List of authors by name: C
List of authors by name:
A – B – C – D – E – F – G – H – I – J – K – L – M – N – O – P – Q – R – S – T – U – V – W – X – Y – Z
Ca
- James Branch Cabell (1879–1958)
- Meg Cabot (born 1967)
- Erskine Caldwell (1903–1987)
- Pat Cadigan (born 1953)
- Andrea Cagan
- Brian Callison (born 1934)
- Eleanor Cameron (1912–1996)
- Candace Camp (born 1949)
- John W. Campbell Jr. (1910–1971) (pseudonym, Don A. Stuart)
- Ramsey Campbell (born 1956)
- Albert Camus (1913-1960)
- Jack Canfield (founder and coauthor of Chicken Soup for the Soul)
- Truman Capote (1924–1984)
- Orson Scott Card (born 1951)
- Peter Carey (born 1943)
- Eric Carle (born 1929)
- Liz Carlyle
- Isobelle Carmody (born 1958)
- Otto Maria Carpeaux (1900–1978)
- Edmund Snow Carpenter (born 1922)
- Terry Carr (1937–1987)
- Julio Carreras (born 1949)
- Lewis Carroll (1832–1898)
- Philippa Carr (1906–1993) (pseudonym of Eleanor Burford Hibbert)
- Robyn Carr
- Harold H. Carstens (1925–2009)
- Ally Carter (born 1974)
- Brian Carter (born 1973)
- Lin Carter (1930–1988)
- Peter Carter (1929–1999)
- Barbara Cartland (1901–2000)
- Jeffrey Carver (born 1949)
- Raymond Carver (1938–1988)
- Kate Cary (born 1967)
- Kristin Cashore (born 1976)
- Zoe Cass (born 1916) (a pseudonym of Lois Dorothea Low)
- Neal Cassady (1926–1968)
- Nick Catalano (born 1939)
- Willa Cather (1873–1947)
- Clare Cavendish
- Denys Cazet (born 1938)
Ce–Ch
- Camilo José Cela
- Peride Celal (born 1915)
- Miguel de Cervantes (1547–1616)
- Michael Chabon
- Dr. Angie Chabram-Dernersesian (born 1952), American Professor and author
- Jack L. Chalker (born 1944)
- Aidan Chambers (born 1934)
- A. Bertram Chandler (1912–1984)
- Jessie Chandler (born 1968)
- Raymond Chandler (1888–1959)
- Dr. Stephen T. Chang
- Iris Chang (1968–2004)
- William Ellery Channing (1880–1942)
- James Chapman (born 1955)
- Geoffrey Chaucer (c. 1343–1400)
- Nirad C. Chaudhuri (1897–1999)
- John Cheever (1912–1982)
- Anton Chekhov (1860–1904)
- C. J. Cherryh (born 1942)
- Simon Cheshire (born 1954)
- Marion Chesney (born 1936)
- Denise Chesterton (1897–1985) (a pseudonym of Denise Naomi Klein Robins Pearson)
- G. K. Chesterton (1874–1936)
- Ted Chiang (born 1967)
- Lee Child (born 1954)
- Charles Chilton (born 1917)
- Mary Cholmondeley (1859–1925)
- Noam Chomsky (born 1928)
- Deepak Chopra (born 1946)
- Kate Chopin (1850–1904)
- Peng Kiong Chou
- Jill Christian (a pseudonym of Norren Dilcock)
- Agatha Christie (1890–1976)
- John Christopher (1922–2012) (pseudonym of Samuel Youd)
- Satyabrata Rai Chowdhuri (born 1935)
- Ralph Chubb (1892–1960), British poet and printer
- Alfred John Church (1829–1912), English classical scholar
- Winston Churchill (1874–1965), British Prime Minister and author
- Winston Churchill (1871–1947), American author
Ci–Cl
- Sandra Cisneros (born 1954)
- Robert Citino (born 1958)
- Emil Cioran (1911–1995)
- Margaret St. Clair (1911–19950)
- Tom Clancy (born 1947)
- Cassandra Clare (born 1973)
- Carol Higgins Clark (born 1956)
- Mary Higgins Clark (born 1927)
- Thomas D. Clark (1903–2005)
- Arthur C. Clarke (1917–2008)
- Pauline Clarke (1921–2013)
- Hugo Claus, Belgian author (1929–2008)
- Jo Clayton, (1939–1988)
- Meg Waite Clayton (born 1959)
- Beverly Cleary (born 1916)
- Brian Cleeve (1921–2003)
- Samuel Clemens ("Mark Twain"), (1835–1910)
- Hal Clement (1922–2003) (pseudonym of Harry Clement Stubbs)
- Mark Clifton (1906–1963)
- Brenda Clough
- Susan Clymer (born 1951)
Co
- Wendy Coakley-Thompson
- Sheila Coates (1937–2000)
- Harlan Coben
- Stanton A. Coblentz
- Jean Cocteau (1889–1963)
- John Maxwell Coetzee (born 1940)
- Raphael H. Cohen
- Emily Colas
- Samuel Taylor Coleridge
- Colette (1873–1954)
- Eoin Colfer
- William Gershom Collingwood (1854–1932)
- Jackie Collins
- Max Allan Collins
- Suzanne Collins (born 1962)
- Michael Collins, pseudonym of Dennis Lynds
- Carlo "Collodi" Lorenzini (1826–1890)
- Harriet Theresa Comstock (1860–1925), American novelist
- Groff Conklin (1904–1968)
- William Congreve
- Jane Leslie Conly
- Kieron Connolly
- Lauren Conrad (born 1986)
- Damian Conway
- Glen Cook, (born 1944)
- Robin Cook (1946–2005)
- James Francis Cooke
- Catherine Cookson
- Susan Coolidge (1835–1905)
- Caroline B. Cooney (born 1947)
- Carolyn Cooper
- Dennis Cooper
- Glenn Cooper
- James Fenimore Cooper
- Jilly Cooper
- Susan Cooper
- Lori Copeland
- Peter Corey
- Bernard Cornwell
- Patricia Cornwell
- Julio Cortázar (1914–1984)
- Joseph Seamon Cotter, Sr. (1861–1949)
- John Cotton
- Catherine Coulter
- Douglas Coupland
- Georges Courteline
- Caroline Courtney (born 1946) (pseudonym of Penelope Jones Halsall)
- Bruce Coville (born 1950)
- Josephine Cox (born 1941)
- Stephen R. Covey (1932–2012)
- Sean Covey (born 1964)
Cr–Cu
- Amanda Craig (born 1959)
- Robert Crais
- Stephen Crane (1871–1900)
- Max Crawford (1938–2010)
- John Creasey
- Sharon Creech
- Dave Crenshaw
- Jean-Paul Crespelle
- Helen Cresswell
- Jasmine Cresswell
- Michael Crichton (1942–2008)
- Millie Criswell
- Richmal Crompton (1890–1969)
- A. J. Cronin (1896–1981)
- Compton N. Crook (1908–1981) (pseudonym, Stephen Tall)
- Gillian Cross
- Aleister Crowley (1875–1947)
- Andrew Crumey
- Chris Culver
- E. E. Cummings
- Will Cuppy (1884–1949)
- Christopher Paul Curtis (born 1953)
- Lionel Curtis (1872–1955)
- Katy Currie (born 1946) (pseudonym by Susan Spaeth Kyle)
- Jane Louise Curry
- James Oliver Curwood (1878–1927)