# List of authors by name: Y

The following is a List of authors by name whose last names begin with Y:
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
* Kateb Yacine (1929–1989, Algeria, f/d/nf)
* Sakena Yacoobi (born 1949/1950, Afghanistan, nf)
* Kulpreet Yadav (born 1968, India, f/d)
* Obelit Yadgar (1941–2023, Iraq/US, nf)
* Dov Yaffe (1928–2017, Lithuania/Israel, nf)
* Elham Yaghoubian (born 1972, Iran/US, nf)
* Jūkichi Yagi (八木重吉, 1898–1927, Japan, p)
* Tetiana Yakovenko (born 1954, Ukraine, p)
* Said Yaktine (born 1955, Morocco, nf)
* Mehri Yalfani (living, Iran/Canada, f)
* David Yallop (1937–2018, England, nf)
* Yamabe no Akahito (山部赤人, fl. 724–736, Japan, p)
* Amy Yamada (山田詠美, born 1959, Japan, f/nf)
* Yamada Bimyō (山田美妙, 1868–1910, Japan, f)
* Futaro Yamada (山田風太郎, 1922, 2001, Japan, f)
* Hiroo Yamagata (山形浩生, born 1964, Japan, nf)
* Hitomi Yamaguchi (山口瞳, 1923–1995, Japan, f/nf)
* Shūgorō Yamamoto (清水三十六, 1903–1967, Japan, f)
* Bochō Yamamura (山村暮鳥, 1884–1924, Japan, p/ch)
* Yamanoue no Okura (山上憶良, c. 660 – c. 733, Japan, p/ch)
* Toyoko Yamasaki (山崎豊子, 1924–2013, Japan, f)
* Hōdai Yamazaki (山崎方代, 1914–1985, Japan, p)
* Nao-Cola Yamazaki (山崎ナオコーラ, born 1978, Japan, f)
* Yamazaki Sōkan (山崎宗鑑, 1465–1553, Japan, p)
* Frederick Kambemba Yamusangie (living, Democratic Republic of Congo, f/d/p)
* Yamyam (1946–2005, Somalia/US, p/d), born Abdulkadir Hersi Siyad
* Yan Ge (颜歌, born 1984, China/Ireland, f)
* Geling Yan (嚴歌苓, born 1958, China/US, f/d)
* Yan Lianke (阎连科, born 1958, China, f)
* Yan Shigu (顏師古, 581–645, China, nf)
* Yan Zhenqing (顏真卿, 709–785, China, nf)
* Yan Zhitui (顏之推, 531–591, China, nf)
* Rick Yancey (born 1962, US, f/ch)
* Agustín Yáñez (1904–1980, Mexico, nf/f)
* Yang Borun (楊伯潤, 1837–1911, China, p)
* Yang Erche Namu (楊二車娜姆, born 1966, China, nf)
* Yang Gang (杨刚, 1905–1957, China, f/nf)
* Yang Hongying (楊紅櫻, born 1962, China, ch)
* Yang Hui (楊輝, c. 1238–1298, China, nf)
* Yang Jiang (杨绛, 1911–2016, China, d/f/nf)
* Yang Jianli (楊建利, born 1963, China/US, nf)
* Yang Rongguo (楊榮國, 1907–1978, China, nf)
* Yang Shuo (杨朔, 1913–1968, China, p/nf)
* Yang Xiong (揚雄, 53 BCE – 18 CE, China, p/nf)
* Leo Yankevich (1961–2018, US, p)
* Tetsu Yano (矢野徹, 1923–2004, Japan, f)
* Regina Yaou (1955–2017, Ivory Coast, f)
* Jane Yardley (living, England, f)
* Morgan Yasbincek (born 1964, Australia, p/f)
* Shadya Yasin (born 1983/1984, Somalia/Canada, p)
* Nadia Yassine (born 1958, Morocco, nf)
* Shōtarō Yasuoka (安岡章太郎, 1920–2013, Japan, f/nf)
* Dornford Yates (1885–1960, England/S Rhodesia, f/d), pseudonym of Cecil William Mercer
* Frances Yates (1899–1981, England, nf)
* Paula Yates (1959–2000, Wales/England, f/nf)
* Richard Yates (1926–1992, US, f)
* Peyo Yavorov (1878–1914, Bulgaria, p)
* Raushan Yazdani (1917–1967, India/E Pakistan, p/nf)
* Yana Yazova (1912–1974, Bulgaria, p/f), pseudonym of Lyuba Todorova Gancheva
* Rafael Díaz Ycaza (1925–2013, Ecuador, p/f/nf)
* Ye Shengtao (葉聖陶, 1894–1988, China, nf/f/ch)
* Ye Shi (葉適, 1150–1223, China, nf)
* Ting-Xing Ye (born 1952, China/Canada, f/nf/ch)
* Ye Yingchun (叶迎春, born 1970, China, nf)
* Ann Yearsley (1853–1806, England, p)
* Victor Maslin Yeates (1897–1934, England, nf)
* William Butler Yeats (1865–1939, Ireland, p/d/nf)
* Scofray Nana Yaw Yeboah (born 1980, Ghana, nf)
* Chia-ying Yeh (葉嘉瑩, 1924–2024, China/Canada, p/nf)
* A. B. Yehoshua (1936–2022, Palestine/Israel, f/nf/d)
* Tamar Yellin (born 1963, England, f)
* Sadık Yemni (born 1951, Turkey/Netherlands, f/nf)
* Benjamin Yeoh (born 1978, England, d)
* Julia Yeomans (born 1954, England, nf)
* Laurence Yep (葉祥添, born 1948, US, ch)
* Terter Yerevantsi (c. 1290 – c. 1350, Armenia, p)
* Yerrapragada (1325–1353, Reddi Kingdom, p)
* Frank Yerby (1916–1991, US/Spain, f)
* Zabel Yesayan (1878–1943, Ottoman E/USSR, f/nf/p)
* Sergei Yesenin (1895–1925, Russian E/USSR, p)
* Yevgeny Yevtushenko (1933–2017, USSR/US, p/f/nf)
* Anzia Yezierska (1880–1970, Russian E/US, f/nf)
* Nu Nu Yi (born 1957, Burma/Myanmar, f/nf)
* Yi Xing (一行, 683–727, China, nf)
* Bahar Yilmaz (born 1984, Germany, nf)
* Lin Yining (林以寧, 1655 – c. 1730, China, p)
* Asiedu Yirenkyi (1942–2018, Ghana, d)
* Riichi Yokomitsu (横光利一, 1898–1947, Japan, f)
* Seishi Yokomizo (横溝正史, 1902–1981, Japan, f)
* Jun'ya Yokota (横田順彌, 1945–1919, Japan, f)
* Jane Yolen (born 1939, US, f/ch)
* Jin Yong (查良鏞, 1924–2018, China/Hong Kong, f/nf)
* Charlotte Mary Yonge (1823–1901, England, f)
* James Yonge (1646/1647–1721, England, nf)
* Nedyalko Yordanov (born 1940, Bulgaria, p/d/nf)
* Rebecca York (born 1942, US, nf/f/ch), pseudonym Ruth Glick
* Margaret Yorke (1924–2012, England, f)
* Yosa Buson (与謝蕪村, 1716–1784, Japan, p)
* Yosano Akiko (與謝野晶子, 1878–1942, Japan, nf/p)
* Tekkan Yosano (與謝野鐵幹, 1873–1935, Japan, nf/p), pseudonym of Yosano Hiroshi
* Hidekazu Yoshida (吉田秀和, 1913–2012, Japan, nf)
* Ken'ichi Yoshida (吉田健一, 1912–1977, Japan, f/nf)
* Yoshida Kenkō (吉田兼好, 1283 – c. 1350, Japan, nf/p)
* Sunao Yoshida (吉田直, 1969–2004, Japan, f/ch)
* Takuro Yoshida (吉田拓郎, born 1946, Japan, p)
* Isamu Yoshii (吉井勇, 1886–1960, Japan, p/d)
* Eiji Yoshikawa (吉川英治, 1892–1962, Japan, f)
* Yoshiko Yuasa (湯浅芳子, 1896–1990, Japan, f)
* Banana Yoshimoto (吉本ばなな, born 1964, Japan, f/nf)
* Takaaki Yoshimoto (吉本隆明, 1924–2012, Japan, p/nf)
* Akira Yoshimura (吉村昭, 1927–2006, Japan, f/nf)
* Hideo Yoshino (吉野秀雄, 1902–1967, Japan, p)
* Nobuko Yoshiya (吉屋信子, 1896–1973, Japan, f/ch)
* Junnosuke Yoshiyuki (吉行淳之介, 1924–1994, Japan, f)
* Yoshiyuki Tomino (富野由悠季, born 1941, Japan, f/p)
* Andrew Young (1885–1971, Scotland/England, p)
* Arthur Young (1741–1820, England, nf)
* E. H. Young (1880–1949, England, f/ch), pseudonym of Emily Hilda Daniell
* Ed Young (杨志成, 1931–2023, China/US, ch)
* Edward Young (1683–1765, England, p/nf)
* Elizabeth Young (1950–2001, Nigeria/England, nf)
* Ellen Young (c. 1810–1872, England/Australia, p)
* F. E. Mills Young (1875–1945, England, f)
* Ian Young (born 1945, England/Canada, p/nf)
* John Zachary Young (1907–1997, England, nf)
* Kevin Young (born 1970, US, p/nf)
* Louisa Young (living, England, f/nf/ch)
* Marguerite Young (1908–1995, f/p/nf)
* Miriam Young (born 1974, US, ch)
* Robert F. Young (1915–1986, US, f)
* Robyn Young (born 1975, England, f)
* Simpson Charles Younger (1850–1943, US, p)
* Marguerite Yourcenar (1903–1987, Belgium/US, f/nf)
* Malala Yousafzai (born 1997, Pakistan, nf)
* Mohamed Ali Yousfi (born 1950, Tunisia, p/f)
* Lea Ypi (born 1979, Albania/England, nf)
* A. W. Yrjänä (born 1967, Finland, p)
* Yu Dafu (郁達夫, 1896–1945, China, f/p)
* Yu Hao (喻皓, fl. 970, China, nf)
* Yu Huan (魚豢, fl. 3rd c., China, nf)
* Khin Hnin Yu (1925–2003, Burma/Myanmar, f)
* Miri Yu (柳美里/유미리, born 1968, Korea/Japan, d/f/nf)
* Lizzie Yu Der Ling (裕德齡, 1885–1944, China/US, f/nf)
* Nellie Yu Roung Ling (裕容齡, 1889–1973, China, f/nf)
* Yu Shinan (虞世南, 558–638, China, nf)
* Yu Xuanji (魚玄機, c. 840 – c. 868, China, p)
* Yu Zhengxie (兪正燮, 775–840, China, nf)
* Yuan Hongdao (袁宏道, 1568–1610, China, p)
* Yuan Mei (袁枚, 1716–1797, China, p)
* Yuan Zhen (元稹, 779–831, China, p/nf)
* David Yudelman (living, S Africa/Canada, nf)
* Baku Yumemakura (夢枕獏, born 1951, Japan, f/nf)
* Yumeno Kyūsaku (夢野久作, 1889–1936, Japan, f), pseudonym of Sugiyama Yasumichi (杉山泰道)
* Carlos Yushimito (born 1977, Peru, f)