The following is a List of authors by name whose last names begin with M: 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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• Ma Duanlin (馬端臨, 1245–1322, China, nf) • Ma Jian (馬建, born 1953, China, f/p/nf) • Ma Rong (馬融, 79–166 CE, China, f/nf) • Ma Zhiyuan (馬致遠, c. 1250–1321, China, p/d) • Amin Maalouf (born 1949, Lebanon/France, f/nf/d) • Dada Masiti (c. 1810s-15 July 1919, Kenya, p) • Paul Maar (born 1937, Germany, ch) • Rozena Maart (born 1962, S Africa, nf) • Alain Mabanckou (born 1966, Republic of the Congo, f/p/nf) • Ignatius Mabasa (born 1971, S Rhodesia/Zimbabwe, f/p) • Richard Mabey (born 1941, England, nf) • Shukri Mabkhout (born 1962, Tunisia, nf/f) • Darko Macan (born 1966, Yugoslavia/Croatia, nf/f) • Frederick Macartney (1887–1980, Australia, p/nf) • Rose Macaulay (1881–1958, England, f/nf) • Thomas Babington Macaulay (1800–1859, England/Scotland, nf) • George MacBeth (1932–1992, Scotland/Ireland, p/f) • Norman MacCaig (1910–1996, Scotland, p) • Fiona MacCarthy (1940–2020, England, nf) • Hugh MacDiarmid (1892–1978, Scotland, p), pseudonym of Christopher Murray Grieve • Amy MacDonald (born 1951, US, ch) • Ann-Marie MacDonald (born 1958, Canada, d/f) • Betty MacDonald (1908–1958, US, f/ch) • Charlotte Macdonald (born 1950, N Zealand, nf) • Elizabeth Roberts MacDonald (1864–1922, Canada, p/ch/f/nf) • George MacDonald (1824–1905, Scotland/England, nf/ch) • Helen Macdonald (born 1970, England, p) • John D. MacDonald (1916–1986, US, f) • António de Macedo (1931–2017, Portugal, nf/f/d) • Joaquim Manuel de Macedo (1820–1882, Brazil, f/p/d) • Alexandru Macedonski (1854–1920, Wallachia/Romania, p/f/d) • Vytautas Mačernis (1921–1944, Lithuania, p) • Gwendolyn MacEwen (1941–1987, Canada, p/f) • Rebecca Macfie (living, N Zealand, nf) • Marjorie Oludhe Macgoye (1928–2015, England/Kenya, p/f) • Alasdair Alpin MacGregor (1899–1970, Scotland/England, nf/p) • Charles MacGregor (1840–1887, India, nf) • Ellen MacGregor (1906–1954, US, ch) • Reginald James MacGregor (1887–1961, England, ch/d) • Ana Maria Machado (born 1941, Brazil, ch) • Aníbal Machado (1894–1964, Brazil, f) • Antonio Machado (1875–1939, Spain/France, p) • Antônio Castilho de Alcântara Machado (1901–1935, Brazil, f/nf) • D. J. MacHale (born 1955, US, d/ch) • Guillaume de Machaut (c. 1300–1377, France, p) • Mukhran Machavariani (1929–2010, USSR/Georgia, p) • Arthur Machen (1863–1947, Wales/England, f/nf), pseudonym of Arthur Llewellyn Jones • Ben Macintyre (born 1963, England, nf) • Duncan Ban MacIntyre (1724–1812, Scotland, p) • Elisabeth MacIntyre (1916–2004, Australia, ch/f) • Louise Mack (1870–1935, Australia, f/p/nf) • Denis Mackail (1892–1971, England, f/nf) • Jessie Mackay (1864–1938, N Zealand, p) • John Henry Mackay (1864–1933, Scotland/Germany, nf) • Katrine Mackay (1864–1944, Australia/N Zealand, nf) • Shena Mackay (born 1944, Scotland/England, f) • Dorothea Mackellar (1885–1968, Australia, p/f) • Anna Mackenzie (born 1963, N Zealand, p) • Compton Mackenzie (1883–1972, England/Scotland, f/nf) • Henry Mackenzie (1745–1831, Scotland, f/nf) • Kenneth Mackenzie (1913–1955, Australia, p/f) • Serena Mackesy (born 1960s, England, f/nf) • Mary Mackie (born early 1940s, England, f/nf) • Józef Mackiewicz (1902–1985, Russian E/Germany, f/nf) • Stanisław Mackiewicz (1896–1966, Russian E/Poland, nf) • Alasdair Maclean (1926–1994, Scotland, p/nf) • Patricia MacLachlan (1938–2022, US, ch) • Fitzroy Maclean (1911–1996, Italy/England, nf) • Hester Maclean (1859–1932, Australia/N Zealand, nf) • Ida Maclean (1877–1944, England, nf) • Katherine MacLean (1925–2019, US, f) • Sorley MacLean (1911–1996, Scotland, p) • Archibald MacLeish (1892–1982, US, p/nf/d) • Charlotte MacLeod (1922–2005, Canada/US, f) • Della Campbell MacLeod (ca. 1884 – ?, US, f/nf) • Ian R. MacLeod (born 1956, England, f) • Ken MacLeod (born 1954, Scotland, f) • Sarah Broom Macnaughtan (1864–1916, Scotland/England, f/nf) • Aonghas MacNeacail (born 1942, Scotland, p/d) • Louis MacNeice (1907–1963, N Ireland/England, p/d) • Hector Macneill (1746–1818, Scotland, p) • Debbie Macomber (born 1948, US, f) • James Macpherson (1736–1796, Scotland, p) • Katharine Sarah Macquoid (1824–1917, England, f/nf) • Nevil Macready (1862–1946, England, nf) • Angus MacVicar (1908–2001, Scotland, f/nf/ch) • Imre Madách (1823–1864, Hungary, d/p) • Judith Madan (1702–1781, England, p) • Martin Madan (1726–1790, England, nf) • Shirley Maddock (1928–2001, N Zealand, nf/f) • Maddox (born 1978, US, nf), pseudonym of George Ouzounian • Brenda Maddox (1932–2019, US/England, nf) • Bronwen Maddox (born 1963, England, nf) • Yulisa Pat Amadu Maddy (1936–2014, Sierra Leone, d) • Naomi Long Madgett (1923–2020, US, p) • Gajanan Digambar Madgulkar (1919–1977, India, p/f/nf) • Haki R. Madhubuti (born 1942, US, p/nf), born Don Luther Lee • E. S. Madima (living, S Africa, f) • Tenda Madima (living, S Africa, f/p) • Richard Madox (1546–1583, England/Brazil, nf) • Valter hugo mãe (born 1971, Angola/Portugal, f), pseudonym of Valter Hugo Lemos • Jun Maeda (麻枝准, born 1975, Japan, f) • Maurice Maeterlinck (1862–1949, Belgium/France, d/p/nf) • Yutaka Mafune (真船豊, 1902–1977, Japan, d/f) • Modison Salayedvwa Magagula (born 1958, Swaziland, d/p/f) • Lina Magaia (1940–2011, Mozambique, nf/f) • Bogomir Magajna (1904–1963, Austrian E/Yugoslavia, f/ch) • Álvaro Magalhães (born 1951, Portugal, f/ch) • Gonçalves de Magalhães, 1811–1882, Brazil, p/d/nf) • Georgije Magarašević (1793–1830, Serbia, nf/d) • Maga Magazinović (1882–1968, Serbia/Yugoslavia, nf) • John Gillespie Magee Jr. (1922–1941, China/England, p) • Ragnhild Magerøy (1920–2010, Norway, f/nf/p) • Andri Snær Magnason (born 1973, Iceland, f/p/d) • Guðrún Kristín Magnúsdóttir (born 1939, Iceland, ch/nf) • Þórunn Elfa Magnúsdóttir (1910–1995, Iceland, f) • Finnur Magnússon (1781–1847, Iceland/Denmark, nf) • Jón Magnússon (c. 1610–1696, Iceland, nf) • Magnus Magnusson (1929–2007, Iceland/Scotland, nf) • Sindiwe Magona (born 1943, S Africa, f/nf) • David Magradze (born 1962, USSR/Georgia, p) • Paul Magrs (born 1969, England, f/d/nf) • Sandra Magsamen (born 1959, US, ch) • João Magueijo (born 1967, Portugal, nf) • Gregory Maguire (born 1954, US, f) • Wiseman Magwa (born 1962, S Rhodesia/Zimbabwe, d) • Akka Mahadevi (fl. 12th c., India, p) • John Mahama (born 1958, Ghana, nf) • Jayanta Mahapatra (1928–2023, India, p/f/nf) • Maryam Mahboob (born 1955, Afghanistan/Canada, f) • Naguib Mahfouz (1911–2006, Egypt, f/d) • Muhammad Ahmad Mahgoub (1908–1976, Sudan, p/nf) • Jamal Mahjoub (born 1966, England, f) • Abdel Khaliq Mahjub (1927–1971, Sudan, nf) • Ahmad Mahmoud (1931–2002, Iran, f/nf) • Mustafa Mahmoud (1921–2009, Egypt, nf) • Zaki Naguib Mahmoud (1905–1993, Egypt, nf) • Al Mahmud (1936–2019, India/Bangladesh, p/f) • Derek Mahon (1941–2020, N Ireland/Ireland, p/nf) • Ahmed Mahsas (1923–2013, Algeria, nf) • Margaret Mahy (1936–2012, N Zealand, f/ch) • Jennifer Maiden (born 1949, Australia, p/f/nf) • Ōtarō Maijō (舞城王太郎, born 1973, Japan, f) • Norman Mailer (1923–2007, US, f/nf/d) • Ella Maillart (1903–1997, Switzerland, nf) • Arthur Maimane (1932–2005, S Africa, nf/f) • Guru Prasad Mainali (1900–1971, Nepal, f) • Sankie Maimo (1930–2013, Cameroon/Nigeria, d/cg) • Barbara York Main (1929–2019, Australia, nf) • Maironis (1862–1932, Russian E/Lithuania, p) • Rudolf Maister (1874–1934, Austria-Hungary/Yugoslavia, p) • Karen Maitland (born 1956, England, f) • Sara Maitland (born 1950, England, f) • Pierre des Maizeaux (1666 or 1673–1745, France/England, nf) • Adewale Maja-Pearce (born 1953, England/Nigeria, nf/f) • Jorge Majfud (born 1969, Uruguay/US, f/nf) • János Majláth (1786–1855, Austrian E/Hungary, nf/p) • Clarence Major (born 1936, US, p/f) • Lamia Makaddam (born 1971, Tunisia, p/nf) • Svetlana Makarovič (born 1939, Yugoslavia/Slovenia, nf/p/ch) • Barbara Makhalisa (born 1949, S Rhodesia/Zimbabwe, f/nf/p) • Angela Makholwa (living, S Africa, f) • Nick Makoha (living, Ugandan/England, p/d) • Desanka Maksimović (1898–1993, Serbia/Yugoslavia, p/ch) • Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum (born 1949, Dubai, nf/p) • Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi (born 1960s, Uganda/England, f) • Vitan Mal (born 1946, Yugoslavia/Slovenia, ch/f) • Grand Corps Malade (born 1977, France, p), pseudonym of Fabien Marsaud • Rian Malan (born 1954, S Africa, nf/p) • Curzio Malaparte (1898–1957, Italy, nf) • Antoni Malczewski (1793–1826, Russian E, p) • Emilie Monson Malcolm (c. 1830–1905, N Zealand, nf) • Tomás Maldonado (1922–2018, Argentina, nf) • Edmond Amran El Maleh (1917–2010, Morocco/France, nf) • Marcin Malek (born 1975, Poland, p/d) • Rosie Malek-Yonan (born 1965, Iran/US, nf) • Vlado Maleski (1919–1984, Yugoslavia, f) • Oriel Malet (1823–1914, Wales/France, f/nf), pseudonym of Lady Auriel Rosemary Malet Vaughan • Djordje Maletić (1816–1888, Austrian E/Serbia, p/nf) • Qabaniso Malewezi (born 1979, Malawi, p) • François de Malherbe (1555–1628, France, p/nf) • Rajiv Malhotra (born 1950, India/US, nf) • Josh Malihabadi (1898–1982, India/Pakistan, p) • Ashesh Malla (born 1954, Nepal, d) • Madayyagari Mallana (fl. 15th c., Rayalaseema/Vijayanagara E, p) • Stéphane Mallarmé (1842–1898, France, p/nf) • Gitta Mallasz (1907–1992, Hungary/France, nf) • Eduardo Mallea (1903–1982, Argentina, f/nf) • Susan Mallery (born 1950, US, f) • David Mallet (c. 1705–1765, Scotland, p/d) • Tom Mallin (1927–1977, England, f/d) • Allan Mallinson (born 1949, England, f/nf) • Francis Mallmann (born 1956, Argentina, nf) • Agustín Fernández Mallo (born 1967, Spain, p/f/nf) • Clare Mallory (1913–1991, N Zealand, ch), pseudonym of Winifred Constance McQuilkan Hall • Bertil Malmberg (1889–1958, Sweden, f/p) • Bodil Malmsten (1944–2016, Sweden, p/f) • Thomas Malory (c. 1415–1471, England, p/f) • Hector Malot (1830–1907, France, nf/f) • David Malouf (born 1934, Australia, f/p/d) • Eric Malpass (1910–1996, England, f) • André Malraux (1901–1976, France, f/nf) • Demetrio Aguilera Malta (1909–1981, Ecuador, nf) • Barry N. Malzberg (born 1939, US, f) • Benedicto Wokomaatani Malunga (born 1962, Malawi, p) • Amina Mama (born 1958, Nigeria/US, nf) • Abdoulaye Mamani (1932–1993, Niger, p/f) • Mahmood Mamdani (born 1946, India/Uganda, nf) • Goffredo Mameli (1827–1949, Italy, p/nf) • Mouloud Mammeri (1917–1989, Algeria, f/d/nf) • Magda Mamet (1916–2012, Mauritius, p) • Razaq Mamoon (born 1964, Afghanistan/Australia, nf) • Rania Mamoun (born 1979, Sudan, f/nf) • William Manchester (1922–2004, US, nf) • Andreas Mand (born 1959, Germany, f/nf/d) • Shahriar Mandanipour (born 1957, Iran/US, nf) • Nelson Mandela (1918–1913, S Africa, nf) • Osip Mandelstam (1891–1938, Russia/USSR, p/nf) • Jane Mander (1877–1949, N Zealand, f/nf) • Miles Mander (1888–1946, England, d/f) • John Mandeville (14th c., probably France/Netherlands, nf) • Svetislav Mandić (1921–2003, Serbia/Montenegro, nf/p) • Iván Mándy (1918–1995, Hungary, nf) • Mustafa Lutfi al-Manfaluti (1876–1924, Egypt, f/d/p) • James Clarence Mangan (1803–1849, Ireland, p) • Patrick Mangeni (living, Uganda, p/d/ch) • Richmal Mangnall (1769–1820, England, ch) • Andrew Mango (1926–2014, Turkey/England, nf) • Charles Mangua (1939–2021, Kenya, f) • Bill Manhire (born 1946, N Zealand, p/f) • Rani Manicka (living, Malaysia, f) • John Manifold (1915–1985, Australia, p/nf) • Marcus Manilius (fl. 1st c. CE, Roman E, p) • Frederick Edward Maning (1812–1883, N Zealand, nf) • Irshad Manji (born 1968, Uganda/Canada, nf) • Henning Mankell (1948–2015, Sweden, f/ch/d) • Guy Mankowski (born 1983, England, f/nf) • Delarivier Manley (1663 or c. 1670–1724, England, nf/d) • Alana Mann (living, Australia, nf) • Erika Mann (1905–1969, Germany/Switzerland, nf) • Golo Mann (1909–1994, Germany/Switzerland, nf) • Heinrich Mann (1871–1950, Germany/US, f) • Klaus Mann (1906–1949, Germany/France, f/nf) • Leonard Mann (1895–1981, Australia, p/f) • Mary E. Mann (1848–1929, England, f/d) • Phillip Mann (born 1942, England/N Zealand, f) • Thomas Mann (1875–1955, Germany/Switzerland, f/nf) • Anne Manning (1807–1879, England, f) • Emily Manning (1845–1890, Australia, nf), pseudonym Australie • Frederic Manning (1882–1935, England, f/p) • Laurence Manning (1899–1972, Canada, f) • Lauren Manning (born 1961, US, nf) • Maurice Manning (born 1966, US, p) • Richard Manning (born 1951, US, nf) • Rosemary Manning (1911–1988, England, f) • Ruth Manning-Sanders (1886–1988, Wales/England, p/ch) • Daniel P. Mannix (1911–1997, US, f/nf) • Robert Mannyng (1264–1340, England, nf) • Todor Manojlović (1883–1968, Austria-Hungary/Yugoslavia, p/d/nf) • Jaime Manrique (born 1949, Colombia/US, f/p/nf) • Chris Mansell (born 1953, Australia, p/f/ch) • Jill Mansell (living, England, f) • Katherine Mansfield (1888–1923 N Zealand/France, f/p) • Keith Mansfield (born 1965, England, f) • Mark Manson (born 1984, US, nf) • Anis Mansour (1924–2011, Egypt, nf) • Latifa Ben Mansour (born 1950, Algeria, nf) • Zahra Mansouri (living, Morocco, p) • Muhammad Mansuruddin (1904–1987, India/Bangladesh, nf) • Jakobe Mansztajn (born 1982, Poland, p/nf) • Alicia Catherine Mant (1788–1869, England, ch) • Hilary Mantel (1952–2022, England, f/nf) • Saadat Hasan Manto (1912–1955, India/Pakistan, f/d/nf) • Manuchehri ((fl. 1031–1040, Persia, p) • Sarah Ladipo Manyika (born 1968, Nigeria/England, f/nf) • Sonia Manzano (born 1950, US, ch) • Alessandro Manzoni (1785–1873, Italy, p/f/nf) • Mokbula Manzoor (1938–2020, India/Bangladesh, f/nf/ch) • Mao Dun (茅盾, 1896–1981, China, nf/f/d) • Jack Mapanje (born 1944, Nyasaland/Malawi, p/nf) • Carmen Marai (living, Chile, p/f) • Sándor Márai (1900–1989, Hungary/US, f/nf/p) • J. Nozipo Maraire (born 1964, S Rhodesia/Zimbabwe, f) • Eugène Marais (1871–1936, S Africa, nf) • René Maran (1887–1960, Martinique/France, p/f) • Pierre de Marbeuf (1595–1645, France, p) • Cristina Marcano (born 1960, Venezuela, nf) • Marcel Marceau (1923–2007, France, nf) • Frédéric Marcelin (1848–1917, Haiti, f/nf) • Jane Marcet (1769–1858, England, nf) • Ausiàs March (1400–1459, Valencia, p) • Jill March (born 1950, US, f), pseudonym of Nora Roberts • Stella March (1916–2010, England, f), pseudonym of Marjorie Bell Marshall • Melina Marchetta (born 1965, Australia, f/ch) • Hans Marchwitza (1890–1965, Germany, f/nf/p) • Justinas Marcinkevičius (1930–2011, Lithuania/Soviet Union, p/d) • Ben Marcus (born 1967, US, f/nf) • Morton Marcus (1936–2009, US, p) • Sharon Marcus (born 1966, US, nf) • Jan Marcussen (living, US, nf) • Walter de la Mare (1873–1956), England, p/f/ch) • Leopoldo Marechal (1900–1970, Argentina, p/f/nf) • Dambudzo Marechera (1952–1987, S Rhodesia/Zimbabwe, f/d/p) • Mareez (1917–1983, India, p/nf) • Margaret of Valois-Angoulême (1492–1599, France, nf) • Manuela Margarido (1925–2007, São Tomé and Príncipe/Portugal, p) • Ingólfur Margeirsson (1948–2011, Iceland, nf) • Leo Margulies (1900–1975, US, f) • Giwi Margwelaschwili (1927–2020, Germany/Soviet Union, f/nf) • Silvana De Mari (born 1953, Italy, f) • Paul Mariani born 1940, US, p) • Javier Marías (born 1951, Spain, f/nf) • José Carlos Mariátegui (1894–1930, Peru, nf) • Marie de France (fl. 1160–1215, England, p) • Juliet Marillier (born 1948, N Zealand, f) • Katarina Marinčič (born 1968, Yugoslavia/Slovenia, f/nf) • Karl von Marinelli (1745–1803, Austria, d) • Filippo Tommaso Marinetti (1876–1944, Egypt/Italy, p/nf) • Giambattista Marino (1569–1625, Italy, p) • Pierre de Marivaux (1688–1763, France, d/f) • Smilja Marjanović-Dušanić (born 1963, Yugoslavia/Serbia, nf) • E. A. Markham (1939–2008, Montserrat/France, p/d/f) • Edwin Markham (1852–1940, US, p) • Liza Marklund (born 1962, Sweden, f) • Béla Markó (born 1951, Romania, nf) • Georgi Markov (1929–1978, Bulgaria/England, nf/f/d) • Mihailo Marković (1923–2010, Yugoslavia/Serbia, nf) • David Markson (1927–2010, US, f/p/nf) • Stephen Marley (living, England, f) • Christopher Marlowe (1564–1593, England, d) • Deb Marlowe (living, US, f) • Derek Marlowe (1938–1996, England, d/f) • Paul Marlowe (living, Canada, f) • José Mármol (1818–1871, Argentina, p) • Philips of Marnix, Lord of Saint-Aldegonde (1540–1598, Flanders/Netherlands, nf/p) • Igor Marojević (born 1968, Yugoslavia/Serbia, nf) • Monika Maron (born 1941, Germany, f/nf) • Clément Marot (1496–1544, France, p) • Jean Marot (1463 – c. 1526, France, p) • Leïla Marouane (born 1960, Tunisia/Algeria, f), pseudonym of Leyla Zineb Mechentel • Abbas Maroufi (born 1957, Iran/Germany, f/nf) • Ana Marija Marović (1815–1887, Italy/Montenegro, f/nf) • Rafael Marques (born 1971, Angola, nf) • René Marqués (1919–1979, Puerto Rico, f/d) • Anne de Marquets (c. 1533–1588, France, p) • Gabriel García Márquez (1927–2014, Colombia, f/nf) • Don Marquis (1878–1937, US, f/p/d) • Damian Marrett (born 1967, Australia, nf) • Janice Marriott (born 1946, England/N Zealand, p/nf) • Augusta Marryat (1828–1899, England, ch) • Emilia Marryat (1835–1875, England, f/ch) • Florence Marryat (1833–1899, England, f/d) • Frank Marryat (1826–1855, England, nf) • Frederick Marryat (1792–1848, England, f/ch) • Horace Marryat (1818–1887, England, nf) • Adam Mars-Jones (born 1954, England, f/nf) • John Marsden (born 1950, Australia, ch/nf) • John Howard Marsden (1803–1891, England, nf/p) • Edward Garrard Marsh (1783–1862, England, p/nf) • Geoffrey Marsh (1942–2006, US, f), pseudonym of Charles L. Grant • Henry Marsh (born 1950, England, nf) • Katherine Marsh (born 1974, US, ch/nf) • Ngaio Marsh (1895–1982, N Zealand, f) • Ronald James Marsh (1914–1987, England, f) • Selina Tusitala Marsh (born 1971, N Zealand, p/f/ch) • Agnes Marshall (1855–1905, England, nf) • Bill Okyere Marshall (died 2021, Ghana, d/f) • Bruce Marshall (1899–1987, Scotland, f/nf) • James Marshall (1942–1992, US, ch) • Owen Marshall (born 1941, N Zealand, f) • Paule Marshall (1929–2019, US, f) • Adam Mars-Jones (born 1954, England, f/nf) • Una Marson (1905–1965, Jamaica, p/d/nf) • Trude Marstein (born 1973, Norway, f/nf/ch) • John Marston (1576–1634, England, p/d/nf) • Yann Martel (born 1963, Canada, f) • José Martí (1853–1895, Cuba, p/nf) • Martial (c. 38–41 – c. 102–1904, Roman E, p), full name Marcus Valerius Martialis • Andrew Martin (born 1962, England, f/nf) • Ann M. Martin (born 1955, US, ch) • Camille Martin (born 1956, US/Canada, p/nf) • Catherine Edith Macauley Martin (1848–1937, Scotland/Australia, f/p) • David Martin (1915–1997, Hungary/Australia, f/p/d), born Lajos Detsinyi • Emily Winfield Martin (living, US, ch) • Faith Martin (living, England, f), pseudonym of Jackie Walton • George R. R. Martin (born 1948, US, f/d) • J. P. Martin (1880–1966, England/S Africa, ch) • Kat Martin (born 1947, US, f) • Malachi Martin (1921–1999, Ireland/US, nf), also as Michael Serafian • Mary Martin (1817–1884, England/N Zealand, nf) • Philip Martin (1931–2005, Australia, p) • Randall V. Martin (living, US, nf) • Reginald Alec Martin (1908–1971, England, ch/f), pseudonyms E. C. Eliott and Rex Dixon • Ros Martin (born 1960s, England, d/p) • S. I. Martin (born 1961, England, nf/f/ch) • William Martin (1767–1810, England, nf) • William Martin (1772–1851, England, nf) • William Martin (living, US, f) • William Keble Martin (1877–1969, England, nf) • Harriet Martineau (1802–1876, England, nf) • Guillermo Martínez (born 1962, Argentina, f) • Tomás Eloy Martínez (1934–2010, Argentina, nf) • Zlatoje Martinov (born 1953, Yugoslavia/Serbia, nf) • Savo Martinović (born 1935, Yugoslavia/Serbia, nf) • João Cleófas Martins (1901–1970, Cape Verde, d) • Joaquim Pedro de Oliveira Martins (1845–1894, Portugal, nf) • José Tomás de Sousa Martins (1843–1897, Portugal, nf) • Ovídio Martins (1928–1999, Cape Verde/Netherlands, p/nf) • Harry Martinson (1904–1978, Sweden, f/p/d) • Moa Martinson (1890–1964, Sweden, f/p) • Sandra Marton (living, US, f) • Margaret Maruani (born 1954, Tunisia/France, nf) • Saiichi Maruya (丸谷才一, 1925–2012, Japan, f/nf) • Kenji Maruyama (丸山健二, born 1943, Japan, f) • Andrew Marvell (1621–1678, England, p/nf) • Karl Marx (1818–1883, Germany/England, nf) • Cissy van Marxveldt (1889–1948, Netherlands, ch) • Francis A. Marzen (1925–2004, US, nf) • Gorō Masaki (柾悟郎, born 1957, Japan, f) • Masaoka Shiki (正岡子規, 1867–1902, Japan, p/nf) • John Masefield (1878–1967, England, p/ch) • Barbara Masekela (born 1941, S Africa, p/nf) • Lutfullah Mashal (born 1971, Afghanistan, nf/p) • Mohale Mashigo (born 1983, S Africa, p/f) • Veselin Masleša (1906–1943, Austria-Hungary/Yugoslavia, nf) • Leo Maslíah (born 1954, Uruguay, p/f/d) • A. E. W. Mason (1865–1948, England, f) • Anita Mason (born 1942, England, f) • Bruce Mason (1921–1982, N Zealand, d) • Ronald Mason (1912–2001, England, nf) • Sineb El Masrar (born 1981, Germany, nf) • Janine Massard (born 1939, Switzerland, f/nf/ch) • Francisco Massiani (1944–2019, Venezuela, f/p) • Ursula Masson (1945–2008, Wales, nf) • Alexander Masters (living, England, nf/d) • Edgar Lee Masters (1868–1950, US, p/nf/d) • Olga Masters (1919–1986, Australia, f/d) • John Mastin (1747–1829, England, nf) • Mostafa Mastoor (born 1964, Iran, f/nf) • Ángeles Mastretta (born 1949, Mexico, f/nf) • Carlos Mastronardi (1901–1976, Argentina, p/nf) • Kāterina Mataira (1932–2011, N Zealand, nf) • Carol Matas (born 1949, Canada, nf/ch) • Simo Matavulj (1852–1908, Austrian E/Serbia, f/nf) • Ruhaini Matdarin (born 1981, Malaysia, f/p) • John Mateer (born 1971, S Africa/Australia, p/nf) • Dary Matera (born 1955, US, nf) • Mark Mathabane (born 1960, S Africa, nf) • Dafydd Llwyd Mathau (fl. 1601–1629, Wales, p) • Anne Mather (born 1946, England, f), pseudonym of Mildred Grieveson • Cotton Mather (1663–1728, N American English colonies, f/nf) • Hilda Matheson (1888–1940, England, nf/d) • Richard Matheson (1926–2013, US, f/d) • Ray Mathew (1929–2002, Australia, p/d/f) • Sarah Mathew (c. 1805–1890, N Zealand, nf) • Harry Mathews (1930–2017, US, f/p/nf) • Peta Mathias (living, N Zealand, nf) • Thomas James Mathias (c. 1754–1835, England, nf) • Deborah Mathis (born 1953, US, nf) • Dafydd Llwyd Mathau (fl. 1601–1629, Wales, p) • Dušan Matić (1898–1980, Serbia/Yugoslavia, p/nf) • Vladan Matijević (born 1962, Yugoslavia/Serbia, f/nf) • Anne Matindi (born 1942, Kenya, ch/d) • Gregório de Matos (1636–1696, Brazil, p) • Luis Palés Matos (1898–1969, Puerto Rico, p/d) • Nemir Matos-Cintrón (born 1949, Puerto Rico/US, p/f) • Todd Matshikiza (1921–1968, S Africa, nf) • Nicolaas Matsier (born 1945, Netherlands, f), pseudonym of Tjit Reinsma • Seichō Matsumoto (松本清張, 1909–1992, Japan, f) • Enzo Matsunaga (松永延造, 1895–1938, Japan, f) • Matsuo Bashō (松尾芭蕉, 1644–1694, Japan, p) • Don Mattera (1934–2022, S Africa, d/p/f) • John Matteson (born 1961, US, nf) • Dalene Matthee (1938–2005, S Africa, f) • Carole Matthews (born 1960, England, f) • Laura Matthews (living, US, f), pseudonym of Elizabeth Neff Walker • Tina Matthews (born 1961, N Zealand, nf/f) • Friedrich von Matthisson (1761–1831, Germany, p) • Christobel Mattingley (1931–2019, Australia, ch/f/nf) • János Mattis-Teutsch (1884–1960, Austria-Hungary/Romania, nf) • José María Rivarola Matto (1917–1998, Paraguay, d/nf) • Tomás de Mattos (1947–2016, Uruguay, f/nf) • Aroj Ali Matubbar (1900–1985, India/Bangladesh, nf) • Mustapha Matura (1939–2019, Trinidad/England, d) • Sophie Dora Spicer Maude (1854–?, England, f) • Henry Maudsley (1835–1918, England, nf) • Israel Mauduit (1708–1787, England, nf) • W. Somerset Maugham (1874–1965, England/France, f/d) • Maung Maung (1925–1994, Burma/Myanmar, nf) • Thu Maung (1951–2010, Burma/Myanmar, p/f) • Édouard Maunick (1931–2021, Mauritius, p/nf) • Guy de Maupassant (1850–1893, France, f/nf/p) • Armistead Maupin (born 1944, US, f) • Neža Maurer (born 1930, Yugoslavia/Slovenia, ch/p/nf) • François Mauriac (1885–1970, France, f/d/p) • Frederick Denison Maurice (1805–1872, England, nf) • Furnley Maurice (1881–1942, Australia, p), pseudonym of Frank Wilmot • Angela du Maurier (1904–2002, England, f/nf) • Daphne du Maurier (1907–1989, England, f/d) • George du Maurier (1834–1896, France/England, f) • Guy du Maurier (1865–1915, England/Belgium, d) • André Maurois (1885–1967, France, f/nf) • Charles Maurras (1868–1962, France, nf) • Fritz Mauthner (1849–1923, Austrian E/Germany, f/nf) • Virginie Mauvais (1797–1892), France, nf • Tucker Max (born 1975, US, f) • Daniel Maximin (born 1947, Guadeloupe/France, f/p/nf) • Maximus the Confessor (c. 580–662 CE, Byzantine E, nf) • Donald Maxwell (1877–1936, England, nf) • Glyn Maxwell (born 1962, England, p/d/f) • Kathleen Maxwell (born 1952, US, f), pseudonym of Kathryn Ptacek • Patricia Maxwell (born 1942, US, f) • William Hamilton Maxwell (1792–1850, Ireland/Scotland, f/nf) • Julian May (1931–2017, US, f/ch) • Karl May (1842–1912, Germany, f) • Muriel May (1897–1982, N Zealand, nf) • Peter May (born 1951, Scotland/France, d/f) • Vladimir Mayakovsky (1893–1930, Russian E/USSR, p/d) • Ged Maybury (born 1953, N Zealand, ch) • Richard Maybury (born 1946, US, nf) • Marius von Mayenburg (born 1972, Germany, d) • Arno J. Mayer (1926–2023, Luxembourg/US, nf) • Bernadette Mayer (1945–2022, US, p/nf) • Hans Mayer (1907–2001, Germany, nf) • Mercer Mayer (born 1943, US, ch) • Anne Mayfield (born 1952, US, f), pseudonym of Kathryn Ptacek • Henry Mayhew (1812–1887, England, nf/d) • James Mayhew (born 1964, England, ch) • Charles Mayiga (born 1962, Uganda, nf) • Jan Mayman (died 2021, Australia, nf) • William Mayne (1928–2010, England, ch) • Cath Mayo (living, N Zealand, ch/f) • F. M. Mayor (1872–1932, England, f) • John E. B. Mayor (1825–1910, Ceylon/England, nf) • Francisco Mayorga (born 1949, Nicaragua, f/nf/p) • Salomón Ibarra Mayorga (1887–1985, Nicaragua, p) • Taku Mayumura (眉村卓, 1934–2012, Japan, f/p) • Ben Mazer (born 1964, US, p) • Ibrahim al-Mazini (1889/1890–1949, Egypt, p/f/nf) • José Ricardo Mazó (1927–1987, Paraguay, p) • Ali Mazrui (1933–2014, Kenya/US, nf) • Martynas Mažvydas (1510–1563, Grand Duchy of Lithuania, nf) • Miha Mazzini (born 1961, Yugoslavia/Slovenia, f)

Mb–Md

• Oliver Mbamara (living, Nigeria/US, p/nf) • Amina Sow Mbaye (born 1937, Senegal, f/p/nf) • Chantal Magalie Mbazo'o-Kassa (born 1967, Gabon, p/f) • Guillaume Oyônô Mbia (1939–2021, Cameroon, d) • Lassy Mbouity (born 1988, Republic of the Congo, nf) • Rose Mbowa (1943–1999, Uganda, nf/d) • Imbolo Mbue (born 1981, Cameroon/US, f/nf) • Bernadette Devlin McAliskey (born 1947, N Ireland, nf) • Anne McAllister (living, US, f) • Robert McAlmon (1896–1956, US, f/nf/p) • Rachel McAlpine (born 1940, N Zealand, p/f/d) • Maxine McArthur (born 1962, Australia, f/nf) • Tawiah M'carthy (living, Ghana/Canada, d) • James McAuley (1917–1976, Australia, nf/p) • Paul J. McAuley (born 1955, England, nf/f) • Ian McBryde (born 1953, Canada/Australia, p) • Simon McBurney (born 1957, England, d) • Anne McCaffrey (1926–2011, US/Ireland, f) • Mary McCallum (born 1961, N Zealand, f/nf) • Anthony McCarten (born 1961, N Zealand, f/d/nf) • Cormac McCarthy (1933–2023, US, f/d) • Eugene McCarthy (1916–2005, US, nf/ch/p) • Helen McCarthy (born 1951, England, nf) • Pete McCarthy (1951–2004, England, nf) • Susan McCaslin (born 1947, Canada, p/nf/ch) • Geraldine McCaughrean (born 1951, England, ch) • Sue McCauley (born 1941, N Zealand, f/d/nf) • J. D. McClatchy (1945–2018, US, p/nf) • Sharron McClellan (born 1963, Spain/US, f) • David McClintock (1913–2001, England, nf) • Robert McCloskey (1914–2003, US, ch) • Joanna McClure (born 1930, US, p) • James H. McClure (1939–2006, S Africa, f/nf) • Michael McClure (1932–2020, US, p/d/f) • Lyn McConchie (born 1946, N Zealand, f/ch/nf) • David McCooey (born 1967, England/Australia, p/nf) • Una McCormack (born 1972, England, d/f) • Frank McCourt (1930–2009, Ireland, nf) • Annie Virginia McCracken (1868–?, US, f) • Esther McCracken (1902–1971, England, d) • Josephine Clifford McCracken (1839–1921, Germany/US, nf/f) • George Gordon McCrae (1833–1927, Scotland/Australia, p) • Georgiana McCrae (1804–1890, England/Australia, nf) • Hugh McCrae (1876–1958, Australia, p) • John McCrae (1872–1918, Canada, p) • Sharyn McCrumb (born 1948, US, nf/f) • Ronald McCuaig (1908–1993, Australia, p/nf/ch) • Carson McCullers (1917–1967, US, f/d/p), pseudonym of Lula Carson Smith • Johnston McCulley (1883–1958, US, f/d) • Colleen McCullough (1937–2015, Australia/Norfolk Is, f) • David McCullough (1933–2022, US, nf) • Carolyn McCurdie (born 1947, England/N Zealand, ch/f/p) • Andy McDermott, born 1974, England, f/nf) • Jack McDevitt (born 1935, US, f/nf) • Henry McDonald (1965–2023, N Ireland, nf/f) • Jill McDonald (1927–1982, N Zealand/England, ch) • Nan McDonald (1921–1974, Australia, p) • Roger McDonald (born 1941, Australia, f/nf/p) • Walt McDonald (1934–2022, US, p) • Flora McDonnell (born 1963, England, ch) • Ian McEwan (born 1948, England, f/d) • Melanie McFadyean (1950–2023, England, nf/f) • Ella McFadyen (1887–1976, Australia, p/nf/ch) • Fiona McFarlane (born 1978, Australia, f) • Leslie McFarlane (1902–1977, Canada, f/d) • Shona McFarlane (1929–2001, N Zealand, nf) • William McFee (1881–1966, England/US, f) • Greg McGee (born 1950, N Zealand, f/d) • May McGoldrick (US, shared pseudonym, f) • Elvis McGonagall (born 1960, Scotland, p) • William McGonagall (1825–1902, Ireland/Scotland, p) • Roger McGough (born 1937, England, p/d/ch) • Michelle McGrane (born 1974, Rhodesia/S Africa, p/nf) • Campbell McGrath (born 1962, US, p) • Patrick McGrath (born 1950, England/US, f) • Thomas McGrath (1916–1990, US, p) • Wendy McGrath (living, Canada, f/p) • Eloise Jarvis McGraw (1915–2000, US, ch) • Fiona McGregor (born 1965, Australia, f/nf) • Jon McGregor (born 1976, England, f) • Jerrilyn McGregory (living, US, f/nf) • Patrick McGuinness (born 1968, Tunisia/England, f/p/nf) • Abdeslam Ben Mchich (1140–1227, Morocco, nf) • Heather McHugh (born 1948, US, p) • Maureen F. McHugh (born 1959, US, f) • Siobhán McHugh (living, Ireland/Australia, nf/f) • Ralph McInerny (1929–2010, US, f/p) • Mary Susan McIntosh (1936–2013, England, nf) • James McIntyre (1928–2006, Scotland/Canada, p) • Claude McKay (1890–1948, Jamaica/US, f/p) • Don McKay (born 1942, Canada, p) • Edith McKay (1891–1963, Australia, f) • Hilary McKay (born 1959, England, ch) • Sharon E. McKay (born 1954, Canada, ch) • David McKee (1935–2022, England, ch) • Terence McKenna (1946–2000, US, nf) • Florence Violet McKenzie (1890 or 1892–1982, Australia, nf) • Dennis L. McKiernan (born 1932, US, f) • Robin McKinley (born 1952, US, ch/nf) • Tamara McKinley (born 1948, Australia/England, f) • Meagan McKinney (born 1961, US, f), pseudonym of Ruth Goodman • Patricia McKissack (1944–2017, US, ch) • Rod McKuen (1933–2015, US, p) • Greg McLaren (born 1967, Australia, p/nf) • Rosemary McLeod (born 1949, N Zealand, nf) • Marshall McLuhan (1911–1980, Canada, nf) • Barbara McMahon (born 1961, US, f) • Katharine McMahon (living, England, f) • Emily Julian McManus (1865–1918, Canada, p/nf) • Rhyll McMaster (born 1947, Australia, p/f) • James L. McMichael (born 1939, US, p) • Ian McMillan (born 1956, England, p/d) • Michael McMillan (born 1962, England, d/nf) • Mary McMullen (1920–1986, US, f), pseudonym of Mary Reilly • Larry McMurtry (1936–2021, US, f) • Linda McNabb (born 1963, England/N Zealand, ch/f) • Bertha McNamara (1853–1931, Germany/Australia, nf) • Judith McNaught (born 1944, US, f) • Colin McNaughton (born 1951, England, ch) • Kit McNaughton (c. 1887–1953, Australia, nf) • H. C. McNeile (1888–1937, England, f), pseudonym Sapper • Janet McNeill (1907–1994, Ireland/England, f/d/ch) • Clive Leo McNeir (living, England, f/nf) • James McNeish (1931–2016, N Zealand, f/d/nf) • Cilla McQueen (born 1949, N Zealand, p) • Karen McQuestion (born 1961, US, f/ch) • Geoffrey McSkimming (born 1962, Australia, ch/p) • Norris McWhirter (1925–2004, England, nf) • Ross McWhirter (1925–1975, England, nf) • Zakes Mda (born 1948, S Africa, f/p/d), pseudonym of Zanemvula Kizito Gatyeni Mda

Me

• Richelle Mead (born 1976, US, f) • L. T. Meade (1844–1914, Ireland, ch) • Stephen W. Meader (1892–1977, US, ch) • Gillian Mears (1964–2016, Australia, f) • Gwallter Mechain (1761–1849, Wales, p/nf), pseudonym of Walter Davies • Gwerful Mechain (fl. 1460–1502, Wales, p) • Mechthild of Magdeburg (c. 1207 – c. 1282/1294, Germany, nf) • Anoeschka von Meck (born 1967, SW Africa/Namibia, f/nf) • Christoph Meckel (1935–2020, Germany, f/nf) • Miriam Meckel (born 1967, Germany, nf) • Richard James Mecredy (1861–1924, Ireland, nf) • Dejan Medaković (1922–2008, Yugoslavia/Serbia, nf) • Peter Medawar (1915–1987, Brazil/England, nf) • Abdelwahab Meddeb (1946–2014, Tunisia/France, nf) • Teresa Medeiros (born 1962/1963, US, f) • Nia Medi (living, Wales, d/f) • Peace Adzo Medie (living, Liberia/Ghana, f/nf) • Lucila Gamero de Medina (1873–1964, Honduras, f) • Jean-Louis Njemba Medu (1902–1966, Cameroon, f) • Thomas Medwin (1788–1869, England, p/nf) • Arthur Mee (1875–1943, England, nf/cs) • Charles Denis Mee (1927–2023, England, nf) • Thomas Meehan (1929–2017, US, d) • S. P. Meek (1894–1972, US, f/ch) • Elizabeth Meeke (1761 – c. 1826, England, f/ch) • Selma Meerbaum-Eisinger (1924–1942, Romania/Ukraine, p), Holocaust victim • Megas (born 1945, Iceland, nf), pseudonym of Magnús Þór Jónsson • Helen Megaw (1907–2002, Ireland/England, nf) • Jhaverchand Meghani (1896–1947, India, p/f/nf) • Ibrahim Abdel Meguid (born 1946, Egypt, f) • Mariella Mehr (born 1947, Switzerland/Italy, f) • Stein Mehren (1935–2017, Norway, p/nf/d) • Walter Mehring (1896–1981, Germany/Switzerland, nf/p) • Narsinh Mehta (fl. 15th c., Delhi Sultanate/Gujarat Sultanate, p) • Mei Yaochen (梅堯臣, 1002–1060, China, p) • Dora van der Meiden-Coolsma (1918–2001, Netherlands, ch) • Niklaus Meienberg (1940–1993, Switzerland, nf) • Ischa Meijer (1943–1995, Netherlands, nf) • Wilhelm Meinhold (1797–1851, Sweden/Germany, p/d/f) • Peter Meinke (born 1932, US, p/f) • Cecília Meireles (1901–1964, Brazil, p/nf) • Ahmed Mejjati (1936–1995, Morocco, p) • Jamila Mejri (born 1951, Tunisia, p) • Tsehay Melaku (born c. 1952, Ethiopia, f) • Sagi Melamed (born 1965, US, nf) • Philip Melanchthon (1497–1560, Germany, nf) • Tamta Melashvili (born 1979, USSR/Georgia, f) • Fulvio Melia (born 1956, Italy/US, nf) • Tommaso Melilli (born 1960, Italy, nf) • Melissus of Samos (fl. 5th c. BCE, Greece, nf) • Paulus Melissus (1539–1602, Germany, p) • Agop Melkonyan (1949–2006, Bulgaria, f/nf) • John van Melle (1887–1953, Netherlands/S Africa, f) • Francisco Manuel de Mello (1608–1666, Portugal, p/nf) • Luís Romano de Madeira Melo (1922–2010, Cape Verde/Brazil, p/f/nf) • David Meltzer (1937–2016, US, p) • Milton Meltzer (1915–2009, US, nf/ch) • Herman Melville (1819–1891, US, f/p) • Pauline Melville (born 1948, British Guiana/England, f) • Albert Memmi (1920–2020, Tunisia/France, f/nf) • Menander (c. 342/41 – c. 290 BCE, Greece, d) • Eva Menasse (born 1970, Austria, f/nf) • Robert Menasse (born 1954, Austria, f/nf) • Šiško Menčetić (1457–1527, Ragusa, p) • Mencius (孟子, 372–289 or 385 – c. 303/302 BCE, China, nf) • Charlotte Mendelson (born 1972, England, f/nf) • Paul Mendelson (born 1965, England, f/nf) • Moses Mendelssohn (1729–1786, Germany, nf) • Catulle Mendès (1841–1909, France, p/nf) • Murilo Mendes (1901–1975, Brazil, p) • Eduardo Mendoza (born 1943, Spain, f) • Susan Mendus (born 1951, Wales/England, nf) • Saida Menebhi (1952–1977, Morocco, p) • Guillermo Meneses (1911–1978, Venezuela, nf/d) • Holdemar Menezes (1921–1996, Brazil, f/nf) • Meng Haoran (孟浩然, c. 689/691–740, China, p) • Dinaw Mengestu (born 1978, Ethiopia/US, f/nf) • Maaza Mengiste (born 1974, Ethiopia/US, f) • John Mennes (1599–1671, England, p) • Louis-François-Henri de Menon (1717–1776, France, nf) • Louise Mensch (born 1971, England/US, f), pseudonym Louise Bagshawe • Wolfgang Menzel (1898–1973, Germany, p/nf) • Juan León Mera (1832–1894, Ecuador, nf/f/p) • Wolla Meranda (1863–1951, Australia, f/p) • Tibor Méray (1924–2020, Hungary/France, nf) • Giorgi Merchule (fl. 10th c., Georgia, f/nf) • Johann Heinrich Merck (1741–1791, Germany, nf) • Sophie Mereau (1770–1806, Germany, f/p) • Courtney Sina Meredith (born 1986, N Zealand, p/d/f) • George Meredith (1828–1909, England, f/p) • Gwen Meredith (1907–2006, Australia, d/f) • Louisa Anne Meredith (1812–1895, England/Australia, p/nf/f) • Francis Meres (1565/1566–1647, England, nf) • Maria Sibylla Merian (1647–1717, Germany/Netherlands, nf) • Kersti Merilaas (1913–1986, Estonia, p/d/ch) • Prosper Mérimée (1803–1870, France, f/nf) • Alda Merini (1931–2009, Italy, p/nf) • Louise Meriwether (1923–2023, f/nf/ch) • Christina Merlin (1911–1995, England, f), pseudonym of Constance Fecher Heaven • Fatema Mernissi (1940–2015, Morocco, nf) • Willem de Mérode (1887–1939, Netherlands, p), pseudonym of Willem Eduard Keuning • Antonieta Rivas Mercado (1900–1931, Mexico, nf) • Richard Meros (born 1981, N Zealand, f/nf), pseudonym of Murdoch Stephens • Concordia Merrel (1885–1962, England, f) • Christopher Merret (1614/1615–1695, England, nf) • Leonard Merrick (1864–1939, England, f) • Judith Merril (1923–1997, US/Canada, f/nf), pseudonym of Judith Josephine Grossman • James Merrill (1926–1995, US, p/nf/f) • Jean Merrill (1923–2012, US, ch) • Jenny B. Merrill (1854–1934, US, nf) • Stuart Merrill (1863–1915, US, p) • Catherine Merriman (born 1949, England/Wales, f) • Abraham Merritt (1884–1943, US, f) • Iman Mersal (born 1966, Egypt, p) • Marin Mersenne (1588–1648, France, nf) • Thomas Merton (1915–1968, US, nf/p) • W. S. Merwin (1927–2019, US, p/nf/d) • Mahmoud Messadi (1911–2004, Tunisia, f) • Elizabeth Messenger (1908–1965, N Zealand, nf) • Sarah Messer (born 1966, US, p/nf) • Erik Mesterton (1903–2004, Sweden, nf) • John Metcalfe (1891–1965, England/US, f) • Joan Metelerkamp (born 1956, S Africa, p) • Charlotte Mew (1869–1928, England, p) • Kyle Mewburn (born 1963, N Zealand, ch) • Antoine Meyer (1801–1857, Luxembourg/Belgium, nf/p) • Conrad Ferdinand Meyer (1825–1898, Switzerland, p/f) • Deon Meyer (born 1958, S Africa, f) • Marissa Meyer (born 1984, US, f) • Nicholas Meyer (born 1945, US, f) • Stephenie Meyer (born 1973, US, f) • Alice Meynell (1847–1822, England/Italy, nf/p) • Laurence Meynell (1899–1989, England, ch/f) • Melchior Meyr (1810–1871, Germany, p/f/nf) • Gustav Meyrink (1868–1932, Austria/Germany, f/d), pseudonym of Gustav Meyer • Jean de Meun (c. 1240 – c. 1305, Framce, p) • Henry Meyer (1840–1925, US, p) • Júníus Meyvant (born 1982, Iceland, p), pseudonym of Unnar Gísli Sigurmundsson • Fodil Mezali (born 1959, Algeria, nf) • Hocine Mezali (born 1938, Algeria, nf) • Nega Mezlekia (born 1958, Ethiopia/Canada, nf/f) • Ferenc Mező (1885–1961, Hungary, p) • Sebastian Okechukwu Mezu (born 1941, Nigeria/US, nf/f/d)

M'G–Mn

• James M'Govan (1845–1919, N Zealand/Scotland, f/nf), pseudonym of William Crawford Honeyman • Thando Mgqolozana (born 1983, S Africa, f/d) • Cont Mhlanga (957/1958–2022, S Rhodesia/Zimbabwe, d) • Niq Mhlongo (born 1973, S Africa, f/nf) • Gcina Mhlophe (born 1958, S Africa, nf/p/d) • Mi Fu (米黻, 1051–1107, China, p) • Bande Ali Mia (1906–1979, India/Bangladesh, p/nf/d) • Mian Mian (棉棉, born 1970, China, f) • Léonora Miano (born 1973, Cameroon, f) • James Lionel Michael (1824–1868, England/Australia, p) • Judith Michael (born 1934 and 1937, US, f/nf), pseudonym of Judith Bernard and Michael Fain • Karin Michaëlis (1872–1950, Denmark, f/nf/ch) • Barbara Michaels (1927–2013, US, f/nf), pseudonym Elizabeth Peters • Fern Michaels (born 1933, US, f) • Leigh Michaels (born 1954, US, f) • Joseph François Michaud (1767–1839, Savoie/France, nf) • Henri Michaux (1899–1984, Belgium/France, p/nf) • Jean Michel (c. 1435–1501, France, p/d) • Nicholas Michell (1807–1880, England, p) • Lucien Xavier Michel-Andrianarahinjaka (1929–1997, Mozambique, nf/p) • Michelangelo (1475–1564, Italy, p) • Jon Michelet (1944–2018, Norway, f/ch) • Nicholas Michell (1807–1880, England, p/f) • Richard Michelson (born 1953, US, p/ch) • Michitsuna no Haha (藤原道綱母, c. 935–995, Japan, p) • Ljubomir Micić (1895–1971, Austro-Hungary/Yugoslavia, p/nf) • Tadeusz Miciński (1873–1918, Russian E, f/p) • Lizzie Mickery (living, England, d) • Veronica Micle (1850–1889, Austria-Hungary/Romania, p) • Adam Mickiewicz (1798–1855, Russian E/Ottoman E, p/d/nf) • Christopher Middleton (c. 1560–1628, England, p) • Christopher Middleton (1926–2015), England, p) • Conyers Middleton (1683–1750, England, nf) • Erasmus Middleton (1739–1805, England, nf) • Ian Middleton (1928–2007, N Zealand, f) • O. E. Middleton (1925–2010, N Zealand, f) • Richard Barham Middleton (1882–1911, England/Belgium, p/f) • Stanley Middleton (1919–2009, England, f) • Thomas Middleton (1580–1627, England, d/p) • Wiliam Midleton (c. 1550–1596, Wales, p) • Hugo Midón (1944–2011, Argentina, ch) • Agnes Miegel (1879–1964, Germany, p/f) • Dorothy Miell (living, England, nf) • Stanisław Mieroszewski (1827–1900, Poland, nf) • Sandra Miesel (born 1941, US, f/nf) • China Miéville (born 1972, England, f/nf) • Migjeni (1911–1938, Albania/Italy, p) • Emilio F. Mignone (1922–1998, Argentina, nf) • José Rodrigues Miguéis (1901–1980, Portugal/US, nf) • Miguna Miguna (born 1962, Kenya/Canada, nf) • Gib Mihăescu (1894–1935, Romania, f/nf/d) • Mihajlo Mihajlov (1934–2010, Yugoslavia/Serbia, nf) • Dragoslav Mihailović (1930–2023, Yugoslavia/Serbia, nf) • Jasmina Mihajlović (born 1960, Yugoslavia/Serbia, nf) • Jo Mihaly (1902–1989, Germany/Switzerland, nf/f), pseudonym of Elfriede Alice "Piete" Kuhr • Stoyan Mihaylovski (1856–1927, Bulgaria, nf/p/d) • Mira Mihelič (1912–1985, Austrian E/Yugoslavia, f/nf/ch) • Borislav Mihajlović Mihiz (1922–1997, Yugoslavia, d/nf) • Kato Mikeladze (1878–1942, Russian E/USSR, nf) • Miloš Mikeln (1930–2014, Yugoslavia/Slovenia, d/f/nf) • Kelemen Mikes (1690–1761, Hungary/Ottoman E, nf) • Kálmán Mikszáth (1847–1910, Hungary, f/nf) • Gakuto Mikumo (三雲岳斗, born 1970, Japan, f) • Karlo Mila (born 1974, N Zealand, p) • Imdadul Haq Milan (born 1955, E Pakistan/Bangladesh, f/nf) • Abbas Milani (born 1949, Iran/US, nf) • Milutin Milanković (1879–1958, Austria-Hungary/Yugoslavia, nf) • Jovan Grčić Milenko (1846–1875, Austria-Hungary, p/f) • Dorothy Miles (1931–1993, Wales/England, p/nf) • Gareth Miles (1938–2023, Wales, f) • Jack Miles (born 1942, US, nf) • Josephine Miles (1911–1985, US, p/nf) • Avram Miletić (1755 – post-1826, Habsburg E/Serbia, p) • Katherine Milhous (1894–1977, US, f/ch) • Princess Milica of Serbia (c. 1335–1405, Serbia, p) • Milan Milićević (1831–1908, Serbia, nf/f) • Ognjenka Milićević (1927–2008, Yugoslavia/Serbia, nf) • Milan Milišić (1941–1991, Yugoslavia/Croatia, p/d/nf) • Jennifer Militello (living, US, p/nf) • Marko Miljanov (1833–1901, Ottoman E/Austria-Hungary, nf) • Branko Miljković (1934–1961, Yugoslavia, p) • James Mill (1773–1836, Scotland, nf) • John Stuart Mill (1806–1873, England/France, nf) • Edna St. Vincent Millay (1892–1950, US, p/d) • Alice Duer Miller (1874–1942, US, p/f/d) • Arthur Miller (1915–2005, US, d/nf) • E. Ethelbert Miller (born 1950, US, p) • Frank Miller (born 1957, US, f/d) • Grażyna Miller (1957–2009, Poland/Italy, p/nf) • Henry Miller (1891–1980, US, f/nf) • James Russell Miller (1840–1912, US, nf) • Jane Miller (born 1949, US, p) • Joaquin Miller (1837–1913, US, p), birth name Cincinnatus Heine Miller • Ken Miller (born 1963, US, nf) • Kirsten Miller (living, S Africa, nf/f/ch) • Leslie Adrienne Miller (born 1956, US, p) • Linda Lael Miller (born 1949, US, f) • Liz Miller (born 1957, England, nf) • Merle Miller (1919–1986, US, f/nf) • Olive Beaupré Miller (1883–1968, US, ch), born Olive Kennon Beaupré • P. Schuyler Miller (1912–1974, US, f/nf) • Serena B. Miller (born 1950, US, f) • Steve Miller (born 1957, US, nf) • Thomas Miller (1807–1874, England, p/f) • Vassar Miller (1924–1998, US, p/f) • Walter M. Miller, Jr. (1923–1996, US, f) • John Millett (1921–2019, Australia, p/nf) • Steven Millhauser (born 1943, US, f) • Arthenia J. Bates Millican (1920–2012, US, p/f/nf) • Spike Milligan (1918–2002, India/England, p/nf/d) • Mil Millington (living, England, nf/f) • Millosh Gjergj Nikolla (1911–1938, Albania/Italy, p/nf) • Anne Mills (born 1951, England, nf) • Lady Dorothy Mills (1889–1959, England, f/nf) • John Atta Mills (1944–2012, Gold Coast/Ghana, nf) • Magnus Mills (born 1954, England, f) • Henry Hart Milman (1791–1868, England, nf/d/p) • A. A. Milne (1882–1956, England, ch/f/nf) • Christopher Robin Milne (1920–1996, England, nf) • Donna Milner (born 1946, Canada, f) • Miloš Milojević (1840–1897, Serbia, nf) • Czesław Miłosz (1911–2004, Russian E/Poland, p/f) • Branislav Milosavljević (1879–1944, Serbia/Yugoslavia, p) • Nikola Milošević (1929–2007, Yugoslavia/Serbia, nf) • John Milton (1608–1674, England, p/nf) • Richard Milward (born 1984, England, f/nf) • Franco Mimmi (born 1942, Italy, f/nf) • Rachid Mimouni (1945–1995, Algeria, f/nf) • Maung Khin Min (Danubyu) (living, Myanmar, nf) • Myo Min (1910–1995, Burma/Myanmar, nf), pseudonym Nwe Soe • Takitarō Minakami (水上滝太郎, 1887–1940, Japan, f/nf) • Tsutomu Minakami (水上勉, 1919–2004, Japan, f/nf/d) • Minakata Kumagusu (南方熊楠, 1867–1941, Japan, nf) • Bridget Minamore (born 1991, England p/nf) • Marga Minco (1920–2023, Netherlands, nf) • Guðrún Eva Mínervudóttir (born 1976, Iceland, f) • Robert Minhinnick (born 1952, Wales, p/nf/f) • Matthew Minicucci (born 1981, US, p/nf) • Svetoslav Minkov (1902–1966, Bulgaria, f) • Justine Mintsa (born 1949, Gabon, f/nf) • Ion Minulescu (1881–1944, Romania, p/f/d) • Mir Taqi Mir (1723–1810, Mughal India, p) • Pedro Mir (1913–2000, Dominican Rep., p/nf/f) • Mirabai (fl. 16th c., India, p) • Mohammad Daud Miraki (born 1967, Afghanistan/US, nf) • Alicia Miranda Hevia (born 1952, Costa Rica, f) • Ana Miranda (born 1951, Brazil, p/f) • Francisco de Sá de Miranda (1481–1558, Portugal, p) • José Bragança de Miranda (born 1953, Portugal, nf) • Lin-Manuel Miranda (born 1980, US, nf/d) • Mir-Jam (1887–1952, Serbia/Yugoslavia, f), pseudonym of Milica Jakovljević • Čedomir Mirković (1944–2005, Yugoslavia/Serbia, nf) • Carmen A. Miró (1919–2022, Panama, nf) • Ricardo Miró (1883–1940, Panama, p/f) • Salvador Díaz Mirón (1853–1928, Mexico, p) • Igor Mirović (born 1968, Yugoslavia/Serbia, nf/p) • Jamal Mirsadeghi (born 1933, Iran, f/d) • Heidi Safia Mirza (born 1958, England, nf) • Cheryl Misak (living, Canada, nf) • Y. Misdaq (living, England, f/p) • Ludwig von Mises (1881–1973, Austria/US, nf) • Yukio Mishima (三島由紀夫, 1925–1970, Japan, nf/p/d) • Sudesh Mishra (born 1962, Fiji/Australia, p) • Krste Misirkov (1874–1926, Ottoman E/Bulgaria, nf) • Ahmed Baba Miské (1935–2016, Mauritania, nf) • Mohamed Missouri (1947–2015, Algeria, nf) • Gabriela Mistral (1889–1957, Chile/US, p/nf) • Munesuke Mita (見田宗介, 1937–2022, Japan, nf) • Adrian Mitchell (1932–2008, England, p/f/d) • Ann Katharine Mitchell (1922–2020, England/Scotland, nf) • David Mitchell (1940–2011, N Zealand, p) • David Mitchell (born 1969, England, f/nf) • Donald Grant Mitchell (1822–1908, US, nf/f) • Elyne Mitchell (1913–2002, Australia, ch/nf) • Joseph Mitchell (1908–1996, US, nf) • Margaret Mitchell (1900–1949, US, f/nf) • Norval Mitchell (1906–1988, England/British India, nf) • Paul Mitchell (born 1968, p/f) • Silas Weir Mitchell (1829–1914, US, f/p) • Stephen Mitchell (born 1943, US, p/nf) • Waddie Mitchell (born 1950, US, p) • Naomi Mitchison (1897–1999, Scotland/England, f/nf) • Jessica Mitford (1917–1996, England, nf) • Mary Russell Mitford (1787–1855, England, nf/p/d) • Nancy Mitford (1904–1973, England/France, f/nf) • William Mitford (1744–1827, England, nf) • Anna Mitgutsch (born 1948, Austria, f) • Bartolomé Mitre (1821–1906, Argentina, nf) • Dimitrije Mitrinović (1887–1953, Austria-Hungary/England, nf/p) • Milorad Mitrović (1867–1907, Serbia, p) • Mitra Mitrović (1912–2001, Yugoslavia/Serbia, nf) • Srba Mitrović (1931–2007, Yugoslavia/Serbia, p) • Ryu Mitsuse (光瀬龍, 1928–1999, Japan, f/nf) • Miyuki Miyabe (宮部みゆき, born 1960, Japan, f) • Teru Miyamoto (宮本輝, born 1947, Japan, f) • Miyamoto Yuriko (宮本百合子, 1899–1951, Japan, f/nf) • Hayao Miyazaki (宮崎駿, born 1941, Japan, d/nf) • Kenji Miyazawa (宮沢賢治, 1896–1933, Japan, f/ch/nf) • Miyoshi Kiyotsura (三善清行, 847–918, Japan, nf) • Tatsuji Miyoshi (三好達治, 1900–1964, Japan, p/nf) • Minae Mizumura (水村美苗, born 1951, Japan, f) • Kogen Mizuno (水野 弘元, 1901–2006, Japan, nf) • Ndre Mjeda (1866–1937, Ottoman E/Albania, p/nf) • Emily Mkamanga (1949–2021, Nyasaland/Malawi, f/nf) • Sarah Mkhonza (born 1957, Swaziland/US, f/nf) • Vojislav Ilić Mlađi (1877–1944, Serbia/Yugoslavia, p) • Stanisław Młodożeniec (1895–1959, Russian E/Poland, p) • Ladislav Mňačko (1919–1994, Czechoslovakia/Slovakia, nf) • Felix Mnthali (born 1933, S Rhodesia/Malawi, p/f/d)

Mo

• Timothy Mo (毛翔青, born 1950, Hong Kong/England, f) • Mo Xuanqing (莫宣卿, born 834, China, p) • Mo Yan (管謨業, born 1955, China, f) • Moamyn (fl. 9th c. CE, Abbasid Caliphate, nf) • Vilhelm Moberg (1898–1973, Sweden, nf/d) • Fray Mocho (1858–1903, Argentina, nf) • Ja'far Modarres-Sadeghi (born 1954, Iran, f) • Vinko Möderndorfer (born 1958, Yugoslavia/Slovenia, ch/p/f) • L. E. Modesitt, Jr. (born 1943, US, f/nf/p) • Klaus Modick (born 1951, Germany, nf) • William Modisane (1923–1986, S Africa, nf) • Drusilla Modjeska (born 1946, Papua New Guinea/Australia, f/nf) • Ingvar Moe (1936–1993, Norway, p/f/ch) • Jørgen Moe (1813–1882, Norway, f/p) • Karin Moe (born 1945, Norway, f/nf) • Tin Moe (1933–2007, Burma/Myanmar, p) • Moelona (1877–1953, Wales, f/ch), pseudonym of Elizabeth Mary Jones • Walter Moers (born 1957, Germany, ch) • Melody Moezzi (born 1979, Iran/US, nf) • Donald Moffitt (1931–2014, US, f) • Thomas Mofolo (1876–1948, Basutoland/Lesotho, f) • George Mogridge (1787–1854, England, ch/nf), pseudonym Old Humphrey • Mahathir Mohamad (born 1925, Malaya/Malaysia, nf) • Nadifa Mohamed (born 1981, Somaliland/England, f) • Si Mohand (1848–1905, Algeria, p) • Georg Mohr (1640–1697, Denmark/Germany, nf) • Joseph Mohr (1792–1848, Austria, nf/p) • Paul Möhring (1710–1792, Germany, nf) • Toril Moi (born 1953, Norway, nf) • David Macbeth Moir (1798–1851, Scotland, p/nf) • Abraham de Moivre (1667–1754, France, nf) • Javad Mojabi (born 1939, Iran, p/nf) • Anis Mojgani (born 1977, US, p) • Tze Ming Mok (莫志明, born 1978, N Zealand, f/nf) • Malika Mokeddem (born 1949, Algeria, f) • Amel Mokhtar (born 1964, Tunisia, nf/f) • Mohammad Mokhtari (1942–1998, Iran, nf/p) • John Mole (born 1941, England, p/ch) • Natalia Molebatsi (living, S Africa, p) • Molière (1622–1673, France, d/p), pseudonym of Jean Baptiste Poquelin • Juan Ramón Molina (1875–1908, Honduras, p) • Atukuri Molla (1440–1530, India, p) • Ferenc Molnár (1878–1952, Austria/US, d/p) • József Molnár (1918–2009, Hungary/Germany, nf) • Walter von Molo (1880–1958, Austria-Hungary/Germany, f/d/nf) • Nurul Momen (1908–1990, India/Bangladesh, d/nf/p), pseudonym Natyaguru • Dele Momodu (born 1960, Nigeria, nf) • Lília Momplé (born 1935, Mozambique, f) • Nicola Monaghan (born 1971, England, f) • Pablo Balarezo Moncayo (1904–1999, Ecuador, p/nf) • Pérrine Moncrieff (1893–1979, N Zealand, nf) • Eduardo Mondlane (1920–1969, Mozambique, nf) • Aleksandra Monedzhikova (1889–1959, Bulgaria, nf) • Tierno Monénembo (born 1947, Guinea/France, f) • Joaquín García Monge (1881–1958, Costa Rica, f) • António Egas Moniz (1874–1955, Portugal, nf) • Karyn Monk (born 1960, Canada, f) • Bernard de la Monnoye (1641–1728, France, p/nf) • Harold Monro (1879–1932, Belgium/England, p) • Aly Monroe (living, England, f) • Chris Monroe (born 1962, US, ch) • Harriet Monroe (1860–1936, US/Peru, nf/p) • Jack Monroe (born 1988, England, nf) • Messenger Monsey (1694–1788, England, nf) • Carlos Monsiváis (1938–2010, Mexico, nf) • Basil Montagu (1770–1851, England, nf) • Charles Montagu, 1st Earl of Halifax 1661–1715, England, p) • Elizabeth Montagu (1718–1800, England, nf) • John Montague (1929–2016, US/France, p/f/nf) • Eugenio Montale (1896–1981, Italy, p/nf) • Stephanie de Montalk (born 1945, N Zealand, p/nf) • Geoffrey Potocki de Montalk (1903–1997, N Zealand/France, nf) • Emilio Álvarez Montalván (1919–2014, Nicaragua, nf) • Juan Montalvo (1832–1889, Ecuador, d/f) • Richard Montanari (born 1952, US, f) • Dora Montefiore (1851–1933, England/Australia, p/nf) • Simon Sebag Montefiore (born 1965, England, nf/f) • Eugenio Montejo (1938–2008, Venezuela, p/nf) • Augusto Monterroso (1921–2003, Honduras/Mexico, f) • Graciela Montes (born 1947, Argentina, ch/nf) • Eduardo Montes-Bradley (born 1960, Argentina/US, f/nf) • Montesquieu (1689–1755, France, nf) • Alexander Montgomerie ((c. 1550–1598, Scotland, p) • James Montgomery (1771–1854, Scotland/England, p/nf) • Florence Montgomery (1843–1923, England, f/ch) • Lucy Maud Montgomery (1936–2014, Canada, f/ch) • R. A. Montgomery (1874–1942, US, ch) • Jean-Pierre Montcassen (born 1967, Hungary, f/p), pseudonym of Imre Cselenyák • Robert Montgomery (1807–1855, England, p) • Henry de Montherlant (1895–1972, France, nf/f/d) • Isabelle de Montolieu (1751–1832, Switzerland, f) • Víctor Montoya (born 1958, Bolivia, nf) • María de Montserrat (1913–1995, Uruguay, f/d/p) • Jean-Étienne Montucla (1725–1799, France, nf) • Susanna Moodie (1803–1885, England/Canada, nf) • Lukas Moodysson (born 1969, Sweden, f/p) • Elizabeth Moon (born 1945, US, f/nf) • Geoff Moon (1915–2009, N Zealand, nf) • Michael Moorcock (born 1939, England/US, f/nf) • Alan Moore (born 1953, England, f/nf) • Bai T. Moore (1916–1988, Liberia, p/f/nf) • C. L. Moore (1911–1987, US, f/d) • Clement Clarke Moore (1779–1863, US, f/p) • Francis Moore (1657–1715, England, nf) • Francis Moore (1708–1756, England, nf) • G. E. Moore (1873–1958, England, nf) • George Moore (1852–1933, Ireland/England, f/p/nf) • John Moore (c. 1595–1647, England, nf) • Marianne Moore (1887–1972, US, p/nf) • Merrill Moore (1903–1957, US, p) • Patrick Moore (1923–2013, England, nf/f) • Peter Moore (born 1983, England, nf) • T. C. Kingsmill Moore (1893–1979, Ireland, nf) • T. Inglis Moore (1901–1978, Australia, f/p/nf) • Thomas Moore (1779–1852, Ireland/England, p/nf) • Ward Moore (1903–1978, US, f) • Wes Moore (born 1978, US, nf) • Finola Moorhead (born 1947, Australia, f/d/nf) • Roger Moorhouse (born 1968, England, nf) • Hortensia von Moos (1659–1715, Switzerland, nf) • A. S. Mopeli-Paulus (1913 – post-1990s, Basutoland/S Africa, f/nf) • Ferenc Móra (1879–1934, Hungary, f/nf) • Pat Mora (born 1942, US, f/nf/ch) • Dom Moraes (1938–2004, India, nf/p) • Jesús Moraes (born 1955, Uruguay, f) • Wenceslau de Moraes (1854–1929, Portugal/Japan, nf/p) • Karly Gaitán Morales (born 1980, Nicaragua, nf) • Yuyi Morales (born 1968, Mexico/US, ch) • Daniel Keys Moran (born 1962, US, f/nf) • Leandro Fernández de Moratín (1760–1828, Spain, d/p) • Alberto Moravia (1907–1990, Italy, f/nf) • Ann Moray (1909–1981, Wales/Mexico, f) • Aka Morchiladze (born 1966, USSR/Georgia, f/nf) • Diana Mordasini (living, Senegal/Switzerland, nf) • Elinor Mordaunt (1872–1942, Australia/England, f/nf), pseudonym of Evelyn May Clowes • Gertrude More (1606–1633, England/France, nf) • Hannah More (1745–1833, England, nf/p/d) • Henry More (1614–1687, England, nf) • Thomas More (1478–1535, England, nf) • Jean Moréas (1856–1910, Greece/France, p/nf) • Hégésippe Moreau (1810–1838, France, p/f) • Sven Moren (1871–1938, Norway, p/f/ch) • José Rosas Moreno (1838–1883, Mexico, p/d/ch) • Kelly Ana Morey (born 1968, N Zealand, f/p) • Charles Langbridge Morgan (1894–1958, England, d/f) • Derec Llwyd Morgan (born 1943, Wales, nf) • Diana Morgan (1908–1996, Wales/England, d) • Edwin Morgan (1920–2010, Scotland, p) • Elaine Morgan (1920–2013, Wales/England, nf) • Elena Puw Morgan (1900–1973, Wales, f/ch) • Eluned Morgan (1870–1938, Argentina/Wales, nf) • Gwenllian Morgan (1852–1939, Wales, nf) • J. O. Morgan (born 1978, Scotland, p) • Jeffrey Morgan (living, Canada, nf/f) • John Morgan (1688–1733 or 1734, Wales/England, nf/p) • Mal Morgan (1936–1999, Australia, p) • Prys Morgan (born 1937, Wales, nf) • Sally Morgan (born 1951, Australia, nf/ch/d) • Sophia Elizabeth De Morgan (1809–1892, England, nf) • Sydney, Lady Morgan (c. 1781–1859, Ireland/England, f) • Ted Morgan (1932–2023, France/US, nf) • Teresa Morgan (born 1968, England, nf) • William Morgan (1545–1604, Wales, nf) • William De Morgan (1839–1917, England, f) • Lorin Morgan-Richards (born 1975, US, p/d/ch) • Iolo Morganwg (1747–1826, Wales, nf/p), bardic name of Edward Williams • Christian Morgenstern (1871–1914, Germany/Austria, p/f/nf) • Irmtraud Morgner (1933–1990, Germany, nf) • Daniel Georg Morhof (1639–1691, Germany, nf/p) • Hiroshi Mori (森博嗣, born 1957, Japan, f/nf) • Mori Ōgai (森林太郎, 1862–1922, Japan, f/p), pseudonym Mori Ōgai (森鴎外) • Liane Moriarty (born 1966, Australia, f/ch) • Zsigmond Móricz (1879–1942, Hungary, f) • David Richard Morier (1784–1877, Ottoman E/England, nf) • James Justinian Morier (1782–1849, Ottoman E/England, f) • Eduard Mörike (1804–1875, Germany, f/p) • Seiichi Morimura (森村誠一, 1933–2023, Japan, f) • Hiroyuki Morioka (森岡浩之, born 1962, Japan, f) • Félix Morisseau-Leroy (1912–1998, Haiti/US, p/d) • Morita Sōhei (森田草平, 1881–1949, Japan, f) • Tama Morita (森田たま, 1894–1970, Japan, nf) • Karl Philipp Moritz (1756–1793, Germany, nf/f) • David Morley (1923–2009, England, nf) • David Morley (born 1962, England, nf/d) • David Morley (born 1964, England, p/nf) • Henry Morley (1822–1894, England, nf) • Iris Morley (1910–1953, England, nf) • John A. Moroso (1874–1957, US, f/nf/p) • Michael Morpurgo (born 1943, England, p/d/ch) • Clare Morrall (born 1952, England, f) • Ronald Hugh Morrieson (1922–1972, N Zealand, f) • Dick Morris (born 1946, US, nf) • Gerald Morris (born 1963, US, ch) • James McGrath Morris (born 1954, US, nf) • Jan Morris (1926–2020, England/Wales, nf) • Lewis Morris (1701–1765, Wales, p) • Lewis Morris (1833–1907, Wales, p) • Meaghan Morris (born 1950, Australia, nf) • Myra Morris (1893–1966, Australia, p/f/ch) • Paula Morris (born 1965, N Zealand, f) • Rebecca Morris (living, US, f/nf) • Richard Morris (1703–1779, Wales, nf) • William Morris (1834–1896, England, p/f/nf) • John Morris-Jones (1864–1929, Wales, nf/p) • Arthur Morrison (1863–1945, England, f/nf) • Blake Morrison (born 1950, England, p/f/nf) • Jim Morrison (1943–1971, US, p) • Sally Morrison (born 1946, Australia, f/nf) • Sophia Morrison (1859–1917, Isle of Man, f/nf) • Toni Morrison (1931–2019, US, f/nf) • Di Morrissey (born 1943, Australia, f/ch) • Michael Morrissey (born 1942, N Zealand, p/f/nf) • Honoré Willsie Morrow (1880–1940, US, f/nf) • Petra Morsbach (born 1956, Switzerland/Germany, f) • Jan Andrzej Morsztyn (1621–1693, Poland-Lithuania/France, p/nf) • Zbigniew Morsztyn (c. 1628–1689, Poland-Lithuania/Prussia, p) • Valzhyna Mort (born 1981, USSR/US, p) • Viggo Mortensen (born 1958, US, p) • Carole Mortimer (born 1960, England, f) • Favell Lee Mortimer (1802–1878, England, ch) • John Mortimer (1923–2009, England, d/nf) • Penelope Mortimer (1918–1999, Wales/England, nf/f) • Andrew Morton (born 1953, England, nf) • Elsie K. Morton (1885–1968, N Zealand, nf) • Frank Morton (1869–1923, England/Australia, p/nf) • J. B. Morton (1893–1979, England, nf) • Hassouna Mosbahi (born 1950, Tunisia, f) • Johann Michael Moscherosch (1601–1669, Germany, nf) • Moschus (fl. c. 150 BCE, Syracuse, p) • Raúl Andrade Moscoso (1905–1983, Ecuador, nf/d) • Julius Mosen (1803–1867, Germany, p/f) • Clelia Duel Mosher (1863–1940, US, nf) • Sam Moskowitz (1920–1997, US, nf) • Howard Moss (1922–1987, US, p/d/nf) • Kate Mosse (born 1961, England, f/nf) • Johann Most (1846–1906, Germany/US, nf/p) • Ahlam Mosteghanemi (born 1953, Algeria, f) • Golam Mostofa (1897–1964, India/E Pakistan, p/f/nf) • Nadežka Mosusova (born 1928, Yugoslavia/Serbia, nf) • Majede Motalebi (born 1985, Iran, nf) • Aziz Motazedi (born 1950, Iran, f/nf) • Andrew Motion (born 1952, England/US, p/f/nf) • Francis Moto (born 1952, Nyasaland/Malawi, nf) • Motoori Norinaga (本居宣長, 1730–1801, Japan, nf) • Ralph Hale Mottram (1883–1971, England, f/p) • Casey Motsisi (1932–1977, S Africa, f/nf) • Ralph Hale Mottram (1883–1971, England, f/p) • Mou Zongsan (牟宗三, 1909–1995, China/Hong Kong, nf) • Daphne Pochin Mould (1920–2014, England/Ireland, nf) • John Moultrie (1799–1874, England, p) • Vasco Graça Moura (1942–2014, Portugal, p/nf/f) • Ahmed Mourad (born 1978, Egypt, d/f/nf) • David Mourão-Ferreira (1927–1996, Portugal, p/f) • Amel Moussa (living, Tunisia, p/nf) • Salama Moussa (1887–1958, Egypt, nf) • Mohammed El Moustaoui (born 1943, Morocco, p) • Johan Andreas Dèr Mouw (1863–1919, Netherlands, p/nf) • Farley Mowat (1921–2014, Canada, nf) • Mary Braidwood Mowle (1827–1857, England/Australia, nf) • Enrique Moya (born 1958, Venezuela, p/f/nf) • Jojo Moyes (born 1969, England, f/nf) • Mozi (墨子, c. 470 – c. 391, China, nf) • Fiona Mozley (born 1988, England, f/nf) • James Bowling Mozley (1813–1878, England, nf) • Thomas Mozley (1806–1893, England, nf)

Mp–My

• Samuel Mpasu (1945–2018, Nyasaland/Malawi, nf) • Phaswane Mpe (1970–2004, S Africa, p/f) • Es'kia Mphahlele (1919–2008, S Africa, f/nf) • Samuel Edward Krune Mqhayi (1975–1945, S Africa, d/f/p) • Lidudumalingani Mqombothi (living, S Africa, f/nf) • Mohamed Mrabet (born 1936, Morocco, f), pseudonym of Mohammed ben Chaib el Hajam • Milena Mrazović (1863–1927, Austrian E/Austria, nf) • Sava Mrkalj (1783–1833, Austrian E, nf/p) • Zorica Mršević (born 1954, Yugoslavia/Serbia, nf) • Oswald Mbuyiseni Mtshali (born 1940, S Africa/Soweto, p) • Fadhy Mtanga (born 1981, Tanzania, f/p) • Ephrem Mtsire (died c. 1101–1103, Georgia, nf) • Mu Shiying (穆時英, 1912–1940, China, f/nf) • Hans Much (1880–1932, Germany, nf/p) • Robert Muchamore (born 1972, England, f/ch) • Charles Mudede (born 1969, S Rhodesia/Zimbabwe, d/nf) • Ian Mudie (1911–1976, Australia, p/nf) • Mudrooroo (1938–2019, Australia, f/p/d), pseudonym of Colin Thomas Johnson • Amélia Muge (born 1952, Mozambique, p) • Malcolm Muggeridge (1903–1990, England, nf) • Micere Githae Mugo (1942–2023, Kenya, d/nf/p) • Hazel de Silva Mugot (born 1947, Kenya, f) • Amir Muhammad (born 1972, Malaysia, nf) • Malkat al-Dar Muhammad (1920–1969, Sudan, f/nf) • Penina Muhando (born 1948, Tanzania, d) • Erich Mühsam (1878–1934, Germany, nf/p/d), Holocaust victim • Edwin Muir (1887–1959, Scotland, p/f) • John Kenneth Muir (born 1969, US, nf) • Kenneth Muir (1907–1996, England, nf) • Fiston Mwanza Mujila (born 1981, DR of Congo/Austria, f/nf) • Yolande Mukagasana (born 1954, Rwanda, d/nf) • Mukai Kyorai (向井去来, 1651–1704, Japan, p/nf) • Shrawan Mukarung (born 1968, Nepal, p/d) • Scholastique Mukasonga (born 1956, Rwanda/France, f/nf) • Mohamed Haji Mukhtar (born 1947, Somalia/US, nf) • Kuniko Mukōda (向田邦子, 1929–1981, Japan, d/f) • Dominic Mulaisho (1933–2013, Zambia, f) • Brandon Mull (born 1974, US, ch) • Anthony Munday (c. 1560–1633, England, d/p) • Jan Mulder (born 1945, Netherlands, nf/f) • Paul Muldoon (born 1951, Ireland, p) • Lale Müldür (born 1956, Turkey/Belgium, p) • Wendy Mulford (born 1941, Wales/England, p/nf) • Alan Mulgan (1881–1962, N Zealand, nf) • Geoff Mulgan (born 1961, England, nf) • John Mulgan (1911–1945, N Zealand, nf) • Clara Mulholland (1849–1934, Ireland, f/nf) • John Mulholland (born 1940, US, nf) • Harry Mulisch (1927–2010, Netherlands, f/d/p) • Brandon Mull (born 1974, US, ch) • Laura Mullen (born 1958, US, p) • Adam Müller (1779–1829, Germany/Austria, nf) • Heiner Müller (1929–1995, Germany, d/p/nf) • Herta Müller (born 1953, Romania/Germany, f/p/nf) • Inge Müller (1925–1966, Germany, ch/f/p) • Maler Müller (1749–1825, Germany, p/d) • Wilhelm Müller (1794–1827, Germany, p) • Wolfgang Müller von Königswinter (1816–1873, Germany, f/p) • Multatuli (1820–1887, Netherlands, f/nf), pseudonym of Eduard Douwes Dekker • Ivan Matthias Mulumba (born 1987, Uganda, p/f) • Andreas Munch (1811–1884, Norway, p/f/d) • Theodor Mundt (1808–1861, Germany, nf/f) • Charles Mungoshi (1947–2019, S Rhodesia/Zimbabwe, f/p/ch) • David Mungoshi (1949–2020, S Rhodesia/Zimbabwe, f) • John Munonye (1929–1999, Nigeria, f) • Mercedes Negrón Muñoz (1895–1973, Puerto Rico, p/nf) • Alice Munro (born 1931, Canada, f) • Saki (1870–1916, England, f/d/nf), pseudonym of Hector Hugh Munro • Hugh Andrew Johnstone Munro (1819–1885, Scotland/Italy, nf) • Robert Munsch (born 1945, US/Canada, ch) • K. M. Munshi (1887–1971, India, f/nf) • Haruki Murakami (村上春樹, born 1949, Japan, f/nf) • Ryū Murakami (村上龍, born 1952, Japan, f/nf) • Shōfu Muramatsu (村松梢風, 1889–1961, Japan, f) • Murasaki Shikibu (紫式部), c. 973/978 – c. 1014/1031, Japan, f) • Kaita Murayama (村山槐多), 1896–1919, Japan, nf) • Tomoyoshi Murayama (村山知義), 1901–1977, Japan, d/f) • Iris Murdoch (1919–1999, Ireland/England, f/nf) • Nina Murdoch (1890–1976, Australia, nf/p), pseudonym Manin • William Mure (1799–1860, Scotland/England, nf) • H. A. Murena (1923–1975, Argentina, nf) • Henri Murger (1822–1861, France, f/p) • Ben Mutua Jonathan Muriithi (born 1969, Kenya/US, nf), born Jonathan Nyaga • Rosario Murillo (born 1951, Nicaragua, nf) • Josip Murn (1879–1901, Austria-Hungary, p) • Thomas Murner (1475 – c. 1537, Germany/Switzerland, nf/p) • George Murnu (1868–1957, Ottoman E/Romania, p) • Murong Xuecun (慕容雪村, born 1974, China, f/nf), pseudonym of Hao Qun (郝群) • C. E. Murphy (born 1973, US/Ireland, f) • Edwin Greenslade Murphy (1866–1939, Australia, p/nf) • Jill Murphy (1949–2021, England, ch) • Jim Murphy (born 1947, US, nf/f/ch) • Margaret Murphy (born 1959, England, f) • Pat Murphy (born 1955, US, nf/f) • Richard Murphy (1927–2018, Ireland/England, p/nf) • Sheila Murphy (born 1951, US, p) • Timothy L. Murphy (1816–1897, US, nf) • Andrew Murray (born 1970, England, ch) • David Christie Murray (1847–1907, England, nf/f) • Ena Murray (1936–2015, S Africa, f/p) • George Murray (born 1971, Canada, p) • Joan Murray (born 1945, US, p/f) • John Murray (born 1950, England/Greece, f/nf) • Les Murray (1938–2019, Australia, p/nf) • Shirley Murray (1931–2020, N Zealand, p) • Joanna Murray-Smith (born 1962, Australia, d/f) • Ra'ouf Mus'ad (born 1937, Sudan/Netherlands, d/f/nf) • Eugénie Musayidire (born 1952, Rwanda/Germany, nf) • Tudor Mușatescu (1903–1970, Romania, d/f) • Johann Karl August Musäus (1735–1787, Germany, f) • Adolf Muschg (born 1934, Switzerland, f/nf) • Colin Muset (fl. c. 1210–1250 or 1230–1270, France, p) • David Musgrave (born 1965, Australia, p/f/nf) • Susan Musgrave (born 1951, Canada, p/ch) • Saneatsu Mushanokōji (武者小路実篤, 1885–1976, Japan, f/d/p) • Sandra A. Mushi (born 1974, Tanzania, p/f) • Ramlee Awang Murshid (born 1967, Malaysia, f) • Lukijan Mušicki (1777–1837, Serbia, p/nf) • Małgorzata Musierowicz (born 1945, Poland, ch/f) • Robert Musil (1880–1942, Austria/Switzerland, nf/f) • Lukijan Mušicki (1777–1837, Hungary/Austrian E, p/nf) • Masimba Musodza (born 1976, S Rhodesia/Zimbabwe, f) • Alfred de Musset (1810–1857, France, d/p/f) • Dennis Must (1934–2024, US, f) • Nikola Musulin (c. 1830 – post-1897, Serbia/Montenegro, nf/p) • Vera Mutafchieva (1929–2009, Bulgaria, f/nf) • Čavdar Mutafov (1899–1954, Bulgaria, nf/f) • Mutesa II of Buganda (1924–1969, Uganda/England, nf) • Joseph Muthee (born 1928, Kenya, nf) • Álvaro Mutis (1923–2013, Colombia, p/f/nf) • Nazar Mohammad Mutmaeen (born 1973, Afghanistan, nf) • Solomon Mutswairo (1924–2005, S Rhodesia/Zimbabwe, p/f) • Margaret Mutu (living, N Zealand, nf) • Vusamazulu Credo Mutwa (1921–2020, S Africa, nf/f) • Rudolf Muus (1862–1935, Norway, f/d) • Togara Muzanenhamo (born 1975, S Rhodesia/Zimbabwe, p/d) • Meja Mwangi (born 1948, Kenya, d) • Godfrey Mwakikagile (born 1949, Tanzania, nf) • Ndongolera Mwangupili (born 1977, Malawi, p/f/nf) • Christopher Mwashinga (born 1965, Tanzania, nf/p) • Gitura Mwaura (living, Kenya, f/p/ch) • Lâm Quang Mỹ (born 1944, Vietnam, p) • Nyo Mya (1914–1985, Burma, nf) • Thakin Tin Mya (1924–2015, Burma/Myanmar, nf) • Valerie Grosvenor Myer (1935–2007, England, nf/f) • Ben Myers (born 1976, England, f/nf/p) • Leo Myers (1881–1944, England, f/d) • Walter Dean Myers (1937–2014, US, ch) • Julie Myerson (born 1960, England, f/nf) • Elna Mygdal (1868–1940, Denmark, nf) • Øyvind Myhre (born 1945, Norway, f) • Nay Win Myint (born 1952, Burma/Myanmar, f) • Thant Myint-U (born 1965, US, nf) • Thein Pe Myint (1914–1978, Burma, nf) • Agnar Mykle (1915–1994, Norway, f/nf) • Vincas Mykolaitis-Putinas (1893–1967, Russian E/Soviet Union, p/f) • Lauren Myracle (born 1969, US, f/ch) • Jan Myrdal (1927–2020, Sweden, nf) • Marit Myrvoll (born 1953, Norway, nf)