The following is a List of authors by name whose last names begin with A: Abbreviations: ch = children's; d = drama, screenwriting; f = fiction; nf = non-fiction; p = poetry, song lyrics 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

• Bertus Aafjes (1914–1993, Netherlands, p) • Patricia Aakhus (1952–2012, US, f) • Hans Aanrud (1863–1953, Norway, d/p/f) • Verna Aardema (1911–2000, US, ch) • David Aaron (born 1938, US, nf) • Jane Aaron (born 1951, Wales/Australia, nf) • Jonathan Aaron (born 1941, US, p) • Rachel Aaron (living, US, f) • Richard Aaron (1901–1987, Wales, nf) • Soazig Aaron (born 1949, France, f) • Alexander Aaronsohn (1888–1948, Palestine/France, nf) • Aarudhra (1925–1998, India, nf/p) • Ivar Aasen (1813–1896, Norway, d/p/nf) • Aarudhra (1925–1998, India, p/d) • Gjorgji Abadžiev (1910–1963, Ottoman E/Yugoslavia, f/nf) • Yunus Nadi Abalıoğlu (1879–1945, Ottoman E/Turkey, nf) • Rafael Ábalos (born 1956, Spain, ch) • Chris Abani (born 1966, Nigeria/US, f/p) • Alexander Abasheli (1884–1954, Georgia/USSR, p/f) • Grigol Abashidze (1914–1994, Georgia/USSR, f/p) • Irakli Abashidze (1909–1992, Georgia/USSR, p/nf) • Sait Faik Abasıyanık (1906–1954, Turkey, f/p) • Ines Abassi (born 1982, Tunisia, p/nf) • Carmine Abate (born 1954, Italy, f/nf) • Fekry Abaza (1896–1979, Egypt, nf) • Afira bint 'Abbad (3rd c. CE, Arab region, p) • Buthaina bint al-Mu'tamid ibn Abbad (born 1070, Andalusia, p) • Ferhat Abbas (1899–1985, Algeria, nf) • Jaafar Abbas (living, Sudan, nf) • Christina Abbey (1924–2022, England, f), pseudonym of Nancy Buckingham and John Sawyer • Edward Abbey (1927–1989, US, nf/f) • Henry Abbey (1842–1911, US, p) • Lynn Abbey (born 1948, US, f) • Edwin Abbott Abbott (1838–1926, England, nf/f) • Eleanor Hallowell Abbott (1872–1958, US, f/p) • George Frederick Abbott (1874–1947, England, nf) • J. H. M. Abbott (1874–1953, Australia, f/p) • Jacob Abbott (1803–1879, US, ch) • John S. C. Abbott (1805–1877, US, nf) • Megan Abbott (born 1971, US, f) • Tony Abbott (born 1952, US, ch) • John Abbs (1810–1880, England/India, nf) • Thomas Abbt (1738–1766, Germany, nf) • Abd el-Krim (1882–1963, Morocco/Egypt, nf) • Abd al-Qadir al-Fasi (1599–1680, Morocco, nf) • Mohammed Abdalbari (born 1985, Sudan, p) • Abdilatif Abdalla (born 1946, Kenya, p/nf) • Ibtisam Abdallah (1940s–2023, Iraq, f) • Mohammed ben Abdallah (born 1944, Gold Coast/Ghana, d) • Sufi Abdallah (1925–2003, Egypt, f) • Lesley Abdela (living, England, nf) • Abdi Sheik Abdi (born 1942, Somalia, f/nf) • Kader Abdolah (born 1954, Iran/Netherlands, f) • Ali Abdolrezaei (born 1969, Iran/England, p/nf) • Hamid Barole Abdu (born 1953, Eritrea, nf) • Samig Abdukakhkhar (born 1990, Soviet/Uzbek, f) • Kia Abdullah (born 1982, England, f/nf) • Ghaith Abdul-Ahad (born 1975, Iraq/England, nf) • Colet Abedi (living, US, f/nf/ch) • Siôn Abel (fl. 18th c., Wales, p) • Deborah Abela (born 1966, Australia, ch) • Joan Abelove (born 1945, US, ch) • Abe Akira (阿部昭, 1934–1989, Japan, f/nf) • Éliette Abécassis (born 1969, Morocco/France, nf) • Antoine Abel (1934–2004, Seychelles, p/f) • Deborah Abela (born 1966, Australia, ch) • Joan Abelove (born 1945, US, ch) • Lascelles Abercrombie (1881–1938, England, p/nf) • Patrick Abercromby (1656 – c. 1716, Scotland/England, nf) • Virginia Abernethy (born 1934, US, nf) • Jean-Baptiste Abessolo (born 1932, Gabon, f) • Chris van Abkoude (1880–1960, Netherlands/US, ch) • Casimiro de Abreu (1839–1960, Brazil, p/f/d) • Mohammed Abdul-Hayy (1944–1989, Sudan, p/f/nf) • Mena Kasmiri Abdullah (born 1930, Australia, f) • Yahya Taher Abdullah (1938–1981, Egypt, f) • Mohamed Diriye Abdullahi (born 1958, Somalia/Canada, nf) • Kazushige Abe (阿部和重, born 1968, Japan, f) • Kōbō Abe (安部公房, 1924–1993, Japan, f) • Abe no Nakamaro (阿倍仲麻呂, c. 698 – c. 770, Japan, nf/p) • Shana Abé (living, US, f) • Tomoji Abe (阿部知二, 1903–1973, Japan, f/nf) • Siôn Abel (fl. 18th c., Wales, p) • Peter Abelard (1079–1142, France, nf/p) • Joe Abercrombie (born 1974, England, f/ch) • Lascelles Abercrombie (1881–1938, England, p/nf) • Milan Kujundžić Aberdar (1842–1893, Serbia, p/nf) • Robert Abernathy (1924–1990, US, f) • Arthur Talmage Abernethy (1872–1956, US, nf/p) • Jean-Baptiste Abessolo (born 1932, Gabon, f) • Johann Heinrich Abicht (1762–1816, Germany, nf) • Azhar Abidi (born 1968, Pakistan/Australia, f) • Walter Abish (1931–2022, Austria/US, f) • Chris van Abkoude (1880–1960, Netherlands/US, ch), pseudonym Charles Winters • Paul Ableman (1927–2006, England, d/f) • Abdel Rahman el-Abnudi (1938–2015, Egypt, p/ch) • Abraham Aboab (c. 1560–1642, Portugal/Italy, nf) • Josette Abondio (born 1949, Ivory Coast, f/ch) • Marguerite Abouet (born 1971, Ivory Coast, f) • Leila Aboulela (born 1964, Sudan/Scotland, f/d) • Edmond François Valentin About (1828–1885, France, f/nf) • Leila Abouzeid (born 1950, Morocco, nf/f) • Daniel Abraham (born 1969, US, f) • Lionel Abrahams (1928–2004, S Africa, f/p/nf) • Marc Abrahams (born 1956, US, f) • Peter Abrahams (1919–2017, S Africa, f/nf) • Rehane Abrahams (living, S Africa, d) • Odd Abrahamsen (1924–2001, Norway, p) • Sam Abrams (born 1935, US, p) • Seth Abramson (born 1976, US, nf) • Henrique Abranches (1932–2004, Portugal/Angola, p/f/d) • Milton Abramowitz (1915–1958, US, nf) • Kosta Abrašević (1879–1898, Ottoman E/Serbia, p) • Antero de Abreu (1927–2017, Angola/Portugal, nf/p) • Diogo Abreu (born 1947, Portugal, nf) • Joseph Wilfred Abruquah (1921–1997, Gold Coast/Ghana, f) • Dannie Abse (1923–2014, Wales, p) • François-Joseph Amon d'Aby (1913–2007, Ivory Coast, d/nf) • Mohammed Achaari (born 1951, Morocco, f/p) • Nana Achampong (born 1964, Ghana, f/p) • Bhanubhakta Acharya (1814–1868, Nepal, p) • Chinua Achebe (1930–2013, Nigeria n/p/nf) • Catherine Obianuju Acholonu (1951–2014, Nigeria, p/d/nf) • Mohamed El Aziz Ben Achour (born 1951, Tunisia, nf) • Gerrit Achterberg (1905–1962, Netherlands, p) • Said Achtouk (1925–1989, Morocco, p) • André Aciman (born 1951, Egypt/US, f/nf) • Socorro Acioli (born 1975, Brazil, f/ch) • Kathy Acker (1947–1997, US, f/d) • Diane Ackerman (born 1948, US, nf) • Kathy Acker (1947–1997, US, f/d/nf) • J. R. Ackerley (1896–1967, England, nf) • Diane Ackerman (born 1948, US, p/nf) • Forrest J. Ackerman (1916–2008, US, f) • Louise-Victorine Ackermann (1813–1890, France, p) • Rudolph Ackermann (1764–1834, Germany/England, p) • Duane Ackerson (1942–2020, US, p/f) • Martha Ackmann (born 1951, US, nf) • Peter Ackroyd (born 1949, England, nf/f) • Milton Acorn (1923–1986, US, p/d) • Óscar Acosta (1933–2014, Honduras, p/nf) • Kobena Eyi Acquah (born 1952, Ghana, p) • Kofi Acquah-Dadzie (born 1939, Gold Coast/Ghana, nf) • Avis Acres (1910–1994, N Zealand, ch) • Joyce Ackroyd (1918–1991, Australia, nf) • Peter Ackroyd (born 1949, England, nf) • Eliza Acton (1799–1859, England, nf) • Harold Acton (1904–1994, Italy/England, nf) • Manuel Acuña (1849–1873, Mexico, p/f/d) • János Aczél (died 1523, Hungary, p) • Tamás Aczél (1921–1994, Hungary, p/nf) • Gilbert Adair (1944–2011, Scotland, f/p/nf) • Hazel Adair (1900–1990, England, f/nf) • Virginia Hamilton Adair (1913–2004, US, p) • Geormbeeyi Adali-Mortty (born 1916, Gold Coast/Ghana, p/nf) • Carolyne Adalla (living, Kenya, nf) • Adam de la Halle (1240–1287, France, p) • Alexander Adam (1741–1809, Scotland, nf) • Helen Adam (1909–1993, Scotland, p) • James Adam (1860–1907, Scotland, nf) • Jean Adam (1704–1765, Scotland, p), also Adams • Paul Adam (born 1958, England, f/ch) • Pip Adam (living, N Zealand, f/nf) • Ruth Adam (1907–1977, England, f/nf) • Gabriela Adameșteanu (born 1942, Romania, f/nf) • Draginja Adamović (1925–2000, Yugoslavia/Serbia, p) • Ratko Adamović (born 1942, Yugoslavia/Serbia, nf/f) • Andrew Leith Adams (1827–1882, Scotland/Ireland, nf) • Anna Adams (1926–2011, England, p) • Arthur Henry Adams (1872–1936, N Zealand/Australia, nf/p/d) • Charles Warren Adams (1833–1903, England, nf/f) • Douglas Adams (1952–2001, England, f/d) • Francis Adams (1862–1893, Malta/England, nf/f/p) • Glenda Adams (1939–2007, Australia, f) • Henry Adams (1838–1918, US, nf) • Jad Adams (born 1954, England, nf) • Jennie Adams (born 1963, Australia, f) • John Adams (1704–1740, British N American colonies, p) • Léonie Adams (1899–1988, US, p) • Mary Adams (1898–1984, England, ch) • Patch Adams (born 1945, US, nf) • Patricia J. Adams (born 1952, Anguilla, p/nf) • Poppy Adams (born 1983, England, f) • Richard Adams (1920–2016, England, f) • Robert Adams (1933–1990, US, f) • Ryan Adams (born 1974, US, p) • William Henry Davenport Adams (1928–1991, England, nf) • Patsy Adam-Smith (1924–2001, Australia, nf) • Catherine Adamson (1868–1925, N Zealand, nf) • Hendrik Adamson (1891–1946, Russian E/Estonia, p/f) • Henry Adamson (1581–1637, Scotland, p/nf) • Jean Adamson (born 1928, England, ch) • John Adamson (1787–1855, England, nf) • Joy Adamson (1910–1980, Austria-Hungary/Kenya, nf) • Robert Adamson (1943–2022, Australia, p) • Martín Adán (1908–1985, Peru, p/f) • Abd al-Wahhab Adarrak (1666–1746, Morocco, nf/p) • Alison Adburgham (1912–1997, England, nf) • Arthur St John Adcock (1864–1930, England, f/p) • Fleur Adcock (born 1934, N Zealand/England, p) • Jane Addams (1860–1935, US, nf) • Joseph Addison (1672–1719, England, nf) • Lucia H. Faxon Additon (1847–1919, US, nf) • Kim Addonizio (born 1954, US, p/f) • Ayobami Adebayo (born 1988, Nigeria, f/p) • Remi Adedeji (born 1937, Nigeria, ch) • Mirza Adeeb (1914–1999, India/Pakistan, d/f) • Debra Adelaide (born 1958, Australia, f/nf) • Abimbola Adelakun (living, Nigeria, nf/f) • Johann Christoph Adelung (1732–1806, Germany, nf) • Sade Adeniran (born 1960s, England/Nigeria, f/nf) • Saheed Aderinto (born 1979, Nigeria/US, nf) • Akin Adesokan (living, Nigeria, nf) • Toyin Adewale-Gabriel (born 1969, Nigeria, f/nf/p) • Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (born 1977, Nigeria, f/nf) • Aravind Adiga (born 1974, India, f) • Opal Palmer Adisa (born 1954, Jamaica, p/f) • Halide Edib Adıvar (1884–1964, Turkey, f/nf) • Mohammed ibn Adjurrum (1273–1323, Morocco, nf) • C. S. Adler (born 1932, US, ch) • David A. Adler (born 1947, US, ch) • Adomnán (c. 624–704, Ireland/Scotland, nf), also known as St Eunan • Judith Adong (born 1977, Uganda/US, d/ch • Alexandra Adornetto (born 1994, Australia, ch) • Stanislas Spero Adotevi (1934–2024, Benin, nf) • Jorge Enrique Adoum (1926–2009, Ecuador, p) • Nizamuddin Asir Adrawi (1926–2021, India, nf) • Wilna Adriaanse (born 1958, S Africa, f) • Edgar Adrian (1889–1977, England, nf) • Artur Adson (1889–1977, Russian E/Estonia, p/d/nf) • Adunis (born 1930, Syria, p/nf), born Ali Ahmad Said Esber • Amina Al Adwan (born 1935, Jordan/US, p/nf) • Endre Ady (1877–1919, Hungary, p) • Julia Cartwright Ady (1851–1924, England, nf) • Mariska Ady (1888–1977, Hungary, p)

Ae–Al

• Aeba Koson (饗庭篁村, 1855–1922, Japan, f/nf) • Aelred of Rievaulx (1110–1167, England, nf) • Franz Aepinus (1724–1802, Russian E, nf) • Aeschines (389–314 BCE, Greece, nf) • Aeschylus (c. 525/524 – c. 456/455 BCE, Greece, d) • Aesop (c. 620 – 560 BCE, Greece, f) • Anastasia Afanasieva (born 1982, Ukraine, p/f) • Þórhildur Sunna Ævarsdóttir (born 1987, nf) • Max Afford (1906–1954, Australia, d/f) • Ali Mohammad Afghani (born 1925, Iran, f/nf) • S. A. Afolabi (born 1966, Nigeria, f) • Lucius Afranius (fl. early 1st c. BCE, Rome, p) • Maxamed Daahir Afrax (living, Somalia, f/d/nf) • Leo Africanus (1488–1554, Al-Andalus, nf) • Tatamkhulu Afrika (1920–2002, Egypt/S Africa, f/p/nf), pseudonym of Ismail Joubert • Sa'ida Bint Khatir al-Farisi (born 1956), Omani poet • John Agard (born 1949, British Guiana/Guyana, d/p/ch) • Francesco Algarotti (1712–1764, Italy, nf/p) • Shimon Agassi (1852–1914, Mesopotamia, nf) • Louis Agassiz (1807–1873, Switzerland/US, nf) • Hiroyuki Agawa (阿川弘之, 1920–2015, Japan, f/nf) • Patience Agbabi (born 1965, England, p) • Berthe-Evelyne Agbo (living, Benin/France, p) • Francis Agbodeka (1931–2005, Gold Coast/Ghana, nf) • James Agee (1909–1955, US, f/nf/p) • Claribel Alegría (1924–2018, Nicaragua, p/nf/f) • Deborah Ager (born 1978, US, p/nf) • Anna Caspari Agerholt (1892–1943, Norway, nf) • Pedro Agerre (1566–1654, Spain, nf) • Sven Aggesen (born c. 1140/1150, Denmark, nf) • Ifeoma Aggrey-Fynn (1980–2015, Nigeria, nf) • István Ágh (born 1938, Hungary, p), pseudonym of István Nagy • Zechariah Aghmati (1120–1195, Morocco, nf) • Maria Gaetana Agnesi (1718–1799, Italy, nf) • Pinky Agnew (born 1955, N Zealand, d/nf/p) • Shmuel Yosef Agnon (1888–1970, Austria-Hungary/Israel]] • Kelli Russell Agodon (born 1969, US, p) • Dritëro Agolli (1931–2017, Albania, p/f) • Georg Andreas Agricola (1672–1738, Germany, nf) • Rodolphus Agricola (1443/1444–1485, Netherlands, nf/p) • Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa (1486–1535, Holy Roman E/France, nf) • José Eduardo Agualusa (born 1960, Angola/Mozambique, f/p) • Brígida Agüero (1837–1866, Cuban, p) • João Aguiar (1943–2010, Portugal, f/nf) • Grace Aguilar (1816–1947, England/Germany, f/p/nf) • Luis Aguilar-Monsalve (born 1942, Ecuador, f/nf) • Marcos Aguinis (born 1935, Argentina, nf) • Delmira Agustini (1886–1914, Uruguay, p) • Bogi Ágústsson (born 1952, Iceland, nf) • Jot Agyeman (born 1967, Ghana, nf/d) • Ivor Agyeman-Duah (born 1966, Ghana, nf) • Ah Cheng (鍾阿城, born 1949, China, d/f) • Cecelia Ahern (born 1981, Ireland, f) • Jerry Ahern (1946–2012, US, f/nf) • Alf Ahlberg (1892–1979, Sweden, nf) • Lars Ahlin (1915–1997, Sweden, f) • Farrukh Ahmad (1918–1974, India/Bangladesh, p/ch) • Ishtiaq Ahmad (1941–2015, India/Pakistan, f/nf) • Malik Zahoor Ahmad (living, Pakistan, nf) • Najiba Ahmad (born 1954, Iraq, p/f) • Shahnon Ahmad (1933–2017, Malaya/Malaysia, f) • Abdel Rahim Ahmed (living, Egypt, d) • Ashfaq Ahmed (1925–2004, India/Pakistan, f/d) • Humayun Ahmed (1948–2012, E Pakistan/Bangladesh, f/d/nf) • Kazi Anis Ahmed (born 1970, Bangladesh, nf/f) • Leila Ahmed (born 1940, Egypt/US, nf) • Mohammed Taha Mohammed Ahmed (1965–2006, Sudan, nf) • Mouna-Hodan Ahmed (born 1972, Djibouti, f) • Ahmet Vefik Paşa (1823–1891, Turkey, nf/d) • Abul Mansur Ahmad (1898–1979, India/Bangladesh, f/nf) • Shaykh Ahmad (1753–1826, Hijaz, nf), in full Ahmad bin Zayn al-Dín bin Ibráhím al-Ahsá'í • Jasmina Ahmetagić (born 1970, Yugoslavia/Serbia, nf/p) • Astrid Ahnfelt (1876–1962, Sweden, f) • Juhani Aho (1861–1921, Russian E/Finland, f), born Johannes Brofeldt • Syed Ali Ahsan (1922–2002, India/Bangladesh, p/nf) • Alfred Aho (born 1941, Canada, nf) • Jeannette D. Ahonsou (born 1954, Togo, f) • Ai (1847–1910, US, p), born Florence Anthony • Ai Qing (艾青, 1910–1996, China, p) • Mohamed Aïchaoui (1921–1959, Algeria, nf) • Ilse Aichinger (1921–2016, Austria, nf/f/p) • Robert Aickman (1914–1981, England, f/nf) • Ama Ata Aidoo (1940–2023, Gold Coast/Ghana, f/nf/p) • Kofi Aidoo (born 1950s, Gold Coast/Ghana, f) • Naja Marie Aidt (born 1963, Denmark, p/f) • Shō Aikawa (會川昇, born 1965, Japan, f) • Conrad Aiken (1899–1973, US, p/f) • Joan Aiken (1924–2004, England, f/ch) • John Aikin (1747–1822, England, nf) • Lucy Aikin (1781–1864, England, nf) • Aganice Ainianos (1838–1892, Greece, p) • Alfred Ainger (1837–1904, England, nf) • Hew Ainslie (1792–1878, Scotland/US, p/nf) • Henry Ainsworth (1571–1622, England, nf) • Ruth Ainsworth (1908–1984, England, ch/d) • William Harrison Ainsworth (1805–1882, England, f) • César Aira (born 1949, Argentina, f/nf) • Catherine Aird (born 1930, England, f) • Aa'isha bint Ahmad al-Qurtubiyya (died 1010), Andalusia, p) • Jean Aitchison (born 1938, England, nf) • Adam Aitken (born 1960, England/Australia, p) • Aizu Yaichi (会津八一, 1881–1956, Japan, p/nf) • Tolu Ajayi (born 1946, Nigeria, p/nf) • Dejan Ajdačić (born 1959, Yugoslavia/Ukraine, nf) • Ahmad ibn Ajiba (1747–1809, Morocco, nf/p) • Yemi Ajibade (1929–2013, Nigeria/England, d) • Audrey Ajose (born c. 1937, Nigeria, nf/ch) • Jófríður Ákadóttir (born 1994, Iceland, p) • Baku Akae (赤江瀑, 1933–2012, Japan, f) • Jirō Akagawa (赤川次郎, born 1948, Japan, f) • Satoru Akahori (あかほりさとる, born 1965, Japan, f) • Lotfi Akalay (1943–2019, Tangier/Morocco, nf/f) • John Akar (1927–1975, Sierra Leone, nf) • Akazome Emon (赤染衛門, late 950s/early 960s – 1041 or later, Japan, p/nf) • Hyder Akbar (born 1984, Pakistan/US, nf) • Ahmad Akbarpour (born 1970, Iran, f/ch) • Yusuf Akcura (1876–1935, Turkey, nf) • Mikalojus Akelaitis (1829–1887, Russian E/France, nf) • Grace Akello (born 1950, Uganda, p/nf) • Jan van Aken (born 1961, Netherlands, f) • Mark Akenside (1721–1770, England, p) • Mohammed Akensus (1797–1877, Morocco, nf) • John Yonge Akerman (1806–1873, England, nf) • Rachel Akerman (1522–1544, Austria/Moravia, p) • Sonja Åkesson (1926–1977, Sweden, p) • Lucy Akhurst (born 1970, England, d) • Bella Akhmadulina (1937–2010, USSR/Russia, p/f) • Anna Akhmatova (1889–1966, Russian E/USSR, p) • Jan Nisar Akhtar (1914–1976, Russia E/USSR, p) • Javed Akhtar (born 1945, India, p/d/nf) • Salman Akhtar (born 1946, India/US, nf) • Shaheen Akhtar (born 1962, E Pakistan/Bangladesh, f/nf) • Tolu Akinyemi (living, Nigeria, p) • Mizuhito Akiyama (秋山瑞人, born 1971, Japan, f) • Akiyuki Nosaka (野坂昭如, 1930–2015, Japan, f/p) • Kofi Akpabli (born 1973, Ghana, nf) • Uwem Akpan (born 1971, Nigeria/US, f/nf) • Mirko Aksentijević (1922–2011, Yugoslavia/Serbia, nf) • Ryūnosuke Akutagawa (芥川龍之介, 1892–1927, Japan, f) • Ahmad ibn Munim al-Abdari (died 1228, Andalusia, nf) • Muhammad Aladdin (born 1979, Egypt, f/d) • Ismail ibn al-Ahmar (1387–1406, Morocco, nf) • William Alabaster (1567–1640, England, p/d/nf • Alcaeus of Mytilene (c. 625/620 – c. 580 BCE, Greece, p) • Raabi'a al-Adwiyya (714–801, Arabic region, p) • Anne-Marie Albiach (1937–2012), French poet and translator • Tunku Zain Al-'Abidin (born 1982, Malaysia, nf) • Ahmed Alaidy (born 1974, Egypt, d/p) • Gamila El Alaily (1907–1991, Egypt, p/f) • Laila al-Akhyaliyya (died 694–709, Arab region, p) • Idriss ibn al-Hassan al-Alami (1925–2007, Morocco, p) • Luigi Alamanni (1495–1556, Italy, p) • Harutyun Alamdaryan (1795–1834, Russian E, p/nf) • Mohammed ibn al-Tayyib al-Alami (died 1722, Morocco, nf) • Mohammed ibn al-Tayyib al-Alami (1698–1756, Morocco, nf) • Mohammed ibn Mohammed Alami (1932–1993, Morocco, p) • Mohammed ibn Idris al-Amrawi (1794–1847, Morocco, p) • Mubarkah Bent al-Barra (born 1957, Mauritania, p/ch) • Eva Allen Alberti (1856–1938, US, nf/d) • Alcman (fl. 7th c. BCE, Greece, p) • Salma Khalil Alio (born 1982, Chad, p) • Anacreon (c. 582 – c. 485 BCE, Greece, p) • Anaxagoras (c. 500 – c. 428 BCE, Greece, nf) • Anaximander (c. 610 – c. 546 BCE, Greece, nf) • Anaximenes of Miletus ( c. 586 – c. 526 BCE, Greece, nf) • Andocides (c. 440 – c. 390 BCE, Greece, nf) • Nadia Anjuman (1980–2005), Afghanistan, p) • Süreyya Aylin Antmen (born 1981), Turkey, nf/p) • Wani Ardy (born 1984), Malaysia, p/nf) • Kaddour El Alamy (1742–1850, Morocco, p) • Alaol (1607–1680, Bengal, p) • Abbas Mahmoud al-Aqqad (1889–1964, Egypt, p/nf) • Daniel Alarcón (born 1977, Peru, f/nf) • Juan Ruiz de Alarcón (c. 1581–1639, Mexico, d) • Taqiyya Umm Ali bint Ghaith ibn Ali al-Armanazi (1111–1183/1184, Arab region, p), Sitt al-Ni'm • Leopoldo Alas (1852–1901, Spain, f/nf) • Alasdair mac Mhaighstir Alasdair (c. 1698–1770, Scotland, p/nf) • Syed Hussein Alatas (1928–2007, Malaya/Malaysia, nf) • Alev Alatlı (born 1944, Turkey, nf/f) • Ali ibn al-Athir (1160–1233, Mesopotamia/Iraq, nf) • Bozorg Alavi (1904–1997, Iran/Germany, f/nf) • Ave Alavainu (born 1942, Estonia, p) • Bozorg Alavi (1904–1997, Iran/Germany, nf/f) • Alauddin Al-Azad (1932–2009, India/Bangladesh, f/p/d) • Abu al-Abbas al-Azafi (1162–1236, Ceuta, nf) • Nura al-Badi (born 1969), Oman, p) • Abd al-Haqq al-Badisi (died post-1322, Morocco, nf) • Safiyya al-Baghdadiyya (fl. 12th c.), Arab region, p) • David Albahari (born 1948, Yugoslavia/Canada, f) • Gillebríghde Albanach (fl. 1200–1230, Scotland, p) • Za'ima Sulayman al-Baruni (1910–1976, Libya, f/nf) • Edward Albee (1928–2016, US, d) • Albert of Aix (fl. c. 1100, Holy Roman E, nf) • Albertus Magnus (c. 1200–1280, Duchy of Bavaria/Holy Roman E, nf) • Susan Wittig Albert (born 1940, US, f) • Pierre Albert-Birot (1876–1967, France, p/d) • Anne-Marie Albiach (1937–2012, France, p) • Jordie Albiston (1961–2022, Australia, p) • Albrecht von Johansdorf (c. 1180 – c. 1209, Germany, p) • Vera Albreht (1895–1971, Austrian E/Yugoslavia, p/nf) • Madeleine Albright (1937–2022, US, nf) • Mitch Albom (born 1958, US, f/nf) • Aurora de Albornoz (1926–1990), Spain, p/nf) • Enrique López Albújar (1872–1966, Peru, p) • Al-Buzidi al-Bujrafi (1925–2011, Morocco, p) • Afonso de Albuquerque (c. 1453–1515, Portugal, nf) • Anthony the Great (251–356, Greece, nf) • Ayaan Hirsi Ali (born 1969, Somalia/US, nf) • Maram al-Masri (born 1962), Syrian/French poet and writer • Fatima al-Taytun (born 1962), Bahrain poet • Elizabeth Alexander (born 1962), American poet, essayist, playwright and academic • Alcaeus (fl. 4th c. BCE, Athens, p/d) • Alcaeus of Messene (fl. 219–196 BCE, Greece, p) • Alcaeus of Mytilene (c. 625/620 – c. 580 BCE, Lesbos, p) • Ammiel Alcalay (born 1956, US, p/nf) • Baltasar del Alcázar (1530–1606, Spain, p) • Alcman (fl. 7th c. BCE, Sparta, p) • Vivien Alcock (1924–2003, England, ch) • Mariana Alcoforado (1640–1723, Portugal, nf) • Amos Bronson Alcott (1799–1888, US, nf) • Louisa May Alcott (1832–1888, US, ch/f, p) • Alcuin (c. 735–804, England/France, nf/p) • Kaye Aldenhoven (living, Australia, p) • Naomi Alderman (born 1974, England, f) • Hugh Aldersey-Williams (born 1959, England, nf) • Maggie Alderson (born 1959, England/Australia, f/nf) • Thomas Aldham (c. 1616–1660, England, nf) • Richard Aldington (1892–1962, England, f/nf/p) • Brian Aldiss (1925–2017, England, f) • Ahmad al-Tayyeb Aldj (1928–2012, Morocco, p/d) • Henry Aldrich (1647–1710, England, nf) • Nelson W. Aldrich (1841–1915, US, nf) • James Aldridge (1918–2015, Australia/England, f/nf/ch) • Radu Aldulescu (novelist) (born 1954, Romania, f) • Jalal Al-e-Ahmad (1923–1969, Iran, f/nf) • Léonard Aléa (18th-century–1812, France, nf) • Vasile Alecsandri (1821–1890, Moldavia/Romania, p/d) • Mira Alečković (1924–2008, Yugoslavia/Serbia, p) • Tudur Aled (c. 1465–1525, Wales, p) • Caetano da Costa Alegre (1864–1890, São Tomé and Príncipe, p) • Manuel Alegre (born 1936, Portugal, p/nf) • Ciro Alegría (1909–1967, Peru, nf/f) • Claribel Alegría (1924–2018, Nicaragua/Salvador, p/nf/f) • Fernando Alegría (1918–2005, Chile, p/nf) • Vicente Aleixandre (1898–1984, Spain, p) • Josip Murn Aleksandrov (1879–1901, Austria-Hungary, p) • Haddis Alemayehu (1910–2003, Ethiopia, f/nf) • Jean le Rond d'Alembert (1717–1783, France, nf) • José de Alencar (1829–1877, Brazil, f/d/nf) • Rochelle Alers (born 1963, US, f), pseudonyms Susan James and Rena McLeary • Andrés J. d'Alessio (1940–2009, Argentina, nf) • Arnold Aletrino (1858–1916, Netherlands, nf) • Bernhard Alexander (1850–1927, Hungary, nf) • Horace Alexander (1889–1989, England/US, nf) • Kate Alexander, pseudonym of Tilly Armstrong (1927–2010, England, f) • Kwame Alexander (born 1968, US, p/ch) • Lloyd Alexander (1924–2007, US, ch/f) • Miriam Alexander (1879 – post-1924, England, f) • Sue Alexander (1932–2008, US, ch/nf) • Trisha Alexander, pseudonym of Patricia Kay (born 1937, US, f) • Grigore Alexandrescu (1810–1885, Wallachia/Romania, p) • Larisa Alexandrovna (born 1971, USSR/US, nf/p) • Ioan Alexandru (1941–2000, Romania/Germany, p/nf) • Sherman Alexie (born 1966, US, f/p) • Elena Alexieva (born 1975, Bulgaria, p/f) • Abelardo Díaz Alfaro (1916–1999, Puerto Rico, f/nf) • Ahmad ibn Idris al-Fasi (1760–1837, Morocco, nf) • David ben Abraham al-Fasi (fl. 10th c., Morocco, nf) • Hamdun ibn al-Hajj al-Fasi (1760–1817, Morocco, nf) • Isaac Alfasi (1013–1103, Algeria, nf) • Mohammed al-Arbi al-Fasi (1580–1642, Morocco, nf) • Mohammed ibn Zakri al-Fasi (died 1731, Morocco, nf/p) • Allal al-Fassi (1910–1974, Morocco, nf/p) • Malika al-Fassi (1919–2007, Morocco, nf/d/f) • Felipe Alfau (1902–1999, Spain/US, f/p) • Muhammad al-Fayturi (1936–2015, Sudan/Morocco, p/d/nf) • Pierre Alféri (born 1963, France, f/p) • Alfredo Armas Alfonzo (born 1990, Venezuela, nf/f) • Mohammed al-Habib al-Fourkani (1922–2008, Morocco, nf/p) • Hans Alfredson (1931–2017, Sweden, f) • Horatio Alger (1832–1899, US, ch) • John Goldworth Alger (1836–1907, England, nf) • Muhammad Asadullah Al-Ghalib (born 1948, E Pakistan/Bangladesh, nf) • Abd al-Aziz al-Ghumari (1920–1997, Tangier, nf) • Abdullah al-Ghumari (1910–1993, Tangier, nf) • Ahmad al-Ghumari (1902–1961, Morocco/Egypt, nf) • Gamal al-Ghitani (1945–2015, Egypt, f/nf) • Nelson Algren (1909–1981, US, f/nf/p) • Muhammad Ibn al-Habib (1876–1972, Morocco, nf) • Tawfiq al-Hakim (1898–1987, Egypt, f/d) • Ahmad ibn Hamdun ibn al-Hajj (died 1898, Morocco, nf) • al-Ḥujayjah, (Safīyah bint Tha'labah al-Shaybānīyah, 5th – 6th c.), Arab region, p) • al-Ḥurqah (5th – 6th c.), Arab region, p) • Abdullah Yusuf Ali (1872–1953, India/England, nf) • Agha Shahid Ali (1949–2001, India/US, p) • Ahmed Ali (1910–1994, India/Pakistan]] • Ayaan Hirsi Ali (born 1969, Somalia/US, nf) • Bachtyar Ali (born 1960, USSR/Germany, f/nf/p) • Hauwa Ali (born 1995, Nigeria, f) • Idris Ali (1940–2010, Egypt, f) • Monica Ali (born 1967, E Pakistan/England, f) • Mohammed Naseehu Ali (born 1971, Ghana/US, f/nf) • Shawkat Ali (1936–2018, India/Bangladesh, f) • Sabahattin Ali (1907–1948, Ottoman E/Turkey, f/p/nf) • Syed Ameer Ali (1849–1928, India/England, nf) • Syed Mujtaba Ali (1904–1974, India/Bangladesh, nf) • Taha Muhammad Ali (1931–2011, Palestine/Israel • Tariq Ali (born 1943, India/England, nf) • Mohammed al-Idrisi (1099–1165, Ceuta/Sicily, nf) • Abel Alier (born 1933, Sudan, nf) • Mohammed al-Ifrani (1670–1745), Morocco, nf) • Dante Alighieri (c. 1265–1321, Italy, p) • Bisera Alikadić (born 1939), Yugoslavia, p/nf) • Yousef Alikhani (born 1975, Iran, f/nf/ch) • Cyril Alington (1872–1955, England, f/nf/p) • Margaret Alington (1920–2012, N Zealand, nf) • Salma Khalil Alio (born 1982, Chad, p/f) • Kavisekhara Dr Umar Alisha (1885–1945, India, nf) • Archibald Alison (1757–1839, England, nf) • Sir Archibald Alison, 1st Baronet (1792–1867, England/Scotland, nf) • Jane Alison (born 1961, Australia, f/nf) • Rosie Alison (born 1964, England, f/d) • William Alison (1790–1859, Scotland, nf) • Akilu Aliyu (1918–1999, Nigeria, p/nf) • Ghazaleh Alizadeh (1949–1996, Iran, f/p) • Sonita Alizadeh (born 1996, Afghanistan/US, p) • Mohammed Abed al-Jabri (1935–2010, Morocco, nf) • Adnan al-Janabi (living, Iraq, nf) • Zaynab Alkali (born 1950, Nigeria, f) • Ibn al-Khabbaza (died 1239, Morocco, nf/p) • al-Khansa (575–645, Arab region, p) • Tewfik Allal (born 1947, Morocco, nf) • James Alexander Allan (1879–1967, Australia, p/nf) • Mabel Esther Allan (1915–1998, England, ch) • Rob Allan (1945–2021, N Zealand, p) • Rosetta Allan (living, N Zealand, p/f) • Hortense Allart (1801–1879, Italy/France, nf/f) • Donald Allchin (1930–2010, England, nf) • August Alle (1890–1952, Russian E/Estonia, nf/p) • Joseph Alleine (1634–1668, England, nf) • Barbara Allen (1914–1986, England, f), pseudonym of Violet Vivian Finlay Stuart Mann • Candace Allen (born 1950, US, f/nf) • Charlotte Vale Allen (born 1941, Canada/US, f) • Chris Allen (born 1964, Australia, f) • Clifford Allen, 1st Baron Allen of Hurtwood (1889–1939, England/Switzerland, nf) • Dick Allen (1939–2017, US, p/nf) • Donald Allen (1912–2004, US, p) • Elizabeth Allen (living, Australia, p) • Elizabeth Akers Allen (1832–1911, US, p/nf) • Grant Allen (1848–1899, Canada/England, nf/f) • Hannah Allen (c. 1638–1668 or 1708, England, nf) • John Allen (1771–1843, Scotland/England, nf) • John Allen (1771–1839, England, nf) • Leslie Holdsworth Allen (1879–1964, Australia, p/ch) • Mabel Esther Allan (1915–1998, England, ch) • Mary Sophia Allen (1878–1964, Wales/England, nf) • Pamela Allen (born 1934, N Zealand, ch) • Richard James Allen (born 1960, Australia, p/f) • Roger MacBride Allen (born 1957, US, f) • Ron Allen (1947–2010, US, p/d) • Thomas Allen (1681–1755, England, nf) • Thomas B. Allen (1929–2018, US, f/nf) • Walter Allen (1911–1995, England, nf/f) • Isabel Allende (born 1942, Chile/US, f/nf) • Ellen Palmer Allerton (1835–1893, US, p) • Richard Allestree (1621/1622–1681, England, nf) • Artur Alliksaar (1923–1966, Estonia/USSR, p) • Margery Allingham (1904–1966, England, f) • William Allingham (1824–1889, Ireland, p/nf) • Hermann Allmers (1821–1902, Germany, p) • Abdelkader Alloula (1939–1994, Algeria, d) • Malek Alloula (1937–2015, Algeria, p/nf) • Chris Van Allsburg (born 1949, US, ch) • Aaron Allston, (1960–2014, US, f) • Washington Allston (1779–1843, US, p/nf) • Lisa Allen-Agostini (born 1970s, Trinidad, f/nf/p) • Ahmed al-Madini (born 1947, Morocco, nf/f/p) • Sadiq al-Mahdi (1935–2020, Sudan, nf) • Nazik Al-Malaika (1923–2007, Iraq, p) • Arib al-Ma'muniyya (797–890, Arab region, p) • Ahmed Mohammed al-Maqqari (1578–1632, Algeria/Egypt, nf) • Ibn al-Banna al-Marrakushi (1256–1321, Morocco, nf) • Maram al-Masri (born 1962, Syria/France, p/nf) • Anchan (born 1952, Thailand/US, p/f) • Maya Angelou (1928–2014, US, nf/p) • Helena Anhava (1925–2018, Finland, p) • Elizabeth Alexander (born 1962), American poet, essayist, playwright and academic • Maram al-Masri (born 1962), Syrian poet • Elvia Ardalani (born 1963), Mexican poet, writer, and storyteller • György Almásy (1867–1933, Hungary, nf) • László Almásy (1895–1951, Austria-Hungary/Austria, nf) • Øystein Alme (born 1960, Norway, nf) • E. M. Almedingen (1898–1971, Russian E/England, f/nf/ch) • Germano Almeida (born 1945, Cape Verde, nf/f) • Guilherme de Almeida (1890–1969, Brazil, nf/p) • Lúcia Machado de Almeida (1910–2005, Brazil, f) • Manuel Antônio de Almeida (1831–1861, Brazil, f/d) • Marcelina Almeida (c. 1830–1880), Argentina/Uruguay, f/p) • Miguel Vale de Almeida (born 1960, Portugal, nf) • Rita Almeida (born 1974, Portugal/US, nf) • David Almond (born 1951, England, ch) • Steve Almond (born 1966, US, f/nf) • Carl Jonas Love Almqvist (1793–1866, Sweden, p/nf) • Malik ibn al-Murahhal (1207–1289, Morocco, p) • Wallada bint al-Mustakfi (1001–1080, Andalusia, p) • Hamed al-Nazir (born 1975, Sudan, nf/f) • Finn Alnæs (1932–1991, Norway, f) • Karsten Alnæs (born 1938, Norway, nf) • Mohammad Ishaq Aloko (born 1935, Afghanistan/Germany, nf) • Dámaso Alonso (1898–1990, Spain, p/nf) • Faouzia Aloui (born 1957, Tunisia, p/f) • Blanche d'Alpuget (born 1944, Australia, f/nf) • Muhammad Sa'id al-Qaddal (1935–2008, Sudan, nf) • Ahmad Ibn al-Qadi (1552/1553–1616, Morocco, f/nf) • Ibn al-Qattan (fl. 13th c., Morocco, nf) • Zakariya al-Qazwini (1203–1273, Persia, nf) • Al-Saddiq Al-Raddi (born 1969, Sudan, p/nf) • Harun al-Rashid (763 or 766–809, Abbasid Caliphate, nf) • Karim Alrawi (born 1952, Egypt, d/ch/f) • Maqbula al-Shalak (1921–1986), Syria, p/ch) • Hanan al-Shaykh (born 1945, Lebanon, f/nf) • Ahmad ibn al-Amin al-Shinqiti (1872–1913, Mauritania, nf) • Fawziyya al-Sindi (born 1957, Bahrain, p) • Amir Taj al-Sir (born 1960, Sudan/Qatar, f/p/nf) • Vincent Alsop (c. 1630–1703, England, nf) • Alta (1942–2024, US, p/nf) • Ignacio Manuel Altamirano (1834–1893, Mexico/Italy, f/nf) • Fatima al-Taytun (born 1962, Bahrain, p) • Steve Alten (born 1959, US, f) • Peter Altenberg (1859–1919, Austrian E, f/p) • Nathan Alterman (1910–1970, Poland/Israel, p/d/nf) • Louis Althusser (1918–1990, France, nf) • Ahmad al-Tifashi (1184–1253, Algeria/Egypt, p/nf) • Fouad al-Tikerly (1927–2008, Iraq/Jordan, f) • Ahmad Baba al-Timbukti (1556–1627, Mali, nf) • Günter Altner (1936–2011, Germany, nf) • Joseph Alexander Altsheler (1862–1919, US, f/nf) • Mor Altshuler (born 1957, Israel, nf) • Hassan Al-Turabi (1932–2016, Sudan, nf) • T. M. Aluko (1918–2010, Nigeria, f/nf) • Alurista (born 1947, Mexico/US, p) • Julia Alvarez (born 1950, Dominica/US, p/f/nf) • Al Alvarez (1929–2019, England, p/f/nf) • Ivy Alvarez (living, Philippines/Australia, p) • Juan Álvarez (1878–1954, Argentina, nf) • Julia Alvarez (born 1950, US, p/f/nf) • Betti Alver (1906–1989, Russian E/Estonia, p) • Castro Alves (1847–1871, Brazil, p/d) • Moniza Alvi (born 1954, Pakistan/England, p) • Ibn al-Wannan (died 1773, Morocco, p) • Tuhami al-Wazzani (1903–1972, Morocco, nf) • Ibn al-Yasamin (died 1204, Seville, nf) • Marc Alyn (born 1937, France, p), pseudonym of Alain-Marc Fécherolle • Latifa al-Zayyat (1923–1996, Egypt, f) • |undefined

Am–An

• Mario Amadeo (1911–1983, Argentina, nf) • Jorge Amado (1912–2001, Brazil, f) • Ramón Amaya Amador (1916–1966, Honduras, nf) • Elechi Amadi (1934–2016, Nigeria, d/f) • Ifi Amadiume (born 1947, Nigeria/US, p/nf) • Jorge Amado (1912–2001, Brazil, f) • Andrej Amalrik (1938–1980, USSR/France, nf) • Joseph Godson Amamoo (born 1931, Gold Coast/Ghana, nf) • Ludu Daw Amar (1915–2008, Burma/Myanmar, nf) • Ana Luísa Amaral (born 1956, Portugal, p/ch/nf) • Gunadasa Amarasekara (born 1929, Ceylon/Sri Lanka, f/p/d) • Amara-siṃha (fl. c. 375 CE, India, p/nf) • Guru Amardas (1479–1574, India, nf) • Orlanda Amarílis (1924–2014, Cape Verde, f/ch) • Michael Daniel Ambatchew (1967–2012, Ethiopia, ch) • Ingvar Ambjørnsen (born 1956, Norway, f) • Eric Ambler (1909–1998, England, f) • Catherine d'Amboise (1475–1550, France, p) • Stephen E. Ambrose (1936–2002, US, nf) • William Ambrose (1813–1873, Wales, p/nf) • Ambroise (fl. c. 1190, Normandy, p) • Zoltán Ambrus (1861–1932, Hungary, nf/f) • Ellis Amburn (1933–2018, US, nf) • Erik Amdrup (1923–1998, Denmark, nf/f) • Jean Améry (1912–1978, Austria, nf) • Joseph Ames (1689–1759, England, nf) • Nicholas Amhurst (1697–1743, England, p/nf) • Yehuda Amichai (1924–2000, Germany/Israel, p), birth name Ludwig Pfeuffer • Edmondo De Amicis (1846–1908, Italy, f/p/ch) • Alexander Amilakhvari (1750–1802, Russian E, nf) • Gad Ami (born 1958, Togo, f) • Adibah Amin (born 1936, Malaya/Malaysia, f/d) • Samir Amin (1931–2018, Egypt/France, nf) • Chabua Amirejibi (1921–2013, USSR/Georgia, f) • Reza Amirkhani (born 1973, Iran, f/nf) • Mahshid Amirshahi (born 1937, Iran/France, f/nf) • Indran Amirthanayagam (born 1960, Ceylon/US, p/nf) • Kingsley Amis (1922–1995, England, f, p, nf) • Martin Amis (1949–2023, England, f/nf) • Majeed Amjad (1914–1974, India/Pakistan, p) • Anton Wilhelm Amo (c. 1703 – c. 1759, Gold Coast/Germany, nf) • A. R. Ammons (1926–2001, US, p/nf) • Pita Amor (1918–2000, Mexico, p) • Gabriele Amorth (1925–2016, Italy, nf) • Alan Amory (living, South Africa, nf) • Thomas Amory (c. 1691–1788, Ireland/England, nf) • Sheldon Amos (1835–1886, England/Egypt, nf) • André-Marie Ampère (1775–1836, France, nf) • Mohammed Ibn Amr (died 1827, Morocco, p) • Djamel Amrani (1935–2005, Algeria, nf) • Idriss al-Amraoui (died 1879, Morocco, nf/p) • Jean Amrouche (1906–1962, Algeria/France, p) • Taos Amrouche (1913–1976, Algeria/France, f/p) • Moses Amyraut (1596–1664, France, nf) • Anacreon (c. 582 – c. 485 BCE, Asia Minor, p) • Tahmima Anam (born 1975, Bangladesh/England, f) • Anurag Anand (born 1978, India, f/nf) • Mulk Raj Anand (1905–2004, India) • Valerie Anand (born 1937, England, f) • David Ananou (1917–2000, Togo, f) • Dragutin Anastasijević (1877–1950, Serbia/Yugoslavia, nf) • Rudolfo Anaya (1937–2020, US, f/p) • Nicolas Ancion (born 1971, Belgium, f/ch/d) • Manuel Ancízar (1812–1882, Colombia, nf) • Federico Andahazi (born 1963, Argentina, f/nf) • John Anderdon (1792–1874, England, nf) • Alfred Andersch (1914–1980, Germany/Switzerland, nf) • Astrid Hjertenæs Andersen (1915–1985, Norway, p/nf) • Hans Christian Andersen (1805–1875, Denmark, ch) • Susan Andersen (born 1950, US, f) • Tryggve Andersen (1866–1920, Norway, f/p) • Vilhelm Andersen (1864–1953, Denmark, nf) • Adam Anderson (1692 or 1693–1765, Scotland, nf) • Alan Orr Anderson (1879–1958, Scotland, nf) • Barbara Anderson (1926–2013, N Zealand, f) • Benedict Anderson (1936–2015, China/Indonesia, nf) • Catherine Anderson (born 1948, US, f) • Elizabeth Garrett Anderson (1836–1917, England, nf) • Ethel Anderson (1883–1958, Australia, p/f/nf) • Freddie Anderson (1922–2001, Ireland/Scotland, d/p) • Hilary Andersson (born 1967, US/England, nf) • J. Redwood Anderson (1883–1964, England, p/d) • James Anderson (1662–1728, Scotland, nf) • James Anderson of Hermiston (1739–1808, Scotland, nf) • Jessica Anderson (1916–2010, Australia, f) • Jim Anderson (born 1937, England/Australia, f) • John Anderson, 1726–1796, Scotland, nf) • Kevin J. Anderson (born 1962, US, f) • Lena Anderson (born 1939, Sweden, ch) • Marjorie Ogilvie Anderson (1909–2002, Scotland, nf) • Matthew Tobin Anderson (born 1968, US, ch) • Patrick Anderson (1618–1635, Scotland, nf/p) • Perry Anderson (born 1938, England, nf) • Poul Anderson (1926–2001, US, f) • Rachel Anderson (born 1943, England, ch) • Robert Anderson (1841–1918, Ireland/England, nf) • Terry L. Anderson (living, US, nf) • Verily Anderson (1915–2010, England, ch/nf) • Victor Henry Anderson (1917–2001, US, p) • Dan Andersson (1888–1920, Sweden, p) • Emma Andijewska (born 1931, USSR/Germany, p/f) • Venko Andonovski (born 1965, Yugoslavia/N Macedonia, f/d/p) • Stojan Andov (born 1935, Yugoslavia/N Macedonia, nf) • Carlos Drummond de Andrade (1902–1987, Brazil, p) • César Dávila Andrade (1918–1967, Ecuador, p) • Eugénio de Andrade (1923–2005, Portugal, p) • Jorge Carrera Andrade (1903–1978, Ecuador, p/nf) • Mário de Andrade (1893–1945, Brazil, p/f/nf) • Mário Pinto de Andrade (1928–1990, Angola, p/nf) • Oswald de Andrade (1890–1954, Brazil, f/p/nf) • Bernard André (1450–1522, France/England, p) • Lou Andreas-Salomé (1861–1937, Russia/Germany, f/d/nf) • Neshani Andreas (1964–2011, SW Africa/Namibia, f) • Emil Andreev (born 1956, Bulgaria, f/d) • Petre M. Andreevski (1934–2006, Yugoslavia/N Macedonia, p/f/d) • Peter Andrej (born 1959, Yugoslavia/Slovenia, p) • Emil Andreev (born 1956, Bulgaria, f/d) • Isabella Andreini (1562–1604), Italy, d/p) • Stefan Andres (1906–1970, Germany/Italy, f) • Sophia de Mello Breyner Andresen (1919–2004, Portugal, p/f) • Bruce Andrews (born 1948, US, p/nf) • Isobel Andrews (1905–1990, N Zealand, d/f/p) • Julie Andrews (born 1935, England, ch/nf) • Kevin Andrews (1924–1989, US, nf) • V. C. Andrews (1923–1986, US, f) • Ivo Andrić (1892–1975, Bosnia/Yugoslavia, f/p) • Ron Androla (born 1954, US, p) • Aneirin (early medieval, Cumbric kingdoms of Britain, p) • Harriet Anena (living, Uganda, p/nf/f) • Guru Angad (1504–1552, India, p) • Patricia Angadi (1914–2001, England, f) • Ardan Angarkhaev (born 1946, USSR/Russia, p/f/d) • Ernst Angel (1894–1986, Austria/US, p/nf) • Ralph Angel (1951–2020, US, p) • Marguerite de Angeli (1889–1987, US, ch) • Stefano degli Angeli (1623–1697, Italy, nf) • Klairi Angelidou (1932–2021, Turkey/Cyprus, p/nf) • April De Angelis (born 1960, England, d) • Norman Angell (1872–1967, England, nf) • Domenico Angelo (1717–1802, Italy/England, nf) • Maya Angelou (1928–2014, US, p/nf) • Eduardo Angeloz (1931–2017, Argentina, nf) • Angelus Silesius (c. 1624–1677, Germany, nf), pseudonym of Johann Scheffler • Kenneth Anger (1927–2023, US, d/nf) • Giulio Angioni (1939–2017, Italy, f/nf) • Jared Angira (born 1947, Kenya, p) • Ndeutala Angolo (born 1952, SW Africa/Namibia, f/nf) • María Nsué Angüe (1945–2017, Equatorial Guinea, f/p/nf) • Jonah Anguka (living, Kenya, nf) • James Stout Angus (1830–1923, Scotland, p/nf) • Marion Angus (1865–1946, Scotland, p/nf) • Sam Angus (born 1967, England, ch) • Helena Anhava (1925–2018), Finland, p) • Thea Astley (1925–2004), Australian fiction writer and poet • T. E. Anin (living, Gold Coast/Ghana, nf) • Guda Anjaiah (1955–2016, India, p) • Augusto dos Anjos (1884–1914, Brazil, p) • Nadia Anjuman (1980–2005, Afghanistan, p) • Charlotte Anley (1796–1893, England, f/nf) • G. E. M. Anscombe (1919–2001, Ireland/England, nf) • Süreyya Aylin Antmen (born 1981, Turkey, p/nf) • Ella Anker (1870–1958, Norway, nf/d) • Nini Roll Anker (1873–1942, Norway, f/d) • Robert Anker (1946–2017, Netherlands, f) • Charlotte Anley (1796–1893, England, f/nf) • Threes Anna (born 1959, Netherlands, f/d), pseudonym of Threes Schreurs • Abdullahi Ahmed An-Na'im (born 1946, Sudan/US, nf) • Kofi Annan (1938–2018, Gold Coast/Switzerland, nf) • J. K. Annand (1908–1993, Scotland, p/ch) • Anders Annerfalk (born 1959, Sweden, nf) • Anni Baobei (born 1974, China, f), pseudonym of Li Jie (励婕) • Núria Añó (born 1973, Spain, f/nf) • Anrakuan Sakuden (安楽庵策伝, 1554–1642, Japan, nf/p) • Ali Ansari (born 1967, Italy/Scotland, nf) • Khwaja Muhammad Latif Ansari (1887–1979, India/Pakistan, nf/p) • Anselm of Canterbury (1033/1034–1109, Italy/England, nf) • Peter Anson (1889–1975, England, nf) • Christopher Anstey (1724–1805, England, p) • Marion Anstis (living, Australia, nf) • Manana Antadze (born 1945, USSR, nf) • Anthim the Iberian (1650–1717, Iberia/Wallachia, nf) • Anthony (安东尼, born 1984, China/Australia ch), pseudonym of Ma Liang (马亮) • Evelyn Anthony (1926–2018, England, f) • Lawrence Anthony (1950–2012, S Africa, nf) • Michael Anthony (1930–2023, Trinidad, f/nf) • Piers Anthony (born 1934, UK/US, f) • Mika Antić (1932–1986, Yugoslavia/Serbia, p/nf) • David Antin (1932–2016, US, p/nf) • Antler (born 1946, US, p), birth name Brad Burdick • Sorin Antohi (born 1957, Romania, nf) • Susanne Antonetta (born 1956, US, p/nf) • Slobodan Antonić (born 1959, Yugoslavia/Serbia, nf) • Voja Antonić (born 1952, Yugoslavia/US, nf) • Brother Antoninus (1912–1994, US, p), pseudonym of William Everson • Torben Antretter (born 1992, Germany, nf) • Raymond Antrobus (born 1986, England, p) • António Lobo Antunes (born 1942, Portugal, f) • Gabriela Antunes (1937–2004, Angola, f/nf/ch) • Christopher Anvil (1925–2009, US, f), pseudonym of Harry Christopher Crosby • Chairil Anwar (1922–1949, Dutch E Indies/Indonesia, p) • Robert Anwood (living, US, f), pseudonym • Erica Sugo Anyadike (living, Tanzania, nf) • Kofi Anyidoho (born 1947, Gold Coast/Ghana, p/nf) • Anyte of Tegea (fl. early 3rd c. BCE, Greece, p) • Johannes Anyuru (born 1979, Sweden, p/nf) • Gloria E. Anzaldúa (1942–2004, US, p/nf) • Ludwig Anzengruber (1839–1889, Austrian E, d/f/p) • Atsuko Anzai (安西篤子, born 1927, Japan, f) • Fuyue Anzai (安西冬衛, 1898–1965, Japan/China, p)

Ao–At

• Leïla Aouchal (1936–2013, France/Algeria, nf) • Góshó Aoyama (山剛昌, born 1963, Japan, f) • Johann August Apel (1771–1816, Germany, f) • Guillaume Apollinaire (1880–1918, France, p/d/f) • Sulpicius Apollinaris (fl. 2nd c. CE, nf/p) • Apollodorus of Carystus (fl. 300–260 BCE, Greece, d) • Apollonius of Rhodes (270 – post–245 BCE, Alexandria, p) • Péter Apor (1676–1752, Hungary, nf) • Maja Apostoloska (born 1976, Yugoslavia/N Macedonia, p/nf) • Arjun Appadurai (born 1949, US, nf) • Nathacha Appanah (born 1973, Mauritius, f) • Jacob M. Appel (born 1973, US, f/nf/p) • Aharon Appelfeld (1932–2018, Romania/Israel, f) • Charles James Apperley (1777–1843, Wales/England, nf) • Adolphe Appia (1862–1928, Switzerland, nf) • Kwame Anthony Appiah (born 1954, England/US, nf/f) • Max Apple (born 1941, US, f) • Katherine Applegate (born 1956, US, ch) • Lisa Appignanesi (born 1946, Canada/England, nf) • Philip Appleman (1926–2020, US, p/nf) • Richard Appleton (1932–2005, Australia, p) • Victor Appleton (US house pseudonym since 1910s) • Katherine Applegate (born 1956, US, ch) • Boris Aprilov (1921–1995, Bulgaria, f/d/ch) • Lajos Áprily (1887–1967, Hungary, p) • Ann Catrin Apstein-Müller (born 1973, Germany, p) • Apuleius (124–170 CE, Roman E, f/nf) • Pawlu Aquilina (1929–2009, Malta, p/nf) • Louis Aragon (1897–1982, France, p/n) • Shio Aragvispireli (1867–1926, Russian E/USSR, f) • Arai Hakuseki (新井白石, 1657–1725, Japan, nf) • Motoko Arai (新井素子, born 1960, Japan, f) • Tōichirō Araki (荒木東一郎, 1895–1977, Japan, nf) • Ivan Aralica (born 1930, Yugoslavia/Croatia, f/nf) • Arambilet (born 1957, Dominican Rep., f/p/d), pseudonym of Ángel Luis Arambilet Álvarez • Gonzalo Arango (1931–1976, Colombia, nf/p) • Graça Aranha (1868–1931, Brazil, nf/f) • János Arany (1817–1882, Hungary, p) • Aratus (c. 315/310–240 BCE, Greece, p) • Helena Araújo (1934–2015, Colombia, nf) • Maria Arbatova (born 1957, USSR/Russia, f/d/p) • John Arbuthnot (1667–1735, Scotland/England, nf) • José Arce (1881–1968, Argentina/US, nf) • Manuel Maples Arce (1900–1981, Mexico, p/nf) • Jeffrey Archer (born 1940, England, f) • Jennifer Archer (born 1957, US, f/ch) • Maria Archer (1899–1982, Portugal, f/ch/d), pseudonym of Maria Emilia Archer Eyrolles Baltasar Moreira • Mary Archer (born 1944, England, nf) • Robyn Archer (born 1948, Australia, d/p/nf) • Archil of Imereti (1647–1713, Kingdom of Georgia/Russia, p) • Archilochus (c. 680–645 BCE, Greece, p) • Archimedes ( c. 287 – c. 212 BCE, Greece, nf) • Philip Ardagh (born 1961, England, f/ch) • Elvia Ardalani (born 1963, Mexico, p/nf/f) • Lavrenti Ardaziani (1815–1870, Russian E, f) • Jane Arden (1927–1982, England, d) • Edward Ardizzone (1900–1979, China/England, ch/nf) • Britt Arenander (born 1941, Sweden, f/p) • Reinaldo Arenas (1943–1990, Cuba, p/f/d) • Ana Paula Arendt (born 1980, Brazil, ch/d/p) • Hannah Arendt (1906–1975, Germany/US, nf) • Walter Conrad Arensberg (1878–1954, US, p) • Juan Argerich (1862–1924, Argentina, f/nf) • Tudor Arghezi (1880–1967, Romania, p/ch) • Alcides Arguedas (1879–1946, Bolivia, nf/f) • José María Arguedas (1911–1969, Peru, f/p/nf) • Manlio Argueta (born 1935, El Salvador, p/f) • Yemisi Aribisala (born 1973, Nigeria, nf) • Homero Aridjis (born 1940, Mexico, p/f/nf) • Dan Ariely (born 1967, US/Israel, nf) • Philippe Ariès (1914–1984, France, nf) • Afonso Arinos (1868–1916, Brazil, nf) • Ludovico Ariosto (1474–1533, Italy, p/d) • Ikuma Arishima (有島生馬, 1882–1974, Japan, f) • Takeo Arishima (有島武郎, 1878–1923, Japan, f/nf) • Aelius Aristides (AD 118–181, Greece, nf) • Aristophanes (c. 446–385 BC, Greece, d/p) • Aristotle (384–322 BCE, Greece, nf) • Sawako Ariyoshi (有吉佐和子, 1931–1984, Japan, f) • Guru Arjan (1563–1606, India, p) • Reginald Arkell (1881–1959, England, d/f) • Mohammed Arkoun (1928–2010, Algeria, nf) • Aleksander Arkuszyński (1918–2016, Poland, nf) • Michael Arlen (1895–1956, Bulgaria/US, nf/f/d), born Dikran Kouyoumdjian • Roberto Arlt (1900–1942, Argentina, f/d/nf) • Ayi Kwei Armah (born 1939, Gold Coast/Ghana, f/nf/ch) • Venero Armanno (born 1959, Australia, f/ch) • Kristinn Ármannsson (1895–1966, Iceland, nf) • Rae Armantrout (born 1947, US, p, nf) • T. Q. Armar (1915–2000, Gold Coast/Ghana, nf) • Raphael Armattoe (1913–1953, Gold Coast/Ghana, nf/p) • Sergio Román Armendáriz (born 1934, Ecuador, p/d) • Laura Adams Armer (1874–1963, US, nf/ch) • Simon Armitage (born 1963, England, p/d/f) • Annie Armitt (1850–1933, England, f/p/nf) • Rebecca Agatha Armour (1845–1891, Canada, f) • Richard Armour (1906–1989, US, p/nf/ch) • Isobel Armstrong (born 1937, England, nf) • Karen Armstrong (born 1944, England, nf) • Lindsay Armstrong (living, S Africa/Australia, f) • Martin Armstrong (1882–1974, f/p) • Millicent Armstrong (1888–1973, Australia, d) • Peter Armstrong (born 1957, England, p) • Richard Armstrong (1903–1986, England, f/ch) • Sarah Armstrong (born 1968, Australia, f) • Tilly Armstrong (1927–2010, England, f) • William H. Armstrong (1911–1999, US, ch) • Bergþóra Árnadóttir (1948–2007, Iceland, p) • Nína Björk Árnadóttir (1941–2000, Iceland, d/p/f) • Bergljót Arnalds (born 1968, Iceland, ch) • Jón Árnason (1819–1888, Iceland, nf/ch) • Örn Árnason (born 1959, Iceland, d) • Céline Arnauld (1885–1952, Romania/France, p/f) • Ernst Moritz Arndt (1769–1860, Swedish Pomerania/Germany, nf/p) • Achim von Arnim (1781–1831, Germany, p/f) • Bettina von Arnim (1785–1859, Germany, nf) • Craig Arnold (1967–2009, US, p) • Edwin Arnold (1822–1904, England, p/nf) • Edwin Lester Arnold (1857–1935, England, nf/f) • Elizabeth Arnold (born 1944, England, ch) • Gottfried Arnold (1666–1714, Germany, nf) • Janet Arnold (1932–1998, England, nf) • Matthew Arnold (1822–1888, England, p/nf) • Ron Arnold (1937–2022, US, nf) • Sarah Louise Arnold (1859–1943, US, nf) • Tedd Arnold (born 1949, US, ch) • Thomas James Arnold (c. 1804–1887, England, nf) • William Delafield Arnold (1828–1859, England, nf) • Arnórr jarlaskáld (c. 1012–1070s, Iceland, p) • Þjóðólfr Arnórsson (fl. 11th c., Iceland/Norway, p) • Hugo Arnot (1749–1786, Scotland, nf) • Jean Arp (1886–1966, Germany/Switzerland, p), full name Hans Peter Wilhelm Arp • Franciszka Arnsztajnowa (1865–1942, Poland, p/d), Holocaust victim • Fernando Arrabal (born 1932, Spain, d/f/p) • Hafsa bint al-Hajj Arrakuniyya ((died 1190, Andalusia, p) • Renée Ferrer de Arréllaga (born 1944, Paraguay, p/f) • Juan José Arreola (1918–2001, Mexico, f) • Guillermo Arriaga (born 1958, Mexico, f/d) • Arrian (c. 86/89 – post-146/160 CE, Greece, nf)), Greek name Arrianos • Yolanda Arroyo Pizarro (born 1970, Puerto Rico, f/nf/ch) • Pat Arrowsmith (1930–2023, England, f/nf/p) • I'timad Arrumaimikiyya (born 1045/1047, Andalusia, p) • Emmanuelle Arsan (1932–2005, Thailand/France, f), pseudonym of Marayat Rollet-Andriane • Vladimir Arsenijević (born 1965, Yugoslavia/Serbia, f/nf) • Vladimir Arsenyev (1872–1930, Russian E/USSR, nf) • Hranush Arshagyan (1887–1905, Ottoman E, p) • Eustahija Arsić (1776–1843, Austria-Hungary, nf) • Ahmed Ibrahim Artan (living, Somalia, nf) • Antonin Artaud (1896–1948, France, d/p/nf) • Rosalía Arteaga (born 1956, Ecuador, nf) • Miguel Arteche (1926–2012, Chile, p/f) • Keri Arthur (born 1967, Australia, f) • Portia Arthur (born 1990, Ghana, ch) • Ruth M. Arthur (1905–1979, Scotland, ch), born Ruth Mabel Arthur Huggins • H. C. Artmann (1921–2000, Austria, p/nf/f) • Tovma Artsruni (fl. 9th–10th c., Armenia, nf) • K. O. Arvidson (1938–2011, N Zealand, p/nf) • Ingeborg Arvola (born 1974, Norway, n/ch) • Akram Monfared Arya (born 1946, Iran/Sweden, nf) • Germán List Arzubide (1898–1998, Mexico, p/nf) • Gheorghe Asachi (1788–1869, Ukraine/Romania, p/f/d) • Jirō Asada (浅田次郎, born 1951, Japan, f/nf) • Houshang Asadi (born 1951, Iran/France, nf) • Milan Asadurov (1949–2019, Bulgaria, f) • Zabel Sibil Asadour (1863–1934, Ottoman E/Turkey, nf) • Asai Ryōi (浅井了意, c. 1612–1691, Japan, f/nf) • Khadambi Asalache (1935–2006, Kenya/England, f/p) • M. K. Asante (born 1982, US, nf) • Bediako Asare (born 1930, Gold Coast/Tanzania, f/nf) • Meshack Asare (born 1945, Gold Coast/Germany, ch) • Yaw Asare (1954–2002, Ghana, nf) • Catherine Asaro (born 1955, US, f) • Lado Asatiani (1917–1943, USSR, p) • Peter Christen Asbjørnsen (1812–1885, Norway, nf) • Hilario Ascasubi (1807–1875, Argentina, p) • Frank Asch (born 1946, US, ch) • Sholem Asch (1880–1957, Poland/England, f/d/nf) • Oscar Asche (1871–1936, Australia, d) • Birgit Aschmann (born 1967, Germany, nf) • Abdoulaye Ascofaré (born 1949, Mali, p/d) • Gaber Asfour (1944–2021, Egypt, nf) • Issa Asgarally (living, Mauritius, nf) • John Asgill (1659–1738, England, nf) • Eysteinn Ásgrímsson (c. 1310–1361, Iceland, p) • Russell Ash (1946–2010, England, nf/ch) • John Ashbery (1927–2017, US, p/nf) • Elizabeth Ashbridge (1713–1755, England/N American colonies, nf) • Cliff Ashby (1919–2012, England, p/f) • Deborah Ashby (born 1959, England, nf) • Joseph Ashby-Sterry (1836 or 1838–1917, England, p/f/nf) • Laura Ashe (living, England, nf) • Helen Asher (1927 – c. 2004, Australia, f) • Michael Asher (born 1953, England, nf/f) • Jay Asher (born 1975, US, f/nf) • Daisy Ashford (1881–1972, England, f) • Lindsay Ashford (born 1959, England, f/nf) • Taku Ashibe (芦辺拓, born 1958, Japan, f) • Dariush Ashoori (born 1938, Iran, nf) • Mariam bint Abu Ya'qub Ashshilbi (died 1020, Andalusia, p) • Mary Ashun (born 1968, Ghana, f/ch) • Bernard Ashley (born 1935, England, ch) • Melissa Ashley (born 1973, Australia, f) • Renée Ashley (born 1949, US, p/f/nf) • Robert Ashley (1565–1641, England, nf) • Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 3rd Earl of Shaftesbury (1671–1713, England/Italy, nf) • Anastasia M. Ashman (born 1964, US, nf) • Carl Ashmore (born 1968, England, ch) • Radwa Ashour (1946–2014, Egypt, f) • Charles Ashton (1848–1899, Wales, nf) • Francis Leslie Ashton (1904–1994, England, f) • Kalinda Ashton (living, Australia, f) • Leah Ashton (living, Australia, f) • Rosemary Ashton (born 1947, England, nf) • Sylvia Ashton-Warner (1908–1984, N Zealand, f/nf) • Asiimwe Deborah GKashugi (living, Uganda, d), born Deborah Asiimwe • Isaac Asimov (1920–1992, USSR/US, f/nf) • Janet Asimov (1926–2019, US, f/ch), pseudonym J. O. Jeppson • Abu Abdallah ibn Askar (1529–1578, Morocco, nf) • Rashid Askari (born 1965, E Pakistan/Bangladesh, nf/f) • Anton Aškerc (1856–1912, Austrian E, p) • Anne Askew (1520/1521–1546), England, p) • Kjell Askildsen (1929–2021, Norway, f) • Ibrahim Aslan (1935–2012, Egypt, f) • Mahmoud Aslan (1902 – post-1971, Tunisia, f/d) • Louise Aslanian (1902/1906–1945, Iran/France, p/f), Holocaust victim • Timoshenko Aslanides (1943–2020, Australia, p) • Nana Asma'u (1793–1864, Sokoto Caliphate, nf/p) • Adam Asnyk (1838–1897, Poland/Austria-Hungary, p/d) • Werner Aspenström (1918–1997, Sweden, p) • Aemilius Asper (fl. 1st c. CE or late 2nd c. CE, Rome, nf) • Asphyxia (living, Australia, ch) • Robert Asprin (1946–2008, US, f) • Clare Asquith (born 1951, England, nf) • Lady Cynthia Asquith (1887–1960, England, f/nf/cs) • Herbert Asquith (1881–1947, p/f) • Margot Asquith (1864–1945, Scotland/England, nf) • Ros Asquith (living, England, ch) • Abu al-Abbas as-Sabti (1129–1204, Morocco, nf) • Mina Assadi (born 1943, Iran/Sweden, p/nf) • Ryad Assani-Razaki (born 1981, Benin/Canada, f) • Robert Assaraf (1936–2018, Morocco/France, nf) • Akram Assem (born 1965, Afghanistan, nf) • Akwasi Bretuo Assensoh (born 1946, Gold Coast/US, nf) • Machado de Assis (1839–1908, Brazil, f/p/d) • Mary Astell (1666–1731, England, nf) • David Astle (born 1961, Australia, nf/f/d) • Thomas Astle (1735–1803, England, nf) • Judy Astley (living, England, f/nf) • Thea Astley (1925–2004, Australia, f/p) • Margaret Aston (1932–2014, England, nf) • Tilly Aston (1873–1947, Australia, p/nf) • Carlos Astrada (1894–1970, Argentina, nf) • Jean Astruc (1684–1766, France, nf) • Miguel Ángel Asturias (1899–1974, Guatemala/Spain, p/f/d) • Alaa Al Aswany (born 1957, Egypt, f/nf) • Bogoboj Atanacković (1826–1858, Hungary/Serbia, f) • Ksenija Atanasijević (1894–1981, Serbia/Yugoslavia, nf) • Sonja Atanasijević (born 1962, Yugoslavia/Serbia, f) • Nataša Atanasković (born 1972, Yugoslavia/Serbia, f) • Platon Atanacković (1788–1867, Habsburg E, nf) • Manouchehr Atashi (1931–2005, Iran, p/nf) • Oğuz Atay (1934–1977, Turkey, f) • Jón Hnefill Aðalsteinsson (1927–2010, Iceland, nf) • Athanasius of Alexandria (c. 296/298–373 CE, Greece, nf) • Edwin Atherstone (1788–1872, England, p/f) • Cassandra Atherton (living, Australia, p/nf) • Yusuf Atılgan (1921–1989, Ottoman E/Turkey, f/d) • Abu Jafar ibn Atiyya (died 1158, Morocco, nf) • Lucy Atkins (born 1968, England, f/nf) • Peter Atkins (born 1940, England, nf) • Blanche Atkinson (1847–1911, England, f/ch) • Diane Atkinson (living, England, nf) • Hugh Atkinson (1924–1994, Australia, f/ch) • Kate Atkinson (born 1951, England, f/d) • Louisa Atkinson (1834–1872, Australia, f/nf) • M. E. Atkinson (1899–1974, England, ch) • Rupert Atkinson (1881–1961, Australia, p/d) • Tiffany Atkinson (born 1972, Germany/Wales, p) • William Walker Atkinson (1862–1932, US, nf) • Odafe Atogun (living, Nigeria, f) • Vishnu Raj Atreya (1944–2020, Nepal, nf/p) • Sefi Atta (born 1964, Nigeria/US, f/d) • Ayesha Harruna Attah (born 1983, Ghana/Senegal, f) • Karen Attard (born 1958, Australia, f) • David Attenborough (born 1926, England, nf) • Per Daniel Amadeus Atterbom (1790–1855, Sweden, p) • Mririda n'Ait Attik (c. 1900 – c. 1940s, Morocco, p) • Amelia Atwater-Rhodes (born 1984, US, f/ch) • Margaret Atwood (born 1939, Canada, n/f/nf)

Au–Az

• Elise Aubert (1837–1909, Norway, f/nf) • Madeleine de l'Aubespine (1546–1596, France, p) • Jean-Henri Merle d'Aubigné (1794–1872, Switzerland, nf) • Cécile Aubry (1928–2010, France, ch) • Edward St Aubyn (born 1960, England, f/nf) • Penelope Aubin (c. 1679 – c. 1738, England, f/p) • John Aubrey (1626–1697, England, nf) • Hennie Aucamp (1934–2014, S Africa, p/f/nf) • Dorothy Auchterlonie (1915–1991, England/Australia, nf/p) • W. H. Auden (1907–1973, England/Austria, p/nf) • Jean Auel (born 1936, US, f) • Martin Auer (born 1951, Austria, ch/f/nf) • Raoul Auernheimer (1876–1948, Austria/US, nf) • Count Anton Alexander von Auersperg (1806–1876, Austrian E, p), pseudonym Anastasius Grün • Steve Augarde (born 1950, England, f/ch) • Augustine of Hippo (354–430, N Africa, nf) • Imre Augustič, 1837–1879, Hungary, nf/p) • Lillian Aujo (living, Uganda, f/p) • Kjell Aukrust (1920–2002, Norway, f) • Olav Aukrust (1883–1929, Norway, p) • Ingri and Edgar Parin d'Aulaire (1904–1980; 1898–1986, Norway/US, ch) • Htin Aung (1909–1978, Burma, nf) • Pe Aung (1917–2006, Burma/Myanmar, nf) • Francis Aupiais (1877–1945, France/Benin, nf) • Marcus Aurelius (121–180 CE, Roman E, nf) • Jules Barbey d'Aurevilly (1808–1889, France, f) • Maria Aurora (1937–2010, Portugal, p/f/ch), pseudonym of Aurora Augusta Figueiredo de Carvalho Homem • Joseph Auslander (1897–1965, US, p/f) • Rose Ausländer (1901–1988, Austro-Hungarian E/Germany, p) • Ausonius (c. 310 – c. 395, Roman Gaul, p/nf) • Jane Austen (1775–1817, England, f) • Paul Auster (born 1947, US, f/p/nf) • Ralph Austen (c. 1612–1676, England, nf) • Alfred Austin (1835–1913, England, p) • Jane G. Austin (1831–1894, US, f) • John Austin (1790–1859, England, nf) • Sarah Austin (1793–1967, England/Germany, nf) • Jonathan Auxier (born 1981, Canada, ch) • Jovan Avakumović (c. 1748–1810, Habsburg E, p) • Gertrudis Gómez de Avellaneda (1814–1873, Cuba/Spain, d/p/f) • Esther Averill (1902–1992, US, ch) • Gillian Avery (1926–2016, England, f/nf) • Harold Avery (1867–1943, England, ch) • James Avery (1945–2013, US, p) • Avi (born 1937, US, ch) • Tusiata Avia (born 1960, N Zealand, p/ch) • Tamsier Joof Aviance (born 1973, Gambia, nf) • Avicenna (c. 980–1037, Samanid E/Iran, nf/p), Arabic name Ibn Sina • Carlos Lobo de Ávila (1860–1895, Portugal, nf) • Bunty Avieson (living, Australia, f/nf) • Margaret Avison (1918–2007, Canada, p/nf) • Jack Avon (born 1967, Zambia/England, nf) • Smilja Avramov (1918–2018, Yugoslavia/Serbia, nf) • Dimitrije Avramović (1815–1855, Serbia, nf) • Tash Aw (born 1971, Malaysia/England, f/nf), full name Aw Ta-Shi (歐大旭) • Krayem Awad (born 1948, Syria/Austria, p) • Usman Awang (1929–2001, Malaya/Malaysia, p/d/f) • Christopher Awdry (born 1940, England, ch) • Wilbert Awdry (1911–1997, England, ch), known as Rev. W. Awdry • Ngahuia Te Awekotuku (born 1949, N Zealand, nf) • Diane Awerbuck (born 1974, S Africa, f/nf) • Farah Awl (1937–1991, Somaliland/Somalia, nf/p), full name Faarax Maxamed Jaamac Cawl • Kofi Awoonor (1935–2013, Gold Coast/Ghana, p/f/nf) • Mohammed Awzal (1670–1749, Morocco, nf) • Jan Axelson (born 1949, US, nf) • Majgull Axelsson (born 1947, Sweden, nf) • Ibrahima Aya (born 1967, Mali, nf/f) • Felipe Guaman Poma de Ayala (c. 1535 – post-1616, Peru, nf) • Yukito Ayatsuji (内田直行, born 1960, Japan, f) • Fatma Aydemir (born 1986, Germany, f/nf) • Kyi Aye (1929–2016, Burma/Myanmar, p/f) • A. J. Ayer (1910–1989, England, nf) • Gennadiy Aygi (1934–2006, USSR/Russia, p) • Nana Oforiatta Ayim (living, Ghana, f/nf) • Joseph Ayloffe (1708–1781, England, nf) • Zighen Aym (born 1957, Algeria/US, nf) • Marcel Aymé (1902–1967, France, f/ch) • Ayo Ayoola-Amale (living, Nigeria, p) • Nabil Ayouch (born 1969, France, f) • Ed Ayres (born 1941, US, nf) • Ed Ayres (Australia, nf) • Pam Ayres (born 1947, England, p) • Hertha Ayrton (1854–1923, England, nf) • Robert Aytoun (1570–1638, Scotland, p) • Awista Ayub (born c. 1979, Afghanistan/India, f) • Tetsuya Ayukawa (鮎川哲也, 1919–2002, Japan, nf/f) • Iwao Ayusawa (鮎沢巌, 1894–1972, Japan, nf) • Qadi Ayyad ben Moussa (1083–1149, Almoravid E, nf) • Abu Salim al-Ayyashi (1628–1679, Morocco, nf/p) • Humayun Azad (1947–2004, India/Germany, p/f/nf) • Shokoofeh Azar (born 1972, Iran/Australia, f) • Maryam Jafari Azarmani (born 1977, Iran, p/nf) • Ali Azayku (1942–2004, Morocco, p/nf) • Predrag Azdejković (born 1978, Germany/Serbia, nf) • Aluisio Azevedo (1857–1913, Brazil, f/nf/d) • Álvares de Azevedo (1831–1852, Brazil, p/f/d) • Artur Azevedo (1855–1908, Brazi. f/d/p) • Uche Azikiwe (born 1947, Nigeria, nf) • Mohammad Yousuf Azraq (1937–1992, Afghanistan, nf) • Mariano Azuela (1873–1952, Mexico, f/d/nf) • Kiyohiko Azuma (あずまきよひこ, born 1968, Japan, f) • Trezza Azzopardi (born 1961, Wales/England, f) • Jody Azzouni (born 1954, US, nf) • Nnorom Azuonye (born 1967, Biafra/Nigeria, d/p/nf) • Abd Allah ibn Azzuz (died 1789, Morocco, nf)