List of authors by name: B
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 – ZBa–BB
- Ba Jin (??, 1904–2005, China, f/nf), pseudonym of Li Yaotang
- A. C. Baantjer (1923–2010, Netherlands, f)
- Dragan Babi? (1937–2013, Yugoslavia/Serbia, nf)
- Gregory Victor Babic (1963–2013, Australia, nf/f)
- Sava Babi? (1934–2012, Yugoslavia/Serbia, nf)
- Mihály Babits (1883–1941, Hungary, p/f/nf)
- Gabriela Babnik (born 1979, Yugoslavia/Slovenia, f)
- Richard Bach (born 1936, US, f)
- Ingeborg Bachmann (1926–1973, Austria, p/d/f)
- Anne-Marie de Backer (1908–1987, France, p)
- Marijn Backer (born 1956, Netherlands, p/ch)
- Elizabeth Backhouse (1917–2013, Australia, f/d)
- Fredrik Backman (born 1981, Sweden, f)
- Francis Bacon (1561–1626, England, nf)
- Phanuel Bacon (1700–1783, England, d/p)
- Anatol E. Baconsky (1925–1977, Romania, p/f/nf)
- John Baconthorpe (c. 1290–1347, England, nf), also known as Bacconius
- George Bacovia (1881–1957, Romania, p), pseudonym of Gheorghe Vasiliu
- Van Badham (born 1974, Australia, d/f)
- Yaba Badoe (born 1955, Ghana/England, nf)
- Amna Elsadik Badri (living, Sudan, nf)
- Jean-Louis Baghio'o (1910–1994, Martinique/France, f/nf/p), pseudonym of Victor Jean-Louis
- Desmond Bagley (1923–1983, England, f)
- Enid Bagnold (1889–1981, England, p/f)
- Louise Bagshawe (born 1971, England/US, f/nf)
- Bai Juyi (???, 772–846, China, p)
- Bai Renfu (???, c. 1226?1306, China, d)
- Bai Shouyi (???, 1909–2000, China, nf)
- Jean-Antoine de Baïf (1532–1589, Venice/France, p)
- Murray Bail (born 1941, Australia, f/nf)
- Paul Bailey (born 1937, England, f/d)
- Allan Baillie (born 1943, Scotland/Australia, f/ch)
- Joanna Baillie (1762–1851, Scotland/England, p/d)
- Robert Baillie (1602–1662, Scotland, nf)
- Alexander Bain (1818–1903, Scotland, nf)
- Ibn Bajjah (died 1138, Morocco, nf/p), also known as Avempace
- József Bajza (1804–1858, Austria-Hungary, p/nf)
- Jozef Ignác Bajza (1755–1836, Austria-Hungary, f)
- Latifa Baka (born 1964, Morocco, f)
- Anne Baker (born 1914, England, nf)
- Deb Baker (born 1953, US, f)
- Henry Baker (1698–1774, England, nf)
- James Robert Baker (1947-1997, US, f)
- Kage Baker (1952-2010, US, f)
- Kate Baker (1861–1953, Australia, nf)
- Marina Baker (born 1967, England, ch)
- Ljiljana Baki? (born 1939, Yugoslavia/Serbia, nf)
- Khnata bent Bakkar (died 1754, Morocco, nf)
- R. Scott Bakker (born 1967, Canada, f)
- Stefano Bakonyi (1892–1969, Hungary/Italy, nf)
- Lujo Bakoti? (1867–1941, Austrian E/Yugoslavia, nf)
- Peter Bakowski (born 1954, Australia, p)
- Ðorðe Balaševi? (1953–2021, Yugoslavia/Serbia, p)
- Bálint Balassi (1554–1594, Hungary, p)
- Béla Balázs (1884–1949, Hungary, nf/p)
- David Baldacci (born 1960, US, f)
- Margaret Balderson (born 1935, Australia, ch)
- Faith Baldwin (1893–1978, US, f)
- James Baldwin (1924–1987, US, nf)
- John Bale (1495–1563, England/Ireland, nf)
- Hugo Ball (1886–1927, Germany/Switzerland, p/nf)
- R. M. Ballantyne (1825–1894, Scotland/England, f)
- Carol Ballard (living, England, nf)
- J. G. Ballard (1930–2009, China/England, f/nf)
- Todhunter Ballard (1903–1980, US, f)
- Blue Balliett (born 1955, US, ch)
- Mary Balogh (born 1944, Wales/Canada, ch)
- Honoré de Balzac (1799–1850, France, f)
- Matija Ban (1818–1903, Austrian E/Serbia, p/d)
- Danica Bandi? (1871–1950, Austria-Hungary/Serbia, f/d)
- Faith Bandler (1918–2015, Australia, nf)
- Miklós Bánffy (1873–1950, Hungary, f)
- Zsuzsa Bánk (born 1965, Germany, f)
- Ban Biao (??, 3–54 CE, China, nf)
- Ban Gu (??, 32–92 CE, China, nf/p)
- Ban Zhao (??, c. 45/49 – 117/120 CE, China, nf)
- Carmen-Francesca Banciu (born 1955, Romania, f/d)
- António Gonçalves de Bandarra (1500–1556, Portugal, nf/p)
- Biyi Bandele (born 1967, Nigeria/England, f/d)
- Faith Bandler (1918–2015, Australia, nf)
- Miklós Bánffy (1873–1950, Hungary, nf/f)
- Herman Bang (1857–1912, Denmark, f)
- Iain M. Banks (1954-2013, Scotland, f)
- Lynne Reid Banks (born 1929, England, ch/f)
- Russell Banks (born 1940, US, f/p)
- Helen Bannerman (1862–1946, Scotland, ch)
- Lex Banning (1921–1965, Australia, p)
- Ann Bannon (born 1932, US, f)
- Janos Bardi (1923–1990, Hungary/Germany, f/nf/d)
- Théodore de Banville (1823–1891, France, p/nf)
- Ana de Sousa Baptista (born 1971, Portugal, p)
- Antanas Baranauskas (1835–1902, Russian E, p)
- Anna Laetitia Barbauld (1743–1825, England, p/nf/ch)
- Margaret Barber (1869–1901, England, nf)
- Ros Barber (born 1964, England, f/p)
- Muriel Barbery (born 1969, France, f)
- Auguste Barbier (1805–1882, France, d/p)
- Eugen Barbu (1924–1993, Romania, f)
- Ion Barbu (1895–1961, Romania, nf/p), pseudonym of Dan Barbilian
- Robert Barclay (1648–1690, England, nf)
- Janos Bardi (1923–1990, Hungary/Germany, f/nf)
- Michele Bardsley (born 1970, US, f)
- Burl Barer (born 1947, US, nf)
- Richard Barham (1788–1845, England, f/p), pseudonym Thomas Ingoldsby
- Alessandro Baricco (born 1958, Italy, f/d)
- Sabine Baring-Gould (1834–1924, England, nf/f)
- René Barjavel (1911–1985, France, f/nf)
- Dan Barker (born 1949, US, nf)
- Mary Anne Barker (1831–1911, Jamaica/England, nf)
- Clement Barksdale (1609–1687, England, nf)
- Ernst Barlach (1870–1938, Germany, nf)
- Jeffrey E. Barlough (born 1953, US, f/nf)
- Frank Barlow (1911–2009, England, nf)
- Thomas Barlow (c. 1608–1691, England, nf)
- Marjorie Barnard (1897–1987, Australia, f/nf)
- Neal D. Barnard (born 1953, US, nf)
- Eric Barnes (born 1968, US, f)
- John Barnes (born 1957, US, f)
- Joshua Barnes (1654–1712, England, nf/f)
- Julian Barnes (born 1946, England, f)
- Steven Barnes (born 1952, US, f)
- Stuart Barnes (born 1977, Australia, p)
- Will C. Barnes (1858–1936, US, nf)
- Jill Barnett (living, US, f)
- Natalie Clifford Barney (1876–1972, US/France, d/p/f)
- Wilton Barnhardt (born 1960, US, f)
- Linda Maria Baros (born 1981, Romania/France, p/nf)
- Amelia Edith Huddleston Barr (1831–1919, England, f)
- Nevada Barr (born 1952, US, f)
- Tony Barrell (living, England, nf)
- Maurice Barrès (1862–1923, France, f/nf)
- John Barret (1631–1713, England, nf)
- Andrea Barrett (born 1954, US, f)
- Jo Barrett (living, US, f)
- Lindsay Barrett (born 1941, Jamaica/Nigeria, p/f/d)
- Lynne Barrett (living, US, f)
- Rachel Barrett (1874–1953, Wales/England, nf)
- Robert G. Barrett (1942–2012, Australia, f)
- J. M. Barrie (1860–1937, Scotland/England, f/d/ch)
- João de Barros (1496–1570, Portugal, nf)
- John Barrow (fl. 1735–1774, England, nf)
- Mark Barrowcliffe (born 1964, England, f)
- Angela Barry (born 1940s, Bermuda, f)
- Dave Barry (born 1947, US, nf/f)
- John Arthur Barry (1850–1911, England/Australia, f)
- Kevin Barry (born 1951, US, d)
- Kevin Barry (born 1969, Ireland, f)
- Mariama Barry (living, Senegal, f)
- Max Barry (born 1973, Australia, f/nf)
- Guillaume de Salluste Du Bartas (1544–1590, France, p)
- Adolf Bartels (1862–1945, Germany, nf/p)
- John Barth (born 1930, US, f)
- Mike Bartlett (born 1980, England, d)
- Vladimir Bartol (1903–1967, Yugoslavia/Slovenia, f/d)
- Bernard Barton (1784–1849, England, p)
- Charlotte Barton (1797–1867, Australia, ch)
- David Barton (born 1954, US, nf)
- Emily Mary Barton (1817–1909, Australia, p)
- Anabela Basalo (born 1972, Yugoslavia/Serbia, f)
- Svetislav Basara (born 1953, Yugoslavia/Serbia, nf)
- Neagoe Basarab (c. 1459–1521, Wallachia, nf)
- Johann Bernhard Basedow (1724–1790, Germany, nf)
- Matsuo Bash? (????, 1644–1694, Japan, p)
- T. J. Bass (1932–2011, US, f/nf), also Thomas J. Bassler
- Marnie Bassett (1890–1980, Australia, nf)
- Peter Bastian (1943–2017, Denmark, nf)
- Frédéric Bastiat (1801–1850, France, nf)
- John Bastwick (1593–1654, England, nf)
- Georges Bataille (1897–1962, France, nf)
- Henry Bataille (1872–1922, France, d/p)
- Dušan T. Batakovi? (1957–2017, Yugoslavia/Serbia, nf)
- James Bateman (1811–1897, England, nf)
- Michael Bateman (1932–2006, England, nf)
- Arlo Bates (1850–1918, US, f/p/nf)
- Daisy Bates (1859–1951, Australia, nf)
- Catherine Bateson (born 1960, Australia, f/p)
- Joseph Bathanti (born 1953, US, p/f/nf)
- Larbi Batma (1948–1998, Morocco, p)
- János Batsányi (1763–1845, Hungary, p)
- Ibn Battuta (1304–1377, Morocco, nf)
- Enis Batur (born 1952, Turkey, p/nf/f)
- Wilhelm Bauberger (1809–1883, Germany, f)
- Henry Bauchau (1913–2012, Belgium/France, nf/p)
- Charles Pierre Baudelaire (1821–1867, France, p/nf)
- L. Frank Baum (1856–1919, US, ch)
- Vicki Baum (1888–1960, Austria/US, f)
- Nina Bawden (1925–2012, England, ch)
- Alan Baxter (born 1970, England/Australia, f)
- Marion Babcock Baxter (1850–1910, US, nf/p)
- John Baxter (born 1939, Australia/France, f/nf)
- Stephen Baxter (born 1957, England, f)
- Sevtap Bayc?l? (born 1968, Netherlands, f)
- Mohammed al-Baydhaq (died post-1164, Morocco, nf)
- William Bayer (born 1939, US, f)
- Arthur Bayldon (1865–1958, England/Australia, p/f)
- Pierre Bayle (1647–1706, France/Netherlands, nf)
- William Baylebridge (1883–1942, Australia, p/f)
- Ada Ellen Bayly (1857–1903, England, f), pseudonym of Edna Lyall
- Barbara Baynton (1857–1929, Australia, f)
- René Bazin (1853–1932, France, f)
- "BB" (1905–1990, England, ch/nf), pseudonym of Denys Watkins-Pitchford
Be
- Eric Beach (born 1947, N Zealand/Australia, p/d/f)
- Anne Beale (1816–1900, England/Wales, f/p)
- Marcel Béalu (1908–1993, France, f/p/d)
- Elizabeth Bear (born 1971, US, f)
- Greg Bear (born 1951, US, f)
- Delilah L. Beasley (1871–1934, US, nf)
- Richard Beasley (born 1964, Australia, f/nf)
- Doug Beason (living, US, f)
- Beatrice of Nazareth (c. 1200–1268, Flanders, nf)
- John and Patricia Beatty (1922–1975, 1922–1991, US, f/nf)
- Sally Beauman (1944-2016, England, f/nf)
- Pierre Beaumarchais (1732–1799, France, d/nf)
- Beaumont and Fletcher (early 17th c., England, d)
- Charles Beaumont (1929–1967, US, f)
- Jeanne-Marie Leprince de Beaumont (1711–1780, France, ch)
- Simone de Beauvoir (1908–1986, France, nf)
- Bruce Beaver (1928–2004, Australia, p/f)
- Ambrose Bebb (1894–1955, Wales, nf)
- Margaret Bechard (born 1953, US, ch)
- Johannes R. Becher (1891–1958, Germany, f/p)
- Béatrix Beck (1914–2008, Switzerland, f/p)
- Philippe Beck (born 1963, France, p/nf)
- George Lewis Becke (1855–1913, Australia, f)
- Herbert L. Becker (born 1956, US)
- Jurek Becker (1937–1997, Poland/Germany, f)
- Chris Beckett (born 1955, England, f/nf)
- Samuel Beckett (1906–1989, Ireland/France, f/d/p)
- Peter Beckford (1740–1811, England, nf)
- William Beckford (1760–1844, England, f/nf)
- Thea Beckman (1923–2004, Netherlands, ch)
- Matija Be?kovi? (born 1939, Yugoslavia/Serbia, p/nf)
- Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer (1836–1870, Spain, p/f/d)
- Jean Bedford (born 1946, Australia, f)
- Jimmy B. Bedford (1927–1990, US, nf)
- K. A. Bedford (born 1963, Australia, f)
- Randolph Bedford (1868–1941, Australia, p/f)
- Ruth Bedford (1882–1963, Australia, p/d/ch)
- Simi Bedford (living, Nigeria/England, f)
- Sybille Bedford (1911–2006, Germany/England, nf/f)
- Jack Bedson (born 1950, Australia, p/ch)
- George Beeby (1869–1942, Australia, nf/d/f)
- Rachel Beer (1858–1927, India/England, nf)
- Max Beerbohm (1872–1956, England, nf)
- Nicolaas Beets (1814–1903, Netherlands, nf/p)
- Michael Beheim (1416 – c. 1472, Germany, p)
- Albrecht Behmel (born 1971, Germany, f/nf/d)
- Aphra Behn (1640–1689, England, d/p/f)
- Larissa Behrendt (born 1969, Australia, nf/f)
- Bei Dao (??, born 1949, China, p/f/nf), pseudonym of Zhao Zhenkai
- Maria Beig (1920–2018, Germany, f)
- Sara Beirão (1880–1974, Portugal, f/ch)
- Matthias Bel (1684–1749, Austria-Hungary, nf)
- Radomir Bela?evi? (1929–2005, Yugoslavia/Serbia, f)
- David Belbin (born 1958, England, f)
- Cedric Belfrage (1904–1990, England/Mexico, nf)
- Sally Belfrage (1936–1994, US/England, nf)
- Aleksandar Beli? (1876–1960, Serbia/Yugoslavia, nf)
- Diane Bell (born 1943, Australia, nf)
- Hilary Bell (born 1966, Australia, d)
- Horace Bell (1830–1918, US, nf)
- John Bellairs (1938–1991, US, f)
- Joachim du Bellay (c. 1522–1560, France, p/nf)
- Rémy Belleau (1528–1577, France, p)
- Lisa Bellear (1961–2006, Australia, p/d/nf)
- Carl Michael Bellman (1740–1795, Sweden, p)
- Hilaire Belloc (1870–1953, France/England, p/nf)
- Saul Bellow (1915–2005, US, f/d/nf)
- Ruy Belo (1933–1978, Portugal, p/nf)
- Jelica Belovi?-Bernadzikowska (1870–1946, Austria-Hungary/Yugoslavia, ch)
- Mohammed Ben Brahim (1897–1955, Morocco, p)
- Siham Benchekroun (living, Morocco, f/p)
- Ahmed Benchemsi (born 1974, Morocco, nf)
- Rajae Benchemsi (born 1957, Morocco, p/nf)
- Peter Benchley (1940–2006, US, f/nf)
- Emil Ben?ík (born 1933, Czechoslovakia/Slovakia, nf)
- Esther Bendahan (born 1964, Morocco/Spain, f)
- Don Bendell (born 1947, US, f/nf)
- Hans Bender (1907–1991, Germany, nf)
- Elek Benedek (1859–1929, Hungary, nf)
- Victoria Benedictsson (1850–1888, Sweden, f), pseudonym Ernst Ahlgren
- Juan Benet (1927–1993, Spain, f/d/nf)
- Gregory Benford (born 1941, US, f)
- Elizabeth Benger (1775–1827, England, nf/f/p)
- Frans G. Bengtsson (1894–1954, Sweden, f/nf/p)
- Mihai Beniuc (1907–1988, Austria-Hungary/Romania, p/d/f)
- Walter Benjamin (1892–1940, Germany/Spain, nf)
- Abdelmajid Benjelloun (1919–1981, Morocco, f/p/nf)
- Abdelmajid Benjelloun (born 1944, Morocco, nf)
- Gottfried Benn (1886–1956, Germany, p/nf)
- Mohammed Suerte Bennani (born 1961, Morocco, f)
- Anna Maria Bennett (c. 1750–1808, Wales/England, f)
- Arnold Bennett (1867–1931, England, f/d)
- Mary Montgomerie Bennett (1881–1961, Australia, nf)
- Mohammed Bennis (born 1948, Morocco, p)
- Khnata Bennouna (born 1940, Morocco, f)
- Isaac de Benserade (1613–1691, France, p)
- Eran Ben-Shahar (born 1969, Israel/New Zealand, f/nf)
- A. C. Benson (1862–1925, England, nf/p)
- James Theodore Bent (1852–1897, England, nf)
- Richard Bentley (1662–1742, England, nf)
- Annie Bentoiu (1927–2015, Romania, f/p/nf)
- Mohammed Benzakour (born 1972, Morocco/Netherlands, nf/p)
- Erik Benzelius the younger (1675–1743, Sweden, nf)
- Pierre-Jean de Béranger (1780–1857, France, p)
- Berechiah ha-Nakdan (13th c., England or France, nf/p)
- Bernard Berenson (1865–1959, US/Italy, nf)
- Leila Berg (1917–2012, England, ch/nf)
- Werner Bergengruen (1892–1964, Russian E/Germany, f/p)
- Aleš Berger (born 1946, Yugoslavia/Slovenia, nf/d)
- Bo Bergman (1869–1967, Sweden, f/nf)
- Hjalmar Bergman (1883–1931, Sweden/Germany, f/d)
- Herz Bergner (1907–1970, Austria-Hungary/Australia, f)
- Elisabeth Bergstrand-Poulsen (1887–1955, Sweden/Denmark, nf)
- Paul Berna (1908–1994, France, f/ch), pseudonym of Jean-Marie-Edmond Sabran
- Jean Bernabé (1942–2017, Martinique, f/nf)
- Georges Bernanos (1888–1948, France, f/nf)
- Christian Bernard (born 1951, France, nf)
- Patricia Bernard (born 1942, Australia, f)
- Thomas Bernhard (1931–1989, Netherlands/Austria, f/d/p)
- August Ferdinand Bernhardi (1769–1820, Germany, nf)
- J. Bernlef (1937–2012, Netherlands, f/nf/p), pseudonym of Hendrik Jan Marsman
- Elsa Bernstein (1866–1949, Austria/Germany, d), pseudonym Ernst Rosmer
- Béroul (12th c., France, p)
- Mary Berry (born 1935, England, nf)
- Steve Berry (born 1955, US, f)
- Louky Bersianik (1930–2011, Canada, f), pseudonym of Lucille Durand
- Al Berto (1948–1997, Portugal, p/nf), pseudonym of Alberto Raposo Pidwell Tavares
- Aloysius Bertrand (1807–1841, France, p/d/nf)
- Betty Berzon (1928–2006, US, nf)
- Dániel Berzsenyi (1776–1836, Hungary, p)
- Walter Besant (1836–1901, England, f/nf)
- Alen Beši? (born 1975, Yugoslavia/Serbia, nf/p)
- Elsa Beskow (1874–1953, Sweden, ch)
- Agustina Bessa-Luís (1922–2019, Portugal, f/nf)
- György Bessenyei (1747–1811, Hungary, d/p)
- Gérard Bessière (born 1928, France, nf/p)
- Alfred Bester (1913–1987, US, f)
- Mary Matilda Betham (1776–1852, England, nf/p)
- Matilda Betham-Edwards (1836–1919, England, f/nf/p)
- Ursula Bethell (1874–1945, N Zealand, p)
- Kata Bethlen (1700–1759, Hungary, nf)
- Adrien Bertrand (1888–1917, France, f)
- Minoru Betsuyaku (???, 1937–2020, Manchuria/Japan, d/f/nf)
- Maja Beutler (born 1936, Switzerland, f/d)
- Evan Bevan (1803–1866, Wales, p), pseudonym Ianto'r Castel
- Elizabeth Bevarly (born 1961, US, f)
- Cvetka Bevc (born 1960, Yugoslavia/Slovenia, nf/p/ch)
- Judith Beveridge (born 1956, England/Australia, p/nf)
- Elizabeth Beverley (1792–1832, England, nf)
- Jo Beverley (1947-2016, England/Canada, f)
- L. S. Bevington (1845–1895, England, nf/p)
- France Bevk (1890–1970, Austrian E/Yugoslavia, f/nf/p)
- Tom Beynon (1886–1961, Wales, nf)
Bh–Bl
- Bhabananda Deka (1929–2006, India, nf)
- Bi Feiyu (???, born 1964, China, f)
- Helen Bianchin (born 1939, N Zealand/Australia, f)
- Bianji (??, fl. 7th c., China, nf)
- Elizabeth Bibesco (1897–1945, England/France, f/p/nf)
- Marthe Bibesco (1886–1973, Romania/France, f/nf)
- Peter Bichsel (born 1935, Switzerland, f/ch)
- Jacob Bidermann (1578–1639, Austrian E/Italy, d/f/nf)
- Ruth Bidgood (born 1922, Wales, p/nf)
- Cornelis de Bie (1627 – c. 1712–1715, Netherlands, nf/d)
- Paul Biegel (1925–2006, Netherlands, ch)
- Aristide von Bienefeldt (1959–2016, Netherlands, f), pseudonym of Rijk de Jong
- Ambrose Bierce (1842–1914, US, f/nf/p)
- Peter Bieri (born 1944, Switzerland, f/nf), pseudonym Pascal Mercier
- Wolf Biermann (born 1936, Germany, nf)
- Maarten Biesheuvel (1939–2020, Netherlands, f)
- Carli Biessels (1936–2016, Netherlands, ch)
- Earl Derr Biggers (1884–1933, US, f/d)
- Barbara Biggs (born 1956, Australia, nf)
- John B. Biggs (born 1934, Australia, f/nf)
- S. Corinna Bille (1912–1979, Switzerland, p/f/ch)
- Eva Billow (1902–1993, Sweden, ch/p)
- Maeve Binchy (1940–2012, Ireland, f/d/nf)
- Eando Binder (1911–1974 and 1904–1966, US, f), synonym of Otto and Earl Binder
- Ida Bindschedler (1854–1919, Switzerland, ch)
- Charlotte Bingham (born 1942, England, f)
- Margaret Bingham (1740–1814, England, p), Countess of Lucan
- Ayse Bircan (born 1954, Turkey/England, nf)
- Carol Birch (born 1951, England, f/nf)
- Thomas Birch (1705–1766, England, nf)
- Carmel Bird (born 1940, Australia, f)
- Jessica Bird (living, US, f)
- Winifred Birkett (1887–1966, Australia, f/p)
- John Birmingham (born 1964, England/Australia, nf/f)
- Stephen Birnbaum (c. 1937–1991, US, nf)
- Marcus Birro (born 1972, Sweden, p/f/nf)
- Peter Birro (born 1966, Sweden, p/d)
- Dora Birtles (1903–1992, Australia, f/p/nf)
- Sonja Biserko (born 1948, Yugoslavia/Serbia, nf)
- K. J. Bishop (living, Australia, f)
- Terry Bisson (born 1942, US, f)
- László Z. Bitó (born 1934, Hungary, f/nf)
- Emily Bitto (living, Australia, f)
- Jerome Bixby (1923–1998, US, f/d)
- Piers Bizony (born 1959, England, nf)
- Sava Bjelanovi? (1850–1897, Austria-Hungary, nf)
- Isidora Bjelica (1966–2020, Yugoslavia/Serbia, f/nf/d)
- Marie Bjelke-Petersen (1874–1969, Australia, f)
- Mirjana Bjelogrli?-Nikolov (born 1961, Yugoslavia/Serbia, f/nf)
- Jens Bjerre (1921–2020, Denmark, nf)
- Clementina Black (1853–1922, England, nf)
- Jenna Black (born 1993, US, f/ch)
- William Black (1841–1898, Scotland/England, f)
- Sarah Blackborow (fl. 1650s – 1660s, England, nf)
- Estelle Blackburn (born 1950, Australia, nf)
- Malorie Blackman (born 1962, England, ch)
- Leigh Blackmore (born 1959, Australia, f/nf)
- R. D. Blackmore (1825–1900, England, f)
- John Blackwell (1797–1840, Wales, p/nf)
- Peter Bladen (1922–2001, Australia, p)
- Sara Blædel (born 1964, Denmark, f)
- Lucian Blaga (1895–1961, Austria-Hungary/Romania, p/d/f)
- Isa Blagden (1816 or 1817–1873, India/Italy, f/p)
- Max Blagg (born 1948, England/US, p/nf)
- Marina Blagojevi? (1958–2020, Yugoslavia/Serbia, nf)
- Georgia Blain (1964–2016, Australia, f/nf)
- Emma Helen Blair (1851–1911, US, nf)
- Hugh Blair (1718–1800, Scotland, nf)
- Robert Blair (1593–1666, Scotland, nf)
- Robert Blair (1699–1746, Scotland, p)
- Ally Blake (living, Australia, f)
- Lewis Blake (born 1946, England, p)
- Jennifer Blake (born 1942, US, f)
- William Blake (1757–1827, England, p)
- William J. Blake (1894–1968, US, f/nf)
- Samuel Laman Blanchard (1804–1845, England, p/nf)
- August Blanche (1811–1868, Sweden, f/d)
- Maurice Blanchot (1907–2003, France, f/nf)
- Hanne Blank (born 1969, US, f/nf)
- Laslo Blaškovi? (born 1966, Yugoslavia/Serbia, p/nf)
- Robert Blatchford (1851–1943, England, nf)
- Silvio Blatter (born 1946, Switzerland, f)
- William Peter Blatty (1928–2017, US, f/d/nf)
- Yaakov Blau (1929–2013, Palestine/Israel, nf)
- Peter Blauner (born 1959, US, f)
- James P. Blaylock (born 1950, US, f)
- Diana Blayne (born 1946, US, f/nf), pseudonym of Susan Spaeth Kyle
- Max Blecher (1909–1938, Romania, f/nf)
- John Blight (1913–1995, Australia, p)
- Mathilde Blind (1841–1896, Germany/England, p/f/nf)
- James Blish (1921–1975, US, f/nf)
- Edward Blishen (1920–1996, England, ch/f)
- Eliot Bliss (1903–1990, Jamaica/England, f/p/nf)
- Walter Blith (1605–1654, England, nf)
- Karen Blixen (1885–1962, Denmark, f/nf), pseudonym Isak Dinesen
- Nikolay Bliznakov (born 1950, Bulgaria, f/nf)
- Robert Bloch (1917–1994, US, f)
- J. C. Bloem (1887–1966, Netherlands, p/nf)
- Marion Bloem (born 1952, Netherlands, f/nf)
- Francis Blomefield (1705–1752, England, nf)
- Robert Bloomfield (1766–1823, England, p)
- Blondel de Nesle (12th–13th cc., France, p)
- Elizabeth Blower (c. 1757/1763 – post-1816, England, nf/f)
- Léon Bloy (1846–1917, France, f/nf/p)
- Judy Blume (born 1938, US, ch/f)
- Godfrey Blunden (1906–1996, Australia, f/nf)
- Thomas Blundeville (c. 1522 – c. 1606, England, nf)
- Robert Bly (born 1926, US, p/nf)
- Mary Bly (born 1962, US, f/nf), pseudonym of Eloisa James
- Reginald Horace Blyth (1898–1964, England/Japan, nf)
- Daniel Blythe (born 1969, England, f/nf)
- Enid Blyton (1896–1968, England, ch)
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- Bo Yang (??, 1920–2008, China, p/nf)
- Barcroft Boake (1866–1892, Australia, p)
- Capel Boake (1889–1944, Australia, f) pseudonym of Doris Boake Kerr
- Savino Bobali (1530–1585, Ragusa, nf/p)
- T. O. Bobe (born 1969, Romania, p/f/nf)
- Christian Bobin (born 1951, France, p/f/nf)
- Merlinda Bobis (born 1959, Philippines/Australia, p/f)
- Johannes Bobrowski (1917–1965, Germany, p/nf)
- Jean Bodel (c. 1165 – c. 1210, France, p/d)
- Anders Bodelsen (born 1937, Denmark, f/d)
- Barbara Bodichon (1827–1891, England, nf)
- Johann Jakob Bodmer (1698–1783, Switzerland, nf/d/p)
- Ádám Bodor (born 1936, Romania/Hungary, f)
- Milica Bodroži? (living, Yugoslavia/Serbia, nf)
- Hector Boece (1465–1536, Scotland, nf), also cited as Boethius
- Étienne de La Boétie (1530–1563, France, nf)
- Bogdan Bogdanovi? (1922–2010, Yugoslavia/Austria, nf)
- Milan Bogdanovi? (1892–1964, Serbia/Belgrade, nf)
- Valtazar Bogiši? (1834–1908, Austrian E, nf)
- Zoran Bognar (born 1965, Yugoslavia/Serbia, p/nf)
- Ivan Bogorov (1818–1892, Bulgaria, nf)
- Geo Bogza (1908–1993, Romania, p/nf)
- Jakob Böhme (1575–1624, Germany, nf)
- Margarete Böhme (1867–1939, Germany, f/nf)
- Nicolas Boileau-Despréaux (1636–1711, France, p/nf)
- William Pène du Bois (1916–1993, US, ch)
- Ralph de Boissière (1907–2008, Trinidad/Australia, f)
- Berta Bojetu (1946–1997, Yugoslavia/Slovenia, f/d/p)
- Milutin Boji? (1892–1917, Serbia/Greece, p/nf/d)
- Dragoslav Bokan (born 1961, Yugoslavia/Serbia, nf)
- Heinrich Böll (1917–1985, Germany, f)
- Cezar Bolliac (1813–1881, Wallachia/Romania, nf/p)
- Domokos Bölöni (born 1946, Romania, f)
- Ken Bolton (born 1959, Australia, p/nf)
- Jenny Boult (born 1951, Australia, p)
- Godfried Bomans (1913–1971, Netherlands, nf/ch)
- Rafael Bombelli (1526–1572, Italy, nf)
- Michael Bond (1926-2017, England, ch)
- Nelson S. Bond (1908-2006, US, f)
- Ruskin Bond (born 1934, India, ch/f)
- August Bondeson (1854–1906, Sweden, f/nf)
- Jan Bondeson (born 1962, Sweden/England, nf/f)
- Ian Bone (born 1956, Australia, ch/f)
- Elizabeth Bonhôte (1744–1818, England, f/nf/p)
- Yves Bonnefoy (1923–2016, France, p/nf)
- Leslie Bonnet (1902–1985, England, f/nf)
- Charles Victor de Bonstetten (1745–1832, Switzerland, nf)
- Teresina Bontempi (1883–1968, Switzerland, nf)
- Kurt Boone (born 1959, US, nf)
- Andrew Boorde (c. 1490–1549, England, nf)
- Henry Ernest Boote (1865–1949, Australia, nf/f/p)
- Alan Booth (1946–1993, England/Japan, nf)
- Alison Booth (living, Australia, f/nf)
- George Booth, 2nd Earl of Warrington (1675–1758, England, nf)
- Stanley Booth (born 1942, US, nf)
- Guy Boothby (1867–1905, Australia/England, f)
- Vane Bor (1908–1993, Serbia/England, nf)
- Wolfgang Borchert (1921–1947, Germany/Switzerland, nf/d)
- Henry Bordeaux (1870–1963, France, nf/f)
- Ferdinand Bordewijk (1884–1965, Netherlands, f/p)
- Petrus Borel (1809–1859, France/Algeria, f/p), pseudonym of Joseph-Pierre Borel d'Hauterive
- Miriam Borgenicht (1915–1992, US, f/nf)
- Jorge Luis Borges (1899–1986, Argentina/Switzerland, f/nf/p)
- Bertran de Born (1140s – pre-1215, France, p)
- Nicolas Born (1937–1979, Germany, p/f)
- Ludwig Börne (1786–1837, Germany/France, nf)
- Péter Bornemisza (1535–1584, Hungary, nf/d)
- Robert de Boron (late 12th – early 13th cc., France, p)
- George Borrow (1803–1881, England, f/nf)
- Anna Louisa Geertruida Bosboom-Toussaint (1812–1886, Netherlands, f)
- Henri Bosco (1888–1976, France, f)
- Lauro De Bosis (1901–1931, Italy, p/nf)
- Anica Boškovi? (1714–1804, Ragusa, p/f)
- Herman Charles Bosman (1905–1951, S Africa, f/d)
- Käthe Bosse-Griffiths (1910–1998, Germany/Wales, nf)
- Lucy M. Boston (1892–1990, England, f/ch)
- James Boswell (1740–1795, Scotland/England, nf)
- Allan R. Bosworth (1901-1986, US, f)
- J. Allan Bosworth (1925-1990, US, ch)
- Abel Botelho (1855 or 1856–1917, Portugal/Argentina, d/f/nf)
- Hristo Botev (1848–1876, Bulgaria, p)
- Eugeniu Botez (1874–1933, Romania, f), pseudonym Jean Bart
- Théodore Botrel (1868–1925, France, p/d)
- Dan Botta (1907–1958, Romania, p/nf)
- Emil Botta (1911–1977, Romania, p/nf)
- Bas Böttcher (born 1974, Germany, p)
- António Botto (1897–1959, Portugal/Brazil, p/f/ch)
- Hafid Bouazza (1970–2021, Morocco/Netherlands, f/nf)
- Anthony Boucher (1911–1968, US, f/d), pseudonym of William A. P. White
- André du Bouchet (1924–2001, France, p)
- Dion Boucicault (1820–1890, Ireland/US, d)
- Fatna El Bouih (born 1956, Morocco, nf)
- Daniel Boulanger (1922–2014, France, f/d/p)
- Pierre Boulle (1912–1994, France, f)
- Monny de Boully (1904–1968, Serbia/France, nf/p)
- Jenny Boult (1951–2005, England/Australia, p/d), pseudonym MML Bliss
- Stéphane Bouquet (born 1968, France, d)
- Gillian Bouras (born 1945, Australia/Greece, f/nf/ch)
- Ali Bourequat (born 1937, Morocco/US, nf)
- Élémir Bourges (1852–1925, France, f)
- Paul Bourget (1852–1935, France, f/nf)
- John Philip Bourke (1860–1914, Australia, p)
- Joë Bousquet (1897–1950, France, p)
- Nicolas Bouvier (1929–1998, Switzerland, nf)
- Ahmed Bouzfour (born 1954, Morocco, f)
- Ben Bova (born 1932, US, nf/f)
- James Bovard (born 1956, US, nf)
- Elizabeth Stuart Bowdler (died 1797, England, nf)
- Henrietta Maria Bowdler (1750–1830, England, nf)
- Jane Bowdler (1743–1784, England, p)
- John Bowdler (1746–1823, England, nf)
- Thomas Bowdler (1754–1825, England/Wales, nf)
- Thomas Bowdler the Younger (1782–1856, England, nf)
- David James Bowen (1925–2017, Wales, nf)
- Elizabeth Bowen (1899–1973, Ireland/England, f)
- Euros Bowen (1904–1988, Wales, p)
- Geraint Bowen (1915–2011, Wales, p/nf)
- Hristo Boychev (born 1950, Bulgaria, d)
- Martin Boyd (1893–1972, Switzerland/Italy, f/nf/p)
- William Boyd (born 1952, Gold Coast/Scotland, f/d)
- Karin Boye (1900–1941, Sweden, p/f)
- Kay Boyle (1902–1992, US, f/nf)
- Peter Boyle (born 1951, Australia, p)
- John Boyne (born 1971, Ireland, f)
- Robert Boyle (1627–1691, Ireland/England, nf)
- Ágota Bozai (born 1965, Hungary, f)
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- Menno ter Braak (1902–1940, Netherlands, f/nf)
- Francis Brabazon (1907–1984, England/Australia, p)
- Poggio Bracciolini (1380–1459, Italy, nf)
- Leigh Brackett (1915–1978, US, f/d)
- Ray Bradbury (1920–2012, US, f/d)
- Mary Elizabeth Braddon (1835–1915, England, f)
- Russell Braddon (1921–1995, Australia, f/nf)
- Arthur Bradford (born 1969, US, f/ch)
- Barbara Taylor Bradford (born 1933, England/US, f)
- Siôn Bradford (1706–1785, Wales, p)
- James Bradley (born 1967, Australia, f/p)
- Marion Zimmer Bradley (1930–1999, US, f)
- Anne Bradstreet (1612–1672, England/American colonies, p/nf)
- E. J. Brady (1869–1952, Australia, p/nf)
- William Bragge (1823–1884, England, nf)
- Dragomir Brajkovi? (1947–1909, Yugoslavia/Serbia, p/nf)
- Bertha Southey Brammall (1878–1957, Australia, p/ch/f)
- Joan Bramsch (1936–2009, US, f/nf)
- James Bramston (c. 1694–1743, England, p)
- Camilo Castelo Branco (1825–1890, Portugal, f/d/nf)
- Adolf Brand (1874–1945, Germany, nf)
- Mona Brand (1915–2007, Australia, p/d/nf)
- Fiama Hasse Pais Brandão (1938–2007, Portugal, p/d/nf)
- Raul Brandão (1867–1930, Portugal, nf)
- Georg Brandes (1842–1927, Denmark, nf)
- Mark Brandis (1931–2000, Germany, f), pseudonym of Nikolai von Michalewsky
- Willy Brandt (1913–1992, Germany, nf)
- Ðorðe Brankovi? (1461–1516, Serbia, nf)
- Ðorðe Brankovi? (1645–1711, Transylvania/Habsburg E, nf)
- Sebastian Brant (1458–1521, Germany, f/nf)
- Ann Brashares (born 1967, US, ch)
- Deyan Ranko Brashich (1940–1919, Yugoslavia/US, nf)
- Anne-Sophie Brasme (born 1984, France, f/nf)
- Georges Brassens (1921–1981, France, p)
- Radoslav Brati? (1948–2016, Yugoslavia/Serbia, f/d)
- Scribe Bratko (fl. 13th c., Macedonia, nf)
- Jacques Brault (born 1933, Canada, p/f/nf)
- Josy Braun (1938–2012, Luxembourg, nf/d/ch)
- Axel Brauns (born 1963, Germany, nf/f)
- John Jefferson Bray (1912–1985, Australia, p/d)
- Andrej Brázda-Jankovský (1915–2008, Czechoslovakia/Canada, f/nf)
- Bernardas Brazdžionis (1907–2002, Russian E/US, p)
- Nicolae Breban (born 1934, Romania, p)
- Bertolt Brecht (1898–1956, Germany, d/p/nf)
- Lurdes Breda (born 1970, Portugal, p/ch)
- Willi Bredel (1901–1964, Germany, f)
- Gerbrand Bredero (1585–1618, Dutch Republic, p/d)
- Wallace Breem (1926–1990, England, f)
- Fredrika Bremer (1801–1865, Sweden, f)
- Ian Bremmer (born 1969, US, nf)
- Radovan Brenkus (born 1974, Czechoslovakia/Slovakia, p/f)
- Christopher Brennan (1870–1932, Australia, p/nf)
- Martin Stanislaus Brennan (1845–1927, Ireland/US, nf)
- Michael Brennan (born 1973, Australia, p)
- Clemens Brentano (1778–1842, Germany, p/f)
- Frederick Sadleir Brereton (1852–1957, England, ch)
- Jane Brereton (1685–1740, Wales, p)
- John Le Gay Brereton (1871–1933, Australia, p/nf/d)
- Rodica Bretin (born 1958, Romania, f/nf)
- Reginald Bretnor (1911–1992, US, f)
- André Breton (1896–1966, France, f/nf)
- Nicholas Breton (1545–1626, England, p/f)
- Willy Bretscher (1897–1992, Switzerland, nf)
- Lily Brett (born 1946, Germany/Australia, f/nfp), born Lilijahne Brajtsztajn
- Henri Breuil (1877–1961, France, nf)
- Francisco Manuel de Melo Breyner, 4th Count of Ficalho (1837–1903, Portugal, nf)
- Thomas Brezina (born 1963, Austria, ch)
- James Bridie (1888–1951, Scotland, d)
- Hilda Bridges (1881–1971, Australia, f)
- Robert Bridges (1844–1930, England, p)
- Victor Bridges (1878–1892, England, f/d/p)
- Walter Brierley (1900–1972, England, f)
- Asa Briggs (1921–2016, England, nf)
- Henry Briggs] (1561–1630, England, nf)
- Cecilia Lucy Brightwell (1811–1875, England, ch)
- John Briley (1925–2019, US, d/f)
- Dougie Brimson (born 1959, England, d/nf)
- David Brin (born 1950, US, f)
- André Brink (1935–2015, S Africa, f/nf/p)
- Jan ten Brink (1834–1901, Netherlands, f/nf)
- Rolf Dieter Brinkmann (1940–1975, Germany/England, p/f/nf)
- Hesba Fay Brinsmead (1922–2003, Australia, f)
- Sophia Briscoe (fl. 1770s, England, f)
- Vera Brittain (1893–1970, England, nf/f)
- Jevrem Brkovi? (born 1933, Yugoslavia/Montenegro, p/f/nf)
- Chris Broadribb (living, Australia, f/nf)
- Annette Broadrick (born 1938, US, f)
- Hermann Broch (1886–1951, Austria/US, f)
- Barthold Heinrich Brockes (1680–1747, Germany, p)
- Connie Brockway (born 1954, US, f)
- Max Brod (1884–1968, Austrian E/Israel, f/nf)
- Damien Broderick (born 1944, Australia, f)
- Frances Freeling Broderip (1830–1878, England, ch)
- Sándor Bródy (1863–1924, Hungary, f)
- Suzanne Brøgger (born 1944, Denmark, f/p/nf)
- Gerald Brom (born 1965, US, f)
- Vincent Brome (1910–2004, England, nf/f/d)
- Louis Bromfield (1896–1956, US, f/nf)
- John Bromley (died 1717, England, nf)
- Anne Brontë (1820–1849, England, f/p)
- Charlotte Brontë (1816–1855, England, f/p)
- Emily Brontë (1818–1848, England, f/p)
- Steve Brook (1934–2014, England/Australia, nf)
- Frances Brooke (1724–1789, England/Canada, f/nf/d)
- Iris Brooke (1905 – post-1967, England, nf/ch)
- John Brooke (died 1582, England, nf)
- Lauren Brooke (born 1969, US, f), pseudonym of Linda Chapman with Beth Chambers
- P. J. Brooke (living, Scotland, f/nf)
- Anita Brookner (1928–2016, England, f/nf)
- David Brooks (born 1953, Australia, p/f/nf)
- Geraldine Brooks (born 1955, Australia/US, f)
- Gwendolyn Brooks (1917–2000, US, p)
- Karen Brooks (living, Australia, f)
- Kristi Brooks (living, US, f)
- Max Brooks (born 1972, US, f)
- Michael Brooks (born 1970, England, nf)
- Terry Brooks (born 1944, US, f)
- Anne Brooksbank (born 1943, Australia, d)
- Mary Anne Broome, Lady Broome (1831–1911, Australia, f/nf/ch)
- Ralph Broome (1742–1805, England, nf)
- John Brosnan (1947–2005, Australia/England, f/nf)
- Nicole Brossard (born 1943, Canada, p/f)
- Edith Yah Brou (born 1984, Ivory Coast, nf)
- Henry Brougham, 1st Baron Brougham and Vaux (1778–1868, Scotland/England, nf)
- Rhoda Broughton (1840–1920, Wales/England, f)
- Jeroen Brouwers (born 1940, Dutch East Indies/Netherlands, f/nf)
- Babette Brown (1931–2019, S Africa/England, nf)
- Carter Brown (1923–1985, England/Australia, f)
- Charles Brockden Brown (1771–1810, US, f/nf)
- Charles Hopel Brown (born 1964, Jamaica/US, nf)
- Dan Brown (born 1964, US, f)
- Daniel James Brown (born 1951, US, nf)
- Eric Brown (born 1960, England, f)
- Fredric Brown (1906–1972, US, f)
- Honey Brown (living, Australia, f)
- Marcia Brown (1918–2015, US, ch)
- Max Brown (1916–2003, N Zealand/Australia, f)
- Pam Brown (born 1948, Australia, nf/p)
- Sandra Brown (born 1948, US, f)
- Thomas Edward Brown (1830–1897, Isle of Man/England, p/nf)
- Gerald A. Browne (1924–2015, US, f)
- Harry Browne (1933–2006, US, nf)
- Marshall Browne (1935–2014, Australia, f)
- Moses Browne (1703–1787, England, nf)
- Robert Brown (1550s – 1633, nf)
- Thomas Browne (1605–1682, England, nf)
- Thomas Alexander Browne (1826–1915, England/Australia, f/nf), pseudonym Rolf Boldrewood
- William A. F. Browne (1805–1885, Scotland, nf)
- Dixie Browning (born 1930, US, f)
- Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1806–1861, England/Italy, p)
- Robert Browning (1812–1889, England/Italy, p/nf)
- Anatole Broyard (1920–1990, US, nf)
- Heðin Brú (1901–1987, Faroe Is, f), pseudonym of Hans Jacob Jacobsen
- Aristide Bruant (1851–1925, France, p)
- Mary Grant Bruce (1878–1958, Australia, ch)
- Raymond Bruckert (born 1935, Switzerland, f/nf)
- Walter Brueggemann (born 1933, US, nf)
- Ken Bruen (born 1951, Ireland, f)
- Alyssa Brugman (born 1974, Australia, f/ch)
- Jean de Brunhoff (1899–1937, France, ch)
- Gace Brulé (c. 1160 – post-1213, France, p)
- Andrée Brunin (1937–1993, France, p/ch/f)
- John Brunner (1934–1995, England, f)
- Mary Brunton (1778–1818, Scotland, f)
- Steven Brust (born 1955, US, f)
- Robert Bryan (1858–1920, Wales, p)
- Annika Bryn (born 1945, Sweden, f)
- Bill Bryson (born 1951, US, nf)
- Dragomir Brzak (1851–1905, Serbia, d/p/nf)