List of authors by name: F
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 – ZFa
- Dušan Fabian (born 1975, Czechoslovakia/Slovakia, f)
- Mary Fabilli (1914–2011, US, p)
- Johan Fabricius (1899–1981, Netherlands, f/ch/nf)
- Héctor Abad Faciolince (born 1958, Colombia, f/nf)
- José Fernandes Fafe (1927–2017, Portugal, p/f/nf)
- Diane Fahey (born 1945, Australia, p/nf)
- Ludwig Fahrenkrog (1867–1952, Germany, nf)
- Linda Fairstein (born 1947, US, f)
- Cristóvão Falcão (c. 1512 – c. 1557, Portugal, p)
- Maria and Harriet Falconar (fl. 1780s, England or Scotland, p)
- Johannes Daniel Falk (1768–1826, Polish Prussia/Germany, p)
- Suzanne Falkiner (born 1952, Australia, nf/f)
- Hugh Falkus (1917–1996, England, nf)
- Hans Fallada (1893–1947, Germany, f), pseudonym of Rudolf Wilhelm Friedrich Ditzen
- Ferenc Faludi (1704–1779, Hungary, f)
- György Faludy (1910–2006, Hungary, p/nf)
- Fan Chengda (???, 1126–1193, China, nf/p)
- Fan Chung (???, born 1949, China, nf)
- Fan Ye (??, 398–445/446, China, nf)
- Juraj Fándly (1750–1811, Austria-Hungary, nf)
- Julian Fane (1927–2009, England, f/nf/d)
- Margaret Fane (1887–1962, Australia, f)
- Fang Fang (??, born 1955, China, p/f/nf)
- Fang Xuanling (???, 579–648, China, nf)
- Ann, Lady Fanshawe (1625–1680, England, nf)
- John Fante (1909–1983, US, f)
- Ladislas Farago (1906–1980, Hungary/US, nf)
- Nuruddin Farah (born 1945, Somalia/S Africa, f/d)
- Anthony Faramus (1920–1990, Jersey/England, nf)
- Myrddin Fardd (1836–1921, nf), pseudonym of John Jones
- Nabile Farès (1940–2016, Algeria/France, f)
- Léon-Paul Fargue (1876–1947, France, p/nf)
- Rosa Lobato de Faria (1932–2010, Portugal, f/p/d)
- Joseph Jefferson Farjeon (1883–1955, England, f/d)
- Beverley Farmer (1941–2018, Australia, f/nf)
- Nancy Farmer (born 1941, US, ch/f)
- Penelope Farmer (born 1939, England, ch)
- Philip José Farmer (1918–2009, US, f)
- John Farrell (1851–1904, Argentina/Australia, p)
- Michael Farrell (born 1965, p)
- Rainer Werner Fassbinder (1945–1982, Germany, d/nf)
- Howard Fast (1914–2003, US, f/p/d)
- Tarek Fatah (born 1949, Pakistan/Canada, nf)
- William Faulkner (1897–1962, US, f/p/nf)
- Sebastian Faulks (born 1953, England, f)
- Jörg Fauser (1944–1987, Germany, f/d)
- Beatrice Faust (1939–2019, Australia, nf)
- Millicent Fawcett (1847–1929, England, nf)
- András Fáy (1786–1864, Hungary, p/f/d)
- Eliza Fay (1755 or 1756–1816, England, nf)
- Jean-Pierre Faye (born 1925, France, f/nf/p)
- Jean-François Leriget de La Faye (1674–1731, France, f)
- Madame de La Fayette (1634–1693, France, f)
- Mihály Fazekas (1766–1828, Hungary, p/nf)
- Jane Feather (born 1945, England/US, f)
- Constance Fecher (1911–1995, England, f), pseudonym of Constance Fecher Heaven
- Gustav Fechner (1801–1887, Germany, nf), pseudonym Dr. Mises
- Heinrich Federer (1866–1928, Switzerland, f/nf/p)
- Wayne Federman (born 1959, US, nf)
- Jürg Federspiel (1931–2007, Switzerland, f)
- Elaine Feinstein (1930–2019, England, p/f/d)
- David Feintuch (1944–2006, US, f)
- Raymond Feist (born 1945, US, f)
- István Fekete (1900–1970, Hungary, ch/f)
- Else Feldmann (1884–1942, Austria, f/d/p), Holocaust victim
- Alison Fell (born 1944, Scotland, p/f)
- Kurt Feltz (1910–1982, Germany/Spain, f)
- Feng Jicai (???, born 1942, China, f/nf)
- Feng Menglong (???, 1574–1646, China, nf/f/p)
- Feng Yidai (???, 1913–2005, China, nf)
- Feng Youlan (???, 1895–1990, China, nf)
- Fenggan (??, fl. 9th c., China, nf)
- Forrest Fenn (born 1930, US, f)
- Lionel Fenn (1942–2006, US, f)
- Geoffrey Fenton (c. 1539–1608, England, nf)
- James Fenton (1931–2021, N Ireland, p)
- James Fenton (born 1949, England, p/nf)
- Eliza Fenwick (1767–1840, England/Barbados, nf/ch)
- Miksa Feny? (1877–1972, Hungary, nf)
- Edna Ferber (1885–1968, US, f/d)
- Nils Ferlin (1898–1961, Sweden, p)
- Fanny Fern (1811–1872, US, f/ch/nf)
- Elena Ferrante (living, Italy, f)
- Marie Ferrarella (born 1948, Germany/US, f)
- Gabriella De Ferrari (born 1941, US, nf)
- Léo Ferré (1916–1993, Monaco/Italy, p)
- António Ferreira (1528–1569, Portugal, p/d)
- José Gomes Ferreira (1900–1985, Portugal, p/f)
- Vergílio Ferreira (1916–1996, Portugal, f/nf)
- Susan Edmonstone Ferrier (1782–1854, Scotland, f)
- Maria Fetherstonhaugh (1847–1918, England, f)
- Eduard von Feuchtersleben (1798–1857, Poland/Austria, d/nf/p)
- Lion Feuchtwanger (1884–1958, Germany/US, f/d)
- Malcolm Fewtrell (1909–2005, England, nf)
- Renate Feyl (born 1944, Czechoslovakia/Germany, f/nf)
- Katie Fforde (born 1952, England, f)
- Jasper Fforde (born 1961, England, f)
- I. D. Ffraid (1814–1875, Wales, p/nf)
- Helen Fielding (born 1958, England, f/d)
- Henry Fielding (1707–1754, England, f/d/p)
- Sarah Fielding (1710–1768, England, f/ch)
- Celia Fiennes (1662–1741, England, nf)
- Graeme Fife (living, England, nf/d)
- Margita Figuli (1909–1995, Czechoslovakia/Slovakia, f/nf/ch)
- Nicolae Filimon (1819–1865, Wallachia/Romania, f/nf)
- Amanda Filipacchi (born 1967, US, f/nf)
- Emil Filip?i? (born 1951, Yugoslavia/Slovenia, f/d)
- Vukašin Filipovi? (1930–1990, Yugoslavia, nf/f/d)
- Anne Finch, Countess of Winchilsea (1661–1720, England, p)
- Charles Finch (born 1980, US, f)
- Anne Fine (born 1947, England, ch/f)
- Nadia Fink (born 1977, Argentina, nf/ch)
- Thomas Fink (born 1972, US/England, nf)
- Fiona Finlay (1914–1986, England, f), pseudonym of Violet Vivian Stuart
- Jack Finney (1911–1995, US, f/d)
- Fran Saleški Finžgar (1871–1962, Austrian E/Yugoslavia, f/p/d)
- Carmen Firan (born 1958, Romania/US, p/f/nf)
- Ronald Firbank (1886–1926, England/Italy, f)
- Johann Fischart (c. 1545–1591, Germany, p/f)
- Caroline Auguste Fischer (1764–1842, Germany, f)
- Louis Fischer (1896–1970, US, nf)
- Margery Fish (1892–1969, England, nf)
- Tim Fish (born 1970, US, ch/f)
- Timothy Fish (living, US, f/nf)
- A. S. T. Fisher (1906–1989, England, p/nf)
- Ann Fisher (1719–1778, England, nf)
- Carrie Fisher (1956–2016, US, f/d)
- Catherine Fisher (born 1986, Wales, p/ch)
- Jon Fisher (born 1972, US, nf)
- Lala Fisher (1872–1929, Australia, nf)
- Mark Fisher (1968–2017, England, nf)
- William Fisher (1780–1852, England, f)
- Nicholas Fisk (1923–2016, England, f/ch), pseudonym of David Higginbottom
- Robert Fisk (1946–2020, England/Ireland, nf)
- Sebastian Fitzek (born 1971, Germany, f/nf)
- Edward Fitzgerald (1809–1883, England, p)
- Helen FitzGerald (born 1966, Australia/Scotland, f)
- F. Scott Fitzgerald (1896–1940, US, f/nf/d)
- John D. Fitzgerald (1907–1988, US, ch/nf)
- Penelope Fitzgerald (1916–2000, England, f/p/nf)
- R. D. Fitzgerald (1902–1987, Australia, p)
- Kathleen Fitzpatrick (1905–1990, Australia, nf)
- John Flanagan (born 1944, Australia, f)
- Roderick Flanagan (1828–1862, Ireland/Australia, p/nf)
- Gustave Flaubert (1821–1880, France, f/nf)
- Konrad Fleck (fl. 13th c., Germany, p)
- James Elroy Flecker (1884–1915, England, f/d/p)
- Marieluise Fleißer (1901–1974, Germany, d)
- Abraham Fleming (c. 1552–1607, England, nf/p)
- Cardine Fleming (born 1946, England, f), pseudonym of Anne Mather
- Caroline Fleming (born 1946, Denmark, nf)
- Ian Fleming (1908–1964, England, f)
- Marjorie Fleming (1803–1811, Scotland, ch/nf/p)
- Paul Fleming (1609–1640, Germany, p)
- Louis Fles (1872–1940, Netherlands, nf), pseudonym Dr. W. Bottema C. Az.
- Jane Fletcher (1870–1956, Australia, nf/f)
- Mary Bosanquet Fletcher (1739–1815, England, nf)
- Phineas Fletcher (1582–1650, England, p/nf)
- Walter Flex (1887–1917, Germany/Russian E, f)
- Eric Flint (born 1947, US, f)
- Filip Florian (born 1968, Romania, f)
- Pat Flower (1914–1977, England/Australia, d/f)
- Alice Flowerdew (1759–1830, England, p)
- R. Barri Flowers (born 1956, US, f/nf)
- Torbjörn Flygt (born 1964, Sweden, f)
- Chris Flynn (born 1972, Australia, f)
- Michael Flynn (born 1947, US, nf)
Fo
- Gorch Fock (1880–1916, Germany, f/p/d), pseudonym of Johann Wilhelm Kinau
- Lionel Fogarty (born 1958, Australia, p)
- Per Anders Fogelström (1917–1998, Sweden, f)
- Jolán Földes (1902–1963, Hungary/England, f/d), also Yolanda Foldes
- Winifred Foley (1914–2009, England, nf)
- Jean Follain (1903–1971, France, nf/p)
- Ken Follett (born 1949, Wales/England, f)
- Hans Folz (c. 1437–1513, Germany, p/d)
- Manuel da Fonseca (1911–1993, Portugal, f)
- Jean de La Fontaine (1621–1695, France, f/p)
- Theodor Fontane (1819–1898, Germany, nf/f)
- Philippa Foot (1920–2010, England, nf)
- Mary Hallock Foote (1847–1938, US, f/nf)
- Mary Hannay Foott (1846–1918, Scotland/Australia, p)
- Edward Forbes (1815–1854, Isle of Man, nf)
- Esther Forbes (1891–1967, US, f/nf/ch)
- John Forbes (1950–1998, Australia, p)
- Elbur Ford (1906–1993, England, f), pseudonym of Eleanor Burford Hibbert
- Ford Madox Ford (1873–1939, England/France, f/p/nf)
- Norrey Ford (1907–1985, England, f), pseudonym of Norren Dilcock
- Antonia Forest (1915–2003, England, ch), pseudonym of Patricia Guilia Caulfield Kate Rubinstein
- Veronica Forrest-Thomson (1947–1975, Scotland/England, p/nf)
- C. S. Forester (1899–1966, England/US, f/d/nf)
- Xavier Forneret (1809–1884, France, f/d/nf)
- Richard Forno (living, US, nf)
- Mabel Forrest (1872–1935, Australia, p/f)
- Elaine Forrestal (born 1941, Australia, ch)
- Helen Forrester (1919–2011, England/Canada, nf/f)
- Thelma Forshaw (1923–1995, Australia, f/nf)
- Lars Forssell (1928–2007, Sweden, p/d)
- William R. Forstchen (born 1950, US, f/nf)
- E. M. Forster (1879–1970, England, f/nf/d)
- Margaret Forster (1938–2016, England, f/nf)
- William Forster (1818–1882, India/Australia, p)
- Tua Forsström (born 1947, Finland/Sweden, p)
- Frederick Forsyth (born 1938, England, f)
- Paul Fort (1872–1960, France, p)
- Drew Fortier (born 1987, US, nf)
- Mary Fortune (c. 1833–1911, Australia, f/p/nf), pseudonym Waif Wander
- Valentin Fortunov (1957–2014, Bulgaria, nf)
- Robert L. Forward (1932–2002, US, nf/f)
- Jon Fosse (born 1959, Norway, f/p/ch)
- Alan Dean Foster (born 1946, US, f)
- E. M. Foster (fl. late 18th – early 19th c., England, f)
- Lori Foster (living, US, f)
- Lynn Foster (1914–1985, Australia, d/nf)
- Mo Foster (born 1944, England, nf)
- John Fothergill (1876–1957, England, nf)
- Michel Foucault (1926–1984, France, nf)
- John Foulcher (born 1952, Australia, p)
- Friedrich de la Motte Fouqué (1777–1843, Germany, d/p)
- Alain-Fournier (1886–1914, France, f/p), pseudonym of Henri-Alban Fournier
- Martha Fowke (1689–1736, England, p)
- Karen Joy Fowler (born 1950, US, f)
- Aileen Fox (1907–2005, England, nf)
- George Fox (1624–1691, England, nf)
- Len Fox (1905–2004, Australia, nf)
- Mem Fox (born 1946, Australia, ch)
- Michael J. Fox (born 1961, Canada/US, nf)
- Robert Fox (1798–1843, England, nf)
- John Foxe (1516/1517–1587, England, nf)
Fr–Fy
- Randall Frakes (living, US, d/f)
- Janet Frame (1924–2004, N Zealand, f/p/ch)
- Martin le Franc (c. 1410–1461, France/Switzerland, p)
- Anatole France (1844–1924, France, p/nf/f)
- Anne Francis (1738–1800, England, nf/p)
- Gavin Francis (born 1975, Scotland, nf)
- Julia Franck (born 1970, Germany, f/nf)
- Sebastian Franck (1499 – c. 1543, Germany, nf)
- Anne Frank (1929–1945, Germany/Netherlands, nf), Holocaust victim
- Bruno Frank (1878–1945, Germany/US, d/f/p)
- Leonhard Frank (1882–1961, Germany/US, f/d)
- Gilbert Frankau (1884–1952, England, f/p)
- Alona Frankel (born 1937, Poland/Israel, ch/p)
- Charis Frankenburg (1892–1985, England, nf)
- Frankétienne (born 1936, Haiti, p/f/d)
- Ludwig August von Frankl (1810–1894, Austrian E, p)
- Miles Franklin (1879–1954, Australia, f/nf), pseudonym of Stella Maria Sarah Miles Franklin
- André Franquin (1924–1997, Belgium, f)
- Marie-Louise von Franz (1915–1998, Switzerland, nf)
- Franzobel (born 1967, Austria, p/f), pseudonym of Franz Stefan Griebl
- Karl Emil Franzos (1848–1904, Austrian E/Germany, f)
- Antonia Fraser (born 1932, England, nf/f)
- George MacDonald Fraser (1925–2008, England/Isle of Man, f/d)
- Raymond Fraser (1941–2018, Canada, nf/f/p)
- Benjamin Frater (1979–2007, Australia, p)
- Heinrich Frauenlob (c. 1250/1260–1318, Germany, p)
- Abraham Fraunce (c. 1558/1560 – c. 1592/1593, England, p)
- Brentley Frazer (born 1972, Australia, p/nf/f)
- Ian Frazier (born 1951, US, nf)
- André Frédérique (1915–1957, France, p)
- Marianne Fredriksson (1927–2007, Sweden, f/nf)
- Barbara C. Freeman (1906–1999, England, ch)
- Douglas S. Freeman (1886–1953, US, nf)
- R. Austin Freeman (1862–1943, England, f)
- Ferdinand Freiligrath (1810–1876, Germany, p/nf)
- Raquel Freire (born 1973, Portugal, d/f)
- António A. de Freitas (born 1947, Mozambique/Portugal, nf)
- Armindo Freitas-Magalhães (born 1966, Portugal, nf)
- Elizabeth Freke (1641–1714, England, nf/p)
- Jasmin B. Frelih (born 1986, Yugoslavia/Slovenia, f)
- Elizabeth Wynne Fremantle (1778–1857, England, nf)
- Celia Fremlin (1914–2009, England, f)
- Allen French (1870–1946, US, nf/ch)
- Ashley French (1897–1985, England, f/d), pseudonym of Denise Robins
- Jackie French (born 1953, Australia, nf/ch)
- Gustav Frenssen (1863–1945, Germany, f)
- James Frey (born 1969, US, nf/f)
- Oskar Freysinger (born 1960, Switzerland, nf/f)
- Gustav Freytag (1816–1895, Germany, f/d)
- Alfred Hermann Fried (1864–1921, Germany, nf)
- Erich Fried (1921–1988, Austria/England, p/d/f)
- Egon Friedell (1878–1938, Austria, nf/d), Holocaust victim
- Joseph Friedenson (1922–2013, Poland/US, nf)
- C. S. Friedman (born 1957, US, f)
- David D. Friedman (born 1945, US, nf)
- Richard Elliott Friedman (born 1946, US, nf)
- Max Frisch (1911–1991, Switzerland, d/f)
- Gustaf Fröding (1860–1911, Sweden, p/f)
- Abraham Emanuel Fröhlich (1796–1865, Switzerland, p)
- Jean Froissart (c.?1337 – c.?1405, Flanders, nf/p)
- Helen Losanitch Frothingham (1885–1972, Serbia/France, nf)
- Robert Frost (1874–1963, US, p)
- Alistair Fruish (living, England, nf/f)
- Caroline Fry (1787–1846, England, nf)
- Fu Baoshi (???, 1904–1965, China, nf)
- Fu Shanxiang (???, 1833–1864, China, nf)
- Athol Fugard (born 1932, S Africa, d/f)
- Shizuo Fujieda (????, 1907–1993, Japan, f)
- Sadakazu Fujii (????, born 1942, Japan, p/nf)
- Sh? Fujisawa (???, born 1959, Japan, f)
- Yoshinaga Fujita (????, 1950–2020, Japan, f/d)
- Fujiwara no Akisue (????, 1055–1123, Japan, p)
- Fujiwara no Ietaka (????, 1158–1237, Japan, p)
- Fujiwara no Kint? (????, 966–1041, Japan, p)
- Fujiwara no Shunzei (????, 1114–1204, Japan, p)
- Fujiwara no Teika (????, 1162–1241, Japan, p/f/nf)
- Ky?ya Fukada (????), 1903–1971, Japan, f/nf)
- Shichir? Fukazawa (????), 1914–1987, Japan, f)
- Fukuchi Gen'ichir? (?????, 1841–1906, Japan, nf)
- Fukuda Hideko (????, 1865–1927, Japan, nf)
- Sadayoshi Fukuda (????, 1917–2002, Japan, nf)
- Masami Fukushima (????, 1929–1976, Japan, f)
- Fukuzawa Yukichi (????, 1835–1901, Japan, nf/ch)
- George Williams Fulcher (1795–1855, England, p/nf)
- Ludwig Fulda (1862–1939, Germany, d/p)
- Robert Fulghum (born 1937, US, nf)
- Claire Fuller (born 1967, England, f)
- Mary Eliza Fullerton (1868–1946, Australia/England, f/p)
- Ulpian Fulwell (1545 or 1546 – pre-1586, England, d/p)
- Jean Overton Fuller (1915–2009, England, nf)
- John Fuller (born 1937, England, p/f)
- Thomas Fuller (1608–1661, England, nf)
- Mary Eliza Fullerton (1868–1946, Australia/England, f/nf/p)
- Alice Fulton (born 1952, US, p/f/nf)
- Funahashi Seiichi (????, 1904–1976, Japan, f/d)
- Cornelia Funke (born 1958, Germany, ch)
- Bilkisu Funtuwa (living, Nigeria, f)
- Antoine Furetière (1619–1688, France, nf/f)
- Yoshikichi Furui (????, 1937–2020, Japan, f/nf)
- Henry Fuseli (1741–1825, Switzerland/England, nf)
- Milán Füst (1888–1967, Hungary, f/nf)
- Futabatei Shimei (?????, 1864–1909, Japan, f/nf)
- Simwnt Fychan (c. 1530–1606, Wales, p/nf)