List of authors by name: E
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 – ZEa–El
- Kathleen Eagle (born 1947, US, f)
- Aled Eames (1921–1996, Wales, nf)
- Marion Eames (1921–2007, Wales, f)
- John Earle (c. 1601–1665, England, nf)
- Margot Early (born 1964, US, f)
- Amelia Earhart (1897–1939, US, nf)
- Alice Eather (1988 or 1989–2017, Australia, p)
- Martin Ebbertz (born 1962, Germany, ch)
- Isabelle Eberhardt (1877–1904, Switzerland/Algeria, f/nf)
- Johann Eberlin von Günzburg (c. 1470–1533, Germany, nf)
- Georg Ebers (1837–1898, Germany, nf/f)
- Karl Egon Ebert (1801–1882, Austrian E/Bohemia, p/d)
- Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach (1830–1916, Austrian E/Moravia, f)
- Charlotte O'Conor Eccles (1863–1911, Ireland/England, f/nf), pseudonym Hal Godfrey
- Jennifer Echols (living, US, f/ch)
- Dietrich Eckart (1868–1923, Germany, p/nf)
- Johann Peter Eckermann (1792–1854, Germany, p/nf)
- Robyn Eckersley (born 1958, Australia, nf)
- Allan W. Eckert (1931–2011, US, f/ch/d)
- Meister Eckhart (c.?1260 – c.?1328, Germany, nf)
- Elaine Howard Ecklund (living, US, nf)
- Ernst Eckstein (1845–1900, Germany, f/nf/p)
- Umberto Eco (1932–2016, Italy, nf/f)
- C. M. Eddy, Jr. (1896–1967, US, f)
- Inger Edelfeldt (born 1956, Sweden, f/ch)
- Emily Eden (1797–1869, England, f)
- Wiebke Eden (born 1968, Germany, nf/f)
- Johannes Edfelt (1904–1997, Sweden, p/nf)
- John George Edgar (1834–1864, Scotland/England, f/nf/ch)
- Stephen Edgar (born 1951, Australia, p)
- Arabella Edge (living, England/Australia, f)
- Maria Edgeworth (1768–1849, Ireland/England, f/nf/ch)
- Rosemary Edghill (born 1956, US, f)
- May Edginton (1883–1957, England, f/d)
- Joseph Edkins (???, 1823–1905, England/China, nf)
- Edogawa Ranpo (?????, 1894–1965, Japan, f/nf), pseudonym of Tar? Hirai (????)
- Harriet Edquist (living, Australia, nf)
- Amelia Edwards (1831–1892, England, f/nf)
- Cassie Edwards (born 1936, US, f)
- David Edwards (born 1962, England, nf)
- David Miall Edwards (1873–1941, Wales, nf)
- Dorothy Edwards (1902–1934, Wales/England, f)
- Fanny Winifred Edwards (1876–1959, Wales, ch/d)
- G. B. Edwards (1899–1976, Guernsey/England, f)
- Hywel Teifi Edwards (1934–2010, Wales, nf)
- Kim Edwards (born 1958, US, f)
- Lewis Edwards (1909–1987, Wales, nf)
- Michael Edwards (born 1938, England/France, p/nf)
- Owen Morgan Edwards (1858–1920, Wales, nf)
- Rhian Edwards (living, Wales/England, p)
- Roger Edwards (1811–1886, Wales, nf/f)
- Thomas Edwards (1779–1858, Wales, nf), pseudonym Caerfallwch
- Åke Edwardson (born 1953, Sweden, f)
- Frederik van Eeden (1860–1932, Netherlands, nf)
- Richard Eedes (died 1686, England, nf)
- Jan Eekhout (1900–1978, Netherlands, f/p)
- Justus van Effen (1684–1735, Netherlands, nf)
- George Alec Effinger (1947–2002, US, f)
- Victor Eftimiu (1889–1972, Albania/Romania, p/d)
- Yordan Eftimov (born 1971, Bulgaria, p/nf)
- Greg Egan (born 1961, Australia, f)
- Werner Eggerath (1900–1977, Germany, nf)
- Dave Eggers (born 1970, US, nf)
- Elizabeth Eggleston (1934–1976, Australia, nf)
- Werner Egk (1901–1983, Germany, f/nf)
- Elen Egryn (1807–1876, Wales, d/nf)
- Margriet Ehlen (born 1943, Netherlands, p/nf)
- Albert Ehrenstein (1886–1950, Austria/US, p/nf)
- Marianne Ehrmann (1755–1795, Switzerland, f/nf)
- Rokusuke Ei (???, 1933–2016, Japan, p/nf)
- Günter Eich (1907–1972, Germany/Austria, p/d/nf)
- Joseph Freiherr von Eichendorff (1788–1857, Germany/Silesia, p/f/nf)
- Ludwig Eichrodt (1827–1892, Germany, p/d)
- Lena Einhorn (born 1954, Sweden/US, nf/d)
- Albert Einstein (1879–1955, Germany/US, nf)
- Carl Einstein (1885–1940, Germany/France, nf)
- Siegfried Einstein (1919–1983, Germany, p/f/nf)
- Gunnar Ekelöf (1907–1968, Sweden/Turkey, p)
- Vilhelm Ekelund (1890–1949, Sweden, p)
- Kerstin Ekman (born 1933, Sweden, f)
- Kaori Ekuni (????, born 1964, Japan, p/nf)
- Anne Elder (1918–1976, Australia, p)
- Flora Eldershaw (1897–1956, Australia, f/nf)
- M. Barnard Eldershaw (Australia, f/nf/d), pseudonym of Marjorie Barnard (1897–1987) and Flora Eldershaw (1897–1956)
- Menna Elfyn (born 1952, Wales, p/d/nf)
- Suzette Haden Elgin (1936–2015, US, nf/p/f)
- Mircea Eliade (1907–1986, Romania/US, nf/f)
- John Elias (1774–1841, Wales, nf)
- George Eliot (1819–1880, England, f/nf/p), pseudonym of Mary Ann Evans
- T. S. Eliot (1888–1965, US/England, p/nf/d)
- Islwyn Ffowc Elis (1924–2004, Wales, p/nf/f)
- Elisabeth of Wied (1843–1916, Germany/Romania, p/f), pseudonym Carmen Sylva
- William B. Ellern (born 1933, US, f)
- Anne Elliot (1856–1941, England, f), pseudonym Margery Hollis
- Lady Charlotte Elliot (1839–1880, Scotland, p)
- Janice Elliott (1931–1995, England, f/nf/ch)
- Stephen Elliott (born 1971, US, f/nf)
- Alice Thomas Ellis (1932–2005, England, f/nf)
- Bret Easton Ellis (born 1964, US, f/d)
- Deborah Ellis (born 1960, Canada, f)
- George F. Ellis (1903–1972, US, nf)
- Mari Ellis (1913–2015, Wales, nf)
- Robert Ellis (1812–1875, Wales, p/nf), Bardic name Cynddelw
- Sarah Stickney Ellis (1799–1872, England, nf)
- Thomas Iorwerth Ellis (1899–1970, Wales, nf)
- William Charles Ellis (1780–1839, England, nf)
- Harlan Ellison (1934–2018, US, f/d/nf)
- J. T. Ellison (living, US, f)
- Ernest Elmore (1901–1957, England, f), pseudonym John Bude
- Gisela Elsner (1937–1992, Germany, f)
- Charles Sutherland Elton (1900–1991, England, nf)
- Paul Éluard (1895–1952, France, p)
- Roger Elwood (born 1933, US, f/nf)
- Odysseas Elytis (1911–1996, Greece, p/nf)
Em–Ew
- Marcellus Emants (1848–1923, Netherlands, f/nf)
- Carolin Emcke (born 1967, Germany, nf)
- Buchi Emecheta (1944–2017, Nigeria/England, f/d/ch)
- Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882, US, nf/p)
- Suiin Emi (????, 1869–1934, Japan, f/nf)
- Mihai Eminescu (1850–1889, Moldavia/Romania, p/f/nf)
- Louis Émond (born 1969, Canada, f)
- Fumiko Enchi (????, 1905–1986, Japan, f/d)
- Michael Ende (1929–1995, Germany, f/ch)
- Sh?saku End? (????, 1923–1996, Japan, f)
- Deyan Enev (born 1960, Bulgaria, f)
- Johann Jakob Engel (1741–1802, Germany, d/nf)
- Friedrich Engels (1820–1895, Germany/England, nf)
- Edith Mary England (1899 – c. 1979–1981, Australia, f/p)
- Jeremy England (born 1982, US, nf)
- Enheduanna (2285–2250 BCE, Sumeria, p)
- Toh EnJoe (???, born 1972, Japan, f)
- Suzanne Enoch (living, US, f)
- Y?ji Enokido (????, born 1963, Japan, d/f)
- Per Olov Enquist (1934–2020, Sweden, d/nf/f)
- Hans Magnus Enzensberger (born 1929, Germany, p/f), pseudonym Andreas Thalmayr
- József Eötvös (1813–1871, Hungary, nf)
- Fotini Epanomitis (born 1969, Australia, f)
- Alan Epstein (fl. 20th c., US, nf)
- Elizabeth Enright (1909–1968, US, ch/f/nf)
- Ruth Erat (born 1951, Switzerland, f)
- Louise Erdrich (born 1954, US, f/p/ch)
- Mutlu Ergün-Hamaz (born 1978, Germany, f/nf)
- Dobrica Eri? (1936–2019, Yugoslavia/Serbia, f/p/ch)
- Rica Erickson (1908–2009, Australia, nf)
- Steve Erickson (born 1950, US, f/nf)
- Steven Erikson (born 1959, Canada, f), pseudonym of Steve Rune Lundin
- Helena Eriksson (born 1962, Sweden, p)
- Annie Ernaux (born 1940, France, f/nf)
- Maria Ernestam (born 1959, Sweden, f)
- Gustav Ernst (born 1944, Austria, d/f)
- Paul Ernst (1866–1933, Germany, f/d/nf)
- Walter Ernsting (1920–2005, Germany/Austria, f), pseudonym Clark Darlton
- Andreas Eschbach (born 1959, Germany, f/ch)
- Ernst Wilhelm Eschmann (1904–1987, Germany, nf/d)
- Florbela Espanca (1894–1930, Portugal, p)
- Javier Abril Espinoza (born 1965, Honduras/Switzerland, p/f/nf)
- Claude Esteban (1935–2006, France, p)
- Sofia Ester (born 1978, Portugal, f)
- Péter Esterházy (1950–2016, Hungary, f/nf)
- Salvat Etchart (1924–1985, France/Canada, f)
- George Etherege (c. 1636 – c. 1692, England/France, d)
- Jun Et? (???, 1932–1999, Japan, nf)
- Eugenia (Lady of Quality) (early 18th c., England, nf)
- Richard Euringer (1891–1953, Germany, nf)
- Beriah Gwynfe Evans (1848–1927, Wales, nf/d)
- Christine Evans (born 1943, England/Wales, p)
- Christmas Evans (1766–1838, Wales, nf)
- Daniel Evans (1792–1846, Wales, p), pseudonym Daniel Ddu o Geredigion
- Daniel Silvan Evans (1818–1903, Wales, nf)
- Diana Evans (born 1971, England, f/nf)
- Donald Evans (born 1940, Wales, p)
- Emrys Evans (1891–1966, Wales, nf)
- George Essex Evans (1863–1909, England/Australia, p)
- Gwynfor Evans (1912–2005, Wales, nf)
- Hugh Evans (1854–1934, Wales, nf/ch)
- I. O. Evans (1894–1977, S Africa/England, f)
- Margiad Evans (1909–1958, England/Wales, p/f/nf), pseudonym of Peggy Eileen Whistler
- Matilda Jane Evans (1827–1886, England/Australia, f), pseudonym Maud Jean Franc
- Richard J. Evans (born 1947, England, nf)
- Sebastian Evans (1830–1909, England, nf)
- Theophilus Evans (1693–1767, Wales, nf)
- Thomas Saunders Evans (1816–1889, England, p/nf)
- William Evans (1883–1968, Wales, p), pseudonym Wil Ifan
- Albert Evans-Jones (1895–1970, Wales, p/d), Bardic name Cynan
- Bernardine Evaristo (born 1959, England, f)
- John Evelyn (1620–1706, England nf/p)
- James Everett (1784–1872, England, nf)
- Evelyn Everett-Green (1856–1932, England/Madeira, f/ch)
- Evliya Çelebi (1611–1682, Ottoman E, nf)
- Zdravka Evtimova (born 1959, Bulgaria, f)
- Walter Ewbank (1918–2014, India/England, nf)
- Hanns Heinz Ewers (1871–1943, Germany, p/nf/f)
- John K. Ewers (1904–1978, Australia, f/p)