List of authors by name: C
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 – ZCa
- James Branch Cabell (1879–1958, US, f)
- Meg Cabot (born 1967, US, f/ch)
- António Cabral (1931–2007, Portugal, p/f/d)
- Caroline Caddy (born 1944, Australia, p)
- Pat Cadigan (born 1953, US, f)
- Rhys Cadwaladr (fl. 1666–1690, Wales, p/nf)
- Adrian Caesar (born 1955, England/Australia, f/nf/p)
- Kathleen Mannington Caffyn (c. 1855–1926, Ireland/England, f)
- Andrea Cagan (living, US, nf)
- Inès Cagnati (1937–2007, France, f)
- Cai Yan (??, c. 178 – post-206 or c. 170–215 or died c. 249, China, p)
- Cai Yong (??, 132–192, China, nf)
- Cai Xiang (??, 1012–1067, China, p/nf)
- Dominique Caillat (living, US/Germany, d/nf)
- James M. Cain (1892–1977, US, f)
- Susan Cain (born 1968, US, nf)
- Hall Caine (1853–1931, England/Isle of Man, f/d/p)
- Janet Caird (1913–1992, Malawi/Scotland, f/p)
- Mona Caird (1854–1932, England, f/nf)
- Louis Calaferte (1928–1994, Italy/France, f/nf/p)
- Susana Calandrelli (1901–1978, Argentina, p/f/nf)
- Erskine Caldwell (1903–1987, US, f/nf)
- George C?linescu (1899–1965, Romania, nf/f)
- Matei C?linescu (1934–2009, Romania/US, nf)
- Susanna Calkins (born 1971, US, f/nf)
- Brian Callison (born 1934, England/Scotland, f)
- Philip Callow (1924–2007, England, f/p/nf)
- Mena Calthorpe (1905–1996, Australia, f)
- Ada Cambridge (1844–1926, England/Australia, f/p/nf)
- Eleanor Cameron (1912–1996, Canada/US, ch/nf)
- Émile Cammaerts (1878–1953, Belgium/England, d/p)
- Luís de Camões (1524 or 1525–1580, Portugal, p)
- Candace Camp (born 1949, US, f)
- L. Sprague de Camp (1907–2000, US, f/nf)
- David Campbell (1915–1979, Australia, p/f/nf)
- Elizabeth Campbell (born 1989, Australia, p)
- John W. Campbell Jr. (1910–1971, US, f), pseudonym, Don A. Stuart
- Marion May Campbell (born 1948, Australia, f/p/nf)
- Mary Maxwell Campbell (1812–1886, Scotland, p)
- Ramsey Campbell (born 1946, England, f/nf)
- Ada Cambridge (1844–1926, England/Australia, f/p/nf)
- Joachim Heinrich Campe (1746–1818, Germany, nf/ch)
- Jan Campert (1902–1943, Netherlands, p), Holocaust victim
- Remco Campert (born 1929, Netherlands, f/p)
- Albert Camus (1913–1960, Algeria/France, f/nf)
- Mirel Can? (1957–2020, Romania, f), pseudonym ?erban Alexandru
- Elias Canetti (1905–1994, Bulgaria/Switzerland, f/d/nf)
- Jack Canfield (born 1944, US, nf),
- Ethan Canin (born 1960, US, f)
- Ivan Cankar (1876–1918, Austrian E, d/p/nf)
- Constantin Cantacuzino (1639–1716, Wallachia, nf)
- Dimitrie Cantemir ((1673–1723, Moldavia, nf)
- Cao Cao (??, c.?155–220, China, p/nf)
- Cao Pi (??, c. 187–226, China, p/nf)
- Cao Xueqin (???, 1715 or 1724 – 1763 or 1764, China, f)
- Cao Yu (??, 1910–1996, China, d)
- Cao Zhi (??, 192–232, China, p)
- Edward Capern (1819–1894, England, p)
- Truman Capote (1924–1984, US, f/d)
- Ivan ?apovski (born 1936, Greece/N Macedonia, p/f)
- Placide Cappeau (1808–1877, France, p)
- Aleš ?ar (born 1971, Yugoslavia/Slovenia, f)
- Caradoc of Llancarfan (12th c., Wales, nf)
- Ionu? Caragea (born 1975, Romania, p)
- Ion Luca Caragiale (1852–1912, Wallachia/Germany, d/f/p)
- Mateiu Caragiale (1885–1936, Romania, p/f/nf)
- Marie-Magdeleine Carbet (1902–1996, Martinique, p/f)
- Raffaello Carboni (1817–1875, Italy, nf)
- Adolphe Joseph Carcassonne (1826–1891, France, p/d)
- Francis Carco (1886–1958, New Caledonia/France, p/f/d)
- Orson Scott Card (born 1951, US, f)
- Gerolamo Cardano (1501–1576, Italy, nf)
- Miguel Esteves Cardoso (born 1955, Portugal/England, nf/f)
- Maurice Carême (1899–1978, Belgium, p/ch)
- Jan Carew (1920–2012, British Guiana/US, f/d/p)
- Thomas Carew (1595–1640, England, p)
- Peter Carey (born 1943, Australia, f)
- Rosa Nouchette Carey (1840–1909, England, ch/f)
- Eric Carle (born 1929, US, ch)
- Erwin Carlé (1876–1923, Germany, f)
- William Carleton (1794–1869, Ireland, nf/f)
- Robert Carliell (died c. 1622, England, p)
- George Carlin (1937–2008, US, nf)
- Patricia Carlon (1927–2002, Australia, f)
- Alexander Carlyle (1722–1805, Scotland, nf)
- Liz Carlyle (born 1958, US, f)
- Thomas Carlyle (1795–1881, Scotland/England, nf)
- Jennings Carmichael (1867–1904, Australia/England, p/nf)
- Stokely Carmichael (1941–1998, Trinidad/Guinea, nf)
- Simon Carmiggelt (1913–1987, Netherlands, nf/p)
- Isobelle Carmody (born 1958, Australia, f/ch)
- Hans Carossa (1878–1956, Germany, f/p)
- Otto Maria Carpeaux (1900–1978, Austria/Brazil, nf)
- Bo Carpelan (1926–2011, Finland, p/f)
- Edmund Snow Carpenter (1922–2011, US, nf)
- John Dickson Carr (1906–1977, US, f)
- Margaret Carr (born 1935, England, f)
- Philippa Carr (1906–1993, England, f), pseudonym of Eleanor Burford Hibbert
- Raymond Carr (1919–2015, England, nf)
- Robyn Carr (living, US, f)
- Terry Carr (1937–1987, US, f)
- John le Carré (1931–2020, England, f), pseudonym of David John Moore Cornwell
- Julio Carreras (born 1949, Argentina, f)
- Leonora Carrington (1917–2011, England/Mexico, f)
- Lewis Carroll (1832–1898, England, p/ch), pseudonym of Charles Lutwidge Dodgson
- A. J. Carruthers (living, Australia, p/nf)
- Harold H. Carstens (1925–2009, US, nf)
- Catherine Carswell (1879–1946, Scotland, f/nf)
- Mircea C?rt?rescu (born 1956, Romania, f/p/nf)
- Ally Carter (born 1974, US, f/ch)
- Angela Carter (1940–1992, England, f/nf/p)
- Brian Carter (born 1973, US, nf)
- Elizabeth Carter (1717–1806, England, p/nf)
- Lin Carter (1930–1988, US, f/p)
- Martin Carter (1927–1997, British Guiana/Guyana, p/nf)
- Peter Carter (1929–1999, England/Germany, ch)
- Barbara Cartland (1901–2000, England, f)
- Justin Cartwright (1943–2018, S Africa/England, f)
- Thomas Cartwright (c. 1535–1603, England, nf)
- Jeffrey Carver (born 1949, US, f)
- Raymond Carver (1938–1988, US, f/p)
- Elizabeth Cary, Viscountess Falkland (1585–1639, England, p/d/nf)
- Kate Cary (born 1967, England, f)
- Maie Casey, Baroness Casey (1892–1983, Australia, p/nf)
- Deirdre Cash (1924–1963, Australia, f), pseudonym Criena Rohan
- Johnny Cash (1932–2003, US, p)
- John Carter Cash (born 1970, US, p)
- June Carter Cash (1929–2003, US, p)
- Kristin Cashore (born 1976, US, ch/f)
- Zoë Cass (1916–2002, Scotland/England, f), pseudonym of Lois Dorothea Low
- Neal Cassady (1926–1968, US/Mexico, p/nf)
- Fernão Lopes de Castanheda (c. 1500–1559, Portugal, nf)
- Ignaz Franz Castelli (1780–1862, Austria, d/p)
- António Feliciano de Castilho (1800–1875, Portugal, p/nf)
- Egerton Castle (1858–1920, England, f/nf)
- Elisabeth Castonier (1894–1975, Germany/England, ch/nf)
- Eugénio de Castro (1869–1944, Portugal, p)
- Ferreira de Castro (1898–1974, Portugal, f/nf)
- Públia Hortênsia de Castro (1548–1595, Portugal, nf)
- Kole ?ašule (1921–2009, Yugoslavia/N Macedonia, d/nf/f)
- Nick Catalano (born 1939, US, nf)
- Lee Cataldi (born 1942, Australia, p)
- Dušan ?ater (born 1968, Yugoslavia/Slovenia, f/ch)
- Willa Cather (1873–1947, US, f)
- Nancy Cato (1917–2000, Australia, f/nf/p)
- Jacob Cats (1577–1660, Netherlands, p)
- Catullus (c. 84 – c. 54 BCE, Rome, p)
- Bonaventura Cavalieri (1598–1647, Italy, nf)
- Clare Cavendish (fl. 20th c., England, f)
- Jane Cavendish (1621–1669, England, p/d)
- Margaret Cavendish, Duchess of Newcastle-upon-Tyne (1623–1673, England, p/nf/f)
- Jean Cayrol (1911–2005, France, p), Holocaust survivor
- Henri Cazalis (1840–1909, France/Switzerland, p/nf), pseudonym Jean Lahor
- Denys Cazet (born 1938, US, ch)
Ce–Ch
- Camilla Ceder (born 1976, Sweden, f)
- Siv Cedering (1939–2007, Sweden/US, p/f)
- Camilo José Cela (1916–2002, Spain, f/p/nf)
- Peride Celal (1916–2013, Turkey, f)
- Paul Celan (1920–1970, Romania/France, p)
- Louis-Ferdinand Céline (1894–1961, France, f/nf)
- Conrad Celtes (1459–1508, Germany/Austria, nf/p)
- Blaise Cendrars (1887–1961, Switzerland/France, f/p), pseudonym of Frédéric-Louis Sauser
- C. W. Ceram (1915–1972, Germany, nf), pseudonym of Karl Wilhelm Marek
- Elio Lampridio Cerva (1463–1520, Ragusa, p)
- Miguel de Cervantes (1547–1616, Spain, f)
- Juraj ?ervenák (born 1974, Czechoslovakia/Slovakia, f)
- Aimé Césaire (1913–2008, Martinique, p/nf)
- Gilbert Cesbron (1913–1979, France, f)
- Steph Cha (born 1986, US, f)
- Michael Chabon (born 1963, US, f/nf)
- Angie Chabram-Dernersesian (born 1952, US, nf)
- Laurence Chaderton (c. 1536–1640, England, nf)
- David Chadwick (1926–2020, US, nf)
- Jack L. Chalker (1944–2005, US, f)
- Ján Chalupka (1791–1871, Austria-Hungary/Hungary, d/nf)
- Samo Chalupka (1812–1883, Austria-Hungary/Hungary, p)
- Brenda Chamberlain (1912–1971, Wales, p/f)
- Aidan Chambers (born 1934, England, ch)
- Adelbert von Chamisso (1781–1838, France/Germany, p/f/nf)
- Patrick Chamoiseau (born 1953, Martinique, f/d/ch)
- A. Bertram Chandler (1912–1984, England/Australia, f)
- Jessie Chandler (born 1968, US, f)
- Raymond Chandler (1888–1959, US/England, f)
- Eileen Chang (???, 1920–1995, China/US, nf/f)
- Iris Chang (???, 1968–2004, Taiwan/US, nf)
- Chang Hsin-hai (???, 1898–1972, China, nf)
- Jung Chang (??, born 1952, China/England, nf)
- William Ellery Channing (1880–1942, US, nf)
- William Ellery Channing (1818–1901, p)
- Henry Channon (1897–1958, US/England, nf/f)
- Jean Chapelain (1595–1674, France, p/nf)
- Jean de la Chapelle (1651–1723, France, d/f)
- James Chapman (born 1955, US, f)
- Hester Chapone (1827–1901, England, nf)
- Corinne Chaponnière (born 1954, Switzerland, nf)
- Maurice Chappaz (1916–2009, Switzerland, p/nf)
- Eustace Chapuys (c. 1490/1492–1556, Savoy/Brabant, nf)
- René Char (1907–1988, France, p)
- David Charles (1762–1834, Wales, p)
- Thomas Charles (1755–1814, Wales, nf)
- James Charlton (born 1947, Australia, p/nf)
- Isabelle de Charrière (1740–1805, Netherlands/Prussia, nf/p), synonym Belle van Zuylen
- Alain Chartier (c. 1385–1430, France, p/nf)
- James Hadley Chase (1906–1985, England/Switzerland, f)
- François-René de Chateaubriand (1768–1848, France, nf)
- Georgiana Chatterton (1806–1876, England, nf)
- Beth Chatto (1923–2018, England, nf)
- Leung Long Chau (???, 1911–1998, China, p)
- Geoffrey Chaucer (c. 1343–1400, England, p/nf)
- Nirad C. Chaudhuri (1897–1999, India, nf/f)
- Nan Chauncy (1900–1970, England/Australia, ch)
- Malcolm de Chazal (1902–1981, Mauritius, nf)
- Andrée Chedid (1920–2011, Egypt/France, p/f)
- Mavis Cheek (born 1948, England, f)
- John Cheever (1912–1982, US, f)
- Anton Chekhov (1860–1904, Russia, d/f)
- Chen Hongmou (???, 1696–1771, China, nf)
- Chen Maiping (???, born 1952, China, nf/p)
- Chen Qiufan (???, born 1981, China, f)
- Chen Ran (??, born 1962, China, f)
- Chen Shou (??, 233–297, China, nf)
- Chen Zi'ang (???, 661 or 656–702, China, p)
- Charles-Julien Lioult de Chênedollé (1769–1833, France, p)
- Adolphe Chenevière (1855–1917, Switzerland/France, f/nf)
- Cheng Yi (??, 1033–1107, China, nf)
- François Cheng (???, born 1929, China/France, p/f/nf)
- André Chénier (1762–1794, Ottoman E/France, p)
- Victor Cherbuliez (1829–1899, Switzerland/France, f/nf)
- Voydan Chernodrinski (1875–1951, Ottoman E/Bulgaria, d)
- Ron Chernow (born 1949, US, nf)
- C. J. Cherryh (born 1942, US, f)
- Ciarunji Chesaina (born 1947, Kenya, nf)
- Simon Cheshire (born 1954, England, ch)
- Marion Chesney (1936–2019, Scotland/England, f)
- Jacques Chessex (1934–2009, Switzerland, p/f)
- Denise Chesterton (1897–1985, England, f/d/nf), pseudonym of Denise Robins
- G. K. Chesterton (1874–1936, England, nf/f)
- William Rufus Chetwood (died 1766, Ireland/England, d/f/nf)
- Tracy Chevalier (born 1962, US/England, f)
- Chi Li (??, born 1957, China, f)
- Chi Zijian (???, born 1964, China, f)
- Ted Chiang (born 1967, US, f)
- Marjorie Chibnall (1915–2012, England, nf)
- Chikamatsu Monzaemon (??????, 1653–1725, Japan, d)
- Lee Child (born 1954, England, f)
- Edmund Chilmead (1610–1654, England, nf)
- Charles Chilton (1917–2013, England, nf)
- Irma Chilton (1930–1990, Wales, ch)
- Chin Shunshin (???, 1924–2015, Taiwan/Japan, f/nf)
- Yukie Chiri (????, 1903–1922, Japan, f/nf)
- Constantin Chiri?? (1925–1991, Romania, ch/f)
- Fukuda Chiyo-ni (?????, 1703–1775, Japan, p)
- Mary Cholmondeley (1859–1925, England, f)
- Noam Chomsky (born 1928, US, nf)
- Eileen Chong (born 1980, Singapore/Australia, p)
- Deepak Chopra (born 1946, India/US, nf)
- Kate Chopin (1850–1904, US, f)
- Charles Chorley (c. 1810–1874, England, nf)
- Wei-Liang Chow (???, 1911–1995, China/US, nf)
- Satyabrata Rai Chowdhuri (1935–2016, India/UK, nf)
- Chrétien de Troyes (c. 1135 – c. 1185, France/Flanders, p)
- Helene Christaller (1872–1953, Germany, ch)
- Inger Christensen (1935–2009, Denmark, p/f/nf)
- Jill Christian (1907–1985, England, f), pseudonym of Noreen Ford Dilcock
- Agatha Christie (1890–1976, England, f)
- Annie Christitch (1885–1977, Serbia/England, nf)
- Elizabeth Christitch (1861–1933, Ireland/England, nf/p)
- John Christopher (1922–2012, England, f), pseudonym of Samuel Youd
- Dobroslav Chrobák (1907–1951, Austria-Hungary/Czechoslovakia, f)
- Stoyan Christowe (1898–1985, Ottoman E/US, f)
- Chu Anping (???, 1909 – c. 1966, China, nf)
- Chu Suiliang (???, 596–658, China, nf)
- Thomas Chubb (1679–1747, England, nf)
- Ralph Chubb (1892–1960, England, p)
- Chudomir (1890–1967, Bulgaria, f), pseudonym of Dimitar Hristov Chorbadjiev
- Alfred John Church (1829–1912, England, nf)
- Hubert Church (1857–1932, England/Australia, poet)
- James Church (living, US, f), unidentified pseudonym
- Richard Church (1893–1972, England, p)
- Richard William Church (1815–1890, England, nf)
- Winston Churchill (1874–1965, England, nf)
- Winston Churchill (1871–1947, US, f)
- Sarah Churchwell (born 1970, US/England, f)
- Thomas Churchyard (c. 1523–1604, England, p)
Ci–Cl
- Hanns Cibulka (1920–2004, Czechoslovakia/Germany, p/nf)
- Scott Ciencin (1962–2014, US, f/cs)
- Jozef Cíger-Hronský (1896–1960, Austria-Hungary/Czechoslovakia, f/d/ch)
- Živko ?ingo (1935–1987, Yugoslavia, f)
- Melko ?ingrija (1873–1949, Austria-Hungary/Yugoslavia, nf)
- Ivo ?ipiko (1869–1923, Dalmatia/Yugoslavia, f)
- Emil Cioran (1911–1995, Austria-Hungary/Romania, nf)
- George Ciprian (1883–1968, Romania, d)
- Zoran ?iri? (born 1962, Yugoslavia/Serbia, f/p)
- Jovan ?irilov (1931–2014, Yugoslavia/Serbia, nf/p)
- Dejan ?irjakovi? (born 1979, Yugoslavia/Serbia, d)
- Dragan ?irjani? (born 1954, Yugoslavia/Serbia, d/nf)
- Olivera ?irkovi? (born 1969, Yugoslavia/Greece, f)
- Sandra Cisneros (born 1954, US/Mexico, f)
- Robert Citino (born 1958, US, nf)
- Emil Cioran (1911–1995, Hungary/France, nf)
- Oscar Walter Cisek (1897–1966, Romania, f/p/nf)
- Hélène Cixous (born 1939, Algeria/France, p/d/nf)
- Ellen Clacy (1830–1901, England, nf), pseudonym Cycla
- Stig Claesson (1928–2008, Sweden, nf)
- Margaret St. Clair (1911–1995, US, f)
- Tom Clancy (1947–2013, US, f)
- John Clanvowe (c. 1341–1391, Wales, p)
- Cassandra Clare (born 1973, US, f/cs)
- John Clare (1793–1864, England, p)
- Monica Clare (1924–1973, Australia, f)
- Carol Higgins Clark (born 1956, US, f)
- George Kitson Clark (1900–1975, England, nf)
- Gillian Clarke (living, nf)
- Mary Higgins Clark (1927–2020, US, f)
- Mavis Thorpe Clark (1909–1999, Australia, f/ch)
- Miles Clark (1960–1993, N Ireland/England, nf)
- Ross Clark (born 1953, Australia, p)
- Thomas D. Clark (1903–2005, US, nf)
- Tom Clark (1941–2018, US, p/nf)
- William George Clark (1821–1878, England, nf)
- Anna Clarke (1919–2004, S Africa/England, f)
- Arthur C. Clarke (1917–2008, England/Sri Lanka, f/nf)
- Gillian Clarke (born 1937, Wales, p/d)
- Henry Savile Clarke (1841–1893, England, d/nf)
- Marcus Clarke (1846–1881, England/Australia, f/p/d)
- Maxine Beneba Clarke (living, Australia, f/nf/p)
- Pauline Clarke (1921–2013, England, ch)
- William Clarke (1696–1771, England, nf)
- George Samuel Clason (1874–1957, US, nf)
- Paul Claudel (1868–1955, France, p/d)
- Matthias Claudius (1740–1815, Germany, p/nf)
- Hugo Claus (1929–2008, Belgium, d/f/p)
- Jo Clayton (1939–1988, US, f)
- Meg Waite Clayton (born 1959, US, f)
- Beverly Cleary (1916–2021, US, ch)
- Jon Cleary (1917–2010, Australia, f/d)
- Brian Cleeve (1921–2003, England/Ireland, f/nf)
- John Cleland (1709–1789, England, f)
- William Cleland (c. 1661–1689, Scotland, p)
- Justin Clemens (born 1969, Australia, nf/p/f)
- Samuel Clemens (1835–1910, US, f/nf), pseudonym Mark Twain
- Hal Clement (1922–2003, US, f), pseudonym of Harry Clement Stubbs
- Pope Clement I (died 99 CE, Roman E, nf)
- Vladimír Clementis (1902–1952, Austria-Hungary/Czechoslovakia, nf)
- Inga Clendinnen (1934–2016, Australia, nf)
- Maurice Clenock (c. 1525–1581, Wales, nf), also known as Morys Clynnog
- John Cleveland (1613–1658, England, p)
- Josse van Clichtove (1472/1473–1543, Flanders/France, nf)
- William Cliff (born 1940, Belgium, p), pseudonym of André Imberechts
- Charmian Clift (1923–1969, Australia, f/nf)
- Mark Clifton (1906–1963, US, f)
- Emma Cline (born c. 1989, US, f)
- Ernest Cline (born 1972, US, f/p)
- Bill Clinton (born 1946, US, nf)
- Augustus Clissold (c. 1797–1882, England, nf)
- Felicity Cloake (living, England, nf)
- Brenda Clough (living, US, f)
- Hafina Clwyd (1936–2011, Wales, nf)
- Constance Clyde (1872–1951, N Zealand/Australia, nf), pseudonym of Constance Jane McAdam
- Susan Clymer (born 1951, US, ch)
Co
- Wendy Coakley-Thompson (born 1966, US, f)
- Sheila Coates (1937–2000, England/Isle of Man, f)
- Richard Cobb (1917–1996, England, nf)
- William Cobbett (1763–1835, England, nf)
- Harlan Coben (born 1962, US, f)
- Stanton A. Coblentz (1896–1982, US, f/nf/p)
- Robbie Coburn (born 1994, Australia, p)
- Ioan Mihai Cochinescu (born 1951, Romania, f/nf)
- Catharine Trotter Cockburn (1679–1749, England, f/d/nf)
- Jean Cocteau (1889–1963, France, p/d/f)
- Grace Coddington (born 1941, Wales/US, nf)
- Andrei Codrescu (born 1946, Romania/US, p/f/nf)
- Jonathan Coe (born 1961, England, f/nf/ch)
- Paulo Coelho (born 1947, Brazil, f/p)
- John Maxwell Coetzee (born 1940, S Africa/Australia, f/nf)
- G. D. H. Cole (1889–1959, England, nf/f)
- Margaret Cole (1893–1980, England, nf/f/p)
- Hal Colebatch (1945–2019, Australia, p/nf)
- Aidan Coleman (born 1946, Wales/Australia, p/nf)
- Joan Collins (born 1933, England, f/nf)
- Raphaël Confiant (born 1951, Martinique, f/nf)
- Raphael H. Cohen (born 1953, Switzerland, nf)
- Shaughnessy Cohen (1948–1998, Canada, nf)
- Gabrielle de Coignard (c. 1550–1586, France, p)
- Prokopije ?okorilo (1802–1866, Ottoman E, nf)
- Allison Hedge Coke (born 1958, US, p/nf)
- Rita Akoto Coker (born 1953, Ghana/US, f)
- Emily Colas (living, US, nf)
- Margaret Cole (1893–1980, England, p/f)
- Martina Cole (born 1959, England, f)
- Christabel Rose Coleridge (1843–1921, England, f/nf)
- Derwent Coleridge (1800–1883, England, nf)
- Hartley Coleridge (1796–1849, England, p/nf)
- Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772–1834, England, p/nf)
- Sara Coleridge (1802–1852, England, nf/ch)
- Louise Colet (1810–1876, France, p/nf)
- Colette (1873–1954, France, f/nf)
- Eoin Colfer (born 1965, Ireland, ch)
- Heinrich Joseph von Collin (1771–1811, Austrian E, d/p)
- Matthäus Casimir von Collin (1779–1824, Austrian E, p/d)
- William Gershom Collingwood (1854–1932, England, nf)
- An Collins (fl. 1653, England, p)
- Anthony Collins (1676–1729, England, nf)
- Jackie Collins (1937–2015, US, f)
- Larry Collins (1929–2005, US, f/nf)
- Max Allan Collins (born 1948, US, f)
- Suzanne Collins (born 1962, US, nf)
- Michael Collins (1924–2005, US, f), pseudonym of Dennis Lynds
- Mortimer Collins (1827–1876, England, p/f)
- Norman Collins (1907–1982, England, nf)
- Wilkie Collins (1824–1889, England, f)
- Laurence Collinson (1925–1986, England/Australia, d/p/nf)
- Danielle Collobert (1940–1978, France, nf/p)
- Carlo Collodi (1826–1890, Italy, f/nf)
- George Combe (1788–1858, Scotland, nf)
- Jennifer Compton (born 1949, N Zealand/Australia, p/d)
- Harriet Theresa Comstock (1860–1925, US, f/ch)
- Ivy Compton-Burnett (1884–1969, England, f)
- Auguste Comte (1798–1857, France, nf)
- Barbara Comyns (1907–1992, England, f)
- Maryse Condé (born 1937, Guadeloupe, f/nf/d)
- William Congreve (1670–1729, England, d/p)
- Groff Conklin (1904–1968, US, nf)
- Jane Leslie Conly (born 1948, US, f/ch)
- Jim Connell (1852–1929, Ireland/England, p)
- Conon de Béthune (born pre-1160, France, p)
- Benoît Conort (living, France, p/nf)
- Joseph Conrad (1857–1924, Poland/UK, f/nf)
- Lauren Conrad (born 1986, US, f/nf)
- Benjamin Constant (1767–1830, Switzerland/France, nf)
- Constantine of Kostenets (c. 1380 – post-1431, Bulgaria/Serbia, nf)
- Constantine of Preslav (fl. 9th–10th c., Moravia/Bulgaria, nf)
- Damian Conway (born 1964, Australia, nf)
- Hugh Conway (1847–1885, England/France, f), pseudonym of Frederick John Fargus
- Glen Cook (born 1944, US, f)
- Robin Cook (1946–2005, Scotland/England, nf)
- James Francis Cooke (1875–1960, US, nf)
- Mordecai Cubitt Cooke (1825–1914, England, nf)
- Thomas Cooke (1703–1756, England, nf)
- Catherine Cookson (1906–1998, England, f)
- Antoon Coolen (1897–1961, Netherlands, f)
- Susan Coolidge (1835–1905, US, ch), pseudonym of Sarah Chauncey Woolsey
- Caroline B. Cooney (born 1947, US, f)
- Carolyn Cooper (born 1950, Jamaica, nf)
- Dennis Cooper (born 1953, US, f/nf/p)
- Glenn Cooper (born 1953, US, f)
- James Fenimore Cooper (1789–1851, US, f)
- Jilly Cooper (born 1937, England, nf/f)
- Susan Cooper (born 1935, England, f/nf/d)
- Thomas Cooper (1805–1892, England, p/f/nf)
- Edward Meredith Cope (1818–1873, England, nf)
- Lori Copeland (living, US, nf)
- Branko ?opi? (1915–1984, Yugoslavia, ch/f)
- Esther Copley (1786–1851, England, nf/ch)
- François Coppée (1842–1908, France, p/f)
- Tristan Corbière (1845–1875, France, p)
- Peter Corey (1946—2019, England, ch)
- Pierre Corneille (1606–1684, France, d)
- Thomas Corneille (1625–1709, France, nf/d)
- Adam Cornford (born 1950, England/US, p/nf)
- F. M. Cornford (1874–1943, England, nf)
- Frances Cornford (1886–1960, England, p)
- John Cornford (1915–1936, England, p)
- Caroline Cornwallis (1786–1858, England, nf)
- Bernard Cornwell (born 1944, England, f)
- Patricia Cornwell (born 1956, US, f)
- Svetozar ?orovi? (1875–1919, Ottoman E/Yugoslavia, f)
- Hélia Correia (born 1949, Portugal, f/d/p)
- Gaspar Correia (1492 – c. 1553, Portugal/Goa, nf)
- Natália Correia (1923–1993, Portugal, p/nf)
- Hugo Brandt Corstius (1935–2014, Netherlands, f/nf)
- Julio Cortázar (1914–1984, Argentina/France, f/nf)
- George Co?buc (1866–1918, Romania, p/nf)
- Bora ?osi? (born 1932, Yugoslavia/Germany, f/nf)
- Branimir ?osi? (1903–1934, Serbia/Yugoslavia, f)
- Dobrica ?osi? (1921–2014, Yugoslavia/Serbia, nf)
- Cosmas the Priest (fl. c. 10th c., Bulgaria, nf)
- Maria Velho da Costa (1938–2020, Portugal, f/nf)
- Orlando da Costa (1929–2006, Portugal, nf)
- Miron Costin (1633–1691, Moldavia, nf/p)
- Randle Cotgrave (died 1652, England, nf)
- Charles Cotin (1604–1681, France, nf/p)
- Côtis-Capel (1915–1986, France, p), pseudonym of Albert Lohier
- Aleksandar ?otri? (born 1966, Yugoslavia/Serbia, nf)
- Joseph Seamon Cotter, Sr. (1861–1949, US, p/d/nf)
- Charles Cotterell (1615–1701, England, nf)
- John Cotton (1585-1652, England, nf)
- Dorothy Cottrell (1902–1957, Australia, f)
- Anna Couani (born 1948, Australia, f/nf/p)
- Catherine Coulter (born 1942, US, f)
- Emily Coungeau (1860–1936, England/Australia, p)
- Louis Couperus (1863–1923, Netherlands, f/p)
- Douglas Coupland (born 1961, Canada, f/nf)
- Georges Courteline (1858–1929, France, d/f)
- Bryce Courtenay (1933–2012, S Africa/Australia, f)
- Hedwig Courths-Mahler (1867–1950, Germany, f)
- Caroline Courtney (1946–2011, England, f), pseudonym of Penelope Jones Halsall
- Gaston Couté (1880–1911, France, p/nf)
- Diogo do Couto (c. 1542–1616, Portugal, nf)
- Jessie Catherine Couvreur (1848–1897, England/Australia, f), pseudonym Tasma
- Myles Coverdale (1488–1569, England, nf)
- Watriquet de Couvin (fl. 1319–1329, France, p)
- Bruce Coville (born 1950, US, ch)
- Hannah Cowley (1743–1809, England, d/p)
- Josephine Cox (1938–2020, England, f)
- Stephen R. Covey (1932–2012, US, nf)
- Sean Covey (born 1964, US, nf)
- Frances Cowen (1915–1992, England, f/ch)
- William Cowper (1731–1800, England, p)
- Peter Coyote (born 1941, US, nf)
Cr–Cs
- George Crabbe (1754–1832, England, p)
- Fanny Cradock (1909–1994, England, nf)
- Amanda Craig (born 1959, S Africa/England, f/nf)
- Dinah Craik (1826–1887, England, f/p), born Dinah Maria Mulock
- Helen Craik (c. 1751–1825, Scotland/England, p/f)
- Robert Crais (born 1953, US, f)
- Stephen Crane (1871–1900, US, p/f)
- Max Crawford (1938–2010, US, f)
- Robert Crawford (1868–1930, Australia, p)
- Helen Crawfurd (1877–1954, Scotland, nf)
- Ion Creang? (1837–1889, Moldavia/Romania, f/nf/ch)
- John Creasey (1908–1973, England, f)
- Claude Prosper Jolyot de Crébillon (1707–1777, France, f)
- Sharon Creech (born 1945, US, ch)
- Octave Crémazie (1827–1879, Canada/France, p)
- Dave Crenshaw (born 1975, US, nf)
- Jean-Paul Crespelle (1910–1994, France, nf)
- Helen Cresswell (1934–2005, England, ch)
- Jasmine Cresswell (born 1941, Wales/US, f)
- René Crevel (1900–1935, France, f)
- Isaac Crewdson (1780–1844, England, nf)
- Michael Crichton (1942–2008, US, f)
- Michael Crick (born 1958, England, nf)
- Arthur Shearly Cripps (1869–1952, England/S Rhodesia, nf/f/p)
- Louise Crisp (born 1957, Australia, p)
- Alice Guerin Crist (1876–1941, Ireland/Australia, p/f)
- Millie Criswell (born 1948, US, f)
- Branislav Crn?evi? (1933–2011, Yugoslavia/Serbia, f/p/ch)
- Miloš Crnjanski (1893–1977, Austria-Hungary/Serbia, p/f/nf)
- Julian Croft (born 1941, Australia, p/nf)
- Alison Croggon (born 1962), S Africa/Australia, p/d/f)
- Bithia Mary Croker (1848 or 1849–1920, Ireland, f)
- Richmal Crompton (1890–1969, England, ch)
- A. J. Cronin (1896–1981, Scotland/Switzerland, f)
- M. T. C. Cronin (born 1963, Australia, p)
- Compton N. Crook (1908–1981, US, f), pseudonym, Stephen Tall
- Wolf-Ulrich Cropp (born 1941, Germany, nf/f)
- Charles Cros (1842–1888, France, p/nf)
- Camilla Dufour Crosland (1812–1895, England, f/p/nf)
- Gillian Cross (born 1945, England, ch)
- Zora Cross (1890–1964, Australia, p/f)
- Blake Crouch (born 1978, US, f)
- Jean-Pierre de Crousaz (1663–1750, Switzerland, nf)
- Catherine Crowe (1803–1876, England, f/d/ch)
- Aleister Crowley (1875–1947, England, p/f)
- Robert Crowley (c. 1517–1588, England/Germany, p/nf)
- Andrew Crumey (born 1961, Scotland, f/nf)
- Paul J. Crutzen (born 1933, Netherlands, nf)
- Géza Csáth (1887–1919, Hungary, f/nf/d), pseudonym of József Brenner
- Gergely Csiky (1842–1891, Hungary, d)
- Sándor Csoóri (1930–2016, Hungary, nf/p)
Cu–Cz
- Annie Hall Cudlip, (1838–1918, England, f)
- Tone ?ufar (1905–1942, Austrian E/Yugoslavia, f/p/d), Holocaust victim
- Cui Hao (??, c. 704 – c. 754, China, p)
- Ioan Petru Culianu (1950–1991, Romania/US, nf/f)
- Gordana ?ulibrk (born 1952, Yugoslavia/Serbia, f/p)
- Jonathan Culler (born 1944, US/England, nf)
- Ridgwell Cullum (1867–1943, England, f)
- Chris Culver (living, US, f)
- Nigel Cumberland (born 1967, England, nf)
- E. E. Cummings (1894–1962, US, p/nf/d)
- Anne Cuneo (1936–2015, France/Switzerland, f/d)
- Álvaro Cunhal (1913–2005, Portugal, nf)
- Daniel John Cunningham (1850–1909, Scotland, nf)
- Will Cuppy (1884–1949, US, nf)
- Suzanne Curchod (1737–1794, Switzerland, nf)
- Milan ?ur?in (1880–1960, Austria-Hungary/Yugoslavia, p/nf)
- Jean Curlewis (1898–1930, Australia, f/nf)
- Christopher Paul Curtis (born 1953, US, ch)
- Lionel Curtis (1872–1955, England, nf)
- Margaret Curran (1887–1962, Australia, p/nf)
- Katy Currie (born 1946, US, f), pseudonym of Susan Spaeth Kyle
- Jane Louise Curry (born 1932, US, ch/f)
- Alice Curwen (c. 1619–1679, England, nf)
- James Oliver Curwood (1878–1927, US, f/nf)
- Dymphna Cusack (1902–1981, Australia, d/f/nf)
- Karen Cushman (born 1941, US, f)
- Clive Cussler (1931–2020, US, f)
- Catherine Cuthbertson (c. 1775–1842, England, f)
- James Cuthbertson (1851–1910, Scotland/Australia, p)
- Ivor Cutler (1923–2006, Scotland/England, p/nf)
- Lidija Cvetkovic (born 1967, Yugoslavia/Australia, p)
- Alfons von Czibulka (1888–1969, Austrian E/Germany, f/nf)
- Emil Czyrnia?ski (1824–1888, Poland, nf)