# List of writers from Northern Ireland

This is a list of writers born or who have lived in Northern Ireland.
* Top
* 0–9
* 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

## B

* Tony Bailie (born 1962)
* Jo Bannister (born 1951)
* Colin Bateman (born 1962)
* Ronan Bennett (born 1956)
* Maureen Boyle (born 1961)
* Kenneth Branagh (born 1960)
* Colette Bryce (born 1970)
* Eve Bunting (born 1928)
* James Burke (born 1936)
* Anna Burns (born 1962)

## C

* Lucy Caldwell (born 1982)
* Joseph Campbell (1879–1944)
* William Carleton (novelist) (1794–1869)
* Thomas Carnduff (1886–1956)
* Ciarán Carson (1948–2019)
* Joyce Cary (1888–1957)
* James Cousins (1873–1956)
* Kathleen Coyle (1886–1952)
* Mairtín Crawford (1967–2004)
* Sam Cree (1928–1980)
* Eric Cross (1905–1980)

## D

* Gerald Dawe (born 1952)
* Seamus Deane (1940–2021)
* Anne Devlin (born 1951)
* Susannah Dickey
* Richard Doherty (born 1948)
* Moyra Donaldson (born 1956)
* Charles Donnelly (1914–1937)
* John Dougherty (born 1964)
* Garbhan Downey (born 1966)

## E

* St. John Greer Ervine (1883–1971)

## F

* Padraic Fiacc (1924–2019)
* Leontia Flynn (born 1974)
* Brendan Foley (born 1964)
* Brian Friel (1929–2015)
* Seamus Finnegan (born 1949)

## G

* Stephen Gilbert (1912–2010)
* Robert Greacen (1920–2008)

## H

* Sam Hanna Bell (1909–1990)
* Francis Harvey (1925–2014)
* Seamus Heaney (1939–2013)
* John Hewitt (1907–1987)
* Sir John Heygate, 4th Baronet (1903-1976)
* Gareth Higgins (born 1975)
* Bulmer Hobson (1882–1969)

## J

* Carolyn Jess-Cooke (born 1978)
* Fred Johnston (born 1951)

## K

* Brian Keenan (born 1950)
* Brian Kennedy (born 1966)
* Benedict Kiely (1919–2007)

## L

* Nick Laird (born 1975)
* Maurice Leitch (born 1933)
* Clive Staples Lewis (1898–1963)
* Antonia Logue (born 1972)
* Michael Longley (born 1939)
* Robert Wilson Lynd (1879–1949)

## M

* Bernard MacLaverty (born 1942)
* Louis MacNeice (1907–1963)
* Deirdre Madden (born 1960)
* Derek Mahon (1941–2020)
* Philip MacCann (born 1967)
* Owen McCafferty (born 1961)
* Eamonn McCann (born 1943)
* Hugh McFadden
* Roy McFadden (1921–1999)
* Medbh McGuckian (born 1950)
* Christina McKenna
* Adrian McKinty
* David McKittrick (born 1949)
* Robert McLiam Wilson (born 1966)
* Nigel McLoughlin (born 1968)
* George McWhirter (born 1939)
* Eoin McNamee (born 1961)
* Sam Millar (born 1955)
* Alice Milligan (1865–1953)
* Gary Mitchell (born 1965)
* Frances Molloy (1947–1991), novelist
* Brian Moore (1921–1999)
* Sinéad Morrissey (born 1972)
* Danny Morrison (born 1953)
* Paul Muldoon (born 1951)
* Mark Mullan (Prose and script writer) (born 1992)
* Paul Murray (born 1947)
* Tony Macaulay (writer) (born 1963)

## N

* Stuart Neville (born 1972)

## O

* Flann O'Brien (1911–1966)
* Conor O'Callaghan (born 1968)
* Malachi O'Doherty (born 1951)
* Moira O'Neill (1864–1955)
* Séamus Ó Néill (1910–1986)
* Frank Ormsby (born 1947)
* James Orr (1770-1816)

## P

* Stewart Parker (1941–1988)
* Glenn Patterson (born 1961)
* Tom Paulin (born 1945)
* William Peskett (born 1952)

## R

* Zane Radcliffe (born 1969)
* Christina Reid (1942–2015)
* Forrest Reid (1875–1947)
* Graham Reid (born 1945)
* Amanda McKittrick Ross (1860–1939)
* Richard Rowley (1877–1947)
* George William Russell (1867–1935)

## S

* Ian Sansom (born 1966)
* Bob Shaw (1931–1996)
* George Shiels (1886–1949)
* James Simmons (1933–2001)
* Geoffrey Squires (born 1942)

## T

* Gerald J. Tate (born 1954)
* Sam Thompson (1916–1965)
* Joseph Tomelty (1911–1995)

## W

* James White (1928–1999)
* Robert McLiam Wilson (born 1964)

## Y

* Ella Young (1865–1951)