List of authors by name: A
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
Aa–Ad
- Patricia Aakhus (1952–2012)
- Hans Aanrud (1863–1953)
- David Aaron (born 1957)
- Rachel Aaron
- Soazig Aaron (born 1949)
- Ben Aaronovitch (born 1964)
- Alexander Aaronsohn (1888–1948)
- Héctor Abad Faciolince (born 1958)
- Christopher Abani (or Chris Abani) (born 1966)
- Sait Faik Abasıyanık (1906–1954)
- Carmine Abate (born 1954)
- Christina Abbey (pseudonym of Nancy Buckingham and John Sawyer)
- Edward Abbey (1927–1989)
- Henry Abbey (1842–1911)
- Lynn Abbey (born 1948)
- Edwin A. Abbott (1838–1926)
- Eleanor Hallowell Abbott (1872–1958)
- George Frederick Abbott (1874–1947)
- Jacob Abbott (1803–1879)
- John S. C. Abbott (1805–1877)
- Megan Abbott (born 1971)
- Mohammed ibn Hajj al-Abdari al-Fasi (c. 1256–1336)
- Mohammed al-Abdari al-Hihi (c. 1289)
- Abdelkrim al-Khattabi (1882–1963)
- Abd al-Qadir al-Fasi (1599–1680)
- Kōbō Abe (1924–1993)
- Shana Abé
- Peter Abelard (1079–1142)
- Robert Abernathy (1924–1990)
- Walter Abish (born 1931)
- Leila Abouzeid (born 1950)
- Daniel Abraham (born 1969)
- Marc Abrahams
- Abu al-Abbas as-Sabti (1129–1204)
- Abu Imran al-Fasi (974–1039)
- Abu Muqri Mohammed al-Battiwi (fl. 1331)
- Milton Abramowitz (1915–1958)
- Mohammed Achaari (born 1951)
- Chinua Achebe (1930–2013)
- Said Achtouk (1925–1989)
- André Aciman (born 1951)
- Forrest J. Ackerman (1916–2008)
- Martha Ackmann (born 1951)
- Anna Adams (1926–2011)
- Douglas Adams (1952–2001)
- Patch Adams (born 1945)
- Richard Adams (1920–2016)
- Robert Adams (1933–1990), science fiction writer
- Jean Adamson (born 1928)
- Abd al-Wahhab Adarrak (1666–1746)
- Mirza Adeeb (1914–1999)
- Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (born 1977)
- Halide Edip Adıvar (1884–1964)
Ae–Al
- Aesop (c. 620 BC–560 BC)
- Leo Africanus (1488–1554)
- John Agard (born 1949)
- Shimon Agassi (1852–1914)
- Zechariah Aghmati (1120–1195)
- Cecelia Ahern (born 1981)
- Jerry Ahern (1946–2012)
- Najiba Ahmad (born 1954)
- Ahmet Vefik Paşa (1823–1891)
- Alfred Aho (born 1941), computer scientist and author
- Ilse Aichinger (1921–2016)
- Ama Ata Aidoo (born 1942)
- Conrad Aiken (1899–1973)
- Yusuf Akcura (1876–1935)
- Mohammed Akensus (1797–1877)
- Abd as-Salam al-Alami (1834–1895)
- Mohammed ibn Mohammed Alami (1932–1993)
- Mohammed ibn al-Tayyib al-Alami (1698–1756)
- Idriss ibn al-Hassan al-Alami (1925–2007)
- Kaddour El Alamy (1742–1850)
- Ahmad al-Tayyeb Aldj (born 1928)
- Alev Alatlı (born 1944)
- Edward Albee (1928–2016)
- Susan Wittig Albert (born 1940)
- Mitch Albom (born 1958)
- Louisa May Alcott (1832–1888)
- Hugh Aldersey-Williams (born 1959)
- Brian Aldiss (1925–2017)
- Rochelle Alers (born 1963)
- Isaac Alfasi (1013–1103)
- Jean Le Rond d'Alembert (1717–1783)
- Kate Alexander (pseudonym of Tilly Armstrong)
- Lloyd Alexander (1924–2007)
- Trisha Alexander (pseudonym of Patricia Kay)
- Sherman Alexie (born 1966)
- Benjamin Alire Sáenz (born 1954)
- Tewfik Allal (born 1947)
- Barbara Allen (1914–1986) (pseudonym of Violet Vivian Finlay Stuart Mann)
- Charlotte Vale Allen (born 1941)
- John Allen (1771–1843), historian and political writer painted in 1836 by Sir Edwin Henry Landseer
- John Allen (1771–1839), English dissenting layman and religious writer
- Roger MacBride Allen (born 1957)
- Thomas B. Allen (born 1929), American author and historian
- Isabel Allende (born 1942)
- Aaron Allston, science fiction writer
- Germano Almeida (born 1945)
- David Almond (born 1951)
- Steve Almond (born 1966)
- Steve Alten (born 1959)
- Joseph Alexander Altsheler (1862–1919)
- Mor Altshuler (born 1957)
Am–An
- Andrej Amalrik (1938–1980)
- Eric Ambler (1909–1998)
- Ellis Amburn (born 1933)
- Kingsley Amis (1922–1995)
- Martin Amis (born 1949)
- Idriss al-Amraoui (died 1879)
- Mohammed ibn Idris al-Amrawi (1794–1847)
- Anurag Anand (born 1978)
- Rudolfo Anaya (1937–2020)
- Hans Christian Andersen (1805–1875)
- Susan Andersen (born 1950)
- Catherine Anderson (born 1947)
- Kevin J. Anderson (born 1962)
- Matthew Tobin Anderson (born 1968)
- Poul Anderson (1926–2001)
- V. C. Andrews (1923–1986)
- Ivo Andrić (1892–1975)
- Maya Angelou (1928–2014)
- Threes Anna (born 1959)
- Khwaja Muhammad Latif Ansari (1887–1979)
- Marion Anstis l
- Piers Anthony (born 1934)
- Christopher Anvil (1925–2009) (pseudonym of Harry C. Crosby)
- Robert Anwood
- Núria Añó (born 1973)
Ao–At
- Gosho Aoyama (born 1963)
- Guillaume Apollinaire (1880–1918)
- Maja Apostoloska (born 1976)
- Jacob M. Appel (born 1973)
- Max Apple (born 1941)
- Lisa Appignanesi (born 1946)
- K. A. Applegate (born 1956)
- Lisa Rose Apramian
- Ann Catrin Apstein-Müller (born 1973)
- Pawlu Aquilina (1929–2009)
- Louis Aragon (1897–1982)
- Mohammed al-Arbi al-Fasi (1580–1642)
- Jeffrey Archer (born 1940)
- Jennifer Archer (born 1957)
- Aristophanes (c. 446BC–385 BC)
- Aristotle (384 BC–322 BC)
- Tilly Armstrong (1927–2010)
- William H. Armstrong (1911–1999)
- Arnab Jan Deka (born 1967)
- Céline Arnauld (1885–1952)
- Fernando Arrabal (born 1932)
- Antonin Artaud (1896–1948)
- Catherine Asaro (born 1955)
- Birgit Aschmann (born 1967)
- Jay Asher (born 1975)
- Isaac Asimov (1920–1992)
- Janet Asimov (1926–2019)
- Robert Asprin (1946–2008)
- Clare Asquith (born 1951)
- Lady Cynthia Asquith (1887–1960)
- Miguel Ángel Asturias (1899–1974)
- M. E. Atkinson (1899–1974)
- William Walker Atkinson (1862–1932)
- Amelia Atwater-Rhodes (born 1984)
- Margaret Atwood (born 1939)
Au–Ay
- Hennie Aucamp (1934–2014)
- St. Augustine of Hippo (354–430)
- Jean Auel (born 1936)
- Steve Augarde (born 1950)
- Jane Austen (1775–1817)
- Paul Auster (born 1947)
- Jane G. Austin (1831–1894)
- Mohammed Awzal (1670–1749)
- Jan Axelson (born 1949)
- Fatma Aydemir (born 1986)
- Marcel Ayme (1902–1967)
- Abu Salim al-Ayyashi (1628–1679)
- Nabil Ayouch (born 1969)
- Qadi Ayyad ben Moussa (1083–1149)
- Ali Azaykou (1942–2004)
- Abu al-Abbas al-Azafi (1162–1236)
- Kiyohiko Azuma (born 1968)