List of authors by name: M
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
Ma
- Amin Maalouf (born 1949)
- Darko Macan (born 1966)
- Ann-Marie MacDonald (born 1958)
- Betty MacDonald (1908–1958)
- John D. MacDonald (1916–1986)
- Alasdair Alpin MacGregor (1899–1970)
- Patricia MacLachlan (born 1938)
- Katherine Maclean (born 1925)
- Charlotte MacLeod (1922–2005)
- Ken MacLeod (born 1954)
- Ian R. MacLeod (born 1956)
- Debbie Macomber (born 1948)
- Maddox (born 1978)
- Maurice Maeterlinck (1862–1949)
- Gregory Maguire (born 1954)
- Naguib Mahfouz (born 1911)
- Norman Mailer (1923–2007)
- Arthur Maimane (1932–2005)
- William Makepeace Thackeray (William Makepeace) (1811–1863)
- Curzio Malaparte (1898–1957)
- Rosie Malek-Yonan (born 1965)
- Rajiv Malhotra (born 1950)
- Stéphane Mallarmé (1842–1898)
- Susan Mallery (born 1950)
- Hector Malot (1830–1907)
- Barry Malzberg (born 1939)
- Andrew Mango (born 1926)
- Thomas Mann (1875–1955)
- Anne Manning (novelist) (1807–1879)
- Laurence Manning (1899–1972)
- Lauren Manning (born 1961)
- Richard Manning (born 1951)
- Jill Mansell
- Katherine Mansfield (1888–1923)
- Hilary Mantel (born 1952)
- Cristina Marcano
- Marcel Marceau (1923–2007)
- Jill March (born 1950) (pseudonym of Nora Roberts)
- Stella March (pseudonym of Marjorie Bell Marshall) (1916-2010)
- Ben Marcus (born 1967)
- Jan Marcussen
- Leo Margulies (1900–1975)
- Javier Marías (born 1951)
- David Markson (1927–2010)
- Deb Marlowe
- Paul Marlowe
- Damian Marrett
- John Marsden (born 1950)
- Geoffrey Marsh (1942–2006)
- Katherine Marsh
- Ronald James Marsh (1914–1987)
- Yann Martel
- Ann M. Martin (born 1955)
- Faith Martin
- George R. R. Martin (born 1948)
- J. P. Martin (1880–1966)
- Kat Martin (born 1947)
- Sandra Marton
- Karl Marx (1818–1883)
- Connie Mason (born 1937)
- Alexander Masters
- Dary Matera (born 1955)
- Carol Matas (born 1949)
- Anne Mather (born 1946)
- Richard Matheson (1926–2013)
- Deborah Mathis
- Laura Matthews
- W. Somerset Maugham (1874–1965)
- Guy de Maupassant (1850–1893)
- Armistead Maupin (born 1944)
- André Maurois (1885–1967)
- Tucker Max (born 1975)
- Kathleen Maxwell (born 1952) (pseudonym of Kathryn Ptacek)
- Patricia Maxwell (born 1942)
- Julian May (born 1931)
- Peter May (born 1951)
- Richard Maybury (born 1946)
- Anne Mayfield (pseudonym of Kathryn Ptacek)
- D. J. MacHale (born 1955)
Mc
- Anne McAllister
- Robert McAlmon (1896–1956)
- Paul J. McAuley (born 1955)
- Anne McCaffrey (1926–2011)
- Cormac McCarthy (born 1933)
- Eugene McCarthy (1916–2005)
- Helen McCarthy (born 1951)
- Sharron McClellan (born 1963)
- Frank McCourt (born 1930)
- Robert McCloskey (1915–2003)
- Josephine Clifford McCracken (1839–1921)
- Johnston McCulley (1883–1958)
- Colleen McCullough (1937–2015)
- David McCullough (born 1933)
- Jack McDevitt (born 1935)
- Ian McEwan (born 1948)
- Leslie McFarlane (1902–1977)
- May McGoldrick
- Eloise Jarvis McGraw (1915–2000)
- Maureen F. McHugh (born 1959)
- Terence McKenna (1946–2000)
- Dennis L. McKiernan (born 1932)
- Robin McKinley (born 1952)
- Meagan McKinney (born 1961)
- Barbara McMahon
- Larry McMurtry (born 1936)
- Judith McNaught (born 1944)
- Clive Leo McNeir
Me
- Richelle Mead
- Teresa Medeiros
- Thomas Meehan
- Capt. S.P. Meek
- Jhaverchand Meghani (1896–1947)
- Fulvio Melia (born 1956)
- Herman Melville (1819–1891)
- Pauline Melville (born 1948)
- Robert Menasse (born 1954)
- Eduardo Mendoza
- Holdemar Menezes (1921–1996)
- Christina Merlin (1911–1995) (pseudonym by Constance Fecher Heaven)
- Judith Merril (1923–1997)
- A. Merritt (1884–1943)
- Marissa Meyer (born 1984)
- Nicholas Meyer (born 1945)
- Stephenie Meyer (born 1973)
- Gustav Meyrink (1868–1932)
Mi
- Millosh Gjergj Nikolla (1911–1938)
- Judith Michael
- Barbara Michaels (born 1927)
- Fern Michaels
- Leigh Michaels (born 1954)
- Richard Michelson (born 1953)
- China Miéville (born 1972)
- Jack Miles (born 1942)
- John Stuart Mill (1806–1873)
- Arthur Miller (1915–2005)
- Frank Miller (born 1957)
- Grazyna Miller (1957–2009)
- Henry Miller (1891–1980)
- James Russell Miller (1840–1912)
- Linda Lael Miller (born 1949)
- P. Schuyler Miller (1912–1974)
- Serena B. Miller
- Steve Miller (born 1957)
- Walter M. Miller, Jr. (1923–1996)
- Steven Millhauser (born 1943)
- Henry Hart Milman (1791–1868)
- A.A. Milne (1882–1956)
- Donna Milner
- Franco Mimmi (born 1942)
- Lin-Manuel Miranda (born 1980)
- Ludwig von Mises (1881–1973)
- David Mitchell
- Donald Grant Mitchell (1822–1908)
- Joseph Mitchell (1908–1996)
- Margaret Mitchell, author of Gone With the Wind
- Minae Mizumura
Mo
- L. E. Modesitt, Jr. (born 1948)
- Donald Moffitt (born 1936)
- Nadifa Mohamed (born 1981)
- Molière Jean Baptiste Poquelin
- Natyaguru Nurul Momen (1908–1990)
- Karyn Monk
- Richard Montanari
- Montesquieu (1689–1755)
- Lucy Maud Montgomery (1936–2014)
- Raymond Almiran Montgomery (1874–1942)
- Elizabeth Moon (born 1945)
- Michael Moorcock (born 1939)
- Alan Moore (born 1953)
- C. L. Moore (1911–1987)
- Clement Clarke Moore (1779–1863)
- Patrick Moore (born 1923)
- Ward Moore (1903–1978)
- Wes Moore (born 1978)
- Daniel Keys Moran (born 1962)
- Alberto Moravia (1907–1990)
- Diana Morgan (1908–1996), screenwriter
- Diana Morgan, novelist
- Liane Moriarty (born 1966)
- Michael Morpurgo (born 1943)
- Dick Morris (born 1946)
- Gerald Morris (born 1963)
- Rebecca Morris
- Toni Morrison (born 1931)
- Anne Morrow Lindbergh (1906–2001)
- Carole Mortimer (born 1960)
- Andrew Morton (born 1953)
- Sam Moskowitz (1920–1997)
- Kate Mosse (born 1961)
- Andrew Motion (born 1952)
- Jojo Moyes (born 1969)
Mp–Mu
- Phaswane Mpe (1970–2004)
- Robert Muchamore(born 1972)
- Paul Muldoon (born 1951)
- Brandon Mull (born 1974)
- John Mulholland (born 1940)
- Alice Munro (born 1931)
- Robert Munsch (born 1945)
- K. M. Munshi (1887–1971)
- Haruki Murakami (born 1949)
- Iris Murdoch
- C. E. Murphy (born 1973)
- Jim Murphy
- Pat Murphy
- Margaret Murphy (born 1959)
- Alfred de Musset (1810–1857)
- Togara Muzanenhamo (born 1975)
- Walter Dean Myers (1937–2014)
- Lauren Myracle (born 1969)