vasil Barnovi (1856–1934, Russian E/USSR, f)
* Willis Barnstone (born 1927, US, p/nf)
* José Baroja (born 1983, Chile, nf)
* Alexander Baron (1917–1999, England, f/d)
* Evangeline Barongo (living, Uganda, ch)
* Linda Maria Baros (born 1981, Romania/France, p/nf)
* Amelia Edith Huddleston Barr (1831–1919, England, f)
* John Barr (1809–1889, Scotland/N Zealand, p)
* Miriam Barr (born 1982, N Zealand, p)
* Nevada Barr (born 1952, US, f)
* Pat Barr (1934–2018, England, f/nf)
* Mubarkah Bent al-Barra (born 1957, Mauritania, p)
* Geoffrey Barraclough (1908–1984, England, nf)
* Sarah Maria Barraud (1823–1895, N Zealand, nf)
* Tony Barrell (living, England, nf)
* Julio Pazos Barrera (born 1944, Ecuador, p)
* Maurice Barrès (1862–1923, France, f/nf)
* John Barret (1631–1713, England, nf)
* Joseph Barret (1665–1699, England, nf)
* Lima Barreto (1881–1922, Brazil, f/nf)
* A. Igoni Barrett (born 1979, Nigeria, f)
* Andrea Barrett (born 1954, US, f)
* Jo Barrett (living, US, f)
* Lindsay Barrett (born 1941, Jamaica/Nigeria, p/f/d)
* Lynne Barrett (living, US, f)
* Rachel Barrett (1874–1953, Wales/England, nf)
* Robert G. Barrett (1942–2012, Australia, f)
* William Barrett (1733–1789, England, nf)
* J. M. Barrie (1860–1937, Scotland/England, f/d/ch)
* Leslie Barringer (1895–1968, England, f)
* Eduardo Barrios (1884–1963, Chile, f/nf/p)
* Laird Barron (born 1970, US, f/p)
* T. A. Barron (born 1952, US, ch/nf)
* João de Barros (1496–1570, Portugal, nf)
* Isaac Barrow (1630–1677, England, nf)
* John Barrow (fl. 1735–1774, England, nf)
* Julia Barrow (born 1956, England, nf)
* William Barrow (1754–1836)
* Mark Barrowcliffe (born 1964, England, f)
* Rachel Barrowman (born 1963, N Zealand, nf)
* Angela Barry (born 1940s, Bermuda, f)
* Dave Barry (born 1947, US, nf/f)
* John Arthur Barry (1850–1911, England/Australia, f)
* Kevin Barry (born 1951, US, d)
* Kevin Barry (born 1969, Ireland, f)
* Kesso Barry (born 1948, Guinea/France, f)
* Margaret Stuart Barry (1927–2022, England, ch)
* Mariama Barry (living, Senegal, f)
* Max Barry (born 1973, Australia, f/nf)
* Rhoda Barry (1916–2011, South Africa, p)
* Stan Barstow (1928–2011, England, f)
* Sándor Barta (1897–1938, Hungary/USSR, p)
* Guillaume de Salluste Du Bartas (1544–1590, France, p)
* Adolf Bartels (1862–1945, Germany, nf/p)
* John Barth (1930–2024, US, f)
* Joachim Bartholomae (born 1956, Germany)
* Richard Bartholomew (1926–1985, Burma/India, nf/p)
* William Bartholomew (1793–1867, England, d)
* Mike Bartlett (born 1980, England, d)
* Vladimir Bartol (1903–1967, Yugoslavia/Slovenia, f/d)
* Bernard Barton (1784–1849, England, p)
* Charlotte Barton (1797–1867, Australia, ch)
* David Barton (born 1954, US, nf)
* Emily Mary Barton (1817–1909, Australia, p)
* Joan Barton (1908–1986, England, p)
* Gaston Bart-Williams (1938–1990, Sierra Leone/Germany, f/nf/p)
* Bipradash Barua (born 1940, India/Bangladesh, f)
* Bertha Hirsch Baruch (fl. early 20th c., Germany/US, nf)
* Violet Barungi (born 1943, Uganda, f/ch/d)
* Mildred Barya (born 1976, Uganda/US, f/nf/p)
* Empi Baryeh (living, Ghana, f)
* Jalal Barzanji (born 1953, Iraq, p/nf)
* Anabela Basalo (born 1972, Yugoslavia/Serbia, f)
* Svetislav Basara (born 1953, Yugoslavia/Serbia, nf)
* Neagoe Basarab (c. 1459–1521, Wallachia, nf)
* Graeme Base (born 1958, England/Australia, ch)
* Olumbe Bassir (1919–2001, Sierra Leone, nf)
* Angèle Bassolé-Ouédraogo (born 1967, Ivory Coast/Canada, p/nf)
* François Bassolet (1933–2001, Burkina Faso, nf)
* Jackee Budesta Batanda (living, Uganda, f/nf)
* Johann Bernhard Basedow (1724–1790, Germany, nf)
* Todd Bash (born 1965, US, d)
* Miryana Basheva (1947–2020, Bulgaria, p)
* Henry Howarth Bashford (1880–1961, England, f/nf)
* Al-Tijani Yusuf Bashir (1912–1937, Sudan, p)
* Matsuo Bashō (松尾芭蕉, 1644–1694, Japan, p)
* Michael Basinski (born 1950, US, p)
* Celina Baljeet Basra (living, Germany, f)
* Ellen Bass (born 1947, US, p)
* Nelson Estupiñán Bass (1912–2002, Ecuador, f/p/nf)
* T. J. Bass (1932–2011, US, f/nf), also known as Thomas J. Bassler
* Giorgio Bassani (1916–2000, Italy, f/p/nf)
* William Basse (c. 1583 – c. 1653, England, p)
* Marnie Bassett (1890–1980, Australia, nf)
* Hussein Bassir (living, Egypt, nf)
* Angèle Bassolé-Ouédraogo (born 1967, Ivory Coast/Canada, p/nf)
* Peter Bastian (1943–2017, Denmark, nf)
* Frédéric Bastiat (1801–1850, France, nf)
* Augusto Roa Bastos (1917–2005, Paraguay, f/d)
* Olav Rune Ekeland Bastrup (born 1956, Norway, nf)
* John Bastwick (1593–1654, England, nf)
* Georges Bataille (1897–1962, France, nf)
* Henry Bataille (1872–1922, France, d/p)
* Dušan T. Bataković (1957–2017, Yugoslavia/Serbia, nf)
* Jonathan Bate (born 1958, England, nf/f)
* Colin Bateman (born 1962, Ireland, f/ch)
* James Bateman (1811–1897, England, nf)
* Michael Bateman (1932–2006, England, nf)
* Arlo Bates (1850–1918, US, f/p/nf)
* Daisy Bates (1859–1951, Australia, nf)
* David Bates (1809–1970, US, p)
* H. E. Bates (1905–1974, England, f/nf/ch)
* Henry Walter Bates (1825–1892, England, nf)
* Katharine Lee Bates (1859–1929, US, p)
* Ralph Bates (1899–2000, England, f/nf)
* Catherine Bateson (born 1960, Australia, f/p)
* Elizabeth Bath (1776–1844, England, p)
* Joseph Bathanti (born 1953, US, p/f/nf)
* José Batlle y Ordóñez (1856–1929, Uruguay, nf)
* Larbi Batma (1948–1998, Morocco, p)
* Kofi Batsa (1931–1991, Gold Coast/Ghana, nf)
* János Batsányi (1763–1845, Hungary, p)
* Ibn Battuta (1304–1377, Morocco, nf)
* Enis Batur (born 1952, Turkey, p/nf/f)
* Wilhelm Bauberger (1809–1883, Germany, f)
* Henry Bauchau (1913–2012, Belgium/France, nf/p)
* Dawn-Michelle Baude (born 1959, US, p/nf)
* Charles Baudelaire (1821–1867, France, p/nf)
* Emma Pow Bauder (1848–1932, US, f)
* Edward Baugh (1936–2023, Jamaica, p/nf)
* Blanche Baughan (1870–1958, N Zealand, p/nf)
* L. Frank Baum (1856–1919, US, ch)
* Vicki Baum (1888–1960, Austria/US, f)
* Hans Baumann (1914–1988, Germany, p/ch)
* Ferdinand Christian Baur (1792–1860, Germany, nf)
* Cirilo Bautista (1941–2018, Philippines, p/nf)
* Lualhati Bautista (1945–2023, Philippines, f/nf)
* Gillian Baverstock (1931–2007, England, nf/f)
* Nina Bawden (1925–2012, England, ch)
* Alan Baxter (born 1970, England/Australia, f)
* Andrew Baxter (1686/1687–1750, Scotland, nf)
* Charles Baxter (born 1947, US, f/nf/p)
* James K. Baxter (1926–1972, N Zealand, p/d)
* John Baxter (born 1939, Australia/France, f/nf)
* Marion Babcock Baxter (1850–1910, US, nf/p)
* Richard Baxter (1615–1691, England, nf/p)
* Stephen Baxter (born 1957, England, f)
* Mary Temple Bayard (1853–1916, US, f/nf)
* Basil Al Bayati (born 1946, Iraq/England, nf)
* Sevtap Baycılı (born 1968, Netherlands, f)
* Mohammed al-Baydhaq (died post-1164, Morocco, nf)
* William Bayer (born 1939, US, f)
* Arthur Bayldon (1865–1958, England/Australia, p/f)
* Pierre Bayle (1647–1706, France/Netherlands, nf)
* William Baylebridge (1883–1942, Australia, p/f)
* John Bayley (writer) (1925–2015, England, f/nf)
* Peter Bayley (1778–1823, England, p/d)
* Ada Ellen Bayly (1857–1903, England, f), pseudonym of Edna Lyall
* Jaime Bayly (born 1965, Peru, f/p/nf)
* Thomas Haynes Bayly (1797–1839, England, p/d/nf)
* Barbara Baynton (1857–1929, Australia, f)
* Martin Baynton (born 1953, England/N Zealand, f/ch)
* Siham Bayyumi (born 1949, Egypt, f/nf)
* Ernest Bazanye (living, Uganda, f/nf)
* Nura Bazdulj-Hubijar (born 1951, Yugoslavia/Bosnia, f/ch/p)
* René Bazin (1853–1932, France, f)
* "BB" (1905–1990, England, ch/nf), pseudonym of Denys Watkins-Pitchford

## Be

* Eric Beach (1947–2024, N Zealand/Australia, p/d/f)
* Jeremy John Beadle (1956–1995, England, nf)
* John Beadle (died 1667, England, nf)
* John Beaglehole (1901–1971, N Zealand, nf)
* Ishmael Beah (born 1980, Sierra Leone, nf/f)
* Lesley Beake (born 1949, Scotland/S Africa, ch)
* Anne Beale (1816–1900, England/Wales, f/p)
* Fleur Beale (born 1945, N Zealand, f/ch)
* Marcel Béalu (1908–1993, France, f/p/d)
* Sydney George Hulme Beaman (1887–1932, England, ch)
* Margaret Beames (1935–2016, N Zealand, ch)
* Richard Bean (born 1956, England, d)
* Elizabeth Bear (born 1971, US, f)
* Aubrey Beardsley (1872–1898, England, nf)
* Greg Bear (born 1951, US, f)
* Delilah L. Beasley (1871–1934, US, nf)
* Richard Beasley (born 1964, Australia, f/nf)
* Doug Beason (born 1953, US, f)
* Clara Bancroft Beatley (1858–1923, US, nf)
* Beatrice of Nazareth (c. 1200–1268, Flanders, nf)
* James Beattie (1735–1803, Scotland, nf)
* Jan Beatty (born 1952, US, p)
* Jerome Beatty Jr. (1916–2002, US, ch)
* John and Patricia Beatty (1922–1975, 1922–1991, US, f/nf)
* Laura Beatty (born 1963, England, f/nf)
* Sally Beauman (1944–2016, England, f/nf)
* Pierre Beaumarchais (1732–1799, France, d/nf)
* Beaumont and Fletcher (early 17th c., England, d)
* Charles Beaumont (1929–1967, US, f)
* Francis Beaumont (1584–1616, England, d)
* Jeanne-Marie Leprince de Beaumont (1711–1780, France, ch)
* John Beaumont (1552/1553–1627, England, p)
* Joseph Beaumont (1616–1699, England, p)
* Airini Beautrais (born 1982, N Zealand, p)
* Simone de Beauvoir (1908–1986, France, nf)
* Bruce Beaver (1928–2004, Australia, p/f)
* Samuel Beazley (1786–1851, England, f/d/nf)
* Ambrose Bebb (1894–1955, Wales, nf)
* Francis Bebey (1929–2001, Cameroon/France, f/nf)
* Cesare Beccaria (1738–1794, Italy, nf)
* Margaret Bechard (born 1953, US, ch)
* Johannes R. Becher (1891–1958, Germany, f/p)
* Béatrix Beck (1914–2008, Switzerland, f/p)
* Philippe Beck (born 1963, France, p/nf)
* George Lewis Becke (1855–1913, Australia, f)
* Aaron Becker (born 1974, US, ch)
* Herbert L. Becker (born 1956, US)
* Jillian Becker (born 1932, S Africa, f/nf)
* Jurek Becker (1937–1997, Poland/Germany, f)
* Bernard Beckett (born 1967, N Zealand, f/ch)
* Chris Beckett (born 1955, England, f/nf)
* Gilbert Abbott à Beckett (1811–1856, England, f/nf/d)
* Samuel Beckett (1906–1989, Ireland/France, f/d/p)
* Peter Beckford (1740–1811, England, nf)
* William Beckford (1760–1844, England, f/nf)
* Joshua Beckman (living, US, p)
* Thea Beckman (1923–2004, Netherlands, ch)
* Matija Bećković (born 1939, Yugoslavia/Serbia, p/nf)
* Lillian Beckwith (1916–2004), England/Scotland, nf)
* Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer (1836–1870, Spain, p/f/d)
* Thomas Lovell Beddoes (1803–1849, England, p/d)
* Frank Beddor (born 1958, US, f/ch)
* Bede (672/673–735, England, nf)
* Jean Bedford (born 1946, Australia, f)
* Jimmy B. Bedford (1927–1990, US, nf)
* K. A. Bedford (born 1963, Australia, f)
* Randolph Bedford (1868–1941, Australia, p/f)
* Ruth Bedford (1882–1963, Australia, p/d/ch)
* Simi Bedford (living, Nigeria/England, f)
* Sybille Bedford (1911–2006, Germany/England, nf/f)
* Guy de la Bédoyère (born 1957, England, nf)
* Jack Bedson (born 1950, Australia, p/ch)
* William Bedwell (1561–1632, England, nf)
* George Beeby (1869–1942, Australia, nf/d/f)
* Henry Beeching (1859–1919, England, p/nf)
* Patricia Beer (1919–1999, England, p/nf)
* Rachel Beer (1858–1927, India/England, nf)
* Constance Beerbohm (1856–1939, England, d/nf)
* Julius Beerbohm (1854–1906, England, nf)
* Max Beerbohm (1872–1956, England, nf)
* Alfred Beesley (1800–1847, England, nf/p)
* Isabella Beeton (1836–1965, England, nf), known as Mrs. Beeton
* Nicolaas Beets (1814–1903, Netherlands, nf/p)
* Antony Beevor (born 1946, England, nf)
* Azouz Begag (born 1957, France, f/nf/ch)
* Philip Begho (born 1956, Nigeria, d/ch/f)
* Régis Bégué (born 1970, France, f)
* Michael Beheim (1416 – c. 1472, Germany, p)
* Albrecht Behmel (born 1971, Germany, f/nf/d)
* Aphra Behn (1640–1689, England, d/p/f)
* Ari Behn (1972–2019, Norway, f/d/nf)
* Mark Behr (1963–2015, Tanganyika/S Africa, f/nf)
* Larissa Behrendt (born 1969, Australia, nf/f)
* Bei Dao (北島, born 1949, China, p/f/nf), pseudonym of Zhao Zhenkai
* Maria Beig (1920–2018, Germany, f)
* Sara Beirão (1880–1974, Portugal, f/ch)
* Luke Francis Beirne ( – , Irish-Canadian, f)
* Olinda Beja (born 1946, São Tomé and Príncipe, p/f/ch)
* Hélé Béji (born 1948, Tunisia, f/nf)
* Alexander Bek (1903–1972, Russia/USSR, f/nf
* Ferenc Békássy (1893–1915, Hungary, p)
* Hafsa Bekri (born 1948, Morocco, p/f)
* Tahar Bekri (born 1951, Tunisia/France, p/nf)
* Matthias Bel (1684–1749, Austria-Hungary, nf)
* Radomir Belaćević (1929–2005, Yugoslavia/Serbia, f)
* Abderrazak Belagrouz (born 1981, Algeria, nf)
* Rabah Belamri (1946–1995, Algeria, p/f/nf)
* David Belbin (born 1958, England, f)
* Daubridgecourt Belchier (1580–1621, England, d)
* Cedric Belfrage (1904–1990, England/Mexico, nf)
* Sally Belfrage (1936–1994, US/England, nf)
* Abdelmalek Belghiti (1906–2010, Morocco, p)
* Farida Belghoul (born 1958, Algeria/France, f/d)
* Omar Belhouchet (born1 1954, Algeria, nf)
* Aleksandar Belić (1876–1960, Serbia/Yugoslavia, nf)
* James Belich (born 1956, N Zealand, nf)
* Erin Belieu (born 1965, US, p)
* Adrian Bell (1901–1980, England, nf)
* Clive Bell (1881–1964, England, nf)
* Diane Bell (born 1943, Australia, nf)
* Florence Bell (1851–1930, England, nf/d/ch)
* Gertrude Bell (1868–1926, England, nf)
* Hilary Bell (born 1966, Australia, d)
* Horace Bell (1830–1918, US, nf)
* Josephine Bell (1897–1987, England, f/d)
* Julia Bell (1879–1979, England, nf)
* Julian Bell (1908–1937, England, p)
* Marvin Bell (1937–2020, US, p)
* Mary Hayley Bell (1911–2005, England, f)
* Quentin Bell (1910–1996, England, nf)
* Thomas Bell (1792–1880, England, nf)
* John Bellairs (1938–1991, US, f)
* Mario Bellatin (born 1960, Mexico, f)
* Joachim du Bellay (c. 1522–1560, France, p/nf)
* Rémy Belleau (1528–1577, France, p)
* Lisa Bellear (1961–2006, Australia, p/d/nf)
* John Bellers (1654–1725, England, nf)
* Gioconda Belli (born 1948, Nicaragua, nf/f/p)
* Giuseppe Gioachino Belli (1791–1863, Italy, p)
* Carl Michael Bellman (1740–1795, Sweden, p)
* Andrés Bello (1781–1865, Venezuela/Chile, nf/p)
* Muhammed Bello (1781–1837, Sokoto Caliphate, nf)
* Joaquín Edwards Bello (1887–1968, Chile, f)
* Xuan Bello (born 1965, Spain, p)
* Hilaire Belloc (1870–1953, France/England, p/nf)
* Saul Bellow (1915–2005, US, f/d/nf)
* Ruy Belo (1933–1978, Portugal, p/nf)
* Jelica Belović-Bernadzikowska (1870–1946, Austria-Hungary/Yugoslavia, ch)
* Belroy, Basia Kent
* Rune Belsvik (born 1956, Norway, f/c/ch)
* Thomas Belt (1832–1878, England, nf)
* Andrei Bely (1880–1934, Russian E/USSR, f/p/nf)
* Ludwig Bemelmans (1898–1962, Austria-Hungary/US, ch/f)
* Myriam Ben (1928–2001, Algeria, f/p)
* Abdelkader Benali (born 1975, Morocco/Netherlands, f/d/nf)
* Siham Benchekroun (living, Morocco, f/p)
* Ahmed Benchemsi (born 1974, Morocco, nf)
* Rajae Benchemsi (born 1957, Morocco, p/nf)
* Mohammed Benchicou (born 1952, Algeria, nf)
* Peter Benchley (1940–2006, US, f/nf)
* Emil Benčík (born 1933, Czechoslovakia/Slovakia, nf)
* Esther Bendahan (born 1964, Morocco/Spain, f)
* Don Bendell (born 1947, US, f/nf)
* Hans Bender (1907–1991, Germany, nf)
* D. R. Bendre (1896–1981, India, p)
* Elek Benedek (1859–1929, Hungary, nf)
* Mario Benedetti (1920–2009, Uruguay, f/nf/p)
* Antonio di Benedetto (1922–1986, Argentina, f/nf)
* Hester A. Benedict (1838–1921, US, p)
* Victoria Benedictsson (1850–1888, Sweden, f), pseudonym Ernst Ahlgren
* Einar Benediktsson (1864–1940, Iceland, p)
* Juan Benet (1927–1993, Spain, f/d/nf)
* Stephen Vincent Benét (1898–1943, US, p/f)
* William Rose Benét (1886–1950, US, p)
* Anthony Benezet (1713–1784, France/US, nf), born Antoine Bénézet
* Gregory Benford (born 1941, US, f)
* Sokhna Benga (born 1967, Senegal, f/p)
* Johann Albrecht Bengel (1687–1752, Germany, nf)
* Elizabeth Benger (1775–1827, England, nf/f/p)
* Frans G. Bengtsson (1894–1954, Sweden, f/nf/p)
* Berthe Bénichou-Aboulker (1888–1942, Algeria, p/d)
* Rambriksh Benipuri (1899–1968, India, d/nf)
* José Gautier Benítez (1848–1880, Puerto Rico, p)
* Mihai Beniuc (1907–1988, Austria-Hungary/Romania, p/d/f)
* Walter Benjamin (1892–1940, Germany/Spain, nf)
* Abdelmajid Benjelloun (1919–1981, Morocco, f/p/nf)
* Abdelmajid Benjelloun (born 1944, Morocco, nf)
* Salah Benlabed (born 1950, Algeria, f/p)
* Edward Benlowes (1603–1676, England, p)
* Abdelwahab Benmansour (1920–2008, Morocco, nf)
* Gottfried Benn (1886–1956, Germany, p/nf)
* Malek Bennabi (1905–1973, Algeria, nf)
* Mohammed Suerte Bennani (born 1961, Morocco, f)
* Olaf Benneche (1883–1931, Norway, f/ch/d)
* Thomas Bennet (1673–1728, England, nf)
* Alan Bennett (born 1934, England, d)
* Anna Maria Bennett (c. 1750–1808, Wales/England, f)
* Arnold Bennett (1867–1931, England, f/d)
* Edwin Keppel Bennett (1887–1958, England, nf/p), pseudonyms Francis Bennett and Francis Keppel
* Gwendolyn B. Bennett (1902–1981, US, p/nf)
* Jim Bennett (born 1951, England, p)
* Mary Montgomerie Bennett (1881–1961, Australia, nf)
* Sophia Bennett (born 1966, f/ch)
* Louise Bennett-Coverley (1919–2006, Jamaica, p/nf)
* Stefano Benni (born 1947, Italy, d/p/f)
* Mohammed Bennis (born 1948, Morocco, p)
* Khnata Bennouna (born 1940, Morocco, f)
* Noura Bensaad (living, Tunisia, f)
* Isaac de Benserade (1613–1691, France, p)
* A. C. Benson (1862–1925, England, nf/p)
* E. F. Benson (1867–1940, England, f/nf)
* Fiona Benson (born 1978, England, p)
* Peter Benson (born 1956, England, f/d/p)
* Robert Hugh Benson (1871–1914, England, f/ch/nf)
* Stella Benson (1892–1933, England, f/p/nf)
* T. J. Benson (living, Nigeria, f)
* James Theodore Bent (1852–1897, England, nf)
* George Bentham (1800–1884, England, nf)
* Jeremy Bentham (1748–1832, England, nf)
* Edmund Clerihew Bentley (1875–1956, England, p)
* Elizabeth Bentley (1767–1839, England, p)
* Nicolas Bentley (1907–1978, England, p)
* Phyllis Bentley (1894–1977, England, f)
* Richard Bentley (1662–1742, England, nf)
* Annie Bentoiu (1927–2015, Romania, f/p/nf)
* Derek Benz (born 1971, US, ch)
* Mohammed Benzakour (born 1972, Morocco/Netherlands, nf/p)
* Erik Benzelius the younger (1675–1743, Sweden, nf)
* Pierre-Jean de Béranger (1780–1857, France, p)
* Edward Berdoe (1836–1916, England, nf)
* Berechiah ha-Nakdan (13th c., England or France, nf/p)
* Richard Berengarten (born 1943, England, p)
* Bernard Berenson (1865–1959, US/Italy, nf)
* Stan and Jan Berenstain (1923–2005 and 1923–2012, US, ch/nf)
* Elisabeth Beresford (1926–2010, France/England, ch)
* J. D. Beresford (1873–1947, England, f)
* James Beresford (1764–1840, England, nf)
* Lars Berg (1901–1969, Norway, f/d)
* Leila Berg (1917–2012, England, ch/nf)
* David Bergelson (1884–1952, Russian E/USSR, f/nf)
* Werner Bergengruen (1892–1964, Russian E/Germany, f/p)
* Aleš Berger (born 1946, Yugoslavia/Slovenia, nf/d)
* John Berger (1926–2017, England, nf/f/p)
* Hjalmar Bergman (1883–1931, Sweden/Germany, f/d)
* Bo Bergman (1869–1967, Sweden, f/nf)
* Árni Bergmann (born 1935, Iceland, f/nf)
* Eirikur Bergmann (born 1969, Iceland, nf/f)
* Herz Bergner (1907–1970, Austria-Hungary/Australia, f)
* Guðbergur Bergsson (1932–2023, Iceland, nf/ch/p)
* Elisabeth Bergstrand-Poulsen (1887–1955, Sweden/Denmark, nf)
* İlhan Berk (1918–2008, Ottoman Empire/Turkey, p)
* Reginald Berkeley (1890–1935, England, d)
* John Berkenhout (1726–1791, England, nf)
* Steven Berkoff (born 1937, England, d/nf)
* Paul Berna (1908–1994, France, f/ch), pseudonym of Jean-Marie-Edmond Sabran
* Jean Bernabé (1942–2017, Martinique, f/nf)
* Georges Bernanos (1888–1948, France, f/nf)
* Christian Bernard (born 1951, France, nf)
* Patricia Bernard (born 1942, Australia, f)
* William Bayle Bernard (1807–1875, US/England, d/nf)
* Juliana Berners (born 1388, England, nf)
* Thomas Bernhard (1931–1989, Netherlands/Austria, f/d/p)
* August Ferdinand Bernhardi (1769–1820, Germany, nf)
* Louis de Bernières (born 1954, England, f)
* J. Bernlef (1937–2012, Netherlands, f/nf/p), pseudonym of Hendrik Jan Marsman
* Charles Bernstein (born 1950, US, p/nf)
* Elsa Bernstein (1866–1949, Austria/Germany, d), pseudonym Ernst Rosmer
* Béroul (12th c., France, p)
* Mohammed Berrada (born 1938, Morocco, f/nf)
* Elizabeth Berridge (1919–2009, England, f/nf)
* Daniel Berrigan (1921–2016, US, p/d/nf)
* Ted Berrigan (1934–1983, US, p)
* Francis Berry (1915–2006, England, p/nf)
* James Berry (1924–2017, Jamaica/England, p)
* Mary Berry (born 1935, England, nf)
* Mary Berry (1763–1852, England, nf)
* Mary Frances Berry (born 1938, US, nf)
* Steve Berry (born 1955, US, f)
* Wendell Berry (born 1934, US, f/nf/p)
* Tess Berry-Hart (born 1978, England, d/f/ch)
* John Berryman (1914–1972, US, p/nf)
* Mei-mei Berssenbrugge (白萱华, born 1947, China/US, p/d/nf)
* Louky Bersianik (1930–2011, Canada, f), pseudonym of Lucille Durand
* Þráinn Bertelsson (born 1944, Iceland, nf/f/ch)
* Eduardo Berti (born 1964, Argentina/France, f/nf)
* Al Berto (1948–1997, Portugal, p/nf), pseudonym of Alberto Raposo Pidwell Tavares
* Pierre Berton (1920–2004, Canada, nf)
* Charles Bertram (1723–1765, England/Denmark, nf)
* Aloysius Bertrand (1807–1841, France, p/d/nf)
* Betty Berzon (1928–2006, US, nf)
* Dániel Berzsenyi (1776–1836, Hungary, p)
* Annie Besant (1847–1933, England, nf)
* Walter Besant (1836–1901, England, f/nf)
* Alen Bešić (born 1975, Yugoslavia/Serbia, nf/p)
* Bertrand Besigye (born 1972, Uganda/Norway, p/f)
* Besiki (1750–1791, Kingdom of Kartli, p)
* Khadija Besikri (born 1962, Libya, p/nf)
* Elsa Beskow (1874–1953, Sweden, ch)
* Bate Besong (1954–2007, Cameroon, d/p/nf)
* Agustina Bessa-Luís (1922–2019, Portugal, f/nf)
* György Bessenyei (1747–1811, Hungary, d/p)
* Gérard Bessière (born 1928, France, nf/p)
* Luc Besson (born 1959, France, d)
* Bessora (born 1968, Belgium/France, f)
* Charles Best (1570–1627, England, p)
* Alfred Bestall (1892–1986, England, ch)
* Henry Digby Beste (1768–1836, England, nf)
* Alfred Bester (1913–1987, US, f)
* Mary Matilda Betham (1776–1852, England, nf/p)
* Matilda Betham-Edwards (1836–1919, England, f/nf/p)
* Marion Bethel (born 1953, Bahamas, p/nf)
* Christopher Bethell (1773–1859, England/Wales, nf)
* Nicholas Bethell (1938–2007, England, nf)
* Ursula Bethell (1874–1945, N Zealand, p)
* Kata Bethlen (1700–1759, Hungary, nf)
* Adrien Bertrand (1888–1917, France, f)
* Mongo Beti (1932–2001, Cameroon, f/nf), pseudonym of Alexandre Biyidi Awala
* John Betjeman (1906–1984, England, p/nf)
* Minoru Betsuyaku (別役実, 1937–2020, Manchuria/Japan, d/f/nf)
* Hugo Bettauer (1872–1925, Austria, f/d/nf)
* Jean Betts (living, N Zealand, d)
* Torben Betts (born 1968, England, d)
* Dricky Beukes (1918–1999, S Africa, f/d)
* Lauren Beukes (born 1976, S Africa, f/nf/d)
* Maja Beutler (1936–2021, Switzerland, f/d)
* Edwyn Bevan (1870–1943, England, nf)
* Evan Bevan (1803–1866, Wales, p), pseudonym Ianto'r Castel
* Elizabeth Bevarly (born 1961, US, f)
* Cvetka Bevc (born 1960, Yugoslavia/Slovenia, nf/p/ch)
* Judith Beveridge (born 1956, England/Australia, p/nf)
* Elizabeth Beverley (1792–1832, England, nf)
* Jo Beverley (1947–2016, England/Canada, f)
* Alberto Bevilacqua (1934–2013, Italy, d/f/p)
* Helen Bevington (1906–2001, US, p/nf)
* L. S. Bevington (1845–1895, England, nf/p)
* France Bevk (1890–1970, Austrian E/Yugoslavia, f/nf/p)
* Thomas Bewick (1753–1828, England, nf)
* Calixthe Beyala (born 1961, Cameroon/France, f/nf)
* Yahya Kemal Beyatlı (1884–1958, Ottoman E/Turkey, p/nf)
* Tom Beynon (1886–1961, Wales, nf)

## Bh–Bl

* Bhabananda Deka (1929–2006, India, nf)
* Saru Bhakta (born 1955, Nepal, d/f/p)
* Subramania Bharati (1882–1921, India, p/nf)
* Sujata Bhatt (born 1956, India, p)
* Motiram Bhatta (1923–1953, Nepal, p/f/nf)
* Subin Bhattarai (born 1982, Nepal, f)
* Bhavakadevi (c. 12th c. CE, India, p)
* Olympe Bhely-Quenum (born 1928, Benin/France, f)
* Bi Feiyu (毕飞宇, born 1964, China, f)
* Źmitrok Biadula (1886–1941, Russian E/USSR, p/nf)
* Miron Białoszewski (1922–1983, Poland, p/f/d)
* Matilde Bianchi (1927–1991, Uruguay, p/nf)
* Helen Bianchin (born 1939, N Zealand/Australia, f)
* Héctor Bianciotti (1930–2012, Argentina/France, f)
* Bianji (辯機, fl. 7th c., China, nf)
* Vitaly Bianki (1894–1959, Russian E/USSR, ch/nf)
* Elizabeth Bibesco (1897–1945, England/France, f/p/nf)
* Marthe Bibesco (1886–1973, Romania/France, f/nf)
* Peter Bichsel (born 1935, Switzerland, f/ch)
* Anna McClean Bidder (1903–2001, England, nf)
* Joyce Bidder (1906–1999, England)
* Marion Bidder (1862–1932, England, nf)
* Tessa Biddington (born 1954, England, p)
* Hester Biddle (c. 1629–1697, England, nf)
* Jacob Bidermann (1578–1639, Austrian E/Italy, d/f/nf)
* Ruth Bidgood (1922–2022, Wales, p/nf)
* Bidisha (born 1978, England, nf), born Bidisha Bandyopadhyay
* Cornelis de Bie (1627 – c. 1712–1715, Netherlands, nf/d)
* David Biedrzycki (born 1955, US, ch)
* Paul Biegel (1925–2006, Netherlands, ch)
* Christabel Bielenberg (1909–2003, Germany/Ireland, nf)
* Aristide von Bienefeldt (1959–2016, Netherlands, f), pseudonym of Rijk de Jong
* Ambrose Bierce (1842–1914, US, f/nf/p)
* Linda Bierds (born 1945, US, p)
* Peter Bieri (born 1944, Switzerland, f/nf), pseudonym Pascal Mercier
* Wolf Biermann (born 1936, Germany, nf)
* Biernat of Lublin (c. 1465 – post-1529, Poland, p)
* Maarten Biesheuvel (1939–2020, Netherlands, f)
* Carli Biessels (1936–2016, Netherlands, ch)
* Ella A. Bigelow (1849–1917, US, nf)
* Lettie S. Bigelow (1849–1906, US, f/p)
* John Stanyan Bigg (1828–1965, England, p)
* Earl Derr Biggers (1884–1933, US, f/d)
* Barbara Biggs (born 1956, Australia, nf)
* John B. Biggs (born 1934, Australia, f/nf)
* Margaret Biggs (born 1929, England, ch)
* John Bigland (1750–1832, England, nf)
* Steve Biko (1946–1977, S Africa, nf)
* Olavo Bilac (1865–1918, Brazil, p/nf)
* Irene Ibsen Bille (1901–1985, Norway, f/d)
* S. Corinna Bille (1912–1979, Switzerland, p/f/ch)
* Graham Billing (1936–2001, N Zealand, f/nf/p)
* Mark Billingham (born 1961, England, f/d)
* Franny Billingsley (born 1954, US, ch)
* William Billington (1825–1884, England, p)
* Eva Billow (1902–1993, Sweden, ch/p)
* Thomas Bilson (1547–1616, England, nf)
* Maeve Binchy (1940–2012, Ireland, f/d/nf)
* Eando Binder (1911–1974 and 1904–1966, US, f), synonym of Otto and Earl Binder
* Ida Bindschedler (1854–1919, Switzerland, ch)
* Mahi Binebine (born 1959, Morocco, f)
* Andrew Bing (1574–1652, England, nf)
* Jon Bing (1944–2014, Norway, f)
* Bing Xin (冰心, 1900–1999, China, f/ch), pseudonym of Xie Wanying (謝婉瑩)
* Charlotte Bingham (born 1942, England, f)
* Jennie M. Bingham (1859–1933, US, f/nf/p)
* Margaret Bingham (1740–1814, England, p), Countess of Lucan
* Judith Binney (1940–2011, N Zealand, nf)
* Laurence Binyon (1869–1943, England, p/d/nf)
* T. J. Binyon (1836–1904, England, f)
* Ayse Bircan (born 1954, Turkey/England, nf)
* Carol Birch (born 1951, England, f/nf)
* Thomas Birch (1705–1766, England, nf)
* Carmel Bird (born 1940, Australia, f)
* Caroline Bird (born 1986, England, p/d/f)
* Hera Lindsay Bird (born 1987, N Zealand, p)
* Isabella Bird (1831–1904, England, nf)
* Jessica Bird (born 1969, US, f)
* Poldy Bird (1941–2018, Argentina, p/nf/ch)
* Arnthor Birgisson (born 1976, Iceland/Sweden, p)
* Dea Birkett (born 1958, England, nf)
* Winifred Birkett (1887–1966, Australia, f/p)
* Anno Birkin (1980–2001, England, p)
* Marcelo Birmajer (born 1966, Argentina, f/nf/ch)
* John Birmingham (born 1964, England/Australia, nf/f)
* Stephen Birnbaum (c. 1937–1991, US, nf)
* Earle Birney (1904–1995, Canada, p/f)
* Marcus Birro (born 1972, Sweden, p/f/nf)
* Peter Birro (born 1966, Sweden, p/d)
* Nevin Birsa (1947–2003, Yugoslavia/Slovenia, p)
* Balázs Birtalan (1969–2016, Hungary, p/nf)
* Dora Birtles (1903–1992, Australia, f/p/nf)
* John Birtwhistle (born 1946, England, p)
* Sonja Biserko (born 1948, Yugoslavia/Serbia, nf)
* Claire Huchet Bishop (1898–1993, Switzerland/France, ch/nf)
* Elizabeth Bishop (1911–1979, US, p/f)
* Gavin Bishop (born 1946, N Zealand, ch)
* Jacqueline Bishop (living, Jamaica/US, nf)
* K. J. Bishop (living, Australia, f)
* Samuel Bishop (1731–1795, England, p/nf)
* Ram Prasad Bismil (1897–1927, p)
* Bill Bissett (born 1939, Canada, p)
* Terry Bisson (born 1942, US, f)
* Farhad Bitani (born 1986, Afghanistan/Italy, nf/f)
* László Z. Bitó (1934–2021, Hungary, f/nf)
* Andrei Bitov (1937–2018, USSR/Russia, f/p)
* Sherwin Bitsui (born 1974, US, p)
* Emily Bitto (living, Australia, f)
* Jerome Bixby (1923–1998, US, f/d)
* Piers Bizony (born 1959, England, nf)
* Bjarni Bjarnason (born 1965, Iceland, p/d/f)
* Sava Bjelanović (1850–1897, Austria-Hungary, nf)
* Isidora Bjelica (1966–2020, Yugoslavia/Serbia, f/nf/d)
* Marie Bjelke-Petersen (1874–1969, Australia, f)
* Mirjana Bjelogrlić-Nikolov (born 1961, Yugoslavia/Serbia, f/nf)
* André Bjerke (1918–1985, Norway, p/f/ch)
* Henrik Anker Bjerregaard (1792–1842, Norway, p/d)
* Jens Bjerre (1921–2020, Denmark, nf)
* Bryndís Björgvinsdóttir (born 1982, Iceland, ch)
* Björk (born 1965, Iceland/US, nf), full name Björk Guðmundsdóttir
* Christina Björk (born 1938, Sweden, nf/ch)
* Jens Bjørneboe (1920–1976, Norway, f/d/p)
* Anna Svanhildur Björnsdóttir (born 1948, Iceland, p)
* Sigrún Edda Björnsdóttir (born 1958, Iceland, ch)
* Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson (1832–1910, Norway, p/f/d)
* Björn Th. Björnsson (1922–2007, Iceland, f)
* Eysteinn Björnsson (born 1942, Iceland, ch/p/f)
* Ketil Bjørnstad (born 1952, Norway, f/p/nf)
* Clementina Black (1853–1922, England, nf)
* Holly Black (born 1971, US, ch)
* Jenna Black (born 1993, US, f/ch)
* Robert Black (1829–2015, England, f/nf)
* Star Black (living, US, p)
* William Black (1841–1898, Scotland/England, f)
* Sarah Blackborow (fl. 1650s – 1660s, England, nf)
* Estelle Blackburn (born 1950, Australia, nf)
* John Blackburn (1923–1993, England, f)
* Paul Blackburn (1926–1971, US, p)
* Thomas Blackburn (1916–1977, England, p/nf)
* Basil Blackett (1882–1935, India/Germany, nf)
* Troy Blacklaws (born 1965, S Africa, f)
* Malorie Blackman (born 1962, England, ch)
* Leigh Blackmore (born 1959, Australia, f/nf)
* R. D. Blackmore (1825–1900, England, f)
* Richard Blackmore (1654–1729, England, p)
* R. P. Blackmur (1904–1965, US, nf/p)
* William Blackstone (1723–1780, England, nf)
* Ellen Wright Blackwell (1864–1952, N Zealand, nf)
* John Blackwell (1797–1840, Wales, p/nf)
* Algernon Blackwood (1869–1951, England, f/d)
* Caroline Blackwood (1931–1996, England, f/nf)
* Helen Blackwood (1807–1867, England, f/d)
* Peter Bladen (1922–2001, Australia, p)
* Sara Blædel (born 1964, Denmark, f)
* Lucian Blaga (1895–1961, Austria-Hungary/Romania, p/d/f)
* Isa Blagden (1816 or 1817–1873, India/Italy, f/p)
* Max Blagg (born 1948, England/US, p/nf)
* Marina Blagojević (1958–2020, Yugoslavia/Serbia, nf)
* Georgia Blain (1964–2016, Australia, f/nf)
* Suessa Baldridge Blaine (1860–1932, US, f)
* Emma Helen Blair (1851–1911, US, nf)
* Hugh Blair (1718–1800, Scotland, nf)
* Robert Blair (1593–1666, Scotland, nf)
* Robert Blair (1699–1746, Scotland, p)
* Marie-Claire Blais (1939–2021, Canada, f/p/d)
* Isidoro Blaisten (1933–2004, Argentina, f/nf/p)
* Ally Blake (living, Australia, f)
* Lewis Blake (born 1946, England, p)
* Jennifer Blake (born 1942, US, f)
* Quentin Blake (born 1932, England, ch)
* William Blake (1757–1827, England, p)
* William J. Blake (1894–1968, US, f/nf)
* Helen Blakeman (born 1971, England, d)
* Stella Blakemore (1906–1996, S Africa/N Ireland, f/ch)
* Edward Henry Blakeney (1869–1955, England, nf/p)
* Susanna Blamire (1747–1794, England, p)
* Edward Litt Laman Blanchard (1820–1889, England, d)
* Samuel Laman Blanchard (1804–1845, England, p/nf)
* August Blanche (1811–1868, Sweden, f/d)
* Paddy Blanchfield (1911–1980, N Zealand, p/nf
* Maurice Blanchot (1907–2003, France, f/nf)
* Andrés Eloy Blanco (1896–1955, Venezuela, p)
* Eduardo Blanco (1838–1912, Venezuela, f/nf)
* Don Blanding (1894–1957, US, p)
* Arapera Blank (1932–2002, N Zealand, p)
* Clair Blank (1915–1965, US, f/ch)
* Hanne Blank (born 1969, US, f/nf)
* Laslo Blašković (born 1966, Yugoslavia/Serbia, p/nf)
* Robert Blatchford (1851–1943, England, nf)
* Silvio Blatter (born 1946, Switzerland, f)
* William Peter Blatty (1928–2017, US, f/d/nf)
* Yaakov Blau (1929–2013, Palestine/Israel, nf)
* Barbara Blaugdone (c. 1609–1704, England, nf)
* Peter Blauner (born 1959, US, f)
* John Benibengor Blay (1915–1970s, Gold Coast/Ghana, f/p/nf)
* James P. Blaylock (born 1950, US, f)
* Diana Blayne (born 1946, US, f/nf), pseudonym of Susan Spaeth Kyle
* Emily Rose Bleby (1849–1917, Jamaica/UK, nf)
* Max Blecher (1909–1938, Romania, f/nf)
* Ann Eliza Bleecker (1752–1783, US, p/f/nf)
* Anne Blencowe (1656–1718, England, nf)
* Adrian Blevins (born 1964, US, p)
* John Blight (1913–1995, Australia, p)
* Nicholas Blincoe (born 1965, England, f)
* Mathilde Blind (1841–1896, Germany/England, p/f/nf)
* James Blish (1921–1975, US, f/nf)
* Edward Blishen (1920–1996, England, ch/f)
* Eliot Bliss (1903–1990, Jamaica/England, f/p/nf)
* Walter Blith (1605–1654, England, nf)
* Karen Blixen (1885–1962, Denmark/Kenya, f/nf), pseudonym Isak Dinesen
* Nikolay Bliznakov (born 1950, Bulgaria, f/nf)
* Curt Bloch (1908–1975, Germany, p, nf)
* Pedro Bloch (1914–2004, Ukraine/Brazil, d/ch)
* Robert Bloch (1917–1994, US, f)
* Adélaïde-Louise d'Eckmühl de Blocqueville (1815–1892, France, f/nf/p)
* J. C. Bloem (1887–1966, Netherlands, p/nf)
* Marion Bloem (born 1952, Netherlands, f/nf)
* François Bloemhof (born 1962, S Africa, f/ch)
* Alexander Blok (1880–1921, Russia, p/d/nf)
* Francis Blomefield (1705–1752, England, nf)
* Benjamin Paul Blood (1832–1919, US, nf/p)
* Valerie Bloom (born 1956, Jamaica/England, p/ch/f)
* Robert Bloomfield (1766–1823, England, p)
* Blondel de Nesle (12th–13th cc., France, p)
* Charles Blount (1654–1693, nf)
* Elizabeth Blower (c. 1757/1763 – post-1816, England, nf/f)
* Léon Bloy (1846–1917, France, f/nf/p)
* Evelyn, Princess Blücher (1876–1960, England/Germany, nf)
* Judy Blume (born 1938, US, ch/f)
* Roy Blumenthal (born 1968, S Africa, p)
* Nicholas Blundell (1876–1960, England, nf)
* Edmund Blunden (1896–1974, England, p/nf)
* Godfrey Blunden (1906–1996, Australia, f/nf)
* Thomas Blundeville (c. 1522 – c. 1606, England, nf)
* Alfred Blunt (1879–1957, France/England, nf)
* Anthony Blunt (1907–1983, England, nf)
* Wilfrid Scawen Blunt (1840–1922, England, p/nf)
* Wilfrid Jasper Walter Blunt (1901–1987, England, nf)
* John Bly (born 1939, England, nf)
* Robert Bly (1926–2021, US, p/nf)
* Mary Bly (born 1962, US, f/nf), pseudonym of Eloisa James
* Edward Wilmot Blyden (1832–1912, Danish W Indies/Liberia, nf)
* Reginald Horace Blyth (1898–1964, England/Japan, nf)
* Daniel Blythe (born 1969, England, f/nf)
* Ronald Blythe (1922–2023, England, nf)
* Enid Blyton (1896–1968, England, ch)

## Bo

* Bo Yang (柏楊, 1920–2008, China, p/nf)
* James Boaden (1762–1839, England, nf/d)
* Barcroft Boake (1866–1892, Australia, p)
* Capel Boake (1889–1944, Australia, f) pseudonym of Doris Boake Kerr
* Frederick S. Boas (1862–1957, England, nf)
* Savino Bobali (1530–1585, Ragusa, nf/p)
* T. O. Bobe (born 1969, Romania, p/f/nf)
* Christian Bobin (born 1951, France, p/f/nf)
* Merlinda Bobis (born 1959, Philippines/Australia, p/f)
* Johannes Bobrowski (1917–1965, Germany, p/nf)
* Jacqueline Fatima Bocoum (living, Senegal, nf/f)
* Bragi Boddason (fl. first half of 9th c., Iceland, p)
* John Ernest Bode (1816–1874, England, nf/p)
* Jean Bodel (c. 1165 – c. 1210, France, p/d)
* Anders Bodelsen (1937–2021, Denmark, f/d)
* Barbara Bodichon (1827–1891, England, nf)
* Johann Jakob Bodmer (1698–1783, Switzerland, nf/d/p)
* Ádám Bodor (born 1936, Romania/Hungary, f)
* Milica Bodrožić (living, Yugoslavia/Serbia, nf)
* Hector Boece (1465–1536, Scotland, nf), also cited as Boethius
* Elleke Boehmer (born 1961, S Africa/England, nf/f)
* Étienne de La Boétie (1530–1563, France, nf)
* Louise Bogan (1897–1970, US, p/f/nf)
* Bogdan Bogdanović (1922–2010, Yugoslavia/Austria, nf)
* Milan Bogdanović (1892–1964, Serbia/Belgrade, nf)
* Valtazar Bogišić (1834–1908, Austrian E, nf)
* Zoran Bognar (born 1965, Yugoslavia/Serbia, p/nf)
* Ivan Bogorov (1818–1892, Bulgaria, nf)
* Geo Bogza (1908–1993, Romania, p/nf)
* Jakob Böhme (1575–1624, Germany, nf)
* Margarete Böhme (1867–1939, Germany, f/nf)
* Nicolas Boileau-Despréaux (1636–1711, France, p/nf)
* John Bois (1560–1643, England, nf)
* W. E. B. Du Bois (1868–1963, US, nf)
* William Pène du Bois (1916–1993, US, ch)
* Yve-Alain Bois (born 1952, Algeria/US, nf)
* Ralph de Boissière (1907–2008, Trinidad/Australia, f)
* Johan Bojer (1872–1959, Norway, f/d)
* Berta Bojetu (1946–1997, Yugoslavia/Slovenia, f/d/p)
* Milutin Bojić (1892–1917, Serbia/Greece, p/nf/d)
* Dragoslav Bokan (born 1961, Yugoslavia/Serbia, nf)
* Osbern Bokenam (c. 1393 – c. 1464, England, p)
* Saïdou Bokoum (born 1945, Guinea, f/nf)
* Omoseye Bolaji (1964–2022, Nigeria/S Africa, f/nf)
* Eavan Boland (1944–2020, Ireland, p/nf)
* Roberto Bolaño (1953–2003, Chile, f/p/nf)
* Justo Bolekia Boleká (born 1954, Equatorial Guinea, nf/p)
* Heinrich Böll (1917–1985, Germany, f)
* Cezar Bolliac (1813–1881, Wallachia/Romania, nf/p)
* Domokos Bölöni (born 1946, Romania, f)
* Robert Bolt (1924–1995, England, d)
* Ken Bolton (born 1949, Australia, p/nf)
* S. J. Bolton (living, England, f)
* Bólu-Hjálmar (1796–1875, Iceland, p), birth name Hjálmar Jónsson
* Godfried Bomans (1913–1971, Netherlands, nf/ch)
* María Luisa Bombal (1910–1980, Chile, f/nf)
* Rafael Bombelli (1526–1572, Italy, nf)
* Juan Antonio Pérez Bonalde (1846–1892, Venezuela, p)
* Michael Bond (1926–2017, England, ch)
* Nancy Bond (born 1945, US, ch)
* Nelson S. Bond (1908–2006, US, f)
* Ruskin Bond (born 1934, India, ch/f)
* August Bondeson (1854–1906, Sweden, f/nf)
* Jan Bondeson (born 1962, Sweden/England, nf/f)
* Ian Bone (born 1956, Australia, ch/f)
* Juan Balboa Boneke (1938–2013, Equatorial Guinea, nf)
* Raïs Neza Boneza (born 1979, Democratic R of Congo, f/p/nf)
* Amba Bongo (living, Democratic R of Congo/England, f/p)
* Elizabeth Bonhôte (1744–1818, England, f/nf/p)
* Nazi Boni (1909–1969, Upper Volta, now Burkina Faso, nf/f)
* Tanella Boni (born 1954, Ivory Coast, p/f)
* Yves Bonnefoy (1923–2016, France, p/nf)
* Leslie Bonnet (1902–1985, England, f/nf)
* Richard Bonney (1947–2017, England, nf)
* Veronica Bonilla (born 1962, Ecuador, ch)
* Charles Victor de Bonstetten (1745–1832, Switzerland, nf)
* Teresina Bontempi (1883–1968, Switzerland, nf)
* Paula Boock (born 1964, N Zealand, d/f)
* Elmi Boodhari (1908–1940, Somalia, p)
* Christopher Booker (1937–2019, England, nf)
* Luke Booker (1762–1835, England, p/nf)
* George Boole (1815–1864, England, nf)
* Mary Everest Boole (1832–1916, England, nf/ch)
* Louis Paul Boon (1912–1979, Belgium, f/p/nf)
* Kurt Boone (born 1959, US, nf)
* Andrew Boorde (c. 1490–1549, England, nf)
* Henry Ernest Boote (1865–1949, Australia, nf/f/p)
* Alan Booth (1946–1993, England/Japan, nf)
* Alison Booth (living, Australia, f/nf)
* Catherine Booth (1829–1890, England, nf)
* Charles Booth (1840–1916, England, nf)
* George Booth, 2nd Earl of Warrington (1675–1758, England, nf)
* Martin Booth (1944–2004, England, f/p/d)
* Stanley Booth (born 1942, US, nf)
* Stephen Booth (born 1952, England, f)
* William Booth (1829–1912, England, nf)
* Ivan Bootham (1939–2016, N Zealand, f/p)
* Brooke Boothby (born 1952, England, f/nf)
* Frances Boothby (fl. 1669–1670, England, d)
* Guy Boothby (1867–1905, Australia/England, f)
* Basil Boothroyd (1910–1988, England, nf)
* Diphete Bopape (born 1957, S Africa, f/d)
* Vane Bor (1908–1993, Serbia/England, nf)
* Wolfgang Borchert (1921–1947, Germany/Switzerland, nf/d)
* Henry Bordeaux (1870–1963, France, nf/f)
* Ferdinand Bordewijk (1884–1965, Netherlands, f/p)
* Petrus Borel (1809–1859, France/Algeria, f/p), pseudonym of Joseph-Pierre Borel d'Hauterive
* Tomás Borge (1930–2012, Nicaragua, p/nf)
* Johan Borgen (1902–1979, Norway, nf/f)
* Miriam Borgenicht (1915–1992, US, f/nf)
* Jorge Luis Borges (1899–1986, Argentina/Switzerland, f/nf/p)
* Arturo Borja (1892–1912, Ecuador, p)
* Hans Børli (1918–1989, Norway, p/f/nf)
* Bertran de Born (1140s – pre-1215, France, p)
* Nicolas Born (1937–1979, Germany, p/f)
* Ludwig Börne (1786–1837, Germany/France, nf)
* Elsa Bornemann (1952–2013, Argentina, ch)
* Péter Bornemisza (1535–1584, Hungary, nf/d)
* Jenny Bornholdt (born 1960, N Zealand, p)
* Robert de Boron (late 12th – early 13th cc., France, p)
* George Borrow (1803–1881, England, f/nf)
* Marianne Boruch (born 1950, US, p/nf)
* Anna Louisa Geertruida Bosboom-Toussaint (1812–1886, Netherlands, f)
* Juan Bosch (1909–2001, Dominican Rep., nf)
* Henri Bosco (1888–1976, France, f)
* Buddhadeva Bose (1908–1974, India, p/f/d)
* Lauro De Bosis (1901–1931, Italy, p/nf)
* Anica Bošković (1714–1804, Ragusa, p/f)
* Herman Charles Bosman (1905–1951, S Africa, f/d)
* Käthe Bosse-Griffiths (1910–1998, Germany/Wales, nf/f)
* Lucy M. Boston (1892–1990, England, f/ch)
* James Boswell (1740–1795, Scotland/England, nf)
* Allan R. Bosworth (1901–1986, US, f)
* Clifford Edmund Bosworth (1928–2015, England, nf)
* J. Allan Bosworth (1925–1990, US, ch)
* Joseph Bosworth (1788–1876, England, nf)
* Abel Botelho (1855 or 1856–1917, Portugal/Argentina, d/f/nf)
* Hristo Botev (1848–1876, Bulgaria, p)
* Eugeniu Botez (1874–1933, Romania, f), pseudonym Jean Bart
* Árni Böðvarsson (1924–1992, Iceland, nf)
* Théodore Botrel (1868–1925, France, p/d)
* Anne Lynch Botta (1815–1891, US, p/nf)
* Dan Botta (1907–1958, Romania, p/nf)
* Emil Botta (1911–1977, Romania, p/nf)
* Bas Böttcher (born 1974, Germany, p)
* António Botto (1897–1959, Portugal/Brazil, p/f/ch)
* Phyllis Bottome (1884–1963, England, f)
* Gordon Bottomley (1874–1948, England, p/d)
* Alain de Botton (born 1969, Switzerland/England, nf)
* Ronald Bottrall (1906–1989, England, p)
* Hafid Bouazza (1970–2021, Morocco/Netherlands, f/nf)
* Messaouda Boubaker (born 1954, Tunisia, f)
* Anthony Boucher (1911–1968, US, f/d), pseudonym of William A. P. White
* André du Bouchet (1924–2001, France, p)
* Dion Boucicault (1820–1890, Ireland/US, d)
* Rachid Boudjedra (born 1951, Algeria, p/f/d)
* Fatna El Bouih (born 1956, Morocco, nf)
* Daniel Boulanger (1922–2014, France, f/d/p)
* Pierre Boulle (1912–1994, France, f)
* Carmen Boullosa (born 1954, Mexico, p/f/d)
* Monny de Boully (1904–1968, Serbia/France, nf/p)
* Jenny Boult (1951–2005, England/Australia, p/d), pseudonym MML Bliss
* Marjorie Boulton (1924–2017, England, nf/p)
* Douangdeuane Bounyavong (born 1974, Laos, p/f/nf)
* Outhine Bounyavong (1942–2000, Laos, f)
* Stéphane Bouquet (born 1968, France, d)
* Hédi Bouraoui (born 1932, Tunisia/Canada, p/f/nf)
* Nina Bouraoui (born 1967, France, f/p)
* Gillian Bouras (born 1945, Australia/Greece, f/nf/ch)
* John Bourchier (1467–1533, England, nf)
* Francis William Bourdillon (1852–1921, England, p/nf)
* Ali Bourequat (born 1937, Morocco/US, nf)
* Élémir Bourges (1852–1925, France, f)
* Paul Bourget (1852–1935, France, f/nf)
* John Philip Bourke (1860–1914, Australia, p)
* Henry Bourne (c. 1694–1733, England, nf)
* Stephen Bourne (born 1957, England, nf)
* Joë Bousquet (1897–1950, France, p)
* Marie Marguerite Bouvet (1865–1915, US, ch)
* Nicolas Bouvier (1929–1998, Switzerland, nf)
* Alba Bouwer (1920–2010, S Africa, ch/f)
* Sarah Bouyain (born 1968, France/Burkina Faso, nf)
* Ahmed Bouzfour (born 1954, Morocco, f)
* Ben Bova (1932–2020, US, nf/f)
* James Bovard (born 1956, US, nf)
* Avice Maud Bowbyes (1901–1992, N Zealand, nf)
* Thomas Edward Bowdich (1791–1824, England, nf)
* Elizabeth Stuart Bowdler (1717-1797, England, nf)
* Henrietta Maria Bowdler (1750–1830, England, nf)
* Jane Bowdler (1743–1784, England, p)
* John Bowdler (1746–1823, England, nf)
* John Bowdler (1783–1815, England, nf/p)
* Thomas Bowdler (1754–1825, England/Wales, nf)
* Thomas Bowdler the Younger (1782–1856, England, nf)
* Alice Bowe (born 1980, England, nf)
* David James Bowen (1925–2017, Wales, nf)
* Elizabeth Bowen (1899–1973, Ireland/England, f)
* Euros Bowen (1904–1988, Wales, p)
* Geraint Bowen (1915–2011, Wales, p/nf)
* John Bowen (1924–2019, England, d/f)
* Marjorie Bowen (1885–1952, England, f/nf), pseudonym of Margaret Gabrielle Vere Long
* Ursula Graham Bower (1914–1988, England/Scotland, nf)
* Cathy Smith Bowers (born 1949, US, p)
* Emily Bowes (1806–1857, England, p/nf)
* Mary Bowes (1949–1800, England, nf)
* Tim Bowler (born 1953, England, ch)
* William Lisle Bowles (1762–1850, England, p/nf)
* Maurice Bowra (1898–1971, England, nf)
* William Binnington Boyce (1804–1889, England/Australia, nf)
* Hristo Boychev (born 1950, Bulgaria, d)
* Rosie Boycott, Baroness Boycott (born 1951, Jersey/England, nf)
* Louise Esther Vickroy Boyd (1827–1909, US, p/nf)
* Martin Boyd (1893–1972, Switzerland/Italy, f/nf/p)
* William Boyd (born 1952, Gold Coast/Scotland, f/d)
* Karin Boye (1900–1941, Sweden, p/f)
* Abel Boyer (c. 1667–1729, England, nf)
* Charles Boyle (1674–1731, England, nf)
* Charles Boyle (born 1955, England, p/f)
* John Boyle (1707–1762, England, nf)
* Kay Boyle (1902–1992, US, f/nf)
* Peter Boyle (born 1951, Australia, p)
* Roger Boyle (1621–1679, England, d/nf)
* John Boyne (born 1971, Ireland, f)
* Robert Boyle (1627–1691, Ireland/England, nf)
* Charles Vernon Boys (1855–1944, England, nf)
* John Boys (1571–1625, England, nf)
* John Boys (c. 1614–1661, England, nf)
* John Boys (1749–1824, England, nf)
* Emil Boyson (1897–1979, Norway, p/nf)
* Ágota Bozai (born 1965, Hungary, f)
* Ernest Franklin Bozman (1895–1968, England, nf)

## Br

* Menno ter Braak (1902–1940, Netherlands, f/nf)
* Oskar Braaten (1881–1939, Norway, f/d)
* Francis Brabazon (1907–1984, England/Australia, p)
* Poggio Bracciolini (1380–1459, Italy, nf)
* Michael Bracewell (born 1958, England, f/nf)
* Thomas Bracken (1843–1898, N Zealand, p/nf)
* Alison Brackenbury (born 1953, England, p)
* Leigh Brackett (1915–1978, US, f/d)
* Paula Brackston (living, England, f)
* Brada (1847–1938, France, f/nf)
* Jason Bradbury (born 1969, England, ch)
* Malcolm Bradbury (1932–2000, England, nf)
* Ray Bradbury (1920–2012, US, f/d)
* Mary Elizabeth Braddon (1835–1915, England, f)
* Russell Braddon (1921–1995, Australia, f/nf)
* Henry Joseph Steele Bradfield (1805–1852, England, p/nf)
* Arthur Bradford (born 1969, US, f/ch)
* Barbara Taylor Bradford (born 1933, England/US, f)
* Chris Bradford (living, England, ch)
* Ernle Bradford (1822–1886, England/Malta, nf)
* Sarah Bradford (born 1938, England, nf)
* Siôn Bradford (1706–1785, Wales, p)
* Charles Bradlaugh (1833–1891, England, nf)
* A. C. Bradley (1851–1935, England, nf)
* Charles Bradley (1789–1871, England, nf)
* Edward Bradley (1827–1889, England, f)
* F. H. Bradley (1846–1924, England, nf)
* Henry Bradley (1845–1923, England, nf)
* James Bradley (born 1967, Australia, f/p)
* Marion Zimmer Bradley (1930–1999, US, f)
* Tony Bradman (born 1954, England, ch)
* Gillian Bradshaw (born 1956, US, f)
* Henry Bradshaw (c. 1450–1513, England, p)
* Anne Bradstreet (1612–1672, England/American colonies, p/nf)
* Hilary Bradt (born 1941, England, nf)
* E. J. Brady (1869–1952, Australia, p/nf)
* John Brady (died 1814, England, nf)
* Robert Brady (1627–1700, England, nf)
* Dulce Braga (born 1958, Angola/Brazil, f)
* Rubem Braga (1913–1990, Brazil, f)
* Melvyn Bragg (born 1939, England, nf/f/ch)
* William Bragge (1823–1884, England, nf)
* Einar Bragi (1921–2005, Iceland, p)
* Steinar Bragi (born 1975, Iceland, p/f/nf)
* Mohammed Ben Brahim (1897–1955, Morocco, p)
* John Braine (1922–1986, England, f)
* Jill Braithwaite (1937–2008, England, nf)
* R. B. Braithwaite (1900–1990, England, nf)
* Oyinkan Braithwaite (born 1988, Nigeria/England, f)
* Dragomir Brajković (1947–1909, Yugoslavia/Serbia, p/nf)
* Ernest Bramah (1868–1942, England, f/nf)
* Shannon Bramer (born 1973, Canada, p)
* Mae Bramhall (1861–1897, US, nf/p)
* Bertha Southey Brammall (1878–1957, Australia, p/ch/f)
* Hanne Bramness (born 1959, Norway, p)
* Joan Bramsch (1936–2009, US, f/nf)
* James Bramston (c. 1694–1743, England, p)
* Vitaliano Brancati (1907–1954, Italy, f/d/p)
* Camilo Castelo Branco (1825–1890, Portugal, f/d/nf)
* Adolf Brand (1874–1945, Germany, nf)
* Barbarina Brand (1768–1854, England, p/d)
* Christianna Brand (1907–1988, Malaya/England, f/ch), pseudonym of Mary Christianna Milne
* Hannah Brand (1754–1821, England, p/d)
* Jo Brand (born 1957, England, nf)
* Mona Brand (1915–2007, Australia, p/d/nf)
* Fiama Hasse Pais Brandão (1938–2007, Portugal, p/d/nf)
* Raul Brandão (1867–1930, Portugal, nf)
* Georg Brandes (1842–1927, Denmark, nf)
* Mark Brandis (1931–2000, Germany, f), pseudonym of Nikolai von Michalewsky
* Arngrímr Brandsson (died 1361, Iceland, nf)
* Johanna Brandt (1876–1964, S Africa, nf)
* Willy Brandt (1913–1992, Germany, nf)
* Đorđe Branković (1461–1516, Serbia, nf)
* Đorđe Branković (1645–1711, Transylvania/Habsburg E, nf)
* Sebastian Brant (1458–1521, Germany, f/nf)
* Gerd Brantenberg (born 1941, Norway, f/d/p)
* Alice Dayrell Caldeira Brant (1880–1970, Brazil, nf)
* Di Brandt (born 1952, Canada, p/nf)
* William Branthwaite (died 1690, England, nf)
* Charles Brasch (1909–1973, N Zealand, p)
* Giannina Braschi (born 1953, Puerto Rico, p/f/d)
* Miguel Brascó (1926–2014, Argentina, nf/p)
* Ann Brashares (born 1967, US, ch)
* Deyan Ranko Brashich (1940–1919, Yugoslavia/US, nf)
* Anne-Sophie Brasme (born 1984, France, f/nf)
* Georges Brassens (1921–1981, France, p)
* Anna Brassey (1839–1887, England, nf)
* Errol Brathwaite (1924–2005, N Zealand, f/d)
* Radoslav Bratić (1948–2016, Yugoslavia/Serbia, f/d)
* Scribe Bratko (fl. 13th c., Macedonia, nf)
* Inger Bråtveit (born 1978, Norway, f/ch)
* Edgar Brau (born 1958, Argentina, p/f/d)
* Jacques Brault (1933–2022, Canada, p/f/nf)
* Josy Braun (1938–2012, Luxembourg, nf/d/ch)
* Axel Brauns (born 1963, Germany, nf/f)
* Anna Eliza Bray (1790–1883, England, f/nf)
* Charles Bray (1811–1884, England, nf)
* John Jefferson Bray (1912–1985, Australia, p/d)
* Andrej Brázda-Jankovský (1915–2008, Czechoslovakia/Canada, f/nf)
* Bernardas Brazdžionis (1907–2002, Russian E/US, p)
* Angela Brazil (1868–1947, England, ch)
* Freda Bream (1918–1996, N Zealand, nf/f)
* Nicolae Breban (born 1934, Romania, p)
* Bertolt Brecht (1898–1956, Germany, d/p/nf)
* Lurdes Breda (born 1970, Portugal, p/ch)
* Willi Bredel (1901–1964, Germany, f)
* Gerbrand Bredero (1585–1618, Dutch Republic, p/d)
* Wallace Breem (1926–1990, England, f)
* Jean "Binta" Breeze (1956–2021, Jamaica, p)
* Petronella Breinburg (1927–2019, Surinam/England, ch)
* Sigurður Breiðfjörð (1798–1846, Iceland, p)
* Paal Brekke (1923–1993, Norway, p/f/nf)
* Toril Brekke (born 1949, Norway, f/ch/nf)
* Fredrika Bremer (1801–1865, Sweden, f)
* Ian Bremmer (born 1969, US, nf)
* Radovan Brenkus (born 1974, Czechoslovakia/Slovakia, p/f)
* Christopher Brennan (1870–1932, Australia, p/nf)
* Martin Stanislaus Brennan (1845–1927, Ireland/US, nf)
* Michael Brennan (born 1973, Australia, p)
* Sophia Elisabet Brenner (1659–1730, Sweden, nf/p)
* John Brent (1808–1882, f/nf)
* Clemens Brentano (1778–1842, Germany, p/f)
* Elinor Brent-Dyer (1894–1969, England, ch)
* Frederick Sadleir Brereton (1852–1957, England, ch)
* Jane Brereton (1685–1740, Wales, p)
* John Brereton (c. 1571/1572 – c. 1632, England, n/f)
* John Le Gay Brereton (1871–1933, Australia, p/nf/d)
* Rodica Bretin (born 1958, Romania, f/nf)
* Reginald Bretnor (1911–1992, US, f)
* André Breton (1896–1966, France, f/nf)
* Nicholas Breton (1545–1626, England, p/f)
* Willy Bretscher (1897–1992, Switzerland, nf)
* Jan Brett (born 1949, US, ch)
* Lily Brett (born 1946, Germany/Australia, f/nfp), born Lilijahne Brajtsztajn
* Richard Brett (1567–1637, England, nf)
* Simon Brett (born 1945, England, f)
* Henri Breuil (1877–1961, France, nf)
* Kwesi Brew (1928–2007, Gold Coast/Ghana, p)
* Nana Ekua Brew-Hammond (living, US/Ghana, f/p)
* George Brewer (born 1766, England, nf)
* James Norris Brewer (1777–1839, England, f/nf)
* John Brewster (1753–1842, England, nf)
* Martha Wadsworth Brewster (1710 – c. 1757, English N American colonies, p/nf)
* Francisco Manuel de Melo Breyner, 4th Count of Ficalho (1837–1903, Portugal, nf)
* Breyten Breytenbach (born 1939, S Africa/France, f/p/nf)
* Thomas Brezina (born 1963, Austria, ch)
* Shane Briant (1946–2021, England/Australia, f)
* Paul Brickhill (1916–1991, Australia, nf)
* Diana Bridge (born 1942, N Zealand, p)
* Harriet Bridgeman (born 1942, England, nf)
* Rae Bridgman (living, Canada/US, ch)
* Bub Bridger (1924–2009, N Zealand, p/f)
* Hilda Bridges (1881–1971, Australia, f)
* John Bridges (1536–1613, nf)
* Lucas Bridges (1874–1949, Tierra del Fuego/Argentina, nf)
* Robert Bridges (1844–1930, England, p)
* Victor Bridges (1878–1892, England, f/d/p)
* James Bridie (1888–1951, Scotland, d), pseudonym of Osborne Henry Mavor
* Elín Briem (1856–1937, Iceland, nf)
* Walter Brierley (1900–1972, England, f)
* Asa Briggs (1921–2016, England, nf)
* Henry Briggs (1561–1630, England, nf)
* Katharine Mary Briggs (1898–1980, England, ch)
* Robert Bright (1902–1988, US, ch)
* Cecilia Lucy Brightwell (1811–1875, England, ch)
* John Briley (1925–2019, US, d/f)
* Dougie Brimson (born 1959, England, d/nf)
* David Brin (born 1950, US, f)
* Robert Bringhurst (born 1946, Canada, p/nf)
* Tor Åge Bringsværd (born 1939, Norway, f/d)
* André Brink (1935–2015, S Africa, f/nf/p)
* Carol Ryrie Brink (1895–1981, US, ch)
* Jan ten Brink (1834–1901, Netherlands, f/nf)
* Rolf Dieter Brinkmann (1940–1975, Germany/England, p/f/nf)
* Hesba Fay Brinsmead (1922–2003, Australia, f)
* Sophia Briscoe (fl. 1770s, England, f)
* Jacques Pierre Brissot (1754–1793, France, nf)
* Vera Brittain (1893–1970, England, nf/f)
* Rosa María Britton (1936–2019, Panama, f/d)
* Jevrem Brković (1933–1921, Yugoslavia/Montenegro, p/f/nf)
* Ivana Brlić-Mažuranić (1874–1938, Austria-Hungary/Yugoslavia)
* Adele Broadbent (born 1968, N Zealand, ch)
* Chris Broadribb (living, Australia, f/nf)
* Annette Broadrick (born 1938, US, f)
* Paula Broadwell (born 1972, US, nf)
* Hermann Broch (1886–1951, Austria/US, f)
* Edwin Brock (1927–1997, England, p)
* Geoffrey Brock (born 1964, US, p)
* William Brock (1807–1875, England, nf)
* William Brockedon (1787–1854, England, nf)
* Barthold Heinrich Brockes (1680–1747, Germany, p)
* Ann Brockman (c. 1600–1660, England, nf)
* Connie Brockway (born 1954, US, f)
* Max Brod (1884–1968, Austrian E/Israel, f/nf)
* Erna Brodber (born 1940, Jamaica, f/nf)
* Damien Broderick (born 1944, Australia, f)
* Frances Freeling Broderip (1830–1878, England, ch)
* Elin Brodin (born 1963, Norway, f)
* Eve Brodlique (1867–1949, UK, Canada, US, f/nf/p)
* Joseph Brodsky (1940–1996, USSR/US, p/nf
* Leslie Brody (born 1952, US, nf)
* Sándor Bródy (1863–1924, Hungary, f)
* Suzanne Brøgger (born 1944, Denmark, f/p/nf)
* Gerald Brom (born 1965, US, f)
* Alexander Brome (1620–1666, England, p)
* Richard Brome (c. 1590–1652, England, d)
* Vincent Brome (1910–2004, England, nf/f/d)
* Louis Bromfield (1896–1956, US, f/nf)
* Eliza Bromley (fl. 1784–1803, England, f)
* John Bromley (died 1717, England, nf)
* Eleanor Bron (born 1938, England, nf)
* Władysław Broniewski (1897–1962, Poland, p)
* William Bronk (1918–1999, US, p/nf)
* Anne Brontë (1820–1849, England, f/p)
* Charlotte Brontë (1816–1855, England, f/p)
* Emily Brontë (1818–1848, England, f/p)
* Patrick Brontë (1777–1861, Ireland/England, p)
* Rhidian Brook (born 1964, Wales/England, f/d)
* Steve Brook (1934–2014, England/Australia, nf)
* Arthur de Capell Brooke (1791–1878, England, nf)
* Christopher N. L. Brooke (1927–2015, England, nf)
* Frances Brooke (1724–1789, England/Canada, f/nf/d)
* Iris Brooke (1905 – post-1967, England, nf/ch)
* Jocelyn Brooke (1908–1966, England, nf/f/p)
* John Brooke (died 1582, England, nf)
* Kate Brooke (living, England, d)
* Lauren Brooke (born 1969, US, f), pseudonym of Linda Chapman with Beth Chambers
* P. J. Brooke (born 1943 and 1951, Scotland, f/nf), pseudonym of Philip James O'Brien and Jane Brooke
* Rupert Brooke (1887–1915, England/Greece, p/nf)
* Susan Brookes (born 1943, England, nf)
* Anita Brookner (1928–2016, England, f/nf)
* David Brooks (born 1953, Australia, p/f/nf)
* Geraldine Brooks (born 1955, Australia/US, f)
* Gwendolyn Brooks (1917–2000, US, p)
* Karen Brooks (living, Australia, f)
* Kevin Brook (born 1959, England, ch)
* Max Brooks (born 1972, US, f)
* Michael Brooks (born 1970, England, nf)
* Shirley Brooks (1816–1874, England, nf)
* Terry Brooks (born 1944, US, f)
* Walter R. Brooks (1886–1958, US, ch)
* Anne Brooksbank (born 1943, Australia, d)
* Mary Anne Broome, Lady Broome (1831–1911, Australia, f/nf/ch)
* Ralph Broome (1742–1805, England, nf)
* William Broome (1689–1745, England, p)
* Brigid Brophy (1929–1995, England, f/nf)
* Hans Adolph Brorson (1694–1764, Denmark, p)
* John Brosnan (1947–2005, Australia/England, f/nf)
* Joan Brossa (1919–1998, Spain, p/d)
* Nicole Brossard (born 1943, Canada, p/f)
* D. K. Broster (1877–1950, England, f)
* Edith Yah Brou (born 1984, Ivory Coast, nf)
* Robert Barnabas Brough (1828–1860, England, p/f/d)
* Henry Brougham, 1st Baron Brougham and Vaux (1778–1868, Scotland/England, nf)
* Rhoda Broughton (1840–1920, Wales/England, f)
* Olga Broumas (born 1949, Greece/US, p)
* Jeroen Brouwers (born 1940, Dutch East Indies/Netherlands, f/nf)
* Flora Brovina (born 1949, Serbia/Kosovo, p)
* Petrus Brovka (1905–1980, Russia/USSR, p)
* Babette Brown (1931–2019, S Africa/England, nf)
* Carter Brown (1923–1985, England/Australia, f)
* Charles Brockden Brown (1771–1810, US, f/nf)
* Cornelius Brown (1852–1907, England, nf)
* Dan Brown (born 1964, US, f)
* Daniel James Brown (born 1951, US, nf)
* Deidre Brown (born 1970, N Zealand, nf)
* Diane Brown (born 1951, N Zealand, f/p)
* Eric Brown (born 1960, England, f)
* Eva Maria Brown (1856–1917, US, nf)
* Fredric Brown (1906–1972, US, f)
* George Brown (1835–1917, England, nf)
* George Mackay Brown (1921–1996, Scotland, p/f/d)
* Helen Brown (born 1954, N Zealand, nf)
* Honey Brown (living, Australia, f)
* John Brown (1715–1766, England, d/nf)
* Marc Brown (born 1946, US, ch)
* Marcia Brown (1918–2015, US, ch)
* Margaret Wise Brown (1910–1952, US, ch)
* Max Brown (1916–2003, N Zealand/Australia, f)
* Pam Brown (born 1948, Australia, nf/p)
* Pamela Brown (1924–1989, England, f/d)
* Pete Brown (born 1940, England, p)
* Pete Brown (born 1968, England, nf)
* Riwia Brown (born 1957, N Zealand, d)
* Roseanne A. Brown (born 1955, Ghana/US, f/ch)
* Sandra Brown (born 1948, US, f)
* Sterling Allen Brown (1901–1989, US, p/nf)
* Stewart Brown (born 1951, England, p/nf)
* Thomas Edward Brown (1830–1897, Isle of Man/England, p/nf)
* Tom Brown (1662–1704, England, p/nf)
* Anthony Browne (born 1946, England, ch)
* Edward Granville Browne (1862–1926, England, nf)
* Frances Browne (1816–1879, Ireland, p/f/ch)
* Gerald A. Browne (1924–2015, US, f)
* Harriet Louisa Browne (1829–1906, N Zealand, nf)
* Harry Browne (1933–2006, US, nf)
* Isaac Hawkins Browne (1705–1760, p)
* Marshall Browne (1935–2014, Australia, f)
* Moses Browne (1703–1787, England, nf)
* Robert Brown (1550s – 1633, nf)
* Thomas Browne (1605–1682, England, nf)
* Thomas Alexander Browne (1826–1915, England/Australia, f/nf), pseudonym Rolf Boldrewood
* William Browne (c. 1590 – c. 1645, England, p)
* William A. F. Browne (1805–1885, Scotland, nf)
* Dixie Browning (born 1930, US, f)
* Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1806–1861, England/Italy, p)
* Oscar Browning (1837–1923, England, nf)
* Robert Browning (1812–1889, England/Italy, p/nf)
* Alan Brownjohn (1931–2024, England, p/f)
* Orestes Brownson (1803–1876, US, nf)
* Anatole Broyard (1920–1990, US, nf)
* Heðin Brú (1901–1987, Faroe Is, f), pseudonym of Hans Jacob Jacobsen
* Aristide Bruant (1851–1925, France, p)
* Dorita Fairlie Bruce (1885–1970, Scotland, ch)
* Henry James Bruce (1880–1951, England, n/f)
* Mary Grant Bruce (1878–1958, Australia, ch)
* Mrs Victor Bruce (1895–1990, England, nf/f), born Mildred Mary Petre
* Raymond Bruckert (born 1935, Switzerland, f/nf)
* Walter Brueggemann (born 1933, US, nf)
* Ken Bruen (born 1951, Ireland, f)
* Alyssa Brugman (born 1974, Australia, f/ch)
* Jean de Brunhoff (1899–1937, France, ch)
* Gace Brulé (c. 1160 – post-1213, France, p)
* Johan Nordahl Brun (1745–1816, Norway, p/d)
* Maria Alinda Bonacci Brunamonti (1841–1903, Italy, p)
* Marta Brunet (1897–1967, Chile, f/nf)
* Andrée Brunin (1937–1993, France, p/ch/f)
* John Brunner (1934–1995, England, f)
* Marianne Bruns (1897–1994, Germany, f/p/nf)
* Mary Brunton (1778–1818, Scotland, f)
* Steven Brust (born 1955, US, f)
* Dennis Brutus (1924–2009, S Africa, nf/p)
* Francis Bryan (c. 1490–1550, England, p/nf)
* Robert Bryan (1858–1920, Wales, p)
* Arthur Bryant (1899–1985, England, nf)
* William Cullen Bryant (1794–1878, US, p/nf)
* Alfredo Bryce (born 1939, Peru, f/nf)
* Colette Bryce (born 1970, N Ireland/England, p)
* Egerton Brydges (1762–1837, England, nf)
* Bryher (1894–1983, England/Switzerland, f/p/nf)
* Annika Bryn (born 1945, Sweden, f)
* Bill Bryson (born 1951, US, nf)
* Valery Bryusov (1873–1924, Russian E/USSR, p/f/d)
* Dragomir Brzak (1851–1905, Serbia, d/p/nf)
* Jan Brzechwa (1898–1966, Poland, p/ch)

## Bu–By

* Chico Buarque (born 1944, Brazil, d/nf/p)
* Kenneth C. Bucchi (living, US, nf)
* Boudewijn Büch (1948–2002, Netherlands, f/nf)
* Elizabeth Buchan (born 1948, England, nf/f)
* John Buchan (1875–1940, Scotland/Canada, f/nf)
* Dugald Buchanan (1716–1768, Scotland, p)
* Edna Buchanan (born 1939, US, f/nf)
* Robert Williams Buchanan (1841–1901, Scotland, f/d)
* Magdalene Sophie Buchholm (1758–1825, Norway, p)
* August Buchner (1591–1661, Scotland, p/nf)
* Georg Büchner (1813–1837, Germany/Switzerland, d/p/nf)
* Anne Buck (1910–2005, England, nf)
* Charles Bucke (1781–1846, England, nf/p/d)
* Anthony Buckeridge (1912–2004, England, ch)
* James Silk Buckingham (1786–1855, England, nf)
* Leicester Silk Buckingham (1825–1867, England, d)
* Nancy Buckingham (1924–2022, England, f)
* Francis Trevelyan Buckland (1826–1880, England, nf), wrote as Frank Buckland
* Raymond Buckland (1834–1917, England, nf), pseudonym Robat
* William Buckland (1784–1856, England, nf)
* Henry Thomas Buckle (1821–1862, England, nf)
* Arabella Buckley (1840–1929, England, nf)
* Vincent Buckley (1925–1988, Australia, p/nf)
* William F. Buckley Jr. (1925–2008, US, nf)
* M. L. Buchman (born 1958, USA, f/nf)
* Charles Buckmaster (1950–1972, Australia, p)
* Stefan Buczacki (born 1945, England, nf)
* David Budbill (1940–2016, US, p/d)
* Maria Elizabeth Budden (c. 1780–1832, England, f/ch)
* Jacintha Buddicom (1901–1993, England, p/nf)
* Eustace Budgell (1686–1737, England, nf)
* Algis Budrys (1931–2008, Lithuania/US, f/nf)
* Andrea Hollander Budy (born 1947, Germany/US, p)
* Aminta Buenaño (born 1958, Ecuador, f/nf)
* Gesualdo Bufalino (1920–1996, Italy, f)
* Lasha Bugadze (born 1977, USSR/Georgia, d)
* Ken Bugul (born 1947, Senegal), pseudonym of Mariètou Mbaye Biléoma
* Lindsay Buick (1866–1938, N Zealand, nf)
* Thomas Lindsay Buick (1865–1938, N Zealand, nf)
* Anne Buist (living, Australia, f)
* Teodor Bujnicki (1907–1944, Poland, p)
* Lois McMaster Bujold (born 1949, US, f)
* Austin Bukenya (born 1944, Uganda, f/nf/d)
* Charles Bukowski (1920–1994, Germany/US, p/f)
* Miodrag Bulatović (1930–1991, Yugoslavia, f/nf/d)
* NoViolet Bulawayo (born 1981, Zimbabwe/US, f)
* Mikhail Bulgakov (1891–1940, Russia/USSR, f/d)
* Vanja Bulić (born 1947, Yugoslavia/Serbia, d/nf/f)
* Fanny Bulkeley-Owen (1845–1927, Wales/England, nf)
* Jacob Breda Bull (1853–1930, Norway, f/p)
* Olaf Bull (1883–1933, Norway, p)
* Frank Thomas Bullen (1857–1915, England, f/nf)
* J. B. Bullen (living, England, nf)
* Gerald Bullett (1893–1958, England, f/nf/p)
* Margaret Bullock (1845–1903, N Zealand, nf)
* Carlos Bulosan (1913–1956, Philippines/US, f/p)
* Irinej Bulović (born 1947, Yugoslavia/Serbia, nf)
* Edward Bulwer-Lytton (1803–1873, England, f/p/d)
* Robert Bulwer-Lytton (1831–1891, England, p), pseudonym Owen Meredith
* Delfina Bunge (1881–1952, Argentina, p/nf)
* Ivan Bunin (1870–1953, Russian E/France, p/f)
* Anna Bunina (1774–1829, Russian E)
* Anna Maria Bunn (1808–1899, Australia, f)
* Basil Bunting (1900–1985, England, p)
* Eve Bunting (1928–2023, N Ireland/US, f/nf/ch)
* John Bunyan (1628–1688, England, nf/f)
* Sevim Burak (1931–1983, Turkey, f/d)
* Adda Burch (1869-1929, US, nf)
* Robert J. Burch (1925–2007, US, ch)
* Josiah Burchett (c. 1666–1746, England, nf)
* Zaza Burchuladze (born 1973, USSR/Germany, f/d)
* Katharine Burdekin (1896–1963, England, nf)
* Della Burford (born 1946, Canada, ch)
* Sheila Burnford (1918–1984, Scotland/Canada, nf)
* Gottfried August Bürger (1747–1794, Germany, p)
* Hermann Burger (1942–1989, Switzerland, p/f/nf)
* George Burges (1786–1864, England, nf)
* Mary Anne Burges (1763–1813, Scotland, nf)
* Alan Burgess (1915–1998, England, nf)
* Anthony Burgess (1917–1993, England, f/d/p)
* Gelett Burgess (1866–1951, US, nf/p)
* Melvin Burgess (born 1964, England, ch)
* Thornton Burgess (1874–1965, US, nf/ch)
* James Burgh (1714–1775, Scotland/England, nf)
* John Burgon (1813–1888, England, p/nf)
* Julia de Burgos (1914–1953, Puerto Rico, p)
* John Burgoyne (1722–1792, England, d)
* Erika Burkart (1922–2010, Switzerland, p/f)
* Alafair Burke (born 1969, US, f/nf)
* Andrew Burke (1944–2023, Australia, p)
* Edmund Burke (1729–1797, Ireland/England, nf)
* J. C. Burke (born 1965, Australia, f)
* Janine Burke (born 1952, Australia, nf/f)
* Thomas Burke (1886–1945, England, f/p/d)
* William Burke (1728 or 1730–1798, England, nf)
* Martha Burkhardt (1874–1956, Switzerland, nf)
* Francis Burleigh (fl. 1590s, England, nf)
* Michael Burleigh (born 1955, England, nf)
* Doris Burn (1923–2011, US, ch)
* Andrew Burnaby (1732–1812, England, nf)
* William Aubrey Burnage (c. 1841–1881, Australia, f/d)
* F. C. Burnand (1836–1917, England, f/d)
* Jocelyn Bell Burnell (born 1943, N Ireland/England, nf/p)
* Gilbert Burnet (1643–1715, Scotland/England, nf)
* Thomas Burnet (c. 1635–1713, England, nf)
* Alice Hale Burnett (early 20th c., US, ch)
* Frances Hodgson Burnett (1849–1924, England/US, f/d)
* Caroline Burney (fl. early 19th c., England, f), probable pseudonym
* Charles Burney (1726–1814, England, nf)
* Charles Burney (1757–1817, England, nf)
* Frances Burney (1752–1840, England, f/nf/p), commonly Fanny Burney
* Frances Burney (1776–1828, England, d)
* James Burney (1750–1821, England, nf)
* Sarah Burney (1772–1844, England, f)
* Sheila Burnford (1918–1984, Scotland/Canada, f/ch)
* John Burningham (1936–2019, England, ch)
* Joanne Burns (born 1945, Australia, p/nf)
* Robert Burns (1759–1796, Scotland, p)
* Stanley Burnshaw (1906–2005, US, p)
* John Burnside (born 1955, Scotland, p/f/nf)
* Myles Burnyeat (1939–1919, England, nf)
* James Burr (born 1971, England, f)
* Nathan Burrage (born 1971, Australia, f)
* Sophia Burrell (1753–1802, England, p/d)
* Bryan Burrough (born 1961, US, nf)
* Augusten Burroughs (born 1965, US, nf/f)
* Dillon Burroughs (born 1976, US, nf)
* Edgar Rice Burroughs (1875–1950, US, f)
* Franklin Burroughs (living, US, nf)
* Montagu Burrows (1819–1905, England, nf)
* William S. Burroughs (1914–1997, US, f/nf)
* James Burrow (1701–1782, England, nf)
* Deborah Burrows (born 1959, Australia, f)
* Andrzej Bursa (1932–1957, Poland, p/f)
* Henry Burton (1578–1648, England, nf)
* Hester Burton (1913–2000, England, ch)
* Maurice Burton (1898–1992, England, nf)
* Richard Francis Burton (1821–1990, England, nf)
* Robert Burton (1577–1640, England, nf)
* Virginia Lee Burton (1909–1968, US, ch)
* Clemency Burton-Hill (born 1981, England, nf/f)
* Charlotte Bury (1775–1861, England, f)
* Elizabeth Bury (1644–1720, England, nf)
* Helle Busacca (1915–1996, Italy, p/f/nf)
* Margaret Busby (born 1944, Gold Coast/England, nf/d)
* Olivia Ward Bush-Banks (1869–1944, US, p/d/nf), born Olivia Ward
* Aldo Busi (born 1948, Italy, f/nf)
* Akosua Busia (born 1966, Ghana/US, f/d)
* Abena Busia (born 1953, Ghana/England, nf/p)
* Akosua Busia (born 1966, Ghana/England, f/d)
* Yosa Buson (与謝蕪村, 1716–1784, Japan, p)
* Michael Busselle (1935–2006, England, nf)
* Christine Busta (1915–1987, Austria, p)
* Fatimah Busu (born 1943, Malaya/Malaysia, f/nf)
* A. J. Butcher (living, England, ch)
* Jim Butcher (born 1971, US, f)
* Alban Butler (1710–1773, England, nf)
* Catherine Butler (born 1963, England, nf/ch), initially Charles Butler
* Dorothy Butler (1925–2015, N Zealand, ch)
* Guy Butler (1918–2001, S Africa, p/nf)
* Gwendoline Butler (1922–2013, England, f)
* Joseph Butler (1692–1752, England, nf)
* Josephine Butler (1828–1906, England, nf)
* Octavia E. Butler (1947–2006, US, f)
* Samuel Butler (1613–1680, England, p)
* Samuel Butler (1835–1902, England, f/nf)
* Susan Bulkeley Butler (living, US, nf)
* Michel Butor (1926–2016, France, p/f/nf)
* Ray Buttigieg (born 1955, Malta/US, p)
* Herbert Butterfield (1900–1979, England, nf)
* Jez Butterworth (born 1969, England, d)
* John-Henry Butterworth (born 1976, England, d)
* Ignazio Buttitta (1899–1997, Italy, p)
* Anthony Butts (born 1969, US, p)
* Mary Butts (1890–1937, England, nf)
* Bertha Henry Buxton (1844–1981, England, f/ch)
* Fowell Buxton (1786–1945, England, nf)
* Nigel Buxton (1924–2015, England, nf)
* Alex Buzo (1944–2006, Australia, d/f/nf)
* Augustin Buzura (1938–2017, Romania, f/nf)
* Dino Buzzati (1906–1972, Italy, f/p/nf)
* Bwesigye bwa Mwesigire (born 1987, Uganda, nf/f)
* Betsy Byars (1928–2020, US, ch)
* A. S. Byatt (1936–2023, England, f/nf)
* Kathryn Stripling Byer (1944–2017, US, p/nf)
* Vasil Bykaŭ (1924–2003, USSR/Russia, f/nf)
* Marie Beuzeville Byles (1900–1979, Australia, nf)
* Georgia Byng (born 1965, England, ch)
* Witter Bynner (1881–1968, US, p/d/nf)
* John Byrne (born 1950, England/US, f)
* Paula Byrne (born 1967, England, nf)
* Rhonda Byrne (born 1945, Australia, nf)
* John Byrom (1692–1736, England, p/nf)
* Lord Byron (1788–1824, England/Greece, p)
* Robert Byron (1905–1941, England, nf)
* Liz Byrski (born 1944, England/Australia, f/nf)
* Ingram Bywater (1840–1914, England, nf)
* Michael Bywater (born 1953, England, nf)