The following is a List of authors by name whose last names begin with B: 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

Ba–BB

• Amadou Hampâté Bâ (1900/1901–1991, Mali/Ivory Coast, nf) • Ba Jin (巴金, 1904–2005, China, f/nf), pseudonym of Li Yaotang • Mariama Bâ (1929–1981, Senegal/France, f/nf) • A. C. Baantjer (1923–2010, Netherlands, f) • Gerzel Baazov (1904–1938, Russian E/USSR, p/d) • Bolu Babalola (born 1991, England, f/d) • Rotimi Babatunde (living, Nigeria, p/f/d) • Charles Babbage (1791–1871, England, nf) • Natalie Babbitt (1932–2016, US, ch) • Dragan Babić (1937–2013, Yugoslavia/Serbia, nf) • Gregory Victor Babic (1963–2013, Australia, nf/f) • Sava Babić (1934–2012, Yugoslavia/Serbia, nf) • Gervase Babington (1549/1550–1610, England, nf) • Mihály Babits (1883–1941, Hungary, p/f/nf) • Gabriela Babnik (born 1979, Yugoslavia/Slovenia, f) • Ken Babstock (born 1970, Canada, p) • Jimmy Santiago Baca (born 1952, US, p/nf/d) • Riccardo Bacchelli (1891–1985, Italy, f) • Bacchylides (c. 518 – c. 451 BCE, Greece, p) • Hachemi Baccouche (1916–2008, Tunisia, nf) • Bellamy Bach (group pseudonym, fl. 1980s, US, f/p) • Richard Bach (born 1936, US, f) • Harivansh Rai Bachchan (1907–2003, India, p), born Harivansh Rai Srivastava • Joseph M. Bachelor (1887–1947, US, p) • Simon Bacher (1823–1891, Hungary, p) • Ingeborg Bachmann (1926–1973, Austria, p/d/f) • Sutardji Calzoum Bachri (born 1941, Dutch East Indies/Indonesia, p) • Camil Baciu (1926–2005, Romania/France, nf/f) • Maria Baciu (born 1942, Romania, p/f/ch) • Anne-Marie de Backer (1908–1987, France, p) • Marijn Backer (born 1956, Netherlands, p/ch) • Edmund Backhouse (1873–1944, England, nf) • Elizabeth Backhouse (1917–2013, Australia, f/d) • William Backhouse (1593–1662, England, nf) • Fredrik Backman (born 1981, Sweden, f) • Anne Bacon (1527 or 1528–1610, England, nf) • Francis Bacon (1561–1626, England, nf) • Phanuel Bacon (1700–1783, England, d/p) • Anatol E. Baconsky (1925–1977, Romania, p/f/nf) • John Baconthorpe (c. 1290–1347, England, nf), also known as Bacconius • George Bacovia (1881–1957, Romania, p), pseudonym of Gheorghe Vasiliu • Marie-Frédérique Bacqué (born 1959, France, nf) • Krzysztof Kamil Baczyński (1921–1944, Poland, p) • John F. Baddeley (1854–1940, England, nf) • David Baddiel (born 1964, England, f/nf/ch) • Robert Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell (1857–1941, England/Kenya, nf) • Van Badham (born 1974, Australia, d/f) • Janet Badjan-Young (born 1937, Gambia, d) • Adwoa Badoe (living, Ghana/Canada, f/nf) • Yaba Badoe (born 1954, Ghana/England, nf) • Amna Elsadik Badri (living, Sudan, nf) • Hala El Badry (born 1954, Egypt, nf/f) • Robert Bage (1730–1801, England, f) • Walter Bagehot (1826–1887, England, nf) • Julio Baghy (1891–1967, Hungary, p/f) • Jean-Louis Baghio'o (1910–1994, Martinique/France, f/nf/p), pseudonym of Victor Jean-Louis • Desmond Bagley (1923–1983, England, f) • Enid Bagnold (1889–1981, England, p/f) • Richard Bagot (1860–1921, England, f/nf) • Elisaveta Bagryana (1893–1991, Bulgaria, p) • Tilly Bagshawe (born 1973, England, f) • Guru Tegh Bahadur (1621–1675, Mughal E, p/nf) • Kul Bahadur KC (1946–2013, Nepal, p) • Kerolos Bahgat (born 1991, Egypt, nf) • Abdul Hamid Bahij (born 1979, Afghanistan/Germany, nf) • Eric Bahloo (born 1964, Mauritius/France, nf) • Eduardo Bähr (born 1940, Honduras, f/nf) • Bai Juyi (白居易, 772–846, China, p) • Mah Laqa Bai (1768–1824, India, p), born Chanda Bai • Bai Renfu (白仁甫, c. 1226−1306, China, d) • Bai Shouyi (白壽彝, 1909–2000, China, nf) • Jean-Antoine de Baïf (1532–1589, Venice/France, p) • Grace Shattuck Bail (1898–1996, US, p) • Murray Bail (born 1941, Australia, f/nf) • Adrian Bailey (born 1945, England, nf) • David Bailey (living, England, f/d/nf) • H. C. Bailey (1878–1961, England, f) • Hilary Bailey (1936–2017, England, f/nf) • Nathan Bailey (died 1742, England, nf) • Paul Bailey (born 1937, England, f/d) • Philip James Bailey (1816–1902, England, p) • Sarah Lord Bailey (1856–1922, England/US, nf) • Allan Baillie (born 1943, Scotland/Australia, f/ch) • Joanna Baillie (1762–1851, Scotland/England, p/d) • Robert Baillie (1602–1662, Scotland, nf) • Séry Bailly (1948–2018, Ivory Coast, nf/f) • Alexander Bain (1818–1903, Scotland, nf) • F. W. Bain (1863–1940, England/India, f) • Beryl Bainbridge (1932–2010, England, f/nf) • Doreen Baingana (born 1966, Uganda, f/ch/nf) • Elizabeth-Irene Baitie (born 1970, Ghana, f/ch) • Ibn Bajjah (died 1138, Morocco, nf/p), also known as Avempace • József Bajza (1804–1858, Austria-Hungary, p/nf) • Jozef Ignác Bajza (1755–1836, Austria-Hungary, f) • Józef Baka (1706 or 1707–1780, Polish Lithuania, p) • Latifa Baka (born 1964, Morocco, f) • Vyt Bakaitis (born 1940, Lithuania/US, p) • Djibo Bakary (1922–1998, Niger, nf) • Bake Robert Tumuhaise (born 1981, Uganda, nf) • Anne Baker (born 1914, England, nf) • David Baker (born 1954, US, p) • Deb Baker (born 1953, US, f) • Deborah Baker (living, US/India, nf) • Denys Val Baker (1917–1984, Wales, f/nf) • Henry Baker (1698–1774, England, nf) • Hinemoana Baker (born 1968, N Zealand, p) • James Robert Baker (1947–1997, US, f) • Kage Baker (1952–2010, US, f) • Kate Baker (1861–1953, Australia, nf) • Louisa Alice Baker (1856–1926, N Zealand, f) • Marina Baker (born 1967, England, ch) • Samuel Baker (1821–1893, England, nf) • Wasef Bakhtari (born 1942, Afghanistan/US, p/nf) • Bâkî (1526–1600, Ottoman E, p), pseudonym of Mahmud Abdülbâkî • Ljiljana Bakić (1939–2022, Yugoslavia/Serbia, nf) • Khnata bent Bakkar (died 1754, Morocco, nf) • R. Scott Bakker (born 1967, Canada, f) • C. Johan Bakkes (born 1956, S Africa, nf) • Christiaan Bakkes (born 1965, S Africa, nf) • Margaret Bakkes (1931–2016, S Africa, f/nf) • Stefano Bakonyi (1892–1969, Hungary/Italy, nf) • Lujo Bakotić (1867–1941, Austrian E/Yugoslavia, nf) • Peter Bakowski (born 1954, Australia, p) • Salwa Bakr (born 1949, Egypt, f) • Krishna Bhusan Bal (1948–2012, Nepal, p) • Bob Balaban (born 1945, US, ch) • John Balaban (born 1943, US, p) • Judy Balaban (1932–2023, US, nf) • Đorđe Balašević (1953–2021, Yugoslavia/Serbia, p) • Bálint Balassi (1554–1594, Hungary, p) • Rajeev Balasubramanyam (England, f) • Béla Balázs (1884–1949, Hungary, nf/p) • Julia Balbilla (72 CE – post–130, Roman E, p) • Edward Balcerzan (born 1937, Poland, nf/p) • Nigel Balchin (1908–1970, England, f/nf/d) • Betsy Balcombe (1802–1871, England, nf) • David Baldacci (born 1960, US, f) • Sirah Baldé (1929–2018, Guinea, f) • Margaret Balderson (born 1935, Australia, ch) • Kristín Marja Baldursdóttir (born 1949, Iceland, f) • Faith Baldwin (1893–1978, US, f) • James Baldwin (1924–1987, US, nf) • John Bale (1495–1563, England/Ireland, nf) • Stanisław Baliński (1898–1984, Poland, p/nf) • Rabia Balkhi (10th c. CE, Afghanistan/Samanid E, p) • Hugo Ball (1886–1927, Germany/Switzerland, p/nf) • Jesse Ball (born 1978, US, f/p) • Murray Ball (1939–2017, N Zealand, nf) • Zsófia Balla (born 1949, Romania/Hungary, p/nf) • Philippa Ballantine (born 1971, N Zealand, f) • David Ballantyne (1924–1986, N Zealand, f/nf) • R. M. Ballantyne (1825–1894, Scotland/England, f) • Carol Ballard (living, England, nf) • J. G. Ballard (1930–2009, China/England, f/nf) • Todhunter Ballard (1903–1980, US, f) • Ishwor Ballav (1937–2008, Nepal, p) • Blue Balliett (born 1955, US, ch) • Addie L. Ballou (1838–1916, US, p/nf) • Pedro Balmaceda (1868–1889, Chile, nf) • Josephine Balmer (born 1959, England, p/nf) • Konstantin Balmont (1867–1942, Russian E/USSR, p) • Mary Balogh (born 1944, Wales/Canada, ch) • J. P. V. D. Balsdon (1901–1977, England, nf) • Honoré de Balzac (1799–1850, France, f) • Samuel Bamford (1788–1872, England, nf/p) • John Codrington Bampfylde (1754–1796/7, England, p) • Ban Biao (班彪, 3–54 CE, China, nf) • Ban Gu (班固, 32–92 CE, China, nf/p) • Matija Ban (1818–1903, Austrian E/Serbia, p/d) • Ban Zhao (班昭, c. 45/49 – 117/120 CE, China, nf) • Zsófia Bán (born 1957, Brazil/Hungary, nf) • Carmen-Francesca Banciu (born 1955, Romania, f/d) • Richard Bancroft (1544–1610, England, nf) • Ellen Banda-Aaku (born 1965, England/Zambia, f/ch) • António Gonçalves de Bandarra (1500–1556, Portugal, nf/p) • Biyi Bandele (1967–2022, Nigeria/England, f/d) • Manuel Bandeira (1886–1968, Brazil, p/nf) • Danica Bandić (1871–1950, Austria-Hungary/Serbia, f/d) • Faith Bandler (1918–2015, Australia, nf) • Manik Bandopadhyay (1908–1956, India, f) • Bibhutibhushan Bandyopadhyay (1894–1950, India, f) • Sharadindu Bandyopadhyay (1899–1970, India, f) • Tarasankar Bandyopadhyay (1898–1971, India, f) • Miklós Bánffy (1873–1950, Hungary, f/nf) • Herman Bang (1857–1912, Denmark, f) • Mary Jo Bang (born 1946, US, p) • Odd Bang-Hansen (1908–1984, Norway, nf/f/ch) • Bunmi Banjo (born 1977, Canada/Nigeria, nf) • Zsuzsa Bánk (born 1965, Germany, f) • Isabella Banks (1821–1897, England, f/p) • Iain M. Banks (1954–2013, Scotland, f) • Lynne Reid Banks (1929–2024, England, ch/f) • Russell Banks (born 1940, US, f/p) • Anne Bannerman (1765–1829, Scotland, p) • Helen Bannerman (1862–1946, Scotland, ch) • Lex Banning (1921–1965, Australia, p) • Ann Bannon (born 1932, US, f) • Shabbir Banoobhai (born 1949, S Africa, p) • Bao Junhui (鮑君徽, late 8th c. CE, China, p) • Bao Linghui (鲍令晖, fl. c. 464 CE, China, p) • Bao Zhao (鮑照, c. 414–466, China, p/nf) • Anni Baobei (安妮宝贝, born 1974, China, f), pseudonym of Li Jie (励婕) • Reza Baraheni (1935–2022, Iran/Canada, f/p/nf) • Amiri Baraka (1934–2014, US, p/d/f), birth name Everett LeRoi Jones • Ibtisam Barakat (born 1963, Palestine, USA) author and poet (ابتسام بركات) • Marcin Baran (born 1963, Poland, p/nf) • Stanisław Barańczak (1946–2014, Poland, p/nf) • Agnieszka Baranowska (1819–1890, Prussian Poland, d/p) • Porfirio Barba-Jacob (1883–1942, Colombia, p/nf) • Anna Laetitia Barbauld (1743–1825, England, p/f/ch) • Jorge Barbosa (1902–1971, Cape Verde/Portugal, p/nf) • Alexander Barclay (c. 1476–1552, Scotland/England, p) • Edwin Barclay (1882–1955, Liberia, nf) • Janos Bardi (1923–1990, Hungary/Germany, f/nf/d) • Théodore de Banville (1823–1891, France, p/nf) • Ana de Sousa Baptista (born 1971, Portugal, p) • Antanas Baranauskas (1835–1902, Russian E, p) • Nikoloz Baratashvili (1817–1845, Russian E, p) • Porfirio Barba-Jacob (1883–1942, Colombia, p/nf) • Anna Laetitia Barbauld (1743–1825, England, p/nf/ch) • Arlindo Barbeitos (born 1940, Angola, p) • W. N. P. Barbellion (1889–1919, England, nf) • Margaret Barber (1869–1901, England, nf), pseudonym Michael Fairless • Mary Barber (c. 1685 – c. 1755, Ireland/England, p) • Ros Barber (born 1964, England, f/p) • Shirley Barber (1935–2023, England/Australia, ch) • Muriel Barbery (born 1969, France, f) • Auguste Barbier (1805–1882, France, d/p) • Eileen Barbosa (living, Cape Verde, f) • John Barbour (c. 1320–1395, Scotland, p) • Ralph Henry Barbour (1870–1944, US, ch) • Eugen Barbu (1924–1993, Romania, f) • Ion Barbu (1895–1961, Romania, nf/p), pseudonym of Dan Barbilian • Alexander Barclay (c. 1476–1552, England, nf) • Edwin Barclay (1882–1955, Liberia, nf/p) • Florence L. Barclay (1862–1921, England, f) • James Barclay (born 1965, England, f) • Robert Barclay (1648–1690, England, nf) • Janos Bardi (1923–1990, Hungary/Germany, f/nf) • Michele Bardsley (born 1970, US, f) • Leigh Bardugo, (born 1975, US, f) • Burl Barer (born 1947, US, nf) • John Baret (died 1580, England, nf) • Giuseppe Marc'Antonio Baretti (1719–1789, Italy/England, nf]] • Owen Barfield (1898–1997, England, nf/f/p) • Serie Barford (living, N Zealand, p) • Charles Foster Barham (1804–1884, England, nf) • Debbie Barham (1976–2003, England, f) • Richard Barham (1788–1845, England, f/p), pseudonym Thomas Ingoldsby • Alessandro Baricco (born 1958, Italy, f/d) • Maurice Baring (1874–1945, England, d/p/f) • Sabine Baring-Gould (1834–1924, England, nf/f) • René Barjavel (1911–1985, France, f/nf) • Mehdi Ben Barka (1920 – post-1965, Morocco, nf) • Mohammad Barkatullah (1898–1974, India/Bangladesh, nf) • A. L. Barker (1918–2002, England, f) • Cicely Mary Barker (1895–1973, England, nf) • Clive Barker (born 1952, England, d/f) • Dan Barker (born 1949, US, nf) • Elspeth Barker (born 1940, Scotland/England, f/nf) • George Barker (1913–1991, England, p) • Jane Barker (1652–1732, England, f/p/nf) • Juliet Barker (born 1958, England, nf) • Les Barker (1947–2023, England, p) • Mary Anne Barker (1831–1911, Jamaica/England, nf) • Nicola Barker (born 1966, England/S Africa, f) • Pat Barker (born 1943, England, f) • Raffaella Barker (born 1964, England, f/ch) • Sebastian Barker (1945–2014, England, f/nf) • Joyce Barkhouse (1913–2012, Canada, ch) • Jill Barklem (1951–2017, England, ch) • Anna Barkova (1901–1976, Russia/USSR, p/nf/d) • Coleman Barks (born 1937, US, p) • Clement Barksdale (1609–1687, England, nf) • Mihály Barla (c. 1778–1824, Hungary, f/p) • Ernst Barlach (1870–1938, Germany, nf) • Fevziye Rahgozar Barlas (born 1955, Afghanistan/US, p/f) • Jeffrey E. Barlough (born 1953, US, f/nf) • Christopher Henry Muwanga Barlow (1929–2006, Uganda, p) • Frank Barlow (1911–2009, England, nf) • George Barlow (1847–1913 or 1914, England, p), pseudonym James Hinton • Thomas Barlow (c. 1608–1691, England, nf) • William Barlow (died 1613, England, nf) • Kitty Barne (1882–1961, England, d/ch) • Barnabe Barnes (c. 1571–1609, England, p) • Lady Anne Barnard (1750–1825, Scotland/S Africa, nf/p) • John Barnard (1628–1683, England, nf) • Marjorie Barnard (1897–1987, Australia, f/nf) • Mary Barnard (1909–2001, US, p) • Mordaunt Roger Barnard (1828–1906, England, nf) • Neal D. Barnard (born 1953, US, nf) • Kitty Barne (1882–1961, England, d/ch) • Ambrose Barnes (1627–1710, England, nf) • Djuna Barnes (1892–1982, US, f/nf/p) • Eric Barnes (born 1968, US, f) • John Barnes (born 1957, US, f) • Jonathan Barnes (born 1942, England, nf) • Joshua Barnes (1654–1712, England, nf/f) • Julian Barnes (born 1946, England, f) • Steven Barnes (born 1952, US, f) • Stuart Barnes (born 1977, Australia, p) • Will C. Barnes (1858–1936, US, nf) • William Barnes (1801–1886, p/nf) • Annie Wall Barnett (1859–1942, US, p) • Catherine Barnett (born 1960, US, p) • Correlli Barnett (1927–2022, England, nf) • Jill Barnett (living, US, f) • Natalie Clifford Barney (1876–1972, US/France, d/p/f) • Richard Barnfield (1574–1620, England, p) • Wilton Barnhardt (born 1960, US, f) • Kelly Barnhill (born 1973, US, ch) • Vasil Barnovi (1856–1934, Russian E/USSR, f) • Willis Barnstone (born 1927, US, p/nf) • José Baroja (born 1983, Chile, nf) • Alexander Baron (1917–1999, England, f/d) • Evangeline Barongo (living, Uganda, ch) • Linda Maria Baros (born 1981, Romania/France, p/nf) • Amelia Edith Huddleston Barr (1831–1919, England, f) • John Barr (1809–1889, Scotland/N Zealand, p) • Miriam Barr (born 1982, N Zealand, p) • Nevada Barr (born 1952, US, f) • Pat Barr (1934–2018, England, f/nf) • Mubarkah Bent al-Barra (born 1957, Mauritania, p) • Geoffrey Barraclough (1908–1984, England, nf) • Sarah Maria Barraud (1823–1895, N Zealand, nf) • Tony Barrell (living, England, nf) • Julio Pazos Barrera (born 1944, Ecuador, p) • Maurice Barrès (1862–1923, France, f/nf) • John Barret (1631–1713, England, nf) • Joseph Barret (1665–1699, England, nf) • Lima Barreto (1881–1922, Brazil, f/nf) • A. Igoni Barrett (born 1979, Nigeria, f) • Andrea Barrett (born 1954, US, f) • Jo Barrett (living, US, f) • Lindsay Barrett (born 1941, Jamaica/Nigeria, p/f/d) • Lynne Barrett (living, US, f) • Rachel Barrett (1874–1953, Wales/England, nf) • Robert G. Barrett (1942–2012, Australia, f) • William Barrett (1733–1789, England, nf) • J. M. Barrie (1860–1937, Scotland/England, f/d/ch) • Leslie Barringer (1895–1968, England, f) • Eduardo Barrios (1884–1963, Chile, f/nf/p) • Laird Barron (born 1970, US, f/p) • T. A. Barron (born 1952, US, ch/nf) • João de Barros (1496–1570, Portugal, nf) • Isaac Barrow (1630–1677, England, nf) • John Barrow (fl. 1735–1774, England, nf) • Julia Barrow (born 1956, England, nf) • William Barrow (1754–1836) • Mark Barrowcliffe (born 1964, England, f) • Rachel Barrowman (born 1963, N Zealand, nf) • Angela Barry (born 1940s, Bermuda, f) • Dave Barry (born 1947, US, nf/f) • John Arthur Barry (1850–1911, England/Australia, f) • Kevin Barry (born 1951, US, d) • Kevin Barry (born 1969, Ireland, f) • Kesso Barry (born 1948, Guinea/France, f) • Margaret Stuart Barry (1927–2022, England, ch) • Mariama Barry (living, Senegal, f) • Max Barry (born 1973, Australia, f/nf) • Rhoda Barry (1916–2011, South Africa, p) • Stan Barstow (1928–2011, England, f) • Sándor Barta (1897–1938, Hungary/USSR, p) • Guillaume de Salluste Du Bartas (1544–1590, France, p) • Adolf Bartels (1862–1945, Germany, nf/p) • John Barth (1930–2024, US, f) • Joachim Bartholomae (born 1956, Germany) • Richard Bartholomew (1926–1985, Burma/India, nf/p) • William Bartholomew (1793–1867, England, d) • Mike Bartlett (born 1980, England, d) • Vladimir Bartol (1903–1967, Yugoslavia/Slovenia, f/d) • Bernard Barton (1784–1849, England, p) • Charlotte Barton (1797–1867, Australia, ch) • David Barton (born 1954, US, nf) • Emily Mary Barton (1817–1909, Australia, p) • Joan Barton (1908–1986, England, p) • Gaston Bart-Williams (1938–1990, Sierra Leone/Germany, f/nf/p) • Bipradash Barua (born 1940, India/Bangladesh, f) • Bertha Hirsch Baruch (fl. early 20th c., Germany/US, nf) • Violet Barungi (born 1943, Uganda, f/ch/d) • Mildred Barya (born 1976, Uganda/US, f/nf/p) • Empi Baryeh (living, Ghana, f) • Jalal Barzanji (born 1953, Iraq, p/nf) • Anabela Basalo (born 1972, Yugoslavia/Serbia, f) • Svetislav Basara (born 1953, Yugoslavia/Serbia, nf) • Neagoe Basarab (c. 1459–1521, Wallachia, nf) • Graeme Base (born 1958, England/Australia, ch) • Olumbe Bassir (1919–2001, Sierra Leone, nf) • Angèle Bassolé-Ouédraogo (born 1967, Ivory Coast/Canada, p/nf) • François Bassolet (1933–2001, Burkina Faso, nf) • Jackee Budesta Batanda (living, Uganda, f/nf) • Johann Bernhard Basedow (1724–1790, Germany, nf) • Todd Bash (born 1965, US, d) • Miryana Basheva (1947–2020, Bulgaria, p) • Henry Howarth Bashford (1880–1961, England, f/nf) • Al-Tijani Yusuf Bashir (1912–1937, Sudan, p) • Matsuo Bashō (松尾芭蕉, 1644–1694, Japan, p) • Michael Basinski (born 1950, US, p) • Celina Baljeet Basra (living, Germany, f) • Ellen Bass (born 1947, US, p) • Nelson Estupiñán Bass (1912–2002, Ecuador, f/p/nf) • T. J. Bass (1932–2011, US, f/nf), also known as Thomas J. Bassler • Giorgio Bassani (1916–2000, Italy, f/p/nf) • William Basse (c. 1583 – c. 1653, England, p) • Marnie Bassett (1890–1980, Australia, nf) • Hussein Bassir (living, Egypt, nf) • Angèle Bassolé-Ouédraogo (born 1967, Ivory Coast/Canada, p/nf) • Peter Bastian (1943–2017, Denmark, nf) • Frédéric Bastiat (1801–1850, France, nf) • Augusto Roa Bastos (1917–2005, Paraguay, f/d) • Olav Rune Ekeland Bastrup (born 1956, Norway, nf) • John Bastwick (1593–1654, England, nf) • Georges Bataille (1897–1962, France, nf) • Henry Bataille (1872–1922, France, d/p) • Dušan T. Bataković (1957–2017, Yugoslavia/Serbia, nf) • Jonathan Bate (born 1958, England, nf/f) • Colin Bateman (born 1962, Ireland, f/ch) • James Bateman (1811–1897, England, nf) • Michael Bateman (1932–2006, England, nf) • Arlo Bates (1850–1918, US, f/p/nf) • Daisy Bates (1859–1951, Australia, nf) • David Bates (1809–1970, US, p) • H. E. Bates (1905–1974, England, f/nf/ch) • Henry Walter Bates (1825–1892, England, nf) • Katharine Lee Bates (1859–1929, US, p) • Ralph Bates (1899–2000, England, f/nf) • Catherine Bateson (born 1960, Australia, f/p) • Elizabeth Bath (1776–1844, England, p) • Joseph Bathanti (born 1953, US, p/f/nf) • José Batlle y Ordóñez (1856–1929, Uruguay, nf) • Larbi Batma (1948–1998, Morocco, p) • Kofi Batsa (1931–1991, Gold Coast/Ghana, nf) • János Batsányi (1763–1845, Hungary, p) • Ibn Battuta (1304–1377, Morocco, nf) • Enis Batur (born 1952, Turkey, p/nf/f) • Wilhelm Bauberger (1809–1883, Germany, f) • Henry Bauchau (1913–2012, Belgium/France, nf/p) • Dawn-Michelle Baude (born 1959, US, p/nf) • Charles Baudelaire (1821–1867, France, p/nf) • Emma Pow Bauder (1848–1932, US, f) • Edward Baugh (1936–2023, Jamaica, p/nf) • Blanche Baughan (1870–1958, N Zealand, p/nf) • L. Frank Baum (1856–1919, US, ch) • Vicki Baum (1888–1960, Austria/US, f) • Hans Baumann (1914–1988, Germany, p/ch) • Ferdinand Christian Baur (1792–1860, Germany, nf) • Cirilo Bautista (1941–2018, Philippines, p/nf) • Lualhati Bautista (1945–2023, Philippines, f/nf) • Gillian Baverstock (1931–2007, England, nf/f) • Nina Bawden (1925–2012, England, ch) • Alan Baxter (born 1970, England/Australia, f) • Andrew Baxter (1686/1687–1750, Scotland, nf) • Charles Baxter (born 1947, US, f/nf/p) • James K. Baxter (1926–1972, N Zealand, p/d) • John Baxter (born 1939, Australia/France, f/nf) • Marion Babcock Baxter (1850–1910, US, nf/p) • Richard Baxter (1615–1691, England, nf/p) • Stephen Baxter (born 1957, England, f) • Mary Temple Bayard (1853–1916, US, f/nf) • Basil Al Bayati (born 1946, Iraq/England, nf) • Sevtap Baycılı (born 1968, Netherlands, f) • Mohammed al-Baydhaq (died post-1164, Morocco, nf) • William Bayer (born 1939, US, f) • Arthur Bayldon (1865–1958, England/Australia, p/f) • Pierre Bayle (1647–1706, France/Netherlands, nf) • William Baylebridge (1883–1942, Australia, p/f) • John Bayley (writer) (1925–2015, England, f/nf) • Peter Bayley (1778–1823, England, p/d) • Ada Ellen Bayly (1857–1903, England, f), pseudonym of Edna Lyall • Jaime Bayly (born 1965, Peru, f/p/nf) • Thomas Haynes Bayly (1797–1839, England, p/d/nf) • Barbara Baynton (1857–1929, Australia, f) • Martin Baynton (born 1953, England/N Zealand, f/ch) • Siham Bayyumi (born 1949, Egypt, f/nf) • Ernest Bazanye (living, Uganda, f/nf) • Nura Bazdulj-Hubijar (born 1951, Yugoslavia/Bosnia, f/ch/p) • René Bazin (1853–1932, France, f) • "BB" (1905–1990, England, ch/nf), pseudonym of Denys Watkins-Pitchford • |undefined

Be

• Eric Beach (born 1947, N Zealand/Australia, p/d/f) • Jeremy John Beadle (1956–1995, England, nf) • John Beadle (died 1667, England, nf) • John Beaglehole (1901–1971, N Zealand, nf) • Ishmael Beah (born 1980, Sierra Leone, nf/f) • Lesley Beake (born 1949, Scotland/S Africa, ch) • Anne Beale (1816–1900, England/Wales, f/p) • Fleur Beale (born 1945, N Zealand, f/ch) • Marcel Béalu (1908–1993, France, f/p/d) • Sydney George Hulme Beaman (1887–1932, England, ch) • Margaret Beames (1935–2016, N Zealand, ch) • Richard Bean (born 1956, England, d) • Elizabeth Bear (born 1971, US, f) • Aubrey Beardsley (1872–1898, England, nf) • Greg Bear (born 1951, US, f) • Delilah L. Beasley (1871–1934, US, nf) • Richard Beasley (born 1964, Australia, f/nf) • Doug Beason (born 1953, US, f) • Clara Bancroft Beatley (1858–1923, US, nf) • Beatrice of Nazareth (c. 1200–1268, Flanders, nf) • James Beattie (1735–1803, Scotland, nf) • Jan Beatty (born 1952, US, p) • Jerome Beatty Jr. (1916–2002, US, ch) • John and Patricia Beatty (1922–1975, 1922–1991, US, f/nf) • Laura Beatty (born 1963, England, f/nf) • Sally Beauman (1944–2016, England, f/nf) • Pierre Beaumarchais (1732–1799, France, d/nf) • Beaumont and Fletcher (early 17th c., England, d) • Charles Beaumont (1929–1967, US, f) • Francis Beaumont (1584–1616, England, d) • Jeanne-Marie Leprince de Beaumont (1711–1780, France, ch) • John Beaumont (1552/1553–1627, England, p) • Joseph Beaumont (1616–1699, England, p) • Airini Beautrais (born 1982, N Zealand, p) • Simone de Beauvoir (1908–1986, France, nf) • Bruce Beaver (1928–2004, Australia, p/f) • Samuel Beazley (1786–1851, England, f/d/nf) • Ambrose Bebb (1894–1955, Wales, nf) • Francis Bebey (1929–2001, Cameroon/France, f/nf) • Cesare Beccaria (1738–1794, Italy, nf) • Margaret Bechard (born 1953, US, ch) • Johannes R. Becher (1891–1958, Germany, f/p) • Béatrix Beck (1914–2008, Switzerland, f/p) • Philippe Beck (born 1963, France, p/nf) • George Lewis Becke (1855–1913, Australia, f) • Aaron Becker (born 1974, US, ch) • Herbert L. Becker (born 1956, US) • Jillian Becker (born 1932, S Africa, f/nf) • Jurek Becker (1937–1997, Poland/Germany, f) • Bernard Beckett (born 1967, N Zealand, f/ch) • Chris Beckett (born 1955, England, f/nf) • Gilbert Abbott à Beckett (1811–1856, England, f/nf/d) • Samuel Beckett (1906–1989, Ireland/France, f/d/p) • Peter Beckford (1740–1811, England, nf) • William Beckford (1760–1844, England, f/nf) • Joshua Beckman (living, US, p) • Thea Beckman (1923–2004, Netherlands, ch) • Matija Bećković (born 1939, Yugoslavia/Serbia, p/nf) • Lillian Beckwith (1916–2004), England/Scotland, nf) • Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer (1836–1870, Spain, p/f/d) • Thomas Lovell Beddoes (1803–1849, England, p/d) • Frank Beddor (born 1958, US, f/ch) • Bede (672/673–735, England, nf) • Jean Bedford (born 1946, Australia, f) • Jimmy B. Bedford (1927–1990, US, nf) • K. A. Bedford (born 1963, Australia, f) • Randolph Bedford (1868–1941, Australia, p/f) • Ruth Bedford (1882–1963, Australia, p/d/ch) • Simi Bedford (living, Nigeria/England, f) • Sybille Bedford (1911–2006, Germany/England, nf/f) • Guy de la Bédoyère (born 1957, England, nf) • Jack Bedson (born 1950, Australia, p/ch) • William Bedwell (1561–1632, England, nf) • George Beeby (1869–1942, Australia, nf/d/f) • Henry Beeching (1859–1919, England, p/nf) • Patricia Beer (1919–1999, England, p/nf) • Rachel Beer (1858–1927, India/England, nf) • Constance Beerbohm (1856–1939, England, d/nf) • Julius Beerbohm (1854–1906, England, nf) • Max Beerbohm (1872–1956, England, nf) • Alfred Beesley (1800–1847, England, nf/p) • Isabella Beeton (1836–1965, England, nf), known as Mrs. Beeton • Nicolaas Beets (1814–1903, Netherlands, nf/p) • Antony Beevor (born 1946, England, nf) • Azouz Begag (born 1957, France, f/nf/ch) • Philip Begho (born 1956, Nigeria, d/ch/f) • Régis Bégué (born 1970, France, f) • Michael Beheim (1416 – c. 1472, Germany, p) • Albrecht Behmel (born 1971, Germany, f/nf/d) • Aphra Behn (1640–1689, England, d/p/f) • Ari Behn (1972–2019, Norway, f/d/nf) • Mark Behr (1963–2015, Tanganyika/S Africa, f/nf) • Larissa Behrendt (born 1969, Australia, nf/f) • Bei Dao (北島, born 1949, China, p/f/nf), pseudonym of Zhao Zhenkai • Maria Beig (1920–2018, Germany, f) • Sara Beirão (1880–1974, Portugal, f/ch) • Luke Francis Beirne ( –, Irish-Canadian, f) • Olinda Beja (born 1946, São Tomé and Príncipe, p/f/ch) • Hélé Béji (born 1948, Tunisia, f/nf) • Alexander Bek (1903–1972, Russia/USSR, f/nf • Ferenc Békássy (1893–1915, Hungary, p) • Hafsa Bekri (born 1948, Morocco, p/f) • Tahar Bekri (born 1951, Tunisia/France, p/nf) • Matthias Bel (1684–1749, Austria-Hungary, nf) • Radomir Belaćević (1929–2005, Yugoslavia/Serbia, f) • Abderrazak Belagrouz (born 1981, Algeria, nf) • Rabah Belamri (1946–1995, Algeria, p/f/nf) • David Belbin (born 1958, England, f) • Daubridgecourt Belchier (1580–1621, England, d) • Cedric Belfrage (1904–1990, England/Mexico, nf) • Sally Belfrage (1936–1994, US/England, nf) • Abdelmalek Belghiti (1906–2010, Morocco, p) • Farida Belghoul (born 1958, Algeria/France, f/d) • Omar Belhouchet (born1 1954, Algeria, nf) • Aleksandar Belić (1876–1960, Serbia/Yugoslavia, nf) • James Belich (born 1956, N Zealand, nf) • Erin Belieu (born 1965, US, p) • Adrian Bell (1901–1980, England, nf) • Clive Bell (1881–1964, England, nf) • Diane Bell (born 1943, Australia, nf) • Florence Bell (1851–1930, England, nf/d/ch) • Gertrude Bell (1868–1926, England, nf) • Hilary Bell (born 1966, Australia, d) • Horace Bell (1830–1918, US, nf) • Josephine Bell (1897–1987, England, f/d) • Julia Bell (1879–1979, England, nf) • Julian Bell (1908–1937, England, p) • Marvin Bell (1937–2020, US, p) • Mary Hayley Bell (1911–2005, England, f) • Quentin Bell (1910–1996, England, nf) • Thomas Bell (1792–1880, England, nf) • John Bellairs (1938–1991, US, f) • Mario Bellatin (born 1960, Mexico, f) • Joachim du Bellay (c. 1522–1560, France, p/nf) • Rémy Belleau (1528–1577, France, p) • Lisa Bellear (1961–2006, Australia, p/d/nf) • John Bellers (1654–1725, England, nf) • Gioconda Belli (born 1948, Nicaragua, nf/f/p) • Giuseppe Gioachino Belli (1791–1863, Italy, p) • Carl Michael Bellman (1740–1795, Sweden, p) • Andrés Bello (1781–1865, Venezuela/Chile, nf/p) • Muhammed Bello (1781–1837, Sokoto Caliphate, nf) • Joaquín Edwards Bello (1887–1968, Chile, f) • Xuan Bello (born 1965, Spain, p) • Hilaire Belloc (1870–1953, France/England, p/nf) • Saul Bellow (1915–2005, US, f/d/nf) • Ruy Belo (1933–1978, Portugal, p/nf) • Jelica Belović-Bernadzikowska (1870–1946, Austria-Hungary/Yugoslavia, ch) • Belroy, Basia Kent • Rune Belsvik (born 1956, Norway, f/c/ch) • Thomas Belt (1832–1878, England, nf) • Andrei Bely (1880–1934, Russian E/USSR, f/p/nf) • Ludwig Bemelmans (1898–1962, Austria-Hungary/US, ch/f) • Myriam Ben (1928–2001, Algeria, f/p) • Abdelkader Benali (born 1975, Morocco/Netherlands, f/d/nf) • Siham Benchekroun (living, Morocco, f/p) • Ahmed Benchemsi (born 1974, Morocco, nf) • Rajae Benchemsi (born 1957, Morocco, p/nf) • Mohammed Benchicou (born 1952, Algeria, nf) • Peter Benchley (1940–2006, US, f/nf) • Emil Benčík (born 1933, Czechoslovakia/Slovakia, nf) • Esther Bendahan (born 1964, Morocco/Spain, f) • Don Bendell (born 1947, US, f/nf) • Hans Bender (1907–1991, Germany, nf) • D. R. Bendre (1896–1981, India, p) • Elek Benedek (1859–1929, Hungary, nf) • Mario Benedetti (1920–2009, Uruguay, f/nf/p) • Antonio di Benedetto (1922–1986, Argentina, f/nf) • Hester A. Benedict (1838–1921, US, p) • Victoria Benedictsson (1850–1888, Sweden, f), pseudonym Ernst Ahlgren • Einar Benediktsson (1864–1940, Iceland, p) • Juan Benet (1927–1993, Spain, f/d/nf) • Stephen Vincent Benét (1898–1943, US, p/f) • William Rose Benét (1886–1950, US, p) • Anthony Benezet (1713–1784, France/US, nf), born Antoine Bénézet • Gregory Benford (born 1941, US, f) • Sokhna Benga (born 1967, Senegal, f/p) • Johann Albrecht Bengel (1687–1752, Germany, nf) • Elizabeth Benger (1775–1827, England, nf/f/p) • Frans G. Bengtsson (1894–1954, Sweden, f/nf/p) • Berthe Bénichou-Aboulker (1888–1942, Algeria, p/d) • Rambriksh Benipuri (1899–1968, India, d/nf) • José Gautier Benítez (1848–1880, Puerto Rico, p) • Mihai Beniuc (1907–1988, Austria-Hungary/Romania, p/d/f) • Walter Benjamin (1892–1940, Germany/Spain, nf) • Abdelmajid Benjelloun (1919–1981, Morocco, f/p/nf) • Abdelmajid Benjelloun (born 1944, Morocco, nf) • Salah Benlabed (born 1950, Algeria, f/p) • Edward Benlowes (1603–1676, England, p) • Abdelwahab Benmansour (1920–2008, Morocco, nf) • Gottfried Benn (1886–1956, Germany, p/nf) • Malek Bennabi (1905–1973, Algeria, nf) • Mohammed Suerte Bennani (born 1961, Morocco, f) • Olaf Benneche (1883–1931, Norway, f/ch/d) • Thomas Bennet (1673–1728, England, nf) • Alan Bennett (born 1934, England, d) • Anna Maria Bennett (c. 1750–1808, Wales/England, f) • Arnold Bennett (1867–1931, England, f/d) • Edwin Keppel Bennett (1887–1958, England, nf/p), pseudonyms Francis Bennett and Francis Keppel • Gwendolyn B. Bennett (1902–1981, US, p/nf) • Jim Bennett (born 1951, England, p) • Mary Montgomerie Bennett (1881–1961, Australia, nf) • Sophia Bennett (born 1966, f/ch) • Louise Bennett-Coverley (1919–2006, Jamaica, p/nf) • Stefano Benni (born 1947, Italy, d/p/f) • Mohammed Bennis (born 1948, Morocco, p) • Khnata Bennouna (born 1940, Morocco, f) • Noura Bensaad (living, Tunisia, f) • Isaac de Benserade (1613–1691, France, p) • A. C. Benson (1862–1925, England, nf/p) • E. F. Benson (1867–1940, England, f/nf) • Fiona Benson (born 1978, England, p) • Peter Benson (born 1956, England, f/d/p) • Robert Hugh Benson (1871–1914, England, f/ch/nf) • Stella Benson (1892–1933, England, f/p/nf) • T. J. Benson (living, Nigeria, f) • James Theodore Bent (1852–1897, England, nf) • George Bentham (1800–1884, England, nf) • Jeremy Bentham (1748–1832, England, nf) • Edmund Clerihew Bentley (1875–1956, England, p) • Elizabeth Bentley (1767–1839, England, p) • Nicolas Bentley (1907–1978, England, p) • Phyllis Bentley (1894–1977, England, f) • Richard Bentley (1662–1742, England, nf) • Annie Bentoiu (1927–2015, Romania, f/p/nf) • Derek Benz (born 1971, US, ch) • Mohammed Benzakour (born 1972, Morocco/Netherlands, nf/p) • Erik Benzelius the younger (1675–1743, Sweden, nf) • Pierre-Jean de Béranger (1780–1857, France, p) • Edward Berdoe (1836–1916, England, nf) • Berechiah ha-Nakdan (13th c., England or France, nf/p) • Richard Berengarten (born 1943, England, p) • Bernard Berenson (1865–1959, US/Italy, nf) • Stan and Jan Berenstain (1923–2005 and 1923–2012, US, ch/nf) • Elisabeth Beresford (1926–2010, France/England, ch) • J. D. Beresford (1873–1947, England, f) • James Beresford (1764–1840, England, nf) • Lars Berg (1901–1969, Norway, f/d) • Leila Berg (1917–2012, England, ch/nf) • David Bergelson (1884–1952, Russian E/USSR, f/nf) • Werner Bergengruen (1892–1964, Russian E/Germany, f/p) • Aleš Berger (born 1946, Yugoslavia/Slovenia, nf/d) • John Berger (1926–2017, England, nf/f/p) • Hjalmar Bergman (1883–1931, Sweden/Germany, f/d) • Bo Bergman (1869–1967, Sweden, f/nf) • Árni Bergmann (born 1935, Iceland, f/nf) • Eirikur Bergmann (born 1969, Iceland, nf/f) • Herz Bergner (1907–1970, Austria-Hungary/Australia, f) • Guðbergur Bergsson (1932–2023, Iceland, nf/ch/p) • Elisabeth Bergstrand-Poulsen (1887–1955, Sweden/Denmark, nf) • İlhan Berk (1918–2008, Ottoman Empire/Turkey, p) • Reginald Berkeley (1890–1935, England, d) • John Berkenhout (1726–1791, England, nf) • Steven Berkoff (born 1937, England, d/nf) • Paul Berna (1908–1994, France, f/ch), pseudonym of Jean-Marie-Edmond Sabran • Jean Bernabé (1942–2017, Martinique, f/nf) • Georges Bernanos (1888–1948, France, f/nf) • Christian Bernard (born 1951, France, nf) • Patricia Bernard (born 1942, Australia, f) • William Bayle Bernard (1807–1875, US/England, d/nf) • Juliana Berners (born 1388, England, nf) • Thomas Bernhard (1931–1989, Netherlands/Austria, f/d/p) • August Ferdinand Bernhardi (1769–1820, Germany, nf) • Louis de Bernières (born 1954, England, f) • J. Bernlef (1937–2012, Netherlands, f/nf/p), pseudonym of Hendrik Jan Marsman • Charles Bernstein (born 1950, US, p/nf) • Elsa Bernstein (1866–1949, Austria/Germany, d), pseudonym Ernst Rosmer • Béroul (12th c., France, p) • Mohammed Berrada (born 1938, Morocco, f/nf) • Elizabeth Berridge (1919–2009, England, f/nf) • Daniel Berrigan (1921–2016, US, p/d/nf) • Ted Berrigan (1934–1983, US, p) • Francis Berry (1915–2006, England, p/nf) • James Berry (1924–2017, Jamaica/England, p) • Mary Berry (born 1935, England, nf) • Mary Berry (1763–1852, England, nf) • Mary Frances Berry (born 1938, US, nf) • Steve Berry (born 1955, US, f) • Wendell Berry (born 1934, US, f/nf/p) • Tess Berry-Hart (born 1978, England, d/f/ch) • John Berryman (1914–1972, US, p/nf) • Mei-mei Berssenbrugge (白萱华, born 1947, China/US, p/d/nf) • Louky Bersianik (1930–2011, Canada, f), pseudonym of Lucille Durand • Þráinn Bertelsson (born 1944, Iceland, nf/f/ch) • Eduardo Berti (born 1964, Argentina/France, f/nf) • Al Berto (1948–1997, Portugal, p/nf), pseudonym of Alberto Raposo Pidwell Tavares • Pierre Berton (1920–2004, Canada, nf) • Charles Bertram (1723–1765, England/Denmark, nf) • Aloysius Bertrand (1807–1841, France, p/d/nf) • Betty Berzon (1928–2006, US, nf) • Dániel Berzsenyi (1776–1836, Hungary, p) • Annie Besant (1847–1933, England, nf) • Walter Besant (1836–1901, England, f/nf) • Alen Bešić (born 1975, Yugoslavia/Serbia, nf/p) • Bertrand Besigye (born 1972, Uganda/Norway, p/f) • Besiki (1750–1791, Kingdom of Kartli, p) • Khadija Besikri (born 1962, Libya, p/nf) • Elsa Beskow (1874–1953, Sweden, ch) • Bate Besong (1954–2007, Cameroon, d/p/nf) • Agustina Bessa-Luís (1922–2019, Portugal, f/nf) • György Bessenyei (1747–1811, Hungary, d/p) • Gérard Bessière (born 1928, France, nf/p) • Luc Besson (born 1959, France, d) • Bessora (born 1968, Belgium/France, f) • Charles Best (1570–1627, England, p) • Alfred Bestall (1892–1986, England, ch) • Henry Digby Beste (1768–1836, England, nf) • Alfred Bester (1913–1987, US, f) • Mary Matilda Betham (1776–1852, England, nf/p) • Matilda Betham-Edwards (1836–1919, England, f/nf/p) • Marion Bethel (born 1953, Bahamas, p/nf) • Christopher Bethell (1773–1859, England/Wales, nf) • Nicholas Bethell (1938–2007, England, nf) • Ursula Bethell (1874–1945, N Zealand, p) • Kata Bethlen (1700–1759, Hungary, nf) • Adrien Bertrand (1888–1917, France, f) • Mongo Beti (1932–2001, Cameroon, f/nf), pseudonym of Alexandre Biyidi Awala • John Betjeman (1906–1984, England, p/nf) • Minoru Betsuyaku (別役実, 1937–2020, Manchuria/Japan, d/f/nf) • Hugo Bettauer (1872–1925, Austria, f/d/nf) • Jean Betts (living, N Zealand, d) • Torben Betts (born 1968, England, d) • Dricky Beukes (1918–1999, S Africa, f/d) • Lauren Beukes (born 1976, S Africa, f/nf/d) • Maja Beutler (1936–2021, Switzerland, f/d) • Edwyn Bevan (1870–1943, England, nf) • Evan Bevan (1803–1866, Wales, p), pseudonym Ianto'r Castel • Elizabeth Bevarly (born 1961, US, f) • Cvetka Bevc (born 1960, Yugoslavia/Slovenia, nf/p/ch) • Judith Beveridge (born 1956, England/Australia, p/nf) • Elizabeth Beverley (1792–1832, England, nf) • Jo Beverley (1947–2016, England/Canada, f) • Alberto Bevilacqua (1934–2013, Italy, d/f/p) • Helen Bevington (1906–2001, US, p/nf) • L. S. Bevington (1845–1895, England, nf/p) • France Bevk (1890–1970, Austrian E/Yugoslavia, f/nf/p) • Thomas Bewick (1753–1828, England, nf) • Calixthe Beyala (born 1961, Cameroon/France, f/nf) • Yahya Kemal Beyatlı (1884–1958, Ottoman E/Turkey, p/nf) • Tom Beynon (1886–1961, Wales, nf)

Bh–Bl

• Bhabananda Deka (1929–2006, India, nf) • Saru Bhakta (born 1955, Nepal, d/f/p) • Subramania Bharati (1882–1921, India, p/nf) • Sujata Bhatt (born 1956, India, p) • Motiram Bhatta (1923–1953, Nepal, p/f/nf) • Subin Bhattarai (born 1982, Nepal, f) • Bhavakadevi (c. 12th c. CE, India, p) • Olympe Bhely-Quenum (born 1928, Benin/France, f) • Bi Feiyu (毕飞宇, born 1964, China, f) • Źmitrok Biadula (1886–1941, Russian E/USSR, p/nf) • Miron Białoszewski (1922–1983, Poland, p/f/d) • Matilde Bianchi (1927–1991, Uruguay, p/nf) • Helen Bianchin (born 1939, N Zealand/Australia, f) • Héctor Bianciotti (1930–2012, Argentina/France, f) • Bianji (辯機, fl. 7th c., China, nf) • Vitaly Bianki (1894–1959, Russian E/USSR, ch/nf) • Elizabeth Bibesco (1897–1945, England/France, f/p/nf) • Marthe Bibesco (1886–1973, Romania/France, f/nf) • Peter Bichsel (born 1935, Switzerland, f/ch) • Anna McClean Bidder (1903–2001, England, nf) • Joyce Bidder (1906–1999, England) • Marion Bidder (1862–1932, England, nf) • Tessa Biddington (born 1954, England, p) • Hester Biddle (c. 1629–1697, England, nf) • Jacob Bidermann (1578–1639, Austrian E/Italy, d/f/nf) • Ruth Bidgood (1922–2022, Wales, p/nf) • Bidisha (born 1978, England, nf), born Bidisha Bandyopadhyay • Cornelis de Bie (1627 – c. 1712–1715, Netherlands, nf/d) • David Biedrzycki (born 1955, US, ch) • Paul Biegel (1925–2006, Netherlands, ch) • Christabel Bielenberg (1909–2003, Germany/Ireland, nf) • Aristide von Bienefeldt (1959–2016, Netherlands, f), pseudonym of Rijk de Jong • Ambrose Bierce (1842–1914, US, f/nf/p) • Linda Bierds (born 1945, US, p) • Peter Bieri (born 1944, Switzerland, f/nf), pseudonym Pascal Mercier • Wolf Biermann (born 1936, Germany, nf) • Biernat of Lublin (c. 1465 – post-1529, Poland, p) • Maarten Biesheuvel (1939–2020, Netherlands, f) • Carli Biessels (1936–2016, Netherlands, ch) • Ella A. Bigelow (1849–1917, US, nf) • Lettie S. Bigelow (1849–1906, US, f/p) • John Stanyan Bigg (1828–1965, England, p) • Earl Derr Biggers (1884–1933, US, f/d) • Barbara Biggs (born 1956, Australia, nf) • John B. Biggs (born 1934, Australia, f/nf) • Margaret Biggs (born 1929, England, ch) • John Bigland (1750–1832, England, nf) • Steve Biko (1946–1977, S Africa, nf) • Olavo Bilac (1865–1918, Brazil, p/nf) • Irene Ibsen Bille (1901–1985, Norway, f/d) • S. Corinna Bille (1912–1979, Switzerland, p/f/ch) • Graham Billing (1936–2001, N Zealand, f/nf/p) • Mark Billingham (born 1961, England, f/d) • Franny Billingsley (born 1954, US, ch) • William Billington (1825–1884, England, p) • Eva Billow (1902–1993, Sweden, ch/p) • Thomas Bilson (1547–1616, England, nf) • Maeve Binchy (1940–2012, Ireland, f/d/nf) • Eando Binder (1911–1974 and 1904–1966, US, f), synonym of Otto and Earl Binder • Ida Bindschedler (1854–1919, Switzerland, ch) • Mahi Binebine (born 1959, Morocco, f) • Andrew Bing (1574–1652, England, nf) • Jon Bing (1944–2014, Norway, f) • Bing Xin (冰心, 1900–1999, China, f/ch), pseudonym of Xie Wanying (謝婉瑩) • Charlotte Bingham (born 1942, England, f) • Jennie M. Bingham (1859–1933, US, f/nf/p) • Margaret Bingham (1740–1814, England, p), Countess of Lucan • Judith Binney (1940–2011, N Zealand, nf) • Laurence Binyon (1869–1943, England, p/d/nf) • T. J. Binyon (1836–1904, England, f) • Ayse Bircan (born 1954, Turkey/England, nf) • Carol Birch (born 1951, England, f/nf) • Thomas Birch (1705–1766, England, nf) • Carmel Bird (born 1940, Australia, f) • Caroline Bird (born 1986, England, p/d/f) • Hera Lindsay Bird (born 1987, N Zealand, p) • Isabella Bird (1831–1904, England, nf) • Jessica Bird (born 1969, US, f) • Poldy Bird (1941–2018, Argentina, p/nf/ch) • Arnthor Birgisson (born 1976, Iceland/Sweden, p) • Dea Birkett (born 1958, England, nf) • Winifred Birkett (1887–1966, Australia, f/p) • Anno Birkin (1980–2001, England, p) • Marcelo Birmajer (born 1966, Argentina, f/nf/ch) • John Birmingham (born 1964, England/Australia, nf/f) • Stephen Birnbaum (c. 1937–1991, US, nf) • Earle Birney (1904–1995, Canada, p/f) • Marcus Birro (born 1972, Sweden, p/f/nf) • Peter Birro (born 1966, Sweden, p/d) • Nevin Birsa (1947–2003, Yugoslavia/Slovenia, p) • Balázs Birtalan (1969–2016, Hungary, p/nf) • Dora Birtles (1903–1992, Australia, f/p/nf) • John Birtwhistle (born 1946, England, p) • Sonja Biserko (born 1948, Yugoslavia/Serbia, nf) • Claire Huchet Bishop (1898–1993, Switzerland/France, ch/nf) • Elizabeth Bishop (1911–1979, US, p/f) • Gavin Bishop (born 1946, N Zealand, ch) • Jacqueline Bishop (living, Jamaica/US, nf) • K. J. Bishop (living, Australia, f) • Samuel Bishop (1731–1795, England, p/nf) • Ram Prasad Bismil (1897–1927, p) • Bill Bissett (born 1939, Canada, p) • Terry Bisson (born 1942, US, f) • Farhad Bitani (born 1986, Afghanistan/Italy, nf/f) • László Z. Bitó (1934–2021, Hungary, f/nf) • Andrei Bitov (1937–2018, USSR/Russia, f/p) • Sherwin Bitsui (born 1974, US, p) • Emily Bitto (living, Australia, f) • Jerome Bixby (1923–1998, US, f/d) • Piers Bizony (born 1959, England, nf) • Bjarni Bjarnason (born 1965, Iceland, p/d/f) • Sava Bjelanović (1850–1897, Austria-Hungary, nf) • Isidora Bjelica (1966–2020, Yugoslavia/Serbia, f/nf/d) • Marie Bjelke-Petersen (1874–1969, Australia, f) • Mirjana Bjelogrlić-Nikolov (born 1961, Yugoslavia/Serbia, f/nf) • André Bjerke (1918–1985, Norway, p/f/ch) • Henrik Anker Bjerregaard (1792–1842, Norway, p/d) • Jens Bjerre (1921–2020, Denmark, nf) • Bryndís Björgvinsdóttir (born 1982, Iceland, ch) • Björk (born 1965, Iceland/US, nf), full name Björk Guðmundsdóttir • Christina Björk (born 1938, Sweden, nf/ch) • Jens Bjørneboe (1920–1976, Norway, f/d/p) • Anna Svanhildur Björnsdóttir (born 1948, Iceland, p) • Sigrún Edda Björnsdóttir (born 1958, Iceland, ch) • Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson (1832–1910, Norway, p/f/d) • Björn Th. Björnsson (1922–2007, Iceland, f) • Eysteinn Björnsson (born 1942, Iceland, ch/p/f) • Ketil Bjørnstad (born 1952, Norway, f/p/nf) • Clementina Black (1853–1922, England, nf) • Holly Black (born 1971, US, ch) • Jenna Black (born 1993, US, f/ch) • Robert Black (1829–2015, England, f/nf) • Star Black (living, US, p) • William Black (1841–1898, Scotland/England, f) • Sarah Blackborow (fl. 1650s – 1660s, England, nf) • Estelle Blackburn (born 1950, Australia, nf) • John Blackburn (1923–1993, England, f) • Paul Blackburn (1926–1971, US, p) • Thomas Blackburn (1916–1977, England, p/nf) • Basil Blackett (1882–1935, India/Germany, nf) • Troy Blacklaws (born 1965, S Africa, f) • Malorie Blackman (born 1962, England, ch) • Leigh Blackmore (born 1959, Australia, f/nf) • R. D. Blackmore (1825–1900, England, f) • Richard Blackmore (1654–1729, England, p) • R. P. Blackmur (1904–1965, US, nf/p) • William Blackstone (1723–1780, England, nf) • Ellen Wright Blackwell (1864–1952, N Zealand, nf) • John Blackwell (1797–1840, Wales, p/nf) • Algernon Blackwood (1869–1951, England, f/d) • Caroline Blackwood (1931–1996, England, f/nf) • Helen Blackwood (1807–1867, England, f/d) • Peter Bladen (1922–2001, Australia, p) • Sara Blædel (born 1964, Denmark, f) • Lucian Blaga (1895–1961, Austria-Hungary/Romania, p/d/f) • Isa Blagden (1816 or 1817–1873, India/Italy, f/p) • Max Blagg (born 1948, England/US, p/nf) • Marina Blagojević (1958–2020, Yugoslavia/Serbia, nf) • Georgia Blain (1964–2016, Australia, f/nf) • Suessa Baldridge Blaine (1860–1932, US, f) • Emma Helen Blair (1851–1911, US, nf) • Hugh Blair (1718–1800, Scotland, nf) • Robert Blair (1593–1666, Scotland, nf) • Robert Blair (1699–1746, Scotland, p) • Marie-Claire Blais (1939–2021, Canada, f/p/d) • Isidoro Blaisten (1933–2004, Argentina, f/nf/p) • Ally Blake (living, Australia, f) • Lewis Blake (born 1946, England, p) • Jennifer Blake (born 1942, US, f) • Quentin Blake (born 1932, England, ch) • William Blake (1757–1827, England, p) • William J. Blake (1894–1968, US, f/nf) • Helen Blakeman (born 1971, England, d) • Stella Blakemore (1906–1996, S Africa/N Ireland, f/ch) • Edward Henry Blakeney (1869–1955, England, nf/p) • Susanna Blamire (1747–1794, England, p) • Edward Litt Laman Blanchard (1820–1889, England, d) • Samuel Laman Blanchard (1804–1845, England, p/nf) • August Blanche (1811–1868, Sweden, f/d) • Paddy Blanchfield (1911–1980, N Zealand, p/nf • Maurice Blanchot (1907–2003, France, f/nf) • Andrés Eloy Blanco (1896–1955, Venezuela, p) • Eduardo Blanco (1838–1912, Venezuela, f/nf) • Don Blanding (1894–1957, US, p) • Arapera Blank (1932–2002, N Zealand, p) • Clair Blank (1915–1965, US, f/ch) • Hanne Blank (born 1969, US, f/nf) • Laslo Blašković (born 1966, Yugoslavia/Serbia, p/nf) • Robert Blatchford (1851–1943, England, nf) • Silvio Blatter (born 1946, Switzerland, f) • William Peter Blatty (1928–2017, US, f/d/nf) • Yaakov Blau (1929–2013, Palestine/Israel, nf) • Barbara Blaugdone (c. 1609–1704, England, nf) • Peter Blauner (born 1959, US, f) • John Benibengor Blay (1915–1970s, Gold Coast/Ghana, f/p/nf) • James P. Blaylock (born 1950, US, f) • Diana Blayne (born 1946, US, f/nf), pseudonym of Susan Spaeth Kyle • Emily Rose Bleby (1849–1917, Jamaica/UK, nf) • Max Blecher (1909–1938, Romania, f/nf) • Ann Eliza Bleecker (1752–1783, US, p/f/nf) • Anne Blencowe (1656–1718, England, nf) • Adrian Blevins (born 1964, US, p) • John Blight (1913–1995, Australia, p) • Nicholas Blincoe (born 1965, England, f) • Mathilde Blind (1841–1896, Germany/England, p/f/nf) • James Blish (1921–1975, US, f/nf) • Edward Blishen (1920–1996, England, ch/f) • Eliot Bliss (1903–1990, Jamaica/England, f/p/nf) • Walter Blith (1605–1654, England, nf) • Karen Blixen (1885–1962, Denmark/Kenya, f/nf), pseudonym Isak Dinesen • Nikolay Bliznakov (born 1950, Bulgaria, f/nf) • Curt Bloch (1908–1975, Germany, p,nf) • Pedro Bloch (1914–2004, Ukraine/Brazil, d/ch) • Robert Bloch (1917–1994, US, f) • Adélaïde-Louise d'Eckmühl de Blocqueville (1815–1892, France, f/nf/p) • J. C. Bloem (1887–1966, Netherlands, p/nf) • Marion Bloem (born 1952, Netherlands, f/nf) • François Bloemhof (born 1962, S Africa, f/ch) • Alexander Blok (1880–1921, Russia, p/d/nf) • Francis Blomefield (1705–1752, England, nf) • Benjamin Paul Blood (1832–1919, US, nf/p) • Valerie Bloom (born 1956, Jamaica/England, p/ch/f) • Robert Bloomfield (1766–1823, England, p) • Blondel de Nesle (12th–13th cc., France, p) • Charles Blount (1654–1693, nf) • Elizabeth Blower (c. 1757/1763 – post-1816, England, nf/f) • Léon Bloy (1846–1917, France, f/nf/p) • Evelyn, Princess Blücher (1876–1960, England/Germany, nf) • Judy Blume (born 1938, US, ch/f) • Roy Blumenthal (born 1968, S Africa, p) • Nicholas Blundell (1876–1960, England, nf) • Edmund Blunden (1896–1974, England, p/nf) • Godfrey Blunden (1906–1996, Australia, f/nf) • Thomas Blundeville (c. 1522 – c. 1606, England, nf) • Alfred Blunt (1879–1957, France/England, nf) • Anthony Blunt (1907–1983, England, nf) • Wilfrid Scawen Blunt (1840–1922, England, p/nf) • Wilfrid Jasper Walter Blunt (1901–1987, England, nf) • John Bly (born 1939, England, nf) • Robert Bly (1926–2021, US, p/nf) • Mary Bly (born 1962, US, f/nf), pseudonym of Eloisa James • Edward Wilmot Blyden (1832–1912, Danish W Indies/Liberia, nf) • Reginald Horace Blyth (1898–1964, England/Japan, nf) • Daniel Blythe (born 1969, England, f/nf) • Ronald Blythe (1922–2023, England, nf) • Enid Blyton (1896–1968, England, ch)

Bo

• Bo Yang (柏楊, 1920–2008, China, p/nf) • James Boaden (1762–1839, England, nf/d) • Barcroft Boake (1866–1892, Australia, p) • Capel Boake (1889–1944, Australia, f) pseudonym of Doris Boake Kerr • Frederick S. Boas (1862–1957, England, nf) • Savino Bobali (1530–1585, Ragusa, nf/p) • T. O. Bobe (born 1969, Romania, p/f/nf) • Christian Bobin (born 1951, France, p/f/nf) • Merlinda Bobis (born 1959, Philippines/Australia, p/f) • Johannes Bobrowski (1917–1965, Germany, p/nf) • Jacqueline Fatima Bocoum (living, Senegal, nf/f) • Bragi Boddason (fl. first half of 9th c., Iceland, p) • John Ernest Bode (1816–1874, England, nf/p) • Jean Bodel (c. 1165 – c. 1210, France, p/d) • Anders Bodelsen (1937–2021, Denmark, f/d) • Barbara Bodichon (1827–1891, England, nf) • Johann Jakob Bodmer (1698–1783, Switzerland, nf/d/p) • Ádám Bodor (born 1936, Romania/Hungary, f) • Milica Bodrožić (living, Yugoslavia/Serbia, nf) • Hector Boece (1465–1536, Scotland, nf), also cited as Boethius • Elleke Boehmer (born 1961, S Africa/England, nf/f) • Étienne de La Boétie (1530–1563, France, nf) • Louise Bogan (1897–1970, US, p/f/nf) • Bogdan Bogdanović (1922–2010, Yugoslavia/Austria, nf) • Milan Bogdanović (1892–1964, Serbia/Belgrade, nf) • Valtazar Bogišić (1834–1908, Austrian E, nf) • Zoran Bognar (born 1965, Yugoslavia/Serbia, p/nf) • Ivan Bogorov (1818–1892, Bulgaria, nf) • Geo Bogza (1908–1993, Romania, p/nf) • Jakob Böhme (1575–1624, Germany, nf) • Margarete Böhme (1867–1939, Germany, f/nf) • Nicolas Boileau-Despréaux (1636–1711, France, p/nf) • John Bois (1560–1643, England, nf) • W. E. B. Du Bois (1868–1963, US, nf) • William Pène du Bois (1916–1993, US, ch) • Yve-Alain Bois (born 1952, Algeria/US, nf) • Ralph de Boissière (1907–2008, Trinidad/Australia, f) • Johan Bojer (1872–1959, Norway, f/d) • Berta Bojetu (1946–1997, Yugoslavia/Slovenia, f/d/p) • Milutin Bojić (1892–1917, Serbia/Greece, p/nf/d) • Dragoslav Bokan (born 1961, Yugoslavia/Serbia, nf) • Osbern Bokenam (c. 1393 – c. 1464, England, p) • Saïdou Bokoum (born 1945, Guinea, f/nf) • Omoseye Bolaji (1964–2022, Nigeria/S Africa, f/nf) • Eavan Boland (1944–2020, Ireland, p/nf) • Roberto Bolaño (1953–2003, Chile, f/p/nf) • Justo Bolekia Boleká (born 1954, Equatorial Guinea, nf/p) • Heinrich Böll (1917–1985, Germany, f) • Cezar Bolliac (1813–1881, Wallachia/Romania, nf/p) • Domokos Bölöni (born 1946, Romania, f) • Robert Bolt (1924–1995, England, d) • Ken Bolton (born 1949, Australia, p/nf) • S. J. Bolton (living, England, f) • Bólu-Hjálmar (1796–1875, Iceland, p), birth name Hjálmar Jónsson • Godfried Bomans (1913–1971, Netherlands, nf/ch) • María Luisa Bombal (1910–1980, Chile, f/nf) • Rafael Bombelli (1526–1572, Italy, nf) • Juan Antonio Pérez Bonalde (1846–1892, Venezuela, p) • Michael Bond (1926–2017, England, ch) • Nancy Bond (born 1945, US, ch) • Nelson S. Bond (1908–2006, US, f) • Ruskin Bond (born 1934, India, ch/f) • August Bondeson (1854–1906, Sweden, f/nf) • Jan Bondeson (born 1962, Sweden/England, nf/f) • Ian Bone (born 1956, Australia, ch/f) • Juan Balboa Boneke (1938–2013, Equatorial Guinea, nf) • Raïs Neza Boneza (born 1979, Democratic R of Congo, f/p/nf) • Amba Bongo (living, Democratic R of Congo/England, f/p) • Elizabeth Bonhôte (1744–1818, England, f/nf/p) • Nazi Boni (1909–1969, Upper Volta, now Burkina Faso, nf/f) • Tanella Boni (born 1954, Ivory Coast, p/f) • Yves Bonnefoy (1923–2016, France, p/nf) • Leslie Bonnet (1902–1985, England, f/nf) • Richard Bonney (1947–2017, England, nf) • Veronica Bonilla (born 1962, Ecuador, ch) • Charles Victor de Bonstetten (1745–1832, Switzerland, nf) • Teresina Bontempi (1883–1968, Switzerland, nf) • Paula Boock (born 1964, N Zealand, d/f) • Elmi Boodhari (1908–1940, Somalia, p) • Christopher Booker (1937–2019, England, nf) • Luke Booker (1762–1835, England, p/nf) • George Boole (1815–1864, England, nf) • Mary Everest Boole (1832–1916, England, nf/ch) • Louis Paul Boon (1912–1979, Belgium, f/p/nf) • Kurt Boone (born 1959, US, nf) • Andrew Boorde (c. 1490–1549, England, nf) • Henry Ernest Boote (1865–1949, Australia, nf/f/p) • Alan Booth (1946–1993, England/Japan, nf) • Alison Booth (living, Australia, f/nf) • Catherine Booth (1829–1890, England, nf) • Charles Booth (1840–1916, England, nf) • George Booth, 2nd Earl of Warrington (1675–1758, England, nf) • Martin Booth (1944–2004, England, f/p/d) • Stanley Booth (born 1942, US, nf) • Stephen Booth (born 1952, England, f) • William Booth (1829–1912, England, nf) • Ivan Bootham (1939–2016, N Zealand, f/p) • Brooke Boothby (born 1952, England, f/nf) • Frances Boothby (fl. 1669–1670, England, d) • Guy Boothby (1867–1905, Australia/England, f) • Basil Boothroyd (1910–1988, England, nf) • Diphete Bopape (born 1957, S Africa, f/d) • Vane Bor (1908–1993, Serbia/England, nf) • Wolfgang Borchert (1921–1947, Germany/Switzerland, nf/d) • Henry Bordeaux (1870–1963, France, nf/f) • Ferdinand Bordewijk (1884–1965, Netherlands, f/p) • Petrus Borel (1809–1859, France/Algeria, f/p), pseudonym of Joseph-Pierre Borel d'Hauterive • Tomás Borge (1930–2012, Nicaragua, p/nf) • Johan Borgen (1902–1979, Norway, nf/f) • Miriam Borgenicht (1915–1992, US, f/nf) • Jorge Luis Borges (1899–1986, Argentina/Switzerland, f/nf/p) • Arturo Borja (1892–1912, Ecuador, p) • Hans Børli (1918–1989, Norway, p/f/nf) • Bertran de Born (1140s – pre-1215, France, p) • Nicolas Born (1937–1979, Germany, p/f) • Ludwig Börne (1786–1837, Germany/France, nf) • Elsa Bornemann (1952–2013, Argentina, ch) • Péter Bornemisza (1535–1584, Hungary, nf/d) • Jenny Bornholdt (born 1960, N Zealand, p) • Robert de Boron (late 12th – early 13th cc., France, p) • George Borrow (1803–1881, England, f/nf) • Marianne Boruch (born 1950, US, p/nf) • Anna Louisa Geertruida Bosboom-Toussaint (1812–1886, Netherlands, f) • Juan Bosch (1909–2001, Dominican Rep., nf) • Henri Bosco (1888–1976, France, f) • Buddhadeva Bose (1908–1974, India, p/f/d) • Lauro De Bosis (1901–1931, Italy, p/nf) • Anica Bošković (1714–1804, Ragusa, p/f) • Herman Charles Bosman (1905–1951, S Africa, f/d) • Käthe Bosse-Griffiths (1910–1998, Germany/Wales, nf/f) • Lucy M. Boston (1892–1990, England, f/ch) • James Boswell (1740–1795, Scotland/England, nf) • Allan R. Bosworth (1901–1986, US, f) • Clifford Edmund Bosworth (1928–2015, England, nf) • J. Allan Bosworth (1925–1990, US, ch) • Joseph Bosworth (1788–1876, England, nf) • Abel Botelho (1855 or 1856–1917, Portugal/Argentina, d/f/nf) • Hristo Botev (1848–1876, Bulgaria, p) • Eugeniu Botez (1874–1933, Romania, f), pseudonym Jean Bart • Árni Böðvarsson (1924–1992, Iceland, nf) • Théodore Botrel (1868–1925, France, p/d) • Anne Lynch Botta (1815–1891, US, p/nf) • Dan Botta (1907–1958, Romania, p/nf) • Emil Botta (1911–1977, Romania, p/nf) • Bas Böttcher (born 1974, Germany, p) • António Botto (1897–1959, Portugal/Brazil, p/f/ch) • Phyllis Bottome (1884–1963, England, f) • Gordon Bottomley (1874–1948, England, p/d) • Alain de Botton (born 1969, Switzerland/England, nf) • Ronald Bottrall (1906–1989, England, p) • Hafid Bouazza (1970–2021, Morocco/Netherlands, f/nf) • Messaouda Boubaker (born 1954, Tunisia, f) • Anthony Boucher (1911–1968, US, f/d), pseudonym of William A. P. White • André du Bouchet (1924–2001, France, p) • Dion Boucicault (1820–1890, Ireland/US, d) • Rachid Boudjedra (born 1951, Algeria, p/f/d) • Fatna El Bouih (born 1956, Morocco, nf) • Daniel Boulanger (1922–2014, France, f/d/p) • Pierre Boulle (1912–1994, France, f) • Carmen Boullosa (born 1954, Mexico, p/f/d) • Monny de Boully (1904–1968, Serbia/France, nf/p) • Jenny Boult (1951–2005, England/Australia, p/d), pseudonym MML Bliss • Marjorie Boulton (1924–2017, England, nf/p) • Douangdeuane Bounyavong (born 1974, Laos, p/f/nf) • Outhine Bounyavong (1942–2000, Laos, f) • Stéphane Bouquet (born 1968, France, d) • Hédi Bouraoui (born 1932, Tunisia/Canada, p/f/nf) • Nina Bouraoui (born 1967, France, f/p) • Gillian Bouras (born 1945, Australia/Greece, f/nf/ch) • John Bourchier (1467–1533, England, nf) • Francis William Bourdillon (1852–1921, England, p/nf) • Ali Bourequat (born 1937, Morocco/US, nf) • Élémir Bourges (1852–1925, France, f) • Paul Bourget (1852–1935, France, f/nf) • John Philip Bourke (1860–1914, Australia, p) • Henry Bourne (c. 1694–1733, England, nf) • Stephen Bourne (born 1957, England, nf) • Joë Bousquet (1897–1950, France, p) • Marie Marguerite Bouvet (1865–1915, US, ch) • Nicolas Bouvier (1929–1998, Switzerland, nf) • Alba Bouwer (1920–2010, S Africa, ch/f) • Sarah Bouyain (born 1968, France/Burkina Faso, nf) • Ahmed Bouzfour (born 1954, Morocco, f) • Ben Bova (1932–2020, US, nf/f) • James Bovard (born 1956, US, nf) • Avice Maud Bowbyes (1901–1992, N Zealand, nf) • Thomas Edward Bowdich (1791–1824, England, nf) • Elizabeth Stuart Bowdler (1717-1797, England, nf) • Henrietta Maria Bowdler (1750–1830, England, nf) • Jane Bowdler (1743–1784, England, p) • John Bowdler (1746–1823, England, nf) • John Bowdler (1783–1815, England, nf/p) • Thomas Bowdler (1754–1825, England/Wales, nf) • Thomas Bowdler the Younger (1782–1856, England, nf) • Alice Bowe (born 1980, England, nf) • David James Bowen (1925–2017, Wales, nf) • Elizabeth Bowen (1899–1973, Ireland/England, f) • Euros Bowen (1904–1988, Wales, p) • Geraint Bowen (1915–2011, Wales, p/nf) • John Bowen (1924–2019, England, d/f) • Marjorie Bowen (1885–1952, England, f/nf), pseudonym of Margaret Gabrielle Vere Long • Ursula Graham Bower (1914–1988, England/Scotland, nf) • Cathy Smith Bowers (born 1949, US, p) • Emily Bowes (1806–1857, England, p/nf) • Mary Bowes (1949–1800, England, nf) • Tim Bowler (born 1953, England, ch) • William Lisle Bowles (1762–1850, England, p/nf) • Maurice Bowra (1898–1971, England, nf) • William Binnington Boyce (1804–1889, England/Australia, nf) • Hristo Boychev (born 1950, Bulgaria, d) • Rosie Boycott, Baroness Boycott (born 1951, Jersey/England, nf) • Louise Esther Vickroy Boyd (1827–1909, US, p/nf) • Martin Boyd (1893–1972, Switzerland/Italy, f/nf/p) • William Boyd (born 1952, Gold Coast/Scotland, f/d) • Karin Boye (1900–1941, Sweden, p/f) • Abel Boyer (c. 1667–1729, England, nf) • Charles Boyle (1674–1731, England, nf) • Charles Boyle (born 1955, England, p/f) • John Boyle (1707–1762, England, nf) • Kay Boyle (1902–1992, US, f/nf) • Peter Boyle (born 1951, Australia, p) • Roger Boyle (1621–1679, England, d/nf) • John Boyne (born 1971, Ireland, f) • Robert Boyle (1627–1691, Ireland/England, nf) • Charles Vernon Boys (1855–1944, England, nf) • John Boys (1571–1625, England, nf) • John Boys (c. 1614–1661, England, nf) • John Boys (1749–1824, England, nf) • Emil Boyson (1897–1979, Norway, p/nf) • Ágota Bozai (born 1965, Hungary, f) • Ernest Franklin Bozman (1895–1968, England, nf)

Br

• Menno ter Braak (1902–1940, Netherlands, f/nf) • Oskar Braaten (1881–1939, Norway, f/d) • Francis Brabazon (1907–1984, England/Australia, p) • Poggio Bracciolini (1380–1459, Italy, nf) • Michael Bracewell (born 1958, England, f/nf) • Thomas Bracken (1843–1898, N Zealand, p/nf) • Alison Brackenbury (born 1953, England, p) • Leigh Brackett (1915–1978, US, f/d) • Paula Brackston (living, England, f) • Brada (1847–1938,France, f/nf) • Jason Bradbury (born 1969, England, ch) • Malcolm Bradbury (1932–2000, England, nf) • Ray Bradbury (1920–2012, US, f/d) • Mary Elizabeth Braddon (1835–1915, England, f) • Russell Braddon (1921–1995, Australia, f/nf) • Henry Joseph Steele Bradfield (1805–1852, England, p/nf) • Arthur Bradford (born 1969, US, f/ch) • Barbara Taylor Bradford (born 1933, England/US, f) • Chris Bradford (living, England, ch) • Ernle Bradford (1822–1886, England/Malta, nf) • Sarah Bradford (born 1938, England, nf) • Siôn Bradford (1706–1785, Wales, p) • Charles Bradlaugh (1833–1891, England, nf) • A. C. Bradley (1851–1935, England, nf) • Charles Bradley (1789–1871, England, nf) • Edward Bradley (1827–1889, England, f) • F. H. Bradley (1846–1924, England, nf) • Henry Bradley (1845–1923, England, nf) • James Bradley (born 1967, Australia, f/p) • Marion Zimmer Bradley (1930–1999, US, f) • Tony Bradman (born 1954, England, ch) • Gillian Bradshaw (born 1956, US, f) • Henry Bradshaw (c. 1450–1513, England, p) • Anne Bradstreet (1612–1672, England/American colonies, p/nf) • Hilary Bradt (born 1941, England, nf) • E. J. Brady (1869–1952, Australia, p/nf) • John Brady (died 1814, England, nf) • Robert Brady (1627–1700, England, nf) • Dulce Braga (born 1958, Angola/Brazil, f) • Rubem Braga (1913–1990, Brazil, f) • Melvyn Bragg (born 1939, England, nf/f/ch) • William Bragge (1823–1884, England, nf) • Einar Bragi (1921–2005, Iceland, p) • Steinar Bragi (born 1975, Iceland, p/f/nf) • Mohammed Ben Brahim (1897–1955, Morocco, p) • John Braine (1922–1986, England, f) • Jill Braithwaite (1937–2008, England, nf) • R. B. Braithwaite (1900–1990, England, nf) • Oyinkan Braithwaite (born 1988, Nigeria/England, f) • Dragomir Brajković (1947–1909, Yugoslavia/Serbia, p/nf) • Ernest Bramah (1868–1942, England, f/nf) • Shannon Bramer (born 1973, Canada, p) • Mae Bramhall (1861–1897, US, nf/p) • Bertha Southey Brammall (1878–1957, Australia, p/ch/f) • Hanne Bramness (born 1959, Norway, p) • Joan Bramsch (1936–2009, US, f/nf) • James Bramston (c. 1694–1743, England, p) • Vitaliano Brancati (1907–1954, Italy, f/d/p) • Camilo Castelo Branco (1825–1890, Portugal, f/d/nf) • Adolf Brand (1874–1945, Germany, nf) • Barbarina Brand (1768–1854, England, p/d) • Christianna Brand (1907–1988, Malaya/England, f/ch), pseudonym of Mary Christianna Milne • Hannah Brand (1754–1821, England, p/d) • Jo Brand (born 1957, England, nf) • Mona Brand (1915–2007, Australia, p/d/nf) • Fiama Hasse Pais Brandão (1938–2007, Portugal, p/d/nf) • Raul Brandão (1867–1930, Portugal, nf) • Georg Brandes (1842–1927, Denmark, nf) • Mark Brandis (1931–2000, Germany, f), pseudonym of Nikolai von Michalewsky • Arngrímr Brandsson (died 1361, Iceland, nf) • Johanna Brandt (1876–1964, S Africa, nf) • Willy Brandt (1913–1992, Germany, nf) • Đorđe Branković (1461–1516, Serbia, nf) • Đorđe Branković (1645–1711, Transylvania/Habsburg E, nf) • Sebastian Brant (1458–1521, Germany, f/nf) • Gerd Brantenberg (born 1941, Norway, f/d/p) • Alice Dayrell Caldeira Brant (1880–1970, Brazil, nf) • Di Brandt (born 1952, Canada, p/nf) • William Branthwaite (died 1690, England, nf) • Charles Brasch (1909–1973, N Zealand, p) • Giannina Braschi (born 1953, Puerto Rico, p/f/d) • Miguel Brascó (1926–2014, Argentina, nf/p) • Ann Brashares (born 1967, US, ch) • Deyan Ranko Brashich (1940–1919, Yugoslavia/US, nf) • Anne-Sophie Brasme (born 1984, France, f/nf) • Georges Brassens (1921–1981, France, p) • Anna Brassey (1839–1887, England, nf) • Errol Brathwaite (1924–2005, N Zealand, f/d) • Radoslav Bratić (1948–2016, Yugoslavia/Serbia, f/d) • Scribe Bratko (fl. 13th c., Macedonia, nf) • Inger Bråtveit (born 1978, Norway, f/ch) • Edgar Brau (born 1958, Argentina, p/f/d) • Jacques Brault (1933–2022, Canada, p/f/nf) • Josy Braun (1938–2012, Luxembourg, nf/d/ch) • Axel Brauns (born 1963, Germany, nf/f) • Anna Eliza Bray (1790–1883, England, f/nf) • Charles Bray (1811–1884, England, nf) • John Jefferson Bray (1912–1985, Australia, p/d) • Andrej Brázda-Jankovský (1915–2008, Czechoslovakia/Canada, f/nf) • Bernardas Brazdžionis (1907–2002, Russian E/US, p) • Angela Brazil (1868–1947, England, ch) • Freda Bream (1918–1996, N Zealand, nf/f) • Nicolae Breban (born 1934, Romania, p) • Bertolt Brecht (1898–1956, Germany, d/p/nf) • Lurdes Breda (born 1970, Portugal, p/ch) • Willi Bredel (1901–1964, Germany, f) • Gerbrand Bredero (1585–1618, Dutch Republic, p/d) • Wallace Breem (1926–1990, England, f) • Jean "Binta" Breeze (1956–2021, Jamaica, p) • Petronella Breinburg (1927–2019, Surinam/England, ch) • Sigurður Breiðfjörð (1798–1846, Iceland, p) • Paal Brekke (1923–1993, Norway, p/f/nf) • Toril Brekke (born 1949, Norway, f/ch/nf) • Fredrika Bremer (1801–1865, Sweden, f) • Ian Bremmer (born 1969, US, nf) • Radovan Brenkus (born 1974, Czechoslovakia/Slovakia, p/f) • Christopher Brennan (1870–1932, Australia, p/nf) • Martin Stanislaus Brennan (1845–1927, Ireland/US, nf) • Michael Brennan (born 1973, Australia, p) • Sophia Elisabet Brenner (1659–1730, Sweden, nf/p) • John Brent (1808–1882, f/nf) • Clemens Brentano (1778–1842, Germany, p/f) • Elinor Brent-Dyer (1894–1969, England, ch) • Frederick Sadleir Brereton (1852–1957, England, ch) • Jane Brereton (1685–1740, Wales, p) • John Brereton (c. 1571/1572 – c. 1632, England, n/f) • John Le Gay Brereton (1871–1933, Australia, p/nf/d) • Rodica Bretin (born 1958, Romania, f/nf) • Reginald Bretnor (1911–1992, US, f) • André Breton (1896–1966, France, f/nf) • Nicholas Breton (1545–1626, England, p/f) • Willy Bretscher (1897–1992, Switzerland, nf) • Jan Brett (born 1949, US, ch) • Lily Brett (born 1946, Germany/Australia, f/nfp), born Lilijahne Brajtsztajn • Richard Brett (1567–1637, England, nf) • Simon Brett (born 1945, England, f) • Henri Breuil (1877–1961, France, nf) • Kwesi Brew (1928–2007, Gold Coast/Ghana, p) • Nana Ekua Brew-Hammond (living, US/Ghana, f/p) • George Brewer (born 1766, England, nf) • James Norris Brewer (1777–1839, England, f/nf) • John Brewster (1753–1842, England, nf) • Martha Wadsworth Brewster (1710 – c. 1757, English N American colonies, p/nf) • Francisco Manuel de Melo Breyner, 4th Count of Ficalho (1837–1903, Portugal, nf) • Breyten Breytenbach (born 1939, S Africa/France, f/p/nf) • Thomas Brezina (born 1963, Austria, ch) • Shane Briant (1946–2021, England/Australia, f) • Paul Brickhill (1916–1991, Australia, nf) • Diana Bridge (born 1942, N Zealand, p) • Harriet Bridgeman (born 1942, England, nf) • Rae Bridgman (living, Canada/US, ch) • Bub Bridger (1924–2009, N Zealand, p/f) • Hilda Bridges (1881–1971, Australia, f) • John Bridges (1536–1613, nf) • Lucas Bridges (1874–1949, Tierra del Fuego/Argentina, nf) • Robert Bridges (1844–1930, England, p) • Victor Bridges (1878–1892, England, f/d/p) • James Bridie (1888–1951, Scotland, d), pseudonym of Osborne Henry Mavor • Elín Briem (1856–1937, Iceland, nf) • Walter Brierley (1900–1972, England, f) • Asa Briggs (1921–2016, England, nf) • Henry Briggs (1561–1630, England, nf) • Katharine Mary Briggs (1898–1980, England, ch) • Robert Bright (1902–1988, US, ch) • Cecilia Lucy Brightwell (1811–1875, England, ch) • John Briley (1925–2019, US, d/f) • Dougie Brimson (born 1959, England, d/nf) • David Brin (born 1950, US, f) • Robert Bringhurst (born 1946, Canada, p/nf) • Tor Åge Bringsværd (born 1939, Norway, f/d) • André Brink (1935–2015, S Africa, f/nf/p) • Carol Ryrie Brink (1895–1981, US, ch) • Jan ten Brink (1834–1901, Netherlands, f/nf) • Rolf Dieter Brinkmann (1940–1975, Germany/England, p/f/nf) • Hesba Fay Brinsmead (1922–2003, Australia, f) • Sophia Briscoe (fl. 1770s, England, f) • Jacques Pierre Brissot (1754–1793, France, nf) • Vera Brittain (1893–1970, England, nf/f) • Rosa María Britton (1936–2019, Panama, f/d) • Jevrem Brković (1933–1921, Yugoslavia/Montenegro, p/f/nf) • Ivana Brlić-Mažuranić (1874–1938, Austria-Hungary/Yugoslavia) • Adele Broadbent (born 1968, N Zealand, ch) • Chris Broadribb (living, Australia, f/nf) • Annette Broadrick (born 1938, US, f) • Paula Broadwell (born 1972, US, nf) • Hermann Broch (1886–1951, Austria/US, f) • Edwin Brock (1927–1997, England, p) • Geoffrey Brock (born 1964, US, p) • William Brock (1807–1875, England, nf) • William Brockedon (1787–1854, England, nf) • Barthold Heinrich Brockes (1680–1747, Germany, p) • Ann Brockman (c. 1600–1660, England, nf) • Connie Brockway (born 1954, US, f) • Max Brod (1884–1968, Austrian E/Israel, f/nf) • Erna Brodber (born 1940, Jamaica, f/nf) • Damien Broderick (born 1944, Australia, f) • Frances Freeling Broderip (1830–1878, England, ch) • Elin Brodin (born 1963, Norway, f) • Eve Brodlique (1867–1949, UK, Canada, US, f/nf/p) • Joseph Brodsky (1940–1996, USSR/US, p/nf • Leslie Brody (born 1952, US, nf) • Sándor Bródy (1863–1924, Hungary, f) • Suzanne Brøgger (born 1944, Denmark, f/p/nf) • Gerald Brom (born 1965, US, f) • Alexander Brome (1620–1666, England, p) • Richard Brome (c. 1590–1652, England, d) • Vincent Brome (1910–2004, England, nf/f/d) • Louis Bromfield (1896–1956, US, f/nf) • Eliza Bromley (fl. 1784–1803, England, f) • John Bromley (died 1717, England, nf) • Eleanor Bron (born 1938, England, nf) • Władysław Broniewski (1897–1962, Poland, p) • William Bronk (1918–1999, US, p/nf) • Anne Brontë (1820–1849, England, f/p) • Charlotte Brontë (1816–1855, England, f/p) • Emily Brontë (1818–1848, England, f/p) • Patrick Brontë (1777–1861, Ireland/England, p) • Rhidian Brook (born 1964, Wales/England, f/d) • Steve Brook (1934–2014, England/Australia, nf) • Arthur de Capell Brooke (1791–1878, England, nf) • Christopher N. L. Brooke (1927–2015, England, nf) • Frances Brooke (1724–1789, England/Canada, f/nf/d) • Iris Brooke (1905 – post-1967, England, nf/ch) • Jocelyn Brooke (1908–1966, England, nf/f/p) • John Brooke (died 1582, England, nf) • Kate Brooke (living, England, d) • Lauren Brooke (born 1969, US, f), pseudonym of Linda Chapman with Beth Chambers • P. J. Brooke (born 1943 and 1951, Scotland, f/nf), pseudonym of Philip James O'Brien and Jane Brooke • Rupert Brooke (1887–1915, England/Greece, p/nf) • Susan Brookes (born 1943, England, nf) • Anita Brookner (1928–2016, England, f/nf) • David Brooks (born 1953, Australia, p/f/nf) • Geraldine Brooks (born 1955, Australia/US, f) • Gwendolyn Brooks (1917–2000, US, p) • Karen Brooks (living, Australia, f) • Kevin Brook (born 1959, England, ch) • Max Brooks (born 1972, US, f) • Michael Brooks (born 1970, England, nf) • Shirley Brooks (1816–1874, England, nf) • Terry Brooks (born 1944, US, f) • Walter R. Brooks (1886–1958, US, ch) • Anne Brooksbank (born 1943, Australia, d) • Mary Anne Broome, Lady Broome (1831–1911, Australia, f/nf/ch) • Ralph Broome (1742–1805, England, nf) • William Broome (1689–1745, England, p) • Brigid Brophy (1929–1995, England, f/nf) • Hans Adolph Brorson (1694–1764, Denmark, p) • John Brosnan (1947–2005, Australia/England, f/nf) • Joan Brossa (1919–1998, Spain, p/d) • Nicole Brossard (born 1943, Canada, p/f) • D. K. Broster (1877–1950, England, f) • Edith Yah Brou (born 1984, Ivory Coast, nf) • Robert Barnabas Brough (1828–1860, England, p/f/d) • Henry Brougham, 1st Baron Brougham and Vaux (1778–1868, Scotland/England, nf) • Rhoda Broughton (1840–1920, Wales/England, f) • Olga Broumas (born 1949, Greece/US, p) • Jeroen Brouwers (born 1940, Dutch East Indies/Netherlands, f/nf) • Flora Brovina (born 1949, Serbia/Kosovo, p) • Petrus Brovka (1905–1980, Russia/USSR, p) • Babette Brown (1931–2019, S Africa/England, nf) • Carter Brown (1923–1985, England/Australia, f) • Charles Brockden Brown (1771–1810, US, f/nf) • Cornelius Brown (1852–1907, England, nf) • Dan Brown (born 1964, US, f) • Daniel James Brown (born 1951, US, nf) • Deidre Brown (born 1970, N Zealand, nf) • Diane Brown (born 1951, N Zealand, f/p) • Eric Brown (born 1960, England, f) • Eva Maria Brown (1856–1917, US, nf) • Fredric Brown (1906–1972, US, f) • George Brown (1835–1917, England, nf) • George Mackay Brown (1921–1996, Scotland, p/f/d) • Helen Brown (born 1954, N Zealand, nf) • Honey Brown (living, Australia, f) • John Brown (1715–1766, England, d/nf) • Marc Brown (born 1946, US, ch) • Marcia Brown (1918–2015, US, ch) • Margaret Wise Brown (1910–1952, US, ch) • Max Brown (1916–2003, N Zealand/Australia, f) • Pam Brown (born 1948, Australia, nf/p) • Pamela Brown (1924–1989, England, f/d) • Pete Brown (born 1940, England, p) • Pete Brown (born 1968, England, nf) • Riwia Brown (born 1957, N Zealand, d) • Roseanne A. Brown (born 1955, Ghana/US, f/ch) • Sandra Brown (born 1948, US, f) • Sterling Allen Brown (1901–1989, US, p/nf) • Stewart Brown (born 1951, England, p/nf) • Thomas Edward Brown (1830–1897, Isle of Man/England, p/nf) • Tom Brown (1662–1704, England, p/nf) • Anthony Browne (born 1946, England, ch) • Edward Granville Browne (1862–1926, England, nf) • Frances Browne (1816–1879, Ireland, p/f/ch) • Gerald A. Browne (1924–2015, US, f) • Harriet Louisa Browne (1829–1906, N Zealand, nf) • Harry Browne (1933–2006, US, nf) • Isaac Hawkins Browne (1705–1760, p) • Marshall Browne (1935–2014, Australia, f) • Moses Browne (1703–1787, England, nf) • Robert Brown (1550s – 1633, nf) • Thomas Browne (1605–1682, England, nf) • Thomas Alexander Browne (1826–1915, England/Australia, f/nf), pseudonym Rolf Boldrewood • William Browne (c. 1590 – c. 1645, England, p) • William A. F. Browne (1805–1885, Scotland, nf) • Dixie Browning (born 1930, US, f) • Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1806–1861, England/Italy, p) • Oscar Browning (1837–1923, England, nf) • Robert Browning (1812–1889, England/Italy, p/nf) • Alan Brownjohn (1931–2024, England, p/f) • Orestes Brownson (1803–1876, US, nf) • Anatole Broyard (1920–1990, US, nf) • Heðin Brú (1901–1987, Faroe Is, f), pseudonym of Hans Jacob Jacobsen • Aristide Bruant (1851–1925, France, p) • Dorita Fairlie Bruce (1885–1970, Scotland, ch) • Henry James Bruce (1880–1951, England, n/f) • Mary Grant Bruce (1878–1958, Australia, ch) • Mrs Victor Bruce (1895–1990, England, nf/f), born Mildred Mary Petre • Raymond Bruckert (born 1935, Switzerland, f/nf) • Walter Brueggemann (born 1933, US, nf) • Ken Bruen (born 1951, Ireland, f) • Alyssa Brugman (born 1974, Australia, f/ch) • Jean de Brunhoff (1899–1937, France, ch) • Gace Brulé (c. 1160 – post-1213, France, p) • Johan Nordahl Brun (1745–1816, Norway, p/d) • Maria Alinda Bonacci Brunamonti (1841–1903, Italy, p) • Marta Brunet (1897–1967, Chile, f/nf) • Andrée Brunin (1937–1993, France, p/ch/f) • John Brunner (1934–1995, England, f) • Marianne Bruns (1897–1994, Germany, f/p/nf) • Mary Brunton (1778–1818, Scotland, f) • Steven Brust (born 1955, US, f) • Dennis Brutus (1924–2009, S Africa, nf/p) • Francis Bryan (c. 1490–1550, England, p/nf) • Robert Bryan (1858–1920, Wales, p) • Arthur Bryant (1899–1985, England, nf) • William Cullen Bryant (1794–1878, US, p/nf) • Alfredo Bryce (born 1939, Peru, f/nf) • Colette Bryce (born 1970, N Ireland/England, p) • Egerton Brydges (1762–1837, England, nf) • Bryher (1894–1983, England/Switzerland, f/p/nf) • Annika Bryn (born 1945, Sweden, f) • Bill Bryson (born 1951, US, nf) • Valery Bryusov (1873–1924, Russian E/USSR, p/f/d) • Dragomir Brzak (1851–1905, Serbia, d/p/nf) • Jan Brzechwa (1898–1966, Poland, p/ch)

Bu–By

• Chico Buarque (born 1944, Brazil, d/nf/p) • Kenneth C. Bucchi (living, US, nf) • Boudewijn Büch (1948–2002, Netherlands, f/nf) • Elizabeth Buchan (born 1948, England, nf/f) • John Buchan (1875–1940, Scotland/Canada, f/nf) • Dugald Buchanan (1716–1768, Scotland, p) • Edna Buchanan (born 1939, US, f/nf) • Robert Williams Buchanan (1841–1901, Scotland, f/d) • Magdalene Sophie Buchholm (1758–1825, Norway, p) • August Buchner (1591–1661, Scotland, p/nf) • Georg Büchner (1813–1837, Germany/Switzerland, d/p/nf) • Anne Buck (1910–2005, England, nf) • Charles Bucke (1781–1846, England, nf/p/d) • Anthony Buckeridge (1912–2004, England, ch) • James Silk Buckingham (1786–1855, England, nf) • Leicester Silk Buckingham (1825–1867, England, d) • Nancy Buckingham (1924–2022, England, f) • Francis Trevelyan Buckland (1826–1880, England, nf), wrote as Frank Buckland • Raymond Buckland (1834–1917, England, nf), pseudonym Robat • William Buckland (1784–1856, England, nf) • Henry Thomas Buckle (1821–1862, England, nf) • Arabella Buckley (1840–1929, England, nf) • Vincent Buckley (1925–1988, Australia, p/nf) • William F. Buckley Jr. (1925–2008, US, nf) • M. L. Buchman (born 1958, USA, f/nf) • Charles Buckmaster (1950–1972, Australia, p) • Stefan Buczacki (born 1945, England, nf) • David Budbill (1940–2016, US, p/d) • Maria Elizabeth Budden (c. 1780–1832, England, f/ch) • Jacintha Buddicom (1901–1993, England, p/nf) • Eustace Budgell (1686–1737, England, nf) • Algis Budrys (1931–2008, Lithuania/US, f/nf) • Andrea Hollander Budy (born 1947, Germany/US, p) • Aminta Buenaño (born 1958, Ecuador, f/nf) • Gesualdo Bufalino (1920–1996, Italy, f) • Lasha Bugadze (born 1977, USSR/Georgia, d) • Ken Bugul (born 1947, Senegal), pseudonym of Mariètou Mbaye Biléoma • Lindsay Buick (1866–1938, N Zealand, nf) • Thomas Lindsay Buick (1865–1938, N Zealand, nf) • Anne Buist (living, Australia, f) • Teodor Bujnicki (1907–1944, Poland, p) • Lois McMaster Bujold (born 1949, US, f) • Austin Bukenya (born 1944, Uganda, f/nf/d) • Charles Bukowski (1920–1994, Germany/US, p/f) • Miodrag Bulatović (1930–1991, Yugoslavia, f/nf/d) • NoViolet Bulawayo (born 1981, Zimbabwe/US, f) • Mikhail Bulgakov (1891–1940, Russia/USSR, f/d) • Vanja Bulić (born 1947, Yugoslavia/Serbia, d/nf/f) • Fanny Bulkeley-Owen (1845–1927, Wales/England, nf) • Jacob Breda Bull (1853–1930, Norway, f/p) • Olaf Bull (1883–1933, Norway, p) • Frank Thomas Bullen (1857–1915, England, f/nf) • J. B. Bullen (living, England, nf) • Gerald Bullett (1893–1958, England, f/nf/p) • Margaret Bullock (1845–1903, N Zealand, nf) • Carlos Bulosan (1913–1956, Philippines/US, f/p) • Irinej Bulović (born 1947, Yugoslavia/Serbia, nf) • Edward Bulwer-Lytton (1803–1873, England, f/p/d) • Robert Bulwer-Lytton (1831–1891, England, p), pseudonym Owen Meredith • Delfina Bunge (1881–1952, Argentina, p/nf) • Ivan Bunin (1870–1953, Russian E/France, p/f) • Anna Bunina (1774–1829, Russian E) • Anna Maria Bunn (1808–1899, Australia, f) • Basil Bunting (1900–1985, England, p) • Eve Bunting (1928–2023, N Ireland/US, f/nf/ch) • John Bunyan (1628–1688, England, nf/f) • Sevim Burak (1931–1983, Turkey, f/d) • Adda Burch (1869-1929, US, nf) • Robert J. Burch (1925–2007, US, ch) • Josiah Burchett (c. 1666–1746, England, nf) • Zaza Burchuladze (born 1973, USSR/Germany, f/d) • Katharine Burdekin (1896–1963, England, nf) • Della Burford (born 1946, Canada, ch) • Sheila Burnford (1918–1984, Scotland/Canada, nf) • Gottfried August Bürger (1747–1794, Germany, p) • Hermann Burger (1942–1989, Switzerland, p/f/nf) • George Burges (1786–1864, England, nf) • Mary Anne Burges (1763–1813, Scotland, nf) • Alan Burgess (1915–1998, England, nf) • Anthony Burgess (1917–1993, England, f/d/p) • Gelett Burgess (1866–1951, US, nf/p) • Melvin Burgess (born 1964, England, ch) • Thornton Burgess (1874–1965, US, nf/ch) • James Burgh (1714–1775, Scotland/England, nf) • John Burgon (1813–1888, England, p/nf) • Julia de Burgos (1914–1953, Puerto Rico, p) • John Burgoyne (1722–1792, England, d) • Erika Burkart (1922–2010, Switzerland, p/f) • Alafair Burke (born 1969, US, f/nf) • Andrew Burke (1944–2023, Australia, p) • Edmund Burke (1729–1797, Ireland/England, nf) • J. C. Burke (born 1965, Australia, f) • Janine Burke (born 1952, Australia, nf/f) • Thomas Burke (1886–1945, England, f/p/d) • William Burke (1728 or 1730–1798, England, nf) • Martha Burkhardt (1874–1956, Switzerland, nf) • Francis Burleigh (fl. 1590s, England, nf) • Michael Burleigh (born 1955, England, nf) • Doris Burn (1923–2011, US, ch) • Andrew Burnaby (1732–1812, England, nf) • William Aubrey Burnage (c. 1841–1881, Australia, f/d) • F. C. Burnand (1836–1917, England, f/d) • Jocelyn Bell Burnell (born 1943, N Ireland/England, nf/p) • Gilbert Burnet (1643–1715, Scotland/England, nf) • Thomas Burnet (c. 1635–1713, England, nf) • Alice Hale Burnett (early 20th c., US, ch) • Frances Hodgson Burnett (1849–1924, England/US, f/d) • Caroline Burney (fl. early 19th c., England, f), probable pseudonym • Charles Burney (1726–1814, England, nf) • Charles Burney (1757–1817, England, nf) • Frances Burney (1752–1840, England, f/nf/p), commonly Fanny Burney • Frances Burney (1776–1828, England, d) • James Burney (1750–1821, England, nf) • Sarah Burney (1772–1844, England, f) • Sheila Burnford (1918–1984, Scotland/Canada, f/ch) • John Burningham (1936–2019, England, ch) • Joanne Burns (born 1945, Australia, p/nf) • Robert Burns (1759–1796, Scotland, p) • Stanley Burnshaw (1906–2005, US, p) • John Burnside (born 1955, Scotland, p/f/nf) • Myles Burnyeat (1939–1919, England, nf) • James Burr (born 1971, England, f) • Nathan Burrage (born 1971, Australia, f) • Sophia Burrell (1753–1802, England, p/d) • Bryan Burrough (born 1961, US, nf) • Augusten Burroughs (born 1965, US, nf/f) • Dillon Burroughs (born 1976, US, nf) • Edgar Rice Burroughs (1875–1950, US, f) • Franklin Burroughs (living, US, nf) • Montagu Burrows (1819–1905, England, nf) • William S. Burroughs (1914–1997, US, f/nf) • James Burrow (1701–1782, England, nf) • Deborah Burrows (born 1959, Australia, f) • Andrzej Bursa (1932–1957, Poland, p/f) • Henry Burton (1578–1648, England, nf) • Hester Burton (1913–2000, England, ch) • Maurice Burton (1898–1992, England, nf) • Richard Francis Burton (1821–1990, England, nf) • Robert Burton (1577–1640, England, nf) • Virginia Lee Burton (1909–1968, US, ch) • Clemency Burton-Hill (born 1981, England, nf/f) • Charlotte Bury (1775–1861, England, f) • Elizabeth Bury (1644–1720, England, nf) • Helle Busacca (1915–1996, Italy, p/f/nf) • Margaret Busby (born 1944, Gold Coast/England, nf/d) • Olivia Ward Bush-Banks (1869–1944, US, p/d/nf), born Olivia Ward • Aldo Busi (born 1948, Italy, f/nf) • Akosua Busia (born 1966, Ghana/US, f/d) • Abena Busia (born 1953, Ghana/England, nf/p) • Akosua Busia (born 1966, Ghana/England, f/d) • Yosa Buson (与謝蕪村, 1716–1784, Japan, p) • Michael Busselle (1935–2006, England, nf) • Christine Busta (1915–1987, Austria, p) • Fatimah Busu (born 1943, Malaya/Malaysia, f/nf) • A. J. Butcher (living, England, ch) • Jim Butcher (born 1971, US, f) • Alban Butler (1710–1773, England, nf) • Catherine Butler (born 1963, England, nf/ch), initially Charles Butler • Dorothy Butler (1925–2015, N Zealand, ch) • Guy Butler (1918–2001, S Africa, p/nf) • Gwendoline Butler (1922–2013, England, f) • Joseph Butler (1692–1752, England, nf) • Josephine Butler (1828–1906, England, nf) • Octavia E. Butler (1947–2006, US, f) • Samuel Butler (1613–1680, England, p) • Samuel Butler (1835–1902, England, f/nf) • Susan Bulkeley Butler (living, US, nf) • Michel Butor (1926–2016, France, p/f/nf) • Ray Buttigieg (born 1955, Malta/US, p) • Herbert Butterfield (1900–1979, England, nf) • Jez Butterworth (born 1969, England, d) • John-Henry Butterworth (born 1976, England, d) • Ignazio Buttitta (1899–1997, Italy, p) • Anthony Butts (born 1969, US, p) • Mary Butts (1890–1937, England, nf) • Bertha Henry Buxton (1844–1981, England, f/ch) • Fowell Buxton (1786–1945, England, nf) • Nigel Buxton (1924–2015, England, nf) • Alex Buzo (1944–2006, Australia, d/f/nf) • Augustin Buzura (1938–2017, Romania, f/nf) • Dino Buzzati (1906–1972, Italy, f/p/nf) • Bwesigye bwa Mwesigire (born 1987, Uganda, nf/f) • Betsy Byars (1928–2020, US, ch) • A. S. Byatt (1936–2023, England, f/nf) • Kathryn Stripling Byer (1944–2017, US, p/nf) • Vasil Bykaŭ (1924–2003, USSR/Russia, f/nf) • Marie Beuzeville Byles (1900–1979, Australia, nf) • Georgia Byng (born 1965, England, ch) • Witter Bynner (1881–1968, US, p/d/nf) • John Byrne (born 1950, England/US, f) • Paula Byrne (born 1967, England, nf) • Rhonda Byrne (born 1945, Australia, nf) • John Byrom (1692–1736, England, p/nf) • Lord Byron (1788–1824, England/Greece, p) • Robert Byron (1905–1941, England, nf) • Liz Byrski (born 1944, England/Australia, f/nf) • Ingram Bywater (1840–1914, England, nf) • Michael Bywater (born 1953, England, nf)