List of authors by name: A
Abbreviations: ch = children's, d = drama, f = fiction, nf = non-fiction, p = poetry
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 – ZAa–Ad
- Bertus Aafjes (1914–1993, Netherlands, p)
- Patricia Aakhus (1952–2012, US, f)
- Hans Aanrud (1863–1953, Norway, d/p/f)
- David Aaron (born 1938, US, nf)
- Jane Aaron (born 1951, Wales/Australia, nf)
- Rachel Aaron (living, US, f)
- Richard Aaron (1901–1987, Wales, nf)
- Soazig Aaron (born 1949, France, f)
- Alexander Aaronsohn (1888–1948, Palestine/France, nf)
- Gjorgji Abadžiev (1910–1963, Ottoman E/Yugoslavia, f/nf)
- Christopher Abani (born 1966, Nigeria/US, f/p)
- Sait Faik Abas?yan?k (1906–1954, Turkey, f/p)
- Carmine Abate (born 1954, Italy, f/nf)
- Christina Abbey (born 1924, England, f), pseudonym of Nancy Buckingham and John Sawyer
- Edward Abbey (1927–1989, US, nf/f)
- Henry Abbey (1842–1911, US, p)
- Lynn Abbey (born 1948, US, f)
- Edwin A. Abbott (1838–1926, England, nf/f)
- Eleanor Hallowell Abbott (1872–1958, US, f/p)
- George Frederick Abbott (1874–1947, England, nf)
- J. H. M. Abbott (1874–1953, Australia, f/p)
- Jacob Abbott (1803–1879, US, ch)
- John S. C. Abbott (1805–1877, US, nf)
- Megan Abbott (born 1971, US, f)
- Thomas Abbt (1738–1766, Germany, nf)
- Kader Abdolah (living, Iran/Netherlands, f)
- Abd el-Krim (1882–1963, Morocco/Egypt, nf)
- Abd al-Qadir al-Fasi (1599–1680, Morocco, nf)
- Abe Akira (???, 1934–1989, Japan, f/nf)
- Mena Kasmiri Abdullah (born 1930, Australia, f)
- Kazushige Abe (????, born 1968, Japan, f)
- K?b? Abe (????, 1924–1993, Japan, f)
- Abe no Nakamaro (?????, c.?698 – c. 770, Japan, nf/p)
- Shana Abé (living, US, f)
- Tomoji Abe (????, 1903–1973, Japan, f/nf)
- Siôn Abel (fl. 18th c., Wales, p)
- Peter Abelard (1079–1142, France, nf/p)
- Milan Kujundži? Aberdar (1842–1893, Serbia, p/nf)
- Robert Abernathy (1924–1990, US, f)
- Azhar Abidi (born 1968, Pakistan/Australia, f)
- Walter Abish (born 1931, Austria/US, f)
- Abraham Aboab (c. 1560–1642, Portugal/Italy, nf)
- Edmond François Valentin About (1828–1885, France, f/nf)
- Leila Abouzeid (born 1950, Morocco, nf/f)
- Daniel Abraham (born 1969, US, f)
- Marc Abrahams (living, US, f)
- Diogo Abreu (born 1947, Portugal, nf)
- Abu Imran al-Fasi (974–1039, Morocco, nf)
- Abu Muqri Mohammed al-Battiwi (fl. 1331, Morocco, p/nf)
- Milton Abramowitz (1915–1958, US, nf)
- Kosta Abraševi? (1879–1898, Ottoman E/Serbia, p)
- Mohammed Achaari (born 1951, Morocco, f/p)
- Chinua Achebe (1930–2013, Nigeria n/p/nf)
- Gerrit Achterberg (1905–1962, Netherlands, p)
- Said Achtouk (1925–1989, Morocco, p)
- André Aciman (born 1951, Egypt/US, f/nf)
- Forrest J. Ackerman (1916–2008, US, f)
- Louise-Victorine Ackermann (1813–1890, France, p)
- Martha Ackmann (born 1951, US, nf)
- Joyce Ackroyd (1918–1991, Australia, nf)
- Adam de la Halle (1240–1287, France, p)
- Jean Adam (1704–1765, Scotland, p)
- Gabriela Adame?teanu (born 1942, Romania, f/nf)
- Draginja Adamovi? (1925–2000, Yugoslavia/Serbia, p)
- Ratko Adamovi? (born 1942, Yugoslavia/Serbia, nf/f)
- Andrew Leith Adams (1827–1882, Scotland/Ireland, nf)
- Anna Adams (1926–2011, England, p)
- Arthur Henry Adams (1872–1936, N Zealand/Australia, nf/p/d)
- Douglas Adams (1952–2001, England, f/d)
- Francis Adams (1862–1893, Malta/England, nf/f/p)
- Glenda Adams (1939–2007, Australia, f)
- Jennie Adams (born 1963, Australia, f)
- Patch Adams (born 1945, US, nf)
- Richard Adams (1920–2016, England, f)
- Robert Adams (1933–1990, US, f)
- Patsy Adam-Smith (1924–2001, Australia, nf)
- Jean Adamson (born 1928, England, ch)
- Robert Adamson (born 1943, Australia, p)
- Abd al-Wahhab Adarrak (1666–1746, Morocco, nf/p)
- Alison Adburgham (1912–1997, England, nf)
- Joseph Addison (1672–1719, England, nf)
- Mirza Adeeb (1914–1999, India/Pakistan, d/f)
- Debra Adelaide (born 1958, Australia, f/nf)
- Johann Christoph Adelung (1732–1806, Germany, nf)
- Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (born 1977, Nigeria, f/nf)
- Halide Edip Ad?var (1884–1964, Turkey, f/nf)
- Mohammed ibn Adjurrum (1273–1323, Morocco, nf)
- Alexandra Adornetto (born 1994, Australia, ch)
- Endre Ady (1877–1919, Hungary, p)
- Mariska Ady (1888–1977, Hungary, p)
Ae–Al
- Aeba Koson (????, 1855–1922, Japan, f/nf)
- Aesop (c. 620 BC – 560 BC, Greece, f)
- Max Afford (1906–1954, Australia, d/f)
- Leo Africanus (1488–1554, Al-Andalus, nf)
- John Agard (born 1949, British Guiana/Guyana, d/p/ch)
- Shimon Agassi (1852–1914, Mesopotamia, nf)
- Hiroyuki Agawa (????, 1920–2015, Japan, f/nf)
- Zechariah Aghmati (1120–1195, Morocco, nf)
- Rodolphus Agricola (1443/1444–1485, Netherlands, nf/p)
- João Aguiar (1943–2010, Portugal, f/nf)
- Ah Cheng (???, born 1949, China, f)
- Cecelia Ahern (born 1981, Ireland, f)
- Jerry Ahern (1946–2012, US, f/nf)
- Alf Ahlberg (1892–1979, Sweden, nf)
- Lars_Ahlin (1915–1997, Sweden, f)
- Najiba Ahmad (born 1954, Iraq, p/f)
- Ahmet Vefik Pa?a (1823–1891, Turkey, nf/d)
- Jasmina Ahmetagi? (born 1970, Yugoslavia/Serbia, nf/p)
- Astrid Ahnfelt (1876–1962, Sweden, f)
- Alfred Aho (born 1941, Canada, nf)
- Ai Qing (??, 1910–1996, China, p)
- Ilse Aichinger (1921–2016, Austria, nf/f/p)
- Ama Ata Aidoo (born 1942, Gold Coast/Ghana, f/nf/p)
- Naja Marie Aidt (born 1963, Denmark, p/f)
- Sh? Aikawa (???, born 1965, Japan, f)
- Conrad Aiken (1899–1973, US, p/f)
- John Aikin (1747–1822, England, nf)
- Lucy Aikin (1781–1864, England, nf)
- Hew Ainslie (1792–1878, Scotland/US, p/nf)
- Henry Ainsworth (1571–1622, England, nf)
- William Harrison Ainsworth (1805–1882, England, f)
- Adam Aitken (born 1960, England/Australia, p)
- Aizu Yaichi (????, 1881–1956, Japan, p/nf)
- Dejan Ajda?i? (born 1959, Yugoslavia/Ukraine, nf)
- Ahmad ibn Ajiba (1747–1809, Morocco, nf/p)
- Baku Akae (???, 1933–2012, Japan, f)
- Jir? Akagawa (????, born 1948, Japan, f)
- Satoru Akahori (???????, born 1965, Japan, f)
- Akazome Emon (????, late 950s/early 960s – 1041 or later, Japan, p/nf)
- Yusuf Akcura (1876–1935, Turkey, nf)
- Mikalojus Akelaitis (1829–1887, Russian E/France, nf)
- Jan van Aken (born 1961, Netherlands, f)
- Mohammed Akensus (1797–1877, Morocco, nf)
- John Yonge Akerman (1806–1873, England, nf)
- Sonja Åkesson (1926–1977, Sweden, p)
- Mizuhito Akiyama (????, born 1971, Japan, f)
- Akiyuki Nosaka (????, 1930–2015, Japan, f/p)
- Mirko Aksentijevi? (1922–2011, Yugoslavia/Serbia, nf)
- Ry?nosuke Akutagawa (?????, 1892–1927, Japan, f)
- Ahmad ibn Munim al-Abdari (died 1228, Andalusia, nf)
- Ismail ibn al-Ahmar (1387–1406, Morocco, nf)
- Abd as-Salam al-Alami (1834–1895, Morocco, nf)
- Mohammed ibn al-Tayyib al-Alami (died 1722, Morocco, nf)
- Mohammed ibn al-Tayyib al-Alami (1698–1756, Morocco, nf)
- Mohammed ibn Mohammed Alami (1932–1993, Morocco, p)
- Idriss ibn al-Hassan al-Alami (1925–2007, Morocco, p)
- Kaddour El Alamy (1742–1850, Morocco, p)
- Alev Alatl? (born 1944, Turkey, nf/f)
- Abu Salim al-Ayyashi (1628–1679, Morocco, nf/p)
- Abu al-Abbas al-Azafi (1162–1236, Ceuta, nf)
- David Albahari (born 1948, Yugoslavia/Canada, f)
- Za'ima Sulayman al-Baruni (1910–1976, Libya, f/nf)
- Abd al-Haqq al-Badisi (died post-1322, Morocco, nf)
- Edward Albee (1928–2016, US, d)
- Susan Wittig Albert (born 1940, US, f)
- Pierre Albert-Birot (1876–1967, France, p/d)
- Anne-Marie Albiach (1937–2012, France, p)
- Jordie Albiston (born 1961, Australia, p)
- Mitch Albom (born 1958, US, f/nf)
- Albrecht von Johansdorf (c. 1180 – c. 1209, Germany, p)
- Vera Albreht (1895–1971, Austrian E/Yugoslavia, p/nf)
- Afonso de Albuquerque (c. 1453–1515, Portugal, nf)
- Mariana Alcoforado (1640–1723, Portugal)
- Louisa May Alcott (1832–1888, US, ch/f)
- Kaye Aldenhoven (living, Australia, p)
- Hugh Aldersey-Williams (born 1959, England, nf)
- Maggie Alderson (born 1959, England/Australia, f/nf)
- Thomas Aldham (c. 1616–1660, England, nf)
- Brian Aldiss (1925–2017, UK, f)
- Ahmad al-Tayyeb Aldj (born 1928, Morocco, p/d)
- James Aldridge (1918–2015, Australia/England, f/nf/ch)
- Radu Aldulescu (novelist) (born 1954, Romania, f)
- Vasile Alecsandri (1821–1890, Moldavia/Romania, p/d)
- Mira Ale?kovi? (1924–2008, Yugoslavia/Serbia, p)
- Manuel Alegre (born 1936, Portugal, p/nf)
- Jean Le Rond d'Alembert (1717–1783, France, nf)
- Rochelle Alers (born 1963, US, f), pseudonyms Susan James and Rena McLeary
- Arnold Aletrino (1858–1916, Netherlands, nf)
- Horace Alexander (1889–1989, England/US, nf)
- Kate Alexander, pseudonym of Tilly Armstrong (1927–2010, England, f)
- Lloyd Alexander (1924–2007, US, ch/f)
- Trisha Alexander, pseudonym of Patricia Kay (born 1937, US, f)
- Grigore Alexandrescu (1810–1885, Wallachia/Romania, p)
- Ioan Alexandru (1941–2000, Romania/Germany, p/nf)
- Sherman Alexie (born 1966, US, f/p)
- Elena Alexieva (living, Bulgaria, p/f)
- Ahmad ibn Idris al-Fasi (1760–1837, Morocco, nf)
- David ben Abraham al-Fasi (fl. 10th c., Morocco, nf)
- Hamdun ibn al-Hajj al-Fasi (1760–1817, Morocco, nf)
- Isaac Alfasi (1013–1103, Algeria, nf)
- Mohammed al-Arbi al-Fasi (1580–1642, Morocco, nf)
- Mohammed ibn Zakri al-Fasi (died 1731, Morocco, nf/p)
- Pierre Alféri (born 1963, France, f/p)
- Hans Alfredson (1931–2017, Sweden, f)
- John Goldworth Alger (1836–1907, England, nf)
- Muhammad Ibn al-Habib (1876–1972, Morocco, nf)
- Ahmad ibn Hamdun ibn al-Hajj (died 1898, Morocco, nf)
- Mohammed al-Idrisi (1099–1165, Ceuta/Sicily, nf)
- Mohammed al-Ifrani (1670–1745), Morocco, nf)
- Jane Alison (born 1961, Australia, f/nf)
- Ibn al-Khabbaza (died 1239, Morocco, nf/p)
- Tewfik Allal (born 1947, Morocco, nf)
- James Alexander Allan (1879–1967, Australia, p/nf)
- Joseph Alleine (1634–1668, England, nf)
- Barbara Allen (1914–1986, England, f), pseudonym of Violet Vivian Finlay Stuart Mann
- Charlotte Vale Allen (born 1941, Canada/US, f)
- Chris Allen (born 1964, Australia, f)
- Elizabeth Allen (living, Australia, p)
- Hannah Allen (c. 1638–1668 or 1708, England, nf)
- John Allen (1771–1843, Scotland/England, nf)
- John Allen (1771–1839, England, nf)
- Leslie Holdsworth Allen (1879–1964, Australia, p/ch)
- Richard James Allen (born 1960, Australia, p/f)
- Roger MacBride Allen (born 1957, US, f)
- Thomas Allen (1681–1755, England, nf)
- Thomas B. Allen (1929-2018, US, f/nf)
- Walter Allen (1911–1995, England, nf/f)
- Isabel Allende (born 1942, Chile/US, f/nf)
- Chris Van Allsburg (born 1949, US, ch)
- Aaron Allston, (1960-2014, US, f)
- Ibn al-Banna al-Marrakushi (1256–1321, Morocco, nf)
- Germano Almeida (born 1945, Cape Verde, nf/f)
- Rita Almeida (born 1974, Portugal/US, nf)
- Miguel Vale de Almeida (born 1960, Portugal, nf)
- Hermann Allmers (1821–1902, Germany, p)
- Idriss al-Amraoui (died 1879, Morocco, nf/p)
- Mohammed ibn Idris al-Amrawi (1794–1847, Morocco, p)
- Carl Jonas Love Almqvist (1793–1866, Sweden, p/nf)
- Malik ibn al-Murahhal (1207–1289, Morocco, p)
- David Almond (born 1951, England, ch)
- Steve Almond (born 1966, US, f/nf)
- Blanche d'Alpuget (born 1944, Australia, f/nf)
- Ahmad Ibn al-Qadi (1552/1553–1616, Morocco, f/nf)
- Ibn al-Qattan (fl. 13th c., Morocco, nf)
- Zakariya al-Qazwini (1203–1273, Persia, nf)
- Vincent Alsop (c. 1630–1703, England, nf)
- Steve Alten (born 1959, US, f)
- Joseph Alexander Altsheler (1862–1919, US, f/nf)
- Peter Altenberg (1859–1919, Austrian E, f/p)
- Mor Altshuler (born 1957, Israel, nf)
- Ivy Alvarez (living, Philippines/Australia, p)
- Moniza Alvi (b. 1954, Pakistan/England, p)
- Ibn al-Wannan (died 1773, Morocco, p)
- Ibn al-Yasamin (died 1204, Seville, nf)
- Marc Alyn (born 1937, France, p), pseudonym of Alain-Marc Fécherolle
Am–An
- Andrej Amalrik (1938–1980, Soviet Union/France, nf)
- Ana Luísa Amaral (born 1956, Portugal, p/ch/nf)
- Eric Ambler (1909–1998, England, f)
- William Ambrose (1813–1873, Wales, p/nf)
- Zoltán Ambrus (1861–1932, Hungary, nf/f)
- Ellis Amburn (born 1933, US, nf)
- Erik Amdrup (1923–1998, Denmark, nf/f)
- Jean Améry (1912–1978, Austria, nf)
- Joseph Ames (1689–1759, England, nf)
- Kingsley Amis (1922–1995, England, f, p, nf)
- Martin Amis (born 1949, England, f/nf)
- Thomas Amory (c. 1691–1788, Ireland/England, nf)
- Mohammed Ibn Amr (died 1827, Morocco, p)
- Anurag Anand (born 1978, India, f/nf)
- Dragutin Anastasijevi? (1877–1950, Serbia/Yugoslavia, nf)
- Rudolfo Anaya (1937–2020, US, f/p)
- Alfred Andersch (1914–1980, Germany/Switzerland, nf)
- Hans Christian Andersen (1805–1875, Denmark, ch)
- Susan Andersen (born 1950, US, f)
- Vilhelm Andersen (1864–1953, Denmark, nf)
- Catherine Anderson (born 1948, US, f)
- Ethel Anderson (1883–1958, Australia, p/f/nf)
- Freddie Anderson (1922–2001, Ireland/Scotland, d/p)
- J. Redwood Anderson (1883–1964, England, p/d)
- Kevin J. Anderson (born 1962, US, f)
- Jessica Anderson (1916–2010, Australia, f)
- Jim Anderson (born 1937, England/Australia, f)
- Matthew Tobin Anderson (born 1968, US, ch)
- Poul Anderson (1926–2001, US, f)
- Dan Andersson (1888–1920, Sweden, p)
- Venko Andonovski (born 1965, Yugoslvia/N Macedonia, f/d/p)
- Stojan Andov (born 1935, Yugoslavia/N Macedonia, nf)
- Eugénio de Andrade (1923–2005, Portugal, p)
- Lou Andreas-Salomé (1861–1937, Russia/Germany, f/d/nf)
- Emil Andreev (born 1956, Bulgaria, f/d)
- Petre M. Andreevski (1934–2006, Yugoslavia/N Macedonia, p/f/d)
- Stefan Andres (1906–1970, Germany/Italy, f)
- Sophia de Mello Breyner Andresen (1919–2004, Portugal, p/f)
- V. C. Andrews (1923–1986, US, f)
- Ivo Andri? (1892–1975, Bosnia/Yugoslavia, f/p)
- Aneirin (early medieval, Cumbric kingdoms of Britain, p)
- Ernst Angel (1894–1986, Austria/US, p/nf)
- Marguerite de Angeli (1889–1987, US, ch)
- Stefano degli Angeli (1623–1697, Italy, nf)
- Maya Angelou (1928–2014, US, p/nf)
- Angelus Silesius (c. 1624–1677, Germany, nf), pseudonym of Johann Scheffler
- Marion Angus (1865–1946, Scotland, p/nf)
- Sam Angus (born 1967, England, ch)
- Robert Anker (1946–2017, Netherlands, f)
- Charlotte Anley (1796–1893, England, f/nf)
- Threes Anna (born 1959, Netherlands, f/d), pseudonym of Threes Schreurs
- Anders Annerfalk (born 1959, Sweden, nf)
- Anni Baobei (born 1974, China, f), pseudonym of Li Jie (??)
- Anrakuan Sakuden (?????, 1554–1642, Japan, nf/p)
- Khwaja Muhammad Latif Ansari (1887–1979, India/Pakistan, nf/p)
- Peter Anson (1889–1975, England, nf)
- Marion Anstis (living, Australia, nf)
- Anthim the Iberian (1650–1717, Iberia/Wallachia, nf)
- Anthony (???, born 1984, China/Australiam ch), pseudonym of Ma Liang (??)
- Piers Anthony (born 1934, UK/US, f)
- Mika Anti? (1932–1986, Yugoslavia/Serbia, p/nf)
- Sorin Antohi (born 1957, Romania, nf)
- Slobodan Antoni? (born 1959, Yugoslavia/Serbia, nf)
- Voja Antoni? (born 1952, Yugoslavia/US, nf)
- Raymond Antrobus (born 1986, England, p)
- António Lobo Antunes (born 1942, Portugal, f)
- Christopher Anvil (1925–2009, US, f), pseudonym of Harry Christopher Crosby
- Robert Anwood (living, US, f), pseudonym
- Ludwig Anzengruber (1839–1889, Austrian E, d/f/p)
- Núria Añó (born 1973, Spain, f/nf)
- Atsuko Anzai (????, born 1927, Japan, f)
- Fuyue Anzai (????, 1898–1965, Japan/China, p)
Ao–At
- Góshó Aoyama (???, born 1963, Japan, f)
- Johann August Apel (1771–1816, Germany, f)
- Guillaume Apollinaire (1880–1918, France, p/d/f)
- Péter Apor (1676–1752, Hungary, nf)
- Maja Apostoloska (born 1976, Yugoslavia/N Macedonia, p/nf)
- Jacob M. Appel (born 1973, US, f/nf/p)
- Max Apple (born 1941, US, f)
- Lisa Appignanesi (born 1946, Canada/England, nf)
- Richard Appleton (1932–2005, Australia, p)
- Katherine Applegate (born 1956, US, ch)
- Boris Aprilov (1921–1995, Bulgaria, f/d/ch)
- Lajos Áprily (1887–1967, Hungary, p)
- Ann Catrin Apstein-Müller (born 1973, Germany, p)
- Pawlu Aquilina (1929–2009, Malta, p/nf)
- Louis Aragon (1897–1982, France, p/n)
- Arai Hakuseki (????, 1657–1725, Japan, nf)
- Motoko Arai (????, born 1960, Japan, f)
- T?ichir? Araki (?????, 1895–1977, Japan, nf)
- János Arany (1817–1882, Hungary, p)
- Jeffrey Archer (born 1940, England, f)
- Jennifer Archer (born 1957, US, f/ch)
- Maria Archer (1899–1982, Portugal, f/ch/d), pseudonym of Maria Emilia Archer Eyrolles Baltasar Moreira
- Robyn Archer (born 1948, Australia, d/p/nf)
- Jane Arden (1927–1982, England, d)
- Britt Arenander (born 1941, Sweden, f/p)
- Tudor Arghezi (1880–1967, Romania, p/ch)
- Ikuma Arishima (????, 1882–1974, Japan, f)
- Takeo Arishima (????, 1878–1923, Japan, f/nf)
- Aelius Aristides (AD 118–181, Greece, nf)
- Aristophanes (c. 446–385 BC, Greece, d/p)
- Aristotle (384–322 BCE, Greece, nf)
- Sawako Ariyoshi (?????, 1931–1984, Japan, f)
- Venero Armanno (living, Australia, f/ch)
- Annie Armitt (1850–1933, England, f/p/nf)
- Simon Armitage (born 1963, England, p/d/f)
- Rebecca Agatha Armour (1845–1891, Canada, f)
- Lindsay Armstrong (living, S Africa/Australia, f)
- Millicent Armstrong (1888–1973, Australia, d)
- Peter Armstrong (born 1957, England, p)
- Sarah Armstrong (born 1968, Australia, f)
- Tilly Armstrong (1927–2010, England, f)
- William H. Armstrong (1911–1999, US, ch)
- Céline Arnauld (1885–1952, Romania/France, p/f)
- Edwin Arnold (1822–1904, England, p/nf)
- Edwin Lester Arnold (1857–1935, England, nf/f)
- Elizabeth Arnold (born 1944, England, ch)
- Ernst Moritz Arndt (1769–1860, Swedish Pomerania/Germany, nf/p)
- Achim von Arnim (1781–1831, Germany, p/f)
- Bettina von Arnim (1785–1859, Germany, nf)
- Gottfried Arnold (1666–1714, Germany, nf)
- Jean Arp (1886–1966, Germany/Switzerland, p)
- Fernando Arrabal (born 1932, Spain, d/f/p)
- Emmanuelle Arsan (1932–2005, Thailand/France, f), pseudonym of Marayat Rollet-Andriane
- Vladimir Arsenijevi? (born 1965, Yugoslavia/Serbia, f/nf)
- Eustahija Arsi? (1776–1843, Austria-Hungary, nf)
- Antonin Artaud (1896–1948, France, d/p/nf)
- Keri Arthur (born 1967, Australia, f)
- H. C. Artmann (1921–2000, Austria, p/nf/f)
- Gheorghe Asachi (1788–1869, Ukraine/Romania, p/f/d)
- Jir? Asada (????, born 1951, Japan, f/nf)
- Milan Asadurov (1949–2019, Bulgaria, f)
- Asai Ry?i (????, c. 1612–1691, Japan, f/nf)
- Catherine Asaro (born 1955, US, f)
- Sholem Asch (1880–1957, Poland, f/d/nf)
- Oscar Asche (1871–1936, Australia, d)
- Birgit Aschmann (born 1967, Germany, nf)
- Russell Ash (1946–2010, England, nf/ch)
- Joseph Ashby-Sterry (1836 or 1838–1917, England, p/f/nf)
- Helen Asher (1927 – c. 2004, Australia, f)
- Jay Asher (born 1975, US, f/nf)
- Daisy Ashford (1881–1972, England, f)
- Taku Ashibe (???, born 1958, Japan, f)
- Melissa Ashley (born 1973, Australia, f)
- Robert Ashley (1565–1641, England, nf)
- Charles Ashton (1848–1899, Wales, nf)
- Kalinda Ashton (living, Australia, f)
- Leah Ashton (living, Australia, f)
- Isaac Asimov (1920–1992, USSR/US, f/nf)
- Janet Asimov (1926–2019, US, f/ch), pseudonym J. O. Jeppson
- Abu Abdallah ibn Askar (1529–1578, Morocco, nf)
- Louise Aslanian (1902/1906–1945, Iran/France, p/f), Holocaust victim
- Timoshenko Aslanides (1943–2020, Australia, p)
- Werner Aspenström (1918–1997, Sweden, p)
- Asphyxia (living, Australia, ch)
- Robert Asprin (1946–2008, US, f)
- Clare Asquith (born 1951, England, nf)
- Lady Cynthia Asquith (1887–1960, England, f/nf)
- Abu al-Abbas as-Sabti (1129–1204, Morocco, nf)
- David Astle (born 1961, Australia, nf/f/d)
- Thomas Astle (1735–1803, England, nf)
- Thea Astley (1925–2004, Australia, f)
- Tilly Aston (1873–1947, Australia, p/nf)
- Miguel Ángel Asturias (1899–1974, Guatemala/Spain, p/f/d)
- Bogoboj Atanackovi? (1826–1858, Hungary/Serbia, f)
- Ksenija Atanasijevi? (1894–1981, Serbia/Yugoslavia, nf)
- Sonja Atanasijevi? (born 1962, Yugoslavia/Serbia, f)
- Nataša Atanaskovi? (born 1972, Yugoslavia/Serbia, f)
- Platon Atanackovi? (1788–1867, Habsburg Monarchy, nf)
- Cassandra Atherton (living, Australia, p/nf)
- Abu Jafar ibn Atiyya (died 1158, Morocco, nf)
- Lucy Atkins (living, England, f/nf)
- Blanche Atkinson (1847–1911, England, f/ch)
- Hugh Atkinson (1924–1994, Australia, f/ch)
- Kate Atkinson (born 1951, England, f/d)
- Louisa Atkinson (1834–1872, Australia, f/nf)
- M. E. Atkinson (1899–1974, England, ch)
- Rupert Atkinson (1881–1961, Australia, p/d)
- Tiffany Atkinson (born 1972, Germany/Wales, p)
- William Walker Atkinson (1862–1932, US, nf)
- Karen Attard (born 1958, Australia, f)
- Per Daniel Amadeus Atterbom (1790–1855, Sweden, p)
- Amelia Atwater-Rhodes (born 1984, US, f/ch)
- Margaret Atwood (born 1939, Canada, n/f/nf)
Au–Az
- John Aubrey (1626–1697, England, nf)
- Hennie Aucamp (1934–2014, S Africa, p/f/nf)
- W. H. Auden (1907–1973, England/Austria, p/nf)
- Jean Auel (born 1936, US, f)
- Raoul Auernheimer (1876–1948, Austria/US, nf)
- Count Anton Alexander von Auersperg (1806–1876, Austrian E, p), pseudonym Anastasius Grün
- Steve Augarde (born 1950, f/ch)
- Augustine of Hippo, saint (354–430, N Africa, nf)
- Jules Barbey d'Aurevilly (1808–1889, France, f)
- Maria Aurora (1937–2010, Portugal, p/f/ch), pseudonym of Aurora Augusta Figueiredo de Carvalho Homem
- Rose Ausländer (1901–1988, Austro-Hungarian E/Germany, p)
- Jane Austen (1775–1817, England, f)
- Paul Auster (born 1947, US, f/p/nf)
- Alfred Austin (1835–1913, England, p)
- Jane G. Austin (1831–1894, US, f)
- John Austin (1790–1859, England, nf)
- Sarah Austin (1793–1967, England/Germany, nf)
- Jovan Avakumovi? (c. 1748–1810, Habsburg E, p)
- Carlos Lobo de Ávila (1860–1895, Portugal, nf)
- Bunty Avieson (living, Australia, f/nf)
- Smilja Avramov (1918–2018, Yugoslavia/Serbia, nf)
- Dimitrije Avramovi? (1815–1855, Serbia, nf)
- Mohammed Awzal (1670–1749, Morocco, nf)
- Jan Axelson (born 1949, US, nf)
- Majgull Axelsson (born 1947, Sweden, nf)
- Yukito Ayatsuji (????, born 1960, Japan, f)
- Fatma Aydemir (born 1986, Germany, f/nf)
- Joseph Ayloffe (1708–1781, England, nf)
- Marcel Aymé (1902–1967, France, f/ch)
- Nabil Ayouch (born 1969, France, f)
- Tetsuya Ayukawa (????, 1919–2002, Japan, nf/f)
- Qadi Ayyad ben Moussa (1083–1149, Almoravid E, nf)
- Ali Azaykou (1942–2004, Morocco, p/nf)
- Predrag Azdejkovi? (born 1978, Germany/Serbia, nf)
- Kiyohiko Azuma (???????, born 1968, Japan, f)
- Trezza Azzopardi (born 1961, Wales/England, f)
- Abd Allah ibn Azzuz (died 1789, Morocco, nf)