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

Fa

• Frederick William Faber (1814–1863, England, p/nf) • Geoffrey Faber (1889–1961, England, p/nf) • George Stanley Faber (1773–1854, England, nf) • Dušan Fabian (born 1975, Czechoslovakia/Slovakia, f) • Mary Fabilli (1914–2011, US, p) • Kinga Fabó (1953–2021, Hungary, p/nf) • Johan Fabricius (1899–1981, Netherlands, f/ch/nf) • Johann Albert Fabricius (1668–1736, Germany, nf) • Robert Fabyan (died c. 1512, England, nf) • Héctor Abad Faciolince (born 1958, Colombia, f/nf) • Youssef Fadel (born 1949, Morocco, f/d) • José Fernandes Fafe (1927–2017, Portugal, p/f/nf) • Ahmed Fagih (1942–2019, Libya/Egypt, f/d/nf) • Daniel O. Fagunwa (1903–1963, Nigeria, f) • Diane Fahey (born 1945, Australia, p/nf) • Jacqueline Fahey (born 1929, N Zealand, nf) • Fawzia Fahim (born 1931, Egypt, nf) • Ludwig Fahrenkrog (1867–1952, Germany, nf) • Harry Fainlight (1935–1982, England/US, p) • Ruth Fainlight (born 1931, US/England, p/f) • Thomas Fairfax (1612–1672, England, p/nf) • Gordon Hamilton Fairley (1930–1975, Australia/England, nf) • Margaret Fairley (1885–1968, England/Canada, nf) • Linda Fairstein (born 1947, US, f) • Faiz Ahmed Faiz (1911–1984, India/Pakistan, p) • Miled Faiza (born 1974, Tunisia/US, p) • Doumbi Fakoly (born 1944, Mali/France, f) • Cristóvão Falcão (c. 1512 – c. 1557, Portugal, p) • Maria and Harriet Falconar (fl. 1780s, England or Scotland, p) • María Inés Falconi (born 1954, Argentina, ch) • Knut Faldbakken (born 1941, Norway, f) • Matias Faldbakken (born 1973, Denmark/Norway, f/d) • Adebayo Faleti (1921–2017, Nigeria, d/p/nf) • Johannes Daniel Falk (1768–1826, Polish Prussia/Germany, p) • Johan Falkberget (1879–1967, Norway, f/nf) • Kolbein Falkeid (1933–2021, Norway, p) • Suzanne Falkiner (born 1952, Australia, nf/f) • J. Meade Falkner (1858–1932, England, f/p) • Hugh Falkus (1917–1996, England, nf) • Khadi Fall (born 1948, Senegal, f) • Kiné Kirama Fall (born 1934, Senegal, p) • Hans Fallada (1893–1947, Germany, f), pseudonym of Rudolf Wilhelm Friedrich Ditzen • Padraic Fallon (1905–1974, Ireland, p/d) • Toyin Falola (born 1953, Nigeria, nf) • Christian Falster (1690–1772, Denmark, p/nf) • Ferenc Faludi (1704–1779, Hungary, f) • György Faludy (1910–2006, Hungary, p/nf) • Fan Chengda (范成大, 1126–1193, China, nf/p) • Fan Chung (金芳蓉, born 1949, China, nf) • Fan Ye (范曄, 398–445/446, China, nf) • Juraj Fándly (1750–1811, Austria-Hungary, nf) • Julian Fane (1927–2009, England, f/nf/d) • Margaret Fane (1887–1962, Australia, f) • Mildmay Fane (1602–1666, England, d) • Violet Fane (1843–1905, England, p), pseudonym of Lady Mary Montgomerie Currie • Fang Fang (方方, born 1955, China, p/f/nf) • Fang Xuanling (房玄齡, 579–648, China, nf) • Ronald Fangen (1895–1946, Norway, f/nf/d) • Sölvi Fannar (born 1971, Iceland, nf/p) • Frantz Fanon (1925–1961, Martinique/US, nf) • Ann, Lady Fanshawe (1625–1680, England, nf) • Catherine Maria Fanshawe (1765–1834, England, p) • Richard Fanshawe (1608–1666, England, nf) • Simon Fanshawe (born 1956, England, nf) • John Fante (1909–1983, US, f) • U. A. Fanthorpe (1929–2009, England, p) • Ladislas Farago (1906–1980, Hungary/US, nf) • Cristina Ali Farah (born 1973, Italy, f/nf) • Nuruddin Farah (born 1945, Somalia/S Africa, f/d) • Anthony Faramus (1920–1990, Jersey/England, nf) • Myrddin Fardd (1836–1921, nf), pseudonym of John Jones • John Fardell (born 1967, ch) • Nabile Farès (1940–2016, Algeria/France, f) • Léon-Paul Fargue (1876–1947, France, p/nf) • Rosa Lobato de Faria (1932–2010, Portugal, f/p/d) • Joseph Farington (1747–1821, England, nf) • Helen Farish (born 1962, England, p) • Benjamin Farjeon (1838–1903, England, f/d/nf) • Eleanor Farjeon (1881–1965, England, ch/d/p) • Herbert Farjeon (1887–1945, England, d/p) • Joseph Jefferson Farjeon (1883–1955, England, f/d) • Paul Farley (born 1965, England, p/d/nf) • Walter Farley (1815–1889, US, ch) • Beverley Farmer (1941–2018, Australia, f/nf) • Nancy Farmer (born 1941, US, ch/f) • Penelope Farmer (born 1939, England, ch) • Philip José Farmer (1918–2009, US, f) • Thomas Farnaby (c. 1575–1647, England, nf) • Nigel Farndale (born 1964, England, f/nf) • Jeffery Farnol (1878–1952, England, f/nf) • Musharraf Ali Farooqi (born 1968, Pakistan, f/ch/nf) • Fadhila El Farouk (born 1967, Algeria, nf), pseudonym of Fadhila Melkemi • Nabil Farouk (1956–2020, Egypt, f) • Florence Farr (1860–1917, England, nf/f) • Frederic Farrar (1831–1903, England, nf/f) • Stewart Farrar (1916–2000, England, d/f/nf) • Fiona Farrell (born 1947, N Zealand, p/f/d) • J. G. Farrell (1935–1979, England/Ireland, f) • John Farrell (1851–1904, Argentina/Australia, p) • John Farrell (1968–2010, US, p) • Kathleen Farrell (1912–1999, England, f) • Michael Farrell (born 1965, p) • Forugh Farrokhzad (1934–1967, Iran, p/nf) • Angie Farrow (born 1951, N Zealand, nf) • G. E. Farrow (1862–1919, England, ch) • Rainer Werner Fassbinder (1945–1982, Germany, d/nf) • Adélaïde Fassinou (born 1955, Benin, f) • Howard Fast (1914–2003, US, f/p/d) • Kåre Fasting (1907–1983, Norway, f/nf) • Tarek Fatah (born 1949, Pakistan/Canada, nf) • Gertrude Minnie Faulding (1875–1961, ch/f/nf) • Mary Faulkner (1903–1973, S Africa, f), pseudonym of Kathleen Lindsay • William Faulkner (1897–1962, US, f/p/nf) • Sebastian Faulks (born 1953, England, f) • Jörg Fauser (1944–1987, Germany, f/d) • Beatrice Faust (1939–2019, Australia, nf) • Joseph Fawcett (c. 1758–1804, England, p/nf) • Millicent Fawcett (1847–1929, England, nf) • Francis Fawkes (1720–1777, England, p/nf) • András Fáy (1786–1864, Hungary, p/f/d) • Eliza Fay (1755 or 1756–1816, England, nf) • Jean-Pierre Faye (born 1925, France, f/nf/p) • Jean-François Leriget de La Faye (1674–1731, France, f) • Louis Diène Faye (born 1936, Senegal, nf) • Madame de La Fayette (1634–1693, France, f) • Mihály Fazekas (1766–1828, Hungary, p/nf)

Fe–Ff

• Jane Fearon (1654 or 1656–1737, England, nf) • Jane Feather (born 1945, England/US, f) • Daniel Featley (1582–1645, England, nf) • Vicki Feaver (born 1943, England, p) • Logan February (born 1999, Nigeria, p/nf) • Constance Fecher (1911–1995, England, f), pseudonym of Constance Fecher Heaven • Gustav Fechner (1801–1887, Germany, nf), pseudonym Dr. Mises • Heinrich Federer (1866–1928, Switzerland, f/nf/p) • Tim Federle (born 1980, US, nf/d) • Wayne Federman (born 1959, US, nf) • Jürg Federspiel (1931–2007, Switzerland, f) • Klára Fehér (1919–1996, Hungary, nf/f/ch) • Lopito Feijóo (born 1963, Angola, p) • José Pablo Feinmann (1943–2021, Argentina, f/d/nf) • Elaine Feinstein (1930–2019, England, p/f/d) • David Feintuch (1944–2006, US, f) • Raymond Feist (born 1945, US, f) • Bu Feiyan (步非烟, born 1981, China, f), pseudonym of Xin Xiaojuan (辛晓娟) • István Fekete (1900–1970, Hungary, ch/f) • Else Feldmann (1884–1942, Austria, f/d/p), Holocaust victim • Alison Fell (born 1944, Scotland, p/f) • John Fell (1625–1686, England, nf) • Károly Fellinger (born 1963, Czechoslovakia/Slovakia, p/nf) • Mary Fels (1863–1953, Germany/US, nf) • Owen Feltham (1602–1668, England, nf) • Kurt Feltz (1910–1982, Germany/Spain, f) • Jonathan Fenby (born 1942, England, nf) • Feng Jicai (馮驥才, born 1942, China, f/nf) • Feng Menglong (馮夢龍, 1574–1646, China, nf/f/p) • Feng Yidai (馮亦代, 1913–2005, China, nf) • Feng Youlan (馮友蘭, 1895–1990, China, nf) • Feng Yuanjun (冯沅君, 1900–1974, China, nf) • Fenggan (豐干, fl. 9th c., China, nf) • Forrest Fenn (1930–2020, US, f) • George Manville Fenn (1831–1909, England, f/nf/ch) • IJ Fenn (England) • John Fenn (died 1615, England, nf) • John Fenn (1739–1794, England, nf) • Lionel Fenn (1942–2006, US, f) • Achour Fenni (living, Algeria, p/nf) • Beppe Fenoglio (1922–1963, Italy, f/d) • Elijah Fenton (1683–1730, England, p/nf) • Geoffrey Fenton (c. 1539–1608, England, nf) • James Fenton (1931–2021, N Ireland, p) • James Fenton (born 1949, England, p/nf) • Roger Fenton (1565–1615, England, nf) • Eliza Fenwick (1767–1840, England/Barbados, f/nf/ch) • Miksa Fenyő (1877–1972, Hungary, nf) • Mouloud Feraoun (1913–1962, Algeria, nf) • Edna Ferber (1885–1968, US, f/d) • Ferdowsi (c. 935/1940 – c. 1019/1026, Persia, p) • Teréz Ferenczy (1823–1853, Austria-Hungary, p) • Kitty Ferguson (born 1941, US, nf) • Ruby Ferguson (1899–1966, England, f/ch), pseudonym RC Ashby • Sarah Ferguson (born 1965, Australia/US, nf) • Bernard Fergusson (1911–1980, nf) • Robert Fergusson (1750–1774, Scotland, p) • Halima Ferhat (born 1941, Morocco, nf) • Nils Ferlin (1898–1961, Sweden, p) • Lawrence Ferlinghetti (1919–2021, US, p/f/nf) • Patrick Leigh Fermor (1915–2011, England, nf) • Fanny Fern (1811–1872, US, f/ch/nf), born Sara Payson Willis • Macedonio Fernández (1874–1952, Argentina, f/p/nf) • Chitra Fernando (1935–1998, Ceylon/Sri Lanka, f/ch) • Elena Ferrante (living, Italy, f) • Marie Ferrarella (born 1948, Germany/US, f) • Gabriella De Ferrari (born 1941, US, nf) • Elizabeth Ferrars (1907–1995, Burma/England, f), pseudonym of Morna Doris MacTaggart • Léo Ferré (1916–1993, Monaco/Italy, p) • Rosario Ferré (1938–2016, Puerto Rico, f/nf/p) • António Ferreira (1528–1569, Portugal, p/d) • Isabel Ferreira (born 1958, Angola, nf) • José Gomes Ferreira (1900–1985, Portugal, p/f) • Vergílio Ferreira (1916–1996, Portugal, f/nf) • Susan Edmonstone Ferrier (1782–1854, Scotland, f) • Helen Josephine Ferris (1890–1969, US, f) • Maria Fetherstonhaugh (1847–1918, England, f) • Omar Fetmouche (born 1955, Algeria, d) • Touati Fettouma (born 1950, Algeria, f) • Eduard von Feuchtersleben (1798–1857, Poland/Austria, d/nf/p) • Lion Feuchtwanger (1884–1958, Germany/US, f/d) • Malcolm Fewtrell (1909–2005, England, nf) • Renate Feyl (born 1944, Czechoslovakia/Germany, f/nf) • Jasper Fforde (born 1961, England, f) • Katie Fforde (born 1952, England, f) • I. D. Ffraid (1814–1875, Wales, p/nf)

Fi–Fl

• Ferdinand Kwasi Fiawoo (1891–1969, Gold Coast, nf/d) • Jerzy Ficowski (1924–2006, Poland, p/nf) • Eugene Field (1850–1895, US, ch/p/nf) • Michael Field (Katharine Harris Bradley, 1846–1914, and Edith Emma Cooper, 1862–1913, England, p/d) • Richard Field (1561–1616, England, nf) • Daphne Fielding (1904–1997, England, nf) • Helen Fielding (born 1958, England, f/d) • Henry Fielding (1707–1754, England, f/d/p) • Sarah Fielding (1710–1768, England, f/ch) • Xan Fielding (1918–1991, England, nf), pseudonym of Alexander Percival Wallace • Celia Fiennes (1662–1741, England, nf) • William Fiennes (born 1970, England, nf) • Fanny Carrión de Fierro (born 1936, Ecuador, p/nf) • Humberto Fierro (1890–1929, Ecuador, p) • Graeme Fife (born 1946, England, nf/d) • C. H. S. Fifoot (1899–1975, England/Scotland, nf) • Eva Figes (1932–2012, Germany/England, f/nf) • Salvador Reyes Figueroa (1899–1970, Chile, f/nf) • Margita Figuli (1909–1995, Czechoslovakia/Slovakia, f/nf/ch) • Adonias Filho (1915–1990, Brazil, f/nf) • Ernesto Lara Filho (1932–1977, Angola, p/nf) • Juan de Dios Filiberto (1885–1964, Argentina, p) • Nicolae Filimon (1819–1865, Wallachia/Romania, f/nf) • Amanda Filipacchi (born 1967, US, f/nf) • Emil Filipčič (born 1951, Yugoslavia/Slovenia, f/d) • Vukašin Filipović (1930–1990, Yugoslavia, nf/f/d) • Catherine Filloux (living, France/US, d) • Juan Filloy (1894–2000, Argentina, f/nf) • Robert Filmer (c. 1588–1653, England, nf) • Anne Finch, Countess of Winchilsea (1661–1720, England, p) • Charles Finch (born 1980, US, f) • Annie Finch (born 1956, US, p/d/nf) • Brian Finch (1936–2007, England, d) • William Coles Finch (1864–1944, England, nf) • Timothy Findley (1930–2002, Canada, f/d) • Anne Fine (born 1947, England, ch/f) • Cordelia Fine (born 1975, Canada/England, nf) • Nadia Fink (born 1977, Argentina, nf/ch) • Thomas Fink (born 1972, US/England, nf) • Fiona Finlay (1914–1986, England, f), pseudonym of Violet Vivian Stuart • George Finlay (1799–1875, Scotland, nf) • Ian Hamilton Finlay (1925–2006, Scotland, p/nf) • John Martin Finlay (1941–1991, US, nf/f) • Martha Finley (1828–1909, US, ch) • Mitch Finley (born 1945, US, nf) • Jack Finney (1911–1995, US, f/d) • Steinunn Finnsdóttir (c. 1640 – c. 1710, Iceland, p) • Fran Saleški Finžgar (1871–1962, Austrian E/Yugoslavia, f/p/d) • Carmen Firan (born 1958, Romania/US, p/f/nf) • Ronald Firbank (1886–1926, England/Italy, f) • Ruth First (1925–1982, S Africa/Mozambique, nf) • Charles Firth (1857–1936, England, nf) • John Rupert Firth (1890–1960, England, nf) • Tim Firth (born 1964, England, d/p) • Johann Fischart (c. 1545–1591, Germany, p/f) • Caroline Auguste Fischer (1764–1842, Germany, f) • Louis Fischer (1896–1970, US, nf) • Tibor Fischer (born 1959, England, f) • Margery Fish (1892–1969, England, nf) • Tim Fish (born 1970, US, ch/f) • Timothy Fish (living, US, f/nf) • A. S. T. Fisher (1906–1989, England, p/nf) • Aileen Fisher (1906–2002, US, ch/p) • Allen Fisher (born 1944, England, p) • Ann Fisher (1719–1778, England, nf) • Carrie Fisher (1956–2016, US, f/d) • Catherine Fisher (born 1986, Wales, p/ch) • Dorothy Canfield Fisher (1879–1958, US, f/nf/ch) • Herbert William Fisher (1826–1903, England, nf) • John Fisher (1469–1535, England, nf) • Jon Fisher (born 1972, US, nf) • Lala Fisher (1872–1929, Australia, nf) • M. F. K. Fisher (1908–1992, US, nf) • Mark Fisher (1968–2017, England, nf) • Roy Fisher (1930–2017, England, p) • William Fisher (1780–1852, England, f) • Nicholas Fisk (1923–2016, England, f/ch), pseudonym of David Higginbottom • Robert Fisk (1946–2020, England/Ireland, nf) • Sebastian Fitzek (born 1971, Germany, f/nf) • Edward Fitzgerald (1809–1883, England, p) • Helen FitzGerald (born 1966, Australia/Scotland, f) • F. Scott Fitzgerald (1896–1940, US, f/nf/d) • John D. Fitzgerald (1907–1988, US, ch/nf) • Penelope Fitzgerald (1916–2000, England, f/p/nf) • R. D. Fitzgerald (1902–1987, Australia, p) • Robert Fitzgerald (1910–1985, p/nf) • Louise Fitzhugh (1928–1974, US, ch) • April FitzLyon (1920–1998, England, nf) • Joseph Fitzmyer (1920–2016, US, nf) • James Percy FitzPatrick (1862–1931, S Africa, nf/ch) • Kathleen Fitzpatrick (1905–1990, Australia, nf) • William Fitzstephen (died c. 1191, England, nf) • Matthias Flacius (1520–1575, Istria, nf), Croatian name Matija Vlačić Ilirik • Marjorie Flack (1897–1958, US, ch) • John Flanagan (born 1944, Australia, f) • Roderick Flanagan (1828–1862, Ireland/Australia, p/nf) • Judith Flanders (born 1959, England, nf) • Peter Flannery (born 1951, England, d) • Thomas Flatman (1635–1688, England, p) • Gustave Flaubert (1821–1880, France, f/nf) • Konrad Fleck (fl. 13th c., Germany, p) • James Elroy Flecker (1884–1915, England, f/d/p) • Richard Flecknoe (c. 1600–1678, England, d/p) • Paul Fleischman (born 1952, US, ch) • Sid Fleischman (1920–2010, US, ch/d/f) • Marieluise Fleißer (1901–1974, Germany, d) • Abraham Fleming (c. 1552–1607, England, nf/p) • Cardine Fleming (born 1936, England, f), pseudonym of Anne Mather • Caroline Fleming (born 1975, Denmark, nf) • Ian Fleming (1908–1964, England, f) • Marjorie Fleming (1803–1811, Scotland, ch/nf/p) • Paul Fleming (1609–1640, Germany, p) • Peter Fleming (1907–1971, England, nf) • Louis Fles (1872–1940, Netherlands, nf), pseudonym Dr. W. Bottema C. Az. • Beryl Fletcher (1938–2018, N Zealand, f) • Giles Fletcher (c. 1586–1623, England, p) • Giles Fletcher the Elder (1548–1611, England, p) • J. S. Fletcher (1863–1935, England, f/nf) • Jane Fletcher (1870–1956, Australia, nf/f) • John Fletcher (1579–1625, England, d) • John Gould Fletcher (1886–1960, US, p) • Lisa Anne Fletcher (1844–1905, US, p/nf) • Mary Bosanquet Fletcher (1739–1815, England, nf) • Phineas Fletcher (1582–1650, England, p/nf) • Susan Fletcher (born 1979, England, f) • Thomas Fletcher (1666–1713, England, p) • Olaf de Fleur (born 1975, Iceland, d), pseudonym of Ólafur Jóhannesson • Maria De Fleury (fl. 1773–1791, England, p/nf) • Antony Flew (1923–2010, England, nf) • Robert Newton Flew (1886–1962, England, nf) • Walter Flex (1887–1917, Germany/Russian E, f) • Eric Flint (born 1947, US, f) • F. S. Flint (1885–1960, England, p) • Kjartan Fløgstad (born 1944, Norway, p/f) • Malva Flores (born 1961, Mexico, p/f/nf) • Marco Antonio Flores (1937–2013, Guatemala, p/f/nf) • Filip Florian (born 1968, Romania, f) • John Florio (1552–1625, England, p/nf) • Pat Flower (1914–1977, England/Australia, d/f) • Tui Flower (1925–2017, N Zealand, nf) • Alice Flowerdew (1759–1830, England, p) • R. Barri Flowers (born 1956, US, f/nf) • John Floyd (1572–1649, England/France, nf) • Robert Fludd (1574–1637, England, nf) • Torbjörn Flygt (born 1964, Sweden, f) • Chris Flynn (born 1972, Australia, f) • Michael Flynn (born 1947, US, nf)

Fo

• Gorch Fock (1880–1916, Germany, f/p/d), pseudonym of Johann Wilhelm Kinau • Giles Foden (born 1967, England, f) • Usman dan Fodio (1754–1815, Hausa Kingdoms, nf) • Aïcha Fofana (1957–2003, Mali, f/nf) • Lionel Fogarty (born 1958, Australia, p) • Antonio Fogazzaro (1842–1911, Italy, f/nf/d) • Per Anders Fogelström (1917–1998, Sweden, f) • Rodolfo Enrique Fogwill (1941–2010, Argentina, f/p) • Jolán Földes (1902–1963, Hungary/England, f/d), also Yolanda Foldes • Winifred Foley (1914–2009, England, nf) • Jean Follain (1903–1971, France, nf/p) • Ken Follett (born 1949, Wales/England, f) • Hans Folz (c. 1437–1513, Germany, p/d) • Rufino Blanco Fombona (1874–1944, Venezuela, nf) • Albany Fonblanque (1793–1872, England, nf) • Mikkjel Fønhus (1894–1973, Norway, f/nf) • Manuel da Fonseca (1911–1993, Portugal, f) • Rubem Fonseca (1925–2020, Brazil, f) • Jean de La Fontaine (1621–1695, France, f/p) • Roberto Fontanarrosa (1944–2007, Argentina, f) • Theodor Fontane (1819–1898, Germany, nf/f) • Narbal Fontes (1899–1960, Brazil, f) • Philippa Foot (1920–2010, England, nf) • Mary Hallock Foote (1847–1938, US, f/nf) • Samuel Foote (1720–1777, England, d) • Tim Footman (born 1968, England, nf) • Mary Hannay Foott (1846–1918, Scotland/Australia, p) • Lady Angela Forbes (1876–1950, England/Jersey, f) • Colin Forbes (1923–2006, England, f), pseudonym of Raymond Harold Sawkins • Duncan Forbes (1798–1868, Scotland, nf) • Duncan Forbes (1922–1994, Scotland, nf) • Duncan Forbes (born 1947, England, p) • Edward Forbes (1815–1854, Isle of Man, nf) • Esther Forbes (1891–1967, US, f/nf/ch) • John Forbes (1950–1998, Australia, p) • Carolyn Forché (born 1950, US, p/nf) • Anne Ford (1737–1824, England, nf) • Boris Ford (1917–1998, India/England, nf) • Elbur Ford (1906–1993, England, f), pseudonym of Eleanor Burford Hibbert • Ford Madox Ford (1873–1939, England, f/p/nf), born Joseph Leopold Ford Hermann Madox Hueffer • John Ford (1586 – c. 1639, England, d/p) • John M. Ford (1957–2006, US, f/p) • Mark Ford (born 1962, Kenya/England, p/nf) • Norrey Ford (1907–1985, England, f), pseudonym of Norren Dilcock • Richard Ford (1796–1858, England, nf) • Thomas Ford (c. 1580–1648, England, p) • Amanda Foreman (born 1968, England/US, nf) • Michael Foreman (born 1938, England, ch) • Antonia Forest (1915–2003, England, ch), pseudonym of Patricia Giulia Caulfield Kate Rubinstein • C. S. Forester (1899–1966, England/US, f/d/nf) • Simon Forman (1552–1611, England, nf) • Juan Forn (1959–2021, Argentina, f/nf) • Aminatta Forna (born 1964, Scotland/Sierra Leone, f/nf) • Xavier Forneret (1809–1884, France, f/d/nf) • Richard Forno (living, US, nf) • Fereshteh Forough (born 1985, Iran/Afghanistan, nf) • David Forrest, 1929–2023 and born 1933, England, f), pseudonym of Robert Forrest-Webb and David Eliades) • Mabel Forrest (1872–1935, Australia, p/f) • Elaine Forrestal (born 1941, Australia, ch) • Alfred Henry Forrester (1804–1872, England, f/ch) • Helen Forrester (1919–2011, England/Canada, nf/f) • Tony Forrester (born 1953, England, nf) • Jeff Forshaw (born 1968, England, nf) • Thelma Forshaw (1923–1995, Australia, f/nf) • Lars Forssell (1928–2007, Sweden, p/d) • Tua Forsström (born 1947, Finland/Sweden, p) • William R. Forstchen (born 1950, US, f/nf) • E. M. Forster (1879–1970, England, f/nf/d) • Jackie Forster (1926–1998, England, nf) • John Forster (1812–1876, England, nf) • Margaret Forster (1938–2016, England, f/nf) • Mary Forster (c. 1620–1687, England, nf) • Michelanne Forster (born 1953, N Zealand, d) • William Forster (1818–1882, India/Australia, p) • Frederick Forsyth (born 1938, England, f) • Jessie Forsyth (1847/49 – 1937, England/US/Australia, nf/f/p) • Paul Fort (1872–1960, France, p) • Richard Fortey (born 1946, England, nf) • Drew Fortier (born 1987, US, nf) • Elena Fortún (1886–1952, Spain, ch) • Mary Fortune (c. 1833–1911, Australia, f/p/nf), pseudonym Waif Wander • Valentin Fortunov (1957–2014, Bulgaria, nf) • Robert L. Forward (1932–2002, US, nf/f) • Ugo Foscolo (1778–1927, Italy, p/f/d) • Jon Fosse (born 1959, Norway, f/p/ch) • Karin Fossum (born 1954, Norway, f) • Alan Dean Foster (born 1946, US, f) • E. M. Foster (fl. late 18th – early 19th c., England, f) • John Foster (1770–1843, England, nf) • Lori Foster (living, US, f) • Lynn Foster (1914–1985, Australia, d/nf) • Mo Foster (born 1944, England, nf) • John Fothergill (1876–1957, England, nf) • John Knight Fotheringham (1874–1936, England, nf) • Michel Foucault (1926–1984, France, nf) • John Foulcher (born 1952, Australia, p) • Adam Foulds (born 1974, England, f/p) • Tim Fountain (born 1967, England, d/nf) • Margaret Fountaine (1862–1940, England, nf) • Friedrich de la Motte Fouqué (1777–1843, Germany, d/p) • Charles J. Fourie (born 1965, S Africa, d) • Alain-Fournier (1886–1914, France, f/p), pseudonym of Henri-Alban Fournier • Martha Fowke (1689–1736, England, p) • Dorothy Fowler (living, N Zealand, f) • Ellen Thorneycroft Fowler (1860–1929, England, f/p/ch) • Francis George Fowler (1871–1918, England/Guernsey, nf) • Henry Watson Fowler (1858–1933, England, nf) • Karen Joy Fowler (born 1950, US, f) • William Fowler (c. 1560–1612, Scotland, p/nf) • John Fowles (1926–2005, England, f/d) • Aileen Fox (1907–2005, England, nf) • Caroline Fox (1819–1871, England, nf) • Francis Fox (1675–1738, England, nf) • George Fox (1624–1691, England, nf) • Helen Fox (born 1962, England, ch) • Len Fox (1905–2004, Australia, nf) • Mem Fox (born 1946, Australia, ch) • Michael J. Fox (born 1961, Canada/US, nf) • Robert Fox (1798–1843, England, nf) • Robert J. Fox (1927–2009, US, nf) • Robin Lane Fox (born 1946, England, nf) • Edgar Foxall (1906–1990, England, p) • John Foxe (1516/1517–1587, England, nf) • Samuel Foxe (1560–1630, England, nf)

Fr–Fy

• Randall Frakes (living, US, d/f) • Esther G. Frame (1840–1920, US, nf) • Janet Frame (1924–2004, N Zealand, f/p/ch) • Martin le Franc (c. 1410–1461, France/Switzerland, p) • Anatole France (1844–1924, France, p/nf/f) • Marie de France (fl. 12th c.), France/England, p) • Ruth France (1913–1968, N Zealand, p/f) • Anne Francis (1738–1800, England, nf/p) • Dick Francis (1920–2010, England, f) • Gavin Francis (born 1975, Scotland, nf) • Matthew Francis (born 1956, England/Wales, p/f) • Philip Francis (1740–1818, Ireland/England, nf) • Robert Francis (1901–1987, US, p/nf) • Suzanne Francis (born 1959, England, f) • Julia Franck (born 1970, Germany, f/nf) • Sebastian Franck (1499 – c. 1543, Germany, nf) • Mercedes Franco (born 1948, Venezuela, f/nf) • Veronica Franco (1546–1591, Republic of Venice, p/nf) • Anne Frank (1929–1945, Germany/Netherlands, nf), Holocaust victim • Bruno Frank (1878–1945, Germany/US, d/f/p) • Leonhard Frank (1882–1961, Germany/US, f/d) • Gilbert Frankau (1884–1952, England, f/p) • Julia Frankau (1859–1916, England, f), pseudonym Frank Danby • Pamela Frankau (1908–1967, England, f) • Alona Frankel (born 1937, Poland/Israel, ch/p) • Charis Frankenburg (1892–1985, England, nf) • Frankétienne (born 1936, Haiti, p/f/d), born Franck Étienne • Ludwig August von Frankl (1810–1894, Austrian E, p) • Benjamin Franklin (1706–1790, English N American colonies/US, nf) • John Franklin (1886–1947, England/Canada, nf) • Miles Franklin (1879–1954, Australia, f/nf), pseudonym of Stella Maria Sarah Miles Franklin • André Franquin (1924–1997, Belgium, f) • Marie-Louise von Franz (1915–1998, Switzerland, nf) • Franzobel (born 1967, Austria, p/f), pseudonym of Franz Stefan Griebl • Karl Emil Franzos (1848–1904, Austrian E/Germany, f) • Antonia Fraser (born 1932, England, nf/f) • Caro Fraser (1953–2020, England, f) • George MacDonald Fraser (1925–2008, England/Isle of Man, f/d) • George Sutherland Fraser (1915–1980, Scotland, p/nf) • Gregory Fraser (living, US, p) • Ian Fraser, Baron Fraser of Lonsdale (1897–1974, England, nf) • Margaret Fraser (1866–1951, N Zealand, nf) • Mary Crawford Fraser (1851–1922, Italy/US, nf/f) • Raymond Fraser (1941–2018, Canada, nf/f/p) • Naim Frashëri (1846–1900, Ottoman E, nf/p) • Benjamin Frater (1979–2007, Australia, p) • Heinrich Frauenlob (c. 1250/1260–1318, Germany, p) • Abraham Fraunce (c. 1558/1560 – c. 1592/1593, England, p) • Michael Frayn (born 1933, England, d/f) • Brentley Frazer (born 1972, Australia, p/nf/f) • Margaret Frazer (1946–2013, US, f) • Ian Frazier (born 1951, US, nf) • Louis-Honoré Fréchette (1839–1908, Canada, p/d/f) • Pauline Fréchette (1889–1943, Canada, p/d/nf) • André Frédérique (1915–1957, France, p) • Marianne Fredriksson (1927–2007, Sweden, f/nf) • Aleksander Fredro (1793–187t, Poland, p/d/nf) • Lynn Freed (born 1945, S Africa, f/nf) • Jonathan Freedland (born 1967, England, nf/f), fiction pseudonym Sam Bourne • Russell Freedman (1929–2018, US, nf/ch) • Barbara C. Freeman (1906–1999, England, ch) • Don Freeman (1908–1978, US, ch) • Douglas S. Freeman (1886–1953, US, nf) • Edward Augustus Freeman (1823–1892, England/Spain, nf) • Grace Beacham Freeman (1916–2002, US, p/nf/f) • John Freeman (1880–1929, England, p/nf) • Pamela Freeman (born 1960, Australia, f/ch) • R. Austin Freeman (1862–1943, England, f) • Dave Freer (born 1959, S Africa/Australia, f) • Nicholas Freeston (1907–1978, England, p) • Alicia Freilich (born 1939, Venezuela, f/nf) • Ferdinand Freiligrath (1810–1876, Germany, p/nf) • Raquel Freire (born 1973, Portugal, d/f) • António A. de Freitas (born 1947, Mozambique/Portugal, nf) • Armindo Freitas-Magalhães (born 1966, Portugal, nf) • Elizabeth Freke (1641–1714, England, nf/p) • Jasmin B. Frelih (born 1986, Yugoslavia/Slovenia, f) • Elizabeth Wynne Fremantle (1778–1857, England, nf) • Celia Fremlin (1914–2009, England, f) • Allen French (1870–1946, US, nf/ch) • Anne French (born 1956, N Zealand, p) • Ashley French (1897–1985, England, f/d), pseudonym of Denise Robins • Jackie French (born 1953, Australia, nf/ch) • Patrick French (born 1966, England, nf) • Gustav Frenssen (1863–1945, Germany, f) • John Hookham Frere (1769–1846, England, p) • Rodrigo Fresán (born 1963, Argentina/Spain, f/nf) • Yvonne du Fresne (1929–2011, N Zealand, f/d) • James Frey (born 1969, US, nf/f) • Oskar Freysinger (born 1960, Switzerland, nf/f) • Sindri Freysson (born 1970, Iceland, f/p) • Gustav Freytag (1816–1895, Germany, f/d) • Alfred Hermann Fried (1864–1921, Germany, nf) • Erich Fried (1921–1988, Austria/England, p/d/f) • Leonie Frieda (born 1956, Sweden/England, nf) • Egon Friedell (1878–1938, Austria, nf/d), Holocaust victim • Frieda Friedman (born 1905, date of death unknown, US, ch) • Joseph Friedenson (1922–2013, Poland/US, nf) • C. S. Friedman (born 1957, US, f) • David D. Friedman (born 1945, US, nf) • Graeme Friedman (living, S Africa, f/p) • Richard Elliott Friedman (born 1946, US, nf) • Brian Friel (1929–2015, Ireland, d/f) • Rogelio Julio Frigerio (1914–2006, Argentina, nf) • Frik (fl. 13th–14th cc., Armenia, nf) • Shirley Frimpong-Manso (born 1977, Ghana, d/nf) • Max Frisch (1911–1991, Switzerland, d/f) • William Powell Frith (1819–1909, England, nf) • Nikolaj Frobenius (born 1965, Norway, f/d) • Gustaf Fröding (1860–1911, Sweden, p/f) • Gayleen Froese (born 1972, Canada, f/nf/p) • Abraham Emanuel Fröhlich (1796–1865, Switzerland, p) • Jean Froissart (c. 1337 – c. 1405, Flanders, nf/p) • Robert Frost (1874–1963, US, p) • Helen Losanitch Frothingham (1885–1972, Serbia/France, nf) • James Anthony Froude (1818–1894, England, nf/f) • Hurrell Froude (1803–1836, England, nf) • Alistair Fruish (living, England, nf/f) • Gene Frumkin (1928–2007, US, p) • C. B. Fry (1872–1956, England, nf) • Caroline Fry (1787–1846, England, nf) • Christopher Fry (1907–2005, England, p/d) • Plantagenet Somerset Fry (1931–1996, England, nf) • Ruth Fry (1878–1962, England, nf) • Stephen Fry (born 1957, England, d/f/nf) • Susanna M. D. Fry (1841–1920, US, f/nf) • Agnes Moore Fryberger (1868–1939, US, f) • Fu Baoshi (傅抱石, 1904–1965, China, nf) • Fu Shanxiang (傅善祥, 1833–1864, China, nf) • Fu Tianlin (傅天琳, born 1946, China, p/nf) • Carlos Fuentes (1928–2012, Mexico, f/nf) • Athol Fugard (born 1932, S Africa, d/f) • Lisa Fugard (living, S Africa/US, f) • Sheila Meiring Fugard (born England/S Africa, f/d) • Alberto Fuguet (born 1963, Chile, f/nf) • Shizuo Fujieda (藤枝静男, 1907–1993, Japan, f) • Sadakazu Fujii (藤井貞和, born 1942, Japan, p/nf) • Shū Fujisawa (藤沢周, born 1959, Japan, f) • Yoshinaga Fujita (藤田宜永, 1950–2020, Japan, f/d) • Fujiwara no Akisue (藤原顕季, 1055–1123, Japan, p) • Fujiwara no Ietaka (藤原家隆, 1158–1237, Japan, p) • Fujiwara no Kintō (藤原公任, 966–1041, Japan, p) • Fujiwara no Shunzei (藤原俊成, 1114–1204, Japan, p) • Fujiwara no Teika (藤原定家, 1162–1241, Japan, p/f/nf) • Kyūya Fukada (深田久弥), 1903–1971, Japan, f/nf) • Shichirō Fukazawa (深沢七郎), 1914–1987, Japan, f) • Fukuchi Gen'ichirō (福地源一郎, 1841–1906, Japan, nf) • Fukuda Hideko (福田英子, 1865–1927, Japan, nf) • Sadayoshi Fukuda (福田定良, 1917–2002, Japan, nf) • Masami Fukushima (福島正実, 1929–1976, Japan, f) • Fukuzawa Yukichi (福澤諭吉, 1835–1901, Japan, nf/ch) • Yvonne K. Fulbright (living, Iceland/US, nf) • George Williams Fulcher (1795–1855, England, p/nf) • Ludwig Fulda (1862–1939, Germany, d/p) • Robert Fulghum (born 1937, US, nf) • Alexandra Fuller (born 1969, England/US, nf) • Andrew Fuller (1754–1815, England, nf) • Claire Fuller (born 1967, England, f) • Jean Overton Fuller (1915–2009, England, nf) • John Fuller (born 1937, US, p/f/ch) • Peter Fuller (1947–1990, England, nf) • Roy Fuller (1912–1991, England, p/f/nf) • Thomas Fuller (1608–1661, England, nf) • Lady Georgiana Fullerton (1812–1885, England, f/nf) • Mary Eliza Fullerton (1868–1946, Australia/England, f/p) • Alice Fulton (born 1952, US, p/f/nf) • Catherine Fulton (1829–1919, N Zealand, nf) • Ulpian Fulwell (1545 or 1546 – pre-1586, England, d/p) • Funahashi Seiichi (舟橋聖一, 1904–1976, Japan, f/d) • Vicente Cabrera Funes (1944–2014, Ecuador, f/nf) • Cornelia Funke (born 1958, Germany, ch) • Bilkisu Funtuwa (living, Nigeria, f) • Antoine Furetière (1619–1688, France, nf/f) • Monica Furlong (1930–2003, England, f/ch/nf) • John Furnival (1933–2020, England, p) • Frederick James Furnivall (1825–1910, England, nf) • Yoshikichi Furui (古井由吉, 1937–2020, Japan, f/nf) • Henry Fuseli (1741–1825, Switzerland/England, nf) • Sandy Fussell (born 1960, Australia, ch) • Milán Füst (1888–1967, Hungary, f/nf) • Futabatei Shimei (二葉亭四迷, 1864–1909, Japan, f/nf) • Füzuli (c. 1494–1556, Ottoman E, p), birth name Mahammad bin Suleyman • Simwnt Fychan (c. 1530–1606, Wales, p/nf) • Rose Fyleman (1877–1957, England, p/ch)