List of Trinidad and Tobago writers

This is a list of Trinidad and Tobago writers, including writers either from or associated with Trinidad and Tobago.

A

 * Claire Adam (born 1974)
 * André Alexis (born 1957)
 * Lisa Allen-Agostini (born 1970s)
 * Lauren K. Alleyne (born 1979)
 * Michael Anthony (1930–2023)
 * Robert Antoni (born 1958)
 * William Archibald (1917–1970)
 * Barbara Assoon (1929–2020)

B

 * Kevin Baldeosingh (born 1963)
 * Valerie Belgrave (1946–2016)
 * Gérard Besson (1942–2023)
 * Lloyd Best (1946–2016)
 * Neil Bissoondath (born 1955)
 * Dionne Brand (born 1953)
 * Wayne Brown (born 1944)
 * Cheryl Byron (1946–2016)

C

 * Vahni Capildeo (born 1973)
 * Michèle Pearson Clarke (born 1973)
 * Nicole Craig (born 1974)
 * Selwyn Cudjoe (born 1943)

D

 * Ralph de Boissière (1946–2016)

E

 * Ramabai Espinet (born 1948)

G

 * Albert Gomes (1911–1978)
 * Beatrice Greig (1869–)
 * Rosa Guy (1922–2012)

H

 * Errol Hill (1921–2003
 * Merle Hodge (born 1944)
 * Kevin Jared Hosein (born 1986)

J

 * C. L. R. James (1901–1989)
 * Barbara Jenkins
 * Errol John (1901–1989)
 * Amryl Johnson (1944–2001)
 * Marion Patrick Jones (1931–2016)
 * Anthony Joseph (born 1966)
 * Edward Lanzer Joseph (1792 or 1793–1838

K

 * Roi Kwabena (1956–2008)

L

 * Harold Sonny Ladoo (1945–1973)
 * John La Rose (1927–2006)
 * Earl Lovelace (born 1935)
 * John Lyons (born 1933)

M

 * Ian McDonald (born 1933)
 * Dionyse McTair (born 1950)
 * Rabindranath Maharaj (born 1955)
 * Ralph Maraj (born 1949)
 * Tony Martin (1942–2013)
 * Mustapha Matura (1939–2019)
 * Marina Ama Omowale Maxwell
 * Olga Maynard (1913–1994)
 * Alfred Mendes (1897–1991)
 * Shani Mootoo (born 1957)

N

 * Seepersad Naipaul (1906–1953)
 * Shiva Naipaul (1945–1985)
 * V. S. Naipaul (1932–2018)
 * Elizabeth Nunez

P

 * George Padmore (1903–1959)
 * Leslie "Teacher" Palmer (born 1943)
 * Kenneth Vidia Parmasad (1946–2006)
 * Raoul Pantin (1943–2015)
 * Lakshmi Persaud
 * Michel Maxwell Philip (1829–1888)
 * M. NourbeSe Philip (born 1947)

R

 * Jennifer Rahim (born 1963)
 * Kenneth Ramchand (born 1939)
 * Raymond Ramcharitar
 * Kevin Ramnarine
 * Kris Rampersad
 * Lennox Raphael (born 1939)
 * E. M. Roach (1922–2012)
 * Ronald Suresh Roberts (born 1968)
 * Roger Robinson
 * Monique Roffey (born 1965)

S

 * Marina Salandy-Brown
 * Sam Selvon (1923–1994)
 * Raffique Shah (born 1946)
 * Frances-Anne Solomon (born 1966)
 * Eintou Pearl Springer (born 1944)

T

 * Jeremy Taylor
 * John Jacob Thomas (1841–1889)

W

 * Derek Walcott (1930–2017)
 * A. R. F. Webber (1911–1981)
 * Eric Williams (1911–1981)
 * Henry Sylvester Williams (1869–1911)