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

Pa

• Piet Paaltjens (1835–1894, Netherlands, p/f/nf), pseudonym of François Haverschmidt • Arto Paasilinna (1942–2018, Finland, f/nf/p) • Kalle Päätalo (1919–2000, Finland, f) • Titinga Frédéric Pacéré (born 1943, Burkina Faso, p/nf) • José Emilio Pacheco (1939–2014, Mexico, p/f/nf) • Luiz Pacheco (1925–2008, Portugal, nf) • Manuel A. Alonso Pacheco (1922–1989, Puerto Rico, p/nf) • Jovan Pačić (1771–1849, Hungary, p/nf) • José Emilio Pacheco (1939–2014, Mexico, p/nf/f) • Ruth Padel (born 1946, England, p/f/nf) • Ron Padgett (born 1942, US, p/nf/f) • Heberto Padilla (1932–2000, Cuba/US, p/f) • Adrián Paenza (born 1949, Argentina, nf) • Nebojša Pajkić (born 1951, Yugoslavia/Serbia, d) • Edward Packard (born 1931, US, ch) • Joy Packer (1905–1977, S Africa, f/nf) • ZZ Packer (born 1973, US, f) • Julián Padrón (1910–1954, Venezuela, f/d) • Geoff Page (born 1940, Australia, p/nf) • Lynda Page (born 1950, England, f) • P. K. Page (1916–2010, Canada, p/nf/ch) • R. I. Page (1924–2012, England, nf) • John Paget (1808–1892, England/Austria-Hungary, nf) • Stephen Paget (1855–1926, England, nf/ch) • Thomas Paget (1689–1742, England, p) • Dan Pagis (1930–1986, Romania/Israel, p/nf/ch) • Boris Pahor (1913–2022, Austrian E/Italy, f) • Pai Hsien-yung (白先勇, born 1937, China, f) • Roopa Pai (living, India, nf/ch) • Barry Pain (1864–1928, England, p/nf/f) • Thomas Paine (1737–1807, England/US, nf) • William Painter (c. 1540–1595, England, nf/f) • Paisius of Hilendar (1722–1773, Ottoman E, nf) • Chuck Palahniuk (born 1962, US, f) • Maria Palaiologina, Queen of Serbia (died 1355, Serbia, nf) • Peter K. Palangyo (1939–1993, Tanzania, f) • Greg Palast (born 1952, US, nf) • Alexandru Paleologu (1919–2005, Romania, nf) • Theodor Paleologu (born 1973, Romania, nf) • Octavian Paler (1926–2007, Romania, nf) • Frederick Apthorp Paley (1815–1888, England, nf) • Grace Paley (1922–2007, US, f/p/nf) • Francis Turner Palgrave (1824–1897, England, nf/p) • Michael Palin (born 1943, England, d/nf) • Dibyendu Palit (1939–2019, India, p/f) • Palladas (fl. 4th c. CE, Egypt, p) • Azarías Pallais (1884–1954, Nicaragua, p/nf) • Johannes Hendricus van der Palm (1763–1840, Netherlands, p/nf) • Ricardo Palma (1833–1919, Peru, nf) • Connie Palmen (born 1955, Netherlands, f) • Bernard Palmer (1914–1998, US, ch/f) • Charles John Palmer (1805–1882, England, nf) • Charlotte Palmer (c. 1762 – post-1834, England, f) • Diana Palmer (born 1946, US, f), pseudonym of Susan Spaeth Kyle • Helen Palmer (1917–1979, Australia, nf) • Michael Palmer (born 1943, US, p/nf) • Nettie Palmer (1885–1964, Australia, p/nf) • Raymond A. Palmer (1910–1977, US, f/nf) • Robert Palmer (1945–1997, US, nf) • Vance Palmer (1885–1959, Australia, f/d/p) • Hermann Pálsson (1921–2002, Iceland, nf) • Sigurður Pálsson (1948–2017, Iceland, nf/d) • Joanikije Pamučina (1810–1870, Ottoman E, nf) • Orhan Pamuk (born 1952, Turkey, f/d) • Lynn Pan (born 1945, China/Singapore, nf) • Nayan Raj Pandey (born 1966, Nepal, f/d) • Sima Pandurović (1883–1960, Serbia/Yugoslavia, p/nf) • Edgar Pangborn (1909–1976, US, f) • Oskar Panizza (1853–1921, Germany, d/f/nf) • Anthony Panizzi (1797–1879, England, nf) • Sylvia Pankhurst (1882–1960, England/Ethiopia, nf) • Anton Pann (1790s – 1854, Ottoman E/Wallachia, p/nf) • Janus Pannonius (1434–1472, Hungary, p) • Anton Panov (1906–1967, Ottoman E/Yugoslavia, d) • Alexei Panshin (born 1940, US, f/nf) • Cory Panshin (born 1947, US, f/nf) • Sumitranandan Pant (1900–1977, India, p) • Jane Ellen Panton (1847–1923, England, nf/f) • William Williams Pantycelyn (c. 1717–1791, Wales, p/nf) • Francisco Matos Paoli (1915–2000, Puerto Rico, p/nf) • Christopher Paolini (born 1983, US, f/d) • Hortensia Papadat-Bengescu (1876–1955, Romania, f) • Alexandros Papadiamantis (1851–1911, Greece, f/p) • Mākereti Papakura (1873–1930, N Zealand, nf) • Franz von Papen (1879–1969, Germany, nf) • Papias of Hierapolis (c. 60 – c. 130 CE, Greece, nf) • Žarana Papić (1949–2002, Yugoslavia/Serbia, nf) • George Papashvily (1898–1978, Russian E/US, nf) • Aristides Paradissis (1923–2006, China/Australia, p/f) • Paragu (1921–2011, Burma/Myanmar, nf) • Isaac Pardo (fl. 18th c., Bosnia/Herzegovina, nf) • Jacob Pardo (fl. 18th c., Ragusa, nf/ch) • Jacob Vita Pardo (1822–1843, Austrian Empire/Ragusa, nf) • Joseph Pardo (hazzan) (c. 1624–1677, Netherlands/England, nf) • Moses Pardo (died 1888, Palestine/Egypt, nf/f) • Julia Pardoe (1804–1862, England, p/f/nf) • Miguel Donoso Pareja (1931–2015, Ecuador, f/nf) • Jean Jacques Clark Parent (born 1951, Haiti, f/p/d) • Ratko Parežanin (1898–1981, Austria-Hungary/Germany, nf) • Edith Pargeter (1913–1995, England, f/nf), pseudonym Ellis Peters • Harald Parigger (born 1953, Germany, f/p/ch) • Parijat (1937–1993, Nepal, f/p/nf), pseudonym of Bishnu Kumari Waiba • Peggy Parish (1927–1988, US, ch) • Susan Parisi (born 1958, Canada/Australia, f) • Barbara Park (1947–2013, US, ch) • Linda Sue Park (born 1960, US, f/ch) • Ruth Park (1917–2010, N Zealand/Australia, f/ch) • Park Yong-rae (박용래, 1925–1980, Korea/S Korea, p) • Dorothy Parker (1893–1967, US, p/f/nf) • Emma Parker (fl. 1809–1817, Wales, f) • Gilbert Parker (1862–1932, Canada/England, f/p) • Jane Marsh Parker (1836–1913, US, ch/f/nf) • K. Langloh Parker (1856–1940, Australia, nf) • Una-Mary Parker (1930–2019, England, nf/f) • Frank Kobina Parkes (1932–2004, Gold Coast/Ghana, nf/p) • Nii Parkes (born 1974, England, p/nf), pseudonym K. P. Kojo • Amy Parkinson (1855–1938, England/Canada, p) • Adele Parks (living, England, f) • Stella Parks (living, US, nf) • Tim Parks (born 1954, England, f/nf) • Parmenides (late 6th or early 5th c. BCE, Greece, nf) • Peter Parnall (born 1936, US, ch) • Thomas Parnell (1679–1718, Ireland/England, p/nf) • Évariste de Parny (1753–1814, Isle of Bourbon/France, p) • Milan Paroški (born 1957, Yugoslavia/Serbia, nf) • Delia Parr (living, US), pseudonym of Mary Lechleidner • Harriet Parr (1828–1900, England, f/ch/nf), pseudonym Holme Lee • Nicanor Parra (1914–2018, Chile, p) • Teresa de la Parra (1889–1936, Venezuela, f) • Violeta Parra (1917–1967, Chile, p/nf) • Anne Parrish (1888–1957, US, f/ch) • Anne Spencer Parry (1931–1985, Australia, f) • Gwenlyn Parry (1932–1991, Wales, d) • John Parry (Bardd Alaw) (1776–1851, Wales, nf/p) • Lorae Parry (born 1955, N Zealand, d) • R. Williams Parry (1884–1956, Wales, p) • Robert Parry (1540–1612, Wales, p/f) • Sarah Winifred Parry (1870–1953, Wales/England, f) • Thomas Parry (1904–1985, Wales, nf) • Amy Parry-Williams (1910–1988, Wales, p/f/d) • T. H. Parry-Williams (1887–1975, Wales, p/nf) • Shahrnush Parsipur (born 1946, Iran/US, f/nf/ch) • Eliza Parsons (1739–1811, England, f) • James Parsons (1705–1770, England, nf) • Alicia Partnoy (born 1955, Argentina/US, p/nf) • James Parton (1822–1891, England/US, nf) • Margaret Parton (1915–1981, US, nf) • Blaise Pascal (1623–1662, France, nf) • Jacqueline Pascarl (born 1963, Australia, nf) • Teixeira de Pascoaes (1877–1952, Portugal, p) • Giovanni Pascoli (1855–1912, Italy, p) • Anwar Pasha (1928–1971, India, f) • Atena Pashko (1931–2012, Ukraine, p) • Viktor Paskov (1949–2009, Bulgaria, p/f/d) • Fernando del Paso (1935–2018, Mexico, f/nf/p) • Joaquín Pasos (1914–1947, Nicaragua, p/nf) • Josefina Passadori (1900–1987, Italy/Argentina, nf/ch) • Gunter Silva Passuni (born 1977, Peru, f) • Ámbar Past (born 1949, US/Mexico, p) • Boris Pasternak (1890–1960, Russia/Soviet Union, f/nf) • Leon Pasternak (1910–1969, Austria-Hungary/Poland, p/nf) • Mrs Henry de la Pasture (1866–1945, England, f/d/ch) • Kenneth Patchen (1911–1972, US, p/f) • Raj Patel (born 1972, England/US, f/nf) • Ravji Patel (1939–1968, India, p/f) • Shailja Patel (living, Kenya, p/d/nf) • Shenaz Patel (born 1966, Mauritius, f/d) • Banjo Paterson (1864–1941, Australia, p/f) • Craig Paterson (born 1959, Scotland, nf) • Don Paterson (born 1963, Scotland, p/d/nf) • Katherine Paterson (born 1932, China/US, ch) • Surender Mohan Pathak (born 1940, India, f) • Raphael Patkanian (1830–1892, Russian E, p) • Coventry Patmore (1823–1896, England, p/nf) • Gladys Lomafu Pato (born 1930, Swaziland, f) • Alan Paton (1903–1988, S Africa, f/nf) • Justin Paton (born 1972, N Zealand, nf) • William Roger Paton (1857–1921, Scotland/Greece, nf) • Brian Patten (born 1946, England, p) • James Patterson (born 1947, US, f/nf) • Eliot Pattison (born 1951, US, f/nf) • Jenny Pattrick (born 1936, N Zealand, f) • Evelyn Patuawa-Nathan (living, N Zealand, f/p) • Lekhnath Paudyal (1885–1966, Nepal, p) • Caroline Paul (born 1963, US, f/nf) • Elliot Paul (1891–1958, US, nf/d) • Paul I, Prince Esterházy (1635–1713, Hungary, p) • Jean Paul (1763–1825, Germany, f), pseudonym of Johann Paul Friedrich Richter • Gary Paulsen (1939–2021, US, ch/d) • Dora Pavel (born 1946, Romania, f/nf/p) • Michelle Paver (born 1960, England, f/ch) • Cesare Pavese (1908–1950, Italy, f/p/nf) • Milorad Pavić (1929–2009, Yugoslavia/Serbia, f/p/nf) • Stel Pavlou (born 1970, England, d/f) • Milivoje Pavlović (born 1947, Yugoslavia/Serbia, nf) • Milorad Pavić (1929–2009, Yugoslavia/Serbia, f/p/nf) • Maria Pawlikowska-Jasnorzewska (1891–1945, Poland/England, p/d) • Stel Pavlou (born 1970, England, d/f) • Konstantin Pavlov (1933–2008, Bulgaria, d/p) • Miodrag Pavlović (1928–2014, Yugoslavia/Germany, p/nf/d) • Slaviša Pavlović (born 1982, Yugoslavia/Serbia, f/p) • Živojin Pavlović (1933–1998, Yugoslavia/Serbia, f/d) • Milena Pavlović-Barili (1909–1945, Serbia/US, p) • Božin Pavlovski (born 1942, Bulgaria/Australia, f/nf) • Lois Paxton (1916–2002, Scotland/England, f), pseudonym of Lois Dorothea Low • Rachel Cosgrove Payes (1922–1998, US, f/ch) • James Payn (1830–1898, England, f) • David William Paynter (1791–1823, England, f/d/nf) • Roberto Payró (1867–1928, Argentina, nf/f) • José María Paz (1791–1854, Argentina, nf) • Marcela Paz (1902–1985, Chile, ch/f) • Octavio Paz (1914–1998, Mexico, p/nf) • Parween Pazhwak (born 1967, Afghanistan, p/f) • Péter Pázmány (1570–1637, Transylvania/Hungary, nf)

Pe–Ph

• Hla Pe (1913–2007, Burma/Myanmar, nf) • Ohn Pe (c. 1917–2008, Burma/Myanmar, nf) • David Peace (born 1967, England, f/nf) • Thomas Love Peacock (1785–1866, England, f/p) • Isabel Peacocke (1881–1973, N Zealand, n) • Mervyn Peake (1911–1968, China/England, f/p/ch) • A. J. Pearce (born 1964, England, f) • Joseph Pearce (born 1961, England/US, nf) • Philippa Pearce (1920–2006, England, f/nf/ch) • Frances Mary Peard (1835–1923, England, f/ch) • Patrick Pearse (1879–1916, Ireland, p/nf) • Bill Pearson (1922–2002, N Zealand, f/nf) • Diane Pearson (1931–2017, England, f) • Hesketh Pearson (1887–1964, England, nf) • James Larkin Pearson (1879–1981, US, p) • Kit Pearson (born 1947, Canada, f/ch) • Ridley Pearson (born 1953, US, f/ch) • T. R. Pearson (born 1956, US, f/nf) • Allan Pease (born 1952, Australia, nf/f) • Howard Pease (1894–1974, US, f) • F. David Peat (1938–2017, England/Italy, nf) • Vid Pečjak (1929–2016, Yugoslavia/Slovenia, nf/f/ch) • Dale Peck (born 1967, US, f/nf/ch) • Robert Newton Peck (1928–2020, US, ch) • Winifred Peck (1882–1962, England, f/nf) • Allasani Peddana (fl. 15th – 16th c. CE, Vijayanagara E, p) • Margaret Pedler (1877–1948, England, f) • Ethel Pedley (1859–1898, England/Australia, ch/nf) • Erica Pedretti (1930–2022, Czechoslovakia/Switzerland, nf/f) • Inês Pedrosa (born 1962, Portugal, f/ch/d) • Mary Louise Peebles (1833–1915, US, ch), pseudonym Lynde Palmer • John Peel (born 1954, England, f/d) • Bill Peet (1915–2002, US, ch) • Charles Péguy (1873–1914, France, p/nf) • Annette Pehnt (born 1967, Germany, nf) • Kira Peikoff (born 1985, US, f) • Hayford Peirce (1942–2020, US, f) • Kathleen Peirce (born 1956, US, p) • Alvarenga Peixoto (1744–1793, Brazil, p) • José Luís Peixoto (born 1974, Portugal, f/p/ch) • Borislav Pekić (1930–1992, Yugoslavia, f) • Vasa Pelagić (1833–1899, Ottoman E/Serbia, nf) • Elin Pelin (1877–1949, Ottoman E/Bulgaria, fp) • Judith Pella (living, US, f) • Charles Pellegrino (born 1953, US, nf/f) • Nicky Pellegrino (born 1964, N Zealand, f) • William Dudley Pelley (1890–1965, US, d/f) • Carlos Pellicer (1897–1977, Mexico, p) • Rowan Pelling (born 1968, England, nf) • Ulrich Peltzer (born 1956, Germany, f) • Luisa Peluffo (born 1941, Argentina, p/f/nf) • Dave Pelzer (born 1960, US, nf) • H. Pemberton (fl. 1860s – 1870s, England, f/nf), perhaps Helen Crookshank (1830–1877) • Horacio Peña (born 1936, Nicaragua, p) • Martins Pena (1815–1848, Brazil, d) • Gabino Coria Peñaloza (1881–1975, Argentina, p) • Nathan Penlington (living, England, p/nf) • Ian Penman (born 1959, England, nf) • Jessie Penn-Lewis (1861–1927, Wales/England, nf) • Daniel Pennac (born 1944, Morocco/France, ch/f) • Meirion Pennar (1944–2010, Wales, p/f) • Edmund Penning-Rowsell (1913–2002, England, nf) • Michael Pennington (born 1943, England, nf) • Sarah, Lady Pennington (c. 1720–1783, England, nf) • Anne Penny (1729–1784, Wales/England, p) • Nicholas Penny (born 1949, England, nf) • Ethel Penrose (1857–1938, Ireland, ch) • John Penry (1563–1593, Wales/England, nf) • Louise Pentland (born 1985, England, nf) • Ernst Penzoldt (1892–1955, Germany, f/nf/ch) • Pepetela (born 1941, Angola, f), pseudonym of Artur Carlos Maurício Pestana dos Santos • Emily Pepys (1833–1877, England, nf) • Henry Pepys (1783–1860, England, nf) • Samuel Pepys (1633–1703, England, nf) • Anna Percival (1906–1993, England, f), pseudonym of Eleanor Burford Hibbert • Elizabeth Percy, Duchess of Northumberland (1716–1776, England, nf) • Walker Percy (1916–1990, US, f/nf) • Georges Perec (1936–1982, France, f/nf) • José de Fontes Pereira (1838–1891, Angola, nf) • Sam Pereira (living, US, p) • Benjamin Péret (1899–1959, France, p) • I. L. Peretz (1852–1915, Poland, f/d) • Galo René Pérez (1923–2008, Ecuador, nf/p) • Arturo Pérez-Reverte (born 1951, Spain, f/nf) • Louis Pergaud (1882–1915, France, f/p) • Bonaventure des Périers (c. 1500–1544, France, nf/p) • Lucia Perillo (1958–2016, US, p/f) • Emily Perkins (born 1970, N Zealand, f) • Lucy Fitch Perkins (1865–1937, US, ch) • Lynne Rae Perkins (born 1956, US, ch) • Sarah Maria Clinton Perkins (1824–1905, US, ch) • William Perkins (1558–1602, England, nf) • Néstor Osvaldo Perlongher (1949–1992, Argentina, p/nf) • Lydia Perović (living, Montenegro/Canada, f) • Perpetua and Felicity (fl. 3rd c., Carthage, nf) • Charles Perrault (1628–1703, France, ch) • E. du Perron (1899–1940, Dutch East Indies/Netherlands, p/f) • Anne Perry (1938–2023, England, f) • Grace Perry (1927–1987, Australia, p/d) • Grayson Perry (born 1960, England, nf) • Sarah Perry (born 1979, England, f) • Steve Perry (born 1947, US, d/f) • Lakshmi Persaud (1939–2024, Trinidad/England, f) • Saint-John Perse (1887–1975, Guadeloupe/France, p) • Synnøve Persen (born 1950, Norway, p) • Persius (34–62 CE, Rome, p), full name Aulus Persius Flaccus • Malte Persson (born 1976, Sweden, f/p) • Leo Perutz (1882–1957, Austrian E/Austria, f) • Vesna Pešić (born 1940, Yugoslavia/Serbia, nf) • Camilo Pessanha (1867–1926, Portugal/Macau, p) • Fernando Pessoa (1888–1935, Portugal, p/nf) • Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi (1746–1827, Switzerland, nf) • Michael Alfred Peszke (1932–2015, Poland/US, nf) • Basildon Peta (born c. 1972, Zimbabwe/S Africa, nf) • Alice E. Heckler Peters (1845–1921, US, nf/p) • Lenrie Peters (1932–2009, Gambia/Senegal, f/p) • Maureen Peters (1935–2008, Wales/England, f/nf) • Robert Peters (1924–2014, US, p/nf/d) • Marie Bjelke Petersen (1874–1969, Denmark/Australia, f) • Len Peterson (1917–2008, Canada, d/f) • Pascale Petit (born 1953, France/Wales, p) • András Petőcz (born 1959, Hungary, p/nf/f) • Sándor Petőfi (1823–1849, Hungary/Transylvania, p) • Stephen Petranek (living, US, nf) • Petrarch (1304–1374, Italy, p/nf), full name Francesco Petrarca • Camil Petrescu (1894–1957, Romania, d/f/p) • Cezar Petrescu (1892–1961, Romania, f/ch) • Julius Richard Petri (1852–1921, Germany, nf) • György Petri (1943–2000, Hungary, p) • Nevenka Petrić (1927–2015, Yugoslavia/Serbia, nf/p) • Ioane Petritsi (fl. 11th–12th cc., Georgia, nf) • Kata Szidónia Petrőczy (1659–1708, Hungary, nf/p) • Petronius (c. 27–66 CE, Rome, f), full name Titus Petronius Niger • Marine Petrossian (born 1960, Armenia, p/nf) • Valeri Petrov (1920–2014, Bulgaria, p/d), pseudonym of Valeri Nisim Mevorah • Goran Petrović (born 1961, Yugoslavia/Serbia, f/nf/d) • Rastko Petrović (1898–1949, Serbia/US, p/f) • Uroš Petrović (born 1967, Yugoslavia/Serbia, f) • Veljko Petrović (1884–1967, Austria-Hungary/Yugoslavia, p/f) • Zoran Petrović (1954–2018, Yugoslavia/Serbia, p/f/ch) • Mirko Petrović-Njegoš (1820–1867, Montenegro, p) • Petar II Petrović-Njegoš (1813–1851, Montenegro, p/nf) • Pande Petrovski (1943–2006, Yugoslavia/N Macedonia, nf) • Mario Petrucci (born 1958, England, p/nf) • Mihail Petruševski (1911–1990, Ottoman E/Yugoslavia, nf) • Per Petterson (born 1952, Norway, f) • Dianne Ruth Pettis (1955–2008, N Zealand, f/nf) • Brynjólfur Pétursson (1810–1851, Iceland, nf) • Hallgrímur Pétursson (1614–1672, Iceland, p/nf) • Hannes Pétursson (born 1931, Iceland, p/f/nf) • K. M. Peyton (1929–2023, England, ch) • Ludwig Pfau (1821–1894, Germany, p) • Hoa Pham (living, Australia, f/ch/d) • LeUyen Pham (born 1973, Vietnam/US, ch) • Anna Augusta Von Helmholtz-Phelan (1890–1964, US, nf/p) • James Clancy Phelan (born 1979, Australia, f/ch/nf) • Nancy Phelan (1913–2008, Australia, f/nf) • Pherecydes of Athens (fl. c. 465 BCE, Greece, nf) • Nathaniel Philbrick (born 1956, US, nf) • Rodman Philbrick (born 1951, US, ch/f) • St John Philby (1885–1960, Ceylon/Lebanon, nf) • Ambrose Philips (1674–1749, England, p) • Katherine Philips (1631/1632–1664, England, p/nf), pseudonym The Matchless Orinda • Tracy Philipps (1888–1959, England, nf) • Robert Phillimore (1810–1885, England, nf) • April Phillips (living, England/N Zealand, d) • Carly Phillips (born 1965, US, f) • Caryl Phillips (born 1958, Saint Kitts and Nevis/US, f/d/nf) • David Graham Phillips (1867–1911, US, f/nf) • Eluned Phillips (1914–2009, Wales, f) • Susan Elizabeth Phillips (born 1948, US, f) • Philo (c. 20 BCE – c. 50 CE, Egypt, nf) • René Philombé (1930–2001, Cameroon, p/f/d), pseudonym of Philippe Louis Ombedé • Geoffrey Philp (born 1958, Jamaica, f/d) • Joan Phipson (1912–2003, Australia, ch) • Desmond Dudwa Phiri (1931–2019, Nyasaland/Malawi, nf/d) • Savitribai Phule (1831–1897, India, nf/p)

Pi–Pl

• Pi O (born 1951, Greece/Australia, p) • Pi Rixiu (皮日休, c. 834–883, China, p) • Hajasoa Vololona Picard (born 1956, Mozambique/Réunion, nf/f/p) • Menotti Del Picchia (1892–1988, Brazil, p/nf) • Anita Pichler (1948–1997, Italy, f/nf) • Karoline Pichler (1769–1843, Austria, f) • Tom Pickard (born 1946, England, p) • Jodi Picoult (born 1966, US, f) • Phyllis Piddington (1910–2001, Australia, f/p) • Tamora Pierce (born 1954, US, f/ch) • Clara D. Pierson (1868–1962, US, ch) • Nicolaas Pierson (1839–1909, Netherlands, nf) • Cosmo Pieterse (born 1930, SW Africa/Namibia, d/p/nf) • Arturo Uslar Pietri (1906–2001, Venezuela, f/p/nf) • Pedro Pietri (1944–2004, Puerto Rico, p/d) • David Pietrusza (born 1949, US, nf/ch) • Ricardo Piglia (1941–2017, Argentina, f) • Felipe Pigna (born 1959, Argentina, nf) • Leonie Pihama (born 1962, N Zealand, nf) • Christopher Pike (born 1955, US, ch) • Phumlani Pikoli (1988–2021, Zimbabwe/S Africa, f/nf) • Rosamunde Pilcher (1924–2019, England/Scotland, f) • János Pilinszky (1921–1981, Hungary, p) • Dav Pilkey (born 1966, US, ch) • Mary Pilkington (1761–1839, England, f/p/ch) • Ion Pillat (1891–1945, Romania, p) • Rodolfo Pérez Pimentel (born 1939, Ecuador, nf) • Rui de Pina (1440–1522, Portugal, nf) • João de Pina-Cabral (born 1954, Portugal, nf) • Sarah Pinborough (born 1972, England, f/ch/d) • Elizabeth Pinchard (fl. 1791–1820, England, ch) • Ivy Pinchbeck (1898–1982, England, nf) • Pindar (c. 518–438 BCE, Greece, p), full name Pindaros • Gisèle Pineau (born 1956, France/Guadeloupe, f) • Claudia Piñeiro (born 1960, Argentina, f/d) • Virgilio Piñera (1912–1979, Cuba, p/nf) • Miguel Piñero (1946–1988, Puerto Rico, d) • Daniel H. Pink (born 1964, US, nf) • Steven Pinker (born 1954, Canada/US, nf) • Percy Edward Pinkerton (1855–1946, England, p) • Jerry Pinkney (1939–2021, US, ch/d) • Daniel Pinkwater (born 1941, US, ch/f/nf) • Nélida Piñon (1937–2022, Brazil, f) • Robert Pinsky (born 1940, US, p/nf) • Harold Pinter (1930–2008, England, d) • Fernão Mendes Pinto (c. 1509–1583, Portugal, nf) • Roxana Pinto (living, Costa Rica, p/f/nf) • Ziraldo Alves Pinto (born 1932, Brazil, f/nf/ch) • Heinz Piontek (1925–2003, Germany, p/nf) • H. Beam Piper (1904–1964, US, f) • Myfanwy Piper (1911–1997, England, p/d/nf) • Luigi Pirandello (1867–1936, Italy, d/f/p) • Farhad Pirbal (born 1961, Iraq, f/nf) • Willibald Pirckheimer (1470–1530, Germany, nf) • José Cardoso Pires (1925–1998, Portugal, f/d/nf) • Tomé Pires (c. 1465–1524 or 1540, Portugal, nf) • Mark Pirie (born 1974, N Zealand, p/nf) • Saviour Pirotta (born 1958, Malta/England, ch) • Robert M. Pirsig (1928–2017, US, f/nf) • Zoya Pirzad (born 1952, Iran, f) • Marie Pitt (1869–1948, Australia, p) • Sarah Pitt (fl. 1881–1900, England, ch) • José Luis Rodríguez Pittí (born 1971, Panama, f/nf) • Doris Piserchia (1928–2021, US, f) • Vladimir Pištalo (born 1960, Yugoslavia/US, f/nf) • Peter Pišťanek (1960–2015, Czechoslovakia/Slovakia, f/nf) • Annabel Pitcher (born 1982, England, ch) • Sergio Pitol (1933–2018, Mexico, f/nf) • Sarah Pitt (fl. 1880s, England, ch) • Ruth Pitter (1897–1992, England, p) • José Luis Rodríguez Pittí (born 1971, Panama, f/p/nf) • Denis Pitts (1930–1994, England, nf/f) • Christine de Pizan (1364 – c. 1430, Italy/France, f/nf), full name Cristina da Pizzano • Daniel Samper Pizano (born 1945, Colombia, nf) • Alejandra Pizarnik (1936–1972, Argentina) • Yolanda Arroyo Pizarro (born 1970, Puerto Rico, f/nf) • Marjorie Pizer (1920–2016, Australia, p) • Mato Pižurica (born 1942, Yugoslavia/Serbia, nf) • Erin Pizzey (born 1939, England, f/nf) • Helgi Pjeturss (1872–1949, Iceland, nf) • Tamri Pkhakadze (born 1957, USSR/Georgia, f/d/ch) • Josefina Plá (1903–1999, Canary Islands/Paraguay, p/d/nf) • Sol Plaatje (1876–1932, S Africa, nf) • Jean Plaidy (1906–1993, England, f), pseudonym of Eleanor Burford Hibbert • Belva Plain (1915–2010, US, f) • Nigel Planer (born 1953, England, f/d) • August von Platen-Hallermünde (1796–1835, Germany/Italy, p/d) • Sylvia Plath (1932–1963, US/England, p/f) • Plato (c. 427 – c. 347 BC, Greece, nf) • Karen Platt (living, England, nf) • Kin Platt (1911–2003, US, d/ch) • Agneta Pleijel (born 1940, Sweden, f/p/d) • Ulrich Plenzdorf (1934–2007, Germany, f/d) • Andrei Pleșu (born 1948, Romania, nf) • José Pliva (born 1966, Benin, d) • Jean Pliya (1931–2015, Benin/Ivory Coast, d/f) • Luise von Ploennies (1803–1872, Germany, p/d) • William Plomer (1903–1973, S Africa/England, f/p/nf • Vivienne Plumb (born 1955, N Zealand, p/d/f) • Amélie Plume (born 1943, Switzerland, f/nf) • Edward Plunkett, 18th Baron of Dunsany (1878–1957, England/Ireland, f/d/p) • Plutarch (46–119 CE, Greece/Roman E, nf)

Po

• Ivy Pochoda (born 1977, US, f) • Michael Podro (1931–2008, England, nf) • Jacek Podsiadło (born 1964, Poland, p/nf) • Tešan Podrugović (1775–1815, Ottoman E/Austrian E, p) • Edgar Allan Poe (1809–1849, US, f/nf/p) • Suman Pokhrel (born 1967, Nepal, p/d) • Frederik Pohl (1919–2013, US, f) • Peter Pohl (born 1940, Germany/Sweden, f) • Suman Pokhrel (born 1967, Nepal, p/d) • Wincenty Pol (1807–1872, Austrian E, p/nf) • Gillian Polack (born 1961, Australia, f/nf) • Marcella Polain (born 1958, Singapore/Australia, p/f) • Thomas Pole (1753–1829, US/England, nf) • Stephen Poliakoff (born 1952, England, d) • Daniel Poliquin (born 1953, Canada, f) • Branko Ve Poljanski (1898–1947, Austria-Hungary/Germany, p) • Leonora Polkinghorne (1873–1953, Australia, f/p/nf) • Albert Pollard (1869–1948, England, nf) • Josephine Pollard (1834–1892, US, p/ch) • Margaret Steuart Pollard (1904–1996, England, p) • Velma Pollard (born 1937, Jamaica, p/f) • Edward Pollock (1823–1858, US, p) • Sharon Pollock (1936–2021, Canada, d) • Elizabeth Polwhele (c. 1651–1691, England, d) • Richard Polwhele (1760–1838, England, p/nf) • Rafael Pombo (1833–1912, Colombia, p) • John Pomfret (1667–1702, England, p) • Raul Pompeia (1863–1895, Brazil, f/nf) • Juan García Ponce (1932–2003, Mexico, f/d) • Francis Ponge (1899–1988, France, nf/p) • Elena Poniatowska (born 1932, France/Mexico, nf/f) • Hana Ponická (1922–2007, Czechoslovakia/Slovakia, d/nf) • Ramesh Ponnuru (born 1974, US, nf) • Marie Ponsot (1921–2019, US, p/nf) • Giovanni Pontano (1426–1503, Italy, nf/p) • George Ayliffe Poole (1809–1883, England, nf) • Hannah Pool (born 1974, Eritrea/England, nf) • Thomas Poole (1765–1837, England, nf) • Clare Pooley (living, England, f/nf) • Vasko Popa (1922–1991, Yugoslavia/Serbia, p) • Alexander Pope (1688–1744, England, p) • Cora Scott Pond Pope (1856 – post-1932, US, f) • Dudley Pope (1925–1997, England/Saint Martin, f/nf) • Robert J. Pope (1865–1945, N Zealand, p/nf) • Dumitru Radu Popescu (1935–2023, Romania, f/d/p) • Alek Popov (born 1966, Bulgaria, f/nf/d) • Fani Popova-Mutafova (1902–1977, Bulgaria, f) • Bogdan Popović (1863–1944, Serbia/Yugoslavia, nf) • Danko Popović (1928–2009, Yugoslavia/Serbia, f/d) • Jovan Popović (1905–1952, Austria-Hungary/Yugoslavia, nf) • Jovan Sterija Popović (1806–1856, Austrian E, d/p) • Koča Popović (1908–1992, Serbia/Yugoslavia, nf) • Pavle Popović (1868–1939, Serbia/Yugoslavia, nf) • Petar Popović (1904–1995, Serbia/Yugoslavia, p) • Titus Popovici (1930–1994, Romania, d) • Zoran T. Popovski (born 1962, Yugoslavia/N Macedonia, nf) • Antonio Porchia (1885–1968, Italy/Argentina, p) • Judith Pordon (born 1954, US, p/nf) • Aída Cartagena Portalatín (1918–1994, Dominican Rep., p/f/nf) • Juan Carlos Portantiero (1934–2007, Argentina, nf) • Ena Lucía Portela (1972, Cuba, f) • Anna Maria Porter (1780–1832, England, p/f) • Delia Lyman Porter (1858–1933, US, ch/f/nf) • Dorothy Porter (1954–2008, Australia, p/nf/ch) • Eleanor H. Porter (1868–1920, US, ch/f) • George Porter (1920–2002, England, nf) • Hal Porter (1911–1984, Australia, f/d/p) • Jane Porter (1776–1850, England/Scotland, 1776–1850, f/d) • Katherine Anne Porter (1890–1980, US, nf/f) • Marie Porter (born 1939, Australia, nf) • Peter Porter (1929–2010, Australia/England, p/nf) • Sheena Porter (born 1935, England, ch) • Tracey Porter (living, US, ch) • Charles Portis (1933–2020, US, f/nf) • Manuel de Araújo Porto-Alegre, Baron of Santo Ângelo (1906–1979, Brazil, p/d/f) • Posidippus (316 – c. 250 CE, Greece, p) • Abel Posse (1934–2023, Argentina, f/nf/p) • Laurens van der Post (1906–1996, Orange Free State/England, f/nf) • Jacob Post (1774–1855, England, nf) • Sue-Ann Post (born 1964, Australia, nf) • John Postgate (1820–1821, England, nf) • John Postgate (1922–2014, England, nf) • John Percival Postgate (1853–1926, England, nf) • Oliver Postgate (1925–2008, England, d/ch) • Raymond Postgate (1896–1971, England, nf/f) • Halina Poświatowska (1935–1967, Poland, p/nf) • Roma Potiki (born 1958, N Zealand, p/d) • Jan Potocki (1761–1815, Polish-Lithuanian C/Russian E, nf/f) • Wacław Potocki (1621–1696, Poland, p/nf) • Beatrix Potter (1866–1943, England, ch) • Dennis Potter (1935–1994, England, d) • Ellen Potter (born 1960s, US, ch/f) • Robert Potter (1721–1804, England, nf) • Anna M. Longshore Potts (1829–1912, US, nf) • Mahananda Poudyal (1931 – post-1988, Nepal, f/p) • Louis-Marie Pouka (fl. mid-20th c., Cameroon, p) • Jacques Poulin (born 1937, Canada, f) • Ezra Pound (1885–1972, US/Italy, p/nf) • Jerry Pournelle (1933–2017, US, nf/f) • Anthony Powell (1905–2000, England, f) • Craig Powell (born 1940, Australia, p) • Patricia Powell (born 1966, Jamaica, f) • Violet Powell (1912–2002, England, nf) • Eileen Power (1889–1940, England, nf) • Rhoda Power (1890–1957, England, ch) • J. F. Powers (1917–1999, US, f) • Tim Powers (born 1952, US, f) • Eve Pownall (1901–1982, Australia, ch/nf) • John Cowper Powys (1872–1963, England/Wales, p/f/nf) • T. F. Powys (1875–1953, England, f/nf) • Heather Graham Pozzessere (born 1953, US, f), pseudonym Shannon Drake

Pr–Py

• James Van Praagh (born 1958, US, nf) • Alishetty Prabhakar (1954–1993, India, p) • Manuel González Prada (1844–1918, Peru, nf) • Tapan Kumar Pradhan (born 1972, India, p) • Adélia Prado (born 1935, Brazil, p/nf) • Rosa Campbell Praed (1851–1935, Australia, f/p/ch) • Winthrop Mackworth Praed (1802–1839, England, p/nf) • Johannes Praetorius (1537–1616, Bohemia/Germany, nf) • Jaishankar Prasad (1889–1937, India, f/d/p) • Terry Pratchett (1948–2015, England, f) • Vasco Pratolini (1913–1991, Italy, d/f) • E. J. Pratt (1883–1964, Newfoundland/Canada, p) • Marin Preda (1922–1980, Romania, f) • Dušan Prelević (1948–2007, Yugoslavia/Serbia, f/nf) • Premchand (1880–1936, India, f/nf), pseudonym of Dhanpat Rai Srivastava • Paula von Preradović (1887–1951, Austria/Yugoslavia, p/f) • H. F. M. Prescott (1896–1972, England, f/nf) • France Prešeren (1800–1849, Austrian E, p) • ArLynn Leiber Presser (born 1960, US, f) • Steven Pressfield (born 1943, US, f/nf/d) • Thomas Peckett Prest (c. 1810 – c. 1869, England, f) • Richard Preston (born 1954, US, nf/f) • Thomas Preston (1537–1598, England, d/p) • Ron Pretty (1940–2023, Australia, p/nf) • Paul Preuss (born 1942, US, f/nf) • Otfried Preußler (1923–2013, Czechoslovakia/Germany, ch) • Jacques Prévert (1900–1977, France, p/d) • Abbé Prévost (1697–1763, France, f/nf) • Angharad Price (born 1972, Wales, nf/f) • Evadne Price (1888–1985, Australia, f/ch/nf) • Nicholas A. Price (born 1962, US) • Richard Price (1723–1791, Wales, England, nf) • Richard Price (born 1966, Scotland/England, p/f) • Thomas Price (Carnhuanawc) (1787–1848, Wales, nf) • Willard Price (1887–1983, Canada/US, nf/f) • Caradog Prichard (1904–1980, Wales/England, p/f) • James Cowles Prichard (1886–1948, England, nf) • Katharine Susannah Prichard (1883–1969, Fiji/Australia, f/d/p) • Rhys Prichard (1579–1644, Wales, p) • Christopher Priest (born 1943, England, f) • Robert Priest (born 1951, England/Canada, p/ch) • J. B. Priestley (1894–1984, England, f/d/nf) • Joseph Priestley (1733–1804, England/US, nf) • Rebecca Priestley (living, N Zealand, nf) • Diane di Prima (1934–2020, US, p/nf) • Elise Primavera (born 1955, US, ch) • Paskoje Primojević (fl. 1482–1527, Ragusa, p) • Alison Prince (1931–2019, England/Scotland, ch/d) • F. T. Prince (1912–2003, S Africa/England, p/nf) • John Critchley Prince (1808–1866, England, p) • Eric Pringle (1935–2017, England, d/ch) • Matthew Prior (1664–1721, England, p) • John Prise (1501 or 1502–1555, Wales, nf) • Harri Pritchard-Jones (1933–2015, England/Wales, p/nf/f) • V. S. Pritchett (1900–1997, England, f/nf) • Bryan Procter (1787–1874, England, p) • Jaša Prodanović (1867–1948, Serbia/Yugoslavia, nf) • Raul Proença (1884–1941, Portugal, nf) • Lilli Promet (1922–2007, Estonia, f/nf) • Propertius (c. 50–56 – post-15 BCE, Rome, p), full name Sextus Propertius • Perch Proshian (1837–1907, Russian E, nf) • Protagoras (c. 490 – c. 420 BCE, Greece, nf) • E. Annie Proulx (born 1935, US, f/nf) • Marcel Proust (1871–1922, France, f) • Guiot de Provins (died post-1208, France, p) • Anne Provoost (born 1964, Belgium, f/nf) • Alf Prøysen (1914–1970, Norway, ch/p/d) • Kevin Prufer (born 1969, US, p/nf) • Janko Prunk (born 1942, Yugoslavia/Slovenia, nf) • Bolesław Prus (1847–1912, Poland, f/nf) • Hans Prutz (1843–1929, Germany, nf) • Robert Prutz (1816–1872, Germany, p/f/nf) • Myfanwy Pryce (1890–1976, Wales, f) • J. H. Prynne (born 1936, England, p) • William Prynne (1600–1669, England, nf) • Edmund Prys (1542 or 1543–1623, Wales, p) • Kazimierz Przerwa-Tetmajer (1865–1940, Austria-Hungary/Poland, p/f/d) • Zenon Przesmycki (1861–1944, Russian E/Poland, p/nf) • Jeremi Przybora (1915–2004, Poland, p) • Stanisław Przybyszewski (1868–1927, Germany/Poland, f/d/p) • Kathryn Ptacek (born 1952, US, f) • Ptolemy ( c. 100 – c. 170 CE, Egypt, nf) • Pu Songling (皮日休, 1640–1715, China, f) • Medo Pucić (1821–1882, Austrian E, p) • Niko Pucić (1820–1883, Austrian E, nf) • Hermann, Fürst von Pückler-Muskau (1785–1871, Germany, nf), pseudonym Semilasso • John Pudney (1909–1977, England, p/nf/ch) • William Owen Pughe (1759–1835, Wales, nf) • Manuel Puig (1932–1990, Argentina, f/d) • Adriana Puiggrós (born 1941, Argentina, nf) • Erenora Puketapu-Hetet (1941–2006, N Zealand, nf) • Luigi Pulci (1432–1484, Italy, p) • Georgi Pulevski (1817–1895, Ottoman E/Bulgaria, nf) • Christine Pullein-Thompson (1925–2005, England, ch) • Diana Pullein-Thompson (1925–2015, England, ch) • Josephine Pullein-Thompson (1924–2014, England, ch) • Philip Pullman (born 1946, England, ch) • Alice Pung (born 1981, Australia, f/ch/nf) • John Purchas (1823–1872, England, nf/d/p) • Al Purdy (1918–2000, Canada, p/nf/f) • Alexander Pushkin (1799–1837, Russia, p/d) • Bosiljka Pušić (born 1936, Yugoslavia, ch/p/f) • Mary Jo Putney (living, US, f) • Gwilym Puw (c. 1618 – c. 1689, Wales, p) • Mario Puzo (1920–1999, US, f/d/nf) • John Pye-Smith (1774–1851, England, nf) • Howard Pyle (1853–1911, US, ch) • Barbara Pym (1913–1980, England, f) • Hugh Pym (born 1959, England, nf) • Thomas Pynchon (born 1937, US, f/nf) • Pythagoras (c. 570 – c. 495, Greece, nf)