List of English writers

List of English writers lists writers in English born or raised in England who already have Wikipedia pages. References for the information appear on the linked Wikipedia pages. The list is incomplete – please help to expand it by adding Wikipedia page-owning writers who have written extensively in any genre or field, including science and scholarship. Please follow the entry format. A seminal work added to a writer's entry should also have a Wikipedia page. This is a subsidiary to the List of English people. There are or should be similar lists of Irish, Scots, Welsh, Manx, Jersey, and Guernsey writers.

Abbreviations: AV = Authorized King James Version of the Bible, awa = also wrote/writes as, b. = born, c. = circa; century, cc. = centuries; cleric = Anglican priest, d. = died, fl. = floruit, or. = originally, RC = Roman Catholic, SF = science fiction, YA = young-adult fiction

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A. W. (fl. 1602), poet
Edwin Abbott Abbott (1838–1926), theologian, philologist and novelist
Gilbert Abbott à Beckett (1811–1856), humorist
George Abbot (1562–1633), writer, AV translator and cleric
Kia Abdullah (b. 1982), novelist
Lascelles Abercrombie (1881–1938), poet and critic
Paul Ableman (1927–2006), playwright and novelist
J. R. Ackerley (1896–1967), autobiographer, novelist and playwright
Rodney Ackland (1908–1991), playwright, actor and screenwriter
Peter Ackroyd (b. 1949), novelist and biographer
Eliza Acton (1799–1859), poet and cookery writer
Harold Acton (1904–1994), writer and scholar
Paul Adam (b. 1958), novelist
Charles Warren Adams (awa Charles Felix, 1833–1903), novelist and lawyer, The Notting Hill Mystery
Douglas Adams (1952–2001), novelist and scriptwriter
John Adams, (pre-1670–1738), cartographer and gazetteer compiler
Richard Adams (b. 1920), novelist, Watership Down
Sarah Flower Adams (1805–1848), poet and hymnist
Donald Adamson (b. 1939), writer and historian
John Adamson (1787–1855), antiquary, poet and translator
Arthur St. John Adcock (1864–1930), novelist and editor
Fleur Adcock (b. 1934), poet
Joseph Addison (1672–1719), essayist and poet, The Spectator
Joseph Barret (1665–1699), businessman and theological writer.
Percy Addleshaw (wrote as Percy Hemingway, 1866–1916), writer and poet
Diran Adebayo (b. 1968), novelist and broadcaster
Mark Adlard (b. 1932), novelist
James Agate (1877–1947), diarist and critic
Bola Agbaje (living), playwright
John Aglionby (d. 1609/10), scholar, AV translator and cleric
Grace Aguilar (1816–1847), novelist and writer
Allan Ahlberg (b. 1939), children's writer
Robert Aickman (1914–1981), novelist and conservationist
Joan Aiken (1924–2004), novelist
Arthur Aikin (1783–1854), science writer
Lucy Aikin (1781–1864), children's writer, biographer and historian
John Aikin (1747–1822), writer and physician
Alfred Ainger (1837–1904), biographer and critic
William Harrison Ainsworth (1805–1882), novelist
Mark Akenside (1721–1770), poet
William Alabaster (1567–1640), poet, playwright and cleric
James Albery (1838–1889), playwright
Alice Albinia (b. 1976), travel writer
Mary Alcock (c. 1742–1798), poet and essayist
Thomas Aldham or Aldam, (c. 1616–1660), writer and Quaker
Richard Aldington (1892–1962), novelist and poet
Brian Aldiss (b. 1925), novelist
Henry Aldrich (1647–1710), poet and theologian
Horace Alexander (1889–1989), writer on India, ornithologist and Quaker
Alan F. Alford (b. 1961), writer on mythology
Monica Ali (b. 1967), novelist, Brick Lane
Cyril Alington (1872–1955), novelist and writer
Kate Allan (b. 1975), novelist
Nicholas Allan (living), children's writer
Rupert Allason (awa Nigel West, b. 1951), historian and thriller writer
James Allen (1864–1912), self-help writer and poet
Walter Allen (1911–1995), novelist and critic
Margery Allingham (1904–1966), novelist, Albert Campion
Drummond Allison (1921–1943), poet
Kenneth Allott (1912–1973), poet and anthologist
Kenneth Allsop (1920–1973), writer and broadcaster
E. M. Almedingen (1898–1971), novelist, biographer and children's writer
John Almon (1737–1804), journalist and anthologist
David Almond (b. 1951), novelist and children's writer
Vincent Alsop (c. 1630–1703), writer and dissenting minister
Al Alvarez (b. 1929), poet and writer
Moniza Alvi (b. 1968), poet and writer
Eric Ambler (1909–1998), novelist and screenwriter
Isaac Ambrose (1604–1663/4), writer, diarist and cleric
Elizabeth Amherst (c. 1716–1779), poet and naturalist
Kingsley Amis (1922–1995), poet and novelist, Lucky Jim
Martin Amis (b. 1949), novelist
Thomas Amory (c. 1691–1788), novelist and miscellanist
Thomas Amory (1701–1774), poet and dissenting cleric
Valerie Anand (awa Flora Buckley, b. 1937), novelist
Patrick Anderson (1915–1979), poet
Rachel Anderson (b. 1943), children's writer
Verily Anderson (1915–2010), writer
Lancelot Andrewes (1555–1626), scholar, AV translator and cleric
Roger Andrewes (fl. 1610s), scholar, AV translator and cleric
Miles Peter Andrews (1742–1814), playwright and poet
Norman Angell (1872–1967), Nobel Prize winner, political writer and economist
Jane Anger (fl. 1589), pamphleteer
Peter Anghelides (fl. 1990s), writer
Charlotte Anley (1796–1893), novelist and writer
George Anson Lord Anson (1697–1762), writer, explorer and admiral
Christopher Anstey (1724–1805), writer and poet
Charles James Apperley (wrote as Nimrod, 1777–1843), hunting and racing writer
Lisa Appignanesi (b. 1946), writer and historian
Roy Apps (b. 1951), children's writer
Arthur John Arberry (1905–1969), orientalist and translator
Harriet Arbuthnot (1793–1834), political diarist
John Arbuthnot (1667–1735), satirist and polymath
Fred Archer (1915–1999), countryside writer
Jeffrey Archer (b. 1940), novelist and politician
Philip Ardagh (b. 1961), children's writer
John Arden (b. 1930), playwright and novelist
Edward Ardizzone (1900–1979), children's writer and illustrator
Reginald Arkell (1882–1959), novelist, playwright and screenwriter
Michael Arlen (or. Dikran Kouyoumdjian, 1895–1956), essayist, playwright and novelist
John Arlott (1914–1991), cricket writer and commentator
Robert Armin (c. 1563–1615), playwright and actor
Simon Armitage (b. 1963), poet, playwright and novelist
Martin Armstrong (1882–1974), novelist and poet
Peter Armstrong (b. 1957), poet and psychotherapist
Richard Armstrong (1903–1986), novelist, historian and children's writer
Elizabeth von Arnim (awa Alice Cholmondeley, 1866–1941), novelist
Edwin Arnold (1832–1904), poet and journalist
Edwin Lester Arnold (1857–1935), writer and novelist
Elizabeth Arnold (b. 1944), children's writer
Matthew Arnold (1822–1888), poet, Dover Beach
Richard Arnold (d. c. 1521), chronicler and merchant
Thomas Arnold (1795–1842), educator and historian
Thomas Walker Arnold (1864–1930), Islamist scholar
William Delafield Arnold (1828–1859), novelist and colonial administrator
Anthony Ascham (c. 1614–1650), scholar and politician
Roger Ascham (c. 1515–1568), writer and scholar
John Ash (1724–1779), lexicographer and Baptist minister
John Ash (b. 1948), poet and travel writer
Maurice Ash (1917–2003), writer on environment and planning
Russell Ash (1946–2010), writer
Timothy Garton Ash (b. 1955), historian
Elizabeth Ashbridge (1713–1755), autobiographer and Quaker
Geoffrey Ashe (b. 1923), cultural historian
Thomas Ashe or Ash (fl. 1600–1618), legal writer
Thomas Ashe (1770–1835), novelist and miscellanist
Thomas Ashe (1836–1889), poet
Daisy Ashford (1881–1972), child author, The Young Visiters
Elias Ashmole (1617–1692), antiquary and patron
Will Ashon (b. 1969), novelist and music writer
Francis Leslie Ashton (1904–1994), novelist
Andrea Ashworth (b. 1969), writer and scholar
Anne Askew (1521–1546), poet, writer and martyr
Nadeem Aslam (b. 1966), novelist
Cynthia Asquith (1887–1960), novelist and diarist
Herbert Asquith (1881–1947), poet and novelist
Margot Asquith (1864–1935), memoirist
Nicholas Assheton (1590–1625), diarist
Mary Astell (1666–1731), poet and writer
Edwin Atherstone (1788–1872), poet and novelist
Diana Athill (b. 1917), editor, novelist and memoirist
James Atkinson (1780–1852), scholar
Kate Atkinson (b. 1952), novelist
William Atkinson (d. 1509), translator
David Attenborough (b. 1926), writer, naturalist and broadcaster
Francis Atterbury (1663–1732), writer and bishop
Mabel Lucie Attwell (1879–1964), children's writer and illustrator
Penelope Aubin (1679–1738), poet, novelist and translator
John Aubrey (1626–1697), writer and antiquary, Brief Lives
John Audelay or Awdelay, (d. c. 1426), poet and cleric
W. H. Auden (1907–1973), poet
Stacy Aumonier (1877–1928), novelist, story writer and essayist
Jane Austen (1775–1817), novelist, Pride and Prejudice
Katherine Austen (1629 – c. 1683), diarist and poet
Alfred Austin (1835–1913), Poet Laureate
John Langshaw Austin (1911–1960), philosopher and translator
Sarah Austin (1793–1867), translator
Edward Aveling (1849–1898), writer, pamphleteer and translator
Peter Avery (1923–2008), scholar and translator
Christopher Awdry (b. 1940), children's writer
Wilbert Awdry (wrote as Rev. W. Awdry, 1911–1997), children's writer and cleric, Thomas the Tank Engine
Alan Ayckbourn (b. 1939), playwright
A. J. Ayer (1910–1989), philosopher
Pam Ayres (b. 1947), poet and songwriter
Michael Ayrton (1921–1975), writer and artist
Shamim Azad, (living), writer and translator
Trezza Azzopardi, (living), novelist

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Charles Babbage (1791–1871), polymath
Gervase Babington (1549/50–1610), theologian and bishop
David Baddiel (b. 1964), novelist and comic
Robert Baden-Powell (1857–1941), writer and army officer, Scouting for Boys
Edmund Backhouse (1873–1944), orientalist and autobiographer
Anne Bacon (c. 1528–1610), translator and correspondent
Francis Bacon (1561–1626), essayist, New Atlantis
Phanuel Bacon (1699–1783), playwright and poet
John F. Baddeley (1854–1940), travel writer and journalist
Robert Bage (1730–1801), novelist and radical
Walter Bagehot (1826–1877), economist and essayist
Enid Bagnold (1889–1981), novelist and playwright, National Velvet
Richard Bagot (1860–1921), novelist and essayist
David Bailey (living), story writer and editor
H. C. Bailey (1878–1961), novelist
Hilary Bailey (b. 1936), biographer and editor
Nathan Bailey (d. 1742), philologist
Paul Bailey (b. 1937), novelist and dramatist
Philip James Bailey (1816–1902), poet
Samuel Bailey (1791–1870), philosopher and economist
Beryl Bainbridge (b. 1932), novelist
Denys Val Baker (1917–1984), novelist and story writer
Henry Baker (1698–1774), naturalist and poet
Samuel Baker (1821–1893), writer and explorer
Rajeev Balasubramanyam (b. 1974), novelist
Nigel Balchin (1908–1970), novelist and screenwriter
John Bale (1495–1563), playwright and bishop
J. G. Ballard (1930–2009), novelist
Dacre Balsdon (1901–1977), novelist and ancient historian
Samuel Bamford (1788–1872), writer and dialect poet
John Codrington Bampfylde (1764–1796/7), poet
Richard Bancroft (1544–1610), AV translator and archbishop
Isabella Banks (1821–1897), novelist and poet
Lynne Reid Banks (b. 1929), novelist
Anna Laetitia Barbauld (1743–1825), poet and children's writer
W. N. P. Barbellion (real name Bruce Frederick Cummings, 1889–1919), diarist
Richard Barber (b. 1941), historian
Alexander Barclay (c. 1476–1552), poet and translator
Florence L. Barclay (1862–1921), novelist
James Barclay (b. 1965), novelist
John Baret (d. c. 1580), lexicographer
Owen Barfield (1898–1997), novelist, poet and philosopher
Richard Harris Barham (wrote as Thomas Ingoldsby, 1788–1845), novelist and poet, The Ingoldsby Legends
Maurice Baring (1874–1945), playwright, novelist and poet
Sabine Baring-Gould (1834–1924), novelist, hymnist and cleric
A. L. Barker (1918–2002), novelist
Cicely Mary Barker (1895–1973), children's and religious writer and illustrator
Clive Barker (b. 1952), writer, film director and visual artist
Elspeth Barker (b. 1940), novelist
George Granville Barker (1913–1991), poet and novelist
Jane Barker (1652–1732), poet and novelist
Mary Anne Barker (1831–1911), writer and poet
Nicola Barker (b. 1966), novelist
Pat Barker (b. 1943), novelist
Raffaella Barker (b. 1964), novelist and journalist
Sebastian Barker (b. 1945), poet
George Barlow (wrote as James Hinton, 1837–1913/14), poet
William Barlow (d. 1613), scholar, AV translator and bishop
Mordaunt Roger Barnard (1828–1906), translator and cleric
Kitty Barne (1883–1961), children's writer
Barnabe Barnes (1568 or 1569–1609), poet and playwright
Ambrose Barnes (1627–1710), nonconformist and Mayor of Newcastle.
Jonathan Barnes (b. 1942), philosopher
Julian Barnes (b. 1946), novelist, Flaubert's Parrot
William Barnes (1801–1886), dialect poet
Correlli Barnett (b. 1927), historian
Richard Barnfield (1574–1620), poet
Alexander Baron (1917–1999), novelist and screenwriter
Geoffrey Barraclough (1908–1984), historian
John Barret (1631–1713), writer and Presbyterian minister
Leslie Barringer (1895–1968), editor and novelist
Isaac Barrow (1630–1677), scholar and cleric
John Barrow (fl. 1735–1774), lexicographer and historian
William Barrow (1754–1836), writer and cleric
Stan Barstow (b. 1928), novelist and dramatist
William Bartholomew (1793–1867), librettist and composer
Mike Bartlett (b. 1980), playwright and director
Bernard Barton (1784–1849), poet and Quaker
Henry Howarth Bashford (1880–1961), novelist and physician
William Basse (c. 1583–1653/4), poet
Jonathan Bate (b. 1958), biographer and editor
James Bateman (1811–1897), garden writer
H. E. Bates (1905–1974), novelist, The Darling Buds of May
Henry Walter Bates (1825–1892), naturalist and explorer
Ralph Bates (1899–2000), novelist
Elizabeth Bath (1772–1856), poet
Richard Baxter (1615–1691), poet, hymnist and theologian
Stephen Baxter (b. 1957), novelist
F. W. N. Bayley (1808–1853), miscellanist
John Bayley (b. 1925), critic and novelist
Peter Bayley (c. 1778–1883), poet and playwright
Ada Ellen Bayly (wrote as Edna Lyall, 1857–1903), novelist
Thomas Haynes Bayly (1797–1830), poet and playwright
Martin Baynton (b. 1953), children's writer and illustrator
John Beadle (d. 1667), diarist and cleric
Richard Bean (b. 1956), playwright
Francis Beaumont (1584–1616), playwright
John Beaumont (1583–1627), poet
Joseph Beaumont (1616–1699), poet and cleric
Aubrey Beardsley (1872–1898), writer and illustrator
Laura Beatty (living), biographer and novelist
Samuel Beazley (1786–1851), novelist, playwright and architect
William Beckford (1760–1844), novelist and patron
Lillian Beckwith (b. Lillian Comber, 1916–2004), novelist
Thomas Lovell Beddoes (1803–1849), poet
William Bedwell (1561–1632), scholar, AV translator and cleric
Henry Charles Beeching (1859–1919), poet and anthologist
Patricia Beer (1919–1999), poet and critic
Constance Beerbohm (1811–1892), writer
Julius Beerbohm (1854–1906), travel writer and explorer
Max Beerbohm (1872–1956), novelist and caricaturist, Zuleika Dobson
Alfred Beesley (1800–1847), poet and topographer
Mrs Beeton (b. Isabella Mary Mayson, 1836–1865), cookery writer
Antony Beevor (b. 1946), historian and novelist
Aphra Behn (1640–1689), novelist and playwright
Daubridgecourt Belchier (1580-1621), dramatist
Adrian Bell (1901–1980), countryside writer
Clive Bell (1881–1964), art critic
Florence Bell (1851–1930), playwright and editor
Gertrude Bell (1868–1926), writer and traveller
Josephine Bell (awa David Wintringham, 1897–1987), novelist
Julian Bell (1908–1937), poet
Mary Hayley Bell (1911–2005), novelist, playwright and actress
Quentin Bell (1910–1996), critic and biographer
Thomas Bell (1792–1880), zoologist and writer
Hilaire Belloc (1870–1953), writer and poet
Thomas Belt (1832–1878), naturalist and geologist
Elizabeth Benger (1775–1827), poet, novelist and biographer
Edward Benlowes (1603–1676), poet
Alan Bennett (b. 1934), playwright and broadcaster
Anna Maria Bennett (c. 1760–1808), novelist
Arnold Bennett (1867–1931), novelist
Edwin Keppel Bennett (pen name Francis Bennett, 1887–1958), writer, poet and scholar
A. C. Benson (1862–1925), poet and diarist
E. F. Benson (1867–1940), novelist and story writer
Peter Benson (b. 1956), novelist
Robert Hugh Benson (1871–1914), novelist, writer and cleric
Stella Benson (1892–1933), novelist, poet and travel writer
George Bentham (1800–1884), botanist
Jeremy Bentham (1748–1832), philosopher
Edmund Clerihew Bentley (1875–1956), novelist, humorist and poet
Elizabeth Bentley (1767–1839), poet
Nicolas Bentley (1907–1978), writer and illustrator
Phyllis Bentley (1894–1977), novelist and biographer
Richard Bentley (1662–1742), theologian and poet
Edward Berdoe (1836–1916), critic, novelist and physician
Elisabeth Beresford (b. 1928), children's writer, the Wombles
J. D. Beresford (1873–1947), novelist
James Beresford (1764–1840), satirist, translator and cleric
Leila Berg (1917–2012), children's writer
John Berger (b. 1926), novelist, G.
Reginald Berkeley (1890–1935), playwright and screenwriter
John Berkenhout (1726–1791), naturalist
Steven Berkoff (b. 1937), playwright and actor
William Bayle Bernard (1807–1875), playwright, critic and novelist
John Bourchier Berners (1467–1533), translator and statesman
Juliana Berners or Bernes, (b. c. 1388), writer on heraldry, hawking and hunting, The Book of Saint Albans
Elizabeth Berridge (1919–2009), English novelist
Francis Berry (1915–2006), poet and critic
Mary Berry (1763–1852), writer and editor
Mary Berry (b. 1935), cookery writer
Charles Bertram (1723–1765), literary forger
Annie Besant (1847–1933), writer and campaigner
Walter Besant (1836–1901), novelist and historian
Charles Best (1570–1627), poet
Alfred Bestall (1892–1986), children's writer and illustrator, Rupert Bear
Henry Digby Beste (1768–1836), religious writer
Matilda Betham-Edwards (1836–1919), novelist, poet and travel writer
Nicholas Bethell (1938–2007), writer, translator and politician
John Betjeman (1906–1984), Poet Laureate and writer
Thomas Betterton (1635–1710), playwright and actor
Edwyn Bevan (1870–1943), philosopher and historian
Elizabeth Beverley (fl. 1815–30), pamphleteer and actress
L. S. Bevington (1845–1895), essayist, anarchist and poet
Elizabeth Bibesco (1897–1945), novelist and poet
Tessa Biddington (b. 1954), poet
Hester Biddle (c. 1629–1697), Quaker pamphleteer and preacher
John Stanyan Bigg (1828–1865), poet
Mark Billingham (b. 1961), novelist
Thomas Bilson(1547–1616), theologian, AV translator and bishop
Andrew Bing (1574–1652), scholar, AV translator and cleric
Laurence Binyon (1869–1943), poet and art historian
T. J. Binyon (1936–2004), novelist, translator and biographer
Thomas Birch (1705–1766), historian
Caroline Bird (b. 1986), poet and playwright
Isabella Bird (1831–1904), travel writer and naturalist
Dea Birkett (b. 1958), writer
John Birtwhistle (b. 1946), poet and librettist
Samuel Bishop (1731–1795), poet and essayist
Robert Black (1829–1915), novelist, story writer and translator
John Blackburn (b. 1923), novelist
Thomas Blackburn (1916–1977), poet
Malorie Blackman (b. 1962), children's writer and screenwriter
R. D. Blackmore (1825–1900), novelist, Lorna Doone
Richard Blackmore (1654–1729), poet and religious writer
William Blackstone (1723–1780), legal writer
Algernon Blackwood (1869–1951), novelist and story writer
Caroline Blackwood (1931–1996), novelist and critic
Helen Blackwood, Lady Dufferin (1807–1867), poet and songwriter
Max Blagg (living), poet and writer
Quentin Blake (b. 1932), children's writer and illustrator
William Blake (1757–1827), poet and artist, Songs of Innocence and of Experience
Helen Blakeman (b. 1971), playwright and screenwriter
Susanna Blamire (1747–1794), poet
Edward Blanchard (1820–1899), playwright and songwriter
Samuel Laman Blanchard (1804–1845), writer, journalist and poet
Robert Blatchford (wrote as Nunquam, 1851–1943), journalist, writer and campaigner
Nicholas Blincoe (b. 1965), novelist and screenwriter
Mathilde Blind (1841–1896), poet and biographer
Edward Blishen (1920–1996), writer and broadcaster
Walter Blith (1605–1654), writer on husbandry
Robert Bloomfield (1766–1823), poet
Charles Blount (1654–1693), polemicist
Evelyn, Princess Blücher (1876–1960), diarist and memoirist
Nicholas Blundell (1669–1737), diarist
Edmund Blunden (1896–1974), poet, author and critic
Anthony Blunt (1907–1983), art historian and spy
Wilfrid Scawen Blunt (1840–1922), poet and author
Ronald Blythe (b. 1922), writer and editor,
Enid Blyton (1897–1968), children's writer, Noddy
James Boaden (1762–1839), biographer, playwright and journalist
Frederick S. Boas (1862–1957), literary historian
John Ernest Bode (1816–1874), poet, hymnist and cleric
John Bodenham (1569–1610), anthologist
Barbara Bodichon (1827–1891), educator and feminist
John Bois (1560–1643), scholar, AV translator and cleric
Osbern Bokenam (c. 1393 – c. 1463), literary historian and cleric
Robert Bolt (1924–1995), dramatist and screenwriter, A Man For All Seasons
Sharon Bolton - mystery fiction writer
Michael Bond (b. 1926), children's writer, Paddington Bear
Elizabeth Bonhôte (1744–1818), novelist
Christopher Booker (b. 1937), writer and journalist
George Boole (1815–1864), mathematician and logician
Mary Everest Boole (1832–1916), mathematics schoolbook writer
Barton Booth (1681–1733), actor and poet
Charles Booth (1840–1916), social researcher, Life and Labour of the People in London
Martin Booth (1944–2004), novelist, poet and editor
Stephen Booth (b. 1952), novelist
Brooke Boothby (1744–1824), scholar and poet
Frances Boothby (fl. 1669–70), playwright
Basil Boothroyd (1910–1988), writer and humorist
George Borrow (1803–1881), novelist and travel writer, Romany Rye
Lucy M. Boston (1892–1990), children's writer
Clifford Edmund Bosworth (b. 1928), historian and Arabist
Joseph Bosworth (1789–1876), lexicographer and Anglo-Saxon scholar
Phyllis Bottome (1884–1963), novelist and psychoanalyst
Gordon Bottomley (1874–1948), poet and dramatist
Ronald Bottrall (1906–1989), poet and academic
Marjorie Boulton (b. 1924), writer and Esperantist
Francis William Bourdillon (1852–1921), poet
Thomas Edward Bowdich (1791–1824), traveller and writer
Henrietta Maria Bowdler ("Harriet", 1750–1830), religious writer, editor and expurgator
Jane Bowdler (1743–1784), poet and essayist
John Bowdler (1746–1823), religious writer and pamphleteer
John Bowdler (1783–1815), writer and poet
Thomas Bowdler (1754–1825), writer and expurgator
Thomas Bowdler 1782–1856), writer and cleric
Elizabeth Bowen (1899–1973), novelist and story writer
John Griffith Bowen (b. 1924), novelist and screenwriter
Marjorie Bowen (real name Gabrielle Margaret Vere Long, 1885–1952), novelist and writer
Emily Bowes (1806–1857), religious poet and artist
Mary Bowes (1749–1800), playwright and botanist
Tim Bowler (living), children's writer
William Lisle Bowles (1762–1850), poet and critic
Maurice Bowra (1898–1971), scholar and wit
Frank Cottrell Boyce (b. 1959), children's writer and screenwriter
William Binnington Boyce (1804–1889), philologist, theologian and Methodist minister
Abel Boyer (c. 1667–1729), journalist, miscellanist and translator
Charles Boyle (1674–1731), writer and playwright
Charles Boyle (b. 1951), poet
John Boyle (1707–1762), writer and translator
Roger Boyle (1621–1679), playwright and statesman
Charles Vernon Boys (1855–1944), physicist and polymath
Ernest Franklin Bozman (1895–1968), writer and editor
Michael Bracewell (b. 1958), writer and novelist
Alison Brackenbury (b. 1953), poet
Jason Bradbury (living), children's writer and TV presenter
Malcolm Bradbury (1932–2000), novelist
Mary Elizabeth Braddon (1837–1915), novelist, Lady Audley's Secret
Henry J. Bradfield (1805–1852), poet, writer and colonial officer
Barbara Taylor Bradford (b. 1933), novelist
Ernle Bradford (1922–1986), historian and writer
Charles Bradlaugh (1833–1891), writer and freethinker
A. C. Bradley (1851–1935), literary critic
Charles Bradley (1789–1871), writer and preacher
Edward Bradley (wrote as Cuthbert M. Bede, B. A., 1827–1889), novelist and cleric
F. H. Bradley (1846–1924), philosopher
Henry Bradley (1845–1923), philologist and lexicographer
Henry Bradshaw (c. 1450–1513), poet and monk
Hilary Bradt (b. 1941), travel writer and publisher
John Brady (d. 1814), miscellanist
Melvyn Bragg (b. 1939), novelist, biographer and broadcaster
John Braine (1922–1986), novelist, Room at the Top
Richard Braithwaite or Brathwait, (1588–1673), poet
Ernest Bramah (b. Ernest Bramah Smith, 1868–1942), novelist and humorist
James Bramston (1694–1744), poet and satirist
Barbarina Brand Lady Dacre, (1768–1854), poet, playwright and translator
Christianna Brand (real name Mary Christianna Milne, 1907–1988), novelist and children's writer
Hannah Brand (1754–1821), playwright, poet and actress
Jo Brand (b. 1957), writer and comedian
William Branthwaite (d. 1620), scholar, AV translator and cleric
Anna Brassey (1839–1887), travel writer
Anna Eliza Bray (1790–1883), novelist and topographer
Charles Bray (1811–1884), philosopher and phrenologist
Angela Brazil (1868–1947), novelist
Wallace Breem (1926–1990), novelist and librarian
John Brent (1808–1882), novelist and antiquary
Elinor Brent-Dyer (1894–1969), children's writer, Chalet School
Frederick Sadleir Brereton (1852–1957), writer for boys
John Brereton (1571 or 1572 – c. 1632), travel writer and explorer
Nicholas Breton (c. 1545 – c. 1626), poet and tractarian
Richard Brett (1567–1637), scholar, AV translator and cleric
Simon Brett (b. 1945), novelist and playwright
E. Cobham Brewer (1810–1897), writer and cleric, Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase and Fable
George Brewer (b. 1766), miscellanist
James Norris Brewer (fl. 1799–1829), topographer and novelist
John Brewster (1753–1842), writer and cleric
Shane Briant (b. 1946), novelist and actor
John Bridges (1536–1618), tractarian and bishop
Robert Bridges (1844–1930), Poet Laureate
Katharine Mary Briggs (1898–1980), folklore writer
Raymond Briggs (b. 1934), children's writer and illustrator
John Bright (1811–1889), orator and politician
Joanna Briscoe (b. 1963), novelist and journalist
Vera Brittain (1893–1970), writer and pacifist
Edwin Brock (1927–1997), poet
William Brock (1807–1875), biographer and Baptist minister
Alexander Brome (1620–1666), poet
Richard Brome (c. 1590 – c. 1653), playwright
Vincent Brome (1910–2004), biographer and novelist
Eliza Bromley (fl. 1784–1803), novelist and translator
Eleanor Bron (b. 1938), writer and actress
Anne Brontë (1820–1849), novelist, The Tenant of Wildfell Hall
Charlotte Brontë (1816–1855), novelist, Jane Eyre
Emily Brontë (1818–1848), novelist and poet, Wuthering Heights
Patrick Brontë (or. Brunty, 1777–1861), poet, writer and cleric
Rhidian Brook (b. 1964), novelist and screenwriter
Arthur de Capell Brooke (1791–1858), travel writer
Christopher N. L. Brooke (living), historian
Frances Brooke (1724–1789), novelist and playwright
Jocelyn Brooke (1908–1966), novelist, poet and biographer
Rupert Brooke (1887–1915), poet
Stephanie Brookes (b. 1980), writer
Anita Brookner (b. 1929), novelist
Kevin Brooks (b. 1959), children's writer
Shirley Brooks (1816–1874), novelist, playwright and poet
Ralph Broome (1742–1835), pamphleteer and poet
William Broome (1689–1745), poet and translator
Robert Barnabas Brough (1828–1864), writer and poet
George Brown (1835–1917), ethnographer, diarist and missionary
John Brown (1715–1766), essayist and cleric
Pamela Brown (1924–1989), children's writer
Pete Brown (b. 1940), performance poet and songwriter
Pete Brown (b. 1968), beer writer and columnist
Stewart Brown (b. 1951), poet and scholar
Tom Brown (1663–1704), satirist and translator
Anthony Browne (b. 1946), children's writer and illustrator
Edward Browne (1862–1926), orientalist and writer
Isaac Hawkins Browne (1705–1760), poet
Moses Browne (1704–1787), poet and cleric
Thomas Browne (1705–1782), polymath, Religio Medici
William Browne (c. 1590 – c. 1645), poet
Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1806–1861), poet
Oscar Browning (1837–1923), writer and scholar
Robert Browning (1812–1889), poet
Alan Brownjohn (b. 1931), poet and novelist
Dorita Fairlie Bruce (1885–1970), children's writer
Henry James Bruce (1880–1951), autobiographer and diplomat
Francis Bryan (c. 1490–1550), poet and courtier
Arthur Bryant (1899–1985), historian
Samuel Egerton Brydges (1762–1836), bibliographer and editor
Bryher (real name Annie Winifred Ellerman, 1894–1983), novelist, poet and memoirist
Charles Bucke (1781–1846), writer and poet
Anthony Buckeridge (1912–2004), children's writer, Jennings
James Silk Buckingham (1786–1855), journalist and travel writer
Leicester Silk Buckingham (1825–1867), playwright and historian
Francis Trevelyan Buckland (1826–1880), natural historian and surgeon
Raymond Buckland (b. 1934), occultist
William Buckland (1784–1856), geologist, palaeontologist and cleric
Henry Thomas Buckle (1821–1862), historian
Maria Elizabeth Budden (c. 1780–1832), children's writer
Eustace Budgell (1686–1737), writer and politician
Frank Thomas Bullen (1857–1915), novelist and autobiographer
A. H. Bullen (1857–1920), Elizabethan scholar
J. B. Bullen (living), critic
Gerald Bullett (1893–1958), novelist, critic and poet
Edward Bulwer-Lytton (1803–1873), novelist, poet and playwright
Robert Bulwer-Lytton (wrote as Owen Meredith, 1831–1891), poet
Basil Bunting (1900–1985), poet
John Bunyan (1628–1688), writer, The Pilgrim's Progress
Josiah Burchett (c. 1666–1746), naval historian
George Burges (1786–1864), classicist
Anthony Burgess (or. John Burgess Wilson, 1917–1993), novelist, A Clockwork Orange
Melvin Burgess (b. 1954), children's writer
John William Burgon (1813–1888), poet and theologian
John Burgoyne (1722–1792), playwright and army officer
Thomas Burke (1886–1945), novelist and writer
William Burke (d. 1798), pamphleteer and official
Francis Burleigh (fl. 1590–1610), AV translator and cleric
Michael Burleigh (b. 1955), historian
Andrew Burnaby (1732–1812), travel writer and cleric
Francis Burnand (1836–1917), humorist and dramatist
Thomas Burnet (c. 1635–1715), theologian
Frances Hodgson Burnett (1849–1924), children's writer, The Secret Garden
Caroline Burney (fl. early C19), novelist
Charles Burney (1726–1814), music scholar and composer
Charles Burney (1757–1817), scholar, educator and cleric
Fanny Burney (awa Frances, Mme d'Arblay, 1752–1840), novelist and diarist, Evelina
Frances Burney (1776–1828), dramatist
James Burney (1750–1821), travel writer and admiral
Sarah Burney (1772–1844), novelist
Richard Burns (poet) (awa Richard Berengarten, b. 1943), poet
Myles Burnyeat, (b. 1939), philosopher and classicist

James Burrow (1701–1782), scholar, scientist and lawyer
Montagu Burrows (1819–1905), naval historian and officer
Maurice Burton (1898–1992), science writer and zoologist
Richard Francis Burton (1821–1890), writer, translator and explorer
Robert Burton (1577–1640), polymath, The Anatomy of Melancholy
Charlotte Bury (1775–1861), novelist and poet
Elizabeth Bury (1644–1720), diarist and polymath
Alban Butler (1710–1773), writer and cleric
Gwendoline Butler (b. 1922), novelist
Joseph Butler (1692–1752), theologian and bishop
Josephine Butler (1828–1906), writer and campaigner
Samuel Butler (1612–1680), poet and satirist, Hudibras
Samuel Butler (1835–1902), writer and satirist, Erewhon
Herbert Butterfield (1900–1979), historian
Jez Butterworth (b. 1969), playwright
Mary Butts (1890–1937), writer and poet
Bertha Henry Buxton (1844–1881), novelist and children's writer
Nigel Buxton (b. 1924), travel writer and wine critic
Thomas Buxton (1786–1845), political writer and reformer
A. S. Byatt (b. 1936), novelist
John Byrom (1692–1763), poet
John Byron (1723–1786), memoirist and admiral
Lord Byron (1788–1824), poet, Don Juan
Robert Byron (1905–1941), travel writer
Ingram Bywater (1840–1914), scholar and editor
Michael Bywater (b. 1953), writer and broadcaster

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Florence Caddy (1837–1923), writer
Hall Caine (1853–1931), romantic novelist and playwright
Mona Caird (1854–1932), essayist, reformer and feminist
John Caius the Elder or Kay (fl. 1480), narrative poet
Maria Callcott (1785–1842), children's writer, travel writer, and illustrator
Brian Callison (b. 1932), novelist
Charles Stuart Calverley (1831–1884), poet and translator
Roland Camberton (real name Henry Cohen, 1921–1965), novelist
Ada Cambridge (1844–1926), novelist and poet
William Camden (1551–1623), historian and antiquary
Richard Cameron (living), playwright
Thomas Campion (1567–1620), poet and composer
Bruce Campbell (1912–1993), ornithologist
W. H. Canaway (1925–1988), novelist
Denis Cannan (b. 1919), playwright and screenwriter
Gilbert Cannan (1884–1955), novelist and translator
Joanna Cannan (1898–1961), novelist and children's writer
May Wedderburn Cannan (1893–1973), poet and autobiographer
Dorothy Cannell (b. 1943), novelist
Victor Canning (1911–1986), novelist, essayist and children's writer
William Canton (1845–1926), poet and children's writer
Edward Capell (1713–1781), Shakespearean
Edward Capern (1819–1894), poet and postman
John Capgrave (1393–1464), theologian and historian
Neville Cardus (1888–1975), cricket writer and music critic
Thomas Carew (1595–1640), poet
Henry Carey (1687–1743), poet, playwright and song-writer
Mary Carey, Lady Carey (c. 1609 – c. 1680), poet
Rosa Nouchette Carey (1840–1909), novelist and children's writer
Robert Carliell (d. c. 1622), poet
John Carne (1789–1844), travel writer and biographer
Edward Carpenter (1844–1929), poet and philosopher
Humphrey Carpenter (1946–2005), biographer, broadcaster and children's writer
Barbara Comyns Carr (1907–1992), novelist and artist
J. L. Carr (1912–1994), novelist and schoolbook writer
Lewis Carroll (real name Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, 1832–1898), children's writer and mathematician, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
Angela Carter (1940–1992), novelist
Elizabeth Carter (17171806), poet, translator and bluestocking
Barbara Cartland (1901–2000), novelist
George Cartwright (1739–1819), diarist and explorer
Justin Cartwright (b. 1945), novelist
William Cartwright (1611–1643), playwright
Elizabeth Cary (1585–1639), poet and playwright, The Tragedy of Mariam
Henry Francis Cary (1772–1844), translator and critic
Lucius Cary (Lord Falkland, 1610–1643), poet, writer and politician
Patrick Cary or Carey, (c. 1624–1658), poet
John Caryll (1625–1711), poet, playwright and diplomat
Cathy Cassidy (b. 1962), children's writer
Egerton Castle (1858–1920), novelist (with wife Agnes) and fencer
Helen Castor (living), historian and broadcaster
Sarah Caudwell (real name Sarah Cockburn, 1939–2000), novelist
Charles Causley (1917–2003), poet and editor
David Caute (b. 1936), novelist and historian
Tiberius Cavallo (1749–1809), natural philosopher
George Cavendish (1494 – c. 1652), biographer and poet
Jane Cavendish (later Jane Cheyne, 1621–1669), poet and playwright
Margaret Cavendish Duchess of Newcastle, (1623–1673), poet, novelist and playwright
William Cavendish (1592–1676), polymath
William Caxton (c. 1415/22 – c. 1492), printer and translator
Lord David Cecil (1902–1986), scholar and biographer
Dorothea Celesia (or. Mallet, 1738–1790), poet and translator
Susanna Centlivre (awa Susanna Carroll, c. 1667–1723), playwright, poet and actress
Laurence Chaderton (c. 1536–1640), theologian, AV translator and cleric
Henry Chadwick (1920–2008), theologian, church historian and cleric
John Chalkhill (fl. c. 1600), poet
Thomas Chaloner (1521–1565), poet, translator and statesman
Edward Chamberlayne (1616–1703), writer, historian and translator
William Chamberlayne (1619–1689), poet
Aidan Chambers (b. 1934), children's writer
E. K. Chambers (1866–1954), literary historian
Ephraim Chambers (c. 1680–1740), writer and encyclopaedist
Frederick Chamier (1796–1870), novelist and sea captain
Meira Chand (living), novelist
Mary Chandler (1687–1745), poet
Raymond Chandler (1888–1959), crime writer
Samuel Chandler (1693–1766), theologian and Presbyterian minister
Henry Channon ("Chips", 1897–1958), writer and diarist
George Chapman (1559–1634), poet, playwright and translator
Guy Chapman (1889–1972), writer and historian
Pat Chapman (b. 1940), food writer
Hester Chapone (1727–1801), writer and bluestocking
Charlotte Charke (or. Cibber, 1713–1760), writer and actress
Elizabeth Charles (1828–1896), novelist and religious writer
Gerda Charles (real name Edna Lipson, 1914–1996), novelist and anthologist
Maria Louisa Charlesworth (1819–1880), children's writer
Leslie Charteris (b. Leslie Charles Bowyer-Yin, 1907–1993), novelist, Simon Templar
James Hadley Chase (b. Rene Brabazon Raymond, awa James L. Docherty, Ambrose Grant, Raymond Marshall, (1906–1985), novelist
Debjani Chatterjee (b. 1952), poet, translator and children's writer
Georgiana Chatterton (1806–1876), travel writer, novelist and poet
Thomas Chatterton (wrote as Thomas Rowley, 1752–1770), poet
Beth Chatto (b. 1923), garden writer
William Andrew Chatto (awa Stephen Oliver, 1799–1864), travel and general writer
Bruce Chatwin (1940–1989), novelist and travel writer
Geoffrey Chaucer (c. 1343–1400), poet and courtier, The Canterbury Tales
Cris Cheek (b. 1955), poet and performer
Mavis Cheek (living), novelist
John Cheke (1514–1557), classicist and translator
George Tomkyns Chesney (1830–1895), novelist and army officer
G. K. Chesterton (1874–1936), novelist, poet and essayist, Father Brown
Henry Chettle (c. 1564 – c. 1607), playwright
William Rufus Chetwood (d. 1766), playwright, novelist and publisher
Peter Cheyney (1896–1951), novelist
Josiah Child (1630–1699), political economist and merchant
Lee Child (real name Jim Grant, b. 1954), thriller writer
Wilfred Rowland Childe (1890–1952), poet
Erskine Childers (1870–1922), novelist and politician
William Chillingworth (1602–1644), religious writer
Mary Cholmondeley (1859–1925), novelist
Agatha Christie (1891–1976), mystery writer
Mary Chudleigh (1656–1710), poet and polemicist
Alfred John Church (1829–1912, scholar, poet and translator
Richard Church (1893–1972), poet
Richard William Church (1815–1890), biographer, historian and cleric
Caryl Churchill (b. 1938), playwright and translator
Charles Churchill (1731–1764), poet and satirist
Winston Churchill (1874–1965), writer, prime minister and Nobel Prize winner
Thomas Churchyard (c. 1520–1604), poet and soldier
Colley Cibber (1671–1757), Poet Laureate, playwright, and bowdlerizer
Horatio Clare (b. 1973), writer
John Clare (1793–1864), poet
Emily Clark (fl. 1798–1819), novelist and poet
T. J. Clark (b. 1943), art historian
Amy Clarke (1892–1980), poet and school historian
Arthur C. Clarke (1917–2008), SF novelist
Bob Clarke (b. 1964), archaeologist and historian
Charles Cowden Clarke (1787–1877), writer and scholar
Lindsay Clarke (b. 1939), novelist and poet
Mary Cowden Clarke ((or. Novello, 1809–1898), writer and scholar
Pauline Clarke (b. 1921), children's writer
Richard Clarke (d. 1634), scholar, AV translator and cleric
Roy Clarke (b. 1930), screenwriter and playwright
Samuel Clarke (1675–1729), philosopher and cleric
Susanna Clarke (b. 1959), novelist, Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell
T. E. B. Clarke (1907–1989), screenwriter and novelist
Laurence Clarkson or Claxton (1615–1667), writer and theologian
John Clavell (1601–1643), writer, playwright and highwayman
Chris Cleave (b. 1973), novelist and journalist
Brian Cleeve (1921–2003), novelist
Lucas Cleeve (awa Mrs Howard Kingscote, 1868–1908), novelist
John Cleland (1709–1789), novelist, Fanny Hill
Dick Clement (b. 1937), scriptwriter
Jack Clemo (1916–1994), poet and novelist
John Cleveland (1613–1658), poet
Anne Clifford (1590–1676), diarist
Lucy Clifford (wrote as Mrs. W. K. Clifford, 1846–1929), novelist, playwright and children's writer
William Kingdon Clifford (1846–1879), philosopher and children's writer
Caroline Clive (wrote as "V", 1801–1872), novelist and poet
John Clive (1933–2012), novelist and actor
Kitty Clive (b. Catherine Raftor, 1711–1785), playwright and actress
Arthur Hugh Clough (1819–1861), poet
Bryan Clough (b. 1932), writer
William Cobbett (1763–1835), writer and pamphleteer, Rural Rides
Bob Cobbing (1920–2002), poet and artist
Richard Cobbold (1797–1877), novelist and writer
Richard Cobden (1804–1865), pamphleteer
Aston Cockayne (1605–1684), poet and playwright
Catherine Trotter Cockburn (1679–1749), novelist and playwright
Edward Cocker (1631–1676), writer and engraver
Richard Cocks (1566–1624), diarist
Henry Cockton (1807–1853), novelist
Jonathan Coe (b. 1961), novelist
Lady Mary Coke (1727–1811), correspondent and diarist
Barry Cole (b. 1936), poet and novelist
G. D. H. Cole (1889–1959), economist, historian and novelist
Margaret Cole (1893–1980), politician and novelist
Olivia Cole (b. 1982), poet
John William Colenso (1814–1883), writer and bishop
Christabel Rose Coleridge (1843–1921), novelist and editor
Derwent Coleridge (1800–1883), writer, scholar and cleric
Ernest Hartley Coleridge (1846–1920), critic, editor and poet
Hartley Coleridge (1796–1849), poet and critic
Mary Elizabeth Coleridge (1861–1907), novelist and poet
Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772–1834), poet, The Rime of the Ancient Mariner
Sara Coleridge (1802–1852), author and translator
Stephen Coleridge (1854–1936), writer, poet and campaigner
Jane Collier (1714–1755), satirist
Jeremy Collier (1650–1726), pamphleteer and cleric
John Collier (wrote as Tim Bobbin, 1708–1786), dialect poet and caricaturist
John Collier (1901–1980), story writer and screenwriter
John Payne Collier (1789–1883), literary critic, editor and forger
Mary Collier (c. 1688–1762), poet
R. G. Collingwood (1889–1943), philosopher and historian
W. G. Collingwood (1854–1932), writer and artist
An Collins (fl. 1653), poet
Anthony Collins (1676–1729), philosopher
Charles James Collins (1820–1864), novelist and journalist
Jackie Collins (b. 1937), novelist
John Collins (1625–1683), mathematician
John Collins (1742–1808), poet and lyricist
John Churton Collins (1848–1908), literary critic
Mortimer Collins (1827–1876), novelist and poet
Norman Collins (1907–1982), novelist
Warwick Collins (b. 1948), novelist and screenwriter
Wilkie Collins (1824–1889), novelist, The Moonstone
William Collins (1721–1759), poet
John Stewart Collis (1900–1984), biographer and countryside writer
Maurice Collis (1889–1973), writer and biographer
Mary Collyer (c. 1716–1762), translator and novelist.
George Colman (1732–1794), playwright
George Colman (1762–1836), playwright and poet
Jock Colville (1915–1987), diarist and civil servant
Howard Colvin (1919–2007), architectural historian
William Combe (1741–1823), miscellanist and poet
Alex Comfort (1920–2000), novelist, poet and writer
Jack Common (1903–1968), novelist
Ivy Compton-Burnett (1884–1969), novelist
William Congreve (1670–1729), playwright and poet, Erewhon
Thomas Coningsby (d. 1625), diarist, soldier and politician
Paul Conneally (b. 1959), poet, artist and musician
Charlie Connelly (b. 1970), football and travel writer
Cyril Connolly (1903–1974), writer and critic
Joseph Connolly (b. 1950), journalist and novelist
Tony Connor (b. 1930), poet and playwright
Robert Conquest (b. 1917), historian and poet
Henry Constable (1562–1613), poet
Hugh Conway (real name Frederick John Fargus, 1847–1885), novelist
Robert Seymour Conway (1864–1933), classicist
John Conybeare (1692–1755), theologian and bishop
John Josias Conybeare (1779–1824), scholar, translator and cleric
William Daniel Conybeare (1787–1857), writer and cleric
William John Conybeare (1815–1857), writer, novelist and cleric
David Cook (b. 1940), novelist and screenwriter
Edward Dutton Cook (1829–1883), novelist and critic
Eliza Cook (1818–1889), poet
James Cook (1728–1779), mariner and travel writer
Judith Cook (1933–2004), novelist
Dorian Cooke (1916–2005), poet and intelligence officer
Thomas Cooke (1703–1756), poet, playwright and translator
Catherine Cookson (1906–1998), novelist
William Henry Coombes (1767–1850), writer and RC priest
Artemis Cooper (b. 1953), writer and editor
Duff Cooper (1890–1954), writer, diarist and politician
Jilly Cooper (b. 1937), writer and novelist
Lettice Cooper (1897–1994), novelist and critic
Thomas Cooper (1805–1892), poet and novelist
William Cooper (real name H. S. Hoff, 1910–2002), novelist
Isabel Cooper-Oakley (1853/54–1914), theosophist
Wendy Cope (b. 1945), poet
Esther Copley (1786–1851) children's and domestic economy writer
A. E. Coppard (1878–1957) poet and story writer
Abiezer Coppe (1619–1672) religious writer
Richard Corbet or Corbett (1582–1635), poet and bishop
Jim Corbett (1875–1955), writer and conservationist
Julian Corbett (1854–1922), naval historian
Michael Cordy (living), novelist
Marie Corelli (1855–1924), novelist
Alan Coren (1938–2007), writer, satirist and broadcaster
Hilary Corke (1921–2001), poet
Frances Cornford (1886–1960), poet
Francis M. Cornford (1874–1943), scholar and poet
John Cornford (1915–1936), poet
Caroline Cornwallis (1786–1858), writer and polyglot
Jane Cornwallis (1581–1659), correspondent
Bernard Cornwell (b. 1944), novelist
William Cornysh or Cornish (1465–1523), dramatist, poet and composer
Felicitas Corrigan (1908–2003), writer and nun
Annie Sophie Cory (wrote as Victoria Cross, 1868–1952), novelist
William Johnson Cory (1823–1892), poet and educator
Thomas Coryat or Coryate (c. 1577–1617), travel writer and poet
Louisa Stuart Costello (1799–1870), travel writer, novelist and poet
John Cosin (1594–1672), polemicist and bishop
Randle Cotgrave (d. 1634 or 1652), lexicographer
Joseph Cottle (1770–1853), poet, essayist and bookseller
Charles Cotton (1630–1687), poet and writer
Robert Bruce Cotton (1570/71 – 1631), antiquary and political writer
Oswald Couldrey (1882–1958), poet and artist
Stephen Coulter (awa James Mayo, b. 1914), novelist
G. G. Coulton (1858–1947), historian and polemicist
William John Courthope (1842–1917), critic and poet
Polly Courtney (living), novelist
Francis Coventry (1725–1754 or 1759), novelist
Miles Coverdale (c. 1488–1569), Bible translator
Noël Coward (1899–1973), playwright, Blithe Spirit
Abraham Cowley (1618–1667), poet
Hannah Cowley (1743–1809), playwright
Dorothy Cowlin (1911–2010), novelist and poet
William Cowper (1731–1800), poet, John Gilpin
Anthony Berkeley Cox (awa Anthony Berkeley, etc., 1893–1971), novelist
Edward Coxere (1633–1694), autobiographer and seaman
George Crabbe (1754–1832), poet and naturalist
Jim Crace (b. 1946), novelist
Hubert Crackanthorpe (or. Cookson, 1870–1896), essayist and story writer
Albert Craig (the "Surrey Poet", 1849–1909), sports poet
Amanda Craig (b. 1959), novelist
Dinah Craik (awa Miss Mulock, 1826–1887), novelist and poet
Edward Crankshaw (1909–1984), writer, historian and translator
Richard Crashaw (1613–1649), poet
Elizabeth Craven (1750–1828), travel writer and playwright
John Creasey (1908–1973), novelist
Edward Shepherd Creasy (1812–1878), historian
Thomas Creech (1659–1700), translator
Thomas Creevey (1768–1838), diarist and politician
Mandell Creighton (1843–1901), historian and bishop
Helen Cresswell (1934–2005), children's writer and screenwriter
Jasmine Cresswell (b. 1941), novelist
Nicholas Cresswell (1750–1804), diarist and farmer
Bernard Crick (1929–2008), political scientist
Martin Crimp (b. 1956), playwright
Arthur Shearly Cripps (1869–1952), story writer and poet
Quentin Crisp (b. Denis Charles Pratt, 1908–1999), writer and raconteur
Herbert Croft (1751–1815), novelist
Rupert Croft-Cooke (wrote as Leo Bruce, 1903–1979), novelist
Andrew Crofts (b. 1953), ghost writer
Thomas Francis Dillon Croker (wrote as T. F. Dillon Croker, 1831–1912), antiquary and poet
Richmal Crompton (real name Richmal Crompton Lamburn, 1890–1969), novelist, Just William
Vincent Cronin (1924–2011), historian and biographer
A. F. Cross (1863–1940), poet, playwright and journalist
Gillian Cross (b. 1945), children's writer
Kevin Crossley-Holland (b. 1941), children's writer, poet and editor
Catherine Crowe (1790–1872), novelist and playwright
William Crowe (1745–1829), poet
Aleister Crowley (1875–1947), writer, mystic and occultist
John Crowne (1641–1712), playwright
Andrew Crozier (1943–2008), poet and scholar
Andrew Crumey (b. 1961), novelist
J. A. Cuddon (1928–1996), novelist, playwright and lexicographer
Annie Hall Cudlip (1838–1918), novelist
Pender Hodge Cudlip (1834–1911), writer and cleric
John Cullum (1733–1785), antiquary, historian and cleric
Hannah Cullwick ((1833–1909), diarist and servant
Nathanael Culverwel (1619–1651), philosopher and theologian
Richard Cumberland (1631–1718), philosopher and bishop
Richard Cumberland (1732–1811), playwright, poet and novelist
Nancy Cunard (1896–1965), poet and memoirist
Joseph Cundall (wrote as Stephen Percy, 1818–1895), children's writer and publisher
Roland Curram (b. 1932), novelist and actor
R. N. Currey (1907–2001), poet
Lionel George Curtis (1872–1955), advocate of world government
William Curtis (1746–1799), botanist
Henry Cust (1861–1917), writer and editor
Catherine Cuthbertson (pre-1780 – post-1830), novelist
Judith Cutler (b. 1946), novelist
John Cutts (1661–1707), poet, writer and soldier

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David Dabydeen (b. 1955), novelist and critic
Charlotte Dacre (wrote as Rosa Matilda, 1782–1841), novelist and poet
William Dakins (d. 1607), scholar, AV translator and cleric
Andrew Dalby (b. 1947), writer
Celia Dale (1912–2011), novelist
Penny Dale (b. 1954), children's writer and illustrator
Thomas Dale (1797–1870), poet, theologian and cleric
Robert Charles Dallas (1756–1824), writer, translator and judge
Anne Seymour Damer (1748–1828), novelist and sculptor
William Dampier (1651–1715), travel writer and buccaneer
William Danby (1752–1833), scholar and philosopher
Clemence Dane (real name Winifred Ashton, 1888–1965), novelist and playwright
Samuel Daniel (1562–1619), poet and historian
William Barker Daniel (1754–1833), field sports writer and cleric
Sarah Daniels (b. 1957), playwright
Alicia D'Anvers (1688–1725), poet
Ella D'Arcy (c. 1856–1939), novelist and translator
Bill Dare (living), scriptwriter, novelist and playwright
Bernard Darwin (1876–1961), golf writer
Charles Darwin (1809–1882), natural historian, On the Origin of Species
Emma Darwin (b. 1964), novelist
Erasmus Darwin (1731–1802), natural historian and poet
Florence Henrietta Darwin (1863/4 – 1920), playwright
Elizabeth Daryush (or. Bridges, 1887–1977), poet
George Webbe Dasent (1817–1896), writer and translator
Rana Dasgupta (b. 1972), novelist
William Davenant (1606–1668), poet and playwright
Robert Davenport (fl. 1623–1639), playwright and poet
Selina Davenport (1779–1859), novelist
C. A. F. Rhys Davids (1857–1942), Buddhist scholar and translator
Lionel Davidson (1922–2009), novelist
Donald Davie (1922–1995), poet and critic
Caitlin Davies (b. 1964), novelist and journalist
Hunter Davies (b. 1936), writer and biographer
Hugh Sykes Davies (1909–1984), poet and novelist
John Davies (c. 1565–1618), poet and satirist
John Davies (1569–1626), poet and lawyer
Linda Davies (b. 1963), novelist
Peter Ho Davies (b. 1966), novelist
John Davis or Davys (c. 1543–1605), writer and navigator
Lindsey Davis (b. 1949), novelist
Ann Davison (1914–1992), travel writer
Humphry Davy (1778–1829), writer, chemist and inventor
Richard Dawkins (b. 1941), science writer
Coningsby Dawson (1883–1959), novelist, poet and soldier
Jennifer Dawson (1929–2000), novelist
Jill Dawson (living), poet, novelist and editor
William James Dawson (1854–1928), poet and religious writer
James Wentworth Day (1899–1983), countryside writer and broadcaster
Jeffery Day (1896–1918), poet
John Day (1574 – c. 1640), playwright The Parliament of Bees
Martin Day (b. 1969), novelist and screenwriter
Thomas Day (1748–1789), children's writer and educator
Cecil Day-Lewis (1904–1972), Poet Laureate, translator and novelist
Tamasin Day-Lewis (b. 1953), food writer and broadcaster
April De Angelis (b. 1960), playwright
Louis de Bernières (b. 1954), novelist, Captain Corelli's Mandolin
Alain de Botton (b. 1969), writer, novelist and essayist
Guy de la Bédoyère (b. 1957), historian and broadcaster
Walter de la Mare (awa Walter Ramal, 1873–1956), poet and novelist
Michael de Larrabeiti (1934–2008), novelist and travel writer
William De Morgan (1839–1917), novelist and potter
Thomas de Quincey (1785–1859), essayist and critic, Confessions of an English Opium-Eater
Hugh de Selincourt (1878–1951), writer and journalist
Aubrey de Sélincourt (1894–1962), classicist, translator and children's writer
Lisa St Aubin de Terán (b. 1953), novelist, poet and autobiographer
Edward de Vere, earl of Oxford (1550–1604), playwright, poet and courtier
William Frederick Deacon (1799–1844), writer and journalist
Roger Deakin (1943–2006), countryside writer
Ellen Dean (living), novelist and broadcaster
Nick Dear (b. 1955), playwright and screenwriter
Geoffrey Dearmer (1893–1996), poet
Percy Dearmer, (1867–1936), reformer and cleric
John Dee (1527–1608/9), mathematician, occultist and political economist
Denise Deegan (b. 1952), novelist, screenwriter and playwright
Warwick Deeping (1877–1950), novelist and story writer
Daniel Defoe (c. 1659–1731), novelist and pamphleteer, Robinson Crusoe
Paul Dehn (1912–1976), screenwriter and playwright
Len Deighton (b. 1929), military historian, cookery writer and novelist, The Ipcress File
Thomas Dekker (1572–1632), playwright
E. M. Delafield (1890–1943), novelist
Michael De-la-Noy (1934–2002), writer and journalist
Mary Delany (b. Mary Granville), (1700–1788), letter writer, artist and bluestocking
R. F. Delderfield (1912–1972), novelist and playwright, A Horseman Riding By
Ethel M. Dell (1881–1939), novelist
Thomas Deloney (1553–1600), balladeer and novelist
John Denham (1614/15 – 1669), poet
Felix Dennis (b. 1947), poet and publisher
George Dennis (1814–1898), writer and explorer
John Dennis (1657–1734), critic and playwright
Nigel Dennis (1912–1989), writer, novelist and playwright
Colin Dexter (b. 1930), novelist, Inspector Morse novels
Nirpal Singh Dhaliwal (b. 1974), novelist and journalist
William Diaper (1685–1717), poet and translator
Charles Dibdin (c. 1745–1814), playwright, poet and songwriter
Thomas Frognall Dibdin (1776–1847), bibliographer
Thomas John Dibdin (1771–1841), playwright and songwriter
Charles Dickens (1812–1870), novelist, David Copperfield
Monica Dickens (1915–1992), novelist and children's writer
Anne Hepple Dickinson (wrote as Anne Hepple, 1877–1959), novelist
Goldsworthy Lowes Dickinson (1862–1932), historian and political activist
John Dickinson (b. 1962), YA novelist
Patric Dickinson (1914–1994), poet, translator and playwright
Peter Dickinson (b. 1927), novelist, children's writer and poet
Kenelm Digby (1603–1665), philosopher
Leonard Digges (1588–1635), poet and translator
Francis Dillingham (d. 1625), scholar, AV translator and cleric
Wentworth Dillon (1630–1685), poet, critic and translator
John Disney (1677–1729/30), writer on moral reform and cleric
John Disney (1746–1816), writer, biographer and Unitarian minister
Jenny Diski (b. 1947), novelist and essayist
Isaac D'Israeli (1766–1848), essayist
Benjamin Disraeli (1804–1881), novelist and statesman
Henry Hall Dixon (1822–1870), writer
Richard Watson Dixon (1833–1900), poet and church historian
William Hepworth Dixon (1821–1879), historian, biographer and travel writer
Sydney Thompson Dobell (1824–1874), poet and critic
Henry Austin Dobson (1840–1921), poet and essayist
William Dodd (1729–1777), writer, cleric and forger
John Doddridge (1555–1628), writer, antiquary and judge
Philip Doddridge (1702–1751), religious writer and hymnist
George Bubb Dodington (1691–1792), politician, poet and diarist
Robert Dodsley (1704–1764), poet, writer and bookseller
Christina Dodwell (b. 1951), travel writer
Berlie Doherty (b. 1943), children's writer, poet and dramatist
Paul C. Doherty (several pen names, b. 1946), novelist
Digby Mackworth Dolben (1848–1867), poet
Alfred Domett (1811–1887), poet and statesman
Angus Donald (b. 1965), novelist
Julia Donaldson (b. 1948), children's writer and playwright
John Donne (1572–1631), poet and cleric
Desmond Donnelly (1920–1974), writer, journalist and politician
Eleanor Doorly (1880–1950), children's writer
Thomas Doubleday (1790–1870), writer, playwright and songwriter
Sarah Doudney (1841–1926), novelist, children's writer and hymnist
Charles Montagu Doughty (1843–1926), poet, writer and traveller
Louise Doughty (b. 1963), novelist and playwright
Keith Douglas (1920–1944), poet
Lord Alfred Douglas (1870–1945), poet
Norman Douglas (1868–1952), novelist
Siobhan Dowd (1960–2007), novelist, anthologist and children's writer, Bog Child
Andrew Downes (c. 1549–1628), scholar, AV translator and cleric
Jenny Downham (b. 1964), novelist
Ernest Dowson (1867–1900), poet and story writer
Arthur Conan Doyle (1859–1930), novelist and story writer, Sherlock Holmes
Richard Doyle (b. 1948), novelist
Francis Hastings Doyle (1810–1888), poet
Margaret Drabble (b. 1939), novelist and critic
Phil Drabble (1914–2007), writer and broadcaster
Judith Drake (fl. 1696–1707), essayist
Nathan Drake (1766–1836), essayist and physician
Nick Drake (b. 1961), poet and novelist
Augusta Theodosia Drane (1823–1894), writer and nun
Michael Drayton (1563–1631), poet
John Drinkwater (1882–1937), poet and playwright
Henry Drummond (1786–1860), religious writer, politician and banker
John Dryden, (1631–1700) poet and playwright, Absalom and Achitophel
Daphne du Maurier (1907–1989), novelist, Rebecca
George du Maurier (1834–1896), novelist and illustrator, Trilby
Edward Dubois (1774–1850), wit and man of letters
Stephen Duck (c. 1705–1756), poet and cleric
Agnes Mary Frances Duclaux (1857–1944), poet and author
Ernest Dudley (real name Vivian Ernest Coltman-Allen, 1908–2006), novelist, screenwriter and actor
Lord Dufferin (1826–1902), writer and explorer
Charles Duff (1894–1966), writer, translator and satirist
Maureen Duffy (b. 1933), poet, screenwriter and novelist
Stella Duffy (b. 1963), novelist and playwright
William Dugdale (1605–1686), antiquary
Alfred Duggan (1903–1964), historian and novelist
Ian Duhig (b. 1954), poet
Richard Duke (1658–1711), poet and cleric
Ashley Dukes (1885–1959), playwright and critic
Cuthbert Dukes (1890–1977), medical writer and pathologist
Sarah Dunant (b. 1950), writer and novelist
John Duncombe (1729–1786), poet and cleric
William Duncombe (1690–1769), translator and playwright
Roderic Dunkerley (1884–1966), religious writer
Helen Dunmore (b. 1952), poet, novelist and children's writer,
Antony Dunn (b. 1973), poet and playwright
Nell Dunn (b. 1936), novelist and playwright
James Duport (1606–1679), scholar and cleric
John Duport (d. 1617), scholar, AV translator and cleric
Mortimer Durand (1850–1924), novelist, travel writer and diplomat
C. V. Durell (1882–1968), mathematics writer
Thomas D'Urfey (1653–1723), playwright and poet
Raymond Durgnat (1932–2002), film critic
Edith Durham (1863–1944), travel writer
Gerald Durrell (1925–1995), naturalist and author, My Family and Other Animals
Lawrence Durrell (1921–1990), novelist and poet, The Alexandria Quartet
John Dunton (1659–1733), writer, bookseller and pamphleteer
Edward Dyer (1543–1607), poet and courtier
Geoff Dyer (b. 1958), writer
George Dyer (1755–1841), scholar and poet
Clifford Dyment (1914–1971), poet and critic

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Rae Earl (b. 1971), writer and broadcaster
John Earle (1601–1665), writer and bishop
Anthony Earnshaw (1924–2001), writer and illustrator
Edward Backhouse Eastwick (1814–1883), scholar and diplomat
Mary Emma Ebsworth (1794–1881), playwright and translator
Laurence Echard (1670–1730), historian and translator
Arthur Stanley Eddington (1882–1944), science writer
E. R. Eddison (1882–1945), novelist, poet and translator
Emily Eden (1797–1869), novelist
Frederick Morton Eden (1766–1809), social researcher
Richard Edes (1555–1604), writer, AV translator and cleric
David Edgar (b. 1948), playwright
Maria Edgeworth (1767–1849), novelist, Castle Rackrent
Richard Lovell Edgeworth (1744–1817), writer and politician
James Edmeston (1791–1867), hymnist and architect
Robert Edric (real name Gary Edric Armitage, b. 1956), novelist
J. T. Edson (b. 1928), novelist
Richard Edwardes (c. 1523–1566), poet and playwright
Amelia Edwards (1831–1892), novelist and travel writer
David Edwards (b. 1929), writer and cleric
Monica Edwards (1912–1998), children's writer
Thomas Edwards (d. 1599), poet
Pierce Egan (1772–1849), sports writer
Pierce Egan the Younger (1814–1880), novelist
Elizabeth Egerton (b. Cavendish, 1626–1663), poet and dramatist
George Egerton (real name Mary Chavelita Bright, 1859–1945), writer, translator and feminist
Rowland Egerton-Warburton (1804–1891), poet
Sarah Fyge Egerton (1670–1723), poet
Thomas Egerton, Lord Ellesmere, later Lord Brackley (1540–1617), statesman and patron
Stephen Elboz (b. 1956), children's writer
Josephine Elder (real name Olive Gwendoline Potter, 1895–1988), children's writer
Peter Berresford Ellis (writes as Peter Tremayne and Peter MacAlan, b. 1943), novelist
Charles Eliot (1862–1931), travel writer and diplomat
George Eliot (real name Mary Ann Evans, 1819–1880), novelist, Middlemarch
T. S. Eliot (1888–1965), poet, playwright and Nobel Prize winner, The Waste Land
Frances Minto Elliot (1820–1898), historian and novelist
Ebenezer Elliott (1781–1849), poet
Edith Ellis (1861–1916), writer and anthologist
Edwin John Ellis (1848–1916), poet, editor and illustrator
H. F. Ellis (1907–2000), humorous writer and novelist
Havelock Ellis (1859–1939), sexologist, reformer and editor
Royston Ellis (b. 1941), novelist and poet
Sarah Stickney Ellis (1799–1872), Quaker writer on women's education
Warren Ellis (b. 1968), graphic novelist and comic book writer
R. J. Ellory (b. 1965), novelist
Thomas Ellwood (1639–1713), poet and religious writer
Ernest Elmore (awa John Bude, 1901–1957), crime and fantasy writer
Elizabeth Elstob (1683–1756), scholar and translator
Ben Elton (b. 1959), novelist, playwright and comedian
Oliver Elton (1861–1945), scholar and translator,
Alfred Elwes (1819–1888), children's writer and translator
Thomas Elyot (c. 1490–1536), scholar and diplomat
Sally Emerson (b. 1954), novelist and anthologist
William Empson (1906–1984), critic and poet, Seven Types of Ambiguity
William Enfield (1741–1797), elocutionist and Unitarian minister
Barry England (1932–2009), novelist
Isobel English (real name June Guesdon Braybrooke, 1920–1994), novelist
D. J. Enright (1920–2002), poet and critic
Sam Enthoven (b. 1975), children's writer
Ephelia (fl. 1679, real name probably Mary Stewart, Duchess of Richmond), poet
Barbara Erskine (b. 1944), novelist
Thomas Erskine (1750–1823), lawyer, politician and political writer
Susan Ertz (1894–1985), novelist
George Etherege (c. 1635 – c. 1692), playwright, The Man of Mode
Abel Evans (1679–1737), poet and cleric
Arthur Evans (1851–1941), archaeologist
Arthur Benoni Evans (1781–1854), poet, scholar and cleric
John Evans (1823–1908), archaeologist
Margiad Evans (real name Peggy Eileen Williams, 1909–1958), novelist, poet and illustrator
Nicholas Evans (b. 1950), novelist
Paul Evans (1945–1991), poet
John Evelyn (1620–1706), writer and diarist, Sylva, A Discourse of Forest Trees
Peter Everett (1931–1999), novelist
Evelyn Everett-Green (1856–1932), novelist and children's writer
George Every (1909–2003), theologian and poet
Gavin Ewart (1916–1995), poet and anthologist
Barbara Ewing (b. 1944), novelist and playwright
Juliana Horatia Ewing (1841–1885), children's writer
Vincent Eyre (1811–1881), military writer and general

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Frederick William Faber (1814–1863), hymnist and theologian
Geoffrey Faber (1889–1961), poet and publisher
George Stanley Faber (1773–1854), theologian and cleric
Robert Fabyan (d. 1513), diarist and chronicler
Harry Fainlight (1935–1982), poet
Ruth Fainlight (b. 1932), poet, writer and translator
Thomas Fairfax (1612–1671), poet and army officer
Margaret Fairley (1885–1968), scholar, editor and activist
J. Meade Falkner (1858–1932), novelist
Hugh Falkus (1917–1996), fishing writer
Julian Fane (1927–2009), novelist and memoirist
Mildmay Fane, earl of Westmorland (1602–1666), poet and playwright
Violet Fane (real name Mary Montgomerie Lamb, 1843–1905), novelist and poet
Catherine Maria Fanshawe (1765–1834), poet
Richard Fanshawe (1608–1666), poet and translator
U. A. Fanthorpe (1929–2009), poet
John Fardell (b. 1967), children's writer and cartoonist
Joseph Farington (1747–1821), diarist and painter
Helen Farish (b. 1962), poet
Benjamin Farjeon (1838–1903), novelist and playwright
Eleanor Farjeon (1881–1965), children's writer and poet
Herbert Farjeon (1887–1945), playwright and critic
Paul Farley (b. 1965), poet
Nigel Farndale (b. 1964), novelist and biographer
Jeffery Farnol (1878–1952), novelist
Frederic William Farrar (known as Dean Farrar, 1831–1903), novelist and cleric
Stewart Farrar (1916–2000), scriptwriter and novelist
J. G. Farrell (1935–1979), novelist
Sebastian Faulks (b. 1953), novelist
Joseph Fawcett (1758–1804), poet and cleric
Francis Fawkes (1721–1777), poet and translator
Eliza Fay (1755/56–1816), correspondent and traveller
John Russell Fearn (1908–1960), novelist
Daniel Featley or Fairclough (1582–1645), polemicist, AV translator and cleric
Vicki Feaver (b. 1943), poet
Elaine Feinstein (b. 1930), poet, novelist and dramatist
John Fell (1625–1686), scholar and cleric
Owen Feltham or Felltham (c. 1602–1668), aphorist and essayist
George Manville Fenn (1831–1909), novelist and children's writer
John Fenn (. 1615), writer and RC priest
John Fenn (1739–1794), antiquary and editor
Elijah Fenton (1683–1730), poet
James Fenton (b. 1949), poet and critic
Roger Fenton (1565–1615), writer, AV translator and cleric
Eliza Fenwick (1766–1840), novelist and children's writer
Ruby Ferguson (1899–1966), novelist and children's writer
Bernard Fergusson Lord Ballantrae, (1911–1980), historian and general
Patrick Leigh Fermor (b. 1915), travel writer and scholar
Elizabeth Ferrars (1907–1995), novelist
Jasper Fforde (b. 1961), novelist
Michael Field, pen name of Katherine Harris Bradley (1846–1914) and Edith Emma Cooper (1862–1913), poets and diarists
Richard Field (1561–1616), theologian
Daphne Fielding (1904–1997), writer and biographer
Helen Fielding (b. 1958), novelist, screenwriter and journalist
Henry Fielding (1707–1754), novelist and poet, Tom Jones
Sarah Fielding (1709–1768), novelist and children's writer
Xan Fielding (1918–1991), writer, translator and soldier
Celia Fiennes (1662–1741), diarist and travel writer
William Fiennes (b. 1970), writer
Graeme Fife (living), writer, playwright and broadcaster
Eva Figes (b. 1932), novelist and critic
Robert Filmer (1588–1653), political writer
Anne Finch, Countess of Winchilsea (1661–1720), poet
Brian Finch (1936–2007), scriptwriter and dramatist
William Coles Finch (1864–1944), historian and countryside writer
Anne Fine (b. 1947), novelist and children's writer
Cordelia Fine (living), psychologist and writer
George Finlay (1799–1875), historian
Ronald Firbank (1886–1926), novelist and playwright
Charles Harding Firth (1857–1936), historian and biographer
John Rupert Firth (1890–1960), linguistics scholar
Tim Firth (b. 1964), playwright, screenwriter and songwriter
Margery Fish (1892–1969), garden writer
Tibor Fischer (b. 1959), novelist
Allen Fisher (b. 1944), poet and editor
John Fisher (1469–1535), theologian, cardinal and martyr
Roy Fisher (b. 1930), poet and jazz pianist
Edward Fitzgerald (1809–1883), poet and translator, The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam
Penelope Fitzgerald (1916–2000), novelist, poet and biographer
Judith Flanders (b. 1959), historian
Peter Flannery (b. 1951), playwright and screenwriter
Thomas Flatman (1638–1688), poet and miniaturist
James Elroy Flecker (1884–1915), poet, novelist and playwright
Richard Flecknoe (c. 1600 – c. 1678), poet, playwright and writer
Ian Fleming (1908–1964), novelist, James Bond
Peter Fleming (1907–1971), travel writer
Giles Fletcher (1586–1623), poet
Giles Fletcher (c. 1548–1611), poet
J. S. Fletcher (1863–1935) novelist
John Fletcher (1579–1625), playwright
Phineas Fletcher (1582–1650), poet
Susan Fletcher (b. 1979), novelist
Thomas Fletcher (1666–1713), poet, translator and cleric
Antony Flew (1923–2010), philosopher
Robert Newton Flew (1886–1962), theologian and Methodist minister
F. S. Flint (1885–1960), poet
John Florio (1553–1625), lexicographer and translator
Robert Fludd (1574–1637), physician and occultist
Giles Foden (b. 1967), novelist
Winifred Foley (1914–2009), memoirist and novelist
Albany Fonblanque (1794–1872), journalist and editor
Samuel Foote (1720–1777), playwright and theater manager
Tim Footman (b. 1968), writer and editor
Colin Forbes (real name Raymond Sawkins, 1923–2006), novelist
Duncan Forbes (b. 1947), poet
Anne Ford (1737–1824), writer and actress
Boris Ford (1917–1998), critic and editor
Ford Madox Ford (or. Ford Madox Hueffer, 1873–1939), novelist and poet
John Ford (1586–1640), playwright, 'Tis Pity She's a Whore
Mark Ford (b. 1962), poet and essayist
Richard Ford (1796–1858), travel writer
Thomas Ford or Forde (1580–1648), poet and composer
Michael Foreman (b. 1938), children's writer and illustrator
C. S. Forester, (1899–1966) novelist, Horatio Hornblower
Simon Forman, (1552–1611) astrologer and occultist
David Forrest (real names R. Forrest-Webb and David Eliades, living), novelists
Helen Forrester (b. 1919), writer
Tony Forrester (b. 1953), international bridge player and writer
E. M. Forster (1879–1970), novelist and essayist, A Passage to India
John Forster (1812–1876), biographer and critic
Margaret Forster (b. 1938), novelist and biographer
Frederick Forsyth (b. 1938), novelist, The Day of the Jackal
Richard Fortey (b. 1946), science writer
John Foster (1770–1843), essayist
Jon Foster (b. 1981), scriptwriter
John Knight Fotheringham (1874–1936), historian and astronomer
Adam Foulds (b. 1974), novelist and poet
Tim Fountain (b. 1967), playwright
Edith Henrietta Fowler (1865–1944), novelist
Ellen Thorneycroft Fowler (1860–1929), novelist
Henry Watson Fowler (1858–1933) and Francis George Fowler (1871–1918), grammarians, Fowler's Modern English Usage
John Fowles (1926–2005), novelist and essayist
Barclay Fox (1817–1855), diarist and gardener
Caroline Fox (1819–1871), diarist
Francis Fox (1675–1738), writer and cleric
George Fox (1624–1691), diarist and Quaker
Robin Lane Fox (b. 1946), historian and garden writer
Edgar Foxall (1906–1990), poet
John Foxe (1517–1587, writer, Foxe's Book of Martyrs
Samuel Foxe (1560–1630), diarist
Dick Francis (1920–2010), racing novelist
Matthew Francis (b. 1956), poet
Philip Francis (1740–1818), pamphleteer and translator
Suzanne Francis (b. 1959), novelist
Gilbert Frankau (1884–1952), novelist and poet
Julia Frankau (wrote as Frank Danby, 1863–1916), novelist
John Franklin (1786–1847), explorer and novelist
Antonia Fraser (. 1932), biographer and novelist
Caro Fraser (b. 1953), novelist
George MacDonald Fraser (1925–2008), historical novelist and screenwriter, Flashman
Michael Frayn (b. 1933), playwright and novelist
Margaret Frazer (pseudonym, living), novelist
Jonathan Freedland (b. 1967), writer
Edward Augustus Freeman (1823–1892), historian
John Freeman (1880–1929), poet
R. Austin Freeman (1862–1943), novelist
Elizabeth Wynne Fremantle (1779–1857), diarist
Celia Fremlin (1914–2009), novelist
Patrick French (b. 1966), biographer and author
John Hookham Frere (1769–1846), poet and translator
William Powell Frith (1819–1909), memoirist and painter
James Anthony Froude (1818–1894), historian
Richard Hurrell Froude (1803–1836), poet, writer and cleric
C. B. Fry, (1872–1956) cricket writer
Caroline Fry (1787–1846), religious writer and poet
Christopher Fry (1907–2005), dramatist
Plantagenet Somerset Fry (real name Peter George Robin Fry, 1931–1996), historian
Stephen Fry (b. 1957), novelist and comedian
Alexandra Fuller (b. 1969), writer
Andrew Fuller (1754–1815), theologian and Baptist minister
John Fuller (b. 1937), poet and novelist
Peter Fuller (1947–1990), writer and art critic
Roy Fuller (1912–1991), poet and novelist
Thomas Fuller (1608–1661), writer, historian and cleric
Georgiana Fullerton (or. Leverson-Gower, 1812–1885), novelist and religious writer
Ulpian Fulwell (1545/6 – c. 1585), playwright, satirist and cleric
Monica Furlong (1930–2003), religious writer and biographer
Frederick James Furnivall (1825–1910), philologist

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Neil Gaiman (b. 1960), novelist and screenwriter
Winifred Gales (1761–1839), novelist and memoirist
Norman Gale (1862–1942), poet
John Galsworthy (awa John Sinjohn, 1867–1933), novelist and dramatist, The Forsyte Saga
Francis Galton (1822–1911), polymath
Jane Gardam (b. 1928), novelist and children's writer
Samuel Rawson Gardiner (1829–1902), historian
Stephen Gardiner (1924–2007), writer and architect
Gerald Gardner (1884–1964), writer on witchcraft
Helen Gardner (1908–1986), critic and scholar
John Gardner (1926–2007), novelist, The Liquidator
Leon Garfield (1921–1996), novelist and children's writer
Simon Garfield (b. 1960), writer
Alex Garland (b. 1970), novelist and screenwriter
Alan Garner (b. 1934), children's writer
William Garner (1920–2005), novelist
Constance Garnett (1861–1946), translator
David Garnett (1892–1981), novelist and playwright
Edward Garnett (1868–1937), author and critic
Eve Garnett (1900–1991), children's writer and illustrator
Richard Garnett (1835–1906), scholar and poet
David Garrick (1717–1779), actor, playwright and poet
Samuel Garth (1661–1719), poet and physician
Charles Garvice (awa Caroline Hart, 1850–1920), novelist
George Gascoigne (1535–1577), poet and translator
David Gascoyne (1916–2001), poet
Norman Gash (1912–2009), historian
Elizabeth Gaskell (Mrs. Gaskell, 1810–1865), novelist, Cranford
Jane Gaskell (b. 1941), fantasy novelist
Thomas Gaspey (1788–1871), novelist and journalist
Francis Aidan Gasquet (1846–1929), historian and cardinal
Jonathan Gathorne-Hardy (b. 1933), biographer and social historian
Robert Gathorne-Hardy (1902–1973), garden writer
Alfred Gatty, (1813–1903) writer and cleric
Margaret Gatty (wrote as Mrs. Alfred Gatty, 1809–1873), children's writer
John Gauden (1605–1662), writer and bishop
William Gaunt (1900–1980), art historian
Jamila Gavin (b. 1941), novelist
John Gawsworth (1912–1970), poet and anthologist
John Gay (1685–1732), poet and playwright, The Beggar's Opera
John Gay (1699–1745), moral philosopher and cleric
Maggie Gee (b. 1948), novelist
Pam Gems (b. 1925), playwright
Emily Gerard (1849–1905), novelist
John Gerard (1545–1611/12), botanical writer and herbalist
William Gerhardie (or. Gerhardi, 1895–1977), novelist
Karen Gershon (1923–1993), poet, writer and novelist
Edward Gibbon (1737–1794), historian, The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire
Stella Gibbons (1902–1989), novelist and poet, Cold Comfort Farm
Philip Gibbs (1877–1962), writer and journalist
Edmund Gibson (1669–1748), antiquary, translator and bishop
Miles Gibson (b. 1947), novelist and poet
Wilfred Wilson Gibson (1878–1962), poet
John Gifford (1758–1818), historical and political writer, Anti-Jacobin Review
William Gifford (1756–1826), poet and satirist
Harriet Gilbert (b. 1948), novelist, critic and broadcaster
Joseph Gilbert (1779–1852), writer and Congregational minister
Michael Gilbert (1912–2006), novelist
W. S. Gilbert (1836–1911), playwright and poet, The Mikado
William Gilbert or Gilberd (1544–1603), scientist
William Gilbert (1804–1890), novelist and naval surgeon
Alexander Gilchrist (1828–1861), biographer and critic
Anne Gilchrist (b. Burrows, 1828–1885), writer
Robert Murray Gilchrist (1867–1917), novelist and topographical writer
Penelope Gilliatt (1932–1993), novelist, screenwriter and film critic
Morris Ginsberg (1879–1970), sociologist
Alfred Gissing (1896–1975), biographer and editor
Algernon Gissing (1860–1937), novelist and travel writer
George Gissing (1857–1903), novelist, New Grub Street
Mary Gladstone (1847–1927), diarist
William Gladstone (1809–1898), writer and statesman
Lesley Glaister (b. 1956), novelist and playwright
Joseph Glanvill (1636–1680), writer, philosopher and cleric
Brian Glanville (b. 1931), football writer and novelist
William Nugent Glascock (c.1787-1847), naval officer and novelist
Rodge Glass (b. 1978), novelist and biographer
Hannah Glasse (1708–1770), cookery and housekeeping writer
Victoria Glendinning (b. 1937), biographer and novelist
Richard Glover (1712–1785), poet and playwright
Elinor Glyn (1864–1943), novelist
John Godber (b. 1956), playwright
Robert Goddard (b. 1954), novelist
Rumer Godden (1907–1998), novelist, children's writer and biographer
A. D. Godley (1856–1925), comic poet
Sidney Godolphin (1610–1643), poet
William Godwin (1756–1836), novelist and philosopher
Louis Golding (1895–1958), novelist and poet
William Golding (1911–1993), Nobel Prize–winning novelist and poet, The Lord of the Flies
Douglas Goldring (1887–1960), poet, travel writer and novelist
Israel Gollancz (1863–1930), scholar and editor
Laurence Gomme (1853–1916), folklore writer and public servant
Christopher Goodman (1520–1603), pamphleteer and Bible translator
Jason Goodwin (b. 1964), novelist and travel writer
Barnabe Googe or Gooche (1540–1594), poet and translator
Catherine Gore (1799–1861), novelist and playwright
Charles Gore (1853–1932), theologian and bishop
Geoffrey Gorer (1905–1985), writer and anthropologist
Arthur Gorges (c. 1569–1625), poet and sea captain
Ray Gosling (b. 1939), writer and journalist
Edmund Gosse (1849–1928), novelist, poet and critic
Philip Henry Gosse (1810–1888), scientist and natural historian
Stephen Gosson (1554–1624), satirist and playwright
Elizabeth Goudge (1900–1984), novelist and children's writer
William Gouge (1575–1653), writer and cleric
Thomas Gouge (1609–1681), writer and Presbyterian minister
Gerald Gould (1885–1936), poet and journalist
Nathaniel Gould (1857–1919), novelist
John Gower (c. 1330–1408), poet
Posie Graeme-Evans (living), novelist and TV director
Eleanor Graham (1896–1984), children's writer, editor and anthologist
Harry Graham (1874–1936), humorist and poet
Laurie Graham (b. 1947), novelist and journalist
Stephen Graham (1884–1975), travel writer and novelist
Kenneth Grahame (1859–1931), writer, The Wind in the Willows
Sarah Grand (real name Mrs. David C. M'Fall, or. Frances Elizabeth Clarke, 1854–1943), novelist and suffragist
Clive Granger (1934–2009), Nobel Prize–winning economist
Andrew Grant (b. 1968), novelist
John Grant (awa Jonathan Gash, Graham Gaunt, b. 1933), novelist and physician
Linda Grant (b. 1951), novelist and writer
Michael Grant (1914–2004), historian
George Granville, 1st Baron Lansdowne (1666–1735), playwright and poet
Harley Granville-Barker (1877–1946), playwright and actor
Richard Graves (1715–1804), novelist, poet and cleric
Robert Graves (1895–1985), poet and novelist, I, Claudius
John Gray (1866–1934), poet and translator
John N. Gray (b. 1948), philosopher
Patience Gray (1917–2005), cookery writer
Simon Gray (1936–2008) playwright, novelist and memoirist.
Thomas Gray (1716–1771), poet
Eliza S. Craven Green (1803–1866), poet
Candida Lycett Green (b. 1942), writer and journalist
Henry Green (real name Henry Vincent Yorke), (1905–1973), novelist
John Richard Green (1837–1883), historian
Mary Anne Everett Green (1818–1895), historian
Matthew Green (1696–1737), poet
Roger Lancelyn Green (1918–1987), biographer and children's writer
Sarah Green (fl. 1790–1825), novelist
Thomas Hill Green (1836–1882), philosopher and radical
Vivian H. H. Green (1915–2005), historian and cleric
Kate Greenaway (1846–1901), children's writer and illustrator
Graham Greene (1904–1991), novelist and playwright, Our Man in Havana
Robert Greene (1558–1592), playwright and pamphleteer
Chris Greenhalgh (b. 1963), novelist, screenwriter and poet
Lavinia Greenlaw (b. 1962), poet and novelist
Frederick Greenwood (1830–1909), man of letters
James Greenwood (c. 1830/35 – 1929), children's writer and journalist
Walter Greenwood (1903–1974), novelist, Love on the Dole
Walter Wilson Greg (1875–1959), bibliographer and editor
Richard Gregory (1864–1952), science writer and astronomer
Joyce Grenfell (1910–1979), writer and comedian
Julian Grenfell (1888–1915), poet
Charles Greville (1794–1865), diarist and cricketer
Frances Greville (c. 1724–1789), poet
Fulke Greville, Lord Brooke (1554–1628), poet and playwright
Paul Grice (awa H. P. Grice, 1913–1988), philosopher of language
Bill Griffiths (1948–2007), poet, scholar and translator
Jane Griffiths (b. 1970), poet and lecturer
Paul Griffiths (b. 1947), novelist, librettist and music critic
John Grigg (1924–2001), biographer and journalist
Geoffrey Grigson (1905–1985), poet and editor
Arthur Grimble (1888–1956), writer and anthropologist
Leopold Hartley Grindon (1818–1904), educator and botanist
Francis Grose (1731–1791), antiquary and lexicographer
John Gross (b. 1935), critic, writer and anthologist
Philip Gross (b. 1952), poet, novelist and playwright
George Grossmith (1847–1912), writer and entertainer, Diary of a Nobody
Weedon Grossmith (1854–1919), writer, artist and actor, Diary of a Nobody
George Grote (1794–1871), classicist and reformer
Charlotte Grove (1773–1860), diarist
George Grove (1820–1900), editor and writer on music, Grove's Dictionary of Music and Musicians
Paul Groves (b. 1947), poet
Edward Grubb (1854–1939), Quaker writer
Sydney Grundy (1848–1914), playwright and librettist
Philip Guedalla (1889–1944), historian and travel writer
Harry Guest (b. 1932), poet
Thom Gunn (1929–2004), poet
Elizabeth Gunning (1769–1823), novelist and translator
Peter Gunning (1614–1684), writer and bishop
Suresh and Jyoti Guptara (b. 1988), writers
Edmund Gurney (1847–1888), writer and psychologist
Ivor Gurney (1890–1937), poet and composer
Thomas Anstey Guthrie (wrote as F. Anstey, 1856–1934), novelist and journalist, Vice Versa
Bernard Gutteridge (1916–1985), poet
Emma Jane Guyton or Worboise (1825–1887), novelist
Brion Gysin (1916–1986), poet, novelist and painter

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William Habington (1605–1654), poet
Alan Hackney (1924–2009), novelist and screenwriter
Jen Hadfield (b. 1978), poet
Mark Haddon (b, 1962), novelist, children's writer and poet
Henry Rider Haggard (1856–1925), novelist and story writer, King Solomon's Mines
Richard Hakluyt (c. 1552/53–1616), travel writer, translator and cleric
J. B. S. Haldane (1892–1964), scientist, philosopher and children's writer
Kathleen Hale (1898–2000), children's writer and illustrator, Orlando the Marmalade Cat
Anne Halkett (1623–1699), memoirist and religious writer
Edward Hall or Halle (c. 1498–1547), chronicler
Evelyn Beatrice Hall (wrote as S. G. Tallentyre, 1868–1919), biographer and translator
Henry Hall (c. 1656–1707), poet and composer
Joseph Hall (1574–1656), satirist, moralist and bishop
Radclyffe Hall (1880–1943), novelist and poet
Sarah Hall (b. 1974), novelist and poet
Simon Hall (b. 1969), novelist and broadcaster
Steven Hall (b. 1975), novelist and playwright
Tarquin Hall (b. 1969), writer and journalist
Thomas Hall (1610–1665), writer and cleric
Arthur Hallam (1811–1833), poet
Henry Hallam (1777–1859), historian
Leslie Halliwell (1929–1989), film critic and encyclopaedist
James Halliwell-Phillipps (1820–1889), Shakespearean and biographer
Bruce Barrymore Halpenny (b. early 20th c.), writer and military historian
A. H. Halsey (b. 1923), sociologist
Alan Halsey (b. 1947), poet
Michael Hamburger (1924–2007), writer, poet and translator
Philip Gilbert Hamerton (wrote as Adolphus Segrave, 1834–1894), writer and artist
Andy Hamilton (author) (b. 1974), non-fiction writer and journalist
Ann Mary Hamilton (fl. 1806–13), novelist
Charles Hamilton (wrote as Frank Richards, etc., 1876–1961), children's writer, Billy Bunter
Cicely Mary Hamilton (1872–1952), writer, playwright and feminist
Cosmo Hamilton (1870–1942), playwright and novelist
Edward Walter Hamilton (1847–1908), political diarist and civil servant
Ian Hamilton (1938–2001), critic, biographer and poet
Patrick Hamilton (1904–1962), playwright and novelist
Peter F. Hamilton (b. 1960), SF novelist
James Hamilton-Paterson (b. 1941), novelist, poet and writer
Edward Bruce Hamley (1824–1893), military theorist and novelist
Edward Hamley (1764–1834), poet and cleric
James Hammond (1710–1742), poet and politician
Stuart Hampshire (1914–2004), philosopher and literary critic
Christopher Hampton (b. 1946), playwright, screenwriter and translator
William Hampton (b. 1959), poet
Marika Hanbury-Tenison (1938–1982), cookery and travel writer
Irene Handl (1901–1987), novelist and actress
St. John Hankin (1869–1909), playwright
James Hanley (1897–1985), novelist and screenwriter
Sophie Hannah (b. 1971), poet and novelist
Derek Hansen (b. 1944), novelist
Jonas Hanway (1712–1786), travel writer and pamphleteer
Michael Hardcastle (b. 1933), children's writer
John Harding (d. 1610), scholar, AV translator and cleric
Frances Hardinge (b. 1973), children's writer
Mollie Hardwick (1916–2003), novelist and writer
Ronald Hardy (b. 1919), novelist
Thomas Hardy (1840–1928), novelist and poet, The Mayor of Casterbridge
Augustus Hare (1834–1903), travel writer and raconteur
Augustus William Hare (1792–1834), essayist and cleric
Cyril Hare (real name A. A. G. Clark, 1900–1958), novelist
David Hare (b. 1947), playwright
Julius Charles Hare (1795–1855), religious writer
R. M. Hare (1919–2002), philosopher
Roger Hargreaves (1935–1988), children's writer and illustrator, Mr. Men
John Harington (1561–1612), poet, translator and courtier
John Harmar (c. 1555–1613), scholar, AV translator and cleric
Cynthia Harnett (1893–1981), children's writer
Charles George Harper (1863–1943), travel writer and illustrator
Beatrice Harraden (1864–1936), novelist, lexicographer and suffragist
James Harington (1611–1677), political writer
Thomas Harriot (1560–1621), astronomer, mathematician and translator
Frank Harris (1856–1931), writer, editor and autobiographer
James Harris (1709–1780), philosopher and grammarian
Joanne Harris (b. 1964), novelist
Robert Harris (b. 1957), novelist, writer and screenwriter
Rosemary Harris (b. 1923), children's writer
Austin Harrison (1873–1928), editor and writer
Jane Ellen Harrison (1850–1928), classicist
Sarah Harrison (b. 1946), novelist and children's writer
Thomas Harrison (1555–1631), scholar, AV translator and cleric
Tony Harrison (b. 1938), poet and playwright
William Harrison (1534–1593), writer and cleric
Tom Harrisson (awa T. H. Harrisson, 1911–1976), polymath
David Harsent (wrote as Jack Curtis, David Lawrence, b. 1942), novelist, poet and scriptwriter
B. H. Liddell Hart (1895–1970), historian and army officer
Christopher Hart (awa William Napier, b. 1965), novelist and journalist
Adam Hart-Davis (b. 1943), writer and broadcaster
Duff Hart-Davis (b. 1936), biographer and naturalist
Walter Harte (1709–1774), poet and historian
David Hartley (1705–1757), philosopher and psychologist
John Hartley (1839–1915), dialect poet and writer
L. P. Hartley (1895–1972), novelist, The Go-Between
Frederick William Harvey (1888–1957), poet
Gabriel Harvey (c. 1545–1630), poet and writer
John Harvey (b. 1938), novelist
William Harvey (1578–1657), physician
F. W. Harvey (1888–1957), poet
W. F. Harvey (1885–1937), story writer
Lee Harwood (b. 1939), poet
Alamgir Hashmi (b. 1951), poet, scholar and professor
Minnie Louise Haskins (1875–1957), poet and welfare worker
Christopher Hassall (1912–1963), playwright, actor and poet
Edward Hasted (1732–1812), local historian
Michael Hastings (b. 1938), playwright, novelist and screenwriter
Richard Hathwaye, (fl. 1597–1603) playwright
Ann Hatton (wrote as Ann of Swansea, 1764–1838), novelist
Joseph Hatton (1841–1907), novelist and editor
William Haughton (d. 1605), playwright
Frances Ridley Havergal (1836–1879), poet and hymnist
Stephen Hawes (c. 1474–1523), poet
Robert Stephen Hawker (1803–1875), poet and cleric
John Hawkesworth (1715–1773), writer, editor and playwright
John Hawkins (1719–1789), writer and biographer
Laetitia Matilda Hawkins (1759–1835), novelist
Spike Hawkins (b. 1943), poet and performer
Thomas Hawkins (1575 – c. 1640), poet and translator
Ian Hay (real name John Hay Beith, 1876–1952), novelist and playwright
Roy Hay (1910–1989), garden writer and broadcaster
Anna Haycraft (wrote as Alice Thomas Ellis, 1932–2005), novelist
William Hayley (1745–1820), poet, playwright and biographer
Carole Hayman (living), novelist, screenwriter and actor
Robert Hayman (1575–1629), poet and colonist
Mary Hays (1759–1843), novelist
Alethea Hayter (1911–2006), biographer and historian
William Hayter (diplomat) (1906–1995), writer and diplomat
Abraham Hayward (1801–1884), essayist
John Hayward (c. 1560–1627), historian
Eliza Haywood (1793–1756), novelist, playwright and poet
C. H. Hazlewood (1823–1875), playwright
William Hazlitt (1778–1830), essayist and critic
Mary Hearne (fl. 1718), novelist
Thomas Hearne or Hearn (1678–1735), antiquary and scholar
Ambrose Heath (or. Francis Geoffrey Miller, 1891–1969), cookery writer and translator
Thomas Little Heath (1861–1940), classicist and translator
John Heath-Stubbs (1918–2006), poet, translator and anthologist
Reginald Heber (1783–1826), poet, hymnist and bishop
Richard Heber (1773–1833), classicist and editor
Zoë Heller (b. 1965), novelist and journalist
Elizabeth Helme (c. 1753 – c. 1812), novelist and translator
Arthur Helps (1813–1875), writer, novelist and biographer
Racey Helps (1913–1970), children's writer
Felicia Hemans (1793–1835), poet
Maggie Hemingway (1946–1993), novelist
John Henley (1692–1756), poet, writer and cleric
Samuel Henley (1740–1815), poet and writer
William Ernest Henley (1849–1903), poet
Charles Frederick Henningsen (1815–1877), writer and mercenary
Robert Henriques (1905–1967), novelist and biographer
Matthew Henry (1662–1714), Bible commentator and cleric
Philip Henry (1631–1696), diarist and cleric
John Stevens Henslow (1796–1861), botanist, geologist and cleric
Philip Henslowe, (c. 1550–1616), diarist and theatre manager
G. A. Henty, (1832–1902), novelist
Philip Hensher (b. 1965), novelist and critic
Rayner Heppenstall (1911–1981), novelist and poet
John Abraham Heraud (1799–1887), poet, playwright and critic
A. P. Herbert (1890–1971), humorist, novelist and playwright
Edward Herbert, Lord Herbert of Cherbury (1583–1648), poet and soldier
George Herbert (1593–1633), poet
James Herbert (b. 1943), novelist
Mary Herbert, countess of Pembroke (1561–1621), poet and translator
William Herbert (1718–1795), bibliographer
William Herbert (1771–1851), antiquary and librarian
William Herbert (1778–1847), poet, cleric and botanist
Edward Heron-Allen (1861–1943), novelist, historian and translator
Robert Herrick (1591–1674), poet and cleric
James Herriot (pen name of James Alfred Wight, 1916–1995), writer
Elizabeth Hervey (1759–1824), novelist
John Hervey (1696–1743), political writer and memoirist
Thomas Kibble Hervey (1799–1859), poet and critic
D. G. Hessayon (b. 1928), garden writer
Maurice Hewlett (1861–1923), historical novelist and poet
Christopher Heydon (1561–1623), astrologist
John Heydon (1629 – c. 1667), astrologer and Rosicrucian
Georgette Heyer (1902–1974), novelist
Peter Heylin or Heylyn (1600–1662), pamphleteer and cleric
Jasper Heywood (1535–1598), poet and translator
John Heywood (c. 1497 – c. 1580), playwright and poet
Thomas Heywood (early 1570s – 1641), playwright, A Woman Killed with Kindness
Eleanor Hibbert (or. Eleanor Alice Burford, wrote as Jean Plaidy, etc., 1906–1993), novelist
Robert Smythe Hichens (1864–1950), novelist and playwright
William Hickey (1749–1830), memoirist
Jack Higgins (wrote as Harry Patterson, b. 1929), novelist
Susanna Highmore (1690–1750), poet
Aaron Hill (1685–1750), playwright and writer
Christopher Hill (1912–2003), historian
Eric Hill (b. 1927), children's writer and illustrator
Geoffrey Hill (b. 1932), poet and academic
John Hill (c. 1716–1775), novelist, journalist and botanist
Justin Hill (b. 1971), novelist, biographer and translator
Lorna Hill (1902–1991), children's writer and novelist
Reginald Hill (b. 1936), novelist
Rosemary Hill (living), cultural historian and biographer
Selima Hill (b. 1945), poet
Susan Hill (b. 1942), novelist and writer
Tobias Hill (b. 1970), novelist and poet
Mischa Hiller (b. 1962), novelist
Lawrence D. Hills (1911–1991), garden writer
Jeff Hilson (b. 1966), poet
James Hilton (1900–1954), novelist
Lisa Hilton (living), novelist and biographer
Walter Hilton (1340–1396), mystic
Barry Hines (b. 1939), novelist
Nigel Hinton (b. 1941), novelist and children's writer
Shakespeare Hirst (1841–1907), actor, author and Shakespearean
William Henry Hitchener (fl. 1813), travel writer
Henry Hitchings (b. 1974), writer and scholar
Alfred Hitchcock (1899–1980), screenwriter and director
Christopher Eric Hitchens (1949–2011), writer and journalist
Benjamin Hoadly (1676–1761), polemicist and bishop
Louisa Gurney Hoare (1784–1836), diarist and educator
Richard Colt Hoare (1758–1838), diarist, travel writer and antiquary
Thomas Hobbes, (1588–1679) political philosopher, Leviathan
Peter Hobbs (b. 1973), novelist
Eric Hobsbawm (1917–2012), historian
Margaret Hoby (1571–1633), diarist
Joseph Hocking (1860–1937), novelist and cleric
Silas Hocking (1850–1935), novelist and cleric
Jane Aiken Hodge (1917–2009), novelist
C. Walter Hodges (1909–2004), children's writer and illustrator
Ralph Hodgson (1871–1962), poet and translator
Shadworth Hodgson (1832–1912), philosopher
W. N. Hodgson (wrote as Edward Melbourne, 1893–1916), poet
Barbara Hofland (1770–1844), children's writer
Thomas Jefferson Hogg (1792–1862), biographer
Simon Hoggart (b. 1946), writer and broadcaster
Pete Hoida (b. 1944), poet and painter
Fanny Holcroft (1780–1844), novelist and poet
Thomas Holcroft (1745–1809), playwright and miscellanist
Molly Holden (1927–1981), poet
William Holder (1616–1698), music scholar and cleric
Robert Holdstock (1948–2009), novelist
Raphael Holinshed (1529–1580), chronicler, translator and cleric
Jane Holland (b. 1966), poet and novelist
John Holland (1794–1872), poet and journalist
Philemon Holland (1552–1637), translator
Sarah Holland (b. 1961), writer and actress
Thomas Holland (1539–1612), scholar, AV translator and cleric
William Holland (1746–1819), diarist and cleric
Helen Hollick (b. 1953), novelist
Alan Hollinghurst (b. 1954), novelist and translator
John Holloway (1920–1999), poet and scholar
Constance Holme (1880–1955), novelist and playwright
John Holmes (1703–1760), educator
Richard Holmes (b. 1945), biographer
Robert Holmes (1926–1986), scriptwriter
Emily Sarah Holt (1836–1893), novelist and children's writer
Hazel Holt (b. 1928), novelist
Winifred Holtby (1898–1935), novelist
Stewart Home (b. 1962), novelist, writer and artist
Joseph Hone (b. 1937), novelist
William Hone (1780–1842), satirist and bookseller
Thomas Hood (1799–1845), poet and humorist
Tom Hood (1835–1874), humorist, playwright and poet
Theodore Hook (1788–1841), writer and prankster
Jeremy Hooker (b/ 1941), poet, critic and broadcaster
Joseph Dalton Hooker (1817–1911), botanist and explorer
Richard Hooker (1554–1600), theologian
William Jackson Hooker (1785–1865), botanist
John Hoole (1727–1803), translator and poet
Alexander Beresford Hope (1820–1887), writer
Anthony Hope, (real name Anthony Hope Hawkins, 1863–1933) novelist, The Prisoner of Zenda
Thomas Hope (1769–1831), writer and novelist
Bill Hopkins (1928–2011), novelist
Cathy Hopkins (b. 1953), children's novelist
Gerard Manley Hopkins (1844–1889), poet, The Wreck of the Deutschland
Simon Hopkinson (b. 1954), food writer and chef
Sydney Horler (1888–1954), novelist
Alfred Aloysius Horn (1861–1931), travel writer
Nick Hornby (b. 1957), novelist
Alistair Horne (b. 1925), historian and biographer
Kenneth Horne (1900–75), playwright
Richard Henry Horne (1802–1884), poet and critic
Roy Horniman (1874–1930), novelist and playwright
E. W. Hornung (1866–1921), author, A. J. Raffles
Frances Horovitz (1938–1983), poet and broadcaster
Michael Horovitz (b. 1935), poet and translator
Anthony Horowitz (b. 1956), novelist, children's writer and screenwriter
William Horwood (b. 1944), novelist and children's writer
John Hoskins or Hoskyns (1566–1638), poet and politician
Charlotte Hough (1924–2008), detective novelist and children's writer
Richard Hough (awa Bruce Carter, 1922–1999), maritime historian and children's writer
Stanley Bennett Hough (1917–1998), SF and thriller writer
Stanley Houghton (1881–1913), playwright
Geoffrey Household (1900–1988), novelist
A. E. Housman (1859–1936), poet and scholar, A Shropshire Lad
Laurence Housman (1865–1959), playwright
Anne Howard (c. 1696–1764), poet
Brian Howard (1905–1958), poet
Edward Howard (1624 – c. 1700), playwright and poet
Elizabeth Jane Howard (b. 1923), novelist
Frederick Howard, 5th Earl of Carlisle, Earl of Carlisle (1748–1825), poet, playwright and pamphleteer
Hartley Howard (wrote as Leopold Horace Ognall, 1908–1979), crime novelist
Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey (1517–1547), poet
Henry Howard, Earl of Northampton (1540–1614), writer and courtier
John Howard (1726–1790), philanthropist and reformer
Robert Howard (1626–1698), playwright
Sandra Howard (b. 1940), novelist
David Armine Howarth (1912–1991), historian and writer
James Howell (1594–1666), Historiographer Royal and poet
Francis Howgill (1618–1668), Quaker writer and preacher
Anna Mary Howitt (1824–1884), poet, writer and painter
Mary Howitt (1799–1888), poet and translator
Richard Howitt (1799–1869), poet
William Howitt (1792–1879), writer and traveller
Edmond Hoyle (1672–1769), writer on games and gaming
Fred Hoyle (1915–2001), astronomer and SF writer
Geoffrey Hoyle (b. 1942), SF writer
Sisley Huddleston (1883–1952), writer and journalist
Stephen Hudson (real name Sydney Schiff, 1868–1944), novelist and translator
David Hughes (1930–2005), novelist and biographer
Frieda Hughes (b. 1960), children's writer, poet and painter
Molly Hughes (1866–1956), writer and educator
Richard Hughes (1900–1976), poet, novelist and playwright, A High Wind in Jamaica
Shirley Hughes (b. 1927), children's writer and illustrator
Ted Hughes (1930–1998), Poet Laureate, translator and anthologist
Thomas Hughes (1822–1896), writer and novelist, Tom Brown's Schooldays
E. M. Hull (real name Edith Maude Winstanley, 1880–1947), novelist
Katharine Hull (1921–1977) and Pamela Whitlock (1920–1982), children's writers, The Far-Distant Oxus
T. E. Hulme (1883–1917), critic and poet
Michael Hulse (b. 1955), translator, critic and poet
Fergus Hume (1859–1932), novelist
Tobias Hume (c. 1590–1645), musician and poet
Helen Humphreys (b. 1961), poet and novelist
Neil Humphreys (b. 1974), writer on Singapore
Leigh Hunt (1784–1859), poet and essayist
Violet Hunt (1862–1942), novelist and biographer
John Hunter (1737–1821), explorer, travel writer and naval officer
Norman Hunter (1899–1995), children's novelist, Professor Branestawm
Rachel Hunter (c. 1754–1813), novelist
Richard Hurd, (1720–1808), writer, translator and bishop
James Hurdis (1763–1801), poet and cleric
Hyman Hurwitz (1770–1844), writer and scholar
Dyneley Hussey (1893–1972), poet and music critic
A. S. M. Hutchinson (1880–1971), novelist
John Hutchinson (1674–1737), theologian
Lucy Hutchinson (1620–1681), biographer and translator
R. C. Hutchinson (1907–1975), novelist
Ralph Hutchinson (c. 1553–1606), scholar, AV translator and cleric
Angela Huth (b. 1938), novelist and playwright
Leonard Hutten (c. 1557–1632), scholar, AV translator and cleric
Catherine Hutton (1756–1846), novelist and correspondent
William Hutton (1723–1815), poet and historian
Richard Holt Hutton (1826–1897), writer and theologian
Aldous Huxley (1894–1963), novelist and essayist, Brave New World
Julian Huxley (1887–1975), zoologist, philosopher and science writer
Leonard Huxley (1860–1933), writer, biographer and editor
Thomas Henry Huxley (1825–1895), scientist and essayist
Edward Hyde, Lord Clarendon (1609–1674), historian and statesman
Timothy Hyman (b. 1946), art writer
Henry Hyndman (1842–1921), writer and politician
C. J. Cutcliffe Hyne (wrote as Weatherby Chesney, 1866–1944), novelist

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Eva Ibbotson (b. 1925), novelist and children's writer
David Icke (b. 1952), writer and public speaker
Conn Iggulden (b. 1971), novelist and children's writer
Selwyn Image (1849–1930), poet, designer and cleric
Elijah Impey (1732–1809), memoirist and judge
Elizabeth Inchbald (1753–1821), novelist and playwright
William Ralph Inge (known as Dean Inge, 1860–1954), writer, theologian and cleric
Thomas Ingelend (fl. 1560), The Disobedient Child
Jean Ingelow (1820–1897), poet and novelist
Julia, Lady Inglis (1833–1904), diarist
Simon Ings (b. 1965), novelist and science writer
Mick Inkpen (b. 1952), children's writer and illustrator
Hammond Innes (awa Ralph Hammond, 1919–1998), novelist and children's writer
Samuel Ireland (1744–1800), writer and engraver
William Henry Ireland (1775–1835), poet, novelist and forger
David Irving (b. 1938), Holocaust denier
R. L. G. Irving (1877–1969), mountaineering writer
Margaret Irwin (1889–1969), novelist and biographer
Robert Irwin (b. 1946), historian, novelist and Arabist
Nathaniel Isaacs (1808–1872), traveller and writer
Christopher Isherwood (1904–1986), novelist, Goodbye to Berlin
Kazuo Ishiguro (b. 1954), novelist, An Artist of the Floating World
Eric Ives (b. 1931), historian and biographer
George Cecil Ives (1867–1950), poet, diarist and reformer
Helen Ivory (b. 1969), poet

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Donald Jack (1924–2003), novelist, playwright and scriptwriter
Benedict Jacka (living), YA novelist
Catherine Jackson (1824–1891), historian and editor
Mick Jackson (b. 1960), novelist
Alaric Jacob (1909–1995), novelist and journalist
Anna Jacobs (b. 1941), novelist
Joseph Jacobs (1854–1916), folklorist and historian
W. W. Jacobs (1863–1943), novelist and story writer, The Monkey's Paw
Howard Jacobson (b. 1942), novelist and journalist
Brian Jacques (1939–2011), novelist
Frances Jacson (1754–1842), novelist
Richard Jago (1715–1781), poet and cleric
Christopher James (b. 1975), poet
Elinor James (1644–1719), polemicist and printer
G. P. R. James (1799–1860), novelist and Historiographer Royal
M. R. James (1862–1936), story writer and scholar, Ghost Stories of an Antiquary
P. D. James (b. 1920), novelist
Robert Rhodes James (1933–1999), biographer, historian and politician
Thomas James (1573–1629), librarian and poet
William Milbourne James (1881–1973), writer, poet and admiral
Anna Brownell Jameson (1794–1860), travel writer and art critic
Storm Jameson (1891–1986), novelist and autobiographer
James Janeway (1636–1674), children's writer
Rosemary Hawley Jarman (b. 1935), novelist and story writer
Claude Scudamore Jarvis (1879–1953), writer, administrator and naturalist
Tim Jeal (b. 1945), novelist and biographer
James Hopwood Jeans (1877–1946), writer and astronomer
Samuel Jebb (c. 1694–1772), scholar, editor and physician
Richard Jefferies (1848–1887), nature writer and essayist
Agnes Jekyll (1861–1937), writer
Gertrude Jekyll (1843–1932), garden writer
Alan Jenkins (b. 1955), poet
Amy Jenkins (b. 1966), novelist and screenwriter
Peter Jenkins (1934–1992), journalist and screenwriter
Elizabeth Jennings (1926–2001), poet
Humphrey Jennings (1907–1950), writer and film maker
Soame Jenyns (1704–1787), poet and essayist
Edgar Jepson (awa R. Edison Page, 1863–1938), writer and genre novelist
Selwyn Jepson (1899–1989), crime writer
Jerome K. Jerome (1859–1927), humorist and playwright, Three Men in a Boat
Douglas William Jerrold (1803–1857), playwright, novelist and essayist
John Heneage Jesse (1809–1874), historian and poet
William Stanley Jevons (1840–1882), economist and logician
Geraldine Jewsbury (1812–1880), novelist and critic
Maria Jane Jewsbury (1800–1833), poet and critic
C. E. M. Joad (1891–1953), philosopher and broadcaster
Rowan Joffé (b. 1973), screenwriter
W. E. Johns (1893–1968), novelist and pilot, Biggles
B. S. Johnson (1933–1973), novelist and editor
Lionel Johnson (1867–1902), poet and essayist
Pamela Hansford Johnson (1912–1981), novelist, playwright and critic
Richard Johnson (1573 – c. 1659), writer
Samuel Johnson (1649–1703), pamphleteer and cleric
Samuel Johnson, (1709–1784) writer, poet and lexicographer
Brian Jones (1938–2009), poet
Charlotte Jones (living), playwright and actress
David Jones (1895–1974), poet, writer and artist
Daniel Jones (1881–1967), phonetician
Diana Wynne Jones (b. 1934), novelist
Ebenezer Jones (1820–1860), poet
Ernest Charles Jones (1819–1869), poet, novelist and Chartist
Henry Arthur Jones (1851–1929), playwright
Sadie Jones (b. 1967), novelist
Tobias Jones (living), writer
William Jones (1726–1800), theologian and cleric
William Jones (1746–1794), polyglot and poet
Ben Jonson (1573–1637), poet and dramatist, Bartholomew Fair
Robert Furneaux Jordan (1905–1978), crime writer and critic
John Jortin (1698–1770), biographer and historian
Jenny Joseph (b. 1932), poet and novelist
Gabriel Josipovici (b. 1940), novelist and critic
John Josselyn (fl. 1638–1675), writer and traveller
Benjamin Jowett (1817–1893), scholar and translator
Graham Joyce (b. 1954), novelist and YA writer
Alan Judd (b. 1946), novelist and biographer
Tony Judt (1948–2010), historian and political writer

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Carrie Kabak (b. 1951), novelist and illustrator
Sarah Kane (1971–1999), playwright
Anna Kavan (awa Helen Ferguson, real name Helen Emily Woods, 1901–1968), novelist and painter
Joanna Kavenna (b. 1974), novelist and travel writer
Sheila Kaye-Smith (1887–1956), novelist
Judith Kazantzis (b. 1940), poet and anthologist
Annie Keary (1825–1879), novelist, poet and children's writer
Jonathan Keates (b. 1946), writer and novelist
John Keats (1795–1821), poet, "Ode to a Nightingale"
John Keble (1792–1866), poet and cleric
Maurice Keen (1933–2012), historian
Ann Kelley (b. 1941), children's writer and poet
Herbert Kelly (1860–1950), religious writer and cleric
Fanny Kemble (1809–1893), playwright, diarist and actress
Gene Kemp (b. 1926), children's writer
Jonathan Kemp (b. 1967), novelist
Margery Kempe (c. 1373 – post-1438), mystic
Thomas Ken (1637–1711), hymnist and cleric
May Kendall (real name Emma Goldworth Kendall, 1861 – ?1943), poet, novelist and satirist
Tim Kendall (b. 1970), poet, editor and critic
Luke Kennard (b. 1982), poet and lecturer
Lena Kennedy (1914–1986), novelist
Margaret Kennedy (1896–1967), novelist and playwright
Ally Kennen (b. 1975), children's writer and singer
White Kennett (1660–1728), antiquary, writer and bishop
Charles Lamb Kenney (1823–1881), journalist, librettist and miscellanist
James Kenney (1780–1849), playwright
William Kenrick (c. 1725–1779), satirist and playwright
Judith Kerr (b. 1923), children's writer and screenwriter
David Kessler (awa Adam Palmer, b. 1957), novelist
Sidney Keyes (1922–1943), poet
John Maynard Keynes (1883–1946), economist
Richard Kilby (1560–1620), scholar, AV translator and cleric
Anne Killigrew (1660–1685), poet
Henry Killigrew (1613–1700), playwright and cleric
Thomas Killigrew (1612–1683), playwright
William Killigrew (1606–1695), playwright and courtier
Francis Kilvert (1840–1879), diarist and cleric
Clive King (b. 1924), children's writer
Daren King (b. 1972), novelist and children's writer
Francis King (1923–2011), novelist and story writer
Geoffrey King (fl. 1600s), theologian, AV translator and cleric
Gregory King (1648–1712), statistician and genealogist
Henry King (1592–1669), poet and bishop
William King (1663–1712), poet and essayist
William King (b. 1959), novelist
Desmond King-Hele (b. 1927), writer and physicist
Alexander William Kinglake (1809–1891), travel writer and historian
Charles Kingsley (1819–1875), novelist, The Water Babies
Henry Kingsley (1830–1876), novelist
Mary Kingsley (1862–1900), ethnographer and explorer
Peter Kingsley (living), philosopher
Hugh Kingsmill (1889–1949), novelist, humorist and biographer
Dick King-Smith (1922–2011), children's writer
W. H. G. Kingston (1814–1880), children's writer
Rudyard Kipling (1865–1936), novelist, essayist and poet, The Jungle Book
Andrew Kippis (1725–1795), writer and Presbyterian minister
William Kirby (1759–1850), entomologist
Geoffrey Kirk (1921–2003), classicist
Francis Kirkman (1632 – c. 1680), writer and bookseller
James Kirkup (1918–2009), poet, translator and travel writer
C. H. B. Kitchin (1895–1967), novelist
Flora Klickmann (1867–1958), journalist, editor and children's writer
Matthew Kneale (b. 1960), novelist, English Passengers
Nigel Kneale (1922–2006), screenwriter and genre novelist
Anne Knight (1792–1860), children's writer and educator
Charles Knight (1791–1873), writer and publisher
Ellis Cornelia Knight (1757–1837), novelist and painter
Eric Knight (1897–1943), novelist and children's writer, Lassie Come-Home
G. Wilson Knight (1897–1985), critic and scholar
Henry Gally Knight (1786–1846), novelist and architecture writer
Richard Payne Knight (1750–1824), classicist and connoisseur
Samuel Knight (1675–1746), biographer, antiquary and cleric
Stephen Knight (1951–1985), writer
Stephen Thomas Knight (b. 1940), literary historian
Richard Knolles (c. 1545–1610), historian and translator
Hanserd Knollys (1599–1691), translator and Baptist minister
Frederick Knott (1916–2002), playwright and screenwriter
Ronald Knox (1888–1957), writer, translator and theologian
Vicesimus Knox (1752–1821), essayist and cleric
Dorothy Koomson (b. 1971), novelist,
Bernard Kops (b. 1926), playwright and novelist
Michael Korda (b. 1933), writer and editor
Hari Kunzru (b. 1969), novelist
Hanif Kureishi (b. 1954), novelist and playwright
Thomas Kyd (1558–1595), playwright, The Spanish Tragedy
Francis Kynaston (1587–1642), poet and translator

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Ian La Frenais (b. 1936), TV scriptwriter
Robert Lacey (b. 1944), biographer and historian
James Lackington (1746–1815), memoirist and bookseller
Thomas Hailes Lacy (1809–1873), playwright and publisher
Andrew Lamb (b. 1942), writer on music
Caroline Lamb (1785–1828), novelist
Charles (1775–1834) and Mary Lamb (1764–1847), essayists
Charlotte Lamb (real name Sarah Coates, several pen names, 1937–2000), novelist
Lynton Lamb (1907–1977), crime writer and illustrator
Derek Lambert (awa Nigel Falkirk, 1929–2001), thriller writer
Joseph Lancaster (1778–1838), educator
Osbert Lancaster (1908–1986), writer and cartoonist
John Lanchester (b. 1962), journalist and novelist
Letitia Elizabeth Landon (wrote as L. E. L., 1802–1838), poet and novelist
Robert Eyres Landor (1781–1869), playwright, poet and cleric
Walter Savage Landor (1775–1864), writer and poet
Edward William Lane (1801–1876), scholar and translator
Joel Lane (b. 1963), novelist, story writer and poet
John Langhorne (1735–1779), poet and translator
William Langland (c. 1332 – c. 1386), poet, Piers Plowman
Peter Langtoft (d. c. 1305), chronicler
Bennet Langton (1736–1801), writer
Emilia Lanier or Lanyer, (1569–1645) poet
R. F. Langley (b. 1938), poet
Nathaniel Lardner (1684–1768), theologian
Philip Larkin (1922–1985), poet
Michael Laskey (b. 1944), poet and editor
Harold Laski (1893–1950), political theorist and writer
Marghanita Laski (1915–1988), novelist and broadcaster
David Lassman (b. 1963), writer and scriptwriter
Francis Lathom (1774–1832), novelist and playwright
Hugh Latimer (c. 1487–1555), preacher, bishop and martyr
William Laud (1573–1645), theologian, archbishop and martyr
Hugh Laurie (b. 1959), novelist and actor
William Law (1686–1761), theologian.
D. H. Lawrence (1885–1930), novelist and poet, Sons and Lovers
George A. Lawrence (1827–1876), novelist
T. E. Lawrence (1888–1935), writer and soldier, Seven Pillars of Wisdom
William Lawrence (1783–1867), scientist
Benjamin Lay (1681–1760), pamphleteer
Cecil Howard Lay (1885–1956), poet and artist
Layamon or Laȝamon (early 13th c.), chronicler
John Layfield (d. 1617), scholar, AV translator and cleric
John le Carré (real name D. J. M. Cornwell, b. 1931), thriller writer, The Spy Who Came in from the Cold
Richard Le Gallienne (1866–1947), writer and poet
William Le Queux (1866–1947), novelist, poet and essayist
Jane Leade (1624–1704), religious writer
Mary Leapor (1722–1746), poet
Edward Lear (1812–1888), poet and artist, The Owl and the Pussycat
James Leasor (1923–2007), novelist and historian
Stephen Leather (living), novelist
F. R. Leavis (1895–1978), critic and editor
Norman Lebrecht (b. 1948), music writer
Harriet Lee (1757–1851), novelist and playwright
Laurie Lee (1914–1997), poet and memoirist, Cider with Rosie
Mark Lee (b. 1957), accountancy writer
Nathaniel Lee (1653–1692), playwright
Sidney Lee (1859–1926), biographer and critic
Sophia Lee (1750–1824), novelist and playwright
Vernon Lee (real name Violet Paget, 1856–1935), novelist and essayist
Eugene Lee-Hamilton (1845–1907), poet
James Lees-Milne (1908–1997), writer and diarist
Joseph Leftwich (real name Lefkovicz, 1892–1984), poet, translator and anthologist
John Lehmann (1907–1987), poet and editor
R. C. Lehmann (1856–1929), writer and lyricist
Rosamond Lehmann (1901–1990), novelist, autobiographer and translator
Chandos Leigh (1791–1850), writer and poet
Richard Leigh (1649/50–1728), poet
Clare Leighton (1898–1989), writer and illustrator
John Leland or Leyland (c. 1503/6–1552), antiquary
John Leland (1691–1766), writer and Presbyterian minister
Mark Lemon (1809–1870), playwright, novelist and editor
John Lemprière (c. 1765–1824), scholar and lexicographer
Sue Lenier (b. 1957) poet and playwright
Rebecca Lenkiewicz (b. 1968), playwright
John Lennon (1940–1980), singer and songwriter
Charlotte Lennox (1730–1804), writer and poet
Alan Leo (real name William Frederick Allan, 1860–1917), astrologer
Roger L'Estrange (1615–1704), pamphleteer and translator
Ada Leverson (1862–1933), novelist
Denise Levertov (1923–1997), poet
Michael Levey (1927–2008), art historian
Peter Levi (1931–2000), poet, critic and travel writer
Bernard Levin (1928–2004), writer and broadcaster
Amy Levy (1861–1889), poet and novelist
Andrea Levy (b. 1956), novelist
Juliette de Bairacli Levy (1912–2009), herbalist
Tim Lewens (b. 1974), philosopher
George Henry Lewes (1817–1878), philosopher and critic
Alethea Lewis (wrote as Eugenia De Acton, 1749–1827), novelist
C. S. Lewis (1898–1963), novelist, children's writer and critic, The Chronicles of Narnia
David Lewis (1682–1760), poet and playwright
George Cornewall Lewis (1806–1863), writer, philologist and politician
Hilda Lewis (1896–1974), novelist and children's writer
Leopold Davis Lewis (1828–1890), playwright and translator
Matthew Lewis (1775–1818), novelist and diarist
Roger Lewis (b. 1960), biographer and scholar
Ted Lewis (1940–1982), novelist and screenwriter
Wyndham Lewis (1882–1957), writer and painter
Marina Lewycka (b. 1946), novelist and medical writer
Peter Leycester (1614–1678), antiquary and historian
Nell Leyshon (living), dramatist and novelist
Henry George Liddell (1811–1898), scholar, lexicographer and cleric
John Lilburne (c. 1614–1657), pamphleteer
George Lillo (1693–1739), playwright
Thomas Linacre or Lynaker (c. 1460–1524), physician and translator
David Lindsay (1876–1945), novelist
John Lingard (1771–1851), historian and hymnist
Martin Lings (1909–2005), scholar and poet
William Linley (1771–1835), writer and musician
Eliza Lynn Linton (1822–1898), novelist and essayist
Mary Linwood (1755–1845), novelist and needlewoman
Suzannah Lipscomb (living), historian and broadcaster
Anne Lister (1791–1840), diarist and traveller
Thomas Henry Lister (1800–1842), novelist and registrar-general
Toby Litt (b. 1968), novelist and editor
Emanuel Litvinoff (b. 1915), novelist, poet and autobiographer
Edward Lively (1545–1605), scholar, AV translator and cleric
Penelope Lively (b. 1933), novelist and children's writer
Richard Llewellyn (real name Richard Llewellyn Lloyd, 1906–1983), novelist and screenwriter
Charles Lloyd (1775–1839), poet and translator
Christopher Lloyd (1921–2006), garden writer
Robert Lloyd (1733–1764), poet and satirist
John Locke (1632–1704), philosopher, An Essay Concerning Human Understanding
William John Locke (1863–1930), novelist and playwright
Frederick Locker-Lampson (1821–1895), poet
David Lodge (author) (b. 1935), novelist and critic
Edmund Lodge (1756–1839), herald and biographer
Oliver Lodge (1851–1940), physicist and science writer
Oliver W. F. Lodge (1878–1955), poet and playwright
Thomas Lodge (c. 1558–1625), playwright and poet
Tom Lodge (1936–2012), writer and broadcaster
John Lodwick (1916–1959), novelist
Hugh Lofting (1886–1947), children's writer and poet, Dr. Dolittle
Norah Lofts (1904–1983), novelist and biographer
Christopher Logue (b. 1926), poet and screenwriter
Herbert Lomas (b. 1924), poet and translator
A. A. Long (b. 1937), classicist
Charles Edward Long (1796–1861), antiquary
George Long (1800–1879), polymath and translator
Kate Long (living), novelist
Elizabeth Longford (1906–2002), biographer
Roger Longrigg (1939–2000), novelist
E. C. R. Lorac (real name Edith Caroline Rivett, awa Carol Carnac, 1884–1959), novelist
F. G. Loring (1869–1951), story writer and engineer
Jane C. Loudon (1807–1858), novelist
Richard Lovelace (1618–1657), poet
Peter Lovesey (b. 1936), crime writer
William Lovett (1800–1877), writer and Chartist
Archibald Low (1888–1956), science writer
Sidney James Mark Low (1857–1932), historian
Edward Lowbury (1913–2007), poet and bacteriologist
Marie Adelaide Belloc Lowndes (1868–1947), novelist
William Thomas Lowndes (c. 1798–1843), bibliographer
Malcolm Lowry (1909–1957), poet and novelist
Mina Loy (or. Mina Gertrude Löwry, 1882–1966), poet, playwright and novelist
John Lubbock (1834–1913), scientist and politician
Percy Lubbock (1879–1965), essayist and biographer
E. V. Lucas (1868–1938), essayist
F. L. Lucas (1894–1967), classicist and poet
Edward Lucie-Smith (b. 1933), writer and poet
Edmund Ludlow (c. 1617–1692), memoirist
Jane Lumley, Lady Lumley (1537–1538), translator
Arnold Lunn (1888–1874), writer and skier
Henry Luttrell (c. 1765–1851), poet
Narcissus Luttrell (1657–1732), historian
Alfred Comyn Lyall (1835–1911), historian and poet
Gavin Lyall (1932–2003), thriller writer
John Lydgate (c. 1370 – c. 1451), poet
Charles Lyell (1797–1875), geologist
John Lyly (1553/4–1606), writer and dramatist
Jonathan Lynn (b. 1943), screenwriter and novelist
Elinor Lyon (1921–2008), children's writer
George Lyttelton, 1st Baron Lyttelton (1709–1773), politician and poet
George William Lyttelton (1883–1962), correspondent and educator
Rosina Bulwer Lytton (1802–1882), novelist and campaigner

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James Mabbe (1572–1642), poet and translator
Richard Mabey (b. 1941), nature writer
Catharine Macaulay (1731–1791), historian
Rose Macaulay (1881–1958), novelist and biographer
Thomas Babington Macaulay (1800–1859), historian and poet
Desmond MacCarthy (1877–1952), critic
Fiona MacCarthy (b. 1940), biographer and cultural historian
Philip MacDonald (awa Oliver Fleming, etc., 1900–1980), novelist and screenwriter
A. G. Macdonell (1895–1941), essayist, England, Their England
Robert Macfarlane (b. 1976), travel writer and critic
William McFee (1881–1966), novelist and essayist
Arthur Machen, (or. Arthur Llewelyn Jones, 1863–1947) novelist and mystic
Colin MacInnes (1914–1976), novelist
Ben Macintyre (b. 1963), biographer
Denis Mackail (1892–1971), novelist
Compton Mackenzie (1883–1972), novelist, Whisky Galore
Serena Mackesy (living), novelist
Mary Mackie (living), novelist and non-fiction writer
Joseph Macleod (awa Adam Drinan, 1903–1984), poet, playwright and broadcaster
Barry MacSweeney (1948–2000), poet and journalist
Falconer Madan (1851–1935), writer and bibliographer
Judith Madan (b. Judith Cowper, 1702–1781), poet
Martin Madan (1726–1790), writer, translator and cleric
Charles Madge (1912–1996), poet and sociologist
Thomas Madox (1666–1727), Historiographer Royal and antiquary
Bryan Magee (b. 1930), writer and broadcaster
Magnus Magnusson (1929–2007), broadcaster, scholar and translator
Michelle Magorian (b. 1947), children's writer, Goodnight Mister Tom
Henry James Sumner Maine (1822–1888), jurist and historian
Petre Mais (1885–1975), travel writer and educator
Frederic William Maitland (1850–1906), jurist and historian
Julia Maitland (1808–1864), writer and traveller
Sara Maitland (b. 1950), novelist and religious writer
Bathsua Makin (real name Bathsua Reginald, c. 1600 – c. 1675), writer and scholar
Lucas Malet (real name Mary St. Leger Kingsley, 1852–1931), novelist
William Hurrell Mallock (1849–1923), novelist, satirist and poet
Thomas Malory (c. 1430 – c. 1471), author, Le Morte d'Arthur
Eric Malpass (1910–1996), novelist
Thomas Robert Malthus (1766–1834), political economist
Bernard Mandeville (1670–1733), philosopher and satirist
Richmal Mangnall (1769–1820), schoolbook writer and headmistress
Andrew Mango (b. 1926), writer and broadcaster
Delarivier Manley (1663 or 1670–1724), novelist, playwright and pamphleteer
Mary E. Mann (1848–1929), novelist and story writer
George Manners (1778–1853), writer and editor
Ethel Mannin (1900–1984), novelist, essayist and travel writer
Anne Manning (1807–1879), novelist
Olivia Manning (1908–1980), novelist and critic, Fortunes of War
Ruth Manning-Sanders (1886–1988), poet and children's writer
Robert Mannyng (c. 1275 – c. 1338), poet
Henry Longueville Mansel (1820–1871), philosopher
Katherine Mansfield (1888–1923), story writer and poet, The Garden Party
Keith Mansfield (b. 1965), novelist and screenwriter
Richard Mant (1776–1848), writer, translator and cleric
Hilary Mantel (b. 1952), novelist and critic, Wolf Hall
Thomas Manton (1620–1677), theologian and Puritan minister
Francis Marbury or Merbury (1555–1611), playwright and cleric
Jane Marcet (1769–1858), science writer for children
Bessie Marchant (1862–1941), children's writer
Jan Mark, (or. Janet Marjorie Brisland, 1943–2006) children's writer
Gervase Markham (c. 1568–1637), poet and writer
Mrs. Markham (real name Elizabeth Penrose, 1780–1837), children's writer
Stephen Marley (b. 1946), novelist and screenwriter
Tim Marlow (b. 1963), art historian and broadcaster
Christopher Marlowe (1564–1593), playwright, The Tragical History of Doctor Faustus
Derek Marlowe (1938–1996), novelist and playwright
Martin Marprelate (pseudonym, fl. 1588–1590), tractarian
Ellen Marriage (1865–1946), translator, La Comédie humaine
Anthony Marriott (b. 1931), playwright and actor
Florence Marryat (1833–1899), novelist and actress
Frederick Marryat (wrote as Captain Marryat, 1792–1848), novelist and children's writer, Mr Midshipman Easy
Philip Marsden (b. 1961), travel writer and novelist
Edward Marsh (1872–1953), polymath and translator
Edward Garrard Marsh (1783–1862), poet and cleric
Richard Marsh (real name Richard Bernard Heldemann, 1857–1915), novelist
Alfred Marshall (1842–1924), economist
Archibald Marshall (1866–1934), novelist and journalist
Arthur Marshall (1910–1989), writer and broadcaster
Christabel Marshall (1871–1960), writer, playwright and suffragist
Emma Marshall (1830–1899), children's writer
Sybil Marshall (1913–2005), writer, novelist and educator
Adam Mars-Jones (b. 1954), novelist and critic
John Marston (1576–1634), poet, playwright and satirist
John Westland Marston (1819–1890), playwright
Philip Bourke Marston (1850–1887), poet
Andrew Martin (b. 1962), novelist
J. P. Martin (1879–1966), children's writer
William Martin (1767–1810), naturalist and palaeontologist
Harriet Martineau (1802–1876), sociologist and translator
James Martineau (1805–1900), philosopher
Andrew Marvell (1621–1678), poet
Eleanor Marx (1855–1898), translator and writer
Theo Marzials (1850–1920), poet and composer
Eric Maschwitz (1901–1969), writer and lyricist
John Masefield (1878–1967), Poet Laureate and novelist
A. E. W. Mason (1865–1948), novelist
Anita Mason (b. 1942), novelist
Paul Nicholas Mason (b. 1958), novelist and playwright
Richard Mason (1919–1997), novelist
William Mason (1724–1797), poet
Gerald Massey (1828–1907), poet and Egyptologist
William Nathaniel Massey (1809–1881), writer and politician
Philip Massinger (1584–1640), playwright
Harold Massingham (b. 1932) poet
H. J. Massingham (1888–1952), nature writer and poet
John Masters (1914–1983), novelist, autobiographer and army officer
Steve Matchett (b. 1962), writer and broadcaster
Samuel Liddell MacGregor Mathers (1854–1918), occultist and translator
Ellen Buckingham Mathews (wrote as Helen Mathers, 1853–1920), novelist
Thomas James Mathias (c. 1754–1835), satirist and translator
Tobie Matthew (1577–1655), writer and translator
Aylmer and Louise Maude (1858–1938 and 1855–1939), translators and writers
Robin Maugham (1916–1981), novelist, playwright and travel writer
William Somerset Maugham (1874–1965), novelist and writer, The Moon and Sixpence
Henry Maundrell (1665–1701), travel writer and cleric
Frederick Denison Maurice (1805–1872), religious writer and socialist
Thomas Maurice (1754–1824), poet and historian
William Fordyce Mavor (1758–1837), schoolbook writer
Simon Mawer (b. 1948), novelist
Donald Maxwell (1877–1936), travel writer and illustrator
W. B. Maxwell (1866–1938), novelist
Thomas May (1595–1650), poet, playwright and translator
Henry Mayhew (1812–1887), social researcher and playwright, London Labour and the London Poor
James Mayhew (b. 1964), children's writer and illustrator
Peter Mayle (b. 1939), writer and novelist
Jasper Mayne (1604–1672), poet and playwright
William Mayne (1928–2010), children's writer, A Grass Rope
Margaret Mayo (b. 1936), novelist
Steve McCaffery (b. 1947), poet and scholar
Maria McCann (b. 1956), novelist
Keith McCarthy (b. 1960), crime writer and pathologist
Tom McCarthy (b. 1969), novelist and screenwriter
Geraldine McCaughrean (b. 1951), novelist and children's writer
Derek McCulloch ("Uncle Mac", 1897–1967), children's writer and broadcaster
Flora McDonnell (b. 1963), children's writer
Ian McEwan (b. 1948), novelist and screenwriter
William McFee (1881–1966), story writer
Roger McGough (b. 1937), performance poet
John McGrath (1935–2002), playwright
Patrick McGrath (b. 1950), novelist
Jon McGregor (b. 1976), novelist
R. J. McGregor (living), children's novelist and playwright,
Hilary McKay (living), children's writer
Jamie McKendrick (b. 1955), poet
Ronald Brunlees McKerrow (1872–1940), literary critic and bibliographer
Andy McNab (b. 1959), novelist and soldier
H. C. McNeile (wrote as Sapper, 1888–1937), novelist, Bulldog Drummond
Cilla McQueen (b. 1949), poet
J. M. E. McTaggart (1866–1925), philosopher
G. R. S. Mead (1863–1933), writer and theosopher
Henry Medwall (c. 1462–1502), playwright
Thomas Medwin (1788–1869), poet, translator and biographer
Arthur Mee (1875–1943), writer and educator
Thomas Meech (1868–1940), writer and journalist
James Meek (b. 1962), novelist and journalist
Mary Meeke (d. c. 1816), novelist and translator
George Melly (1926–2007), writer, critic and musician
Charlotte Mendelson (b. 1972), novelist
George Meredith (1828–1909), novelist and poet, The Egoist
Louisa Anne Meredith (1812–1895), poet and novelist
Francis Meres (1565–1672), anthologist and cleric
Charles Merivale (1808–1893), historian and cleric
Herman Charles Merivale (wrote as Felix Dale, 1839–1906), playwright and poet
Herman Merivale (1806–1874), historian
John Herman Merivale (1779–1844), man of letters
Leonard Merrick (1864–1939), novelist
Robert Merry (1755–1798), poet
Charlotte Mew (1869–1928), poet
E. H. W. Meyerstein (1889–1952), man of letters
Alice Meynell (1847–1922), poet and essayist
Viola Meynell (1885–1956), poet and novelist
Nicholas Michell (1807–1880), poet and novelist
Peter Middlebrook (b. 1965), writer
Christopher Middleton (b. 1926), poet, translator and scholar
Conyers Middleton (1683–1750), biographer and cleric
Nick Middleton (b. 1960), geographer
Richard Barham Middleton (1882–1911), poet and ghost-story writer
Stanley Middleton (1919–2009), novelist
Thomas Middleton (1580–1627), playwright and poet, The Revenger's Tragedy
China Miéville (b. 1972), novelist and political writer
Grace Mildmay (c. 1552–1620), diarist
Susan Miles (real name Ursula Wyllie Roberts, 1887–1975), novelist and poet
John Stuart Mill (1806–1873), philosopher
John Guille Millais (1865–1931), naturalist and travel writer
Andrew Miller (b. 1960), novelist
James Miller (1703–1744), playwright, poet and cleric
Jonathan Miller (b. 1934), writer and director
Russell Miller (b. 1938), biographer
Thomas Miller (1807–1874), novelist and poet
Robert Millhouse (1788–1839), poet
Spike Milligan (1918–2002), humorist
Henry Hart Milman (1791–1868), historian, playwright and cleric
Arthur F. H. Mills (d. 1955), novelist
Dorothy Mills (1896–1959), novelist and travel writer
George Mills (1896–1972), children's writer
Magnus Mills (b. 1954), novelist
Mark Mills (living), novelist and screenwriter
Henry Hart Milman (1791–1868), playwright, poet and cleric
A. A. Milne (1882–1956), novelist and playwright, Winnie-the-Pooh
Drew Milne (b. 1964), poet and scholar
John Milner (1628–1702), writer and cleric
John Milner (1752–1826), writer and RC bishop
Marion Milner (1900–1998), diarist and psychoanalyst
Richard Monckton Milnes, Lord Houghton (1809–1885), poet and politician
Giles Milton (b. 1966), historian
John Milton (1608–1674), poet and theologian, Paradise Lost
Ted Milton (b. 1943), poet and musician
Richard Milward (b. 1984), novelist
Anthony Minghella (1954–2008), playwright and screenwriter
Laurence Minot (c. 1300 – c. 1352), poet
Hope Mirrlees (1887–1978), novelist, translator and poet
Adrian Mitchell (1932–2008), poet, playwright and novelist
David Mitchell (b. 1969), novelist
Dreda Say Mitchell (b. 1965), novelist, broadcaster and journalist
Gladys Mitchell (wrote as Stephen Hockaby and Malcolm Torrie, 1901–1983), novelist
Julian Mitchell (b. 1935), playwright and screenwriter
Bertram Mitford, Lord Redesdale, (1837–1916), writer and diplomat
Bertram Mitford (1855–1914), novelist
John Mitford (1782–1831), poet and naval officer
Mary Russell Mitford (wrote as Miss Mitford, 1787–1855), essayist, novelist and playwright, Our Village
Nancy Mitford (1904–1973), novelist and writer, Noblesse Oblige
William Mitford (1744–1827), historian
Timothy Mo (b. 1950), novelist
Ivan Moffat (1918–2002), screenwriter
Deborah Moggach (b. 1948), novelist and screenwriter
George Mogridge (1787–1854), poet, children's writer and tractarian
John Mole (b. 1941), poet
Mary Louisa Molesworth (awa Ennis Graham, 1839–1921), children's writer
Mary Mollineux (1651–1696), poet
Rowland Molony (b. 1946), poet and writer
Nicola Monaghan (living), novelist
William Thomas Moncrieff (1794–1857), playwright
Francis Money-Coutts (wrote as Mountjoy, 1852–1923), poet
Geraldine Monk (b. 1952), poet
William Cosmo Monkhouse (1840–1901), poet and critic
Harold Monro (1879–1932), poet
Nicholas Monsarrat (1910–1979), novelist
Basil Montagu (1770–1851), miscellanist
Charles Montagu, earl of Halifax (1661–1715), poet and statesman
Elizabeth Montagu (1718–1800), writer and bluestocking
Lady Mary Wortley Montagu (1689–1762), correspondent and poet
Charles Edward Montague (1867–1928), novelist and essayist
Simon Sebag Montefiore (b. 1965), writer and historian
Florence Montgomery (1843–1923), novelist and children's writer
James Montgomery (1771–1854), poet and editor
Robert Montgomery (1807–1855), poet and cleric
Agustus Montrose (1830–1899), playwright and novelist
Edward Moor (1771–1848), writer and soldier
Michael Moorcock (b. 1939), novelist
Alan Moore (b. 1953), graphic novelist
Edward Moore (1712–1757), playwright
Edward Moore (1835–1916), classicist
Francis Moore (1657–1715, astrologer and physician
G. E. Moore (1873–1958), philosopher
Jonas Moore (1617–1679), mathematician
Nicholas Moore (1918–1986), poet
Olive Moore (real name Constance Vaughan, 1905 – c. 1970), novelist and essayist
Thomas Sturge Moore (1870–1944), poet and playwright
Tim Moore (b. 1964), travel writer
Geoffrey Moorhouse (1931–2009), writer
Roger Moorhouse (b. 1968), historian
Henrietta Moraes (1931–1999), writer and model
Philip Morant (1700–1770), historian and cleric
Thomas Osbert Mordaunt (1730–1809), poet and army officer
Hannah More (1745–1833), poet and religious writer
Henry More (1614–1687), philosopher and poet
Thomas More (1478–1535), scholar, Utopia
E. D. Morel (1873–1924), writer on colonialism
Thomas Morell (1703–1784), librettist
Charles Langbridge Morgan (1894–1958) novelist, playwright and poet
Peter Morgan (b. 1963), screenwriter and playwright
Thomas Charles Morgan (1783–1843), physician and philosopher
James Justinian Morier (1780–1849), novelist and travel writer
Stanley Morison (1889–1967), typographer and writer
Samuel Morland or Moreland (1625–1695), polymath
David Morley (b. 1964), poet and critic
Henry Morley (1822–1894), critic and biographer
Iris Morley (1910–1953), novelist and journalist
John Morley (1838–1923), statesman, biographer and writer
Sheridan Morley (1941–2007), biographer, critic and broadcaster
Sally Morningstar (living), occultist
Michael Morpurgo (b. 1943), children's writer, poet and playwright
Clare Morrall (b. 1952), novelist
Ivan Morris (1925–1976), writer, scholar and translator
Jan Morris (or. James Morris, b. 1926), travel writer
William Morris (1834–1896), writer, artist and poet
Arthur Morrison (1863–1945), novelist and journalist
Blake Morrison (b. 1950), poet, novelist and critic
Graham Mort (living), poet and story writer
Chapman Mortimer (b. 1922), novelist and screenwriter
Ian Mortimer (b. 1967), historian
John Mortimer (1923–2009), novelist, playwright and lawyer, Horace Rumpole
Penelope Mortimer (1918–1999), novelist, biographer and critic
J. B. Morton (wrote as Beachcomber, 1893–1979), columnist
John Maddison Morton (1811–1891), playwright
Thomas Morton (1764–1838), playwright
Joseph Moser (1748–1819), writer and artist
Brian Moses (b. 1950), poet and children's writer
Nicholas Mosley (b. 1923), novelist
Geoffrey Moss (1885–1954), novelist and soldier
Thomas Moss (1740–1808), poet and cleric
W. Stanley Moss (1919–1965), novelist, writer and army officer
James Mossman (1926–1971), writer and broadcaster
Andrew Motion (b. 1952), Poet Laureate
Peter Anthony Motteux (or. Pierre Antoine, 1663–1718), poet, playwright and translator
Eric Mottram (1924–1995), poet and editor
Ralph Hale Mottram (1883–1971), novelist and poet
John Moultrie (1799–1874), poet and cleric
Ferdinand Mount (b. 1939), novelist
Edward Moxon (1801–1858), poet and publisher
Jojo Moyes (b. 1969), romantic novelist
James Bowling Mozley (1813–1878), writer and cleric
Thomas Mozley (1806–1893), writer and cleric
Henry Muddiman (1628–1692), journalist and publisher
William Mudford (1782–1848), essayist, novelist and translator
Malcolm Muggeridge (1903–1990), writer and broadcaster
Lodowicke Muggleton (1609–1698), writer
Richard Mulcaster (c. 1531–1611), educator
Clare Mulley (b. 1969), biographer and activist
A. J. Munby (1828–1910), diarist and poet
A. N. L. Munby (1913–1974), ghost-story writer
Anthony Munday (c. 1560–1633), playwright, poet and translator
Talbot Mundy (awa Walter Galt, 1879–1940), novelist
Iris Murdoch (1919–1999), novelist
Jill Murphy (b. 1949), children's writer
Margaret Murphy (b. 1959), novelist
Gilbert Murray (1866–1957), scholar
John Murray (b. 1950), novelist
John Middleton Murry (1889–1957), writer and critic
Valerie Grosvenor Myer (1935–2007), literary historian, novelist and poet
Ernest Myers (1844–1921), poet and translator
Frederic W. H. Myers (1843–1901), poet and essayist
Leo Myers (1881–1944), novelist
Julie Myerson (b. 1960), novelist and journalist

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Thomas Nabbes (1605–1641), playwright
Constance Naden (1858–1889), poet and philosopher
Daljit Nagra (b. 1966), poet
V. S. Naipaul (b. 1932), novelist and Nobel Prize winner
Priscilla Napier (1908–1998), biographer, translator and poet
Edward Nares (1762–1841), theologian, novelist and cleric
Roger Nash (b. 1942), philosopher and poet
Thomas Nashe (1567–1601), poet and pamphleteer
Bill Naughton (1910–1992), playwright
John Mason Neale (1818–1866), cleric, hymnist and translator
Patrick Neate (b. 1970), novelist and playwright
Mary Anna Needell (1830–1922), novelist
Violet Needham (1876–1967), children's writer
Henry Neele (1798–1928), poet and critic
Graham Nelson (b. 1968), poet and mathematician
Robert Nelson (1656–1715), religious writer
E. Nesbit (1858–1924), children's writer and poet, The Railway Children
Henry Nettleship (1839–1893), classicist
Alexander Neville (1544–1614), historian and translator
Linda Newbery (b. 1952), novelist and children's writer
Henry Newbolt (1862–1938), poet
P. H. Newby (1918–1997), novelist
Bernard Newman (1897–1968), novelist and propagandist
John Henry Newman (1801–1890), writer and RC cardinal
Isaac Newton (1642–1727), polymath
John Newton (1725–1807), hymnist and pamphleteer
Thomas Newton (c. 1542–1607), poet and translator
William Newton (1750–1830), poet
Charles Nicholl (living), biographer
David Nicholls (b. 1966), novelist and screenwriter
Sally Nicholls (b. 1983), children's writer
Beverley Nichols (1898–1983), novelist, playwright and garden writer
John Nichols (1745–1826), antiquary and editor
Bowyer Nichols (1859–1939), poet
Peter Nichols (b. 1927), playwright and screenwriter
Robert Nichols (1893–1944), poet and playwright
Geoff Nicholson (b. 1953), novelist and editor
Joseph Shield Nicholson (1850–1927), economist and novelist
Norman Nicholson (1914–1987), poet
Renton Nicholson (1809–1861), writer
William Nicholson (artist) (1872–1949), children's writer and illustrator
William Nicholson (writer) (b. 1948), novelist, screenwriter and playwright
Adam Nicolson (b. 1957), historian and nature writer
Harold Nicolson (1886–1968), writer, diarist and politician
Nigel Nicolson (1917–2004), writer and publisher
O. S. Nock (1905–1994), railway writer
Roden Noel (1834–1894), poet
David Nokes (1948–2009), biographer and screenwriter
Malcolm Nokes (1897–1986), science and educator
Jeff Noon (b. 1957), novelist and playwright
Denis Norden (b. 1922), scriptwriter and broadcaster
Lawrence Norfolk (b. 1963), novelist
Barry Norman (b. 1933), novelist and broadcaster
Roger Norman (b. 1948), children's and YA writer
John Norris (1657–1711), philosopher and poet
William Edward Norris, (1847–1925) novelist
Dudley North, Lord North (1602–1677) writer and poet
Roger North (1653–1734), lawyer and biographer
Thomas North (1535–1604), translator
James Northcote (1746–1831), essayist and illustrator
Caroline Norton (1808–1877), novelist, pamphleteer and poet
Mary Norton (1903–1992), children's writer
Thomas Norton (1532–1584), poet and lawyer
Richard Norton-Taylor (b. 1944), playwright and journalist
John Julius Norwich (or. John Julius Cooper, b. 1929), historian and travel writer
Julian of Norwich (1342 – c. 1416), mystic
Alexander Nowell (1507–1602), writer and cleric
Alfred Noyes (1880–1958), poet
Anthony Nuttall (1937–2007), critic and scholar
Geoffrey Nuttall (1911–2007), church historian and Congregational minister
Jeff Nuttall (1933–2004), poet and performer
Robert Nye (b. 1939), poet, novelist and editor
John Nyren (1764–1837), cricket writer

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Ann Oakley (b. 1944), novelist and sociologist
Graham Oakley (b. 1929), children's writer
Patrick O'Brian (or. Richard Patrick Russ, 1914–2000), novelist
Sean O'Brien (b. 1952), poet, playwright and editor
Thomas Occleve or Hoccleve (c. 1368–1426), poet
William Ockham or Occam (c. 1288 – c. 1348), philosopher, Occam's Razor
Philip O'Connor (1916–1998), writer and poet
John Oldham (1653–1683), poet
John Oldmixon (1673–1742), historian and pamphleteer
William Oldys (1696–1761), antiquary
Laurence Oliphant (1829–1888), writer and traveller
F. S. Oliver (1864–1934), political writer
Jamie Oliver (b. 1975), cookery writer
Martin Oliver (living), children's writer
Michael Oliver (1937–2002), writer and broadcaster
Paul Oliver (b. 1927), arts writer
Reggie Oliver (b. 1952), story writer and playwright
Richard Ollard (1923–2007), historian and biographer
Alfred Ollivant (1874–1927), children's writer
Daniel O'Mahony (b. 1973), novelist and writer
Carola Oman (1897–1978), biographer, novelist and children's writer
Charles Oman (1860–1946), historian
Michael O'Neill (b. 1953), poet and scholar
Oliver Onions (1873–1961), novelist
Onyeka, (real name Onyeka Nubia, living), writer and playwright
Amelia Opie (1769–1853), novelist and poet
Iona Opie (b. 1923), and Peter Opie (1918–1982), ethnographers
E. Phillips Oppenheim (wrote as Anthony Partridge, 1866–1946), novelist
Emma Orczy (Baroness Orczy, 1865–1947), novelist and playwright, The Scarlet Pimpernel
George Ormerod (1785–1873), antiquary and historian
Joe Orton (1933–1967), playwright
George Orwell (real name Eric Blair), (1903–1950), novelist and essayist, 1984
Martin Orwin (b. 1963), poet and writer
Dorothy Osborne (1627–1695), correspondent
John Osborne (1929–1994), playwright, Look Back in Anger
Robin Osborne (b. 1957), classicist and historian
Arthur O'Shaughnessy (1844–1881), poet
Maggie O'Sullivan (b. 1951), poet and performer
Alice Oswald (b. 1966), poet
Peter Oswald (living), playwright
William Young Ottley (1771–1836), art historian
Thomas Otway (1652–1685), playwright
Ouida (real name Maria Louise Ramé, 1839–1908), novelist
William Oughtred (1574–1660), mathematician
Keith Ovenden (b. 1943), novelist and biographer
John Overall (1559–1619), scholar, AV translator and bishop
Thomas Overbury (1581–1613), poet and essayist
Richard Overton (c. 1599–1664), pamphleteer
John Owen (1616–1683), theologian
Richard Owen (1804–1892), scientist
Wilfred Owen (1893–1918), poet
Elsie J. Oxenham (real name Elsie Jeanette Dunkerley, 1880–1960), children's writer
John Oxenham (real name William Arthur Dunkerley, 1852–1941), novelist and poet
Mary Oxlie (fl. 1616), poet
Helen Oyeyemi (b. 1984), novelist and playwright

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Ruth Padel (b. 1946), poet and journalist
Lynda Page (b. 1950), novelist
Russell Page (1906–1985), garden writer and designer
John Paget (d. 1638), writer and Presbyterian minister
Barry Pain (1864–1928), novelist and humorist
Thomas Paine (1737–1809), political writer and pamphleteer, Rights of Man
William Painter (c. 1540–1594), writer
William Paley (1743–1805), philosopher, theologian and cleric
Francis Palgrave (1788–1861), historian
Francis Turner Palgrave (1824–1897), poet and anthologist
William Gifford Palgrave (1826–1888), travel writer and orientalist
Alan Palmer (living), historian and biographer
Edward Henry Palmer (1840–1882), translator and orientalist
Herbert Edward Palmer (1880–1961), poet and critic
John Palmer (c. 1729–1790) writer and Unitarian minister
John Palmer (1742–1786), writer and Unitarian minister
Samuel Palmer (1805–1881), poet and painter
Robert Paltock (1697–1767), novelist
Julia Pardoe (1806–1862), poet, novelist and travel writer
Bernard Pares (1867–1949), historian and Russian expert
Edith Pargeter (awa Ellis Peters, 1913–1995), novelist and historian
Emma Parker (fl. 1809–1817), novelist
Henry Parker (1604–1652), political writer
Martin Parker (c. 1600 – c. 1656), balladeer
Matthew Parker (1504–1575), Bible translator and archbishop, the Bishops' Bible
Norman Parker (b. 1954), memoirist
Samuel Parker (1640–1688), theologian and bishop
Samuel Parker (1681–1730), religious writer and translator
Bessie Rayner Parkes (1829–1925), writer and poet
C. Northcote Parkinson (1909–1993), naval historian and writer on administration, Parkinson's Law
John Parkinson (botanist) (1567–1650), herbalist
Adele Parks (b. 1969), novelist
Tim Parks (b. 1954), novelist and translator
David Parlett (b. 1939), games writer
Samuel Parr (1747–1825), political writer, scholar and educator
Cecil Parrott (1909–1984), translator, biographer and diplomat
Eliza Parsons (1739–1811), novelist
Frances Partridge (1900–2004), diarist and translator
John Pass (b. 1947), poet and scholar
Paston Family (14th – 16th cc.), Paston Letters
Walter Pater (1839–1894), essayist and novelist
Coventry Patmore (1823–1896), poet and critic
Simon Patrick (1626–1707), theologian and bishop
Brian Patten (b. 1946), poet and children's writer
Mark Pattison (1813–1884), writer and cleric
Tom Paulin (b. 1949), poet, academic and broadcaster
Michelle Paver (b. 1960), children's writer
Stel Pavlou (b. 1970), novelist and screenwriter
James Payn (1830–1898), novelist and miscellanist
John Payne (1842–1917), poet and translator
Nick Payne (living), playwright
David Peace (b. 1967), novelist
Henry Peacham the Elder (1546–1634), writer on rhetoric and cleric
Henry Peacham the Younger (c. 1573 – c. 1643), poet and art and literature critic
Lucy Peacock (fl. 1785–1816), children's writer, editor and translator
Thomas Love Peacock (1785–1866), satirical novelist and poet, Nightmare Abbey
Mervyn Peake (1911–1968), novelist and poet, Gormenghast
Philippa Pearce (1920–2006), children's writer, Tom's Midnight Garden
Pearl Poet (unnamed, fl. 14th c.), poet, Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
Hugh Pearman (b. 1955), critic and architect.
Tim Pears (b. 1956), novelist
Dan Pearson (b. 1964), garden writer
Hesketh Pearson (1887–1964), biographer
John Pearson (b. 1930), biographer
John Pearson (1612–1686), theologian and bishop
Edward R. Pease (1857–1955), writer and politician
Reginald Pecock (c. 1395–1460), theologian and bishop
Margaret Pedler (d. 1948), novelist
Arthur George Villiers Peel (also known as George Peel, 1869–1956), economist and politician
Constance Peel (also known as Mrs. C. S. Peel and Dorothy Peel, 1868-1934), journalist, novelist and writer on household economy
J. H. B. Peel (1913–1983), writer, poet and journalist
George Peele (1556–1596), playwright and poet, The Old Wives' Tale
Mal Peet (living), children's writer
Samuel Pegge (1704–1796), antiquary, translator and cleric
Isaac Penington (1616–1679), Quaker writer
William Penn (1644–1718), politician, writer and Quaker
Thomas Pennant (1726–1798), naturalist, antiquary and travel writer
Roland Penrose (1900–1984), biographer and artist
Hilary Pepler (1878–1951), writer and poet
Michael Peppiatt (b. 1941), art critic, art historian and biographer
Emily Pepys (1833–1877), child diarist
Samuel Pepys (1633–1703), diarist
Thomas Percy (1729–1811), bishop, poet and anthologist, Percy's Reliques
John Perrin (c. 1558–1615), scholar, AV translator and cleric
Chris Petit (b. 1949), novelist and film director
William Petty (1623–1687), economist and philosopher
K. M. Peyton (or. Kathleen Herald, 1929), children's writer
Gilbert Phelps (1915–1993), novelist, critic and educator
St. John Philby (1885–1960), writer, intelligence officer and Arabist
Ambrose Philips (1674–1739), poet
John Philips (1676–1709), poet
Katherine Philips (1632–1644), poet
Caryl Phillips (b. 1958), novelist
Edward Phillips (1630 – c. 1696), writer and philologist
John Phillips (1631–1706), writer
J. B. Phillips (1906–1982), Bible translator and cleric
Richard Phillips (1767–1840), writer and publisher
Stephen Phillips (1864–1915), poet and playwright
Eden Phillpotts (1862–1960), novelist, poet and playwright
Henry Phillpotts (1778–1869), pamphleteer and bishop
Gervase Phinn (b. 1946), novelist, poet and educator
Constantine Phipps (1797–1863), writer and politician
David Andrew Phoenix (b. 1966), writer, scientist and educator
Barbara Leonie Picard (1917–2011), children's writer
Tom Pickard (b. 1946), poet and scriptwriter
David Pickering (b. 1958), compiler of reference books
Marmaduke Pickthall (1875–1936), scholar, Qur'an translator and novelist
Sarah Piers (d. 1719), poet
Arthur Cecil Pigou (1877–1959), economist
Mary Pilkington, (1766–1839) novelist, poet and children's writer
Arthur Wing Pinero (1855–1934), playwright
William Pinnock (1782–1843) educator
Harold Pinter (1930–2008), Nobel prize winner, playwright and screenwriter, The Caretaker
Isaac Pitman (1813–1897), writer on shorthand
Christopher Pitt (1699–1748), poet and translator
Ruth Pitter (1897–1992), poet
Mary Pix (1666–1709), playwright and novelist
James Planché (1796–1880), playwright
Victor Plarr (1863–1929), poet and biographer
Alan Plater (1935–2010), playwright, screenwriter and novelist
Karen Platt (living), garden writer
Robert Plot (1640–1996), naturalist, chemist and antiquary
Max Plowman (1883–1941), writer and poet
J. H. Plumb (1911–2001), historian
Anne Plumptre (1760–1818), writer and translator
Isaac Pocock (1782–1835), playwright and painter
Tom Pocock (1925–2007), biographer and historian
Richard Pococke (1704–1765), travel writer, diarist and bishop
Frank Podmore (1856–1910), writer and politician
Michael Podro (1931–2008), art historian
Elizabeth Polack (fl. 1830–38), playwright
John William Polidori (1795–1821), writer, poet and physician
Alfred Oliver Pollard (1893–1960), novelist and army officer
Alfred W. Pollard (1859–1944), bibliographer and scholar
Margaret Steuart Pollard (1903–1996), poet and writer
William Pollard (1828–1893), Quaker writer
Jacob Polley (b. 1975), poet and novelist
Elizabeth Polwheele or Polewhele (c. 1651 – c. 1691), playwright
Richard Polwhele (1760–1838), poet, writer and cleric
John Pomfret (1667–1703), poet and cleric
John Poole (1786–1872), playwright
Alexander Pope (1688–1744), poet
Dudley Pope (1925–1997), novelist
Jessie Pope (1868–1941), poet and writer
Walter Pope (1627–1714), astronomer and poet
James Pope-Hennessy (1916–1974), biographer and travel writer
Samuel Pordage (1633–1691), poet
Eleanor Anne Porden (1795–1825), poet
Richard Porson (1759–1808), classicist
Anna Maria Porter (1780–1832), novelist and poet
Henry Porter (d. 1599), playwright
Henry Porter (b. 1953), novelist and journalist
Jane Porter (1776–1850), novelist
Linda Porter (b. 1947), historian and biographer
Roy Porter (1946–2002), historian
Sheena Porter (b. 1935), children's writer
Jacob Post (1774–1855), Quaker writer
Raymond Postgate (1896–1971), novelist and social historian
Beatrix Potter (1866–1943), children's writer and illustrator, The Tale of Peter Rabbit
Dennis Potter (1935–1994), playwright and screenwriter
Robert Potter (1721–1804), translator, poet and cleric
Anthony Powell (1905–2000), novelist, A Dance to the Music of Time
Michael Powell (1905–1990), writer and film director
Eileen Power (1889–1940), historian
Marguerite Agnes Power (1815–1867), novelist, periodical writer, and editor.
Rhoda Power (1890–1957), children's writer and broadcaster
John Cowper Powys (1872–1963), novelist
Llewelyn Powys (1884–1939), travel writer and biographer
T. F. Powys (1875–1953), novelist and story writer
Winthrop Mackworth Praed (1802–1839), poet and politician
Terry Pratchett (b. 1948), novelist
Anne Pratt (1806–1893), botanical writer and illustrator
Samuel Jackson Pratt (1749–1814), poet, playwright and novelist
Lucy Prebble (b. 1981), playwright
Thomas Preston (1537–1598), scholar and playwright
Thomas Preston (1563–1640), writer and RC monk
Diana Primrose (fl. 1630), poet
Matthew Prior (1664–1721), poet
Anthony Price (b. 1928), thriller writer
Bonamy Price (1807–1888), political economist
Nancy Price (1880–1970), dramatist, novelist and poet
Richard Price (1723–1791), economist, philosopher and Unitarian minister
Susan Price (b. 1955), children's writer
Uvedale Price (1747–1829), art critic
Christopher Priest (b. 1943), novelist
Chris Priestley (b. 1958), children's writer and illustrator
J. B. Priestley (1894–1984), playwright and novelist
Joseph Priestley (1733–1804), theologian and philosopher
Alison Prince (b. 1931), children's writer and screenwriter
Peter Prince (living), novelist and screenwriter
V. S. Pritchett (1900–1997), writer
May Probyn (1856–1909), poet
Adelaide Anne Procter (1825–1864), poet
Bryan Waller Procter (wrote as Barry Cornwall, 1787–1874), songwriter and playwright
Sophie Amelia Prosser, (1807–1882), children's writer
Sally Prue (living), children's writer
Paula Pryke (b. 1960), writer and florist
J. H. Prynne (b. 1936), poet
William Prynne (1600–1699), religious writer and historian
John Pudney (1909–1977), writer and poet
Sheenagh Pugh (b. 1950), poet and novelist
Pullein-Thompson sisters: Josephine, (b. 1924), Diana, (b. 1925) and Christine, (1925–2005), children's writers
Charlotte Pullein-Thompson (wrote as Charlotte Popescu, b. 1957), writer on ponies and gardening
Philip Pullman (b. 1946), children's writer, His Dark Materials
Samuel Purchas (c. 1575–1626), travel writer
C. B. Purdom (1883–1965), critic and biographer
Libby Purves (b. 1950), novelist, broadcaster and columnist
Edward Bouverie Pusey (1800–1882), theologian, scholar and cleric
George Puttenham (1529–1590), and Richard Puttenham (c. 1520 – c. 1601), critics and courtiers
Henry James Pye (1745–1813), Poet Laureate and writer
Thomas Pyle (1674–1756), writer and cleric
Barbara Pym (1913–1980), novelist

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Bernard Quaritch (1819–1899), bookseller and bibliographer
Francis Quarles (1592–1644), poet
C. H. B. Quennell (1872–1935), writer and architect
Marjorie Quennell (1884–1972), historian
Peter Quennell (1905–1993), biographer, poet and essayist
Arthur Quiller-Couch (wrote as Q, 1863–1944), novelist and literary critic, Oxford Book of English Verse, 1250–1900
Mabel Quiller-Couch (c. 1866–1924), children's writer and editor
Edward Quillinan (1791–1851), poet and translator
Ann Quin (1936–1973), novelist
Anthony Quiney (living), architectural historian and academic
Anthony Quinton (1925–2010), philosopher and broadcaster

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Jonathan Raban (b. 1942), travel writer
Michael Rabbet (c. 1562–1630), AV translator and cleric
Ann Radcliffe (1764–1823), novelist, The Mysteries of Udolpho
Jeremiah Radcliffe (d. 1612 or c. 1620), scholar, AV translator and cleric
Dollie Radford (real name Caroline Maitland, 1858–1920), poet and writer
Simon Rae (living), poet and cricket writer
Elizabeth Raffald (1833–1881), cookery writer
Bali Rai (b. 1971), YA novelist
Craig Raine (b. 1944) poet and critic
Kathleen Raine (1908–2003), poet and translator
Nina Raine (living), playwright and director
John Rainolds (1549–1607), AV translator and cleric
Ross Raisin (b. 1979), novelist
Arthur Raistrick (1896–1991), polymath
Walter Raleigh or Ralegh (1552–1618), poet and navigator
Walter Raleigh (1861–1922), scholar and poet
Thomas Randolph (1605–1635), poet
William Brighty Rands (wrote as Henry Holbeach and Matthew Browne, 1823–1882), children's writer and hymnist
Nicholas Rankin (b. 1950), biographer, historian and broadcaster
Arthur Ransome (1884–1967), children's writer, Swallows and Amazons
Ellen Henrietta Ranyard (1810–1879), religious writer
Hastings Rashdall (1858–1924), philosopher and cleric
John Rastell or Rastall (c. 1475–1536) chronicler and playwright
Julian Rathbone (1935–2008), novelist
Terence Rattigan (1911–1977), playwright and screenwriter
Simon Raven (1927–2001), novelist, screenwriter and playwright
Ralph Ravens (c. 1553–1615), scholar, AV translator and cleric
Edward Ravenscroft (c. 1654–1707), playwright
Gwen Raverat (1885–1957), memoirist and illustrator
Thomas Ravis (c. 1560–1609), scholar, AV translator and bishop
George Rawlinson (1812–1902), scholar, historian and cleric
Hardwicke Rawnsley (1851–1920), poet and hymnist
Tom Raworth (b. 1938), poet
John Ray (1627–1705), naturalist and lexicographer
Derek Raymond (real name R. W. A. Cook, 1931–1994), novelist
Claire Rayner (1931–2010), novelist and broadcaster
Jay Rayner (b. 1966), novelist and food writer
Shoo Rayner (or. Hugh Rayner, 1956), children's writer and illustrator
J. S. Raynor (b. 1944), novelist
Benedict Read (b. 1945), art critic
Herbert Read (1893–1968), poet, critic and novelist
Miss Read (real name Dora Jessie Saint, 1913–2012), novelist, autobiographer and children's writer
Piers Paul Read (b. 1941), novelist and writer
Charles Reade (1814–1884), novelist, The Cricket on the Hearth
John Redford (d. 1547), poet, playwright and composer
Peter Redgrove (1932–2003), poet, novelist and editor
Patrick Redmond (b. 1966), thriller writer
Henry Reed (1914–1986), poet and translator
Isaac Reed (1742–1807), biographer and Shakespearean
Jeremy Reed (b. 1951), poet, novelist and critic
Talbot Baines Reed (1852–1893), children's novelist
Douglas Reeman (wrote as Alexander Kent, b. 1924), novelist
David Rees (1936–1993), children's writer
Terence Reese (1913–1996), bridge writer
Clara Reeve (1729–1807), novelist
John Reeve (1608–1658), religious writer
Philip Reeve (b. 1966), children's writer and illustrator
Amber Reeves (1887–1981), novelist and writer
James Reeves (or. John Morris Reeves, 1909–1978), poet and children's writer
Christopher Reid (b. 1949), poet and essayist
Jonathan Rendall (b. 1964), novelist
Ruth Rendell (awa Barbara Vine, b. 1930), novelist
Louise Rennison (b. 1951), children's writer and comic
John Reresby (1634–1689), politician and diarist
Frederic Reynolds (1764–1841), playwright
George W. M. Reynolds (1814–1879, novelist and journalist
Henry Reynolds (1564–1632), poet, translator and critic
John Hamilton Reynolds (1794–1852), poet
Dan Rhodes (b. 1972), novelist and story writer
William Barnes Rhodes (1772–1826), playwright
Ernest Rhys (1859–1946), writer, poet and editor
David Ricardo (1772–1823), political economist
Ben Rice (b. 1972), novelist
James Rice (1843–1882), novelist
Barnabe Rich (c. 1540–1617), writer and soldier
Alfred Bate Richards (1820–1876), playwright, poet and essayist
I. A. Richards (1893–1979), critic
Justin Richards (b. 1961), novelist
Vernon Richards (or. Vero Recchioni, 1915–2001), anarchist writer
Dorothy Richardson (1873–1957), novelist and translator
Elizabeth Richardson (1576/7–1651), religious writer
John Richardson (d. 1625), scholar, AV translator and cleric
John Richardson (1657–1753), Quaker preacher and memoirist
Samuel Richardson (1689–1761), novelist, Pamela
Christopher Ricks (b. 1933), critic and anthologist
Edgell Rickword (1898–1982), poet, critic and editor
Anne Ridler (1912–2001), poet and editor
James Ridley (wrote as Charles Morell, 1736–1765), novelist and story writer
Nicholas Ridley (1500–1555), theologian and bishop
Philip Ridley (b. 1964), playwright, artist and children's writer
D. C. H. Rieu (1916–2008), scholar and translator
E. V. Rieu (1887–1972), scholar, translator and poet
Denise Riley (b. 1948), poet and scholar
Gwendoline Riley (b. 1979), novelist
Peter Riley (b. 1940), poet and essayist
Stella Rimington (b. 1935), novelist and intelligence officer
James Riordan (b. 1936), children's writer and footballer
Anne Isabella Thackeray Ritchie (1837–1919), novelist and essayist
James Ewing Ritchie (1820–1898), travel writer, political biographer and journalist
Joseph Ritson (b. Richardson, 1752–1803), antiquary and editor
Graham Robb (b. 1958), biographer and critic
Andrew Roberts (b. 1963), historian and biographer
David Roberts (living), novelist and editor
Katherine Roberts (b. 1962), children's writer
Keith Roberts (1935–2000), novelist and story writer
Lynette Roberts (b. Evelyn Beatrice Roberts, 1909–1995), poet
Michael Roberts (1902–1948), poet and critic
Michael Symmons Roberts (b. 1963), poet and librettist
Michèle Roberts (b. 1949), novelist and poet
Morley Roberts (1857–1942), novelist
Joseph Clinton Robertson (wrote as Sholto Percy, 1788–1852), writer and editor
Thomas William Robertson (1829–1871), playwright
Denise Robins (several pen names, 1897–1985), novelist
Patricia Robins (awa Claire Lorrimer, b. 1921), novelist
Austin Robinson (1897–1993), economist
Derek Robinson (b. 1932), novelist
Henry Crabb Robinson (1775–1867), man of letters
Hilary Robinson (b. 1962), children's writer
Joan Robinson (1903–1983), economist
John Robinson (1919–1983), writer and bishop
Mary Robinson (1757–1800), poet and novelist
Nigel Robinson (living), writer and editor
Peter Robinson (b. 1953), poet and translator
Rony Robinson (b. 1940), novelist and playwright
John Roby (1793–1850), poet and writer
Paul Roche (1916–2007), poet, novelist and critic
Rennell Rodd (1858–1941), poet and politician
John Rodker (1894–1955), writer and poet
Jane Rogers (b. 1952), novelist
Samuel Rogers (1763–1855), poet
Thorold Rogers (1823–1890), political economist and radical
Woodes Rogers (d. 1732), mariner and travel writer
Peter Mark Roget (1779–1869), philologist, Roget's Thesaurus
Sax Rohmer (real name A. H. S. Ward, 1883–1959), novelist
Frederick Rolfe (1860–1913), novelist and artist
Richard Rolle (1290–1349), writer and Bible translator
L. T. C. Rolt (1910–1974), transport writer
Isabella Frances Romer (1798–1852), travel writer
Stephen Romer (b. 1957), poet and critic
William Roscoe (1753–1831), scholar and poet
Elizabeth and Gerald Rose (latter b. 1935), children's writers and illustrators
Paul Rose (b. 1935), writer and politician
Michael Rosen (b. 1946), children's writer and poet
Isaac Rosenberg (1890–1918), poet and playwright
Jack Rosenthal (1931–2004), screenwriter
Alan Ross (1922–2001), poet, writer and editor
Christina Rossetti (1830–1894), poet
Dante Gabriel Rossetti (1828–1882), poet and painter
Maria Francesca Rossetti (1827–1876), writer and translator
William Michael Rossetti (1829–1919), writer and critic
John Horace Round (1854–1928), historian and genealogist
W. H. D. Rouse (1863–1950), classicist and editor
Martin Routh (1755–1854), classicist
Alick Rowe (1939–2009), scriptwriter and novelist
Elizabeth Rowe (1674–1737), poet and novelist
Nicholas Rowe (1674–1718), Poet Laureate
Richard Rowlands (c. 1550–1640), historian and antiquary
Samuel Rowlands (c. 1573–1630), poet and pamphleteer
Samuel Rowley (d. c. 1633), playwright and actor
William Rowley (c. 1585–1626), playwright and actor
J. K. Rowling (b. 1965), children's writer, Harry Potter
Lucinda Roy (b. 1955), novelist and poet
Gillian Rubinstein (awa Lian Hearn, b. 1942), children's writer and playwright
Carol Rumens (b. 1944), poet and scholar
Peter Rushforth (1945–2005), novelist
John Ruskin (1819–1900), essayist, poet and art critic
Bertrand Russell (1872–1970), philosopher
Lord John Russell (1792–1878), prime minister and biographer
William Clark Russell (1844–1911), novelist
William Howard Russell (1820–1907), travel writer and war correspondent
John D. Rutherford (b. 1941), scholar and translator
Chris Ryan (b. 1961), novelist and soldier
Gilbert Ryle (1900–1976), philosopher
Thomas Rymer (c. 1643–1713), Historiographer Royal and poet
Royce Ryton (1924–2009), playwright

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Suhayl Saadi (b. 1961), novelist, playwright and physician
Oliver Sacks (b. 1933), writer and neurologist
Charles Sackville, Earl of Dorset (1638–1706), poet and rake
Lady Margaret Sackville (1881–1963), poet and children's writer
Thomas Sackville, Earl of Dorset (1536–1608), poet and statesman
Vita Sackville-West (1892–1962), poet and novelist
Lorna Sage (1943–2001), critic and scholar
Lawrence Sail (b. 1942), poet and editor
George Saintsbury (1845–1933), critic
Saki (real name Hector Hugh Munro) (1870–1916), story writer and satirist
Henry Stephens Salt (1851–1939), writer and campaigner
John Saltmarsh (d. 1647), writer and cleric
Fiona Sampson (b. 1968), poet and editor
Kevin Sampson (b. 1961), novelist
Ignatius Sancho (c. 1729–1780), writer and domestic servant
Nicholas Sanders (c. 1530–1581), polemicist and RC priest
Robert Sanderson (1587–1663), theologian
Edwin Sandys (1519–1588), Bishops' Bible translator and bishop
George Sandys (1577–1644), poet and traveller
Peter Sanger (b. 1943), poet and scholar
C. J. Sansom (b. 1952), novelist
Clive Sansom (1910–1981), poet, playwright and educator
William Sansom (1912–1976), novelist and travel writer
Siegfried Sassoon (1886–1967), poet and novelist
Hilary Saint George Saunders (wrote as Francis Beeding, etc., 1898–1951), novelist
James Savage (1767–1845), writer, antiquary and editor
Richard Savage (c. 1697–1743), poet and satirist
Henry Savile (1549–1622), scholar and AV translator
Michael Saward (b. 1932), hymnist
Dorothy L. Sayers (1893–1957), novelist, Lord Peter Wimsey
Frank Sayers (1763–1817), poet and metaphysician
Francis Scarfe (1911–1986), poet and novelist
Vernon Scannell (1922–2007), poet
Alex Scarrow (living), novelist and screenwriter
Simon Scarrow (living), historical novelist
Simon Schama (b. 1945), historian
Ann Schlee (b. 1934), novelist
Catherine Amy Dawson Scott (1865–1934), poet, playwright and novelist
Geoffrey Scott (1884–1929), writer and poet
Hugh Stowell Scott (wrote as Henry Seton Merriman, c. 1863–1903), novelist
Jane Scott (1779–1839), playwright
John Scott (1783–1821), editor and writer
John Scott of Amwell (1731–1783), poet
John A. Scott (b. 1948), poet and novelist
Mary Scott (1751/2–1793), poet
Paul Mark Scott (1920–1978), novelist, playwright and poet
Sarah Scott (1720–1795), novelist and translator
William Bell Scott (1811–1890), poet and artist
Will Scott (1893−1964), crime writer and playwright
Anne Scott-James (1913–2009), novelist, editor and garden writer
E. J. Scovell (1907–1999), poet
James Scudamore (b. 1976), novelist
George Bazeley Scurfield (1920–1991), poet, novelist and politician
Marcus Sedgwick (b. 1968), children's writer
Charles Sedley (1639–1701), poet and rake
Kate Sedley (real name Brenda Clarke, b. 1926), novelist
Frederic Seebohm (1833–1912), economic historian
John Robert Seeley (1834–1895), historian and essayist
Rachel Seiffert (b. 1971), novelist
David Selbourne (b. 1937), philosopher and playwright
Catherine Selden (fl. 1797–1817), novelist
John Selden (1584–1654), polymath
Will Self (b. 1961), novelist and columnist
Charles Seltman (1886–1957), art historian
George Selwyn (1719–1791), correspondent and wit
Nassau William Senior (1790–1864), economist
Sepharial (real name Walter Gorn Old, 1864–1929), astrologer and numerologist
Gitta Sereny (b. 1921), biographer and historian
Ian Serraillier (1912–1994), novelist and poet
Robert Service (b. 1947), historian and Russian scholar
Diane Setterfield (b. 1964), novelist
Elkanah Settle (1648–1724), playwright and poet
Anna Seward ("Swan of Lichfield", 1747–1809), poet and biographer
Thomas Seward (1708–1790), writer
William Seward (1747–1799), anecdotist
Anna Sewell (1820–1878), novelist, Black Beauty
Elizabeth Missing Sewell (1815–1906), novelist and religious writer
Mary Wright Sewell (1797–1884), children's writer
William Sewell (1804–1874), writer, translator and cleric
Miranda Seymour (b. 1948), biographer, novelist and children's writer
Martin Seymour-Smith (1928–1998), poet and critic
Thomas Shadwell (c. 1642–1692), Poet Laureate, Historiographer Royal and playwright
Anthony Shaffer (b. 1926), playwright and novelist
Peter Shaffer (b. 1926), playwright
Eddy Shah (b. 1944), novelist and newspaper owner
Saira Shah (b. 1964), writer and film-maker
Tahir Shah (b. 1966), travel writer and critic
Olivia Shakespear (1863–1938), novelist and playwright
Nicholas Shakespeare (b. 1957), novelist and biographer
William Shakespeare (c. 1564–1616), poet and playwright
Edward Shanks (1892–1953), poet and critic
Jo Shapcott (b. 1953), poet and scholar
Evelyn Sharp (1869–1955), journalist, children's writer and suffragist
Margery Sharp (1905–1991), novelist, children's writer and playwright
Richard Sharp (1759–1835), polemicist and hatter
Thomas Wilfred Sharp (1901–1978), writer on planning
Kevin Sharpe (1949–2011), historian
Richard Sharpe (living), historian
Richard Bowdler Sharpe (1847–1909), ornithologist and editor
Tom Sharpe (b. 1928), novelist
George Shaw (1751–1813), botanist and zoologist
Pete Shaw (b. 1966), writer and producer
Peter Shaw (1694–1763), physician, medical writer and translator
Robert Shaw (1927–1978), actor and novelist
Watkins Shaw (1911–1996), musicologist
John Shebbeare (1709–1788), novelist and satirist
Wilfrid Sheed (1930–2011), writer, novelist and essayist
John Sheffield (known as Mulgrave, then Buckingham, 1647–1721) poet and essayist
Mary Shelley (1797–1851), author, Frankenstein
Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792–1822), poet
George Shelvocke (1675–1742), travel writer and privateer
William Shenstone (1714–1763), poet
Stav Sherez (b. 1970), novelist
Richard Brinsley Sheridan (1751–1816), playwright, The Rivals
William Sherlock (1641–1707), theologian and cleric
Philip Sherrard (1922–1995), classicist, translator and religious writer
R. C. Sherriff (1890–1975), playwright, novelist and screenwriter
Charles Scott Sherrington (1857–1952), science writer, physiologist and Nobel Prize winner
Norman Sherry (b. 1935), novelist and biographer
Mary Martha Sherwood (1775–1851), children's writer and tractarian
James Shirley (1596–1666), playwright
Joseph Henry Shorthouse (1834–1903), novelist
Fredegond Shove (1889–1949), poet
Nevil Shute (1899–1960), novelist and aviation engineer
Penelope Shuttle (b. 1947), poet and novelist
Gareth Sibson (b. 1977), novelist and broadcaster
Elizabeth Siddal (1829–1862), artist and poet
Mary Sidney (later Mary Herbert, countess of Pembroke, 1561–1621), poet and translator
Philip Sidney (1554–1586), poet and soldier
Robert Sidney, earl of Leicester (1563–1626) poet and statesman
Una Lucy Silberrad (1872–1955), novelist
Jon Silkin (1930–1997), poet, editor and critic
Alan Sillitoe (1928–2010), novelist, poet and translator
Elizabeth Simcoe (1762–1850), diarist
George Augustus Simcox (1841–1905), poet and scholar
Kathryn Simmonds (b. 1972), poet and story writer
Jack Simmons (1915–2000), historian
Brian Simon (1915–2002), educator
Dave Simpson (living), playwright
David Simpson (1745–1799), writer and cleric
Dorothy Simpson (b. 1933), novelist
Helen Simpson (b. 1959), novelist and story writer
Joe Simpson (b. 1960), mountaineer and writer
John Simpson (1746–1812), writer and Unitarian minister
John Simpson (b. 1953), lexicographer
John Palgrave Simpson (1807–1887), playwright
N. F. Simpson (1919–2011), playwright
George Robert Sims (1847–1922), writer, poet and journalist
Andrew Sinclair (b. 1945), novelist, historian and biographer
Clive Sinclair (b. 1948), novelist
Ian Sinclair writer, poet and film-maker
May Sinclair (real name Mary Amelia St. Clair, 1863–1946), novelist, poet and critic
C. H. Sisson (1914–2003), poet, translator and writer
Edith Sitwell (1887–1964), poet
Osbert Sitwell (1892–1969), writer
Sacheverell Sitwell (1897–1988), poet and writer
Walter William Skeat (1835–1912), philologist
Barbara Skelton (1916–1996), novelist and memoirist
John Skelton (c. 1460–1529), poet and satirist
Robert Skidelsky (b. 1939), economic historian and biographer
Joseph Skipsey (1832–1903), poet and editor
George Edward MacKenzie Skues (1858–1949), fishing writer
Barbara Sleigh (1906–1982), children's writer
Edward Slow (1841–1925), dialect poet
Carolyn Smart (b. 1952), poet
Christopher Smart (1722–1771), poet
Francis Edward Smedley (1818–1864), novelist
Menella Bute Smedley (1819–1877), novelist, poet and translator
Albert Richard Smith (1816–1860), writer and mountaineer
Charlotte Smith (1749–1806), poet and novelist
David Smith (b. 1963), historian
Dodie Smith (1896–1990), novelist and playwright, The Hundred and One Dalmatians
Edmund Smith (1672–1710), poet and translator
Eleanor Smith (1902–1945), novelist
Emma Smith (b. 1923), novelist and children's writer
Horace Smith (or. Horatio Smith, 1779–1849), novelist and poet
Joan Smith (b. 1953), novelist and journalist
John Frederick Smith (1806–1890), novelist
Ken Smith (1938–2003), poet
Michael Marshall Smith (b. 1965), novelist and screenwriter
Miles Smith (1554–1624), scholar, AV translator and cleric
Sid Smith (b. 1949), novelist and journalist
Stevie Smith (1902–1971), poet and novelist
Sydney Smith (1771–1845), writer and cleric
Thomas Smith (fl. 1600-1627), writer and soldier
Tom Rob Smith (b. 1979), novelist
Wentworth Smith (1571 – c. 1623), playwright
William Smith (fl. 1590s), poet
William Smith (1769–1839), geologist
William Smith (1813–1893), lexicographer
Zadie Smith (b. 1975), novelist
Frank Smythe (1900–1949), writer and mountaineer
Percy Smythe (1826–1869), polyglot and man of letters
C. P. Snow (1905–1980), novelist and physicist
William Somervile (1675–1742), poet
Charles Sorley (1895–1915), poet
William Sotheby (1757–1833), poet and translator
Ahdaf Soueif (b. 1950), novelist and translator
Robert South (1634–1716), theologian and cleric
R. W. Southern (1912–2001), historian
Robert Southey (1774–1843), Poet Laureate
Robert Southwell (1561–1595), poet, tractarian and martyr
Nancy Spain (1917–1964), novelist, biographer and journalist
Robert Spaulding (fl. 1610s), scholar, AV translator and cleric
Rachel Speght (b. 1596), poet and polemicist
Henry Spelman (c. 1562–1641), historian and antiquary
Bernard Spencer (1909–1963), poet
Colin Spencer (b. 1933), writer, artist and broadcaster
Herbert Spencer (1820–1903), philosopher
John Spencer (1630–1693), scholar and cleric
William Robert Spencer (1769–1834), poet and wit
Stephen Spender (1909–1995), poet, novelist and travel writer
Edmund Spenser (c. 1552–1599), poet, The Faerie Queene
John Spenser (1559–1614), scholar, AV translator and cleric
Dennis Spooner (1932–1986), TV screenwriter
William Archibald Spooner (1844–1930), scholar, spoonerisms
Jean Sprackland (b. 1962), poet
Francis Spufford (b. 1964), writer
Charles Spurgeon (1834–1892), writer and Baptist minister
J. C. Squire (1884–1958), poet and historian
Edward St Aubyn (b. 1960), novelist and journalist
Bayle St. John (1822–1859), travel writer and biographer
Henry St John, Lord Bolingbroke (1678–1751) politician and philosopher
James Augustus St. John (b. James John, 1795–1875), journalist, writer and traveller
Spenser St. John (1825–1910), biographer, travel writer and diplomat
Brian Stableford (b. 1948), SF writer
Tom Stacey (b. 1930), novelist, writer and publisher
David A. T. Stafford (b. 1942), historian
Julian Stallabrass (living), art historian
John Stallworthy (b. 1935), scholar and poet
John Stammers (b. 1954), poet
Josiah Stamp (1880–1941), economist and banker
Derek Stanford (1918–2008), biographer and poet
Louisa Stanhope (fl. 1806–1827), novelist
Philip Stanhope, Lord Chesterfield, (1694–1773) politician and writer
Arthur Stanley (1815–1881), theologian and cleric
Thomas Stanley (1625–1678), poet and philosopher
Andy Stanton (living), children's writer,
Olaf Stapledon (1886–1950), philosopher and novelist
Robert Stapylton (d. 1669), playwright, poet and translator
Freya Stark (1893–1993), travel writer
Mariana Starke (1761/2–1838), travel writer, poet and playwright
Boris Starling (living), novelist and screenwriter
William Thomas Stead (1849–1912), campaigner
Michael Steed (b. 1940), political scientist and broadcaster
Wickham Steed (1871–1856), journalist and historian
Anne Steele (wrote as Theodosia, 1717–1778), hymnist
David Ramsay Steele (living), philosopher
Jonathan Steele (living), writer and journalist
Marguerite Steen (1894–1975), novelist and biographer
George Steevens (1736–1800), Shakespearean
James Kenneth Stephen (1859–1892), poet
Leslie Stephen (1832–1904), writer and mountaineer
Frederic George Stephens (1828–1907), art critic
Henry Pottinger Stephens (1851–1903), playwright and novelist
James Francis Stephens (1792–1852), entomologist
Robert Stephens (1665–1732), Historiographer Royal
Simon Stephens (b. 1971), playwright
G. B. Stern (1890–1973), novelist, playwright and biographer
Laurence Sterne (1713–1768), novelist and cleric, Tristram Shandy
George Alexander Stevens (1710–1780), playwright, poet and actor
Matthew Stevenson (d. 1654), poet
William Stevenson (1530–1575), poet and playwright
Angus Stewart (1936–1998) novelist, diarist and poet
John "Walking" Stewart (1747–1822), philosopher and traveller
Mary Stewart (b. 1916), novelist
William Stobbs (1914–2000), children's writer and illustrator
Julian Stockwin (b. 1944), novelist
Sewell Stokes (1902–1979), novelist, biographer and playwright
Nick Stone (b. 1966), novelist
Samuel John Stone (1839–1900), hymnist and cleric
David Storey (b. 1933), novelist and playwright
Catherine Storr (1913–2001), children's writer
Thomas Story (c. 1670–1742), writer and Quaker
John Stow (c. 1525–1605), historian and antiquary
Herbert Strang (pen name of George Herbert Ely, 1866–1958, and Charles James L'Estrange, 1867–1947), children's writers
Alix Strachey (1892–1973), psychoanalyst and translator
James Strachey (1887–1967), psychoanalyst and editor
Julia Strachey (1901–1979), novelist
Lytton Strachey (1880–1932), biographer and critic, Eminent Victorians
Ray Strachey (or. Rachel Costelloe, 1887–1940), biographer and campaigner
Paul Strathern (b. 1940), novelist and scholar
Noel Streatfeild (1895–1986), children's writer
A. G. Street (1892–1966), writer and broadcaster
Cecil Street (wrote as John Rhode, Miles Burton etc., 1884–1965), novelist
Joe Stretch (b. 1982), novelist
Hesba Stretton (real name Sarah Smith, 1832–1911), novelist and children's writer
Agnes Strickland (1796–1874), historian, poet and children's writer
William Strode (1600–1643), poet
Leonard Strong (wrote as L. A. G. Strong, 1896–1958), novelist, poet and children's writer
Jan Struther (real name Joyce Anstruther, (1901–1953), novelist and hymnist
John Strype (1643–1737), historian, biographer and cleric
Alexander Stuart (living), novelist and screenwriter
Muriel Stuart (1885–1967), poet and garden writer
John Stubbs or Stubbe (c. 1543–1591), pamphleteer
John Studley (c. 1545 – c. 1590), translator
Joseph Sturge (1793–1859) abolitionist writer and campaigner
Howard Sturgis (1855–1920), novelist
Julian Sturgis (1848–1904), novelist and poet
George Sturt (awa George Bourne, 1863–1927), country writer
John Strype (1643–1737), historian and biographer
Showell Styles (1908–2005), novelist and children's writer
John Suckling (1609–1642), poet
J. W. N. Sullivan (1886–1937), science writer
Montague Summers (1880–1948), writer and occultist
Kate Summerscale (b. 1965), writer and journalist
Robert Smith Surtees (1805–1864), novelist
William Sutcliffe (b. 1971), novelist
Alfred Sutro (1863–1933), playwright and translator
E. W. Swanton (1907–2000), cricket writer and broadcaster
Graham Swift (b. 1949), novelist
Algernon Charles Swinburne (1837–1909), poet
Robert Swindells (b. 1939), children's writer
Randall Swingler (1909–1967), poet
Frank Swinnerton (1884–1982), novelist and editor
Christopher Sykes (1907–1986), travel writer and biographer
Percy Sykes (1867–1945), travel writer and historian
Joshua Sylvester (1563–1618), poet
John Addington Symonds (1840–1893), poet and critic
A. J. A. Symons (1900–1941), writer and bibliographer
Arthur Symons (1865–1945), poet and essayist
Julian Symons (1912–1994), crime writer and poet
Mitchell Symons (b. 1957), writer and journalist
George Szirtes (b. 1948), poet and translator

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Thomas Noon Talfourd (1795–1854), writer, playwright and lawyer
Derek Tangye (1912–1996), writer
Nigel Tangye (1909–1988), writer and flying instructor
Heather Tanner (1903–1993), countryside writer
James T. Tanner (1858–1915), playwright and director
Thomas Tanner (1630–1682), writer and cleric
Thomas Tanner (1674–1735), antiquary and bishop
TheaurauJohn Tany (or. Thomas Totney, 1608–1659), religious writer
John Tatham (fl. 1632–64), playwright and poet
Jemima von Tautphoeus (b. Jemima Montgomery, 1807–1893), novelist
R. H. Tawney (1880–1962), economic historian
A. J. P. Taylor (1906–1990), historian
Andrew Taylor (b. 1951), novelist
Ann Taylor (1782–1866), poet, children's writer and critic
D. J. Taylor (b. 1960), novelist and biographer
Edgar Taylor (1793–1839), writer and translator
Elizabeth Taylor (1912–1975), novelist
Emily Taylor (1795–1872), writer, poet and hymnist
G. P. Taylor (b. 1958), novelist and cleric
Henry Taylor (1711–1785), polemicist and cleric
Henry Taylor (1800–1886), playwright
Isaac Taylor (1787–1865), scholar, cleric and inventor
Jane Taylor (1783–1824), children's poet and novelist
Jeremy Taylor (1613–1667), religious writer
John Taylor (1703–1772), autobiographer and oculist
John Taylor (the "Water Poet," 1578–1653), poet
John Taylor (1750–1826), poet and hymnist
Philip Meadows Taylor (1808–1876), novelist and administrator
Richard Taylor (1782–1858), naturalist and editor
Sean Taylor (living), children's writer
Thomas Taylor (1758–1835), translator
Tom Taylor (1817–1880), playwright and editor
William Taylor (d. 1423), Lollard theologian
William Taylor (1765–1836), scholar and translator
Barry Tebb (b. 1942), poet, publisher and anthologist
William Temple (1555–1627), logician
William Temple (1628–1699), essayist and statesman
William Temple (1881–1944), writer and archbishop
William F. Temple (1914–1989), SF writer
Edward Wyndham Tennant (1897–1916), poet
Emma Tennant (b. 1937), novelist
Alfred, Lord Tennyson (1809–1892), Poet Laureate, The Charge of the Light Brigade
Frederick Tennyson (1807–1898), poet
Henry Teonge (c. 1620–1690), diarist and naval chaplain
Lisa St Aubin de Terán (b. 1953), novelist and memoirist
A. S. J. Tessimond (1902–1962), poet
Anne Isabella Thackeray, Lady Ritchie (1837–1919), novelist and essayist
William Makepeace Thackeray (1811–1863), novelist, Vanity Fair
Algernon Sydney Thelwall (1795–1863), writer and cleric
John Thelwall (1764–1834), poet and writer
Sydney Thelwall (1834–1922), scholar, translator and cleric
Lewis Theobald (1688–1744), scholar, critic and translator
Marcel Theroux (b. 1968), novelist and broadcaster
Philip Thicknesse (1719–1792), writer
Angela Thirkell (1890–1961), novelist
Connop Thirlwall (1797–1875), historian, translator and bishop
Adam Thirlwell (b. 1978), novelist
William Turner Thiselton-Dyer (1843–1926), botanist
D. M. Thomas (b. 1935), novelist, poet and translator
David St John Thomas (b. 1929), writer and publisher
Donald Serrell Thomas (awa Francis Selwyn, b. 1926), novelist, biographer and poet
Edward Thomas (1878–1917), poet
Edward J. Thomas (1869–1958), historian of Buddhism and librarian
Elizabeth Thomas (1675–1731), poet
Elizabeth Thomas (wrote as Mrs Bridget Bluemantle, Mrs Martha Homely, 1770/71–1855), novelist and poet
Hugh Thomas (b. 1931), historian
Scarlett Thomas (b. 1972), novelist
W. Ian Thomas (1914–2007), writer and missionary
John Thomlinson (1692–1761), diarist and cleric
Edward Healy Thompson (1813–1891), religious writer and editor
Flora Thompson (1876–1947), novelist and poet, Lark Rise to Candleford
Francis Thompson (1859–1907), poet
Harry Thompson (1960–2005), biographer, novelist and TV producer
James Thompson (1817–1877), journalist and local historian
Kate Thompson (b. 1956), novelist and children's writer
William Thompson (c. 1712 – c. 1766), poet
William Thoms (1803–1885), antiquary and miscellanist
Giles Thomson (1553–1612), scholar, AV translator and cleric
Jamie Thomson (b. 1958), novelist and children's writer
Katherine Thomson (awa Mrs Thomson, Grace Wharton, 1797–1862), novelist and historian
Richard Thomson (fl. 1600s), scholar, AV translator and cleric
Rupert Thomson (b. 1955), novelist and memoirist
Wilfrid Thorley (1878–1963), poet and educator
George Walter Thornbury (1828–1876), poet, novelist and travel writer
Guy Thorne (real name C. Ranger Gull, 1876–1923), novelist
Matt Thorne (b. 1974), novelist, journalist and children's writer
William Thorne (c. 1568–1630), orientalist, AV translator and cleric
Bonnell Thornton (1725–1768), poet, essayist and critic
Robert John Thornton (1768–1837), botanist and physician
Tim Thornton (b. 1973), novelist and drummer
Adam Thorpe (b. 1956), poet and novelist
Kay Thorpe (living), romantic novelist
Ralph Thoresby (1658–1725), antiquary and diarist
Hester Thrale (awa Mrs. Piozzi, 1741–1821), diarist and biographer,
Colin Thubron (b. 1939), travel writer and novelist
Edward Thurlow, Lord Thurlow (1731–1806), poet and lord chancellor
E. Temple Thurston (1879–1933), playwright, poet and novelist
Ann Thwaite (b. 1932), biographer
Anthony Thwaite (b. 1930), poet and writer
Chidiock Tichborne (1558–1586), poet and conspirator
Thomas Tickell (1686–1740), poet
Robert Tighe (d. 1620), AV translator and cleric
Terence Tiller (1916–1987), poet and radio producer
E. M. W. Tillyard (1889–1962), classicist and literary critic
Stella Tillyard (b. 1957), historian and novelist
John Timbs (awa Horace Welby, 1801–1875), writer, antiquary and editor
William M. Timlin (1892–1943), writer and illustrator
Gillian Tindall (living), historian and novelist
Peter Tinniswood (1936–2003), novelist and scriptwriter
John Tobin (1770–1804), playwright
Barbara Euphan Todd (1890–1976), novelist and children's writer
H. E. Todd (1908–1988), children's writer
Malcolm Todd (b. 1939), historian
J. R. R. Tolkien (1892–1973), fantasy writer and scholar, The Lord of the Rings
Simon Tolkien (b. 1959), novelist and barrister
Elizabeth Tollet (1694–1754), poet
Francis Tolson (d. 1745), poet
Thomas Tomkis (c. 1580–1634), playwright
Claire Tomalin (b. 1933), biographer
Charles Tomlinson (b. 1927), poet and translator
H. M. Tomlinson, (1873–1958), travel writer, novelist and journalist
Theresa Tomlinson (b. 1946), children's writer
Rosemary Tonks (b. 1932), poet and novelist
Charlotte Elizabeth Tonna (pen name Charlotte Elizabeth, 1790–1846), tractarian and novelist
John Horne Tooke (1736–1812), philologist and politician
Rebecca Tope (living), crime writer and journalist
Augustus Montague Toplady (1740–1778), theologian and hymnist
Angela Topping (b. 1954), poet and critic
Paul Torday (b. 1946), novelist
Chris Torrance (b. 1941), poet and musician
Richard Tottel (d. 1594), miscellanist
Cyril Tourneur (1575–1626), playwright
Nigel Tourneur (fl. 1898), writer
Doreen Tovey (1918–2008), cat writer
Peter Townend (1935–1999), writer and journalist
John Rowe Townsend (b. 1922), children's writer and scholar
Joseph Townsend (1739–1816), economist, physician and cleric
Peter Townsend (1928–2009), sociologist and economist
Sue Townsend (b. 1946), novelist, Adrian Mole books
Tom Townsend (b. 1971), international bridge player and writer
Aurelian Townshend (1583–1643), poet and playwright
Charles Townshend (b. 1945), historian
Chauncy Hare Townshend (1798–1868), poet and cleric
Thomas Townson (1715–1792), writer and cleric
Arnold Toynbee (1852–1883), economic historian
Arnold J. Toynbee (1889–1975), historian
Philip Toynbee (1916–1981), novelist, poet and journalist
Polly Toynbee (b. 1946), journalist and writer
John Tradescant (1608–1662), botanist and antiquary
Thomas Traherne (1636/7–1674), poet and religious writer
Henry Duff Traill (1842–1900), humorist, editor and biographer
Anna Trapnell (fl. 1650s), religious writer
Ben Travers (1886–1980), playwright and novelist
Karen Traviss (living), novelist
Mary Treadgold (1910–2005), children's writer
Geoffrey Trease (1909–1998), children's writer
Miles Tredinnick (b. 1955), playwright, screenwriter and singer
Iris Tree (1897–1968), poet and actress
Viola Tree (1884–1938), writer and actress
Henry Treece (1911–1966), poet, novelist and children's writer
Edward John Trelawney (1792–1881), biographer and novelist
Rose Tremain (b. 1943), novelist
Kate Tremayne (living), novelist
Rex Tremlett (1903–1986), writer and broadcaster
Francis Chenevix Trench (1805–1886), writer and cleric
Richard Chenevix Trench (1807–1886), philologist, poet and archbishop
Robert Tressell or Tressall (or. Robert Croker, later Noonan, 1870–1911), novelist, The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists
G. M. Trevelyan (1876–1962), historian
George Trevelyan (1838–1928), writer and statesman
R. C. Trevelyan (1872–1951), poet and translator
Raleigh Trevelyan (b. 1923), historian
John Trevisa (1342–1402), translator
Elleston Trevor (or. Trevor Dudley-Smith, awa Adam Hall etc., 1920–1995), novelist
Rachel Trickett (1923–1999), novelist and scholar
Jonathan Trigell (b. 1974), novelist
Sarah Trimmer (1741–1810), children's writer
Henry Baker Tristram (1822–1906), travel writer, naturalist and cleric
Anthony Trollope (1815–1882), novelist, Chronicles of Barsetshire
Frances Trollope (1780–1863), novelist and travel writer
Joanna Trollope (awa Caroline Harvey, b. 1943), novelist
Thomas Adolphus Trollope (1810–1892), travel writer and novelist
Thomas Trotter (1760–1832), physician and medical writer
Peter Trower (b. 1930), poet and novelist
Thomas Tryon (1634–1703), writer and vegetarian
Edwin Charles Tubb (several pen names, b. 1919), novelist
Abraham Tucker (wrote as Edward Search, 1705–1774), philosopher
Charlotte Maria Tucker (wrote as A.L.O.E, 1821–1893), children's writer
Cuthbert Tunstall or Tonstall (1474–1559), writer and bishop
Martin Farquhar Tupper (1810–1889), writer and poet
George Turberville (c. 1540 – pre-1597), poet
Charles Tennyson Turner (1808–1879), poet and translator
David Turner (1927–1990), playwright and scriptwriter
Ernest Sackville Turner (1909–2006), writer and journalist
Joe Turner (living), scriptwriter and playwright
John Frayn Turner (living), military historian
Matthew Turner (d. 1788), philosopher and physician
Philip Turner (wrote as Stephen Chance, 1925–2006), children's writer and cleric
Reginald Turner (1869–1938), novelist and aesthete
Roger Turner (living), garden writer and designer
Sharon Turner (1768–1847), historian
Steve Turner (living), poet and biographer
Thomas Turner (1729–1793), diarist and shopkeeper
Tom Turner (living), garden writer and designer
Thomas Tusser (1524–1580), poet and farmer
Ethel Brilliana Tweedie (awa Mrs Alec Tweedie 1862–1940), travel writer
Robert Twigger (b. 1964), writer
Horace Twiss (c. 1787–1849), writer and politician
Kenneth Tynan (1927–1980), drama critic and producer
William Tyndale (1494–1536), scholar and Bible translator
George Tyrrell (1861–1909), theologian and scholar
Robert Yelverton Tyrrell (1844–1914), scholar and translator
Thomas Tyrwhitt (1730–1786), scholar, editor and critic
Henry David Thoreau (b.1817-1862), author, poet, philosopher Walden

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Nicholas Udall, Uvedale or Woodall (1505–1556), playwright and translator, Ralph Roister Doister
Jenny Uglow (living), biographer and critic
Evelyn Underhill (1875–1941), religious writer and novelist
Peter Underwood (b. 1923), writer and broadcaster
Barry Unsworth (1930–2012), historical novelist
Cathi Unsworth (living), novelist
Arthur Upfield (1890–1964), crime writer
John Upton (1707–1760), editor and critic
Lawrence Upton (b. 1949), poet and artist
Edward Upward (1903–2009), novelist and story writer
Mark Urban (b. 1961), military writer
J. O. Urmson (1915–2012), philosopher
Thomas Usk (d. 1388), poet
Alison Uttley (1884–1976), children's writer, Little Grey Rabbit

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Horace Annesley Vachell (1861–1955), novelist and playwright
John Van der Kiste (b. 1954), writer and polymath
John Vanbrugh (1664–1726), playwright and architect
Bernard Vaughan (1847–1922), writer and RC priest
Keith Vaughan (1912–1977), diarist and artist
Robert Vaughan (1795–1868), historian, editor and Congregationalist minister
Llewellyn Vaughan-Lee (b. 1953), writer and Sufi mystic
Thomas Vaux (1510–1556), poet
R. V. Vernède (1905–2003), writer and administrator
Frances Vernon (1963–1991), novelist
F. B. Vickers (1903–1985), novelist and playwright
Salley Vickers (b. 1948), novelist and psychotherapist
Sherard Vines (1890–1974), poet, novelist and critic
Elfrida Vipont (real name Elfrida Vipont Foulds, 1902–1992), children's writer
E. H. Visiak (real name Edward Harold Physick, 1878–1972), poet and novelist
E. C. Vivian (real name Charles Henry Cannell, 1882–1947), novelist and military historian
Ernest Alfred Vizetelly (1853–1922), translator
Frederick Augustus Voigt (1892–1957), foreign affairs writer

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Thomas Wade (1805–1875), poet and playwright
Lucy Wadham (b. 1964), novelist and journalist
Rekha Waheed (living), novelist
John Wain (1925–1994), poet and novelist
Daniel Wakefield (1776–1846), political economist
Edward Gibbon Wakefield (1796–1862), writer and politician
Gilbert Wakefield (1756–1801), scholar and polemicist
H. Russell Wakefield (1890–1964), novelist and story writer
Priscilla Wakefield (1871–1832), educator and philanthropist
Robert Wakefield (d. 1537), linguist and scholar
George Waldron (1690 – c. 1730), topographer and poet
Arthur Waley (1889–1966), orientalist and translator
Alan Walker (b. 1930), biographer, musicologist and broadcaster
Charles Walker (fl. 1860s), religious writer
Charles Curwen Walker (1856–1940), Christadelphian writer and editor
George Walker (c. 1581–1651), writer and cleric
George Walker (c. 1734–1807), dissenting writer and mathematician
George Walker (1772–1847), novelist and political writer
George Walker (1803 – post-1851), chess writer
Obadiah Walker (1616–1699), scholar and educator
Ted Walker (1934–2004), poet, dramatist and broadcaster
Alfred Russel Wallace (1823–1913), naturalist and biologist
Edgar Wallace (1875–1932), novelist and playwright
Helen Wallace (b. 1946), current affairs writer
Ian Wallace (living), ornithologist
John Graham Wallace (b. 1966), children's writer and illustrator
Nick Wallace (b. 1972), novelist
Robert Wallace (1791–1850), writer, biographer and Unitarian minister
William Wallace (b. 1941), scholar and writer on government
J. M. Wallace-Hadrill (1916–1985), historian
Edmund Waller (1606–1687), poet
John Waller (1917–1995), poet and anthologist
David Walliams (b. 1971), children's writer and comedian
John Wallis (1616–1703), mathematician and writer
Martin Walls (b. 1970), poet and journalist
Leo Walmsley (1892–1966), novelist and autobiographer
Horace Walpole (1717–1797), novelist and man of letters, The Castle of Otranto
Horatio Walpole (1678–1757), writer and politician
Hugh Walpole (1884–1941), novelist
Helen Walsh (b. 1977), novelist
Jill Paton Walsh (b. 1937), novelist and children's writer
John Henry Walsh (awa Stonehenge, 1810–1888), field sports writer
Sheila Walsh (1928–2009), novelist
William Walsh (1663–1708), poet and critic
Guy Walters (b. 1971), novelist and journalist
Hugh Walters (1910–1993), novelist
Minette Walters (b. 1949), novelist
Vanessa Walters (b. 1978), novelist and playwright
Izaak Walton (1593–1683), writer, The Compleat Angler
William Walwyn (1600–1681), pamphleteer
Humfrey Wanley (1672–1726), scholar and palaeographer
Nathaniel Wanley (1634–1680), writer and cleric
Henry Wansbrough (living), writer, Bible translator and RC monk
William Warburton (1698–1779), critic and bishop
Barbara Ward (1914–1981), economist and environmentalist
Chris Ward (b. 1958), playwright
Edward Ward (1660 or 1667–1731), satirist and publican
Keith Ward (b. 1938), philosopher and cleric
Mrs. Humphry Ward (b. Mary Augusta Arnold, 1851–1920), novelist
Robert Ward (fl. 1611), AV translator and cleric
Robert Plumer Ward (1765–1846), lawyer and novelist
Samuel Ward (1572–1643), scholar, AV translator and cleric
Seth Ward (1617–1689), polemicist, astronomer and bishop
Thomas Humphry Ward (1845–1926), writer and journalist
William George Ward (1812–1882), theologian and mathematician
Marina Warner (b. 1946), novelist and biographer
Rex Warner (1905–1986), novelist and translator
Richard Warner (c. 1713–1775), botanist and scholar
Richard Warner (1763–1853), topographer, antiquary and cleric
Sylvia Townsend Warner (1893–1978), novelist and poet
William Warner (c. 1558–1609), poet and translator
Mary Warnock (b. 1924), philosopher
John Warren, Lord de Tabley (1835–1895), poet and botanist
Samuel Warren (1807–1877), novelist and barrister
Thomas Herbert Warren (1853–1930), scholar and poet
Tony Warren (b. 1936), screenwriter and novelist
Joseph Warton (1722–1800), poet and critic
Thomas Warton (c. 1688–1745), poet
Thomas Warton (1728–1790), Poet Laureate and critic
Robin Waterfield (b. 1952), translator and classicist
Andrew Waterhouse (1958–2001), poet and environmentalist
Ellis Waterhouse (1905–1985), art historian and editor
Gilbert Waterhouse (1883–1916), poet and architect
Keith Waterhouse (1929–2009), novelist and screenwriter
Rachel Waterhouse (b. 1923), historian and activist
Sarah Waters (b. 1966), novelist
Charles Waterton (1782–1865), naturalist and explorer
Denys Watkins-Pitchford (wrote as BB, 1905–1990), naturalist and children's writer
David Watmough (b. 1926), playwright and novelist
Colin Watson (1920–1983), novelist
E. L. Grant Watson (1885–1970), writer and biologist
James Watson (b. 1936), children's writer and playwright
Richard Watson (1781–1833), Methodist theologian
Richard Watson (1737–1816), writer and bishop
Rosamund Marriott Watson (wrote as Graham R. Tomson, 1860–1911), poet and garden writer
Thomas Watson (1555–1592), poet and translator
Thomas Watson (c. 1620–1686), writer and preacher
William Watson (1858–1935), poet
Winifred Watson (1906–2002), novelist
Alan Watts (1915–1973), philosopher
Alaric Alexander Watts (1797–1864), poet and editor
Isaac Watts (1674–1748), hymnist
Theodore Watts-Dunton (1832–1914), critic, novelist and poet
Alec Waugh (1898–1981), novelist
Auberon Waugh (1939–2001), novelist and journalist
Edwin Waugh (1817–1890), dialect poet
Evelyn Waugh (1903–1966), novelist, travel writer and diarist, Brideshead Revisited
Arthur Way (1847–1930), classicist and translator
Camilla Way (b. 1973), novelist and editor
Adrian Weale (b. 1964), military writer
Frederic Weatherly (1848–1929), lyricist
Willoughby Weaving (1885–1977), poet
Clifford Webb (1895–1972), children's writer and illustrator
Mary Webb (1881–1927), novelist and poet
Philip Barker Webb (1793–1854), botanist and traveller
Sidney Webb (1859–1947), and Beatrice Webb (1858–1943), political economists
Augusta Webster (1837–1894), poet and playwright
John Webster (c. 1580–1634), playwright, The Duchess of Malfi
Camilla Wedgwood (1901–1955), anthropologist
C. V. Wedgwood (1910–1997), historian
Ernest Weekley (1865–1964), philologist
Samantha Weinberg (b. 1967), novelist and travel writer
Arabella Weir (b. 1957), writer and actor
Denton Welch (1915–1948), novelist, diarist and artist
Ronald Welch (real name Ronald Oliver Felton, 1909–1982), novelist and children's writer
Fay Weldon (b. 1931), novelist and screenwriter
Dorothy Wellesley (1889–1956), poet and editor
Charles Jeremiah Wells (c. 1798–1879), poet
H. G. Wells (1866–1946), novelist and critic, The War of the Worlds
John Wells (1936–1998), satirist
Leonard Welsted (1688–1747), poet
Louise Wener (b. 1966), novelist and singer
Arnold Wesker (b. 1932), playwright
Charles Wesley (1707–1788), preacher and hymnist
John Wesley (1703–1791), theologian and cleric
Mary Wesley (1912–2002), novelist
Samuel Wesley (1662–1735), poet and polemicist
Samuel Wesley (1690 or 1691–1739), poet and cleric
Arthur Graeme West (1891–1917), diarist and poet
Gilbert West (1703–1756), poet and translator
Jane West (wrote as Prudentia Homespun, 1758–1852), novelist, writer and poet
Paul West (b. 1930), novelist and poet
Rebecca West (real name Cicely Isabel Fairfield, (1892–1983), novelist and travel writer
Robert Westall (1929–1993), children's writer
William Bury Westall (1834–1903), novelist
Charles Molloy Westmacott (awa Bernard Blackmantle, c. 1788–1868), writer and journalist
Joyce Wethered (1901–1997), writer and golfer
Robert Wever (fl. 1550), poet
Stanley J. Weyman (1855–1928), novelist
Anne Wharton (1659–1685), poet and playwright
George Wharton (1618–1681), pamphleteer and astrologer
Goodwin Wharton (1653–1704), autobiographer
Gordon Wharton (b. 1929), poet
Henry Wharton (1664–1695), writer, biographer and cleric
Michael Wharton (wrote as Peter Simple, 1913–2006), humorist
Richard Whateley (1787–1863), theologian, economist and archbishop
Dennis Wheatley (1897–1977), thriller writer
Ethel Rolt Wheeler (1869–1958), poet, journalist and essayist
Hugh Wheeler (1912–1987), novelist, playwright and screenwriter
Mortimer Wheeler (1890–1976), archaeologist
John Wheeler-Bennett (1902–1975), analyst and historian
Francis Wheen (b. 1957), biographer and journalist
Eric Whelpton (1894–1981), travel writer
George Whetstone (c. 1544 – c. 1587), writer and playwright
Charles Whibley (1859–1930), critic and writer
Dorothy Whipple (1893–1966), novelist
Laurence Whistler (1912–2000), poet and engraver
Evelyn Whitaker (1844–1929), children's writer
Antonia White (real name Eirine Botting, 1899–1980), novelist, playwright and children's writer
Dorothy White (c. 1630–1686), religious writer
Gilbert White (1720–1795), naturalist and cleric, The Natural History of Selborne
Hale White (pen name Mark Rutherford, (1831–1913), writer
Henry Kirke White (1785–1806), poet and hymnist
Michael White (writes as Sam Fisher, living), writer
T. H. White, (1906–1964), children's writer and poet, The Once and Future King
Thomas White (awa Blackloe, 1593–1676), theologian and RC priest
Tony White (living), novelist and travel writer
George Whitefield (1714–1770), theologian and preacher
Alfred North Whitehead (1861–1947), mathematician and philosopher
Charles Whitehead (1804–1862), poet and novelist
George Whitehead (1636–1723), Quaker preacher and writer
William Whitehead (1715–1785), Poet Laureate and playwright
Richard Whiteing (wrote as Whyte Thorne, 1840–1928), novelist and journalist
Dorothy Whitelock (1901–1982), historian
Bulstrode Whitelocke (1605–1675), chronicler
Hugh Whitemore (b. 1936), playwright and screenwriter
David Whitley (b. 1985), YA novelist
Geoffrey Whitney (c. 1548 – c. 1601), poet
Isabella Whitney (fl. 1567–1573), poet
James Pounder Whitney (1857–1939), historian
Gerald James Whitrow (1912–2000), cosmologist
Crispin Whittell (b. 1969), playwright
Ian Whybrow (b. 1941), children's writer
Thomas Whythorne (1528–1595), poet, autobiographer and composer
Frederick Wicks (1840–1910), novelist and inventor
Susan Wicks (b. 1947), poet and novelist
Jeremiah Holmes Wiffen (1792–1836), poet and scholar
Clare Wigfall (b. 1976), story writer
William Wilberforce (1759–1833), religious writer and reformer
John Wilbye (1574–1638), madrigalist
Patrick Wilde (living), playwright and screenwriter
Peter Wildeblood (1923–1999), writer and journalist
John Wilkes (1725–1797), radical
Charles Wilkins (1749–1836), orientalist and translator
George Wilkins (fl. 1607), playwright and pamphleteer
Harold T. Wilkins (1891–1960), writer and historian
John Wilkins (1614–1672), natural philosopher, writer and bishop
Vaughan Wilkins (1890–1959), novelist and journalist
John Wilkinson (b. 1953), poet
John Gardner Wilkinson (1797–1875), writer, traveller and scholar
Paul Wilkinson (1937–2011), political writer
Geoffrey Willans (1911–1958), writer and journalist, (with Ronald Searle) Nigel Molesworth
Barbara Willard (1909–1994), children's writer and novelist
Anna Williams (1706–1783), poet
Bernard Williams (1929–2003), philosopher
Charles Williams (1886–1945), novelist, poet and scholar
Charlie Williams (b. 1971), novelist
Eric Williams (1911–1983) WW2 escape writer
Frederick Smeeton Williams (1829–1886), railway writer
Helen Maria Williams (1761/2–1827), poet, translator and radical
Hugo Williams (b. 1942), poet and travel writer
Isaac Williams (1802–1865), writer, poet and cleric
John Williams (1761–1818), poet and satirist
John Hartley Williams (b. 1942), poet
Jules Williams writer, director and producer
Nicholas Williams (b. 1942), philologist
Nigel Williams (b. 1948), novelist, playwright and screenwriter
Paul Williams (b. 1967), writer on subcultures
Paul Andrew Williams (b. 1973), screenwriter and film director
Robina Williams (living), novelist
Rowan Williams (b. 1950), writer and archbishop
Sarah Williams (1837–1868), poet
Timothy Williams (b. 1946), crime novelist
William Mattieu Williams (1820–1892), writer on science, education and politics
Alice Muriel Williamson (1869–1933), novelist
Charles Norris Williamson (1859–1920), novelist and motoring writer
Henry Williamson (1895–1977), novelist, Tarka the Otter
Kenneth Williamson (1914–1977), ornithologist
Timothy Williamson (b. 1955), philosopher
Browne Willis (1682–1760), writer and antiquary
Paul Willis (living), sociologist
Robert Willis (engineer) (1800–1875), architectural writer and cleric
Ted Willis (1914–1992), playwright and screenwriter
Tim Willocks (living), novelist, screenwriter and psychiatrist
Francis Willughby or Willoughby (1635–1672), ornithologist
Clive Wilmer (b. 1945), poet
Val Wilmer (b. 1941), music writer and photographer
John Wilmot, Earl of Rochester (1647–1680), satirical poet and rake
A. N. Wilson (b. 1950), novelist and biographer
Andrew Wilson (b. 1961), historian and current affairs writer
Angus Wilson (1913–1991), novelist
Bryan R. Wilson (1926–2004), sociologist of religion
Colin Wilson (b. 1931), novelist and philosopher
Harriette Wilson (1786–1845), courtesan and memoirist
Herbert Wrigley Wilson (1866–1940) naval historian
Horace Hayman Wilson (1786–1860), orientalist and translator
Ian Wilson (b. 1941), religious and science writer
J. Dover Wilson (1881–1969), Shakespearean and critic
Jacqueline Wilson (b. 1945), children's writer
John Wilson (1527–1596), playwright and translator
Leslie Wilson (living), novelist and children's writer
Richard Wilson (b. 1950), Shakespearean
Robert Wilson (fl. 1572–1600), playwright
Robert Wilson (b. 1957), novelist
Sandy Wilson (1924–2014), lyricist and composer, The Boy Friend
T. P. Cameron Wilson (1888–1918), poet
Thomas Wilson (1524–1581), rhetorician and diplomat
Thomas Wilson (1773–1858), dialect poet
Jane Wilson-Howarth (awa Jane Wilson, b. 1954) travel and health writer and physician
R. D. Wingfield (1928–2007), novelist and radio dramatist
Catherine Winkworth (1827–1878), translator and hymnist
Gerrard Winstanley (1609–1676), pamphleteer
Stephen Winsten (real name Samuel Weinstein, 1893–1991), writer
John Strange Winter (real name Henrietta Eliza Vaughan Stannard 1856–1911), novelist
Jeanette Winterson (b. 1959), novelist
Jane Wiseman (c. 1682–1717), poet and playwright
George Wither (1588–1667), poet and satirist
P. G. Wodehouse (1881–1975), novelist and playwright, Jeeves
John Wolcot (wrote as Peter Pindar, 1738–1819), poet and satirist
Lucien Wolf (1857–1930), historian
Humbert Wolfe (1885–1940), poet and translator
Ronald Wolfe (1922–2011), TV scriptwriter
Jonathan Wolff (b. 1959), philosopher
Mary Wollstonecraft (1759–1797), polemicist and novelist, A Vindication of the Rights of Woman
Philip Womack (living), novelist
Anthony Wood (1632–1695), antiquary
Christopher Wood (wrote as Timothy Lea, b. 1935), novelist and screenwriter
David Wood (b. 1944), children's playwright, screenwriter and actor
Ellen Wood (Mrs. Henry Wood, 1814–1887), novelist
Robert Wood (c. 1622–1685), mathematician and translator
Sara Wood (living), novelist and story writer
Thomas Wood (1892–1950), writer and composer
George Woodcock (1912–1995), poet and thinker
James Woodforde (1740–1803), diarist and cleric
Walter Bradford Woodgate (wrote as Wat Bradwood, 1841–1920), writer and barrister
Cecil Woodham-Smith (1896–1977), historian and biographer
Martin Woodhouse (b. 1932), novelist and screenwriter
Richard Woodman (b. 1944), novelist and mariner
Charles Woodmason (c. 1720–1789), diarist, poet and cleric
Margaret Louisa Woods (1856–1945), novelist and poet
Anthony Woodville or Wydeville, Earl Rivers (c. 1440–1483) translator
Gerard Woodward (b. 1961), novelist and poet
John Woodward (1665–1728), naturalist and antiquary
Emily Woof (b. 1967), playwright, screenwriter and actress
Leonard Woolf (1880–1969), writer, editor and publisher
Virginia Woolf (1882–1941), novelist and biographer, To the Lighthouse
Thomas Woolner (1825–1892) poet and sculptor
Christopher Wordsworth (1807–1885), poet, classicist and bishop
Dorothy Wordsworth (1771–1855), diarist and poet,
William Wordsworth (1770–1850), poet, The Prelude
Frank Worrall (living), sports writer
Philip Stanhope Worsley (1835–1866), poet, translator and cleric
T. C. Worsley (1907–1977), writer and critic
Henry Wotton (1568–1639), poet and translator
Nathaniel Wraxall (1751–1831), memoirist and political writer
P. C. Wren (1875–1941), novelist
Crispin Wright (b. 1942), philosopher
David Wright (1920–1994), poet, translator and biographer
Derrick Wright (b. 1928), military historian
Edward Wright (1561–1615), mathematician
Fred Wright (b. 1947), historian and theologian
Joseph Wright (1855–1930), philologist and lexicographer
Kit Wright (b. 1944), poet, children's writer and anthologist
N. T. Wright (awa Tom Wright, b. 1948), writer and bishop
Patrick Wright (living), historian and broadcaster
Richard Wright (Unitarian) (1764–1836), writer and Unitarian minister
Thomas Wright (1810–1877), writer and antiquary
William Aldis Wright (1831–1914), writer and editor
Mary Wroth (1587–1651/3), writer and poet
Andrea Wulf (b. 1972), biographer and garden writer
Arthur Wyatt (living), writer and editor
George Wyatt (1550–1623), writer and biographer
Stephen Wyatt (b. 1948), playwright and adapter
Thomas Wyatt (1503–1542), poet and translator
Woodrow Wyatt (1918–1997), diarist and politician
William Wycherley (c. 1640–1715), playwright, The Country Wife
Robert Wydow (c. 1446–1505), poet, musician and cleric
John Wycliffe (mid-1320s – 1384), theologian and Bible translator
John Wyndham (awa John Beynon, 1903–1969), novelist, The Day of the Triffids
D. B. Wyndham-Lewis (wrote as Timothy Shy, 1891–1969), humorist
Peter Wynne-Thomas (b. 1934), cricket writer
Walt Whitman (b.1819-1892), poet, essayist and journalist Leaves of grass
Oscar Wilde (b.1854-1900), Irish writer and poet

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Jane Yardley (living), novelist
William Yarrell (1784–1856), naturalist
Dornford Yates (real name Cecil William Mercer, 1885–1960), novelist
Edmund Yates (1831–1894), novelist and playwright
Ann Yearsley (1753–1806), poet
Victor Maslin Yeates (1897–1934), writer and pilot
R. J. Yeatman (1897–1968), humorist, 1066 and All That (with W. C. Sellar)
Tamar Yellin (living), novelist and story writer
Theresa Yelverton (or. Maria Theresa Longworth, 1833–1881), travel writer
Charlotte Mary Yonge (1823–1901), novelist
Walter Yonge of Colyton (1579–1649), diarist and lawyer
Barbara Yorke (b. 1951), historian
Margaret Yorke (1924–2012), crime writer
Matthew Yorke (b. 1958), novelist and editor
Arthur Young (1741–1820), writer and economist
E. H. Young (1880–1949), novelist
Edward Young (1683–1765), poet
Francis Brett Young (1884–1954), novelist
G. M. Young (1882–1959), historian
Gary Young (living), screenwriter
Gavin Young (1928–2001), travel writer and journalist
Hilton Young, Lord Kennet (1879–1960), writer and politician
Robert J. C. Young (b. 1950), thinker and historian
Thomas Young (1773–1829), polymath
Toby Young (living), journalist and playwright

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Helen Zahavi (b. 1966), novelist
Adam Zamoyski (b. 1949), biographer and historian
Israel Zangwill (1864–1926), novelist and playwright
Louis Zangwill (1869–1938), novelist
Oliver Zangwill (1913–1987), psychologist
Benjamin Zephaniah (b. 1958), dub poet
Philip Ziegler (b. 1929), biographer and historian
Alice Zimmern (1855–1939), writer and translator
Helen Zimmern (1846–1934), writer and translator

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