List of authors by name: M
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 – ZMa
- Ma Duanlin (???, 1245–1322, China, nf)
- Ma Jian (??, born 1953, China, f/p/nf)
- Ma Rong (??, 79–166 CE, China, f/nf)
- Ma Zhiyuan (???, c. 1250–1321, China, p/d)
- Amin Maalouf (born 1949, Lebanon/France, f/nf/d)
- Paul Maar (born 1937, Germany, ch)
- Darko Macan (born 1966, Yugoslavia/Croatia, nf/f)
- Frederick Macartney (1887–1980, Australia, p/nf)
- Thomas Babington Macaulay (1800–1859, England/Scotland, nf)
- Ann-Marie MacDonald (born 1958, Canada, d/f)
- Betty MacDonald (1908–1958, US, f/ch)
- George MacDonald (1824–1905, Scotland/England, nf/ch)
- Helen Macdonald (born 1970, England, p)
- John D. MacDonald (1916–1986, US, f)
- António de Macedo (1931–2017, Portugal, nf/f/d)
- Alexandru Macedonski (1854–1920, Wallachia/Romania, p/f/d)
- Vytautas Ma?ernis (1921–1944, Lithuania, p)
- Alasdair Alpin MacGregor (1899–1970, Scotland/England, nf/p)
- D. J. MacHale (born 1955, US, d/ch)
- Guillaume de Machaut (c. 1300–1377, France, p)
- Arthur Machen (1863–1947, Wales/England, f/nf), pseudonym of Arthur Llewellyn Jones
- Ben Macintyre (born 1963, England, nf)
- Elisabeth MacIntyre (1916–2004, Australia, ch/f)
- Louise Mack (1870–1935, Australia, f/p/nf)
- John Henry Mackay (1864–1933, Scotland/Germany, nf)
- Shena Mackay (born 1944, Scotland/England, f)
- Dorothea Mackellar (1885–1968, Australia, p/f)
- Henry Mackenzie (1745–1831, Scotland, f/nf)
- Kenneth Mackenzie (1913–1955, Australia, p/f)
- Mary Mackie (born early 1940s, England, f)
- Józef Mackiewicz (1902–1985, Russian E/Germany, f/nf)
- Stanis?aw Mackiewicz (1896–1966, Russian E/Poland, nf)
- Patricia MacLachlan (born 1938, US, ch)
- Fitzroy Maclean (1911–1996, Italy/England, nf)
- Katherine MacLean (1925–2019, US, f)
- Charlotte MacLeod (1922–2005, Canada/US, f)
- Ian R. MacLeod (born 1956, England, f)
- Ken MacLeod (born 1954, Scotland, f)
- Sarah Broom Macnaughtan (1864–1916, Scotland/England, f/nf)
- Louis MacNeice (1907–1963, N Ireland/England, p/d)
- Debbie Macomber (born 1948, US, f)
- Imre Madách (1823–1864, Hungary, d/p)
- Maddox (born 1978, US, nf), pseudonym of George Ouzounian
- Richard Madox (1546–1583, England/Brazil, nf)
- Valter hugo mãe (born 1971, Angola/Portugal, f), pseudonym of Valter Hugo Lemos
- Jun Maeda (???, born 1975, Japan, f)
- Maurice Maeterlinck (1862–1949, Belgium/France, d/p/nf)
- Yutaka Mafune (???, 1902–1977, Japan, d/f)
- Bogomir Magajna (1904–1963, Austrian E/Yugoslavia, f/ch)
- Álvaro Magalhães (born 1951, Portugal, f/ch)
- Georgije Magaraševi? (1793–1830, Serbia, nf/d)
- Maga Magazinovi? (1882–1968, Serbia/Yugoslavia, nf)
- John Gillespie Magee Jr. (1922–1941, China/England, p)
- João Magueijo (born 1967, Portugal, nf)
- Gregory Maguire (born 1954, US, f)
- Naguib Mahfouz (1911–2006, Egypt, f/d)
- Derek Mahon (1941–2020, N Ireland/Ireland, p/nf)
- Jennifer Maiden (born 1949, Australia, p/f/nf)
- ?tar? Maij? (?????, born 1973, Japan, f)
- Norman Mailer (1923–2007, US, f/nf/d)
- Ella Maillart (1903–1997, Switzerland, nf)
- Arthur Maimane (1932–2005, S Africa, nf/f)
- Barbara York Main (1929–2019, Australia, nf)
- Maironis (1862–1932, Russian E/Lithuania, p)
- Karen Maitland (born 1056, England, f)
- Pierre des Maizeaux (1666 or 1673–1745, France/England, nf)
- Svetlana Makarovi? (born 1939, Yugoslavia/Slovenia, nf/p/ch)
- Desanka Maksimovi? (1898–1993, Serbia/Yugoslavia, p/ch)
- Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum (born 1949, Dubai, nf/p)
- Vitan Mal (born 1946, Yugoslavia/Slovenia, ch/f)
- Grand Corps Malade (born 1977, France, p), pseudonym of Fabien Marsaud
- Curzio Malaparte (1898–1957, Italy, nf)
- Rosie Malek-Yonan (born 1965, Iran/US, nf)
- Vlado Maleski (1919–1984, Yugoslavia, f)
- Djordje Maleti? (1816–1888, Austrian E/Serbia, p/nf)
- François de Malherbe (1555–1628, France, p/nf)
- Rajiv Malhotra (born 1950, India/US, nf)
- Stéphane Mallarmé (1842–1898, France, p/nf)
- Gitta Mallasz (1907–1992, Hungary/France, nf)
- Susan Mallery (born 1950, US, f)
- Agustín Fernández Mallo (born 1967, Spain, p/f/nf)
- Bertil Malmberg (1889–1958, Sweden, f/p)
- Bodil Malmsten (1944–2016, Sweden, p/f)
- Hector Malot (1830–1907, France, nf/f)
- David Malouf (born 1934, Australia, f/p/d)
- Eric Malpass (1910–1996, England, f)
- André Malraux (1901–1976, France, f/nf)
- Barry Malzberg (born 1939, US, f)
- Andreas Mand (born 1959, Germany, f/nf/d)
- John Mandeville (14th c., probably France/Netherlands, nf)
- Svetislav Mandi? (1921–2003, Serbia/Montenegro, nf/p)
- Iván Mándy (1918–1995, Hungary, nf)
- Richmal Mangnall (1769–1820, England, ch)
- Andrew Mango (1926–2014, Turkey/England, nf)
- John Manifold (1915–1985, Australia, p/nf)
- Henning Mankell (1948–2015, Sweden, f/ch/d)
- Delarivier Manley (1663 or c. 1670–1724, England, nf/d)
- Alana Mann (living, Australia, nf)
- Erika Mann (1905–1969, Germany/Switzerland, nf)
- Golo Mann (1909–1994, Germany/Switzerland, nf)
- Heinrich Mann (1871–1950, Germany/US, f)
- Klaus Mann (1906–1949, Germany/France, f/nf)
- Leonard Mann (1895–1981, Australia, p/f)
- Thomas Mann (1875–1955, Germany/Switzerland, f/nf)
- Anne Manning (1807–1879, England, f)
- Emily Manning (1845–1890, Australia, nf), pseudonym Australie
- Frederic Manning (1882–1935, England, f/p)
- Laurence Manning (1899–1972, Canada, f)
- Lauren Manning (born 1961, US, nf)
- Richard Manning (born 1951, US, nf)
- Rosemary Manning (1911–1988, England, f)
- Ruth Manning-Sanders (1886–1988, Wales/England, p/ch)
- Robert Mannyng (1264–1340, England, nf)
- Todor Manojlovi? (1883–1968, Austria-Hungary/Yugoslavia, p/d/nf)
- Chris Mansell (born 1953, Australia, p/f/ch)
- Jill Mansell (living, England, f)
- Katherine Mansfield (1888–1923 N Zealand/France, f/p)
- Mark Manson (born 1984, US, nf)
- Hilary Mantel (born 1952, England, f/nf)
- Sonia Manzano (born 1950, US, ch)
- Alessandro Manzoni (1785–1873, Italy, p/f/nf)
- Mao Dun (??, 1896–1981, China, nf/f/d)
- Sándor Márai (1900–1989, Hungary/US, f/nf/p)
- René Maran (1887–1960, Martinique/France, p/f)
- Pierre de Marbeuf (1595–1645, France, p)
- Cristina Marcano (born 1960, Venezuela, nf)
- Marcel Marceau (1923–2007, France, nf)
- Jane Marcet (1769–1858, England, nf)
- Jill March (born 1950, US, f), pseudonym of Nora Roberts
- Stella March (1916–2010, England, f), pseudonym of Marjorie Bell Marshall
- Melina Marchetta (born 1965, Australia, f/ch)
- Hans Marchwitza (1890–1965, Germany, f/nf/p)
- Justinas Marcinkevi?ius (1930–2011, Lithuania/Soviet Union, p/d)
- Ben Marcus (born 1967, US, f/nf)
- Jan Marcussen (living, US, nf)
- Margaret of Valois-Angoulême (1492–1599, France, nf)
- Leo Margulies (1900–1975, US, f)
- Giwi Margwelaschwili (1927–2020, Germany/Soviet Union, f/nf)
- Javier Marías (born 1951, Spain, f/nf)
- Marie de France (fl. 1160–1215, England, p)
- Katarina Marin?i? (born 1968, Yugoslavia/Slovenia, f/nf)
- Karl von Marinelli (1745–1803, Austria, d)
- Pierre de Marivaux (1688–1763, France, d/f)
- Smilja Marjanovi?-Dušani? (born 1963, Yugoslavia/Serbia, nf)
- Liza Marklund (born 1962, Sweden, f)
- Béla Markó (born 1951, Romania, nf)
- Georgi Markov (1929–1978, Bulgaria/England, nf/f/d)
- Mihailo Markovi? (1923–2010, Yugoslavia/Serbia, nf)
- David Markson (1927–2010, US, f/p/nf)
- Christopher Marlowe (1564–1593, England, d)
- Deb Marlowe (living, US, f)
- Paul Marlowe (living, Canada, f)
- Philips of Marnix, Lord of Saint-Aldegonde (1540–1598, Flanders/Netherlands, nf/p)
- Igor Marojevi? (born 1968, Yugoslavia/Serbia, nf)
- Monika Maron (born 1941, Germany, f/nf)
- Clément Marot (1496–1544, France, p)
- Jean Marot (1463 – c. 1526, France, p)
- Ana Marija Marovi? (1815–1887, Italy/Montenegro, f/nf)
- Anne de Marquets (c. 1533–1588, France, p)
- Gabriel García Márquez (1927–2014, Colombia, f/nf)
- Damian Marrett (living, Australia, nf)
- Augusta Marryat (1828–1899, England, ch)
- Emilia Marryat (1835–1875, England, f/ch)
- Florence Marryat (1833–1899, England, f/d)
- Frank Marryat (1826–1855, England, nf)
- Frederick Marryat (1792–1848, England, f/ch)
- John Marsden (born 1950, Australia, ch/nf)
- Geoffrey Marsh (1942–2006, US, f), pseudonym of Charles L. Grant
- Katherine Marsh (born 1974, US, ch/nf)
- Ronald James Marsh (1914–1987, England, f)
- Agnes Marshall (1855–1905, England, nf)
- Una Marson (1905–1965, Jamaica, p/d/nf)
- Yann Martel (born 1963, Canada, f)
- Dafydd Llwyd Mathau (fl. 1601–1629, Wales, p)
- Andrew Martin (born 1962, England, f/nf)
- Ann M. Martin (born 1955, US, ch)
- Catherine Edith Macauley Martin (1848–1937, Scotland/Australia, f/p)
- David Martin (1915–1997, Hungary/Australia, f/p/d), born Lajos Detsinyi
- Faith Martin (living, England, f), pseudonym of Jackie Walton
- George R. R. Martin (born 1948, US, f/d)
- J. P. Martin (1880–1966, England/S Africa, ch)
- Kat Martin (born 1947, US, f)
- Philip Martin (1931–2005, Australia, p)
- Harriet Martineau (1802–1876, England, nf)
- Zlatoje Martinov (born 1953, Yugoslavia/Serbia, nf)
- Savo Martinovi? (born 1945, Yugoslavia/Serbia, nf)
- Joaquim Pedro de Oliveira Martins (1845–1894, Portugal, nf)
- José Tomás de Sousa Martins (1843–1897, Portugal, nf)
- Harry Martinson (1904–1978, Sweden, f/p/d)
- Moa Martinson (1890–1964, Sweden, f/p)
- Sandra Marton (living, US, f)
- Saiichi Maruya (????, 1925–2012, Japan, f/nf)
- Kenji Maruyama (????, born 1943, Japan, f)
- Karl Marx (1818–1883, Germany/England, nf)
- Cissy van Marxveldt (1889–1948, Netherlands, ch)
- Gor? Masaki (???, born 1957, Japan, f)
- Masaoka Shiki (????, 1867–1902, Japan, p/nf)
- John Masefield (1878–1967, England, p/ch)
- Veselin Masleša (1906–1943, Austria-Hungary/Yugoslavia, nf)
- Sineb El Masrar (born 1981, Germany, nf)
- Janine Massard (born 1939, Switzerland, f/nf/ch)
- Ursula Masson (1945–2008, Wales, nf)
- Alexander Masters (living, England, nf/d)
- Olga Masters (1919–1986, Australia, f/d)
- John Mastin (1747–1829, England, nf)
- Carol Matas (born 1949, Canada, nf/ch)
- Simo Matavulj (1852–1908, Austrian E/Serbia, f/nf)
- John Mateer (born 1971, S Africa/Australia, p/nf)
- Dary Matera (born 1955, US, nf)
- Anne Mather (born 1946, England, f), pseudonym of Mildred Grieveson
- Hilda Matheson (1888–1940, England, nf/d)
- Richard Matheson (1926–2013, US, f/d)
- Ray Mathew (1929–2002, Australia, p/d/f)
- Harry Mathews (1930–2017, US, f/p/nf)
- Deborah Mathis (born 1953, US, nf)
- Dušan Mati? (1898–1980, Serbia/Yugoslavia, p/nf)
- Vladan Matijevi? (born 1962, Yugoslavia/Serbia, f/nf)
- Nicolaas Matsier (born 1945, Netherlands, f), pseudonym of Tjit Reinsma
- Seich? Matsumoto (????, 1909–1992, Japan, f)
- Enzo Matsunaga (????, 1895–1938, Japan, f)
- Matsuo Bash? (????, 1644–1694, Japan, p)
- Laura Matthews (living, US, f), pseudonym of Elizabeth Neff Walker
- Friedrich von Matthisson (1761–1831, Germany, p)
- Christobel Mattingley (1931–2019, Australia, ch/f/nf)
- W. Somerset Maugham (1874–1965, England/France, f/d)
- Guy de Maupassant (1850–1893, France, f/nf/p)
- Armistead Maupin (born 1944, US, f)
- Neža Maurer (born 1930, Yugoslavia/Slovenia, ch/p/nf)
- François Mauriac (1885–1970, France, f/d/p)
- Frederick Denison Maurice (1805–1872, England, nf)
- Furnley Maurice (1881–1942, Australia, p), pseudonym of Frank Wilmot
- Angela du Maurier (1904–2002, England, f/nf)
- Daphne du Maurier (1907–1989, England, f/d)
- George du Maurier (1834–1896, France/England, f)
- André Maurois (1885–1967, France, f/nf)
- Charles Maurras (1868–1962, France, nf)
- Fritz Mauthner (1849–1923, Austrian E/Germany, f/nf)
- Tucker Max (born 1975, US, f)
- Daniel Maximin (born 1947, Guadeloupe/France, f/p/nf)
- Donald Maxwell (1877–1936, England, nf)
- Kathleen Maxwell (born 1952, US, f), pseudonym of Kathryn Ptacek
- Patricia Maxwell (born 1942, US, f)
- Julian May (1931–2017, US, f/ch)
- Karl May (1842–1912, Germany, f)
- Peter May (born 1951, Scotland/France, d/f)
- Richard Maybury (born 1946, US, nf)
- Marius von Mayenburg (born 1972, Germany, d)
- Arno J. Mayer (born 1926, Luxembourg/US, nf)
- Hans Mayer (1907–2001, Germany, nf)
- Anne Mayfield (born 1952, US, f), pseudonym of Kathryn Ptacek
- Jan Mayman (living, Australia, nf)
- John E. B. Mayor (1825–1910, Ceylon/England, nf)
- Taku Mayumura (???, 1934–2012, Japan, f/p)
- Martynas Mažvydas (1510–1563, Grand Duchy of Lithuania, nf)
- Miha Mazzini (born 1961, Yugoslavia/Slovenia, f)
Mc
- Anne McAllister (living, US, f)
- Robert McAlmon (1896–1956, US, f/nf/p)
- Maxine McArthur (born 1962, Australia, f/nf)
- James McAuley (1917–1976, Australia, nf/p)
- Paul J. McAuley (born 1955, England, nf/f)
- Ian McBryde (born 1953, Canada/Australia, p)
- Anne McCaffrey (1926–2011, US/Ireland, f)
- Cormac McCarthy (born 1933, US, f/d)
- Eugene McCarthy (1916–2005, US, nf/ch/p)
- Helen McCarthy (born 1951, England, nf)
- Sharron McClellan (born 1963, Spain/US, f)
- David McClintock (1913–2001, England, nf)
- Joanna McClure (born 1930, US, p)
- Robert McCloskey (1914–2003, US, ch)
- David McCooey (born 1967, England/Australia, p/nf)
- Frank McCourt (1930–2009, Ireland, nf)
- Josephine Clifford McCracken (1839–1921, Germany/US, nf/f)
- George Gordon McCrae (1833–1927, Scotland/Australia, p)
- Georgiana McCrae (1804–1890, England/Australia, nf)
- Hugh McCrae (1876–1958, Australia, p)
- Sharyn McCrumb (born 1948, US, nf/f)
- Ronald McCuaig (1908–1993, Australia, p/nf/ch)
- Carson McCullers (1917–1967, US, f/d/p), pseudonym of Lula Carson Smith
- Johnston McCulley (1883–1958, US, f/d)
- Colleen McCullough (1937–2015, Australia/Norfolk Is, f)
- David McCullough (born 1933, US, nf)
- Jack McDevitt (born 1935, US, f/nf)
- Nan McDonald (1921–1974, Australia, p)
- Roger McDonald (born 1941, Australia, f/nf/p)
- Flora McDonnell (born 1963, England, ch)
- Ian McEwan (born 1948, England, f/d)
- Ella McFadyen (1887–1976, Australia, p/nf/ch)
- Fiona McFarlane (born 1978, Australia, f)
- Leslie McFarlane (1902–1977, Canada, f/d)
- William McFee (1881–1966, England/US, f)
- May McGoldrick (US, shared pseudonym, f)
- Roger McGough (born 1937, England, p/d/ch)
- Patrick McGrath (born 1950, England/US, f)
- Eloise Jarvis McGraw (1915–2000, US, ch)
- Fiona McGregor (born 1965, Australia, f/nf)
- Abdeslam Ben Mchich (1140–1227, Morocco, nf)
- Maureen F. McHugh (born 1959, US, f)
- Siobhán McHugh (living, Ireland/Australia, nf/f)
- Mary Susan McIntosh (1936–2013, England, nf)
- Edith McKay (1891–1963, Australia, f)
- Terence McKenna (1946–2000, US, nf)
- Dennis L. McKiernan (born 1932, US, f)
- Robin McKinley (born 1952, US, ch/nf)
- Tamara McKinley (born 1948, Australia/England, f)
- Meagan McKinney (born 1961, US, f), pseudonym of Ruth Goodman
- Greg McLaren (born 1967, Australia, p/nf)
- Barbara McMahon (born 1961, US, f)
- Rhyll McMaster (born 1947, Australia, p/f)
- Mary McMullen (1920–1986, US, f), pseudonym of Mary Reilly
- Larry McMurtry (1936–2021, US, f)
- Bertha McNamara (1853–1931, Germany/Australia, nf)
- Judith McNaught (born 1944, US, f)
- Kit McNaughton (c. 1887–1953, Australia, nf)
- Clive Leo McNeir (living, England, f/nf)
Me
- Richelle Mead (born 1976, US, f)
- Gillian Mears (1964–2016, Australia, f)
- Gwallter Mechain (1761–1849, Wales, p/nf), pseudonym of Walter Davies
- Gwerful Mechain (fl. 1460–1502, Wales, p)
- Mechthild of Magdeburg (c. 1207 – c. 1282/1294, Germany, nf)
- Christoph Meckel (1935–2020, Germany, f/nf)
- Miriam Meckel (born 1967, Germany, nf)
- Richard James Mecredy (1861–1924, Ireland, nf)
- Dejan Medakovi? (1922–2008, Yugoslavia/Serbia, nf)
- Teresa Medeiros (born 1962/1963, US, f)
- Nia Medi (living, Wales, d/f)
- Peace Adzo Medie (living, Liberia/Ghana, f/nf)
- Thomas Medwin (1788–1869, England, p/nf)
- Thomas Meehan (1929–2017, US, d)
- S. P. Meek (1894–1972, US, f/ch)
- Elizabeth Meeke (1761 – c. 1826, England, f/ch)
- Selma Meerbaum-Eisinger (1924–1942, Romania/Ukraine, p), Holocaust victim
- Jhaverchand Meghani (1896–1947, India, p/f/nf)
- Mariella Mehr (born 1947, Switzerland/Italy, f)
- Walter Mehring (1896–1981, Germany/Switzerland, nf/p)
- Dora van der Meiden-Coolsma (1918–2001, Netherlands, ch)
- Niklaus Meienberg (1940–1993, Switzerland, nf)
- Ischa Meijer (1943–1995, Netherlands, nf)
- Wilhelm Meinhold (1797–1851, Sweden/Germany, p/d/f)
- Philip Melanchthon (1497–1560, Germany, nf)
- Fulvio Melia (born 1956, Italy/US, nf)
- Paulus Melissus (1539–1602, Germany, p)
- Agop Melkonyan (1949–2006, Bulgaria, f/nf)
- Francisco Manuel de Mello (1608–1666, Portugal, p/nf)
- David Meltzer (1937–2016, US, p)
- Herman Melville (1819–1891, US, f/p)
- Pauline Melville (born 1948, British Guiana/England, f)
- Eva Menasse (born 1970, Austria, f/nf)
- Robert Menasse (born 1954, Austria, f/nf)
- Šiško Men?eti? (1457–1527, Ragusa, p)
- Mencius (??, 372–289 or 385 – c. 303/302 BCE, China, nf)
- Moses Mendelssohn (1729–1786, Germany, nf)
- Catulle Mendès (1841–1909, France, p/nf)
- Eduardo Mendoza (born 1943, Spain, f)
- Susan Mendus (born 1951, Wales/England, nf)
- Holdemar Menezes (1921–1996, Brazil, f/nf)
- Meng Haoran (???, c. 689/691–740, China, p)
- John Mennes (1599–1671, England, p)
- Louis-François-Henri de Menon (1717–1776, France, nf)
- Wolfgang Menzel (1898–1973, Germany, p/nf)
- Wolla Meranda (1863–1951, Australia, f/p)
- Tibor Méray (1924–2020, Hungary/France, nf)
- Johann Heinrich Merck (1741–1791, Germany, nf)
- Sophie Mereau (1770–1806, Germany, f/p)
- George Meredith (1828–1909, England, f/p)
- Gwen Meredith (1907–2006, Australia, d/f)
- Louisa Anne Meredith (1812–1895, England/Australia, p/nf/f)
- Francis Meres (1565/1566–1647, England, nf)
- Prosper Mérimée (1803–1870, France, f/nf)
- Christina Merlin (1911–1995, England, f), pseudonym of Constance Fecher Heaven
- Willem de Mérode (1887–1939, Netherlands, p), pseudonym of Willem Eduard Keuning
- Christopher Merret (1614/1615–1695, England, nf)
- Leonard Merrick (1864–1939, England, f)
- Judith Merril (1923–1997, US/Canada, f/nf), pseudonym of Judith Josephine Grossman
- Abraham Merritt (1884–1943, US, f)
- Marin Mersenne (1588–1648, France, nf)
- Erik Mesterton (1903–2004, Sweden, nf)
- John Metcalfe (1891–1965, England/US, f)
- Antoine Meyer (1801–1857, Luxembourg/Belgium, nf/p)
- Conrad Ferdinand Meyer (1825–1898, Switzerland, p/f)
- Marissa Meyer (born 1984, US, f)
- Nicholas Meyer (born 1945, US, f)
- Stephenie Meyer (born 1973, US, f)
- Melchior Meyr (1810–1871, Germany, p/f/nf)
- Gustav Meyrink (1868–1932, Austria/Germany, f/d), pseudonym of Gustav Meyer
M'G–Mn
- James M'Govan (1845–1919, N Zealand/Scotland, f/nf), pseudonym of William Crawford Honeyman
- Mi Fu (??, 1051–1107, China, p)
- Mian Mian (??, born 1970, China, f)
- James Lionel Michael (1824–1868, England/Australia, p)
- Judith Michael (born 1934 and 1937, US, f/nf), pseudonym of Judith Michael and Michael Fain
- Barbara Michaels (1927–2013, US, f/nf), pseudonym Elizabeth Peters
- Fern Michaels (born 1933, US, f)
- Leigh Michaels (born 1954, US, f)
- Joseph François Michaud (1767–1839, Savoie/France, nf)
- Henri Michaux (1899–1984, Belgium/France, p/nf)
- Jean Michel (c. 1435–1501, France, p/d)
- Nicholas Michell (1807–1880, England, p/f)
- Richard Michelson (born 1953, US, p/ch)
- Michitsuna no Haha (?????, c. 935–995, Japan, p)
- Ljubomir Mici? (1895–1971, Austro-Hungary/Yugoslavia, p/nf)
- Conyers Middleton (1683–1750, England, nf)
- Erasmus Middleton (1739–1805, England, nf)
- Richard Barham Middleton (1882–1911, England/Belgium, p/f)
- Stanley Middleton (1919–2009, England, f)
- Wiliam Midleton (c. 1550–1596, Wales, p)
- Agnes Miegel (1879–1964, Germany, p/f)
- Stanis?aw Mieroszewski (1827–1900, Poland, nf)
- China Miéville (born 1972, England, f/nf)
- José Rodrigues Miguéis (1901–1980, Portugal/US, nf)
- Gib Mih?escu (1894–1935, Romania, f/nf/d)
- Mihajlo Mihajlov (1934–2010, Yugoslavia/Serbia, nf)
- Dragoslav Mihailovi? (born 1930, Yugoslavia/Serbia, nf)
- Jasmina Mihajlovi? (born 1960, Yugoslavia/Serbia, nf)
- Jo Mihaly (1902–1989, Germany/Switzerland, nf/f), pseudonym of Elfriede Alice "Piete" Kuhr
- Stoyan Mihaylovski (1856–1927, Bulgaria, nf/p/d)
- Mira Miheli? (1912–1985, Austrian E/Yugoslavia, f/nf/ch)
- Borislav Mihajlovi? Mihiz (1922–1997, Yugoslavia, d/nf)
- Miloš Mikeln (1930–2014, Yugoslavia/Slovenia, d/f/nf)
- Kelemen Mikes (1690–1761, Hungary/Ottoman E, nf)
- Kálmán Mikszáth (1847–1910, Hungary, f/nf)
- Gakuto Mikumo (????, born 1970, Japan, f)
- Milutin Milankovi? (1879–1958, Austria-Hungary/Yugoslavia, nf)
- Jovan Gr?i? Milenko (1846–1875, Austria-Hungary, p/f)
- Dorothy Miles (1931–1993, Wales/England, p/nf)
- Gareth Miles (living, Wales, f)
- Jack Miles (born 1942, US, nf)
- Avram Mileti? (1755 – post-1826, Habsburg E/Serbia, p)
- Princess Milica of Serbia (c. 1335–1405, Serbia, p)
- Milan Mili?evi? (1831–1908, Serbia, nf/f)
- Ognjenka Mili?evi? (1927–2008, Yugoslavia/Serbia, nf)
- Milan Miliši? (1941–1991, Yugoslavia/Croatia, p/d/nf)
- Marko Miljanov (1833–1901, Ottoman E/Austria-Hungary, nf)
- Branko Miljkovi? (1934–1961, Yugoslavia, p)
- James Mill (1773–1836, Scotland, nf)
- John Stuart Mill (1806–1873, England/France, nf)
- Arthur Miller (1915–2005, US, d/nf)
- Frank Miller (born 1957, US, f/d)
- Gra?yna Miller (1957–2009, Poland/Italy, p/nf)
- Henry Miller (1891–1980, US, f/nf)
- James Russell Miller (1840–1912, US, nf)
- Linda Lael Miller (born 1949, US, f)
- P. Schuyler Miller (1912–1974, US, f/nf)
- Serena B. Miller (born 1950, US, f)
- Steve Miller (born 1957, US, nf)
- Thomas Miller (1807–1874, England, p/f)
- Walter M. Miller, Jr. (1923–1996, US, f)
- John Millett (1921–2019, Australia, p/nf)
- Steven Millhauser (born 1943, US, f)
- Millosh Gjergj Nikolla (1911–1938, Albania/Italy, p/nf)
- Lady Dorothy Mills (1889–1959, England, f/nf)
- Henry Hart Milman (1791–1868, England, nf)
- A. A. Milne (1882–1956, England, ch/f/nf)
- Christopher Robin Milne (1920–1996, England, nf)
- Donna Milner (born 1946, Canada, f)
- Miloš Milojevi? (1840–1897, Serbia, nf)
- Czes?aw Mi?osz (1911–2004, Russian E/Poland, p/f)
- Branislav Milosavljevi? (1879–1944, Serbia/Yugoslavia, p)
- Nikola Miloševi? (1929–2007, Yugoslavia/Serbia, nf)
- Franco Mimmi (born 1942, Italy, f/nf)
- Takitar? Minakami (?????, 1887–1940, Japan, f/nf)
- Tsutomu Minakami (???, 1919–2004, Japan, f/nf/d)
- Minakata Kumagusu (????, 1867–1941, Japan, nf)
- Marga Minco (born 1920, Netherlands, nf)
- Svetoslav Minkov (1902–1966, Bulgaria, f)
- Ion Minulescu (1881–1944, Romania, p/f/d)
- Francisco de Sá de Miranda (1481–1558, Portugal, p)
- José Bragança de Miranda (born 1953, Portugal, nf)
- Lin-Manuel Miranda (born 1980, US, nf/d)
- Mir-Jam (1887–1952, Serbia/Yugoslavia, f), pseudonym of Milica Jakovljevi?
- ?edomir Mirkovi? (1944–2005, Yugoslavia/Serbia, nf)
- Igor Mirovi? (born 1968, Yugoslavia/Serbia, nf/p)
- Cheryl Misak (living, Canada, nf)
- Ludwig von Mises (1881–1973, Austria/US, nf)
- Yukio Mishima (?????, 1925–1970, Japan, nf/p/d)
- Sudesh Mishra (living, Fiji/Australia, p)
- Krste Misirkov (1874–1926, Ottoman E/Bulgaria, nf)
- Munesuke Mita (????, born 1937, Japan, nf)
- David Mitchell (1940–211, N Zealand, p)
- David Mitchell (born 1969, England, f/nf)
- Donald Grant Mitchell (1822–1908, US, nf/f)
- Elyne Mitchell (1913–2002, Australia, ch/nf)
- Joseph Mitchell (1908–1996, US, nf)
- Margaret Mitchell (1900–1949, US, f/nf)
- Paul Mitchell (born 1968, p/f)
- Naomi Mitchison (1897–1999, Scotland/England, f/nf)
- Mary Russell Mitford (1787–1855, England, nf/p/d)
- Nancy Mitford (1904–1973, England/France, f/nf)
- William Mitford (1744–1827, England, nf)
- Anna Mitgutsch (born 1948, Austria, f)
- Dimitrije Mitrinovi? (1887–1953, Austria-Hungary/England, nf/p)
- Milorad Mitrovi? (1867–1907, Serbia, p)
- Mitra Mitrovi? (1912–2001, Yugoslavia/Serbia, nf)
- Srba Mitrovi? (1931–2007, Yugoslavia/Serbia, p)
- Ryu Mitsuse (???, 1928–1999, Japan, f/nf)
- Miyuki Miyabe (?????, born 1960, Japan, f)
- Teru Miyamoto (???, born 1947, Japan, f)
- Miyamoto Yuriko (?????, 1899–1951, Japan, f/nf)
- Hayao Miyazaki (???, born 1941, Japan, d/nf)
- Kenji Miyazawa (????, 1896–1933, Japan, f/ch/nf)
- Tatsuji Miyoshi (????, 1900–1964, Japan, p/nf)
- Minae Mizumura (????, born 1951, Japan, f)
- Vojislav Ili? Mlaði (1877–1944, Serbia/Yugoslavia, p)
- Ladislav M?a?ko (1919–1994, Czechoslovakia/Slovakia, nf)
Mo
- Timothy Mo (???, born 1950, Hong Kong/England, f)
- Mo Xuanqing (???, born 834, China, p)
- Mo Yan (???, born 1955, China, f)
- Vilhelm Moberg (1898–1973, Sweden, nf/d)
- Vinko Möderndorfer (born 1958, Yugoslavia/Slovenia, ch/p/f)
- L. E. Modesitt, Jr. (born 1943, US, f/nf/p)
- Klaus Modick (born 1951, Germany, nf)
- Drusilla Modjeska (born 1946, Papua New Guinea/Australia, f/nf)
- Moelona (1877–1953, Wales, f/ch), pseudonym of Elizabeth Mary Jones
- Donald Moffitt (1931–2014, US, f)
- Nadifa Mohamed (born 1981, Somaliland/England, f)
- Georg Mohr (1640–1697, Denmark/Germany, nf)
- Joseph Mohr (1792–1848, Austria, nf/p)
- Paul Möhring (1710–1792, Germany, nf)
- Abraham de Moivre (1667–1754, France, nf)
- John Mole (born 1941, England, p/ch)
- Molière (1622–1673, France, d/p), pseudonym of Jean Baptiste Poquelin
- Ferenc Molnár (1878–1952, Austria/US, d/p)
- József Molnár (1918–2009, Hungary/Germany, nf)
- Walter von Molo (1880–1958, Austria-Hungary/Germany, f/d/nf)
- Nurul Momen (1908–1990, India/Bangladesh, d/nf/p), pseudonym Natyaguru
- Nicola Monaghan (living, England, f)
- Aleksandra Monedzhikova (1889–1959, Bulgaria, nf)
- António Egas Moniz (1874–1955, Portugal, nf)
- Karyn Monk (living, Canada, f)
- Bernard de la Monnoye (1641–1728, France, p/nf)
- Harold Monro (1879–1932, Belgium/England, p)
- Messenger Monsey (1694–1788, England, nf)
- Elizabeth Montagu (1718–1800, England, nf)
- Richard Montanari (born 1952, US, f)
- Dora Montefiore (1851–1933, England/Australia, p/nf)
- Montesquieu (1689–1755, France, nf)
- James Montgomery (1771–1854, Scotland/England, p/nf)
- Florence Montgomery (1843–1923, England, f/ch)
- Lucy Maud Montgomery (1936–2014, Canada, f/ch)
- R. A. Montgomery (1874–1942, US, ch)
- Jean-Pierre Montcassen (born 1967, Hungary, f/p), pseudonym of Imre Cselenyák
- Henry de Montherlant (1895–1972, France, nf/f/d)
- Isabelle de Montolieu (1751–1832, Switzerland, f)
- Jean-Étienne Montucla (1725–1799, France, nf)
- Susanna Moodie (1803–1885, England/Canada, nf)
- Lukas Moodysson (born 1969, Sweden, f/p)
- Elizabeth Moon (born 1945, US, f/nf)
- Michael Moorcock (born 1939, England/US, f/nf)
- Alan Moore (born 1953, England, f/nf)
- C. L. Moore (1911–1987, US, f/d)
- Clement Clarke Moore (1779–1863, US, f/p)
- Francis Moore (1657–1715, England, nf)
- Francis Moore (1708–1756, England, nf)
- George Moore (1852–1933, Ireland/England, f/p/nf)
- Patrick Moore (1923–2013, England, nf/f)
- T. Inglis Moore (1901–1978, Australia, f/p/nf)
- Ward Moore (1903–1978, US, f)
- Wes Moore (born 1978, US, nf)
- Finola Moorhead (born 1947, Australia, f/d/nf)
- Hortensia von Moos (1659–1715, Switzerland, nf)
- Ferenc Móra (1879–1934, Hungary, f/nf)
- Wenceslau de Moraes (1854–1929, Portugal/Japan, nf/p)
- Daniel Keys Moran (born 1962, US, f/nf)
- Alberto Moravia (1907–1990, Italy, f/nf)
- Ann Moray (1909–1981, Wales/Mexico, f)
- Elinor Mordaunt (1872–1942, Australia/England, f/nf), pseudonym of Evelyn May Clowes
- Gertrude More (1606–1633, England/France, nf)
- Hannah More (1745–1833, England, nf/p/d)
- Jean Moréas (1856–1910, Greece/France, p/nf)
- Hégésippe Moreau (1810–1838, France, p/f)
- Charles Langbridge Morgan (1894–1958, England, d/f)
- Derec Llwyd Morgan (born 1943, Wales, nf)
- Diana Morgan (1908–1996, Wales/England, d)
- Edwin Morgan (1920–2010, Scotland, p)
- Elaine Morgan (1920–2013, Wales/England, nf)
- Elena Puw Morgan (1900–1973, Wales, f/ch)
- Eluned Morgan (1870–1938, Argentina/Wales, nf)
- Gwenllian Morgan (1852–1939, Wales, nf)
- J. O. Morgan (born 1978, Scotland, p)
- John Morgan (1688–1733 or 1734, Wales/England, nf/p)
- Mal Morgan (1936–1999, Australia, p)
- Prys Morgan (born 1937, Wales, nf)
- Sally Morgan (born 1951, Australia, nf/ch/d)
- Sophia Elizabeth De Morgan (1809–1892, England, nf)
- Sydney, Lady Morgan (c. 1781–1859, Ireland/England, f)
- William Morgan (1545–1604, Wales, nf)
- William De Morgan (1839–1917, England, f)
- Iolo Morganwg (1747–1826, Wales, nf/p), bardic name of Edward Williams
- Christian Morgenstern (1871–1914, Germany/Austria, p/f/nf)
- Irmtraud Morgner (1933–1990, Germany, nf)
- Daniel Georg Morhof (1639–1691, Germany, nf/p)
- Hiroshi Mori (???, born 1957, Japan, f/nf)
- Mori ?gai (????, 1862–1922, Japan, f/p), pseudonym Mori ?gai (???)
- Liane Moriarty (born 1966, Australia, f/ch)
- Zsigmond Móricz (1879–1942, Hungary, f)
- David Richard Morier (1784–1877, Ottoman E/England, nf)
- James Justinian Morier (1782–1849, Ottoman E/England, f)
- Eduard Mörike (1804–1875, Germany, f/p)
- Seiichi Morimura (????, born 1933, Japan, f)
- Hiroyuki Morioka (????, born 1962, Japan, f)
- Morita S?hei (????, 1881–1949, Japan, f)
- Tama Morita (????, 1894–1970, Japan, nf)
- Karl Philipp Moritz (1756–1793, Germany, nf/f)
- David Morley (born 1962, England, nf/d)
- David Morley (born 1964, England, p/nf)
- Michael Morpurgo (born 1943, England, p/d/ch)
- Clare Morrall (born 1952, England, f)
- Dick Morris (born 1946, US, nf)
- Gerald Morris (born 1963, US, ch)
- Jan Morris (1926–2020, England/Wales, nf)
- Lewis Morris (1701–1765, Wales, p)
- Lewis Morris (1833–1907, Wales, p)
- Meaghan Morris (born 1950, Australia, nf)
- Myra Morris (1893–1966, Australia, p/f/ch)
- Rebecca Morris (living, US, f/nf)
- Richard Morris (1703–1779, Wales, nf)
- William Morris (1834–1896, England, p/f/nf)
- John Morris-Jones (1864–1929, Wales, nf/p)
- Arthur Morrison (1863–1945, England, f/nf)
- Sally Morrison (born 1946, Australia, f/nf)
- Sophia Morrison (1859–1917, Isle of Man, f/nf)
- Toni Morrison (1931–2019, US, f/nf)
- Di Morrissey (born 1943, Australia, f/ch)
- Petra Morsbach (born 1956, Switzerland/Germany, f)
- Carole Mortimer (born 1960, England, f)
- Favell Lee Mortimer (1802–1878, England, ch)
- John Mortimer (1923–2009, England, d/nf)
- Penelope Mortimer (1918–1999, Wales/England, nf/f)
- Andrew Morton (born 1953, England, nf)
- Frank Morton (1869–1923, England/Australia, p/nf)
- Johann Michael Moscherosch (1601–1669, Germany, nf)
- Julius Mosen (1803–1867, Germany, p/f)
- Sam Moskowitz (1920–1997, US, nf)
- Kate Mosse (born 1961, England, f/nf)
- Johann Most (1846–1906, Germany/US, nf/p)
- Nadežka Mosusova (born 1928, Yugoslavia/Serbia, nf)
- Andrew Motion (born 1952, England/US, p/f/nf)
- Motoori Norinaga (????, 1730–1801, Japan, nf)
- Ralph Hale Mottram (1883–1971, England, f/p)
- Mou Zongsan (???, 1909–1995, China/Hong Kong, nf)
- Daphne Pochin Mould (1920–2014, England/Ireland, nf)
- Vasco Graça Moura (1942–2014, Portugal, p/nf/f)
- David Mourão-Ferreira (1927–1996, Portugal, p/f)
- Mary Braidwood Mowle (1827–1857, England/Australia, nf)
- Jojo Moyes (born 1969, England, f/nf)
- Mozi (??, c. 470 – c. 391, China, nf)
- Fiona Mozley (born 1988, England, f/nf)
- James Bowling Mozley (1813–1878, England, nf)
- Thomas Mozley (1806–1893, England, nf)