List of writers from Northern Ireland
This is a list of Northern Irish writers.
A
- Gary Allen (born 1964)
- Chris Arthur (born 1955)
B
- Colin Bateman (born 1962)
- Mary Beckett (born 1926)
- Ronan Bennett (born 1956)
- Matthew Blair (born 1985)
- Maureen Boyle (born 1961)
- John Boyd (1912–2002)
- Kenneth Branagh (born 1960)
- Colette Bryce (born 1970)
- Eve Bunting (born 1928)
- James Burke (born 1936)
- Anna Burns (born 1962)
- Tony Bailie (born 1962)
C
- Lucy Caldwell (born 1982)
- Brian Campbell (1960–2005)
- Joseph Campbell (1879–1944)
- Thomas Carnduff (1886–1956)
- Ciarán Carson (born 1948)
- Daragh Carville (born 1969)
- Joyce Cary (1888–1957)
- Mary Costello (born 1955)
- James Cousins (1873–1956)
- Mairtín Crawford (1967–2004)
- Cecil Cree
- Sam Cree (1928–1980)
- Joseph Crilly (born 1962)
- Martin Crilly (born 1969)
- Eric Cross (1905–1980)
D
- Cahal Dallat (born 1953)
- Gerald Dawe (born 1952)
- Seamus Deane (born 1940)
- Anne Devlin (born 1951)
- Martina Devlin
- Jenni Doherty (born 1971)
- Richard Doherty
- Moyra Donaldson (born 1956)
- Charles Donnelly (1914–1937)
- John Dougherty (born 1964)
- Anne Doughty
- Garbhan Downey
- Lynn Doyle (1873–1961)
- Malachy Doyle (born 1954)
E
- Pearse Elliot
- St. John Greer Ervine (1883–1971)
F
- Padraic Fiacc (born 1924)
- Leontia Flynn (born 1974)
- Brian Friel (born 1929)
- Anne-Marie Fyfe (born 1953)
- Seamus Finnegan (born 1949)
G
- Harry Sinton Gibson
- Ray Givans
- Robin Glendinning
- Damian Gorman (born 1961)
- Robert Greacen (born 1920)
H
- Wilson John Haire (born 1932)
- David Hammond
- Robert Harbinson (1928–2005)
- David Hammond
- Norma Harrs
- Francis Harvey (born 1925)
- Rosalind Haslett
- Seamus Heaney (born 1939)
- John Hewitt (1907–1987)
- Gareth Higgins(born 1975)
- Arnold Hill
- Bulmer Hobson (1882–1969)
- John Hughes (born 1962)
J
- Fred Johnston (born 1951)
- Marie Jones (born 1951)
K
- Brian Keenan (born 1950)
- Brian Kennedy (born 1966)
- Michael Kerr (born 1958)
- Benedict Kiely (born 1919)
L
- Nick Laird (born 1975)
- Maurice Leitch (born 1933)
- Clive Staples Lewis (1898–1963)
- Antonia Logue (born 1972)
- Michael Longley (born 1939)
- Jack Loudan
- Stuart Love playwright (born 1937)
- Martin Lynch
- Robert Wilson Lynd (1879–1949)
M
- Bernard MacLaverty (born 1942)
- Louis MacNeice (1907–1963)
- Deirdre Madden (born 1960)
- Douglas Maddon (born 1970)
- Daniel Magee
- J.R. Mageean
- Jason Maher (born 1975)
- Derek Mahon (born 1941)
- Jon Marshall (born 1954)
- Brian McAvera
- Brian McCafferty (born 1983)
- Owen McCafferty (born 1961)
- Eamonn McCann (born 1943)
- Nicola McCartney
- Hugh McFadden
- Roy McFadden (1921–1999)
- Niall McGrath (born 1966)
- Medbh McGuckian (born 1950)
- Christina McKenna
- Gerard McKeown (1980)
- Blánaid McKinney
- Adrian McKinty
- David McKittrick (born 1949)
- Thomas McLaughlin
- Nigel McLoughlin (born 1968)
- Séamas MacManus (1870–1960)
- Adrian McGrath
- Adrian McGrath
- Gerald McNamara (1865–1938)
- George McWhirter(born 1939)
- Eoin McNamee (born 1961)
- Martin Meenan
- Ruddick Millar (born 1907–1952)
- Sam Millar (born 1955)www.millarcrime.com
- Alice Milligan (1865–1953)
- Gary Mitchell (born 1965)
- Frances Molloy (1947–1991)
- Mary Montague (born 1964)
- Martin Mooney (born 1964)
- Brian Moore (1921–1999)
- Sinéad Morrissey (born 1972)
- Bill Morrison (born 1940)
- Conall Morrison
- Danny Morrison (born 1953)
- Paul Muldoon (born 1951)
- C.K. Munro
- Brenda Murphy
- Michael J. Murphy (1913–1996)
- Paul Murphy (born 1965)
- Paul Murray (born 1947)
N
- Kate Newmann (born 1965)
- N.T James {1981–2007}
O
- Flann O'Brien (1911–1966)
- Conor O'Callaghan (born 1968)
- Patricia O'Connor (born 1908)
- Malachi O'Doherty (born 1951)
- Séamus Ó Néill (1910–1986)
- Sean O'Reilly (born 1969)
- Frank Ormsby (born 1947)
P
- David Park (born 1954)
- Stewart Parker (1941–1988)
- Glenn Patterson (born 1961)
- Tom Paulin (born 1945)
- William Peskett (born 1952)
Q
- Hugh Quinn (born 1884)
R
- Zane Radcliffe
- Morna Regan
- Christina Reid
- Forrest Reid (1875–1947)
- Graham Reid (born 1945)
- Adrian Rice (born 1958)
- Amanda McKittrick Ross (1860–1939)
- Richard Rowley (1877–1947)
- George William Russell (1867–1935)
S
- Jack Scoltock (born 1942)
- Zoe Seaton
- Bob Shaw (1931–1996)
- George Shiels (1886–1949)
- James Simmons (1933–2001)
- Damian Smyth (born 1962)
- Geoffrey Squires (born 1942)
- Gerald J Tate (Belfast)
- Sam Thompson (1916–1965)
- Joseph Tomelty (1911–1995)
- Shaun Traynor (born 1941)
W
- James White (1928–1999)
- Robert McLiam Wilson (born 1964)
- Sarah Wray (born 1969)
Y
- Ella Young (1865–1951)
References
- Irish Playography
- The Encyclopaedia of Ireland, Gill and Macmillan, Dublin, 2003
- Irish Writers Online
- Culture Northern Ireland
- Arts Council of Northern Ireland