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

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• Jacob Haafner (1754–1809, Germany/Netherlands, nf) • Magnhild Haalke (1885–1984, Norway, f) • Dorian Haarhoff (born 1944, S Africa/Namibia) • Espen Haavardsholm (born 1945, Norway, f/p/nf) • Hella Haasse (1918–2011, Dutch East Indies/Netherlands, f/ch) • Jürgen Habermas (born 1929, Germany, nf) • Ahsan Habib (1917–1985, India/Bangladesh, p/f/ch) • M. A. R. Habib (living, US, nf) • Abdul Hai Habibi (1910–1984, Afghanistan, nf) • Helon Habila (born 1967, Nigeria, f/p) • Chékéba Hachemi (born 1974, Afghanistan, nf) • Najat El Hachmi (born 1979, Morocco/Spain, f/nf) • Maria Hack (1777–1844, England, nf/ch) • Marilyn Hacker (born 1942, US, p/nf) • Erich Hackl (born 1954, Austria, f) • William Hacket (died 1591, England, nf) • Friedrich Wilhelm Hackländer (1816–1877, Germany, f/nf) • Peter Hacks (1928–2003, Germany, d/nf) • David Hackworth (1930–2005, US, nf) • Malek Haddad (1927–1978, Algeria, p/f/nf) • Ali Haddani (1936–2007, Morocco, p) • Mohammad Moustafa Haddara (1930–1997, Egypt, nf/f) • Margaret Peterson Haddix (born 1964, US, ch) • Mark Haddon (born 1962, England, f/p/d) • Margaret Peterson Haddix (born 1964, US, ch) • Mark Haddon (born 1962, England, f/p/d) • Hadewijch (fl. 13th c., Duchy of Brabant, p/nf) • Tessa Hadley (born 1956, England, f/nf) • Lyndall Hadow (1903–1976, Australia, f/nf) • Hadrawi (born 1943, Somaliland, p), full name Mohamed Ibrahim Warsame Hadrawi • Ivana Hadži-Popović (born 1951, Yugoslavia/Serbia, f) • Stefan Haenni (born 1958, Switzerland, f) • Hafez (1315–1390, Iran, p), pseudonym of Khwāja Shams-ud-Dīn Muḥammad Ḥāfeẓ-e Shīrāzī • Yasser Abdel Hafez (born 1969, Egypt, f/nf) • Bergljot Hobæk Haff (1925–2016, Norway, f) • Sebastian Haffner (1907–1999, Germany, nf), pseudonym of Raimund Pretzel • Einarr Hafliðason (1307–1393, Iceland, nf) • Hannes Hafstein (1861–1922, Iceland, p) • Stefán Jón Hafstein (born 1955, Iceland, nf) • Guðmundur G. Hagalín (1898–1985, Iceland, nf) • Hrafnhildur Hagalín (born 1965, Iceland, d) • Carl August Hagberg (1810–1864, Sweden, nf) • Friedrich von Hagedorn (1708–1754, Germany, p) • Jessica Hagedorn (born 1949, Philippines/US, d/p) • Ingeborg Refling Hagen (1895–1989, Norway, nf/p) • Jean Hager (born 1932, US, f/ch) • Mandy Hager (born 1960, N Zealand, f/ch/nf) • Helge Hagerup (1933–2008, Norway, d/p/f) • Inger Hagerup (1905–1985, Norway, d/p/nf) • Klaus Hagerup (1946–2018, Norway, p/d/nf) • H. Rider Haggard (1856–1925, England, f/nf) • Lilias Rider Haggard (1892–1968, England, nf) • Sakutarō Hagiwara (萩原朔太郎, 1886–1942, Japan, p) • Emily Hahn (1905–1997, US, f/nf) • Óscar Hahn (born 1938, Chile, f/nf/p) • Hai Zi (海子, 1964–1989, China, p), pseudonym of Zha Haisheng (查海生) • Qurratulain Haider (1927–2007, India, f/nf) • Rashid Haider (1941–2020, India/Bangladesh, f) • Matt Haig (born 1975, England, f/nf/ch) • Arthur Hailey (1920–2004, UK/Canada, f) • John Haines (1924–2011, US, p) • Sarah Hainsworth (born 1967, England, nf) • David Hair (living, N Zealand, f) • Dragan Hajduković (born 1949, Yugoslavia/Montenegro, nf) • Yusuf Has Hajib (c. 1019–1077, Kara Khanid Khanate, p/nf) • Allal El Hajjam (born 1949, Morocco, p) • Pavel Hak (born 1962, Czechoslovakia/France, f) • Roya Hakakian (born 1966, Iran/US, p/nf) • Abdul Hakim (c. 1620 – c. 1690, Portuguese E/Mughal E, p) • Joy Hakim (born 1931, US, nf) • Tawfiq al-Hakim (1898–1987, Egypt, f/d/nf) • Grímur Hákonarson (born 1977, Iceland, d) • Donald Hall (1928–2018, US, p/ch/nf) • Sarah Hall (born 1974, England, f/p) • Arthur Hallam (1811–1833, England, p) • Thea Halo (born 1941, US, p/f/nf) • Jack C. Haldeman II (1941–2002, US, f) • Joe Haldeman (born 1943, US, f) • John Hales (1584–1656, England, nf) • Alex Haley (1921–1992, US, nf) • Tunku Halim (born 1964, Malaysia, f/nf/ch) • Gisèle Halimi (1927–2020, Tunisia/France, nf) • Basil Hall (1788–1844, Scotland/England, nf) • Bernadette Hall (born 1945, N Zealand, d/p) • Megan Hall (born 1972, S Africa, p) • Parnell Hall (1944–2020, US, f) • Pip Hall (born 1971, N Zealand, d) • Radclyffe Hall (1880–1943, England, p/f) • Rodney Hall (born 1935, Australia, nf/p/f) • Roger Hall (born 1939, N Zealand, d) • Henry Hallam (1777–1859, England, nf) • Hallar-Steinn (fl. c. 1200, Iceland, p) • Halldórr skvaldri (fl. first half of 12th c., Iceland, p) • Guðný Halldórsdóttir (born 1954, Iceland, d) • Adam de la Halle (1240–1287, France, p) • Albrecht von Haller (1708–1777, Switzerland, nf/p) • Edmond Halley (1656–1742, England, nf) • Hallfreðr vandræðaskáld (c. 965 – c. 1007, Iceland, p) • Jónas Hallgrímsson (1807–1845, Iceland, p/nf) • Tindr Hallkelsson (fl. c. 1000, Iceland, p) • Friedrich Halm (1806–1871, Austria, d/p/f), pseudonym of Baron Eligius Franz Joseph von Münch-Bellinghausen • Bruce Barrymore Halpenny (1937–2015, England, nf) • Stefmerie Halstead (living, US, f) • Leslie Halward (1905–1976, England, f/d) • Rosalie Ham (born 1955, Australia, f/d) • Boubou Hama (1906–1982, Niger, nf) • Johann Georg Hamann (1730–1788, Germany, nf) • Tatiana Hambro (born 1989, England, nf) • Michael Hamburger (1924–2007, Germany/England) • Barbara Hambly (born 1951, US, f/d) • Joan Hambidge (born 1956, S Africa, p/nf) • Mohammad Shafiq Hamdam (born 1981, Afghanistan, nf) • Joan de Hamel (1924–2011, England/N Zealand, ch) • Mohsin Hamid (born 1971, Pakistan/US, f/nf) • Charles Hamilton (1876–1961, England, f/ch), pseudonym Frank Richards • Edmond Hamilton (1904–1977, US, f) • Elizabeth Hamilton (1756 or 1758–1816, Scotland, nf/p/f) • Hervey Hamilton (1897–1985, England, f), pseudonym of Denise Robins • José Ignacio García Hamilton (1943–2009, Argentina, nf) • Lillias Hamilton (1858–1925, Australia/France, nf) • Marguerite Hamilton (1920–1998, US, nf) • Patrick Hamilton (1575–1658, Scotland, p) • Patrick Hamilton (1904–1962, England, d/f) • Peter F. Hamilton (born 1960, England, f) • Virginia Hamilton (1936–2002, US, ch) • Stefan Hammarén (born 1966, Finland, f/p) • Beatrice Hammer (born 1963, France, f/ch) • Joseph von Hammer-Purgstall (1774–1856, Austria, nf) • Dashiell Hammett (1894–1961, US, f/d) • Philip Hammial (born 1937, Australia, p) • Henrietta Hardy Hammond (1854–1883, US, f) • John Hampson (1901–1955, England, f), pseudonym of John Frederick Norman Hampson Simpson • Susan Hampton (born 1949, Australia, p) • Leif Hamre (1914–2007, Norway, ch) • Þorsteinn frá Hamri (1938–2018, Iceland, f/p) • Knut Hamsun (1859–1952, Norway, f/p/nf) • Marie Hamsun (1881–1969, Norway, p/ch) • Béla Hamvas (1897–1968, Hungary, nf) • Han Dong (韩东, born 1961, China, nf/p/f) • Han Fei (韓非, c. 280–233 BCE, China, nf) • Han Han (韩寒, born 1982, China, f/nf) • Han Shaogong (韓少功, born 1953, China, f) • Han Su-yeong (born 1967, Korea, f) • Han Suyin (周光瑚, 1916–2012, China/Switzerland) • Han Yu (韓愈, 768–824, China, nf/p) • Kiyoteru Hanada (花田清輝, 1909–1974, Japan, nf) • Sherin Hanaey (living, Egypt, f/d) • H. Irving Hancock (1868–1922, US, ch/nf) • Peter Handke (born 1942, Austria, f/d/p) • Khady Hane (born 1962, Senegal/France, f) • Peter Handke (born 1942, Austria, f/d/p) • Daniel Handler (born 1970, US, ch/f/d), pseudonym Lemony Snicket • M. Jamil Hanifi (born 1935, Afghanistan, nf) • Yutaka Haniya (埴谷雄高, 1909–1997, Japan, f) • Tom Hanks (born 1956, US, f) • James Hanley (1897–1985, England, f/d) • Ryō Hanmura (半村良, 1933–2002, Japan, f) • Kristin Hannah (born 1960, US, f) • Sophie Hannah (born 1971, England, p/f) • Lillemor von Hanno (1900–1984, Norway, f/d) • Barbara Hanrahan (1939–1991, Australia, f/nf) • Anita Hansemann (1962–2019, Switzerland, f/d/ch) • Erik Fosnes Hansen (born 1965, Norway, f/p) • Inger Elisabeth Hansen (born 1950, Norway, p) • Joyce Hansen (born 1942, US, ch) • Mark Victor Hansen (born 1948, US, f/nf) • Maurits Hansen (1794–1842, Norway, f) • Ron Hansen (born 1947, US, f/nf) • Hanshan (寒山, fl. 9th c., China, p) • Arvid Hanssen (1932–1998, Norway, p/f/ch) • Bob Hansson (born 1970, Sweden, p) • Bergtóra Hanusardóttir (born 1946, Faroe Is, f/nf) • Ferdinand Hanusch (1866–1923, Austrian E, nf) • Hao Jingfang (郝景芳, born 1984, China, f) • Eberhard Werner Happel (1647–1690, Germany, f/nf) • Chaudhry Afzal Haq (1891–1942, India, nf) • Yahya Haqqi (1905–1992, Egypt, f/nf) • Syed Shamsul Haque (1935–2016, India/Bangladesh, p/f/d) • Hara Takashi (原敬, 1856–1921, Japan, nf) • Tamiki Hara (原民喜, 1905–1951, Japan, nf/p) • Ingibjörg Haraldsdóttir (1942–2016, Iceland, p) • Nino Haratischwili (born 1983, USSR/Germany, f/d) • Mohamed Harbi (born 1933, Algeria, nf) • Thea von Harbou (1888–1954, Germany, d/f) • Michael Hardcastle (1933–2019, England, ch) • Frances Hardinge (born 1973, England, ch) • Ernst Hardt (1876–1947, Germany, d/p/f), pseudonym of Ernst Stöckhardt • Thomas Hardy (1840–1928, England, f/p/d) • Bjarni Harðarson (born 1961, Iceland, f) • Ísak Harðarson (born 1956, Iceland, p/f/nf) • John Hare (England/Nigeria, 1934–2022), pseudonym Dan Fulani • Lesbia Harford (1891–1927, Australia, p/f) • Roger Hargreaves (1935–1988, England, ch) • Johann Hari (born 1979, Scotland/England, nf) • John Harington (1560–1612, England, nf) • Adolf von Harnack (1851–1930, Russian E/Germany, nf) • Charles Harness (1915–2005, US, f) • Cynthia Harnett (1893–1981, England, f/ch) • Juan Damián López de Haro (1581–1648, Spain/Puerto Rico, nf/p) • Beverley Harper (1943–2002, Australia/Botswana, f) • Charles Harpur (1813–1868, Australia, p) • Beatrice Harraden (1864–1936, England, nf) • Yasser Harrak (living, Tangier/Canada, nf) • Edward Harrington (1895–1966, Australia, p/f) • James Harrington (1611–1677, England, nf) • Alexandra Harris (born 1981, England, nf) • Amanda Bartlett Harris (1824–1917, US, ch/nf) • E. Lynn Harris (1955–2009, US, f) • Ethel Hillyer Harris (1859–1931, US, f) • Jane Elizabeth Harris (c. 1853–1942, N Zealand, nf) • Joanne Harris (born 1964, England, f) • Joel Chandler Harris (1848–1908, US, f/nf) • Joseph Harris (Gomer) (1773–1825, Wales, p/nf) • Max Harris (1921–1995, Australia, p/nf) • Robert Harris (1951–1993, Australia, p) • Robert Harris (born 1957, England, f) • Rosemary Harris (1923–2019, England, ch) • Sam Harris (born 1967, US, nf) • Thomas Harris (born 1940, US, f) • Tom Harris (1903–1983, England, nf) • Wilson Harris (1921–2018, British Guiana/England, p/f/nf) • Edith Ogden Harrison (1862–1955, US, ch) • Elizabeth Harrison (1921–2008, England, f) • Harry Harrison (1925–2012, US/England, f/nf) • Jane Ellen Harrison (1850–1928, England, nf) • Jennifer Harrison (born 1955, Australia, p) • Jim Harrison (1937–2016, US, p/f/ch) • Lisi Harrison (born 1970, Canada, ch/f) • M. John Harrison (born 1945, England, f/nf) • Martin Harrison (1949–2014, England/Australia, p) • Sarah Harrison (born 1946, England, f/ch) • Tony Harrison (born 1937, England, p/d) • Les Harrop (born 1948, England/Australia, p/nf) • Elizabeth Harrower (1928–2020, f) • J. S. Harry (1939–2015, Australia, p) • Lou Harry (born 1963, US, nf/d) • Carla Harryman (born 1952, US, p/nf/d) • Georg Philipp Harsdörffer (1607–1658, Germany, p) • David Harsent (born 1942, England, p/d/f) • Johan Harstad (born 1979, Norway, f/d) • Christopher Hart (born 1965, England, f/nf) • Josephine Hart (1942–2011, Ireland/England, f/d) • Kevin Hart (born 1954, Australia, p/nf) • Maarten 't Hart (born 1944, Netherlands, f) • Michael H. Hart (born 1932, US, nf) • Paul Hartal (born 1936, Hungary/Canada, p/nf) • Adam Hart-Davis (born 1943, England, nf) • Alice Hart-Davis (born 1963, Wales/England, nf) • Duff Hart-Davis (born 1936, England, nf/f) • Rupert Hart-Davis (1907–1999, England, nf) • Otto Erich Hartleben (1864–1905, Germany/Italy, p/d) • Dorothy Hartley (1893–1985, England, nf) • L. P. Hartley (1895–1972, England, f) • Peter Härtling (1933–2017, Germany, f/nf/ch) • Hartmann von Aue (c. 1160/1170 – c. 1210/1220, Germany, p) • Moritz Hartmann (1821–1872, Austrian E/Germany, p) • Petra Hartmann (born 1970, Germany, f) • William K. Hartmann (born 1939, US, nf) • Michael Hartnett (1941–1999, Ireland, p), Irish name Mícheál Ó hAirtnéide • Sonya Hartnett (born 1968, Australia, f/ch) • Phyllis Hartnoll (1906–1997, England, p/nf) • Jan de Hartog (1914–2002, Netherlands/US, d/f/nf) • William Hart-Smith (1911–1990, England/Australia, p/ch) • Julia Hartwig (1921–2017, Poland, p/nf) • Heather Joan Harvey (1899–1989, England, nf) • Gwen Harwood (1920–1995, Australia, p), pseudonym of Gwendoline Nessie Foster • Ali ibn Harzihim (559–1163, Morocco, nf) • Hussein Hasan (1850s – 1910s, Somalia, p) • Avdo Karabegović Hasanbegov (1878–1900, Austria-Hungary, nf) • Sinan Hasani (1922–2010, Yugoslavia/Serbia, f) • Bogdan Petriceicu Hasdeu (1838–1907, Russian E/Romania, nf) • Kaitarō Hasegawa (長谷川海太郎, 1900–1935, Japan, f) • Hasegawa Nyozekan (長谷川如是閑, 1875–1969, Japan, nf) • Hasegawa Shigure (長谷川時雨, 1879–1941, Japan, d) • Jaroslav Hašek (1883–1923, Austria-Hungary/Czechoslovakia, f/nf) • Walter Hasenclever (1890–1940, Germany/France, p/d) • Wilhelm Hasenclever (1837–1889, Germany, nf) • Sugako Hashida (橋田壽賀子, 1925–2021, Japan, d), real name Sugako Iwasaki (岩﨑壽賀子) • Dilara Hashem (1936–2022, India/Bangladesh, f) • Shinkichi Hashimoto (橋本進吉, 1882–1945, Japan, nf) • Alamgir Hashmi (born 1951, Pakistan/England, p) • Ahmet Hâşim (c. 1884–1933, Ottoman E/Turkey) • J. H. Haslam (1874–1969, N Zealand, p/nf) • Eveline Hasler (born 1933, Switzerland, f/ch) • Josef Haslinger (born 1955, Austria, f/nf) • Nicholas Hasluck (born 1942, Australia, f/p) • Ebba Haslund (1917–2009, Norway, f/d/ch) • Robert Hass (born 1941, US, p/nf) • Mohamed Hassaïne (1945–1994, Algeria, nf) • Noordin Hassan (born 1929, Malaya/Malaysia, d) • Zurinah Hassan (born 1949, Malaya/Malaysia, p/f) • Henry Hasse (1913–1977, US, f) • Jon Hassler (1932–2008, US, f) • Libby Hathorn (born 1943, Australia, ch/p) • Milton Hatoum (born 1952, Brazil, f) • Ann Hatton (1764–1838, England/Wales, f) • Joseph Hatton (1837–1907, England, f/nf) • Wilhelm Hauff (1802–1827, Germany, p/f) • Paal-Helge Haugen (born 1945, Norway, p/f/ch) • Torill Thorstad Hauger (1943–2014, Norway, f/ch/nf) • Gerhart Hauptmann (1862–1946, Germany/Poland, d/f) • Georges Hausemer (1957–2018, Luxembourg, f/nf), pseudonym Theo Selmer • Otto Hauser (1874–1932, Switzerland, nf) • Albrecht Haushofer (1903–1945, Germany, nf) • Marlen Haushofer (1920–1970, Austria, f) • Raoul Hausmann (1996–1971, Austria/France, p) • Adolph Hausrath (1837–1909, Germany, nf), pseudonym George Taylor • Havank (1904–1964, Netherlands, f/nf), pseudonym of Hendrikus Frederikus van der Kallen • Juanita Havill (born 1949, US, ch) • Dewi Havhesp (1831–1884, Wales, p), pseudonym of David Roberts • Iosi Havilio (born 1974, Argentina, f) • Hawad (born 1950, Niger/France, p), also Mahmoudan Hawad • Charles Boardman Hawes (1889–1923, US, f/nf) • Stephen Hawes (died 1523, England, p) • Ethan Hawke (born 1970, US, f) • Mary Elizabeth Hawker (1848–1908, Scotland/England, f), pseudonym Lanoe Falconer • Peter Hawker (1786–1853, England, nf) • Robert Hawker (1803–1875, England, p/nf) • Jane Hawking (born 1944, England, nf) • Stephen Hawking (1942–2018, England, nf) • Desmond Hawkins (1908–1999, England, nf/d) • Gerald Hawkins (1928–2003, England/US, nf) • Karen Hawkins (living, US, f) • Kathleen Hawkins (1883–1981, N Zealand, p) • Paula Hawkins (born 1972, Rhodesia/England, f) • William Hawkins (1722–1801, England, p/d) • Noah Hawley (born c. 1967, US, f/d) • Julian Hawthorne (1846–1934, US, p/f/nf) • Nathaniel Hawthorne (1804–1864, US, f) • Nigel Hawthorne (1929–2001, S Africa/England, nf) • Susan Hawthorne (born 1951, Australia, nf/p/f) • Faraj Hawwar (born 1954, Tunisia, f/nf) • Catherine Hay (1910–1995, N Zealand, f) • Deltina Hay (born 1960, US, nf) • George Campbell Hay (1915–1984, Scotland, p) • Gilbert Hay (c. 1403 – post-1456, Scotland, p) • Gyula Háy (1900–1975, Hungary, nf/d), pseudonym Stefan Faber • Karyn Hay (born 1959, N Zealand, f) • Yoshiki Hayama (葉山嘉樹, 1894–1945, Japan, f) • Yuji Hayami (早見裕司, born 1961, Japan, f) • Fumiko Hayashi (林芙美子, 1903 or 1904–1951, Japan, f/p) • Fusao Hayashi (林房雄, 1903–1975, Japan, nf) • Robert Hayden (1913–1980, US, p/nf) • Myfanwy Haycock (1913–1963, Wales/England, p) • Ernest Haycox (1899–1950, US, f) • Jon Haylett (living, Tanganyika/Scotland, f) • William Hayley (1745–1820, England, nf) • Carole Hayman (living, England, f/d) • Robert Hayman (1575–1629, England/Newfoundland, p) • Sylvia Haymon (1918–1995, England, nf/f) • Natalie Haynes (born 1974, England, d/f/ch) • Tony Haynes (born 1960, US, p/ch) • Mary Hays (1759–1843, England, nf/p/f) • Le Ly Hayslip (born 1949, Vietnam/US,), born Phùng Thị Lệ Lý • Nikolay Haytov (1919–2002, Bulgaria, f/d/nf) • Joel Hayward (born 1964, N Zealand, f/nf/p) • Carolyn Haywood (1898–1990, US, ch) • Eliza Haywood (c. 1693–1756, England, f/d/p) • Helen Haywood (1907–1995, England, ch) • Barbara Haworth-Attard (born 1953, Canada, ch) • Attila Hazai (1967–2012, Hungary, f) • Sudhir Hazareesingh (born 1961, England/Mauritius, nf) • Flore Hazoumé (born 1959, Republic of the Congo/Ivory Coast, f/ch) • Paul Hazoumé (1890–1980, Benin, f/nf) • William Hazlitt (1778–1830, England, nf/d) • William Carew Hazlitt (1834–1913, England, nf) • Paul Hazoumé (1890–1980, Benin, nf/f) • Shirley Hazzard (1931–2016, Australia/US, f/nf)

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• He Changling (賀長齡, 1785–1848, China, nf) • He Qinglian (何清漣, born 1956, China, nf) • He Zhizhang (賀知章, c. 659–744, China, p/nf) • Bessie Head (1937–1986, S Africa/Botswana, f/nf) • Tim Heald (1944–2016, England, nf/f) • Seamus Heaney (1939–2013, Ireland, p/d) • John Hearne (1926–1994, Jamaica, f/nf) • James Hearst (1900–1983, US, p/nf) • Helen Heath (born 1970, N Zealand, p) • Roy Heath (1926–2008, British Guiana/England, f) • John Heath-Stubbs (1918–2006, England, p) • Constance Heaven (1911–1995, England, f), pseudonym of Constance Fecher Heaven • Christian Friedrich Hebbel (1813–1863, Germany/Austria, p/d) • Johann Peter Hebel (1760–1826, Germany, f/p/nf) • Reginald Heber (1783–1826, England, nf/p) • Anne Hébert (1916–2000, Canada, f/p) • James Hebblethwaite (1857–1921, England/Australia, p/n) • Peter Hebblethwaite (1930–1994, England, nf) • Fethia Hechmi (born 1955, Tunisia, f/p/nf) • Victor Heck (born 1967, US, f/d) • Reza-Qoli Khan Hedayat (1800–1871, Persia, nf/p) • Sadegh Hedayat (1903–1951, Iran/France, f/d/nf) • Carol Hedges (living, England, f/ch) • Markus Hediger (born 1959, Switzerland, p/nf) • Friedrich Heer (1916–1983, Austria, nf) • Etienne van Heerden (born 1954, S Africa, f/p/d) • Simon Heere Heeresma (1932–2011, Netherlands, f/p) • Rebecca Heflin (born 1963, US, f), pseudonym of Barbara Dianne Farb • Simon Heffer (born 1960, England, nf) • Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel (1770–1831, Germany, nf) • Hegemon of Thasos (fl. 5th c. BCE, Greece, d) • Johannes Heggland (1919–2008, Norway, f/ch/d) • Gunnar Heiberg (1857–1929, Norway, p/d/nf) • Florence Parry Heide (1919–2011, US, ch) • Martin Heidegger (1889–1976, Germany, nf) • Verner von Heidenstam (1859–1940, Sweden, p/f) • Bernard Heidsieck (1928–2014, France, p) • A. F. Th. van der Heijden (born 1951, Netherlands, f) • Herman Heijermans (1864–1924, Netherlands, f/d), pseudonym Samuel Falkland • Mohammed Hussein Heikal (Egypt, nf/f) • Seppo Heikinheimo (1938–1997, Finland, nf) • Moe Hein (1942–2010, Burma/Myanmar, nf/p) • Heinrich Heine (1797–1856, Germany/France, p/nf) • Helme Heine (born 1941, Germany/N Zealand, ch/d) • William Heinesen (1900–1991, Faroe Is, p/f/ch) • Robert A. Heinlein (1907–1988, US, f) • Heinrich von Morungen (died c. 1220/1222, Germany, p) • Heinrich von Veldeke (c. 1150 – post-1184, Flanders, p/nf) • Willi Heinrich (1920–2005, Germany, f) • Anita Heiss (born 1968, Australia, nf/ch/p) • Helmut Heißenbüttel (1921–1996, Germany, f/p) • Arash Hejazi (born 1971, Iran, nf/f) • Lyn Hejinian (born 1941, US, p/nf) • Lin Van Hek (born 1944, Australia, p/f/nf), born Lyn Van Hecke • Etelka Kenéz Heka (born 1936, Yugoslavia/Hungary, p/f/nf) • Liliana Heker (born 1943, Argentina, nf) • Kurt Held (1897–1959, Germany/Switzerland, f/p), pseudonym Kurt Held • Herberto Hélder (1930–2015, Portugal, p) • Einarr Helgason (fl. 10th c., Iceland, p) • Hallgrímur Helgason (born 1959, Iceland, f/nf) • Jón Helgason (1899–1986, Iceland, nf/p) • Þórður Helgason (born 1947, Iceland, nf) • Joseph Heller (1923–1999, US, f/d) • Meshullam Feivush Heller (c. 1742–1794, Spain, nf) • Cat Hellisen (born 1977, S Africa, f) • Jill Hellyer (1925–2011, Australia, p/f/nf) • Guy Helminger (born 1963, Luxembourg, f/d) • Nico Helminger (born 1953, Luxembourg, p/f/d) • Guðrið Helmsdal (born 1941, Faroe Is, p) • Rakel Helmsdal (born 1966, Faroe Is, f/ch/d) • Liv Heløe (born 1963, Norway, d) • George Helon (born 1965, England/Australia, p/nf) • Mark Helprin (born 1947, US, f/nf) • Racey Helps (1913–1970, England, ch) • Gáspár Heltai (c. 1490–1574, Hungary/Transylvania, nf) • Felicia Hemans (1793–1835, Wales/Ireland, p) • Kris Hemensley (born 1946, Australia, p) • Ernest Hemingway (1899–1961, US, f/nf) • Alexander Henderson (c. 1583–1646, Scotland, nf) • Christina Henderson (1861–1953, N Zealand, nf) • Ebenezer Henderson (1809–1879, Scotland, nf) • Zenna Henderson (1917–1983, US, f) • Tony Hendra (1941–2021, England/US, nf) • Georges Henein (1914–1973, Egypt/France, p/nf) • Thomas William Heney (1862–1928, Australia, nf/f/p) • Shirl Henke (born 1942, US, f) • Virginia Henley (born 1935, England, f) • William Ernest Henley (1849–1903, England, p) • Sass Henno (born 1982, USSR/Estonia, f) • Levi Henriksen (born 1964, Norway, f/p) • Vera Henriksen (1927–2016, Norway, f/d/nf) • Alf Henrikson (1905–1995, Sweden, nf/p) • Henry of Huntingdon (c. 1088 – c. 1157, England, nf) • Marguerite Henry (1902–1997, US, ch) • O. Henry (1862–1910, US, f) • Robert Henryson (c. 1460–1500, Scotland, p) • Luise Hensel (1798–1876, Germany, p) • Philip Hensher (born 1965, England, f/nf) • G. A. Henty (1832–1902, England, f) • Anne Hepple (1877–1959, England, f), pseudonym of Anne Hepple Dickinson • Heraclitus (c. 535 – c. 475 BCE, Greece, nf) • A. P. Herbert (1890–1971, England, f/d) • Agnes Herbert (late 1870s – 1960, Isle of Man, nf) • Frank Herbert (1920–1986, US, f/nf) • George Herbert (1593–1633, England, p/nf) • William Herbert (1778–1847, England, nf/p) • Hans Herbjørnsrud (1938–2023, Norway, f) • Dag Herbjørnsrud (born 1971, Norway, nf) • Manu Herbstein (born 1936, S Africa, f) • Wilhelm Herchenbach (1818–1889, Germany, f/ch) • Alexandre Herculano (1910–1977, Portugal, f/nf) • Ferenc Herczeg (1863–1964, Hungary, d/f) • Johann Gottfried von Herder (1744–1803, Germany, nf/p) • José-Maria de Heredia (1842–1905, Cuba/France, p) • Hergé (1907–1983, Belgium, ch) • Íeda Herman (1925–2019, Iceland/US, nf) • Judith Hermann (born 1970, Germany, f) • Willem Frederik Hermans (1921–1995, Netherlands, p/f/nf) • Marie Hermanson (born 1956, Sweden, f) • François Tristan l'Hermite (c. 1601–1665, France, d) • Stephan Hermlin (1915–1997, Germany, f/nf/p) • Gyula Hernádi (1926–2005, Hungary, d/f) • Amado V. Hernandez (1903–1970, Philippines, f/p/nf) • José Hernández (1834–1886, Argentina, nf/p) • Miguel Hernández (1910–1942, Spain, p/d) • Herodotus (c. 484 – c. 425 BCE, Persian E/Greece, nf) • Antoine Héroet (died 1568, France, p) • Don Herold (1889–1966, US, nf) • Robert Heron (1764–1807, Scotland, nf) • Juan Felipe Herrera (born 1948, US, p/nf/ch) • Francis Hobart Herrick (1858–1940, US, nf) • James A. Herrick (born 1954, US, nf) • Jim Herrick (born 1944, England, nf) • Robert Herrick) (1591–1674, England, p) • Sophia Bledsoe Herrick (1837–1919, US, nf) • Steven Herrick (born 1958, Australia, p/ch) • James Herriot (1916–1995, England, f), pseudonym of James Alfred Wight • Richard Herrmann (1919–2010, Norway, nf) • Jeanne Hersch (1910–2000, Switzerland, nf) • John Herschel (1792–1871, England, nf) • Noreena Hertz (born 1967, England, nf) • Solange Hertz (1920–2015, US, nf) • James Hervey (1714–1758, England, nf) • Thomas Kibble Hervey (1799–1859, Scotland/England, p/nf) • Georg Herwegh (1817–1875, Germany, p) • Theodor Herzl (1860–1904, Austria/Hungary, nf/d) • Wilhelm Herzog (1884–1960, Germany, nf) • Vladimir Herzog (1937–1975, Brazil, nf/d) • Miguel Hesayne (1922–2019, Argentina, nf) • Annabel Heseltine (born 1963, England, nf) • Hesiod (fl. c. 750–650 BCE, Greece, p) • Phoebe Hesketh (1909–2005, England, p) • Harold Heslop (1898–1983, England, f) • Hermann Hesse (1877–1962, Germany, f/p) • Karen Hesse (born 1952, US, ch) • Stéphane Hessel (1917–2013, Germany/France, nf) • Helius Eobanus Hessus (1488–1540, Germany, p/nf) • Paul Hetherington (born 1958, Australia, p) • Olivia Hetreed (born 1960, England, d) • Cor van den Heuvel (born 1931, US, p) • Juliette Heuzey (1865–1952, France), f/nf • Dag Heward-Mills (born 1963, England/Ghana, nf) • Dorothy Hewett (1923–2002, Australia, p/f/d) • Ellen Hewett (1843–1926, N Zealand, nf) • Maurice Hewlett (1861–1923, England, f/p/nf) • David Hewson (born 1953, England, f) • Christopher Heydon (1561–1623, England, nf) • John Heydon (1629 – c. 1667, England, nf) • Georgette Heyer (1902–1974, England, f) • Peter Heylyn (1599–1652, England, nf) • Georg Heym (1887–1912, Germany, p/d) • Stefan Heym (1913–2001, Germany, f/nf), pseudonym of Helmut Flieg • Éva Heyman (1931–1944, Hungary, nf), child Holocaust victim • Paul Heyse (1830–1914, Germany, f/d)

Hi–Hn

• Carl Hiaasen (born 1953, US, f/ch) • Brenda Hiatt (living, US, f/ch) • Christopher Hibbert (1924–2008, England, nf) • Eleanor Alice Hibbert (1906–1993, England, f) • Robert Hichens (1864–1950, England, f/nf/d) • Mary St Domitille Hickey (1882–1958, N Zealand, nf) • Clifford B. Hicks (1920–2010, US, ch) • Molly Hide (1913–1995, • Andrej Hieng (1925–2000, Yugoslavia/Slovenia, f/d) • Keigo Higashino (東野圭吾, born 1958, Japan, f) • Dick Higgins (1938–1998, England/US, p/nf) • Jack Higgins (1929–2022, England, f), pseudonym of Henry Patterson • Kristan Higgins (living, US, f) • Sarah Higgins (1830–1923, N Zealand, nf) • Philip E. High (1914–2006, England, f) • Charles Higham (1931–2012, England/US, nf) • Patricia Highsmith (1921–1995, US/Switzerland, f) • Scott Hightower (born 1952, US, p/nf) • Ichiyō Higuchi (樋口一葉, 1872–1896, Japan, f), pseudonym of Natsu Higuchi (樋口奈津) • Naseem Hijazi (1914–1996, India/Pakistan, f) • Nâzım Hikmet (1902–1963, Ottoman E/Turkey, p/d/f) • Wolfgang Hilbig (1941–2007, Germany, f/p) • Hildebrand (1814–1903, Netherlands), pseudonym of Nicolaas Beets • Wolfgang Hildesheimer (1916–1991, Germany/Switzerland, p/nf) • Edmund Wallace Hildick (1925–2001, England, ch) • Richard Hildreth (1807–1865, US, nf) • James Hildyard (1809–1887, England, nf) • Fiona Hile (living, Australia, p/f/nf) • Barry Hill (born 1943, nf/p) • David Hill (born 1942, N Zealand, f/ch) • Douglas Hill (1935–2007, Canada, f) • Ernestine Hill (1899–1972, Australia, nf/f/d) • Eva Hill (1898–1981, N Zealand, nf) • Geoffrey Hill (1932–2016, England, p/nf) • Grace Livingston Hill (1865–1947, US, f) • Joe Hill (born 1972, US, f/p) • Justin Hill (born 1971, Bahamas/Hong Kong, f) • Lorna Hill (1902–1991, England, ch) • Napoleon Hill (1883–1970, US, nf) • Reginald Hill (1936–2012, England, f) • Selima Hill (born 1945, England, p) • Susan Hill (born 1942, England, f/nf) • Tobias Hill (born 1970, England, p/nf/f) • Rut Hillarp (1914–2003, Sweden, p/f) • Richard Hillary (1919–1943, Australia/Scotland, nf) • Kurt Hiller (1885–1972, Germany, nf) • Tony Hillerman (1925–2008, US, f/nf) • Etty Hillesum (1914–1943, Netherlands, nf), Holocaust victim • Richard Hillman (born 1964, Australia, p) • Hilda Hilst (1930–2004, Brazil, p/f/d) • James Hilton (1900–1954, f/d) • John Buxton Hilton (1921–1986, England, f) • Paris Hilton (born 1981, US, nf) • Walter Hilton (c. 1340/1345–1396, England, nf) • Chester Himes (1909–1984, US/Spain, f) • Bensalem Himmich (born 1948, Morocco, f/p/nf) • Saeko Himuro (氷室冴子, 1957–2008, Japan, f/nf/d) • Kōnosuke Hinatsu (日夏耿之介, 1890–1971, Japan, p), pseudonym of Kunito Higuchi • Thomas Hinde (1926–2014, England, f/nf) • Joanna Hines (living, England, f/nf) • Francis Charles Hingeston-Randolph (1833–1910, England, nf), born Francis Hingston • Ashihei Hino (火野葦平, 1907–1960, Japan, f) • Hinrek van Alckmer (fl. 15th c., Netherlands, f) • Ellen Hinsey (born 1960, US, nf) • Nigel Hinton (born 1941, England, ch) • S. E. Hinton (born 1948, US, ch) • Christopher Hinz (born 1951, US, f) • Theodor Gottlieb von Hippel the Elder (1741–1796, Germany, nf) • Hippocrates (c. 460 – c. 370 BCE, Greece, nf) • Hipponax (fl. late 6th c. BCE, Ephesus, p) • Taiko Hirabayashi (平林たい子, 1905–1972, Japan, nf/f) • Hiraide Shū (平出修, 1878–1914, Japan, f/p) • Yumie Hiraiwa (平岩弓枝, 1932–2023, Japan, f) • Andrea Hirata (born 1967, Indonesia, f) • Hirato Renkichi (平戸廉吉, 1893–1822m Japan, p/nf) • Kazuo Hirotsu (広津和郎, 1891–1968, Japan, f/nf) • Hirotsu Ryurō (広津柳浪, 1861–1928, Japan, f), pseudonym of Hirotsu Naoto • Rozalie Hirs (born 1965, Netherlands, p) • Afua Hirsch (born 1981, Norway/England, nf) • Jane Hirshfield (born 1953, US, p/nf) • Obo Aba Hisanjani (born 1949, Nigeria, p) • Juran Hisao (久生十蘭, 1902–1957, Japan, f), pseudonym of Masao Abe (阿部正雄) • Jane Hissey (born 1952, England, ch) • George Hitchcock (1914–2010, US, p/d/nf) • Lydia Hitchcock (1946–2011, US/England, n), pseudonym of Penny Jordan • Christopher Hitchens (1949–2011, England/US, nf) • H. L. Hix (born 1960, US, p/nf) • Jón Oddsson Hjaltalín (1749–1835, Iceland, p/nf) • Þórvaldr Hjaltason (fl. late 10th c., Iceland, p) • Hera Hjartardóttir (born 1983, Iceland/N Zealand, p) • Snorri Hjartarson (1906–1986, Iceland, p) • Vigdis Hjorth (born 1959, Norway, f) • Ludu U Hla (1910–1982, Burma, nf) • Pho Hlaing (1830–1883, Burma, nf) • Thakin Kodaw Hmaing (1876–1964, Burma, p/f/d) • Olvir Hnufa (fl. late 9th – early 10th c., Iceland, p)

Ho–Hr

• Ho Fuk Yan (何福仁, living, Hong Kong, nf/p) • Benjamin Hoadly (1676–1761, England, nf) • Tami Hoag (born 1959, US, f) • Pham Thi Hoai (born 1960, Vietnam/Germany, f/nf) • Louisa Gurney Hoare (1784–1836, England, nf) • Mike Hoare (1919–2020, India/S Africa, nf) • Russell Hoban (1925–2011, US/England, f/p/ch) • Ion Hobana (1931–2011, Romania, f/nf), pseudonym of Aurelian Manta Roşie • Thomas Hobbes (1588–1679, England, nf) • Pam Hobbs (born 1929/1930, England/Canada, nf) • Will Hobbs (born 1974, US, ch) • Hermione Hobhouse (1934–2014, England, nf) • John Hobhouse, 1st Baron Broughton (1786–1869, England, nf) • Eric Hobsbawm (1917–2012, Egypt/England, nf) • Lady Margaret Hoby (1571–1633, England, nf) • Thomas Hoccleve (1368–1426, England, p) • Zoran Hočevar (born 1944, Yugoslavia/Slovenia, f/d) • Rolf Hochhuth (1931–2020, Germany, d/f) • Fritz Hochwälder (1911–1986, Austria, d) • Mary Hocking (1921–2014, England, f) • Emmanuel Hocquard (1940–2019, France, p/nf/f) • Jakob van Hoddis (1887–1942, Germany, p), pseudonym of Hans Davidsohn • Jane Aiken Hodge (1917–2009, US/England, f/nf) • Merle Hodge (born 1944, Trinidad, f/nf) • Philip Hodgins (1959–1995, Australia, p) • Dorothy Hodgkin (1910–1994, Egypt/England, nf) • Helen Hodgman (born 1946, Scotland/Australia, f) • W. N. Hodgson (1893–1916, England/France, p), pseudonym Edward Melbourne • William Ballantyne Hodgson (1815–1880, Scotland, nf) • Tone Hødnebø (born 1962, Norway, p) • Michal Miloslav Hodža (1811–1870, Austria-Hungary, nf/p) • Peter Høeg (born 1957, Denmark, f) • Sigurd Hoel (1890–1960, Norway, f) • Tore Elias Hoel (born 1953, Norway, p/f/ch) • Edvard Hoem (born 1949, Norway, f/d) • Michael Hoeye (born 1947, US, ch) • Abbie Hoffman (1936–1989, US, nf) • Mary Hoffman (born 1945, England, ch) • August Heinrich Hoffmann von Fallersleben (1798–1874, Germany) • E. T. A. Hoffmann (1776–1822, Germany, f/nf) • Heinrich Hoffmann (1809–1894, Germany, p/ch) • Barbara Hofland (1770–1844, England, ch) • Wim Hofman (born 1941, Netherlands, f) • Albert Hofmann (1906–2008, Switzerland, nf) • Gert Hofmann (1931–1993, Germany, d/f) • Michael Hofmann (born 1957, Germany/US, p) • Hugo von Hofmannsthal (1874–1929, Austria, f/d/p) • Gunvor Hofmo (1921–1995, Norway, p) • James P. Hogan (1941–2010, England/Ireland, f) • Shanna Hogan (1982–2020, US, nf) • James Hogg (1770–1835, Scotland, p/f/nf) • Sarah Hogg, Viscountess Hailsham (born 1946, England, nf) • Thomas Jefferson Hogg (1792–1862, England, nf/f) • Robert Hohlbaum (1886–1955, Austrian E/Germany, f/nf) • Franz Hohler (born 1943, Switzerland, f) • Hideji Hōjō (北条秀司, 1902–1996, Japan, f/d) • Odd Hølaas (1898–1968, Norway, nf) • Anton Holban (1902–1937, Romania, f/nf) • Ludvig Holberg (1684–1754, Norway, p/f/nf) • Zita Holbourne (born 1960s, England, nf) • David Holbrook (1923–2011, England, f/p/nf) • Jasmina Holbus (born 1968, Yugoslavia/Serbia, p) • M. H. Holcroft (1902–1993, N Zealand, nf/f) • Thomas Holcroft (1745–1809, England, d/nf/p) • Hubert Ashton Holden (1822–1896, England, nf) • Wendy Holden (born 1961, England, f/nf) • Wendy Holden, (born 1965, England, f) • Friedrich Hölderlin (1770–1843, Germany, p/nf) • Elizabeth Sanxay Holding (1889–1955, US, f) • Robert Holdstock (1948–2009, England, f) • Ethel Carnie Holdsworth (1886–1962, England, p/f/ch) • Margaret Holford (the elder) (1757–1784, England, f/d/p) • Margaret Holford (1778–1852, England, p) • Abraham Holland (died 1626, England/Isle of Man, p) • Barbara Holland (1933–2010, US, nf) • Jane Holland (born 1966, England, p/f/nf) • Norah M. Holland (1876–1925, Canada, p/f/nf) • Patrick Holland (born 1977, Australia, f) • Sarah Holland (born 1961, England/Scotland, n) • Tom Holland (born 1968, nf) • Charlotte Lamb (1937–2000, England/Isle of Man, f) • Sarah Holland-Batt (born 1982, Australia, p/nf) • John Hollander (1929–2013, US, p/nf) • Alan Hollinghurst (born 1954, England, f/p) • Matthew Hollis (born 1971, England, p) • Ada Augusta Holman (1869–1949, Australia, nf/f/ch) • Eduardo Ladislao Holmberg (1852–1937, Argentina, nf/f) • Timothy Holme (1928–1987, England/Italy, nf/f) • Janet Holmes (born 1947, N Zealand, nf) • Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr. (1809–1894, US, p/nf) • Richard Holmes (born 1945, England, nf) • Victoria Holmes (living, England, f) • Egil Holmsen (1917–1990, Sweden, d/f) • Sverre Holmsen (1906–1992, S Africa/Sweden, nf) • Sara Holmsten (1713–1795), Sweden • Michael Holroyd (born 1935, England, nf) • Adriaan Roland Holst (1888–1976, Netherlands, p) • Henriette Roland Holst (1869–1952, Netherlands, p/nf) • Imogen Holst (1907–1984, England, nf) • Anne Holt (born 1958, Norway, f) • Frank L. Holt (living, US, nf) • Hazel Holt (1928–2015, England, f) • Kåre Holt (1916–1997, Norway, ch/f/nf) • Nathalia Holt (born 1980, US, nf) • Tom Holt (born 1961, England, f) • Victoria Holt (1906–1993, England, f), pseudonym of Eleanor Burford Hibbert • William Holt (1897–1977, England, nf/f) • Winifred Holtby (1898–1935, England, f/nf) • Karl von Holtei (1798–1880, Germany, p) • Åsta Holth (1904–1999, Norway, f/p) • Hans Egon Holthusen (1913–1997, Germany, p/nf) • Ludwig Christoph Heinrich Hölty (1748–1776, Germany, p) • William Holwell (1726–1798, England, nf) • George Holyoake (1817–1906, England, nf) • Arno Holz (1863–1929, Germany, p/d) • Stewart Home (born 1962, England, f/nf) • Francisco Manuel Homem Cristo Filho (1892–1928, Portugual, nf) • Homer (early 9th – late 8th c. BCE, Greece, p) • Annie Homer (1882–1953, England, nf) • Ee Tiang Hong (1933–1990, Malaya/Australia, p) • Hong Liangji (洪亮吉, 1746–1809, China, nf) • Hong Zicheng (洪自誠, fl. 1572–1620, China, nf), pseudonym Huanchu Daoren (還初道人) • Hong Ying (虹影, born 1962, China, p/f) • Barbara Honigmann (born 1949, Germany, f) • Axel Honneth (born 1949, Germany/US, nf) • Christophe Honoré (born 1970, France, ch/f) • Luis Bernardo Honwana (born 1942, Mozambique, f) • Lynley Hood (born 1942, N Zealand, nf) • Thomas Hood (1799–1845, England, p/f) • Tom Hood (1835–1874, England, nf/p) • Pieter Corneliszoon Hooft (1581–1647, Netherlands, nf/p/d) • Theodore Hook (1788–1841, England, f/nf) • Hilda Mary Hooke (1898–1978, Canada, p/d) • Robert Hooke (1635–1703, England, nf) • Richard Hooker (1554–1600, England, nf) • Thomas Hooker (1586–1647, England/US, nf) • John Hoole (1727–1803, England, nf/d) • Ed Hooper (born 1964, US, nf) • John Hooper (c. 1495–1555, England, nf) • Kay Hooper (born 1958, US, f) • Peyman Hooshmandzadeh (born 1969, Iran, f/nf) • Isaac Daniel Hooson (1880–1948, Wales, p) • Charles Hooton (1810–1847, England, f/nf) • Harry Hooton (1908–1961, Australia, p/nf) • A. D. Hope (1907–2000, Australia, p/nf) • Alexander Beresford Hope (1820–1887, England, nf) • Anthony Hope (1863–1933, England, f/d) • Christopher Hope (born 1944, S Africa, f/p) • Henry Thomas Hope (1808–1862, England, nf) • Thomas Hope (1769–1831, England, f) • Hans Hopfen (1835–1904, Germany, p/f) • Ellice Hopkins (1836–1904, England, nf/p) • Gerard Manley Hopkins (1844–1889, England/Ireland, p) • William Hopkins (1793–1866, England, nf) • Nalo Hopkinson (born 1960, Jamaica/Canada, f) • John Hoppner (1858–1910, England, nf/p) • Mererid Hopwood (born 1964, Wales, p) • Anisul Hoque (born 1965, Bangladesh, f/nf/d) • Horace (65–8 BCE, Rome, p), Anglicization of Quintus Horatius Flaccus • Paul Horgan (1903–1995, US, f/nf) • Akira Hori (堀晃, born 1944, Japan, f) • Tatsuo Hori (堀辰雄, 1904–1953, Japan, f/p/nf) • Daigaku Horiguchi (堀口大学, 1892–1981, Japan, p) • Sydney Horler (1888–1964, England, f) • Nick Hornby (born 1967, England, f/nf/p) • Richard Henry Horne (1802–1884, England, p/nf) • Roy Horniman (1874–1930, England, f/d) • Wendy Hornsby (born 1947, US, f) • Paul Hornschemeier (born 1977, US, nf) • E. W. Hornung (1866–1921, England, f/p) • Michael Horovitz (1935–2021, England, p) • Anthony Horowitz (born 1955, England, f) • Oktay Rıfat Horozcu (1914–1988, Ottoman E/Turkey, p/d) • Elaine Horseman (1925–1999, England, ch/f) • Maria Teresa Horta (born 1937, Portugal, p/nf) • Africanus Horton (1835–1883, Sierra Leone, nf) • George Moses Horton (1798 – post-1867, US, p) • Oto Horvat (born 1967, Yugoslavia/Italy, p/f) • János Horváth (1921–2019, Hungary/US, nf) • John Horvath (1924–2015, Hungary/US, nf), born János Horváth • Ödön von Horváth (1901–1938, Austria-Hungary/France, d/f) • Claire Horwell (living, England, nf) • William Horwood (born 1944, England, f) • Sally El Hosaini (living, Wales/Egypt, f/d) • Kazushi Hosaka (保坂和志, born 1956, Japan, f) • Shin'ichi Hoshi (星新一), 1926–1997, Japan, f) • Tatsuko Hoshino (星野立子), 1903–1984, Japan, p) • Hoshino Tenchi (星野天知), 1862–1950, Japan, p/nf) • Emma Hosken (1845–1884, England, f) • Janette Turner Hospital (born 1942, Australia/US, f) • Khondakar Ashraf Hossain (1950–2013, E Pakistan/Bangladesh, p/nf) • M Sakhawat Hossain (born 1948, E Pakistan/Bangladesh, nf) • Mir Mosharraf Hossain (1847–1911, India, f/d/nf) • Saad Z Hossain (living, Bangladesh, nf/f) • Sadat Hossain (born 1984, Bangladesh, p/d/f) • Selina Hossain (born 1947, India/Bangladesh, f) • Khaled Hosseini (born 1965, Afghanistan/US, f/nf) • Eugenio María de Hostos (1839–1903, Puerto Rico, nf/f) • Michel Houellebecq (born 1956 or 1958, Réunion, f/p/nf) • Zehira Houfani (born 1952, Algeria/Canada, f) • Stephen Hough (born 1961, England/Australia, nf) • Joan Houlihan (living, US, p) • Gisèle Hountondji (born 1954, Benin, f) • Paulin J. Hountondji (born 1942, Benin, nf) • Hasan Hourani (1974–2003, Palestine/US, ch) • A. E. Housman (1859–1936, England, p/nf) • Ali Squalli Houssaini (1932–2018, f/nf/ch) • Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston (born 1934, US, f/nf) • Zach Houston (living, US, p) • Willem van den Hout (1915–1985, Netherlands, nf/ch), pseudonym Willy van der Heide • Colette Sénami Agossou Houeto (born 1939, Benin, p) • Anders Hovden (1860–1943, Norway, p/f) • Chenjerai Hove (1956–2015, S Rhodesia/Zimbabwe, p/f/nf) • Hovhannes Hovhannisyan (1864–1929, Russian E/USSR, p/nf) • Ragnar Hovland (born 1952, Norway, f/p/ch) • Naghash Hovnatan (1661–1722, Armenia, p) • Anthony Howard (1934–2010, England, nf) • Edward Howard (1624–1712, England, p/d) • Edward Howard (1793–1841, England, f) • Elizabeth Jane Howard (1923–2014, England, f/d/nf) • Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey (1516/1517–1547, England, p) • Linda Howard (born 1950, US, f) • Richard Howard (1929–2022, US, p/nf) • Robert E. Howard (1906–1936, US, f) • Robert Guy Howarth (1906–1974, Australia, nf/p) • Youssef Howayek (1882–1967, Ottoman E/Lebanon, nf) • Charles Howe (1661–1742, England, nf) • Fanny Howe (born 1940, US, p/f) • George Howe (1769–1821, Saint Kitts/Australia, nf) • Julia Ward Howe (1819–1910, US, p/nf) • Susan Howe (born 1937, US, p/nf) • Ada Verdun Howell (1902–1981, Australia, p) • Daniel Howell (born 1991, England, nf) • Hannah Howell (born 1950, US, f) • Thomas Jones Howell (died 1858, England, nf) • William Dean Howells (1837–1920, US, f/nf/d) • Edith Howes (1872–1954, N Zealand, ch) • Francis Howgill (1618–1669, England, nf) • Anna Mary Howitt (1824–1884, England/Austria, p/nf) • Godfrey Howitt (1800–1873, England/Australia, nf) • Mary Howitt (1799–1888, England/Italy, p/nf/cs) • Richard Howitt (1799–1869, England, p) • William Howitt (1792–1879, England, nf) • Janni Howker (living, Cyprus/England, f/ch) • Aslaug Høydal (1916–2007, Norway, f/p/ch) • Ida Hegazi Høyer (born 1981, Norway, f) • Fred Hoyle (1915–2001, England, nf) • Bohumil Hrabal (1914–1997, Czechoslovakia, p/f) • Hrabanus Maurus (c. 780–856, East Frankish Kingdom, nf/p) • Chernorizets Hrabar (fl. 9th–10th c., Bulgaria, nf) • Kristinn Hrafnsson (born 1962, Iceland, nf) • Nikolai Hristozov (1931–2015, Bulgaria, f/p)

Ht–Hy

• Khin Khin Htoo (born 1965, Burma/Myanmar, f/nf) • Ganggang Hu Guidice (胡剛剛, born 1984, China/US, nf/f/p) • Hu Lanqi (胡兰畦, 1901–1994, China, nf) • Hu Sanxing (胡三省, 1230–1302, China, nf) • Hu Shih (胡適, 1891–1962, China, nf) • Huaisu (懷素, 737–799, China, nf) • Hua Qianfang (宁学明, 1978, China, nf) • Huang E (黄峨, 1498–1569, China, p) • Huang Ruheng (黃汝亨, 1558–1626, China, p) • Huang Tingjian (黃庭堅, 1045–1105, China, p) • Huang Yuanyong (黃遠庸, 1885–1915, China, nf) • Huang Zongxi (黃宗羲, 1610–1695, China, nf) • Huang Zunxian (黃遵憲, 1848–1905, China, p) • Madame Huarui (徐惠妃, c. 940–976, China, p) • L. Ron Hubbard (1911–1986, US, f/nf) • Nancy Hubbard (born 1963, US, nf) • Ricarda Huch (1864–1947, Germany, nf/f/p) • Peter Huchel (1903–1981, Germany, p) • Mohammad Nurul Huda (born 1949, Pakistan/Bangladesh, p/f) • Jurij Hudolin (born 1973, Yugoslavia/Slovenia, p/nf) • Deal W. Hudson (born 1949, US, nf) • William Henry Hudson (1841–1922, Argentina/England, nf/f) • Annie Campbell Huestis (1878-1960, Canada, p, f) • Conrad Busken Huet (1826–1886, Netherlands, nf) • Pauline von Hügel (1858–1901, England, f/nf) • Lynn Huggins-Cooper (born 1964, England, nf/ch) • Hugh of Flavigny (born c. 1064, France, nf) • Dafydd ab Hugh (born 1960, Wales, f) • Ann Harriet Hughes (1852–1910, Wales, f/p), pseudonym Gwyneth Vaughan • Carol Hughes (born 1961, England/US, ch) • Dorothy B. Hughes (1904–1993, US, f/nf) • Ellen Hughes (1867–1927, Wales, nf/f/p) • Frieda Hughes (born 1960, England/Australia, ch/p) • Hugh Hughes (1693–1776, Wales, p) • John Ceiriog Hughes (1832–1887, Wales, p) • Jonathan Hughes (1721–1805, Wales, p) • Langston Hughes (1901–1967, US, p/f/d) • Richard Hughes (1900–1976, England/Wales, p/f/d) • Richard Cyril Hughes (1932–2022, Wales, nf) • Ted Hughes (1930–1998, England, p/ch) • Thomas Hughes (1822–1896, England, f/nf) • Thomas Rowland Hughes (1903–1949, Wales, f/d/p) • Richard Hugo (1923–1982, US, p/nf) • Victor Hugo (1802–1885, France, f/p/d) • Vicente Huidobro (1893–1948, Chile, p) • Emma Huismans (born 1947, Netherlands/S Africa, f/nf) • Hulda (1881–1946, Iceland, p/f/nf) • Coral Hull (born 1965, Australia, p/nf) • Lynda Hull (1954–1994, US, p) • John Hulme (born 1969, US, ch) • Keri Hulme (1947–2021, N Zealand, f/p) • T. E. Hulme (1883–1917, England, nf/p) • Marie-Thérèse Humbert (born 1940, Mauritius/France, f) • Alexander Hume (1558–1609, Scotland, p) • David Hume (1711–1776, Scotland, nf) • Fergus Hume (1859–1932, England, f) • Norbert Hummelt (born 1962, Germany, p/nf) • Olga Humo (1919–2013, Yugoslavia/Serbia, nf) • Lawrence Humphrey (c. 1527–1590, England, nf) • Edward Morgan Humphreys (1882–1955, Wales, f/nf) • Eliza Humphreys (1850–1938, England, f/nf) • Humphrey Humphreys (1648–1712, Wales, nf) • Barry Humphries (1934–2023, Australia, d/nf/f) • Wilhelm Hünermann (1900–1975, Germany, nf/f) • Christian Friedrich Hunold (1680–1721, Germany, f), pseudonym Menantes • Angela Elwell Hunt (born 1957, US, nf/ch) • Des Hunt (born 1941, N Zealand, ch) • Irene Hunt (1907–2001, US, ch) • Julian Hunt, Baron Hunt of Chesterton (born 1941, England, nf) • Leigh Hunt (1784–1859, England, nf/p) • Sam Hunt (born 1946, N Zealand, p) • Stephen Hunt (born 1966, Canada, f) • Tristram Hunt (born 1974, England, nf) • Violet Hunt (1862–1942, England, f) • Anne Hunter (1742–1821, England, p) • Erin Hunter (fl. 2000s, England), collective pseudonym • Jillian Hunter (born 1950, Scotland/US, f) • Louis C. Hunter (1898–1984, US, nf) • Norman Hunter (1899–1995, England, ch) • Rex Hunter (1889–1960, N Zealand, p/d/f) • Sándor Hunyady (1890–1942, Hungary, f/d) • Dương Thu Hương (born 1947, Vietnam, nf) • Hồ Xuân Hương (胡春香, 1772–1822, Vietnam, p) • Marie Huot (1846–1930, France, p/nf) • Hasan Azizul Huq (1939–2021, India/Bangladesh, f) • Jozef Miloslav Hurban (1817–1888, Austria-Hungary, nf) • Douglas Hurd (born 1930, England, f/nf) • Graham Hurley (born 1946, England, f) • Thomas Hürlimann (born 1950, Switzerland, f/d) • Zora Neale Hurston (1891–1960, US, f/nf) • Osvaldo Hurtado (born 1939, Ecuador, nf) • Gregg Hurwitz (living, US, f/d) • Hanns Dieter Hüsch (1925–2005, Germany, d) • Sibyl Marvin Huse (1866–1939, France/US, nf) • Ihab Husni (born 1966, Egypt, ch/f) • Abdullah Hussain (1920–2014, Malaya/Malaysia, f/nf) • Intizar Hussain (1925–2016, India/Pakistan, f/p/nf) • Ebrahim Hussein (born 1943, Tanzania, d/p) • Taha Hussein (1889–1973, Egypt, nf/p) • Nancy Huston (born 1953, Canada/France, f/nf) • Siri Hustvedt (born 1955, US, f/nf/p) • A. S. M. Hutchinson (1879–1971, England, f) • Pearse Hutchinson (1927–2012, Scotland/Ireland, p) • R. C. Hutchinson (1907–1975, England, f/d) • Robert Hutchinson (born 1957, US, nf) • Angela Huth (born 1938, England, f/nf) • Lorna Hutson (born 1958, Germany/England, nf) • Shaun Hutson (born 1958, England, f) • Ulrich von Hutten (1488–1523, Germany/Switzerland, nf/p) • Emily Huws (born 1942, Wales, ch) • Aldous Huxley (1884–1963, England, f/nf/p) • Andrew Huxley (1917–2012, England, nf) • Anthony Huxley (1920–1992, England, nf) • Elspeth Huxley (1907–1997, England/Kenya, f/nf) • Francis Huxley (1923–2016, England, nf) • Julian Huxley (1887–1975, England, nf) • Thomas Henry Huxley (1825–1895, England, nf) • Christiaan Huygens (1629–1695, Netherlands, nf) • Constantijn Huygens (1596–1687, Netherlands, p) • Douglas Smith Huyghue (1916–1991, Canada/Australia, p/f/nf) • Joris-Karl Huysmans (1848–1907, France, f/nf) • Pavol Országh Hviezdoslav (1849–1921, Austria-Hungary/Czechoslovakia, p/d) • Stefán frá Hvítadal (1887–1933, Iceland, p), pseudonym of Stefán Sigurðsson • Michal Hvorecký (born 1976, Czechoslovakia/Slovakia, f/nf) • Edward Hyams (1910–1975, England/France, nf/f) • Marina Hyde (born 1974, England, nf) • Robin Hyde (1906–1939, N Zealand, p) • Hasnat Abdul Hye (born 1937, India/Bangladesh, f/nf) • Jill Hyem (1937–2016, England, d) • Helen von Kolnitz Hyer (1896–1983, US, p) • Anton Hykisch (born 1932, Czechoslovakia/Slovakia, nf) • Hypereides (c. 390–322 BCE, Greece, nf)