List of authors by name: R
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 – Z- Wilhelm Raabe (1831–1910, Germany, f)
- Rabanus Maurus (c. 780–856, Germany, p/nf)
- François Rabelais (1494–1553, France, nf/p)
- Gottlieb Rabener (1714–1771, Germany, nf)
- Roger de Rabutin, Comte de Bussy (1618–1693, France, nf)
- ?irjak Ra?anin (c. 1660–1731, Ottoman E/Hungary, nf)
- Hristifor Ra?anin (c. 1595–1770, Ottoman E/Hungary, nf)
- Jerotej Ra?anin (c. 1650–1727, Ottoman E/Hungary, nf)
- Kiprijan Ra?anin (c. 1650–1730, Ottoman E/Hungary, nf)
- Prohor Ra?anin (c. 1617–1678, Ottoman E/Hungary, nf)
- Simeon Ra?anin (fl. 1676–1700, Ottoman E, nf)
- Teodor Ra?anin (c. 1500–1560, Ottoman E, nf)
- Ko?o Racin (1908–1943, Ottoman E/Albania, p/nf)
- Jean Racine (1639–1699, France, d/p)
- Henrikas Radauskas (1910–1970, Poland/US, p)
- Ann Radcliffe (1764–1823, England, f)
- Thomas Head Raddall (1903–1994, England/Canada, nf/f)
- Thérèse Radic (born 1935, Australia, nf/d)
- Yordan Radichkov (1929–2004, Bulgaria, f/d)
- Raymond Radiguet (1903–1923, France, f/p)
- Miklós Radnóti (1909–1944, Hungary, p)
- Amfilohije Radovi? (1938–2020, Yugoslavia/Montenegro, nf)
- Duško Radovi? (1922–1984, Yugoslavia, ch/p/nf)
- Ion Heliade R?dulescu (1802–1872, Wallachia/Romania, p/nf/f)
- Constantin R?dulescu-Motru (1868–1957, Romania, nf/d)
- Andrija Radulovi? (born 1970, Yugoslavia/Serbia, p)
- Jovan Radulovi? (1951–2018, Yugoslavia/Serbia, f/d/nf)
- Hugh C. Rae (1935–2014, Scotland, f), pseudonym Jessica Stirling
- Janet Milne Rae (1844–1933, Scotland, f)
- Indra Bahadur Rai (1927–2018, India, f)
- Lala Lajpat Rai (1865–1928, India, nf)
- Stevan Rai?kovi? (1928–2007, Yugoslavia/Serbia, p/nf)
- Ferdinand Raimund (1790–1836, Austria, d)
- Allen Raine (1836–1908, Wales, f), pseudonym of Anne Adalisa Beynon Puddicombe
- Rajashree (living, India, f/d)
- Jovan Raji? (1726–1801, Serbia, nf/p)
- Velimir Raji? (1879–1915, Serbia, p)
- Milan Raki? (1876–1938, Serbia/Yugoslavia, p)
- Mita Raki? (1846–1890, Serbia, nf)
- Vi?entije Raki? (1750–1818, Serbia, nf/p)
- Slobodan Rakiti? (1940–2013, Yugoslavia/Serbia, p)
- Ðorðe Rajkovi? (1825–1886, Austrian E/Serbia, p/nf)
- Walter Raleigh (1552/1554–1618, England, p/nf)
- Radoy Ralin (1922–2004, Bulgaria, p/nf)
- Janaki Ram (living, India/US, nf/f)
- Eugène Rambert (1830–1886, Switzerland, nf/p)
- Povel Ramel (1922–2007, Sweden, p)
- Karl Wilhelm Ramler (1725–1798, Germany, p)
- Andrew Michael Ramsay (1686–1743, Scotland/France, nf)
- John Ramsay of Ochtertyre (1736–1814, Scotland, nf)
- Frank Ramsey (1903–1930, England, nf)
- Katherine Ramsland (born 1953, US, nf)
- Charles Ferdinand Ramuz (1878–1947, Switzerland, p/d)
- Ayn Rand (1905–1982, Russia/US, f/nf)
- Derek Randall (born 1951, England, nf)
- Björn Ranelid (born 1949, Sweden, f/nf)
- Ian Rankin (born 1960, Scotland, f)
- Jennifer Rankin (1941–1979, Australia, p/d)
- Svetolik Rankovi? (1863–1899, Serbia, f)
- Christoph Ransmayr (born 1954, Austria, nf/f)
- Arthur Ransome (1884–1967, England, ch/nf)
- James Allen Ransome (1806–1875, England, nf)
- A. N. Prahlada Rao (born 1953, India, nf)
- Ágnes Rapai (born 1952, Hungary, p/nf)
- Nicolas Rapin (1535–1608, France, p/nf)
- Eva Ras (born 1941, Yugoslavia/Serbia, p)
- Old Rashko (born c. 1770, Ottoman E)
- Rudolf Erich Raspe (1736–1794, Germany/England, f/nf)
- Wilhelm Rath (1897–1973, Germany/Austria, nf)
- Julian Rathbone (1935–2008, England, f)
- Lutz Rathenow (born 1952, Germany, nf/p)
- Wolfgang Ratke (1571–1635, Germany, nf)
- Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings (1896–1953, US, f/ch)
- Anne Warfield Rawls (born 1950, US, nf)
- John Rawls (1921–2002, US, nf)
- Francis Ray (1944–2013, US, f)
- Chet Raymo (born 1936, US, f/nf)
- Claire Rayner (1931–2010, England, f/nf)
- Martin Rázus (1888–1937, Hungary/Czechoslovakia, p/d/nf)
Re–Rh
- Mark "Chopper" Read (1954–2013, Australia, f/ch)
- Charles Reade (1814–1884, England, f/d)
- Grisélidis Réal (1929–2005, Switzerland, nf/p)
- Tom Reamy (1935–1977, US, f)
- Anica Savi? Rebac (1892–1953, Serbia/Yugoslavia, nf)
- Liviu Rebreanu (1885–1944, Austria-Hungary/Romania, f/d)
- Alojz Rebula (1924–2018, Italy/Slovenia, d/nf)
- Alves Redol (1911–1969, Portugal, f/d/ch)
- Ishmael Reed (born 1938, US, p/f/nf)
- John Reed (born 1969, US, f)
- Kerry Reed-Gilbert (1956–2019, Australia, p/nf)
- Douglas Reeman (1924–2017, England, f)
- Märta Helena Reenstierna (1753–1841, Sweden, nf)
- Celia Rees (born 1949, England, f/ch)
- Coralie Clarke Rees (1908–1972, Australia, p/nf/ch)
- David Rees (1936–1993, England, f/ch)
- Evan Rees (1850–1923, Wales)
- Gwyneth Rees (born 1968, England/Scotland, ch)
- Ioan Bowen Rees (1929–1999, Wales, p/nf)
- Libby Rees (born 1995, England, nf/ch)
- Sarah Jane Rees (1839–1916, Wales, p/nf), Bardic name Cranogwen
- T. Ifor Rees (1890–1977, Wales, nf)
- Thomas Rees (1815–1885, Wales, nf)
- William Rees (Gwilym Hiraethog) (1802–1883, Wales, p/nf/f)
- Deryn Rees-Jones (living, England, p/nf)
- Clara Reeve (1729–1807, England, f/nf)
- Simon Reeve (born 1972, England, nf)
- Sven Regener (born 1961, Germany, f/d)
- José Régio (1901–1969, Portugal, f/d/p), pseudonym of José Maria dos Reis Pereira
- Henri de Régnier (1864–1936, France, p)
- Ruth Rehmann (1922–2016, Germany, f/d)
- Marcel Reich-Ranicki (1920–2013, Poland/Germany, nf)
- Elizabeth Julia Reid (1915–1971, Australia, nf)
- Thomas Mayne Reid (1818–1883, Ireland/US, f)
- Matthew Reilly (born 1974, Australia, f)
- Uwe Reimer (1948–2004, Germany, nf)
- Herbert Reinecker (1914–2007, Germany, f/d/nf)
- Reinmar von Hagenau (fl. late 12th c., Germany, p)
- Reinmar von Zweter (c. 1200 – post-1248, Germany, p)
- Haru M. Reischauer (????????????, 1915–1998, Japan/US, nf)
- Jen? Rejt? (1905–1943, Hungary/Soviet Union, f/nf/d)
- Ludwig Rellstab (1799–1860, Germany, p/nf)
- Erich Maria Remarque (1898–1970, Germany/Switzerland, f)
- Miha Remec (born 1928, Yugoslavia/Slovenia, f)
- Joscha Remus (born 1958, Germany, nf)
- Jules Renard (1864–1910, France, f/d/nf)
- Ruth Rendell (1930–2015, England, f)
- Lothar Rendulic (1887–1971, Austria, nf)
- Mikihiko Renj? (?????, 1948–2013, Japan, f)
- Sophie de Renneville (1772–1822, France, ch/nf), pseudonym of Sophie de Senneterre
- André de Resende (1498–1573, Portugal, nf)
- Garcia de Resende (1470–1536, Portugal, p)
- Milan Rešetar (1860–1942, Austrian E/Italy, nf)
- Mike Resnick (1942–2020, US, f)
- Nicolas-Edme Rétif (1734–1806, France, f)
- Johann Reuchlin (1455–1522, Germany, nf)
- Neidhart von Reuental (c. 1190 – post–1236 or 1237, Germany/Austria, p)
- Fritz Reuter (1810–1874, Germany, f)
- Gerard Reve (1923–2006, Netherlands, f)
- Karel van het Reve (1921–1999, Netherlands, nf)
- Pierre Reverdy (1889–1960, France, p)
- Guy Rewenig (born 1947, Luxembourg, f)
- H. A. Rey (1898–1977, Germany/US, ch)
- W?adys?aw Reymont (1867–1925, Russian E/Poland, f)
- Alastair Reynolds (born 1966, Wales/England, f)
- George W. M. Reynolds (1814–1879, England, f/p)
- John Hamilton Reynolds (1794–1852, England, p/nf/d)
- Mack Reynolds (1917–1983, US, f)
- Ludwig Rhesa (1776–1840, E Prussia, nf)
- Edward Prosser Rhys (1901–1945, Wales, p)
- Jean Rhys (1890–1979, Dominica/England, f)
- Morgan Rhys (1716–1779, Wales, p)
- Siôn Dafydd Rhys (1534 – c. 1609, Wales, nf)
Ri
- Begum Akhtar Riazuddin (born 1928, India/Pakistan, nf)
- Aquilino Ribeiro (1885–1963, Portugal, f)
- Bernardim Ribeiro (1482–1552, Portugal, p/f)
- Orlando Ribeiro (1911–1997, Portugal, nf)
- Josip Ribi?i? (1886–1969, Austrian E/Yugoslavia, ch)
- Michelangelo Ricci (1619–1682, Italy, nf)
- Marie Jeanne Riccoboni (1713–1792, France, f)
- Anne Rice (born 1941, US, f/nf)
- Suzy Rice (living, US, d/f)
- Mary Rich, Countess of Warwick (1625–1678, England, nf)
- David Richards (Dafydd Ionawr) (1751–1827, Wales, p)
- Emilie Richards (living, US, f)
- Thomas Richards (1878–1962, Wales, nf)
- Henry Handel Richardson (1870–1946, Australia, f), pseudonym of Ethel Florence Lindesay Richardson
- Robert Richardson (1850–1901, Australia, ch/p)
- Samuel Richardson (1689–1761, England, f/nf)
- Mordecai Richler (1931–2001, Canada, f/nf/ch)
- Hans Peter Richter (1925–1993, Germany, f/ch)
- Hans Werner Richter (1908–1993, Germany, f/nf)
- Thomas 'Clio' Rickman (1760–1834, England, nf)
- Charlotte Riddell (1832–1906, Ireland/England, f)
- Elizabeth Riddell (1910–1998, Australia, p/nf)
- James Riddell (1823–1866, England, nf)
- William Pett Ridge (1859–1930, England, f)
- Christie Ridgway (living, US, f)
- James Ridley (1736–1765, England, f)
- Brigitte Riebe (born 1953, Germany, f)
- E. V. Rieu (1887–1972, England, nf/p/ch)
- Rainer Maria Rilke (1875–1926, Austrian E/Switzerland, p/f)
- Ransom Riggs (born 1979, US, f)
- James Riley (born 1977, US, f)
- Lawrence Riley (1896–1974, US, d)
- Arthur Rimbaud (1854–1891, France p/nf)
- Penny Rimbaud (born 1943, England, nf)
- Joachim Ringelnatz (1883–1934, Germany, p), pseudonym of Hans Bötticher
- Luise Rinser (1911–2002, Germany, f)
- Rick Riordan (born 1964, US, f)
- Dorothy Ripley (1767–1931, England/US, nf)
- Johann von Rist (1607–1667, Germany, p/d)
- Jovan Risti? (1831–1899, Serbia, nf)
- Marko Risti? (1902–1984, Serbia/Yugoslavia, p/nf)
- Blaže Ristovski (1931–2018, Yugoslavia/N Macedonia, nf)
- Anne Isabella Thackeray Ritchie (1837–1919, England, f/nf)
- James Ewing Ritchie (1820–1898, England, nf)
- William Ritter (1867–1955, Switzerland, f/nf)
- Alice Rivaz (1901–1998, Switzerland, f/p/nf)
- Steve Rizzo (living, US, nf)
Ro
- Karen Robards (born 1954, US, f)
- Alain Robbe-Grillet (1922–2008, France, f/nf)
- Antoinette Henriette Clémence Robert (1797–1872, France, f/p/d)
- Gruffydd Robert (1572–1598, Wales/Italy, nf)
- Robert Roberthin (1600–1648, Germany, p), pseudonym Berrintho
- Adam Roberts (born 1965, Scotland/England, f/p/nf)
- Brynley F. Roberts (born 1931, Wales, nf)
- Cecil Roberts (1892–1976, England, p/d/f)
- Eigra Lewis Roberts (born 1939, Wales, d/f/ch)
- Eleazar Roberts (1825–1912, Wales/England, nf)
- Emrys Roberts (1929–2012, Wales, p), bardic name Emrys Deudraeth
- Jason Roberts (living, US, f/nf)
- Kate Roberts (1891–1985, Wales, f)
- Keith Roberts (1935–2000, England, f/nf)
- Les Roberts (born 1937, US, d/f)
- Nora Roberts (born 1950, US, f)
- Paul Craig Roberts (born 1939, US, nf)
- Samuel Roberts (1800–1885, Wales, nf)
- William Owen Roberts (born 1960, Wales, f/d)
- E. Arnot Robertson (1903–1961, England, f/nf)
- Gilles de Roberval (1602–1675, France, nf)
- Denise Robins (1897–1985, England, f/nf)
- Patricia Robins (1921–2016, England, f), pseudonym Claire Lorrimer
- Bill Robinson (1918–2007, US, nf)
- Bruce Robinson (born 1946, England, d/f)
- Emma Robinson (1814–1890, England, f/d)
- Henry Crabb Robinson (1775–1867, England, nf)
- Hilary Robinson (born 1962, England/Isle of Man, ch)
- Kim Stanley Robinson (born 1952, US, f)
- Lynda Suzanne Robinson (born 1951, US, f)
- Roland Robinson (1912–1992, Ireland/Australia, p)
- Spider Robinson (born 1948, US/Canada, f)
- W. Andrew Robinson (born 1957, England, nf)
- Lucia St. Clair Robson (born 1942, US, f)
- Benedita Barata da Rocha (born 1949, Portugal/France, nf)
- Luiz Duarte da Rocha (born 1956, Brazil, f/d/ch)
- Charlotte Roche (born 1978, England/Germany, f)
- Sophie von La Roche (1730–1807, Germany, f)
- Ross Rocklynne (1913–1988, US, f)
- Alexander Roda Roda (1872–1945, Austrian E/US, f/nf)
- Gene Roddenberry (1921–1991, US, d)
- Tsoncho Rodev (born 1926, Bulgaria, f/nf)
- Urbano Tavares Rodrigues (1923–2013, Portugal, nf/f)
- Judith Rodriguez (1936–2018, Australia, p)
- Maria Rodziewiczówna (1863–1944, Russian E/Poland, f/nf)
- Jill Roe (1940–2017, Australia, nf)
- Mark Roeder (born 1957, England/Australia, nf)
- Monique Roffey (born 1965, Trinidad/England, f/nf)
- Noëlle Roger (1874–1953, Switzerland, nf/f/ch), pseudonym of Hélène Pittard
- Bruce Holland Rogers (living, US, f)
- Rosemary Rogers (born 1932, Ceylon/US, f)
- Samuel Rogers (1763–1855, England, p/nf)
- Thomas Rogers (died 1616, England, nf)
- Betty Roland (1903–1996, Australia, d/f/ch)
- Frederick Rolfe (1860–1913, England/Italy, f/nf), pseudonym Baron Corvo
- Romain Rolland (1866–1944, France, d/f/nf)
- Jules Romains (1885–1972, France, p/d/f)
- George A. Romero (1940–2017, US/Canada, d)
- Pierre de Ronsard (1524–1585, France, p)
- Nathalie Ronvaux (born 1977, Luxembourg, p/d)
- Dan Roodt (born 1957, S Africa, f/nf)
- Ginny Rorby (born 1944, US, f/ch)
- Heather Rose (born 1964, Australia, f/ch)
- Kenneth Rose (1924–2014, England, nf)
- Peter Rose (born 1955, Australia, p/nf/f)
- Peter Rosegger (1843–1918, Austria, p/nf)
- Peter Rosei (born 1946, Austria, f/nf/ch)
- Joel Rosenberg (1954–2011, Canada/US, f)
- Nancy Taylor Rosenberg (1946–2017, US, f)
- Mordecai Roshwald (1921–2015, Poland/US, f/nf)
- Alice Grant Rosman (1882–1961, Australia, f)
- Ann Rosman (born 1973, Sweden, f)
- Alexander Ross (c. 1590–1654, Scotland/England, nf)
- Alexander Ross (1699–1784, Scotland, p)
- Tomas Ross (born 1944, Netherlands, f), pseudonym of Willem Pieter Hogendoorn
- Maarten van Rossem (born 1943, Netherlands, nf)
- Johann Leonhard Rost (1688–1727, Germany, nf), pseudonym Meletaon
- Edmond Rostand (1868–1918, France, p/d)
- Renee Roszel (living, US, f)
- Eugen Roth (1895–1976, Germany, p)
- Friederike Roth (born 1948, Germany, d)
- Gerhard Roth (born 1942, Austria, f)
- Joseph Roth (1894–1939, Austrian E/France, f/nf)
- Miriam Roth (1910–2005, Hungary/Israel, ch)
- Patrick Roth (born 1953, Germany, f/nf)
- Philip Roth (1933–2018, US, f)
- Stephan Ludwig Roth (1796–1849, Austrian E/Hungary, nf)
- Veronica Roth (born 1988, US, f)
- Yechezkel Roth (living, US, nf)
- Patrick Rothfuss (born 1973, US, f)
- Tony Rothman (born 1953, US, nf)
- Toni Rothmund (1877–1956, Germany, f/nf)
- Ola Rotimi (1938–2000, Nigeria, d)
- Gustave Roud (1897–1976, Switzerland, p)
- Denis de Rougemont (1906–1986, Switzerland, nf)
- Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712–1778, France, nf)
- André Roussin (1911–1987, France, d)
- Pavla Rovan (1908–1999, Austrian E/Slovenia, p/f)
- David Rowbotham (1924–2010, Australia, p/nf)
- Jennifer Rowe (born 1948, Australia, f/ch)
- Noel Rowe (1951–2007, Australia, p)
- Rainbow Rowell (born 1973, US, f/ch)
- Dafydd Rowlands (1931–2001, Wales, nf/d)
- Graham Rowlands (born 1947, Australia, p)
- Jane Helen Rowlands (1891–1955, Wales/India, nf)
- John Rowlands (1938–2015, Wales, f/nf)
- William Rowlands (1802–1865, Wales, nf)
- Christopher Rowley (born 1948, US, f)
- J. K. Rowling (born 1965, England/Scotland, ch/f)
- Susanna Roxman (1946–2015, Sweden, p/nf)
- Ron Roy (born 1940, US, ch)
- Arundhati Roy (born 1961, India, f/nf)
- Kristína Royová (1860–1936, Hungary/Czechoslovakia, f/nf/p)
- S. J. Rozan (born 1950, US, f/p/nf)
- Marjan Rožanc (1930–1990, Yugoslavia, nf)
- Endre Rózsa (1941–1995, Hungary, p)