# List of authors by name: S

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

## Sa–Sb

* Nawal El Saadawi (1931–2021, Egypt, nf)
* Suhayl Saadi (born 1961, England/Scotland, f/d)
* Ferdinand von Saar (1833–1906, Austria, f/d/p)
* Rafael Saavedra (1967–2013, Mexico, f/nf)
* Umberto Saba (1883–1957, Austria-Hungary/Italy, p/f)
* Ernesto Sabato (1911–2011, Argentina, f/nf)
* Moinul Ahsan Saber (born 1958, Bangladesh, f/d)
* Fred Saberhagen (1930–2007, US, f)
* Mohammed Sabila (1942–2021, Morocco, nf)
* Jaime Sabines (1926–1999, Mexico, p)
* Fernando Sabino (1923–2004, Brazil, f)
* Mário de Sá-Carneiro (1890–1916, Portugal/France, p/d/f)
* Louis Sachar (born 1954, US, f/ch)
* Carlos Alberto Sacheri (1933–1974, Argentina, nf)
* Leopold von Sacher-Masoch (1836–1895, Austrian E/Germany, f/nf)
* Hans Sachs (1494–1576, Germany, p/d)
* Nelly Sachs (1891–1970, Germany/Sweden, p/d)
* Charles Sackville, 6th Earl of Dorset (1643–1706, England, p)
* Thomas Sackville, 1st Earl of Dorset (1536–1608, England, p/d)
* Vita Sackville-West (1892–1962, England, f/p/nf)
* Johannes de Sacrobosco (c. 1195 – c. 1256, France, nf)
* Tayeb Saddiki (1939–2016, Morocco, d)
* Marquis de Sade (1740–1814, France, f/d/nf)
* Abdoulaye Sadji (1910–1961, Senegal, f/ch)
* Michael Sadler (1861–1943, England, nf)
* Michael Sadleir (1888–1967, England, f/nf)
* Ion Marin Sadoveanu (1893–1964, Romania, d)
* Mihail Sadoveanu (1880–1961, Romania, f/nf)
* Gholam-Hossein Sa'edi (1936–1985, Iran/France, d/f)
* Sæmundr fróði (1056–1133, Iceland, nf)
* Benjamin Alire Sáenz (born 1954, US, p/f/ch)
* Jaime Sáenz (1921–1986, Bolivia, p/f)
* Juan José Saer (1937–2005, Argentina, p/f)
* Wera Sæther (born 1945, Norway, p/f/nf)
* Tómas Sæmundsson (1807–1841, Iceland, nf)
* Juan José Saer (1937–2005, Argentina, p/f)
* Nazi Safavi (born 1967, Iran, f)
* Pavel Jozef Šafárik (1795–1861, Austria-Hungary, nf/p)
* Peter Sagal (born 1965, US, f/d)
* Carl Sagan (1934–1996, US, nf)
* Françoise Sagan (1935–2004, France, d/f)
* Nick Sagan (born 1970, US, f/d)
* Buddhi Sagar (born 1981, Nepal, f/p)
* Angie Sage (born 1952, England, ch)
* Sarojini Sahoo (born 1956, India, f)
* A. Samad Said (born 1935, Malaya/Malaysia, f/p)
* Abdel Said (born 1974, Morocco, p)
* Amina Said (born 1953, Tunisia/France, p/f/nf)
* Mekkawi Said (1956–2017, Egypt, f)
* Saigyō (西行法師, 1118–1190, Japan, p)
* Bhabendra Nath Saikia (1932–2003, India, f/ch/nf)
* Sao Saimong (1913–1987, Burma, nf)
* Janou Saint-Denis (1930–2000, Canada, p/nf)
* Mellin de Saint-Gelais (c. 1491–1558, France, p)
* Charles Augustin Sainte-Beuve (1804–1869, France, nf)
* Benoît de Sainte-Maure (died 1173, France, p)
* Antoine de Saint-Exupéry (1900–1944, France, f/p/nf)
* Mellin de Saint-Gelais (c. 1491–1558, France, p)
* Jean François de Saint-Lambert (1716–1803, France, p/nf)
* Jacques-Henri Bernardin de Saint-Pierre (1737–1814, France, f/nf/ch)
* Sait Faik (1906–1954, Ottoman E/Turkey, f/p)
* Mokichi Saitō (斎藤茂吉, 1882–1953, Japan, p)
* Saitō Ryokuu (斎藤緑雨, 1868–1904, Japan, nf)
* Sakae Saitō (斉藤栄, born 1933, Japan, f)
* Baja Saitović-Lukin (1954–2017, Yugoslavia/Serbia, p)
* Ango Sakaguchi (坂口安吾, 1906–1965, Japan, f/nf)
* Widad Sakakini (1913–1991, Lebanon, f/nf)
* Abdelaziz Baraka Sakin (born 1963, Sudan/Austria, f)
* Salama Ahmed Salama (1932–2012, Egypt, nf)
* Tomaž Šalamun (1941–2014, Yugoslavia/Slovenia, p)
* Marina Salandy-Brown (living, Trinidad, nf)
* Salarrué (1899–1975, El Salvador, f/p), born Luis Salvador Efraín Salazar Arrué
* Mariano Picón Salas (1901–1965, Venezuela, nf)
* Dušan Salatić (born 1929, Yugoslavia/Serbia, nf)
* Abel Salazar (1889–1946, Portugal, nf)
* Ibtihal Salem (1949–2015, Egypt, f)
* William Salesbury (c. 1520 – c. 1584, Wales, nf)
* Emilio Salgari (1862–1911, Italy, f)
* Nino Salia (1898–1992, Russian E/France, nf)
* André Salifou (1942–2022, Niger, nf)
* Tayeb Salih (1929–2009, Sudan/England, f/nf)
* Pedro Salinas (1891–1951, Spain/US, p/nf)
* J. D. Salinger (1919–2010, US, f)
* Andrew Salkey (1928–1995, Panama/US, f/p/ch)
* Amadou Lamine Sall (born 1951, Senegal, p)
* Tijan Sallah (born 1958, Gambia, f/nf)
* Eva Sallis (born 1964, Australia, f/p)
* Ibrahim 'Ali Salman (1937–1995, Sudan, p)
* André Salmon (1881–1969, France, p/nf)
* Philip Salom (born 1950, Australia, p/f)
* Ernst von Salomon (1902–1972, Germany, nf)
* Henry Stephens Salt (1851–1939, India/England, nf)
* Felix Salten (1869–1945, Hungary/Switzerland, d/f/ch)
* Rapolas Šaltenis (1908–2007, Lithuania, nf)
* Mikhail Saltykov-Shchedrin (1826–1889, Russian E, f/ch)
* R. A. Salvatore (born 1959, US, f)
* Gaetano Salvemini (1873–1957, Italy, nf)
* Christian Gotthilf Salzmann (1744–1811, Germany, nf)
* Balkrishna Sama (1903–1981, Nepal, d)
* Albert Samain (1858–1900, France, p)
* Akim Samar (1916–1943, Russia/USSR, p/f)
* Preeta Samarasan (living, Malaysia, f)
* Miloslav Samardžić (born 1963, Yugoslavia/Serbia, nf)
* Abdi Ismail Samatar (born 1950, Somaliland, nf)
* Ahmed Ismail Samatar (born 1950, Somaliland, nf)
* Said Sheikh Samatar (1943–2015, Ethiopia/US, nf)
* Stanlake J. W. T. Samkange (1922–1988, S Rhodesia/Zimbabwe, nf)
* Anthony Sampson (1926–2004, England, nf)
* Fiona Samuel (born 1961, N Zealand, d)
* Wolfgang W.E. Samuel (born 1935, Germany/US, nf)
* Hossein Sanapour (born 1960, Iran, f/nf/ch)
* Alex Sánchez (born 1957, Mexico/US, f/ch)
* Luis Rafael Sánchez (born 1936, Puerto Rico, nf/f/d)
* Sonia Sanchez (born 1934, US, p/f/ch), born Wilsonia Benita Driver
* George Sand (1804–1876, France, f/nf)
* Michal Šanda (born 1965, Czechoslovakia/Czech R, p/nf/ch)
* Ma Sandar (born 1947, Burma/Myanmar, f)
* Carl Sandburg (1878–1967, US, p/nf)
* Cora Sandel (1880–1974, Norway, f), pseudonym of Sara Cecilia Görvell Fabricius
* Aksel Sandemose (1899–1965, Denmark/Norway, f/nf)
* Ben Sanders (born 1989, N Zealand, f)
* Brandon Sanderson (born 1975, US, f)
* Jane Sanderson (born 1962, England, f)
* Sarah Sands (born 1961, England, f/nf)
* Elspeth Sandys (born 1940, N Zealand, f/p/nf)
* Andrew Sanger (born 1948, England, nf/f)
* Clyde Sanger (1928–2022, England/Canada, nf)
* Khagendra Sangraula (born 1946, Nepal, f/nf)
* Sabah Sanhouri (born 1990, Sudan, f/p)
* Parinoush Saniee (living, Iran, f)
* José Ignacio de Sanjinés (1786–1864, Bolivia, p)
* Uthaya Sankar SB (born 1972, Malaysia, nf)
* Wilton G. S. Sankawulo (1937–2009, Liberia, f)
* Rahul Sankrityayan (1893–1963, India, nf)
* Juan Zorrilla de San Martín (1855–1931, Uruguay, p)
* Sanmao (三毛, 1943–1991, Taiwan, nf/f)
* Jacopo Sannazaro (1458–1530, Italy, p/nf)
* Lamin Sanneh (1942–2019, Gambia, nf)
* Adiza Sanoussi (living, Burkina Faso, f), pseudonym of Alizata Sana
* Boualem Sansal (born 1949, Algeria, f/nf)
* Ann Sansom (living, England, p)
* Clive Sansom (1910–1981, England/Australia, p/d)
* Andrew Sant (born 1950, Australia, p/nf)
* Ferenc Sánta (1927–2008, Romania/Hungary, f/d)
* Ana de Santana (born 1960, Angola, p/nf)
* Glória de Sant'Anna (1925–2009, Mozambique, p)
* Sérgio Sant'Anna (1841–1920, Brazil, p/d/f)
* Bernardo Santareno (1920–1980, Portugal, p/nf/d)
* George Santayana (1863–1952, Spain/Italy, nf/f/p)
* Dan Santat (born 1975, US, ch)
* Esmeralda Santiago (born 1948, Puerto Rico, nf)
* Aleksa Šantić (1868–1924, Ottoman E/Yugoslavia, p)
* Diego Abad de Santillán (1897–1938, Argentina, nf)
* Alda Neves da Graça do Espírito Santo (1926–2010, São Tomé and Príncipe/Angola, p)
* Santōka Taneda (種田山頭火, 1882–1940, Japan, p), born Taneda Shōichi (種田正一)
* Ana Eduarda Santos (born 1983, Portugal, f/d)
* Ary dos Santos (1936–1984, Portugal, p)
* Bienvenido Santos (1911–1996, Philippines/US, f/p/nf)
* João dos Santos (died 1622, Portugal/India, nf)
* Lope K. Santos (1879–1963, Philippines, f/nf)
* Marcelino dos Santos (1929–1920, Mozambique, p)
* Mayra Santos-Febres (born 1966, Puerto Rico, p/f/ch)
* Mitsugu Saotome (早乙女貢, 1926–2008, Japan)
* Milorad Popović Šapčanin (1841–1895, Serbia, f/p/d)
* Genrikh Sapgir (1928–1999, USSR, p/f)
* Amanullah Sailaab Sapi (1933–1979, Afghanistan, p)
* Sappho (c. 630 – c. 570 BCE, Greece, p)
* Humira Saqib (born 1980, Afghanistan, nf)
* Thouria Saqqat (1935–1992, Morocco, ch)
* José Hermano Saraiva (1919–2012, Portugal, nf)
* Adrijan Sarajlija (born 1976, Yugoslavia/Serbia, f)
* Sima Milutinović Sarajlija (1791–1847, Ottoman E/Serbia, p/nf)
* José Saramago (1922–2010, Portugal/Spain, nf/f)
* Ghadam-Ali Sarami (born 1944, Iran, nf/p/d)
* Vilas Sarang (1942–2015, India, f/p/nf)
* Jaydeep Sarangi (born 1973, India, nf/p)
* Dinu Săraru (1932–2024, Romania, f/d)
* Dipti Saravanamuttu (born 1960, Sri Lanka/Australia, p/f)
* John Mensah Sarbah (1864–1910, Gold Coast, nf)
* Maciej Kazimierz Sarbiewski (1595–1640, Poland, p/nf)
* António Sardinha (1887–1925, Portugal, nf)
* Pedro Pérez Sarduy (born 1943, Cuba/England, p/f)
* Severo Sarduy (1937–1993, Cuba, p/f/d)
* Anne-Cécile Sarfati (born 1967, France, nf)
* Pamela Sargent (born 1948, US, f/nf)
* Frank Sargeson (1903–1982, N Zealand, f)
* Petar Šarić (1937–2023, Yugoslavia/Kosovo, p/f/d)
* Duncan Sarkies (living, N Zealand, d/f)
* György Sárközi (1899–1945, Hungary, p/nf), Holocaust victim
* Beatriz Sarlo (born 1942, Argentina, nf)
* Jacob de Castro Sarmento (1692–1762, Portugal, nf/p)
* Domingo Faustino Sarmiento (1911–1988, Argentina, nf)
* Dušan Šarotar (born 1968, Yugoslavia/Slovenia, nf/f/p)
* Ken Saro-Wiwa (1941–1995, Nigeria, d/nf)
* Noo Saro-Wiwa (born 1976, Nigeria/England, nf)
* William Saroyan (1908–1981, US, f/d/p)
* Alioune Sarr (1908–2001, Senegal, nf)
* Al Sarrantonio (born 1952, US, f)
* Nathalie Sarraute (1900–1999, Russian E/France, f/d/nf)
* Maren Sars (1911–1998, Norway, f)
* George Sarton (1884–1956, Belgium/US, nf)
* Jean-Paul Sartre (1905–1980, France, nf/d/f)
* Nobutsuna Sasaki (佐佐木信綱, 1872–1963, Japan, p)
* Williams Sassine (1944–1997, Guinea/France, f)
* Siegfried Sassoon (1886–1967, England, p/f/nf)
* Subagio Sastrowardoyo (1924–1995, Dutch E Indies/Indonesia, p/f/nf)
* Ineko Sata (佐多稲子, 1904–1998, Japan, nf/f)
* Július Satinský (1941–2002, Czechoslovakia/Slovakia, d/nf)
* Satiricca (* 1985, Czechoslovakia, f/nf/p)
* Satsvarupa dasa Goswami (born 1939, US, nf/f/p), born Stephen Guarino
* Gilbert Saulnier du Verdier (? –1686, France, f)
* George Saunders (born 1958, US, f/nf/ch)
* Jen Saunders (born 1962, Australia, p)
* Margaret Marshall Saunders (1861–1947, Canada, ch/f/nf)
* William Saunders (1806–1851, Wales)
* Henriette Sauret (1890–1976, France), p/nf)
* Richard Savage (c. 1697–1743, England, p)
* Léon Savary (1895–1968, Switzerland/France, nf)
* Fernando Savater (born 1947, Spain, nf)
* Constance Savery (1897–1999, England, f/ch)
* Milisav Savić (born 1945, Yugoslavia/Serbia, f/nf)
* Jaya Savige (born 1978, Australia, p)
* Annie Gregg Savigny (c. 1838–1901, Canada, f/ch)
* George Savile, 1st Marquess of Halifax (1633–1695, England, nf)
* Steven Savile (born 1969, England/Sweden, f/nf)
* Malcolm Saville (1901–1982, England, ch/nf)
* Alberto Savinio (1891–1952, Italy, nf/d)
* John Sawyer (1919–1992, England, f), co-author of wife Nancy Buckingham
* Robert J. Sawyer (born 1960, Canada, f)
* Ruth Sawyer (1880–1970, US, f/nf/ch)
* Pol Sax (born 1960, Luxembourg/Germany, f/nf)
* Allen Say (born 1937, Japan/US, ch), pseudonym of James Allen Koichi Moriwaki Seii
* Sayat-Nova (1712–1795, Armenia, p)
* Abdullah Abu Sayeed (born 1940, India/Bangladesh, nf)
* Dorothy L. Sayers (1893–1957, England, f/p)
* Isabelle Sbrissa (born 1971, Switzerland,

## Sc

* Leslie Scalapino (1944–2010, US, p/nf/d)
* Kurtis Scaletta (living, US, ch)
* Nelle Scanlan (1882–1968, N Zealand, f/nf)
* Paul Scarron (1610–1660, France, p/d/f)
* Simon Scarrow (born 1962, England, f)
* Richard Scarry (1919–1994, US, ch)
* Igiaba Scego (born 1974, Italy, f/nf)
* Branimir Šćepanović (1937–2020, Yugoslavia/Serbia, f/d)
* Maurice Scève (c. 1501 – c. 1564, France, p)
* Annet Schaap (born 1965, Netherlands, ch)
* Nat Schachner (1895–1955, US, f/nf)
* Adolf Friedrich von Schack (1815–1894, Germany/Italy, p/nf)
* Jakob Schaffner (1875–1944, Switzerland/Germany, f)
* Rafik Schami (born 1946, Syria/Germany, f)
* Alexios Schandermani (born 1953, Iran/Germany, nf)
* Peter Schechter (born 1959, Italy/US, f)
* Riana Scheepers (born 1957, S Africa, ch/f/p)
* Paul Scheerbart (1863–1915, Danzig/Germany, f/p)
* Leopold Schefer (1784–1862, Germany, p/f)
* Herman George Scheffauer (1876–1927, US, p/d/nf)
* Joseph Victor von Scheffel (1826–1886, Germany, p/f)
* Georges Schehadé (1905–1989, Lebanon, d/p)
* Jonathan Schell (1943–2014, US, nf)
* Arthur van Schendel (1874–1946, Netherlands, f)
* Bel Schenk (born 1975, Australia, p)
* Johannes Scherr (1817–1886, Germany/Switzerland, f/nf)
* Pam Scheunemann (born 1955, US, ch)
* Bert Schierbeek (1918–1996, Netherlands, f/nf)
* Stacy Schiff (born 1961, US, nf)
* Emanuel Schikaneder (1751–1812, Germany/Austria, d)
* Friedrich Schiller (1759–1805, Germany, p/nf/d)
* Roland Schimmelpfennig (born 1967, Germany, d)
* Anton Schindler (1795–1864, Austria, nf)
* Baldur von Schirach (1907–1974, Germany, nf)
* Mathilde Schjøtt (1844–1926, Norway, nf)
* Torgeir Schjerven (born 1954, Norway, p/f/ch)
* Johannes Schlaf (1862–1941, Germany, d/f/p)
* Lambert Schlechter (born 1941, Luxembourg, p/f/nf)
* August Wilhelm Schlegel (1767–1845, Germany, p/nf)
* Friedrich Schlegel (1772–1829, Germany, p/nf)
* Johann Elias Schlegel (1719–1749, Germany/Denmark, nf/p)
* Miriam Schlein (1926–2004, US, ch)
* Bernhard Schlink (born 1944, Germany, f/nf)
* Laura Amy Schlitz (born 1955, US, ch)
* Steven J. Schloeder (born 1960, US, nf)
* Eric Schlosser (born 1959, US, nf)
* Anka Schmid (born 1961, Switzerland, d)
* Christoph von Schmid (1768–1854, Germany, ch)
* Annie M. G. Schmidt (1911–1995, Netherlands, ch/p/d)
* Arno Schmidt (1914–1979, Germany, f/nf)
* Stanley Schmidt (born 1944, US, f/nf)
* Michael Schmidt-Salomon (born 1967, Germany, nf/ch)
* Éric-Emmanuel Schmitt (born 1960, France/Belgium, d/f)
* Elke Schmitter (born 1961, Germany, nf/f/p)
* Dennis Schmitz (1937–2019, US, p)
* James H. Schmitz (1911–1974, US, f)
* Abraham Louis Schneiders (1925–2020, Netherlands, f/nf)
* Manfred Schneckenburger (1938–2019, Germany, nf
* Max Schneckenburger (1819–1849, Germany/Switzerland, p)
* Louis Schneider (1805–1878, Germany, nf)
* Reinhold Schneider (1903–1958, Germany, p/f)
* Robert Schneider (born 1961, Austria, f/d/p)
* Arthur Schnitzler (1862–1931, Austria, d/f/nf)
* Wolfdietrich Schnurre (1920–1989, Germany, f/p/ch)
* Karel Schoeman (1939–2017, S Africa, f/nf)
* Alan Scholefield (1931–2017, S Africa, f)
* Robin Schone (born 1954, US, f)
* Patricia Schonstein (born 1952, S Rhodesia/S Africa, f/p/ch)
* Frans van Schooten (1615–1660, Netherlands, nf)
* Arthur Schopenhauer (1788–1860, Poland-Lithuania/Germany, nf)
* Johanna Schopenhauer (1766–1838, Danzig/Germany, nf/f)
* Constance Wiel Schram (1890–1955, Norway, nf/ch)
* Olive Schreiner (1855–1920, S Africa, f/nf)
* Friedrich Ludwig Schröder (1744–1816, Germany, d)
* Rainer M. Schröder (born 1951, Germany, f/ch)
* Christian Friedrich Daniel Schubart (1739–1791, Germany, p/nf)
* Levin Schücking (1848–1883, Germany, f)
* Levin Ludwig Schücking (1878–1964, Germany, nf)
* Franz Schuh (born 1947, Austria, f/nf)
* Philip Schultz (born 1945, US, p)
* Julianne Schultz (born 1956, Australia, nf)
* Tony Schumacher (1848–1931, Germany, ch)
* James Schuyler (1923–1991, US, p)
* Gustav Schwab (1792–1850, Germany, p/nf)
* Werner Schwab (1958–1994, Austria, d/f)
* György Schwajda (1943–2010, Hungary, d)
* Dietrich Schwanitz (1940–2004, Germany, nf/f)
* Delmore Schwartz (1913–1966, US, p/f)
* José Carlos Schwarz (1949–1977, Guinea-Bissau/Cuba, p)
* Alvin Schwartz (1927–1992, US, nf/ch)
* Liesel Schwarz (living, England, f)
* André Schwarz-Bart (1928–2006, France/Guadeloupe, f)
* Achim Schwarze (born 1958, Germany, nf)
* Annemarie Schwarzenbach (1908–1942, Switzerland, nf)
* Alice Schwarzer (born 1942, Germany, nf)
* Peter Schweizer (born 1964, US, nf)
* Monique Schwitter (born 1972, Switzerland, f/d)
* Kurt Schwitters (1887–1948, Germany/England, nf/p)
* Leonardo Sciascia (1921–1989, Italy, f/nf/d)
* Jon Scieszka (born 1954, US, ch)
* Marianella Sclavi (born 1943, Italy, nf)
* Moacyr Scliar (1937–2011, Brazil, f/ch/nf)
* Sandra Scofield (born 1943, US, f/nf)
* Thomas N. Scortia (1926–1986, US, f)
* Manuel Scorza (1928–1983, Peru, f/p/nf)
* Alexander Scott (c. 1520–1582 or 1583, Scotland, p)
* Alexander Scott (1920–1989, Scotland, p/d/nf)
* Alicia Scott (born 1956, US, f), pseudonym of Lisa Gardner)
* Ann Scott (born 1950, England/US, nf)
* Ann Scott (born 1965, France/England, f)
* Andrew Murray Scott (born 1955, Scotland, f/p/nf)
* Caroline Lucy Scott (1784–1857, England, f/nf)
* Cathy Scott (born 1950s, US, nf)
* Dick Scott (1923–2020, N Zealand, nf)
* F. R. Scott (1899–1985, Canada, p/nf)
* Frederick George Scott (1861–1944, Canada, p)
* Gabriel Scott (1874–1958, Scotland/Norway, p/f/ch)
* Geoffrey Scott (1884–1929, England, nf/p)
* Hardiman Scott (1920–1999, England, nf/f/p)
* Hugh Stowell Scott (1862–1903, England, f), pseudonym Henry Seton Merriman
* J. Michael Scott (born 1941, US, nf)
* John A. Scott (born 1948, England/Australia, p/f/nf)
* Lawrence Scott (born 1943, Trinidad, f/nf)
* Margaret Scott (1928–2014, N Zealand, nf)
* Margaret Scott (1934–2005, England/Australia, p/f/nf)
* Mary Scott (1888–1979, N Zealand, f/d)
* Mary-anne Scott [sic] (living, N Zealand, ch)
* Michael Scott (born 1959, Ireland, f/ch), pseudonym Anna Dillon
* Paul Scott (1920–1978, England, f/d/p)
* Peter J. H. Scott (born 1979, England/US, nf)
* Robyn Scott (born 1981, England/N Zealand, f/nf)
* Rosie Scott (1948–2017, N Zealand/Australia, f/p/nf)
* Sarah Scott (1720–1795, England, f/nf)
* Thomas Scott (1747–1821, England, nf)
* Tom Scott (poet) (1918–1995, Scotland, p/nf)
* Walter Scott (1771–1832, Scotland, f/p/d)
* William Matthew Scott (1893–1964, England, f/ch)
* Gil Scott-Heron (1949–2011, US, p)
* E. J. Scovell (1907–1999, England, p)
* Georges de Scudéry (1601–1667, France, f/d/p)
* Madeleine de Scudéry (1607–1701, France, f/nf)
* George Bazeley Scurfield (1920–1991, England, p/nf)
* Jocelynne Scutt (born 1947, Australia, nf)

## Se–Sf

* Jeremy Seabrook (born 1939, England, nf)
* William Bueller Seabrook (1886–1945, US, nf)
* Mary Seacole (1805–1881, Jamaica/England, nf)
* Nicole Sealey (born 1979, US, p)
* Charles Sealsfield (1793–1864, Germany/Switzerland, f), pseudonym of Karl Anton Postl
* Peter Seaton (1942–2010, US, p)
* W. G. Sebald (1944–2001, Germany/England, nf)
* Mihail Sebastian (1907–1945, Romania, d/nf/f)
* Anne Sebba (born 1951, England, nf/ch), born Anne Rubinstein
* Leïla Sebbar (born 1941, Algeria/France, f/nf)
* Sebeos (fl. 7th c., Armenia, nf)
* Alice Sebold (born 1963, US, f/nf)
* Barolong Seboni (born 1957, Botswana, p/nf)
* Mac Sebree (1932–2010, US, nf)
* Juan José Sebreli (born 1930, Argentina, nf)
* Władysław Sebyła (1902–1940, Poland, p), Holocaust victim
* Johannes Secundus (1511–1536, Netherlands, p)
* David Sedaris (born 1956, US, nf/d)
* Catharine Sedgwick (1789–1867, US, f/ch)
* Sir Charles Sedley, 5th Baronet (1639–1701, England, d/p)
* Kate Sedley (1926–2022, England, f), pseudonym of Brenda Margaret Lilian Clarke
* Lisa See (born 1955, France, nf/f)
* Laura Vaccaro Seeger (living, US, ch)
* Giorgos Seferis (1900–1971, Ottoman E/Greece, p), pseudonym of Georgios Seferiades
* Ahmed Sefrioui (1915–2004, Morocco, f)
* Anna Seghers (1900–1983, Germany, nf/f)
* Pierre Seghers (1906–1987, France, p)
* Martin Segon (died 1482 or 1485, Serbia/Italy, nf)
* Tomás Segovia (1927–2011, Spain/Mexico, p/nf)
* Mabel Segun (born 1930, Nigeria, p/d/ch)
* Countess of Ségur (1799–1874, Russian E/France, f/ch), born Sofiya Feodorovna Rostopchina
* Benjamin Sehene (born 1959, Rwanda/Uganda, nf/f/d)
* Sei Shōnagon 清少納言, c. 966–1017 or 1025, Japan, f/nf)
* Joseph Brahim Seid (1927–1980, Chad, nf)
* Tor Seidler (born 1952, US, ch)
* Hugh Seidman (born 1940, US, p)
* Åsne Seierstad (born 1970, Norway, nf)
* Rebecca Seiferle (living, US, p)
* Jaroslav Seifert (1901–1986, Austria-Hungary, Czechoslovakia, p/nf)
* Lutz Seiler (born 1963, Germany, p/f)
* Hase Seishū (馳星周, born 1965, Japan, f)
* Lasana M. Sekou (born 1959, Saint-Martin/Sint Maarten, p/f/nf)
* Isidora Sekulić (1877–1958, Austria-Hungary/Yugoslavia, f/nf)
* Maja Herman Sekulić (born 1949, Yugoslavia/US, p/f/nf)
* Dubravka Sekulić (born 1980, Yugoslavia/Serbia, nf)
* Isidora Sekulić (1877–1958, Austria-Hungary/Yugoslavia, nf/f)
* Kobina Sekyi (1892–1956, Gold Coast/Ghana, f/nf)
* Ato Sekyi-Otu (born 1941, Ghana/Canada, nf)
* Taiye Selasi (born 1979, England, f)
* Sahle Selassie (c. 1795–1847, Ethiopia, nf)
* Hubert Selby Jr. (1928–2004, US, f/nf)
* John Selden (1584–1654, England, nf)
* Anthony Seldon (born 1953, England, nf)
* George Selden (1929–1989, US, f/nf/ch)
* Slobodan Selenić (1933–1995, Yugoslavia, f/nf/d)
* Will Self (born 1961, England, f/nf)
* Rudi Šeligo (1935–2004, Yugoslavia/Slovenia, f/d/nf)
* Meša Selimović (1910–1982, Austria-Hungary/Yugoslavia, f/nf)
* Aubrey de Sélincourt (1894–1962, nf)
* Hugh de Sélincourt (1878–1951, nf)
* Milorad Petrović Seljančica (1875–1921, Serbia, p/d)
* J. B. Selkirk (1832–1904, Scotland, p/nf), real name James Brown
* Ågot Gjems Selmer (1857–1926, Norway, nf)
* Habib Selmi (born 1951, Tunisia, f)
* Francis Selormey (1927–1983, Gold Coast/Ghana, f/d)
* Charles Seltman (1886–1957, England, nf)
* Nachman Seltzer (born 1978, US/Israel, f/nf)
* Shyam Selvadurai (born 1965, Sri Lanka/Canada, f)
* Ousmane Sembène (1923–2007, Senegal, d)
* Eugen Semitjov (1923–1987, Sweden, nf/f/ch)
* Johann Salomo Semler (1725–1791, Germany, nf)
* Semonides of Amorgos (fl. 7th c. BCE, Greece, p)
* Edwin Semzaba (fl. 1982–2016, Tanzania, d/f)
* Amartya Sen (born 1933, India, nf)
* Mala Sen (1947–2011, India/England, nf)
* Samar Sen (1916–1987, India, p)
* Jorge de Sena (1919–1978, Portugal/US, p/nf/f)
* Jean Sénac (1926–1973, Algeria, p/nf)
* Othmane Senadjki (1959–2010, Algeria, nf)
* Étienne Pivert de Senancour (1770–1846, France, nf/f)
* Fakir Mohan Senapati (1843–1918, India, f/p)
* Jack Sendak (1923–1995, US, ch)
* Maurice Sendak (1928–2012, US, ch)
* Philip Sendak (1894–1970, Poland/US, ch)
* Fama Diagne Sène (born 1969, Senegal, f/p)
* Senge Motomaro (千家元麿, 1888–1948, Japan, p)
* Léopold Sédar Senghor (1906–2001, Senegal/France, p/nf)
* Nassau William Senior (1790–1864, England, nf)
* Olive Senior (born 1941, Jamaica/Canada, p/f/nf)
* Iryna Senyk (1926–2009, Ukraine, p)
* Sipho Sepamla (1932–2007, S Africa, p/n)
* Raivo Seppo (born 1973, Estonia, f)
* Luis Sepúlveda (1949–2020, Chile/Spain, p/f)
* Mahbod Seraji (born 1956, Iran/US, f/nf)
* Valentin Serbu (1934–1994, Romania, f)
* Kate Seredy (1899–1975, Hungary/US, ch)
* Mohamed Serghini (born 1930, Morocco, p/f)
* Abdelhak Serhane (born 1950, Morocco, f)
* Rod Serling (1924–1975, US, d)
* Walter Serner (1889–1942, Austrian E, f/nf), Holocaust victim
* Mongane Wally Serote (born 1944, S Africa, p/f/nf)
* Namwali Serpell (born 1980, Zambia/US, f)
* Ian Serraillier (1912–1994, England, f/p/ch)
* Marcela Serrano (born 1951, Chile, f)
* Miguel Serrano (1917–2009, Chile, nf)
* Eneriko Seruma (born 1944, Uganda, p/f), pseudonym of Henry S. Kimbugwe
* Robert Serumaga (1939–1980, Uganda, d)
* Lee Server (1953–2021, US, nf)
* Robert Service (born 1947, England, nf)
* Robert W. Service (1874–1958, England/France, p/f)
* Vojislav Šešelj (born 1954, Yugoslavia/Serbia, nf)
* Changanti Seshayya (1881–1956, India, nf)
* Vikram Seth (born 1952, India, f/p)
* Henriett Seth F. (born 1980, Hungary, f/d), pseudonym of Henrietta Fajcsák
* Mira Sethi (born 1987, Pakistan, f/nf)
* Anya Seton (1904–1990, US, f)
* Diane Setterfield (born 1964, England, f)
* Ernest Thompson Seton (1860–1946, US, nf/ch)
* Johann Gottfried Seume (1763–1810, Germany/Austrian E, nf)
* Dr. Seuss (1904–1991, US, ch), pseudonym of Theodor Geisel
* Miladin Ševarlić (born 1949, Yugoslavia/Serbia, nf)
* Tim Severin (1940–2020, India/England, nf/f)
* David Severn (1918–2010, England, ch/nf)
* Samuel Sewall (1652–1730, England/New England, nf)
* Anna Seward (1742–1809, England, p)
* Anna Sewell (1820–1878, England, ch)
* Elizabeth Sewell (1919–2001, India/US, p/nf/f)
* Elizabeth Missing Sewell (1815–1906, England, nf)
* William Sewell (1804–1874, England, nf/f)
* Miranda Seymour (born 1948, England, nf/f)
* Carole Seymour-Jones (1943–2015, Wales/England, nf)
* Naha Mint Seyyidi (died 2021, Mauritania, nf)
* Anne Sexton (1928–1974, US, p/nf)
* John W. Sexton (born 1958, England/Ireland, p/f/ch)
* Miranda Seymour (born 1948, England, nf/f)
* Mendele Mocher Sforim (1836–1917, Russian E, f/nf)
* Amanda Puspanditaning Sejati (born 1990, Indonesian, nf)

## Sh

* Sha Menghai (沙孟海, 1900–1992, China, nf)
* Sha Wenhan (沙文漢, 1908–1964, China, nf)
* Shaaban bin Robert (1909–1962, Tanzania, p/nf)
* Jeff Shaara (born 1952, US, f)
* Michael Shaara (1928–1988, US, f)
* Yaakov Shabtai (1934–1981, Palestine/Israel, f/d)
* Maurice Shadbolt (1932–2004, N Zealand, f/nf)
* Ahmed Zaki Abu Shadi (1892–1955, Egypt/US, p/nf)
* Thomas Shadwell (c. 1642–1692, England, p/d)
* Idries Shah (1924–1996, India/England, nf/f/ch)
* Ritula Shah (born 1967, England, nf)
* Smbat Shahaziz (1840–1908, Russian E, nf/p)
* Husne Ara Shahed (1943–2022, Bangladesh, f/nf)
* Muhammad Shahidullah (1885–1969, India/E Pakistan, nf)
* Muhammad Quli Qutb Shah (1565–1612, Goncolda Sultanate, p)
* Riaz Ahmed Gohar Shahi (1941–2000s, India/Pakistan, p/nf)
* Rudra Mohammad Shahidullah (1956–1991, E Pakistan/Bangladesh, p)
* Ruchoma Shain (1914–2013, US, nf)
* Lawrence Shainberg (living, US, nf)
* Nicholas Shakespeare (born 1957, England, f/nf)
* William Shakespeare (1564–1616, England, d/p)
* Abdus Shakur (1941–2013, India/Bangladesh)
* Tupac Shakur (1971–1996, US, p)
* Khairy Shalaby (1938–2011, Egypt, f/nf/d)
* Meir Shalev (born 1948, Israel, f/nf/ch)
* Otep Shamaya (born 1979, US, p/f)
* Ivan Shamiakin (1921–2004, USSR/Belarus, f/d/nf)
* Ahmad Shamlou (1925–2000, Iran, p/d/nf)
* Sepideh Shamlou (born 1968, Iran, f)
* Kamila Shamsie (born 1973, Pakistan/England, f/nf)
* Catherine Shan (born 1952, France, f/nf)
* Shang Yang (沙孟海, c. 390–338 BCE, China, nf)
* Ntozake Shange (1948–2018, US, d/p)
* Shangguan Wan'er (上官婉儿, 664–710, China, p)
* John Patrick Shanley (born 1950, US, d)
* David Shannon (born 1959, US, ch)
* Doris Shannon (1924–2012, US, f), pseudonym E. X. Giroux
* Shao Yong (邵雍, 1011–1077, China, nf/p)
* Jo Shapcott (born 1953, England, p)
* Thomas Shapcott (born 1935, Australia, p/f/d)
* Karl Shapiro (1913–2000, US, p/f/nf)
* Abd al-Qadir ibn Shaqrun (died post-1727/1728, Morocco, nf/p)
* Mahjoub Sharif (1948–2014, Sudan, p)
* Heather J. Sharkey (born 1967, US, nf)
* Michael Sharkey (born 1946, Australia, p)
* Ram Sharan Sharma (1919–2011, India, nf)
* Robin Sharma (born 1965, Canada, nf)
* Sanu Sharma (Nepal/Australia, f)
* Yuyutsu Sharma (born 1960, India/Nepal, p/nf)
* Evelyn Sharp (1869–1965, England, nf/ch)
* Jane Sharp (born c. 1641, England, nf)
* Margery Sharp (1905–1991, England, f/ch/d)
* Samuel Sharp (1709–1778, England, nf)
* Tom Sharpe (1928–2013, England/Spain, f)
* Mark Shasha (born 1961, US, ch)
* William Shatner (born 1931, Canada, f/nf)
* Brenda Shaughnessy (born 1970, US, p)
* Richard S. Shaver (1907–1975, US, f/nf)
* Bob Shaw (1931–1996, N Ireland/England, f/nf)
* Charles Green Shaw (1892–1974, US, f/nf/ch)
* George Bernard Shaw (1856–1950, Ireland/England, d/nf)
* Helen Lilian Shaw (1913–1985, N Zealand, f/p)
* Jane Shaw (born 1963, England, nf)
* Jane Shaw (1910–2000, Scotland, ch)
* Jo Shaw (living, England/Scotland, nf)
* Luci Shaw (born 1928, England/US, p/nf)
* Robert Shaw (1927–1978, England/Ireland, f/d)
* Scott Shaw (born 1958, US, nf)
* Tina Shaw (born 1961, N Zealand, f/ch/nf)
* Ahmed Shawqi (1868–1932, Egypt, d/p/nf)
* Maggie Shayne (born 1962, US, f)
* Miranda Shearer (born 1982, England, nf)
* Patrick Augustine Sheehan (1852–1913, Ireland, nf/f)
* Charles Sheffield (1935–2002, England/US, f)
* Robert Sheckley (1928–2005, US, f/nf)
* Kirit Shelat (born 1946, India, nf)
* Edward Sheldon (1599–1687, England, d)
* Joss Sheldon (born 1982, England, f/nf)
* Sidney Sheldon (1917–2007, US, d/f)
* Mary Shelley (1797–1851, England, f)
* Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792–1832, England/Italy, p/nf)
* Ibrahim Sheme (born 1968, Nigeria, f/nf)
* Shen Buhai (申不害, c. 400 – c. 337 BCE, China, nf)
* Shen Congwen (沈從文, 1902–1988, China, f/nf)
* Shen Dao (慎到, c. 350 – c. 275 BCE, China, nf)
* Shen Quanqi (沈佺期, c. 650–729, China, p)
* Shen Rong (谌容, 1936–2024, China, f/nf)
* Shen Shanbao (沈善宝, 1808–1862, China, p/nf)
* Dorothy Sherrill (1901–1990, US, ch)
* Shen Shixi (沈石溪, born 1952, China, ch)
* Shen Yinmo (沈尹默, 1883–1971, China, p)
* Shen Yue (沈約, 441–513, China, p/nf)
* Shen Zhou (沈周, 1427–1509, China, nf)
* William Shenstone (1714–1763, England, p/nf)
* Lucius Shepard (1947–2014, US, f)
* Sara Shepard (born 1977, US, f/ch)
* Joel Shepherd (born 1974, Australia, f)
* Nan Shepherd (1893–1981, Scotland, nf/f/p)
* Dick Sheppard (1880–1937, England, nf)
* Barbara Sher (1935–2020, US, nf)
* Bhupi Sherchan (1937–1990, Nepal, p)
* Moyle Sherer (1789–1869, England, nf/f)
* Vamba Sherif (born 1973, Liberia/Netherlands, f)
* T. L. Sherred (1915–1985, US, f)
* R. C. Sherriff (1896–1975, England, d/f)
* Mary Martha Sherwood (1775–1851, England, ch)
* Will Shetterly (born 1955, US, f)
* Taras Shevchenko (1814–1861, Russian E, p)
* Shi Nai'an (施耐庵, c. 1296–1372, China, f)
* Shi Kefa (史可法, 1601–1645, China, nf)
* Shi Shen (石申, fl. c. 4th c. BCE, China, nf)
* Shi Zhecun (施蟄存, 1905–2003, China, nf/f/p)
* Ryōtarō Shiba (司馬遼太郎, 1923–1996, Japan, f/nf)
* Tatsuhiko Shibusawa (澁澤龍彦, 1928–1987, Japan, f/nf)
* Shide (拾得, fl. 9th c., China, p)
* Carol Shields (1935–2003, US/Canada, f)
* Mitsuko Shiga (四賀光子, 1885–1976, Japan, p)
* Naoya Shiga (志賀直哉, 1883–1971, Japan, f)
* Shiing-Shen Chern (陳省身, 1911–2004, China, nf/p)
* Masaoka Shiki (正岡子規, 1867–1902, Japan, p/nf)
* Arthur Richard Shilleto (1848–1894, England, nf)
* Richard Shilleto (1809–1876, England, nf)
* Masahiko Shimada (島田雅彦, born 1961, Japan, f/p)
* Kensaku Shimaki (島木健作, 1903–1945, Japan, f)
* Toshio Shimao (島尾敏雄, 1917–1986, Japan, f)
* Tōson Shimazaki (島崎藤村, 1872–1943, Japan, p/f)
* Motoyoshi Shimizu (清水基吉, 1918–2008, Japan, f/p)
* Shimizu Shikin (清水紫琴, 1868–1933, Japan, nf)
* Yoshinori Shimizu (清水義範, born 1947, Japan, f/ch)
* Christopher R. Shimmin (1870–1933, Isle of Man, d)
* Thomas Shimmin (1800 – c. 1876/1879, Isle of Man, p)
* Samuel Shimon (born 1956, Iraq, f)
* Pedro Shimose (born 1940, Bolivia/Spain, p/nf)
* Ba Shin (1914–1970, Burma, nf)
* Hsu Shin (1932–2009, Burma/Myanmar, nf), pseudonym of Myo Thant
* Shing-Tung Yau (丘成桐, born 1949, China, nf)
* Irma Shiolashvili (born 1974, USSR/Georgia, p/nf)
* Nanami Shiono (塩野七生, born 1937, Japan, nf/f)
* Gary Shipman (born 1966, US, ch)
* Rhoda Shipman (born 1968, US, ch)
* Anania Shirakatsi (fl. 7th c., Armenia, nf)
* Shizu Shiraki (素木しづ, 1895–1918, Japan, f)
* Hovhannes Shiraz (1914–1984, Russian E/Soviet Union, p)
* Saadi Shirazi (1210–1291 or 1292, Iran, p/f)
* James Shirley (1596–1666, England, d)
* John Shirley (born 1953, US, f/nf/d)
* Reza Shirmarz (born 1974, Iran/Greece, d/nf)
* Alexander Shirvanzade (1858–1935, Armenia/Soviet Union, d/f)
* Avraham Shlonsky (1900–1973, Russian E/Israel, p)
* Izya Shlosberg (born 1950, Soviet Union/US, f/p)
* Dora Adele Shoemaker (1873–1962, US, p/f)
* Lola Shoneyin (born 1974, Nigeria, p/f/ch)
* Junzō Shōno (庄野潤三, 1921–2009, Japan, f/nf)
* Joseph Henry Shorthouse (1834–1903, England, f)
* Rupert Shortt (living, England, nf)
* Fredegond Shove (1889–1949, England, p)
* Norman Shrapnel (1912–2004, England, nf)
* Siddhicharan Shrestha (1912–1992, Nepal, p)
* Ilya Shtemler (1933–2022, USSR/Russia, f/nf)
* Shu Ting (舒婷, born 1952, China, p), pseudonym of Gong Peiyu (龚佩瑜)
* Ana María Shua (born 1951, Argentina, f)
* Ibn Shuayb (died 1349, Morocco/Tunisia, nf/p)
* Ishtiyaq Shukri (living, S Africa/England, f)
* Mark Shulman (born 1962, US, ch)
* Bruno Schulz (1892–1942, Poland, f), Holocaust victim
* William Shunn (born 1967, US, f/nf)
* Semyon Shurtakov (1918–2014, Russia, ch/f)
* Neal Shusterman (born 1962, US, f/nf/ch)
* Nevil Shute (1899–1960, England/Australia, f), pseudonym of Nevil Shute Norway
* Penelope Shuttle (born 1947, England, p)
* Tin Shwe (1936–2000, Burma/Myanmar, f/nf)

## Si

* Siamanto (1878–1915, Ottoman E, p), birth name Atom Yarjanian
* Mohamed Sibari (1945–2013, Morocco, p/f)
* Gareth Sibson (born 1977, England, f/nf)
* Anja Sicking (born 1965, Netherlands, f)
* Bapsi Sidhwa (born 1938, Pakistan/US, f/nf)
* Mary Sidney (1561–1621, England, p/d), Countess of Pembroke, married name Herbert
* Philip Sidney (1554–1586, England, p/nf)
* Samuel Sidney (1813–1883, England, nf)
* Friedrich Sieburg (1893–1964, Germany, nf)
* Louisa Siefert (1845–1877, France, p)
* Eli Siegel (1902–1978, Russian E/US, p/nf)
* Robert Siegel (1939–2012, US, p/f/ch)
* Mary Ann Sieghart (born 1961, England, nf)
* Henryk Sienkiewicz (1846–1916, Russian E/Poland, f)
* Wacław Sieroszewski (1858–1945, Russian E/Poland, f/nf)
* Monde Sifuniso (born 1944, Zambia, f/nf)
* Fatou Niang Siga (1932–2022, Senegal, nf)
* Hannes Sigfússon (1922–1997, Iceland, p/f/nf)
* Steinvör Sighvatsdóttir (early 13th c. – 1271, Iceland, p)
* Marjorie Lynette Sigley (1928–1997, England, ch)
* Fríða Á. Sigurðardóttir (1940–2010, Iceland, f)
* Jakobína Sigurðardóttir (1918–1994, Iceland, ch/f/p)
* Lilja Sigurðardóttir (born 1972, Iceland, f/d)
* Ragna Sigurðardóttir (born 1962, Iceland, f/p)
* Steinunn Sigurðardóttir (born 1950, Iceland, p/f)
* Yrsa Sigurðardóttir (born 1963, Iceland, f/ch)
* Birgir Sigurðsson (1937–2019, Iceland, p/d/f)
* Jóhann Gunnar Sigurðsson (1882–1906, Iceland, p)
* Ófeigur Sigurðsson (born 1975, Iceland, p/f)
* Ólafur Jóhann Sigurðsson (1918–1988, Iceland, f/p/ch)
* Jóhann Sigurjónsson (1880–1919, Iceland, d/p)
* Sigurður Sigurjónsson (born 1955, Iceland, d)
* Rogelio R. Sikat (1940–1997, Philippines, f/d)
* Abdulai Silá (born 1958, Guinea-Bissau, f)
* Charles E. Silberman (1925–2011, US, nf)
* Una Lucy Silberrad (1872–1955, England, f/nf)
* August Silberstein (1827–1900, Austria-Hungary, f/p)
* Malla Silfverstolpe (1782–1861, Sweden, nf)
* Dennis Silk (1931–2019, England, nf)
* Jon Silkin (1930–1997, England, p)
* Frans Eemil Sillanpää (1888–1964, Finland, f)
* Ron Silliman (born 1946, US, p/nf)
* Alan Sillitoe (1928–2010, England, f/nf/ch)
* Ignazio Silone (1900–1978, Italy/Switzerland, f/nf/d)
* Elder Siluan (fl. 14th c., Serbia, f)
* Agostinho da Silva (1906–1994, Portugal, nf)
* António José da Silva (1705–1739, Brazil/Portugal, d)
* Baltasar Lopes da Silva (1907–1989, Cape Verde/Portugal, p/f/nf)
* Daniel Silva (born 1960, US, f)
* José Asunción Silva (1865–1896, Colombo, p)
* Medardo Ángel Silva (1898–1919, Ecuador, p)
* Miguel Otero Silva (1908–1985, Venezuela, f/p/nf)
* Víctor Domingo Silva (1882–1960, Chile, p/nf/d)
* Burton Silver (born 1945, N Zealand, f/nf)
* Adam Silvera (born 1990, US, f/ch)
* Makeda Silvera (born 1955, Jamaica/Canada, f/nf)
* Robert Silverberg (born 1935, US, f)
* Shel Silverstein (1930–1999, US, nf/p/d)
* Carol Ann Sima (born 1956, US, f)
* Sima Guang (司馬光, 1019–1086, China, nf)
* Sima Qian (司馬遷, c. 145 – c. 86 BCE, China, nf)
* Sima Xiangru (司馬相如, c. 179–117 BCE, China, p)
* Sima Zhen (司馬貞, 679–732, China, nf)
* Clifford D. Simak (1904–1988, US, f)
* Elizabeth Simcoe (1762–1850, England/Canada, nf)
* Georges Simenon (1903–1989, Belgium, f)
* Simeon Simev (born 1949, Yugoslavia/N Macedonia, p/nf)
* Charles Simic (1938–2023, Yugoslavia/US, p/nf)
* Johannes Mario Simmel (1924–2009, Austria/Switzerland, f/nf/d)
* Josias Simmler (1530–1576, Switzerland, nf)
* Dan Simmons (born 1948, US, f)
* Dawn Langley Simmons (1922–2020, England, nf), born Gordon Langley Hall
* Jack Simmons (1915–2000, England, nf)
* Brendan Simms (born 1967, Ireland/England, nf)
* David J. Simms (1933–2018, India/Ireland, nf)
* George Simms (1910–1991, Ireland, nf)
* Alcides Sakala Simões (born 1953, Angola, nf)
* Claude Simon (1913–2005, Madagascar/France, f)
* Francesca Simon (born 1955, US/England, ch)
* Richard Simon (1638–1712, France, nf)
* Seymour Simon (born 1931, US, ch)
* Ólafur Haukur Símonarson (born 1947, Iceland, d/f)
* Simonides of Ceos (555–468 BCE, Greece, p)
* Ljubodrag Simonović (born 1949, Yugoslavia/Serbia, nf)
* Les Simons (born 1952, US, f), pseudonym of Kathryn Ptacek
* Arend Fokke Simonsz (1755–1812, Netherlands, nf)
* Ljubomir Simović (born 1935, Yugoslavia/Serbia, p/f/d)
* Dorothy Simpson (1933–2020, Wales/England, f)
* Helen Simpson (born 1957, England, f)
* Helen de Guerry Simpson (1897–1940, Australia/England, f/nf/d)
* Louis Simpson (1923–2012, Jamaica/US, p)
* Matt Simpson (1936–2009, England, p/nf)
* R. A. Simpson (1929–2002, Australia, p)
* Karl Joseph Simrock (1802–1876, Germany, p/nf)
* Hourya Benis Sinaceur (born 1940, Morocco, nf)
* Mohammed Allal Sinaceur (born 1941, Morocco, nf)
* Daniel Sinapius-Horčička (1640–1688, Austria-Hungary, nf/p/d)
* Bennie Lee Sinclair (1939–2000, US, p/f)
* Catherine Sinclair (1800–1864, Scotland/England, f/ch)
* Clive Sinclair (1948–2018, England, f)
* Keith Sinclair (1922–1993, N Zealand, p/nf)
* Lester Basil Sinclair (1894–1974, Australia, ch), pseudonym John Mystery
* May Sinclair (1863–1946, England, f/p)
* Rebecca Sinclair (living, US, f)
* Tim Sinclair (born 1972, Australia, f/ch/p)
* Burns Singer (1928–1964, Scotland/US, p/nf)
* Isaac Bashevis Singer (1903–1991, Russian E/US, f/ch)
* Israel Joshua Singer (1893–1944, Poland/US, f)
* Marilyn Singer (born 1948, US, ch/p)
* Guru Gobind Singh (1666–1708, India, p/nf)
* Jaspreet Singh (born 1969, India/Canada, f/d/nf)
* Nalini Singh (born 1977, N Zealand, f)
* Sally Singhateh (born 1977, Gambia, p/f)
* Sarah Singleton (born 1966, England, f/ch)
* Amara Sinha (fl. c. 375 CE), Sanskrit grammarian and poet
* Indra Sinha (born 1950, India/France, nf/f)
* Johanna Sinisalo (born 1958, Finland, f/nf)
* Ervin Šinko (1898–1967, Austria-Hungary/Yugoslavia, p)
* Gilbert Sinoué (born 1947, Egypt/France, f/nf)
* Binwell Sinyangwe (born 1956, Zambia, f)
* Curt Siodmak (1902–2000, Germany/US, f/d)
* Tamás Sipos (1931–2002, Hungary, f)
* Ali Siqli (born 1932, Morocco, ch/d)
* Ismail Hossain Siraji (1880–1931, India, p/f/nf)
* Ivo Siromahov (born 1971, Bulgaria, f/d)
* Abderrahmane Sissako (born 1961, Mauritania/Mali, d)
* Lemn Sissay (born 1967, England, p)
* Fily Dabo Sissoko (1900–1964, French Sudan/Mali, nf/f/p)
* C. H. Sisson (1914–2003, England, p/f/nf)
* Johann Sithmann (1602–1666, Germany, nf)
* Ndabaningi Sithole (1920–2000, S Rhodesia/Zimbabwe, nf)
* Edith Sitwell (1887–1964, England, p/nf)
* Osbert Sitwell (1892–1969, England, f/nf)
* Sacheverell Sitwell (1897–1988, England, nf/p)
* Arlen Siu (1955–1975, Nicaragua, p/nf)
* Yum-Tong Siu (蕭蔭堂, born 1943, China/US, nf)
* Solfrid Sivertsen (born 1947, Norway, p/f/ch)
* Per Sivle (1857–1904, Norway, p/f/nf)
* Susan Sizemore (1951–2020, US, f)

## Sj–Sn

* Þórðr Sjáreksson (fl. 11th c. CE, Iceland, p)
* Sjón (born 1962, Iceland, p/f), pseudonym of Sigurjón Birgir Sigurðsson
* Maj Sjöwall (1935–2020, Sweden, f)
* Fredrik Skagen (1936–2017, Norway, f/ch/d)
* Kaj Skagen (born 1949, Norway, f/nf)
* Sarita Skagnes (born 1969, India/Norway, nf)
* Bersi Skáldtorfuson (fl. c. 1000 CE, Iceland, p)
* Faouzi Skali (born 1953, Morocco, nf)
* Egill Skallagrímsson (c. 904 – c. 995, Iceland, p)
* Igor Škamperle (born 1962, Yugoslavia/Slovenia, nf/f)
* Antonio Skármeta (born 1940, Chile, f)
* Þórarinn Skeggjason (fl. 11th c. CE, Iceland, p)
* John Skelton (c. 1463–1629, England, p)
* Antanas Škėma (1910–1961, Lithuania/US, f/d)
* Sasha Skenderija (born 1968, Yugoslavia/Czech R, p)
* Staka Skenderova (1831–1891, Ottoman E/Austria-Hungary, nf)
* Jovan Skerlić (1877–1914, Serbia, nf)
* Slobodan Škerović (born 1954, Yugoslavia/Serbia, nf)
* Ronald Skirth (1897–1977, England, nf)
* Einar Skjæraasen (1900–1966, Norway, p/nf)
* Ed Skoog (born 1971, US, p)
* Rebecca Skloot (born 1972, US, nf)
* Sofija Škorić (1937–2022, Yugoslavia/Canada, nf)
* Jan Stanisław Skorupski (born 1938, Poland, p/f/nf)
* Zoë Skoulding (born 1967, England/Wales, p/nf)
* John Skoyles (living, England, nf)
* Amalie Skram (1846–1905, Norway, f)
* Ragnvald Skrede (1904–1983, Norway, p/nf)
* Peter Skrzynecki (born 1945, Australia, p/f/nf)
* Andrej E. Skubic (born 1967, Yugoslavia/Slovenia, f/d)
* Einarr Skúlason (c. 1100 – post-1159, Iceland, p)
* Christina Skye (1950–2018, US, f), pseudonym of Roberta Helmer
* Arthur Slade (born 1967, Canada, f/ch)
* John Sladek (1937–2000, US, f)
* J. Slauerhoff (1898–1936, Netherlands, n/f)
* Karin Slaughter (born 1971, US, f)
* Tracey Slaughter (born 1972, N Zealand, f/p)
* Svetoslav Slavchev (1926–2016, Bulgaria, f/nf)
* Pencho Slaveykov (1866–1912, Bulgaria, p)
* Petko Slaveykov (1827–1895, Bulgaria, p/nf)
* Ioan Slavici (1848–1925, Austria-Hungary/Romania, f/nf)
* Eleanor Sleath (1770–1847, England, f)
* William Sleator (1945–2001, US, f/ch)
* Eugene Sledge (1923–2001, US, nf)
* Barbara Sleigh (1906–1982, England, p/nf)
* Michael Slepian (1987, US, nf)
* Kenneth Slessor (1901–1971, Australia, p)
* Djoko Slijepčević (1907–1993, Habsburg E/Germany, nf)
* Sam Sloan (born 1944, US, nf)
* Eric Sloane (1905–1985, US, nf)
* Dušan Slobodník (1927–2001, Czechoslovakia/Slovakia, nf)
* Anton Martin Slomšek (1800–1862, Austria-Hungary, nf/p)
* Joan Slonczewski (born 1956, US, f)
* Antoni Słonimski (1895–1976, Poland, p/nf/d)
* Gillian Slovo (born 1952, S Africa/England, f/d/nf)
* Juliusz Słowacki (1809–1949, Poland, p)
* René-François de Sluse (1622–1685, Spanish Netherlands, nf)
* Boris Slutsky (1919–1986, USSR, p)
* Anna Smaill (born 1979, N Zealand, p/f)
* Ljiljana Smajlović (born 1956, Yugoslavia/Bosnia and Herzegovina, nf)
* Adam Small (1936–2016, S Africa, nf/p)
* Bertrice Small (1937–2015, US, f)
* Örvar Þóreyjarson Smárason (born 1977, Iceland, p/f)
* Christopher Smart (1722–1771, England, p/nf)
* Henry Hawley Smart (1833–1893, England, f)
* Dorothea Smartt (born 1963, England, p)
* Goce Smilevski (born 1975, Yugoslavia/N Macedonia, f)
* Hristo Smirnenski (1898–1923, Bulgaria, p/nf)
* Adam Smith (1723–1790, Scotland, nf)
* Alexander McCall Smith (born 1948, S Rhodesia/Scotland, nf/f)
* Anthony Neil Smith (living, US, f)
* Barbara Dawson Smith (living, US, f)
* Bruce Smith (born 1946, US, p)
* Charles Saumarez Smith (born 1954, England, nf)
* Charlotte Fell Smith (1851–1937, England, nf)
* Charlotte Smith (1749–1806, England, p/f)
* Clark Ashton Smith (1893–1961, US, p/f)
* Cordwainer Smith (1913–1966, US, f/nf), pseudonym of Paul M. A. Lindebarger
* Dodie Smith (1896–1990, England, f/ch)
* E. E. Smith (1890–1965, US, f), Edward E. "Doc" Smith
* Elizabeth Smith (1776–1806, England, nf)
* Emma Smith (1923–2018, England, f/ch/nf)
* George O. Smith (1911–1981, US, f)
* Georgina Castle Smith (1845–1933, England, ch)
* Jean Edward Smith (1932–2019, US, nf)
* Jeff Smith (born 1960, US, f)
* Jonathan Smith (born 1942, England, f/d)
* Karen Rose Smith (living, US, f)
* L. J. Smith (c. 1817–1887, US, f/ch)
* L. Neil Smith (1946–2021, US, f/nf)
* Margaret Smith (born 1958, US, f/p/nf)
* Mark Smith (1935–2022, US, f)
* Martin Ferguson Smith (born 1940, England/Scotland, nf)
* Mary Bell Smith (1818-1894, US, f)
* Patti Smith (born 1946, US, p)
* Robert Smith (1932–2010, US, nf)
* Robert Farrell Smith (born 1970, US, ch), pseudonym Obert Skye
* Roland Smith (born 1951, US, ch)
* Russell Smith (born 1963, S Africa/Canada, f/nf)
* Stevie Smith (1902–1971, England, p/n)
* Sydney Smith (1771–1845, England, nf)
* Sydney Goodsir Smith (1915–1975, N Zealand/Scotland, p/d/f)
* Tracy K. Smith (born 1972, US, p/nf)
* Vivian Smith (born 1933, Australia, p/nf)
* Wilbur Smith (1933–2021, N Rhodesia/S Africa, f)
* William Jay Smith (1918–2015, US, p)
* Zadie Smith (born 1975, England, f/d/nf)
* Elizabeth Smither (born 1941, N Zealand, p/f)
* Dominik Smole (1929–1992, Yugoslavia/Slovenia, f/d)
* Tobias Smollett (1721–1771, Scotland/England, f/p)
* Barbara Smucker (1915–2003, US/Canada, ch)
* Juhan Smuul (1922–1971, Estonia, f/nf)
* Frank Smythe (1900–1949, England, nf)
* Pat Smythe (1928–1996, England, nf/ch)
* Caroline Snedeker (1871–1956, US, ch)
* O. F. Snelling (1916–2001, England, nf)
* Lemony Snicket (born 1970, US, ch), pen name of Daniel Handler
* W. D. Snodgrass (1926–2009, US, p), pseudonym S. S. Gardons
* Jože Snoj (1934–2021, Yugoslavia/Slovenia, p/f/nf)
* Ernir Kristján Snorrason (1944–1912, Iceland, nf/f/p)
* Oddr Snorrason (fl. 12th c., Iceland, nf)
* C. P. Snow (1905–1980, England, f/nf)
* Jack Snow (1907–1956, US, f)
* Gary Snyder (born 1930, US, p/nf)
* Laura J. Snyder (born 1964, US, nf)
* Laurel Snyder (born 1974, US, ch)
* Lucy A. Snyder (born 1971, US, f/nf)
* Zilpha Keatley Snyder (1927–2014, US, ch)

## So–Sr

* Dava Sobel (born 1947, US, nf)
* Donald J. Sobol (1924–2012, US, ch)
* Joseph Sobran (1946–2010, US, nf)
* Ousmane Diop Socé (1911–1973, Senegal, f)
* Socrates (c. 470–399 BCE, Greece, nf)
* Kirsten Sødal (1935–2022, Norway, ch)
* Hjalmar Söderberg (1869–1941, Sweden, f/d/p)
* Edith Södergran (1892–1923, Russian E/Soviet Union, p)
* Ahmed Sofa (1943–2001, India/Bangladesh, f/nf)
* Zulu Sofola (1935–1995, Nigeria, d)
* Sōgi (宗祇, 1421–1502, Japan, p)
* Jerry Sohl (1913–2002, US, d/f)
* Ružica Sokić (1934–2013, Yugoslavia/Serbia, f)
* Bergr Sokkason (fl. early 14th c., Iceland, f/nf)
* Alexandra Sokoloff (living, US, f/d)
* Pavle Solarić (1779–1821, Habsburg E, nf/p)
* Kristin Solberg (born 1982, Norway, nf)
* Edmundo Paz Soldán (born 1967, Bolivia/US, f/nf)
* Mario Soldati (1906–1999, Italy, f/nf)
* Sóley (born 1987, Iceland, p), pseudonym of Sóley Stefánsdóttir
* Laila Soliman (born 1981, Egypt, d)
* Walid Soliman (born 1975, Tunisia, f)
* Dumitru Solomon (1932–2003, Romania, nf/d)
* Laura Solomon (1974–2019, N Zealand, f/d/p)
* Solon (c. 630 – c. 560 BCE, Greece, nf/p)
* Dag Solstad (born 1941, Norway, f/d)
* Asef Soltanzadeh (born 1964, Afghanistan/Denmark, f/d)
* David Solway (born 1941, Canada, p/nf)
* Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn (1918–2008, Soviet Union/Russia, f/nf)
* Malidoma Patrice Somé (1956–2021, Burkina Faso/US, nf)
* Armonía Somers (1914–1994, Uruguay, f)
* Suzanne Somers (born 1946, US, nf)
* William Somervile (1675–1742, England, p)
* Angela Sommer-Bodenburg (born 1948, Germany, ch)
* Justin Somper (living, England, ch)
* Remi Sonaiya (born 1955, Nigeria, nf)
* Monica Sone (1919–2011, US, nf)
* Song Yingxing (宋應星, 1587–1666, China, nf)
* Song Ci (宋慈, 1186–1249, China, nf)
* Song Yu (宋玉, fl. 298–263 BCE, China, p)
* Song Zhiwen (宋之問, c. 660–712, China, p)
* Joseph von Sonnenfels (1732–1817, Austria/Germany, f)
* Ayako Sono (曽野綾子, Japan, f/nf)
* Kin'yuki Sonoike (園池公致, 1886–1974, Japan, f)
* Alastair Sooke (born 1981, England, nf)
* Eileen Louise Soper (1900–1989, N Zealand, nf)
* Sophocles (c. 479–476 – c. 406–405, BCE, Greece, d)
* Sophronius of Vratsa (1739 – post-1813, Bulgaria/Romania, nf)
* Aco Šopov (1923–1982, Yugoslavia, p)
* Charles Sorel, sieur de Souvigny (c. 1602–1674, France, f/nf)
* Edward Sorensen (1869–1939, Australia, f/p)
* Tracy Sorensen (living, Australia, f)
* Virginia Sorensen (1912–1991, US, f/ch)
* Marin Sorescu (1936–1996, Romania, p/d/f)
* Thor Sørheim (born 1949, Norway, p)
* Charles Sorley (1895–1915, Scotland/France, p)
* Osvaldo Soriano (1943–1997, Argentina, nf)
* Pierre De Sornay (1876–1968, Mauritius, nf)
* Dominique Sorrente (born 1953, France, p)
* Roberto Sosa (1930–2011, Honduras, p/nf)
* Gary Soto (born 1952, Mexico/US, p/f/nf)
* Ahdaf Soueif (born 1950, Egypt, f/nf)
* Maris Soule (born 1939, US, f)
* Philippe Soupault (1897–1990, France, p/f/nf)
* Henrique Teixeira de Sousa (1919–2006, Cape Verde/Portugal, f/nf)
* João da Cruz e Sousa (1861–1898, Brazil, p/nf)
* Noémia de Sousa (1926–2002, Mozambique, p), pseudonym Vera Micaia
* Sousândrade (1833–1902, Brazil, p), pseudonym of Joaquim de Sousa Andrade
* Michael Soussan (born 1973, Denmark/US, nf)
* Mohammed al-Mokhtar Soussi (1900–1963, Morocco, nf)
* William Soutar (1898–1943, Scotland, p/nf)
* Ivan Southall (1921–2008, Australia, f/nf/ch)
* Terry Southern (1924–1995, US, f/nf/d)
* Caroline Anne Southey (1786–1864, England, p)
* Robert Southey (1774–1843, England, p/f)
* Robert Southwell (c. 1561–1595, England, p)
* Stephen Southwold (1887–1964, England, f/ch), pseudonym of Stephen Henry Critten
* Fatou Ndiaye Sow (1937–2004, Senegal, ch/nf)
* Mansour El Souwaim (born 1970, Sudan, f)
* Márcio Souza (born 1946, Brazil, f/d/nf)
* Bode Sowande (born 1948, Nigeria, d/nf)
* Carl Erik Soya (1896–1983, Denmark, d/f/p)
* Jura Soyfer (1912–1939, Russian E/Austria, nf), Holocaust victim
* Wole Soyinka (born 1934, Nigeria, d/f/p)
* Jon Spaihts (born 1970, US, d/f)
* Nancy Spain (1917–1964, England, f/nf)
* Svetlana Spajić (born 1971, Yugoslavia/Serbia, nf)
* Tom Spanbauer (born 1946, US, nf)
* Muriel Spark (1918–2006, Scotland/England, f/nf/p)
* Nicholas Sparks (born 1965, US, f/nf)
* Walter Shaw Sparrow (1862–1940, Wales/England, nf)
* Thomas Henry Sparshott (1841–1927, England, East Africa, nf)
* Zoran Spasojević (born 1949, Yugoslavia/Serbia, p/f/d)
* Elizabeth George Speare (1908–1994, US, ch)
* William Speechly (1735–1819, England, nf)
* Albert Speer (1905–1981, Germany, nf)
* Alan Spence (born 1947, Scotland, p/d/f)
* Catherine Helen Spence (1825–1910, Scotland/Australia, nf)
* Eleanor Spence (1928–2008, Australia, f/ch)
* E. Lee Spence (born 1947, Germany/US, nf), pseudonym Charles King
* Bernard Spencer (1909–1963, England/Austria, p)
* LaVyrle Spencer (born 1943, US, f)
* Robert Spencer (born 1962, US, nf)
* Thomas Edward Spencer (1845–1911, England/Australia, f/p)
* Lady Henrietta Spencer-Churchill (born 1958, England, nf)
* Dale Spender (1943–2023, Australia, nf)
* Emily Spender (1841–1922, England, f)
* Harold Spender (1864–1926, England, nf)
* J. A. Spender (1862–1942, England, nf)
* Jean Spender (1901–1970, Australia, f)
* Lillian Spender (1835–1895, England, nf/f)
* Stephen Spender (1909–1995, England, p/f/nf)
* Edmund Spenser (1552/1553–1599, England, p)
* Manès Sperber (1905–1984, Austria/France, f/nf)
* Armstrong Sperry (1897–1976, US, ch)
* Hendrik Laurenszoon Spiegel (1549–1612, Netherlands, nf/d)
* Nadja Spiegelman (born 1987, US, nf/ch)
* Hilde Spiel (1911–1990, Austria/England, f/nf)
* Friedrich Spielhagen (1829–1911, Germany, f/nf)
* Peter Spier (1927–2017, Netherlands/US, ch)
* Jerry Spinelli (born 1941, US, ch)
* Baruch Spinoza (1632–1677, Dutch Republic, nf)
* Norman Spinrad (born 1940, US, f/nf)
* André Spire (1868–1966, France, p/nf)
* Jela Spiridonović-Savić (1890–1974, Serbia/Yugoslavia, p)
* György Spiró (born 1946, d/f/nf)
* Carl Spitteler (1845–1924, Switzerland, p)
* William Archibald Spooner (1844–1930, England, nf)
* Howard Spring (1889–1965, Wales/England, f/ch)
* F. Springer (1932–2011, Netherlands, f), pseudonym of Carel Jan Schneider
* Nancy Springer (born 1948, US, f/ch)
* Sarah Springman (born 1956, England, nf)
* Francis Spufford (born 1964, England, nf/f)
* Margaret Spufford (1935–2014, England, nf)
* Peter Spufford (1934–2015, England, nf)
* Caroline Spurgeon (1869–1942, India, US, nf)
* E. C. Spykman (1896–1965, US, ch)
* Johanna Spyri (1827–1901, Switzerland, f/ch)
* Biljana Srbljanović (born 1970, Yugoslavia/Serbia, d)
* Srđan Srdić (born 1977, Yugoslavia/Serbia, f/nf)
* Stojan Srdić (born 1950, Yugoslavia/Serbia, d/f)
* Stevan Sremac (1855–1906, Austrian E/Serbia, nf)
* Srđan Srdić (born 1977, Yugoslavia/Serbia, f/nf)
* Ahmed Harrak Srifi (died 1925, Morocco, nf)
* Balys Sruoga (1896–1947, Lithuania/Soviet Union, p/d/nf)

## St

* Cynthia Morgan St. John (1852–1919, US, p/nf)
* Patricia St. John (1919–1993, England, f/nf)
* Gunnar Staalesen (born 1947, Norway, f/d)
* Edward Stachura (1937–1979, Poland, p/f/nf)
* Arnold Stadler (born 1954, Germany, f/nf/p)
* Matthew Stadler (born 1959, US, f/nf)
* Rebecca St. James (born 1977, Australia, nf)
* Michael A. Stackpole (born 1957, US, f)
* Germaine de Staël (1766–1817, France, nf)
* Leopold Staff (1878–1957, Austria-Hungary/Poland, p)
* Ian Stafford (living, England, nf)
* Kim Stafford (born 1949, US, p/nf)
* William Stafford (1914–1993, US, p/nf/f)
* Jason Staggie (born 1980s, S Africa, f)
* Erik Johan Stagnelius (1793–1823, Sweden, p/d)
* A. E. Stallings (born 1968, US, p)
* Jon Stallworthy (1935–2014, England, nf/p)
* Georgi Stamatov (1869–1942, Russian E/Bulgaria, f)
* Albena Stambolova (born 1957, Bulgaria, nf/f)
* Peter Stamm (born 1963, Switzerland, f)
* Zaharia Stancu (1902–1974, Romania, nf/f/p)
* Nichita Stănescu (1933–1983, Romania, p/nf)
* Emiliyan Stanev (1907–1979, Bulgaria, f)
* Ann Stanford (1916–1987, US, p/d/nf)
* Louisa Stanhope (fl. 1806–1827, England, f)
* Philip Stanhope, 5th Earl Stanhope (1805–1875, England, nf)
* Vladimir Stanimirović (1881–1956, Yugoslavia/Serbia, p/d)
* Anna Stanisławska (1651–1701, Poland, p)
* Borisav Stanković (1876–1927, Ottoman E/Yugoslavia, f)
* Dejan Tiago Stankovic (born 1965, Yugoslavia/Portugal, f)
* Stanoje Stanojević (1874–1937, Serbia/Yugoslavia, nf)
* Andy Stanton (born 1973, England, ch)
* Olaf Stapledon (1886–1950, England, nf/f)
* Petar Stapov (1910–1992, Bulgaria, f)
* George Starbuck (1931–1996, US, p)
* Walter Starkie (1894–1976, Ireland/Spain, nf)
* Luan Starova (1941–2022, Albania/N Macedonia, f)
* Christopher Stasheff (1944–2018, US, f)
* Andrzej Stasiuk (born 1960, Poland, nf)
* Nicolette Stasko (born 1950, US/Australia, p/f/nf)
* Statius (c. 45 – c. 96 CE, Roman E, p)
* Kjersti Løken Stavrum (born 1969, Norway, nf)
* C. K. Stead (born 1932, N Zealand, f/p/nf)
* Christina Stead (1902–1983, Australia, f)
* Catherine Steadman (born 1987, England, f)
* Betsey Ann Stearns (1830–1914, US, nf)
* Henry Stebbing (1799–1883, England, nf/p)
* Stesichorus (c. 630–555 BCE, Greece, p)
* Danielle Steel (born 1947, US, f)
* Flora Annie Steel (1847–1929, England, f/nf)
* Allen Steele (born 1958, US, f)
* Jessica Steele (1933–2020, England, f)
* Peter Steele (1939–2012, Australia, p/nf)
* Thorvald Steen (born 1954, Norway, f/d/ch)
* Willem Steenkamp (born 1940, S Africa, nf)
* Dugald Steer (born 1965, England, ch)
* Josef Stefan (1835–1893, Austrian E/Austria-Hungary, nf/p)
* Mirjana Stefanović (1939–2021, Yugoslavia/Serbia, p/ch)
* Zoran Stefanović (born 1969, Yugoslavia/Serbia, d/f)
* Erla Stefánsdóttir (1935–2015, Iceland, nf)
* Davíð Stefánsson (1895–1964, Iceland, p/f)
* Hermann Stefánsson (born 1968, Iceland, f/p)
* Jón Kalman Stefánsson (born 1963, Iceland, f/p)
* Albert Steffen (1884–1963, Switzerland, p/d/nf)
* Wallace Stegner (1909–1993, US, f/nf)
* William Steig (1907–2003, US, ch)
* Otto Steiger (1909–2005, f)
* Marie Henriette Steil (1898–1930, Luxembourg, f/nf)
* Alicia Steimberg (1933–2012, Argentina, f)
* Gertrude Stein (1874–1946, US, f/p/d)
* Sylvester Stein (1920–2015, S Africa, nf/f)
* Steinn Steinarr (1908–1958, Iceland, p)
* John Steinbeck (1902–1968, US, f/nf)
* Jonny Steinberg (born 1970, S Africa, nf)
* Þórir Jökull Steinfinnsson (fl. 11th c. CE, Iceland, p)
* Guðmundur Steingrímsson (born 1972, Iceland, nf)
* Nicolae Steinhardt (1912–1989, Romania, f/nf)
* Angela Steinmüller (born 1941, Germany, f)
* Karlheinz Steinmüller (born 1950, Germany, f)
* Kristín Steinsdóttir (born 1946, Iceland, ch)
* Ginka Steinwachs (born 1942, Germany, nf/f/d)
* Eric Stenbock (1860–1895, England, p/f)
* Stendhal (1783–1842, France, f/nf)
* Polly Stenham (born 1986, England, d)
* Mattie Stepanek (1990–2004, US, p/nf)
* Joanne Stepaniak (born 1954, US, nf)
* Theodore Stephanides (1896–1983, India/England, nf/p)
* Stephan G. Stephansson (1853–1927, Iceland, p/nf), birth name Stefán Guðmundur Guðmundsson
* Stephen of Tbeti (fl. 10th c., Georgia, nf), in Georgian Stepane Mtbevari
* James Stephen (1758–1832, England, nf)
* Leslie Stephen (1932–2004, England, nf)
* H. Marion Stephens (1823–1858, US, f/nf)
* James Stephens (1880–1950, Ireland, p/f)
* James Brunton Stephens (1835–1902, Scotland/Australia, p/f)
* Māmari Stephens (born 1970, N Zealand, nf)
* Marta María Stephensen (1770–1805, Iceland, nf)
* Neal Stephenson (born 1959, US, f/nf)
* George Stepney (1663–1707, England, p/nf)
* John Steptoe (1950–1989, US, ch)
* Constantin Stere (1865–1936, Russian E/Romania, nf/f)
* Bruce Sterling (born 1954, US, f)
* Haki Stërmilli (1895–1953, Ottoman E/Albania, f/nf)
* Adolf Stern (1835–1907, Germany, nf/p), pseudonym of Adolf Ernst
* Anatol Stern (1899–1968, Russian E/Poland, p/d/nf)
* Gerald Stern (1925–2022, US, p/nf)
* Gladys Bronwyn Stern (1890–1973, England, f/d/nf)
* James Stern (1904–1993, Ireland/England, f/nf)
* Karl Stern (1906–1975, Germany/Canada, nf)
* Laurence Sterne (1713–1768, Ireland/England, f/nf)
* Stesichorus (c. 630–555 BCE, Greece, p)
* Fritz Steuben (1898–1981, Germany, f), pseudonym of Erhard Wittek
* Marinko Stevanović (born 1961, Yugoslavia/Austria, p)
* Vidosav Stevanović (born 1942, Yugoslavia/Serbia, f/p/d)
* C. J. Stevens (1927–2021, US, p/f/nf)
* Fisher Stevens (born 1963, US, f)
* Robin Stevens (born 1988, US/England, ch)
* W. Richard Stevens (1951–1999, N Rhodesia/US, nf)
* Wallace Stevens (1879–1955, US, p)
* Anne Stevenson (1933–2020, US/England, p/nf)
* Robert Louis Stevenson (1850–1894, Scotland/England, f/nf/p)
* William Bennet Stevenson (c. 1787 – post-1830, Peru, nf)
* Margo Taft Stever (living, US, p)
* The Two Steves (20th century author pair, Steve Barlow, living, and Steve Skidmore, born 1960, England, ch)
* Adela Blanche Stewart (1846–1910, N Zealand, nf)
* Amanda Stewart (born 1959, Australia, p)
* Douglas Stewart (1913–1985, p/f/nf)
* Fred Mustard Stewart (1932–2007, US, f)
* Harold Stewart (1916–1995, Australia, p/nf)
* J. I. M. Stewart (1906–1994, Scotland, f/nf)
* Jane Agnes Stewart (1860–1944, US, nf)
* Jennifer J. Stewart (living, US, ch)
* Mariah Stewart (living, US, f)
* Mary Stewart (1916–2014, England/Scotland, f/ch)
* Michael Stewart (born 1945, England, f/d)
* Michael Stewart (born 1971, England, d/f/p)
* Paul Stewart (born 1955, England, ch)
* Trenton Lee Stewart (born 1970, US, f)
* Trumbull Stickney (1874–1904, US, nf/p)
* Georg Stiernhielm (1598–1672, Sweden, nf/p)
* Adalbert Stifter (1805–1868, Austrian E, f)
* Terje Stigen (1922–2010, Norway, f/nf/d)
* James Still (1906–2001, US, p/f/nf)
* Isabel Stilwell (born 1960, Portugal, f/ch)
* Julius Stinde (1841–1905, Germany, f)
* R. L. Stine (born 1943, US, f/d)
* James Stirling (1692–1770, Scotland, nf)
* S. M. Stirling (born 1953, France/US, f)
* Max Stirner (1806–1856, Germany, nf)
* Francine Stock (born 1958, England, f/nf)
* Helene Stöcker (1869–1943, Germany/US, nf)
* Kathryn Stockett (born 1969, US, f)
* Jan Stocklassa (born 1965, Sweden, nf)
* Cynthia Stockley (1873–1936, S Africa/England, f)
* Frank R. Stockton (1834–1902, US, ch)
* Julian Stockwin (born 1944, England, f/nf)
* Hilda van Stockum (1908–2006, Netherlands/England, ch)
* Ivan Stodola (1888–1977, Hungary/Czechoslovakia, d/nf)
* Dejan Stojanović (born 1959, Yugoslavia/Serbia, p/nf)
* Milica Stojadinović-Srpkinja (1828–1878, Austria E/Serbia, p/nf)
* Dejan Stojanović (born 1959, Yugoslavia/US, p/nf)
* Ivan Stojanović (1829–1900, Serbia/Austria-Hungary, nf)
* Radosav Stojanović (born 1950, Yugoslavia/Serbia, p/f/d)
* Atanasije Stojković (1773–1832, Austrian E/Russian E, nf)
* Melis Stoke (c. 1235 – c. 1305, Netherlands, p)
* Bram Stoker (1847–1912, Ireland/England, f/nf)
* Maša Stokić (born 1966, Yugoslavia/Serbia, d/nf)
* Christian of Stolberg-Stolberg (1748–1821, Germany, p)
* David Lee Stone (born 1978, England, f/ch)
* Donna J. Stone (1933–1994, US, p)
* Irving Stone (1903–1989, US, f/nf), born Irving Tennenbaum
* Katherine Stone (born 1949, US, f)
* Robert Stone (1937–2015, US, f/nf)
* Ruth Stone (1915–2011, US, p)
* Billy Marshall Stoneking (1947–2016, US/Australia, p/d)
* Lisa Gluskin Stonestreet (born 1968, US, p)
* Miriam Stoppard (born 1937, England, nf)
* Tom Stoppard (born 1937, Czechoslovakia/England, d)
* Benjamin Stora (born 1950, Algeria/France, nf)
* Edward Storer (1880–1944, England, nf/p)
* David Storey (1933–2017, England, d/f)
* Edward Storey (1930–2018, England/Wales, p/d/nf)
* Margaret Storey (1926–2022, England, ch)
* Edvard Storm (1749–1794, Norway, p/nf)
* Theodor Storm (1817–1888, Germany, f/p)
* Alfonsina Storni (1892–1938, Argentina, p)
* Catherine Storr (1913–2001, England, ch)
* Agnes L. Storrie (1864–1936, Australia, p)
* Jack Trevor Story (1917–1991, England, f)
* Walter Scott Story (1879–1955, US, ch)
* Anna Stothard (born 1983, England, f)
* Peter Stothard (born 1951, England, nf)
* Randolph Stow (1935–2010, Australia, f/p/ch)
* Brian Stowell (1936–1919, Isle of Man, nf)
* Harold Strachan (1925–2020, S Africa, nf/f)
* Mari Strachan (born 1945, Wales, f)
* Zoë Strachan (born 1975, Scotland, f/nf)
* Barbara Strachey (1912–1999, England, nf)
* John Strachey (1860–1927, England, nf)
* John Strachey (1901–1963, England, nf)
* Lytton Strachey (1880–1932, England, nf)
* J. Michael Straczynski (born 1954, US, d/f)
* August Stramm (1874–1915, Germany, p/d)
* Mark Strand (1934–2014, Canada/US, p/nf)
* Herbert Strang (author pair, George Herbert Ely, 1866–1958, and Charles James L'Estrange, 1867–1947, England, ch)
* John Strang (1795–1863, Scotland, nf)
* Anton Strashimirov (1872–1937, Bulgaria, nf/d)
* Todd Strasser (born 1950, US, ch)
* Edward Stratemeyer (1862–1930, US, ch)
* Stanislav Stratiev (1941–2000, Bulgaria, d/nf)
* Linda Stratmann (born 1948, England, nf/f)
* Strattis (fl. c. 412 BCE, Greece, p)
* Gene Stratton-Porter (1863–1924, US, f/nf/ch)
* Botho Strauss (born 1944, Germany, d/f/nf)
* Darin Strauss (born 1970, US, f/nf)
* David Strauss (1808–1874, Germany, nf)
* David Levi Strauss (born 1953, US, p/nf)
* Jennifer Strauss (born 1933, Australia, p/nf)
* Noel Streatfeild (1895–1986, England, ch)
* Barry Streek (1948–2006, S Africa, nf)
* Jakob Streit (1910–2009, Switzerland, ch/nf)
* Hesba Stretton (1832–1911, England, ch)
* Stijn Streuvels (1871–1969, Belgium, f), pseudonym of Franciscus Petrus Maria Lateur
* Agnes Strickland (1796–1874, England, nf/p)
* Jane Margaret Strickland (1800–1888, England, f/nf)
* August Strindberg (1849–1912, Sweden, d/f/p)
* Olga Stringfellow (1923–1995, N Zealand/England, f/nf)
* Erwin Strittmatter (1912–1994, Germany, f)
* Eva Strittmatter (1930–2011, Germany, p)
* Eva Ström (born 1947, Sweden, f/p/nf)
* Fredrik Ström (1880–1948, Sweden, nf)
* Charles S. Strong (1906–1962, US, ch)
* Jeremy Strong (born 1949, England, ch)
* Charles Stross (born 1964, England, f/nf)
* Jonathan Stroud (born 1970, England, f/ch)
* Joseph Stroud (born 1943, US, p)
* Flora E. Strout (1867–1962, US, nf)
* Antje Rávic Strubel (born 1974, Germany, f/nf)
* Arkady and Boris Strugatsky (1933–2012 and 1925–1991, Soviet Union/Russia, f/d), brothers
* Alexander Stuart (living, England/US, f/d/ch)
* Andrea Stuart (born 1962, Barbados/England, nf)
* Dorothy Margaret Stuart (1889–1963, England, p/nf/ch)
* Douglas Stuart (born 1976, Scotland/US, f)
* Francis Stuart (1902–2000, Australia/Ireland, f/p/nf)
* Jesse Stuart (1906–1984, US, f/p/nf)
* Robyn Stuart (1914–1986, England, f), pseudonym of Vivian Stuart
* Sheila Stuart (1892–1974, Scotland, nf/ch), pseudonym of Gladys May Baker
* Vivian Stuart (1914–1986, England, f)
* William Stukeley (1687–1765, England, nf)
* Ľudovít Štúr (1815–1856, Austria-Hungary, nf)
* Theodore Sturgeon (1918–1985, US, f/nf)
* Sighvatr Sturluson (c. 1170–1238, Iceland, p)
* Snorri Sturluson (1179–1241, Iceland, nf/p)
* Jacquie Sturm (1927–2009, N Zealand, p/f), born Te Kare Papuni
* Julius Sturm (1806–1896, Germany, p)
* William Styron (1925–2006, US, f/nf)

## Su–Sz

* Su Buqing (蘇步青, 1902–2003, China, nf/p)
* Su Hui (蘇蕙, 4th c. CE, China, p)
* Su Manshu (蘇曼殊, 1884–1918, China, f/p)
* Su Qing (苏青, 1914–1982, China, f/nf)
* Su Shi (蘇軾, 1037–1101, China, p/nf)
* Su Tong (苏童, born 1963, China, p/nf)
* Su Xiaoxiao (蘇小小, c. 479 – c. 501, China, p)
* Su Xuelin (蘇雪林, 1897–1999, China, f/nf)
* Daniel Suarez (born 1964, US, f)
* Gastón Suárez (1929–1984, Bolivia, f/d)
* Ariano Suassuna (1927–2014, Brazil, p/f)
* Abhi Subedi (born 1945, Nepal, p/d/nf)
* Allamraju Subrahmanyakavi (1831–1892, India, p/nf)
* Bogdan Suceavă (born 1969, Romania/US, nf)
* Somtow Sucharitkul (born 1952, Thailand/US, f), pseudonym S. P. Somtow
* John Suckling (1609–1641, England, p)
* José Antonio Ramos Sucre (1890–1930, Venezuela, p/nf)
* Mohammed al-Tawdi ibn Suda (1790–1794/1795, Morocco, nf)
* Hermann Sudermann (1857–1928, Germany, d/f)
* Olivia Sudjic (born 1988, England/US, f)
* Eugène Sue (1804–1857, France/Italy, f)
* Suematsu Kenchō (末松謙澄, 1855–1920, Japan, nf)
* Víctor Sueiro (1943–2007, Argentina, nf)
* Laurence Suhner (born 1968, Switzerland, f)
* Laura Jane Suisted (1840–1903, N Zealand, nf)
* Huzir Sulaiman (born 1973, Malaya/Singapore, d)
* Suleiman the Magnificent (1494–1566, Ottoman E, p/nf)
* Andrew Sullivan (born 1963, England/US, nf)
* Deirdre Sullivan (living, Ireland, ch)
* Jennifer Sullivan (born 1945, Wales/France, ch/nf)
* Mark T. Sullivan (born 1958, US, f)
* Robert Sullivan (born 1967, N Zealand, p/nf)
* Thomas Sullivan (living, US, f)
* Zuhayr bin Abi Sulma (c. 520 – c. 609, Arabia, p)
* Nancy Sumari (born 1986, Tanzania, cs)
* Vetrliði Sumarliðason (fl. 10th c. CE, Iceland, p)
* Anne Summers (born 1945, Australia, nf)
* Essie Summers (1912–1998, N Zealand, f)
* Montague Summers (1880–1948, England, nf/p/d)
* Barbara Sumner (born 1960, N Zealand, nf)
* Sun Bin (孫臏, died 316 BCE, China, nf)
* Sun Guangyuan (孫光遠, 1900–1979, China, nf)
* Sun Guoting (孫過庭, 646–691, China, nf)
* Sun Tzu (孫子, c. 544 – c. 496 BCE, China, nf)
* Sun Simiao (孫思邈, died 682 CE, China, nf)
* Per Olof Sundman (1922–1992, Sweden, f/nf)
* Sunzi Suanjing (孙子算经, c. 3rd – 5th c. CE, China, nf)
* Jovan Sundečić (1825–1900, Ottoman E/Montenegro, p/nf)
* Jules Supervielle (1884–1960, Uruguay, p)
* Pingali Suranna (fl. 16th c. CE, India, p)
* Cemal Süreya (1931–1990, Turkey, p)
* Robert Smith Surtees (1805–1864, England, f/nf)
* Gordana Suša (1946–2021, Yugoslavia/Serbia, nf)
* Patrick Süskind (born 1949, Germany, f/d)
* Wilhelm Emanuel Süskind (1901–1970, Germany, nf)
* Henry Suso (1295–1366, Germany, nf), also Heinrich Seuse
* Alexander Süsskind of Grodno (died 1794, Russian E, nf)
* Süßkind von Trimberg (fl. later 13th c., Germany, p)
* Miroslav Šustek (1947–2015, Czechoslovakia/Slovakia, f)
* Rosemary Sutcliff (1920–1992, England, ch)
* Alice Sutcliffe (fl. 1624–1634, England, nf)
* Katherine Sutcliffe (born 1952, US, f)
* Thomas Sutcliffe (c. 1790–1849, England, nf)
* Martin Suter (born 1948, Switzerland, f/nf/d)
* Rudolf Sutermeister (1802–1868, Switzerland, nf)
* Efua Sutherland (1924–1996, Gold Coast/Ghana, d/p/ch)
* John Sutherland (born 1938, England, nf)
* András Sütő (1927–2006, Romania/Hungary, d/f/nf)
* Bertha von Suttner (1843–1914, Austrian E/Austria, nf/f)
* D. T. Suzuki (鈴木大拙貞太郎, 1870–1966, Japan, nf)
* Kōji Suzuki (鈴木光司, born 1957, Japan, f/nf)
* Miekichi Suzuki (鈴木三重吉, 1882–1936, Japan, f)
* Janez J. Švajncer (born 1948, Yugoslavia/Slovenia, nf)
* František Švantner (1912–1950, Hungary/Czechoslovakia, f)
* Karin Sveen (born 1948, Norway, p/f/nf)
* Jón Sveinsson (1857–1944, Iceland, ch)
* Maria Sveland (born 1974, Sweden, nf)
* Italo Svevo (1861–1928, Italy, f/d), pseudonym of Aron Hector Schmitz
* Ladislav Švihran (1931–2022, Belgium/Slovakia, nf)
* Rosie Swale-Pope (born 1946, Ireland/Wales, nf)
* Annie S. Swan (1859–1943, Scotland, f/nf)
* Nathaniel Walter Swan (1834–1884, Ireland/Australia, nf/f)
* Leonie Swann (born 1975, Germany, f)
* Michael Swanwick (born 1950, US, f)
* Robert Sward (1933–2022, US/Canada, p/f)
* Vikas Swarup (born 1961, India, f)
* Nan Nyunt Swe (1923–2010, Burma/Myanmar, p/nf/f)
* Emanuel Swedenborg (1688–1782, Sweden/England, nf)
* Jon M. Sweeney (born 1967, US, nf/f/ch)
* Cole Swensen (born 1945, US, p/nf)
* Karen Swenson (born 1936, US, p/nf)
* May Swenson (1913–1989, US, p/d)
* Marcin Świetlicki (born 1961, Poland, p)
* Graham Swift (born 1949, England, f/nf)
* Jonathan Swift (1667–1745, Ireland/England, nf/p)
* Susie Forrest Swift (1862–1916, United States, nf)
* Algernon Charles Swinburne (1837–1909, England, p/d/f)
* Randall Swingler (1909–1967, England, p)
* Bertha Swirles (1903–1999, England, nf)
* Anna Świrszczyńska (1909–1984, Poland, p)
* Meera Syal (born 1961, England, d/f)
* Abdul Mannan Syed (1943–2010, India/Bangladesh, p/f/nf)
* Bobbi Sykes (1943–2010, Australia, p/nf)
* Khady Sylla (1963–2013, Senegal, f/d)
* Harry Sylvester (1908–1993, US, f)
* Josuah Sylvester (1563–1618, England, p)
* Matthew Sylvester (c. 1636–1708, England, nf)
* Vanda Symon (born 1969, N Zealand, f)
* Arthur Symons (1865–1945, Wales/England, p/nf)
* Mitchell Symons (born 1957, England, f/nf)
* John Millington Synge (1871–1909, Ireland, d/p/nf)
* Władysław Syrokomla (1823–1862, Russian E, p)
* Dezső Szabó (1879–1945, Hungary, f/nf)
* Lőrinc Szabó (1900–1957, Hungary, p)
* Magda Szabó (1917–2007, Hungary, d/f/ch)
* Fruzina Szalay (1864–1926, Austria-Hungary/Hungary, p/f)
* Michael Szameit (1950–2014, Germany, f)
* George Szanto (born 1940, Ireland/Canada, f/d/nf)
* Mikołaj Sęp Szarzyński (c. 1550 – c., Poland, p)
* Sándor Szathmári (1897–1974, Austria-Hungary/Hungary, nf)
* Louis Szathmary (1919–1996, Hungary/US, nf)
* Arthur Sze (施家彰, born 1950, US, p)
* István Széchenyi (1791–1860, Austria-Hungary, nf)
* Noémi Szécsi (born 1976, Hungary, f)
* Júlia Székely (1906–1986, Austria-Hungary/Hungary, nf/f)
* Bertalan Szemere (1812–1869, Austria-Hungary, p)
* Gyula Szentessy (1870–1905, Austria-Hungary, p)
* Mária Szepes (1908–2007, Austria-Hungary/Hungary, d/f/nf)
* Antal Szerb (1901–1945, Austria-Hungary/Hungary, f/nf), Holocaust victim
* Ede Szigligeti (1814–1878, Austria-Hungary, d)
* George Szirtes (born 1948, Hungary/England, p)
* Janusz Szpotański (1929–1991, Poland, p/nf)
* Edina Szvoren (born 1974, Hungary, f/p)
* Melinda Szymanik (born 1963, N Zealand, ch)
* Włodzimierz Szymanowicz (1946–1967, Poland, p)
* Wisława Szymborska (1923–2012, Poland, p/nf)
* Szymon Szymonowic (1558–1629, Poland, p)