List of authors by name: P
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 – ZPa
- Piet Paaltjens (1835–1894, Netherlands, p/f/nf), pseudonym of François Haverschmidt
- Luiz Pacheco (1925–2008, Portugal, nf)
- Jovan Pa?i? (1771–1849, Hungary, p/nf)
- Nebojša Pajki? (born 1951, Yugoslavia/Serbia, d)
- Edward Packard (born 1931, US, ch)
- ZZ Packer (born 1973, US, f)
- Geoff Page (born 1940, Australia, p/nf)
- Lynda Page (born 1950, England, f)
- P. K. Page (1916–2010, Canada, p/nf/ch)
- Stephen Paget (1855–1926, England, nf/ch)
- Thomas Paget (1689–1742, England, p)
- Boris Pahor (born 1913, Austrian E/Italy, f)
- Pai Hsien-yung (???, born 1937, China, f)
- Thomas Paine (1737–1807, England/US, nf)
- William Painter (c. 1540–1595, England, nf/f)
- Paisius of Hilendar (1722–1773, Ottoman E, nf)
- Chuck Palahniuk (born 1962, US, f)
- Maria Palaiologina, Queen of Serbia (died 1355, Serbia, nf)
- Greg Palast (born 1952, US, nf)
- Alexandru Paleologu (1919–2005, Romania, nf)
- Theodor Paleologu (born 1973, Romania, nf)
- Octavian Paler (1926–2007, Romania, nf)
- Frederick Apthorp Paley (1815–1888, England, nf)
- Michael Palin (born 1943, England, d/nf)
- Johannes Hendricus van der Palm (1763–1840, Netherlands, p/nf)
- Connie Palmen (born 1955, Netherlands, f)
- Charles John Palmer (1805–1882, England, nf)
- Charlotte Palmer (c. 1762 – post-1834, England, f)
- Diana Palmer (born 1946, US, f), pseudonym of Susan Spaeth Kyle
- Helen Palmer (1917–1979, Australia, nf)
- Michael Palmer (born 1943, US, p/nf)
- Nettie Palmer (1885–1964, Australia, p/nf)
- Raymond A. Palmer (1910–1977, US, f/nf)
- Robert Palmer (1945–1997, US, nf)
- Vance Palmer (1885–1959, Australia, f/d/p)
- Joanikije Pamu?ina (1810–1870, Ottoman E, nf)
- Orhan Pamuk (born 1952, Turkey, f/d)
- Sima Pandurovi? (1883–1960, Serbia/Yugoslavia, p/nf)
- Edgar Pangborn (1909–1976, US, f)
- Oskar Panizza (1853–1921, Germany, d/f/nf)
- Anthony Panizzi (1797–1879, England, nf)
- Sylvia Pankhurst (1882–1960, England/Ethiopia, nf)
- Anton Pann (1790s – 1854, Ottoman E/Wallachia, p/nf)
- Janus Pannonius (1434–1472, Hungary, p)
- Anton Panov (1906–1967, Ottoman E/Yugoslavia, d)
- Alexei Panshin (born 1940, US, f/nf)
- Cory Panshin (born 1947, US, f/nf)
- Daniele Pantano (born 1976, Switzerland, p/nf)
- William Williams Pantycelyn (c. 1717–1791, Wales, p/nf)
- Hortensia Papadat-Bengescu (1876–1955, Romania, f)
- Alexandros Papadiamantis (1851–1911, Greece, f/p)
- Franz von Papen (1879–1969, Germany, nf)
- Žarana Papi? (1949–2002, Yugoslavia/Serbia, nf)
- Aristides Paradissis (1923–2006, China/Australia, p/f)
- Isaac Pardo (fl. 18th c., Bosnia/Herzegovina, nf)
- Jacob Pardo (fl. 18th c., Ragusa, nf/ch)
- Jacob Vita Pardo (1822–1843, Austrian Empire/Ragusa, nf)
- Joseph Pardo (hazzan) (c. 1624–1677, Netherlands/England, nf)
- Moses Pardo (died 1888, Palestine/Egypt, nf/f)
- Julia Pardoe (1804–1862, England, p/f/nf)
- Ratko Parežanin (1898–1981, Austria-Hungary/Germany, nf)
- Harald Parigger (born 1953, Germany, f/p/ch)
- Susan Parisi (born 1958, Canada/Australia, f)
- Barbara Park (1947–2013, US, ch)
- Ruth Park (1917–2010, N Zealand/Australia, f/ch)
- Gilbert Parker (1862–1932, Canada/England, f/p)
- K. Langloh Parker (1856–1940, Australia, nf)
- Adele Parks (living, England, f)
- Stella Parks (living, US, nf)
- Évariste de Parny (1753–1814, Isle of Bourbon/France, p)
- Milan Paroški (born 1957, Yugoslavia/Serbia, nf)
- Delia Parr (living, US), pseudonym of Mary Lechleidner
- Harriet Parr (1828–1900, England, f/ch/nf), pseudonym Holme Lee
- Anne Spencer Parry (1931–1985, Australia, f)
- Gwenlyn Parry (1932–1991, Wales, d)
- John Parry (Bardd Alaw) (1776–1851, Wales, nf/p)
- R. Williams Parry (1884–1956, Wales, p)
- Robert Parry (1540–1612, Wales, p/f)
- Sarah Winifred Parry (1870–1953, Wales/England, f)
- Thomas Parry (1904–1985, Wales, nf)
- Amy Parry-Williams (1910–1988, Wales, p/f/d)
- T. H. Parry-Williams (1887–1975, Wales, p/nf)
- Eliza Parsons (1739–1811, England, f)
- James Parsons (1705–1770, England, nf)
- James Parton (1822–1891, England/US, nf)
- Blaise Pascal (1623–1662, France, nf)
- Jacqueline Pascarl (born 1963, Australia, nf)
- Teixeira de Pascoaes (1877–1952, Portugal, p)
- Viktor Paskov (1949–2009, Bulgaria, p/f/d)
- Boris Pasternak (1890–1960, Russia/Soviet Union, f/nf)
- Banjo Paterson (1864–1941, Australia, p/f)
- Alan Paton (1903–1988, S Africa, f/nf)
- William Roger Paton (1857–1921, Scotland/Greece, nf)
- James Patterson (born 1947, US, f/nf)
- Eliot Pattison (born 1951, US, f/nf)
- Caroline Paul (born 1963, US, f/nf)
- Elliot Paul (1891–1958, US, nf/d)
- Jean Paul (1763–1825, Germany, f), pseudonym of Johann Paul Friedrich Richter
- Dora Pavel (born 1946, Romania, f/nf/p)
- Milivoje Pavlovi? (born 1947, Yugoslavia/Serbia, nf)
- Milorad Pavi? (1929–2009, Yugoslavia/Serbia, f/p/nf)
- Stel Pavlou (born 1970, England, d/f)
- Konstantin Pavlov (1933–2008, Bulgaria, d/p)
- Miodrag Pavlovi? (1928–2014, Yugoslavia/Germany, p/nf/d)
- Slaviša Pavlovi? (born 1982, Yugoslavia/Serbia, f/p)
- Živojin Pavlovi? (1933–1998, Yugoslavia/Serbia, f/d)
- Milena Pavlovi?-Barili (1909–1945, Serbia/US, p)
- Božin Pavlovski (born 1942, Bulgaria/Australia, f/nf)
- Lois Paxton (1916–2002, Scotland/England, f), pseudonym of Lois Dorothea Low
- James Payn (1830–1898, England, f)
- Péter Pázmány (1570–1637, Transylvania/Hungary, nf)
Pe–Ph
- Mervyn Peake (1911–1968, China/England, f/p/ch)
- Philippa Pearce (1920–2006, England, f/nf/ch)
- Frances Mary Peard (1835–1923, England, f/ch)
- Diane Pearson (1931–2017, England, f)
- Ridley Pearson (born 1953, US, f/ch)
- T. R. Pearson (born 1956, US, f/nf)
- Allan Pease (born 1952, Australia, nf/f)
- Vid Pe?jak (1929–2016, Yugoslavia/Slovenia, nf/f/ch)
- Robert Newton Peck (1928-2020, US, ch)
- Ethel Pedley (1859–1898, England/Australia, ch/nf)
- Erica Pedretti (born 1930, Czechoslovakia/Switzerland, nf/f)
- Inês Pedrosa (born 1962, Portugal, f/ch/d)
- Bill Peet (1915–2002, US, ch)
- Billy Pegram (living, US, nf)
- Charles Péguy (1873–1914, France, p/nf)
- Annette Pehnt (born 1967, Germany, nf)
- Kira Peikoff (born 1985, US, f)
- Hayford Peirce (1942–2020, US, f)
- José Luís Peixoto (born 1974, Portugal, f/p/ch)
- Borislav Peki? (1930–1992, Yugoslavia, f)
- Vasa Pelagi? (1833–1899, Ottoman E/Serbia, nf)
- Elin Pelin (1877–1949, Ottoman E/Bulgaria, fp)
- Judith Pella (living, US, f)
- Charles Pellegrino (born 1953, US, nf/f)
- Ulrich Peltzer (born 1956, Germany, f)
- Dave Pelzer (born 1960, US, nf)
- H. Pemberton (fl. 1860s – 1870s, England, f/nf), perhaps Helen Crookshank (1830–1877)
- Nathan Penlington (living, England, p/nf)
- Jessie Penn-Lewis (1861–1927, Wales/England, nf)
- Meirion Pennar (1944–2010, Wales, p/f)
- Anne Penny (1729–1784, Wales/England, p)
- Nicholas Penny (born 1949, England, nf)
- John Penry (1563–1593, Wales/England, nf)
- Ernst Penzoldt (1892–1955, Germany, f/nf/ch)
- Emily Pepys (1833–1877, England, nf)
- Henry Pepys (1783–1860, England, nf)
- Samuel Pepys (1633–1703, England, nf)
- Anna Percival (1906–1993, England, f), pseudonym of Eleanor Burford Hibbert
- Walker Percy (1916–1990, US, f/nf)
- Georges Perec (1936–1982, France, f/nf)
- Benjamin Péret (1899–1959, France, p)
- Louis Pergaud (1882–1915, France, f/p)
- Bonaventure des Périers (c. 1500–1544, France, nf/p)
- Lynne Rae Perkins (born 1956, US, ch)
- William Perkins (1558–1602, England, nf)
- Charles Perrault (1628–1703, France, ch)
- E. du Perron (1899–1940, Dutch East Indies/Netherlands, p/f)
- Grace Perry (1927–1987, Australia, p/d)
- Grayson Perry (born 1960, England, nf)
- Steve Perry (born 1947, US, d/f)
- Saint-John Perse (1887–1975, Guadeloupe/France, p)
- Malte Persson (born 1976, Sweden, f/p)
- Leo Perutz (1882–1957, Austrian E/Austria, f)
- Vesna Peši? (born 1940, Yugoslavia/Serbia, nf)
- Camilo Pessanha (1867–1926, Portugal/Macau, p)
- Fernando Pessoa (1888–1935, Portugal, p/nf)
- Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi (1746–1827, Switzerland, nf)
- Michael Alfred Peszke (1932–2015, Poland/US, nf)
- Maureen Peters (1935–2008, Wales/England, f/nf)
- Robert Peters (1924–2014, US, p/nf/d)
- Marie Bjelke Petersen (1874–1969, Denmark/Australia, f)
- Len Peterson (1917–2008, Canada, d/f)
- Pascale Petit (born 1953, France/Wales, p)
- András Pet?cz (born 1959, Hungary, p/nf/f)
- Sándor Pet?fi (1823–1849, Hungary/Transylvania, p)
- Stephen Petranek (living, US, nf)
- Camil Petrescu (1894–1957, Romania, d/f/p)
- Cezar Petrescu (1892–1961, Romania, f/ch)
- Julius Richard Petri (1852–1921, Germany, nf)
- György Petri (1943–2000, Hungary, p)
- Nevenka Petri? (1927–2015, Yugoslavia/Serbia, nf/p)
- Petronius (c. 27–66 CE, Rome, f), full name Titus Petronius Niger
- Valeri Petrov (1920–2014, Bulgaria, p/d), pseudonym of Valeri Nisim Mevorah
- Goran Petrovi? (born 1961, Yugoslavia/Serbia, f/nf/d)
- Rastko Petrovi? (1898–1949, Serbia/US, p/f)
- Uroš Petrovi? (born 1967, Yugoslavia/Serbia, f)
- Veljko Petrovi? (1884–1967, Austria-Hungary/Yugoslavia, p/f)
- Zoran Petrovi? (1954–2018, Yugoslavia/Serbia, p/f/ch)
- Petar II Petrovi?-Njegoš (1813–1851, Montenegro, p/nf)
- Pande Petrovski (1943–2006, Yugoslavia/N Macedonia, nf)
- Mihail Petruševski (1911–1990, Ottoman E/Yugoslavia, nf)
- Ludwig Pfau (1821–1894, Germany, p)
- Hoa Pham (living, Australia, f/ch/d)
- James Clancy Phelan (born 1979, Australia, f/ch/nf)
- Nancy Phelan (1913–2008, Australia, f/nf)
- Nathaniel Philbrick (born 1956, US, nf)
- Ambrose Philips (1674–1749, England, p)
- Katherine Philips (1631/1632–1664, England, p/nf), pseudonym The Matchless Orinda
- Carly Phillips (born 1965, US, f)
- Caryl Phillips (born 1958, Saint Kitts and Nevis/US, f/d/nf)
- David Graham Phillips (1867–1911, US, f/nf)
- Eluned Phillips (1914–2009, Wales, f)
- Susan Elizabeth Phillips (born 1948, US, f)
- Joan Phipson (1912–2003, Australia, ch)
Pi–Pl
- Pi O (born 1951, Greece/Australia, p)
- Pi Rixiu (???, c. 834–883, China, p)
- Anita Pichler (1948–1997, Italy, f/nf)
- Karoline Pichler (1769–1843, Austria, f)
- Jodi Picoult (born 1966, US, f)
- Phyllis Piddington (1910–2001, Australia, f/p)
- Tamora Pierce (born 1954, US, f/ch)
- Rosamunde Pilcher (1924–2019, England/Scotland, f)
- János Pilinszky (1921–1981, Hungary, p)
- Dav Pilkey (born 1966, US, ch)
- Mary Pilkington (1761–1839, England, f/p/ch)
- Ion Pillat (1891–1945, Romania, p)
- Rui de Pina (1440–1522, Portugal, nf)
- João de Pina-Cabral (born 1954, Portugal, nf)
- Gisèle Pineau (born 1956, France/Guadeloupe, f)
- Daniel H. Pink (born 1964, US, nf)
- Steven Pinker (born 1954, Canada/US, nf)
- Percy Edward Pinkerton (1855–1946, England, p)
- Jerry Pinkney (born 1939, US, ch/d)
- Daniel Pinkwater (born 1941, US, ch/f/nf)
- Harold Pinter (1930–2008, England, d)
- Fernão Mendes Pinto (c. 1509–1583, Portugal, nf)
- Heinz Piontek (1925–2003, Germany, p/nf)
- H. Beam Piper (1904–1964, US, f)
- Myfanwy Piper (1911–1997, England, p/d/nf)
- Willibald Pirckheimer (1470–1530, Germany, nf)
- José Cardoso Pires (1925–1998, Portugal, f/d/nf)
- Tomé Pires (c. 1465–1524 or 1540, Portugal, nf)
- Robert M. Pirsig (1928–2017, US, f/nf)
- Marie Pitt (1869–1948, Australia, p)
- José Luis Rodríguez Pittí (born 1971, Panama, f/nf)
- Doris Piserchia (born 1928, US, f)
- Vladimir Pištalo (born 1960, Yugoslavia/US, f/nf)
- Peter Piš?anek (1960–2015, Czechoslovakia/Slovakia, f/nf)
- Sarah Pitt (fl. 1880s, England, ch)
- Christine de Pizan (1364 – c. 1430, Italy/France, f/nf)
- Marjorie Pizer (1920–2016, Australia, p)
- Mato Pižurica (born 1942, Yugoslavia/Serbia, nf)
- Jean Plaidy (1906–1993, England, f), pseudonym of Eleanor Burford Hibbert
- Belva Plain (1915–2010, US, f)
- August von Platen-Hallermünde (1796–1835, Germany/Italy, p/d)
- Sylvia Plath (1932–1963, US/England, p/f)
- Karen Platt (living, England, nf)
- Plato (c. 427 – c. 347 BC, Greece, nf)
- Agneta Pleijel (born 1940, Sweden, f/p/d)
- Ulrich Plenzdorf (1934–2007, Germany, f/d)
- Andrei Ple?u (born 1948, Romania, nf)
- Luise von Ploennies (1803–1872, Germany, p/d)
- Amélie Plume (born 1943, Switzerland, f/nf)
- Edward Plunkett, 18th Baron of Dunsany (1878–1957, England/Ireland, f/d/p)
Po
- Ivy Pochoda (born 1977, US, f)
- Tešan Podrugovi? (1775–1815, Ottoman E/Austrian E, p)
- Edgar Allan Poe (1809–1849, US, f/nf/p)
- Suman Pokhrel (born 1967, Nepal, p/d)
- Frederik Pohl (1919–2013, US, f)
- Peter Pohl (born 1940, Germany/Sweden, f)
- Gillian Polack (born 1961, Australia, f/nf)
- Marcella Polain (born 1958, Singapore/Australia, p/f)
- Thomas Pole (1753–1829, US/England, nf)
- Daniel Poliquin (born 1953, Canada, f)
- Branko Ve Poljanski (1898–1947, Austria-Hungary/Germany, p)
- Leonora Polkinghorne (1873–1953, Australia, f/p/nf)
- Albert Pollard (1869–1948, England, nf)
- Margaret Steuart Pollard (1904–1996, England, p)
- Sharon Pollock (1936–2021, Canada, d)
- Elizabeth Polwhele (c. 1651–1691, England, d)
- Francis Ponge (1899–1988, France, nf/p)
- Hana Ponická (1922–2007, Czechoslovakia/Slovakia, d/nf)
- George Ayliffe Poole (1809–1883, England, nf)
- Vasko Popa (1922–1991, Yugoslavia/Serbia, p)
- Alexander Pope (1688–1744, England, p)
- Dudley Pope (1925–1997, England/Saint Martin, f/nf)
- Dumitru Radu Popescu (born 1935, Romania, f/d/p)
- Alek Popov (born 1966, Bulgaria, f/nf/d)
- Fani Popova-Mutafova (1902–1977, Bulgaria, f)
- Bogdan Popovi? (1863–1944, Serbia/Yugoslavia, nf)
- Danko Popovi? (1928–2009, Yugoslavia/Serbia, f/d)
- Jovan Popovi? (1905–1952, Austria-Hungary/Yugoslavia, nf)
- Jovan Sterija Popovi? (1806–1856, Austrian E, d/p)
- Ko?a Popovi? (1908–1992, Serbia/Yugoslavia, nf)
- Pavle Popovi? (1868–1939, Serbia/Yugoslavia, nf)
- Petar Popovi? (1904–1995, Serbia/Yugoslavia, p)
- Titus Popovici (1930–1994, Romania, d)
- Zoran T. Popovski (born 1962, Yugoslavia/N Macedonia, nf)
- Dorothy Porter (1954–2008, Australia, p/nf/ch)
- Hal Porter (1911–1984, Australia, f/d/p)
- Jane Porter (1776–1850, England/Scotland, 1776–1850, f/d)
- Marie Porter (born 1939, Australia, nf)
- Peter Porter (1929–2010, Australia/England, p/nf)
- Charles Portis (1933-2020, US, f/nf)
- Jacob Post (1774–1855, England, nf)
- Sue-Ann Post (born 1964, Australia, nf)
- John Postgate (1820–1821, England, nf)
- John Postgate (1922–2014, England, nf)
- John Percival Postgate (1853–1926, England, nf)
- Oliver Postgate (1925–2008, England, d/ch)
- Raymond Postgate (1896–1971, England, nf/f)
- Beatrix Potter (1866–1943, England, ch)
- Dennis Potter (1935–1994, England, d)
- Robert Potter (1721–1804, England, nf)
- Jacques Poulin (born 1937, Canada, f)
- Jerry Pournelle (1933–2017, US, nf/f)
- Anthony Powell (1905–2000, England, f)
- Craig Powell (born 1940, Australia, p)
- Eileen Power (1889–1940, England, nf)
- Rhoda Power (1890–1957, England, ch)
- Eve Pownall (1901–1982, Australia, ch/nf)
- Heather Graham Pozzessere (born 1953, US, f), pseudonym Shannon Drake
Pr–Py
- James Van Praagh (born 1958, US, nf)
- Rosa Campbell Praed (1851–1935, Australia, f/p/ch)
- Johannes Praetorius (1537–1616, Bohemia/Germany, nf)
- Terry Pratchett (1948–2015, England, f)
- E. J. Pratt (1883–1964, Newfoundland/Canada, p)
- Marin Preda (1922–1980, Romania, f)
- Dušan Prelevi? (1948–2007, Yugoslavia/Serbia, f/nf)
- Paula von Preradovi? (1887–1951, Austria/Yugoslavia, p/f)
- H. F. M. Prescott (1896–1972, England, f/nf)
- ArLynn Leiber Presser (born 1960, US, f)
- Steven Pressfield (born 1943, US, f/nf/d)
- Richard Preston (born 1954, US, nf/f)
- Thomas Preston (1537–1598, England, d/p)
- Ron Pretty (born 1940, Australia, p/nf)
- Paul Preuss (born 1942, US, f/nf)
- Otfried Preußler (1923–2013, Czechoslovakia/Germany, ch)
- Jacques Prévert (1900–1977, France, p/d)
- Abbé Prévost (1697–1763, France, f/nf)
- Angharad Price (living, Wales, nf/f)
- Evadne Price (1888–1985, Australia, f/ch/nf)
- Nicholas A. Price (living, US)
- Richard Price (1723–1791, Wales, England, nf)
- Thomas Price (Carnhuanawc) (1787–1848, Wales, nf)
- Caradog Prichard (1904–1980, Wales/England, p/f)
- Katharine Susannah Prichard (1883–1969, Fiji/Australia, f/d/p)
- Rhys Prichard (1579–1644, Wales, p)
- Robert Priest (born 1951, England/Canada, p/ch)
- Joseph Priestley (1733–1804, England/US, nf)
- Paskoje Primojevi? (fl. 1482–1527, Ragusa, p)
- Alison Prince (1931–2019, England/Scotland, ch/d)
- John Critchley Prince (1808–1866, England, p)
- John Prise (1501 or 1502–1555, Wales, nf)
- Harri Pritchard-Jones (1933–2015, England/Wales, p/nf/f)
- Jaša Prodanovi? (1867–1948, Serbia/Yugoslavia, nf)
- Raul Proença (1884–1941, Portugal, nf)
- E. Annie Proulx (born 1935, US, f/nf)
- Marcel Proust (1871–1922, France, f)
- Guiot de Provins (died post-1208, France, p)
- Kevin Prufer (born 1969, US, p/nf)
- Janko Prunk (born 1942, Yugoslavia/Slovenia, nf)
- Boles?aw Prus (1847–1912, Poland, f/nf)
- Hans Prutz (1843–1929, Germany, nf)
- Robert Prutz (1816–1872, Germany, p/f/nf)
- Myfanwy Pryce (1890–1976, Wales, f)
- William Prynne (1600–1669, England, nf)
- Edmund Prys (1542 or 1543–1623, Wales, p)
- Stanis?aw Przybyszewski (1868–1927, Germany/Poland, f/d/p)
- Kathryn Ptacek (born 1952, US, f)
- Pu Songling (???, 1640–1715, China, f)
- Medo Puci? (1821–1882, Austrian E, p)
- Niko Puci? (1820–1883, Austrian E, nf)
- Hermann, Fürst von Pückler-Muskau (1785–1871, Germany, nf), pseudonym Semilasso
- John Pudney (1909–1977, England, p/nf/ch)
- William Owen Pughe (1759–1835, Wales, nf)
- Georgi Pulevski (1817–1895, Ottoman E/Bulgaria, nf)
- Philip Pullman (born 1946, England, ch)
- Alice Pung (born 1981, Australia, f/ch/nf)
- Al Purdy (1918–2000, Canada, p/nf/f)
- Alexander Pushkin (1799–1837, Russia, p/d)
- Bosiljka Puši? (born 1936, Yugoslavia, ch/p/f)
- Mary Jo Putney (living, US, f)
- Gwilym Puw (c. 1618 – c. 1689, Wales, p)
- Mario Puzo (1920–1999, US, f/d/nf)
- John Pye-Smith (1774–1851, England, nf)
- Howard Pyle (1853–1911, US, ch)
- Barbara Pym (1913–1980, England, f)
- Thomas Pynchon (born 1937, US, f/nf)