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

Sa–Sb

• Nawal El Saadawi (1931–2021, Egypt, nf) • Suhayl Saadi (born 1961, England/Scotland, f/d) • Ferdinand von Saar (1833–1906, Austria, f/d/p) • Rafael Saavedra (1967–2013, Mexico, f/nf) • Umberto Saba (1883–1957, Austria-Hungary/Italy, p/f) • Ernesto Sabato (1911–2011, Argentina, f/nf) • Moinul Ahsan Saber (born 1958, Bangladesh, f/d) • Fred Saberhagen (1930–2007, US, f) • Mohammed Sabila (1942–2021, Morocco, nf) • Jaime Sabines (1926–1999, Mexico, p) • Fernando Sabino (1923–2004, Brazil, f) • Mário de Sá-Carneiro (1890–1916, Portugal/France, p/d/f) • Louis Sachar (born 1954, US, f/ch) • Carlos Alberto Sacheri (1933–1974, Argentina, nf) • Leopold von Sacher-Masoch (1836–1895, Austrian E/Germany, f/nf) • Hans Sachs (1494–1576, Germany, p/d) • Nelly Sachs (1891–1970, Germany/Sweden, p/d) • Charles Sackville, 6th Earl of Dorset (1643–1706, England, p) • Thomas Sackville, 1st Earl of Dorset (1536–1608, England, p/d) • Vita Sackville-West (1892–1962, England, f/p/nf) • Johannes de Sacrobosco (c. 1195 – c. 1256, France, nf) • Tayeb Saddiki (1939–2016, Morocco, d) • Marquis de Sade (1740–1814, France, f/d/nf) • Abdoulaye Sadji (1910–1961, Senegal, f/ch) • Michael Sadler (1861–1943, England, nf) • Michael Sadleir (1888–1967, England, f/nf) • Ion Marin Sadoveanu (1893–1964, Romania, d) • Mihail Sadoveanu (1880–1961, Romania, f/nf) • Gholam-Hossein Sa'edi (1936–1985, Iran/France, d/f) • Sæmundr fróði (1056–1133, Iceland, nf) • Benjamin Alire Sáenz (born 1954, US, p/f/ch) • Jaime Sáenz (1921–1986, Bolivia, p/f) • Juan José Saer (1937–2005, Argentina, p/f) • Wera Sæther (born 1945, Norway, p/f/nf) • Tómas Sæmundsson (1807–1841, Iceland, nf) • Juan José Saer (1937–2005, Argentina, p/f) • Nazi Safavi (born 1967, Iran, f) • Pavel Jozef Šafárik (1795–1861, Austria-Hungary, nf/p) • Peter Sagal (born 1965, US, f/d) • Carl Sagan (1934–1996, US, nf) • Françoise Sagan (1935–2004, France, d/f) • Nick Sagan (born 1970, US, f/d) • Buddhi Sagar (born 1981, Nepal, f/p) • Angie Sage (born 1952, England, ch) • Sarojini Sahoo (born 1956, India, f) • A. Samad Said (born 1935, Malaya/Malaysia, f/p) • Abdel Said (born 1974, Morocco, p) • Amina Said (born 1953, Tunisia/France, p/f/nf) • Mekkawi Said (1956–2017, Egypt, f) • Saigyō (西行法師, 1118–1190, Japan, p) • Bhabendra Nath Saikia (1932–2003, India, f/ch/nf) • Sao Saimong (1913–1987, Burma, nf) • Janou Saint-Denis (1930–2000, Canada, p/nf) • Mellin de Saint-Gelais (c. 1491–1558, France, p) • Charles Augustin Sainte-Beuve (1804–1869, France, nf) • Benoît de Sainte-Maure (died 1173, France, p) • Antoine de Saint-Exupéry (1900–1944, France, f/p/nf) • Mellin de Saint-Gelais (c. 1491–1558, France, p) • Jean François de Saint-Lambert (1716–1803, France, p/nf) • Jacques-Henri Bernardin de Saint-Pierre (1737–1814, France, f/nf/ch) • Sait Faik (1906–1954, Ottoman E/Turkey, f/p) • Mokichi Saitō (斎藤茂吉, 1882–1953, Japan, p) • Saitō Ryokuu (斎藤緑雨, 1868–1904, Japan, nf) • Sakae Saitō (斉藤栄, born 1933, Japan, f) • Baja Saitović-Lukin (1954–2017, Yugoslavia/Serbia, p) • Ango Sakaguchi (坂口安吾, 1906–1965, Japan, f/nf) • Widad Sakakini (1913–1991, Lebanon, f/nf) • Abdelaziz Baraka Sakin (born 1963, Sudan/Austria, f) • Salama Ahmed Salama (1932–2012, Egypt, nf) • Tomaž Šalamun (1941–2014, Yugoslavia/Slovenia, p) • Marina Salandy-Brown (living, Trinidad, nf) • Salarrué (1899–1975, El Salvador, f/p), born Luis Salvador Efraín Salazar Arrué • Mariano Picón Salas (1901–1965, Venezuela, nf) • Dušan Salatić (born 1929, Yugoslavia/Serbia, nf) • Abel Salazar (1889–1946, Portugal, nf) • Ibtihal Salem (1949–2015, Egypt, f) • William Salesbury (c. 1520 – c. 1584, Wales, nf) • Emilio Salgari (1862–1911, Italy, f) • Nino Salia (1898–1992, Russian E/France, nf) • André Salifou (1942–2022, Niger, nf) • Tayeb Salih (1929–2009, Sudan/England, f/nf) • Pedro Salinas (1891–1951, Spain/US, p/nf) • J. D. Salinger (1919–2010, US, f) • Andrew Salkey (1928–1995, Panama/US, f/p/ch) • Amadou Lamine Sall (born 1951, Senegal, p) • Tijan Sallah (born 1958, Gambia, f/nf) • Eva Sallis (born 1964, Australia, f/p) • Ibrahim 'Ali Salman (1937–1995, Sudan, p) • André Salmon (1881–1969, France, p/nf) • Philip Salom (born 1950, Australia, p/f) • Ernst von Salomon (1902–1972, Germany, nf) • Henry Stephens Salt (1851–1939, India/England, nf) • Felix Salten (1869–1945, Hungary/Switzerland, d/f/ch) • Rapolas Šaltenis (1908–2007, Lithuania, nf) • Mikhail Saltykov-Shchedrin (1826–1889, Russian E, f/ch) • R. A. Salvatore (born 1959, US, f) • Gaetano Salvemini (1873–1957, Italy, nf) • Christian Gotthilf Salzmann (1744–1811, Germany, nf) • Balkrishna Sama (1903–1981, Nepal, d) • Albert Samain (1858–1900, France, p) • Akim Samar (1916–1943, Russia/USSR, p/f) • Preeta Samarasan (living, Malaysia, f) • Miloslav Samardžić (born 1963, Yugoslavia/Serbia, nf) • Abdi Ismail Samatar (born 1950, Somaliland, nf) • Ahmed Ismail Samatar (born 1950, Somaliland, nf) • Said Sheikh Samatar (1943–2015, Ethiopia/US, nf) • Stanlake J. W. T. Samkange (1922–1988, S Rhodesia/Zimbabwe, nf) • Anthony Sampson (1926–2004, England, nf) • Fiona Samuel (born 1961, N Zealand, d) • Wolfgang W.E. Samuel (born 1935, Germany/US, nf) • Hossein Sanapour (born 1960, Iran, f/nf/ch) • Alex Sánchez (born 1957, Mexico/US, f/ch) • Luis Rafael Sánchez (born 1936, Puerto Rico, nf/f/d) • Sonia Sanchez (born 1934, US, p/f/ch), born Wilsonia Benita Driver • George Sand (1804–1876, France, f/nf) • Michal Šanda (born 1965, Czechoslovakia/Czech R, p/nf/ch) • Ma Sandar (born 1947, Burma/Myanmar, f) • Carl Sandburg (1878–1967, US, p/nf) • Cora Sandel (1880–1974, Norway, f), pseudonym of Sara Cecilia Görvell Fabricius • Aksel Sandemose (1899–1965, Denmark/Norway, f/nf) • Ben Sanders (born 1989, N Zealand, f) • Brandon Sanderson (born 1975, US, f) • Jane Sanderson (born 1962, England, f) • Sarah Sands (born 1961, England, f/nf) • Elspeth Sandys (born 1940, N Zealand, f/p/nf) • Andrew Sanger (born 1948, England, nf/f) • Clyde Sanger (1928–2022, England/Canada, nf) • Khagendra Sangraula (born 1946, Nepal, f/nf) • Sabah Sanhouri (born 1990, Sudan, f/p) • Parinoush Saniee (living, Iran, f) • José Ignacio de Sanjinés (1786–1864, Bolivia, p) • Uthaya Sankar SB (born 1972, Malaysia, nf) • Wilton G. S. Sankawulo (1937–2009, Liberia, f) • Rahul Sankrityayan (1893–1963, India, nf) • Juan Zorrilla de San Martín (1855–1931, Uruguay, p) • Sanmao (三毛, 1943–1991, Taiwan, nf/f) • Jacopo Sannazaro (1458–1530, Italy, p/nf) • Lamin Sanneh (1942–2019, Gambia, nf) • Adiza Sanoussi (living, Burkina Faso, f), pseudonym of Alizata Sana • Boualem Sansal (born 1949, Algeria, f/nf) • Ann Sansom (living, England, p) • Clive Sansom (1910–1981, England/Australia, p/d) • Andrew Sant (born 1950, Australia, p/nf) • Ferenc Sánta (1927–2008, Romania/Hungary, f/d) • Ana de Santana (born 1960, Angola, p/nf) • Glória de Sant'Anna (1925–2009, Mozambique, p) • Sérgio Sant'Anna (1841–1920, Brazil, p/d/f) • Bernardo Santareno (1920–1980, Portugal, p/nf/d) • George Santayana (1863–1952, Spain/Italy, nf/f/p) • Dan Santat (born 1975, US, ch) • Esmeralda Santiago (born 1948, Puerto Rico, nf) • Aleksa Šantić (1868–1924, Ottoman E/Yugoslavia, p) • Diego Abad de Santillán (1897–1938, Argentina, nf) • Alda Neves da Graça do Espírito Santo (1926–2010, São Tomé and Príncipe/Angola, p) • Santōka Taneda (種田山頭火, 1882–1940, Japan, p), born Taneda Shōichi (種田正一) • Ana Eduarda Santos (born 1983, Portugal, f/d) • Ary dos Santos (1936–1984, Portugal, p) • Bienvenido Santos (1911–1996, Philippines/US, f/p/nf) • João dos Santos (died 1622, Portugal/India, nf) • Lope K. Santos (1879–1963, Philippines, f/nf) • Marcelino dos Santos (1929–1920, Mozambique, p) • Mayra Santos-Febres (born 1966, Puerto Rico, p/f/ch) • Mitsugu Saotome (早乙女貢, 1926–2008, Japan) • Milorad Popović Šapčanin (1841–1895, Serbia, f/p/d) • Genrikh Sapgir (1928–1999, USSR, p/f) • Amanullah Sailaab Sapi (1933–1979, Afghanistan, p) • Sappho (c. 630 – c. 570 BCE, Greece, p) • Humira Saqib (born 1980, Afghanistan, nf) • Thouria Saqqat (1935–1992, Morocco, ch) • José Hermano Saraiva (1919–2012, Portugal, nf) • Adrijan Sarajlija (born 1976, Yugoslavia/Serbia, f) • Sima Milutinović Sarajlija (1791–1847, Ottoman E/Serbia, p/nf) • José Saramago (1922–2010, Portugal/Spain, nf/f) • Ghadam-Ali Sarami (born 1944, Iran, nf/p/d) • Vilas Sarang (1942–2015, India, f/p/nf) • Jaydeep Sarangi (born 1973, India, nf/p) • Dinu Săraru (1932–2024, Romania, f/d) • Dipti Saravanamuttu (born 1960, Sri Lanka/Australia, p/f) • John Mensah Sarbah (1864–1910, Gold Coast, nf) • Maciej Kazimierz Sarbiewski (1595–1640, Poland, p/nf) • António Sardinha (1887–1925, Portugal, nf) • Pedro Pérez Sarduy (born 1943, Cuba/England, p/f) • Severo Sarduy (1937–1993, Cuba, p/f/d) • Anne-Cécile Sarfati (born 1967, France, nf) • Pamela Sargent (born 1948, US, f/nf) • Frank Sargeson (1903–1982, N Zealand, f) • Petar Šarić (1937–2023, Yugoslavia/Kosovo, p/f/d) • Duncan Sarkies (living, N Zealand, d/f) • György Sárközi (1899–1945, Hungary, p/nf), Holocaust victim • Beatriz Sarlo (born 1942, Argentina, nf) • Jacob de Castro Sarmento (1692–1762, Portugal, nf/p) • Domingo Faustino Sarmiento (1911–1988, Argentina, nf) • Dušan Šarotar (born 1968, Yugoslavia/Slovenia, nf/f/p) • Ken Saro-Wiwa (1941–1995, Nigeria, d/nf) • Noo Saro-Wiwa (born 1976, Nigeria/England, nf) • William Saroyan (1908–1981, US, f/d/p) • Alioune Sarr (1908–2001, Senegal, nf) • Al Sarrantonio (born 1952, US, f) • Nathalie Sarraute (1900–1999, Russian E/France, f/d/nf) • Maren Sars (1911–1998, Norway, f) • George Sarton (1884–1956, Belgium/US, nf) • Jean-Paul Sartre (1905–1980, France, nf/d/f) • Nobutsuna Sasaki (佐佐木信綱, 1872–1963, Japan, p) • Williams Sassine (1944–1997, Guinea/France, f) • Siegfried Sassoon (1886–1967, England, p/f/nf) • Subagio Sastrowardoyo (1924–1995, Dutch E Indies/Indonesia, p/f/nf) • Ineko Sata (佐多稲子, 1904–1998, Japan, nf/f) • Július Satinský (1941–2002, Czechoslovakia/Slovakia, d/nf) • Satiricca (* 1985, Czechoslovakia, f/nf/p) • Satsvarupa dasa Goswami (born 1939, US, nf/f/p), born Stephen Guarino • Gilbert Saulnier du Verdier (? –1686, France, f) • George Saunders (born 1958, US, f/nf/ch) • Jen Saunders (born 1962, Australia, p) • Margaret Marshall Saunders (1861–1947, Canada, ch/f/nf) • William Saunders (1806–1851, Wales) • Henriette Sauret (1890–1976, France), p/nf) • Richard Savage (c. 1697–1743, England, p) • Léon Savary (1895–1968, Switzerland/France, nf) • Fernando Savater (born 1947, Spain, nf) • Constance Savery (1897–1999, England, f/ch) • Milisav Savić (born 1945, Yugoslavia/Serbia, f/nf) • Jaya Savige (born 1978, Australia, p) • Annie Gregg Savigny (c. 1838–1901, Canada, f/ch) • George Savile, 1st Marquess of Halifax (1633–1695, England, nf) • Steven Savile (born 1969, England/Sweden, f/nf) • Malcolm Saville (1901–1982, England, ch/nf) • Alberto Savinio (1891–1952, Italy, nf/d) • John Sawyer (1919–1992, England, f), co-author of wife Nancy Buckingham • Robert J. Sawyer (born 1960, Canada, f) • Ruth Sawyer (1880–1970, US, f/nf/ch) • Pol Sax (born 1960, Luxembourg/Germany, f/nf) • Allen Say (born 1937, Japan/US, ch), pseudonym of James Allen Koichi Moriwaki Seii • Sayat-Nova (1712–1795, Armenia, p) • Abdullah Abu Sayeed (born 1940, India/Bangladesh, nf) • Dorothy L. Sayers (1893–1957, England, f/p) • Isabelle Sbrissa (born 1971, Switzerland,

Sc

• Leslie Scalapino (1944–2010, US, p/nf/d) • Kurtis Scaletta (living, US, ch) • Nelle Scanlan (1882–1968, N Zealand, f/nf) • Paul Scarron (1610–1660, France, p/d/f) • Simon Scarrow (born 1962, England, f) • Richard Scarry (1919–1994, US, ch) • Igiaba Scego (born 1974, Italy, f/nf) • Branimir Šćepanović (1937–2020, Yugoslavia/Serbia, f/d) • Maurice Scève (c. 1501 – c. 1564, France, p) • Annet Schaap (born 1965, Netherlands, ch) • Nat Schachner (1895–1955, US, f/nf) • Adolf Friedrich von Schack (1815–1894, Germany/Italy, p/nf) • Jakob Schaffner (1875–1944, Switzerland/Germany, f) • Rafik Schami (born 1946, Syria/Germany, f) • Alexios Schandermani (born 1953, Iran/Germany, nf) • Peter Schechter (born 1959, Italy/US, f) • Riana Scheepers (born 1957, S Africa, ch/f/p) • Paul Scheerbart (1863–1915, Danzig/Germany, f/p) • Leopold Schefer (1784–1862, Germany, p/f) • Herman George Scheffauer (1876–1927, US, p/d/nf) • Joseph Victor von Scheffel (1826–1886, Germany, p/f) • Georges Schehadé (1905–1989, Lebanon, d/p) • Jonathan Schell (1943–2014, US, nf) • Arthur van Schendel (1874–1946, Netherlands, f) • Bel Schenk (born 1975, Australia, p) • Johannes Scherr (1817–1886, Germany/Switzerland, f/nf) • Pam Scheunemann (born 1955, US, ch) • Bert Schierbeek (1918–1996, Netherlands, f/nf) • Stacy Schiff (born 1961, US, nf) • Emanuel Schikaneder (1751–1812, Germany/Austria, d) • Friedrich Schiller (1759–1805, Germany, p/nf/d) • Roland Schimmelpfennig (born 1967, Germany, d) • Anton Schindler (1795–1864, Austria, nf) • Baldur von Schirach (1907–1974, Germany, nf) • Mathilde Schjøtt (1844–1926, Norway, nf) • Torgeir Schjerven (born 1954, Norway, p/f/ch) • Johannes Schlaf (1862–1941, Germany, d/f/p) • Lambert Schlechter (born 1941, Luxembourg, p/f/nf) • August Wilhelm Schlegel (1767–1845, Germany, p/nf) • Friedrich Schlegel (1772–1829, Germany, p/nf) • Johann Elias Schlegel (1719–1749, Germany/Denmark, nf/p) • Miriam Schlein (1926–2004, US, ch) • Bernhard Schlink (born 1944, Germany, f/nf) • Laura Amy Schlitz (born 1955, US, ch) • Steven J. Schloeder (born 1960, US, nf) • Eric Schlosser (born 1959, US, nf) • Anka Schmid (born 1961, Switzerland, d) • Christoph von Schmid (1768–1854, Germany, ch) • Annie M. G. Schmidt (1911–1995, Netherlands, ch/p/d) • Arno Schmidt (1914–1979, Germany, f/nf) • Stanley Schmidt (born 1944, US, f/nf) • Michael Schmidt-Salomon (born 1967, Germany, nf/ch) • Éric-Emmanuel Schmitt (born 1960, France/Belgium, d/f) • Elke Schmitter (born 1961, Germany, nf/f/p) • Dennis Schmitz (1937–2019, US, p) • James H. Schmitz (1911–1974, US, f) • Abraham Louis Schneiders (1925–2020, Netherlands, f/nf) • Manfred Schneckenburger (1938–2019, Germany, nf • Max Schneckenburger (1819–1849, Germany/Switzerland, p) • Louis Schneider (1805–1878, Germany, nf) • Reinhold Schneider (1903–1958, Germany, p/f) • Robert Schneider (born 1961, Austria, f/d/p) • Arthur Schnitzler (1862–1931, Austria, d/f/nf) • Wolfdietrich Schnurre (1920–1989, Germany, f/p/ch) • Karel Schoeman (1939–2017, S Africa, f/nf) • Alan Scholefield (1931–2017, S Africa, f) • Robin Schone (born 1954, US, f) • Patricia Schonstein (born 1952, S Rhodesia/S Africa, f/p/ch) • Frans van Schooten (1615–1660, Netherlands, nf) • Arthur Schopenhauer (1788–1860, Poland-Lithuania/Germany, nf) • Johanna Schopenhauer (1766–1838, Danzig/Germany, nf/f) • Constance Wiel Schram (1890–1955, Norway, nf/ch) • Olive Schreiner (1855–1920, S Africa, f/nf) • Friedrich Ludwig Schröder (1744–1816, Germany, d) • Rainer M. Schröder (born 1951, Germany, f/ch) • Christian Friedrich Daniel Schubart (1739–1791, Germany, p/nf) • Levin Schücking (1848–1883, Germany, f) • Levin Ludwig Schücking (1878–1964, Germany, nf) • Franz Schuh (born 1947, Austria, f/nf) • Philip Schultz (born 1945, US, p) • Julianne Schultz (born 1956, Australia, nf) • Tony Schumacher (1848–1931, Germany, ch) • James Schuyler (1923–1991, US, p) • Gustav Schwab (1792–1850, Germany, p/nf) • Werner Schwab (1958–1994, Austria, d/f) • György Schwajda (1943–2010, Hungary, d) • Dietrich Schwanitz (1940–2004, Germany, nf/f) • Delmore Schwartz (1913–1966, US, p/f) • José Carlos Schwarz (1949–1977, Guinea-Bissau/Cuba, p) • Alvin Schwartz (1927–1992, US, nf/ch) • Liesel Schwarz (living, England, f) • André Schwarz-Bart (1928–2006, France/Guadeloupe, f) • Achim Schwarze (born 1958, Germany, nf) • Annemarie Schwarzenbach (1908–1942, Switzerland, nf) • Alice Schwarzer (born 1942, Germany, nf) • Peter Schweizer (born 1964, US, nf) • Monique Schwitter (born 1972, Switzerland, f/d) • Kurt Schwitters (1887–1948, Germany/England, nf/p) • Leonardo Sciascia (1921–1989, Italy, f/nf/d) • Jon Scieszka (born 1954, US, ch) • Marianella Sclavi (born 1943, Italy, nf) • Moacyr Scliar (1937–2011, Brazil, f/ch/nf) • Sandra Scofield (born 1943, US, f/nf) • Thomas N. Scortia (1926–1986, US, f) • Manuel Scorza (1928–1983, Peru, f/p/nf) • Alexander Scott (c. 1520–1582 or 1583, Scotland, p) • Alexander Scott (1920–1989, Scotland, p/d/nf) • Alicia Scott (born 1956, US, f), pseudonym of Lisa Gardner) • Ann Scott (born 1950, England/US, nf) • Ann Scott (born 1965, France/England, f) • Andrew Murray Scott (born 1955, Scotland, f/p/nf) • Caroline Lucy Scott (1784–1857, England, f/nf) • Cathy Scott (born 1950s, US, nf) • Dick Scott (1923–2020, N Zealand, nf) • F. R. Scott (1899–1985, Canada, p/nf) • Frederick George Scott (1861–1944, Canada, p) • Gabriel Scott (1874–1958, Scotland/Norway, p/f/ch) • Geoffrey Scott (1884–1929, England, nf/p) • Hardiman Scott (1920–1999, England, nf/f/p) • Hugh Stowell Scott (1862–1903, England, f), pseudonym Henry Seton Merriman • J. Michael Scott (born 1941, US, nf) • John A. Scott (born 1948, England/Australia, p/f/nf) • Lawrence Scott (born 1943, Trinidad, f/nf) • Margaret Scott (1928–2014, N Zealand, nf) • Margaret Scott (1934–2005, England/Australia, p/f/nf) • Mary Scott (1888–1979, N Zealand, f/d) • Mary-anne Scott [sic] (living, N Zealand, ch) • Michael Scott (born 1959, Ireland, f/ch), pseudonym Anna Dillon • Paul Scott (1920–1978, England, f/d/p) • Peter J. H. Scott (born 1979, England/US, nf) • Robyn Scott (born 1981, England/N Zealand, f/nf) • Rosie Scott (1948–2017, N Zealand/Australia, f/p/nf) • Sarah Scott (1720–1795, England, f/nf) • Thomas Scott (1747–1821, England, nf) • Tom Scott (poet) (1918–1995, Scotland, p/nf) • Walter Scott (1771–1832, Scotland, f/p/d) • William Matthew Scott (1893–1964, England, f/ch) • Gil Scott-Heron (1949–2011, US, p) • E. J. Scovell (1907–1999, England, p) • Georges de Scudéry (1601–1667, France, f/d/p) • Madeleine de Scudéry (1607–1701, France, f/nf) • George Bazeley Scurfield (1920–1991, England, p/nf) • Jocelynne Scutt (born 1947, Australia, nf)

Se–Sf

• Jeremy Seabrook (born 1939, England, nf) • William Bueller Seabrook (1886–1945, US, nf) • Mary Seacole (1805–1881, Jamaica/England, nf) • Nicole Sealey (born 1979, US, p) • Charles Sealsfield (1793–1864, Germany/Switzerland, f), pseudonym of Karl Anton Postl • Peter Seaton (1942–2010, US, p) • W. G. Sebald (1944–2001, Germany/England, nf) • Mihail Sebastian (1907–1945, Romania, d/nf/f) • Anne Sebba (born 1951, England, nf/ch), born Anne Rubinstein • Leïla Sebbar (born 1941, Algeria/France, f/nf) • Sebeos (fl. 7th c., Armenia, nf) • Alice Sebold (born 1963, US, f/nf) • Barolong Seboni (born 1957, Botswana, p/nf) • Mac Sebree (1932–2010, US, nf) • Juan José Sebreli (born 1930, Argentina, nf) • Władysław Sebyła (1902–1940, Poland, p), Holocaust victim • Johannes Secundus (1511–1536, Netherlands, p) • David Sedaris (born 1956, US, nf/d) • Catharine Sedgwick (1789–1867, US, f/ch) • Sir Charles Sedley, 5th Baronet (1639–1701, England, d/p) • Kate Sedley (1926–2022, England, f), pseudonym of Brenda Margaret Lilian Clarke • Lisa See (born 1955, France, nf/f) • Laura Vaccaro Seeger (living, US, ch) • Giorgos Seferis (1900–1971, Ottoman E/Greece, p), pseudonym of Georgios Seferiades • Ahmed Sefrioui (1915–2004, Morocco, f) • Anna Seghers (1900–1983, Germany, nf/f) • Pierre Seghers (1906–1987, France, p) • Martin Segon (died 1482 or 1485, Serbia/Italy, nf) • Tomás Segovia (1927–2011, Spain/Mexico, p/nf) • Mabel Segun (born 1930, Nigeria, p/d/ch) • Countess of Ségur (1799–1874, Russian E/France, f/ch), born Sofiya Feodorovna Rostopchina • Benjamin Sehene (born 1959, Rwanda/Uganda, nf/f/d) • Tor Seidler (born 1952, US, ch) • Hugh Seidman (born 1940, US, p) • Åsne Seierstad (born 1970, Norway, nf) • Rebecca Seiferle (living, US, p) • Jaroslav Seifert (1901–1986, Austria-Hungary, Czechoslovakia, p/nf) • Dubravka Sekulić (born 1980, Yugoslavia/Serbia, nf) • Isidora Sekulić (1877–1958, Austria-Hungary/Yugoslavia, nf/f) • Kobina Sekyi (1892–1956, Gold Coast/Ghana, f/nf) • George Selden (1929–1989, US, f/nf/ch) • Slobodan Selenić (1933–1995, Yugoslavia, f/nf/d) • Sei Shōnagon 清少納言, c. 966–1017 or 1025, Japan, f/nf) • Joseph Brahim Seid (1927–1980, Chad, nf) • Jaroslav Seifert (1901–1986, Austria-Hungary/Czechoslovakia, p/nf) • Lutz Seiler (born 1963, Germany, p/f) • Hase Seishū (馳星周, born 1965, Japan, f) • Lasana M. Sekou (born 1959, Saint-Martin/Sint Maarten, p/f/nf) • Isidora Sekulić (1877–1958, Austria-Hungary/Yugoslavia, f/nf) • Maja Herman Sekulić (born 1949, Yugoslavia/US, p/f/nf) • Kobina Sekyi (1892–1956, Gold Coast, d/f) • Ato Sekyi-Otu (born 1941, Ghana/Canada, nf) • Taiye Selasi (born 1979, England, f) • Sahle Selassie (c. 1795–1847, Ethiopia, nf) • Hubert Selby Jr. (1928–2004, US, f/nf) • John Selden (1584–1654, England, nf) • Anthony Seldon (born 1953, England, nf) • Will Self (born 1961, England, f/nf) • Rudi Šeligo (1935–2004, Yugoslavia/Slovenia, f/d/nf) • Meša Selimović (1910–1982, Austria-Hungary/Yugoslavia, f/nf) • Aubrey de Sélincourt (1894–1962, nf) • Hugh de Sélincourt (1878–1951, nf) • Milorad Petrović Seljančica (1875–1921, Serbia, p/d) • J. B. Selkirk (1832–1904, Scotland, p/nf), real name James Brown • Ågot Gjems Selmer (1857–1926, Norway, nf) • Habib Selmi (born 1951, Tunisia, f) • Francis Selormey (1927–1983, Gold Coast/Ghana, f/d) • Charles Seltman (1886–1957, England, nf) • Shyam Selvadurai (born 1965, Sri Lanka/Canada, f) • Ousmane Sembène (1923–2007, Senegal, d) • Eugen Semitjov (1923–1987, Sweden, nf/f/ch) • Johann Salomo Semler (1725–1791, Germany, nf) • Semonides of Amorgos (fl. 7th c. BCE, Greece, p) • Edwin Semzaba (fl. 1982–2016, Tanzania, d/f) • Amartya Sen (born 1933, India, nf) • Mala Sen (1947–2011, India/England, nf) • Samar Sen (1916–1987, India, p) • Jorge de Sena (1919–1978, Portugal/US, p/nf/f) • Jean Sénac (1926–1973, Algeria, p/nf) • Othmane Senadjki (1959–2010, Algeria, nf) • Étienne Pivert de Senancour (1770–1846, France, nf/f) • Fakir Mohan Senapati (1843–1918, India, f/p) • Jack Sendak (1923–1995, US, ch) • Maurice Sendak (1928–2012, US, ch) • Philip Sendak (1894–1970, Poland/US, ch) • Fama Diagne Sène (born 1969, Senegal, f/p) • Senge Motomaro (千家元麿, 1888–1948, Japan, p) • Léopold Sédar Senghor (1906–2001, Senegal/France, p/nf) • Nassau William Senior (1790–1864, England, nf) • Olive Senior (born 1941, Jamaica/Canada, p/f/nf) • Iryna Senyk (1926–2009, Ukraine, p) • Sipho Sepamla (1932–2007, S Africa, p/n) • Raivo Seppo (born 1973, Estonia, f) • Luis Sepúlveda (1949–2020, Chile/Spain, p/f) • Mahbod Seraji (born 1956, Iran/US, f/nf) • Valentin Serbu (1934–1994, Romania, f) • Kate Seredy (1899–1975, Hungary/US, ch) • Mohamed Serghini (born 1930, Morocco, p/f) • Abdelhak Serhane (born 1950, Morocco, f) • Rod Serling (1924–1975, US, d) • Walter Serner (1889–1942, Austrian E, f/nf), Holocaust victim • Mongane Wally Serote (born 1944, S Africa, p/f/nf) • Namwali Serpell (born 1980, Zambia/US, f) • Ian Serraillier (1912–1994, England, f/p/ch) • Marcela Serrano (born 1951, Chile, f) • Miguel Serrano (1917–2009, Chile, nf) • Eneriko Seruma (born 1944, Uganda, p/f), pseudonym of Henry S. Kimbugwe • Robert Serumaga (1939–1980, Uganda, d) • Lee Server (1953–2021, US, nf) • Robert Service (born 1947, England, nf) • Robert W. Service (1874–1958, England/France, p/f) • Vojislav Šešelj (born 1954, Yugoslavia/Serbia, nf) • Changanti Seshayya (1881–1956, India, nf) • Vikram Seth (born 1952, India, f/p) • Henriett Seth F. (born 1980, Hungary, f/d), pseudonym of Henrietta Fajcsák • Mira Sethi (born 1987, Pakistan, f/nf) • Anya Seton (1904–1990, US, f) • Diane Setterfield (born 1964, England, f) • Ernest Thompson Seton (1860–1946, US, nf/ch) • Johann Gottfried Seume (1763–1810, Germany/Austrian E, nf) • Dr. Seuss (1904–1991, US, ch), pseudonym of Theodor Geisel • Miladin Ševarlić (born 1949, Yugoslavia/Serbia, nf) • Tim Severin (1940–2020, India/England, nf/f) • David Severn (1918–2010, England, ch/nf) • Samuel Sewall (1652–1730, England/New England, nf) • Anna Seward (1742–1809, England, p) • Anna Sewell (1820–1878, England, ch) • Elizabeth Sewell (1919–2001, India/US, p/nf/f) • Elizabeth Missing Sewell (1815–1906, England, nf) • William Sewell (1804–1874, England, nf/f) • Miranda Seymour (born 1948, England, nf/f) • Carole Seymour-Jones (1943–2015, Wales/England, nf) • Naha Mint Seyyidi (died 2021, Mauritania, nf) • Anne Sexton (1928–1974, US, p/nf) • John W. Sexton (born 1958, England/Ireland, p/f/ch) • Miranda Seymour (born 1948, England, nf/f) • Mendele Mocher Sforim (1836–1917, Russian E, f/nf) • Amanda Puspanditaning Sejati (born 1990, Indonesian, nf)

Sh

• Sha Menghai (沙孟海, 1900–1992, China, nf) • Sha Wenhan (沙文漢, 1908–1964, China, nf) • Shaaban bin Robert (1909–1962, Tanzania, p/nf) • Jeff Shaara (born 1952, US, f) • Michael Shaara (1928–1988, US, f) • Yaakov Shabtai (1934–1981, Palestine/Israel, f/d) • Maurice Shadbolt (1932–2004, N Zealand, f/nf) • Ahmed Zaki Abu Shadi (1892–1955, Egypt/US, p/nf) • Thomas Shadwell (c. 1642–1692, England, p/d) • Idries Shah (1924–1996, India/England, nf/f/ch) • Ritula Shah (born 1967, England, nf) • Smbat Shahaziz (1840–1908, Russian E, nf/p) • Husne Ara Shahed (1943–2022, Bangladesh, f/nf) • Muhammad Shahidullah (1885–1969, India/E Pakistan, nf) • Muhammad Quli Qutb Shah (1565–1612, Goncolda Sultanate, p) • Riaz Ahmed Gohar Shahi (1941–2000s, India/Pakistan, p/nf) • Rudra Mohammad Shahidullah (1956–1991, E Pakistan/Bangladesh, p) • Ruchoma Shain (1914–2013, US, nf) • Lawrence Shainberg (living, US, nf) • Nicholas Shakespeare (born 1957, England, f/nf) • William Shakespeare (1564–1616, England, d/p) • Abdus Shakur (1941–2013, India/Bangladesh) • Tupac Shakur (1971–1996, US, p) • Khairy Shalaby (1938–2011, Egypt, f/nf/d) • Meir Shalev (born 1948, Israel, f/nf/ch) • Otep Shamaya (born 1979, US, p/f) • Ivan Shamiakin (1921–2004, USSR/Belarus, f/d/nf) • Ahmad Shamlou (1925–2000, Iran, p/d/nf) • Sepideh Shamlou (born 1968, Iran, f) • Kamila Shamsie (born 1973, Pakistan/England, f/nf) • Catherine Shan (born 1952, France, f/nf) • Shang Yang (沙孟海, c. 390–338 BCE, China, nf) • Ntozake Shange (1948–2018, US, d/p) • Shangguan Wan'er (上官婉儿, 664–710, China, p) • John Patrick Shanley (born 1950, US, d) • David Shannon (born 1959, US, ch) • Doris Shannon (1924–2012, US, f), pseudonym E. X. Giroux • Shao Yong (邵雍, 1011–1077, China, nf/p) • Jo Shapcott (born 1953, England, p) • Thomas Shapcott (born 1935, Australia, p/f/d) • Karl Shapiro (1913–2000, US, p/f/nf) • Abd al-Qadir ibn Shaqrun (died post-1727/1728, Morocco, nf/p) • Mahjoub Sharif (1948–2014, Sudan, p) • Heather J. Sharkey (born 1967, US, nf) • Michael Sharkey (born 1946, Australia, p) • Ram Sharan Sharma (1919–2011, India, nf) • Robin Sharma (born 1965, Canada, nf) • Sanu Sharma (Nepal/Australia, f) • Yuyutsu Sharma (born 1960, India/Nepal, p/nf) • Evelyn Sharp (1869–1965, England, nf/ch) • Jane Sharp (born c. 1641, England, nf) • Margery Sharp (1905–1991, England, f/ch/d) • Samuel Sharp (1709–1778, England, nf) • Tom Sharpe (1928–2013, England/Spain, f) • Mark Shasha (born 1961, US, ch) • William Shatner (born 1931, Canada, f/nf) • Brenda Shaughnessy (born 1970, US, p) • Richard S. Shaver (1907–1975, US, f/nf) • Bob Shaw (1931–1996, N Ireland/England, f/nf) • Charles Green Shaw (1892–1974, US, f/nf/ch) • George Bernard Shaw (1856–1950, Ireland/England, d/nf) • Helen Lilian Shaw (1913–1985, N Zealand, f/p) • Jane Shaw (born 1963, England, nf) • Jane Shaw (1910–2000, Scotland, ch) • Jo Shaw (living, England/Scotland, nf) • Luci Shaw (born 1928, England/US, p/nf) • Robert Shaw (1927–1978, England/Ireland, f/d) • Scott Shaw (born 1958, US, nf) • Tina Shaw (born 1961, N Zealand, f/ch/nf) • Ahmed Shawqi (1868–1932, Egypt, d/p/nf) • Maggie Shayne (born 1962, US, f) • Miranda Shearer (born 1982, England, nf) • Patrick Augustine Sheehan (1852–1913, Ireland, nf/f) • Charles Sheffield (1935–2002, England/US, f) • Robert Sheckley (1928–2005, US, f/nf) • Kirit Shelat (born 1946, India, nf) • Edward Sheldon (1599–1687, England, d) • Joss Sheldon (born 1982, England, f/nf) • Sidney Sheldon (1917–2007, US, d/f) • Mary Shelley (1797–1851, England, f) • Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792–1832, England/Italy, p/nf) • Ibrahim Sheme (born 1968, Nigeria, f/nf) • Shen Buhai (申不害, c. 400 – c. 337 BCE, China, nf) • Shen Congwen (沈從文, 1902–1988, China, f/nf) • Shen Dao (慎到, c. 350 – c. 275 BCE, China, nf) • Shen Quanqi (沈佺期, c. 650–729, China, p) • Shen Rong (谌容, 1936–2024, China, f/nf) • Shen Shanbao (沈善宝, 1808–1862, China, p/nf) • Dorothy Sherrill (1901–1990, US, ch) • Shen Shixi (沈石溪, born 1952, China, ch) • Shen Yinmo (沈尹默, 1883–1971, China, p) • Shen Yue (沈約, 441–513, China, p/nf) • Shen Zhou (沈周, 1427–1509, China, nf) • William Shenstone (1714–1763, England, p/nf) • Lucius Shepard (1947–2014, US, f) • Sara Shepard (born 1977, US, f/ch) • Joel Shepherd (born 1974, Australia, f) • Nan Shepherd (1893–1981, Scotland, nf/f/p) • Dick Sheppard (1880–1937, England, nf) • Barbara Sher (1935–2020, US, nf) • Bhupi Sherchan (1937–1990, Nepal, p) • Moyle Sherer (1789–1869, England, nf/f) • Vamba Sherif (born 1973, Liberia/Netherlands, f) • T. L. Sherred (1915–1985, US, f) • R. C. Sherriff (1896–1975, England, d/f) • Mary Martha Sherwood (1775–1851, England, ch) • Will Shetterly (born 1955, US, f) • Taras Shevchenko (1814–1861, Russian E, p) • Shi Nai'an (施耐庵, c. 1296–1372, China, f) • Shi Kefa (史可法, 1601–1645, China, nf) • Shi Shen (石申, fl. c. 4th c. BCE, China, nf) • Shi Zhecun (施蟄存, 1905–2003, China, nf/f/p) • Ryōtarō Shiba (司馬遼太郎, 1923–1996, Japan, f/nf) • Tatsuhiko Shibusawa (澁澤龍彦, 1928–1987, Japan, f/nf) • Shide (拾得, fl. 9th c., China, p) • Carol Shields (1935–2003, US/Canada, f) • Mitsuko Shiga (四賀光子, 1885–1976, Japan, p) • Naoya Shiga (志賀直哉, 1883–1971, Japan, f) • Shiing-Shen Chern (陳省身, 1911–2004, China, nf/p) • Masaoka Shiki (正岡子規, 1867–1902, Japan, p/nf) • Arthur Richard Shilleto (1848–1894, England, nf) • Richard Shilleto (1809–1876, England, nf) • Masahiko Shimada (島田雅彦, born 1961, Japan, f/p) • Kensaku Shimaki (島木健作, 1903–1945, Japan, f) • Toshio Shimao (島尾敏雄, 1917–1986, Japan, f) • Tōson Shimazaki (島崎藤村, 1872–1943, Japan, p/f) • Motoyoshi Shimizu (清水基吉, 1918–2008, Japan, f/p) • Shimizu Shikin (清水紫琴, 1868–1933, Japan, nf) • Yoshinori Shimizu (清水義範, born 1947, Japan, f/ch) • Christopher R. Shimmin (1870–1933, Isle of Man, d) • Thomas Shimmin (1800 – c. 1876/1879, Isle of Man, p) • Samuel Shimon (born 1956, Iraq, f) • Pedro Shimose (born 1940, Bolivia/Spain, p/nf) • Ba Shin (1914–1970, Burma, nf) • Hsu Shin (1932–2009, Burma/Myanmar, nf), pseudonym of Myo Thant • Shing-Tung Yau (丘成桐, born 1949, China, nf) • Irma Shiolashvili (born 1974, USSR/Georgia, p/nf) • Nanami Shiono (塩野七生, born 1937, Japan, nf/f) • Gary Shipman (born 1966, US, ch) • Rhoda Shipman (born 1968, US, ch) • Anania Shirakatsi (fl. 7th c., Armenia, nf) • Shizu Shiraki (素木しづ, 1895–1918, Japan, f) • Hovhannes Shiraz (1914–1984, Russian E/Soviet Union, p) • Saadi Shirazi (1210–1291 or 1292, Iran, p/f) • James Shirley (1596–1666, England, d) • John Shirley (born 1953, US, f/nf/d) • Reza Shirmarz (born 1974, Iran/Greece, d/nf) • Alexander Shirvanzade (1858–1935, Armenia/Soviet Union, d/f) • Avraham Shlonsky (1900–1973, Russian E/Israel, p) • Izya Shlosberg (born 1950, Soviet Union/US, f/p) • Dora Adele Shoemaker (1873–1962, US, p/f) • Lola Shoneyin (born 1974, Nigeria, p/f/ch) • Junzō Shōno (庄野潤三, 1921–2009, Japan, f/nf) • Joseph Henry Shorthouse (1834–1903, England, f) • Rupert Shortt (living, England, nf) • Fredegond Shove (1889–1949, England, p) • Norman Shrapnel (1912–2004, England, nf) • Siddhicharan Shrestha (1912–1992, Nepal, p) • Ilya Shtemler (1933–2022, USSR/Russia, f/nf) • Shu Ting (舒婷, born 1952, China, p), pseudonym of Gong Peiyu (龚佩瑜) • Ana María Shua (born 1951, Argentina, f) • Ibn Shuayb (died 1349, Morocco/Tunisia, nf/p) • Ishtiyaq Shukri (living, S Africa/England, f) • Mark Shulman (born 1962, US, ch) • Bruno Schulz (1892–1942, Poland, f), Holocaust victim • William Shunn (born 1967, US, f/nf) • Semyon Shurtakov (1918–2014, Russia, ch/f) • Neal Shusterman (born 1962, US, f/nf/ch) • Nevil Shute (1899–1960, England/Australia, f), pseudonym of Nevil Shute Norway • Penelope Shuttle (born 1947, England, p) • Tin Shwe (1936–2000, Burma/Myanmar, f/nf)

Si

• Siamanto (1878–1915, Ottoman E, p), birth name Atom Yarjanian • Mohamed Sibari (1945–2013, Morocco, p/f) • Gareth Sibson (born 1977, England, f/nf) • Anja Sicking (born 1965, Netherlands, f) • Bapsi Sidhwa (born 1938, Pakistan/US, f/nf) • Mary Sidney (1561–1621, England, p/d), Countess of Pembroke, married name Herbert • Philip Sidney (1554–1586, England, p/nf) • Samuel Sidney (1813–1883, England, nf) • Friedrich Sieburg (1893–1964, Germany, nf) • Louisa Siefert (1845–1877, France, p) • Eli Siegel (1902–1978, Russian E/US, p/nf) • Robert Siegel (1939–2012, US, p/f/ch) • Mary Ann Sieghart (born 1961, England, nf) • Henryk Sienkiewicz (1846–1916, Russian E/Poland, f) • Wacław Sieroszewski (1858–1945, Russian E/Poland, f/nf) • Monde Sifuniso (born 1944, Zambia, f/nf) • Fatou Niang Siga (1932–2022, Senegal, nf) • Hannes Sigfússon (1922–1997, Iceland, p/f/nf) • Steinvör Sighvatsdóttir (early 13th c. – 1271, Iceland, p) • Marjorie Lynette Sigley (1928–1997, England, ch) • Fríða Á. Sigurðardóttir (1940–2010, Iceland, f) • Jakobína Sigurðardóttir (1918–1994, Iceland, ch/f/p) • Lilja Sigurðardóttir (born 1972, Iceland, f/d) • Ragna Sigurðardóttir (born 1962, Iceland, f/p) • Steinunn Sigurðardóttir (born 1950, Iceland, p/f) • Yrsa Sigurðardóttir (born 1963, Iceland, f/ch) • Birgir Sigurðsson (1937–2019, Iceland, p/d/f) • Jóhann Gunnar Sigurðsson (1882–1906, Iceland, p) • Ófeigur Sigurðsson (born 1975, Iceland, p/f) • Ólafur Jóhann Sigurðsson (1918–1988, Iceland, f/p/ch) • Jóhann Sigurjónsson (1880–1919, Iceland, d/p) • Sigurður Sigurjónsson (born 1955, Iceland, d) • Rogelio R. Sikat (1940–1997, Philippines, f/d) • Abdulai Silá (born 1958, Guinea-Bissau, f) • Charles E. Silberman (1925–2011, US, nf) • Una Lucy Silberrad (1872–1955, England, f/nf) • August Silberstein (1827–1900, Austria-Hungary, f/p) • Malla Silfverstolpe (1782–1861, Sweden, nf) • Dennis Silk (1931–2019, England, nf) • Jon Silkin (1930–1997, England, p) • Frans Eemil Sillanpää (1888–1964, Finland, f) • Ron Silliman (born 1946, US, p/nf) • Alan Sillitoe (1928–2010, England, f/nf/ch) • Ignazio Silone (1900–1978, Italy/Switzerland, f/nf/d) • Elder Siluan (fl. 14th c., Serbia, f) • Agostinho da Silva (1906–1994, Portugal, nf) • António José da Silva (1705–1739, Brazil/Portugal, d) • Baltasar Lopes da Silva (1907–1989, Cape Verde/Portugal, p/f/nf) • Daniel Silva (born 1960, US, f) • José Asunción Silva (1865–1896, Colombo, p) • Medardo Ángel Silva (1898–1919, Ecuador, p) • Miguel Otero Silva (1908–1985, Venezuela, f/p/nf) • Víctor Domingo Silva (1882–1960, Chile, p/nf/d) • Burton Silver (born 1945, N Zealand, f/nf) • Adam Silvera (born 1990, US, f/ch) • Makeda Silvera (born 1955, Jamaica/Canada, f/nf) • Robert Silverberg (born 1935, US, f) • Shel Silverstein (1930–1999, US, nf/p/d) • Carol Ann Sima (born 1956, US, f) • Sima Guang (司馬光, 1019–1086, China, nf) • Sima Qian (司馬遷, c. 145 – c. 86 BCE, China, nf) • Sima Xiangru (司馬相如, c. 179–117 BCE, China, p) • Sima Zhen (司馬貞, 679–732, China, nf) • Clifford D. Simak (1904–1988, US, f) • Elizabeth Simcoe (1762–1850, England/Canada, nf) • Georges Simenon (1903–1989, Belgium, f) • Simeon Simev (born 1949, Yugoslavia/N Macedonia, p/nf) • Charles Simic (1938–2023, Yugoslavia/US, p/nf) • Johannes Mario Simmel (1924–2009, Austria/Switzerland, f/nf/d) • Josias Simmler (1530–1576, Switzerland, nf) • Dan Simmons (born 1948, US, f) • Dawn Langley Simmons (1922–2020, England, nf), born Gordon Langley Hall • Jack Simmons (1915–2000, England, nf) • Brendan Simms (born 1967, Ireland/England, nf) • David J. Simms (1933–2018, India/Ireland, nf) • George Simms (1910–1991, Ireland, nf) • Alcides Sakala Simões (born 1953, Angola, nf) • Claude Simon (1913–2005, Madagascar/France, f) • Francesca Simon (born 1955, US/England, ch) • Richard Simon (1638–1712, France, nf) • Seymour Simon (born 1931, US, ch) • Ólafur Haukur Símonarson (born 1947, Iceland, d/f) • Simonides of Ceos (555–468 BCE, Greece, p) • Ljubodrag Simonović (born 1949, Yugoslavia/Serbia, nf) • Les Simons (born 1952, US, f), pseudonym of Kathryn Ptacek • Arend Fokke Simonsz (1755–1812, Netherlands, nf) • Ljubomir Simović (born 1935, Yugoslavia/Serbia, p/f/d) • Dorothy Simpson (1933–2020, Wales/England, f) • Helen Simpson (born 1957, England, f) • Helen de Guerry Simpson (1897–1940, Australia/England, f/nf/d) • Louis Simpson (1923–2012, Jamaica/US, p) • Matt Simpson (1936–2009, England, p/nf) • R. A. Simpson (1929–2002, Australia, p) • Karl Joseph Simrock (1802–1876, Germany, p/nf) • Hourya Benis Sinaceur (born 1940, Morocco, nf) • Mohammed Allal Sinaceur (born 1941, Morocco, nf) • Daniel Sinapius-Horčička (1640–1688, Austria-Hungary, nf/p/d) • Bennie Lee Sinclair (1939–2000, US, p/f) • Catherine Sinclair (1800–1864, Scotland/England, f/ch) • Clive Sinclair (1948–2018, England, f) • Keith Sinclair (1922–1993, N Zealand, p/nf) • Lester Basil Sinclair (1894–1974, Australia, ch), pseudonym John Mystery • May Sinclair (1863–1946, England, f/p) • Rebecca Sinclair (living, US, f) • Tim Sinclair (born 1972, Australia, f/ch/p) • Burns Singer (1928–1964, Scotland/US, p/nf) • Isaac Bashevis Singer (1903–1991, Russian E/US, f/ch) • Israel Joshua Singer (1893–1944, Poland/US, f) • Marilyn Singer (born 1948, US, ch/p) • Guru Gobind Singh (1666–1708, India, p/nf) • Jaspreet Singh (born 1969, India/Canada, f/d/nf) • Nalini Singh (born 1977, N Zealand, f) • Sally Singhateh (born 1977, Gambia, p/f) • Sarah Singleton (born 1966, England, f/ch) • Amara Sinha (fl. c. 375 CE), Sanskrit grammarian and poet • Indra Sinha (born 1950, India/France, nf/f) • Johanna Sinisalo (born 1958, Finland, f/nf) • Ervin Šinko (1898–1967, Austria-Hungary/Yugoslavia, p) • Gilbert Sinoué (born 1947, Egypt/France, f/nf) • Binwell Sinyangwe (born 1956, Zambia, f) • Curt Siodmak (1902–2000, Germany/US, f/d) • Tamás Sipos (1931–2002, Hungary, f) • Ali Siqli (born 1932, Morocco, ch/d) • Ismail Hossain Siraji (1880–1931, India, p/f/nf) • Ivo Siromahov (born 1971, Bulgaria, f/d) • Abderrahmane Sissako (born 1961, Mauritania/Mali, d) • Lemn Sissay (born 1967, England, p) • Fily Dabo Sissoko (1900–1964, French Sudan/Mali, nf/f/p) • C. H. Sisson (1914–2003, England, p/f/nf) • Johann Sithmann (1602–1666, Germany, nf) • Ndabaningi Sithole (1920–2000, S Rhodesia/Zimbabwe, nf) • Edith Sitwell (1887–1964, England, p/nf) • Osbert Sitwell (1892–1969, England, f/nf) • Sacheverell Sitwell (1897–1988, England, nf/p) • Arlen Siu (1955–1975, Nicaragua, p/nf) • Yum-Tong Siu (蕭蔭堂, born 1943, China/US, nf) • Solfrid Sivertsen (born 1947, Norway, p/f/ch) • Per Sivle (1857–1904, Norway, p/f/nf) • Susan Sizemore (1951–2020, US, f)

Sj–Sn

• Þórðr Sjáreksson (fl. 11th c. CE, Iceland, p) • Sjón (born 1962, Iceland, p/f), pseudonym of Sigurjón Birgir Sigurðsson • Maj Sjöwall (1935–2020, Sweden, f) • Fredrik Skagen (1936–2017, Norway, f/ch/d) • Kaj Skagen (born 1949, Norway, f/nf) • Sarita Skagnes (born 1969, India/Norway, nf) • Bersi Skáldtorfuson (fl. c. 1000 CE, Iceland, p) • Faouzi Skali (born 1953, Morocco, nf) • Egill Skallagrímsson (c. 904 – c. 995, Iceland, p) • Igor Škamperle (born 1962, Yugoslavia/Slovenia, nf/f) • Antonio Skármeta (born 1940, Chile, f) • Þórarinn Skeggjason (fl. 11th c. CE, Iceland, p) • John Skelton (c. 1463–1629, England, p) • Antanas Škėma (1910–1961, Lithuania/US, f/d) • Sasha Skenderija (born 1968, Yugoslavia/Czech R, p) • Staka Skenderova (1831–1891, Ottoman E/Austria-Hungary, nf) • Jovan Skerlić (1877–1914, Serbia, nf) • Slobodan Škerović (born 1954, Yugoslavia/Serbia, nf) • Ronald Skirth (1897–1977, England, nf) • Einar Skjæraasen (1900–1966, Norway, p/nf) • Ed Skoog (born 1971, US, p) • Rebecca Skloot (born 1972, US, nf) • Sofija Škorić (1937–2022, Yugoslavia/Canada, nf) • Jan Stanisław Skorupski (born 1938, Poland, p/f/nf) • Zoë Skoulding (born 1967, England/Wales, p/nf) • John Skoyles (living, England, nf) • Amalie Skram (1846–1905, Norway, f) • Ragnvald Skrede (1904–1983, Norway, p/nf) • Peter Skrzynecki (born 1945, Australia, p/f/nf) • Andrej E. Skubic (born 1967, Yugoslavia/Slovenia, f/d) • Einarr Skúlason (c. 1100 – post-1159, Iceland, p) • Christina Skye (1950–2018, US, f), pseudonym of Roberta Helmer • Arthur Slade (born 1967, Canada, f/ch) • John Sladek (1937–2000, US, f) • J. Slauerhoff (1898–1936, Netherlands, n/f) • Karin Slaughter (born 1971, US, f) • Tracey Slaughter (born 1972, N Zealand, f/p) • Svetoslav Slavchev (1926–2016, Bulgaria, f/nf) • Pencho Slaveykov (1866–1912, Bulgaria, p) • Petko Slaveykov (1827–1895, Bulgaria, p/nf) • Ioan Slavici (1848–1925, Austria-Hungary/Romania, f/nf) • Eleanor Sleath (1770–1847, England, f) • William Sleator (1945–2001, US, f/ch) • Eugene Sledge (1923–2001, US, nf) • Barbara Sleigh (1906–1982, England, p/nf) • Michael Slepian (1987, US, nf) • Kenneth Slessor (1901–1971, Australia, p) • Djoko Slijepčević (1907–1993, Habsburg E/Germany, nf) • Sam Sloan (born 1944, US, nf) • Eric Sloane (1905–1985, US, nf) • Dušan Slobodník (1927–2001, Czechoslovakia/Slovakia, nf) • Anton Martin Slomšek (1800–1862, Austria-Hungary, nf/p) • Joan Slonczewski (born 1956, US, f) • Antoni Słonimski (1895–1976, Poland, p/nf/d) • Gillian Slovo (born 1952, S Africa/England, f/d/nf) • Juliusz Słowacki (1809–1949, Poland, p) • René-François de Sluse (1622–1685, Spanish Netherlands, nf) • Boris Slutsky (1919–1986, USSR, p) • Anna Smaill (born 1979, N Zealand, p/f) • Ljiljana Smajlović (born 1956, Yugoslavia/Bosnia and Herzegovina, nf) • Adam Small (1936–2016, S Africa, nf/p) • Bertrice Small (1937–2015, US, f) • Örvar Þóreyjarson Smárason (born 1977, Iceland, p/f) • Christopher Smart (1722–1771, England, p/nf) • Henry Hawley Smart (1833–1893, England, f) • Dorothea Smartt (born 1963, England, p) • Goce Smilevski (born 1975, Yugoslavia/N Macedonia, f) • Hristo Smirnenski (1898–1923, Bulgaria, p/nf) • Adam Smith (1723–1790, Scotland, nf) • Alexander McCall Smith (born 1948, S Rhodesia/Scotland, nf/f) • Anthony Neil Smith (living, US, f) • Barbara Dawson Smith (living, US, f) • Bruce Smith (born 1946, US, p) • Charles Saumarez Smith (born 1954, England, nf) • Charlotte Fell Smith (1851–1937, England, nf) • Charlotte Smith (1749–1806, England, p/f) • Clark Ashton Smith (1893–1961, US, p/f) • Cordwainer Smith (1913–1966, US, f/nf), pseudonym of Paul M. A. Lindebarger • Dodie Smith (1896–1990, England, f/ch) • E. E. Smith (1890–1965, US, f), Edward E. "Doc" Smith • Elizabeth Smith (1776–1806, England, nf) • Emma Smith (1923–2018, England, f/ch/nf) • George O. Smith (1911–1981, US, f) • Georgina Castle Smith (1845–1933, England, ch) • Jean Edward Smith (1932–2019, US, nf) • Jeff Smith (born 1960, US, f) • Jonathan Smith (born 1942, England, f/d) • Karen Rose Smith (living, US, f) • L. J. Smith (c. 1817–1887, US, f/ch) • L. Neil Smith (1946–2021, US, f/nf) • Margaret Smith (born 1958, US, f/p/nf) • Mark Smith (1935–2022, US, f) • Martin Ferguson Smith (born 1940, England/Scotland, nf) • Mary Bell Smith (1818-1894, US, f) • Patti Smith (born 1946, US, p) • Robert Smith (1932–2010, US, nf) • Robert Farrell Smith (born 1970, US, ch), pseudonym Obert Skye • Roland Smith (born 1951, US, ch) • Russell Smith (born 1963, S Africa/Canada, f/nf) • Stevie Smith (1902–1971, England, p/n) • Sydney Smith (1771–1845, England, nf) • Sydney Goodsir Smith (1915–1975, N Zealand/Scotland, p/d/f) • Tracy K. Smith (born 1972, US, p/nf) • Vivian Smith (born 1933, Australia, p/nf) • Wilbur Smith (1933–2021, N Rhodesia/S Africa, f) • William Jay Smith (1918–2015, US, p) • Zadie Smith (born 1975, England, f/d/nf) • Elizabeth Smither (born 1941, N Zealand, p/f) • Dominik Smole (1929–1992, Yugoslavia/Slovenia, f/d) • Tobias Smollett (1721–1771, Scotland/England, f/p) • Barbara Smucker (1915–2003, US/Canada, ch) • Juhan Smuul (1922–1971, Estonia, f/nf) • Frank Smythe (1900–1949, England, nf) • Pat Smythe (1928–1996, England, nf/ch) • Caroline Snedeker (1871–1956, US, ch) • O. F. Snelling (1916–2001, England, nf) • Lemony Snicket (born 1970, US, ch), pen name of Daniel Handler • W. D. Snodgrass (1926–2009, US, p), pseudonym S. S. Gardons • Jože Snoj (1934–2021, Yugoslavia/Slovenia, p/f/nf) • Ernir Kristján Snorrason (1944–1912, Iceland, nf/f/p) • Oddr Snorrason (fl. 12th c., Iceland, nf) • C. P. Snow (1905–1980, England, f/nf) • Jack Snow (1907–1956, US, f) • Gary Snyder (born 1930, US, p/nf) • Laura J. Snyder (born 1964, US, nf) • Laurel Snyder (born 1974, US, ch) • Lucy A. Snyder (born 1971, US, f/nf) • Zilpha Keatley Snyder (1927–2014, US, ch)

So–Sr

• Dava Sobel (born 1947, US, nf) • Donald J. Sobol (1924–2012, US, ch) • Joseph Sobran (1946–2010, US, nf) • Ousmane Diop Socé (1911–1973, Senegal, f) • Socrates (c. 470–399 BCE, Greece, nf) • Kirsten Sødal (1935–2022, Norway, ch) • Hjalmar Söderberg (1869–1941, Sweden, f/d/p) • Edith Södergran (1892–1923, Russian E/Soviet Union, p) • Ahmed Sofa (1943–2001, India/Bangladesh, f/nf) • Zulu Sofola (1935–1995, Nigeria, d) • Sōgi (宗祇, 1421–1502, Japan, p) • Jerry Sohl (1913–2002, US, d/f) • Ružica Sokić (1934–2013, Yugoslavia/Serbia, f) • Bergr Sokkason (fl. early 14th c., Iceland, f/nf) • Alexandra Sokoloff (living, US, f/d) • Pavle Solarić (1779–1821, Habsburg E, nf/p) • Kristin Solberg (born 1982, Norway, nf) • Edmundo Paz Soldán (born 1967, Bolivia/US, f/nf) • Mario Soldati (1906–1999, Italy, f/nf) • Sóley (born 1987, Iceland, p), pseudonym of Sóley Stefánsdóttir • Laila Soliman (born 1981, Egypt, d) • Walid Soliman (born 1975, Tunisia, f) • Dumitru Solomon (1932–2003, Romania, nf/d) • Laura Solomon (1974–2019, N Zealand, f/d/p) • Solon (c. 630 – c. 560 BCE, Greece, nf/p) • Dag Solstad (born 1941, Norway, f/d) • Asef Soltanzadeh (born 1964, Afghanistan/Denmark, f/d) • David Solway (born 1941, Canada, p/nf) • Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn (1918–2008, Soviet Union/Russia, f/nf) • Malidoma Patrice Somé (1956–2021, Burkina Faso/US, nf) • Armonía Somers (1914–1994, Uruguay, f) • Suzanne Somers (born 1946, US, nf) • William Somervile (1675–1742, England, p) • Angela Sommer-Bodenburg (born 1948, Germany, ch) • Justin Somper (living, England, ch) • Remi Sonaiya (born 1955, Nigeria, nf) • Monica Sone (1919–2011, US, nf) • Song Yingxing (宋應星, 1587–1666, China, nf) • Song Ci (宋慈, 1186–1249, China, nf) • Song Yu (宋玉, fl. 298–263 BCE, China, p) • Song Zhiwen (宋之問, c. 660–712, China, p) • Joseph von Sonnenfels (1732–1817, Austria/Germany, f) • Ayako Sono (曽野綾子, Japan, f/nf) • Kin'yuki Sonoike (園池公致, 1886–1974, Japan, f) • Alastair Sooke (born 1981, England, nf) • Eileen Louise Soper (1900–1989, N Zealand, nf) • Sophocles (c. 479–476 – c. 406–405, BCE, Greece, d) • Sophronius of Vratsa (1739 – post-1813, Bulgaria/Romania, nf) • Aco Šopov (1923–1982, Yugoslavia, p) • Charles Sorel, sieur de Souvigny (c. 1602–1674, France, f/nf) • Edward Sorensen (1869–1939, Australia, f/p) • Tracy Sorensen (living, Australia, f) • Virginia Sorensen (1912–1991, US, f/ch) • Marin Sorescu (1936–1996, Romania, p/d/f) • Thor Sørheim (born 1949, Norway, p) • Charles Sorley (1895–1915, Scotland/France, p) • Osvaldo Soriano (1943–1997, Argentina, nf) • Pierre De Sornay (1876–1968, Mauritius, nf) • Dominique Sorrente (born 1953, France, p) • Roberto Sosa (1930–2011, Honduras, p/nf) • Gary Soto (born 1952, Mexico/US, p/f/nf) • Ahdaf Soueif (born 1950, Egypt, f/nf) • Maris Soule (born 1939, US, f) • Philippe Soupault (1897–1990, France, p/f/nf) • Henrique Teixeira de Sousa (1919–2006, Cape Verde/Portugal, f/nf) • João da Cruz e Sousa (1861–1898, Brazil, p/nf) • Noémia de Sousa (1926–2002, Mozambique, p), pseudonym Vera Micaia • Sousândrade (1833–1902, Brazil, p), pseudonym of Joaquim de Sousa Andrade • Michael Soussan (born 1973, Denmark/US, nf) • Mohammed al-Mokhtar Soussi (1900–1963, Morocco, nf) • William Soutar (1898–1943, Scotland, p/nf) • Ivan Southall (1921–2008, Australia, f/nf/ch) • Terry Southern (1924–1995, US, f/nf/d) • Caroline Anne Southey (1786–1864, England, p) • Robert Southey (1774–1843, England, p/f) • Robert Southwell (c. 1561–1595, England, p) • Stephen Southwold (1887–1964, England, f/ch), pseudonym of Stephen Henry Critten • Fatou Ndiaye Sow (1937–2004, Senegal, ch/nf) • Mansour El Souwaim (born 1970, Sudan, f) • Márcio Souza (born 1946, Brazil, f/d/nf) • Bode Sowande (born 1948, Nigeria, d/nf) • Carl Erik Soya (1896–1983, Denmark, d/f/p) • Jura Soyfer (1912–1939, Russian E/Austria, nf), Holocaust victim • Wole Soyinka (born 1934, Nigeria, d/f/p) • Jon Spaihts (born 1970, US, d/f) • Nancy Spain (1917–1964, England, f/nf) • Svetlana Spajić (born 1971, Yugoslavia/Serbia, nf) • Tom Spanbauer (born 1946, US, nf) • Muriel Spark (1918–2006, Scotland/England, f/nf/p) • Nicholas Sparks (born 1965, US, f/nf) • Walter Shaw Sparrow (1862–1940, Wales/England, nf) • Thomas Henry Sparshott (1841–1927, England, East Africa, nf) • Zoran Spasojević (born 1949, Yugoslavia/Serbia, p/f/d) • Elizabeth George Speare (1908–1994, US, ch) • William Speechly (1735–1819, England, nf) • Albert Speer (1905–1981, Germany, nf) • Alan Spence (born 1947, Scotland, p/d/f) • Catherine Helen Spence (1825–1910, Scotland/Australia, nf) • Eleanor Spence (1928–2008, Australia, f/ch) • E. Lee Spence (born 1947, Germany/US, nf), pseudonym Charles King • Bernard Spencer (1909–1963, England/Austria, p) • LaVyrle Spencer (born 1943, US, f) • Robert Spencer (born 1962, US, nf) • Thomas Edward Spencer (1845–1911, England/Australia, f/p) • Lady Henrietta Spencer-Churchill (born 1958, England, nf) • Dale Spender (1943–2023, Australia, nf) • Emily Spender (1841–1922, England, f) • Harold Spender (1864–1926, England, nf) • J. A. Spender (1862–1942, England, nf) • Jean Spender (1901–1970, Australia, f) • Lillian Spender (1835–1895, England, nf/f) • Stephen Spender (1909–1995, England, p/f/nf) • Edmund Spenser (1552/1553–1599, England, p) • Manès Sperber (1905–1984, Austria/France, f/nf) • Armstrong Sperry (1897–1976, US, ch) • Hendrik Laurenszoon Spiegel (1549–1612, Netherlands, nf/d) • Nadja Spiegelman (born 1987, US, nf/ch) • Hilde Spiel (1911–1990, Austria/England, f/nf) • Friedrich Spielhagen (1829–1911, Germany, f/nf) • Peter Spier (1927–2017, Netherlands/US, ch) • Jerry Spinelli (born 1941, US, ch) • Baruch Spinoza (1632–1677, Dutch Republic, nf) • Norman Spinrad (born 1940, US, f/nf) • André Spire (1868–1966, France, p/nf) • Jela Spiridonović-Savić (1890–1974, Serbia/Yugoslavia, p) • György Spiró (born 1946, d/f/nf) • Carl Spitteler (1845–1924, Switzerland, p) • William Archibald Spooner (1844–1930, England, nf) • Howard Spring (1889–1965, Wales/England, f/ch) • F. Springer (1932–2011, Netherlands, f), pseudonym of Carel Jan Schneider • Nancy Springer (born 1948, US, f/ch) • Sarah Springman (born 1956, England, nf) • Francis Spufford (born 1964, England, nf/f) • Margaret Spufford (1935–2014, England, nf) • Peter Spufford (1934–2015, England, nf) • Caroline Spurgeon (1869–1942, India, US, nf) • E. C. Spykman (1896–1965, US, ch) • Johanna Spyri (1827–1901, Switzerland, f/ch) • Biljana Srbljanović (born 1970, Yugoslavia/Serbia, d) • Srđan Srdić (born 1977, Yugoslavia/Serbia, f/nf) • Stojan Srdić (born 1950, Yugoslavia/Serbia, d/f) • Stevan Sremac (1855–1906, Austrian E/Serbia, nf) • Srđan Srdić (born 1977, Yugoslavia/Serbia, f/nf) • Ahmed Harrak Srifi (died 1925, Morocco, nf) • Balys Sruoga (1896–1947, Lithuania/Soviet Union, p/d/nf)

St

• Cynthia Morgan St. John (1852–1919, US, p/nf) • Patricia St. John (1919–1993, England, f/nf) • Gunnar Staalesen (born 1947, Norway, f/d) • Edward Stachura (1937–1979, Poland, p/f/nf) • Arnold Stadler (born 1954, Germany, f/nf/p) • Matthew Stadler (born 1959, US, f/nf) • Rebecca St. James (born 1977, Australia, nf) • Michael A. Stackpole (born 1957, US, f) • Germaine de Staël (1766–1817, France, nf) • Leopold Staff (1878–1957, Austria-Hungary/Poland, p) • Ian Stafford (living, England, nf) • Kim Stafford (born 1949, US, p/nf) • William Stafford (1914–1993, US, p/nf/f) • Jason Staggie (born 1980s, S Africa, f) • Erik Johan Stagnelius (1793–1823, Sweden, p/d) • A. E. Stallings (born 1968, US, p) • Jon Stallworthy (1935–2014, England, nf/p) • Georgi Stamatov (1869–1942, Russian E/Bulgaria, f) • Albena Stambolova (born 1957, Bulgaria, nf/f) • Peter Stamm (born 1963, Switzerland, f) • Zaharia Stancu (1902–1974, Romania, nf/f/p) • Nichita Stănescu (1933–1983, Romania, p/nf) • Emiliyan Stanev (1907–1979, Bulgaria, f) • Ann Stanford (1916–1987, US, p/d/nf) • Louisa Stanhope (fl. 1806–1827, England, f) • Philip Stanhope, 5th Earl Stanhope (1805–1875, England, nf) • Vladimir Stanimirović (1881–1956, Yugoslavia/Serbia, p/d) • Anna Stanisławska (1651–1701, Poland, p) • Borisav Stanković (1876–1927, Ottoman E/Yugoslavia, f) • Dejan Tiago Stankovic (born 1965, Yugoslavia/Portugal, f) • Stanoje Stanojević (1874–1937, Serbia/Yugoslavia, nf) • Andy Stanton (born 1973, England, ch) • Olaf Stapledon (1886–1950, England, nf/f) • Petar Stapov (1910–1992, Bulgaria, f) • George Starbuck (1931–1996, US, p) • Walter Starkie (1894–1976, Ireland/Spain, nf) • Luan Starova (1941–2022, Albania/N Macedonia, f) • Christopher Stasheff (1944–2018, US, f) • Andrzej Stasiuk (born 1960, Poland, nf) • Nicolette Stasko (born 1950, US/Australia, p/f/nf) • Statius (c. 45 – c. 96 CE, Roman E, p) • Kjersti Løken Stavrum (born 1969, Norway, nf) • C. K. Stead (born 1932, N Zealand, f/p/nf) • Christina Stead (1902–1983, Australia, f) • Catherine Steadman (born 1987, England, f) • Betsey Ann Stearns (1830–1914, US, nf) • Henry Stebbing (1799–1883, England, nf/p) • Stesichorus (c. 630–555 BCE, Greece, p) • Danielle Steel (born 1947, US, f) • Flora Annie Steel (1847–1929, England, f/nf) • Allen Steele (born 1958, US, f) • Jessica Steele (1933–2020, England, f) • Peter Steele (1939–2012, Australia, p/nf) • Thorvald Steen (born 1954, Norway, f/d/ch) • Willem Steenkamp (born 1940, S Africa, nf) • Dugald Steer (born 1965, England, ch) • Josef Stefan (1835–1893, Austrian E/Austria-Hungary, nf/p) • Mirjana Stefanović (1939–2021, Yugoslavia/Serbia, p/ch) • Zoran Stefanović (born 1969, Yugoslavia/Serbia, d/f) • Erla Stefánsdóttir (1935–2015, Iceland, nf) • Davíð Stefánsson (1895–1964, Iceland, p/f) • Hermann Stefánsson (born 1968, Iceland, f/p) • Jón Kalman Stefánsson (born 1963, Iceland, f/p) • Albert Steffen (1884–1963, Switzerland, p/d/nf) • Wallace Stegner (1909–1993, US, f/nf) • William Steig (1907–2003, US, ch) • Otto Steiger (1909–2005, f) • Marie Henriette Steil (1898–1930, Luxembourg, f/nf) • Alicia Steimberg (1933–2012, Argentina, f) • Gertrude Stein (1874–1946, US, f/p/d) • Sylvester Stein (1920–2015, S Africa, nf/f) • Steinn Steinarr (1908–1958, Iceland, p) • John Steinbeck (1902–1968, US, f/nf) • Jonny Steinberg (born 1970, S Africa, nf) • Þórir Jökull Steinfinnsson (fl. 11th c. CE, Iceland, p) • Guðmundur Steingrímsson (born 1972, Iceland, nf) • Nicolae Steinhardt (1912–1989, Romania, f/nf) • Angela Steinmüller (born 1941, Germany, f) • Karlheinz Steinmüller (born 1950, Germany, f) • Kristín Steinsdóttir (born 1946, Iceland, ch) • Ginka Steinwachs (born 1942, Germany, nf/f/d) • Eric Stenbock (1860–1895, England, p/f) • Stendhal (1783–1842, France, f/nf) • Polly Stenham (born 1986, England, d) • Mattie Stepanek (1990–2004, US, p/nf) • Joanne Stepaniak (born 1954, US, nf) • Theodore Stephanides (1896–1983, India/England, nf/p) • Stephan G. Stephansson (1853–1927, Iceland, p/nf), birth name Stefán Guðmundur Guðmundsson • Stephen of Tbeti (fl. 10th c., Georgia, nf), in Georgian Stepane Mtbevari • James Stephen (1758–1832, England, nf) • Leslie Stephen (1932–2004, England, nf) • H. Marion Stephens (1823–1858, US, f/nf) • James Stephens (1880–1950, Ireland, p/f) • James Brunton Stephens (1835–1902, Scotland/Australia, p/f) • Māmari Stephens (born 1970, N Zealand, nf) • Marta María Stephensen (1770–1805, Iceland, nf) • Neal Stephenson (born 1959, US, f/nf) • George Stepney (1663–1707, England, p/nf) • John Steptoe (1950–1989, US, ch) • Constantin Stere (1865–1936, Russian E/Romania, nf/f) • Bruce Sterling (born 1954, US, f) • Haki Stërmilli (1895–1953, Ottoman E/Albania, f/nf) • Adolf Stern (1835–1907, Germany, nf/p), pseudonym of Adolf Ernst • Anatol Stern (1899–1968, Russian E/Poland, p/d/nf) • Gerald Stern (1925–2022, US, p/nf) • Gladys Bronwyn Stern (1890–1973, England, f/d/nf) • James Stern (1904–1993, Ireland/England, f/nf) • Karl Stern (1906–1975, Germany/Canada, nf) • Laurence Sterne (1713–1768, Ireland/England, f/nf) • Stesichorus (c. 630–555 BCE, Greece, p) • Fritz Steuben (1898–1981, Germany, f), pseudonym of Erhard Wittek • Marinko Stevanović (born 1961, Yugoslavia/Austria, p) • Vidosav Stevanović (born 1942, Yugoslavia/Serbia, f/p/d) • C. J. Stevens (1927–2021, US, p/f/nf) • Fisher Stevens (born 1963, US, f) • Robin Stevens (born 1988, US/England, ch) • W. Richard Stevens (1951–1999, N Rhodesia/US, nf) • Wallace Stevens (1879–1955, US, p) • Anne Stevenson (1933–2020, US/England, p/nf) • Robert Louis Stevenson (1850–1894, Scotland/England, f/nf/p) • William Bennet Stevenson (c. 1787 – post-1830, Peru, nf) • Margo Taft Stever (living, US, p) • The Two Steves (20th century author pair, Steve Barlow, living, and Steve Skidmore, born 1960, England, ch) • Adela Blanche Stewart (1846–1910, N Zealand, nf) • Amanda Stewart (born 1959, Australia, p) • Douglas Stewart (1913–1985, p/f/nf) • Fred Mustard Stewart (1932–2007, US, f) • Harold Stewart (1916–1995, Australia, p/nf) • J. I. M. Stewart (1906–1994, Scotland, f/nf) • Jane Agnes Stewart (1860–1944, US, nf) • Jennifer J. Stewart (living, US, ch) • Mariah Stewart (living, US, f) • Mary Stewart (1916–2014, England/Scotland, f/ch) • Michael Stewart (born 1945, England, f/d) • Michael Stewart (born 1971, England, d/f/p) • Paul Stewart (born 1955, England, ch) • Trenton Lee Stewart (born 1970, US, f) • Trumbull Stickney (1874–1904, US, nf/p) • Georg Stiernhielm (1598–1672, Sweden, nf/p) • Adalbert Stifter (1805–1868, Austrian E, f) • Terje Stigen (1922–2010, Norway, f/nf/d) • James Still (1906–2001, US, p/f/nf) • Isabel Stilwell (born 1960, Portugal, f/ch) • Julius Stinde (1841–1905, Germany, f) • R. L. Stine (born 1943, US, f/d) • James Stirling (1692–1770, Scotland, nf) • S. M. Stirling (born 1953, France/US, f) • Max Stirner (1806–1856, Germany, nf) • Francine Stock (born 1958, England, f/nf) • Helene Stöcker (1869–1943, Germany/US, nf) • Kathryn Stockett (born 1969, US, f) • Jan Stocklassa (born 1965, Sweden, nf) • Cynthia Stockley (1873–1936, S Africa/England, f) • Frank R. Stockton (1834–1902, US, ch) • Julian Stockwin (born 1944, England, f/nf) • Hilda van Stockum (1908–2006, Netherlands/England, ch) • Ivan Stodola (1888–1977, Hungary/Czechoslovakia, d/nf) • Dejan Stojanović (born 1959, Yugoslavia/Serbia, p/nf) • Milica Stojadinović-Srpkinja (1828–1878, Austria E/Serbia, p/nf) • Dejan Stojanović (born 1959, Yugoslavia/US, p/nf) • Ivan Stojanović (1829–1900, Serbia/Austria-Hungary, nf) • Radosav Stojanović (born 1950, Yugoslavia/Serbia, p/f/d) • Atanasije Stojković (1773–1832, Austrian E/Russian E, nf) • Melis Stoke (c. 1235 – c. 1305, Netherlands, p) • Bram Stoker (1847–1912, Ireland/England, f/nf) • Maša Stokić (born 1966, Yugoslavia/Serbia, d/nf) • Christian of Stolberg-Stolberg (1748–1821, Germany, p) • David Lee Stone (born 1978, England, f/ch) • Donna J. Stone (1933–1994, US, p) • Irving Stone (1903–1989, US, f/nf), born Irving Tennenbaum • Katherine Stone (born 1949, US, f) • Robert Stone (1937–2015, US, f/nf) • Ruth Stone (1915–2011, US, p) • Billy Marshall Stoneking (1947–2016, US/Australia, p/d) • Lisa Gluskin Stonestreet (born 1968, US, p) • Miriam Stoppard (born 1937, England, nf) • Tom Stoppard (born 1937, Czechoslovakia/England, d) • Benjamin Stora (born 1950, Algeria/France, nf) • Edward Storer (1880–1944, England, nf/p) • David Storey (1933–2017, England, d/f) • Edward Storey (1930–2018, England/Wales, p/d/nf) • Margaret Storey (1926–2022, England, ch) • Edvard Storm (1749–1794, Norway, p/nf) • Theodor Storm (1817–1888, Germany, f/p) • Alfonsina Storni (1892–1938, Argentina, p) • Catherine Storr (1913–2001, England, ch) • Agnes L. Storrie (1864–1936, Australia, p) • Jack Trevor Story (1917–1991, England, f) • Walter Scott Story (1879–1955, US, ch) • Anna Stothard (born 1983, England, f) • Peter Stothard (born 1951, England, nf) • Randolph Stow (1935–2010, Australia, f/p/ch) • Brian Stowell (1936–1919, Isle of Man, nf) • Harold Strachan (1925–2020, S Africa, nf/f) • Mari Strachan (born 1945, Wales, f) • Zoë Strachan (born 1975, Scotland, f/nf) • Barbara Strachey (1912–1999, England, nf) • John Strachey (1860–1927, England, nf) • John Strachey (1901–1963, England, nf) • Lytton Strachey (1880–1932, England, nf) • J. Michael Straczynski (born 1954, US, d/f) • August Stramm (1874–1915, Germany, p/d) • Mark Strand (1934–2014, Canada/US, p/nf) • Herbert Strang (author pair, George Herbert Ely, 1866–1958, and Charles James L'Estrange, 1867–1947, England, ch) • John Strang (1795–1863, Scotland, nf) • Anton Strashimirov (1872–1937, Bulgaria, nf/d) • Todd Strasser (born 1950, US, ch) • Edward Stratemeyer (1862–1930, US, ch) • Stanislav Stratiev (1941–2000, Bulgaria, d/nf) • Linda Stratmann (born 1948, England, nf/f) • Strattis (fl. c. 412 BCE, Greece, p) • Gene Stratton-Porter (1863–1924, US, f/nf/ch) • Botho Strauss (born 1944, Germany, d/f/nf) • Darin Strauss (born 1970, US, f/nf) • David Strauss (1808–1874, Germany, nf) • David Levi Strauss (born 1953, US, p/nf) • Jennifer Strauss (born 1933, Australia, p/nf) • Noel Streatfeild (1895–1986, England, ch) • Barry Streek (1948–2006, S Africa, nf) • Jakob Streit (1910–2009, Switzerland, ch/nf) • Hesba Stretton (1832–1911, England, ch) • Stijn Streuvels (1871–1969, Belgium, f), pseudonym of Franciscus Petrus Maria Lateur • Agnes Strickland (1796–1874, England, nf/p) • Jane Margaret Strickland (1800–1888, England, f/nf) • August Strindberg (1849–1912, Sweden, d/f/p) • Olga Stringfellow (1923–1995, N Zealand/England, f/nf) • Erwin Strittmatter (1912–1994, Germany, f) • Eva Strittmatter (1930–2011, Germany, p) • Eva Ström (born 1947, Sweden, f/p/nf) • Fredrik Ström (1880–1948, Sweden, nf) • Charles S. Strong (1906–1962, US, ch) • Jeremy Strong (born 1949, England, ch) • Charles Stross (born 1964, England, f/nf) • Jonathan Stroud (born 1970, England, f/ch) • Joseph Stroud (born 1943, US, p) • Flora E. Strout (1867–1962, US, nf) • Antje Rávic Strubel (born 1974, Germany, f/nf) • Arkady and Boris Strugatsky (1933–2012 and 1925–1991, Soviet Union/Russia, f/d), brothers • Alexander Stuart (living, England/US, f/d/ch) • Andrea Stuart (born 1962, Barbados/England, nf) • Dorothy Margaret Stuart (1889–1963, England, p/nf/ch) • Douglas Stuart (born 1976, Scotland/US, f) • Francis Stuart (1902–2000, Australia/Ireland, f/p/nf) • Jesse Stuart (1906–1984, US, f/p/nf) • Robyn Stuart (1914–1986, England, f), pseudonym of Vivian Stuart • Sheila Stuart (1892–1974, Scotland, nf/ch), pseudonym of Gladys May Baker • Vivian Stuart (1914–1986, England, f) • William Stukeley (1687–1765, England, nf) • Ľudovít Štúr (1815–1856, Austria-Hungary, nf) • Theodore Sturgeon (1918–1985, US, f/nf) • Sighvatr Sturluson (c. 1170–1238, Iceland, p) • Snorri Sturluson (1179–1241, Iceland, nf/p) • Jacquie Sturm (1927–2009, N Zealand, p/f), born Te Kare Papuni • Julius Sturm (1806–1896, Germany, p) • William Styron (1925–2006, US, f/nf)

Su–Sz

• Su Buqing (蘇步青, 1902–2003, China, nf/p) • Su Hui (蘇蕙, 4th c. CE, China, p) • Su Manshu (蘇曼殊, 1884–1918, China, f/p) • Su Qing (苏青, 1914–1982, China, f/nf) • Su Shi (蘇軾, 1037–1101, China, p/nf) • Su Tong (苏童, born 1963, China, p/nf) • Su Xiaoxiao (蘇小小, c. 479 – c. 501, China, p) • Su Xuelin (蘇雪林, 1897–1999, China, f/nf) • Daniel Suarez (born 1964, US, f) • Gastón Suárez (1929–1984, Bolivia, f/d) • Ariano Suassuna (1927–2014, Brazil, p/f) • Abhi Subedi (born 1945, Nepal, p/d/nf) • Allamraju Subrahmanyakavi (1831–1892, India, p/nf) • Bogdan Suceavă (born 1969, Romania/US, nf) • Somtow Sucharitkul (born 1952, Thailand/US, f), pseudonym S. P. Somtow • John Suckling (1609–1641, England, p) • José Antonio Ramos Sucre (1890–1930, Venezuela, p/nf) • Mohammed al-Tawdi ibn Suda (1790–1794/1795, Morocco, nf) • Hermann Sudermann (1857–1928, Germany, d/f) • Olivia Sudjic (born 1988, England/US, f) • Eugène Sue (1804–1857, France/Italy, f) • Suematsu Kenchō (末松謙澄, 1855–1920, Japan, nf) • Víctor Sueiro (1943–2007, Argentina, nf) • Laurence Suhner (born 1968, Switzerland, f) • Laura Jane Suisted (1840–1903, N Zealand, nf) • Huzir Sulaiman (born 1973, Malaya/Singapore, d) • Suleiman the Magnificent (1494–1566, Ottoman E, p/nf) • Andrew Sullivan (born 1963, England/US, nf) • Deirdre Sullivan (living, Ireland, ch) • Jennifer Sullivan (born 1945, Wales/France, ch/nf) • Mark T. Sullivan (born 1958, US, f) • Robert Sullivan (born 1967, N Zealand, p/nf) • Thomas Sullivan (living, US, f) • Zuhayr bin Abi Sulma (c. 520 – c. 609, Arabia, p) • Nancy Sumari (born 1986, Tanzania, cs) • Vetrliði Sumarliðason (fl. 10th c. CE, Iceland, p) • Anne Summers (born 1945, Australia, nf) • Essie Summers (1912–1998, N Zealand, f) • Montague Summers (1880–1948, England, nf/p/d) • Barbara Sumner (born 1960, N Zealand, nf) • Sun Bin (孫臏, died 316 BCE, China, nf) • Sun Guangyuan (孫光遠, 1900–1979, China, nf) • Sun Guoting (孫過庭, 646–691, China, nf) • Sun Tzu (孫子, c. 544 – c. 496 BCE, China, nf) • Sun Simiao (孫思邈, died 682 CE, China, nf) • Per Olof Sundman (1922–1992, Sweden, f/nf) • Sunzi Suanjing (孙子算经, c. 3rd – 5th c. CE, China, nf) • Jovan Sundečić (1825–1900, Ottoman E/Montenegro, p/nf) • Jules Supervielle (1884–1960, Uruguay, p) • Pingali Suranna (fl. 16th c. CE, India, p) • Cemal Süreya (1931–1990, Turkey, p) • Robert Smith Surtees (1805–1864, England, f/nf) • Gordana Suša (1946–2021, Yugoslavia/Serbia, nf) • Patrick Süskind (born 1949, Germany, f/d) • Wilhelm Emanuel Süskind (1901–1970, Germany, nf) • Henry Suso (1295–1366, Germany, nf), also Heinrich Seuse • Alexander Süsskind of Grodno (died 1794, Russian E, nf) • Süßkind von Trimberg (fl. later 13th c., Germany, p) • Miroslav Šustek (1947–2015, Czechoslovakia/Slovakia, f) • Rosemary Sutcliff (1920–1992, England, ch) • Alice Sutcliffe (fl. 1624–1634, England, nf) • Katherine Sutcliffe (born 1952, US, f) • Thomas Sutcliffe (c. 1790–1849, England, nf) • Martin Suter (born 1948, Switzerland, f/nf/d) • Rudolf Sutermeister (1802–1868, Switzerland, nf) • Efua Sutherland (1924–1996, Gold Coast/Ghana, d/p/ch) • John Sutherland (born 1938, England, nf) • András Sütő (1927–2006, Romania/Hungary, d/f/nf) • Bertha von Suttner (1843–1914, Austrian E/Austria, nf/f) • D. T. Suzuki (鈴木大拙貞太郎, 1870–1966, Japan, nf) • Kōji Suzuki (鈴木光司, born 1957, Japan, f/nf) • Miekichi Suzuki (鈴木三重吉, 1882–1936, Japan, f) • Janez J. Švajncer (born 1948, Yugoslavia/Slovenia, nf) • František Švantner (1912–1950, Hungary/Czechoslovakia, f) • Karin Sveen (born 1948, Norway, p/f/nf) • Jón Sveinsson (1857–1944, Iceland, ch) • Maria Sveland (born 1974, Sweden, nf) • Italo Svevo (1861–1928, Italy, f/d), pseudonym of Aron Hector Schmitz • Ladislav Švihran (1931–2022, Belgium/Slovakia, nf) • Rosie Swale-Pope (born 1946, Ireland/Wales, nf) • Annie S. Swan (1859–1943, Scotland, f/nf) • Nathaniel Walter Swan (1834–1884, Ireland/Australia, nf/f) • Stefan Swanepoel (born 1958, Kenya/US, nf) • Leonie Swann (born 1975, Germany, f) • Michael Swanwick (born 1950, US, f) • Robert Sward (1933–2022, US/Canada, p/f) • Vikas Swarup (born 1961, India, f) • Nan Nyunt Swe (1923–2010, Burma/Myanmar, p/nf/f) • Emanuel Swedenborg (1688–1782, Sweden/England, nf) • Jon M. Sweeney (born 1967, US, nf/f/ch) • Cole Swensen (born 1945, US, p/nf) • Karen Swenson (born 1936, US, p/nf) • May Swenson (1913–1989, US, p/d) • Marcin Świetlicki (born 1961, Poland, p) • Graham Swift (born 1949, England, f/nf) • Jonathan Swift (1667–1745, Ireland/England, nf/p) • Susie Forrest Swift (1862–1916, United States, nf) • Algernon Charles Swinburne (1837–1909, England, p/d/f) • Randall Swingler (1909–1967, England, p) • Bertha Swirles (1903–1999, England, nf) • Anna Świrszczyńska (1909–1984, Poland, p) • Meera Syal (born 1961, England, d/f) • Abdul Mannan Syed (1943–2010, India/Bangladesh, p/f/nf) • Bobbi Sykes (1943–2010, Australia, p/nf) • Khady Sylla (1963–2013, Senegal, f/d) • Harry Sylvester (1908–1993, US, f) • Josuah Sylvester (1563–1618, England, p) • Matthew Sylvester (c. 1636–1708, England, nf) • Vanda Symon (born 1969, N Zealand, f) • Arthur Symons (1865–1945, Wales/England, p/nf) • Mitchell Symons (born 1957, England, f/nf) • John Millington Synge (1871–1909, Ireland, d/p/nf) • Władysław Syrokomla (1823–1862, Russian E, p) • Dezső Szabó (1879–1945, Hungary, f/nf) • Lőrinc Szabó (1900–1957, Hungary, p) • Magda Szabó (1917–2007, Hungary, d/f/ch) • Fruzina Szalay (1864–1926, Austria-Hungary/Hungary, p/f) • Michael Szameit (1950–2014, Germany, f) • George Szanto (born 1940, Ireland/Canada, f/d/nf) • Mikołaj Sęp Szarzyński (c. 1550 – c., Poland, p) • Sándor Szathmári (1897–1974, Austria-Hungary/Hungary, nf) • Louis Szathmary (1919–1996, Hungary/US, nf) • Arthur Sze (施家彰, born 1950, US, p) • István Széchenyi (1791–1860, Austria-Hungary, nf) • Noémi Szécsi (born 1976, Hungary, f) • Júlia Székely (1906–1986, Austria-Hungary/Hungary, nf/f) • Bertalan Szemere (1812–1869, Austria-Hungary, p) • Gyula Szentessy (1870–1905, Austria-Hungary, p) • Mária Szepes (1908–2007, Austria-Hungary/Hungary, d/f/nf) • Antal Szerb (1901–1945, Austria-Hungary/Hungary, f/nf), Holocaust victim • Ede Szigligeti (1814–1878, Austria-Hungary, d) • George Szirtes (born 1948, Hungary/England, p) • Janusz Szpotański (1929–1991, Poland, p/nf) • Edina Szvoren (born 1974, Hungary, f/p) • Melinda Szymanik (born 1963, N Zealand, ch) • Włodzimierz Szymanowicz (1946–1967, Poland, p) • Wisława Szymborska (1923–2012, Poland, p/nf) • Szymon Szymonowic (1558–1629, Poland, p)