List of authors by name: N
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 – ZNa–Ng
- Thomas Nabbes (1605–1641, England, d)
- Vladimir Nabokov (1899–1977, Russia/US, f/nf)
- Herbert Nachbar (1930–1980, Germany, f/d)
- Nada Inada (?????, 1929–2013, Japan, f/nf)
- Péter Nádas (born 1942, Hungary, f/d/nf)
- Ádám Nádasdy (born 1947, Hungary, nf/p)
- Ladislav Nádaši-Jégé (1866–1940, Hungary/Slovakia, f/nf)
- Kaf? Nagai (????, 1879–1959, Japan, f/nf/d)
- Michiko Nagai (????, born 1925, Japan, f)
- Tatsuo Nagai (????, 1904–1990, Japan, f/nf)
- Hideo Nagata (????, 1885–1949, Japan, p/d)
- Linda Nagata (born 1960, US, f)
- Mikihiko Nagata (????, 1887–1964, Japan, p/d)
- Takashi Nagatsuka (???, 1879–1915, Japan, p/f)
- Yoshir? Nagayo (????, 1888–1961, Japan, f/d)
- Gáspár Nagy (1949–2007, Hungary, p)
- Shiva Naipaul (1945–1985, Trinidad/England, f/nf)
- V. S. Naipaul (1932–2018, Trinidad/England, f/nf)
- Nait? J?s? (????, 1662–1704, Japan, p)
- Nait? Torajir? (?????, 1866–1934, Japan, nf)
- Kansuke Naka (???, 1885–1965, Japan, f/nf)
- Kenji Nakagami (????, 1946–1992, Japan, f/nf)
- Ch?ya Nakahara (????, 1907–1937, Japan, p)
- Atsushi Nakajima (???, 1909–1942, Japan, f)
- Ramo Nakajima (????, 1952–2004, Japan, f/nf)
- Akio Nakamori (????, born 1960, Japan, nf)
- Shin'ichir? Nakamura (?????, 1918–1997, Japan, f/nf)
- Mitsuo Nakamura (????, 1911–1988, Japanm nf/d)
- Chie Nakane (????, born 1926, Japan, nf)
- K?ji Nakano (????, 1925–2004, Japan, f/nf)
- Gish? Nakayama (????, 1900–1969, Japan, nf)
- Tsuneko Nakazato (????, 1909–1987, Japan, f)
- Nam?k Kemal (1840–1888, Ottoman Empire, nf/d)
- Twm o'r Nant (1739–1810, Wales, d), pseudonym of Thomas Edwards
- Sanjugo Naoki (?????, 1891–1934, Japan, f), pseudonym of S?ichi Uemura (????)
- Sydney Elliott Napier (1870–1940, Australia, nf/p)
- Narushima Ry?hoku (????, 1837–1884, Japan, nf)
- Jan Narveson (born 1936, Canada, nf)
- Mom?ilo Nastasijevi? (1894–1938, Serbia/Yugoslavia, p/f/d)
- Kinoko Nasu (?????, born 1973, Japan, f)
- Natsume S?seki (????, 1867–1916, Japan, f/nf)
- Gellu Naum (1915–2001, Romania, p/f/ch)
- Saint Naum (830–910, Bulgaria, nf), Naum of Ohrid
- Joe Navarro (born 1953, Cuba, nf)
- Marguerite Naville (1852–1930, Switzerland, nf)
- John Neal (1793–1876, US, nf/f/p)
- Dejan Nebrigi? (1970–1999, Yugoslavia, nf)
- Ion Neculce (1672–1744, Moldavia, nf)
- Mircea Nedelciu (1950–1999, Romania, f/nf)
- Kole Nedelkovski (1912–1941, Ottoman E/Bulgaria, p)
- Mary Anna Needell (1830–1922, England, f)
- Henry Neele (1798–1828, England, p/nf)
- Betty Neels (1909–2001, England, f)
- José de Almada Negreiros (1893–1970, Portugal, f/d)
- Constantin Negruzzi (1808–1968, Moldavia/Romania, p/f/p)
- Philip Neilsen (living, Australia, p/ch/nf)
- Shaw Neilson (1872–1940, Australia, p)
- Émile Nelligan (1879–1941, Canada, p)
- Esther Nelson (1810–1843, Isle of Man, p)
- Jandy Nelson (born 1965, US, f/ch)
- Tracy Nelson (born 1963, US, nf/d)
- Vitorino Nemésio (1901–1978, Portugal)
- László Németh (1901–1975, Hungary, f/d/nf)
- Irène Némirovsky (1903–1942, France, f), Holocaust victim
- Matija Nenadovi? (1777–1854, Ottoman E/Serbia, nf)
- Mary Edith Nepean (1876–1960, Wales, f)
- Salom?ja N?ris (1904–1945, Russian E/Soviet Union, p)
- Gérard de Nerval (1808–1855, France, f/p)
- E. Nesbit (1858–1924, England, ch/f/p)
- Jeffrey A. Nesbit (living, US, f)
- Jo Nesbø (born 1960, Norway, f/ch)
- Nescio (1882–1961, Netherlands, f), pseudonym of Jan Hendrik Frederik Grönloh
- Aziz Nesin (1915–1995, Turkey, f/nf)
- Håkan Nesser (born 1950, Sweden, f)
- Johann Nestroy (1801–1862, Austria, d)
- Alfred Neumann (1895–1952, Germany/Switzerland, f/p/d)
- Jill Adelaide Neville (1932–1997, Australia/England, f/d/p)
- John Newbery (1713–1767, England, ch)
- Nanette Newman (born 1934, England, ch/nf)
- Isaac Newton (1642–1726/1727, England, nf)
- Nerida Newton (born 1972, Australia, f)
- Friedrich Neznansky (1932–2013, Soviet Union/Russia, f)
- Celeste Ng (???, born 1980, US, f)
Ni–Ny
- Brenda Niall (born 1930, Australia, nf)
- Ian Niall (1916–2002, Scotland/England, f), born John Kincaid McNeillie
- Thomas Evan Nicholas (Niclas y Glais) (1879–1971, Wales, p/nf)
- Grace Nichols (born 1950, Guyana/England, p)
- Joyce Nicholson (1919–2011, Australia, nf)
- Norman Nicholson (1914–1987, England, p/f/d)
- William Nicholson (born 1948, England, d/f)
- Eckhart Nickel (born 1966, Germany/US, nf)
- C. W. Nicol (1940–1920, Wales/Japan, f/nf)
- Christoph Friedrich Nicolai (1733–1811, Germany, nf/f)
- Ernst Elias Niebergall (1815–1843, Germany, nf/d)
- Reinhold Niebuhr (1892–1971, US, nf)
- Mikael Niemi (born 1959, Sweden, f/p)
- Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900, Germany, nf/p)
- Carel van Nievelt (1843–1913, Netherlands, f/nf), pseudonym Gabriël
- Nankichi Niimi (????, 1913–1943, Japan, f/nf/p)
- Martinus Nijhoff (1894–1953, Netherlands, p/nf)
- Niki Etsuko (????, 1928–1986, Japan, f)
- Galin Nikiforov (born 1968, Bulgaria, f)
- Svetomir Nikolajevi? (1844–1922, Serbia/Yugoslavia, nf)
- Jovan Nikoli? (born 1955, Yugoslavia/Germany, nf)
- Jovanka Nikoli? (1952–2017, Yugoslavia/Serbia, ch)
- Deborah Niland (born 1950, Australia, ch)
- Peter Nilson (1937–1998, Sweden, nf/f)
- Milica Ninkovi? (1854–1881, Hungary/Serbia, nf)
- Hume Nisbet (1849–1923, Scotland/England, f/p/nf)
- Kitaro Nishida (?????, 1870–1945, Japan, nf)
- Kyotaro Nishimura (?????, born 1930, Japan, f)
- Junzabur? Nishiwaki (?????, 1894–1982, Japan, p/nf)
- Nishiyama S?in (????, 1605–1682, Japan, p)
- Nisio Isin (????, born 1981, Japan, f/d)
- Judah ben Nissim (13th c., Morocco, nf)
- Nitobe Inaz? (?????, 1862–1933, Japan, nf)
- Jir? Nitta (????, 1912–1980, Japan, f), pseudonym of Hiroto Fujiwara (????)
- Larry Niven (born 1938, US, f)
- Jennifer Niven (born 1968, US, f/ch)
- Fumio Niwa (????, 1904–2005, Japan, f)
- Garth Nix (born 1963, Australia, ch)
- Thomas Nixon (born 1961, US, nf)
- Lela B. Njatin (born 1963, Yugoslavia/Slovenia, f)
- Shomu Nobori (???, 1878–1958, Japan, nf)
- António Nobre (1867–1900, Portugal, p)
- Keiko Nobumoto (????, born 1964, Japan, d)
- Hideki Noda (????, born 1955, Japan, d)
- Charles Nodier (1780–1844, France, f/nf)
- Yaeko Nogami (?????, 1885–1985, Japan, f)
- Rajko Petrov Nogo (born 1945, Yugoslavia/Serbia, p/nf)
- Fujio Noguchi (?????, 1911–1993, Japan, f/nf), pseudonym of Fujio Hirai
- Yone Noguchi (?????, 1875–1947, Japan), pseudonym of Yonejir? Noguchi (?????)
- Constantin Noica (1909–1987, Romania, nf)
- Cynthia Reed Nolan (1908–1976, Australia, nf)
- Frederick Nolan (born 1931, England, f/nf)
- William F. Nolan (born 1928, US, f)
- Dieter Noll (1927–2008, Germany, f/nf)
- Ingrid Noll (born 1935, Germany, f)
- Olga Nolla (1938–2001, Puerto Rica, p/f/nf)
- Hiroshi Noma (???, 1915–1991, Japan, f)
- Masahiko Nomi (?????, 1925–1981, Japan, nf)
- Kod? Nomura (????, 1882–1963, Japan, f/nf)
- Jeff Noon (born 1957, England, f/d)
- Oodgeroo Noonuccal (1920–1993, Australia, p/nf)
- Cees Nooteboom (born 1933, Netherlands, f/p/nf)
- Hedvig Charlotta Nordenflycht (1718–1763, Sweden, p)
- Sven Nordqvist (born 1946, Sweden, ch)
- Adolf Noreen (1854–1925, Sweden, nf)
- Howard Norman (born 1949, US, f)
- John Norman (born 1931, US, f/nf)
- William Edward Norris (1847–1925, England, f)
- Harold Norse (1916–2009, US, p/f)
- Marlene Norst (1930–2010, Australia, nf)
- Andre Norton (1912–2005, US, f), pseudonym of Alice Mary Norton
- Caroline Norton (1808–1877, England, nf/d/f)
- Mary Norton (1903–1992, England, ch)
- Akiyuki Nosaka (????, 1930–2015, Japan, f/p)
- Christine Nöstlinger (1936–2018, Austria, ch)
- Amélie Nothomb (born 1966, Belgium, f)
- Alan E. Nourse (1928–1992, US, f/ch)
- Henri Nouwen (1932–1996, Netherlands/Canada, nf)
- Joanne Nova (born 1967, Australia, nf/ch)
- Helga M. Novak (1935–2013, Germany/Iceland, f/nf)
- Anna Novakov (born 1959, Yugoslavia/US, nf)
- Aleksandar Novakovi? (born 1975, Yugoslavia/Serbia, f/d)
- Duško Novakovi? (born 1948, Yugoslavia/Serbia, p)
- Mirjana Novakovi? (born 1966, Yugoslavia/Serbia, f)
- Stojan Novakovi? (1842–1915, Serbia, nf)
- Novalis (1772–1801, Germany, p/nf), pseudonym of Georg Philipp Friedrich Freiherr von Hardenberg
- Ivor Novello (1893–1951, Wales/England, d)
- Benjamin Nugent (living, US, f/nf)
- Princess Nukata (???, fl. 17th c., Japan, p), also Nukata no ?kimi
- Laura Numeroff (born 1953, US, ch)
- Pedro Nunes (1502–1578, Portugal, nf)
- Branislav Nuši? (1864–1938, Serbia/Yugoslavia, d/nf/f)
- Julia Nyberg (1784–1854, Sweden, p), pseudonym Euphrosyne
- Philip Nye (c. 1595–1672, England, nf)