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

Ka

• Aminata Maïga Ka (1940–2005, Senegal, nf) • Maung Thaw Ka (1928–1991, Burma/Myanmar, nf) • Keri Kaa (1942–2020, N Zealand, nf) • Maguy Kabamba (born 1960, Democratic R of Congo, f) • Philippa Namutebi Kabali-Kagwa (born 1964, Uganda/S Africa, nf/p) • Maati Kabbal (born 1954, Morocco, nf) • Kabir (1398/1440—1448/1518, India, p) • Kabubi Herman (living, Uganda, p) • Busingye Kabumba (born 1982, Uganda, p) • Metin Kaçan (1961–2013, Turkey, f) • Inaam Kachachi (born 1952, Iraq, f/nf) • Aubrey Kachingwe (born 1926, Nyasaland/Malawi, f) • Ismail Kadare (1936–2024, Albania, f/p/d) • Juliusz Kaden-Bandrowski (1885–1944, Russian E/Poland, nf/f) • Abdullah Abdul Kadir (1796–1854, Malaya/Ottoman E, nf) • Cynthia Kadohata (born 1956, US, ch) • Eiko Kadono (角野栄子, born 1935, Japan, ch/nf) • Jacques de Kadt (1897–1988, Netherlands, nf) • Margit Kaffka (1880–1918, Hungary, p/f/nf) • Franz Kafka (1883–1924, Austria E/Czechoslovakia, f) • Otohiko Kaga (加賀乙彦, 1929–2023, Japan, f) • Alexis Kagame (1912–1981, Rwanda, nf/p) • Julie Kagawa (born 1982, US, f) • Toyohiko Kagawa (賀川豊彦, 1888–1960, Japan, nf) • Peter Kagayi (living, Uganda, p) • Apollo Kaggwa (1864–1927, Uganda, nf) • Mohammed Kaghat (1942–2001, Morocco, d/nf) • Prince Kagwema (born 1931, Tanzania, f/nf) • Wanuri Kahiu (born 1980, Kenya, d) • Gustave Kahn (1859–1936, France, p/nf) • Joan Kahn (1914–1994, US, f/ch) • Takeshi Kaikō (開高健, 1930–1989, Japan, f/nf) • Bairagi Kainla (born 1939, Nepal, p/nf), pseudonym of Til Bikram Nembang Limbu • Chōgorō Kaionji (海音寺潮五郎, 1901–1977, Japan, f), pseudonym of Tōsaku Suetomi (末富東作) • Friedrich Kaiser (1814–1874, Austria, df) • Georg Kaiser (1878–1945, Germany/Switzerland, d) • Isabelle Kaiser (1866–1925, Switzerland, p/f) • Shahidullah Kaiser (1927 – post-1971, India/Bangladesh, f) • Motojirō Kajii (梶井基次郎, 1901–1932, Japan, p) • Shinji Kajio (梶尾真治, born 1947, Japan, f) • Ikki Kajiwara (高森朝樹, 1936–1987, Japan, f), pseudonym of Asaki Takamori • Toshiyuki Kajiyama (梶山季之, 1930–1975, Japan/Hong Kong, f) • Faizullah Kakar (born 1950, Afghanistan, nf) • Kakinomoto no Hitomaro (柿本人麻呂, c. 653/655–707/710, Japan, p) • Ivan Kakovitch (1933–2006, USSR/France, nf) • Dragoš Kalajić (1943–2005, Yugoslavia/Serbia, nf) • Shamsuddin Abul Kalam (1926–1997, India/Bangladesh, f) • Ana Kalandadze (1924–2008, USSR/Georgia, p) • Paul Kalanithi (1977–2015, US, nf) • Max Kalbeck (1850–1921, Germany/Austria, nf) • Mascha Kaléko (1907–1975, Austrian E/Switzerland, p) • Kālidāsa (fl. 4th – 5th c. CE, India. p) • David Kalisch (1820–1872, Germany, d/nf), pseudonym D. J. Schalk • Aino Kallas (1878–1956, Finland/Estonia, f) • Mons Kallentoft (born 1968, Sweden, f) • Theodor Kallifatides (born 1938, Greece/Sweden, p/f) • Chester Kallman (1921–1975, US, p) • Yann-Ber Kalloc'h (1888–1917, France, p), born Jean-Pierre Calloc'h • Maira Kalman (born 1949, Israel/US, ch) • Harry Kalmer (1956–2019, S Africa, f/nf/d) • László Kálnoky (1912–1985, Hungary, p/nf) • Sophie Heidi Kam (born 1968, Burkina Faso, p/d/f) • Sufia Kamal 1911–1999, India/Bangladesh, f/nf) • Keturah Kamugasa (1967–2017, Uganda, nf) • Kama Sywor Kamanda (born 1952, Congo/DRC, p/f/d) • Esther Kamatari (born 1951, Burundi, nf) • Samson Kambalu (born 1965, Malawi, nf) • Guðmundur Kamban (1888–1945, Iceland, d/f) • Kambar (1180–1250, India, p) • Ariake Kambara (蒲原有明, 1876–1952, Japan, p/f) • Chōhei Kambayashi (神林長平, born 1953, Japan, f) • Ezzat el Kamhawi (born 1961, Egypt, f/nf) • Anna Kamieńska (1920–1986, Poland, p/nf/ch) • Wladimir Kaminer (born 1967, Soviet Union/Germany, f/nf) • Ilya Kaminsky (born 1977, USSR/US, p) • William Kamkwamba (born 1987, Malawi, nf) • Gertrude Webster Kamkwatira (born c. 1966, Malawi, d) • Kamo no Chōmei (鴨長明, 1153/1155–1216, Japan, nf/p) • Whyghtone Kamthunzi (1956–2000, Nyasaland/Malawi, f/d) • Toni Kan (born 1971, Nigeria, f) • Kanagaki Robun (仮名垣魯文, 1829–1894, Japan, f/nf), pseudonym of Nozaki Bunzō (野崎文蔵) • Mieko Kanai (金井美恵子, born 1947, Japan, f/p) • Amy Kane (1879–1979, N Zealand, nf) • Cheikh Hamidou Kane (born 1928, Senegal, f) • Musashi Kanbe (かんべむさし, born 1948, Japan, f) • Nataša Kandić (born 1946, Yugoslavia/Serbia, nf) • Mare Kandre (1962–2005, Sweden, f/nf/ch) • Andrea Kane (living, US, f) • Julia Kane (1897–1985, England, f/d), pseudonym of Denise Robins • Kathleen Kane (born 1951, US), pseudonym of Maureen Child • Ndèye Fatou Kane (born 1986, Senegal, f/nf) • Sarah Kane (1971–1999, England, d) • Hitomi Kanehara (金原ひとみ, born 1983, Japan, f) • Amita Kanekar (born 1965, Goa/India, f/nf) • Misuzu Kaneko (金子みすゞ, 1903–1930, Japan, p) • Mitsuharu Kaneko (金子光晴, 1895–1975, Japan, p/nf) • Kang Youwei (康有為, 1858–1927, China, nf) • Orhan Veli Kanık (1914–1950, Ottoman E/Turkey, p) • Yoram Kaniuk (1930–2019, Palestine/Israel, f/nf/ch) • Chibamba Kanyama (born 1965, Zambia, nf) • John Christoffel Kannemeyer (1939–2011, S Africa, nf) • Mohammed Khammar Kanouni (1938–1991, Morocco, p) • Fabienne Kanor (born 1970, France, f/ch) • Hermann Kant (1926–2016, Germany, f) • Immanuel Kant (1724–1804, Germany, nf) • Sándor Kányádi (1929–2018, Romania/Hungary, p/ch) • Jaan Kaplinski (1941–2021, USSR/Estonia, p/nf/f) • Momo Kapor (1937–2010, Yugoslavia/Serbia, f) • Colin Kapp (1928–2007, England, f) • Franz Xaver Kappus (1883–1966, Austria-Hungary/Germany, p/f/d) • S. Avdo Karabegović (1878–1908, Ottoman E/Serbia, p) • Mina Karadžić (1828–1894, Austria, nf) • Radovan Karadžić (born 1945, Yugoslavia/Serbia, p) • Vuk Karadžić (1787–1864, Ottoman E/Austrian E, nf) • Veli Karahoda (born 1968, Yugoslavia/Kosovo, f/p/nf) • Karai Senryū (柄井川柳, 1718–1790, Japan, p) • Angel Karaliychev (1902–1972, Bulgaria, ch) • Aco Karamanov (1927–1944, Yugoslavia, p) • Sadegh Karamyar (born 1959, Iran, f/nf/d) • Einar Kárason (born 1955, Iceland, f/p) • Vim Karénine (born 1933, US/France, p/f) • Srđan Karanović (born 1945, Yugoslavia/Serbia, d) • Hellmuth Karasek (1934–2015, Czechoslovakia/Germany, nf/f) • Adeena Karasick (born 1965, Canada, nf/p) • Georgi Karaslavov (1904–1980, Bulgaria, f) • Hristo Karastoyanov (born 1950, Bulgaria, f/nf/p) • Uladzimir Karatkievich (1930–1984, USSR, p/f/nf) • Vim Karénine (born 1933, US/France, p/f) • Ulrich Karger (born 1957, Germany, f/nf/ch) • Jozef Karika (born 1978, Czechoslovakia/Slovakia, nf) • Janet Karim (born 1954, Malawi, nf) • Rashid Karim (1925–2011, India/Bangladesh, f/nf) • Sheikh Fazlul Karim (1882–1936, India, f/p) • Ferenc Karinthy (1921–1992, Hungary, f/d/nf) • Frigyes Karinthy (1887–1938, Hungary, f/d/p) • Erik Axel Karlfeldt (1864–1931, Sweden, p) • Alma Karlin (1889–1950, Austrian E/Yugoslavia, f/nf/d) • Bjarki Karlsson (born 1965, Iceland, p/nf) • Kristján Karlsson (1922–2014, Iceland, p/f/nf) • Mette Karlsvik (born 1978, Norway, f/nf/ch) • József Kármán (1769–1795, Hungary, f/nf) • Farida Karodia (born 1942, S Africa, f) • György Károly (1953–2018, Hungary, p/nf) • Jan Karon (born 1937, US, f/nf/ch) • Franciszek Karpiński (1741–1825, Poland, p) • Mary Karr (born 1955, US, p/nf) • Zurab Karumidze (born 1957, USSR/Georgia, f/nf) • Zenzō Kasai (葛西善蔵, 1887–1928, Japan, f) • Milan Kašanin (1895–1981, Austria-Hungary/Yugoslavia, nf) • Marie Luise Kaschnitz (1901–1974, Germany/Italy, f/p/nf) • Julia Kasdorf (born 1962, US, p) • Anna Kashina (living, USSR/US, f) • Agha Shorish Kashmiri (1917–1975, India/Pakistan, p/nf) • Nikola T. Kašiković (1861–1927, Ottoman E/Yugoslavia, nf) • Stoja Kašiković (1865 – post-1927, Ottoman E/Yugoslavia, nf) • Laura Kasischke (born 1961, US, f/p) • Christopher Kasparek (born 1945, Scotland/US, nf/f) • Jan Kasprowicz (1860–1026, Prussia/Poland, p/d/nf) • Lajos Kassák (1887–1967, Hungary, p/f/nf) • Abraham Gotthelf Kästner (1719–1800, Germany, nf/p) • Erich Kästner (1899–1974, Germany, f/p/ch) • Elizabeth Kata (1912–1998, Australia, f/d), pseudonym of Elizabeth Colina Katayama • Noburu Katagami (片上伸, 1884–1928, Japan, nf) • Olivera Katarina (born 1940, Yugoslavia/Serbia, nf) • Kyoichi Katayama (片山恭一, born 1959, Japan, f) • Faiz Muhammad Kateb (1860–1931, Afghanistan, nf) • Katip Çelebi (1609–1657, Ottoman E, nf) • Wilson Katiyo (1947–2003, S Rhodesia/Zimbabwe, f) • Masato Katō (加藤正人, born 1963, Japan, d) • József Katona (1791–1830, Hungary, d/p) • Fadi Kattan (born 1977 or 1978, Palestine, nf) • Hilda Katz (1909–1997, US, nf) • Jesse Katz (living, US, f) • John Katzenbach (born 1950, US, f) • Bob Kaufman (1925–1986, US, p) • Jonathan Kaufman (born 1956, US, nf) • Shirley Kaufman (1923–2016, US/Israel, p) • Walter Kaufmann (1924–2021, Germany/Australia, f) • Kenneth Kaunda (1924–2021, Zambia, nf) • Rupi Kaur (born 1992, India/Canada, p) • Helmut Käutner (1908–1980, Germany/Italy, d) • Alex Kava (born 1960, US, f) • Anna Kavan (1901–1968, France/England, f) • Patrick Kavanagh (1904–1967, Ireland, p/f) • Joanna Kavenna (born 1974, England, f/nf) • Kavisekhara Dr Umar Alisha (1885–1945, India, p/nf) • Datta Raghunath Kavthekar (1901–1979, India, f) • Catherine Samali Kavuma (born 1960, Uganda, f) • Nikos Kavvadias (1910–1975, Greece, p/f/nf) • Yasunari Kawabata (川端康成, 1899–1972, Japan, f) • Jun Kawada (川田順, 1882–1966, Japan, p) • Matsutarō Kawaguchi (川口松太郎, 1899–1985, Japan, f/d) • Ryuko Kawaji (川路柳虹, 1888–1959, Japan, p/nf), pseudonym of Kawaki Makoto (川路柳虹) • Hiromi Kawakami (川上弘美, born 1958, Japan, f/p/nf) • Kikuko Kawakami (川上喜久子, 1904–1985, Japan, f/p) • Kiyoshi Kawakami (河上清, 1873–1949, Japan, nf) • Chiaki Kawamata (川又千秋, born 1948, Japan, f/nf) • Kawatake Mokuami (河竹黙阿弥, 1816–1893, Japan, d), pseudonym of Yoshimura Yoshisaburō (吉村芳三郎) • Merata Kawharu (living, N Zealand, nf) • Elizabeth Kay (born 1949, England, ch) • Karen Kay (living, US), pseudonym of Karen Kay Wilson Elstner • Simone Kaya (1937–2007, Ivory Coast, f) • M. M. Kaye (1908–2004, England, f/ch/d) • Legson Kayira (c. 1942–2012, Nyasaland/Malawi, nf) • Kaykobad (c. 1857–1951, India, p) • Susanna Kaysen (born 1948, US, nf) • Nikos Kazantzakis (1883–1957, Greece/Germany, f/d/nf) • Judith Kazantzis (1940–2018, England, p) • Alexander Kazbegi (1848–1893, Russian E, f/d) • Kazem Kazemi (born 1968, Afghanistan/Iran, nf) • Mihajlo Kažić (born 1960, Yugoslavia/Germany, f) • Hélène Kaziende (born 1967, Niger/Togo, f) • Ferenc Kazinczy (1759–1831, Hungary, nf/p) • Kazuki Sakuraba (桜庭一樹, born 1971, Japan, f)

Ke–Kh

• Ke Yan (柯岩, 1929–2011, China, d/f/p) • Ke Zhao (柯召, 1910–2002, China, nf) • Jayne Fenton Keane (living, Australia, p) • John Fryer Thomas Keane (1854–1937, England, nf) • Janet Kear (1933–2004, England, nf) • Martha Kearney (born 1957, Ireland/England, d) • Annie Keary (1825–1879, England, f/p/ch) • Charles Francis Keary (1848–1917, England, nf/f) • Ezra Jack Keats (1916–1983, US, ch) • John Keats (1795–1821, England/Italy, p) • Moges Kebede (living, Ethiopia/US, f/nf) • Elizabeth Keckley (1818–1907, US, nf) • Rod Kedward (born 1937–2023, England, nf) • Carolyn Keene (20th c., US, f), collective pseudonym • Charles Keeping (1924–1988, England, ch) • Weldon Kees (1914 – disappeared 1955, US, p/f/d) • Nancy Keesing (1923–1993, Australia, p/nf/ch) • Antigone Kefala (1935–2022, Australia, p/nf) • Daniel Kehlmann (born 1975, Germany/US, f/d) • Thomas Keightley (1789–1872, Ireland/England, nf) • Ernst Keil (1816–1878, Germany, nf) • Aoua Kéita (1912–1980, French Sudan/Mali, nf) • Fatou Keïta (born 1969, Ivory Coast, ch/f) • Fatoumata Keïta (born 1977, Mali, f/p/nf) • Fodéba Keïta (1921–1969, Guinea, p/f/d) • China Keitetsi (born 1976, Uganda, nf) • Harold Keith (1903–1998, US, ch/f) • Sheridan Keith (born 1942, N Zealand, f) • Christopher Kelen (born 1958, Australia, p/f/nf) • S. K. Kelen (born 1956, Australia, p) • Stephen Kelen (1912–2003, Hungary/Australia, f/d/nf), born István Kelen) • Anne Kellas (living, S Africa/Australia, p/nf) • Emma Gilbey Keller (born c. 1961, England/US, nf) • Gottfried Keller (1819–1890, Switzerland, p/f) • Hans Peter Keller (1815–1888, Germany, p) • Helen Keller (1880–1968, US, nf) • Werner Keller (1909–1980, Germany/Switzerland, nf) • Kitty Kelley (born 1942, US, nf) • Johan Henric Kellgren (1751–1795, Sweden, p/nf) • Friedrich Kellner (1885–1970, Germany, nf) • Kathleen Kellow (1906–1993, England, f), pseudonym of Eleanor Burford Hibbert • Carla Kelly (born 1947, US) • Eric P. Kelly (1884–1960, US, nf/ch) • George Kelly (1887–1974, US, d) • Gwen Kelly (1922–2012, Australia, f/p/nf) • Helena Kelly (living, England, nf) • Herbert Kelly (1860–1950, England, nf) • Isabella Kelly (1759–1857, Scotland/England, f/p) • John Kelly (1750–1809, Isle of Man, nf) • Lindy Kelly (born 1952, N Zealand, ch/f/d) • Sheelagh Kelly (born 1948, England, f) • James Kelman (born 1946, Scotland, f/d/nf) • Stephen Kelman (born 1976, England, f) • Elizabeth Kelso (1889–1967, N Zealand, nf) • Arthur Kelton (d. 1549/1550, Wales, p) • Elmer Kelton (1926–2009, US, f) • Orhan Kemal (1914–1970, Ottoman E/Bulgaria, f) • Yaşar Kemal (1923–2015, Turkey, f) • Zsigmond Kemény (1814–1875, Hungary, nf/f) • Gene Kemp (1926–2015, England, ch) • Mark Kemp (born 1960, US, nf) • Richard Kemp (born 1959, England, nf) • Margery Kempe (c. 1373 – post-1438, England, nf) • Thomas à Kempis (c. 1380–1471, Germany/England, nf) • Walter Kempowski (1929–2007, Germany, f/nf) • Yasin Osman Kenadid (1919–1988, Somalia/Italy, nf) • Randall Kenan (1963–2020, US, f) • Stanley Onjezani Kenani (born 1976, Malawi, p/f) • Edward Augustus Kendall (c. 1776–1842, England, nf/f) • Henry Kendall (1839–1882, Australia, p) • Kaur Kender (born 1971, USSR/Estonia, f) • Sharon Kendrick (living, England, f) • Francis Kenna (1865–1932, Australia, p/nf) • Anne Kennedy (born 1959, N Zealand, f/d/p) • Benjamin Hall Kennedy (1804–1889, England, nf) • Cate Kennedy (born 1963, England/Australia, p/f) • Charles Rann Kennedy (1808–1867, England, nf/f) • Dennis Kennedy (born 1940, US, nf/d/f) • Elle Kennedy (living, Canada, f) • Emma Kennedy (born 1967, England, nf) • Geoffrey Studdert Kennedy (1883–1929, England, nf/p) • Hubert Kennedy (born 1931, US, nf/f) • John F. Kennedy (1917–1963, US, Washington DC) • Lena Kennedy (1914–1986, England, f/nf) • Margaret Kennedy (1896–1967, England, f/d) • Miranda Kennedy (born 1975, US, nf) • Robert F. Kennedy (1925–1968, US) • Robert F. Kennedy Jr. (born 1954, US) • Ted Kennedy (1932–2009, US, Boston) • Walter Kennedy (c. 1455 – c. 1508, Scotland, p) • X. J. Kennedy (born 1929, US, p/nf/ch) • Alice Annie Kenny (1875–1960, N Zealand, p/f) • Elizabeth Kenny (1880–1952, Australia, nf) • Alexander Kent (1924–2017, England, f), pseudonym of Douglas Reeman • Hannah Kent (born 1985, Australia, f) • Jacqueline Kent (born 1947, Australia, nf/ch), pseudonym Frances Cook • Jean Kent (born 1951, Australia, p) • Louise Andrews Kent (1886–1969, US, ch/nf) • Jomo Kenyatta (c. 1897–1978, Kenya, nf) • Jane Kenyon (1947–1995, US, p) • Michael Kenyon (1931–2005, England/US, f) • Sherrilyn Kenyon (born 1965, US, f) • Géza Képes (1909–1989, Hungary, p) • Angela Kepler (born 1943, N Zealand, nf) • Johannes Kepler (1571–1630, Germany, nf) • Rivka Keren (born 1946, Hungary/Israel, ch/f), born Katalin Friedländer • Frank Kermode (1919–2010, Isle of Man/England, nf) • Josephine Kermode (1852–1937, Isle of Man/England, p/d), pseudonym Cushag • Justinus Kerner (1786–1862, Germany, p/nf) • Jack Kerouac (1922–1969, US, f/nf) • Jan Kerouac (1952–1996, US, f/nf) • Joan Haverty Kerouac (1931–1990, US, nf) • Alfred Kerr (1867–1948, Germany, nf) • Bob Kerr (born 1951, N Zealand, ch) • Judith Kerr (1923–2019, Germany/England, ch) • Lady Amabel Kerr (1846–1906, England, f/nf) • Philip Kerr (1956–2018, Scotland/England, f) • Tom Kerridge (born 1973, England, nf) • Ian Kershaw (born 1943, England, nf) • Janko Kersnik (1852–1897, Austrian E, p/f/nf) • Imre Kertész (1929–2016, Hungary, nf) • Raymonde de Kervern (1899–1973, Mauritius, p) • Ken Kesey (1935–2001, US, f/nf) • David Kessler (born 1957, England, f) • Harry Graf Kessler (1868–1937, France/Germany, nf • Liz Kessler (born 1966, England, ch) • George Kettmann (1898–1970, Netherlands, p/f/nf) • Irmgard Keun (1905–1982, Germany, f) • Alexander Key (1904–1979, US, f/ch) • Daniel Keyes (1927–2014, US, f/nf) • Marian Keyes (born 1963, Ireland, f/nf) • Sidney Keyes (1922–1943, England/Tunisia, p) • Harriette A. Keyser (1841–1936, US, f/nf) • Eduard von Keyserling (1855–1918, Russian E/Germany, f/d/nf) • Euphrase Kezilahabi (1944–2020, Tanzania, f/p/nf) • Keorapetse Kgositsile (1938–2018, S Africa, p/nf), pseudonym Bra Willie • Qiamuddin Khadim (1901–1979, Afghanistan, nf/p) • Yasmina Khadra (born 1955, Algeria/France, f), pseudonym of Mohammed Moulessehoul • Mi Mi Khaing (1916–1990, Burma/Myanmar, nf) • Hafizullah Khaled (living, Afghanistan/Austria, p/nf) • Mohammed Khaïr-Eddine (1941–1995, Morocco, nf) • 'Masechele Caroline Ntseliseng Khaketla (1918–2012, Basutoland/Lesotho, p/nf) • Ibn Khaldun (1332–1406, Hafsid Sultanate/Egypt, nf) • Khalilullah Khalili (1907–1987, Afghanistan, p/nf) • Mimi Khalvati (born 1944, Iran/England, p) • Ahmad Al-Khamisi (born 1948, Egypt, f/nf) • Dilwar Khan (1937–2013, India/Bangladesh, p) • Mahmona Khan (born 1973, Norway, nf/f) • Naseem Khan (1939–2017, England, nf) • Rahat Khan (1940–2020, India/Bangladesh, f/nf) • Razia Khan (c. 1936–2011, India/Bangladesh, f/nf) • Uzma Aslam Khan (living, Pakistan, f/nf) • Dalal Khario (born c. 1997, Iraq/Germany, nf) • Daniil Kharms (1905–1942, Soviet Union, p/ch/nf) • Edwar al-Kharrat (1926–2015, Egypt, f/nf) • Abdelkebir Khatibi (1938–2009, Morocco, f/d/p) • Ajmal Khattak (1925–1970, India/Pakistan, nf/p) • Khushal Khattak (1613–1689, Mughal Empire, p) • Fatemeh Khavari (born 2000, Iran, nf) • Rita El Khayat (born 1944, Morocco, nf) • Omar Khayyam (1048–1131, Persia, nf/p) • Aïssa Khelladi (born 1953, Algeria, f/d/p) • Khoo Kheng-Hor (born 1956, Malaya/Malaysia, f/nf) • Myint Myint Khin (1923–2014, Burma/Myanmar, nf/p) • Vladislav Khodasevich (1886–1939, Russian E/USSR, p/nf) • Esmail Khoi (1938–2021, Iran/England, p) • Ungulani Ba Ka Khosa (born 1957, Mozambique, f/nf) • Reza Khoshnazar (living, Iran/Sweden, f) • Khosrov of Andzev (died 964, Armenia, nf) • Driss El Khouri (living, Mozambique, f) • Elias Khoury (born 1948, Lebanon, f/d/nf) • Raymond Khoury (born 1960, Lebanon, d/f) • Vénus Khoury-Ghata (born 1937, Lebanon, p/f) • Bashir Khrayyef (1917–1983, Tunisia, f) • Mkrtich Khrimian (1820–1907, Ottoman E/Russian E, nf) • Johannes Khuen (1606–1675, Germany, p) • Syed Mahmood Khundmiri (1938–2011, India, p) • Amir Khusrau (1253–1325, India, p/nf), full name Abu'l Hasan Yamīn ud-Dīn Khusrau • Mariam Khutsurauli (born 1960, USSR/Georgia, p) • Gharzai Khwakhuzhi (born 1962, Afghanistan, p/nf) • Mohammad Ibraheem Khwakhuzhi (1920–1992, Afghanistan, p/f/nf)

Ki–Kn

• Ki no Tsurayuki (紀貫之, 872–945, Japan, nf/p) • Leo Kiacheli (1884–1963, Russian E/USSR, f) • Saba Kidane (born 1978, Eritrea, p/nf) • Kathryn H. Kidd (1950–2015, US, nf/f) • Fiona Kidman (born 1940, N Zealand, f/p/d) • Eduardo Gudiño Kieffer (1935–2002, Argentina, f/d/ch) • Alexander Kielland (1849–1906, Norway, f/d/nf) • Gustava Kielland (1800–1889, Norway, p/nf) • Benedict Kiely (1919–2007, Ireland, nf) • Søren Kierkegaard (1813–1855, Denmark, nf/p) • Susan Nalugwa Kiguli (born 1969, Uganda, p/nf) • Emelihter Kihleng (living, Micronesia, p) • Wanjiru Kihoro (1953–2006, Kenya, nf) • Andrzej Kijowski (1928–1985, Poland, nf/d) • Andrzej Tadeusz Kijowski (born 1954, Poland, nf/p) • Lali Kiknavelidze (born 1969, USSR/Georgia, d) • Kan Kikuchi (菊池寛, 1888–1948, Japan, f/nf) • Kuri Kikuoka (菊岡久利, 1909–1970, Japan, p/f) • Yejide Kilanko (born 1975, Nigeria, p/f/ch) • Abdelfattah Kilito (born 1945, Morocco, nf) • Thomas Killigrew (1612–1683, England, d) • Joyce Kilmer (1886–1918, US, p/nf) • Dorothy Kilner (1755–1836, England, ch), pseudonyms M. P. and Mary Pelham • Mary Ann Kilner (1753–1831, England, ch) • Garry Kilworth (born 1941, England, f) • Barbara Kimenye (1929–2012, England/Uganda, ch) • Jamaica Kincaid (born 1949, Antigua/US, f/nf) • Clive King (1924–2018, England, f/d/ch) • Dorothy King (born 1975, US/England, nf) • Edward King (1612–1637, Ireland/England, p) • Francis King (1923–2011, Switzerland/England, f/nf) • Henry King (1592–1669, England, p) • Martin Luther King Jr. (1929–1968, US, nf) • Michael King (1945–2004, N Zealand, nf) • Owen King (born 1977, US, f) • Rachael King (born 1970, N Zealand, f) • Stephen King (born 1947, US, f) • Susan King (born 1951, US, f) • Tabitha King (born 1949, US, f/nf) • William King (1663–1712, England, p) • Karen King-Aribisala (living, Guyana/Nigeria, f) • Alexander William Kinglake (1809–1891, England, nf) • Thomas Kingo (1634–1703, Denmark, p) • Charles Kingsley (1819–1875, England, f/nf/p) • George Kingsley (1826–1892, England, nf) • Henry Kingsley (1830–1876, England, f/nf) • Mary Kingsley (1862–1900, England/S Africa, nf) • Dick King-Smith (1922–2011, England, ch) • Maxine Hong Kingston (湯亭亭, born 1940, China/US, f/nf) • William Henry Giles Kingston (1814–1880, England, f/ch) • Hans E. Kinck (1865–1926, Norway, f/d/nf) • Gottfried Kinkel (1815–1882, Germany/Switzerland p/d/nf) • Galway Kinnell (1927–2014, US, p) • Jeff Kinney (born 1971, US, ch) • Junji Kinoshita (木下順二, 1914–2006, Japan, d) • Mokutaro Kinoshita (木下杢太郎, 1885–1945, Japan, nf) • Kinoshita Rigen (木下利玄, 1886–1925, Japan, p) • John Kinsella (born 1963, Australia, p/f/nf) • Sophie Kinsella (born 1969, England, f), pseudonym of Madeleine Sophie Wickham • Thomas Kinsella (1928–2021, Ireland, p) • W. P. Kinsella (1935–2016, Canada, f) • Leonard Kip (1826–1906, US, nf) • Paul Kipchumba (born 1983, Kenya, f/nf) • Rudyard Kipling (1865–1936, India/England, f/p/nf) • Mohammed al-Tayyib ibn Kiran (1758–1812, Morocco, nf) • Robert Kirby (1936–2007, S Africa, d/f/nf) • Bodo Kirchhoff (born 1948, Germany/Italy, f/d) • John Kiriamiti (born 1950, Kenya, nf/f) • Natsuo Kirino (桐野夏生, born 1951, Japan, f), pseudonym of Mariko Hashioka • Risto Kirjazovski (1927–2002, Greece/N Macedonia, nf) • Russell Kirk (1918–1994, US, nf) • Russell Kirkpatrick (born 1961, N Zealand, f/nf) • Lucy Kirkwood (born 1983, England/Scotland, d) • Sarah Kirsch (1935–2013, Germany, p) • Hans Hellmut Kirst (1914–1989, Germany, f) • Danilo Kiš (1935–1989, Yugoslavia, f/p) • Necip Fazıl Kısakürek (1904–1983, Ottoman E/Turkey, p/f/d) • Egon Kisch (1885–1948, Austrian E/Czechoslovakia, nf) • Atala Kisfaludy (1836–1911, Hungary, p) • Károly Kisfaludy (1788–1830, Hungary, d/p) • Sándor Kisfaludy (1772–1844, p/d) • Yusuke Kishi (貴志祐介, born 1959, Japan, f) • Kyōko Kishida (岸田今日子, 1930–2006, Japan, ch) • Rio Kishida (岸田理生, 1946–2003, Japan, d) • Ephraim Kishon (1924–2005, Hungary/Switzerland, nf/ch/d) • John Van der Kiste (born 1954, England, nf) • Stefan Kisyov (born 1963, Bulgaria/Cuba, f/nf/d) • Ikki Kita (北一輝, 1883–1937, Japan, nf) • Morio Kita (北杜夫, 1927–2011, Japan, f/nf), pseudonym of Sōkichi Saitō (斎藤宗吉) • Kitabatake Chikafusa (北畠親房, 1293–1354, Japan, nf) • Yao Kitabatake (北畠八穂, 1903–1982, Japan, p/ch) • Hakushū Kitahara (北原白秋, 1885–1942, Japan, p), pseudonym of Ryūkichi Kitahara (北原隆吉) • Kenzo Kitakata (北方謙三, born 1947, Japan, f) • Kaoru Kitamura (北村薫, born 1949, Japan, f), pseudonym of Kazuo Miyamoto (宮本和男) • Kitamura Tōkoku (北村透谷, 1868–1894, Japan, p/nf), pseudonym of Kitamura Montarō (北村門太郎) • Fred Kitchen (1890–1969, England, nf) • C. H. B. Kitchin (1895–1967, England, f) • William Kitchiner (1775–1827, England, nf) • Aniceti Kitereza (1896–1981, Tanzania, f) • Marvin Kitman (1929–2023, US, nf) • Sandra Kitt (living, US, f) • Kazuhiro Kiuchi (木内一裕, born 1960, Japan, f/ch) • Iya Kiva (born 1984, Ukraine, p/f/nf) • Aleksis Kivi (1834–1872, Finland, f/d) • Albert Kivikas (1898–1978, Estonia, nf) • Eila Kivikk'aho (1921–2004, Finland, p), pseudonym of Eila Sylvia Sammalkorpi • Andrus Kivirähk (born 1970, USSR/Estonia, f/nf/d) • Karin Kiwus (born 1942, Germany/US, p) • Wycliffe Kiyingi (1929–2014, Uganda, d) • Robert Kiyosaki (born 1947, US, nf) • Carolyn Kizer (1925–2014, US, p) • Joseph Ki-Zerbo (1922–2006, Burkina Faso, nf) • Nils Kjær (1870–1924, Norway, d/f/nf) • Jan Kjærstad (born 1953, Norway, f/nf) • Magnús Kjartansson (1919–1981, Iceland, nf) • Jim Kjelgaard (1910–1959, US, f/ch) • Marjun Syderbø Kjelnæs (born 1974, Faroe Is, f/p/d) • Johann Klaj (1616–1656, Germany, p) • Ivan Klajn (1937–2021, Yugoslavia/Serbia, nf) • Jon Klassen (born 1981, Canada, ch) • Sarah Klassen (born 1932, Canada, f/p) • Annette Curtis Klause (born 1953, England/US, ch/nf) • David Kldiashvili (1862–1931, Russian E/USSR, f/d) • Sergo Kldiashvili (1893–1986, Russian E/USSR, d) • Edward Klein (born 1937, US, nf) • Robin Klein (born 1936, Australia, ch) • Lois Kleinsasser (living, US, f), pseudonym Cait London • August Kleinzahler (born 1949, US, p/nf) • Ewald Christian von Kleist (1715–1759, Germany, p) • Heinrich von Kleist (1777–1811, Germany, p/d/f) • Jochen Klepper (1903–1942, Germany, nf/p) • Lisa Kleypas (born 1964, US, f) • Ernst August Friedrich Klingemann (1777–1831, Germany, f/d) • Friedrich Maximilian von Klinger (1752–1831, Germany/Russian E, d/f) • Tristan Klingsor (1874–1966, France, p/nf), pseudonym of Léon Leclère • Richard Klinkhamer (1937–2016, Netherlands, nf) • Kate Klise (born 1963, US, ch) • Willem Kloos (1859–1938, Netherlands, p/nf) • Friedrich Gottlieb Klopstock (1724–1803, Germany, p/d/nf) • Chuck Klosterman (born 1972, US, nf/f) • Alexander Kluge (born 1932, Germany, f/nf) • Ruth Klüger (1931–2020, Austria/US, nf), Holocaust survivor • Richard A. Knaak (born 1961, US, f) • Karl Ove Knausgård (born 1968, Norway, f) • Matthew Kneale (born 1960, England, f) • Nigel Kneale (1922–2006, Isle of Man/England, d/f) • Hildegard Knef (1925–2002, Germany, nf) • John Knewstub (1544–1624, England, nf) • Boban Knežević (born 1959, Yugoslavia/Serbia, f) • Marija Knežević (born 1963, Yugoslavia/Serbia, p/f/nf) • Franciszek Dionizy Kniaźnin (1750–1807, Poland, p) • Anne Knight (1786–1862, England/France, nf) • Anne Knight (1792–1860, England, ch) • Damon Knight (1922–2002, US, f/nf) • Eric Knight (1897–1943, England, f/d) • Etheridge Knight (1931–1991, US, p) • Henry Gally Knight (1786–1846, England, f) • India Knight (born 1965, Belgium/England, f/nf/ch) • Raymond A. Knight (born 1944, US, nf) • Vivien Knight (1953–2009, England, nf) • James Sheridan Knowles (1784–1862, Ireland, d) • John Knowles (1926–2001, US, f) • Marion Knowles (1865–1949, p/f) • Elizabeth Knox (born 1959, N Zealand, f) • John Knox (c. 1514–1572, Scotland, nf) • Ronald Knox (1888–1957, England, nf) • Jan Knudsen (born 1957, Norway, f) • Ingar Knudtsen (born 1944, Norway, f/p) • Per Knutsen (born 1951, Norway, f/ch/d) • Svavar Knútur (living, Iceland, p)

Ko–Ks

• Hideo Kobayashi (小林秀雄, 1902–1983, Japan, nf) • Kobayashi Issa (小林一茶, 1763–1828, Japan, p) • Takiji Kobayashi (小林多喜二, 1903–1933, Japan, f) • Peter Kocan (born 1947, Australia, p/f), born Peter Raymond Douglas • Edvard Kocbek (1904–1981, Austrian E/Yugoslavia, p/nf) • Herman Koch (born 1953, Netherlands, f/nf) • Kenneth Koch (1925–2002, US, p/d) • Martin Koch (1882–1940, Sweden, f) • Werner Koch (born 1961, Germany, nf) • Jan Kochanowski (1530–1584, Poland, p) • Petar Kočić (1877–1916, Ottoman E/Serbia, f/nf) • Charles Paul de Kock (1793–1871, France, f) • Aya Kōda (幸田文, 1904–1990, Japan, nf/f) • Kōda Rohan (幸田成行, 1867–1947, Japan, f) • Đorđe Marković Koder (1806–1891, Austrian E/Austria-Hungary, f/p) • János Kodolányi (1899–1969, Hungary, f/d/nf) • Dayan Kodua (born 1980, Ghana/Germany, nf/ch) • Shonagh Koea (born 1939, N Zealand, f) • Wolfgang Koeppen (1906–1996, Germany, f) • Arthur Koestler (1905–1983, Hungary/England, f/d/nf) • Gerhard Kofler (1949–2005, Italy/Austria, p/nf) • Izuki Kogyoku (紅玉いづき, born 1984, Japan, f) • István Koháry (1649–1731, Hungary, p) • Michael Köhlmeier (born 1949, Austria, nf) • Leopold Kohr (1909–1994, Austria/England, nf) • Youssof Kohzad (1935–2019, Afghanistan/US, d/p/nf) • Saradha Koirala (born 1980, N Zealand, p/ch) • B. P. Koirala (1914–1982, Nepal, f/nf) • Koizumi Yakumo (小泉八雲, 1850–1904, Greece/Japan, nf) • Miodrag Kojadinović (妙谠, born 1961, Serbia/China, nf) • Masajirō Kojima (小島政二郎, 1894–1994, Japan, f) • Nobuo Kojima (小島信夫, 1915–2006, Japan, f/nf) • Usui Kojima (小島烏水, 1873–1948, Japan, nf) • Ingrid de Kok (born 1951, S Africa, p/nf) • Kokan Shiren (虎関師錬, 1278–1347, Japan, nf/p) • Oskar Kokoschka (1886–1980, Austria/Switzerland, p/d) • Yakub Kolas (1882–1956, USSR, p/f/d), pseudonym of Kanstantsin Mikhailovich Mitskievich • Zlata Kolarić-Kišur (1894–1990, Austria-Hungary/Yugoslavia, f/nf) • Þórðr Kolbeinsson (fl. 11th c., Iceland, p) • Ferenc Kölcsey (1790–1838, Hungary, nf) • Nikola Koljević (1936–1997, Yugoslavia/Serbia, nf) • Adam František Kollár (1718–1783, Austria-Hungary, nf) • Ján Kollár (1793–1852, Austria-Hungary, p/nf) • Gertrud Kolmar (1894–1943, Germany, p), pseudonym of Gertrud Käthe Chodziesner, Holocaust victim • Anise Koltz (1928–2023, Luxembourg, p/ch) • Liv Køltzow (born 1945, Norway, f/d/nf) • Ōmi Komaki (小牧近江, 1894–1978, Japan, nf) • Siré Komara (born 1991, Guinea/Egypt, nf/ch) • Lazar Komarčić (1839–1909, Ottoman E/Serbia, f) • Sakyo Komatsu (小松左京, 1931–2011, Japan, f) • Kinyanjui Kombani (born 1981, Kenya, f/d/nf) • Ellis Ayitey Komey (1927–1972, Ghana/England, f/p) • Aladár Komját (1891–1937, Hungary, p/nf) • Anna Komnene (1083–1183, Byzantine E, nf) • Milan Komnenić (1940–2015, Yugoslavia/Serbia, p/nf) • Komninos Zervos (born 1950, Australia, p) • Leopold Kompert (1822–1886, Austrian E, f) • Gerrit Komrij (1944–2012, Netherlands, p/f/d) • Manuel Komroff (1890–1974, US, d/f/nf) • Yusef Komunyakaa (born 1941, US, p), birth name James William Brown • Hidemi Kon (今日出海, 1903–1984, Japan, nf) • Prakash Kona (born 1967, India, f/nf/p) • Asare Konadu (1932–1994, Gold Coast/Ghana, f/nf) • Chiaki J. Konaka (小中千昭, born 1961, Japan, f) • Venance Konan (born 1958, Ivory Coast, nf/f) • Adame Ba Konaré (born 1947, Mali, nf/f) • Moussa Konaté (1951–2013, Mali/France, f/nf/d) • Marie Kondo (近藤麻理恵, born 1984, Japan, nf) • Yoji Kondo (近藤陽次, 1933–2017, Japan, f) • Béla Kondor (1931–1972, Hungary, p/nf) • Amadou Koné (living, Burkina Faso, nf) • Blaže Koneski (1921–1993, Yugoslavia/N Macedonia, p/nf) • Fatos Kongoli (born 1944, Albania, f) • Faik Konica (1875–1942, Albania, nf) • E. L. Konigsburg (1930–2013, US, ch) • Hans Koning (1921–2007, Netherlands, f/nf) • Tensei Kono (河野典生, 1935–2012, Japan, f) • Halina Konopacka (1900–1989, Russian E/US, p) • Maria Konopnicka (1842–1910, Russian E/Austria-Hungary, p/f/ch) • Konrad von Würzburg (died 1287, Germany, p) • György Konrád (1933–2019, Hungary, f/nf), pseudonym George Konrad • Heinz G. Konsalik (1921–1999, Germany, f), pseudonym of Heinz Günther • Aleko Konstantinov (1863–1897, Ottoman E/Bulgaria, f) • Ventseslav Konstantinov (1940–2019, Bulgaria, f/nf) • Radomir Konstantinović (1928–2011, Yugoslavia/Serbia, nf/f) • Dorothy Koomson (born 1971, England, f) • Dean Koontz (born 1945, US, f) • Robin Koontz (born 1954, US, ch) • Ted Kooser (born 1939, US, p) • August Kopisch (1799–1853, Germany, p) • Stanisław Korab-Brzozowski (1876–1901, Russian E/Austria-Hungary, p) • Morten Korch (1876–1954, Denmark, f) • Janusz Korczak (1878 or 1879–1942, Russian E/Poland, ch), Holocaust victim • Ana Kordzaia-Samadashvili (born 1968, USSR/Georgia, f) • Christiane Koren (1764–1815, Denmark/Norway, p/d) • Koriun (5th c. CE, Armenia, nf) • Gordon Korman (born 1963, Canada/US, f/ch) • Ferenc Körmendi (1900–1972, Hungary/US, f) • M. F. Korn (living, US, f) • Cyril M. Kornbluth (1923–1958, US, f) • Paul Kornfeld (1889–1942, Austrian E/Germany, d), Holocaust victim • Julian Kornhauser (born 1946, Poland, p/f/nf) • Valentyn Kornienko (1939–2011, Ukraine, f) • Mary Norbert Körte (1934–2022, US, p) • Sarah Kortemeier (living, US, p) • Apollo Korzeniowski (1820–1889, Russian E/Austria-Hungary, p/d) • Erih Koš (1913–2010, Austria-Hungary/Serbia, f/nf) • Károly Kós (1883–1977, Hungary, f) • Heinrich Köselitz (1854–1918, Germany, d), pseudonym Peter Gast • Hiroshi Koshiba (小柴博, 1884–1925, Japan, nf) • Sonya Koshkina (born 1985), Ukraine) non-f. wr. • Jerzy Kosinski (1933–1991, Poland/US, f) • Ciril Kosmač (1910–1980, Austria-Hungary/Yugoslavia, f/d) • Srečko Kosovel (1904–1926, Austria-Hungary/Italy • József Kossics (1788–1867, Austria-Hungary/Hungary, 1788–1867, nf/p), also written Jožef Košič • Laza Kostić (1841–1910, Austria-Hungary, p/nf) • Conor Kostick (born 1964, Ireland, nf/f) • Kosugi Tengai (小杉天外, 1865–1952, Japan, f) • Dezső Kosztolányi (1885–1936, Hungary, p/f) • Jóhannes úr Kötlum (1899–1972, Iceland, p/ch) • August von Kotzebue (1761–1819, Germany, d/nf) • Adjoua Flore Kouamé (born 1964, Ivory Coast, f) • Pyabelo Chaold Kouly (born 1943, Togo/Germany, nf) • Marie-Christine Koundja (born 1957, Chad, f) • Ahmadou Kourouma (1927–2003, Ivory Coast, f) • Rudy Kousbroek (1929–2010, Dutch East Indies/Netherlands, p/nf) • Kōshun Takami (高見広春, born 1969, Japan, f) • Seydou Badian Kouyaté (1928–2018, French Sudan/Mali, f/p) • Lojze Kovačič (1928–2004, Yugoslavia/Slovenia, f/ch) • Kajetan Kovič (1931–2014, Yugoslavia/Slovenia, p/nf/ch) • Shih-Li Kow (born 1968, Malaysia, f) • Alicia Kozameh (born 1953, Argentina, f/p/nf) • Daniel Koziarski (born 1949, Poland, f) • Urszula Kozioł (born 1931, Poland, p) • Farooq Kperogi (born 1973, Nigeria, nf) • Tété-Michel Kpomassie (born 1941, Togo, nf) • Tim Krabbé (born 1943, Netherlands, f) • Christian Kracht (born 1966, Switzerland, f/nf) • Erik P. Kraft (living, US, ch) • Robert Kraft (1869–1916, Germany, f) • Thomas Krag (1868–1913, Norway, f/d) • Vilhelm Krag (1871–1933, Norway, p/nf) • Petr Král (1941–2011, Czechoslovakia/Czech R, f/nf) • Lado Kralj (1938–2022, Yugoslavia/Slovenia, nf/f) • Taja Kramberger (born 1970, Yugoslavia, p/nf) • Miško Kranjec (1908–1983, Austrian E/Yugoslavia, f) • Judith Krantz (1928–2019, US, f/nf) • Ignacy Krasicki (1735–1801, Germany, p/d/nf) • Zygmunt Krasiński (1812–1859, France, p/d) • Ivan Krasko (1876–1958, Hungary/Czechoslovakia, p/nf) • Zlatko Krasni (1951–2008, Yugoslavia/Serbia, p) • Krastyo Krastev (1866–1919, Ottoman E/Bulgaria, nf) • Józef Ignacy Kraszewski (1812–1887, Duchy of Warsaw/Switzerland, f/nf) • László Krasznahorkai (born 1954, Hungary, f/d) • Karl Kraus (1874–1936, Austrian E/Austria, nf/d/p) • Rudi Krausmann (1933–2019, Austria/Australia, d/p) • Ruth Krauss (1901–1993, US, ch/p) • Helmut Krausser (born 1964, Germany, f/p/d) • Krayem Awad (born 1948, Syria/Austria, p) • Štefan Krčméry (1892–1955, Hungary/Czechoslovakia, p/nf) • Peter Kreeft (born 1937, US, nf) • Carolyn Kreiter-Foronda (born 1946, US, p) • Esther Kreitman (1891–1954, Russian E/England, f) • Jayne Ann Krentz (born 1948, US, f), also as Amanda Quick and Jayne Castle • Katarzyna Krenz (born 1953, Poland, f/p/nf) • Maruša Krese (1947–2013, Yugoslavia/Slovenia, p/f) • Adrienne Kress (living, Canada, f/ch/nf) • Nancy Kress (born 1948, US, f) • Michelle de Kretser (born 1957, Ceylon/Australia, f) • Vincas Krėvė-Mickevičius (1882–1954, Russian E/Soviet Union, p/f/d) • Jean Krier (1949–2013, Luxembourg, p) • Léon Krier (born 1946, Luxembourg, nf) • Uma Krishnaswami (born 1956, India, ch) • Giles Kristian (born 1975, England, f) • Kristian Kristiansen (1909–1980, f/d/ch) • Tomm Kristiansen (born 1950, Norway, nf) • Ilmur Kristjánsdóttir (born 1978, Iceland, d) • Jónas Kristjánsson (1924–2014, Iceland, nf/f) • Snorri Hergill Kristjánsson (born 1974, Iceland/Scotland, f) • Gerður Kristný (born 1970, Iceland, p/f/ch) • Ágota Kristóf (1935–2011, Hungary/Switzerland, p/d/f) • Sara Kristoffersson (born 1972, Sweden, nf) • Susan Krinard (living, US, f) • Risto Krle (1900–1975, Ottoman E/Yugoslavia, d) • Miroslav Krleža (1893–1981, Austria-Hungary/Yugoslavia, p/f/d) • Vesna Krmpotić (1932–2018, Yugoslavia/Croatia, f/nf) • Franz Xaver Kroetz (born 1946, Germany, d/nf) • Antjie Krog (born 1952, S Africa, p/ch/nf) • Helge Krog (1889–1962, Norway, nf/d) • Niklas Krog (born 1965, Sweden, f/ch) • Christian Krohg (1852–1925, Norway, nf) • Zundel Kroizer (1924–2014, Palestine/Israel, nf) • Inge Krokann (1893–1962, Norway, f) • Gerrit Krol (1934–2013, Netherlands, f/nf/p) • Piet J. Kroonenberg (1927–2016, Netherlands, nf) • Jarrett J. Krosoczka (born 1977, US, ch) • Jaan Kross (1920–2007, USSR/Estonia, f) • Zdravko Krstanović (born 1950, Yugoslavia/Serbia, p/d/f) • Gyula Krúdy (1878–1933, Hungary, f/nf) • William Kent Krueger (born 1950, US, f) • Erwin Krüger (1915–1973, Nicaragua, p) • Joseph Krumgold (1908–1980, US, f/nf/ch) • Friedrich Adolf Krummacher (1767–1845, Germany, nf/p) • Józef Krupiński (1930–1998, Poland, p) • Edwin C. Krupp (born 1944, US, nf) • Max Kruse (1921–2015, Germany, ch) • Agnes von Krusenstjerna (1894–1940, Sweden, f/nf) • Christina Krüsi (born 1968, Switzerland, nf) • James Krüss (1926–1997, Germany/Spain, ch/d) • Ryszard Krynicki (born 1943, Austria, p) • Marilyn Krysl (born 1942, US, f/p) • Sigizmund Krzhizhanovsky (1887–1950, Russian E/Soviet Union, f/nf) • Andrzej Krzycki (1482–1537, Poland, p/nf) • Ramesh Kshitij (born 1969, Nepal, p/f) • Driss Ksikes (born 1968, Morocco, nf)

Ku–Ky

• Alfred Kubin (1877–1959, Austrian E/Austria, f) • Žofia Kubini (fl. 17th c., Hungary), also as Žsofia Kubinyi • Paweł Kubisz (1907–1968, Poland, p/nf) • August Kubizek (1888–1956, Austria, nf) • Mantarō Kubota (久保田万太郎, 1889–1963, Japan, d/f/p) • Tamara Kučan (born 1989, Yugoslavia/Serbia, f) • Nahapet Kuchak (died 1592, Armenia, p) • Adam Kuckhoff (1887–1943, Germany, f/nf) • Péter Kuczka (1923–1999, Hungary, p/f) • Anatoly Kudryavitsky (born 1954, USSR/Ireland, nf/p) • Erik von Kuehnelt-Leddihn (1909–1999, Austria-Hungary/Austria, nf) • Bernhard von Kugler (1837–1898, Germany, nf) • Franz Theodor Kugler (1808–1858, Germany, nf) • Julius Kugy (1858–1944, Austrian E/Italy, nf) • Ken Kuhlken (born 1945, US, f) • Johann Kuhnau (1660–1722, Germany, f/nf) • Gordana Kuić (born 1942, Yugoslavia/Serbia, f) • Rifat Kukaj (1938–2005, Yugoslavia/Kosovo, f/p/ch) • Endre Kukorelly (born 1951, Hungary, nf/f/p) • Martin Kukučín (1860–1928, Hungary/Czechoslovakia, nf/d) • Michael Kulikowski (born 1970, US, nf) • Ayşe Kulin (born 1941, Turkey, f/d) • Nicholas Kulish (born 1975, US, nf/f) • Patricia Laurent Kullick (born 1962, Mexico, f) • Abhay Kumar (born 1980, India, p/nf) • Masao Kume (久米正雄, 1891–1952, Japan, d/f/p) • Mojca Kumerdej (born 1964, Yugoslavia/Slovenia, f/nf) • Maxine Kumin (1925–2014, US, p/f/ch) • Michael Kumpfmüller (born 1961, Germany, f/nf) • Maria Kuncewiczowa (1895–1989, Russian E/Poland, f/nf) • Ludvík Kundera (1920–2010, Czechoslovakia/Czech Republic, f/p) • Milan Kundera (1929–2023, Czechoslovakia/France, f/p/nf) • Mazisi Kunene (1930–2006, S Africa, p) • Ibrahim Kuni (born 1948, Libya/Poland, f) • Doppo Kunikida (国木田獨歩, 1871–1908, Japan, f/p) • Stanley Kunitz (1905–2006, US, p) • Thor Kunkel (born 1963, Germany/Switzerland, f) • Leo Kunnas (born 1967, USSR/Estonia, f/nf) • Reiner Kunze (born 1933, Germany, p/nf) • Richard Kunzmann (born 1976, Namibia/S Africa, f) • Yanka Kupala (1882–1942, Russian E/USSR, p/d), pseudonym of Ivan Daminikavič Lutsevič • Tuli Kupferberg (1923–2010, US, p/nf) • Elisar von Kupffer (1872–1942, Russian E/Germany, p/nf/d), pseudonym Elisarion • Mwana Kupona (died c. 1865, Pate Sultanate (Kenya), p) • Yumiko Kurahashi (倉橋由美子, 1935–2005, Japan, f) • Hyakuzō Kurata (倉田百三, 1891–1943, Japan, nf/d) • Hanif Kureishi (born 1954, England, d/f) • Jalu Kurek (1904–1983, Poland, p/nf/f) • Shushanik Kurghinian (1876–1927, Russian E/USSR) • Kaoru Kurimoto (栗本薫, 1953–2009, Japan, f/d) • Kuriyagawa Hakuson (廚川白村, 1880–1923, Japan, nf), pseudonym of Kuriyagawa Tatsuo • Andrey Kurkov (born 1961, USSR/Ukraine, f/d/ch) • Lynn Kurland (living, US, f) • Momoko Kuroda (黒田杏子, 1938–2023, Japan, p/nf) • Kuroda Seiki (黒田清輝, 1866–1924, Japan, nf) • Ken Kuronuma (黒沼健), 1902–1985, Japan, f) • Denji Kuroshima (黒島伝治, 1898–1943, Japan, f) • Seyhan Kurt (born 1971, France, f) • Jane Kurtz (born 1952, US, ch/nf) • Katherine Kurtz (born 1944, US, f) • Koshi Kurumizawa (胡桃沢耕史, 1925–1994, Japan, f) • Hermann Kurz (1813–1873, Germany, p/f) • Isolde Kurz (1853–1944, Germany, p/f) • Mira Kuś (born 1958, Poland, p) • Kurt Kusenberg (1904–1983, Sweden/Germany, f) • Burhanuddin Kushkaki (1894–1953, Afghanistan, nf) • Rachel Kushner (born 1968, US, f/nf) • Abdi Kusow (living, Somalia/US, nf) • Onat Kutlar (1936–1995, Turkey, p/f/d) • Henry Kuttner (1915–1958, US, f) • Stephen Kuusisto (born 1955, US, p/nf) • Kuvempu (1904–1994, India, p/d/f), pseudonym of Kuppali Venkatappa Puttappa • Eric de Kuyper (born 1942, Belgium/Netherlands, f) • Ellen Kuzwayo (1914–2006, S Africa, nf) • Einar Hjörleifsson Kvaran (1859–1938, Iceland, f/p/d) • Einar Ragnarsson Kvaran (1920–2012, Iceland/US, nf) • Zofka Kveder (1878–1926, Yugoslavia/Slovenia, f/d) • Nestan Kvinikadze (born 1980, USSR/Georgia, d/f) • Benjamin Kwakye (born 1967, Ghana, f) • Phoe Kyar (1891–1942, Burma, f/nf/ch) • James Hla Kyaw (1866–1919, Burma, f) • Henry Kyemba (1939–2023, Uganda, nf) • Morris Kyffin (c. 1555–1598, Wales, p) • Susan S. Kyle (born 1946, US, f), also as Diana Palmer • Natsuhiko Kyōgoku (京極夏彦, born 1963, Japan, f) • Francis Kynaston (1587–1642, England, p) • Kyokutei Bakin (曲亭馬琴, 1767–1848, Japan, f/p) • Goretti Kyomuhendo (born 1965, Uganda/England, f) • Kyoshi Takahama (高浜虚子, 1874–1959, Japan, p) • Willy Kyrklund (1921–2009, Finland/Sweden, f/nf) • Myoma Myint Kywe (born 1960, Burma/Myanmar, nf)