List of authors by name: V
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- Elena V?c?rescu (1864–1947, Romania/France, p/f/nf)
- Andrew Vachss (born 1942, US, f)
- Joachim Vadian (1484–1551, Switzerland/Austria, nf)
- János Vajda (1827–1897, Hungary, p)
- Aline Valangin (1889–1986, Switzerland, f)
- Indr? Valantinait? (born 1984, Soviet Union/Lithuania, p)
- Nanos Valaoritis (1921–2019, Greece/US, p/f/d)
- Luis Valdez (born 1940, US, d)
- Karl Valentin (1882–1948, Germany, nf)
- Paul Valéry (1871–1945, France, p/nf)
- Jules Vallès (1832–1885, France, nf)
- Carl-Johan Vallgren (born 1964, Sweden, f)
- Valentine Vallis (1916–2009, Australia, p/nf)
- Jean-Pierre Vallotton (born 1955, Switzerland, p/f/ch)
- Léonise Valois (1868–1936, Canada, p/nf)
- Jan Valtin (1905–1951, Germany/US, nf)
- Miklós Vámos (born 1950, Hungary, nf/f/d)
- Jack Vance (1916–2013, US, f)
- Josip Vandot (1884–1944, Austrian Empire/Yugoslavia, f/ch)
- Fred Vargas (born 1957, France, nf/f), pseudonym of Frédérique Audoin-Rouzeau
- Martin Vargic (born 1998, Slovakia, nf)
- Elizabeth Varley (1909–2002, England, nf), born Elizabeth Susan Douglas-Scott-Montagu
- John Varley (born 1947, US, f)
- Karl August Varnhagen von Ense (1785–1858, Germany, nf)
- Rahel Varnhagen (1771–1833, Germany, nf)
- M. Vasalis (1909–1998, Netherlands, p/nf), pseudonym of Margaretha Drooglever Fortuyn-Leenmans
- Mário Cesariny de Vasconcelos (1923–2006, Portugal, poet)
- Dragiša Vasi? (1885–1945, Serbia/Yugoslavia, f/nf)
- Dušan Vasiljev (1900–1924, Serbia/Yugoslavia, p/f/d)
- Henry Vaughan (1621–1695, Wales, p)
- Hilda Vaughan (1892–1985, Wales/England, f)
- Thomas Vaux (1509–1556, England, p)
- Joana Vaz (c. 1500 – post-1570, Portugal, p)
- Ivan Vazov (1850–1921, Bulgaria, p/f/d)
- Lizzie Velásquez (born 1989, US, nf)
- Álvaro Velho (fl. 15th–16th c., Portugal, nf)
- Konstantin Velichkov (1855–1907, Bulgaria/France, nf)
- Vukša Veli?kovi? (born 1979, Yugoslavia/Serbia, nf/f)
- Dragan Veliki? (born 1953, Yugoslavia/Serbia, f/nf)
- Nikolaj Velimirovi? (1881–1956, Serbia/US, nf)
- Svetlana Velmar-Jankovi? (1933–2014, Yugoslavia/Serbia, f/nf)
- Vladimir Velmar-Jankovi? (1895–1976, Austria-Hungary/Yugoslavia, nf)
- Fernando Venâncio (born 1944, Portugal, nf)
- Gavrilo Stefanovi? Venclovi? (c. 1680 – c. 1749, Austrian E, p/nf)
- Jean Venturini (1919–1940, Tunisia/Morocco, p)
- Serge Venturini (born 1955, France, p)
- Cesário Verde (1855–1886, Portugal, p)
- Péter Veres (1897–1970, Hungary, nf)
- Nicolaas Vergunst (born 1958, S Africa, f)
- Émile Verhaeren (1855–1916, Belgium/France, p/nf)
- Paul Verlaine (1844–1896, France, p)
- Peter Martyr Vermigli (1499–1562, Italy/Switzerland, nf)
- Jules Verne (1828–1905, France, f/p/d)
- Caroline Vernon (1908–1988, England, nf)
- David Vernon (born 1965, Australia, nf)
- Sonja Veselinovi? (born 1981, Yugoslavia/Serbia)
- Simon Vestdijk (1898–1971, Netherlands)
- József Vészi (1858–1940, Hungary, p/nf)
- Aglaja Veteranyi (1962–2002, Romania/Switzerland, f)
- Stephanie Vetter (1884–1974, Netherlands/Belgium, f)
- Aleksije Vezili? (1753–1792, Austrian E, p)
- Boris Vian (1920–1959, France, f/p/d)
- Vladimir Bulatovi? Vib (1931–1994, Yugoslavia, nf)
- Gil Vicente (c. 1465 – c. 1536, Portugal, d/p)
- F. B. Vickers (1903–1985, England/Australia, f)
- Vincent Cartwright Vickers (1879–1939, England, nf)
- Juan José Videgain (born 1975, Spain, nf)
- Emanuil A. Vidinski (born 1978, Bulgaria, f/p)
- Milan Vidmar (1885–1962, Austrian E/Yugoslavia, nf)
- Marko Vidojkovi? (born 1975, Yugoslavia/Serbia, f)
- Alice Vieira (born 1943, Portugal, ch)
- António Vieira (1608–1697, Portugal/Brazil, nf)
- Francis Vielé-Griffin (1864–1937, US/France, p)
- Berthold Viertel (1885–1953, Austria, d)
- Claude Vigée (1921–2020, France/Israel, p)
- Alfred de Vigny (1797–1863, France, p/f/d)
- Vicki Viidikas (1948–1998, Australia, p/f)
- Rene Villanueva (1954-2007, Philippines, d/ch)
- Charles de Villers (1765–1815, France, nf)
- François Villon (c. 1431 – c. 1463, France, p)
- Mladen Vilotijevi? (born 1935, Yugoslavia/Serbia, nf)
- Nada Vilotijevi? (born 1953, Yugoslavia/Serbia, nf)
- Stanislav Vinaver (1891–1955, Serbia/Yugoslavia, f/nf)
- Joan D. Vinge (born 1948, US, f)
- Vernor Vinge (born 1944, US, f)
- Judith Viorst (born 1931, US, p/ch)
- Elfrida Vipont (1902–1992, England, ch/nf)
- Friedrich Theodor Vischer (1807–1887, Germany/Austria, f/p/d)
- Filip Višnji? (1767–1834, Ottoman E/Austrian E, p)
- Miroslav Josi? Višnji? (1946–2015, Yugoslavia/Serbia, f/p/nf)
- Roemer Visscher (1547–1620, Netherlands, p)
- Mihály Csokonai Vitéz (1773–1805, Hungary, p/d)
- Milovan Vitezovi? (born 1944, Yugoslavia/Serbia, nf/d)
- Mihailo Vitkovi? (1778–1829, Hungary, p)
- Roger Vitrac (1899–1952, France, d/p)
- Vitruvius (c. 80/70 – post-15 BCE, Roman E, nf), full name Marcus Vitruvius Pollio
- Herbert Vivian (1865–1940, England, nf/f)
- Vincenzo Viviani (1622–1703, Italy, nf)
- Vladislav the Grammarian (fl. 1456–1479, Serbia/Bulgaria, nf)
- Gordana Vlaji? (born 1959, Yugoslavia/Serbia, p/f/ch)
- Svetozar Vlajkovi? (born 1938, Yugoslavia/Serbia, nf/d)
- Gelu Vla?in (born 1966, Romania, p/nf)
- Valentin Vodnik (1758–1819, Habsburg E, nf/p)
- Mato Vodopi? (1816–1893, Austria-Hungary, p)
- A. E. van Vogt (1912–2000, Canada/US, f)
- Élise Voïart (1786–1866, France, nf/f/ch)
- Vasile Voiculescu (1884–1963, Romania, p/f/d)
- Claude-Henri de Fusée de Voisenon (1708–1775, France, d/p)
- Vincent Voiture (1597–1648, France, p/nf)
- Goran Vojnovi? (born 1980, Yugoslavia/Slovenia, nf/p)
- Ivo Vojnovi? (1857–1929, Austrian E/Yugoslavia, f/d)
- Lujo Vojnovi? (1864–1951, Austrian E/Yugoslavia, nf)
- Richard von Volkmann (1830–1889, Germany, nf/ch/p), pseudonym Richard Leander
- Voltaire (1694–1778, France, nf/f/d), pseudonym of François-Marie Arouet
- Joost van den Vondel (1587–1679, Germany/Netherlands, p/d)
- Kurt Vonnegut (1922–2007, US, f/d/nf)
- Prežihov Voranc (1893–1950, Austrian E/Yugoslavia, f)
- Mihály Vörösmarty (1800–1855, Hungary, p/d)
- Johann Heinrich Voss (1751–1826, Germany, p/nf)
- Christopher Voss (living, Iowa, nf)
- Richard Voss (1851–1918, Germany/Italy, d/f)
- Brian Vrepont (1882–1955, Australia, p), pseudonym of Benjamin Arthur Truebridge
- Anne de Vries (1904–1964, Netherlands, f/ch)
- Theun de Vries (1907–2005, Netherlands, nf/p/f)
- Leo Vroman (1915–2014, Netherlands/US, p)
- Lazar Vu?kovi? (1937–1966, Serbia/Yugoslavia, p)
- Prvoslav Vujcic (born 1960, Canada, nf/p)
- Joakim Vuji? (1772–1847, Habsburg E/Serbia, nf/f/d)
- Dušan Vukajlovi? (1948–1994, Yugoslavia, p)
- Divna M. Vuksanovi? (born 1965, Yugoslavia/Serbia, nf)
- Mircea Vulc?nescu (1904–1952, Romania, nf)
- Nikola Vuli? (1872–1945, Ottoman E/Yugoslavia, nf)
- Christian August Vulpius (1762–1827, Germany, f/d)
- Vyd?nas (1868–1953, E Prussia/Germany, p/nf), pseudonym of Wilhelm Storost