Authors_B

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 – Z

• 1 Ba–BB
• 2 Be
• 3 Bh–Bl
• 4 Bo
• 5 Br
• 6 Bu–By

Ba–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)

Bo

• 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)

Br

• 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)

Bu–By

• Kenneth C. Bucchi (living, US, nf)
• Boudewijn Büch (1948–2002, Netherlands, f/nf)
• Elizabeth Buchan (born 1948, England, nf/f)
• John Buchan (1875–1940, Scotland/Canada, f/nf)
• Edna Buchanan (born 1939, US, f/nf)
• Georg Büchner (1813–1837, Germany/Switzerland, d/p/nf)
• Anthony Buckeridge (1912–2004, England, ch)
• Nancy Buckingham (born 1924, England, f)
• Vincent Buckley (1925–1988, Australia, p/nf)
• Charles Buckmaster (1950–1972, Australia, p)
• Stefan Buczacki (born 1945, England, nf)
• Maria Elizabeth Budden (c. 1780–1832, England, f/ch)
• Algis Budrys (1931–2008, Lithuania/US, f/nf)
• Thomas Lindsay Buick (1865–1938, N Zealand, nf)
• [[Anne Buist (living, Australia, f)
• Lois McMaster Bujold (born 1949, US, f)
• Charles Bukowski (1920–1994, Germany/US, p/f)
• Miodrag Bulatovi? (1930–1991, Yugoslavia, f/nf/d)
• Mikhail Bulgakov (1891–1940, Russia/USSR, f/d)
• Vanja Buli? (born 1947, Yugoslavia/Serbia, d/nf/f)
• Fanny Mary Katherine Bulkeley-Owen (1845–1927, Wales/England, nf)
• Irinej Bulovi? (born 1947, Yugoslavia/Serbia, nf)
• Edward Bulwer-Lytton (1803–1873, England, f/p/d)
• Anna Maria Bunn (1808–1899, Australia, f)
• John Bunyan (1628–1688, England, nf/f)
• Gottfried August Bürger (1747–1794, Germany, p)
• Hermann Burger (1942–1989, Switzerland, p/f/nf)
• Alan Burgess (1915–1998, England, nf)
• Anthony Burgess (1917–1993, England, f/d/p)
• James Burgh (1714–1775, Scotland/England, nf)
• Erika Burkart (1922–2010, Switzerland, p/f)
• Alafair Burke (born 1969, US, f/nf)
• Andrew Burke (born 1944, Australia, p)
• Edmund Burke (1729–1797, Ireland/England, nf)
• J. C. Burke (born 1965, Australia, f)
• Janine Burke (born 1952, Australia, nf/f)
• Martha Burkhardt (1874–1956, Switzerland, nf)
• Michael Burleigh (born 1955, England, nf)
• Andrew Burnaby (1732–1812, England, nf)
• William Aubrey Burnage (c. 1841–1881, Australia, f/d)
• Sheila Burnford (1918–1984, Scotland/Canada, f/ch)
• Frances Hodgson Burnett (1849–1924, England/US, f/d)
• Charles Burney (1726–1814, England, nf)
• Frances Burney (1752–1840, England, f/nf/p)
• Sarah Burney (1772–1844, England, f)
• John Burningham (1936–2019, England, ch)
• Joanne Burns (born 1945, Australia, p/nf)
• Robert Burns (1759–1796, Scotland, p)
• John Burnside (born 1955, Scotland, p/f/nf)
• Nathan Burrage (born 1971, Australia, f)
• Bryan Burrough (born 1961, US, nf)
• Augusten Burroughs (born 1965, US, nf/f)
• Dillon Burroughs (born 1976, US, nf)
• Edgar Rice Burroughs (1875–1950, US, f)
• Franklin Burroughs (living, US, nf)
• William S. Burroughs (1914–1997, US, f/nf)
• Deborah Burrows (born 1959, Australia, f)
• Henry Burton (1578–1648, England, nf)
• Hester Burton (1913–2000, England, ch)
• Virginia Lee Burton (1909–1968, US, ch)
• Michael Busselle (1935–2006, England, nf)
• Christine Busta (1915–1987, Austria, p)
• Jim Butcher (born 1971, US, f)
• Alban Butler (1710–1773, England, nf)
• Joseph Butler (1692–1752, England, nf)
• Octavia E. Butler (1947–2006, US, f)
• Susan Bulkeley Butler (living, US, nf)
• Michel Butor (1926–2016, France, p/f/nf)
• Ray Buttigieg (born 1955, Malta/US, p)
• Alex Buzo (1944–2006, Australia, d/f/nf)
• Augustin Buzura (1938–2017, Romania, f/nf)
• A. S. Byatt (born 1936, England, f/nf)
• Marie Beuzeville Byles (1900–1979, Australia, nf)
• John Byrne (born 1950, England/US, f)
• Paula Byrne (born 1967, England, nf)
• Rhonda Byrne (born 1945, Australia, nf)
• Liz Byrski (born 1944, England/Australia, f/nf)