# List of authors by name: M

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

## Ma

* Ma Duanlin (馬端臨, 1245–1322, China, nf)
* Ma Jian (馬建, born 1953, China, f/p/nf)
* Ma Rong (馬融, 79–166 CE, China, f/nf)
* Ma Zhiyuan (馬致遠, c. 1250–1321, China, p/d)
* Amin Maalouf (born 1949, Lebanon/France, f/nf/d)
* Dada Masiti (c. 1810s-15 July 1919, Kenya, p)
* Paul Maar (born 1937, Germany, ch)
* Rozena Maart (born 1962, S Africa, nf)
* Alain Mabanckou (born 1966, Republic of the Congo, f/p/nf)
* Ignatius Mabasa (born 1971, S Rhodesia/Zimbabwe, f/p)
* Richard Mabey (born 1941, England, nf)
* Shukri Mabkhout (born 1962, Tunisia, nf/f)
* Darko Macan (born 1966, Yugoslavia/Croatia, nf/f)
* Frederick Macartney (1887–1980, Australia, p/nf)
* Rose Macaulay (1881–1958, England, f/nf)
* Thomas Babington Macaulay (1800–1859, England/Scotland, nf)
* George MacBeth (1932–1992, Scotland/Ireland, p/f)
* Norman MacCaig (1910–1996, Scotland, p)
* Fiona MacCarthy (1940–2020, England, nf)
* Hugh MacDiarmid (1892–1978, Scotland, p), pseudonym of Christopher Murray Grieve
* Amy MacDonald (born 1951, US, ch)
* Ann-Marie MacDonald (born 1958, Canada, d/f)
* Betty MacDonald (1908–1958, US, f/ch)
* Charlotte Macdonald (born 1950, N Zealand, nf)
* Elizabeth Roberts MacDonald (1864–1922, Canada, p/ch/f/nf)
* George MacDonald (1824–1905, Scotland/England, nf/ch)
* Helen Macdonald (born 1970, England, p)
* John D. MacDonald (1916–1986, US, f)
* António de Macedo (1931–2017, Portugal, nf/f/d)
* Joaquim Manuel de Macedo (1820–1882, Brazil, f/p/d)
* Alexandru Macedonski (1854–1920, Wallachia/Romania, p/f/d)
* Vytautas Mačernis (1921–1944, Lithuania, p)
* Gwendolyn MacEwen (1941–1987, Canada, p/f)
* Rebecca Macfie (living, N Zealand, nf)
* Marjorie Oludhe Macgoye (1928–2015, England/Kenya, p/f)
* Alasdair Alpin MacGregor (1899–1970, Scotland/England, nf/p)
* Charles MacGregor (1840–1887, India, nf)
* Ellen MacGregor (1906–1954, US, ch)
* Reginald James MacGregor (1887–1961, England, ch/d)
* Ana Maria Machado (born 1941, Brazil, ch)
* Aníbal Machado (1894–1964, Brazil, f)
* Antonio Machado (1875–1939, Spain/France, p)
* Antônio Castilho de Alcântara Machado (1901–1935, Brazil, f/nf)
* D. J. MacHale (born 1955, US, d/ch)
* Guillaume de Machaut (c. 1300–1377, France, p)
* Mukhran Machavariani (1929–2010, USSR/Georgia, p)
* Arthur Machen (1863–1947, Wales/England, f/nf), pseudonym of Arthur Llewellyn Jones
* Ben Macintyre (born 1963, England, nf)
* Duncan Ban MacIntyre (1724–1812, Scotland, p)
* Elisabeth MacIntyre (1916–2004, Australia, ch/f)
* Louise Mack (1870–1935, Australia, f/p/nf)
* Denis Mackail (1892–1971, England, f/nf)
* Jessie Mackay (1864–1938, N Zealand, p)
* John Henry Mackay (1864–1933, Scotland/Germany, nf)
* Katrine Mackay (1864–1944, Australia/N Zealand, nf)
* Shena Mackay (born 1944, Scotland/England, f)
* Dorothea Mackellar (1885–1968, Australia, p/f)
* Anna Mackenzie (born 1963, N Zealand, p)
* Compton Mackenzie (1883–1972, England/Scotland, f/nf)
* Henry Mackenzie (1745–1831, Scotland, f/nf)
* Kenneth Mackenzie (1913–1955, Australia, p/f)
* Serena Mackesy (born 1960s, England, f/nf)
* Mary Mackie (born early 1940s, England, f/nf)
* Józef Mackiewicz (1902–1985, Russian E/Germany, f/nf)
* Stanisław Mackiewicz (1896–1966, Russian E/Poland, nf)
* Alasdair Maclean (1926–1994, Scotland, p/nf)
* Patricia MacLachlan (1938–2022, US, ch)
* Fitzroy Maclean (1911–1996, Italy/England, nf)
* Hester Maclean (1859–1932, Australia/N Zealand, nf)
* Ida Maclean (1877–1944, England, nf)
* Katherine MacLean (1925–2019, US, f)
* Sorley MacLean (1911–1996, Scotland, p)
* Archibald MacLeish (1892–1982, US, p/nf/d)
* Charlotte MacLeod (1922–2005, Canada/US, f)
* Della Campbell MacLeod (ca. 1884 – ?, US, f/nf)
* Ian R. MacLeod (born 1956, England, f)
* Ken MacLeod (born 1954, Scotland, f)
* Sarah Broom Macnaughtan (1864–1916, Scotland/England, f/nf)
* Aonghas MacNeacail (born 1942, Scotland, p/d)
* Louis MacNeice (1907–1963, N Ireland/England, p/d)
* Hector Macneill (1746–1818, Scotland, p)
* Debbie Macomber (born 1948, US, f)
* James Macpherson (1736–1796, Scotland, p)
* Katharine Sarah Macquoid (1824–1917, England, f/nf)
* Nevil Macready (1862–1946, England, nf)
* Angus MacVicar (1908–2001, Scotland, f/nf/ch)
* Imre Madách (1823–1864, Hungary, d/p)
* Judith Madan (1702–1781, England, p)
* Martin Madan (1726–1790, England, nf)
* Shirley Maddock (1928–2001, N Zealand, nf/f)
* Maddox (born 1978, US, nf), pseudonym of George Ouzounian
* Brenda Maddox (1932–2019, US/England, nf)
* Bronwen Maddox (born 1963, England, nf)
* Yulisa Pat Amadu Maddy (1936–2014, Sierra Leone, d)
* Naomi Long Madgett (1923–2020, US, p)
* Gajanan Digambar Madgulkar (1919–1977, India, p/f/nf)
* Haki R. Madhubuti (born 1942, US, p/nf), born Don Luther Lee
* E. S. Madima (living, S Africa, f)
* Tenda Madima (living, S Africa, f/p)
* Richard Madox (1546–1583, England/Brazil, nf)
* Valter hugo mãe (born 1971, Angola/Portugal, f), pseudonym of Valter Hugo Lemos
* Jun Maeda (麻枝准, born 1975, Japan, f)
* Maurice Maeterlinck (1862–1949, Belgium/France, d/p/nf)
* Yutaka Mafune (真船豊, 1902–1977, Japan, d/f)
* Modison Salayedvwa Magagula (born 1958, Swaziland, d/p/f)
* Lina Magaia (1940–2011, Mozambique, nf/f)
* Bogomir Magajna (1904–1963, Austrian E/Yugoslavia, f/ch)
* Álvaro Magalhães (born 1951, Portugal, f/ch)
* Gonçalves de Magalhães, 1811–1882, Brazil, p/d/nf)
* Georgije Magarašević (1793–1830, Serbia, nf/d)
* Maga Magazinović (1882–1968, Serbia/Yugoslavia, nf)
* John Gillespie Magee Jr. (1922–1941, China/England, p)
* Ragnhild Magerøy (1920–2010, Norway, f/nf/p)
* Andri Snær Magnason (born 1973, Iceland, f/p/d)
* Guðrún Kristín Magnúsdóttir (born 1939, Iceland, ch/nf)
* Þórunn Elfa Magnúsdóttir (1910–1995, Iceland, f)
* Finnur Magnússon (1781–1847, Iceland/Denmark, nf)
* Jón Magnússon (c. 1610–1696, Iceland, nf)
* Magnus Magnusson (1929–2007, Iceland/Scotland, nf)
* Sindiwe Magona (born 1943, S Africa, f/nf)
* David Magradze (born 1962, USSR/Georgia, p)
* Paul Magrs (born 1969, England, f/d/nf)
* Sandra Magsamen (born 1959, US, ch)
* João Magueijo (born 1967, Portugal, nf)
* Gregory Maguire (born 1954, US, f)
* Wiseman Magwa (born 1962, S Rhodesia/Zimbabwe, d)
* Akka Mahadevi (fl. 12th c., India, p)
* John Mahama (born 1958, Ghana, nf)
* Jayanta Mahapatra (1928–2023, India, p/f/nf)
* Maryam Mahboob (born 1955, Afghanistan/Canada, f)
* Naguib Mahfouz (1911–2006, Egypt, f/d)
* Muhammad Ahmad Mahgoub (1908–1976, Sudan, p/nf)
* Jamal Mahjoub (born 1966, England, f)
* Abdel Khaliq Mahjub (1927–1971, Sudan, nf)
* Ahmad Mahmoud (1931–2002, Iran, f/nf)
* Mustafa Mahmoud (1921–2009, Egypt, nf)
* Zaki Naguib Mahmoud (1905–1993, Egypt, nf)
* Al Mahmud (1936–2019, India/Bangladesh, p/f)
* Derek Mahon (1941–2020, N Ireland/Ireland, p/nf)
* Ahmed Mahsas (1923–2013, Algeria, nf)
* Margaret Mahy (1936–2012, N Zealand, f/ch)
* Jennifer Maiden (born 1949, Australia, p/f/nf)
* Ōtarō Maijō (舞城王太郎, born 1973, Japan, f)
* Norman Mailer (1923–2007, US, f/nf/d)
* Ella Maillart (1903–1997, Switzerland, nf)
* Arthur Maimane (1932–2005, S Africa, nf/f)
* Guru Prasad Mainali (1900–1971, Nepal, f)
* Sankie Maimo (1930–2013, Cameroon/Nigeria, d/cg)
* Barbara York Main (1929–2019, Australia, nf)
* Maironis (1862–1932, Russian E/Lithuania, p)
* Rudolf Maister (1874–1934, Austria-Hungary/Yugoslavia, p)
* Karen Maitland (born 1956, England, f)
* Sara Maitland (born 1950, England, f)
* Pierre des Maizeaux (1666 or 1673–1745, France/England, nf)
* Adewale Maja-Pearce (born 1953, England/Nigeria, nf/f)
* Jorge Majfud (born 1969, Uruguay/US, f/nf)
* János Majláth (1786–1855, Austrian E/Hungary, nf/p)
* Clarence Major (born 1936, US, p/f)
* Lamia Makaddam (born 1971, Tunisia, p/nf)
* Svetlana Makarovič (born 1939, Yugoslavia/Slovenia, nf/p/ch)
* Barbara Makhalisa (born 1949, S Rhodesia/Zimbabwe, f/nf/p)
* Angela Makholwa (living, S Africa, f)
* Nick Makoha (living, Ugandan/England, p/d)
* Desanka Maksimović (1898–1993, Serbia/Yugoslavia, p/ch)
* Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum (born 1949, Dubai, nf/p)
* Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi (born 1960s, Uganda/England, f)
* Vitan Mal (born 1946, Yugoslavia/Slovenia, ch/f)
* Grand Corps Malade (born 1977, France, p), pseudonym of Fabien Marsaud
* Rian Malan (born 1954, S Africa, nf/p)
* Curzio Malaparte (1898–1957, Italy, nf)
* Antoni Malczewski (1793–1826, Russian E, p)
* Emilie Monson Malcolm (c. 1830–1905, N Zealand, nf)
* Tomás Maldonado (1922–2018, Argentina, nf)
* Edmond Amran El Maleh (1917–2010, Morocco/France, nf)
* Marcin Malek (born 1975, Poland, p/d)
* Rosie Malek-Yonan (born 1965, Iran/US, nf)
* Vlado Maleski (1919–1984, Yugoslavia, f)
* Oriel Malet (1823–1914, Wales/France, f/nf), pseudonym of Lady Auriel Rosemary Malet Vaughan
* Djordje Maletić (1816–1888, Austrian E/Serbia, p/nf)
* Qabaniso Malewezi (born 1979, Malawi, p)
* François de Malherbe (1555–1628, France, p/nf)
* Rajiv Malhotra (born 1950, India/US, nf)
* Josh Malihabadi (1898–1982, India/Pakistan, p)
* Ashesh Malla (born 1954, Nepal, d)
* Madayyagari Mallana (fl. 15th c., Rayalaseema/Vijayanagara E, p)
* Stéphane Mallarmé (1842–1898, France, p/nf)
* Gitta Mallasz (1907–1992, Hungary/France, nf)
* Eduardo Mallea (1903–1982, Argentina, f/nf)
* Susan Mallery (born 1950, US, f)
* David Mallet (c. 1705–1765, Scotland, p/d)
* Tom Mallin (1927–1977, England, f/d)
* Allan Mallinson (born 1949, England, f/nf)
* Francis Mallmann (born 1956, Argentina, nf)
* Agustín Fernández Mallo (born 1967, Spain, p/f/nf)
* Clare Mallory (1913–1991, N Zealand, ch), pseudonym of Winifred Constance McQuilkan Hall
* Bertil Malmberg (1889–1958, Sweden, f/p)
* Bodil Malmsten (1944–2016, Sweden, p/f)
* Thomas Malory (c. 1415–1471, England, p/f)
* Hector Malot (1830–1907, France, nf/f)
* David Malouf (born 1934, Australia, f/p/d)
* Eric Malpass (1910–1996, England, f)
* André Malraux (1901–1976, France, f/nf)
* Demetrio Aguilera Malta (1909–1981, Ecuador, nf)
* Barry N. Malzberg (born 1939, US, f)
* Benedicto Wokomaatani Malunga (born 1962, Malawi, p)
* Amina Mama (born 1958, Nigeria/US, nf)
* Abdoulaye Mamani (1932–1993, Niger, p/f)
* Mahmood Mamdani (born 1946, India/Uganda, nf)
* Goffredo Mameli (1827–1949, Italy, p/nf)
* Mouloud Mammeri (1917–1989, Algeria, f/d/nf)
* Magda Mamet (1916–2012, Mauritius, p)
* Razaq Mamoon (born 1964, Afghanistan/Australia, nf)
* Rania Mamoun (born 1979, Sudan, f/nf)
* William Manchester (1922–2004, US, nf)
* Andreas Mand (born 1959, Germany, f/nf/d)
* Shahriar Mandanipour (born 1957, Iran/US, nf)
* Nelson Mandela (1918–1913, S Africa, nf)
* Osip Mandelstam (1891–1938, Russia/USSR, p/nf)
* Jane Mander (1877–1949, N Zealand, f/nf)
* Miles Mander (1888–1946, England, d/f)
* John Mandeville (14th c., probably France/Netherlands, nf)
* Svetislav Mandić (1921–2003, Serbia/Montenegro, nf/p)
* Iván Mándy (1918–1995, Hungary, nf)
* Mustafa Lutfi al-Manfaluti (1876–1924, Egypt, f/d/p)
* James Clarence Mangan (1803–1849, Ireland, p)
* Patrick Mangeni (living, Uganda, p/d/ch)
* Richmal Mangnall (1769–1820, England, ch)
* Andrew Mango (1926–2014, Turkey/England, nf)
* Charles Mangua (1939–2021, Kenya, f)
* Bill Manhire (born 1946, N Zealand, p/f)
* Rani Manicka (living, Malaysia, f)
* John Manifold (1915–1985, Australia, p/nf)
* Marcus Manilius (fl. 1st c. CE, Roman E, p)
* Frederick Edward Maning (1812–1883, N Zealand, nf)
* Irshad Manji (born 1968, Uganda/Canada, nf)
* Henning Mankell (1948–2015, Sweden, f/ch/d)
* Guy Mankowski (born 1983, England, f/nf)
* Delarivier Manley (1663 or c. 1670–1724, England, nf/d)
* Alana Mann (living, Australia, nf)
* Erika Mann (1905–1969, Germany/Switzerland, nf)
* Golo Mann (1909–1994, Germany/Switzerland, nf)
* Heinrich Mann (1871–1950, Germany/US, f)
* Klaus Mann (1906–1949, Germany/France, f/nf)
* Leonard Mann (1895–1981, Australia, p/f)
* Mary E. Mann (1848–1929, England, f/d)
* Phillip Mann (born 1942, England/N Zealand, f)
* Thomas Mann (1875–1955, Germany/Switzerland, f/nf)
* Anne Manning (1807–1879, England, f)
* Emily Manning (1845–1890, Australia, nf), pseudonym Australie
* Frederic Manning (1882–1935, England, f/p)
* Laurence Manning (1899–1972, Canada, f)
* Lauren Manning (born 1961, US, nf)
* Maurice Manning (born 1966, US, p)
* Richard Manning (born 1951, US, nf)
* Rosemary Manning (1911–1988, England, f)
* Ruth Manning-Sanders (1886–1988, Wales/England, p/ch)
* Daniel P. Mannix (1911–1997, US, f/nf)
* Robert Mannyng (1264–1340, England, nf)
* Todor Manojlović (1883–1968, Austria-Hungary/Yugoslavia, p/d/nf)
* Jaime Manrique (born 1949, Colombia/US, f/p/nf)
* Chris Mansell (born 1953, Australia, p/f/ch)
* Jill Mansell (living, England, f)
* Katherine Mansfield (1888–1923 N Zealand/France, f/p)
* Keith Mansfield (born 1965, England, f)
* Mark Manson (born 1984, US, nf)
* Anis Mansour (1924–2011, Egypt, nf)
* Latifa Ben Mansour (born 1950, Algeria, nf)
* Zahra Mansouri (living, Morocco, p)
* Muhammad Mansuruddin (1904–1987, India/Bangladesh, nf)
* Jakobe Mansztajn (born 1982, Poland, p/nf)
* Alicia Catherine Mant (1788–1869, England, ch)
* Hilary Mantel (1952–2022, England, f/nf)
* Saadat Hasan Manto (1912–1955, India/Pakistan, f/d/nf)
* Manuchehri ((fl. 1031–1040, Persia, p)
* Sarah Ladipo Manyika (born 1968, Nigeria/England, f/nf)
* Sonia Manzano (born 1950, US, ch)
* Alessandro Manzoni (1785–1873, Italy, p/f/nf)
* Mokbula Manzoor (1938–2020, India/Bangladesh, f/nf/ch)
* Mao Dun (茅盾, 1896–1981, China, nf/f/d)
* Jack Mapanje (born 1944, Nyasaland/Malawi, p/nf)
* Carmen Marai (living, Chile, p/f)
* Sándor Márai (1900–1989, Hungary/US, f/nf/p)
* J. Nozipo Maraire (born 1964, S Rhodesia/Zimbabwe, f)
* Eugène Marais (1871–1936, S Africa, nf)
* René Maran (1887–1960, Martinique/France, p/f)
* Pierre de Marbeuf (1595–1645, France, p)
* Cristina Marcano (born 1960, Venezuela, nf)
* Marcel Marceau (1923–2007, France, nf)
* Frédéric Marcelin (1848–1917, Haiti, f/nf)
* Jane Marcet (1769–1858, England, nf)
* Ausiàs March (1400–1459, Valencia, p)
* Jill March (born 1950, US, f), pseudonym of Nora Roberts
* Stella March (1916–2010, England, f), pseudonym of Marjorie Bell Marshall
* Melina Marchetta (born 1965, Australia, f/ch)
* Hans Marchwitza (1890–1965, Germany, f/nf/p)
* Justinas Marcinkevičius (1930–2011, Lithuania/Soviet Union, p/d)
* Ben Marcus (born 1967, US, f/nf)
* Morton Marcus (1936–2009, US, p)
* Sharon Marcus (born 1966, US, nf)
* Jan Marcussen (living, US, nf)
* Walter de la Mare (1873–1956), England, p/f/ch)
* Leopoldo Marechal (1900–1970, Argentina, p/f/nf)
* Dambudzo Marechera (1952–1987, S Rhodesia/Zimbabwe, f/d/p)
* Mareez (1917–1983, India, p/nf)
* Margaret of Valois-Angoulême (1492–1599, France, nf)
* Manuela Margarido (1925–2007, São Tomé and Príncipe/Portugal, p)
* Ingólfur Margeirsson (1948–2011, Iceland, nf)
* Leo Margulies (1900–1975, US, f)
* Giwi Margwelaschwili (1927–2020, Germany/Soviet Union, f/nf)
* Silvana De Mari (born 1953, Italy, f)
* Paul Mariani born 1940, US, p)
* Javier Marías (born 1951, Spain, f/nf)
* José Carlos Mariátegui (1894–1930, Peru, nf)
* Marie de France (fl. 1160–1215, England, p)
* Juliet Marillier (born 1948, N Zealand, f)
* Katarina Marinčič (born 1968, Yugoslavia/Slovenia, f/nf)
* Karl von Marinelli (1745–1803, Austria, d)
* Filippo Tommaso Marinetti (1876–1944, Egypt/Italy, p/nf)
* Giambattista Marino (1569–1625, Italy, p)
* Pierre de Marivaux (1688–1763, France, d/f)
* Smilja Marjanović-Dušanić (born 1963, Yugoslavia/Serbia, nf)
* E. A. Markham (1939–2008, Montserrat/France, p/d/f)
* Edwin Markham (1852–1940, US, p)
* Liza Marklund (born 1962, Sweden, f)
* Béla Markó (born 1951, Romania, nf)
* Georgi Markov (1929–1978, Bulgaria/England, nf/f/d)
* Mihailo Marković (1923–2010, Yugoslavia/Serbia, nf)
* David Markson (1927–2010, US, f/p/nf)
* Stephen Marley (living, England, f)
* Christopher Marlowe (1564–1593, England, d)
* Deb Marlowe (living, US, f)
* Derek Marlowe (1938–1996, England, d/f)
* Paul Marlowe (living, Canada, f)
* José Mármol (1818–1871, Argentina, p)
* Philips of Marnix, Lord of Saint-Aldegonde (1540–1598, Flanders/Netherlands, nf/p)
* Igor Marojević (born 1968, Yugoslavia/Serbia, nf)
* Monika Maron (born 1941, Germany, f/nf)
* Clément Marot (1496–1544, France, p)
* Jean Marot (1463 – c. 1526, France, p)
* Leïla Marouane (born 1960, Tunisia/Algeria, f), pseudonym of Leyla Zineb Mechentel
* Abbas Maroufi (born 1957, Iran/Germany, f/nf)
* Ana Marija Marović (1815–1887, Italy/Montenegro, f/nf)
* Rafael Marques (born 1971, Angola, nf)
* René Marqués (1919–1979, Puerto Rico, f/d)
* Anne de Marquets (c. 1533–1588, France, p)
* Gabriel García Márquez (1927–2014, Colombia, f/nf)
* Don Marquis (1878–1937, US, f/p/d)
* Damian Marrett (born 1967, Australia, nf)
* Janice Marriott (born 1946, England/N Zealand, p/nf)
* Augusta Marryat (1828–1899, England, ch)
* Emilia Marryat (1835–1875, England, f/ch)
* Florence Marryat (1833–1899, England, f/d)
* Frank Marryat (1826–1855, England, nf)
* Frederick Marryat (1792–1848, England, f/ch)
* Horace Marryat (1818–1887, England, nf)
* Adam Mars-Jones (born 1954, England, f/nf)
* John Marsden (1950–2024, Australia, ch/nf)
* John Howard Marsden (1803–1891, England, nf/p)
* Edward Garrard Marsh (1783–1862, England, p/nf)
* Geoffrey Marsh (1942–2006, US, f), pseudonym of Charles L. Grant
* Henry Marsh (born 1950, England, nf)
* Katherine Marsh (born 1974, US, ch/nf)
* Ngaio Marsh (1895–1982, N Zealand, f)
* Ronald James Marsh (1914–1987, England, f)
* Selina Tusitala Marsh (born 1971, N Zealand, p/f/ch)
* Agnes Marshall (1855–1905, England, nf)
* Bill Okyere Marshall (died 2021, Ghana, d/f)
* Bruce Marshall (1899–1987, Scotland, f/nf)
* James Marshall (1942–1992, US, ch)
* Owen Marshall (born 1941, N Zealand, f)
* Paule Marshall (1929–2019, US, f)
* Adam Mars-Jones (born 1954, England, f/nf)
* Una Marson (1905–1965, Jamaica, p/d/nf)
* Trude Marstein (born 1973, Norway, f/nf/ch)
* John Marston (1576–1634, England, p/d/nf)
* Yann Martel (born 1963, Canada, f)
* José Martí (1853–1895, Cuba, p/nf)
* Martial (c. 38–41 – c. 102–1904, Roman E, p), full name Marcus Valerius Martialis
* Andrew Martin (born 1962, England, f/nf)
* Ann M. Martin (born 1955, US, ch)
* Camille Martin (born 1956, US/Canada, p/nf)
* Catherine Edith Macauley Martin (1848–1937, Scotland/Australia, f/p)
* David Martin (1915–1997, Hungary/Australia, f/p/d), born Lajos Detsinyi
* Emily Winfield Martin (living, US, ch)
* Faith Martin (living, England, f), pseudonym of Jackie Walton
* George R. R. Martin (born 1948, US, f/d)
* J. P. Martin (1880–1966, England/S Africa, ch)
* Kat Martin (born 1947, US, f)
* Malachi Martin (1921–1999, Ireland/US, nf), also as Michael Serafian
* Mary Martin (1817–1884, England/N Zealand, nf)
* Philip Martin (1931–2005, Australia, p)
* Randall V. Martin (living, US, nf)
* Reginald Alec Martin (1908–1971, England, ch/f), pseudonyms E. C. Eliott and Rex Dixon
* Ros Martin (born 1960s, England, d/p)
* S. I. Martin (born 1961, England, nf/f/ch)
* William Martin (1767–1810, England, nf)
* William Martin (1772–1851, England, nf)
* William Martin (living, US, f)
* William Keble Martin (1877–1969, England, nf)
* Harriet Martineau (1802–1876, England, nf)
* Guillermo Martínez (born 1962, Argentina, f)
* Tomás Eloy Martínez (1934–2010, Argentina, nf)
* Zlatoje Martinov (born 1953, Yugoslavia/Serbia, nf)
* Savo Martinović (born 1935, Yugoslavia/Serbia, nf)
* João Cleófas Martins (1901–1970, Cape Verde, d)
* Joaquim Pedro de Oliveira Martins (1845–1894, Portugal, nf)
* José Tomás de Sousa Martins (1843–1897, Portugal, nf)
* Ovídio Martins (1928–1999, Cape Verde/Netherlands, p/nf)
* Harry Martinson (1904–1978, Sweden, f/p/d)
* Moa Martinson (1890–1964, Sweden, f/p)
* Sandra Marton (living, US, f)
* Margaret Maruani (born 1954, Tunisia/France, nf)
* Saiichi Maruya (丸谷才一, 1925–2012, Japan, f/nf)
* Kenji Maruyama (丸山健二, born 1943, Japan, f)
* Andrew Marvell (1621–1678, England, p/nf)
* Karl Marx (1818–1883, Germany/England, nf)
* Cissy van Marxveldt (1889–1948, Netherlands, ch)
* Francis A. Marzen (1925–2004, US, nf)
* Gorō Masaki (柾悟郎, born 1957, Japan, f)
* Masaoka Shiki (正岡子規, 1867–1902, Japan, p/nf)
* John Masefield (1878–1967, England, p/ch)
* Barbara Masekela (born 1941, S Africa, p/nf)
* Lutfullah Mashal (born 1971, Afghanistan, nf/p)
* Mohale Mashigo (born 1983, S Africa, p/f)
* Veselin Masleša (1906–1943, Austria-Hungary/Yugoslavia, nf)
* Leo Maslíah (born 1954, Uruguay, p/f/d)
* A. E. W. Mason (1865–1948, England, f)
* Anita Mason (born 1942, England, f)
* Bruce Mason (1921–1982, N Zealand, d)
* Ronald Mason (1912–2001, England, nf)
* Sineb El Masrar (born 1981, Germany, nf)
* Janine Massard (born 1939, Switzerland, f/nf/ch)
* Francisco Massiani (1944–2019, Venezuela, f/p)
* Ursula Masson (1945–2008, Wales, nf)
* Alexander Masters (living, England, nf/d)
* Edgar Lee Masters (1868–1950, US, p/nf/d)
* Olga Masters (1919–1986, Australia, f/d)
* John Mastin (1747–1829, England, nf)
* Mostafa Mastoor (born 1964, Iran, f/nf)
* Ángeles Mastretta (born 1949, Mexico, f/nf)
* Carlos Mastronardi (1901–1976, Argentina, p/nf)
* Kāterina Mataira (1932–2011, N Zealand, nf)
* Carol Matas (born 1949, Canada, nf/ch)
* Simo Matavulj (1852–1908, Austrian E/Serbia, f/nf)
* Ruhaini Matdarin (born 1981, Malaysia, f/p)
* John Mateer (born 1971, S Africa/Australia, p/nf)
* Dary Matera (born 1955, US, nf)
* Mark Mathabane (born 1960, S Africa, nf)
* Dafydd Llwyd Mathau (fl. 1601–1629, Wales, p)
* Anne Mather (born 1946, England, f), pseudonym of Mildred Grieveson
* Cotton Mather (1663–1728, N American English colonies, f/nf)
* Hilda Matheson (1888–1940, England, nf/d)
* Richard Matheson (1926–2013, US, f/d)
* Ray Mathew (1929–2002, Australia, p/d/f)
* Sarah Mathew (c. 1805–1890, N Zealand, nf)
* Harry Mathews (1930–2017, US, f/p/nf)
* Peta Mathias (living, N Zealand, nf)
* Thomas James Mathias (c. 1754–1835, England, nf)
* Deborah Mathis (born 1953, US, nf)
* Dafydd Llwyd Mathau (fl. 1601–1629, Wales, p)
* Dušan Matić (1898–1980, Serbia/Yugoslavia, p/nf)
* Vladan Matijević (born 1962, Yugoslavia/Serbia, f/nf)
* Anne Matindi (born 1942, Kenya, ch/d)
* Gregório de Matos (1636–1696, Brazil, p)
* Luis Palés Matos (1898–1969, Puerto Rico, p/d)
* Nemir Matos-Cintrón (born 1949, Puerto Rico/US, p/f)
* Todd Matshikiza (1921–1968, S Africa, nf)
* Nicolaas Matsier (born 1945, Netherlands, f), pseudonym of Tjit Reinsma
* Seichō Matsumoto (松本清張, 1909–1992, Japan, f)
* Enzo Matsunaga (松永延造, 1895–1938, Japan, f)
* Matsuo Bashō (松尾芭蕉, 1644–1694, Japan, p)
* Don Mattera (1934–2022, S Africa, d/p/f)
* John Matteson (born 1961, US, nf)
* Dalene Matthee (1938–2005, S Africa, f)
* Carole Matthews (born 1960, England, f)
* Laura Matthews (living, US, f), pseudonym of Elizabeth Neff Walker
* Tina Matthews (born 1961, N Zealand, nf/f)
* Friedrich von Matthisson (1761–1831, Germany, p)
* Christobel Mattingley (1931–2019, Australia, ch/f/nf)
* János Mattis-Teutsch (1884–1960, Austria-Hungary/Romania, nf)
* José María Rivarola Matto (1917–1998, Paraguay, d/nf)
* Tomás de Mattos (1947–2016, Uruguay, f/nf)
* Aroj Ali Matubbar (1900–1985, India/Bangladesh, nf)
* Mustapha Matura (1939–2019, Trinidad/England, d)
* Sophie Dora Spicer Maude (1854–?, England, f)
* Henry Maudsley (1835–1918, England, nf)
* Israel Mauduit (1708–1787, England, nf)
* W. Somerset Maugham (1874–1965, England/France, f/d)
* Maung Maung (1925–1994, Burma/Myanmar, nf)
* Thu Maung (1951–2010, Burma/Myanmar, p/f)
* Édouard Maunick (1931–2021, Mauritius, p/nf)
* Guy de Maupassant (1850–1893, France, f/nf/p)
* Armistead Maupin (born 1944, US, f)
* Neža Maurer (born 1930, Yugoslavia/Slovenia, ch/p/nf)
* François Mauriac (1885–1970, France, f/d/p)
* Frederick Denison Maurice (1805–1872, England, nf)
* Furnley Maurice (1881–1942, Australia, p), pseudonym of Frank Wilmot
* Angela du Maurier (1904–2002, England, f/nf)
* Daphne du Maurier (1907–1989, England, f/d)
* George du Maurier (1834–1896, France/England, f)
* Guy du Maurier (1865–1915, England/Belgium, d)
* André Maurois (1885–1967, France, f/nf)
* Charles Maurras (1868–1962, France, nf)
* Fritz Mauthner (1849–1923, Austrian E/Germany, f/nf)
* Virginie Mauvais (1797–1892), France, nf
* Tucker Max (born 1975, US, f)
* Daniel Maximin (born 1947, Guadeloupe/France, f/p/nf)
* Maximus the Confessor (c. 580–662 CE, Byzantine E, nf)
* Donald Maxwell (1877–1936, England, nf)
* Glyn Maxwell (born 1962, England, p/d/f)
* Kathleen Maxwell (born 1952, US, f), pseudonym of Kathryn Ptacek
* Patricia Maxwell (born 1942, US, f)
* William Hamilton Maxwell (1792–1850, Ireland/Scotland, f/nf)
* Julian May (1931–2017, US, f/ch)
* Karl May (1842–1912, Germany, f)
* Muriel May (1897–1982, N Zealand, nf)
* Peter May (born 1951, Scotland/France, d/f)
* Vladimir Mayakovsky (1893–1930, Russian E/USSR, p/d)
* Ged Maybury (born 1953, N Zealand, ch)
* Richard Maybury (born 1946, US, nf)
* Marius von Mayenburg (born 1972, Germany, d)
* Arno J. Mayer (1926–2023, Luxembourg/US, nf)
* Bernadette Mayer (1945–2022, US, p/nf)
* Hans Mayer (1907–2001, Germany, nf)
* Mercer Mayer (born 1943, US, ch)
* Anne Mayfield (born 1952, US, f), pseudonym of Kathryn Ptacek
* Henry Mayhew (1812–1887, England, nf/d)
* James Mayhew (born 1964, England, ch)
* Charles Mayiga (born 1962, Uganda, nf)
* Jan Mayman (died 2021, Australia, nf)
* William Mayne (1928–2010, England, ch)
* Cath Mayo (living, N Zealand, ch/f)
* F. M. Mayor (1872–1932, England, f)
* John E. B. Mayor (1825–1910, Ceylon/England, nf)
* Francisco Mayorga (born 1949, Nicaragua, f/nf/p)
* Salomón Ibarra Mayorga (1887–1985, Nicaragua, p)
* Taku Mayumura (眉村卓, 1934–2012, Japan, f/p)
* Ben Mazer (born 1964, US, p)
* Ibrahim al-Mazini (1889/1890–1949, Egypt, p/f/nf)
* José Ricardo Mazó (1927–1987, Paraguay, p)
* Ali Mazrui (1933–2014, Kenya/US, nf)
* Martynas Mažvydas (1510–1563, Grand Duchy of Lithuania, nf)
* Miha Mazzini (born 1961, Yugoslavia/Slovenia, f)

## Mb–Md

* Oliver Mbamara (living, Nigeria/US, p/nf)
* Amina Sow Mbaye (born 1937, Senegal, f/p/nf)
* Chantal Magalie Mbazo'o-Kassa (born 1967, Gabon, p/f)
* Guillaume Oyônô Mbia (1939–2021, Cameroon, d)
* Lassy Mbouity (born 1988, Republic of the Congo, nf)
* Rose Mbowa (1943–1999, Uganda, nf/d)
* Imbolo Mbue (born 1981, Cameroon/US, f/nf)
* Bernadette Devlin McAliskey (born 1947, N Ireland, nf)
* Anne McAllister (living, US, f)
* Robert McAlmon (1896–1956, US, f/nf/p)
* Rachel McAlpine (born 1940, N Zealand, p/f/d)
* Maxine McArthur (born 1962, Australia, f/nf)
* Tawiah M'carthy (living, Ghana/Canada, d)
* James McAuley (1917–1976, Australia, nf/p)
* Paul J. McAuley (born 1955, England, nf/f)
* Ian McBryde (born 1953, Canada/Australia, p)
* Simon McBurney (born 1957, England, d)
* Anne McCaffrey (1926–2011, US/Ireland, f)
* Mary McCallum (born 1961, N Zealand, f/nf)
* Anthony McCarten (born 1961, N Zealand, f/d/nf)
* Cormac McCarthy (1933–2023, US, f/d)
* Eugene McCarthy (1916–2005, US, nf/ch/p)
* Helen McCarthy (born 1951, England, nf)
* Pete McCarthy (1951–2004, England, nf)
* Susan McCaslin (born 1947, Canada, p/nf/ch)
* Geraldine McCaughrean (born 1951, England, ch)
* Sue McCauley (born 1941, N Zealand, f/d/nf)
* J. D. McClatchy (1945–2018, US, p/nf)
* Sharron McClellan (born 1963, Spain/US, f)
* David McClintock (1913–2001, England, nf)
* Robert McCloskey (1914–2003, US, ch)
* Joanna McClure (born 1930, US, p)
* James H. McClure (1939–2006, S Africa, f/nf)
* Michael McClure (1932–2020, US, p/d/f)
* Lyn McConchie (born 1946, N Zealand, f/ch/nf)
* David McCooey (born 1967, England/Australia, p/nf)
* Una McCormack (born 1972, England, d/f)
* Frank McCourt (1930–2009, Ireland, nf)
* Annie Virginia McCracken (1868–?, US, f)
* Esther McCracken (1902–1971, England, d)
* Josephine Clifford McCracken (1839–1921, Germany/US, nf/f)
* George Gordon McCrae (1833–1927, Scotland/Australia, p)
* Georgiana McCrae (1804–1890, England/Australia, nf)
* Hugh McCrae (1876–1958, Australia, p)
* John McCrae (1872–1918, Canada, p)
* Sharyn McCrumb (born 1948, US, nf/f)
* Ronald McCuaig (1908–1993, Australia, p/nf/ch)
* Carson McCullers (1917–1967, US, f/d/p), pseudonym of Lula Carson Smith
* Johnston McCulley (1883–1958, US, f/d)
* Colleen McCullough (1937–2015, Australia/Norfolk Is, f)
* David McCullough (1933–2022, US, nf)
* Carolyn McCurdie (born 1947, England/N Zealand, ch/f/p)
* Andy McDermott, born 1974, England, f/nf)
* Jack McDevitt (born 1935, US, f/nf)
* Henry McDonald (1965–2023, N Ireland, nf/f)
* Jill McDonald (1927–1982, N Zealand/England, ch)
* Nan McDonald (1921–1974, Australia, p)
* Roger McDonald (born 1941, Australia, f/nf/p)
* Walt McDonald (1934–2022, US, p)
* Flora McDonnell (born 1963, England, ch)
* Ian McEwan (born 1948, England, f/d)
* Melanie McFadyean (1950–2023, England, nf/f)
* Ella McFadyen (1887–1976, Australia, p/nf/ch)
* Fiona McFarlane (born 1978, Australia, f)
* Leslie McFarlane (1902–1977, Canada, f/d)
* Shona McFarlane (1929–2001, N Zealand, nf)
* William McFee (1881–1966, England/US, f)
* Greg McGee (born 1950, N Zealand, f/d)
* May McGoldrick (US, shared pseudonym, f)
* Elvis McGonagall (born 1960, Scotland, p)
* William McGonagall (1825–1902, Ireland/Scotland, p)
* Roger McGough (born 1937, England, p/d/ch)
* Michelle McGrane (born 1974, Rhodesia/S Africa, p/nf)
* Campbell McGrath (born 1962, US, p)
* Patrick McGrath (born 1950, England/US, f)
* Thomas McGrath (1916–1990, US, p)
* Wendy McGrath (living, Canada, f/p)
* Eloise Jarvis McGraw (1915–2000, US, ch)
* Fiona McGregor (born 1965, Australia, f/nf)
* Jon McGregor (born 1976, England, f)
* Jerrilyn McGregory (living, US, f/nf)
* Patrick McGuinness (born 1968, Tunisia/England, f/p/nf)
* Abdeslam Ben Mchich (1140–1227, Morocco, nf)
* Heather McHugh (born 1948, US, p)
* Maureen F. McHugh (born 1959, US, f)
* Siobhán McHugh (living, Ireland/Australia, nf/f)
* Ralph McInerny (1929–2010, US, f/p)
* Mary Susan McIntosh (1936–2013, England, nf)
* James McIntyre (1928–2006, Scotland/Canada, p)
* Claude McKay (1890–1948, Jamaica/US, f/p)
* Don McKay (born 1942, Canada, p)
* Edith McKay (1891–1963, Australia, f)
* Hilary McKay (born 1959, England, ch)
* Sharon E. McKay (born 1954, Canada, ch)
* David McKee (1935–2022, England, ch)
* Terence McKenna (1946–2000, US, nf)
* Florence Violet McKenzie (1890 or 1892–1982, Australia, nf)
* Dennis L. McKiernan (born 1932, US, f)
* Robin McKinley (born 1952, US, ch/nf)
* Tamara McKinley (born 1948, Australia/England, f)
* Meagan McKinney (born 1961, US, f), pseudonym of Ruth Goodman
* Patricia McKissack (1944–2017, US, ch)
* Rod McKuen (1933–2015, US, p)
* Greg McLaren (born 1967, Australia, p/nf)
* Rosemary McLeod (born 1949, N Zealand, nf)
* Marshall McLuhan (1911–1980, Canada, nf)
* Barbara McMahon (born 1961, US, f)
* Katharine McMahon (living, England, f)
* Emily Julian McManus (1865–1918, Canada, p/nf)
* Rhyll McMaster (born 1947, Australia, p/f)
* James L. McMichael (born 1939, US, p)
* Ian McMillan (born 1956, England, p/d)
* Michael McMillan (born 1962, England, d/nf)
* Mary McMullen (1920–1986, US, f), pseudonym of Mary Reilly
* Larry McMurtry (1936–2021, US, f)
* Linda McNabb (born 1963, England/N Zealand, ch/f)
* Bertha McNamara (1853–1931, Germany/Australia, nf)
* Judith McNaught (born 1944, US, f)
* Colin McNaughton (born 1951, England, ch)
* Kit McNaughton (c. 1887–1953, Australia, nf)
* H. C. McNeile (1888–1937, England, f), pseudonym Sapper
* Janet McNeill (1907–1994, Ireland/England, f/d/ch)
* Clive Leo McNeir (living, England, f/nf)
* James McNeish (1931–2016, N Zealand, f/d/nf)
* Cilla McQueen (born 1949, N Zealand, p)
* Karen McQuestion (born 1961, US, f/ch)
* Geoffrey McSkimming (born 1962, Australia, ch/p)
* Norris McWhirter (1925–2004, England, nf)
* Ross McWhirter (1925–1975, England, nf)
* Zakes Mda (born 1948, S Africa, f/p/d), pseudonym of Zanemvula Kizito Gatyeni Mda

## Me

* Richelle Mead (born 1976, US, f)
* L. T. Meade (1844–1914, Ireland, ch)
* Stephen W. Meader (1892–1977, US, ch)
* Gillian Mears (1964–2016, Australia, f)
* Gwallter Mechain (1761–1849, Wales, p/nf), pseudonym of Walter Davies
* Gwerful Mechain (fl. 1460–1502, Wales, p)
* Mechthild of Magdeburg (c. 1207 – c. 1282/1294, Germany, nf)
* Anoeschka von Meck (born 1967, SW Africa/Namibia, f/nf)
* Christoph Meckel (1935–2020, Germany, f/nf)
* Miriam Meckel (born 1967, Germany, nf)
* Richard James Mecredy (1861–1924, Ireland, nf)
* Dejan Medaković (1922–2008, Yugoslavia/Serbia, nf)
* Peter Medawar (1915–1987, Brazil/England, nf)
* Abdelwahab Meddeb (1946–2014, Tunisia/France, nf)
* Teresa Medeiros (born 1962/1963, US, f)
* Nia Medi (living, Wales, d/f)
* Peace Adzo Medie (living, Liberia/Ghana, f/nf)
* Lucila Gamero de Medina (1873–1964, Honduras, f)
* Jean-Louis Njemba Medu (1902–1966, Cameroon, f)
* Thomas Medwin (1788–1869, England, p/nf)
* Arthur Mee (1875–1943, England, nf/cs)
* Charles Denis Mee (1927–2023, England, nf)
* Thomas Meehan (1929–2017, US, d)
* S. P. Meek (1894–1972, US, f/ch)
* Elizabeth Meeke (1761 – c. 1826, England, f/ch)
* Selma Meerbaum-Eisinger (1924–1942, Romania/Ukraine, p), Holocaust victim
* Megas (born 1945, Iceland, nf), pseudonym of Magnús Þór Jónsson
* Helen Megaw (1907–2002, Ireland/England, nf)
* Jhaverchand Meghani (1896–1947, India, p/f/nf)
* Ibrahim Abdel Meguid (born 1946, Egypt, f)
* Mariella Mehr (born 1947, Switzerland/Italy, f)
* Stein Mehren (1935–2017, Norway, p/nf/d)
* Walter Mehring (1896–1981, Germany/Switzerland, nf/p)
* Narsinh Mehta (fl. 15th c., Delhi Sultanate/Gujarat Sultanate, p)
* Mei Yaochen (梅堯臣, 1002–1060, China, p)
* Dora van der Meiden-Coolsma (1918–2001, Netherlands, ch)
* Niklaus Meienberg (1940–1993, Switzerland, nf)
* Ischa Meijer (1943–1995, Netherlands, nf)
* Wilhelm Meinhold (1797–1851, Sweden/Germany, p/d/f)
* Peter Meinke (born 1932, US, p/f)
* Cecília Meireles (1901–1964, Brazil, p/nf)
* Ahmed Mejjati (1936–1995, Morocco, p)
* Jamila Mejri (born 1951, Tunisia, p)
* Tsehay Melaku (born c. 1952, Ethiopia, f)
* Sagi Melamed (born 1965, US, nf)
* Philip Melanchthon (1497–1560, Germany, nf)
* Tamta Melashvili (born 1979, USSR/Georgia, f)
* Fulvio Melia (born 1956, Italy/US, nf)
* Melissus of Samos (fl. 5th c. BCE, Greece, nf)
* Paulus Melissus (1539–1602, Germany, p)
* Agop Melkonyan (1949–2006, Bulgaria, f/nf)
* John van Melle (1887–1953, Netherlands/S Africa, f)
* Francisco Manuel de Mello (1608–1666, Portugal, p/nf)
* Luís Romano de Madeira Melo (1922–2010, Cape Verde/Brazil, p/f/nf)
* David Meltzer (1937–2016, US, p)
* Milton Meltzer (1915–2009, US, nf/ch)
* Herman Melville (1819–1891, US, f/p)
* Pauline Melville (born 1948, British Guiana/England, f)
* Albert Memmi (1920–2020, Tunisia/France, f/nf)
* Menander (c. 342/41 – c. 290 BCE, Greece, d)
* Eva Menasse (born 1970, Austria, f/nf)
* Robert Menasse (born 1954, Austria, f/nf)
* Šiško Menčetić (1457–1527, Ragusa, p)
* Mencius (孟子, 372–289 or 385 – c. 303/302 BCE, China, nf)
* Charlotte Mendelson (born 1972, England, f/nf)
* Paul Mendelson (born 1965, England, f/nf)
* Moses Mendelssohn (1729–1786, Germany, nf)
* Catulle Mendès (1841–1909, France, p/nf)
* Murilo Mendes (1901–1975, Brazil, p)
* Eduardo Mendoza (born 1943, Spain, f)
* Susan Mendus (born 1951, Wales/England, nf)
* Saida Menebhi (1952–1977, Morocco, p)
* Guillermo Meneses (1911–1978, Venezuela, nf/d)
* Holdemar Menezes (1921–1996, Brazil, f/nf)
* Meng Haoran (孟浩然, c. 689/691–740, China, p)
* Dinaw Mengestu (born 1978, Ethiopia/US, f/nf)
* Maaza Mengiste (born 1974, Ethiopia/US, f)
* John Mennes (1599–1671, England, p)
* Louis-François-Henri de Menon (1717–1776, France, nf)
* Louise Mensch (born 1971, England/US, f), pseudonym Louise Bagshawe
* Wolfgang Menzel (1898–1973, Germany, p/nf)
* Juan León Mera (1832–1894, Ecuador, nf/f/p)
* Wolla Meranda (1863–1951, Australia, f/p)
* Tibor Méray (1924–2020, Hungary/France, nf)
* Giorgi Merchule (fl. 10th c., Georgia, f/nf)
* Johann Heinrich Merck (1741–1791, Germany, nf)
* Sophie Mereau (1770–1806, Germany, f/p)
* Courtney Sina Meredith (born 1986, N Zealand, p/d/f)
* George Meredith (1828–1909, England, f/p)
* Gwen Meredith (1907–2006, Australia, d/f)
* Louisa Anne Meredith (1812–1895, England/Australia, p/nf/f)
* Francis Meres (1565/1566–1647, England, nf)
* Maria Sibylla Merian (1647–1717, Germany/Netherlands, nf)
* Kersti Merilaas (1913–1986, Estonia, p/d/ch)
* Prosper Mérimée (1803–1870, France, f/nf)
* Alda Merini (1931–2009, Italy, p/nf)
* Louise Meriwether (1923–2023, f/nf/ch)
* Christina Merlin (1911–1995, England, f), pseudonym of Constance Fecher Heaven
* Fatema Mernissi (1940–2015, Morocco, nf)
* Willem de Mérode (1887–1939, Netherlands, p), pseudonym of Willem Eduard Keuning
* Antonieta Rivas Mercado (1900–1931, Mexico, nf)
* Richard Meros (born 1981, N Zealand, f/nf), pseudonym of Murdoch Stephens
* Concordia Merrel (1885–1962, England, f)
* Christopher Merret (1614/1615–1695, England, nf)
* Leonard Merrick (1864–1939, England, f)
* Judith Merril (1923–1997, US/Canada, f/nf), pseudonym of Judith Josephine Grossman
* James Merrill (1926–1995, US, p/nf/f)
* Jean Merrill (1923–2012, US, ch)
* Jenny B. Merrill (1854–1934, US, nf)
* Stuart Merrill (1863–1915, US, p)
* Catherine Merriman (born 1949, England/Wales, f)
* Abraham Merritt (1884–1943, US, f)
* Iman Mersal (born 1966, Egypt, p)
* Marin Mersenne (1588–1648, France, nf)
* Thomas Merton (1915–1968, US, nf/p)
* W. S. Merwin (1927–2019, US, p/nf/d)
* Mahmoud Messadi (1911–2004, Tunisia, f)
* Elizabeth Messenger (1908–1965, N Zealand, nf)
* Sarah Messer (born 1966, US, p/nf)
* Erik Mesterton (1903–2004, Sweden, nf)
* John Metcalfe (1891–1965, England/US, f)
* Joan Metelerkamp (born 1956, S Africa, p)
* Charlotte Mew (1869–1928, England, p)
* Kyle Mewburn (born 1963, N Zealand, ch)
* Antoine Meyer (1801–1857, Luxembourg/Belgium, nf/p)
* Conrad Ferdinand Meyer (1825–1898, Switzerland, p/f)
* Deon Meyer (born 1958, S Africa, f)
* Marissa Meyer (born 1984, US, f)
* Nicholas Meyer (born 1945, US, f)
* Stephenie Meyer (born 1973, US, f)
* Alice Meynell (1847–1822, England/Italy, nf/p)
* Laurence Meynell (1899–1989, England, ch/f)
* Melchior Meyr (1810–1871, Germany, p/f/nf)
* Gustav Meyrink (1868–1932, Austria/Germany, f/d), pseudonym of Gustav Meyer
* Jean de Meun (c. 1240 – c. 1305, Framce, p)
* Henry Meyer (1840–1925, US, p)
* Júníus Meyvant (born 1982, Iceland, p), pseudonym of Unnar Gísli Sigurmundsson
* Fodil Mezali (born 1959, Algeria, nf)
* Hocine Mezali (born 1938, Algeria, nf)
* Nega Mezlekia (born 1958, Ethiopia/Canada, nf/f)
* Ferenc Mező (1885–1961, Hungary, p)
* Sebastian Okechukwu Mezu (born 1941, Nigeria/US, nf/f/d)

## M'G–Mn

* James M'Govan (1845–1919, N Zealand/Scotland, f/nf), pseudonym of William Crawford Honeyman
* Thando Mgqolozana (born 1983, S Africa, f/d)
* Cont Mhlanga (957/1958–2022, S Rhodesia/Zimbabwe, d)
* Niq Mhlongo (born 1973, S Africa, f/nf)
* Gcina Mhlophe (born 1958, S Africa, nf/p/d)
* Mi Fu (米黻, 1051–1107, China, p)
* Bande Ali Mia (1906–1979, India/Bangladesh, p/nf/d)
* Mian Mian (棉棉, born 1970, China, f)
* Léonora Miano (born 1973, Cameroon, f)
* James Lionel Michael (1824–1868, England/Australia, p)
* Judith Michael (born 1934 and 1937, US, f/nf), pseudonym of Judith Bernard and Michael Fain
* Karin Michaëlis (1872–1950, Denmark, f/nf/ch)
* Barbara Michaels (1927–2013, US, f/nf), pseudonym Elizabeth Peters
* Fern Michaels (born 1933, US, f)
* Leigh Michaels (born 1954, US, f)
* Joseph François Michaud (1767–1839, Savoie/France, nf)
* Henri Michaux (1899–1984, Belgium/France, p/nf)
* Jean Michel (c. 1435–1501, France, p/d)
* Nicholas Michell (1807–1880, England, p)
* Lucien Xavier Michel-Andrianarahinjaka (1929–1997, Mozambique, nf/p)
* Michelangelo (1475–1564, Italy, p)
* Jon Michelet (1944–2018, Norway, f/ch)
* Nicholas Michell (1807–1880, England, p/f)
* Richard Michelson (born 1953, US, p/ch)
* Michitsuna no Haha (藤原道綱母, c. 935–995, Japan, p)
* Ljubomir Micić (1895–1971, Austro-Hungary/Yugoslavia, p/nf)
* Tadeusz Miciński (1873–1918, Russian E, f/p)
* Lizzie Mickery (living, England, d)
* Veronica Micle (1850–1889, Austria-Hungary/Romania, p)
* Adam Mickiewicz (1798–1855, Russian E/Ottoman E, p/d/nf)
* Christopher Middleton (c. 1560–1628, England, p)
* Christopher Middleton (1926–2015), England, p)
* Conyers Middleton (1683–1750, England, nf)
* Erasmus Middleton (1739–1805, England, nf)
* Ian Middleton (1928–2007, N Zealand, f)
* O. E. Middleton (1925–2010, N Zealand, f)
* Richard Barham Middleton (1882–1911, England/Belgium, p/f)
* Stanley Middleton (1919–2009, England, f)
* Thomas Middleton (1580–1627, England, d/p)
* Wiliam Midleton (c. 1550–1596, Wales, p)
* Hugo Midón (1944–2011, Argentina, ch)
* Agnes Miegel (1879–1964, Germany, p/f)
* Dorothy Miell (living, England, nf)
* Stanisław Mieroszewski (1827–1900, Poland, nf)
* Sandra Miesel (born 1941, US, f/nf)
* China Miéville (born 1972, England, f/nf)
* Migjeni (1911–1938, Albania/Italy, p)
* Emilio F. Mignone (1922–1998, Argentina, nf)
* José Rodrigues Miguéis (1901–1980, Portugal/US, nf)
* Miguna Miguna (born 1962, Kenya/Canada, nf)
* Gib Mihăescu (1894–1935, Romania, f/nf/d)
* Mihajlo Mihajlov (1934–2010, Yugoslavia/Serbia, nf)
* Dragoslav Mihailović (1930–2023, Yugoslavia/Serbia, nf)
* Jasmina Mihajlović (born 1960, Yugoslavia/Serbia, nf)
* Jo Mihaly (1902–1989, Germany/Switzerland, nf/f), pseudonym of Elfriede Alice "Piete" Kuhr
* Stoyan Mihaylovski (1856–1927, Bulgaria, nf/p/d)
* Mira Mihelič (1912–1985, Austrian E/Yugoslavia, f/nf/ch)
* Borislav Mihajlović Mihiz (1922–1997, Yugoslavia, d/nf)
* Kato Mikeladze (1878–1942, Russian E/USSR, nf)
* Miloš Mikeln (1930–2014, Yugoslavia/Slovenia, d/f/nf)
* Kelemen Mikes (1690–1761, Hungary/Ottoman E, nf)
* Kálmán Mikszáth (1847–1910, Hungary, f/nf)
* Gakuto Mikumo (三雲岳斗, born 1970, Japan, f)
* Karlo Mila (born 1974, N Zealand, p)
* Imdadul Haq Milan (born 1955, E Pakistan/Bangladesh, f/nf)
* Abbas Milani (born 1949, Iran/US, nf)
* Milutin Milanković (1879–1958, Austria-Hungary/Yugoslavia, nf)
* Jovan Grčić Milenko (1846–1875, Austria-Hungary, p/f)
* Dorothy Miles (1931–1993, Wales/England, p/nf)
* Gareth Miles (1938–2023, Wales, f)
* Jack Miles (born 1942, US, nf)
* Josephine Miles (1911–1985, US, p/nf)
* Avram Miletić (1755 – post-1826, Habsburg E/Serbia, p)
* Katherine Milhous (1894–1977, US, f/ch)
* Princess Milica of Serbia (c. 1335–1405, Serbia, p)
* Milan Milićević (1831–1908, Serbia, nf/f)
* Ognjenka Milićević (1927–2008, Yugoslavia/Serbia, nf)
* Milan Milišić (1941–1991, Yugoslavia/Croatia, p/d/nf)
* Jennifer Militello (living, US, p/nf)
* Marko Miljanov (1833–1901, Ottoman E/Austria-Hungary, nf)
* Branko Miljković (1934–1961, Yugoslavia, p)
* James Mill (1773–1836, Scotland, nf)
* John Stuart Mill (1806–1873, England/France, nf)
* Edna St. Vincent Millay (1892–1950, US, p/d)
* Alice Duer Miller (1874–1942, US, p/f/d)
* Arthur Miller (1915–2005, US, d/nf)
* E. Ethelbert Miller (born 1950, US, p)
* Frank Miller (born 1957, US, f/d)
* Grażyna Miller (1957–2009, Poland/Italy, p/nf)
* Henry Miller (1891–1980, US, f/nf)
* James Russell Miller (1840–1912, US, nf)
* Jane Miller (born 1949, US, p)
* Joaquin Miller (1837–1913, US, p), birth name Cincinnatus Heine Miller
* Ken Miller (born 1963, US, nf)
* Kirsten Miller (living, S Africa, nf/f/ch)
* Leslie Adrienne Miller (born 1956, US, p)
* Linda Lael Miller (born 1949, US, f)
* Liz Miller (born 1957, England, nf)
* Merle Miller (1919–1986, US, f/nf)
* Olive Beaupré Miller (1883–1968, US, ch), born Olive Kennon Beaupré
* P. Schuyler Miller (1912–1974, US, f/nf)
* Serena B. Miller (born 1950, US, f)
* Steve Miller (born 1957, US, nf)
* Thomas Miller (1807–1874, England, p/f)
* Vassar Miller (1924–1998, US, p/f)
* Walter M. Miller, Jr. (1923–1996, US, f)
* John Millett (1921–2019, Australia, p/nf)
* Steven Millhauser (born 1943, US, f)
* Arthenia J. Bates Millican (1920–2012, US, p/f/nf)
* Spike Milligan (1918–2002, India/England, p/nf/d)
* Mil Millington (living, England, nf/f)
* Millosh Gjergj Nikolla (1911–1938, Albania/Italy, p/nf)
* Anne Mills (born 1951, England, nf)
* Lady Dorothy Mills (1889–1959, England, f/nf)
* John Atta Mills (1944–2012, Gold Coast/Ghana, nf)
* Magnus Mills (born 1954, England, f)
* Henry Hart Milman (1791–1868, England, nf/d/p)
* A. A. Milne (1882–1956, England, ch/f/nf)
* Christopher Robin Milne (1920–1996, England, nf)
* Donna Milner (born 1946, Canada, f)
* Miloš Milojević (1840–1897, Serbia, nf)
* Czesław Miłosz (1911–2004, Russian E/Poland, p/f)
* Branislav Milosavljević (1879–1944, Serbia/Yugoslavia, p)
* Nikola Milošević (1929–2007, Yugoslavia/Serbia, nf)
* John Milton (1608–1674, England, p/nf)
* Richard Milward (born 1984, England, f/nf)
* Franco Mimmi (born 1942, Italy, f/nf)
* Rachid Mimouni (1945–1995, Algeria, f/nf)
* Maung Khin Min (Danubyu) (living, Myanmar, nf)
* Myo Min (1910–1995, Burma/Myanmar, nf), pseudonym Nwe Soe
* Takitarō Minakami (水上滝太郎, 1887–1940, Japan, f/nf)
* Tsutomu Minakami (水上勉, 1919–2004, Japan, f/nf/d)
* Minakata Kumagusu (南方熊楠, 1867–1941, Japan, nf)
* Bridget Minamore (born 1991, England p/nf)
* Marga Minco (1920–2023, Netherlands, nf)
* Guðrún Eva Mínervudóttir (born 1976, Iceland, f)
* Robert Minhinnick (born 1952, Wales, p/nf/f)
* Matthew Minicucci (born 1981, US, p/nf)
* Svetoslav Minkov (1902–1966, Bulgaria, f)
* Justine Mintsa (born 1949, Gabon, f/nf)
* Ion Minulescu (1881–1944, Romania, p/f/d)
* Mir Taqi Mir (1723–1810, Mughal India, p)
* Pedro Mir (1913–2000, Dominican Rep., p/nf/f)
* Mirabai (fl. 16th c., India, p)
* Mohammad Daud Miraki (born 1967, Afghanistan/US, nf)
* Alicia Miranda Hevia (born 1952, Costa Rica, f)
* Ana Miranda (born 1951, Brazil, p/f)
* Francisco de Sá de Miranda (1481–1558, Portugal, p)
* José Bragança de Miranda (born 1953, Portugal, nf)
* Lin-Manuel Miranda (born 1980, US, nf/d)
* Mir-Jam (1887–1952, Serbia/Yugoslavia, f), pseudonym of Milica Jakovljević
* Čedomir Mirković (1944–2005, Yugoslavia/Serbia, nf)
* Carmen A. Miró (1919–2022, Panama, nf)
* Ricardo Miró (1883–1940, Panama, p/f)
* Salvador Díaz Mirón (1853–1928, Mexico, p)
* Igor Mirović (born 1968, Yugoslavia/Serbia, nf/p)
* Jamal Mirsadeghi (born 1933, Iran, f/d)
* Heidi Safia Mirza (born 1958, England, nf)
* Cheryl Misak (living, Canada, nf)
* Y. Misdaq (living, England, f/p)
* Ludwig von Mises (1881–1973, Austria/US, nf)
* Yukio Mishima (三島由紀夫, 1925–1970, Japan, nf/p/d)
* Sudesh Mishra (born 1962, Fiji/Australia, p)
* Krste Misirkov (1874–1926, Ottoman E/Bulgaria, nf)
* Ahmed Baba Miské (1935–2016, Mauritania, nf)
* Mohamed Missouri (1947–2015, Algeria, nf)
* Gabriela Mistral (1889–1957, Chile/US, p/nf)
* Munesuke Mita (見田宗介, 1937–2022, Japan, nf)
* Adrian Mitchell (1932–2008, England, p/f/d)
* Ann Katharine Mitchell (1922–2020, England/Scotland, nf)
* David Mitchell (1940–2011, N Zealand, p)
* David Mitchell (born 1969, England, f/nf)
* Donald Grant Mitchell (1822–1908, US, nf/f)
* Elyne Mitchell (1913–2002, Australia, ch/nf)
* Joseph Mitchell (1908–1996, US, nf)
* Margaret Mitchell (1900–1949, US, f/nf)
* Norval Mitchell (1906–1988, England/British India, nf)
* Paul Mitchell (born 1968, p/f)
* Silas Weir Mitchell (1829–1914, US, f/p)
* Stephen Mitchell (born 1943, US, p/nf)
* Waddie Mitchell (born 1950, US, p)
* Naomi Mitchison (1897–1999, Scotland/England, f/nf)
* Jessica Mitford (1917–1996, England, nf)
* Mary Russell Mitford (1787–1855, England, nf/p/d)
* Nancy Mitford (1904–1973, England/France, f/nf)
* William Mitford (1744–1827, England, nf)
* Anna Mitgutsch (born 1948, Austria, f)
* Bartolomé Mitre (1821–1906, Argentina, nf)
* Dimitrije Mitrinović (1887–1953, Austria-Hungary/England, nf/p)
* Milorad Mitrović (1867–1907, Serbia, p)
* Mitra Mitrović (1912–2001, Yugoslavia/Serbia, nf)
* Srba Mitrović (1931–2007, Yugoslavia/Serbia, p)
* Ryu Mitsuse (光瀬龍, 1928–1999, Japan, f/nf)
* Miyuki Miyabe (宮部みゆき, born 1960, Japan, f)
* Teru Miyamoto (宮本輝, born 1947, Japan, f)
* Miyamoto Yuriko (宮本百合子, 1899–1951, Japan, f/nf)
* Hayao Miyazaki (宮崎駿, born 1941, Japan, d/nf)
* Kenji Miyazawa (宮沢賢治, 1896–1933, Japan, f/ch/nf)
* Miyoshi Kiyotsura (三善清行, 847–918, Japan, nf)
* Tatsuji Miyoshi (三好達治, 1900–1964, Japan, p/nf)
* Minae Mizumura (水村美苗, born 1951, Japan, f)
* Kogen Mizuno (水野 弘元, 1901–2006, Japan, nf)
* Ndre Mjeda (1866–1937, Ottoman E/Albania, p/nf)
* Emily Mkamanga (1949–2021, Nyasaland/Malawi, f/nf)
* Sarah Mkhonza (born 1957, Swaziland/US, f/nf)
* Vojislav Ilić Mlađi (1877–1944, Serbia/Yugoslavia, p)
* Stanisław Młodożeniec (1895–1959, Russian E/Poland, p)
* Ladislav Mňačko (1919–1994, Czechoslovakia/Slovakia, nf)
* Felix Mnthali (born 1933, S Rhodesia/Malawi, p/f/d)

## Mo

* Timothy Mo (毛翔青, born 1950, Hong Kong/England, f)
* Mo Xuanqing (莫宣卿, born 834, China, p)
* Mo Yan (管謨業, born 1955, China, f)
* Moamyn (fl. 9th c. CE, Abbasid Caliphate, nf)
* Vilhelm Moberg (1898–1973, Sweden, nf/d)
* Fray Mocho (1858–1903, Argentina, nf)
* Ja'far Modarres-Sadeghi (born 1954, Iran, f)
* Vinko Möderndorfer (born 1958, Yugoslavia/Slovenia, ch/p/f)
* L. E. Modesitt, Jr. (born 1943, US, f/nf/p)
* Klaus Modick (born 1951, Germany, nf)
* William Modisane (1923–1986, S Africa, nf)
* Drusilla Modjeska (born 1946, Papua New Guinea/Australia, f/nf)
* Ingvar Moe (1936–1993, Norway, p/f/ch)
* Jørgen Moe (1813–1882, Norway, f/p)
* Karin Moe (born 1945, Norway, f/nf)
* Tin Moe (1933–2007, Burma/Myanmar, p)
* Moelona (1877–1953, Wales, f/ch), pseudonym of Elizabeth Mary Jones
* Walter Moers (born 1957, Germany, ch)
* Melody Moezzi (born 1979, Iran/US, nf)
* Donald Moffitt (1931–2014, US, f)
* Thomas Mofolo (1876–1948, Basutoland/Lesotho, f)
* George Mogridge (1787–1854, England, ch/nf), pseudonym Old Humphrey
* Mahathir Mohamad (born 1925, Malaya/Malaysia, nf)
* Nadifa Mohamed (born 1981, Somaliland/England, f)
* Si Mohand (1848–1905, Algeria, p)
* Georg Mohr (1640–1697, Denmark/Germany, nf)
* Joseph Mohr (1792–1848, Austria, nf/p)
* Paul Möhring (1710–1792, Germany, nf)
* Toril Moi (born 1953, Norway, nf)
* David Macbeth Moir (1798–1851, Scotland, p/nf)
* Abraham de Moivre (1667–1754, France, nf)
* Javad Mojabi (born 1939, Iran, p/nf)
* Anis Mojgani (born 1977, US, p)
* Tze Ming Mok (莫志明, born 1978, N Zealand, f/nf)
* Malika Mokeddem (born 1949, Algeria, f)
* Amel Mokhtar (born 1964, Tunisia, nf/f)
* Mohammad Mokhtari (1942–1998, Iran, nf/p)
* John Mole (born 1941, England, p/ch)
* Natalia Molebatsi (living, S Africa, p)
* Molière (1622–1673, France, d/p), pseudonym of Jean Baptiste Poquelin
* Juan Ramón Molina (1875–1908, Honduras, p)
* Atukuri Molla (1440–1530, India, p)
* Ferenc Molnár (1878–1952, Austria/US, d/p)
* József Molnár (1918–2009, Hungary/Germany, nf)
* Walter von Molo (1880–1958, Austria-Hungary/Germany, f/d/nf)
* Nurul Momen (1908–1990, India/Bangladesh, d/nf/p), pseudonym Natyaguru
* Dele Momodu (born 1960, Nigeria, nf)
* Lília Momplé (born 1935, Mozambique, f)
* Nicola Monaghan (born 1971, England, f)
* Pablo Balarezo Moncayo (1904–1999, Ecuador, p/nf)
* Pérrine Moncrieff (1893–1979, N Zealand, nf)
* Eduardo Mondlane (1920–1969, Mozambique, nf)
* Aleksandra Monedzhikova (1889–1959, Bulgaria, nf)
* Tierno Monénembo (born 1947, Guinea/France, f)
* Joaquín García Monge (1881–1958, Costa Rica, f)
* António Egas Moniz (1874–1955, Portugal, nf)
* Karyn Monk (born 1960, Canada, f)
* Bernard de la Monnoye (1641–1728, France, p/nf)
* Harold Monro (1879–1932, Belgium/England, p)
* Aly Monroe (living, England, f)
* Chris Monroe (born 1962, US, ch)
* Harriet Monroe (1860–1936, US/Peru, nf/p)
* Jack Monroe (born 1988, England, nf)
* Nicholas Monsarrat (1910-1979)
* Messenger Monsey (1694–1788, England, nf)
* Carlos Monsiváis (1938–2010, Mexico, nf)
* Basil Montagu (1770–1851, England, nf)
* Charles Montagu, 1st Earl of Halifax 1661–1715, England, p)
* Elizabeth Montagu (1718–1800, England, nf)
* John Montague (1929–2016, US/France, p/f/nf)
* Eugenio Montale (1896–1981, Italy, p/nf)
* Stephanie de Montalk (born 1945, N Zealand, p/nf)
* Geoffrey Potocki de Montalk (1903–1997, N Zealand/France, nf)
* Emilio Álvarez Montalván (1919–2014, Nicaragua, nf)
* Juan Montalvo (1832–1889, Ecuador, d/f)
* Richard Montanari (born 1952, US, f)
* Dora Montefiore (1851–1933, England/Australia, p/nf)
* Simon Sebag Montefiore (born 1965, England, nf/f)
* Eugenio Montejo (1938–2008, Venezuela, p/nf)
* Augusto Monterroso (1921–2003, Honduras/Mexico, f)
* Graciela Montes (born 1947, Argentina, ch/nf)
* Eduardo Montes-Bradley (born 1960, Argentina/US, f/nf)
* Montesquieu (1689–1755, France, nf)
* Alexander Montgomerie ((c. 1550–1598, Scotland, p)
* James Montgomery (1771–1854, Scotland/England, p/nf)
* Florence Montgomery (1843–1923, England, f/ch)
* Lucy Maud Montgomery (1936–2014, Canada, f/ch)
* R. A. Montgomery (1874–1942, US, ch)
* Jean-Pierre Montcassen (born 1967, Hungary, f/p), pseudonym of Imre Cselenyák
* Robert Montgomery (1807–1855, England, p)
* Henry de Montherlant (1895–1972, France, nf/f/d)
* Isabelle de Montolieu (1751–1832, Switzerland, f)
* Víctor Montoya (born 1958, Bolivia, nf)
* María de Montserrat (1913–1995, Uruguay, f/d/p)
* Jean-Étienne Montucla (1725–1799, France, nf)
* Susanna Moodie (1803–1885, England/Canada, nf)
* Lukas Moodysson (born 1969, Sweden, f/p)
* Elizabeth Moon (born 1945, US, f/nf)
* Geoff Moon (1915–2009, N Zealand, nf)
* Michael Moorcock (born 1939, England/US, f/nf)
* Alan Moore (born 1953, England, f/nf)
* Bai T. Moore (1916–1988, Liberia, p/f/nf)
* C. L. Moore (1911–1987, US, f/d)
* Clement Clarke Moore (1779–1863, US, f/p)
* Francis Moore (1657–1715, England, nf)
* Francis Moore (1708–1756, England, nf)
* G. E. Moore (1873–1958, England, nf)
* George Moore (1852–1933, Ireland/England, f/p/nf)
* John Moore (c. 1595–1647, England, nf)
* Marianne Moore (1887–1972, US, p/nf)
* Merrill Moore (1903–1957, US, p)
* Patrick Moore (1923–2013, England, nf/f)
* Peter Moore (born 1983, England, nf)
* T. C. Kingsmill Moore (1893–1979, Ireland, nf)
* T. Inglis Moore (1901–1978, Australia, f/p/nf)
* Thomas Moore (1779–1852, Ireland/England, p/nf)
* Ward Moore (1903–1978, US, f)
* Wes Moore (born 1978, US, nf)
* Finola Moorhead (born 1947, Australia, f/d/nf)
* Roger Moorhouse (born 1968, England, nf)
* Hortensia von Moos (1659–1715, Switzerland, nf)
* A. S. Mopeli-Paulus (1913 – post-1990s, Basutoland/S Africa, f/nf)
* Ferenc Móra (1879–1934, Hungary, f/nf)
* Pat Mora (born 1942, US, f/nf/ch)
* Dom Moraes (1938–2004, India, nf/p)
* Jesús Moraes (born 1955, Uruguay, f)
* Wenceslau de Moraes (1854–1929, Portugal/Japan, nf/p)
* Karly Gaitán Morales (born 1980, Nicaragua, nf)
* Yuyi Morales (born 1968, Mexico/US, ch)
* Daniel Keys Moran (born 1962, US, f/nf)
* Leandro Fernández de Moratín (1760–1828, Spain, d/p)
* Alberto Moravia (1907–1990, Italy, f/nf)
* Ann Moray (1909–1981, Wales/Mexico, f)
* Aka Morchiladze (born 1966, USSR/Georgia, f/nf)
* Diana Mordasini (living, Senegal/Switzerland, nf)
* Elinor Mordaunt (1872–1942, Australia/England, f/nf), pseudonym of Evelyn May Clowes
* Gertrude More (1606–1633, England/France, nf)
* Hannah More (1745–1833, England, nf/p/d)
* Henry More (1614–1687, England, nf)
* Thomas More (1478–1535, England, nf)
* Jean Moréas (1856–1910, Greece/France, p/nf)
* Hégésippe Moreau (1810–1838, France, p/f)
* Sven Moren (1871–1938, Norway, p/f/ch)
* José Rosas Moreno (1838–1883, Mexico, p/d/ch)
* Kelly Ana Morey (born 1968, N Zealand, f/p)
* Charles Langbridge Morgan (1894–1958, England, d/f)
* Derec Llwyd Morgan (born 1943, Wales, nf)
* Diana Morgan (1908–1996, Wales/England, d)
* Edwin Morgan (1920–2010, Scotland, p)
* Elaine Morgan (1920–2013, Wales/England, nf)
* Elena Puw Morgan (1900–1973, Wales, f/ch)
* Eluned Morgan (1870–1938, Argentina/Wales, nf)
* Gwenllian Morgan (1852–1939, Wales, nf)
* J. O. Morgan (born 1978, Scotland, p)
* Jeffrey Morgan (living, Canada, nf/f)
* John Morgan (1688–1733 or 1734, Wales/England, nf/p)
* Mal Morgan (1936–1999, Australia, p)
* Prys Morgan (born 1937, Wales, nf)
* Sally Morgan (born 1951, Australia, nf/ch/d)
* Sophia Elizabeth De Morgan (1809–1892, England, nf)
* Sydney, Lady Morgan (c. 1781–1859, Ireland/England, f)
* Ted Morgan (1932–2023, France/US, nf)
* Teresa Morgan (born 1968, England, nf)
* William Morgan (1545–1604, Wales, nf)
* William De Morgan (1839–1917, England, f)
* Lorin Morgan-Richards (born 1975, US, p/d/ch)
* Iolo Morganwg (1747–1826, Wales, nf/p), bardic name of Edward Williams
* Christian Morgenstern (1871–1914, Germany/Austria, p/f/nf)
* Irmtraud Morgner (1933–1990, Germany, nf)
* Daniel Georg Morhof (1639–1691, Germany, nf/p)
* Hiroshi Mori (森博嗣, born 1957, Japan, f/nf)
* Mori Ōgai (森林太郎, 1862–1922, Japan, f/p), pseudonym Mori Ōgai (森鴎外)
* Liane Moriarty (born 1966, Australia, f/ch)
* Zsigmond Móricz (1879–1942, Hungary, f)
* David Richard Morier (1784–1877, Ottoman E/England, nf)
* James Justinian Morier (1782–1849, Ottoman E/England, f)
* Eduard Mörike (1804–1875, Germany, f/p)
* Seiichi Morimura (森村誠一, 1933–2023, Japan, f)
* Hiroyuki Morioka (森岡浩之, born 1962, Japan, f)
* Félix Morisseau-Leroy (1912–1998, Haiti/US, p/d)
* Morita Sōhei (森田草平, 1881–1949, Japan, f)
* Tama Morita (森田たま, 1894–1970, Japan, nf)
* Karl Philipp Moritz (1756–1793, Germany, nf/f)
* David Morley (1923–2009, England, nf)
* David Morley (born 1962, England, nf/d)
* David Morley (born 1964, England, p/nf)
* Henry Morley (1822–1894, England, nf)
* Iris Morley (1910–1953, England, nf)
* John A. Moroso (1874–1957, US, f/nf/p)
* Michael Morpurgo (born 1943, England, p/d/ch)
* Clare Morrall (born 1952, England, f)
* Ronald Hugh Morrieson (1922–1972, N Zealand, f)
* Dick Morris (born 1946, US, nf)
* Gerald Morris (born 1963, US, ch)
* James McGrath Morris (born 1954, US, nf)
* Jan Morris (1926–2020, England/Wales, nf)
* Lewis Morris (1701–1765, Wales, p)
* Lewis Morris (1833–1907, Wales, p)
* Meaghan Morris (born 1950, Australia, nf)
* Myra Morris (1893–1966, Australia, p/f/ch)
* Paula Morris (born 1965, N Zealand, f)
* Rebecca Morris (living, US, f/nf)
* Richard Morris (1703–1779, Wales, nf)
* William Morris (1834–1896, England, p/f/nf)
* John Morris-Jones (1864–1929, Wales, nf/p)
* Arthur Morrison (1863–1945, England, f/nf)
* Blake Morrison (born 1950, England, p/f/nf)
* Jim Morrison (1943–1971, US, p)
* Sally Morrison (born 1946, Australia, f/nf)
* Sophia Morrison (1859–1917, Isle of Man, f/nf)
* Toni Morrison (1931–2019, US, f/nf)
* Di Morrissey (born 1943, Australia, f/ch)
* Michael Morrissey (born 1942, N Zealand, p/f/nf)
* Honoré Willsie Morrow (1880–1940, US, f/nf)
* Petra Morsbach (born 1956, Switzerland/Germany, f)
* Jan Andrzej Morsztyn (1621–1693, Poland-Lithuania/France, p/nf)
* Zbigniew Morsztyn (c. 1628–1689, Poland-Lithuania/Prussia, p)
* Valzhyna Mort (born 1981, USSR/US, p)
* Viggo Mortensen (born 1958, US, p)
* Carole Mortimer (born 1960, England, f)
* Favell Lee Mortimer (1802–1878, England, ch)
* John Mortimer (1923–2009, England, d/nf)
* Penelope Mortimer (1918–1999, Wales/England, nf/f)
* Andrew Morton (born 1953, England, nf)
* Elsie K. Morton (1885–1968, N Zealand, nf)
* Frank Morton (1869–1923, England/Australia, p/nf)
* J. B. Morton (1893–1979, England, nf)
* Hassouna Mosbahi (born 1950, Tunisia, f)
* Johann Michael Moscherosch (1601–1669, Germany, nf)
* Moschus (fl. c. 150 BCE, Syracuse, p)
* Raúl Andrade Moscoso (1905–1983, Ecuador, nf/d)
* Julius Mosen (1803–1867, Germany, p/f)
* Clelia Duel Mosher (1863–1940, US, nf)
* Sam Moskowitz (1920–1997, US, nf)
* Howard Moss (1922–1987, US, p/d/nf)
* Kate Mosse (born 1961, England, f/nf)
* Johann Most (1846–1906, Germany/US, nf/p)
* Ahlam Mosteghanemi (born 1953, Algeria, f)
* Golam Mostofa (1897–1964, India/E Pakistan, p/f/nf)
* Nadežka Mosusova (born 1928, Yugoslavia/Serbia, nf)
* Majede Motalebi (born 1985, Iran, nf)
* Aziz Motazedi (born 1950, Iran, f/nf)
* Andrew Motion (born 1952, England/US, p/f/nf)
* Francis Moto (born 1952, Nyasaland/Malawi, nf)
* Motoori Norinaga (本居宣長, 1730–1801, Japan, nf)
* Ralph Hale Mottram (1883–1971, England, f/p)
* Casey Motsisi (1932–1977, S Africa, f/nf)
* Ralph Hale Mottram (1883–1971, England, f/p)
* Mou Zongsan (牟宗三, 1909–1995, China/Hong Kong, nf)
* Daphne Pochin Mould (1920–2014, England/Ireland, nf)
* John Moultrie (1799–1874, England, p)
* Vasco Graça Moura (1942–2014, Portugal, p/nf/f)
* Ahmed Mourad (born 1978, Egypt, d/f/nf)
* David Mourão-Ferreira (1927–1996, Portugal, p/f)
* Amel Moussa (living, Tunisia, p/nf)
* Salama Moussa (1887–1958, Egypt, nf)
* Mohammed El Moustaoui (born 1943, Morocco, p)
* Johan Andreas Dèr Mouw (1863–1919, Netherlands, p/nf)
* Farley Mowat (1921–2014, Canada, nf)
* Mary Braidwood Mowle (1827–1857, England/Australia, nf)
* Enrique Moya (born 1958, Venezuela, p/f/nf)
* George McMichael Moyer (born 1988, America,p/f/nf)
* Jojo Moyes (born 1969, England, f/nf)
* Mozi (墨子, c. 470 – c. 391, China, nf)
* Fiona Mozley (born 1988, England, f/nf)
* James Bowling Mozley (1813–1878, England, nf)
* Thomas Mozley (1806–1893, England, nf)

## Mp–My

* Samuel Mpasu (1945–2018, Nyasaland/Malawi, nf)
* Phaswane Mpe (1970–2004, S Africa, p/f)
* Es'kia Mphahlele (1919–2008, S Africa, f/nf)
* Samuel Edward Krune Mqhayi (1975–1945, S Africa, d/f/p)
* Lidudumalingani Mqombothi (living, S Africa, f/nf)
* Mohamed Mrabet (born 1936, Morocco, f), pseudonym of Mohammed ben Chaib el Hajam
* Milena Mrazović (1863–1927, Austrian E/Austria, nf)
* Sava Mrkalj (1783–1833, Austrian E, nf/p)
* Zorica Mršević (born 1954, Yugoslavia/Serbia, nf)
* Oswald Mbuyiseni Mtshali (born 1940, S Africa/Soweto, p)
* Fadhy Mtanga (born 1981, Tanzania, f/p)
* Ephrem Mtsire (died c. 1101–1103, Georgia, nf)
* Mu Shiying (穆時英, 1912–1940, China, f/nf)
* Hans Much (1880–1932, Germany, nf/p)
* Robert Muchamore (born 1972, England, f/ch)
* Charles Mudede (born 1969, S Rhodesia/Zimbabwe, d/nf)
* Ian Mudie (1911–1976, Australia, p/nf)
* Mudrooroo (1938–2019, Australia, f/p/d), pseudonym of Colin Thomas Johnson
* Amélia Muge (born 1952, Mozambique, p)
* Malcolm Muggeridge (1903–1990, England, nf)
* Micere Githae Mugo (1942–2023, Kenya, d/nf/p)
* Hazel de Silva Mugot (born 1947, Kenya, f)
* Amir Muhammad (born 1972, Malaysia, nf)
* Malkat al-Dar Muhammad (1920–1969, Sudan, f/nf)
* Penina Muhando (born 1948, Tanzania, d)
* Erich Mühsam (1878–1934, Germany, nf/p/d), Holocaust victim
* Edwin Muir (1887–1959, Scotland, p/f)
* John Kenneth Muir (born 1969, US, nf)
* Kenneth Muir (1907–1996, England, nf)
* Fiston Mwanza Mujila (born 1981, DR of Congo/Austria, f/nf)
* Yolande Mukagasana (born 1954, Rwanda, d/nf)
* Mukai Kyorai (向井去来, 1651–1704, Japan, p/nf)
* Shrawan Mukarung (born 1968, Nepal, p/d)
* Scholastique Mukasonga (born 1956, Rwanda/France, f/nf)
* Mohamed Haji Mukhtar (born 1947, Somalia/US, nf)
* Kuniko Mukōda (向田邦子, 1929–1981, Japan, d/f)
* Dominic Mulaisho (1933–2013, Zambia, f)
* Brandon Mull (born 1974, US, ch)
* Anthony Munday (c. 1560–1633, England, d/p)
* Jan Mulder (born 1945, Netherlands, nf/f)
* Paul Muldoon (born 1951, Ireland, p)
* Lale Müldür (born 1956, Turkey/Belgium, p)
* Wendy Mulford (born 1941, Wales/England, p/nf)
* Alan Mulgan (1881–1962, N Zealand, nf)
* Geoff Mulgan (born 1961, England, nf)
* John Mulgan (1911–1945, N Zealand, nf)
* Clara Mulholland (1849–1934, Ireland, f/nf)
* John Mulholland (born 1940, US, nf)
* Harry Mulisch (1927–2010, Netherlands, f/d/p)
* Brandon Mull (born 1974, US, ch)
* Laura Mullen (born 1958, US, p)
* Adam Müller (1779–1829, Germany/Austria, nf)
* Heiner Müller (1929–1995, Germany, d/p/nf)
* Herta Müller (born 1953, Romania/Germany, f/p/nf)
* Inge Müller (1925–1966, Germany, ch/f/p)
* Maler Müller (1749–1825, Germany, p/d)
* Wilhelm Müller (1794–1827, Germany, p)
* Wolfgang Müller von Königswinter (1816–1873, Germany, f/p)
* Multatuli (1820–1887, Netherlands, f/nf), pseudonym of Eduard Douwes Dekker
* Ivan Matthias Mulumba (born 1987, Uganda, p/f)
* Andreas Munch (1811–1884, Norway, p/f/d)
* Theodor Mundt (1808–1861, Germany, nf/f)
* Charles Mungoshi (1947–2019, S Rhodesia/Zimbabwe, f/p/ch)
* David Mungoshi (1949–2020, S Rhodesia/Zimbabwe, f)
* John Munonye (1929–1999, Nigeria, f)
* Mercedes Negrón Muñoz (1895–1973, Puerto Rico, p/nf)
* Alice Munro (born 1931, Canada, f)
* Saki (1870–1916, England, f/d/nf), pseudonym of Hector Hugh Munro
* Hugh Andrew Johnstone Munro (1819–1885, Scotland/Italy, nf)
* Robert Munsch (born 1945, US/Canada, ch)
* K. M. Munshi (1887–1971, India, f/nf)
* Haruki Murakami (村上春樹, born 1949, Japan, f/nf)
* Ryū Murakami (村上龍, born 1952, Japan, f/nf)
* Shōfu Muramatsu (村松梢風, 1889–1961, Japan, f)
* Murasaki Shikibu (紫式部), c. 973/978 – c. 1014/1031, Japan, f)
* Kaita Murayama (村山槐多), 1896–1919, Japan, nf)
* Tomoyoshi Murayama (村山知義), 1901–1977, Japan, d/f)
* Iris Murdoch (1919–1999, Ireland/England, f/nf)
* Nina Murdoch (1890–1976, Australia, nf/p), pseudonym Manin
* William Mure (1799–1860, Scotland/England, nf)
* H. A. Murena (1923–1975, Argentina, nf)
* Henri Murger (1822–1861, France, f/p)
* Ben Mutua Jonathan Muriithi (born 1969, Kenya/US, nf), born Jonathan Nyaga
* Rosario Murillo (born 1951, Nicaragua, nf)
* Josip Murn (1879–1901, Austria-Hungary, p)
* Thomas Murner (1475 – c. 1537, Germany/Switzerland, nf/p)
* George Murnu (1868–1957, Ottoman E/Romania, p)
* Murong Xuecun (慕容雪村, born 1974, China, f/nf), pseudonym of Hao Qun (郝群)
* C. E. Murphy (born 1973, US/Ireland, f)
* Edwin Greenslade Murphy (1866–1939, Australia, p/nf)
* Jill Murphy (1949–2021, England, ch)
* Jim Murphy (born 1947, US, nf/f/ch)
* Margaret Murphy (born 1959, England, f)
* Pat Murphy (born 1955, US, nf/f)
* Richard Murphy (1927–2018, Ireland/England, p/nf)
* Sheila Murphy (born 1951, US, p)
* Timothy L. Murphy (1816–1897, US, nf)
* Andrew Murray (born 1970, England, ch)
* David Christie Murray (1847–1907, England, nf/f)
* Ena Murray (1936–2015, S Africa, f/p)
* George Murray (born 1971, Canada, p)
* Joan Murray (born 1945, US, p/f)
* John Murray (born 1950, England/Greece, f/nf)
* Les Murray (1938–2019, Australia, p/nf)
* Shirley Murray (1931–2020, N Zealand, p)
* Joanna Murray-Smith (born 1962, Australia, d/f)
* Ra'ouf Mus'ad (born 1937, Sudan/Netherlands, d/f/nf)
* Eugénie Musayidire (born 1952, Rwanda/Germany, nf)
* Tudor Mușatescu (1903–1970, Romania, d/f)
* Johann Karl August Musäus (1735–1787, Germany, f)
* Adolf Muschg (born 1934, Switzerland, f/nf)
* Colin Muset (fl. c. 1210–1250 or 1230–1270, France, p)
* David Musgrave (born 1965, Australia, p/f/nf)
* Susan Musgrave (born 1951, Canada, p/ch)
* Saneatsu Mushanokōji (武者小路実篤, 1885–1976, Japan, f/d/p)
* Sandra A. Mushi (born 1974, Tanzania, p/f)
* Ramlee Awang Murshid (born 1967, Malaysia, f)
* Lukijan Mušicki (1777–1837, Serbia, p/nf)
* Małgorzata Musierowicz (born 1945, Poland, ch/f)
* Robert Musil (1880–1942, Austria/Switzerland, nf/f)
* Lukijan Mušicki (1777–1837, Hungary/Austrian E, p/nf)
* Masimba Musodza (born 1976, S Rhodesia/Zimbabwe, f)
* Alfred de Musset (1810–1857, France, d/p/f)
* Dennis Must (1934–2024, US, f)
* Nikola Musulin (c. 1830 – post-1897, Serbia/Montenegro, nf/p)
* Vera Mutafchieva (1929–2009, Bulgaria, f/nf)
* Čavdar Mutafov (1899–1954, Bulgaria, nf/f)
* Mutesa II of Buganda (1924–1969, Uganda/England, nf)
* Joseph Muthee (born 1928, Kenya, nf)
* Álvaro Mutis (1923–2013, Colombia, p/f/nf)
* Nazar Mohammad Mutmaeen (born 1973, Afghanistan, nf)
* Solomon Mutswairo (1924–2005, S Rhodesia/Zimbabwe, p/f)
* Margaret Mutu (living, N Zealand, nf)
* Vusamazulu Credo Mutwa (1921–2020, S Africa, nf/f)
* Rudolf Muus (1862–1935, Norway, f/d)
* Togara Muzanenhamo (born 1975, S Rhodesia/Zimbabwe, p/d)
* Meja Mwangi (born 1948, Kenya, d)
* Godfrey Mwakikagile (born 1949, Tanzania, nf)
* Ndongolera Mwangupili (born 1977, Malawi, p/f/nf)
* Christopher Mwashinga (born 1965, Tanzania, nf/p)
* Gitura Mwaura (living, Kenya, f/p/ch)
* Lâm Quang Mỹ (born 1944, Vietnam, p)
* Nyo Mya (1914–1985, Burma, nf)
* Thakin Tin Mya (1924–2015, Burma/Myanmar, nf)
* Valerie Grosvenor Myer (1935–2007, England, nf/f)
* Ben Myers (born 1976, England, f/nf/p)
* Leo Myers (1881–1944, England, f/d)
* Walter Dean Myers (1937–2014, US, ch)
* Julie Myerson (born 1960, England, f/nf)
* Elna Mygdal (1868–1940, Denmark, nf)
* Øyvind Myhre (born 1945, Norway, f)
* Nay Win Myint (born 1952, Burma/Myanmar, f)
* Thant Myint-U (born 1965, US, nf)
* Thein Pe Myint (1914–1978, Burma, nf)
* Agnar Mykle (1915–1994, Norway, f/nf)
* Vincas Mykolaitis-Putinas (1893–1967, Russian E/Soviet Union, p/f)
* Lauren Myracle (born 1969, US, f/ch)
* Jan Myrdal (1927–2020, Sweden, nf)
* Marit Myrvoll (born 1953, Norway, nf)