List of Jamaican writers

This is a list of Jamaican writers, including writers either from or associated with Jamaica.

A

 * Peter Abrahams (1919–2017)
 * Opal Palmer Adisa (born 1954)
 * Lester Afflick (1956–2000)

B

 * Amy Bailey (1895–1990)
 * Gwyneth Barber Wood (died 2006)
 * Mary Anne Barker (1831–1911)
 * Lindsay Barrett (born 1941)
 * Richard Bathurst (died 1762)
 * Edward Baugh (1936–2023)
 * Vera Bell (1906–?)
 * Louise Bennett-Coverley (1919–2006)
 * James Berry (1924–2017)
 * Jacqueline Bishop (living)
 * Eliot Bliss (1903–1990)
 * Cedella Booker (1926–2008)
 * Jean "Binta" Breeze (1956–2021)
 * Yvonne Brewster (born 1938)
 * Anne Brodbelt (1751–1827)
 * Erna Brodber (born 1940)

C

 * Lady Colin Campbell (born 1949)
 * Hazel Campbell (1940–2018)
 * Morris Cargill (1914–2000)
 * Margaret Cezair-Thompson (living)
 * Colin Channer (born 1963)
 * Michelle Cliff (1946–2016)
 * Aston Cooke (1958–2019)
 * Carolyn Cooper (born 1950)
 * Rudolph de Cordova (1860–1941)
 * Christine Craig (born 1943)

D

 * Robert Charles Dallas (1754–1824)
 * Kwame Dawes (born 1962)
 * Neville Dawes (1926–1984)
 * Jean D'Costa (born 1937)
 * H. G. de Lisser (1878–1944)
 * Ferdinand Dennis (born 1956)
 * Nicole Dennis-Benn (born 1982)
 * Marcia Douglas (living)

E

 * Beverley East (born 1953)
 * George Ellis (1753–1815)

F

 * Alfred Fagon (1937–1986)
 * Ira Lunan Ferguson (1904–1992)
 * Walter Augustus Feurtado (1839–1910)
 * John Figueroa (1920–1999)
 * Honor Ford-Smith (born 1951)

G

 * Amy Jacques Garvey (1895–1973)
 * Delores Gauntlett (born 1949)
 * Barbara Gloudon (1935–2022)
 * Lorna Goodison (born 1947)
 * Colin Grant (born 1961)

H

 * Richard Hart (1917–2013)
 * John Hearne (1926–1994)
 * A. L. Hendriks (1922–1992)
 * Donald Hinds (1934–2023)
 * Nalo Hopkinson (born 1960)
 * Ishion Hutchinson (living)

J

 * Marlon James (born 1970)
 * Evan Jones (1927–2023)

L

 * Olive Lewin (1927–2013)
 * Heather Little-White (1952–2013)
 * Edward Long (1734–1813)

M

 * Thomas MacDermot (1870–1933)
 * Claude McKay (1889–1948)
 * Alecia McKenzie (living)
 * Kellie Magnus (born 1970)
 * Roger Mais (1905–1955)
 * Rachel Manley (born 1955)
 * Louis Marriott (1935—2016)
 * Una Marson (1905–1965)
 * Brian Meeks (born 1953)
 * Kara Miller (living)
 * Kei Miller (born 1978)
 * Pamela Mordecai (born 1942)
 * Mervyn Morris (born 1937)
 * Mutabaruka (born 1952)

O

 * Oku Onuora (born 1952)

P

 * Kayla Perrin (born 1970?)
 * Geoffrey Philp (born 1958)
 * Velma Pollard (born 1937)
 * Patricia Powell (born 1966)

Q

 * Ada Quayle (1920–2002)

R

 * Claudia Rankine (born 1963)
 * Barry Reckord (1926–2011)
 * Victor Stafford Reid (1913–1987)
 * Trevor Rhone (1940–2009)
 * Joan Riley (born 1958)
 * Kim Robinson-Walcott (born 1956)
 * Namba Roy (1910–1961)

S

 * Andrew Salkey (1928–1995)
 * Dennis Scott (1939–1991)
 * Mary Seacole (1805–1881)
 * Olive Senior (born 1941)
 * Tanya Shirley (born 1976)
 * Makeda Silvera (born 1955)
 * Joanne M. Simpson (born 1957)
 * Malachi Smith (living)
 * Mikey Smith (1954–1983)
 * Vanessa Spence (born 1961)

T

 * Ekwueme Michael Thelwell (born 1939)
 * Elean Thomas (1947–2004)
 * Ralph Thompson (1928–2022)

V

 * Vivian Virtue (1911–1998)

W

 * Robert Wedderburn (1762–1835/36?)
 * Anthony C. Winkler (1942–2015)
 * Sylvia Wynter (born 1928)

Z

 * Fiona Zedde (born 1976)