List of authors by name: K
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 – ZKa<
- Juliusz Kaden-Bandrowski (1885–1944, Russian E/Poland, nf/f)
- Jacques de Kadt (1897–1988, Netherlands, nf)
- Margit Kaffka (1880–1918, Hungary, p/f/nf)
- Franz Kafka (1883–1924, Austria E/Czechoslovakia, f)
- Otohiko Kaga (????, born 1929, Japan, f)
- Julie Kagawa (born 1982, US, f)
- Toyohiko Kagawa (????, 1888–1960, Japan, nf)
- Gustave Kahn (1859–1936, France, p/nf)
- Takeshi Kaik? (???, 1930–1989, Japan, f/nf)
- Ch?gor? Kaionji (??????, 1901–1977, Japan, f), pseudonym of T?saku Suetomi (????)
- Friedrich Kaiser (1814–1874, Austria, df)
- Georg Kaiser (1878–1945, Germany/Switzerland, d)
- Isabelle Kaiser (1866–1925, Switzerland, p/f)
- Motojir? Kajii (?????, 1901–1932, Japan, p)
- Shinji Kajio (????, born 1947, Japan, f)
- Ikki Kajiwara (????, 1936–1987, Japan, f), pseudonym of Asaki Takamori
- Toshiyuki Kajiyama (????, 1930–1975, Japan/Hong Kong, f)
- Kakinomoto no Hitomaro (?????, c.?653–655 – 707–710, Japan, p)
- Dragoš Kalaji? (1943–2005, Yugoslavia/Serbia, nf)
- Paul Kalanithi (1977–2015, US, nf)
- Max Kalbeck (1850–1921, Germany/Austria, nf)
- Mascha Kaléko (1907–1975, Austrian E/Switzerland, p)
- David Kalisch (1820–1872, Germany, d/nf), pseudonym D. J. Schalk
- Mons Kallentoft (born 1968, Sweden, f)
- Theodor Kallifatides (born 1938, Greece/Sweden, p/f)
- Chester Kallman (1921–1975, US, p)
- Yann-Ber Kalloc'h (1888–1917, France, p), born Jean-Pierre Calloc'h
- László Kálnoky (1912–1985, Hungary, p/nf)
- Kama Sywor Kamanda (born 1952, Congo/DRC, p/f/d)
- Ariake Kambara (????, 1876–1952, Japan, p/f)
- Ch?hei Kambayashi (????, born 1953, Japan, f)
- Wladimir Kaminer (born 1967, Soviet Union/Germany, f/nf)
- Kamo no Ch?mei (???, 1153/1155–1216, Japan, nf/p)
- Kanagaki Robun (?????, 1829–1894, Japan, f/nf), pseudonym of Nozaki Bunz? (????)
- Mieko Kanai (?????, born 1947, Japan, f/p)
- Musashi Kanbe (??????, born 1948, Japan, f)
- Nataša Kandi? (born 1946, Yugoslavia/Serbia, nf)
- Mare Kandre (1962–2005, Sweden, f/nf/ch)
- Andrea Kane (living, US, f)
- Julia Kane (1897–1985, England, f/d), pseudonym of Denise Robins
- Kathleen Kane (born 1951, US), pseudonym of Maureen Child
- Sarah Kane (1971–1999, England, d)
- Hitomi Kanehara (?????, born 1983, Japan, f)
- Amita Kanekar (born 1965, Goa/India, f/nf)
- Misuzu Kaneko (?????, 1903–1930, Japan, p)
- Mitsuharu Kaneko (????, 1895–1975, Japan, p/nf)
- Kang Youwei (???, 1858–1927, China, nf)
- Fabienne Kanor (born 1970, France, f/ch)
- Hermann Kant (1926–2016, Germany, f)
- Immanuel Kant (1724–1804, Germany, nf)
- Sándor Kányádi (1929–2018, Romania/Hungary, p/ch)
- Momo Kapor (1937–2010, Yugoslavia/Serbia, f)
- Colin Kapp (1928–2007, England, f)
- Franz Xaver Kappus (1883–1966, Austria-Hungary/Germany, p/f/d)
- S. Avdo Karabegovi? (1878–1908, Ottoman E/Serbia, p)
- Mina Karadži? (1828–1894, Austria, nf)
- Radovan Karadži? (born 1945, Yugoslavia/Serbia, p)
- Vuk Karadži? (1787–1864, Ottoman E/Austrian E, nf)
- Veli Karahoda (born 1968, Yugoslavia/Kosovo, f/p/nf)
- Karai Senry? (????, 1718–1790, Japan, p)
- Angel Karaliychev (1902–1972, Bulgaria, ch)
- Aco Karamanov (1927–1944, Yugoslavia, p)
- Srðan Karanovi? (born 1945, Yugoslavia/Serbia, d)
- Hellmuth Karasek (1934–2015, Czechoslovakia/Germany, nf/f)
- Georgi Karaslavov (1904–1980, Bulgaria, f)
- Hristo Karastoyanov (born 1950, Bulgaria, f/nf/p)
- Ulrich Karger (born 1957, Germany, f/nf/ch)
- Jozef Karika (born 1978, Czechoslovakia/Slovakia, nf)
- Janet Karim (born 1954, Malawi, nf)
- Ferenc Karinthy (1921–1992, Hungary, f/d/nf)
- Frigyes Karinthy (1887–1938, Hungary, f/d/p)
- Erik Axel Karlfeldt (1864–1931, Sweden, p)
- Alma Karlin (1889–1950, Austrian E/Yugoslavia, f/nf/d)
- József Kármán (1769–1795, Hungary, f/nf)
- György Károly (1953–2018, Hungary, p/nf)
- Jan Karon (born 1937, US, f/nf/ch)
- Zenz? Kasai (????, 1887–1928, Japan, f)
- Milan Kašanin (1895–1981, Austria-Hungary/Yugoslavia, nf)
- Marie Luise Kaschnitz (1901–1974, Germany/Italy, f/p/nf)
- Nikola T. Kašikovi? (1861–1927, Ottoman E/Yugoslavia, nf)
- Stoja Kašikovi? (1865 – post-1927, Ottoman E/Yugoslavia, nf)
- Christopher Kasparek (born 1945, Scotland/US, nf/f)
- Lajos Kassák (1887–1967, Hungary, p/f/nf)
- Abraham Gotthelf Kästner (1719–1800, Germany, nf/p)
- Erich Kästner (1899–1974, Germany, f/p/ch)
- Elizabeth Kata (1912–1998, Australia, f/d), pseudonym of Elizabeth Colina Katayama
- Noburu Katagami (???, 1884–1928, Japan, nf)
- Olivera Katarina (born 1940, Yugoslavia/Serbia, nf)
- Kyoichi Katayama (????, born 1959, Japan, f)
- Katip Çelebi (1609–1657, Ottoman E, nf)
- Masato Kat? (????, born 1963, Japan, d)
- József Katona (1791–1830, Hungary, d/p)
- John Katzenbach (born 1950, US, f)
- Jonathan Kaufman (born 1956, US, nf)
- Walter Kaufmann (born 1923, Germany/Australia, f)
- Helmut Käutner (1908–1980, Germany/Italy, d)
- Alex Kava (born 1960, US, f)
- Anna Kavan (1901–1968, France/England, f)
- Yasunari Kawabata (????, 1899–1972, Japan, f)
- Jun Kawada (???, 1882–1966, Japan, p)
- Matsutar? Kawaguchi (?????, 1899–1985, Japan, f/d)
- Ryuko Kawaji (????, 1888–1959, Japan, p/nf), pseudonym of Kawaki Makoto (????)
- Hiromi Kawakami (????, born 1958, Japan, f/p/nf)
- Kikuko Kawakami (?????, 1904–1985, Japan, f/p)
- Kiyoshi Kawakami (???, 1873–1949, Japan, nf)
- Chiaki Kawamata (????, born 1948, Japan, f/nf)
- Kawatake Mokuami (?????, 1816–1893, Japan, d), pseudonym of Yoshimura Yoshisabur? (?????)
- Karen Kay (living, US), pseudonym of Karen Kay Wilson Elstner
- Simone Kaya (1937–2007, Ivory Coast, f)
- Susanna Kaysen (born 1948, US, nf)
- Nikos Kazantzakis (1883–1957, Greece/Germany, f/d/nf)
- Mihajlo Kaži? (born 1960, Yugoslavia/Germany, f)
- Ferenc Kazinczy (1759–1831, Hungary, nf/p)
- Kazuki Sakuraba (????, born 1971, Japan, f)
- Kazi Nazrul Islam (1899–1976, India/Bangladesh, p/f/nf)
Ke–Kh
- Ke Yan (??, 1929–2011, China, d/f/p)
- Ke Zhao (??, 1910–2002, China, nf)
- Jayne Fenton Keane (living, Australia, p)
- Annie Keary (1825–1879, England, f/p/ch)
- Charles Francis Keary (1848–1917, England, nf/f)
- Ezra Jack Keats (1916–1983, US, ch)
- John Keats (1795–1821, England/Italy, p)
- Elizabeth Keckley (1818-1907, US, nf)
- Rod Kedward (born 1937, England, nf)
- Carolyn Keene (20th c., US, f), collective pseudonym
- Nancy Keesing (1923–1993, Australia, p/nf/ch)
- Antigone Kefala (born 1935, Australia, p/nf)
- Daniel Kehlmann (born 1975, Germany/US, f/d)
- Ernst Keil (1816–1878, Germany, nf)
- Fatoumata Keïta (born 1977, Mali, f/p/nf)
- Christopher Kelen (born 1958, Australia, p/f/nf)
- S. K. Kelen (born 1956, Australia, p)
- Stephen Kelen (1912–2003, Hungary/Australia, f/d/nf), born István Kelen)
- Anne Kellas (living, S Africa/Australia, p/nf)
- Gottfried Keller (1819–1890, Switzerland, p/f)
- Hans Peter Keller (1815–1888, Germany, p)
- Helen Keller (1880–1968, US, nf)
- Werner Keller (1909–1980, Germany/Switzerland, nf)
- Johan Henric Kellgren (1751–1795, Sweden, p/nf)
- Friedrich Kellner (1885–1970, Germany, nf)
- Kathleen Kellow (1906–1993, England, f), pseudonym of Eleanor Burford Hibbert
- Carla Kelly (born 1947, US)
- Gwen Kelly (1922–2012, Australia, f/p/nf)
- Herbert Kelly (1860–1950, England, nf)
- Isabella Kelly (1759–1857, Scotland/England, f/p)
- John Kelly (1750–1809, Isle of Man, nf)
- Sheelagh Kelly (born 1948, England, f)
- James Kelman (born 1946, Scotland, f/d/nf)
- Elmer Kelton (1926–2009, US, f)
- Ya?ar Kemal (1923-2015, Turkey, f)
- Zsigmond Kemény (1814–1875, Hungary, nf/f)
- Gene Kemp (1926–2015, England, ch)
- Mark Kemp (born 1960, US, nf)
- Richard Kemp (born 1959, England, nf)
- Thomas à Kempis (c. 1380–1471, Germany/England, nf)
- Walter Kempowski (1929–2007, Germany, f/nf)
- Randall Kenan (1963-2020, US, f)
- Henry Kendall (1839–1882, Australia, p)
- Sharon Kendrick (living, England, f)
- Francis Kenna (1865–1932, Australia, p/nf)
- Benjamin Hall Kennedy (1804–1889, England, nf)
- Cate Kennedy (born 1963, England/Australia, p/f)
- Charles Rann Kennedy (1808–1867, England, nf/f)
- Dennis Kennedy (born 1940, US, nf/d/f)
- Elle Kennedy (living, Canada, f)
- Geoffrey Studdert Kennedy (1883–1929, England, nf/p)
- Hubert Kennedy (born 1931, US, nf/f)
- Lena Kennedy (1914–1986, England, f)
- Margaret Kennedy (1896–1967, England, f/d)
- Alexander Kent (1924–2017, England, f), pseudonym of Douglas Reeman
- Hannah Kent (born 1985, Australia, f)
- Jacqueline Kent (born 1947, Australia, nf/ch), pseudonym Frances Cook
- Jean Kent (born 1951, Australia, p)
- Michael Kenyon (1931–2005, England/US, f)
- Sherrilyn Kenyon (born 1965, US, f)
- Géza Képes (1909–1989, Hungary, p)
- Johannes Kepler (1571–1630, Germany, nf)
- Frank Kermode (1919–2010, Isle of Man/England, nf)
- Josephine Kermode (1852–1937, Isle of Man/England, p/d), pseudonym Cushag
- Justinus Kerner (1786–1862, Germany, p/nf)
- Jack Kerouac (1922–1969, US, f/nf)
- Jan Kerouac (1952–1996, US, f/nf)
- Joan Haverty Kerouac (1931–1990, US, nf)
- Alfred Kerr (1867–1948, Germany, nf)
- Judith Kerr (1923–2019, Germany/England, ch)
- Tom Kerridge (born 1973, England, nf)
- Janko Kersnik (1852–1897, Austrian E, p/f/nf)
- Imre Kertész (1929–2016, Hungary, nf)
- Ken Kesey (1935–2001, US, f/nf)
- David Kessler (born 1957, England, f)
- Liz Kessler (born 1966, England, ch)
- George Kettmann (1898–1970, Netherlands, p/f/nf)
- Irmgard Keun (1905–1982, Germany, f)
- Daniel Keyes (1927-2014, US, f/nf)
- Marian Keyes (born 1963, Ireland, f/nf)
- Sidney Keyes (1922–1943, England/Tunisia, p)
- Eduard von Keyserling (1855–1918, Russian E/Germany, f/d/nf)
- Dalal Khario (born c. 1997, Iraq/Germany, nf)
- Daniil Kharms (1905–1942, Soviet Union, p/ch/nf)
- Abdelkebir Khatibi (1938–2009, Morocco, f/d/p)
- Ajmal Khattak (1925–1970, India/Pakistan, nf/p)
- Raymond Khoury (born 1960, Lebanon, d/f)
- Vénus Khoury-Ghata (born 1937, Lebanon, p/f)
- Johannes Khuen (1606–1675, Germany, p)
Ki–Kn
- Ki no Tsurayuki (???, 872–945, Japan, nf/p)
- Kathryn H. Kidd (1950–2015, US, nf/f)
- Alexander Kielland (1849–1906, Norway, f/d/nf)
- Søren Kierkegaard (1813–1855, Denmark, nf/p)
- Kan Kikuchi (???, 1888–1948, Japan, f/nf)
- Kuri Kikuoka (????, 1909–1970, Japan, p/f)
- Yejide Kilanko (born 1975, Nigeria, p/f/ch)
- Thomas Killigrew (1612–1683, England, d)
- Dorothy Kilner (1755–1836, England, ch), pseudonyms M. P. and Mary Pelham
- Mary Ann Kilner (1753–1831, England, ch)
- Jamaica Kincaid (born 1949, Antigua/US, f/nf)
- Francis King (1923–2011, Switzerland/England, f/nf)
- Martin Luther King Jr. (1929–1968, US, nf)
- Owen King (born 1977, US, f)
- Stephen King (born 1947, US, f)
- Susan King (born 1951, US, f)
- Tabitha King (born 1949, US, f/nf)
- Alexander William Kinglake (1809–1891, England, nf)
- Charles Kingsley (1819–1875, England, f/nf/p)
- George Kingsley (1826–1892, England, nf)
- Henry Kingsley (1830–1876, England, f/nf)
- Mary Kingsley (1862–1900, England/S Africa, nf)
- Maxine Hong Kingston (???, born 1940, China/US, f/nf)
- Gottfried Kinkel (1815–1882, Germany/Switzerland p/d/nf)
- Jeff Kinney (born 1971, US, ch)
- Junji Kinoshita (????, 1914–2006, Japan, d)
- Mokutaro Kinoshita (?????, 1885–1945, Japan, nf)
- Kinoshita Rigen (????, 1886–1925, Japan, p)
- John Kinsella (born 1963, Australia, p/f/nf)
- W. P. Kinsella (1935–2016, Canada, f)
- Leonard Kip (1826–1906, US, nf)
- Rudyard Kipling (1865–1936, India/England, f/p/nf)
- Mohammed al-Tayyib ibn Kiran (1758–1812, Morocco, nf)
- Bodo Kirchhoff (born 1948, Germany/Italy, f/d)
- Natsuo Kirino (????, born 1951, Japan, f), pseudonym of Mariko Hashioka
- Risto Kirjazovski (1927–2002, Greece/N Macedonia, nf)
- Lucy Kirkwood (born 1983, England/Scotland, d)
- Sarah Kirsch (1935–2013, Germany, p)
- Hans Hellmut Kirst (1914–1989, Germany, f)
- Necip Faz?l K?sakürek (1904–1983, Ottoman E/Turkey, p/f/d)
- Egon Kisch (1885–1948, Austrian E/Czechoslovakia, nf)
- Károly Kisfaludy (1788–1830, Hungary, d/p)
- Sándor Kisfaludy (1772–1844, p/d)
- Yusuke Kishi (????, born 1959, Japan, f)
- Ky?ko Kishida (?????, 1930–2006, Japan, ch)
- Rio Kishida (????, 1946–2003, Japan, d)
- Ephraim Kishon (1924–2005, Hungary/Switzerland, nf/ch/d)
- Stefan Kisyov (born 1963, Bulgaria/Cuba, f/nf/d)
- Ikki Kita (???, 1883–1937, Japan, nf)
- Morio Kita (???, 1927–2011, Japan, f/nf), pseudonym of S?kichi Sait? (????)
- Kitabatake Chikafusa (????, 1293–1354, Japan, nf)
- Yao Kitabatake (????, 1903–1982, Japan, p/ch)
- Hakush? Kitahara (????, 1885–1942, Japan, p), pseudonym of Ry?kichi Kitahara (????)
- Kenzo Kitakata (????, born 1947, Japan, f)
- Kaoru Kitamura (???, born 1949, Japan, f), pseudonym of Kazuo Miyamoto (????)
- Kitamura T?koku (????, 1868–1894, Japan, p/nf), pseudonym of Kitamura Montar? (?????)
- Marvin Kitman (born 1929, US, nf)
- Sandra Kitt (living, US, f)
- Kazuhiro Kiuchi (????, born 1960, Japan, f/ch)
- Karin Kiwus (born 1942, Germany/US, p)
- Robert Kiyosaki (born 1947, US, nf)
- Marjun Syderbø Kjelnæs (born 1974, Faroe Is, f/p/d)
- Johann Klaj (1616–1656, Germany, p)
- Ivan Klajn (born 1937, Yugoslavia/Serbia, nf)
- Robin Klein (born 1936, Australia, ch)
- Lois Kleinsasser (living, US, f), pseudonym Cait London
- August Kleinzahler (born 1949, US, p/nf)
- Ewald Christian von Kleist (1715–1759, Germany, p)
- Heinrich von Kleist (1777–1811, Germany, p/d/f)
- Jochen Klepper (1903–1942, Germany, nf/p)
- Lisa Kleypas (born 1964, US, f)
- Ernst August Friedrich Klingemann (1777–1831, Germany, f/d)
- Friedrich Maximilian von Klinger (1752–1831, Germany/Russian E, d/f)
- Tristan Klingsor (1874–1966, France, p/nf), pseudonym of Léon Leclère
- Richard Klinkhamer (1937–2016, Netherlands, nf)
- Kate Klise (born 1963, US, ch)
- Willem Kloos (1859–1938, Netherlands, p/nf)
- Friedrich Gottlieb Klopstock (1724–1803, Germany, p/d/nf)
- Chuck Klosterman (born 1972, US, nf/f)
- Alexander Kluge (born 1932, Germany, f/nf)
- Ruth Klüger (1931–2020, Austria/US, nf), Holocaust survivor
- Richard A. Knaak (born 1961, US, f)
- Nigel Kneale (1922–2006, Isle of Man/England, d/f)
- Hildegard Knef (1925–2002, Germany, nf)
- John Knewstub (1544–1624, England, nf)
- Boban Kneževi? (born 1959, Yugoslavia/Serbia, f)
- Marija Kneževi? (born 1963, Yugoslavia/Serbia, p/f/nf)
- Anne Knight (1786–1862, England/France, nf)
- Anne Knight (1792–1860, England, ch)
- Damon Knight (1922–2002, US, f/nf)
- John Knowles (1926–2001, US, f)
- Marion Knowles (1865–1949, p/f)
- John Knox (c. 1514–1572, Scotland, nf)
Ko–Kr
- Hideo Kobayashi (????, 1902–1983, Japan)
- Kobayashi Issa (????, 1763–1828, Japan)
- Takiji Kobayashi (?????, 1903–1933, Japan)
- Peter Kocan (born 1947, Australia, p/f), born Peter Raymond Douglas
- Edvard Kocbek (1904–1981, Austrian E/Yugoslavia)
- Herman Koch (born 1953, Netherlands)
- Martin Koch (1882–1940, Sweden)
- Werner Koch (born 1961, Germany)
- Petar Ko?i? (1877–1916, Ottoman E/Serbia)
- Charles Paul de Kock (1793–1871, France)
- Aya K?da (???, 1904–1990, Japan)
- K?da Rohan (????, 1867–1947, Japan)
- Ðorðe Markovi? Koder (1806–1891, Austrian E/Austria-Hungary)
- János Kodolányi (1899–1969, Hungary, f/d/nf)
- Dayan Kodua (born 1980, Ghana/Germany)
- Wolfgang Koeppen (1906–1996, Germany)
- Arthur Koestler (1905–1983, Hungary/England)
- Gerhard Kofler (1949–2005, Italy/Austria)
- Izuki Kogyoku (?????, born 1984, Japan)
- Michael Köhlmeier (born 1949, Austria)
- Leopold Kohr (1909–1994, Austria/England)
- Koizumi Yakumo (????, 1850–1904, Greece/Japan)
- Miodrag Kojadinovi? (??, born 1961, Serbia/China)
- Masajir? Kojima (?????, 1894–1994, Japan)
- Nobuo Kojima (????, 1915–2006, Japan)
- Usui Kojima (????, 1873–1948, Japan)
- Kokan Shiren (????, 1278–1347, Japan)
- Oskar Kokoschka (1886–1980, Austria/Switzerland)
- Ferenc Kölcsey (1790–1838, Hungary, nf)
- Nikola Koljevi? (1936–1997, Yugoslavia/Serbia)
- Adam František Kollár (1718–1783, Austria-Hungary)
- Ján Kollár (1793–1852, Austria-Hungary)
- Gertrud Kolmar (1894–1943, Germany), pseudonym of Gertrud Käthe Chodziesner, Holocaust victim
- Anise Koltz (born 1928, Luxembourg)
- ?mi Komaki (????, 1894–1978, Japan)
- Lazar Komar?i? (1839–1909, Ottoman E/Serbia)
- Sakyo Komatsu (????, 1931–2011, Japan)
- Anna Komnene (1083–1183, Byzantine E)
- Milan Komneni? (1940–2015, Yugoslavia/Serbia)
- Komninos Zervos (born 1950, Australia, p)
- Leopold Kompert (1822–1886, Austrian E)
- Gerrit Komrij (1944–2012, Netherlands)
- Manuel Komroff (1890–1974, US)
- Hidemi Kon (????, 1903–1984, Japan)
- Chiaki J. Konaka (????, born 1961, Japan)
- Marie Kondo (?????, born 1984, Japan)
- Yoji Kondo (????, 1933–2017, Japan)
- Blaže Koneski (1921–1993, Yugoslavia/N Macedonia)
- Hans Koning (1921–2007, Netherlands)
- Tensei Kono (????, 1935–2012, Japan)
- Maria Konopnicka (1842–1910, Russian E/Austria-Hungary, p/f/ch)
- Konrad von Würzburg (died 1287, Germany)
- György Konrád (1933–2019, Hungary, f/nf), pseudonym George Konrad
- Heinz G. Konsalik (1921–1999, Germany), pseudonym of Heinz Günther
- Aleko Konstantinov (1863–1897, Ottoman E/Bulgaria)
- Ventseslav Konstantinov (1940–2019, Bulgaria)
- Radomir Konstantinovi? (1928–2011, Yugoslavia/Serbia)
- Dean Koontz (born 1945, US)
- August Kopisch (1799–1853, Germany)
- Gordon Korman (born 1963, Canada/US)
- Ferenc Körmendi (1900–1972, Hungary/US, f)
- M. F. Korn (living, US)
- Cyril M. Kornbluth (1923–1958, US)
- Paul Kornfeld (1889–1942, Austrian E/Germany), Holocaust victim
- Mary Norbert Körte (born 1934, US)
- Erih Koš (1913–2010, Austria-Hungary/Serbia)
- Károly Kós (1883–1977, Hungary, f)
- Heinrich Köselitz (1854–1918, Germany), pseudonym Peter Gast
- Hiroshi Koshiba (???, 1884–1925, Japan)
- Jerzy Kosinski (1933–1991, Poland/US, f)
- Ciril Kosma? (1910–1980, Austrian E/Yugoslavia)
- Laza Kosti? (1841–1910, Austria-Hungary)
- Kosugi Tengai (????, 1865–1952, Japan)
- Dezs? Kosztolányi (1885–1936, Hungary, p/f)
- August von Kotzebue (1761–1819, Germany)
- Rudy Kousbroek (1929–2010, Dutch East Indies/Netherlands)
- K?shun Takami (????, born 1969, Japan)
- Lojze Kova?i? (1928–2004, Yugoslavia/Slovenia)
- Kajetan Kovi? (1931–2014, Yugoslavia/Slovenia)
- Daniel Koziarski (born 1949, Poland, f)
- Tim Krabbé (born 1943, Netherlands)
- Christian Kracht (born 1966, Switzerland)
- Robert Kraft (1869–1916, Germany)
- Petr Král (1941–2011, Czechoslovakia/Czech R)
- Lado Kralj (born 1938, Yugoslavia/Slovenia)
- Miško Kranjec (1908–1983, Austrian E/Yugoslavia)
- Judith Krantz (1928–2019, US)
- Ignacy Krasicki (1735–1801, Germany, p/d/nf)
- Ivan Krasko (1876–1958, Hungary/Czechoslovakia)
- Zlatko Krasni (1951–2008, Yugoslavia/Serbia)
- Krastyo Krastev (1866–1919, Ottoman E/Bulgaria)
- Józef Ignacy Kraszewski (1812–1887, Duchy of Warsaw/Switzerland, f/nf)
- László Krasznahorkai (born 1954, Hungary, f/d)
- Karl Kraus (1874–1936, Austrian E/Austria)
- Rudi Krausmann (1933–2019, Austria/Australia, d/p)
- Helmut Krausser (born 1964, Germany)
- Štefan Kr?méry (1892–1955, Hungary/Czechoslovakia)
- Jayne Ann Krentz (born 1948, US), also as Amanda Quick and Jayne Castle
- Maruša Krese (1947–2013, Yugoslavia/Slovenia)
- Nancy Kress (born 1948, US)
- Michelle de Kretser (born 1957, Ceylon/Australia, f)
- Vincas Kr?v?-Mickevi?ius (1882–1954, Russian E/Soviet Union)
- Jean Krier (1949–2013, Luxembourg)
- Léon Krier (born 1946, Luxembourg)
- Uma Krishnaswami (born 1956, India)
- Giles Kristian (born 1975, England)
- Ágota Kristóf (1935–2011, Hungary/Switzerland)
- Sara Kristoffersson (born 1972, Sweden)
- Susan Krinard (living, US)
- Risto Krle (1900–1975, Ottoman E/Yugoslavia)
- Franz Xaver Kroetz (born 1946, Germany)
- Niklas Krog (born 1965, Sweden)
- Zundel Kroizer (1924–2014, Palestine/Israel)
- Gerrit Krol (1934–2013, Netherlands)
- Piet J. Kroonenberg (1927–2016, Netherlands)
- Jarrett J. Krosoczka (born 1977, US)
- Zdravko Krstanovi? (born 1950, Yugoslavia/Serbia)
- Gyula Krúdy (1878–1933, Hungary, f/nf)
- William Kent Krueger (born 1950, US)
- Friedrich Adolf Krummacher (1767–1845, Germany)
- Edwin C. Krupp (born 1944, US)
- Max Kruse (1921–2015, Germany)
- Agnes von Krusenstjerna (1894–1940, Sweden)
- Christina Krüsi (born 1968, Switzerland)
- James Krüss (1926–1997, Germany/Spain)
Ku–Ky
- Alfred Kubin (1877–1959, Austrian E/Austria, f)
- Žofia Kubini (fl. 17th c., Hungary), also as Žsofia Kubinyi
- August Kubizek (1888–1956, Austria, nf)
- Mantar? Kubota (??????, 1889–1963, Japan, d/f/p)
- Tamara Ku?an (born 1989, Yugoslavia/Serbia, f)
- Adam Kuckhoff (1887–1943, Germany, f/nf)
- Bernhard von Kugler (1837–1898, Germany, nf)
- Franz Theodor Kugler (1808–1858, Germany, nf)
- Julius Kugy (1858–1944, Austrian E/Italy, nf)
- Ken Kuhlken (born 1945, US, f)
- Johann Kuhnau (1660–1722, Germany, f/nf)
- Gordana Kui? (born 1942, Yugoslavia/Serbia, f)
- Martin Kuku?ín (1860–1928, Hungary/Czechoslovakia, nf/d)
- Michael Kulikowski (born 1970, US, nf)
- Nicholas Kulish (born 1975, US, nf/f)
- Masao Kume (????, 1891–1952, Japan, d/f/p)
- Mojca Kumerdej (born 1964, Yugoslavia/Slovenia, f/nf)
- Michael Kumpfmüller (born 1961, Germany, f/nf)
- Maria Kuncewiczowa (1895–1989, Russian E/Poland, f/nf)
- Ludvík Kundera (1920–2010, Czechoslovakia/Czech Republic, f/p)
- Milan Kundera (born 1929, Czechoslovakia/France, f/p/nf)
- Doppo Kunikida (?????, 1871–1908, Japan, f/p)
- Thor Kunkel (born 1963, Germany/Switzerland, f)
- Reiner Kunze (born 1933, Germany, p/nf)
- Elisar von Kupffer (1872–1942, Russian E/Germany, p/nf/d), pseudonym Elisarion
- Yumiko Kurahashi (?????, 1935–2005, Japan, f)
- Hyakuz? Kurata (????, 1891–1943, Japan, nf/d)
- Hanif Kureishi (born 1954, England, d/f)
- Kaoru Kurimoto (???, 1953–2009, Japan, f/d)
- Kuriyagawa Hakuson (????, 1880–1923, Japan, nf), pseudonym of Kuriyagawa Tatsuo
- Lynn Kurland (living, US, f)
- Kuroda Seiki (????, 1866–1924, Japan, nf)
- Ken Kuronuma (???), 1902–1985, Japan, f)
- Denji Kuroshima (????, 1898–1943, Japan, f)
- Seyhan Kurt (born 1971, France, f)
- Katherine Kurtz (born 1944, US, f)
- Koshi Kurumizawa (?????, 1925–1994, Japan, f)
- Hermann Kurz (1813–1873, Germany, p/f)
- Isolde Kurz (1853–1944, Germany, p/f)
- Kurt Kusenberg (1904–1983, Sweden/Germany, f)
- Rachel Kushner (born 1968, US, f/nf)
- Onat Kutlar (1936–1995, Turkey, p/f/d)
- Henry Kuttner (1915–1958, US, f)
- Eric de Kuyper (born 1942, Belgium/Netherlands, f)
- Zofka Kveder (1978–2026, Yugoslavia/Slovenia, f/d)
- Morris Kyffin (c. 1555–1598, Wales, p)
- Susan S. Kyle (born 1946, US, f), also as Diana Palmer
- Natsuhiko Ky?goku (????, born 1963, Japan, f)
- Kyokutei Bakin (????, 1767–1848, Japan, f/p)
- Willy Kyrklund (1921–2009, Finland/Sweden, f/nf)