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

Ca

• Ernesto Noboa y Caamaño (1889–1927, Ecuador, p) • James Branch Cabell (1879–1958, US, f) • Omar Cabezas (born 1950, Nicaragua, nf) • Marcel Cabon (1912–1972, Mauritius, f) • Dolce Ann Cabot (1862–1943, N Zealand, nf) • Meg Cabot (born 1967, US, f/ch) • Amílcar Cabral (1924–1973, Guinea-Bissau, nf) • António Cabral (1931–2007, Portugal, p/f/d) • Facundo Cabral (1937–2011, Argentina, nf) • Manuel del Cabral (1907–1999, Dominican Rep., p) • Vasco Cabral (1926–2005, Guinea-Bissau, p) • Lydia Cabrera (1899–1991, Cuba/US, nf) • Caroline Caddy (born 1944, Australia, p) • Florence Caddy (1837–1923, England, nf), born Florence Tompson • Rafael Cadenas (born 1930, Venezuela, p/nf) • Pat Cadigan (born 1953, US, f) • Dilys Cadwaladr (1902–1979, Wales, p/f) • Rhys Cadwaladr (fl. 1666–1690, Wales, p/nf) • Cædmon (fl. c. 657–684, England, p) • Adrian Caesar (born 1955, England/Australia, f/nf/p) • Kathleen Mannington Caffyn (c. 1855–1926, Ireland/England, f) • Andrea Cagan (living, US, nf) • Inès Cagnati (1937–2007, France, f) • Neriman Cahit (born 1937, Turkey/Turkish Cyprus, nf/p) • Cai Yan (蔡琰, c. 178 – post-206 or c. 170–215 or died c. 249, China, p) • Cai Yong (蔡邕, 132–192, China, nf) • Cai Xiang (蔡襄, 1012–1067, China, p/nf) • Andrés Caicedo (1951–1977, Colombia, f/nf) • Dominique Caillat (born 1956, US/Germany, d/nf) • Maoilios Caimbeul (born 1944, Scotland, p/nf/ch), birth name Myles Campbell • James M. Cain (1892–1977, US, f) • Susan Cain (born 1968, US, nf) • Hall Caine (1853–1931, England/Isle of Man, f/d/p) • Janet Caird (1913–1992, Malawi/Scotland, f/p) • Mona Caird (1854–1932, England, f/nf) • Scott Cairns (born 1954, Scotland, p/nf) • John Caius the Elder (fl. 1480, England, p) • Aleksandrs Čaks (1901–1950, Russian E/USSR, p/f) • Louis Calaferte (1928–1994, Italy/France, f/nf/p) • Susana Calandrelli (1901–1978, Argentina, p/f/nf) • Alison Calder (born 1969, England/Canada, p/nf) • Angus Calder (1942–2008, England/Scotland, nf/p) • Pedro Calderón de la Barca (1600–1681, Spain, d/p/nf) • Erskine Caldwell (1903–1987, US, f/nf) • Musa Cälil (1906–1944, USSR, p/d/nf) • George Călinescu (1899–1965, Romania, nf/f) • Matei Călinescu (1934–2009, Romania/US, nf) • Susanna Calkins (born 1971, US, f/nf) • Barry Callaghan (born 1937, Canada, f/p/nf) • Morley Callaghan (1903–1990, Canada, f/d) • Michael Feeney Callan (living, Ireland, f/p/d) • Callimachus (c. 310/305 – c. 240 BCE, Cyrene, p/nf) • Brian Callison (1934–2024, England/Scotland, f) • Philip Callow (1924–2007, England, f/p/nf) • Mena Calthorpe (1905–1996, Australia, f) • Pilar Calveiro (born 1953, Argentina/Mexico, nf) • Charles Stuart Calverley (1831–1884, England, p) • Robert Calvert (1945–1988, S Africa, p/d/f) • César Calvo (1940–2000, Peru, p/f/nf) • Eugenio Cambaceres (1843–1888, Argentina, f) • Roland Camberton (1921–1965, England, f), real name Henry Cohen • Ada Cambridge (1844–1926, England/Australia, f/p/nf) • William Camden (1551–1623, England, nf) • Eleanor Cameron (1912–1996, Canada/US, ch/nf) • Margaret Cameron (1867–1947, US, d/f/nf) • Norman Cameron (1905–1953, India/Scotland, p) • Richard Cameron (born 1948, England, d) • Héctor Aguilar Camín (born 1946, Mexico, nf) • Adolfo Caminha (1867–1897, Brazil, f/nf) • Émile Cammaerts (1878–1953, Belgium/England, d/p) • Luís de Camões (1524 or 1525–1580, Portugal, p) • Candace Camp (born 1949, US, f) • Kate Camp (born 1972, N Zealand, p/nf) • L. Sprague de Camp (1907–2000, US, f/nf) • Alexander Campbell (1788–1866, Ireland/US, nf) • Alistair Campbell (1925–2009, N Zealand, p/d/f) • Angus Peter Campbell (born 1952, Scotland, p/f/nf) • Archibald Campbell (fl. 1767, Scotland, nf) • Beatrix Campbell (born 1947, England, nf) • Bruce Campbell (1912–1993, England, nf) • David Campbell (1915–1979, Australia, p/f/nf) • Elizabeth Campbell (born 1989, Australia, p) • Joanna Campbell (fl. late 20th c., US, ch) • John Colin Campbell, 1st Viscount Davidson (1889–1970, Scotland, nf) • John W. Campbell Jr. (1910–1971, US, f), pseudonym, Don A. Stuart • Judy Campbell (1916–2004, England, d) • Marion May Campbell (born 1948, Australia, f/p/nf) • Mary Maxwell Campbell (1812–1886, Scotland, p) • Meg Campbell (1937–2007, N Zealand, p) • Ramsey Campbell (born 1946, England, f/nf) • Roy Campbell (1901–1957, S Africa/Portugal, p/nf) • Thomas Campbell (1777–1844, Scotland/France, p) • Rachel Campbell-Johnston (born 1963, England, nf/f) • Joachim Heinrich Campe (1746–1818, Germany, nf/ch) • Jan Campert (1902–1943, Netherlands, p), Holocaust victim • Remco Campert (1929–2022, Netherlands, f/p) • Thomas Campion (1567–1620, England, p/nf) • Estanislao del Campo (1834–1880, Argentina, p) • José María del Campo (1826–1884, Argentina, nf) • Nellie Campobello (1900–1986, Mexico, nf/p/f) • Augusto de Campos (born 1931, Brazil, p/nf) • Haroldo de Campos (1929–2003, Brazil, p/nf) • Francis Camps (1905–1972, England, nf) • Albert Camus (1913–1960, Algeria/France, f/nf) • Matilde Camus (1919–2012, Spain, nf) • Mirel Cană (1957–2020, Romania, f), pseudonym Șerban Alexandru • Nemesio Canales (1878–1923, Puerto Rico, nf/f/d) • W. H. Canaway (1925–1988, England, f) • Melville Henry Cane (1879–1980, US, p/nf) • Hugh Candidus (c. 1095 – c. 1160, England, nf) • Elias Canetti (1905–1994, Bulgaria/Switzerland, f/d/nf) • Jack Canfield (born 1944, US, nf), • Ethan Canin (born 1960, US, f) • Ivan Cankar (1876–1918, Austrian E, d/p/nf) • Denis Cannan (1919–2011, England, d) • Gilbert Cannan (1884–1955, England, f/d) • Joanna Cannan (1896–1961, England, f/ch) • May Wedderburn Cannan (1893–1973, England, p) • Dorothy Cannell (born 1943, England/US, f) • Victor Canning (1911–1986, England, f) • James Cañón (living, Colombia/US, f/nf) • Edip Cansever (1928–1986, Turkey, p) • Constantin Cantacuzino (1639–1716, Wallachia, nf) • Dimitrie Cantemir (1673–1723, Moldavia, nf) • William Canton (1845–1926, England, p/ch/nf) • Cao Cao (曹操, c. 155–220, China, p/nf) • Cao Pi (曹丕, c. 187–226, China, p/nf) • Cao Wenxuan (曹文軒, born 1954, China, f/ch) • Cao Xueqin (曹雪芹, 1715 or 1724 – 1763 or 1764, China, f) • Cao Yu (曹禺, 1910–1996, China, d) • Cao Zhi (曹植, 192–232, China, p) • Martín Caparrós (born 1957, Argentina, f/nf) • Karel Čapek (1890–1938, Austria-Hungary/Czechoslovakia, f/d/nf) • Edward Capell (1713–1781, England, nf) • Martianus Capella (fl. c. 410–420, Roman E, nf) • Edward Capern (1819–1894, England, p) • John Capgrave (1393–1464, England, nf) • Vahni Capildeo (born 1973, Jamaica/England, p/nf/d) • Jacobus Capitein (c. 1717–1747, Gold Coast/Netherlands, nf) • Truman Capote (1924–1984, US, f/d) • Ivan Čapovski (born 1936, Greece/N Macedonia, p/f) • Placide Cappeau (1808–1877, France, p) • Aleš Čar (born 1971, Yugoslavia/Slovenia, f) • Caradoc of Llancarfan (12th c., Wales, nf) • Ionuț Caragea (born 1975, Romania, p) • Ion Luca Caragiale (1852–1912, Wallachia/Germany, d/f/p) • Mateiu Caragiale (1885–1936, Romania, p/f/nf) • Marie-Magdeleine Carbet (1902–1996, Martinique, p/f) • Raffaello Carboni (1817–1875, Italy, nf) • Ramón J. Cárcano (1860–1946, Argentina, nf) • Adolphe Joseph Carcassonne (1826–1891, France, p/d) • Francis Carco (1886–1958, New Caledonia/France, p/f/d) • Orson Scott Card (born 1951, US, f) • Gerolamo Cardano (1501–1576, Italy, nf) • William Cardell (1780–1828, US, ch/nf) • Ernesto Cardenal (1925–2020, Nicaragua, p/nf) • Lúcio Cardoso (1912–1968, Brazil, f/d/p) • Miguel Esteves Cardoso (born 1955, Portugal/England, nf/f) • Giosuè Carducci (1835–1907, Italy, p/nf) • Neville Cardus (1888–1975, England, nf) • Maurice Carême (1899–1978, Belgium, p/ch) • Jan Carew (1920–2012, British Guiana/US, f/d/p) • Thomas Carew (1595–1640, England, p) • Henry Carey (1687–1743, England, p/d) • Mary Carey, Lady Carey (c. 1609 – c. 1680, England, p/nf) • Peter Carey (born 1943, Australia, f) • Rosa Nouchette Carey (1840–1909, England, ch/f) • Eric Carle (1929–2021, US, ch) • Philip Carr-Gomm (born 1955, England, nf) • Eric Carle (1929–2021, US, ch) • Erwin Carlé (1876–1923, Germany, f) • William Carleton (1794–1869, Ireland, nf/f) • Robert Carliell (died c. 1622, England, p) • Richard Carlile (1790–1843, England, nf) • George Carlin (1937–2008, US, nf) • Finn Carling (1925–2004, Norway, f/d/p) • Patricia Carlon (1927–2002, Australia, f) • Camilla Carlson (1930–1990, Norway, p/f/nf) • Natalie Savage Carlson (1906–1997, US, ch) • Alexander Carlyle (1722–1805, Scotland, nf) • Joseph Dacre Carlyle (1758–1804, England, nf) • Liz Carlyle (born 1958, US, f) • Thomas Carlyle (1795–1881, Scotland/England, nf) • Bliss Carman (1861–1929, Canada/US, p) • Amy Carmichael (1867–1951, Ireland/India, nf) • Jennings Carmichael (1867–1904, Australia/England, p/nf) • Stokely Carmichael (1941–1998, Trinidad/Guinea, nf) • Simon Carmiggelt (1913–1987, Netherlands, nf/p) • Isobelle Carmody (born 1958, Australia, f/ch) • Pedro Carmona-Alvarez (born 1972, Chile/Norway, f/p) • John Carne (1789–1844, England, nf) • Robert Caro (born 1935, US, nf) • Hans Carossa (1878–1956, Germany, f/p) • Otto Maria Carpeaux (1900–1978, Austria/Brazil, nf) • Bo Carpelan (1926–2011, Finland, p/f) • David Carpenter (born 1947, England, nf) • Edmund Snow Carpenter (1922–2011, US, nf) • Edward Carpenter (1844–1929, England, nf/p) • Humphrey Carpenter (1946–2005, England, nf) • Alejo Carpentier (1904–1980, Cuba, f/nf) • Luzmila Carpio (born 1949, Bolivia, p) • Clyde Carr (1886–1962, N Zealand, nf/p) • E. H. Carr (1892–1982, England, nf) • Fern G. Z. Carr (born 1956, Canada, p/nf) • J. L. Carr (1912–1994, England, f/ch) • John Dickson Carr (1906–1977, US, f) • Margaret Carr (born 1935, England, f) • Philippa Carr (1906–1993, England, f), pseudonym of Eleanor Burford Hibbert • Raymond Carr (1919–2015, England, nf) • Robyn Carr (living, US, f) • Terry Carr (1937–1987, US, f) • Virginia Spencer Carr (1929–2012, US, nf) • Salaan Carrabey (1864–1943, Isaaq Sultanate/Somaliland, p) • Tomás Carrasquilla (1858–1940, Colombia, f/nf) • John le Carré (1931–2020, England, f), pseudonym of David John Moore Cornwell • Julio Carreras (born 1949, Argentina, f) • Evaristo Carriego (1883–1912, Argentina, p) • Leonora Carrington (1917–2011, England/Mexico, f) • Alejandro Carrión (1915–1992, Ecuador, p/f/nf) • Benjamín Carrión (1897–1979, Ecuador, nf) • Jim Carroll (1949–2009, US, nf/p) • Lewis Carroll (1832–1898, England, p/ch), pseudonym of Charles Lutwidge Dodgson • Hayden Carruth (1921–2008, US, p/nf) • A. J. Carruthers (living, Australia, p/nf) • Anne Carson (born 1950, Canada, p/nf) • Ann Elizabeth Carson (1929–2023, Canada, p/f) • Harold H. Carstens (1925–2009, US, nf) • Catherine Carswell (1879–1946, Scotland, f/nf) • Mircea Cărtărescu (born 1956, Romania, f/p/nf) • Thomas Carte (1686–1754, England, nf) • Ally Carter (born 1974, US, f/ch) • Angela Carter (1940–1992, England, f/nf/p) • Anne Laurel Carter (born 1953, Canada, ch) • Elizabeth Carter (1717–1806, England, p/nf) • George Stuart Carter (1893–1969, England, nf) • Jared Carter (born 1939, US, p) • Lin Carter (1930–1988, US, f/p) • Martin Carter (1927–1997, British Guiana/Guyana, p/nf) • Peter Carter (1929–1999, England/Germany, ch) • Barbara Cartland (1901–2000, England, f) • Emma de Cartosio (1928–2013, Argentina/France, nf/f/p) • George Cartwright (1739/1740–1819, England, nf) • Justin Cartwright (1943–2018, S Africa/England, f) • Thomas Cartwright (c. 1535–1603, England, nf) • William Cartwright (1611–1643, England, p/d) • Jeffrey Carver (born 1949, US, f) • Raymond Carver (1938–1988, US, f/p) • Alice Cary (1820–1871, US, p) • Elizabeth Cary, Viscountess Falkland (1585–1639, England, p/d/nf) • Henry Francis Cary (1772–1844, England, nf) • Kate Cary (born 1967, England, f) • Lucius Cary, 2nd Viscount Falkland (c. 1610–1643, England, nf/p) • Phoebe Cary (1824–1871, US, p) • Patrick Cary (c. 1623–1657, England, p) • John Caryll (1625–1711, England, d/p) • Julián del Casal (1863–1893, Cuba, p) • Adolfo Bioy Casares (1914–1999, Argentina, f/nf) • Matilde Casazola (born 1942, Bolivia, p) • Marietta Stanley Case (1845–1900, US, p) • Adelaide Casely-Hayford (1868–1960, Sierra Leone/England, f/nf) • Gladys Casely-Hayford (1904–1950, Gold Coast/Sierra Leone, p) • Gus Casely-Hayford (born 1964, England, nf) • J. E. Casely Hayford (1866–1930, Gold Coast, nf/f) • Juanita Casey (1925–2012, England, p/d/f), original name Joy Barlow • Maie Casey, Baroness Casey (1892–1983, Australia, p/nf) • Deirdre Cash (1924–1963, Australia, f), pseudonym Criena Rohan • Johnny Cash (1932–2003, US, p) • John Carter Cash (born 1970, US, p) • June Carter Cash (1929–2003, US, p) • Kristin Cashore (born 1976, US, ch/f) • Linda Ty Casper (born 1931, Philippines, f) • Zoë Cass (1916–2002, Scotland/England, f), pseudonym of Lois Dorothea Low • Neal Cassady (1926–1968, US/Mexico, p/nf) • Cyrus Cassells (born 1957, US, p) • Lorna Casselton (1938–2014, England, nf) • Cathy Cassidy (born 1962, England, f/ch) • Carlos Castaneda (1925–1998, Peru/US, nf) • Fernão Lopes de Castanheda (c. 1500–1559, Portugal, nf) • Lisa Castel (born 1955, Angola, nf/p) • Leonardo Castellani (1899–1981, Argentina, nf/f/p) • Rosario Castellanos (1925–1974, Mexico, p/nf) • Ignaz Franz Castelli (1780–1862, Austria, d/p) • Blanca Castellón (born 1958, Nicaragua, p) • Almucs de Castelnau (c. 1140 – pre-1184, France, p) • António Feliciano de Castilho (1800–1875, Portugal, p/nf) • Abelardo Castillo (1935–2017, Argentina, f/nf) • Ana Castillo (born 1953, US, f/p/d) • Carlos Eduardo Jaramillo Castillo (born 1932, Ecuador, p) • Julio Valle Castillo (born 1952, Nicaragua, p/nf) • Roberto Castillo (1950–2008, Honduras, f/nf) • Sergio Badilla Castillo (born 1947, Chile, p) • Egerton Castle (1858–1920, England, f/nf) • Elisabeth Castonier (1894–1975, Germany/England, ch/nf) • Helen Castor (born 1968, England, nf) • Eugénio de Castro (1869–1944, Portugal, p) • Ferreira de Castro (1898–1974, Portugal, f/nf) • Nelson Castro (born 1955, Argentina, nf) • Públia Hortênsia de Castro (1548–1595, Portugal, nf) • Rosalía de Castro (1837–1885, Spain, f/p) • Kole Čašule (1921–2009, Yugoslavia/N Macedonia, d/nf/f) • Nick Catalano (born 1939, US, nf) • Lee Cataldi (born 1942, Australia, p) • Dušan Čater (born 1968, Yugoslavia/Slovenia, f/ch) • Willa Cather (1873–1947, US, f) • Christopher Catherwood (born 1955, England/US, nf) • Christine Cole Catley (1922–2011, N Zealand, nf) • Nancy Cato (1917–2000, Australia, f/nf/p) • Ken Catran (born 1944, N Zealand, ch/d) • Jacob Cats (1577–1660, Netherlands, p) • Eleanor Catton (born 1985, N Zealand, f/d) • Catullus (c. 84 – c. 54 BCE, Rome, p) • Sarah Caudwell (1939–2000, England, f), pseudonym of Sarah Cockburn • Charles Causley (1917–2003, England, p/nf/ch) • David Caute (born 1936, Egypt/England, f/d/nf) • Constantine P. Cavafy (1863–1933, Ottoman E/Egypt, p) • Guido Cavalcanti (c. 1250/1259–1300, Italy, p) • Bonaventura Cavalieri (1598–1647, Italy, nf) • Tiberius Cavallo (1749–1809, Italy/England, nf) • Jeanne de Cavally (1926–1992, Ivory Coast, ch) • Nick Cave (born 1957, Australia, p/d) • Clare Cavendish (fl. 20th c., England, f) • George Cavendish (1497 – c. 1562, England, nf) • Jane Cavendish (1621–1669, England, p/d) • Margaret Cavendish, Duchess of Newcastle-upon-Tyne (1623–1673, England, p/nf/f) • William Cavendish (1593–1676, England, nf) • Hannah Rebecca Frances Caverhill (1834–1897, N Zealand, nf) • William Caxton (c. 1422 – c. 1491, England, nf) • Germán Castro Caycedo (1940–2021, Colombia, nf) • Jean Cayrol (1911–2005, France, p), Holocaust survivor • Henri Cazalis (1840–1909, France/Switzerland, p/nf), pseudonym Jean Lahor • Denys Cazet (born 1938, US, ch)

Ce–Ch

• Chin Ce (born 1966, Nigeria, p/f/nf) • Lord David Cecil (1902–1986, England, nf) • Camilla Ceder (born 1976, Sweden, f) • Siv Cedering (1939–2007, Sweden/US, p/f) • Charlotta Cederström (1760–1832, Sweden, p/f) • Hassoum Ceesay (born 1971, Gambia, nf) • Camilo José Cela (1916–2002, Spain, f/p/nf) • Peride Celal (1916–2013, Turkey, f) • Paul Celan (1920–1970, Romania/France, p) • Dorothea Celesia (1738–1790, England/Italy, d/p) • Louis-Ferdinand Céline (1894–1961, France, f/nf) • Conrad Celtes (1459–1508, Germany/Austria, nf/p) • Blaise Cendrars (1887–1961, Switzerland/France, f/p), pseudonym of Frédéric-Louis Sauser • Susanna Centlivre (1669–1723, England, p/d) • Thomas Centolella (living, US, p) • Avanti Centrae (living, US, f) • Hitesh Ceon (born 1974, Iceland, p) • C. W. Ceram (1915–1972, Germany, nf), pseudonym of Karl Wilhelm Marek • Anica Černej (1900–1944, Slovenia, nf/p), Holocaust victim • Luis Cernuda (1902–1963, Spain/Mexico, nf/p) • Elio Lampridio Cerva (1463–1520, Ragusa, p) • Miguel de Cervantes (1547–1616, Spain, f) • Juraj Červenák (born 1974, Czechoslovakia/Slovakia, f) • Aimé Césaire (1913–2008, Martinique, p/nf) • Ana Cristina Cesar (1952–1983, Brazil, p/nf) • Mário Cesariny de Vasconcelos (1923–2006, Portugal, p) • Gilbert Cesbron (1913–1979, France, f) • Roderich Cescotti (1919–2015, Germany, nf) • Úrsula Céspedes (1832–1974, Cuba, p) • Steph Cha (born 1986, US, f) • Michael Chabon (born 1963, US, f/nf) • Angie Chabram-Dernersesian (born 1952, US, nf) • Mark Chadbourn (born 1960, England, f/nf) • Laurence Chaderton (c. 1536–1640, England, nf) • David Chadwick (1926–2020, US, nf) • Henry Chadwick (1920–2008, England, nf) • Ezra Chadza (1823–1885, Nyasaland/Malawi, p/nf) • Mohamed Chafik (born 1926, Morocco, nf) • Nadia Chafik (born 1962, Morocco, f) • Aïcha Chaibi (Tunisia, nf) • Patrick Fani Chakaipa (1932–2003, S Rhodesia/Zimbabwe) • Chakhrukhadze (fl. late 12th/early 13th c, Georgia, p) • Ashok Chakradhar (born 1951, India, d/ch/p) • Jack L. Chalker (1944–2005, US, f) • John Chalkhill (fl. c. 1600, England, p) • Gordon Challis (1932–2018, N Zealand, p) • John Armstrong Chaloner (1862–1935, US, nf/p/d) • Thomas Chaloner (1521–1565, England, p) • Ján Chalupka (1791–1871, Austria-Hungary/Hungary, d/nf) • Samo Chalupka (1812–1883, Austria-Hungary/Hungary, p) • Roja Chamankar (born 1981, Iran, p) • Brenda Chamberlain (1912–1971, Wales, p/f) • Edward Chamberlayne (1616–1703, England, nf) • William Chamberlayne (1619–1679 or 1689, England, p) • Shaun Chamberlin (living, England, nf) • Aidan Chambers (born 1934, England, ch) • Ephraim Chambers (c. 1680–1740, England, nf) • Frederick Chamier (1796–1870, England, f/nf) • Adelbert von Chamisso (1781–1838, France/Germany, p/f/nf) • Patrick Chamoiseau (born 1953, Martinique, f/d/ch) • Meira Chand (born 1942, England, f) • A. Bertram Chandler (1912–1984, England/Australia, f) • Catherine Chandler (born 1950, US/Canada, p) • Elizabeth Margaret Chandler (1807–1834, US, p/nf) • Jessie Chandler (born 1968, US, f) • Mary Chandler (1687–1745, England, p) • Raymond Chandler (1888–1959, US/England, f) • Samuel Chandler (1693–1766, England, nf) • Neelam Saxena Chandra (born 1969, India, ch/p) • Chang Ch'ung-ho (張充和, 1914–2015, China/US, p) • Diana Chang (張粲芳, 1924–2009, US, f/p) • Eileen Chang (张爱玲, 1920–1995, China/US, nf/f) • Chang Hsin-hai (張歆海, 1898–1972, China, nf) • Iris Chang (张纯如, 1968–2004, Taiwan/US, nf) • Jung Chang (張戎, born 1952, China/England, nf) • Colin Channer (born 1963, Jamaica, f) • William Ellery Channing (1880–1942, US, nf) • William Ellery Channing (1818–1901, p) • Henry Channon (1897–1958, US/England, nf/f) • Scott Chantler (born 1972, Canada, ch) • Lynda Chanwai-Earle (born 1965, N Zealand, d/p) • Jean Chapelain (1595–1674, France, p/nf) • Jean de la Chapelle (1651–1723, France, d/f) • Arthur Chapman (1873–1935, US, p/nf) • George Chapman (c. 1559–1634, England, d/p) • Guy Chapman (1889–1972, England, nf) • James Chapman (born 1955, US, f) • Pat Chapman (born 1940, England, nf) • Hester Chapone (1827–1901, England, nf) • Corinne Chaponnière (born 1954, Switzerland, nf) • Maurice Chappaz (1916–2009, Switzerland, p/nf) • Eric Chappell (1933–2022, England, d) • Fred Chappell (1936–2024, US, p/f/nf) • Eustace Chapuys (c. 1490/1492–1556, Savoy/Brabant, nf) • René Char (1907–1988, France, p) • Mehdi Charef (born 1952, France, d) • Driss Ben Hamed Charhadi (1937–1986, Morocco, f), pseudonym of Larbi Layachi • Charlotte Charke (1713–1760, England, d/f/nf) • Irakli Charkviani (1961–2006, USSR/Georgia, p) • Charles III (born 1948, England, ch) • Charles, Duke of Orléans (1394–1465, France, p) • Craig Charles (born 1964, England, f/p) • David Charles (1762–1834, Wales, p) • Elizabeth Charles (1828–1896, England, p/nf) • Gerda Charles (1915–1996, England, f), pseudonym of Edna Lipson • Thomas Charles (1755–1814, Wales, nf) • Maria Louisa Charlesworth (1819–1880, England, ch/nf) • James Charlton (born 1947, Australia, p/nf) • Janet Charman (born 1954, N Zealand, p) • Isabelle de Charrière (1740–1805, Netherlands/Prussia, nf/p), synonym Belle van Zuylen • Leslie Charteris (1907–1993, England, f/d) • Alain Chartier (c. 1385–1430, France, p/nf) • James Hadley Chase (1906–1985, England/Switzerland, f) • François-René de Chateaubriand (1768–1848, France, nf) • Debjani Chatterjee (born 1952, India/England, p/nf) • Georgiana Chatterton (1806–1876, England, nf) • Thomas Chatterton (1752–1770, England, p/nf) • Beth Chatto (1923–2018, England, nf) • William Andrew Chatto (1799–1864, England, nf) • Bruce Chatwin (1940–1989, England, nf/f) • Leung Long Chau (梁朗秋, 1911–1998, China, p) • Geoffrey Chaucer (c. 1343–1400, England, p/nf) • Nirad C. Chaudhuri (1897–1999, India, nf/f) • Subhadra Kumari Chauhan (1904–1948, India, p) • Bernice Chauly (born 1968, Malaysia, nf/p) • Nan Chauncy (1900–1970, England/Australia, ch) • Christine Chaundler (1887–1972, England, ch), also as Peter Martin • Alexander Chavchavadze (1786–1846, Russian E, p) • Ilia Chavchavadze (1837–1907, Russian E, p/f/nf) • Angelico Chavez (1910–1996, US, nf/p) • Susana Chávez (1974–2011, Mexico, p) • Daína Chaviano (born 1957, Cuba/US, f) • Brenda Chawner (living, N Zealand, nf) • Malcolm de Chazal (1902–1981, Mauritius, nf) • Andrée Chedid (1920–2011, Egypt/France, p/f) • Cris Cheek (born 1955, England, p/nf) • Mavis Cheek (born 1948, England, f) • John Cheever (1912–1982, US, f) • John Cheke (1514–1557, England, nf) • Anton Chekhov (1860–1904, Russia, d/f) • Saveria Chemotti (born 1947, Italy, nf/f) • Chen Danyan (陈丹燕, born 1958, China, nf/f) • Chen Hongmou (陳宏謀, 1696–1771, China, nf) • Chen Jingrong (陳敬容, 1917–1989, China, p) • Chen Maiping (陳邁平, born 1952, China, nf/p) • Chen Qiufan (陈楸帆, born 1981, China, f) • Chen Ran (陈染, born 1962, China, f) • Chen Shou (陳壽, 233–297, China, nf) • Chen Xuezhao (陈学昭, 1906–1991, China, f/nf) • Chen Zi'ang (陳子昂, 661 or 656–702, China, p) • Charles-Julien Lioult de Chênedollé (1769–1833, France, p) • Adolphe Chenevière (1855–1917, Switzerland/France, f/nf) • Brainard Cheney (1900–1990, US, f/d/nf) • Syl Cheney-Coker (born 1945, Sierra Leone, p/f/nf) • Andrea Cheng (1957–2015, US, f/ch/p) • Cheng Changwen (程長文, fl. 6th – 9th c. CE, China, p) • François Cheng (程抱一, born 1929, China/France, p/f/nf) • Cheng Yi (程頤, 1033–1107, China, nf) • André Chénier (1762–1794, Ottoman E/France, p) • Mohamed Cherak (born 1977, Algeria, nf) • Victor Cherbuliez (1829–1899, Switzerland/France, f/nf) • Paulette Cherici-Porello (1924–2018, Monaco, f/p) • Voydan Chernodrinski (1875–1951, Ottoman E/Bulgaria, d) • Ron Chernow (born 1949, US, nf) • Nikolay Chernyshevsky (1828–1889, Russian E, nf/f) • Kelly Cherry (born 1940, US, f/p/nf) • C. J. Cherryh (born 1942, US, f) • Ciarunji Chesaina (born 1947, Kenya, nf) • Simon Cheshire (born 1954, England, ch) • George Tomkyns Chesney (1830–1895, England, f) • Marion Chesney (1936–2019, Scotland/England, f) • Jacques Chessex (1934–2009, Switzerland, p/f) • Denise Chesterton (1897–1985, England, f/d/nf), pseudonym of Denise Robins • G. K. Chesterton (1874–1936, England, nf/f) • Henry Chettle (c. 1564 – c. 1606, England, d/nf) • Penelope Chetwode (1910–1986, England/India, nf) • William Rufus Chetwood (died 1766, Ireland/England, d/f/nf) • Angelica Cheung (born 1966, China/Hong Kong, nf), birth name Zhang Yu (张宇) • Tracy Chevalier (born 1962, US/England, f) • Corinne Chevallier (born 1935, Algeria, nf/f) • Ruth Chew (1920–2010, US, ch) • Peter Cheyney (1896–1951, England, f) • Helmina von Chézy (1783–1856, Germany, p/d) • Chi Li (池莉, born 1957, China, f) • Chi Zijian (迟子建, born 1964, China, f) • Grace Chia (born 1973, Singapore, p/f/nf) • Gabriello Chiabrera (1552–1638, Italy, p) • Ted Chiang (born 1967, US, f) • Dan Chiasson (born 1971, US, p/nf) • Marjorie Chibnall (1915–2012, England, nf) • Catherine Chidgey (born 1970, N Zealand, f) • Bernard Chidzero (1927–2002, S Rhodesia/Zimbabwe, f/nf) • Chikamatsu Monzaemon (近松門左衛門, 1653–1725, Japan, d) • Shadreck Chikoti (born 1979, Malawi, f/nf) • Simon Chikovani (1902–1966, Russian E/USSR, p) • Otar Chiladze (1933–2009, USSR/Georgia, f/p) • Tamaz Chiladze (1931–2018, USSR/Georgia, f/d/p) • Josiah Child (1630/1631–1699, England, nf) • Lauren Child (born 1965, England, ch), born Helen Child • Lee Child (born 1954, England, f) • Lydia Maria Child (1802–1880, US, f/nf) • Wilfred Rowland Childe (1890–1952, England, p/nf) • Erskine Childers (1870–1922, England/Ireland, f/nf) • William Chillingworth (1602–1644, England, nf) • Edmund Chilmead (1610–1654, England, nf) • Charles Chilton (1917–2013, England, nf) • Irma Chilton (1930–1990, Wales, ch) • Rocha Chimera (living, Kenya, nf/d) • Steve Chimombo (1945–2015, Nyasaland/Malawi, p/d/f) • Samuel Chimsoro (1949–2016, S Rhodesia/Zimbabwe, p/f) • Marilyn Chin (陈美玲, born 1955, Hong Kong/US, p/nf) • Chin Shunshin (陳舜臣, 1924–2015, Taiwan/Japan, f/nf) • Shimmer Chinodya (born 1957, S Rhodesia/Zimbabwe, f) • Chinweizu (born 1943, Nigeria, nf/p), pseudonym of Chinweizu Ibekwe • Chionides (fl. 5th c. BCE, Greece, p) • Edmund Chipamaunga (1938–2019, S Rhodesia/Zimbabwe, nf) • Frank Chipasula (born 1949, Nyasaland/Malawi, p/nf) • Yukie Chiri (知里幸恵, 1903–1922, Japan, f/nf) • Constantin Chiriță (1925–1991, Romania, ch/f) • Khin Myo Chit (1915–1999, Burma/Myanmar, f/nf) • Herbert Chitepo (1923–1975, S Rhodesia/Zimbabwe, nf) • Ch'oe Ch'i-wŏn (최치원, 857–10th c., Korea/China, nf/p) • Fukuda Chiyo-ni (福田千代尼, 1703–1775, Japan, p) • Paulina Chiziane (born 1955, Mozambique, f) • Nagasubramanian Chokkanathan (born 1977, India, f/nf), pseudonym N. Chokkan • Mary Cholmondeley (1859–1925, England, f) • Noam Chomsky (born 1928, US, nf) • Eileen Chong (born 1980, Singapore/Australia, p) • Daniel Chonkadze (1830–1860, Russian E, f) • Deepak Chopra (born 1946, India/US, nf) • Henri Chopin (1922–2008, France, p) • Kate Chopin (1850–1904, US, f) • Charles Chorley (c. 1810–1874, England, nf) • Mohamed Choukri (1935–2003, Morocco, f/nf) • Wei-Liang Chow (周煒良, 1911–1995, China/US, nf) • Satyabrata Rai Chowdhuri (1935–2016, India/UK, nf) • Abdur Rouf Choudhury (1929–1996, India/Bangladesh, f/nf/p) • Munier Choudhury (1925–1971, India/Bangladesh, d/nf) • Mohamed Choukri (1935–2003, Morocco, nf/f) • Asad Chowdhury (born 1943, India/Bangladesh, p/nf) • Kabir Chowdhury (1923–2011, India/Bangladesh, nf) • Driss Chraïbi (1926–2007, Morocco/France, f) • Chrétien de Troyes (c. 1135 – c. 1185, France/Flanders, p) • Helene Christaller (1872–1953, Germany, ch) • Hjalmar Christensen (1869–1925, Norway, f/nf) • Inger Christensen (1935–2009, Denmark, p/f/nf) • Lars Saabye Christensen (born 1953, Norway, p/d/f) • Jill Christian (1907–1985, England, f), pseudonym of Noreen Ford Dilcock • Agatha Christie (1890–1976, England, f) • Erling Christie (1928–1996, Norway, p/nf) • Neil Christie (living, England, nf) • Annie Christitch (1885–1977, Serbia/England, nf) • Elizabeth Christitch (1861–1933, Ireland/England, nf/p) • John Christopher (1922–2012, England, f), pseudonym of Samuel Youd • Matt Christopher (1917–1997, US, ch) • Solveig Christov (1918–1984, Norway, f/d) • Stoyan Christowe (1898–1985, Ottoman E/US, f) • Dobroslav Chrobák (1907–1951, Austria-Hungary/Czechoslovakia, f) • Chrysippus (c. 279 – c. 206 BCE, Greece, nf) • Chrystos (born 1946, US, nf/p), born Christina Smith • Chu Anping (储安平, 1909 – c. 1966, China, nf) • Chu Suiliang (褚遂良, 596–658, China, nf) • Sadeq Chubak (1916–1998, Iran/US, f/d) • Daria Chubata (born 1940, Ukraine, f/nf/p) • Thomas Chubb (1679–1747, England, nf) • Ralph Chubb (1892–1960, England, p) • Mary Chudleigh (1656–1710, England, p/nf) • Chudomir (1890–1967, Bulgaria, f), pseudonym of Dimitar Hristov Chorbadjiev • Korney Chukovsky (1882–1969, Russian E/USSR, ch) • Alí Chumacero (1918–2010, Mexico, p/nf) • Alfred John Church (1829–1912, England, nf) • Hubert Church (1857–1932, England/Australia, poet) • James Church (living, US, f), unidentified pseudonym • Richard Church (1893–1972, England, p) • Richard William Church (1815–1890, England, nf) • Caryl Churchill (born 1938, England, d) • Charles Churchill (1732–1764, p/nf) • Winston Churchill (1874–1965, England, nf) • Winston Churchill (1871–1947, US, f) • Sarah Churchwell (born 1970, US/England, f) • Thomas Churchyard (c. 1523–1604, England, p) • Kee Thuan Chye (born 1954, Malaya/Malaysia, nf/d)

Ci–Cl

• John Ciardi (1916–1986, US, p/nf) • Colley Cibber (1671–1757, England, d/p) • Hanns Cibulka (1920–2004, Czechoslovakia/Germany, p/nf) • Scott Ciencin (1962–2014, US, f/cs) • Jozef Cíger-Hronský (1896–1960, Austria-Hungary/Czechoslovakia, f/d/ch) • Cecile Cilliers (1933–2018, S Africa, nf/ch) • Živko Čingo (1935–1987, Yugoslavia, f) • Melko Čingrija (1873–1949, Austria-Hungary/Yugoslavia, nf) • Ivo Ćipiko (1869–1923, Dalmatia/Yugoslavia, f) • Emil Cioran (1911–1995, Austria-Hungary/Romania, nf) • George Ciprian (1883–1968, Romania, d) • Zoran Ćirić (born 1962, Yugoslavia/Serbia, f/p) • Jovan Ćirilov (1931–2014, Yugoslavia/Serbia, nf/p) • Dejan Ćirjaković (born 1979, Yugoslavia/Serbia, d) • Dragan Ćirjanić (born 1954, Yugoslavia/Serbia, d/nf) • Olivera Ćirković (born 1969, Yugoslavia/Greece, f) • Antonio Cisneros (1942–2012, Peru, p/nf) • Renato Cisneros (born 1976, Peru, p/f) • Sandra Cisneros (born 1954, US/Mexico, f) • Carson Cistulli (born 1979, US, p/nf) • Robert Citino (born 1958, US, nf) • Emil Cioran (1911–1995, Hungary/France, nf) • Oscar Walter Cisek (1897–1966, Romania, f/p/nf) • Hélène Cixous (born 1939, Algeria/France, p/d/nf) • James Clackson (born 1966, England, nf) • Sarah Clackson (1965–2003, England, nf) • Ellen Clacy (1830–1901, England, nf), pseudonym Cycla • Ernest Claes (1885–1968, Belgium, f) • Stig Claesson (1928–2008, Sweden, nf) • Andrée Clair (1916–1982, France/Niger, nf/ch), born Renée Jung • Daphne Clair (born 1939, N Zealand, f) • Margaret St. Clair (1911–1995, US, f) • Amy Clampitt (1920–1994, US, p/nf) • Kate Clanchy (born 1965, Scotland, p/d) • Tom Clancy (1947–2013, US, f) • John Clanvowe (c. 1341–1391, Wales, p) • Michael Clapp (born 1932, England, nf) • Fanny Clar (1875–1944, France, ch/d/f/p) • Cassandra Clare (born 1973, US, f/cs) • Horatio Clare (born 1973, England, f/nf/ch) • John Clare (1793–1864, England, p) • Monica Clare (1924–1973, Australia, f) • Carol Higgins Clark (born 1956, US, f) • Emily Clark (fl. 1798–1833, England, f/p) • Elizabeth Clark (1918–1978, Scotland, p/d), pseudonym of Joan Ure • George Kitson Clark (1900–1975, England, nf) • Gillian Clarke (living, UK, nf) • Grahame Clark (1907–1995, England, nf) • J. P. Clark (1935–2020, Nigeria, p/d) • Kate Clark (1847–1926, N Zealand, ch/p) • Margaret Clark (born 1941, N Zealand, nf) • Mary Higgins Clark (1927–2020, US, f) • Mavis Thorpe Clark (1909–1999, Australia, f/ch) • Miles Clark (1960–1993, N Ireland/England, nf) • Ross Clark (born 1953, Australia, p) • Thomas D. Clark (1903–2005, US, nf) • Tom Clark (1941–2018, US, p/nf) • William George Clark (1821–1878, England, nf) • Amy Clarke (1892–1980, England, p/nf) • Anna Clarke (1919–2004, S Africa/England, f) • Arthur C. Clarke (1917–2008, England/Sri Lanka, f/nf) • Austin Clarke (1896–1974, Ireland, p/d/f) • Bob Clarke (born 1964, England, nf) • Charles Cowden Clarke (1787–1877, England, nf) • George Elliott Clarke (born 1960, Canada, p/d/nf) • Gillian Clarke (born 1937, Wales, p/d) • Mrs. Henry Clarke (1853–1908, England, f/ch) • Henry Savile Clarke (1841–1893, England, d/nf) • Jane Clarke (born 1950, England, nf) • Jane E. Clarke (born 1954, England, ch/p) • Jennie Thornley Clarke (1860–1924, US, nf) • Lindsay Clarke (born 1939, England, f/p/d) • Marcus Clarke (1846–1881, England/Australia, f/p/d) • Mary Cowden Clarke (1809–1898, England, nf) • Maxine Beneba Clarke (living, Australia, f/nf/p) • Pauline Clarke (1921–2013, England, ch) • Richard Clarke (died 1634, England, nf) • Roy Clarke (born 1930, England, d) • Samuel Clarke (1675–1729, England, nf) • Susanna Clarke (born 1959, England, f) • T. E. B. Clarke (1907–1989, England, d/f/nf) • Victoria Clarke (living, England, nf) • William Clarke (1696–1771, England, nf) • Laurence Clarkson (1615–1667, England, nf) • George Samuel Clason (1874–1957, US, nf) • Francis Clater (1756–1823, England, nf) • Paul Claudel (1868–1955, France, p/d) • Claudian (c. 370 – c. 404 CE, Alexandria/Italy, p) • Matthias Claudius (1740–1815, Germany, p/nf) • Hugo Claus (1929–2008, Belgium, d/f/p) • John Clavell (1601–1643, England, p/d) • Jo Clayton (1939–1988, US, f) • Meg Waite Clayton (born 1959, US, f) • Beverly Cleary (1916–2021, US, ch) • Brian P. Cleary (born 1959, US, ch/p) • Jon Cleary (1917–2010, Australia, f/d) • Chris Cleave (born 1973, England, f/nf) • Paul Cleave (born 1974, N Zealand, f) • Brian Cleeve (1921–2003, England/Ireland, f/nf) • Lucas Cleeve (1862–1908, England, f), pseudonym of Adeline Georgiana Isabel Kingscote • John Cleland (1709–1789, England, f) • William Cleland (c. 1661–1689, Scotland, p) • Justin Clemens (born 1969, Australia, nf/p/f) • Samuel Clemens (1835–1910, US, f/nf), pseudonym Mark Twain • Clement of Alexandria (c. 150–215 CE, Egypt, nf) • Dick Clement (born 1937, England, d) • Hal Clement (1922–2003, US, f), pseudonym of Harry Clement Stubbs • Pope Clement I (died 99 CE, Roman E, nf) • Vladimír Clementis (1902–1952, Austria-Hungary/Czechoslovakia, nf) • Andrew Clements (1949–2019, US, ch) • Jack Clemo (1916–1994, England, p/f/nf) • Inga Clendinnen (1934–2016, Australia, nf) • Maurice Clenock (c. 1525–1581, Wales, nf), also known as Morys Clynnog • Cleobulina (fl. 6th c. BCE, Ancient Greece, p) • Nicholas T. Clerk (1930–2012, Gold Coast/Ghana, nf) • John Cleveland (1613–1658, England, p) • Josse van Clichtove (1472/1473–1543, Flanders/France, nf) • Michelle Cliff (1946–2016, Jamaica/US, f/p/nf) • William Cliff (born 1940, Belgium, p), pseudonym of André Imberechts • Lady Anne Clifford (1590–1676, England, nf) • Lucy Clifford (1846–1929, England, f/d/ch) • William Kingdon Clifford (1845–1879, England, nf) • Charmian Clift (1923–1969, Australia, f/nf) • Lucille Clifton (1936–2010, US, p/ch/f) • Mark Clifton (1906–1963, US, f) • Emma Cline (born c. 1989, US, f) • Ernest Cline (born 1972, US, f/p) • Bill Clinton (born 1946, US, nf) • Henry Fynes Clinton (1781–1852, England, nf) • Augustus Clissold (c. 1797–1882, England, nf) • Caroline Clive (1801–1873, England, p/nf) • John Clive (1933–2012, England, f) • Kitty Clive (1711–1785, England, nf) • Felicity Cloake (born 1980s, England, nf) • Stuart Cloete (1897–1976, France/S Africa, f/nf) • Amal Clooney (born 1978, Lebanon/England, nf), born Amal Alamuddin • Arthur Hugh Clough (1819–1861, England, p/nf) • Brenda Clough (born 1955, US, f) • Bryan Clough (born 1932, England, nf) • Hafina Clwyd (1936–2011, Wales, nf) • Constance Clyde (1872–1951, N Zealand/Australia, nf), pseudonym of Constance Jane McAdam • Eleanor Clymer (1906–2001, US, ch) • Susan Clymer (born 1951, US, ch)

Co

• Nellie Coad (1883–1974, N Zealand/England, nf) • Wendy Coakley-Thompson (born 1966, US, f) • Florence Van Leer Earle Coates (1850–1927, US, p) • Grace Stone Coates (1881–1976, US, f/p/nf) • Sheila Coates (1937–2000, England/Isle of Man, f) • Richard Cobb (1917–1996, England, nf) • Helena Cobban (born 1952, England/US, nf) • William Cobbett (1763–1835, England, nf) • Jojo Cobbinah (born 1948, Gold Coast/Ghana, nf) • Bob Cobbing (1920–2002, England, p) • Richard Cobbold (1797–1877, England, nf) • Richard Cobden (1804–1865, England, nf) • Harlan Coben (born 1962, US, f) • Stanton A. Coblentz (1896–1982, US, f/nf/p) • Mario Rodríguez Cobos (1938–2010, Argentina, f/nf), pseudonym Silo • Robbie Coburn (born 1994, Australia, p) • Sarah Johnson Cocke (1865–1944, US, f/nf) • Ioan Mihai Cochinescu (born 1951, Romania, f/nf) • Aston Cockayne (1608–1684, England, d/p) • Alison Cockburn (1712–1794, Scotland, p/nf) • Catharine Trotter Cockburn (1679–1749, England, f/d/nf) • Claud Cockburn (1904–1981, China/Ireland, nf) • Henry Cockburn, Lord Cockburn (1779–1954, Scotland, nf) • Edward Cocker (1631–1676, England, nf) • Charles Robert Cockerell (1788–1963, England, nf) • Richard Cocks (1566–1624, England, nf) • Henry Cockton (1807–1853, England, f) • Jean Cocteau (1889–1963, France, p/d/f) • Grace Coddington (born 1941, Wales/US, nf) • Andrei Codrescu (born 1946, Romania/US, p/f/nf) • Alice Rollit Coe (1858–1940, Canada/US, p) • Jonathan Coe (born 1961, England, f/nf/ch) • Allison Hedge Coke (born 1958, US, p/nf) • Paulo Coelho (born 1947, Brazil, f/p) • Sara Pinto Coelho (1913–1990, São Tomé and Príncipe, f/d/ch) • Augusto Coello (1884–1941, Guatemala/Honduras, nf/p) • J. M. Coetzee (born 1940, S Africa/Australia, f/nf) • Judith Ortiz Cofer, (1952–2016, Puerto Rica, p/f/ch) • Brian Coffey (1905–1995, Ireland, p) • John Coffey (living, England, nf) • Josh Cohen ( born 1970, England, nf) • Leonard Cohen, (1934–2016, Canada, p/f) • Raphael H. Cohen (born 1953, Switzerland, nf) • Shaughnessy Cohen (1948–1998, Canada, nf) • Yolande Cohen (born 1950, Morocco/Canada, nf) • Gabrielle de Coignard (c. 1550–1586, France, p) • Allison Hedge Coke (born 1958, US, p/nf) • Lady Mary Coke (1727–1811, England, nf) • Rita Akoto Coker (born 1953, Ghana/US, f) • Prokopije Čokorilo (1802–1866, Ottoman E, nf) • Emily Colas (living, US, nf) • Marie Colban (1814–1884, Norway, f/nf) • Zerah Colburn (1832–1870, US, nf) • Barry Cole (1936–2014, England, p) • G. D. H. Cole (1889–1959, England, nf/f) • Joanna Cole (1944–2020, US, ch) • Margaret Cole (1893–1980, England, nf/f/p) • Martina Cole (born 1959, England, f) • Norma Cole (born 1945, Canada, p/nf) • Olivia Cole (born 1981, England, p) • Teju Cole (born 1975, Nigeria/US, f/nf) • Hal Colebatch (1945–2019, Australia, p/nf) • Aidan Coleman (born 1976, Wales/Australia, p/nf) • Alice Blanchard Coleman (1858–1936, United States, nf) • Wanda Coleman (1946–2013, US, p) • Elizabeth Fairburn Colenso (1821–1904, N Zealand, nf) • John Colenso (1814–1883, England, nf) • Christabel Rose Coleridge (1843–1921, England, f/nf) • Derwent Coleridge (1800–1883, England, nf) • Ernest Hartley Coleridge (1846–1920, England, nf/p) • Hartley Coleridge (1796–1849, England, p/nf) • Mary Elizabeth Coleridge (1861–1907, England, f/nf/p) • Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772–1834, England, p/nf) • Sara Coleridge (1802–1852, England, nf/ch) • Stephen Coleridge (1854–1936, England, nf) • Louise Colet (1810–1876, France, p/nf) • Colette (1873–1954, France, f/nf) • Edward Coletti, (born 1944, Italy/US, p) • Chris Colfer (born 1990, US, d/ch) • Eoin Colfer (born 1965, Ireland, ch) • Sneed B. Collard III (born 1959, US, nf/ch) • Lindsey Collen (born 1948, S Africa/Mauritius, f) • Camilla Collett (1813–1895, Norway, f/nf) • Jane Collier (1714–1755, England, f) • Jeremy Collier (1650–1726, England, nf) • John Collier (1708–1786, England, p) • John Collier (1901–1980, England, f/d/nf) • John Payne Collier (1789–1883, England, nf) • Mary Collier (c. 1688–1762, England, p) • Heinrich Joseph von Collin (1771–1811, Austrian E, d/p) • Matthäus Casimir von Collin (1779–1824, Austrian E, p/d) • Philippe Collin (writer) (born 1975, French, d/f/nf) • R. G. Collingwood (1889–1943, England, nf) • W. G. Collingwood (1854–1932, England, nf) • An Collins (fl. 1653, England, p) • Anthony Collins (1676–1729, England, nf) • Billy Collins (born 1941, US, p) • Charles James Collins (1820–1864, England, f/nf) • Jackie Collins (1937–2015, England/US, f) • Joan Collins (born 1933, England, f/nf) • John Collins (1625–1683, England, nf) • John Collins (1742–1808, England, p) • John Churton Collins (1848–1908, England, nf) • Larry Collins (1929–2005, US, f/nf) • Max Allan Collins (born 1948, US, f) • Merle Collins (born 1950, Aruba/Grenada, p/f) • Suzanne Collins (born 1962, US, nf) • Michael Collins (1924–2005, US, f), pseudonym of Dennis Lynds • Mortimer Collins (1827–1876, England, p/f) • Norman Collins (1907–1982, England, nf) • Warwick Collins (1948–2013, England, f/nf) • Suzanne Collins (born 1962, US, d/f/nf) • Wilkie Collins (1824–1889, England, f) • William Collins (1721–1759, England, p) • Laurence Collinson (1925–1986, England/Australia, d/p/nf) • John Stewart Collis (1900–1984, Ireland, nf) • Maurice Collis (1889–1973, Ireland, nf) • Danielle Collobert (1940–1978, France, nf/p) • Carlo Collodi (1826–1890, Italy, f/nf) • Mary Collyer (c. 1716–1763, England, nf/f) • George Colman the Elder (1732–1794, England, d/nf) • George Colman the Younger (1762–1836, England, d/nf) • Francisco Coloane (1910–2002, Chile, f) • Vittoria Colonna (1492–1547, Italy, p) • Glenn Colquhoun (born 1964, N Zealand, p) • Padraic Colum (1881–1972, Ireland, p/f/d) • Jock Colville (1915–1987, England, nf) • Howard Colvin (1919–2007, England, nf) • George Combe (1788–1858, Scotland, nf) • William Combe (1742–1823, England, p/nf) • John Amos Comenius (1592–1670, Bohemia/Netherlands, nf), in Czech Jan Amos Komenský • Alex Comfort (1920–2000, England, nf) • Anna Manning Comfort (1845–1931, US, f/nf) • Anna Olcott Commelin (1841–1924, US, p/f/nf) • Jack Common (1903–1968, England, nf/f) • Ying Chang Compestine (張瀛, born 1963, China/US, nf/f) • Anne Compton (born 1947, Canada, p/nf) • Jennifer Compton (born 1949, N Zealand/Australia, p/d) • Jennifer Compton (born 1949, N Zealand, p/d) • Ivy Compton-Burnett (1884–1969, England, f) • Harriet Theresa Comstock (1860–1925, US, f/ch) • Auguste Comte (1798–1857, France, nf) • Barbara Comyns (1907–1992, England, f) • Maryse Condé (1937–2024, Guadeloupe, f/nf/d) • Marquis de Condorcet (1743–1794, France, nf) • Helen Gray Cone (1859–1934, US, p/f/nf) • Sandra Coney (born 1944, N Zealand, nf) • Raphaël Confiant (born 1951, Martinique, f/nf) • William Congreve (1670–1729, England, d/p) • Thomas Coningsby (1550–1625, England, nf) • Groff Conklin (1904–1968, US, nf) • Jane Leslie Conly (born 1948, US, f/ch) • Stewart Conn (born 1936, Scotland, p/d) • Paul Conneally, (born 1959, England, p) • Jim Connell (1852–1929, Ireland/England, p) • Charlie Connelly (born 1970, England, nf) • Cyril Connolly (1903–1974, England, nf) • Joseph Connolly (born 1950, f/nf) • Sally Connolly (born 1976, England/US, nf) • Tony Connor (born 1930, England, p/d) • Conon de Béthune (born pre-1160, France, p) • Benoît Conort (born 1956, France, p/nf) • Robert Conquest (1917–2015, England/US, nf/p) • Joseph Conrad (1857–1924, Poland/UK, f/nf) • Lauren Conrad (born 1986, US, f/nf) • Hendrik Conscience (1812–1883, French E/Belgium, f) • Consort Ban (班婕妤, c. 48–2 BCE), China, p/nf), in Chinese Pan Chieh-yü • Henry Constable (1562–1613, England/Low Countries, p) • Benjamin Constant (1767–1830, Switzerland/France, nf) • Constantine of Kostenets (c. 1380 – post-1431, Bulgaria/Serbia, nf) • Constantine of Preslav (fl. 9th–10th c., Moravia/Bulgaria, nf) • David Constantine (born 1944, England, p/f) • Susannah Constantine (born 1962, England, nf) • Haroldo Conti (1925 – c. 1976, Argentina, f) • William Farquhar Conton (1925–2003, Gambia/Sierra Leone, nf/f) • Hilma Contreras (1913–2006, Dominican Rep., f) • Damian Conway (born 1964, Australia, nf) • Elsie Conway (1902–1992, England, nf) • Hugh Conway (1847–1885, England/France, f), pseudonym of Frederick John Fargus • Robert Seymour Conway (1864–1933, England, nf) • Catherine Conybeare (born 1966, England/US, nf) • John Conybeare (1692–1755, England, nf) • John Josias Conybeare (1779–1824, England, nf) • William Conybeare (1787–1857, England, nf) • William Conybeare (1815–1857, England, nf/f) • David Cook (1940–2015, England, d/f) • Edward Dutton Cook (1829–1883, England, nf/d/f) • Eliza Cook (1818–1889, England, nf) • Glen Cook (born 1944, US, f) • Hugh Cook (1956–2008, N Zealand, f) • James Cook (1728–1779, England, nf) • Judith Cook (1933–2004, England, nf/f) • Pam Cook (born 1943, England, nf) • Robin Cook (1946–2005, Scotland/England, nf) • Elizabeth Cook-Lynn (1930–2023, US, nf/p/f) • Dorian Cooke (1916–2005, England, p) • James Francis Cooke (1875–1960, US, nf) • Kay McKenzie Cooke (born 1953, N Zealand, p) • Mordecai Cubitt Cooke (1825–1914, England, nf) • Thomas Cooke (1703–1756, England, nf) • Catherine Cookson (1906–1998, England, f) • William Cookson (1939–2003, England, p/nf) • Ina Coolbrith (1841–1928, US, p/nf) • Antoon Coolen (1897–1961, Netherlands, f) • Clark Coolidge (born 1939, US, p/nf) • Susan Coolidge (1835–1905, US, ch), pseudonym of Sarah Chauncey Woolsey • William Henry Coombes (1767–1850, England, nf) • Barbara Cooney (1917–2000, US, ch) • Caroline B. Cooney (born 1947, US, f) • Artemis Cooper (born 1953, England, nf) • Carolyn Cooper (born 1950, Jamaica, nf) • Dennis Cooper (born 1953, US, f/nf/p) • Duff Cooper (1890–1954, England, nf) • Glenn Cooper (born 1953, US, f) • Helen Cooper (born 1947, England, nf) • James Fenimore Cooper (1789–1851, US, f) • Jilly Cooper (born 1937, England, nf/f) • Lettice Cooper (1897–1994, England, f/nf) • Susan Cooper (born 1935, England, f/nf/d) • Thomas Cooper (1805–1892, England, p/f/nf) • William Cooper (1910–2002, England, f), pseudonym of H. S. Hof • Isabel Cooper-Oakley (1854–1914, England, nf) • Edward Meredith Cope (1818–1873, England, nf) • Wendy Cope (born 1945, England, p/ch) • Lori Copeland (living, US, nf) • Lorraine Copeland (1921–2013, Scotland/France, nf) • Copi (1939–1987, Argentina/France, f/d), pseudonym of Raúl Damonte Botana • Branko Ćopić (1915–1984, Yugoslavia, ch/f) • Robert Copland (fl. 1508–1547, England, p/nf) • Frederick Copleston (1907–1994, England, nf) • Esther Copley (1786–1851, England, nf/ch) • A. E. Coppard (1878–1957, England, p/f) • Abiezer Coppe (1619–1672, England, nf) • François Coppée (1842–1908, France, p/f) • Marguerite Coppin (1867–1931, Belgium, f/p/nf) • Sue Copsey (born 1960, N Zealand, ch) • Julia Copus (born 1969, England, nf/p/ch) • Cora Coralina (1889–1985, Brazil, p/ch), pseudonym of Anna Lins dos Guimarães Peixoto Bretas • Judy Corbalis (living, N Zealand, f) • Denys Corbet (1826–1909, Guernsey, p) • Richard Corbet (1582–1635, England, nf/p) • Jim Corbett (1875–1955, England, nf) • Julian Corbett (1854–1922, England, nf) • Susannah Corbett (born 1968, England, ch) • Tristan Corbière (1845–1875, France, p) • Michael Cordy (living, Ghana/England, f) • Marie Corelli (1855–1924, England, f), pseudonym of Mary Mackay • Alan Coren (1938–2007, England, nf) • Giles Coren (born 1969, England, nf/f) • Deborah Joy Corey (born 1958, Canada, f/nf) • Peter Corey (1946—2019, England, ch) • Corinna (unknown late BCE dates, Ancient Greece, p) • Hilary Corke (1921–2001, England, p) • William Corlett (1938–2005, England, ch) • Cid Corman (1924–2004, US, p) • Robert Cormier (1925–2000, US, f/ch) • Alfred Corn (born 1943, US, p/nf) • Pierre Corneille (1606–1684, France, d) • Thomas Corneille (1625–1709, France, nf/d) • Adam Cornford (born 1950, England/US, p/nf) • F. M. Cornford (1874–1943, England, nf) • Frances Cornford (1886–1960, England, p) • John Cornford (1915–1936, England, p) • Cornificia (c. 85 – 40 BCE, Ancient Greece, p/nf) • Caroline Cornwallis (1786–1858, England, nf) • Jane Cornwallis (1581–1659, England, nf) • Bernard Cornwell (born 1944, England, f) • Patricia Cornwell (born 1956, US, f) • William Cornysh (1465–1523, England, d/p) • Jorge Icaza Coronel (1906–1978, Ecuador, d/f) • Svetozar Ćorović (1875–1919, Ottoman E/Yugoslavia, f) • Maggy Corrêa (living, Rwanda/Switzerland, nf/f) • Hélia Correia (born 1949, Portugal, f/d/p) • Gaspar Correia (1492 – c. 1553, Portugal/Goa, nf) • Natália Correia (1923–1993, Portugal, p/nf) • Joe Corrie (1894–1968, Scotland, p/d) • Felicitas Corrigan (1908–2003, England, nf) • Gregory Corso (1930–2001, US, p) • Hugo Brandt Corstius (1935–2014, Netherlands, f/nf) • Julio Cortázar (1914–1984, Argentina/France, f/nf) • Alfonso Cortés (1893–1969, Nicaragua, p) • Jayne Cortez (1934–2012, US, p) • Annie Sophie Cory (1868–1952, England, f) • William Johnson Cory (1823–1892, England, p) • Thomas Coryat (c. 1577–1617, England, nf) • George Coșbuc (1866–1918, Romania, p/nf) • Bora Ćosić (born 1932, Yugoslavia/Germany, f/nf) • Branimir Ćosić (1903–1934, Serbia/Yugoslavia, f) • Dobrica Ćosić (1921–2014, Yugoslavia/Serbia, nf) • John Cosin (1594–1672, England, nf) • Cosmas the Priest (fl. c. 10th c., Bulgaria, nf) • Roberto Cossa (born 1934, Argentina, d) • Alicia Yánez Cossío (born 1928, Ecuador, p/f/nf) • Cláudio Manuel da Costa (1729–1789, Brazil, p), pseudonym Glauceste Satúrnio • Maria Velho da Costa (1938–2020, Portugal, f/nf) • Orlando da Costa (1929–2006, Portugal, nf) • Luis Alberto Costales (1926–2006, Ecuador, p/nf) • Dudley Costello (1803–1865, Ireland/England, f/nf) • Louisa Stuart Costello (1799–1870, England, nf) • Charles De Coster (1827–1879, Germany/Belgium, f) • Miron Costin (1633–1691, Moldavia, nf/p) • Randle Cotgrave (died 1652, England, nf) • Charles Cotin (1604–1681, France, nf/p) • Côtis-Capel (1915–1986, France, p), pseudonym of Albert Lohier • Aleksandar Čotrić (born 1966, Yugoslavia/Serbia, nf) • Joseph Seamon Cotter, Sr. (1861–1949, US, p/d/nf) • Charles Cotterell (1615–1701, England, nf) • Joseph Cottle (1770–1853, England, p/nf) • Charles Cotton (1630–1687, England, p/nf) • John Cotton (1585-1652, England, nf) • Robert Cotton, (1570/1571–1631, England, nf) • Dorothy Cottrell (1902–1957, Australia, f) • Violet May Cottrell (1887–1971, N Zealand, f/p) • Frank Cottrell-Boyce (born 1959, England, cs/d) • Anna Couani (born 1948, Australia, f/nf/p) • Florent Couao-Zotti (born 1964, Benin, d/f) • Félix Couchoro (1900–1968, Benin/Togo, f) • Oswald Couldrey (1882–1958, England, p/nf) • Micheline Coulibaly (1950–2003, Ivory Coast/Dubai, f/ch) • Catherine Coulter (born 1942, US, f) • Stephen Coulter (1914 – unknown date of death, England, f) • G. G. Coulton (1858–1947, England, nf) • Emily Coungeau (1860–1936, England/Australia, p) • Heather Couper (1949–2020, England, nf) • Louis Couperus (1863–1923, Netherlands, f/p) • Douglas Coupland (born 1961, Canada, f/nf) • James Courage (1903–1963, N Zealand, f/p) • Dilly Court (born 1940, England, f) • Georges Courteline (1858–1929, France, d/f) • Bryce Courtenay (1933–2012, S Africa/Australia, f) • William John Courthope (1842–1917, England, nf) • Hedwig Courths-Mahler (1867–1950, Germany, f) • Caroline Courtney (1946–2011, England, f), pseudonym of Penelope Jones Halsall • Janet E. Courtney (1865–1954, England, nf) • Polly Courtney (born 1979, England, f/nf) • Henry Cousens (1853–1933, Scotland, nf) • Gaston Couté (1880–1911, France, p/nf) • Diogo do Couto (c. 1542–1616, Portugal, nf) • Mia Couto (born 1955, Mozambique, p/f/ch) • Dani Couture (born 1978, Canada, p/f) • Adolfo Couve (1940–1996, Chile, nf) • Jessie Catherine Couvreur (1848–1897, England/Australia, f), pseudonym Tasma • David Coventry (born 1969, N Zealand, f) • Francis Coventry (1725–1759, England, p/f) • Myles Coverdale (1488–1569, England, nf) • Watriquet de Couvin (fl. 1319–1329, France, p) • Bruce Coville (born 1950, US, ch) • Noël Coward (1899–1973, England, d/nf) • Winston Cowie (born 1982, N Zealand, f/nf) • Abraham Cowley (1616–1667, England, p/d) • Hannah Cowley (1743–1809, England, d/p) • Joy Cowley (born 1936, N Zealand, ch) • Malcolm Cowley (1898–1989, US, nf/p) • Dorothy Cowlin (1911–2010, England, f/p/nf) • E. E. Cowper (1859–1933, England, ch) • Frank Cowper (1849–1930, England, ch/f/nf) • William Cowper (1731–1800, England, p/nf) • Josephine Cox (1938–2020, England, f) • Stephen R. Covey (1932–2012, US, nf) • Sean Covey (born 1964, US, nf) • Frances Cowen (1915–1992, England, f/ch) • William Cowper (1731–1800, England, p) • Anthony Berkeley Cox (1893–1971, England, f) • Palmer Cox (1840–1924, Canada, ch) • William Coxe (1748–1828, England, nf) • Edward Coxere (1633–1694, England, nf) • John Coy (born 1958, US, ch) • Peter Coyote (born 1941, US, nf)

Cr–Cs

• George Crabbe (1754–1832, England, p) • Jim Crace (born 1946, England, f) • Hubert Crackanthorpe (1870–1896, England, nf/f) • Fanny Cradock (1909–1994, England, nf) • Nicholas Crafts (born 1949, England, nf) • Sara Jane Crafts (1845–1930, US, nf) • Albert Craig (1849–1909, England, p) • Amanda Craig (born 1959, S Africa/England, f/nf) • Barbara Craig (1915–2005, India/England, nf) • Joe Craig (born 1981, England, ch) • Dinah Craik (1826–1887, England, f/p), born Dinah Maria Mulock • Helen Craik (c. 1751–1825, Scotland/England, p/f) • Robert Crais (born 1953, US, f) • Hart Crane (1899–1932, US, p) • Stephen Crane (1871–1900, US, p/f) • Edward Crankshaw (1909–1984, England, nf) • Richard Crashaw (c. 1613–1649, England/Italy, p) • Gheorghe Crăciun (1950–2007, Romania, f) • Sibylla Bailey Crane (1851–1902, US, nf) • José Craveirinha (1922–2003, Mozambique, f/nf/p) • Elizabeth Craven (1750–1828, England, nf), born Lady Elizabeth Berkeley • Rachael Craw (living, N Zealand, f) • Francis Marion Crawford (1854–1909, US/Italy, f/nf/d) • Isabella Valancy Crawford (1846–1887, Ireland/Canada, p) • Max Crawford (1938–2010, US, f) • O. G. S. Crawford (1886–1957, India/England, nf) • Robert Crawford (1868–1930, Australia, p) • Helen Crawfurd (1877–1954, Scotland, nf) • Ion Creangă (1837–1889, Moldavia/Romania, f/nf/ch) • John Creasey (1908–1973, England, f) • Edward Shepherd Creasy (1812–1878, England, nf) • Claude Prosper Jolyot de Crébillon (1707–1777, France, f) • Sharon Creech (born 1945, US, ch) • Thomas Creech (1659–1700, England, nf) • Robert Creeley (1926–2005, US, p) • Thomas Creevey (1768–1838, England, nf) • Jane Tapsubei Creider (born 1940s, Kenya/Canada, f/nf) • Mandell Creighton (1843–1901, England, nf) • Octave Crémazie (1827–1879, Canada/France, p) • Dave Crenshaw (born 1975, US, nf) • Jean-Paul Crespelle (1910–1994, France, nf) • Caroline de Crespigny (1797–1861, England, p) • Luis Cordero Crespo (1833–1912, Ecuador, p) • Douglas Cresswell (1894–1960, N Zealand, nf) • Helen Cresswell (1934–2005, England, ch) • Jasmine Cresswell (born 1941, Wales/US, f) • K. A. C. Creswell (1879–1974, England, nf) • Helen Cresswell (1934–2005, England, d/ch) • Nicholas Cresswell (1750–1804, England, nf) • Walter D'Arcy Cresswell (1896–1960, N Zealand, p/nf) • Julia Pleasants Creswell (1827–1886, US, p/f) • René Crevel (1900–1935, France, f) • Isaac Crewdson (1780–1844, England, nf) • Michael Crichton (1942–2008, US, f) • Bernard Crick (1929–2008, England, nf) • Michael Crick (born 1958, England, nf) • Martin Crimp (born 1956, England, d) • Arthur Shearly Cripps (1869–1952, England/S Rhodesia, nf/f/p) • Louise Crisp (born 1957, Australia, p) • Quentin Crisp (1908–1999, England, nf) • Samuel Crisp (1707–1783, England, d) • Alice Guerin Crist (1876–1941, Ireland/Australia, p/f) • Ann Batten Cristall (1769–1848, England, p) • Millie Criswell (born 1948, US, f) • Branislav Crnčević (1933–2011, Yugoslavia/Serbia, f/p/ch) • Miloš Crnjanski (1893–1977, Austria-Hungary/Serbia, p/f/nf) • Herbert Croft (1603–1691, England, nf) • Herbert Croft (1751–1816, England, f/nf) • Julian Croft (born 1941, Australia, p/nf) • Rupert Croft-Cooke (1903–1979, England, f/nf) • Andrew Crofts (born 1953, England, nf) • Alison Croggon (born 1962), S Africa/Australia, p/d/f) • Bithia Mary Croker (1848 or 1849–1920, Ireland, f) • Marianne Croker (1791–1854, England, nf) • Thomas Crofton Croker (1798–1854, Ireland, nf) • Thomas Francis Dillon Croker (1831–2012, England, p/nf) • Richmal Crompton (1890–1969, England, ch) • Rosemary Crompton (1942–2011, England, nf) • A. J. Cronin (1896–1981, Scotland/Switzerland, f) • Jeremy Cronin (born 1949, S Africa, p/nf)Patrick Cullinan • Michael Cronin (born 1942, England, ch/d) • M. T. C. Cronin (born 1963, Australia, p) • Vincent Cronin (1924–2011, England, nf) • Compton N. Crook (1908–1981, US, f), pseudonym, Stephen Tall • Judy Croome (born 1958, S Africa, f/p) • Wolf-Ulrich Cropp (born 1941, Germany, nf/f) • Charles Cros (1842–1888, France, p/nf) • Camilla Dufour Crosland (1812–1895, England, f/p/nf) • A. F. Cross (1863–1940, England, p/d/nf) • Elsa Cross (born 1946, Mexico, p/nf) • Gillian Cross (born 1945, England, ch) • Zora Cross (1890–1964, Australia, p/f) • Sarah Crossan (living, Ireland, ch) • Kevin Crossley-Holland (born 1941, England, ch/p) • Blake Crouch (born 1978, US, f) • Jean-Pierre de Crousaz (1663–1750, Switzerland, nf) • Catherine Crowe (1803–1876, England, f/d/ch) • William Crowe, 1745–1879, England, p/nf) • Aleister Crowley (1875–1947, England, p/f) • Robert Crowley (c. 1517–1588, England/Germany, p/nf) • John Crowne (1641–1712, England, d) • Samuel Ajayi Crowther (c. 1809–1891, Sierra Leone/Nigeria, nf) • Andrew Crozier (1943–2008, England, p) • Alexander Cruden (1699–1770, Scotland, nf) • Helen Cruickshank (1886–1975, Scotland, p) • Andrew Crumey (born 1961, Scotland, f/nf) • Barry Crump (1935–1996, N Zealand, f) • Paul J. Crutzen (1933–2021, Netherlands, nf) • Arturo Cruz Jr. (born 1953, Nicaragua, nf) • Juana Inés de la Cruz (1648–1695, Mexico, nf/p) • Tomaz Vieira da Cruz (born 1960, Portugal, p) • Viriato da Cruz (1928–1973, Angola/China, p) • György Csanády (1895–1952, Hungary, p/nf) • Géza Csáth (1887–1919, Hungary, f/nf/d), pseudonym of József Brenner • Gergely Csiky (1842–1891, Hungary, d) • Gabriella Csire (born 1938, Romania, ch) • Mihály Csokonai (1783–1805, Austria-Hungary, p/d), full name Mihály Csokonai Vitéz • Sándor Csoóri (1930–2016, Hungary, nf/p)

Cu–Cz

• José de la Cuadra (1903–1941, Ecuador, f) • Pablo Antonio Cuadra (1912–2002, Nicaragua, nf/p) • J. A. Cuddon (1928–1996, England, nf) • Annie Hall Cudlip (1838–1918, England, f) • Pender Hodge Cudlip (1835–1911, England, nf) • Alonso Cueto (born 1954, Peru, f/nf) • Tone Čufar (1905–1942, Austrian E/Yugoslavia, f/p/d), Holocaust victim • Ottobah Cugoano (c. 1757 – post-1791, Gold Coast/England, nf) • Cui Hao (崔顥, c. 704 – c. 754, China, p) • Anne Virginia Culbertson (1857–1918, US, f/nf/p) • Belle Caldwell Culbertson (1857–1934, US, nf) • Ioan Petru Culianu (1950–1991, Romania/US, nf/f) • Gordana Ćulibrk (born 1952, Yugoslavia/Serbia, f/p) • Nicholas J. Cull (born 1964, US, nf) • Countee Cullen (1903–1946, US, p/f/ch) • Jonathan Culler (born 1944, US/England, nf) • Patrick Cullinan (1932–2011, S Africa, p/nf) • Majella Cullinane (living, N Zealand, p/f) • John Cullum (1733–1785, England, nf) • Ridgwell Cullum (1867–1943, England, f) • Chris Culver (living, US, f) • Nathaniel Culverwell (1619–1651, England, nf) • Necati Cumalı (1921–2001, Turkey, f/nf/p) • Nigel Cumberland (born 1967, England, nf) • Richard Cumberland (1631/1632–1718, England, nf) • Richard Cumberland (1731/1732–1811, England, d/f) • E. E. Cummings (1894–1962, US, p/nf/d) • Nancy Cunard (1896–1965, England, p/nf) • Joseph Cundall (1818–1895, England, ch) • Anne Cuneo (1936–2015, France/Switzerland, f/d) • Euclides da Cunha (1866–1909, Brazil, nf) • Álvaro Cunhal (1913–2005, Portugal, nf) • John Cunliffe (1933–2018, ch) • Allan Cunningham (1784–1842, Scotland, p/f/nf) • Daniel John Cunningham (1850–1909, Scotland, nf) • J. V. Cunningham (1911–1985, US, p/nf) • Timothy Cunningham (died 1789, England, nf) • Maud Cunnington (1869–1951, Wales/England, nf/ch) • Will Cuppy (1884–1949, US, nf) • Suzanne Curchod (1737–1794, Switzerland, nf) • Milan Ćurčin (1880–1960, Austria-Hungary/Yugoslavia, p/nf) • Jean Curlewis (1898–1930, Australia, f/nf) • Allen Curnow (1911–2001, N Zealand, p/nf) • Roland Curram (born 1932, England, f) • Margaret Curran (1887–1962, Australia, p/nf) • R. N. Currey (1907–2001, S Africa/England, p) • Katy Currie (born 1946, US, f), pseudonym of Susan Spaeth Kyle • Jane Louise Curry (born 1932, US, ch/f) • Christopher Paul Curtis (born 1953, US, ch) • Lionel Curtis (1872–1955, England, nf) • William Curtis (1746–1799, England, nf) • Alice Curwen (c. 1619–1679, England, nf) • James Oliver Curwood (1878–1927, US, f/nf) • Dymphna Cusack (1902–1981, Australia, d/f/nf) • Karen Cushman (born 1941, US, f) • Clive Cussler (1931–2020, US, f) • Harry Cust (1861–1917, England, p/nf) • Nannie Webb Curtis (1861–1920, US, nf) • Catherine Cuthbertson (c. 1775–1842, England, f) • James Cuthbertson (1851–1910, Scotland/Australia, p) • Ivor Cutler (1923–2006, Scotland/England, p/nf) • Judith Cutler (born 1946, England, f) • John Cutts (1661–1707, England, nf) • Umihana Čuvidina (c. 1794 – c. 1870, Ottoman E, p) • Agustín Cuzzani (1824–1887, Argentina, d) • Lidija Cvetkovic (born 1967, Yugoslavia/Australia, p) • Józef Czechowicz (1903–1939, Poland, p/d) • Renato Cirell Czerna (1922–2005, Brazil, nf) • Alfons von Czibulka (1888–1969, Austrian E/Germany, f/nf) • Gergely Czuczor (1800–1866, Austrian E/Hungary, p) • Emil Czyrniański (1824–1888, Poland, nf) • Tytus Czyżewski (1880–1945, Poland, nf/p/d)