List of authors by name: P
List of authors by name:
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
Pa
- Edward Packard (born 1931)
- ZZ Packer (born 1973)
- Lynda Page (born 1950)
- P. K. Page (1916–2010)
- Chuck Palahniuk (born 1962)
- Greg Palast (born 1952)
- Diana Palmer (born 1946) (pseudonym by Susan Spaeth Kyle)
- Michael Palmer (born 1943)
- Raymond A. Palmer (1910–1977)
- Robert Palmer (1945–1997)
- Orhan Pamuk (born 1952)
- Edgar Pangborn (1909–1976)
- Alexei Panshin (born 1940)
- Cory Panshin (born 1947)
- Isaac Pardo
- Jacob Pardo
- Jacob Vita Pardo (1822–1843)
- Joseph Pardo (hazzan) (c. 1624–1677)
- Moses Pardo (died 1888)
- Adele Parks
- Barbara Park (born 1947)
- Delia Parr
- Boris Pasternak (1890–1960)
- Alan Paton (1903–1988)
- William Roger Paton (1857–1921), classic Greek / Latin
- Marion Patrick Jones (1931–2016)
- James Patterson (born 1947)
- Eliot Pattison (born 1951)
- Caroline Paul (born 1963)
- Elliot Paul (1891–1958)
- Milorad Pavić (1929–2009)
- Lois Paxton (1916–2002) (pseudonym of Lois Dorothea Low)
Pe–Ph
- Diane Pearson (pseudonym used by Diane Margaret Pearson McClelland)
- Ridley Pearson (born 1953)
- T. R. Pearson (born 1956)
- Borislav Pekić (1930–1992)
- Robert Newton Peck
- Ethel Pedley (1859–1898)
- Bill Peet (1915–2002)
- Billy Pegram
- Kira Peikoff (born 1987)
- Hayford Peirce (born 1942)
- Judith Pella
- Charles Pellegrino
- Dave Pelzer (born 1960)
- Lynne Rae Perkins (born 1956)
- Anna Percival (1906–1993) (pseudonym of Eleanor Burford Hibbert)
- Walker Percy (1916–1990)
- Charles Perrault (1628–1703)
- Steve Perry (born 1947)
- Michael Alfred Peszke
- Robert Peters (born 1924)
- Len Peterson (1917–2008)
- Stephen Petranek
- James Clancy Phelan (born 1979)
- Nathaniel Philbrick (born 1956)
- Carly Phillips (born 1965)
- Caryl Phillips (born 1958)
- David Graham Phillips (1867–1911)
- Susan Elizabeth Phillips
- Joan Phipson (1912–2003)
Pi–Pl
- Jodi Picoult
- Tamora Pierce (born 1954)
- Rosamunde Pilcher (1924–2019)
- Dav Pilkey (born 1966)
- Daniel H. Pink
- Steven Pinker (born 1954)
- Jerry Pinkney (born 1939)
- Daniel Pinkwater (born 1941)
- Lee Eric Pinnock (born 1977)
- Harold Pinter (1930–2008)
- H. Beam Piper (1904–1964)
- José Luis Rodríguez Pitti (born 1971)
- Doris Piserchia (born 1928)
- Camil Petrescu (1894–1957)
- Jean Plaidy (1906–1993) (pseudonym of Eleanor Burford Hibbert)
- Belva Plain (1915–2010)
- Sylvia Plath (1932–1963)
- Karen Platt
- Plato (c. 427 BC–c. 347 BC)
Po
- Daphne Pochin Mould (1920–2014)
- Edgar Allan Poe (1809–1849)
- Suman Pokhrel (born 1967)
- Frederik Pohl (1919–2013)
- Peter Pohl (born 1940)
- Daniel Poliquin (born 1953)
- Sharon Pollock (born 1936)
- Alexander Pope (1688–1744)
- Gene Stratton Porter (1863–1924)
- Charles Portis (born 1933)
- Beatrix Potter (1866–1943)
- Jacques Poulin (born 1937)
- Jerry Pournelle (1933–2017)
- Anthony Powell (1905–2000)
- Heather Graham Pozzessere (born 1953)
Pr–Py
- James Van Praagh (born 1958)
- Terry Pratchett (1948–2015)
- E. J. Pratt (1883–1964)
- Marin Preda (1922–1980)
- ArLynn Leiber Presser (born 1960)
- Steven Pressfield (born 1943)
- Richard Preston (born 1954)
- Paul Preuss (born 1942)
- Nicholas A. Price
- Robert Priest (born 1951)
- E. Annie Proulx (born 1935)
- Marcel Proust (1871–1922)
- Kevin Prufer (born 1969)
- Bolesław Prus (1847–1912)
- Kathryn Ptacek (born 195?)
- Philip Pullman (born 1946)
- Al Purdy (1918–2000)
- Alexander Pushkin (1799–1837)
- Mary Jo Putney
- Mario Puzo (1920–1999)
- Howard Pyle (1853–1911)
- Barbara Pym (1913–1980)
- Thomas Pynchon (born 1937)
- A. N. Prahlada Rao (born 1953)