List of authors by name: H
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 – ZHa
- Jacob Haafner (1754–1809, Germany/Netherlands, nf)
- Hella Haasse (1918–2011, Dutch East Indies/Netherlands, f/ch)
- Jürgen Habermas (born 1929, Germany, nf)
- Maria Hack (1777–1844, England, nf/ch)
- Erich Hackl (born 1954, Austria, f)
- William Hacket (died 1591, England, nf)
- Friedrich Wilhelm Hackländer (1816–1877, Germany, f/nf)
- Peter Hacks (1928–2003, Germany, d/nf)
- David Hackworth (1930–2005, US, nf)
- Mark Haddon (born 1962, England, f/p/d)
- Margaret Peterson Haddix (born 1964, US, ch)
- Hadewijch (fl. 13th c., Duchy of Brabant, p/nf)
- Lyndall Hadow (1903–1976, Australia, f/nf)
- Ivana Hadži-Popovi? (born 1951, Yugoslavia/Serbia, f)
- Stefan Haenni (born 1958, Switzerland, f)
- Hafez (1315–1390, Iran, p), pseudonym of Khw?ja Shams-ud-D?n Mu?ammad ??fe?-e Sh?r?z?
- Sebastian Haffner (1907–1999, Germany, nf), pseudonym of Raimund Pretzel
- Carl August Hagberg (1810–1864, Sweden, nf)
- Friedrich von Hagedorn (1708–1754, Germany, p)
- Jean Hager (born 1932, US, f/ch)
- H. Rider Haggard (1856–1925, England, f/nf)
- Lilias Rider Haggard (1892–1968, England, nf)
- Sakutar? Hagiwara (?????, 1886–1942, Japan, p)
- Emily Hahn (1905–1997, US, f/nf)
- Qurratulain Haider (1927–2007, India, f/nf)
- Matt Haig (born 1975, England, f/nf/ch)
- Arthur Hailey (1920–2004, UK/Canada, f)
- Dragan Hajdukovi? (born 1949, Yugoslavia/Montenegro, nf)
- Yusuf Has Hajib (c. 1019–1077, Kara Khanid Khanate, p/nf)
- Pavel Hak (born 1962, Czechoslovakia/France, f)
- Joy Hakim (born 1931, US, nf)
- Jack C. Haldeman II (1941–2002, US, f)
- Joe Haldeman (born 1943, US, f)
- John Hales (1584–1656, England, nf)
- Alex Haley (1921–1992, US, nf)
- Parnell Hall (born 1944, US, f)
- Rodney Hall (born 1935, Australia, nf/p/f)
- Henry Hallam (1777–1859, England, nf)
- Adam de la Halle (1240–1287, France, p)
- Albrecht von Haller (1708–1777, Switzerland, nf/p)
- Edmond Halley (1656–1742, England, nf)
- Friedrich Halm (1806–1871, Austria, d/p/f), pseudonym of Baron Eligius Franz Joseph von Münch-Bellinghausen
- Bruce Barrymore Halpenny (1937–2015, England, nf)
- Leslie Halward (1905–1976, England, f/d)
- Rosalie Ham (born 1955, Australia, f/d)
- Johann Georg Hamann (1730–1788, Germany, nf)
- Barbara Hambly (born 1951, US, f/d)
- Mohsin Hamid (born 1971, Pakistan/US, f/nf)
- Edmond Hamilton (1904–1977, US, f)
- Elizabeth Hamilton (1756 or 1758–1816, Scotland, nf/p/f)
- Hervey Hamilton (1897–1985, England, f), pseudonym of Denise Robins
- Marguerite Hamilton (1920–1998, US, nf)
- Patrick Hamilton (1575–1658, Scotland, p)
- Patrick Hamilton (1904–1962, England, d/f)
- Peter F. Hamilton (born 1960, England, f)
- Stefan Hammarén (living, Finland, f/p)
- Beatrice Hammer (born 1963, France, f/ch)
- Joseph von Hammer-Purgstall (1774–1856, Austria, nf)
- Dashiell Hammett (1894–1961, US, f/d)
- Philip Hammial (living, Australia, p)
- John Hampson (1901–1955, England, f), pseudonym of John Frederick Norman Hampson Simpson
- Susan Hampton (born 1949, Australia, p)
- Knut Hamsun (1859–1952, Norway, f/p/nf)
- Béla Hamvas (1897–1968, Hungary, nf)
- Han Dong (??, born 1961, China, nf/p/f)
- Han Fei (??, c. 280–233 BCE, China, nf)
- Han Han (??, born 1982, China, f/nf)
- Han Shaogong (???, born 1953, China, f)
- Han Suyin (???, 1916–2012, China/Switzerland)
- Han Yu (??, 768–824, China, nf/p)
- Kiyoteru Hanada (????, 1909–1974, Japan, nf)
- Peter Handke (born 1942, Austria, f/d/p)
- Daniel Handler (born 1970, US, ch/f/d), pseudonym Lemony Snicket
- Yutaka Haniya (????, 1909–1997, Japan, f)
- Tom Hanks (born 1956, US, f)
- Ry? Hanmura (???, 1933–2002, Japan, f)
- Kristin Hannah (born 1960, US, f)
- Barbara Hanrahan (1939–1991, Australia, f/nf)
- Anita Hansemann (1962–2019, Switzerland, f/d/ch)
- Mark Victor Hansen (born 1948, US, f/nf)
- Hanshan (??, fl. 9th c., China, p)
- Bob Hansson (born 1970, Sweden, p)
- Bergtóra Hanusardóttir (born 1946, Faroe Is, f/nf)
- Ferdinand Hanusch (1866–1923, Austrian E, nf)
- Hao Jingfang (???, born 1984, China, f)
- Eberhard Werner Happel (1647–1690, Germany, f/nf)
- Hara Takashi (??, 1856–1921, Japan, nf)
- Tamiki Hara (???, 1905–1951, Japan, nf/p)
- Thea von Harbou (1888–1954, Germany, d/f)
- Frances Hardinge (born 1973, England, ch)
- Ernst Hardt (1876–1947, Germany, d/p/f), pseudonym of Ernst Stöckhardt
- Thomas Hardy (1840–1928, England, f/p/d)
- Lesbia Harford (1891–1927, Australia, p/f)
- Johann Hari (born 1979, Scotland/England, nf)
- John Harington (1560–1612, England, nf)
- Charles Harness (1915–2005, US, f)
- Beverley Harper (1943–2002, Australia/Botswana, f)
- Charles Harpur (1813–1868, Australia, p)
- Edward Harrington (1895–1966, Australia, p/f)
- James Harrington (1611–1677, England, nf)
- E. Lynn Harris (1955–2009, US, f)
- Joanne Harris (born 1964, England, f)
- Joel Chandler Harris (1848–1908, US, f/nf)
- Joseph Harris (Gomer) (1773–1825, Wales, p/nf)
- Max Harris (1921–1995, Australia, p/nf)
- Robert Harris (1951–1993, Australia, p)
- Sam Harris (born 1967, US, nf)
- Thomas Harris (born 1940, US, f)
- Wilson Harris (1921–2018, British Guiana/England, p/f/nf)
- Elizabeth Harrison (1921–2008, England, f)
- Harry Harrison (1925–2012, US/England, f/nf)
- Jennifer Harrison (born 1955, Australia, p)
- M. John Harrison (born 1945, England, f/nf)
- Martin Harrison (1949–2014, England/Australia, p)
- Sarah Harrison (born 1946, England, f/ch)
- Tony Harrison (born 1937, England, p/d)
- Les Harrop (born 1948, England/Australia, p/nf)
- Elizabeth Harrower (1928–2020, f)
- J. S. Harry (1939–2015, Australia, p)
- Lou Harry (born 1963, US, nf/d)
- Georg Philipp Harsdörffer (1607–1658, Germany, p)
- Christopher Hart (born 1965, England, f/nf)
- Kevin Hart (born 1954, Australia, p/nf)
- Maarten 't Hart (born 1944, Netherlands, f)
- Michael H. Hart (born 1932, US, nf)
- Otto Erich Hartleben (1864–1905, Germany/Italy, p/d)
- L. P. Hartley (1895–1972, England, f)
- Peter Härtling (1933–2017, Germany, f/nf/ch)
- Hartmann von Aue (c. 1160/1170 – c. 1210/1220, Germany, p)
- Moritz Hartmann (1821–1872, Austrian E/Germany, p)
- Petra Hartmann (born 1970, Germany, f)
- William K. Hartmann (born 1939, US, nf)
- Jan de Hartog (1914–2002, Netherlands/US, d/f/nf)
- William Hart-Smith (1911–1990, England/Australia, p/ch)
- Gwen Harwood (1920–1995, Australia, p)
- Ali ibn Harzihim (died 1163, Morocco, nf)
- Avdo Karabegovi? Hasanbegov (1878–1900, Austria-Hungary, nf)
- Bogdan Petriceicu Hasdeu (1838–1907, Russian E/Romania, nf)
- Kaitar? Hasegawa (??????, 1900–1935, Japan, f)
- Hasegawa Nyozekan (??????, 1875–1969, Japan, nf)
- Hasegawa Shigure (?????, 1879–1941, Japan, d)
- Walter Hasenclever (1890–1940, Germany/France, p/d)
- Wilhelm Hasenclever (1837–1889, Germany, nf)
- Sugako Hashida (?????, 1925–2021, Japan, d), real name Sugako Iwasaki (?????)
- Shinkichi Hashimoto (????, 1882–1945, Japan, nf)
- Alamgir Hashmi (born 1951, Pakistan/England, p)
- Eveline Hasler (born 1933, Switzerland, f/ch)
- Nicholas Hasluck (born 1942, Australia, f/p)
- Henry Hasse (1913–1977, US, f)
- Ann Hatton (1764–1838, England/Wales, f)
- Joseph Hatton (1837–1907, England, f/nf)
- Wilhelm Hauff (1802–1827, Germany, p/f)
- Gerhart Hauptmann (1862–1946, Germany/Poland, d/f)
- Georges Hausemer (1957–2018, Luxembourg, f/nf), pseudonym Theo Selmer
- Otto Hauser (1874–1932, Switzerland, nf)
- Albrecht Haushofer (1903–1945, Germany, nf)
- Marlen Haushofer (1920–1970, Austria, f)
- Raoul Hausmann (1996–1971, Austria/France, p)
- Adolph Hausrath (1837–1909, Germany, nf), pseudonym George Taylor
- Havank (1904–1964, Netherlands, f/nf), pseudonym of Hendrikus Frederikus van der Kallen
- Dewi Havhesp (1831–1884, Wales, p), pseudonym of David Roberts
- Ethan Hawke (born 1970, US, f)
- Peter Hawker (1786–1853, England, nf)
- Mary Elizabeth Hawker (1848–1908, Scotland/England, f), pseudonym Lanoe Falconer
- Gerald Hawkins (1928–2003, England/US, nf)
- Karen Hawkins (living, US, f)
- Paula Hawkins (born 1972, Rhodesia/England, f)
- William Hawkins (1722–1801, England, p/d)
- Noah Hawley (born c. 1967, US, f/d)
- Julian Hawthorne (1846–1934, US, p/f/nf)
- Nathaniel Hawthorne (1804–1864, US, f)
- Gyula Háy (1900–1975, Hungary, nf/d), pseudonym Stefan Faber
- Yoshiki Hayama (????, 1894–1945, Japan, f)
- Yuji Hayami (????, born 1961, Japan, f)
- Fumiko Hayashi (????, 1903 or 1904–1951, Japan, f/p)
- Fusao Hayashi (???, 1903–1975, Japan, nf)
- Myfanwy Haycock (1913–1963, Wales/England, p)
- Ernest Haycox (1899–1950, US, f)
- Jon Haylett (living, Tanganyika/Scotland, f)
- Robert Hayman (1575–1629, England/Newfoundland, p)
- Sylvia Haymon (1918–1995), England, nf/f
- Mary Hays (1759–1843, England, nf/p/f)
- Libby Hathorn (born 1943, Australia, ch/p)
- Susan Hawthorne (born 1951, Australia, nf/p/f)
- Nikolay Haytov (1919–2002, Bulgaria, f/d/nf)
- Eliza Haywood (c. 1693–1756, England, f/d/p)
- Attila Hazai (1967–2012, Hungary, f)
- William Hazlitt (1778–1830, England, nf/d)
- Shirley Hazzard (1931–2016, Australia/US, f/nf)
He
- He Changling (???, 1785–1848, China, nf)
- He Qinglian (???, born 1956, China, nf)
- He Zhizhang (???, c. 659–744, China, p/nf)
- James Hearst (1900–1983, US, p/nf)
- Roy Heath (1926–2008, British Guiana/England, f)
- John Heath-Stubbs (1918–2006, England, p)
- Constance Heaven (1911–1995, England, f), pseudonym of Constance Fecher Heaven
- Christian Friedrich Hebbel (1813–1863, Germany/Austria, p/d)
- Johann Peter Hebel (1760–1826, Germany, f/p/nf)
- Anne Hébert (1916–2000, Canada, f/p)
- James Hebblethwaite (1857–1921, England/Australia, p/n)
- Victor Heck (born 1967, US, f/d)
- Reza-Qoli Khan Hedayat (1800–1871, Persia, nf/p)
- Sadegh Hedayat (1903–1951, Iran/France, f/d/nf)
- Markus Hediger (born 1959, Switzerland, p/nf)
- Friedrich Heer (1916–1983, Austria, nf)
- Simon Heere Heeresma (1932–2011, Netherlands, f/p)
- Rebecca Heflin (born 1963, US, f), pseudonym of Barbara Dianne Farb
- Simon Heffer (born 1960, England, nf)
- Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel (1770–1831, Germany, nf)
- Martin Heidegger (1889–1976, Germany, nf)
- Verner von Heidenstam (1859–1940, Sweden, p/f)
- Bernard Heidsieck (1928–2014, France, p)
- A. F. Th. van der Heijden (born 1951, Netherlands, f)
- Herman Heijermans (1864–1924, Netherlands, f/d), pseudonym Samuel Falkland
- Heinrich Heine (1797–1856, Germany/France, p/nf)
- Helme Heine (born 1941, Germany/N Zealand, ch/d)
- William Heinesen (1900–1991, Faroe Is, p/f/ch)
- Robert A. Heinlein (1907–1988, US, f)
- Heinrich von Morungen (died c. 1220/1222, Germany, p)
- Heinrich von Veldeke (c. 1150 – post-1184, Flanders, p/nf)
- Willi Heinrich (1920–2005, Germany, f)
- Anita Heiss (born 1968, Australia, nf/ch/p)
- Helmut Heißenbüttel (1921–1996, Germany, f/p)
- Lyn Hejinian (born 1941, US, p/nf)
- Lin Van Hek (living, Australia, p/f/nf)
- Etelka Kenéz Heka (born 1936, Yugoslavia/Hungary, p/f/nf)
- Kurt Held (1897–1959, Germany/Switzerland, f/p), pseudonym Kurt Held
- Herberto Hélder (1930–2015, Portugal, p)
- Joseph Heller (1923–1999, US, f/d)
- Meshullam Feivush Heller (c. 1742–1794, Spain, nf)
- Jill Hellyer (1925–2011, Australia, p/f/nf)
- Guy Helminger (born 1963, Luxembourg, f/d)
- Nico Helminger (born 1953, Luxembourg, p/f/d)
- Guðrið Helmsdal (born 1941, Faroe Is, p)
- Rakel Helmsdal (born 1966, Faroe Is, f/ch/d)
- George Helon (born 1965, England/Australia, p/nf)
- Mark Helprin (born 1947, US, f/nf)
- Racey Helps (1913–1970, England, ch)
- Gáspár Heltai (c. 1490–1574, Hungary/Transylvania, nf)
- Felicia Hemans (1793–1835, Wales/Ireland, p)
- Kris Hemensley (born 1946, Australia, p)
- Ernest Hemingway (1899–1961, US, f/nf)
- Alexander Henderson (c. 1583–1646, Scotland, nf)
- Ebenezer Henderson (1809–1879, Scotland, nf)
- Zenna Henderson (1917–1983, US, f)
- Georges Henein (1914–1973, Egypt/France, p/nf)
- Thomas William Heney (1862–1928, Australia, nf/f/p)
- Shirl Henke (born 1942, US, f)
- Virginia Henley (born 1935, England, f)
- William Ernest Henley (1849–1903, England, p)
- Alf Henrikson (1905–1995, Sweden, nf/p)
- Henry of Huntingdon (c. 1088 – c. 1157, England, nf)
- Marguerite Henry (1902–1997, US, ch)
- O. Henry (1862–1910, US, f)
- Robert Henryson (c. 1460–1500, Scotland, p)
- Luise Hensel (1798–1876, Germany, p)
- G. A. Henty (1832–1902, England, f)
- A. P. Herbert (1890–1971, England, f/d)
- Agnes Herbert (late 1870s – 1960, Isle of Man, nf)
- Frank Herbert (1920–1986, US, f/nf)
- Hans Herbjørnsrud (born 1938, Norway, f)
- Dag Herbjørnsrud (born 1971, Norway, nf)
- Wilhelm Herchenbach (1818–1889, Germany, f/ch)
- Alexandre Herculano (1910–1977, Portugal, f/nf)
- Ferenc Herczeg (1863–1964, Hungary, d/f)
- Johann Gottfried von Herder (1744–1803, Germany, nf/p)
- José-Maria de Heredia (1842–1905, Cuba/France, p)
- Hergé (1907–1983, Belgium, ch)
- Judith Hermann (born 1970, Germany, f)
- Willem Frederik Hermans (1921–1995, Netherlands, p/f/nf)
- Marie Hermanson (born 1956, Sweden, f)
- François Tristan l'Hermite (c. 1601–1665, France, d)
- Stephan Hermlin (1915–1997, Germany, f/nf/p)
- Gyula Hernádi (1926–2005, Hungary, d/f)
- Miguel Hernández (1910–1942, Spain, p/d)
- Antoine Héroet (died 1568, France, p)
- Don Herold (1889–1966, US, nf)
- Juan Felipe Herrera (born 1948, US, p/nf/ch)
- Francis Hobart Herrick (1858–1940, US, nf)
- James A. Herrick (born 1954, US, nf)
- Jim Herrick (born 1944, England, nf)
- Robert Herrick) (1591–1674, England, p)
- Sophia Bledsoe Herrick (1837–1919, US, nf)
- Steven Herrick (born 1958, Australia, p/ch)
- James Herriot (1916–1995, England, f), pseudonym of James Alfred Wight
- Jeanne Hersch (1910–2000, Switzerland, nf)
- John Herschel (1792–1871, England, nf)
- James Hervey (1714–1758, England, nf)
- Thomas Kibble Hervey (1799–1859, Scotland/England, p/nf)
- Georg Herwegh (1817–1875, Germany, p)
- Theodor Herzl (1860–1904, Austria/Hungary, nf/d)
- Wilhelm Herzog (1884–1960, Germany, nf)
- Hermann Hesse (1877–1962, Germany, f/p)
- Karen Hesse (born 1952, US, ch)
- Stéphane Hessel (1917–2013, Germany/France, nf)
- Helius Eobanus Hessus (1488–1540, Germany, p/nf)
- Paul Hetherington (born 1958, Australia, p)
- Dorothy Hewett (1923–2002, Australia, p/f/d)
- David Hewson (born 1953, England, f)
- Christopher Heydon (1561–1623, England, nf)
- John Heydon (1629 – c. 1667, England, nf)
- Georgette Heyer (1902–1974, England, f)
- Peter Heylyn (1599–1652, England, nf)
- Georg Heym (1887–1912, Germany, p/d)
- Stefan Heym (1913–2001, Germany, f/nf), pseudonym of Helmut Flieg
- Éva Heyman (1931–1944, Hungary, nf), child Holocaust victim
- Paul Heyse (1830–1914, Germany, f/d)
Hi
- Carl Hiaasen (born 1953, US, f/ch)
- Brenda Hiatt (living, US, f/ch)
- Robert Hichens (1864–1950, England, f/nf/d)
- Andrej Hieng (1925–2000, Yugoslavia/Slovenia, f/d)
- Keigo Higashino (????, born 1958, Japan, f)
- Jack Higgins (born 1929, England, f), pseudonym of Henry Patterson
- Kristan Higgins (living, US, f)
- Charles Higham (1931–2012, England/US, nf)
- Patricia Highsmith (1921–1995, US/Switzerland, f)
- Ichiy? Higuchi (????, 1872–1896, Japan, f), pseudonym of Natsu Higuchi (????)
- Wolfgang Hilbig (1941–2007, Germany, f/p)
- Hildebrand (1814–1903, Netherlands), pseudonym of Nicolaas Beets
- Wolfgang Hildesheimer (1916–1991, Germany/Switzerland, p/nf)
- James Hildyard (1809–1887, England, nf)
- Fiona Hile (living, Australia, p/f/nf)
- Barry Hill (born 1943, nf/p)
- Douglas Hill (1935–2007, Canada, f)
- Ernestine Hill (1899–1972, Australia, nf/f/d)
- Grace Livingston Hill (1865–1947, US, f)
- Joe Hill (born 1972, US, f/p)
- Justin Hill (born 1971, Bahamas/Hong Kong, f)
- Lorna Hill (1902–1991, England, ch)
- Napoleon Hill (1883–1970, US, nf)
- Rut Hillarp (1914–2003, Sweden, p/f)
- Richard Hillary (1919–1943, Australia/Scotland, nf)
- Kurt Hiller (1885–1972, Germany, nf)
- Tony Hillerman (1925–2008, US, f/nf)
- Etty Hillesum (1914–1943, Netherlands, nf), Holocaust victim
- Richard Hillman (born 1964, Australia, p)
- Paris Hilton (born 1981, US, nf)
- Walter Hilton (c. 1340/1345–1396, England, nf)
- Chester Himes (1909–1984, US/Spain, f)
- Saeko Himuro (????, 1957–2008, Japan, f/nf/d)
- K?nosuke Hinatsu (?????, 1890–1971, Japan, p), pseudonym of Kunito Higuchi
- Ashihei Hino (????, 1907–1960, Japan, f)
- Hinrek van Alckmer (fl. 15th c., Netherlands, f)
- S. E. Hinton (born 1948, US, ch)
- Christopher Hinz (born 1951, US, f)
- Theodor Gottlieb von Hippel the Elder (1741–1796, Germany, nf)
- Taiko Hirabayashi (?????, 1905–1972, Japan, nf/f)
- Hiraide Sh? (???, 1878–1914, Japan, f/p)
- Yumie Hiraiwa (????, born 1932, Japan, f)
- Kazuo Hirotsu (????, 1891–1968, Japan, f/nf)
- Hirotsu Ryur? (????, 1861–1928, Japan, f), pseudonym of Hirotsu Naoto
- Juran Hisao (????, 1902–1957, Japan, f), pseudonym of Masao Abe (????)
- Lydia Hitchcock (1946–2011, US/England, n), pseudonym of Penny Jordan
- Christopher Hitchens (1949–2011, England/US, nf)
Ho–Hr
- Ho Fuk Yan (???, living, Hong Kong, nf/p)
- Benjamin Hoadly (1676–1761, England, nf)
- Tami Hoag (born 1959, US, f)
- Louisa Gurney Hoare (1784–1836, England, nf)
- Mike Hoare (1919–2020, India/S Africa, nf)
- Russell Hoban (1925–2011, US/England, f/p/ch)
- Ion Hobana (1931–2011, Romania, f/nf), pseudonym of Aurelian Manta Ro?ie
- Thomas Hobbes (1588–1679, England, nf)
- Eric Hobsbawm (1917–2012, Egypt/England, nf)
- Lady Margaret Hoby (1571–1633, England, nf)
- Thomas Hoccleve (1368–1426, England, p)
- Zoran Ho?evar (born 1944, Yugoslavia/Slovenia, f/d)
- Rolf Hochhuth (1931–2020, Germany, d/f)
- Fritz Hochwälder (1911–1986, Austria, d)
- Jakob van Hoddis (1887–1942, Germany, p), pseudonym of Hans Davidsohn
- Merle Hodge (born 1944, Trinidad, f/nf)
- Philip Hodgins (1959–1995, Australia, p)
- Dorothy Hodgkin (1910–1994, Egypt/England, nf)
- Helen Hodgman (born 1946, Scotland/Australia, f)
- W. N. Hodgson (1893–1916, England/France, p), pseudonym Edward Melbourne
- William Ballantyne Hodgson (1815–1880, Scotland, nf)
- Michal Miloslav Hodža (1811–1870, Austria-Hungary, nf/p)
- Peter Høeg (born 1957, Denmark, f)
- Abbie Hoffman (1936–1989, US, nf)
- August Heinrich Hoffmann von Fallersleben (1798–1874, Germany)
- E. T. A. Hoffmann (1776–1822, Germany, f/nf)
- Heinrich Hoffmann (1809–1894, Germany, p/ch)
- Barbara Hofland (1770–1844, England, ch)
- Wim Hofman (born 1941, Netherlands, f)
- Albert Hofmann (1906–2008, Switzerland, nf)
- Gert Hofmann (1931–1993, Germany, d/f)
- Hugo von Hofmannsthal (1874–1929, Austria, f/d/p)
- James P. Hogan (1941–2010, England/Ireland, f)
- Shanna Hogan (1982–2020, US, nf)
- James Hogg (1770–1835, Scotland, p/f/nf)
- Robert Hohlbaum (1886–1955, Austrian E/Germany, f/nf)
- Franz Hohler (born 1943, Switzerland, f)
- Hideji H?j? (????, 1902–1996, Japan, f/d)
- Anton Holban (1902–1937, Romania, f/nf)
- Jasmina Holbus (born 1968, Yugoslavia/Serbia, p)
- Thomas Holcroft (1745–1809, England, d/nf/p)
- Hubert Ashton Holden (1822–1896, England, nf)
- Wendy Holden (born 1961, England, f/nf)
- Wendy Holden, (born 1965, England, f)
- Friedrich Hölderlin (1770–1843, Germany, p/nf)
- Elizabeth Sanxay Holding (1889–1955, US, f)
- Robert Holdstock (1948–2009, England, f)
- Ethel Carnie Holdsworth (1886–1962, England, p/f/ch)
- Margaret Holford (1778–1852, England, p)
- Abraham Holland (died 1626, England/Isle of Man, p)
- Jane Holland (born 1966, England, p/f/nf)
- Sarah Holland (born 1961, England/Scotland, n)
- Charlotte Lamb (1937–2000, England/Isle of Man, f)
- Sarah Holland-Batt (born 1982, Australia, p/nf)
- Ada Augusta Holman (1869–1949, Australia, nf/f/ch)
- Timothy Holme (1928–1987, England/Italy, nf/f)
- Egil Holmsen (1917–1990, Sweden, d/f)
- Sverre Holmsen (1906–1992, S Africa/Sweden, nf)
- Michael Holroyd (born 1935, England, nf)
- Adriaan Roland Holst (1888–1976, Netherlands, p)
- Adriaan Roland Holst (1869–1952, Netherlands, p/nf)
- Frank L. Holt (living, US, nf)
- Nathalia Holt (born 1980, US, nf)
- Victoria Holt (1906–1993, England, f), pseudonym of Eleanor Burford Hibbert
- Winifred Holtby (1898–1935, England, f/nf)
- Karl von Holtei (1798–1880, Germany, p)
- Hans Egon Holthusen (1913–1997, Germany, p/nf)
- Ludwig Christoph Heinrich Hölty (1748–1776, Germany, p)
- William Holwell (1726–1798, England, nf)
- George Holyoake (1817–1906, England, nf)
- Arno Holz (1863–1929, Germany, p/d)
- Homer (early 9th – late 8th c. BCE, Greece, p)
- Hong Ying (??, born 1962, China, p/f)
- Hong Liangji (???, 1746–1809, China, nf)
- Hong Zicheng (???, fl. 1572–1620, China, nf), pseudonym Huanchu Daoren (????)
- Barbara Honigmann (born 1949, Germany, f)
- Axel Honneth (born 1949, Germany/US, nf)
- Thomas Hood (1799–1845, England, p/f)
- Tom Hood (1835–1874, England, nf/p)
- Pieter Corneliszoon Hooft (1581–1647, Netherlands, nf/p/d)
- Theodore Hook (1788–1841, England, f/nf)
- John Hoole (1727–1803, England, nf/d)
- Ed Hooper (born 1964, US, nf)
- John Hooper (c. 1495–1555, England, nf)
- Kay Hooper (born 1958, US, f)
- Isaac Daniel Hooson (1880–1948, Wales, p)
- Harry Hooton (1908–1961, Australia, p/nf)
- A. D. Hope (1907–2000, Australia, p/nf)
- Anthony Hope (1863–1933, England, f/d)
- Christopher Hope (born 1944, S Africa, f/p)
- Hans Hopfen (1835–1904, Germany, p/f)
- Gerard Manley Hopkins (1844–1889, England/Ireland, p)
- Mererid Hopwood (born 1964, Wales, p)
- Horace (65–8 BCE, Rome, p), Anglicization of Quintus Horatius Flaccus
- Akira Hori (??, born 1944, Japan, f)
- Tatsuo Hori (???, 1904–1953, Japan, f/p/nf)
- Daigaku Horiguchi (????, 1892–1981, Japan, p)
- Sydney Horler (1888–1964, England, f)
- Paul Hornschemeier (born 1977, US, nf)
- E. W. Hornung (1866–1921, England, f/p)
- Anthony Horowitz (born 1955, England, f)
- Maria Teresa Horta (born 1937, Portugal, p/nf)
- Oto Horvat (born 1967, Yugoslavia/Italy, p/f)
- János Horváth (1921–2019, Hungary/US, nf)
- John Horvath (1924–2015, Hungary/US, nf), born János Horváth
- Ödön von Horváth (1901–1938, Austria-Hungary/France, d/f)
- Sally El Hosaini (living, Wales/Egypt, f/d)
- Kazushi Hosaka (????, born 1956, Japan, f)
- Shin'ichi Hoshi (???), 1926–1997, Japan, f)
- Tatsuko Hoshino (????), 1903–1984, Japan, p)
- Hoshino Tenchi (????), 1862–1950, Japan, p/nf)
- Janette Turner Hospital (born 1942, Australia/US, f)
- Khaled Hosseini (born 1965, Afghanistan/US, f/nf)
- Michel Houellebecq (born 1956 or 1958, Réunion, f/p/nf)
- Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston (born 1934, US, f/nf)
- Willem van den Hout (1915–1985, Netherlands, nf/ch), pseudonym Willy van der Heide
- Edward Howard (1624–1712, England, p/d)
- Edward Howard (1793–1841, England, f)
- Elizabeth Jane Howard (1923–2014, England, f/d/nf)
- Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey (1516/1517–1547, England, p)
- Linda Howard (born 1950, US, f)
- Robert E. Howard (1906–1936, US, f)
- Robert Guy Howarth (1906–1974, Australia, nf/p)
- Charles Howe (1661–1742, England, nf)
- George Howe (1769–1821, Saint Kitts/Australia, nf)
- Ada Verdun Howell (1902–1981, Australia, p)
- Hannah Howell (born 1950, US, f)
- Thomas Jones Howell (died 1858, England, nf)
- William Dean Howells (1837–1920, US, f/nf/d)
- Anna Mary Howitt (1824–1884, England/Austria, p/nf)
- Godfrey Howitt (1800–1873, England/Australia, nf)
- Mary Howitt (1799–1888, England/Italy, p/nf)
- Richard Howitt (1799–1869, England, p)
- William Howitt (1792–1879, England, nf)
- Fred Hoyle (1915–2001, England, nf)
- Bohumil Hrabal (1914–1997, Czechoslovakia, p/f)
- Chernorizets Hrabar (fl. 9th–10th c., Bulgaria, nf)
- Hrabanus Maurus (c. 780–856, East Frankish Kingdom, nf/p)
- Nikolai Hristozov (1931–2015, Bulgaria, f/p)
Hu–Hy
- Hu Sanxing (???, 1230–1302, China, nf)
- Hu Shih (??, 1891–1962, China, nf)
- Huaisu (??, 737–799, China, nf)
- Huang Ruheng (???, 1558–1626, China, p)
- Huang Tingjian (???, 1045–1105, China, p)
- Huang Yuanyong (???, 1885–1915, China, nf)
- Huang Zongxi (???, 1610–1695, China, nf)
- Huang Zunxian (???, 1848–1905, China, p)
- L. Ron Hubbard (1911–1986, US, f/nf)
- Nancy Hubbard (born 1963, US, nf)
- Ricarda Huch (1864–1947, Germany, nf/f/p)
- Peter Huchel (1903–1981, Germany, p)
- Jurij Hudolin (born 1973, Yugoslavia/Slovenia, p/nf)
- W. H. Hudson (1841–1922, Argentina/England, nf/f)
- Conrad Busken Huet (1826–1886, Netherlands, nf)
- Lynn Huggins-Cooper (born 1964, England, nf/ch)
- Dafydd ab Hugh (born 1960, Wales, f)
- Ann Harriet Hughes (1852–1910, Wales, f/p), pseudonym Gwyneth Vaughan
- Dorothy B. Hughes (1904–1993, US, f/nf)
- Ellen Hughes (1867–1927, Wales, nf/f/p)
- Frieda Hughes (born 1960, England/Australia, ch/p)
- Hugh Hughes (1693–1776, Wales, p)
- John Ceiriog Hughes (1832–1887, Wales, p)
- Jonathan Hughes (1721–1805, Wales, p)
- Richard Cyril Hughes (born 1932, Wales, nf)
- Thomas Hughes (1822–1896, England, f/nf)
- Thomas Rowland Hughes (1903–1949, Wales, f/d/p)
- Victor Hugo (1802–1885, France, f/p/d)
- Coral Hull (born 1965, Australia, p/nf)
- T. E. Hulme (1883–1917, England, nf/p)
- David Hume (1711–1776, Scotland, nf)
- Norbert Hummelt (born 1962, Germany, p/nf)
- Olga Humo (1919–2013, Yugoslavia/Serbia, nf)
- Lawrence Humphrey (c. 1527–1590, England, nf)
- Robert Humphrey (born 1947, US, f/p/ch)
- Edward Morgan Humphreys (1882–1955, Wales, f/nf)
- Humphrey Humphreys (1648–1712, Wales, nf)
- Barry Humphries (born 1934, Australia, d/nf/f)
- Wilhelm Hünermann (1900–1975, Germany, nf/f)
- Christian Friedrich Hunold (1680–1721, Germany, f), pseudonym Menantes
- Angela Elwell Hunt (born 1957, US, nf/ch)
- Stephen Hunt (born 1966, Canada, f)
- Anne Hunter (1742–1821, England, p)
- Erin Hunter (fl. 2000s, England), collective pseudonym
- Jillian Hunter (born 1950, Scotland/US, f)
- Louis C. Hunter (1898–1984, US, nf)
- Sándor Hunyady (1890–1942, Hungary, f/d)
- Marie Huot (1846–1930, France, p/nf)
- Jozef Miloslav Hurban (1817–1888, Austria-Hungary, nf)
- Thomas Hürlimann (born 1950, Switzerland, f/d)
- Zora Neale Hurston (1891–1960, US, f/nf)
- Gregg Hurwitz (living, US, f/d)
- Hanns Dieter Hüsch (1925–2005, Germany, d)
- Nancy Huston (born 1953, Canada/France, f/nf)
- Siri Hustvedt (born 1955, US, f/nf/p)
- Pearse Hutchinson (1927–2012, Scotland/Ireland, p)
- R. C. Hutchinson (1907–1975, England, f/d)
- Shaun Hutson (born 1958, England, f)
- Ulrich von Hutten (1488–1523, Germany/Switzerland, nf/p)
- Emily Huws (born 1942, Wales, ch)
- Aldous Huxley (1884–1963, England, f/nf/p)
- Anthony Huxley (1920–1992, England, nf)
- Francis Huxley (1923–2016, England, nf)
- Julian Huxley (1887–1975, England, nf)
- Thomas Henry Huxley (1825–1895, England, nf)
- Christiaan Huygens (1629–1695, Netherlands, nf)
- Constantijn Huygens (1596–1687, Netherlands, p)
- Douglas Smith Huyghue (1916–1991, Canada/Australia, p/f/nf)
- Joris-Karl Huysmans (1848–1907, France, f/nf)
- Pavol Országh Hviezdoslav (1849–1921, Austria-Hungary/Czechoslovakia, p/d)
- Michal Hvorecký (born 1976, Czechoslovakia/Slovakia, f/nf)
- Edward Hyams (1910–1975, England/France, nf/f)
- Anton Hykisch (born 1932, Czechoslovakia/Slovakia, nf)