List of authors by name: B
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
Ba–BB
- Fredrik Backman (born 1981)
- Abd al-Haqq al-Badisi (died after 1322)
- Yaba Badoe
- Enid Bagnold (1889–1981)
- Louise Bagshawe (born 1971)
- Paul Bailey (born 1937)
- Latifa Baka (born 1964)
- Anne Baker (born 1914)
- Deb Baker (born 1953)
- James Robert Baker
- Kage Baker (born 1952)
- R. Scott Bakker (born 1967)
- David Baldacci (born 1960)
- Faith Baldwin (1893–1978)
- James Baldwin (1924–1987)
- Carol Ballard
- J.G. Ballard (1930–2009)
- Todhunter Ballard (1903–1980)
- Blue Balliett (born 1955)
- Mary Balogh (born 1944)
- Honoré de Balzac (1799–1850)
- Biyi Bandele (born 1967)
- Iain M. Banks (born 1954)
- Lynne Reid Banks (born 1929)
- Russell Banks (born 1940)
- Helen Bannerman (1862–1946)
- Ann Bannon (born 1932)
- Muriel Barbery (born 1969)
- Michele Bardsley (born 1970)
- Burl Barer (born 1947)
- Alessandro Baricco
- Sabine Baring-Gould (1834–1924)
- René Barjavel (1911–1985)
- Dan Barker (born 1949)
- Jeffrey E. Barlough (born 1953)
- Neal D. Barnard (born 1953)
- Eric J Barnes (born 1968)
- John Barnes (born 1957)
- Julian Barnes
- Steven Barnes (born 1952)
- Will C. Barnes (1858–1936)
- Jill Barnett
- Wilton Barnhardt (born 1960)
- Nevada Barr (born 1952)
- Tony Barrell
- Andrea Barrett (born 1954)
- Jo Barrett
- Lindsay Barrett (born 1941)
- Lynne Barrett
- J. M. Barrie (1860–1937)
- Mark Barrowcliffe
- Angela Barry
- Dave Barry (born 1947)
- Max Barry (born 1973)
- John Barth (born May 27, 1930)
- David Barton
- T. J. Bass (1932–2011) (Thomas J. Bassler)
- Frédéric Bastiat (1801–1850)
- Georges Bataille (1897–1962)
- James Bateman (1811–1897)
- Arlo Bates (1850–1918)
- Joseph Bathanti (born 1953)
- Laarbi Batma (1948–1998)
- Enis Batur (born 1952)
- Charles Pierre Baudelaire (1821–1867)
- L. Frank Baum (1856–1919)
- Stephen Baxter (born 1957)
- Rick Bayan (born 1950)
- Mohammed al-Baydhaq (died after 1164)
- "BB" (Denys Watkins-Pitchford) (1905–1990)
Be
- Greg Bear (born 1951)
- Delilah L. Beasley (1871–1934)
- Doug Beason
- Patricia Beatty
- Sally Beauman (born 1944)
- Pierre Beaumarchais (1732–1799)
- Charles Beaumont (1929–1967)
- Jeanne-Marie Leprince de Beaumont (1711–1780)
- Simone de Beauvoir (1908–1986)
- Margaret Bechard (born 1953)
- Herbert L. Becker (born 1956)
- Chris Beckett
- Samuel Beckett (1906–1989)
- Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer (1836–1870)
- Jimmy B. Bedford (1927–1990)
- Simi Bedford
- Albrecht Behmel (born 1971)
- Horace Bell (1830–1918)
- John Bellairs (1938–1991)
- Hillaire Belloc (1870–1953)
- Saul Bellow (1915–2005)
- David ben Abraham al-Fasi (fl. 10th century)
- Mohammed Ben Brahim (1897–1955)
- Siham Benchekroun
- Ahmed Benchemsi
- Rajae Benchemsi (born 1957)
- Peter Benchley (1940–2006)
- Don Bendell (born 1947)
- Juan Benet (1927–1993)
- Gregory Benford (born 1941)
- Esther Bendahan (born 1964)
- Abdelmajid Benjelloun (1919–1981)
- Abdelmajid Benjelloun (born 1944)
- Tahar Ben Jelloun (born 1944)
- Dunash ben Labrat (920–990)
- Abdeslam Ben Mchich (1140–1227)
- Judah ben Nissim (13th century)
- Mohammed Suerte Bennani (born 1961)
- Arnold Bennett (1867–1931)
- Mohammed Bennis (born 1948)
- Khnata Bennouna (born 1940)
- Eran Ben-Shahar (born 1969)
- Khnata bent Bakkar (died 1754)
- Mohammed Benzakour (born 1972)
- Berechiah ha-Nakdan (13th century)
- Paul Berna (1908–1994)
- Steve Berry (born 1955)
- Betty Berzon (1928–2006)
- Sir Walter Besant (1836–1901)
- Alfred Bester (1913–1987)
- Elizabeth Bevarly
- Jo Beverley (born 1947)
Bh–Bl
- Bhabananda Deka (1929–2006)
- Elizabeth Bibesco (1897–1945)
- Ambrose Bierce (1842–1914)
- Earl Derr Biggers (1884–1933)
- Maeve Binchy (1940–2012)
- Eando Binder (Otto and Earl Binder) (1911–1974) (1904–1966)
- Charlotte Bingham (born 1942)
- Christopher Bird
- Jessica Bird
- Stephen Birnbaum (1937–1991)
- Terry Bisson (born 1942)
- Jerome Bixby (1923–1998)
- Jenna Black
- William Black (1841–1898)
- Malorie Blackman (born 1962)
- Yaakov Blau (1929–2013)
- Diana Blayne (born 1946) (pseudonym of Susan Spaeth Kyle)
- Emma Helen Blair (1851–1911)
- Jennifer Blake (born 1942)
- William J. Blake (1894–1968)
- August Blanche (1811–1868)
- Hanne Blank (born 1969)
- William Peter Blatty (born 1928)
- Peter Blauner (born 1959)
- James P. Blaylock (born 1950)
- James Blish (1921–1975)
- Edward Blishen (1920–1996)
- Robert Bloch (1917–1994)
- Judy Blume (born 1938)
- Robert Bly (born 1926)
- Mary Bly (born 1962)
- Enid Blyton (1896–1968)
Bo
- Heinrich Böll (1917–1985)
- Godfried Bomans (1913–1971)
- Michael Bond (born 1926)
- Nelson S. Bond (born 1908)
- Ruskin Bond (born 1934)
- Kurt Boone
- Leslie Bonnet (1902–1985)
- Stanley Booth (born 1942)
- Jorge Luis Borges (1899–1986)
- Herman Charles Bosman (1905–1951)
- Lucy M. Boston (1892–1990)
- James Boswell (1740–1795)
- Allan R. Bosworth (born 1901)
- J. Allan Bosworth (born 1925)
- Anthony Boucher (1911–1968) (pseudonym of William A.P. White)
- Ali Bourequat
- Ahmed Bouzfour (born 1954)
- Ben Bova (born 1932)
- James Bovard (born 1956)
- William Boyd (born 1952)
- Kay Boyle (1902–1992)
- John Boyne (born 1971)
Br
- Leigh Brackett (1915–1978)
- Ray Bradbury (1920–2012)
- Arthur Bradford
- Barbara Taylor Bradford (born 1933)
- Marion Zimmer Bradley (1930–1999)
- Ann Brashares
- Wallace Breem (1926–1990)
- Ian Bremmer (born 1969)
- Martin Stanislaus Brennan (1845–1927)
- Frederick Sadleir Brereton (1852–1957)
- Reginald Bretnor (1911–1992)
- Thomas Brezina (born 1968)
- John Briley (born 1925)
- Dougie Brimson (born 1959)
- David Brin (born 1950)
- André Brink (1935–2015)
- Annette Broadrick
- Connie Brockway
- Damien Broderick (born 1944)
- Gerald Brom (born 1965)
- Vincent Brome (1910–2004)
- Louis Bromfield (1896–1956)
- Anne Brontë (1820–1849)
- Charlotte Brontë (1816–1855)
- Emily Brontë (1818–1848)
- Anita Brookner (1928–2016)
- Lauren Brooke
- P.J. Brooke
- Geraldine Brooks (born 1955)
- Gwendolyn Brooks
- Kristi Brooks
- Terry Brooks (born 1944)
- Rhoda Broughton (1840–1920)
- Babette Brown
- Charles Brockden Brown (1771–1810)
- Charles Hopel Brown (born 1964)
- Dan Brown (born 1964)
- Daniel James Brown (born 1951)
- Eric Brown (born 1960)
- Fredric Brown (1906–1972)
- Marcia Brown
- Sandra Brown
- Gerald A. Browne (born 1924)
- Harry Browne (born 1933)
- Sir Thomas Browne (1605–1682)
- Dixie Browning
- Anatole Broyard
- Heðin Brú (1901–1987)
- Walter Brueggemann
- Jean de Brunhoff
- John Brunner (1934–1995)
- Steven Brust (born 1955)
- Bill Bryson
Bu–By
- Kenneth C. Bucchi
- Elizabeth Buchan (born 1948)
- John Buchan (1875–1940)
- Edna Buchanan (born 1939)
- Anthony Buckeridge (1912–2004)
- Nancy Buckingham (born 1924)
- Algis Budrys (1931–2008)
- Thomas Lindsay Buick (1865–1938)
- Lois McMaster Bujold (born 1949)
- Charles Bukowski (1920–1994)
- Mikhail Bulgakov (1891–1940)
- John Bunyan (1628–1688)
- Eleanor Burford (1906–1993)
- Alan Burgess (1915–1998)
- Anthony Burgess (1917–1993)
- Sheila Burnford (1918–1984)
- Frances Hodgson Burnett (1849–1924)
- Frances Burney (1752–1840)
- Sarah Burney (1772–1844)
- Terry W. Burns (born 1942)
- Bryan Burrough (born 1961)
- Augusten Xon Burroughs (born 1965)
- Dillon Burroughs (born 1976)
- Edgar Rice Burroughs (1875–1950)
- Franklin Burroughs
- William S. Burroughs (1914–1997)
- Hester Burton (1913–2000)
- Virginia Lee Burton (1909–1968)
- Jim Butcher (born 1971)
- Octavia E. Butler (1947–2006)
- Susan Bulkeley Butler
- Ray Buttigieg (born 1955)
- A. S. Byatt (born 1936)
- John Byrne (born 1950)
- Paula Byrne (born 1967)
- Rhonda Byrne (born 1951)