List of authors by name: T
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- Gladys Taber (1899–1980, US, f/nf)
- George Tabori (1914–2007, Hungary/Germany, f/d)
- Masaaki Tachihara (????, 1926–1980, Japan, f/nf/p)
- Michiz? Tachihara (????, 1914–1939, Japan, p)
- Chimako Tada (?????, 1930–2003, Japan, p)
- Ljubomir Tadi? (1925–2013, Yugoslavia/Serbia, nf)
- Novica Tadi? (1949–2011, Yugoslavia/Serbia, p)
- Rabindranath Tagore (1861–1941, India, p/nf)
- Taguchi Ukichi (????, 1855–1905, Japan, nf)
- Jean de La Taille (c. 1540 – c. 1607, France, p/d)
- Taillefer (died 1066, France/England, p)
- John Taine (1883–1960, Scotland/US, nf/f), pseudonym of Eric Temple Bell
- Akimitsu Takagi (????, 1920–1995, Japan, f)
- Kyoshi Takahama (????, 1874–1959, Japan, p)
- Genichiro Takahashi (?????, born 1951, Japan, f)
- Kazumi Takahashi (????, 1931–1971, Japan, f/nf)
- Motokichi Takahashi (????, 1893–1965, Japan, p)
- Mutsuo Takahashi (????, born 1937, Japan, p/nf)
- Takako Takahashi (?????, 1932–2013, Japan, f)
- Jun Takami (???, 1907–1965, Japan, f/p)
- Koushun Takami (????, born 1969, Japan, nf)
- K?tar? Takamura (?????, 1883–1956, Japan, p)
- Tsugi Takano (????, 1890–1943, Japan, f)
- Takayama Chogy? (????, 1871–1902, Japan, f/nf)
- Novala Takemoto (?????, living, Japan, nf/f), pseudonym of Toshiaki Takemoto
- Michio Takeyama (????, 1903–1984, Japan, f/nf)
- Tatsuhiko Takimoto (????, born 1978, Japan, f)
- Maria Takolander (born 1973, Australia, f/nf/p)
- Catherine Talbot (1721–1770, England, nf)
- Nassim Nicholas Taleb (born 1960, Lebanon, nf)
- Dimitar Talev (1898–1966, Bulgaria, f)
- Talhaiarn (1810–1869, Wales, p), bardic name of John Jones
- Robin Talley (living, US, f/ch)
- Mariko Tamaki (born 1975, Canada, f/nf)
- Áron Tamási (1897–1966, Hungary, f/d)
- Živojin Tamburi? (born 1957, Yugoslavia/Serbia, nf)
- Ry?ichi Tamura (????, 1923–1998, Japan, p/nf)
- Toshiko Tamura (????, 1884–1945, Japan, f), pseudonym of Toshi Sat?
- Tamur Taijir? (?????, 1911–1983, Japan, f)
- Amy Tan (born 1952, US, f/nf)
- Tan Sitong (???, 1865–1898, China, nf)
- Jun Tanaka (???, 1890–1966, Japan, p)
- Shelley Tanaka (living, Canada, ch)
- Yoshiki Tanaka (????, born 1952, Japan, f)
- Darko Tanaskovi? (born 1948, Yugoslavia/Serbia, nf)
- Sant?ka Taneda (?????, 1882–1940, Japan, p)
- Suehiro Tanemura (????, 1933–2004, Japan, nf)
- Tang Chun-i (???, 1909–1978, China, nf)
- Tang Xianzu (???, 1550–1615, China, d)
- Tang Zhen (??, 1630–1704, China, nf)
- Nagaru Tanigawa (???, born 1970, Japan, f)
- Shuntar? Tanikawa (?????, born 1931, Japan, p)
- Tetsuz? Tanikawa (1895–1989, Japan, nf)
- Jun'ichir? Tanizaki (?????, 1886–1965, Japan, f)
- Reay Tannahill (1929–2007, Scotland/England, nf/f)
- Ahmet Hamdi Tanpinar (1901–1962, Ottoman E/Turkey, p/f/nf)
- Tao Yuanming (???, 365–427 CE, China, p)
- Jean Tardieu (1903–1995, France, p/d)
- Raphaël Tardon (1911–1967, Martinique/France, f/nf)
- Rudolf Tarnow (1867–1933, Germany, p/nf)
- Donna Tartt (born 1963, US, f)
- Jovica Tasevski-Eternijan (born 1976, Yugoslavia/N Macedonia, p/nf)
- Janet Tashjian (living, US, ch)
- Ana Tasi? (born 1978, Yugoslavia/Serbia, nf)
- W?adys?aw Tatarkiewicz (1886–1980, Poland, nf)
- Ellalice Tate (1906–1993, England, f), pseudonym of Eleanor Burford Hibbert
- Evert Taube (1890–1976, Sweden, p/ch)
- Johannes Tauler (c. 1300–1361, Germany, nf)
- Miguel Sousa Tavares (born 1952, Portugal, f/nf)
- Ivan Tav?ar (1851–1923, Austrian E/Yugoslavia, f/nf)
- Zora Tav?ar (born 1928, Yugoslavia/Italy, p/f/d)
- Yoko Tawada (?????, born 1960, Japan, p/f)
- Machi Tawara (???, born 1962, Japan, p)
- Katai Tayama (????, 1872–1930, Japan, f)
- Alasdair and Hettie Tayler (1870-1937; 1869-1951, England/Scotland, nf)
- Andrew Taylor (born 1951, England, f)
- Andrew Taylor (born 1940, Australia, p)
- Ann Taylor (1782–1866, England, p/nf)
- Elizabeth Taylor (1912–1975, England, f)
- Emily Taylor (1795–1872, England, p/ch)
- Jane Taylor (1783–1824, England, p/f)
- Janelle Taylor (born 1944, US, f)
- John Taylor (1578–1653, England, p)
- John Taylor (1704–1766, England, nf)
- John Russell Taylor (born 1935, England, nf)
- Mildred D. Taylor (born 1943, US, f/ch)
- William Taylor (1765–1836, England, nf)
- William Taylor (1922–2014, US, nf)
- William Cooke Taylor (1800–1849, Ireland, nf)
- Mohammed ibn al-Tayyib (1698-1756, Morocco, nf)
Te–Th
- Ioan Tegid (1792–1852, Wales, nf), bardic name of John Jones
- Esaias Tegnér (1782–1846, Sweden, p)
- Sava Tekelija (1761–1842, Habsburg E/Austrian E, nf)
- Janne Teller (born 1964, Denmark/US, f/nf/ch)
- Hervé Le Tellier (born 1957, France, f/p)
- Steve Rasnic Tem (born 1950, US, f), also as Steve Rasnic
- William F. Temple (1914–1989, England, f/d)
- Georgi Tenev (born 1969, Bulgaria, f/d)
- William Tenn (1920-2010, England/US, f), pseudonym of Philip Klass
- Emma Tennant (1937–2017, England, f/nf)
- Alfred, Lord Tennyson (1809–1892, England, p)
- Ionel Teodoreanu (1897–1954, Romania, f/ch)
- Teodosije the Hilandarian (1246–1328, Serbia, nf/p)
- Henry Teonge (1621–1690, England, nf)
- Dumitru ?epeneag (born 1937, Romania/France, f/nf)
- Kenji Terada (????, born 1952, Japan, d/f)
- Torahiko Terada (????, 1878–1935, Japan, nf)
- Sh?ji Terayama (????, 1935–1983, Japan, f/d/nf)
- Daniel Terdiman (living, US, nf)
- Jan Terlouw (born 1931, Netherlands, f/ch)
- J. E. Harold Terry (1885–1939, England, f/d/nf)
- Tom Terry (born 1963, England/Mongolia, nf)
- Gerhard Tersteegen (1697–1769, Germany, nf/p)
- Jasmina Tešanovi? (born 1954, Yugoslavia/Italy, nf/f)
- Steve Tesich (1942–1996, Yugoslavia/Canada, d/f)
- Srðan V. Tešin (born 1971, Yugoslavia/Serbia, nf)
- Jefrem Jankovi? Tetovac (c. 1640–1718, Ottoman E/Russia, nf)
- Walter Tevis (1928–1984, US, f)
- Josephine Tey (1896–1952, Scotland/England, f/d), pseudonym of Elizabeth MacKintosh
- Cathy Gillen Thacker (living, US, f)
- Eugene Thacker (living, US, nf/p/f)
- William Makepeace Thackeray (1811–1863, England, f/nf)
- Jean Thesman (1929–2016, US, ch)
- Philip Thicknesse (1719–1792, England, nf)
- Colin Thiele (1920–2006, Australia, ch)
- Joseph Albert Alberdingk Thijm (1820–1889, Netherlands, nf/p)
- Felix Thijssen (born 1933, Netherlands, f/ch)
- Ludwig Thoma (1867–1961, Germany, nf/f)
- Thomas of Britain (fl. 12th c., England, p)
- David Thomas (Dewi Hefin) (1928–2009, Wales, p)
- David Thomas (1880–1967, Wales, nf)
- Dylan Thomas (1914–1953, Wales, p/d/f)
- Ebenezer Thomas (1802–1863, Wales, p), bardic name Eben Fardd
- Edward Thomas (1878–1917, England/France, p/nf/f)
- Elean Thomas (1947–2004, Jamaica, p/f/nf)
- Gwyn Thomas (1936–2016, Wales, p/nf)
- Jodi Thomas (living, US, f)
- Joyce Carol Thomas (1938–2016, US, p/d/ch)
- Louie Myfanwy Thomas (1908–1968, Wales, f)
- R. S. Thomas (1913–2000, Wales, p/nf)
- Rob Thomas (born 1965, US, d/f)
- Robert Thomas (Ap Vychan) (1809–1980, Wales, nf/p)
- Rosie Thomas (born 1947, Wales/England, f/nf)
- William Thomas (Islwyn) (1832–1878, Wales, p)
- William Thomas (Gwilym Marles) (1834–1879, Wales, p/f)
- William Beach Thomas (1868–1957, England, nf)
- Edward Roffe Thompson (1891–1973, England, nf)
- Flora Thompson (1876–1947, England, f/p)
- Fred Thompson (1884–1949, England, p/d)
- Hunter S. Thompson (1937–2005, US, nf/d)
- Kate Thompson (born 1956, England/Ireland, ch)
- Kate Thompson (born 1959, N Ireland/Ireland, f)
- Kristin Thompson (born 1950, US, nf)
- Silvanus P. Thompson (1851–1916, England, nf)
- Vicki Lewis Thompson (born 1950, US, f)
- A. A. Thomson (1894–1968, England, nf/f/d)
- Edward William Thomson (1849–1924, Canada, f/p)
- James Thomson (1700–1748, Scotland/England, p)
- James Thomson (1834–1882, Scotland/England, p)
- Melanie Rae Thon (born 1957, US, f/nf)
- Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862, US, nf/p)
- Russell Thorndike (1885–1972, England, f)
- Kip Thorne (born 1940, US)
- Tim Thorne (born 1944, Australia, p)
- Elizabeth Thornton (1940–2010, Scotland/Canada, f)
- Sylvia Thorpe (born 1926, England, f), pseudonym of June Sylvia Thimblethorpe
- Kerstin Thorvall (1925–2010, Sweden, f)
- Hester Thrale (1740 or 1741–1821, Wales/England, nf)
- Godfrey Thring (1823–1903, England, p)
- Moritz August von Thümmel (1738–1817, Germany, p/f)
- James Thurber (1894–1961, US, f/ch/d)
- Harry Thürk (1927–2005, Germany, f/nf/ch)
- Robert Thurston (born 1936, US, f)
- Michael Thwaites (1915–2005, Australia, p)
- Johanna Thydell (born 1980, Sweden, ch)
- Félix Thyes (1830–1855, Luxembourg, f/nf)
Ti–To
- Tian Gang (??, born 1958, China, nf)
- Tian Han (??, 1898–1968, China, d/p)
- Tie Ning (??, born 1957, China, f/nf)
- Ludwig Tieck (1773–1853, Germany, p/f/nf)
- Sophie Tieck (1775–1833, Germany/Russian E, f/p)
- Patrick Tilley (born 1928, England, f)
- Stella Tillyard (born 1957, England/US, nf)
- Frank Tilsley (1904–1957, England, f/d)
- Uwe Timm (1932–2014, Germany/Spain, nf)
- Uwe Timm (born 1940, Germany, f/p/ch)
- Timrava (1867–1951, Hungary/Czechoslovakia, f/d)
- Richard Tipping (born 1949, Australia, p)
- James Tiptree, Jr (1915–1987, US, f), pseudonym of Alice Sheldon
- Roberto Tiraboschi (born 1958, Italy, d/f)
- Bogdan Tirnani? (1941–2009, Yugoslavia/Serbia, nf)
- Aleksandar Tišma (1924–2003, Yugoslavia/Serbia, f)
- Héctor Tobar (born 1963, US, f/nf)
- Barbara Euphan Todd (1890–1976, England, ch/p/f)
- Deborah Todd (living, US, nf)
- H. E. Todd (1908–1988, England, ch)
- John Todhunter (1839–1916, Ireland/England, p/d)
- Petko Todorov (1879–1916, Bulgaria, nf/d/p)
- Dana Todorovi? (born 1977, Yugoslavia/Serbia, f/ch)
- Miroljub Todorovi? (born 1940, Yugoslavia/Serbia, p/nf/ch)
- Dejan Tof?evi? (born 1971, Yugoslavia/Serbia, f/p)
- Alvin Toffler (1928–2016, US, nf)
- Tokai Sanshi (????, 1852–1922, Japan, f), pseudonym of Shiba Shir? (???)
- Olga Tokarczuk (born 1962, Poland, f/p/nf)
- Sh?sei Tokuda (????, 1872–1943, Japan, f)
- Kenjir? Tokutomi (?????, 1868–1927, Japan, f/nf)
- John Toland (1912–2004, US, nf/f)
- Lynn Toler (born 1959, US, nf)
- J. R. R. Tolkien (1892–1973, England, f/nf/ch)
- Eckhart Tolle (born 1948, Germany/Canada, nf)
- Ernst Toller (1893–1939, Germany/US, d)
- Leo Tolstoy (1828–1910, Russia, f/nf/d)
- George Vid Tomashevich (1927–2009, Yugoslavia/US, p/nf)
- Samo Tomášik (1813–1887, Austria-Hungary/Hungary, p/f/nf)
- Robert Tombs (born 1949, England, nf)
- Tânia Tomé (born 1981, Mozambique, nf/p)
- Yoshiyuki Tomino (?????, born 1941, Japan, d/p/f)
- Makoto Tomioka (???, 1897–1926, Japan, nf)
- Theresa Tomlinson (born 1946, England, ch)
- Niccolò Tommaseo (1802–1874, Italy, nf)
- Angharad Tomos (born 1958, Wales, f/ch/nf)
- Mihály Tompa (1819–1868, Hungary, p/nf)
- Charles Tompson (1807–1883, Australia, p)
- Rosemary Tonks (1928–2014, England, p/f/nf)
- John Kennedy Toole (1937–1969, US, f)
- Jean Toomer (1894–1967, US, p/nf/f)
- Marten Toonder (1912–2005, Netherlands, nf)
- Zaim Top?i? (1920–1990, Yugoslavia/Bosnia-Herzegovina, f/d/nf)
- Zlatko Top?i? (born 1955, Yugoslavia/Bosnia-Herzegovina, d/f)
- Zachris Topelius (1818–1898, Finland, p/f/nf)
- George Topîrceanu (1886–1937, Romania, p/f/nf)
- Angela Topping (born 1954, England, p/nf)
- Khal Torabully (born 1956, Mauritius/France, p/nf)
- Friedrich Torberg (1908–1979, Austria, f/nf)
- Miguel Torga (1907–1995, Portugal, f/p/nf), pseudonym of Adolfo Correia da Rocha
- Igor Torkar (1913–2004, Yugoslavia/Slovenia, f/d/p)
- Julien Torma (1902 – post-1932, France/Austria, f/d/p)
- Cécile Tormay (1876–1937, Hungary, f)
- Evangelista Torricelli (1608–1647, Italy, nf)
- Árpád Tóth (1886–1928, Hungary, p)
- Kálmán Tóth (1831–1881, Hungary, p/d)
- Thomas Toughill (living, Scotland, nf)
- Paul-Jean Toulet (1867–1920, France, p/f)
- Michel Tournier (1924–1916, France, f/nf)
- Mary Tourtel (1874–1948, England, ch)
- Barbara Toy (1908–2001, Australia/England, nf/d)
- Arnold J. Toynbee (1889–1975, England, nf)
- Philip Toynbee (1916–1981, England, f/p/nf)
- Polly Toynbee (born 1946, England, nf/f)
Tr–Ty
- Catharine Parr Traill (1802–1899, England/Canada, ch/f/nf)
- Nenad Trajkovi? (born 1982, Yugoslavia/Serbia, p/nf)
- Georg Trakl (1887–1914, Austrian E, p)
- Tomas Tranströmer (1931–2015, Sweden, p/nf)
- John Tranter (born 1943, Australia, p)
- Nigel Tranter (1909–2000, Scotland, nf/f)
- Anna Trapnel (fl. 1650s, England, nf)
- B. Traven (1882 or 1890–1967, Germany/Mexico, f), identity unclear
- Pamela Travers (1899–1996, Australia/England, ch/nf)
- Karen Traviss (living, England, f)
- Janez Trdina (1830–1905, Austrian E, f)
- Mary Treadgold (1910–2005, England, ch/f)
- Geoffrey Trease (1909–1998, England, ch)
- Mark Tredinnick (born 1962, Australia, p/nf)
- Henry Treece (1911–1966, England, p/ch)
- Roland Michel Tremblay (born 1972, Canada, f/nf/p)
- Laura Trenter (born 1961, Sweden, f/nf)
- Stieg Trenter (1914–1967, Sweden, f)
- Ulla Trenter (1936–2019, Sweden, f)
- G. E. Trevelyan (1903–1941, England, f)
- Meriol Trevor (1919–2000, England, nf/f)
- Kosta Trifkovi? (1843–1875, Austrian E, d/f)
- Duško Trifunovi? (1933–2006, Yugoslavia/Serbia, p/f)
- Calvin Trillin (born 1935, US, p/nf/f)
- Barbara Margaret Trimble (1921–1995, Wales, f)
- Geeta Tripathee (born 1972, Nepal, p/nf)
- Ilija Trojanow (born 1965, Bulgaria/Austria, nf)
- Anthony Trollope (1815–1882, England, f/nf)
- Joanna Trollope (born 1943, England, f/nf), pseudonym Caroline Harvey
- Sergio Troncoso (born 1961, US, f/nf)
- Leon Trotsky (1879–1940, Russia/Soviet Union, nf)
- Birgitta Trotzig (1929–2011, Sweden, f/nf/p)
- Henri Troyat (1911–2007, Russian E/France, f/nf)
- Chrétien de Troyes (c. 1135 – c. 1185, France/Flanders, p)
- Primož Trubar (1508–1586, Carniola/Germany, nf)
- Antonio de Trueba (1821–1889, Spain, p/f/nf)
- Meta Truscott (1917-2014, Australia, nf)
- Dimitris Tsaloumas (1921–2016, Greece/Australia, p)
- Gregory Tsamblak (c. 1365–1420, Bulgaria/Ukraine, nf)
- Stefan Tsanev (born 1936, Bulgaria, nf/d/p)
- Pavel Tsvetkov (born 1971, Bulgaria, p/nf)
- Tsubouchi Sh?y? (????, 1859–1935, Japan, nf/d)
- Jun Tsuji (??, 1884–1944, Japan, p/nf/d)
- Kunio Tsuji (???, 1925–1999, Japan, f/nf)
- Tsunashima Ry?sen (????, 1873–1907, Japan, nf)
- Yasutaka Tsutsui (????, born 1934, Japan, f)
- Barbara W. Tuchman (1912–1989, US, nf)
- Kurt Tucholsky (1890–1935, Germany, nf)
- Josiah Tucker (1713–1799, Wales/England, nf)
- Nicholas Tucker (living, England, nf)
- Wilson Tucker (1914–2006, US, f)
- C. J. Tudor (living, England, f)
- Dorin Tudoran (born 1945, Romania/US, p/nf)
- Radu Tudoran (1910–1992, Romania, f)
- Tug Dumbly (living, Australia, p), pseudonym of Geoff Forrester
- Jethro Tull (1674–1741, England, nf)
- Mohammed ibn Tumart (c. 1080–1128/1130, Morocco, nf)
- John R. Tunis (1889–1975, US, f/ch)
- Michael O. Tunnell (born 1950, US, ch)
- Göran Tunström (1937–2000, Sweden, f/p)
- Frank Tuohy (1925–1999, England, f)
- Ilkka Tuomi (born 1958, Finland, nf)
- Ivan Turgenev (1818–1883, Russia, f/p/d)
- Ann Turnbull (born 1943, England, ch)
- Charles Tennyson Turner (1808–1879, England, p)
- Ethel Turner (1872–1958, England/Australia, f/ch)
- Megan Whalen Turner (born 1965, US, f/ch)
- Thomas Turner (1729–1793, England, nf)
- William Turner (1509/1510–1568, England, nf)
- Josipina Turnograjska (1833–1854, Austrian E, f/p)
- Helene Tursten (born 1954, Sweden, f)
- Harry Turtledove (born 1949, US, f)
- Darko Tuševljakovi? (born 1978, Yugoslavia/Serbia, f)
- Petre ?u?ea (1902–1991, Romania, nf)
- Mark Twain (1835–1910, US, f/nf), pseudonym of Samuel Clemens
- Szczepan Twardoch (born 1979, Poland, f)
- Twm o'r Nant (1739–1810, Wales, d/p)
- Pontus de Tyard (c. 1521–1605, France, p/nf)
- Kathy Tyers (born 1952, US, f)
- Anne Tyler (born 1941, US, f/nf)
- Edward Tyson (1651–1708, England, nf)
- Neil deGrasse Tyson (born 1958, US, nf)
- Tristan Tzara (1896–1963, Romania/France, p/f/nf), pseudonym of Samy Rosenstock