List of authors by name: A

The following is a List of authors by name whose last names begin with A:

Abbreviations: ch = children's; d = drama, screenwriting; f = fiction; nf = non-fiction; p = poetry, song lyrics

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

Aa–Ad
• Bertus Aafjes (1914–1993, Netherlands, p)

• Patricia Aakhus (1952–2012, US, f)

• Hans Aanrud (1863–1953, Norway, d/p/f)

• Verna Aardema (1911–2000, US, ch)

• David Aaron (born 1938, US, nf)

• Jane Aaron (born 1951, Wales/Australia, nf)

• Jonathan Aaron (born 1941, US, p)

• Rachel Aaron (living, US, f)

• Richard Aaron (1901–1987, Wales, nf)

• Soazig Aaron (born 1949, France, f)

• Alexander Aaronsohn (1888–1948, Palestine/France, nf)

• Aarudhra (1925–1998, India, nf/p)

• Ivar Aasen (1813–1896, Norway, d/p/nf)

• Aarudhra (1925–1998, India, p/d)

• Gjorgji Abadžiev (1910–1963, Ottoman E/Yugoslavia, f/nf)

• Yunus Nadi Abalıoğlu (1879–1945, Ottoman E/Turkey, nf)

• Rafael Ábalos (born 1956, Spain, ch)

• Chris Abani (born 1966, Nigeria/US, f/p)

• Alexander Abasheli (1884–1954, Georgia/USSR, p/f)

• Grigol Abashidze (1914–1994, Georgia/USSR, f/p)

• Irakli Abashidze (1909–1992, Georgia/USSR, p/nf)

• Sait Faik Abasıyanık (1906–1954, Turkey, f/p)

• Ines Abassi (born 1982, Tunisia, p/nf)

• Carmine Abate (born 1954, Italy, f/nf)

• Fekry Abaza (1896–1979, Egypt, nf)

• Afira bint 'Abbad (3rd c. CE, Arab region, p)

• Buthaina bint al-Mu'tamid ibn Abbad (born 1070, Andalusia, p)

• Ferhat Abbas (1899–1985, Algeria, nf)

• Jaafar Abbas (living, Sudan, nf)

• Christina Abbey (1924–2022, England, f), pseudonym of Nancy Buckingham and John Sawyer

• Edward Abbey (1927–1989, US, nf/f)

• Henry Abbey (1842–1911, US, p)

• Lynn Abbey (born 1948, US, f)

• Edwin Abbott Abbott (1838–1926, England, nf/f)

• Eleanor Hallowell Abbott (1872–1958, US, f/p)

• George Frederick Abbott (1874–1947, England, nf)

• J. H. M. Abbott (1874–1953, Australia, f/p)

• Jacob Abbott (1803–1879, US, ch)

• John S. C. Abbott (1805–1877, US, nf)

• Megan Abbott (born 1971, US, f)

• Tony Abbott (born 1952, US, ch)

• John Abbs (1810–1880, England/India, nf)

• Thomas Abbt (1738–1766, Germany, nf)

• Abd el-Krim (1882–1963, Morocco/Egypt, nf)

• Abd al-Qadir al-Fasi (1599–1680, Morocco, nf)

• Mohammed Abdalbari (born 1985, Sudan, p)

• Abdilatif Abdalla (born 1946, Kenya, p/nf)

• Ibtisam Abdallah (1940s–2023, Iraq, f)

• Mohammed ben Abdallah (born 1944, Gold Coast/Ghana, d)

• Lesley Abdela (living, England, nf)

• Abdi Sheik Abdi (born 1942, Somalia, f/nf)

• Kader Abdolah (born 1954, Iran/Netherlands, f)

• Ali Abdolrezaei (born 1969, Iran/England, p/nf)

• Hamid Barole Abdu (born 1953, Eritrea, nf)

• Kia Abdullah (born 1982, England, f/nf)

• Ghaith Abdul-Ahad (born 1975, Iraq/England, nf)

• Colet Abedi (living, US, f/nf/ch)

• Siôn Abel (fl. 18th c., Wales, p)

• Deborah Abela (born 1966, Australia, ch)

• Joan Abelove (born 1945, US, ch)

• Abe Akira (阿部昭, 1934–1989, Japan, f/nf)

• Éliette Abécassis (born 1969, Morocco/France, nf)

• Antoine Abel (1934–2004, Seychelles, p/f)

• Deborah Abela (born 1966, Australia, ch)

• Joan Abelove (born 1945, US, ch)

• Lascelles Abercrombie (1881–1938, England, p/nf)

• Patrick Abercromby (1656 – c. 1716, Scotland/England, nf)

• Virginia Abernethy (born 1934, US, nf)

• Jean-Baptiste Abessolo (born 1932, Gabon, f)

• Chris van Abkoude (1880–1960, Netherlands/US, ch)

• Casimiro de Abreu (1839–1960, Brazil, p/f/d)

• Mohammed Abdul-Hayy (1944–1989, Sudan, p/f/nf)

• Mena Kasmiri Abdullah (born 1930, Australia, f)

• Yahya Taher Abdullah (1938–1981, Egypt, f)

• Mohamed Diriye Abdullahi (born 1958, Somalia/Canada, nf)

• Kazushige Abe (阿部和重, born 1968, Japan, f)

• Kōbō Abe (安部公房, 1924–1993, Japan, f)

• Abe no Nakamaro (阿倍仲麻呂, c. 698 – c. 770, Japan, nf/p)

• Shana Abé (living, US, f)

• Tomoji Abe (阿部知二, 1903–1973, Japan, f/nf)

• Siôn Abel (fl. 18th c., Wales, p)

• Peter Abelard (1079–1142, France, nf/p)

• Joe Abercrombie (born 1974, England, f/ch)

• Lascelles Abercrombie (1881–1938, England, p/nf)

• Milan Kujundžić Aberdar (1842–1893, Serbia, p/nf)

• Robert Abernathy (1924–1990, US, f)

• Arthur Talmage Abernethy (1872–1956, US, nf/p)

• Jean-Baptiste Abessolo (born 1932, Gabon, f)

• Johann Heinrich Abicht (1762–1816, Germany, nf)

• Azhar Abidi (born 1968, Pakistan/Australia, f)

• Walter Abish (1931–2022, Austria/US, f)

• Chris van Abkoude (1880–1960, Netherlands/US, ch), pseudonym Charles Winters

• Paul Ableman (1927–2006, England, d/f)

• Abdel Rahman el-Abnudi (1938–2015, Egypt, p/ch)

• Abraham Aboab (c. 1560–1642, Portugal/Italy, nf)

• Josette Abondio (born 1949, Ivory Coast, f/ch)

• Marguerite Abouet (born 1971, Ivory Coast, f)

• Leila Aboulela (born 1964, Sudan/Scotland, f/d)

• Edmond François Valentin About (1828–1885, France, f/nf)

• Leila Abouzeid (born 1950, Morocco, nf/f)

• Daniel Abraham (born 1969, US, f)

• Lionel Abrahams (1928–2004, S Africa, f/p/nf)

• Marc Abrahams (born 1956, US, f)

• Peter Abrahams (1919–2017, S Africa, f/nf)

• Rehane Abrahams (living, S Africa, d)

• Odd Abrahamsen (1924–2001, Norway, p)

• Sam Abrams (born 1935, US, p)

• Seth Abramson (born 1976, US, nf)

• Henrique Abranches (1932–2004, Portugal/Angola, p/f/d)

• Milton Abramowitz (1915–1958, US, nf)

• Kosta Abrašević (1879–1898, Ottoman E/Serbia, p)

• Antero de Abreu (1927–2017, Angola/Portugal, nf/p)

• Diogo Abreu (born 1947, Portugal, nf)

• Joseph Wilfred Abruquah (1921–1997, Gold Coast/Ghana, f)

• Dannie Abse (1923–2014, Wales, p)

• François-Joseph Amon d'Aby (1913–2007, Ivory Coast, d/nf)

• Mohammed Achaari (born 1951, Morocco, f/p)

• Nana Achampong (born 1964, Ghana, f/p)

• Bhanubhakta Acharya (1814–1868, Nepal, p)

• Chinua Achebe (1930–2013, Nigeria n/p/nf)

• Catherine Obianuju Acholonu (1951–2014, Nigeria, p/d/nf)

• Mohamed El Aziz Ben Achour (born 1951, Tunisia, nf)

• Gerrit Achterberg (1905–1962, Netherlands, p)

• Said Achtouk (1925–1989, Morocco, p)

• André Aciman (born 1951, Egypt/US, f/nf)

• Socorro Acioli (born 1975, Brazil, f/ch)

• Kathy Acker (1947–1997, US, f/d)

• Diane Ackerman (born 1948, US, nf)

• Kathy Acker (1947–1997, US, f/d/nf)

• J. R. Ackerley (1896–1967, England, nf)

• Diane Ackerman (born 1948, US, p/nf)

• Forrest J. Ackerman (1916–2008, US, f)

• Louise-Victorine Ackermann (1813–1890, France, p)

• Rudolph Ackermann (1764–1834, Germany/England, p)

• Duane Ackerson (1942–2020, US, p/f)

• Martha Ackmann (born 1951, US, nf)

• Peter Ackroyd (born 1949, England, nf/f)

• Milton Acorn (1923–1986, US, p/d)

• Óscar Acosta (1933–2014, Honduras, p/nf)

• Kobena Eyi Acquah (born 1952, Ghana, p)

• Kofi Acquah-Dadzie (born 1939, Gold Coast/Ghana, nf)

• Avis Acres (1910–1994, N Zealand, ch)

• Joyce Ackroyd (1918–1991, Australia, nf)

• Peter Ackroyd (born 1949, England, nf)

• Eliza Acton (1799–1859, England, nf)

• Harold Acton (1904–1994, Italy/England, nf)

• Manuel Acuña (1849–1873, Mexico, p/f/d)

• János Aczél (died 1523, Hungary, p)

• Tamás Aczél (1921–1994, Hungary, p/nf)

• Gilbert Adair (1944–2011, Scotland, f/p/nf)

• Hazel Adair (1900–1990, England, f/nf)

• Virginia Hamilton Adair (1913–2004, US, p)

• Geormbeeyi Adali-Mortty (born 1916, Gold Coast/Ghana, p/nf)

• Carolyne Adalla (living, Kenya, nf)

• Adam de la Halle (1240–1287, France, p)

• Alexander Adam (1741–1809, Scotland, nf)

• Helen Adam (1909–1993, Scotland, p)

• James Adam (1860–1907, Scotland, nf)

• Jean Adam (1704–1765, Scotland, p), also Adams

• Paul Adam (born 1958, England, f/ch)

• Pip Adam (living, N Zealand, f/nf)

• Ruth Adam (1907–1977, England, f/nf)

• Gabriela Adameșteanu (born 1942, Romania, f/nf)

• Draginja Adamović (1925–2000, Yugoslavia/Serbia, p)

• Ratko Adamović (born 1942, Yugoslavia/Serbia, nf/f)

• Andrew Leith Adams (1827–1882, Scotland/Ireland, nf)

• Anna Adams (1926–2011, England, p)

• Arthur Henry Adams (1872–1936, N Zealand/Australia, nf/p/d)

• Charles Warren Adams (1833–1903, England, nf/f)

• Douglas Adams (1952–2001, England, f/d)

• Francis Adams (1862–1893, Malta/England, nf/f/p)

• Glenda Adams (1939–2007, Australia, f)

• Henry Adams (1838–1918, US, nf)

• Jad Adams (born 1954, England, nf)

• Jennie Adams (born 1963, Australia, f)

• John Adams (1704–1740, British N American colonies, p)

• Léonie Adams (1899–1988, US, p)

• Mary Adams (1898–1984, England, ch)

• Patch Adams (born 1945, US, nf)

• Patricia J. Adams (born 1952, Anguilla, p/nf)

• Poppy Adams (born 1983, England, f)

• Richard Adams (1920–2016, England, f)

• Robert Adams (1933–1990, US, f)

• Ryan Adams (born 1974, US, p)

• William Henry Davenport Adams (1928–1991, England, nf)

• Patsy Adam-Smith (1924–2001, Australia, nf)

• Catherine Adamson (1868–1925, N Zealand, nf)

• Hendrik Adamson (1891–1946, Russian E/Estonia, p/f)

• Henry Adamson (1581–1637, Scotland, p/nf)

• Jean Adamson (born 1928, England, ch)

• John Adamson (1787–1855, England, nf)

• Joy Adamson (1910–1980, Austria-Hungary/Kenya, nf)

• Robert Adamson (1943–2022, Australia, p)

• Martín Adán (1908–1985, Peru, p/f)

• Abd al-Wahhab Adarrak (1666–1746, Morocco, nf/p)

• Alison Adburgham (1912–1997, England, nf)

• Arthur St John Adcock (1864–1930, England, f/p)

• Fleur Adcock (born 1934, N Zealand/England, p)

• Jane Addams (1860–1935, US, nf)

• Joseph Addison (1672–1719, England, nf)

• Lucia H. Faxon Additon (1847–1919, US, nf)

• Kim Addonizio (born 1954, US, p/f)

• Ayobami Adebayo (born 1988, Nigeria, f/p)

• Remi Adedeji (born 1937, Nigeria, ch)

• Mirza Adeeb (1914–1999, India/Pakistan, d/f)

• Debra Adelaide (born 1958, Australia, f/nf)

• Abimbola Adelakun (living, Nigeria, nf/f)

• Johann Christoph Adelung (1732–1806, Germany, nf)

• Sade Adeniran (born 1960s, England/Nigeria, f/nf)

• Saheed Aderinto (born 1979, Nigeria/US, nf)

• Akin Adesokan (living, Nigeria, nf)

• Toyin Adewale-Gabriel (born 1969, Nigeria, f/nf/p)

• Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (born 1977, Nigeria, f/nf)

• Aravind Adiga (born 1974, India, f)

• Opal Palmer Adisa (born 1954, Jamaica, p/f)

• Halide Edib Adıvar (1884–1964, Turkey, f/nf)

• Mohammed ibn Adjurrum (1273–1323, Morocco, nf)

• C. S. Adler (born 1932, US, ch)

• David A. Adler (born 1947, US, ch)

• Adomnán (c. 624–704, Ireland/Scotland, nf), also known as St Eunan

• Judith Adong (born 1977, Uganda/US, d/ch

• Alexandra Adornetto (born 1994, Australia, ch)

• Stanislas Spero Adotevi (1934–2024, Benin, nf)

• Jorge Enrique Adoum (1926–2009, Ecuador, p)

• Nizamuddin Asir Adrawi (1926–2021, India, nf)

• Wilna Adriaanse (born 1958, S Africa, f)

• Edgar Adrian (1889–1977, England, nf)

• Artur Adson (1889–1977, Russian E/Estonia, p/d/nf)

• Adunis (born 1930, Syria, p/nf), born Ali Ahmad Said Esber

• Amina Al Adwan (born 1935, Jordan/US, p/nf)

• Endre Ady (1877–1919, Hungary, p)

• Julia Cartwright Ady (1851–1924, England, nf)

• Mariska Ady (1888–1977, Hungary, p)

Ae–Al
• Aeba Koson (饗庭篁村, 1855–1922, Japan, f/nf)

• Aelred of Rievaulx (1110–1167, England, nf)

• Franz Aepinus (1724–1802, Russian E, nf)

• Aeschines (389–314 BCE, Greece, nf)

• Aeschylus (c. 525/524 – c. 456/455 BCE, Greece, d)

• Aesop (c. 620 – 560 BCE, Greece, f)

• Anastasia Afanasieva (born 1982, Ukraine, p/f)

• Þórhildur Sunna Ævarsdóttir (born 1987, nf)

• Max Afford (1906–1954, Australia, d/f)

• Ali Mohammad Afghani (born 1925, Iran, f/nf)

• S. A. Afolabi (born 1966, Nigeria, f)

• Lucius Afranius (fl. early 1st c. BCE, Rome, p)

• Maxamed Daahir Afrax (living, Somalia, f/d/nf)

• Leo Africanus (1488–1554, Al-Andalus, nf)

• Tatamkhulu Afrika (1920–2002, Egypt/S Africa, f/p/nf), pseudonym of Ismail Joubert

• Sa'ida Bint Khatir al-Farisi (born 1956), Omani poet

• John Agard (born 1949, British Guiana/Guyana, d/p/ch)

• Francesco Algarotti (1712–1764, Italy, nf/p)

• Shimon Agassi (1852–1914, Mesopotamia, nf)

• Louis Agassiz (1807–1873, Switzerland/US, nf)

• Hiroyuki Agawa (阿川弘之, 1920–2015, Japan, f/nf)

• Patience Agbabi (born 1965, England, p)

• Berthe-Evelyne Agbo (living, Benin/France, p)

• Francis Agbodeka (1931–2005, Gold Coast/Ghana, nf)

• James Agee (1909–1955, US, f/nf/p)

• Claribel Alegría (1924–2018, Nicaragua, p/nf/f)

• Deborah Ager (born 1978, US, p/nf)

• Anna Caspari Agerholt (1892–1943, Norway, nf)

• Pedro Agerre (1566–1654, Spain, nf)

• Sven Aggesen (born c. 1140/1150, Denmark, nf)

• Ifeoma Aggrey-Fynn (1980–2015, Nigeria, nf)

• István Ágh (born 1938, Hungary, p), pseudonym of István Nagy

• Zechariah Aghmati (1120–1195, Morocco, nf)

• Maria Gaetana Agnesi (1718–1799, Italy, nf)

• Pinky Agnew (born 1955, N Zealand, d/nf/p)

• Shmuel Yosef Agnon (1888–1970, Austria-Hungary/Israel]]

• Kelli Russell Agodon (born 1969, US, p)

• Dritëro Agolli (1931–2017, Albania, p/f)

• Georg Andreas Agricola (1672–1738, Germany, nf)

• Rodolphus Agricola (1443/1444–1485, Netherlands, nf/p)

• Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa (1486–1535, Holy Roman E/France, nf)

• José Eduardo Agualusa (born 1960, Angola/Mozambique, f/p)

• Brígida Agüero (1837–1866, Cuban, p)

• João Aguiar (1943–2010, Portugal, f/nf)

• Grace Aguilar (1816–1947, England/Germany, f/p/nf)

• Luis Aguilar-Monsalve (born 1942, Ecuador, f/nf)

• Marcos Aguinis (born 1935, Argentina, nf)

• Delmira Agustini (1886–1914, Uruguay, p)

• Bogi Ágústsson (born 1952, Iceland, nf)

• Jot Agyeman (born 1967, Ghana, nf/d)

• Ivor Agyeman-Duah (born 1966, Ghana, nf)

• Ah Cheng (鍾阿城, born 1949, China, d/f)

• Cecelia Ahern (born 1981, Ireland, f)

• Jerry Ahern (1946–2012, US, f/nf)

• Alf Ahlberg (1892–1979, Sweden, nf)

• Lars Ahlin (1915–1997, Sweden, f)

• Farrukh Ahmad (1918–1974, India/Bangladesh, p/ch)

• Ishtiaq Ahmad (1941–2015, India/Pakistan, f/nf)

• Malik Zahoor Ahmad (living, Pakistan, nf)

• Najiba Ahmad (born 1954, Iraq, p/f)

• Shahnon Ahmad (1933–2017, Malaya/Malaysia, f)

• Abdel Rahim Ahmed (living, Egypt, d)

• Ashfaq Ahmed (1925–2004, India/Pakistan, f/d)

• Humayun Ahmed (1948–2012, E Pakistan/Bangladesh, f/d/nf)

• Kazi Anis Ahmed (born 1970, Bangladesh, nf/f)

• Leila Ahmed (born 1940, Egypt/US, nf)

• Mohammed Taha Mohammed Ahmed (1965–2006, Sudan, nf)

• Mouna-Hodan Ahmed (born 1972, Djibouti, f)

• Ahmet Vefik Paşa (1823–1891, Turkey, nf/d)

• Abul Mansur Ahmad (1898–1979, India/Bangladesh, f/nf)

• Shaykh Ahmad (1753–1826, Hijaz, nf), in full Ahmad bin Zayn al-Dín bin Ibráhím al-Ahsá'í

• Jasmina Ahmetagić (born 1970, Yugoslavia/Serbia, nf/p)

• Astrid Ahnfelt (1876–1962, Sweden, f)

• Juhani Aho (1861–1921, Russian E/Finland, f), born Johannes Brofeldt

• Syed Ali Ahsan (1922–2002, India/Bangladesh, p/nf)

• Alfred Aho (born 1941, Canada, nf)

• Jeannette D. Ahonsou (born 1954, Togo, f)

• Ai (1847–1910, US, p), born Florence Anthony

• Ai Qing (艾青, 1910–1996, China, p)

• Mohamed Aïchaoui (1921–1959, Algeria, nf)

• Ilse Aichinger (1921–2016, Austria, nf/f/p)

• Robert Aickman (1914–1981, England, f/nf)

• Ama Ata Aidoo (1940–2023, Gold Coast/Ghana, f/nf/p)

• Kofi Aidoo (born 1950s, Gold Coast/Ghana, f)

• Naja Marie Aidt (born 1963, Denmark, p/f)

• Shō Aikawa (會川昇, born 1965, Japan, f)

• Conrad Aiken (1899–1973, US, p/f)

• Joan Aiken (1924–2004, England, f/ch)

• John Aikin (1747–1822, England, nf)

• Lucy Aikin (1781–1864, England, nf)

• Aganice Ainianos (1838–1892, Greece, p)

• Alfred Ainger (1837–1904, England, nf)

• Hew Ainslie (1792–1878, Scotland/US, p/nf)

• Henry Ainsworth (1571–1622, England, nf)

• Ruth Ainsworth (1908–1984, England, ch/d)

• William Harrison Ainsworth (1805–1882, England, f)

• César Aira (born 1949, Argentina, f/nf)

• Catherine Aird (born 1930, England, f)

• Aa'isha bint Ahmad al-Qurtubiyya (died 1010), Andalusia, p)

• Jean Aitchison (born 1938, England, nf)

• Adam Aitken (born 1960, England/Australia, p)

• Aizu Yaichi (会津八一, 1881–1956, Japan, p/nf)

• Tolu Ajayi (born 1946, Nigeria, p/nf)

• Dejan Ajdačić (born 1959, Yugoslavia/Ukraine, nf)

• Ahmad ibn Ajiba (1747–1809, Morocco, nf/p)

• Yemi Ajibade (1929–2013, Nigeria/England, d)

• Audrey Ajose (born c. 1937, Nigeria, nf/ch)

• Jófríður Ákadóttir (born 1994, Iceland, p)

• Baku Akae (赤江瀑, 1933–2012, Japan, f)

• Jirō Akagawa (赤川次郎, born 1948, Japan, f)

• Satoru Akahori (あかほりさとる, born 1965, Japan, f)

• Lotfi Akalay (1943–2019, Tangier/Morocco, nf/f)

• John Akar (1927–1975, Sierra Leone, nf)

• Akazome Emon (赤染衛門, late 950s/early 960s – 1041 or later, Japan, p/nf)

• Hyder Akbar (born 1984, Pakistan/US, nf)

• Ahmad Akbarpour (born 1970, Iran, f/ch)

• Yusuf Akcura (1876–1935, Turkey, nf)

• Mikalojus Akelaitis (1829–1887, Russian E/France, nf)

• Grace Akello (born 1950, Uganda, p/nf)

• Jan van Aken (born 1961, Netherlands, f)

• Mark Akenside (1721–1770, England, p)

• Mohammed Akensus (1797–1877, Morocco, nf)

• John Yonge Akerman (1806–1873, England, nf)

• Rachel Akerman (1522–1544, Austria/Moravia, p)

• Sonja Åkesson (1926–1977, Sweden, p)

• Lucy Akhurst (born 1970, England, d)

• Bella Akhmadulina (1937–2010, USSR/Russia, p/f)

• Anna Akhmatova (1889–1966, Russian E/USSR, p)

• Jan Nisar Akhtar (1914–1976, Russia E/USSR, p)

• Javed Akhtar (born 1945, India, p/d/nf)

• Salman Akhtar (born 1946, India/US, nf)

• Shaheen Akhtar (born 1962, E Pakistan/Bangladesh, f/nf)

• Tolu Akinyemi (living, Nigeria, p)

• Mizuhito Akiyama (秋山瑞人, born 1971, Japan, f)

• Akiyuki Nosaka (野坂昭如, 1930–2015, Japan, f/p)

• Kofi Akpabli (born 1973, Ghana, nf)

• Uwem Akpan (born 1971, Nigeria/US, f/nf)

• Mirko Aksentijević (1922–2011, Yugoslavia/Serbia, nf)

• Ryūnosuke Akutagawa (芥川龍之介, 1892–1927, Japan, f)

• Ahmad ibn Munim al-Abdari (died 1228, Andalusia, nf)

• Muhammad Aladdin (born 1979, Egypt, f/d)

• Ismail ibn al-Ahmar (1387–1406, Morocco, nf)

• William Alabaster (1567–1640, England, p/d/nf

• Alcaeus of Mytilene (c. 625/620 – c. 580 BCE, Greece, p)

• Raabi'a al-Adwiyya (714–801, Arabic region, p)

• Anne-Marie Albiach (1937–2012), French poet and translator

• Tunku Zain Al-'Abidin (born 1982, Malaysia, nf)

• Ahmed Alaidy (born 1974, Egypt, d/p)

• Gamila El Alaily (1907–1991, Egypt, p/f)

• Laila al-Akhyaliyya (died 694–709, Arab region, p)

• Idriss ibn al-Hassan al-Alami (1925–2007, Morocco, p)

• Luigi Alamanni (1495–1556, Italy, p)

• Harutyun Alamdaryan (1795–1834, Russian E, p/nf)

• Mohammed ibn al-Tayyib al-Alami (died 1722, Morocco, nf)

• Mohammed ibn al-Tayyib al-Alami (1698–1756, Morocco, nf)

• Mohammed ibn Mohammed Alami (1932–1993, Morocco, p)

• Mohammed ibn Idris al-Amrawi (1794–1847, Morocco, p)

• Mubarkah Bent al-Barra (born 1957, Mauritania, p/ch)

• Eva Allen Alberti (1856–1938, US, nf/d)

• Alcman (fl. 7th c. BCE, Greece, p)

• Salma Khalil Alio (born 1982, Chad, p)

• Anacreon (c. 582 – c. 485 BCE, Greece, p)

• Anaxagoras (c. 500 – c. 428 BCE, Greece, nf)

• Anaximander (c. 610 – c. 546 BCE, Greece, nf)

• Anaximenes of Miletus ( c. 586 – c. 526 BCE, Greece, nf)

• Andocides (c. 440 – c. 390 BCE, Greece, nf)

• Nadia Anjuman (1980–2005), Afghanistan, p)

• Süreyya Aylin Antmen (born 1981), Turkey, nf/p)

• Wani Ardy (born 1984), Malaysia, p/nf)

• Kaddour El Alamy (1742–1850, Morocco, p)

• Alaol (1607–1680, Bengal, p)

• Abbas Mahmoud al-Aqqad (1889–1964, Egypt, p/nf)

• Daniel Alarcón (born 1977, Peru, f/nf)

• Juan Ruiz de Alarcón (c. 1581–1639, Mexico, d)

• Taqiyya Umm Ali bint Ghaith ibn Ali al-Armanazi (1111–1183/1184, Arab region, p), Sitt al-Ni'm

• Leopoldo Alas (1852–1901, Spain, f/nf)

• Alasdair mac Mhaighstir Alasdair (c. 1698–1770, Scotland, p/nf)

• Syed Hussein Alatas (1928–2007, Malaya/Malaysia, nf)

• Alev Alatlı (born 1944, Turkey, nf/f)

• Ali ibn al-Athir (1160–1233, Mesopotamia/Iraq, nf)

• Bozorg Alavi (1904–1997, Iran/Germany, f/nf)

• Ave Alavainu (born 1942, Estonia, p)

• Bozorg Alavi (1904–1997, Iran/Germany, nf/f)

• Alauddin Al-Azad (1932–2009, India/Bangladesh, f/p/d)

• Abu al-Abbas al-Azafi (1162–1236, Ceuta, nf)

• Nura al-Badi (born 1969), Oman, p)

• Abd al-Haqq al-Badisi (died post-1322, Morocco, nf)

• Safiyya al-Baghdadiyya (fl. 12th c.), Arab region, p)

• David Albahari (born 1948, Yugoslavia/Canada, f)

• Gillebríghde Albanach (fl. 1200–1230, Scotland, p)

• Za'ima Sulayman al-Baruni (1910–1976, Libya, f/nf)

• Edward Albee (1928–2016, US, d)

• Albert of Aix (fl. c. 1100, Holy Roman E, nf)

• Albertus Magnus (c. 1200–1280, Duchy of Bavaria/Holy Roman E, nf)

• Susan Wittig Albert (born 1940, US, f)

• Pierre Albert-Birot (1876–1967, France, p/d)

• Anne-Marie Albiach (1937–2012, France, p)

• Jordie Albiston (1961–2022, Australia, p)

• Albrecht von Johansdorf (c. 1180 – c. 1209, Germany, p)

• Vera Albreht (1895–1971, Austrian E/Yugoslavia, p/nf)

• Madeleine Albright (1937–2022, US, nf)

• Mitch Albom (born 1958, US, f/nf)

• Aurora de Albornoz (1926–1990), Spain, p/nf)

• Enrique López Albújar (1872–1966, Peru, p)

• Al-Buzidi al-Bujrafi (1925–2011, Morocco, p)

• Afonso de Albuquerque (c. 1453–1515, Portugal, nf)

• Anthony the Great (251–356, Greece, nf)

• Ayaan Hirsi Ali (born 1969, Somalia/US, nf)

• Maram al-Masri (born 1962), Syrian/French poet and writer

• Fatima al-Taytun (born 1962), Bahrain poet

• Elizabeth Alexander (born 1962), American poet, essayist, playwright and academic

• Alcaeus (fl. 4th c. BCE, Athens, p/d)

• Alcaeus of Messene (fl. 219–196 BCE, Greece, p)

• Alcaeus of Mytilene (c. 625/620 – c. 580 BCE, Lesbos, p)

• Ammiel Alcalay (born 1956, US, p/nf)

• Baltasar del Alcázar (1530–1606, Spain, p)

• Alcman (fl. 7th c. BCE, Sparta, p)

• Vivien Alcock (1924–2003, England, ch)

• Mariana Alcoforado (1640–1723, Portugal, nf)

• Amos Bronson Alcott (1799–1888, US, nf)

• Louisa May Alcott (1832–1888, US, ch/f, p)

• Alcuin (c. 735–804, England/France, nf/p)

• Kaye Aldenhoven (living, Australia, p)

• Naomi Alderman (born 1974, England, f)

• Hugh Aldersey-Williams (born 1959, England, nf)

• Maggie Alderson (born 1959, England/Australia, f/nf)

• Thomas Aldham (c. 1616–1660, England, nf)

• Richard Aldington (1892–1962, England, f/nf/p)

• Brian Aldiss (1925–2017, England, f)

• Ahmad al-Tayyeb Aldj (1928–2012, Morocco, p/d)

• Henry Aldrich (1647–1710, England, nf)

• Nelson W. Aldrich (1841–1915, US, nf)

• James Aldridge (1918–2015, Australia/England, f/nf/ch)

• Radu Aldulescu (novelist) (born 1954, Romania, f)

• Jalal Al-e-Ahmad (1923–1969, Iran, f/nf)

• Vasile Alecsandri (1821–1890, Moldavia/Romania, p/d)

• Mira Alečković (1924–2008, Yugoslavia/Serbia, p)

• Tudur Aled (c. 1465–1525, Wales, p)

• Caetano da Costa Alegre (1864–1890, São Tomé and Príncipe, p)

• Manuel Alegre (born 1936, Portugal, p/nf)

• Ciro Alegría (1909–1967, Peru, nf/f)

• Claribel Alegría (1924–2018, Nicaragua/Salvador, p/nf/f)

• Fernando Alegría (1918–2005, Chile, p/nf)

• Vicente Aleixandre (1898–1984, Spain, p)

• Josip Murn Aleksandrov (1879–1901, Austria-Hungary, p)

• Haddis Alemayehu (1910–2003, Ethiopia, f/nf)

• Jean le Rond d'Alembert (1717–1783, France, nf)

• José de Alencar (1829–1877, Brazil, f/d/nf)

• Rochelle Alers (born 1963, US, f), pseudonyms Susan James and Rena McLeary

• Andrés J. d'Alessio (1940–2009, Argentina, nf)

• Arnold Aletrino (1858–1916, Netherlands, nf)

• Bernhard Alexander (1850–1927, Hungary, nf)

• Horace Alexander (1889–1989, England/US, nf)

• Kate Alexander, pseudonym of Tilly Armstrong (1927–2010, England, f)

• Kwame Alexander (born 1968, US, p/ch)

• Lloyd Alexander (1924–2007, US, ch/f)

• Miriam Alexander (1879 – post-1924, England, f)

• Sue Alexander (1932–2008, US, ch/nf)

• Trisha Alexander, pseudonym of Patricia Kay (born 1937, US, f)

• Grigore Alexandrescu (1810–1885, Wallachia/Romania, p)

• Larisa Alexandrovna (born 1971, USSR/US, nf/p)

• Ioan Alexandru (1941–2000, Romania/Germany, p/nf)

• Sherman Alexie (born 1966, US, f/p)

• Elena Alexieva (born 1975, Bulgaria, p/f)

• Abelardo Díaz Alfaro (1916–1999, Puerto Rico, f/nf)

• Ahmad ibn Idris al-Fasi (1760–1837, Morocco, nf)

• David ben Abraham al-Fasi (fl. 10th c., Morocco, nf)

• Hamdun ibn al-Hajj al-Fasi (1760–1817, Morocco, nf)

• Isaac Alfasi (1013–1103, Algeria, nf)

• Mohammed al-Arbi al-Fasi (1580–1642, Morocco, nf)

• Mohammed ibn Zakri al-Fasi (died 1731, Morocco, nf/p)

• Allal al-Fassi (1910–1974, Morocco, nf/p)

• Malika al-Fassi (1919–2007, Morocco, nf/d/f)

• Felipe Alfau (1902–1999, Spain/US, f/p)

• Muhammad al-Fayturi (1936–2015, Sudan/Morocco, p/d/nf)

• Pierre Alféri (born 1963, France, f/p)

• Alfredo Armas Alfonzo (born 1990, Venezuela, nf/f)

• Mohammed al-Habib al-Fourkani (1922–2008, Morocco, nf/p)

• Hans Alfredson (1931–2017, Sweden, f)

• Horatio Alger (1832–1899, US, ch)

• John Goldworth Alger (1836–1907, England, nf)

• Muhammad Asadullah Al-Ghalib (born 1948, E Pakistan/Bangladesh, nf)

• Abd al-Aziz al-Ghumari (1920–1997, Tangier, nf)

• Abdullah al-Ghumari (1910–1993, Tangier, nf)

• Ahmad al-Ghumari (1902–1961, Morocco/Egypt, nf)

• Gamal al-Ghitani (1945–2015, Egypt, f/nf)

• Nelson Algren (1909–1981, US, f/nf/p)

• Muhammad Ibn al-Habib (1876–1972, Morocco, nf)

• Tawfiq al-Hakim (1898–1987, Egypt, f/d)

• Ahmad ibn Hamdun ibn al-Hajj (died 1898, Morocco, nf)

• al-Ḥujayjah, (Safīyah bint Tha'labah al-Shaybānīyah, 5th – 6th c.), Arab region, p)

• al-Ḥurqah (5th – 6th c.), Arab region, p)

• Abdullah Yusuf Ali (1872–1953, India/England, nf)

• Agha Shahid Ali (1949–2001, India/US, p)

• Ahmed Ali (1910–1994, India/Pakistan]]

• Ayaan Hirsi Ali (born 1969, Somalia/US, nf)

• Bachtyar Ali (born 1960, USSR/Germany, f/nf/p)

• Hauwa Ali (born 1995, Nigeria, f)

• Idris Ali (1940–2010, Egypt, f)

• Monica Ali (born 1967, E Pakistan/England, f)

• Mohammed Naseehu Ali (born 1971, Ghana/US, f/nf)

• Shawkat Ali (1936–2018, India/Bangladesh, f)

• Sabahattin Ali (1907–1948, Ottoman E/Turkey, f/p/nf)

• Syed Ameer Ali (1849–1928, India/England, nf)

• Syed Mujtaba Ali (1904–1974, India/Bangladesh, nf)

• Taha Muhammad Ali (1931–2011, Palestine/Israel

• Tariq Ali (born 1943, India/England, nf)

• Mohammed al-Idrisi (1099–1165, Ceuta/Sicily, nf)

• Abel Alier (born 1933, Sudan, nf)

• Mohammed al-Ifrani (1670–1745), Morocco, nf)

• Dante Alighieri (c. 1265–1321, Italy, p)

• Bisera Alikadić (born 1939), Yugoslavia, p/nf)

• Yousef Alikhani (born 1975, Iran, f/nf/ch)

• Cyril Alington (1872–1955, England, f/nf/p)

• Margaret Alington (1920–2012, N Zealand, nf)

• Salma Khalil Alio (born 1982, Chad, p/f)

• Kavisekhara Dr Umar Alisha (1885–1945, India, nf)

• Archibald Alison (1757–1839, England, nf)

• Sir Archibald Alison, 1st Baronet (1792–1867, England/Scotland, nf)

• Jane Alison (born 1961, Australia, f/nf)

• Rosie Alison (born 1964, England, f/d)

• William Alison (1790–1859, Scotland, nf)

• Akilu Aliyu (1918–1999, Nigeria, p/nf)

• Ghazaleh Alizadeh (1949–1996, Iran, f/p)

• Sonita Alizadeh (born 1996, Afghanistan/US, p)

• Mohammed Abed al-Jabri (1935–2010, Morocco, nf)

• Adnan al-Janabi (living, Iraq, nf)

• Zaynab Alkali (born 1950, Nigeria, f)

• Ibn al-Khabbaza (died 1239, Morocco, nf/p)

• al-Khansa (575–645, Arab region, p)

• Tewfik Allal (born 1947, Morocco, nf)

• James Alexander Allan (1879–1967, Australia, p/nf)

• Mabel Esther Allan (1915–1998, England, ch)

• Rob Allan (1945–2021, N Zealand, p)

• Rosetta Allan (living, N Zealand, p/f)

• Hortense Allart (1801–1879, Italy/France, nf/f)

• Donald Allchin (1930–2010, England, nf)

• August Alle (1890–1952, Russian E/Estonia, nf/p)

• Joseph Alleine (1634–1668, England, nf)

• Barbara Allen (1914–1986, England, f), pseudonym of Violet Vivian Finlay Stuart Mann

• Candace Allen (born 1950, US, f/nf)

• Charlotte Vale Allen (born 1941, Canada/US, f)

• Chris Allen (born 1964, Australia, f)

• Clifford Allen, 1st Baron Allen of Hurtwood (1889–1939, England/Switzerland, nf)

• Dick Allen (1939–2017, US, p/nf)

• Donald Allen (1912–2004, US, p)

• Elizabeth Allen (living, Australia, p)

• Elizabeth Akers Allen (1832–1911, US, p/nf)

• Grant Allen (1848–1899, Canada/England, nf/f)

• Hannah Allen (c. 1638–1668 or 1708, England, nf)

• John Allen (1771–1843, Scotland/England, nf)

• John Allen (1771–1839, England, nf)

• Leslie Holdsworth Allen (1879–1964, Australia, p/ch)

• Mabel Esther Allan (1915–1998, England, ch)

• Mary Sophia Allen (1878–1964, Wales/England, nf)

• Pamela Allen (born 1934, N Zealand, ch)

• Richard James Allen (born 1960, Australia, p/f)

• Roger MacBride Allen (born 1957, US, f)

• Ron Allen (1947–2010, US, p/d)

• Thomas Allen (1681–1755, England, nf)

• Thomas B. Allen (1929–2018, US, f/nf)

• Walter Allen (1911–1995, England, nf/f)

• Isabel Allende (born 1942, Chile/US, f/nf)

• Ellen Palmer Allerton (1835–1893, US, p)

• Richard Allestree (1621/1622–1681, England, nf)

• Artur Alliksaar (1923–1966, Estonia/USSR, p)

• Margery Allingham (1904–1966, England, f)

• William Allingham (1824–1889, Ireland, p/nf)

• Hermann Allmers (1821–1902, Germany, p)

• Abdelkader Alloula (1939–1994, Algeria, d)

• Malek Alloula (1937–2015, Algeria, p/nf)

• Chris Van Allsburg (born 1949, US, ch)

• Aaron Allston, (1960–2014, US, f)

• Washington Allston (1779–1843, US, p/nf)

• Lisa Allen-Agostini (born 1970s, Trinidad, f/nf/p)

• Ahmed al-Madini (born 1947, Morocco, nf/f/p)

• Sadiq al-Mahdi (1935–2020, Sudan, nf)

• Nazik Al-Malaika (1923–2007, Iraq, p)

• Arib al-Ma'muniyya (797–890, Arab region, p)

• Ahmed Mohammed al-Maqqari (1578–1632, Algeria/Egypt, nf)

• Ibn al-Banna al-Marrakushi (1256–1321, Morocco, nf)

• Maram al-Masri (born 1962, Syria/France, p/nf)

• Anchan (born 1952, Thailand/US, p/f)

• Maya Angelou (1928–2014, US, nf/p)

• Helena Anhava (1925–2018, Finland, p)

• Elizabeth Alexander (born 1962), American poet, essayist, playwright and academic

• Maram al-Masri (born 1962), Syrian poet

• Elvia Ardalani (born 1963), Mexican poet, writer, and storyteller

• György Almásy (1867–1933, Hungary, nf)

• László Almásy (1895–1951, Austria-Hungary/Austria, nf)

• Øystein Alme (born 1960, Norway, nf)

• E. M. Almedingen (1898–1971, Russian E/England, f/nf/ch)

• Germano Almeida (born 1945, Cape Verde, nf/f)

• Guilherme de Almeida (1890–1969, Brazil, nf/p)

• Lúcia Machado de Almeida (1910–2005, Brazil, f)

• Manuel Antônio de Almeida (1831–1861, Brazil, f/d)

• Marcelina Almeida (c. 1830–1880), Argentina/Uruguay, f/p)

• Miguel Vale de Almeida (born 1960, Portugal, nf)

• Rita Almeida (born 1974, Portugal/US, nf)

• David Almond (born 1951, England, ch)

• Steve Almond (born 1966, US, f/nf)

• Carl Jonas Love Almqvist (1793–1866, Sweden, p/nf)

• Malik ibn al-Murahhal (1207–1289, Morocco, p)

• Wallada bint al-Mustakfi (1001–1080, Andalusia, p)

• Hamed al-Nazir (born 1975, Sudan, nf/f)

• Finn Alnæs (1932–1991, Norway, f)

• Karsten Alnæs (born 1938, Norway, nf)

• Mohammad Ishaq Aloko (born 1935, Afghanistan/Germany, nf)

• Dámaso Alonso (1898–1990, Spain, p/nf)

• Faouzia Aloui (born 1957, Tunisia, p/f)

• Blanche d'Alpuget (born 1944, Australia, f/nf)

• Muhammad Sa'id al-Qaddal (1935–2008, Sudan, nf)

• Ahmad Ibn al-Qadi (1552/1553–1616, Morocco, f/nf)

• Ibn al-Qattan (fl. 13th c., Morocco, nf)

• Zakariya al-Qazwini (1203–1273, Persia, nf)

• Al-Saddiq Al-Raddi (born 1969, Sudan, p/nf)

• Harun al-Rashid (763 or 766–809, Abbasid Caliphate, nf)

• Karim Alrawi (born 1952, Egypt, d/ch/f)

• Maqbula al-Shalak (1921–1986), Syria, p/ch)

• Hanan al-Shaykh (born 1945, Lebanon, f/nf)

• Ahmad ibn al-Amin al-Shinqiti (1872–1913, Mauritania, nf)

• Fawziyya al-Sindi (born 1957, Bahrain, p)

• Amir Taj al-Sir (born 1960, Sudan/Qatar, f/p/nf)

• Vincent Alsop (c. 1630–1703, England, nf)

• Alta (born 1942, US, p/nf)

• Ignacio Manuel Altamirano (1834–1893, Mexico/Italy, f/nf)

• Fatima al-Taytun (born 1962, Bahrain, p)

• Steve Alten (born 1959, US, f)

• Peter Altenberg (1859–1919, Austrian E, f/p)

• Nathan Alterman (1910–1970, Poland/Israel, p/d/nf)

• Louis Althusser (1918–1990, France, nf)

• Ahmad al-Tifashi (1184–1253, Algeria/Egypt, p/nf)

• Fouad al-Tikerly (1927–2008, Iraq/Jordan, f)

• Ahmad Baba al-Timbukti (1556–1627, Mali, nf)

• Günter Altner (1936–2011, Germany, nf)

• Joseph Alexander Altsheler (1862–1919, US, f/nf)

• Mor Altshuler (born 1957, Israel, nf)

• Hassan Al-Turabi (1932–2016, Sudan, nf)

• T. M. Aluko (1918–2010, Nigeria, f/nf)

• Alurista (born 1947, Mexico/US, p)

• Julia Alvarez (born 1950, Dominica/US, p/f/nf)

• Al Alvarez (1929–2019, England, p/f/nf)

• Ivy Alvarez (living, Philippines/Australia, p)

• Juan Álvarez (1878–1954, Argentina, nf)

• Julia Alvarez (born 1950, US, p/f/nf)

• Betti Alver (1906–1989, Russian E/Estonia, p)

• Castro Alves (1847–1871, Brazil, p/d)

• Moniza Alvi (b. 1954, Pakistan/England, p)

• Ibn al-Wannan (died 1773, Morocco, p)

• Tuhami al-Wazzani (1903–1972, Morocco, nf)

• Ibn al-Yasamin (died 1204, Seville, nf)

• Marc Alyn (born 1937, France, p), pseudonym of Alain-Marc Fécherolle

• Latifa al-Zayyat (1923–1996, Egypt, f)

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• Mario Amadeo (1911–1983, Argentina, nf)

• Jorge Amado (1912–2001, Brazil, f)

• Ramón Amaya Amador (1916–1966, Honduras, nf)

• Elechi Amadi (1934–2016, Nigeria, d/f)

• Ifi Amadiume (born 1947, Nigeria/US, p/nf)

• Jorge Amado (1912–2001, Brazil, f)

• Andrej Amalrik (1938–1980, USSR/France, nf)

• Joseph Godson Amamoo (born 1931, Gold Coast/Ghana, nf)

• Ludu Daw Amar (1915–2008, Burma/Myanmar, nf)

• Ana Luísa Amaral (born 1956, Portugal, p/ch/nf)

• Gunadasa Amarasekara (born 1929, Ceylon/Sri Lanka, f/p/d)

• Amara-siṃha (fl. c. 375 CE, India, p/nf)

• Guru Amardas (1479–1574, India, nf)

• Orlanda Amarílis (1924–2014, Cape Verde, f/ch)

• Michael Daniel Ambatchew (1967–2012, Ethiopia, ch)

• Ingvar Ambjørnsen (born 1956, Norway, f)

• Eric Ambler (1909–1998, England, f)

• Catherine d'Amboise (1475–1550, France, p)

• Stephen E. Ambrose (1936–2002, US, nf)

• William Ambrose (1813–1873, Wales, p/nf)

• Ambroise (fl. c. 1190, Normandy, p)

• Zoltán Ambrus (1861–1932, Hungary, nf/f)

• Ellis Amburn (1933–2018, US, nf)

• Erik Amdrup (1923–1998, Denmark, nf/f)

• Jean Améry (1912–1978, Austria, nf)

• Joseph Ames (1689–1759, England, nf)

• Nicholas Amhurst (1697–1743, England, p/nf)

• Yehuda Amichai (1924–2000, Germany/Israel, p), birth name Ludwig Pfeuffer

• Edmondo De Amicis (1846–1908, Italy, f/p/ch)

• Alexander Amilakhvari (1750–1802, Russian E, nf)

• Gad Ami (born 1958, Togo, f)

• Adibah Amin (born 1936, Malaya/Malaysia, f/d)

• Samir Amin (1931–2018, Egypt/France, nf)

• Chabua Amirejibi (1921–2013, USSR/Georgia, f)

• Reza Amirkhani (born 1973, Iran, f/nf)

• Mahshid Amirshahi (born 1937, Iran/France, f/nf)

• Indran Amirthanayagam (born 1960, Ceylon/US, p/nf)

• Kingsley Amis (1922–1995, England, f, p, nf)

• Martin Amis (1949–2023, England, f/nf)

• Majeed Amjad (1914–1974, India/Pakistan, p)

• Anton Wilhelm Amo (c. 1703 – c. 1759, Gold Coast/Germany, nf)

• A. R. Ammons (1926–2001, US, p/nf)

• Pita Amor (1918–2000, Mexico, p)

• Gabriele Amorth (1925–2016, Italy, nf)

• Thomas Amory (c. 1691–1788, Ireland/England, nf)

• Sheldon Amos (1835–1886, England/Egypt, nf)

• André-Marie Ampère (1775–1836, France, nf)

• Mohammed Ibn Amr (died 1827, Morocco, p)

• Djamel Amrani (1935–2005, Algeria, nf)

• Idriss al-Amraoui (died 1879, Morocco, nf/p)

• Jean Amrouche (1906–1962, Algeria/France, p)

• Taos Amrouche (1913–1976, Algeria/France, f/p)

• Moses Amyraut (1596–1664, France, nf)

• Anacreon (c. 582 – c. 485 BCE, Asia Minor, p)

• Tahmima Anam (born 1975, Bangladesh/England, f)

• Anurag Anand (born 1978, India, f/nf)

• Mulk Raj Anand (1905–2004, India)

• Valerie Anand (born 1937, England, f)

• David Ananou (1917–2000, Togo, f)

• Dragutin Anastasijević (1877–1950, Serbia/Yugoslavia, nf)

• Rudolfo Anaya (1937–2020, US, f/p)

• Nicolas Ancion (born 1971, Belgium, f/ch/d)

• Manuel Ancízar (1812–1882, Colombia, nf)

• Federico Andahazi (born 1963, Argentina, f/nf)

• John Anderdon (1792–1874, England, nf)

• Alfred Andersch (1914–1980, Germany/Switzerland, nf)

• Astrid Hjertenæs Andersen (1915–1985, Norway, p/nf)

• Hans Christian Andersen (1805–1875, Denmark, ch)

• Susan Andersen (born 1950, US, f)

• Tryggve Andersen (1866–1920, Norway, f/p)

• Vilhelm Andersen (1864–1953, Denmark, nf)

• Adam Anderson (1692 or 1693–1765, Scotland, nf)

• Alan Orr Anderson (1879–1958, Scotland, nf)

• Barbara Anderson (1926–2013, N Zealand, f)

• Benedict Anderson (1936–2015, China/Indonesia, nf)

• Catherine Anderson (born 1948, US, f)

• Elizabeth Garrett Anderson (1836–1917, England, nf)

• Ethel Anderson (1883–1958, Australia, p/f/nf)

• Freddie Anderson (1922–2001, Ireland/Scotland, d/p)

• Hilary Andersson (born 1967, US/England, nf)

• J. Redwood Anderson (1883–1964, England, p/d)

• James Anderson (1662–1728, Scotland, nf)

• James Anderson of Hermiston (1739–1808, Scotland, nf)

• Jessica Anderson (1916–2010, Australia, f)

• Jim Anderson (born 1937, England/Australia, f)

• John Anderson, 1726–1796, Scotland, nf)

• Kevin J. Anderson (born 1962, US, f)

• Lena Anderson (born 1939, Sweden, ch)

• Marjorie Ogilvie Anderson (1909–2002, Scotland, nf)

• Matthew Tobin Anderson (born 1968, US, ch)

• Patrick Anderson (1618–1635, Scotland, nf/p)

• Perry Anderson (born 1938, England, nf)

• Poul Anderson (1926–2001, US, f)

• Rachel Anderson (born 1943, England, ch)

• Robert Anderson (1841–1918, Ireland/England, nf)

• Terry L. Anderson (living, US, nf)

• Verily Anderson (1915–2010, England, ch/nf)

• Victor Henry Anderson (1917–2001, US, p)

• Dan Andersson (1888–1920, Sweden, p)

• Emma Andijewska (born 1931, USSR/Germany, p/f)

• Venko Andonovski (born 1965, Yugoslavia/N Macedonia, f/d/p)

• Stojan Andov (born 1935, Yugoslavia/N Macedonia, nf)

• Carlos Drummond de Andrade (1902–1987, Brazil, p)

• César Dávila Andrade (1918–1967, Ecuador, p)

• Eugénio de Andrade (1923–2005, Portugal, p)

• Jorge Carrera Andrade (1903–1978, Ecuador, p/nf)

• Mário de Andrade (1893–1945, Brazil, p/f/nf)

• Mário Pinto de Andrade (1928–1990, Angola, p/nf)

• Oswald de Andrade (1890–1954, Brazil, f/p/nf)

• Bernard André (1450–1522, France/England, p)

• Lou Andreas-Salomé (1861–1937, Russia/Germany, f/d/nf)

• Neshani Andreas (1964–2011, SW Africa/Namibia, f)

• Emil Andreev (born 1956, Bulgaria, f/d)

• Petre M. Andreevski (1934–2006, Yugoslavia/N Macedonia, p/f/d)

• Peter Andrej (born 1959, Yugoslavia/Slovenia, p)

• Emil Andreev (born 1956, Bulgaria, f/d)

• Isabella Andreini (1562–1604), Italy, d/p)

• Stefan Andres (1906–1970, Germany/Italy, f)

• Sophia de Mello Breyner Andresen (1919–2004, Portugal, p/f)

• Bruce Andrews (born 1948, US, p/nf)

• Isobel Andrews (1905–1990, N Zealand, d/f/p)

• Julie Andrews (born 1935, England, ch/nf)

• Kevin Andrews (1924–1989, US, nf)

• V. C. Andrews (1923–1986, US, f)

• Ivo Andrić (1892–1975, Bosnia/Yugoslavia, f/p)

• Ron Androla (born 1954, US, p)

• Aneirin (early medieval, Cumbric kingdoms of Britain, p)

• Harriet Anena (living, Uganda, p/nf/f)

• Guru Angad (1504–1552, India, p)

• Patricia Angadi (1914–2001, England, f)

• Ardan Angarkhaev (born 1946, USSR/Russia, p/f/d)

• Ernst Angel (1894–1986, Austria/US, p/nf)

• Ralph Angel (1951–2020, US, p)

• Marguerite de Angeli (1889–1987, US, ch)

• Stefano degli Angeli (1623–1697, Italy, nf)

• Klairi Angelidou (1932–2021, Turkey/Cyprus, p/nf)

• April De Angelis (born 1960, England, d)

• Norman Angell (1872–1967, England, nf)

• Domenico Angelo (1717–1802, Italy/England, nf)

• Maya Angelou (1928–2014, US, p/nf)

• Eduardo Angeloz (1931–2017, Argentina, nf)

• Angelus Silesius (c. 1624–1677, Germany, nf), pseudonym of Johann Scheffler

• Kenneth Anger (1927–2023, US, d/nf)

• Giulio Angioni (1939–2017, Italy, f/nf)

• Jared Angira (born 1947, Kenya, p)

• Ndeutala Angolo (born 1952, SW Africa/Namibia, f/nf)

• María Nsué Angüe (1945–2017, Equatorial Guinea, f/p/nf)

• Jonah Anguka (living, Kenya, nf)

• James Stout Angus (1830–1923, Scotland, p/nf)

• Marion Angus (1865–1946, Scotland, p/nf)

• Sam Angus (born 1967, England, ch)

• Helena Anhava (1925–2018), Finland, p)

• Thea Astley (1925–2004), Australian fiction writer and poet

• T. E. Anin (living, Gold Coast/Ghana, nf)

• Guda Anjaiah (1955–2016, India, p)

• Augusto dos Anjos (1884–1914, Brazil, p)

• Nadia Anjuman (1980–2005, Afghanistan, p)

• Charlotte Anley (1796–1893, England, f/nf)

• G. E. M. Anscombe (1919–2001, Ireland/England, nf)

• Süreyya Aylin Antmen (born 1981, Turkey, p/nf)

• Ella Anker (1870–1958, Norway, nf/d)

• Nini Roll Anker (1873–1942, Norway, f/d)

• Robert Anker (1946–2017, Netherlands, f)

• Charlotte Anley (1796–1893, England, f/nf)

• Threes Anna (born 1959, Netherlands, f/d), pseudonym of Threes Schreurs

• Abdullahi Ahmed An-Na'im (born 1946, Sudan/US, nf)

• Kofi Annan (1938–2018, Gold Coast/Switzerland, nf)

• J. K. Annand (1908–1993, Scotland, p/ch)

• Anders Annerfalk (born 1959, Sweden, nf)

• Anni Baobei (born 1974, China, f), pseudonym of Li Jie (励婕)

• Núria Añó (born 1973, Spain, f/nf)

• Anrakuan Sakuden (安楽庵策伝, 1554–1642, Japan, nf/p)

• Ali Ansari (born 1967, Italy/Scotland, nf)

• Khwaja Muhammad Latif Ansari (1887–1979, India/Pakistan, nf/p)

• Anselm of Canterbury (1033/1034–1109, Italy/England, nf)

• Peter Anson (1889–1975, England, nf)

• Christopher Anstey (1724–1805, England, p)

• Marion Anstis (living, Australia, nf)

• Manana Antadze (born 1945, USSR, nf)

• Anthim the Iberian (1650–1717, Iberia/Wallachia, nf)

• Anthony (安东尼, born 1984, China/Australia ch), pseudonym of Ma Liang (马亮)

• Evelyn Anthony (1926–2018, England, f)

• Lawrence Anthony (1950–2012, S Africa, nf)

• Michael Anthony (1930–2023, Trinidad, f/nf)

• Piers Anthony (born 1934, UK/US, f)

• Mika Antić (1932–1986, Yugoslavia/Serbia, p/nf)

• David Antin (1932–2016, US, p/nf)

• Antler (born 1946, US, p), birth name Brad Burdick

• Sorin Antohi (born 1957, Romania, nf)

• Susanne Antonetta (born 1956, US, p/nf)

• Slobodan Antonić (born 1959, Yugoslavia/Serbia, nf)

• Voja Antonić (born 1952, Yugoslavia/US, nf)

• Brother Antoninus (1912–1994, US, p), pseudonym of William Everson

• Raymond Antrobus (born 1986, England, p)

• António Lobo Antunes (born 1942, Portugal, f)

• Gabriela Antunes (1937–2004, Angola, f/nf/ch)

• Christopher Anvil (1925–2009, US, f), pseudonym of Harry Christopher Crosby

• Chairil Anwar (1922–1949, Dutch E Indies/Indonesia, p)

• Robert Anwood (living, US, f), pseudonym

• Erica Sugo Anyadike (living, Tanzania, nf)

• Kofi Anyidoho (born 1947, Gold Coast/Ghana, p/nf)

• Anyte of Tegea (fl. early 3rd c. BCE, Greece, p)

• Johannes Anyuru (born 1979, Sweden, p/nf)

• Gloria E. Anzaldúa (1942–2004, US, p/nf)

• Ludwig Anzengruber (1839–1889, Austrian E, d/f/p)

• Atsuko Anzai (安西篤子, born 1927, Japan, f)

• Fuyue Anzai (安西冬衛, 1898–1965, Japan/China, p)

Ao–At
• Leïla Aouchal (1936–2013, France/Algeria, nf)

• Góshó Aoyama (山剛昌, born 1963, Japan, f)

• Johann August Apel (1771–1816, Germany, f)

• Guillaume Apollinaire (1880–1918, France, p/d/f)

• Sulpicius Apollinaris (fl. 2nd c. CE, nf/p)

• Apollodorus of Carystus (fl. 300–260 BCE, Greece, d)

• Apollonius of Rhodes (270 – post–245 BCE, Alexandria, p)

• Péter Apor (1676–1752, Hungary, nf)

• Maja Apostoloska (born 1976, Yugoslavia/N Macedonia, p/nf)

• Arjun Appadurai (born 1949, US, nf)

• Nathacha Appanah (born 1973, Mauritius, f)

• Jacob M. Appel (born 1973, US, f/nf/p)

• Aharon Appelfeld (1932–2018, Romania/Israel, f)

• Charles James Apperley (1777–1843, Wales/England, nf)

• Adolphe Appia (1862–1928, Switzerland, nf)

• Kwame Anthony Appiah (born 1954, England/US, nf/f)

• Max Apple (born 1941, US, f)

• Katherine Applegate (born 1956, US, ch)

• Lisa Appignanesi (born 1946, Canada/England, nf)

• Philip Appleman (1926–2020, US, p/nf)

• Richard Appleton (1932–2005, Australia, p)

• Victor Appleton (US house pseudonym since 1910s)

• Katherine Applegate (born 1956, US, ch)

• Boris Aprilov (1921–1995, Bulgaria, f/d/ch)

• Lajos Áprily (1887–1967, Hungary, p)

• Ann Catrin Apstein-Müller (born 1973, Germany, p)

• Apuleius (124–170 CE, Roman E, f/nf)

• Pawlu Aquilina (1929–2009, Malta, p/nf)

• Louis Aragon (1897–1982, France, p/n)

• Shio Aragvispireli (1867–1926, Russian E/USSR, f)

• Arai Hakuseki (新井白石, 1657–1725, Japan, nf)

• Motoko Arai (新井素子, born 1960, Japan, f)

• Tōichirō Araki (荒木東一郎, 1895–1977, Japan, nf)

• Ivan Aralica (born 1930, Yugoslavia/Croatia, f/nf)

• Arambilet (born 1957, Dominican Rep., f/p/d), pseudonym of Ángel Luis Arambilet Álvarez

• Gonzalo Arango (1931–1976, Colombia, nf/p)

• Graça Aranha (1868–1931, Brazil, nf/f)

• János Arany (1817–1882, Hungary, p)

• Aratus (c. 315/310–240 BCE, Greece, p)

• Helena Araújo (1934–2015, Colombia, nf)

• Maria Arbatova (born 1957, USSR/Russia, f/d/p)

• John Arbuthnot (1667–1735, Scotland/England, nf)

• José Arce (1881–1968, Argentina/US, nf)

• Manuel Maples Arce (1900–1981, Mexico, p/nf)

• Jeffrey Archer (born 1940, England, f)

• Jennifer Archer (born 1957, US, f/ch)

• Maria Archer (1899–1982, Portugal, f/ch/d), pseudonym of Maria Emilia Archer Eyrolles Baltasar Moreira

• Mary Archer (born 1944, England, nf)

• Robyn Archer (born 1948, Australia, d/p/nf)

• Archil of Imereti (1647–1713, Kingdom of Georgia/Russia, p)

• Archilochus (c. 680–645 BCE, Greece, p)

• Archimedes ( c. 287 – c. 212 BCE, Greece, nf)

• Philip Ardagh (born 1961, England, f/ch)

• Elvia Ardalani (born 1963, Mexico, p/nf/f)

• Lavrenti Ardaziani (1815–1870, Russian E, f)

• Jane Arden (1927–1982, England, d)

• Edward Ardizzone (1900–1979, China/England, ch/nf)

• Britt Arenander (born 1941, Sweden, f/p)

• Reinaldo Arenas (1943–1990, Cuba, p/f/d)

• Ana Paula Arendt (born 1980, Brazil, ch/d/p)

• Hannah Arendt (1906–1975, Germany/US, nf)

• Walter Conrad Arensberg (1878–1954, US, p)

• Juan Argerich (1862–1924, Argentina, f/nf)

• Tudor Arghezi (1880–1967, Romania, p/ch)

• Alcides Arguedas (1879–1946, Bolivia, nf/f)

• José María Arguedas (1911–1969, Peru, f/p/nf)

• Manlio Argueta (born 1935, El Salvador, p/f)

• Yemisi Aribisala (born 1973, Nigeria, nf)

• Homero Aridjis (born 1940, Mexico, p/f/nf)

• Dan Ariely (born 1967, US/Israel, nf)

• Philippe Ariès (1914–1984, France, nf)

• Afonso Arinos (1868–1916, Brazil, nf)

• Ludovico Ariosto (1474–1533, Italy, p/d)

• Ikuma Arishima (有島生馬, 1882–1974, Japan, f)

• Takeo Arishima (有島武郎, 1878–1923, Japan, f/nf)

• Aelius Aristides (AD 118–181, Greece, nf)

• Aristophanes (c. 446–385 BC, Greece, d/p)

• Aristotle (384–322 BCE, Greece, nf)

• Sawako Ariyoshi (有吉佐和子, 1931–1984, Japan, f)

• Guru Arjan (1563–1606, India, p)

• Reginald Arkell (1881–1959, England, d/f)

• Mohammed Arkoun (1928–2010, Algeria, nf)

• Aleksander Arkuszyński (1918–2016, Poland, nf)

• Michael Arlen (1895–1956, Bulgaria/US, nf/f/d), born Dikran Kouyoumdjian

• Roberto Arlt (1900–1942, Argentina, f/d/nf)

• Ayi Kwei Armah (born 1939, Gold Coast/Ghana, f/nf/ch)

• Venero Armanno (born 1959, Australia, f/ch)

• Kristinn Ármannsson (1895–1966, Iceland, nf)

• Rae Armantrout (born 1947, US, p, nf)

• T. Q. Armar (1915–2000, Gold Coast/Ghana, nf)

• Raphael Armattoe (1913–1953, Gold Coast/Ghana, nf/p)

• Sergio Román Armendáriz (born 1934, Ecuador, p/d)

• Laura Adams Armer (1874–1963, US, nf/ch)

• Simon Armitage (born 1963, England, p/d/f)

• Annie Armitt (1850–1933, England, f/p/nf)

• Rebecca Agatha Armour (1845–1891, Canada, f)

• Richard Armour (1906–1989, US, p/nf/ch)

• Isobel Armstrong (born 1937, England, nf)

• Karen Armstrong (born 1944, England, nf)

• Lindsay Armstrong (living, S Africa/Australia, f)

• Martin Armstrong (1882–1974, f/p)

• Millicent Armstrong (1888–1973, Australia, d)

• Peter Armstrong (born 1957, England, p)

• Richard Armstrong (1903–1986, England, f/ch)

• Sarah Armstrong (born 1968, Australia, f)

• Tilly Armstrong (1927–2010, England, f)

• William H. Armstrong (1911–1999, US, ch)

• Bergþóra Árnadóttir (1948–2007, Iceland, p)

• Nína Björk Árnadóttir (1941–2000, Iceland, d/p/f)

• Bergljót Arnalds (born 1968, Iceland, ch)

• Jón Árnason (1819–1888, Iceland, nf/ch)

• Örn Árnason (born 1959, Iceland, d)

• Céline Arnauld (1885–1952, Romania/France, p/f)

• Ernst Moritz Arndt (1769–1860, Swedish Pomerania/Germany, nf/p)

• Achim von Arnim (1781–1831, Germany, p/f)

• Bettina von Arnim (1785–1859, Germany, nf)

• Craig Arnold (1967–2009, US, p)

• Edwin Arnold (1822–1904, England, p/nf)

• Edwin Lester Arnold (1857–1935, England, nf/f)

• Elizabeth Arnold (born 1944, England, ch)

• Gottfried Arnold (1666–1714, Germany, nf)

• Janet Arnold (1932–1998, England, nf)

• Matthew Arnold (1822–1888, England, p/nf)

• Ron Arnold (1937–2022, US, nf)

• Sarah Louise Arnold (1859–1943, US, nf)

• Tedd Arnold (born 1949, US, ch)

• Thomas James Arnold (c. 1804–1887, England, nf)

• William Delafield Arnold (1828–1859, England, nf)

• Arnórr jarlaskáld (c. 1012–1070s, Iceland, p)

• Þjóðólfr Arnórsson (fl. 11th c., Iceland/Norway, p)

• Hugo Arnot (1749–1786, Scotland, nf)

• Jean Arp (1886–1966, Germany/Switzerland, p), full name Hans Peter Wilhelm Arp

• Franciszka Arnsztajnowa (1865–1942, Poland, p/d), Holocaust victim

• Fernando Arrabal (born 1932, Spain, d/f/p)

• Hafsa bint al-Hajj Arrakuniyya ((died 1190, Andalusia, p)

• Renée Ferrer de Arréllaga (born 1944, Paraguay, p/f)

• Juan José Arreola (1918–2001, Mexico, f)

• Guillermo Arriaga (born 1958, Mexico, f/d)

• Arrian (c. 86/89 – post-146/160 CE, Greece, nf)), Greek name Arrianos

• Yolanda Arroyo Pizarro (born 1970, Puerto Rico, f/nf/ch)

• Pat Arrowsmith (1930–2023, England, f/nf/p)

• I'timad Arrumaimikiyya (born 1045/1047, Andalusia, p)

• Emmanuelle Arsan (1932–2005, Thailand/France, f), pseudonym of Marayat Rollet-Andriane

• Vladimir Arsenijević (born 1965, Yugoslavia/Serbia, f/nf)

• Vladimir Arsenyev (1872–1930, Russian E/USSR, nf)

• Hranush Arshagyan (1887–1905, Ottoman E, p)

• Eustahija Arsić (1776–1843, Austria-Hungary, nf)

• Ahmed Ibrahim Artan (living, Somalia, nf)

• Antonin Artaud (1896–1948, France, d/p/nf)

• Rosalía Arteaga (born 1956, Ecuador, nf)

• Miguel Arteche (1926–2012, Chile, p/f)

• Keri Arthur (born 1967, Australia, f)

• Portia Arthur (born 1990, Ghana, ch)

• Ruth M. Arthur (1905–1979, Scotland, ch), born Ruth Mabel Arthur Huggins

• H. C. Artmann (1921–2000, Austria, p/nf/f)

• Tovma Artsruni (fl. 9th–10th c., Armenia, nf)

• K. O. Arvidson (1938–2011, N Zealand, p/nf)

• Ingeborg Arvola (born 1974, Norway, n/ch)

• Akram Monfared Arya (born 1946, Iran/Sweden, nf)

• Germán List Arzubide (1898–1998, Mexico, p/nf)

• Gheorghe Asachi (1788–1869, Ukraine/Romania, p/f/d)

• Jirō Asada (浅田次郎, born 1951, Japan, f/nf)

• Houshang Asadi (born 1951, Iran/France, nf)

• Milan Asadurov (1949–2019, Bulgaria, f)

• Zabel Sibil Asadour (1863–1934, Ottoman E/Turkey, nf)

• Asai Ryōi (浅井了意, c. 1612–1691, Japan, f/nf)

• Khadambi Asalache (1935–2006, Kenya/England, f/p)

• M. K. Asante (born 1982, US, nf)

• Bediako Asare (born 1930, Gold Coast/Tanzania, f/nf)

• Meshack Asare (born 1945, Gold Coast/Germany, ch)

• Yaw Asare (1954–2002, Ghana, nf)

• Catherine Asaro (born 1955, US, f)

• Lado Asatiani (1917–1943, USSR, p)

• Peter Christen Asbjørnsen (1812–1885, Norway, nf)

• Hilario Ascasubi (1807–1875, Argentina, p)

• Frank Asch (born 1946, US, ch)

• Sholem Asch (1880–1957, Poland/England, f/d/nf)

• Oscar Asche (1871–1936, Australia, d)

• Birgit Aschmann (born 1967, Germany, nf)

• Abdoulaye Ascofaré (born 1949, Mali, p/d)

• Gaber Asfour (1944–2021, Egypt, nf)

• Issa Asgarally (living, Mauritius, nf)

• John Asgill (1659–1738, England, nf)

• Eysteinn Ásgrímsson (c. 1310–1361, Iceland, p)

• Russell Ash (1946–2010, England, nf/ch)

• John Ashbery (1927–2017, US, p/nf)

• Elizabeth Ashbridge (1713–1755, England/N American colonies, nf)

• Cliff Ashby (1919–2012, England, p/f)

• Deborah Ashby (born 1959, England, nf)

• Joseph Ashby-Sterry (1836 or 1838–1917, England, p/f/nf)

• Laura Ashe (living, England, nf)

• Helen Asher (1927 – c. 2004, Australia, f)

• Michael Asher (born 1953, England, nf/f)

• Jay Asher (born 1975, US, f/nf)

• Daisy Ashford (1881–1972, England, f)

• Lindsay Ashford (born 1959, England, f/nf)

• Taku Ashibe (芦辺拓, born 1958, Japan, f)

• Dariush Ashoori (born 1938, Iran, nf)

• Mariam bint Abu Ya'qub Ashshilbi (died 1020, Andalusia, p)

• Mary Ashun (born 1968, Ghana, f/ch)

• Bernard Ashley (born 1935, England, ch)

• Melissa Ashley (born 1973, Australia, f)

• Renée Ashley (born 1949, US, p/f/nf)

• Robert Ashley (1565–1641, England, nf)

• Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 3rd Earl of Shaftesbury (1671–1713, England/Italy, nf)

• Anastasia M. Ashman (born 1964, US, nf)

• Carl Ashmore (born 1968, England, ch)

• Radwa Ashour (1946–2014, Egypt, f)

• Charles Ashton (1848–1899, Wales, nf)

• Francis Leslie Ashton (1904–1994, England, f)

• Kalinda Ashton (living, Australia, f)

• Leah Ashton (living, Australia, f)

• Rosemary Ashton (born 1947, England, nf)

• Sylvia Ashton-Warner (1908–1984, N Zealand, f/nf)

• Asiimwe Deborah GKashugi (living, Uganda, d), born Deborah Asiimwe

• Isaac Asimov (1920–1992, USSR/US, f/nf)

• Janet Asimov (1926–2019, US, f/ch), pseudonym J. O. Jeppson

• Abu Abdallah ibn Askar (1529–1578, Morocco, nf)

• Rashid Askari (born 1965, E Pakistan/Bangladesh, nf/f)

• Anton Aškerc (1856–1912, Austrian E, p)

• Anne Askew (1520/1521–1546), England, p)

• Kjell Askildsen (1929–2021, Norway, f)

• Ibrahim Aslan (1935–2012, Egypt, f)

• Mahmoud Aslan (1902 – post-1971, Tunisia, f/d)

• Louise Aslanian (1902/1906–1945, Iran/France, p/f), Holocaust victim

• Timoshenko Aslanides (1943–2020, Australia, p)

• Nana Asma'u (1793–1864, Sokoto Caliphate, nf/p)

• Adam Asnyk (1838–1897, Poland/Austria-Hungary, p/d)

• Werner Aspenström (1918–1997, Sweden, p)

• Aemilius Asper (fl. 1st c. CE or late 2nd c. CE, Rome, nf)

• Asphyxia (living, Australia, ch)

• Robert Asprin (1946–2008, US, f)

• Clare Asquith (born 1951, England, nf)

• Lady Cynthia Asquith (1887–1960, England, f/nf/cs)

• Herbert Asquith (1881–1947, p/f)

• Margot Asquith (1864–1945, Scotland/England, nf)

• Ros Asquith (living, England, ch)

• Abu al-Abbas as-Sabti (1129–1204, Morocco, nf)

• Mina Assadi (born 1943, Iran/Sweden, p/nf)

• Ryad Assani-Razaki (born 1981, Benin/Canada, f)

• Robert Assaraf (1936–2018, Morocco/France, nf)

• Akram Assem (born 1965, Afghanistan, nf)

• Akwasi Bretuo Assensoh (born 1946, Gold Coast/US, nf)

• Machado de Assis (1839–1908, Brazil, f/p/d)

• Mary Astell (1666–1731, England, nf)

• David Astle (born 1961, Australia, nf/f/d)

• Thomas Astle (1735–1803, England, nf)

• Judy Astley (living, England, f/nf)

• Thea Astley (1925–2004, Australia, f/p)

• Margaret Aston (1932–2014, England, nf)

• Tilly Aston (1873–1947, Australia, p/nf)

• Carlos Astrada (1894–1970, Argentina, nf)

• Jean Astruc (1684–1766, France, nf)

• Miguel Ángel Asturias (1899–1974, Guatemala/Spain, p/f/d)

• Alaa Al Aswany (born 1957, Egypt, f/nf)

• Bogoboj Atanacković (1826–1858, Hungary/Serbia, f)

• Ksenija Atanasijević (1894–1981, Serbia/Yugoslavia, nf)

• Sonja Atanasijević (born 1962, Yugoslavia/Serbia, f)

• Nataša Atanasković (born 1972, Yugoslavia/Serbia, f)

• Platon Atanacković (1788–1867, Habsburg E, nf)

• Manouchehr Atashi (1931–2005, Iran, p/nf)

• Oğuz Atay (1934–1977, Turkey, f)

• Jón Hnefill Aðalsteinsson (1927–2010, Iceland, nf)

• Athanasius of Alexandria (c. 296/298–373 CE, Greece, nf)

• Edwin Atherstone (1788–1872, England, p/f)

• Cassandra Atherton (living, Australia, p/nf)

• Yusuf Atılgan (1921–1989, Ottoman E/Turkey, f/d)

• Abu Jafar ibn Atiyya (died 1158, Morocco, nf)

• Lucy Atkins (born 1968, England, f/nf)

• Peter Atkins (born 1940, England, nf)

• Blanche Atkinson (1847–1911, England, f/ch)

• Diane Atkinson (living, England, nf)

• Hugh Atkinson (1924–1994, Australia, f/ch)

• Kate Atkinson (born 1951, England, f/d)

• Louisa Atkinson (1834–1872, Australia, f/nf)

• M. E. Atkinson (1899–1974, England, ch)

• Rupert Atkinson (1881–1961, Australia, p/d)

• Tiffany Atkinson (born 1972, Germany/Wales, p)

• William Walker Atkinson (1862–1932, US, nf)

• Odafe Atogun (living, Nigeria, f)

• Vishnu Raj Atreya (1944–2020, Nepal, nf/p)

• Sefi Atta (born 1964, Nigeria/US, f/d)

• Ayesha Harruna Attah (born 1983, Ghana/Senegal, f)

• Karen Attard (born 1958, Australia, f)

• David Attenborough (born 1926, England, nf)

• Per Daniel Amadeus Atterbom (1790–1855, Sweden, p)

• Mririda n'Ait Attik (c. 1900 – c. 1940s, Morocco, p)

• Amelia Atwater-Rhodes (born 1984, US, f/ch)

• Margaret Atwood (born 1939, Canada, n/f/nf)

Au–Az
• Elise Aubert (1837–1909, Norway, f/nf)

• Madeleine de l'Aubespine (1546–1596, France, p)

• Jean-Henri Merle d'Aubigné (1794–1872, Switzerland, nf)

• Cécile Aubry (1928–2010, France, ch)

• Edward St Aubyn (born 1960, England, f/nf)

• Penelope Aubin (c. 1679 – c. 1738, England, f/p)

• John Aubrey (1626–1697, England, nf)

• Hennie Aucamp (1934–2014, S Africa, p/f/nf)

• Dorothy Auchterlonie (1915–1991, England/Australia, nf/p)

• W. H. Auden (1907–1973, England/Austria, p/nf)

• Jean Auel (born 1936, US, f)

• Martin Auer (born 1951, Austria, ch/f/nf)

• Raoul Auernheimer (1876–1948, Austria/US, nf)

• Count Anton Alexander von Auersperg (1806–1876, Austrian E, p), pseudonym Anastasius Grün

• Steve Augarde (born 1950, England, f/ch)

• Augustine of Hippo (354–430, N Africa, nf)

• Imre Augustič, 1837–1879, Hungary, nf/p)

• Lillian Aujo (living, Uganda, f/p)

• Kjell Aukrust (1920–2002, Norway, f)

• Olav Aukrust (1883–1929, Norway, p)

• Ingri and Edgar Parin d'Aulaire (1904–1980; 1898–1986, Norway/US, ch)

• Htin Aung (1909–1978, Burma, nf)

• Pe Aung (1917–2006, Burma/Myanmar, nf)

• Francis Aupiais (1877–1945, France/Benin, nf)

• Marcus Aurelius (121–180 CE, Roman E, nf)

• Jules Barbey d'Aurevilly (1808–1889, France, f)

• Maria Aurora (1937–2010, Portugal, p/f/ch), pseudonym of Aurora Augusta Figueiredo de Carvalho Homem

• Joseph Auslander (1897–1965, US, p/f)

• Rose Ausländer (1901–1988, Austro-Hungarian E/Germany, p)

• Ausonius (c. 310 – c. 395, Roman Gaul, p/nf)

• Jane Austen (1775–1817, England, f)

• Paul Auster (born 1947, US, f/p/nf)

• Ralph Austen (c. 1612–1676, England, nf)

• Alfred Austin (1835–1913, England, p)

• Jane G. Austin (1831–1894, US, f)

• John Austin (1790–1859, England, nf)

• Sarah Austin (1793–1967, England/Germany, nf)

• Jonathan Auxier (born 1981, Canada, ch)

• Jovan Avakumović (c. 1748–1810, Habsburg E, p)

• Gertrudis Gómez de Avellaneda (1814–1873, Cuba/Spain, d/p/f)

• Esther Averill (1902–1992, US, ch)

• Gillian Avery (1926–2016, England, f/nf)

• Harold Avery (1867–1943, England, ch)

• James Avery (1945–2013, US, p)

• Avi (born 1937, US, ch)

• Tusiata Avia (born 1960, N Zealand, p/ch)

• Tamsier Joof Aviance (born 1973, Gambia, nf)

• Avicenna (c. 980–1037, Samanid E/Iran, nf/p), Arabic name Ibn Sina

• Carlos Lobo de Ávila (1860–1895, Portugal, nf)

• Bunty Avieson (living, Australia, f/nf)

• Margaret Avison (1918–2007, Canada, p/nf)

• Jack Avon (born 1967, Zambia/England, nf)

• Smilja Avramov (1918–2018, Yugoslavia/Serbia, nf)

• Dimitrije Avramović (1815–1855, Serbia, nf)

• Tash Aw (born 1971, Malaysia/England, f/nf), full name Aw Ta-Shi (歐大旭)

• Krayem Awad (born 1948, Syria/Austria, p)

• Usman Awang (1929–2001, Malaya/Malaysia, p/d/f)

• Christopher Awdry (born 1940, England, ch)

• Wilbert Awdry (1911–1997, England, ch), known as Rev. W. Awdry

• Ngahuia Te Awekotuku (born 1949, N Zealand, nf)

• Diane Awerbuck (born 1974, S Africa, f/nf)

• Farah Awl (1937–1991, Somaliland/Somalia, nf/p), full name Faarax Maxamed Jaamac Cawl

• Kofi Awoonor (1935–2013, Gold Coast/Ghana, p/f/nf)

• Mohammed Awzal (1670–1749, Morocco, nf)

• Jan Axelson (born 1949, US, nf)

• Majgull Axelsson (born 1947, Sweden, nf)

• Ibrahima Aya (born 1967, Mali, nf/f)

• Felipe Guaman Poma de Ayala (c. 1535 – post-1616, Peru, nf)

• Yukito Ayatsuji (内田直行, born 1960, Japan, f)

• Fatma Aydemir (born 1986, Germany, f/nf)

• Kyi Aye (1929–2016, Burma/Myanmar, p/f)

• A. J. Ayer (1910–1989, England, nf)

• Gennadiy Aygi (1934–2006, USSR/Russia, p)

• Nana Oforiatta Ayim (living, Ghana, f/nf)

• Joseph Ayloffe (1708–1781, England, nf)

• Zighen Aym (born 1957, Algeria/US, nf)

• Marcel Aymé (1902–1967, France, f/ch)

• Ayo Ayoola-Amale (living, Nigeria, p)

• Nabil Ayouch (born 1969, France, f)

• Ed Ayres (born 1941, US, nf)

• Ed Ayres (Australia, nf)

• Pam Ayres (born 1947, England, p)

• Hertha Ayrton (1854–1923, England, nf)

• Robert Aytoun (1570–1638, Scotland, p)

• Awista Ayub (born c. 1979, Afghanistan/India, f)

• Tetsuya Ayukawa (鮎川哲也, 1919–2002, Japan, nf/f)

• Iwao Ayusawa (鮎沢巌, 1894–1972, Japan, nf)

• Qadi Ayyad ben Moussa (1083–1149, Almoravid E, nf)

• Abu Salim al-Ayyashi (1628–1679, Morocco, nf/p)

• Humayun Azad (1947–2004, India/Germany, p/f/nf)

• Shokoofeh Azar (born 1972, Iran/Australia, f)

• Maryam Jafari Azarmani (born 1977, Iran, p/nf)

• Ali Azayku (1942–2004, Morocco, p/nf)

• Predrag Azdejković (born 1978, Germany/Serbia, nf)

• Aluisio Azevedo (1857–1913, Brazil, f/nf/d)

• Álvares de Azevedo (1831–1852, Brazil, p/f/d)

• Artur Azevedo (1855–1908, Brazi. f/d/p)

• Uche Azikiwe (born 1947, Nigeria, nf)

• Mohammad Yousuf Azraq (1937–1992, Afghanistan, nf)

• Mariano Azuela (1873–1952, Mexico, f/d/nf)

• Kiyohiko Azuma (あずまきよひこ, born 1968, Japan, f)

• Trezza Azzopardi (born 1961, Wales/England, f)

• Jody Azzouni (born 1954, US, nf)

• Nnorom Azuonye (born 1967, Biafra/Nigeria, d/p/nf)

• Abd Allah ibn Azzuz (died 1789, Morocco, nf)