List of authors by name: B

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

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

Ba–BB
• Amadou Hampâté Bâ (1900/1901–1991, Mali/Ivory Coast, nf)

• Ba Jin (巴金, 1904–2005, China, f/nf), pseudonym of Li Yaotang

• Mariama Bâ (1929–1981, Senegal/France, f/nf)

• A. C. Baantjer (1923–2010, Netherlands, f)

• Gerzel Baazov (1904–1938, Russian E/USSR, p/d)

• Bolu Babalola (born 1991, England, f/d)

• Rotimi Babatunde (living, Nigeria, p/f/d)

• Charles Babbage (1791–1871, England, nf)

• Natalie Babbitt (1932–2016, US, ch)

• Dragan Babić (1937–2013, Yugoslavia/Serbia, nf)

• Gregory Victor Babic (1963–2013, Australia, nf/f)

• Sava Babić (1934–2012, Yugoslavia/Serbia, nf)

• Gervase Babington (1549/1550–1610, England, nf)

• Mihály Babits (1883–1941, Hungary, p/f/nf)

• Gabriela Babnik (born 1979, Yugoslavia/Slovenia, f)

• Ken Babstock (born 1970, Canada, p)

• Jimmy Santiago Baca (born 1952, US, p/nf/d)

• Riccardo Bacchelli (1891–1985, Italy, f)

• Bacchylides (c. 518 – c. 451 BCE, Greece, p)

• Hachemi Baccouche (1916–2008, Tunisia, nf)

• Bellamy Bach (group pseudonym, fl. 1980s, US, f/p)

• Richard Bach (born 1936, US, f)

• Harivansh Rai Bachchan (1907–2003, India, p), born Harivansh Rai Srivastava

• Joseph M. Bachelor (1887–1947, US, p)

• Simon Bacher (1823–1891, Hungary, p)

• Ingeborg Bachmann (1926–1973, Austria, p/d/f)

• Sutardji Calzoum Bachri (born 1941, Dutch East Indies/Indonesia, p)

• Camil Baciu (1926–2005, Romania/France, nf/f)

• Maria Baciu (born 1942, Romania, p/f/ch)

• Anne-Marie de Backer (1908–1987, France, p)

• Marijn Backer (born 1956, Netherlands, p/ch)

• Edmund Backhouse (1873–1944, England, nf)

• Elizabeth Backhouse (1917–2013, Australia, f/d)

• William Backhouse (1593–1662, England, nf)

• Fredrik Backman (born 1981, Sweden, f)

• Anne Bacon (1527 or 1528–1610, England, nf)

• Francis Bacon (1561–1626, England, nf)

• Phanuel Bacon (1700–1783, England, d/p)

• Anatol E. Baconsky (1925–1977, Romania, p/f/nf)

• John Baconthorpe (c. 1290–1347, England, nf), also known as Bacconius

• George Bacovia (1881–1957, Romania, p), pseudonym of Gheorghe Vasiliu

• Krzysztof Kamil Baczyński (1921–1944, Poland, p)

• John F. Baddeley (1854–1940, England, nf)

• David Baddiel (born 1964, England, f/nf/ch)

• Robert Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell (1857–1941, England/Kenya, nf)

• Van Badham (born 1974, Australia, d/f)

• Janet Badjan-Young (born 1937, Gambia, d)

• Adwoa Badoe (living, Ghana/Canada, f/nf)

• Yaba Badoe (born 1954, Ghana/England, nf)

• Amna Elsadik Badri (living, Sudan, nf)

• Hala El Badry (born 1954, Egypt, nf/f)

• Robert Bage (1730–1801, England, f)

• Walter Bagehot (1826–1887, England, nf)

• Julio Baghy (1891–1967, Hungary, p/f)

• Jean-Louis Baghio'o (1910–1994, Martinique/France, f/nf/p), pseudonym of Victor Jean-Louis

• Desmond Bagley (1923–1983, England, f)

• Enid Bagnold (1889–1981, England, p/f)

• Richard Bagot (1860–1921, England, f/nf)

• Elisaveta Bagryana (1893–1991, Bulgaria, p)

• Tilly Bagshawe (born 1973, England, f)

• Guru Tegh Bahadur (1621–1675, Mughal E, p/nf)

• Kul Bahadur KC (1946–2013, Nepal, p)

• Kerolos Bahgat (born 1991, Egypt, nf)

• Abdul Hamid Bahij (born 1979, Afghanistan/Germany, nf)

• Eric Bahloo (born 1964, Mauritius/France, nf)

• Eduardo Bähr (born 1940, Honduras, f/nf)

• Bai Juyi (白居易, 772–846, China, p)

• Mah Laqa Bai (1768–1824, India, p), born Chanda Bai

• Bai Renfu (白仁甫, c. 1226−1306, China, d)

• Bai Shouyi (白壽彝, 1909–2000, China, nf)

• Jean-Antoine de Baïf (1532–1589, Venice/France, p)

• Grace Shattuck Bail (1898–1996, US, p)

• Murray Bail (born 1941, Australia, f/nf)

• Adrian Bailey (born 1945, England, nf)

• David Bailey (living, England, f/d/nf)

• H. C. Bailey (1878–1961, England, f)

• Hilary Bailey (1936–2017, England, f/nf)

• Nathan Bailey (died 1742, England, nf)

• Paul Bailey (born 1937, England, f/d)

• Philip James Bailey (1816–1902, England, p)

• Sarah Lord Bailey (1856–1922, England/US, nf)

• Allan Baillie (born 1943, Scotland/Australia, f/ch)

• Joanna Baillie (1762–1851, Scotland/England, p/d)

• Robert Baillie (1602–1662, Scotland, nf)

• Séry Bailly (1948–2018, Ivory Coast, nf/f)

• Alexander Bain (1818–1903, Scotland, nf)

• F. W. Bain (1863–1940, England/India, f)

• Beryl Bainbridge (1932–2010, England, f/nf)

• Doreen Baingana (born 1966, Uganda, f/ch/nf)

• Elizabeth-Irene Baitie (born 1970, Ghana, f/ch)

• Ibn Bajjah (died 1138, Morocco, nf/p), also known as Avempace

• József Bajza (1804–1858, Austria-Hungary, p/nf)

• Jozef Ignác Bajza (1755–1836, Austria-Hungary, f)

• Józef Baka (1706 or 1707–1780, Polish Lithuania, p)

• Latifa Baka (born 1964, Morocco, f)

• Vyt Bakaitis (born 1940, Lithuania/US, p)

• Djibo Bakary (1922–1998, Niger, nf)

• Bake Robert Tumuhaise (born 1981, Uganda, nf)

• Anne Baker (born 1914, England, nf)

• David Baker (born 1954, US, p)

• Deb Baker (born 1953, US, f)

• Deborah Baker (living, US/India, nf)

• Denys Val Baker (1917–1984, Wales, f/nf)

• Henry Baker (1698–1774, England, nf)

• Hinemoana Baker (born 1968, N Zealand, p)

• James Robert Baker (1947–1997, US, f)

• Kage Baker (1952–2010, US, f)

• Kate Baker (1861–1953, Australia, nf)

• Louisa Alice Baker (1856–1926, N Zealand, f)

• Marina Baker (born 1967, England, ch)

• Samuel Baker (1821–1893, England, nf)

• Wasef Bakhtari (born 1942, Afghanistan/US, p/nf)

• Bâkî (1526–1600, Ottoman E, p), pseudonym of Mahmud Abdülbâkî

• Ljiljana Bakić (1939–2022, Yugoslavia/Serbia, nf)

• Khnata bent Bakkar (died 1754, Morocco, nf)

• R. Scott Bakker (born 1967, Canada, f)

• C. Johan Bakkes (born 1956, S Africa, nf)

• Christiaan Bakkes (born 1965, S Africa, nf)

• Margaret Bakkes (1931–2016, S Africa, f/nf)

• Stefano Bakonyi (1892–1969, Hungary/Italy, nf)

• Lujo Bakotić (1867–1941, Austrian E/Yugoslavia, nf)

• Peter Bakowski (born 1954, Australia, p)

• Salwa Bakr (born 1949, Egypt, f)

• Krishna Bhusan Bal (1948–2012, Nepal, p)

• Bob Balaban (born 1945, US, ch)

• John Balaban (born 1943, US, p)

• Judy Balaban (1932–2023, US, nf)

• Đorđe Balašević (1953–2021, Yugoslavia/Serbia, p)

• Bálint Balassi (1554–1594, Hungary, p)

• Rajeev Balasubramanyam (England, f)

• Béla Balázs (1884–1949, Hungary, nf/p)

• Julia Balbilla (72 CE – post–130, Roman E, p)

• Edward Balcerzan (born 1937, Poland, nf/p)

• Nigel Balchin (1908–1970, England, f/nf/d)

• Betsy Balcombe (1802–1871, England, nf)

• David Baldacci (born 1960, US, f)

• Sirah Baldé (1929–2018, Guinea, f)

• Margaret Balderson (born 1935, Australia, ch)

• Kristín Marja Baldursdóttir (born 1949, Iceland, f)

• Faith Baldwin (1893–1978, US, f)

• James Baldwin (1924–1987, US, nf)

• John Bale (1495–1563, England/Ireland, nf)

• Stanisław Baliński (1898–1984, Poland, p/nf)

• Rabia Balkhi (10th c. CE, Afghanistan/Samanid E, p)

• Hugo Ball (1886–1927, Germany/Switzerland, p/nf)

• Jesse Ball (born 1978, US, f/p)

• Murray Ball (1939–2017, N Zealand, nf)

• Zsófia Balla (born 1949, Romania/Hungary, p/nf)

• Philippa Ballantine (born 1971, N Zealand, f)

• David Ballantyne (1924–1986, N Zealand, f/nf)

• R. M. Ballantyne (1825–1894, Scotland/England, f)

• Carol Ballard (living, England, nf)

• J. G. Ballard (1930–2009, China/England, f/nf)

• Todhunter Ballard (1903–1980, US, f)

• Ishwor Ballav (1937–2008, Nepal, p)

• Blue Balliett (born 1955, US, ch)

• Addie L. Ballou (1838–1916, US, p/nf)

• Pedro Balmaceda (1868–1889, Chile, nf)

• Josephine Balmer (born 1959, England, p/nf)

• Konstantin Balmont (1867–1942, Russian E/USSR, p)

• Mary Balogh (born 1944, Wales/Canada, ch)

• J. P. V. D. Balsdon (1901–1977, England, nf)

• Honoré de Balzac (1799–1850, France, f)

• Samuel Bamford (1788–1872, England, nf/p)

• John Codrington Bampfylde (1754–1796/7, England, p)

• Ban Biao (班彪, 3–54 CE, China, nf)

• Ban Gu (班固, 32–92 CE, China, nf/p)

• Matija Ban (1818–1903, Austrian E/Serbia, p/d)

• Ban Zhao (班昭, c. 45/49 – 117/120 CE, China, nf)

• Zsófia Bán (born 1957, Brazil/Hungary, nf)

• Carmen-Francesca Banciu (born 1955, Romania, f/d)

• Richard Bancroft (1544–1610, England, nf)

• Ellen Banda-Aaku (born 1965, England/Zambia, f/ch)

• António Gonçalves de Bandarra (1500–1556, Portugal, nf/p)

• Biyi Bandele (1967–2022, Nigeria/England, f/d)

• Manuel Bandeira (1886–1968, Brazil, p/nf)

• Danica Bandić (1871–1950, Austria-Hungary/Serbia, f/d)

• Faith Bandler (1918–2015, Australia, nf)

• Manik Bandopadhyay (1908–1956, India, f)

• Bibhutibhushan Bandyopadhyay (1894–1950, India, f)

• Sharadindu Bandyopadhyay (1899–1970, India, f)

• Tarasankar Bandyopadhyay (1898–1971, India, f)

• Miklós Bánffy (1873–1950, Hungary, f/nf)

• Herman Bang (1857–1912, Denmark, f)

• Mary Jo Bang (born 1946, US, p)

• Odd Bang-Hansen (1908–1984, Norway, nf/f/ch)

• Bunmi Banjo (born 1977, Canada/Nigeria, nf)

• Zsuzsa Bánk (born 1965, Germany, f)

• Isabella Banks (1821–1897, England, f/p)

• Iain M. Banks (1954–2013, Scotland, f)

• Lynne Reid Banks (1929–2024, England, ch/f)

• Russell Banks (born 1940, US, f/p)

• Anne Bannerman (1765–1829, Scotland, p)

• Helen Bannerman (1862–1946, Scotland, ch)

• Lex Banning (1921–1965, Australia, p)

• Ann Bannon (born 1932, US, f)

• Shabbir Banoobhai (born 1949, S Africa, p)

• Bao Junhui (鮑君徽, late 8th c. CE, China, p)

• Bao Linghui (鲍令晖, fl. c. 464 CE, China, p)

• Bao Zhao (鮑照, c. 414–466, China, p/nf)

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

• Reza Baraheni (1935–2022, Iran/Canada, f/p/nf)

• Amiri Baraka (1934–2014, US, p/d/f), birth name Everett LeRoi Jones

• Ibtisam Barakat (born 1963, Palestine, USA) author and poet (ابتسام بركات)

• Marcin Baran (born 1963, Poland, p/nf)

• Stanisław Barańczak (1946–2014, Poland, p/nf)

• Agnieszka Baranowska (1819–1890, Prussian Poland, d/p)

• Porfirio Barba-Jacob (1883–1942, Colombia, p/nf)

• Anna Laetitia Barbauld (1743–1825, England, p/f/ch)

• Jorge Barbosa (1902–1971, Cape Verde/Portugal, p/nf)

• Alexander Barclay (c. 1476–1552, Scotland/England, p)

• Edwin Barclay (1882–1955, Liberia, nf)

• Janos Bardi (1923–1990, Hungary/Germany, f/nf/d)

• Théodore de Banville (1823–1891, France, p/nf)

• Ana de Sousa Baptista (born 1971, Portugal, p)

• Antanas Baranauskas (1835–1902, Russian E, p)

• Nikoloz Baratashvili (1817–1845, Russian E, p)

• Porfirio Barba-Jacob (1883–1942, Colombia, p/nf)

• Anna Laetitia Barbauld (1743–1825, England, p/nf/ch)

• Arlindo Barbeitos (born 1940, Angola, p)

• W. N. P. Barbellion (1889–1919, England, nf)

• Margaret Barber (1869–1901, England, nf), pseudonym Michael Fairless

• Mary Barber (c. 1685 – c. 1755, Ireland/England, p)

• Ros Barber (born 1964, England, f/p)

• Shirley Barber (1935–2023, England/Australia, ch)

• Muriel Barbery (born 1969, France, f)

• Auguste Barbier (1805–1882, France, d/p)

• Eileen Barbosa (living, Cape Verde, f)

• John Barbour (c. 1320–1395, Scotland, p)

• Ralph Henry Barbour (1870–1944, US, ch)

• Eugen Barbu (1924–1993, Romania, f)

• Ion Barbu (1895–1961, Romania, nf/p), pseudonym of Dan Barbilian

• Alexander Barclay (c. 1476–1552, England, nf)

• Edwin Barclay (1882–1955, Liberia, nf/p)

• Florence L. Barclay (1862–1921, England, f)

• James Barclay (born 1965, England, f)

• Robert Barclay (1648–1690, England, nf)

• Janos Bardi (1923–1990, Hungary/Germany, f/nf)

• Michele Bardsley (born 1970, US, f)

• Leigh Bardugo, (born 1975, US, f)

• Burl Barer (born 1947, US, nf)

• John Baret (died 1580, England, nf)

• Giuseppe Marc'Antonio Baretti (1719–1789, Italy/England, nf]]

• Owen Barfield (1898–1997, England, nf/f/p)

• Serie Barford (living, N Zealand, p)

• Charles Foster Barham (1804–1884, England, nf)

• Debbie Barham (1976–2003, England, f)

• Richard Barham (1788–1845, England, f/p), pseudonym Thomas Ingoldsby

• Alessandro Baricco (born 1958, Italy, f/d)

• Maurice Baring (1874–1945, England, d/p/f)

• Sabine Baring-Gould (1834–1924, England, nf/f)

• René Barjavel (1911–1985, France, f/nf)

• Mehdi Ben Barka (1920 – post-1965, Morocco, nf)

• Mohammad Barkatullah (1898–1974, India/Bangladesh, nf)

• A. L. Barker (1918–2002, England, f)

• Cicely Mary Barker (1895–1973, England, nf)

• Clive Barker (born 1952, England, d/f)

• Dan Barker (born 1949, US, nf)

• Elspeth Barker (born 1940, Scotland/England, f/nf)

• George Barker (1913–1991, England, p)

• Jane Barker (1652–1732, England, f/p/nf)

• Juliet Barker (born 1958, England, nf)

• Les Barker (1947–2023, England, p)

• Mary Anne Barker (1831–1911, Jamaica/England, nf)

• Nicola Barker (born 1966, England/S Africa, f)

• Pat Barker (born 1943, England, f)

• Raffaella Barker (born 1964, England, f/ch)

• Sebastian Barker (1945–2014, England, f/nf)

• Joyce Barkhouse (1913–2012, Canada, ch)

• Jill Barklem (1951–2017, England, ch)

• Anna Barkova (1901–1976, Russia/USSR, p/nf/d)

• Coleman Barks (born 1937, US, p)

• Clement Barksdale (1609–1687, England, nf)

• Mihály Barla (c. 1778–1824, Hungary, f/p)

• Ernst Barlach (1870–1938, Germany, nf)

• Fevziye Rahgozar Barlas (born 1955, Afghanistan/US, p/f)

• Jeffrey E. Barlough (born 1953, US, f/nf)

• Christopher Henry Muwanga Barlow (1929–2006, Uganda, p)

• Frank Barlow (1911–2009, England, nf)

• George Barlow (1847–1913 or 1914, England, p), pseudonym James Hinton

• Thomas Barlow (c. 1608–1691, England, nf)

• William Barlow (died 1613, England, nf)

• Kitty Barne (1882–1961, England, d/ch)

• Barnabe Barnes (c. 1571–1609, England, p)

• Lady Anne Barnard (1750–1825, Scotland/S Africa, nf/p)

• John Barnard (1628–1683, England, nf)

• Marjorie Barnard (1897–1987, Australia, f/nf)

• Mary Barnard (1909–2001, US, p)

• Mordaunt Roger Barnard (1828–1906, England, nf)

• Neal D. Barnard (born 1953, US, nf)

• Kitty Barne (1882–1961, England, d/ch)

• Ambrose Barnes (1627–1710, England, nf)

• Djuna Barnes (1892–1982, US, f/nf/p)

• Eric Barnes (born 1968, US, f)

• John Barnes (born 1957, US, f)

• Jonathan Barnes (born 1942, England, nf)

• Joshua Barnes (1654–1712, England, nf/f)

• Julian Barnes (born 1946, England, f)

• Steven Barnes (born 1952, US, f)

• Stuart Barnes (born 1977, Australia, p)

• Will C. Barnes (1858–1936, US, nf)

• William Barnes (1801–1886, p/nf)

• Annie Wall Barnett (1859–1942, US, p)

• Catherine Barnett (born 1960, US, p)

• Correlli Barnett (1927–2022, England, nf)

• Jill Barnett (living, US, f)

• Natalie Clifford Barney (1876–1972, US/France, d/p/f)

• Richard Barnfield (1574–1620, England, p)

• Wilton Barnhardt (born 1960, US, f)

• Kelly Barnhill (born 1973, US, ch)

• Vasil Barnovi (1856–1934, Russian E/USSR, f)

• Willis Barnstone (born 1927, US, p/nf)

• José Baroja (born 1983, Chile, nf)

• Alexander Baron (1917–1999, England, f/d)

• Evangeline Barongo (living, Uganda, ch)

• Linda Maria Baros (born 1981, Romania/France, p/nf)

• Amelia Edith Huddleston Barr (1831–1919, England, f)

• John Barr (1809–1889, Scotland/N Zealand, p)

• Miriam Barr (born 1982, N Zealand, p)

• Nevada Barr (born 1952, US, f)

• Pat Barr (1934–2018, England, f/nf)

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

• Geoffrey Barraclough (1908–1984, England, nf)

• Sarah Maria Barraud (1823–1895, N Zealand, nf)

• Tony Barrell (living, England, nf)

• Julio Pazos Barrera (born 1944, Ecuador, p)

• Maurice Barrès (1862–1923, France, f/nf)

• John Barret (1631–1713, England, nf)

• Joseph Barret (1665–1699, England, nf)

• Lima Barreto (1881–1922, Brazil, f/nf)

• A. Igoni Barrett (born 1979, Nigeria, f)

• Andrea Barrett (born 1954, US, f)

• Jo Barrett (living, US, f)

• Lindsay Barrett (born 1941, Jamaica/Nigeria, p/f/d)

• Lynne Barrett (living, US, f)

• Rachel Barrett (1874–1953, Wales/England, nf)

• Robert G. Barrett (1942–2012, Australia, f)

• William Barrett (1733–1789, England, nf)

• J. M. Barrie (1860–1937, Scotland/England, f/d/ch)

• Leslie Barringer (1895–1968, England, f)

• Eduardo Barrios (1884–1963, Chile, f/nf/p)

• Laird Barron (born 1970, US, f/p)

• T. A. Barron (born 1952, US, ch/nf)

• João de Barros (1496–1570, Portugal, nf)

• Isaac Barrow (1630–1677, England, nf)

• John Barrow (fl. 1735–1774, England, nf)

• Julia Barrow (born 1956, England, nf)

• William Barrow (1754–1836)

• Mark Barrowcliffe (born 1964, England, f)

• Rachel Barrowman (born 1963, N Zealand, nf)

• Angela Barry (born 1940s, Bermuda, f)

• Dave Barry (born 1947, US, nf/f)

• John Arthur Barry (1850–1911, England/Australia, f)

• Kevin Barry (born 1951, US, d)

• Kevin Barry (born 1969, Ireland, f)

• Kesso Barry (born 1948, Guinea/France, f)

• Margaret Stuart Barry (1927–2022, England, ch)

• Mariama Barry (living, Senegal, f)

• Max Barry (born 1973, Australia, f/nf)

• Stan Barstow (1928–2011, England, f)

• Sándor Barta (1897–1938, Hungary/USSR, p)

• Guillaume de Salluste Du Bartas (1544–1590, France, p)

• Adolf Bartels (1862–1945, Germany, nf/p)

• John Barth (1930–2024, US, f)

• Joachim Bartholomae (born 1956, Germany)

• Richard Bartholomew (1926–1985, Burma/India, nf/p)

• William Bartholomew (1793–1867, England, d)

• Mike Bartlett (born 1980, England, d)

• Vladimir Bartol (1903–1967, Yugoslavia/Slovenia, f/d)

• Bernard Barton (1784–1849, England, p)

• Charlotte Barton (1797–1867, Australia, ch)

• David Barton (born 1954, US, nf)

• Emily Mary Barton (1817–1909, Australia, p)

• Joan Barton (1908–1986, England, p)

• Gaston Bart-Williams (1938–1990, Sierra Leone/Germany, f/nf/p)

• Bipradash Barua (born 1940, India/Bangladesh, f)

• Bertha Hirsch Baruch (fl. early 20th c., Germany/US, nf)

• Violet Barungi (born 1943, Uganda, f/ch/d)

• Mildred Barya (born 1976, Uganda/US, f/nf/p)

• Empi Baryeh (living, Ghana, f)

• Jalal Barzanji (born 1953, Iraq, p/nf)

• Anabela Basalo (born 1972, Yugoslavia/Serbia, f)

• Svetislav Basara (born 1953, Yugoslavia/Serbia, nf)

• Neagoe Basarab (c. 1459–1521, Wallachia, nf)

• Graeme Base (born 1958, England/Australia, ch)

• Olumbe Bassir (1919–2001, Sierra Leone, nf)

• Angèle Bassolé-Ouédraogo (born 1967, Ivory Coast/Canada, p/nf)

• François Bassolet (1933–2001, Burkina Faso, nf)

• Jackee Budesta Batanda (living, Uganda, f/nf)

• Johann Bernhard Basedow (1724–1790, Germany, nf)

• Todd Bash (born 1965, US, d)

• Miryana Basheva (1947–2020, Bulgaria, p)

• Henry Howarth Bashford (1880–1961, England, f/nf)

• Al-Tijani Yusuf Bashir (1912–1937, Sudan, p)

• Matsuo Bashō (松尾芭蕉, 1644–1694, Japan, p)

• Michael Basinski (born 1950, US, p)

• Ellen Bass (born 1947, US, p)

• Nelson Estupiñán Bass (1912–2002, Ecuador, f/p/nf)

• T. J. Bass (1932–2011, US, f/nf), also known as Thomas J. Bassler

• Giorgio Bassani (1916–2000, Italy, f/p/nf)

• William Basse (c. 1583 – c. 1653, England, p)

• Marnie Bassett (1890–1980, Australia, nf)

• Hussein Bassir (living, Egypt, nf)

• Angèle Bassolé-Ouédraogo (born 1967, Ivory Coast/Canada, p/nf)

• Peter Bastian (1943–2017, Denmark, nf)

• Frédéric Bastiat (1801–1850, France, nf)

• Augusto Roa Bastos (1917–2005, Paraguay, f/d)

• Olav Rune Ekeland Bastrup (born 1956, Norway, nf)

• John Bastwick (1593–1654, England, nf)

• Georges Bataille (1897–1962, France, nf)

• Henry Bataille (1872–1922, France, d/p)

• Dušan T. Bataković (1957–2017, Yugoslavia/Serbia, nf)

• Jonathan Bate (born 1958, England, nf/f)

• Colin Bateman (born 1962, Ireland, f/ch)

• James Bateman (1811–1897, England, nf)

• Michael Bateman (1932–2006, England, nf)

• Arlo Bates (1850–1918, US, f/p/nf)

• Daisy Bates (1859–1951, Australia, nf)

• David Bates (1809–1970, US, p)

• H. E. Bates (1905–1974, England, f/nf/ch)

• Henry Walter Bates (1825–1892, England, nf)

• Katharine Lee Bates (1859–1929, US, p)

• Ralph Bates (1899–2000, England, f/nf)

• Catherine Bateson (born 1960, Australia, f/p)

• Elizabeth Bath (1776–1844, England, p)

• Joseph Bathanti (born 1953, US, p/f/nf)

• José Batlle y Ordóñez (1856–1929, Uruguay, nf)

• Larbi Batma (1948–1998, Morocco, p)

• Kofi Batsa (1931–1991, Gold Coast/Ghana, nf)

• János Batsányi (1763–1845, Hungary, p)

• Ibn Battuta (1304–1377, Morocco, nf)

• Enis Batur (born 1952, Turkey, p/nf/f)

• Wilhelm Bauberger (1809–1883, Germany, f)

• Henry Bauchau (1913–2012, Belgium/France, nf/p)

• Dawn-Michelle Baude (born 1959, US, p/nf)

• Charles Baudelaire (1821–1867, France, p/nf)

• Emma Pow Bauder (1848–1932, US, f)

• Edward Baugh (1936–2023, Jamaica, p/nf)

• Blanche Baughan (1870–1958, N Zealand, p/nf)

• L. Frank Baum (1856–1919, US, ch)

• Vicki Baum (1888–1960, Austria/US, f)

• Hans Baumann (1914–1988, Germany, p/ch)

• Ferdinand Christian Baur (1792–1860, Germany, nf)

• Cirilo Bautista (1941–2018, Philippines, p/nf)

• Lualhati Bautista (1945–2023, Philippines, f/nf)

• Gillian Baverstock (1931–2007, England, nf/f)

• Nina Bawden (1925–2012, England, ch)

• Alan Baxter (born 1970, England/Australia, f)

• Andrew Baxter (1686/1687–1750, Scotland, nf)

• Charles Baxter (born 1947, US, f/nf/p)

• James K. Baxter (1926–1972, N Zealand, p/d)

• John Baxter (born 1939, Australia/France, f/nf)

• Marion Babcock Baxter (1850–1910, US, nf/p)

• Richard Baxter (1615–1691, England, nf/p)

• Stephen Baxter (born 1957, England, f)

• Mary Temple Bayard (1853–1916, US, f/nf)

• Basil Al Bayati (born 1946, Iraq/England, nf)

• Sevtap Baycılı (born 1968, Netherlands, f)

• Mohammed al-Baydhaq (died post-1164, Morocco, nf)

• William Bayer (born 1939, US, f)

• Arthur Bayldon (1865–1958, England/Australia, p/f)

• Pierre Bayle (1647–1706, France/Netherlands, nf)

• William Baylebridge (1883–1942, Australia, p/f)

• John Bayley (writer) (1925–2015, England, f/nf)

• Peter Bayley (1778–1823, England, p/d)

• Ada Ellen Bayly (1857–1903, England, f), pseudonym of Edna Lyall

• Jaime Bayly (born 1965, Peru, f/p/nf)

• Thomas Haynes Bayly (1797–1839, England, p/d/nf)

• Barbara Baynton (1857–1929, Australia, f)

• Martin Baynton (born 1953, England/N Zealand, f/ch)

• Siham Bayyumi (born 1949, Egypt, f/nf)

• Ernest Bazanye (living, Uganda, f/nf)

• Nura Bazdulj-Hubijar (born 1951, Yugoslavia/Bosnia, f/ch/p)

• René Bazin (1853–1932, France, f)

• "BB" (1905–1990, England, ch/nf), pseudonym of Denys Watkins-Pitchford

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• Eric Beach (born 1947, N Zealand/Australia, p/d/f)

• Jeremy John Beadle (1956–1995, England, nf)

• John Beadle (died 1667, England, nf)

• John Beaglehole (1901–1971, N Zealand, nf)

• Ishmael Beah (born 1980, Sierra Leone, nf/f)

• Lesley Beake (born 1949, Scotland/S Africa, ch)

• Anne Beale (1816–1900, England/Wales, f/p)

• Fleur Beale (born 1945, N Zealand, f/ch)

• Marcel Béalu (1908–1993, France, f/p/d)

• Sydney George Hulme Beaman (1887–1932, England, ch)

• Margaret Beames (1935–2016, N Zealand, ch)

• Richard Bean (born 1956, England, d)

• Elizabeth Bear (born 1971, US, f)

• Aubrey Beardsley (1872–1898, England, nf)

• Greg Bear (born 1951, US, f)

• Delilah L. Beasley (1871–1934, US, nf)

• Richard Beasley (born 1964, Australia, f/nf)

• Doug Beason (born 1953, US, f)

• Clara Bancroft Beatley (1858–1923, US, nf)

• Beatrice of Nazareth (c. 1200–1268, Flanders, nf)

• James Beattie (1735–1803, Scotland, nf)

• Jan Beatty (born 1952, US, p)

• Jerome Beatty Jr. (1916–2002, US, ch)

• John and Patricia Beatty (1922–1975, 1922–1991, US, f/nf)

• Laura Beatty (born 1963, England, f/nf)

• Sally Beauman (1944–2016, England, f/nf)

• Pierre Beaumarchais (1732–1799, France, d/nf)

• Beaumont and Fletcher (early 17th c., England, d)

• Charles Beaumont (1929–1967, US, f)

• Francis Beaumont (1584–1616, England, d)

• Jeanne-Marie Leprince de Beaumont (1711–1780, France, ch)

• John Beaumont (1552/1553–1627, England, p)

• Joseph Beaumont (1616–1699, England, p)

• Airini Beautrais (born 1982, N Zealand, p)

• Simone de Beauvoir (1908–1986, France, nf)

• Bruce Beaver (1928–2004, Australia, p/f)

• Samuel Beazley (1786–1851, England, f/d/nf)

• Ambrose Bebb (1894–1955, Wales, nf)

• Francis Bebey (1929–2001, Cameroon/France, f/nf)

• Cesare Beccaria (1738–1794, Italy, nf)

• Margaret Bechard (born 1953, US, ch)

• Johannes R. Becher (1891–1958, Germany, f/p)

• Béatrix Beck (1914–2008, Switzerland, f/p)

• Philippe Beck (born 1963, France, p/nf)

• George Lewis Becke (1855–1913, Australia, f)

• Aaron Becker (born 1974, US, ch)

• Herbert L. Becker (born 1956, US)

• Jillian Becker (born 1932, S Africa, f/nf)

• Jurek Becker (1937–1997, Poland/Germany, f)

• Bernard Beckett (born 1967, N Zealand, f/ch)

• Chris Beckett (born 1955, England, f/nf)

• Gilbert Abbott à Beckett (1811–1856, England, f/nf/d)

• Samuel Beckett (1906–1989, Ireland/France, f/d/p)

• Peter Beckford (1740–1811, England, nf)

• William Beckford (1760–1844, England, f/nf)

• Joshua Beckman (living, US, p)

• Thea Beckman (1923–2004, Netherlands, ch)

• Matija Bećković (born 1939, Yugoslavia/Serbia, p/nf)

• Lillian Beckwith (1916–2004), England/Scotland, nf)

• Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer (1836–1870, Spain, p/f/d)

• Thomas Lovell Beddoes (1803–1849, England, p/d)

• Frank Beddor (born 1958, US, f/ch)

• Bede (672/673–735, England, nf)

• Jean Bedford (born 1946, Australia, f)

• Jimmy B. Bedford (1927–1990, US, nf)

• K. A. Bedford (born 1963, Australia, f)

• Randolph Bedford (1868–1941, Australia, p/f)

• Ruth Bedford (1882–1963, Australia, p/d/ch)

• Simi Bedford (living, Nigeria/England, f)

• Sybille Bedford (1911–2006, Germany/England, nf/f)

• Guy de la Bédoyère (born 1957, England, nf)

• Jack Bedson (born 1950, Australia, p/ch)

• William Bedwell (1561–1632, England, nf)

• George Beeby (1869–1942, Australia, nf/d/f)

• Henry Beeching (1859–1919, England, p/nf)

• Patricia Beer (1919–1999, England, p/nf)

• Rachel Beer (1858–1927, India/England, nf)

• Constance Beerbohm (1856–1939, England, d/nf)

• Julius Beerbohm (1854–1906, England, nf)

• Max Beerbohm (1872–1956, England, nf)

• Alfred Beesley (1800–1847, England, nf/p)

• Isabella Beeton (1836–1965, England, nf), known as Mrs. Beeton

• Nicolaas Beets (1814–1903, Netherlands, nf/p)

• Antony Beevor (born 1946, England, nf)

• Azouz Begag (born 1957, France, f/nf/ch)

• Philip Begho (born 1956, Nigeria, d/ch/f)

• Michael Beheim (1416 – c. 1472, Germany, p)

• Albrecht Behmel (born 1971, Germany, f/nf/d)

• Aphra Behn (1640–1689, England, d/p/f)

• Ari Behn (1972–2019, Norway, f/d/nf)

• Mark Behr (1963–2015, Tanganyika/S Africa, f/nf)

• Larissa Behrendt (born 1969, Australia, nf/f)

• Bei Dao (北島, born 1949, China, p/f/nf), pseudonym of Zhao Zhenkai

• Maria Beig (1920–2018, Germany, f)

• Sara Beirão (1880–1974, Portugal, f/ch)

• Olinda Beja (born 1946, São Tomé and Príncipe, p/f/ch)

• Hélé Béji (born 1948, Tunisia, f/nf)

• Alexander Bek (1903–1972, Russia/USSR, f/nf

• Ferenc Békássy (1893–1915, Hungary, p)

• Hafsa Bekri (born 1948, Morocco, p/f)

• Tahar Bekri (born 1951, Tunisia/France, p/nf)

• Matthias Bel (1684–1749, Austria-Hungary, nf)

• Radomir Belaćević (1929–2005, Yugoslavia/Serbia, f)

• Abderrazak Belagrouz (born 1981, Algeria, nf)

• Rabah Belamri (1946–1995, Algeria, p/f/nf)

• David Belbin (born 1958, England, f)

• Daubridgecourt Belchier (1580–1621, England, d)

• Cedric Belfrage (1904–1990, England/Mexico, nf)

• Sally Belfrage (1936–1994, US/England, nf)

• Abdelmalek Belghiti (1906–2010, Morocco, p)

• Farida Belghoul (born 1958, Algeria/France, f/d)

• Omar Belhouchet (born1 1954, Algeria, nf)

• Aleksandar Belić (1876–1960, Serbia/Yugoslavia, nf)

• James Belich (born 1956, N Zealand, nf)

• Erin Belieu (born 1965, US, p)

• Adrian Bell (1901–1980, England, nf)

• Clive Bell (1881–1964, England, nf)

• Diane Bell (born 1943, Australia, nf)

• Florence Bell (1851–1930, England, nf/d/ch)

• Gertrude Bell (1868–1926, England, nf)

• Hilary Bell (born 1966, Australia, d)

• Horace Bell (1830–1918, US, nf)

• Josephine Bell (1897–1987, England, f/d)

• Julia Bell (1879–1979, England, nf)

• Julian Bell (1908–1937, England, p)

• Marvin Bell (1937–2020, US, p)

• Mary Hayley Bell (1911–2005, England, f)

• Quentin Bell (1910–1996, England, nf)

• Thomas Bell (1792–1880, England, nf)

• John Bellairs (1938–1991, US, f)

• Mario Bellatin (born 1960, Mexico, f)

• Joachim du Bellay (c. 1522–1560, France, p/nf)

• Rémy Belleau (1528–1577, France, p)

• Lisa Bellear (1961–2006, Australia, p/d/nf)

• John Bellers (1654–1725, England, nf)

• Gioconda Belli (born 1948, Nicaragua, nf/f/p)

• Giuseppe Gioachino Belli (1791–1863, Italy, p)

• Carl Michael Bellman (1740–1795, Sweden, p)

• Andrés Bello (1781–1865, Venezuela/Chile, nf/p)

• Muhammed Bello (1781–1837, Sokoto Caliphate, nf)

• Joaquín Edwards Bello (1887–1968, Chile, f)

• Xuan Bello (born 1965, Spain, p)

• Hilaire Belloc (1870–1953, France/England, p/nf)

• Saul Bellow (1915–2005, US, f/d/nf)

• Ruy Belo (1933–1978, Portugal, p/nf)

• Jelica Belović-Bernadzikowska (1870–1946, Austria-Hungary/Yugoslavia, ch)

• Belroy, Basia Kent

• Rune Belsvik (born 1956, Norway, f/c/ch)

• Thomas Belt (1832–1878, England, nf)

• Andrei Bely (1880–1934, Russian E/USSR, f/p/nf)

• Ludwig Bemelmans (1898–1962, Austria-Hungary/US, ch/f)

• Myriam Ben (1928–2001, Algeria, f/p)

• Abdelkader Benali (born 1975, Morocco/Netherlands, f/d/nf)

• Siham Benchekroun (living, Morocco, f/p)

• Ahmed Benchemsi (born 1974, Morocco, nf)

• Rajae Benchemsi (born 1957, Morocco, p/nf)

• Mohammed Benchicou (born 1952, Algeria, nf)

• Peter Benchley (1940–2006, US, f/nf)

• Emil Benčík (born 1933, Czechoslovakia/Slovakia, nf)

• Esther Bendahan (born 1964, Morocco/Spain, f)

• Don Bendell (born 1947, US, f/nf)

• Hans Bender (1907–1991, Germany, nf)

• D. R. Bendre (1896–1981, India, p)

• Elek Benedek (1859–1929, Hungary, nf)

• Mario Benedetti (1920–2009, Uruguay, f/nf/p)

• Antonio di Benedetto (1922–1986, Argentina, f/nf)

• Hester A. Benedict (1838–1921, US, p)

• Victoria Benedictsson (1850–1888, Sweden, f), pseudonym Ernst Ahlgren

• Einar Benediktsson (1864–1940, Iceland, p)

• Juan Benet (1927–1993, Spain, f/d/nf)

• Stephen Vincent Benét (1898–1943, US, p/f)

• William Rose Benét (1886–1950, US, p)

• Anthony Benezet (1713–1784, France/US, nf), born Antoine Bénézet

• Gregory Benford (born 1941, US, f)

• Sokhna Benga (born 1967, Senegal, f/p)

• Johann Albrecht Bengel (1687–1752, Germany, nf)

• Elizabeth Benger (1775–1827, England, nf/f/p)

• Frans G. Bengtsson (1894–1954, Sweden, f/nf/p)

• Berthe Bénichou-Aboulker (1888–1942, Algeria, p/d)

• Rambriksh Benipuri (1899–1968, India, d/nf)

• José Gautier Benítez (1848–1880, Puerto Rico, p)

• Mihai Beniuc (1907–1988, Austria-Hungary/Romania, p/d/f)

• Walter Benjamin (1892–1940, Germany/Spain, nf)

• Abdelmajid Benjelloun (1919–1981, Morocco, f/p/nf)

• Abdelmajid Benjelloun (born 1944, Morocco, nf)

• Salah Benlabed (born 1950, Algeria, f/p)

• Edward Benlowes (1603–1676, England, p)

• Abdelwahab Benmansour (1920–2008, Morocco, nf)

• Gottfried Benn (1886–1956, Germany, p/nf)

• Malek Bennabi (1905–1973, Algeria, nf)

• Mohammed Suerte Bennani (born 1961, Morocco, f)

• Olaf Benneche (1883–1931, Norway, f/ch/d)

• Thomas Bennet (1673–1728, England, nf)

• Alan Bennett (born 1934, England, d)

• Anna Maria Bennett (c. 1750–1808, Wales/England, f)

• Arnold Bennett (1867–1931, England, f/d)

• Edwin Keppel Bennett (1887–1958, England, nf/p), pseudonyms Francis Bennett and Francis Keppel

• Gwendolyn B. Bennett (1902–1981, US, p/nf)

• Jim Bennett (born 1951, England, p)

• Mary Montgomerie Bennett (1881–1961, Australia, nf)

• Sophia Bennett (born 1966, f/ch)

• Louise Bennett-Coverley (1919–2006, Jamaica, p/nf)

• Stefano Benni (born 1947, Italy, d/p/f)

• Mohammed Bennis (born 1948, Morocco, p)

• Khnata Bennouna (born 1940, Morocco, f)

• Noura Bensaad (living, Tunisia, f)

• Isaac de Benserade (1613–1691, France, p)

• A. C. Benson (1862–1925, England, nf/p)

• E. F. Benson (1867–1940, England, f/nf)

• Fiona Benson (born 1978, England, p)

• Peter Benson (born 1956, England, f/d/p)

• Robert Hugh Benson (1871–1914, England, f/ch/nf)

• Stella Benson (1892–1933, England, f/p/nf)

• T. J. Benson (living, Nigeria, f)

• James Theodore Bent (1852–1897, England, nf)

• George Bentham (1800–1884, England, nf)

• Jeremy Bentham (1748–1832, England, nf)

• Edmund Clerihew Bentley (1875–1956, England, p)

• Elizabeth Bentley (1767–1839, England, p)

• Nicolas Bentley (1907–1978, England, p)

• Phyllis Bentley (1894–1977, England, f)

• Richard Bentley (1662–1742, England, nf)

• Annie Bentoiu (1927–2015, Romania, f/p/nf)

• Derek Benz (born 1971, US, ch)

• Mohammed Benzakour (born 1972, Morocco/Netherlands, nf/p)

• Erik Benzelius the younger (1675–1743, Sweden, nf)

• Pierre-Jean de Béranger (1780–1857, France, p)

• Edward Berdoe (1836–1916, England, nf)

• Berechiah ha-Nakdan (13th c., England or France, nf/p)

• Richard Berengarten (born 1943, England, p)

• Bernard Berenson (1865–1959, US/Italy, nf)

• Stan and Jan Berenstain (1923–2005 and 1923–2012, US, ch/nf)

• Elisabeth Beresford (1926–2010, France/England, ch)

• J. D. Beresford (1873–1947, England, f)

• James Beresford (1764–1840, England, nf)

• Lars Berg (1901–1969, Norway, f/d)

• Leila Berg (1917–2012, England, ch/nf)

• David Bergelson (1884–1952, Russian E/USSR, f/nf)

• Werner Bergengruen (1892–1964, Russian E/Germany, f/p)

• Aleš Berger (born 1946, Yugoslavia/Slovenia, nf/d)

• John Berger (1926–2017, England, nf/f/p)

• Hjalmar Bergman (1883–1931, Sweden/Germany, f/d)

• Bo Bergman (1869–1967, Sweden, f/nf)

• Árni Bergmann (born 1935, Iceland, f/nf)

• Eirikur Bergmann (born 1969, Iceland, nf/f)

• Herz Bergner (1907–1970, Austria-Hungary/Australia, f)

• Guðbergur Bergsson (1932–2023, Iceland, nf/ch/p)

• Elisabeth Bergstrand-Poulsen (1887–1955, Sweden/Denmark, nf)

• İlhan Berk (1918–2008, Ottoman Empire/Turkey, p)

• Reginald Berkeley (1890–1935, England, d)

• John Berkenhout (1726–1791, England, nf)

• Steven Berkoff (born 1937, England, d/nf)

• Paul Berna (1908–1994, France, f/ch), pseudonym of Jean-Marie-Edmond Sabran

• Jean Bernabé (1942–2017, Martinique, f/nf)

• Georges Bernanos (1888–1948, France, f/nf)

• Christian Bernard (born 1951, France, nf)

• Patricia Bernard (born 1942, Australia, f)

• William Bayle Bernard (1807–1875, US/England, d/nf)

• Juliana Berners (born 1388, England, nf)

• Thomas Bernhard (1931–1989, Netherlands/Austria, f/d/p)

• August Ferdinand Bernhardi (1769–1820, Germany, nf)

• Louis de Bernières (born 1954, England, f)

• J. Bernlef (1937–2012, Netherlands, f/nf/p), pseudonym of Hendrik Jan Marsman

• Charles Bernstein (born 1950, US, p/nf)

• Elsa Bernstein (1866–1949, Austria/Germany, d), pseudonym Ernst Rosmer

• Béroul (12th c., France, p)

• Mohammed Berrada (born 1938, Morocco, f/nf)

• Elizabeth Berridge (1919–2009, England, f/nf)

• Daniel Berrigan (1921–2016, US, p/d/nf)

• Ted Berrigan (1934–1983, US, p)

• Francis Berry (1915–2006, England, p/nf)

• James Berry (1924–2017, Jamaica/England, p)

• Mary Berry (born 1935, England, nf)

• Mary Berry (1763–1852, England, nf)

• Mary Frances Berry (born 1938, US, nf)

• Steve Berry (born 1955, US, f)

• Wendell Berry (born 1934, US, f/nf/p)

• Tess Berry-Hart (born 1978, England, d/f/ch)

• John Berryman (1914–1972, US, p/nf)

• Mei-mei Berssenbrugge (白萱华, born 1947, China/US, p/d/nf)

• Louky Bersianik (1930–2011, Canada, f), pseudonym of Lucille Durand

• Þráinn Bertelsson (born 1944, Iceland, nf/f/ch)

• Eduardo Berti (born 1964, Argentina/France, f/nf)

• Al Berto (1948–1997, Portugal, p/nf), pseudonym of Alberto Raposo Pidwell Tavares

• Pierre Berton (1920–2004, Canada, nf)

• Charles Bertram (1723–1765, England/Denmark, nf)

• Aloysius Bertrand (1807–1841, France, p/d/nf)

• Betty Berzon (1928–2006, US, nf)

• Dániel Berzsenyi (1776–1836, Hungary, p)

• Annie Besant (1847–1933, England, nf)

• Walter Besant (1836–1901, England, f/nf)

• Alen Bešić (born 1975, Yugoslavia/Serbia, nf/p)

• Bertrand Besigye (born 1972, Uganda/Norway, p/f)

• Besiki (1750–1791, Kingdom of Kartli, p)

• Khadija Besikri (born 1962, Libya, p/nf)

• Elsa Beskow (1874–1953, Sweden, ch)

• Bate Besong (1954–2007, Cameroon, d/p/nf)

• Agustina Bessa-Luís (1922–2019, Portugal, f/nf)

• György Bessenyei (1747–1811, Hungary, d/p)

• Gérard Bessière (born 1928, France, nf/p)

• Luc Besson (born 1959, France, d)

• Bessora (born 1968, Belgium/France, f)

• Charles Best (1570–1627, England, p)

• Alfred Bestall (1892–1986, England, ch)

• Henry Digby Beste (1768–1836, England, nf)

• Alfred Bester (1913–1987, US, f)

• Mary Matilda Betham (1776–1852, England, nf/p)

• Matilda Betham-Edwards (1836–1919, England, f/nf/p)

• Marion Bethel (born 1953, Bahamas, p/nf)

• Christopher Bethell (1773–1859, England/Wales, nf)

• Nicholas Bethell (1938–2007, England, nf)

• Ursula Bethell (1874–1945, N Zealand, p)

• Kata Bethlen (1700–1759, Hungary, nf)

• Adrien Bertrand (1888–1917, France, f)

• Mongo Beti (1932–2001, Cameroon, f/nf), pseudonym of Alexandre Biyidi Awala

• John Betjeman (1906–1984, England, p/nf)

• Minoru Betsuyaku (別役実, 1937–2020, Manchuria/Japan, d/f/nf)

• Hugo Bettauer (1872–1925, Austria, f/d/nf)

• Jean Betts (living, N Zealand, d)

• Torben Betts (born 1968, England, d)

• Dricky Beukes (1918–1999, S Africa, f/d)

• Lauren Beukes (born 1976, S Africa, f/nf/d)

• Maja Beutler (1936–2021, Switzerland, f/d)

• Edwyn Bevan (1870–1943, England, nf)

• Evan Bevan (1803–1866, Wales, p), pseudonym Ianto'r Castel

• Elizabeth Bevarly (born 1961, US, f)

• Cvetka Bevc (born 1960, Yugoslavia/Slovenia, nf/p/ch)

• Judith Beveridge (born 1956, England/Australia, p/nf)

• Elizabeth Beverley (1792–1832, England, nf)

• Jo Beverley (1947–2016, England/Canada, f)

• Alberto Bevilacqua (1934–2013, Italy, d/f/p)

• Helen Bevington (1906–2001, US, p/nf)

• L. S. Bevington (1845–1895, England, nf/p)

• France Bevk (1890–1970, Austrian E/Yugoslavia, f/nf/p)

• Thomas Bewick (1753–1828, England, nf)

• Calixthe Beyala (born 1961, Cameroon/France, f/nf)

• Yahya Kemal Beyatlı (1884–1958, Ottoman E/Turkey, p/nf)

• Tom Beynon (1886–1961, Wales, nf)

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• Bhabananda Deka (1929–2006, India, nf)

• Saru Bhakta (born 1955, Nepal, d/f/p)

• Subramania Bharati (1882–1921, India, p/nf)

• Sujata Bhatt (born 1956, India, p)

• Motiram Bhatta (1923–1953, Nepal, p/f/nf)

• Subin Bhattarai (born 1982, Nepal, f)

• Bhavakadevi (c. 12th c. CE, India, p)

• Olympe Bhely-Quenum (born 1928, Benin/France, f)

• Bi Feiyu (毕飞宇, born 1964, China, f)

• Źmitrok Biadula (1886–1941, Russian E/USSR, p/nf)

• Miron Białoszewski (1922–1983, Poland, p/f/d)

• Matilde Bianchi (1927–1991, Uruguay, p/nf)

• Helen Bianchin (born 1939, N Zealand/Australia, f)

• Héctor Bianciotti (1930–2012, Argentina/France, f)

• Bianji (辯機, fl. 7th c., China, nf)

• Vitaly Bianki (1894–1959, Russian E/USSR, ch/nf)

• Elizabeth Bibesco (1897–1945, England/France, f/p/nf)

• Marthe Bibesco (1886–1973, Romania/France, f/nf)

• Peter Bichsel (born 1935, Switzerland, f/ch)

• Anna McClean Bidder (1903–2001, England, nf)

• Joyce Bidder (1906–1999, England)

• Marion Bidder (1862–1932, England, nf)

• Tessa Biddington (born 1954, England, p)

• Hester Biddle (c. 1629–1697, England, nf)

• Jacob Bidermann (1578–1639, Austrian E/Italy, d/f/nf)

• Ruth Bidgood (1922–2022, Wales, p/nf)

• Bidisha (born 1978, England, nf), born Bidisha Bandyopadhyay

• Cornelis de Bie (1627 – c. 1712–1715, Netherlands, nf/d)

• David Biedrzycki (born 1955, US, ch)

• Paul Biegel (1925–2006, Netherlands, ch)

• Christabel Bielenberg (1909–2003, Germany/Ireland, nf)

• Aristide von Bienefeldt (1959–2016, Netherlands, f), pseudonym of Rijk de Jong

• Ambrose Bierce (1842–1914, US, f/nf/p)

• Linda Bierds (born 1945, US, p)

• Peter Bieri (born 1944, Switzerland, f/nf), pseudonym Pascal Mercier

• Wolf Biermann (born 1936, Germany, nf)

• Biernat of Lublin (c. 1465 – post-1529, Poland, p)

• Maarten Biesheuvel (1939–2020, Netherlands, f)

• Carli Biessels (1936–2016, Netherlands, ch)

• Ella A. Bigelow (1849–1917, US, nf)

• Lettie S. Bigelow (1849–1906, US, f/p)

• John Stanyan Bigg (1828–1965, England, p)

• Earl Derr Biggers (1884–1933, US, f/d)

• Barbara Biggs (born 1956, Australia, nf)

• John B. Biggs (born 1934, Australia, f/nf)

• Margaret Biggs (born 1929, England, ch)

• John Bigland (1750–1832, England, nf)

• Steve Biko (1946–1977, S Africa, nf)

• Olavo Bilac (1865–1918, Brazil, p/nf)

• Irene Ibsen Bille (1901–1985, Norway, f/d)

• S. Corinna Bille (1912–1979, Switzerland, p/f/ch)

• Graham Billing (1936–2001, N Zealand, f/nf/p)

• Mark Billingham (born 1961, England, f/d)

• Franny Billingsley (born 1954, US, ch)

• William Billington (1825–1884, England, p)

• Eva Billow (1902–1993, Sweden, ch/p)

• Thomas Bilson (1547–1616, England, nf)

• Maeve Binchy (1940–2012, Ireland, f/d/nf)

• Eando Binder (1911–1974 and 1904–1966, US, f), synonym of Otto and Earl Binder

• Ida Bindschedler (1854–1919, Switzerland, ch)

• Mahi Binebine (born 1959, Morocco, f)

• Andrew Bing (1574–1652, England, nf)

• Jon Bing (1944–2014, Norway, f)

• Bing Xin (冰心, 1900–1999, China, f/ch), pseudonym of Xie Wanying (謝婉瑩)

• Charlotte Bingham (born 1942, England, f)

• Jennie M. Bingham (1859–1933, US, f/nf/p)

• Margaret Bingham (1740–1814, England, p), Countess of Lucan

• Judith Binney (1940–2011, N Zealand, nf)

• Laurence Binyon (1869–1943, England, p/d/nf)

• T. J. Binyon (1836–1904, England, f)

• Ayse Bircan (born 1954, Turkey/England, nf)

• Carol Birch (born 1951, England, f/nf)

• Thomas Birch (1705–1766, England, nf)

• Carmel Bird (born 1940, Australia, f)

• Caroline Bird (born 1986, England, p/d/f)

• Hera Lindsay Bird (born 1987, N Zealand, p)

• Isabella Bird (1831–1904, England, nf)

• Jessica Bird (born 1969, US, f)

• Poldy Bird (1941–2018, Argentina, p/nf/ch)

• Arnthor Birgisson (born 1976, Iceland/Sweden, p)

• Dea Birkett (born 1958, England, nf)

• Winifred Birkett (1887–1966, Australia, f/p)

• Anno Birkin (1980–2001, England, p)

• Marcelo Birmajer (born 1966, Argentina, f/nf/ch)

• John Birmingham (born 1964, England/Australia, nf/f)

• Stephen Birnbaum (c. 1937–1991, US, nf)

• Earle Birney (1904–1995, Canada, p/f)

• Marcus Birro (born 1972, Sweden, p/f/nf)

• Peter Birro (born 1966, Sweden, p/d)

• Nevin Birsa (1947–2003, Yugoslavia/Slovenia, p)

• Balázs Birtalan (1969–2016, Hungary, p/nf)

• Dora Birtles (1903–1992, Australia, f/p/nf)

• John Birtwhistle (born 1946, England, p)

• Sonja Biserko (born 1948, Yugoslavia/Serbia, nf)

• Claire Huchet Bishop (1898–1993, Switzerland/France, ch/nf)

• Elizabeth Bishop (1911–1979, US, p/f)

• Gavin Bishop (born 1946, N Zealand, ch)

• Jacqueline Bishop (living, Jamaica/US, nf)

• K. J. Bishop (living, Australia, f)

• Samuel Bishop (1731–1795, England, p/nf)

• Ram Prasad Bismil (1897–1927, p)

• Bill Bissett (born 1939, Canada, p)

• Terry Bisson (born 1942, US, f)

• Farhad Bitani (born 1986, Afghanistan/Italy, nf/f)

• László Z. Bitó (1934–2021, Hungary, f/nf)

• Andrei Bitov (1937–2018, USSR/Russia, f/p)

• Sherwin Bitsui (born 1974, US, p)

• Emily Bitto (living, Australia, f)

• Jerome Bixby (1923–1998, US, f/d)

• Piers Bizony (born 1959, England, nf)

• Bjarni Bjarnason (born 1965, Iceland, p/d/f)

• Sava Bjelanović (1850–1897, Austria-Hungary, nf)

• Isidora Bjelica (1966–2020, Yugoslavia/Serbia, f/nf/d)

• Marie Bjelke-Petersen (1874–1969, Australia, f)

• Mirjana Bjelogrlić-Nikolov (born 1961, Yugoslavia/Serbia, f/nf)

• André Bjerke (1918–1985, Norway, p/f/ch)

• Henrik Anker Bjerregaard (1792–1842, Norway, p/d)

• Jens Bjerre (1921–2020, Denmark, nf)

• Bryndís Björgvinsdóttir (born 1982, Iceland, ch)

• Björk (born 1965, Iceland/US, nf), full name Björk Guðmundsdóttir

• Christina Björk (born 1938, Sweden, nf/ch)

• Jens Bjørneboe (1920–1976, Norway, f/d/p)

• Anna Svanhildur Björnsdóttir (born 1948, Iceland, p)

• Sigrún Edda Björnsdóttir (born 1958, Iceland, ch)

• Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson (1832–1910, Norway, p/f/d)

• Björn Th. Björnsson (1922–2007, Iceland, f)

• Eysteinn Björnsson (born 1942, Iceland, ch/p/f)

• Ketil Bjørnstad (born 1952, Norway, f/p/nf)

• Clementina Black (1853–1922, England, nf)

• Holly Black (born 1971, US, ch)

• Jenna Black (born 1993, US, f/ch)

• Robert Black (1829–2015, England, f/nf)

• Star Black (living, US, p)

• William Black (1841–1898, Scotland/England, f)

• Sarah Blackborow (fl. 1650s – 1660s, England, nf)

• Estelle Blackburn (born 1950, Australia, nf)

• John Blackburn (1923–1993, England, f)

• Paul Blackburn (1926–1971, US, p)

• Thomas Blackburn (1916–1977, England, p/nf)

• Basil Blackett (1882–1935, India/Germany, nf)

• Troy Blacklaws (born 1965, S Africa, f)

• Malorie Blackman (born 1962, England, ch)

• Leigh Blackmore (born 1959, Australia, f/nf)

• R. D. Blackmore (1825–1900, England, f)

• Richard Blackmore (1654–1729, England, p)

• R. P. Blackmur (1904–1965, US, nf/p)

• William Blackstone (1723–1780, England, nf)

• Ellen Wright Blackwell (1864–1952, N Zealand, nf)

• John Blackwell (1797–1840, Wales, p/nf)

• Algernon Blackwood (1869–1951, England, f/d)

• Caroline Blackwood (1931–1996, England, f/nf)

• Helen Blackwood (1807–1867, England, f/d)

• Peter Bladen (1922–2001, Australia, p)

• Sara Blædel (born 1964, Denmark, f)

• Lucian Blaga (1895–1961, Austria-Hungary/Romania, p/d/f)

• Isa Blagden (1816 or 1817–1873, India/Italy, f/p)

• Max Blagg (born 1948, England/US, p/nf)

• Marina Blagojević (1958–2020, Yugoslavia/Serbia, nf)

• Georgia Blain (1964–2016, Australia, f/nf)

• Suessa Baldridge Blaine (1860–1932, US, f)

• Emma Helen Blair (1851–1911, US, nf)

• Hugh Blair (1718–1800, Scotland, nf)

• Robert Blair (1593–1666, Scotland, nf)

• Robert Blair (1699–1746, Scotland, p)

• Marie-Claire Blais (1939–2021, Canada, f/p/d)

• Isidoro Blaisten (1933–2004, Argentina, f/nf/p)

• Ally Blake (living, Australia, f)

• Lewis Blake (born 1946, England, p)

• Jennifer Blake (born 1942, US, f)

• Quentin Blake (born 1932, England, ch)

• William Blake (1757–1827, England, p)

• William J. Blake (1894–1968, US, f/nf)

• Helen Blakeman (born 1971, England, d)

• Stella Blakemore (1906–1996, S Africa/N Ireland, f/ch)

• Edward Henry Blakeney (1869–1955, England, nf/p)

• Susanna Blamire (1747–1794, England, p)

• Edward Litt Laman Blanchard (1820–1889, England, d)

• Samuel Laman Blanchard (1804–1845, England, p/nf)

• August Blanche (1811–1868, Sweden, f/d)

• Paddy Blanchfield (1911–1980, N Zealand, p/nf

• Maurice Blanchot (1907–2003, France, f/nf)

• Andrés Eloy Blanco (1896–1955, Venezuela, p)

• Eduardo Blanco (1838–1912, Venezuela, f/nf)

• Don Blanding (1894–1957, US, p)

• Arapera Blank (1932–2002, N Zealand, p)

• Clair Blank (1915–1965, US, f/ch)

• Hanne Blank (born 1969, US, f/nf)

• Laslo Blašković (born 1966, Yugoslavia/Serbia, p/nf)

• Robert Blatchford (1851–1943, England, nf)

• Silvio Blatter (born 1946, Switzerland, f)

• William Peter Blatty (1928–2017, US, f/d/nf)

• Yaakov Blau (1929–2013, Palestine/Israel, nf)

• Barbara Blaugdone (c. 1609–1704, England, nf)

• Peter Blauner (born 1959, US, f)

• John Benibengor Blay (1915–1970s, Gold Coast/Ghana, f/p/nf)

• James P. Blaylock (born 1950, US, f)

• Diana Blayne (born 1946, US, f/nf), pseudonym of Susan Spaeth Kyle

• Emily Rose Bleby (1849–1917, Jamaica/UK, nf)

• Max Blecher (1909–1938, Romania, f/nf)

• Ann Eliza Bleecker (1752–1783, US, p/f/nf)

• Anne Blencowe (1656–1718, England, nf)

• Adrian Blevins (born 1964, US, p)

• John Blight (1913–1995, Australia, p)

• Nicholas Blincoe (born 1965, England, f)

• Mathilde Blind (1841–1896, Germany/England, p/f/nf)

• James Blish (1921–1975, US, f/nf)

• Edward Blishen (1920–1996, England, ch/f)

• Eliot Bliss (1903–1990, Jamaica/England, f/p/nf)

• Walter Blith (1605–1654, England, nf)

• Karen Blixen (1885–1962, Denmark/Kenya, f/nf), pseudonym Isak Dinesen

• Nikolay Bliznakov (born 1950, Bulgaria, f/nf)

• Pedro Bloch (1914–2004, Ukraine/Brazil, d/ch)

• Robert Bloch (1917–1994, US, f)

• Adélaïde-Louise d'Eckmühl de Blocqueville (1815–1892, France, f/nf/p)

• J. C. Bloem (1887–1966, Netherlands, p/nf)

• Marion Bloem (born 1952, Netherlands, f/nf)

• François Bloemhof (born 1962, S Africa, f/ch)

• Alexander Blok (1880–1921, Russia, p/d/nf)

• Francis Blomefield (1705–1752, England, nf)

• Benjamin Paul Blood (1832–1919, US, nf/p)

• Valerie Bloom (born 1956, Jamaica/England, p/ch/f)

• Robert Bloomfield (1766–1823, England, p)

• Blondel de Nesle (12th–13th cc., France, p)

• Charles Blount (1654–1693, nf)

• Elizabeth Blower (c. 1757/1763 – post-1816, England, nf/f)

• Léon Bloy (1846–1917, France, f/nf/p)

• Evelyn, Princess Blücher (1876–1960, England/Germany, nf)

• Judy Blume (born 1938, US, ch/f)

• Roy Blumenthal (born 1968, S Africa, p)

• Nicholas Blundell (1876–1960, England, nf)

• Edmund Blunden (1896–1974, England, p/nf)

• Godfrey Blunden (1906–1996, Australia, f/nf)

• Thomas Blundeville (c. 1522 – c. 1606, England, nf)

• Alfred Blunt (1879–1957, France/England, nf)

• Anthony Blunt (1907–1983, England, nf)

• Wilfrid Scawen Blunt (1840–1922, England, p/nf)

• Wilfrid Jasper Walter Blunt (1901–1987, England, nf)

• John Bly (born 1939, England, nf)

• Robert Bly (1926–2021, US, p/nf)

• Mary Bly (born 1962, US, f/nf), pseudonym of Eloisa James

• Edward Wilmot Blyden (1832–1912, Danish W Indies/Liberia, nf)

• Reginald Horace Blyth (1898–1964, England/Japan, nf)

• Daniel Blythe (born 1969, England, f/nf)

• Ronald Blythe (1922–2023, England, nf)

• Enid Blyton (1896–1968, England, ch)

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• Bo Yang (柏楊, 1920–2008, China, p/nf)

• James Boaden (1762–1839, England, nf/d)

• Barcroft Boake (1866–1892, Australia, p)

• Capel Boake (1889–1944, Australia, f) pseudonym of Doris Boake Kerr

• Frederick S. Boas (1862–1957, England, nf)

• Savino Bobali (1530–1585, Ragusa, nf/p)

• T. O. Bobe (born 1969, Romania, p/f/nf)

• Christian Bobin (born 1951, France, p/f/nf)

• Merlinda Bobis (born 1959, Philippines/Australia, p/f)

• Johannes Bobrowski (1917–1965, Germany, p/nf)

• Jacqueline Fatima Bocoum (living, Senegal, nf/f)

• Bragi Boddason (fl. first half of 9th c., Iceland, p)

• John Ernest Bode (1816–1874, England, nf/p)

• Jean Bodel (c. 1165 – c. 1210, France, p/d)

• Anders Bodelsen (1937–2021, Denmark, f/d)

• Barbara Bodichon (1827–1891, England, nf)

• Johann Jakob Bodmer (1698–1783, Switzerland, nf/d/p)

• Ádám Bodor (born 1936, Romania/Hungary, f)

• Milica Bodrožić (living, Yugoslavia/Serbia, nf)

• Hector Boece (1465–1536, Scotland, nf), also cited as Boethius

• Elleke Boehmer (born 1961, S Africa/England, nf/f)

• Étienne de La Boétie (1530–1563, France, nf)

• Louise Bogan (1897–1970, US, p/f/nf)

• Bogdan Bogdanović (1922–2010, Yugoslavia/Austria, nf)

• Milan Bogdanović (1892–1964, Serbia/Belgrade, nf)

• Valtazar Bogišić (1834–1908, Austrian E, nf)

• Zoran Bognar (born 1965, Yugoslavia/Serbia, p/nf)

• Ivan Bogorov (1818–1892, Bulgaria, nf)

• Geo Bogza (1908–1993, Romania, p/nf)

• Jakob Böhme (1575–1624, Germany, nf)

• Margarete Böhme (1867–1939, Germany, f/nf)

• Nicolas Boileau-Despréaux (1636–1711, France, p/nf)

• John Bois (1560–1643, England, nf)

• W. E. B. Du Bois (1868–1963, US, nf)

• William Pène du Bois (1916–1993, US, ch)

• Yve-Alain Bois (born 1952, Algeria/US, nf)

• Ralph de Boissière (1907–2008, Trinidad/Australia, f)

• Johan Bojer (1872–1959, Norway, f/d)

• Berta Bojetu (1946–1997, Yugoslavia/Slovenia, f/d/p)

• Milutin Bojić (1892–1917, Serbia/Greece, p/nf/d)

• Dragoslav Bokan (born 1961, Yugoslavia/Serbia, nf)

• Osbern Bokenam (c. 1393 – c. 1464, England, p)

• Saïdou Bokoum (born 1945, Guinea, f/nf)

• Omoseye Bolaji (1964–2022, Nigeria/S Africa, f/nf)

• Eavan Boland (1944–2020, Ireland, p/nf)

• Roberto Bolaño (1953–2003, Chile, f/p/nf)

• Justo Bolekia Boleká (born 1954, Equatorial Guinea, nf/p)

• Heinrich Böll (1917–1985, Germany, f)

• Cezar Bolliac (1813–1881, Wallachia/Romania, nf/p)

• Domokos Bölöni (born 1946, Romania, f)

• Robert Bolt (1924–1995, England, d)

• Ken Bolton (born 1949, Australia, p/nf)

• S. J. Bolton (living, England, f)

• Bólu-Hjálmar (1796–1875, Iceland, p), birth name Hjálmar Jónsson

• Godfried Bomans (1913–1971, Netherlands, nf/ch)

• María Luisa Bombal (1910–1980, Chile, f/nf)

• Rafael Bombelli (1526–1572, Italy, nf)

• Juan Antonio Pérez Bonalde (1846–1892, Venezuela, p)

• Michael Bond (1926–2017, England, ch)

• Nancy Bond (born 1945, US, ch)

• Nelson S. Bond (1908–2006, US, f)

• Ruskin Bond (born 1934, India, ch/f)

• August Bondeson (1854–1906, Sweden, f/nf)

• Jan Bondeson (born 1962, Sweden/England, nf/f)

• Ian Bone (born 1956, Australia, ch/f)

• Juan Balboa Boneke (1938–2013, Equatorial Guinea, nf)

• Raïs Neza Boneza (born 1979, Democratic R of Congo, f/p/nf)

• Amba Bongo (living, Democratic R of Congo/England, f/p)

• Elizabeth Bonhôte (1744–1818, England, f/nf/p)

• Nazi Boni (1909–1969, Upper Volta, now Burkina Faso, nf/f)

• Tanella Boni (born 1954, Ivory Coast, p/f)

• Yves Bonnefoy (1923–2016, France, p/nf)

• Leslie Bonnet (1902–1985, England, f/nf)

• Richard Bonney (1947–2017, England, nf)

• Veronica Bonilla (born 1962, Ecuador, ch)

• Charles Victor de Bonstetten (1745–1832, Switzerland, nf)

• Teresina Bontempi (1883–1968, Switzerland, nf)

• Paula Boock (born 1964, N Zealand, d/f)

• Elmi Boodhari (1908–1940, Somalia, p)

• Christopher Booker (1937–2019, England, nf)

• Luke Booker (1762–1835, England, p/nf)

• George Boole (1815–1864, England, nf)

• Mary Everest Boole (1832–1916, England, nf/ch)

• Louis Paul Boon (1912–1979, Belgium, f/p/nf)

• Kurt Boone (born 1959, US, nf)

• Andrew Boorde (c. 1490–1549, England, nf)

• Henry Ernest Boote (1865–1949, Australia, nf/f/p)

• Alan Booth (1946–1993, England/Japan, nf)

• Alison Booth (living, Australia, f/nf)

• Catherine Booth (1829–1890, England, nf)

• Charles Booth (1840–1916, England, nf)

• George Booth, 2nd Earl of Warrington (1675–1758, England, nf)

• Martin Booth (1944–2004, England, f/p/d)

• Stanley Booth (born 1942, US, nf)

• Stephen Booth (born 1952, England, f)

• William Booth (1829–1912, England, nf)

• Ivan Bootham (1939–2016, N Zealand, f/p)

• Brooke Boothby (born 1952, England, f/nf)

• Frances Boothby (fl. 1669–1670, England, d)

• Guy Boothby (1867–1905, Australia/England, f)

• Basil Boothroyd (1910–1988, England, nf)

• Diphete Bopape (born 1957, S Africa, f/d)

• Vane Bor (1908–1993, Serbia/England, nf)

• Wolfgang Borchert (1921–1947, Germany/Switzerland, nf/d)

• Henry Bordeaux (1870–1963, France, nf/f)

• Ferdinand Bordewijk (1884–1965, Netherlands, f/p)

• Petrus Borel (1809–1859, France/Algeria, f/p), pseudonym of Joseph-Pierre Borel d'Hauterive

• Tomás Borge (1930–2012, Nicaragua, p/nf)

• Johan Borgen (1902–1979, Norway, nf/f)

• Miriam Borgenicht (1915–1992, US, f/nf)

• Jorge Luis Borges (1899–1986, Argentina/Switzerland, f/nf/p)

• Arturo Borja (1892–1912, Ecuador, p)

• Hans Børli (1918–1989, Norway, p/f/nf)

• Bertran de Born (1140s – pre-1215, France, p)

• Nicolas Born (1937–1979, Germany, p/f)

• Ludwig Börne (1786–1837, Germany/France, nf)

• Elsa Bornemann (1952–2013, Argentina, ch)

• Péter Bornemisza (1535–1584, Hungary, nf/d)

• Jenny Bornholdt (born 1960, N Zealand, p)

• Robert de Boron (late 12th – early 13th cc., France, p)

• George Borrow (1803–1881, England, f/nf)

• Marianne Boruch (born 1950, US, p/nf)

• Anna Louisa Geertruida Bosboom-Toussaint (1812–1886, Netherlands, f)

• Juan Bosch (1909–2001, Dominican Rep., nf)

• Henri Bosco (1888–1976, France, f)

• Buddhadeva Bose (1908–1974, India, p/f/d)

• Lauro De Bosis (1901–1931, Italy, p/nf)

• Anica Bošković (1714–1804, Ragusa, p/f)

• Herman Charles Bosman (1905–1951, S Africa, f/d)

• Käthe Bosse-Griffiths (1910–1998, Germany/Wales, nf/f)

• Lucy M. Boston (1892–1990, England, f/ch)

• James Boswell (1740–1795, Scotland/England, nf)

• Allan R. Bosworth (1901–1986, US, f)

• Clifford Edmund Bosworth (1928–2015, England, nf)

• J. Allan Bosworth (1925–1990, US, ch)

• Joseph Bosworth (1788–1876, England, nf)

• Abel Botelho (1855 or 1856–1917, Portugal/Argentina, d/f/nf)

• Hristo Botev (1848–1876, Bulgaria, p)

• Eugeniu Botez (1874–1933, Romania, f), pseudonym Jean Bart

• Árni Böðvarsson (1924–1992, Iceland, nf)

• Théodore Botrel (1868–1925, France, p/d)

• Anne Lynch Botta (1815–1891, US, p/nf)

• Dan Botta (1907–1958, Romania, p/nf)

• Emil Botta (1911–1977, Romania, p/nf)

• Bas Böttcher (born 1974, Germany, p)

• António Botto (1897–1959, Portugal/Brazil, p/f/ch)

• Phyllis Bottome (1884–1963, England, f)

• Gordon Bottomley (1874–1948, England, p/d)

• Alain de Botton (born 1969, Switzerland/England, nf)

• Ronald Bottrall (1906–1989, England, p)

• Hafid Bouazza (1970–2021, Morocco/Netherlands, f/nf)

• Messaouda Boubaker (born 1954, Tunisia, f)

• Anthony Boucher (1911–1968, US, f/d), pseudonym of William A. P. White

• André du Bouchet (1924–2001, France, p)

• Dion Boucicault (1820–1890, Ireland/US, d)

• Rachid Boudjedra (born 1951, Algeria, p/f/d)

• Fatna El Bouih (born 1956, Morocco, nf)

• Daniel Boulanger (1922–2014, France, f/d/p)

• Pierre Boulle (1912–1994, France, f)

• Carmen Boullosa (born 1954, Mexico, p/f/d)

• Monny de Boully (1904–1968, Serbia/France, nf/p)

• Jenny Boult (1951–2005, England/Australia, p/d), pseudonym MML Bliss

• Marjorie Boulton (1924–2017, England, nf/p)

• Douangdeuane Bounyavong (born 1974, Laos, p/f/nf)

• Outhine Bounyavong (1942–2000, Laos, f)

• Stéphane Bouquet (born 1968, France, d)

• Hédi Bouraoui (born 1932, Tunisia/Canada, p/f/nf)

• Nina Bouraoui (born 1967, France, f/p)

• Gillian Bouras (born 1945, Australia/Greece, f/nf/ch)

• John Bourchier (1467–1533, England, nf)

• Francis William Bourdillon (1852–1921, England, p/nf)

• Ali Bourequat (born 1937, Morocco/US, nf)

• Élémir Bourges (1852–1925, France, f)

• Paul Bourget (1852–1935, France, f/nf)

• John Philip Bourke (1860–1914, Australia, p)

• Henry Bourne (c. 1694–1733, England, nf)

• Stephen Bourne (born 1957, England, nf)

• Joë Bousquet (1897–1950, France, p)

• Marie Marguerite Bouvet (1865–1915, US, ch)

• Nicolas Bouvier (1929–1998, Switzerland, nf)

• Alba Bouwer (1920–2010, S Africa, ch/f)

• Sarah Bouyain (born 1968, France/Burkina Faso, nf)

• Ahmed Bouzfour (born 1954, Morocco, f)

• Ben Bova (1932–2020, US, nf/f)

• James Bovard (born 1956, US, nf)

• Avice Maud Bowbyes (1901–1992, N Zealand, nf)

• Thomas Edward Bowdich (1791–1824, England, nf)

• Elizabeth Stuart Bowdler (1717-1797, England, nf)

• Henrietta Maria Bowdler (1750–1830, England, nf)

• Jane Bowdler (1743–1784, England, p)

• John Bowdler (1746–1823, England, nf)

• John Bowdler (1783–1815, England, nf/p)

• Thomas Bowdler (1754–1825, England/Wales, nf)

• Thomas Bowdler the Younger (1782–1856, England, nf)

• Alice Bowe (born 1980, England, nf)

• David James Bowen (1925–2017, Wales, nf)

• Elizabeth Bowen (1899–1973, Ireland/England, f)

• Euros Bowen (1904–1988, Wales, p)

• Geraint Bowen (1915–2011, Wales, p/nf)

• John Bowen (1924–2019, England, d/f)

• Marjorie Bowen (1885–1952, England, f/nf), pseudonym of Margaret Gabrielle Vere Long

• Ursula Graham Bower (1914–1988, England/Scotland, nf)

• Cathy Smith Bowers (born 1949, US, p)

• Emily Bowes (1806–1857, England, p/nf)

• Mary Bowes (1949–1800, England, nf)

• Tim Bowler (born 1953, England, ch)

• William Lisle Bowles (1762–1850, England, p/nf)

• Maurice Bowra (1898–1971, England, nf)

• William Binnington Boyce (1804–1889, England/Australia, nf)

• Hristo Boychev (born 1950, Bulgaria, d)

• Rosie Boycott, Baroness Boycott (born 1951, Jersey/England, nf)

• Louise Esther Vickroy Boyd (1827–1909, US, p/nf)

• Martin Boyd (1893–1972, Switzerland/Italy, f/nf/p)

• William Boyd (born 1952, Gold Coast/Scotland, f/d)

• Karin Boye (1900–1941, Sweden, p/f)

• Abel Boyer (c. 1667–1729, England, nf)

• Charles Boyle (1674–1731, England, nf)

• Charles Boyle (born 1955, England, p/f)

• John Boyle (1707–1762, England, nf)

• Kay Boyle (1902–1992, US, f/nf)

• Peter Boyle (born 1951, Australia, p)

• Roger Boyle (1621–1679, England, d/nf)

• John Boyne (born 1971, Ireland, f)

• Robert Boyle (1627–1691, Ireland/England, nf)

• Charles Vernon Boys (1855–1944, England, nf)

• John Boys (1571–1625, England, nf)

• John Boys (c. 1614–1661, England, nf)

• John Boys (1749–1824, England, nf)

• Emil Boyson (1897–1979, Norway, p/nf)

• Ágota Bozai (born 1965, Hungary, f)

• Ernest Franklin Bozman (1895–1968, England, nf)

Br
• Menno ter Braak (1902–1940, Netherlands, f/nf)

• Oskar Braaten (1881–1939, Norway, f/d)

• Francis Brabazon (1907–1984, England/Australia, p)

• Poggio Bracciolini (1380–1459, Italy, nf)

• Michael Bracewell (born 1958, England, f/nf)

• Thomas Bracken (1843–1898, N Zealand, p/nf)

• Alison Brackenbury (born 1953, England, p)

• Leigh Brackett (1915–1978, US, f/d)

• Paula Brackston (living, England, f)

• Brada (1847–1938,France, f/nf)

• Jason Bradbury (born 1969, England, ch)

• Malcolm Bradbury (1932–2000, England, nf)

• Ray Bradbury (1920–2012, US, f/d)

• Mary Elizabeth Braddon (1835–1915, England, f)

• Russell Braddon (1921–1995, Australia, f/nf)

• Henry Joseph Steele Bradfield (1805–1852, England, p/nf)

• Arthur Bradford (born 1969, US, f/ch)

• Barbara Taylor Bradford (born 1933, England/US, f)

• Chris Bradford (living, England, ch)

• Ernle Bradford (1822–1886, England/Malta, nf)

• Sarah Bradford (born 1938, England, nf)

• Siôn Bradford (1706–1785, Wales, p)

• Charles Bradlaugh (1833–1891, England, nf)

• A. C. Bradley (1851–1935, England, nf)

• Charles Bradley (1789–1871, England, nf)

• Edward Bradley (1827–1889, England, f)

• F. H. Bradley (1846–1924, England, nf)

• Henry Bradley (1845–1923, England, nf)

• James Bradley (born 1967, Australia, f/p)

• Marion Zimmer Bradley (1930–1999, US, f)

• Tony Bradman (born 1954, England, ch)

• Gillian Bradshaw (born 1956, US, f)

• Henry Bradshaw (c. 1450–1513, England, p)

• Anne Bradstreet (1612–1672, England/American colonies, p/nf)

• Hilary Bradt (born 1941, England, nf)

• E. J. Brady (1869–1952, Australia, p/nf)

• John Brady (died 1814, England, nf)

• Robert Brady (1627–1700, England, nf)

• Dulce Braga (born 1958, Angola/Brazil, f)

• Rubem Braga (1913–1990, Brazil, f)

• Melvyn Bragg (born 1939, England, nf/f/ch)

• William Bragge (1823–1884, England, nf)

• Einar Bragi (1921–2005, Iceland, p)

• Steinar Bragi (born 1975, Iceland, p/f/nf)

• Mohammed Ben Brahim (1897–1955, Morocco, p)

• John Braine (1922–1986, England, f)

• Jill Braithwaite (1937–2008, England, nf)

• R. B. Braithwaite (1900–1990, England, nf)

• Oyinkan Braithwaite (born 1988, Nigeria/England, f)

• Dragomir Brajković (1947–1909, Yugoslavia/Serbia, p/nf)

• Ernest Bramah (1868–1942, England, f/nf)

• Shannon Bramer (born 1973, Canada, p)

• Mae Bramhall (1861–1897, US, nf/p)

• Bertha Southey Brammall (1878–1957, Australia, p/ch/f)

• Hanne Bramness (born 1959, Norway, p)

• Joan Bramsch (1936–2009, US, f/nf)

• James Bramston (c. 1694–1743, England, p)

• Vitaliano Brancati (1907–1954, Italy, f/d/p)

• Camilo Castelo Branco (1825–1890, Portugal, f/d/nf)

• Adolf Brand (1874–1945, Germany, nf)

• Barbarina Brand (1768–1854, England, p/d)

• Christianna Brand (1907–1988, Malaya/England, f/ch), pseudonym of Mary Christianna Milne

• Hannah Brand (1754–1821, England, p/d)

• Jo Brand (born 1957, England, nf)

• Mona Brand (1915–2007, Australia, p/d/nf)

• Fiama Hasse Pais Brandão (1938–2007, Portugal, p/d/nf)

• Raul Brandão (1867–1930, Portugal, nf)

• Georg Brandes (1842–1927, Denmark, nf)

• Mark Brandis (1931–2000, Germany, f), pseudonym of Nikolai von Michalewsky

• Arngrímr Brandsson (died 1361, Iceland, nf)

• Johanna Brandt (1876–1964, S Africa, nf)

• Willy Brandt (1913–1992, Germany, nf)

• Đorđe Branković (1461–1516, Serbia, nf)

• Đorđe Branković (1645–1711, Transylvania/Habsburg E, nf)

• Sebastian Brant (1458–1521, Germany, f/nf)

• Gerd Brantenberg (born 1941, Norway, f/d/p)

• Alice Dayrell Caldeira Brant (1880–1970, Brazil, nf)

• Di Brandt (born 1952, Canada, p/nf)

• William Branthwaite (died 1690, England, nf)

• Charles Brasch (1909–1973, N Zealand, p)

• Giannina Braschi (born 1953, Puerto Rico, p/f/d)

• Miguel Brascó (1926–2014, Argentina, nf/p)

• Ann Brashares (born 1967, US, ch)

• Deyan Ranko Brashich (1940–1919, Yugoslavia/US, nf)

• Anne-Sophie Brasme (born 1984, France, f/nf)

• Georges Brassens (1921–1981, France, p)

• Anna Brassey (1839–1887, England, nf)

• Errol Brathwaite (1924–2005, N Zealand, f/d)

• Radoslav Bratić (1948–2016, Yugoslavia/Serbia, f/d)

• Scribe Bratko (fl. 13th c., Macedonia, nf)

• Inger Bråtveit (born 1978, Norway, f/ch)

• Edgar Brau (born 1958, Argentina, p/f/d)

• Jacques Brault (1933–2022, Canada, p/f/nf)

• Josy Braun (1938–2012, Luxembourg, nf/d/ch)

• Axel Brauns (born 1963, Germany, nf/f)

• Anna Eliza Bray (1790–1883, England, f/nf)

• Charles Bray (1811–1884, England, nf)

• John Jefferson Bray (1912–1985, Australia, p/d)

• Andrej Brázda-Jankovský (1915–2008, Czechoslovakia/Canada, f/nf)

• Bernardas Brazdžionis (1907–2002, Russian E/US, p)

• Angela Brazil (1868–1947, England, ch)

• Freda Bream (1918–1996, N Zealand, nf/f)

• Nicolae Breban (born 1934, Romania, p)

• Bertolt Brecht (1898–1956, Germany, d/p/nf)

• Lurdes Breda (born 1970, Portugal, p/ch)

• Willi Bredel (1901–1964, Germany, f)

• Gerbrand Bredero (1585–1618, Dutch Republic, p/d)

• Wallace Breem (1926–1990, England, f)

• Jean "Binta" Breeze (1956–2021, Jamaica, p)

• Petronella Breinburg (1927–2019, Surinam/England, ch)

• Sigurður Breiðfjörð (1798–1846, Iceland, p)

• Paal Brekke (1923–1993, Norway, p/f/nf)

• Toril Brekke (born 1949, Norway, f/ch/nf)

• Fredrika Bremer (1801–1865, Sweden, f)

• Ian Bremmer (born 1969, US, nf)

• Radovan Brenkus (born 1974, Czechoslovakia/Slovakia, p/f)

• Christopher Brennan (1870–1932, Australia, p/nf)

• Martin Stanislaus Brennan (1845–1927, Ireland/US, nf)

• Michael Brennan (born 1973, Australia, p)

• Sophia Elisabet Brenner (1659–1730, Sweden, nf/p)

• John Brent (1808–1882, f/nf)

• Clemens Brentano (1778–1842, Germany, p/f)

• Elinor Brent-Dyer (1894–1969, England, ch)

• Frederick Sadleir Brereton (1852–1957, England, ch)

• Jane Brereton (1685–1740, Wales, p)

• John Brereton (c. 1571/1572 – c. 1632, England, n/f)

• John Le Gay Brereton (1871–1933, Australia, p/nf/d)

• Rodica Bretin (born 1958, Romania, f/nf)

• Reginald Bretnor (1911–1992, US, f)

• André Breton (1896–1966, France, f/nf)

• Nicholas Breton (1545–1626, England, p/f)

• Willy Bretscher (1897–1992, Switzerland, nf)

• Jan Brett (born 1949, US, ch)

• Lily Brett (born 1946, Germany/Australia, f/nfp), born Lilijahne Brajtsztajn

• Richard Brett (1567–1637, England, nf)

• Simon Brett (born 1945, England, f)

• Henri Breuil (1877–1961, France, nf)

• Kwesi Brew (1928–2007, Gold Coast/Ghana, p)

• Nana Ekua Brew-Hammond (living, US/Ghana, f/p)

• George Brewer (born 1766, England, nf)

• James Norris Brewer (1777–1839, England, f/nf)

• John Brewster (1753–1842, England, nf)

• Martha Wadsworth Brewster (1710 – c. 1757, English N American colonies, p/nf)

• Francisco Manuel de Melo Breyner, 4th Count of Ficalho (1837–1903, Portugal, nf)

• Breyten Breytenbach (born 1939, S Africa/France, f/p/nf)

• Thomas Brezina (born 1963, Austria, ch)

• Shane Briant (1946–2021, England/Australia, f)

• Paul Brickhill (1916–1991, Australia, nf)

• Diana Bridge (born 1942, N Zealand, p)

• Harriet Bridgeman (born 1942, England, nf)

• Rae Bridgman (living, Canada/US, ch)

• Bub Bridger (1924–2009, N Zealand, p/f)

• Hilda Bridges (1881–1971, Australia, f)

• John Bridges (1536–1613, nf)

• Lucas Bridges (1874–1949, Tierra del Fuego/Argentina, nf)

• Robert Bridges (1844–1930, England, p)

• Victor Bridges (1878–1892, England, f/d/p)

• James Bridie (1888–1951, Scotland, d), pseudonym of Osborne Henry Mavor

• Elín Briem (1856–1937, Iceland, nf)

• Walter Brierley (1900–1972, England, f)

• Asa Briggs (1921–2016, England, nf)

• Henry Briggs (1561–1630, England, nf)

• Katharine Mary Briggs (1898–1980, England, ch)

• Robert Bright (1902–1988, US, ch)

• Cecilia Lucy Brightwell (1811–1875, England, ch)

• John Briley (1925–2019, US, d/f)

• Dougie Brimson (born 1959, England, d/nf)

• David Brin (born 1950, US, f)

• Robert Bringhurst (born 1946, Canada, p/nf)

• Tor Åge Bringsværd (born 1939, Norway, f/d)

• André Brink (1935–2015, S Africa, f/nf/p)

• Carol Ryrie Brink (1895–1981, US, ch)

• Jan ten Brink (1834–1901, Netherlands, f/nf)

• Rolf Dieter Brinkmann (1940–1975, Germany/England, p/f/nf)

• Hesba Fay Brinsmead (1922–2003, Australia, f)

• Sophia Briscoe (fl. 1770s, England, f)

• Jacques Pierre Brissot (1754–1793, France, nf)

• Vera Brittain (1893–1970, England, nf/f)

• Rosa María Britton (1936–2019, Panama, f/d)

• Jevrem Brković (1933–1921, Yugoslavia/Montenegro, p/f/nf)

• Ivana Brlić-Mažuranić (1874–1938, Austria-Hungary/Yugoslavia)

• Adele Broadbent (born 1968, N Zealand, ch)

• Chris Broadribb (living, Australia, f/nf)

• Annette Broadrick (born 1938, US, f)

• Paula Broadwell (born 1972, US, nf)

• Hermann Broch (1886–1951, Austria/US, f)

• Edwin Brock (1927–1997, England, p)

• Geoffrey Brock (born 1964, US, p)

• William Brock (1807–1875, England, nf)

• William Brockedon (1787–1854, England, nf)

• Barthold Heinrich Brockes (1680–1747, Germany, p)

• Ann Brockman (c. 1600–1660, England, nf)

• Connie Brockway (born 1954, US, f)

• Max Brod (1884–1968, Austrian E/Israel, f/nf)

• Erna Brodber (born 1940, Jamaica, f/nf)

• Damien Broderick (born 1944, Australia, f)

• Frances Freeling Broderip (1830–1878, England, ch)

• Elin Brodin (born 1963, Norway, f)

• Eve Brodlique (1867–1949, UK, Canada, US, f/nf/p)

• Joseph Brodsky (1940–1996, USSR/US, p/nf

• Leslie Brody (born 1952, US, nf)

• Sándor Bródy (1863–1924, Hungary, f)

• Suzanne Brøgger (born 1944, Denmark, f/p/nf)

• Gerald Brom (born 1965, US, f)

• Alexander Brome (1620–1666, England, p)

• Richard Brome (c. 1590–1652, England, d)

• Vincent Brome (1910–2004, England, nf/f/d)

• Louis Bromfield (1896–1956, US, f/nf)

• Eliza Bromley (fl. 1784–1803, England, f)

• John Bromley (died 1717, England, nf)

• Eleanor Bron (born 1938, England, nf)

• Władysław Broniewski (1897–1962, Poland, p)

• William Bronk (1918–1999, US, p/nf)

• Anne Brontë (1820–1849, England, f/p)

• Charlotte Brontë (1816–1855, England, f/p)

• Emily Brontë (1818–1848, England, f/p)

• Patrick Brontë (1777–1861, Ireland/England, p)

• Rhidian Brook (born 1964, Wales/England, f/d)

• Steve Brook (1934–2014, England/Australia, nf)

• Arthur de Capell Brooke (1791–1878, England, nf)

• Christopher N. L. Brooke (1927–2015, England, nf)

• Frances Brooke (1724–1789, England/Canada, f/nf/d)

• Iris Brooke (1905 – post-1967, England, nf/ch)

• Jocelyn Brooke (1908–1966, England, nf/f/p)

• John Brooke (died 1582, England, nf)

• Kate Brooke (living, England, d)

• Lauren Brooke (born 1969, US, f), pseudonym of Linda Chapman with Beth Chambers

• P. J. Brooke (born 1943 and 1951, Scotland, f/nf), pseudonym of Philip James O'Brien and Jane Brooke

• Rupert Brooke (1887–1915, England/Greece, p/nf)

• Susan Brookes (born 1943, England, nf)

• Anita Brookner (1928–2016, England, f/nf)

• David Brooks (born 1953, Australia, p/f/nf)

• Geraldine Brooks (born 1955, Australia/US, f)

• Gwendolyn Brooks (1917–2000, US, p)

• Karen Brooks (living, Australia, f)

• Kevin Brook (born 1959, England, ch)

• Max Brooks (born 1972, US, f)

• Michael Brooks (born 1970, England, nf)

• Shirley Brooks (1816–1874, England, nf)

• Terry Brooks (born 1944, US, f)

• Walter R. Brooks (1886–1958, US, ch)

• Anne Brooksbank (born 1943, Australia, d)

• Mary Anne Broome, Lady Broome (1831–1911, Australia, f/nf/ch)

• Ralph Broome (1742–1805, England, nf)

• William Broome (1689–1745, England, p)

• Brigid Brophy (1929–1995, England, f/nf)

• Hans Adolph Brorson (1694–1764, Denmark, p)

• John Brosnan (1947–2005, Australia/England, f/nf)

• Joan Brossa (1919–1998, Spain, p/d)

• Nicole Brossard (born 1943, Canada, p/f)

• D. K. Broster (1877–1950, England, f)

• Edith Yah Brou (born 1984, Ivory Coast, nf)

• Robert Barnabas Brough (1828–1860, England, p/f/d)

• Henry Brougham, 1st Baron Brougham and Vaux (1778–1868, Scotland/England, nf)

• Rhoda Broughton (1840–1920, Wales/England, f)

• Olga Broumas (born 1949, Greece/US, p)

• Jeroen Brouwers (born 1940, Dutch East Indies/Netherlands, f/nf)

• Flora Brovina (born 1949, Serbia/Kosovo, p)

• Petrus Brovka (1905–1980, Russia/USSR, p)

• Babette Brown (1931–2019, S Africa/England, nf)

• Carter Brown (1923–1985, England/Australia, f)

• Charles Brockden Brown (1771–1810, US, f/nf)

• Charles Hopel Brown (born 1964, Jamaica/US, nf)

• Cornelius Brown (1852–1907, England, nf)

• Dan Brown (born 1964, US, f)

• Daniel James Brown (born 1951, US, nf)

• Deidre Brown (born 1970, N Zealand, nf)

• Diane Brown (born 1951, N Zealand, f/p)

• Eric Brown (born 1960, England, f)

• Eva Maria Brown (1856–1917, US, nf)

• Fredric Brown (1906–1972, US, f)

• George Brown (1835–1917, England, nf)

• George Mackay Brown (1921–1996, Scotland, p/f/d)

• Helen Brown (born 1954, N Zealand, nf)

• Honey Brown (living, Australia, f)

• John Brown (1715–1766, England, d/nf)

• Marc Brown (born 1946, US, ch)

• Marcia Brown (1918–2015, US, ch)

• Margaret Wise Brown (1910–1952, US, ch)

• Max Brown (1916–2003, N Zealand/Australia, f)

• Pam Brown (born 1948, Australia, nf/p)

• Pamela Brown (1924–1989, England, f/d)

• Pete Brown (born 1940, England, p)

• Pete Brown (born 1968, England, nf)

• Riwia Brown (born 1957, N Zealand, d)

• Roseanne A. Brown (born 1955, Ghana/US, f/ch)

• Sandra Brown (born 1948, US, f)

• Sterling Allen Brown (1901–1989, US, p/nf)

• Stewart Brown (born 1951, England, p/nf)

• Thomas Edward Brown (1830–1897, Isle of Man/England, p/nf)

• Tom Brown (1662–1704, England, p/nf)

• Anthony Browne (born 1946, England, ch)

• Edward Granville Browne (1862–1926, England, nf)

• Frances Browne (1816–1879, Ireland, p/f/ch)

• Gerald A. Browne (1924–2015, US, f)

• Harriet Louisa Browne (1829–1906, N Zealand, nf)

• Harry Browne (1933–2006, US, nf)

• Isaac Hawkins Browne (1705–1760, p)

• Marshall Browne (1935–2014, Australia, f)

• Moses Browne (1703–1787, England, nf)

• Robert Brown (1550s – 1633, nf)

• Thomas Browne (1605–1682, England, nf)

• Thomas Alexander Browne (1826–1915, England/Australia, f/nf), pseudonym Rolf Boldrewood

• William Browne (c. 1590 – c. 1645, England, p)

• William A. F. Browne (1805–1885, Scotland, nf)

• Dixie Browning (born 1930, US, f)

• Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1806–1861, England/Italy, p)

• Oscar Browning (1837–1923, England, nf)

• Robert Browning (1812–1889, England/Italy, p/nf)

• Alan Brownjohn (1931–2024, England, p/f)

• Orestes Brownson (1803–1876, US, nf)

• Anatole Broyard (1920–1990, US, nf)

• Heðin Brú (1901–1987, Faroe Is, f), pseudonym of Hans Jacob Jacobsen

• Aristide Bruant (1851–1925, France, p)

• Dorita Fairlie Bruce (1885–1970, Scotland, ch)

• Henry James Bruce (1880–1951, England, n/f)

• Mary Grant Bruce (1878–1958, Australia, ch)

• Mrs Victor Bruce (1895–1990, England, nf/f), born Mildred Mary Petre

• Raymond Bruckert (born 1935, Switzerland, f/nf)

• Walter Brueggemann (born 1933, US, nf)

• Ken Bruen (born 1951, Ireland, f)

• Alyssa Brugman (born 1974, Australia, f/ch)

• Jean de Brunhoff (1899–1937, France, ch)

• Gace Brulé (c. 1160 – post-1213, France, p)

• Johan Nordahl Brun (1745–1816, Norway, p/d)

• Maria Alinda Bonacci Brunamonti (1841–1903, Italy, p)

• Marta Brunet (1897–1967, Chile, f/nf)

• Andrée Brunin (1937–1993, France, p/ch/f)

• John Brunner (1934–1995, England, f)

• Marianne Bruns (1897–1994, Germany, f/p/nf)

• Mary Brunton (1778–1818, Scotland, f)

• Steven Brust (born 1955, US, f)

• Dennis Brutus (1924–2009, S Africa, nf/p)

• Francis Bryan (c. 1490–1550, England, p/nf)

• Robert Bryan (1858–1920, Wales, p)

• Arthur Bryant (1899–1985, England, nf)

• William Cullen Bryant (1794–1878, US, p/nf)

• Alfredo Bryce (born 1939, Peru, f/nf)

• Colette Bryce (born 1970, N Ireland/England, p)

• Egerton Brydges (1762–1837, England, nf)

• Bryher (1894–1983, England/Switzerland, f/p/nf)

• Annika Bryn (born 1945, Sweden, f)

• Bill Bryson (born 1951, US, nf)

• Valery Bryusov (1873–1924, Russian E/USSR, p/f/d)

• Dragomir Brzak (1851–1905, Serbia, d/p/nf)

• Jan Brzechwa (1898–1966, Poland, p/ch)

Bu–By
• Chico Buarque (born 1944, Brazil, d/nf/p)

• Kenneth C. Bucchi (living, US, nf)

• Boudewijn Büch (1948–2002, Netherlands, f/nf)

• Elizabeth Buchan (born 1948, England, nf/f)

• John Buchan (1875–1940, Scotland/Canada, f/nf)

• Dugald Buchanan (1716–1768, Scotland, p)

• Edna Buchanan (born 1939, US, f/nf)

• Robert Williams Buchanan (1841–1901, Scotland, f/d)

• Magdalene Sophie Buchholm (1758–1825, Norway, p)

• August Buchner (1591–1661, Scotland, p/nf)

• Georg Büchner (1813–1837, Germany/Switzerland, d/p/nf)

• Anne Buck (1910–2005, England, nf)

• Charles Bucke (1781–1846, England, nf/p/d)

• Anthony Buckeridge (1912–2004, England, ch)

• James Silk Buckingham (1786–1855, England, nf)

• Leicester Silk Buckingham (1825–1867, England, d)

• Nancy Buckingham (1924–2022, England, f)

• Francis Trevelyan Buckland (1826–1880, England, nf), wrote as Frank Buckland

• Raymond Buckland (1834–1917, England, nf), pseudonym Robat

• William Buckland (1784–1856, England, nf)

• Henry Thomas Buckle (1821–1862, England, nf)

• Arabella Buckley (1840–1929, England, nf)

• Vincent Buckley (1925–1988, Australia, p/nf)

• William F. Buckley Jr. (1925–2008, US, nf)

• M. L. Buchman (born 1958, USA, f/nf)

• Charles Buckmaster (1950–1972, Australia, p)

• Stefan Buczacki (born 1945, England, nf)

• David Budbill (1940–2016, US, p/d)

• Maria Elizabeth Budden (c. 1780–1832, England, f/ch)

• Jacintha Buddicom (1901–1993, England, p/nf)

• Eustace Budgell (1686–1737, England, nf)

• Algis Budrys (1931–2008, Lithuania/US, f/nf)

• Andrea Hollander Budy (born 1947, Germany/US, p)

• Aminta Buenaño (born 1958, Ecuador, f/nf)

• Gesualdo Bufalino (1920–1996, Italy, f)

• Lasha Bugadze (born 1977, USSR/Georgia, d)

• Ken Bugul (born 1947, Senegal), pseudonym of Mariètou Mbaye Biléoma

• Lindsay Buick (1866–1938, N Zealand, nf)

• Thomas Lindsay Buick (1865–1938, N Zealand, nf)

• Anne Buist (living, Australia, f)

• Teodor Bujnicki (1907–1944, Poland, p)

• Lois McMaster Bujold (born 1949, US, f)

• Austin Bukenya (born 1944, Uganda, f/nf/d)

• Charles Bukowski (1920–1994, Germany/US, p/f)

• Miodrag Bulatović (1930–1991, Yugoslavia, f/nf/d)

• NoViolet Bulawayo (born 1981, Zimbabwe/US, f)

• Mikhail Bulgakov (1891–1940, Russia/USSR, f/d)

• Vanja Bulić (born 1947, Yugoslavia/Serbia, d/nf/f)

• Fanny Bulkeley-Owen (1845–1927, Wales/England, nf)

• Jacob Breda Bull (1853–1930, Norway, f/p)

• Olaf Bull (1883–1933, Norway, p)

• Frank Thomas Bullen (1857–1915, England, f/nf)

• J. B. Bullen (living, England, nf)

• Gerald Bullett (1893–1958, England, f/nf/p)

• Margaret Bullock (1845–1903, N Zealand, nf)

• Carlos Bulosan (1913–1956, Philippines/US, f/p)

• Irinej Bulović (born 1947, Yugoslavia/Serbia, nf)

• Edward Bulwer-Lytton (1803–1873, England, f/p/d)

• Robert Bulwer-Lytton (1831–1891, England, p), pseudonym Owen Meredith

• Delfina Bunge (1881–1952, Argentina, p/nf)

• Ivan Bunin (1870–1953, Russian E/France, p/f)

• Anna Bunina (1774–1829, Russian E)

• Anna Maria Bunn (1808–1899, Australia, f)

• Basil Bunting (1900–1985, England, p)

• Eve Bunting (1928–2023, N Ireland/US, f/nf/ch)

• John Bunyan (1628–1688, England, nf/f)

• Sevim Burak (1931–1983, Turkey, f/d)

• Adda Burch (1869-1929, US, nf)

• Robert J. Burch (1925–2007, US, ch)

• Josiah Burchett (c. 1666–1746, England, nf)

• Zaza Burchuladze (born 1973, USSR/Germany, f/d)

• Katharine Burdekin (1896–1963, England, nf)

• Della Burford (born 1946, Canada, ch)

• Sheila Burnford (1918–1984, Scotland/Canada, nf)

• Gottfried August Bürger (1747–1794, Germany, p)

• Hermann Burger (1942–1989, Switzerland, p/f/nf)

• George Burges (1786–1864, England, nf)

• Mary Anne Burges (1763–1813, Scotland, nf)

• Alan Burgess (1915–1998, England, nf)

• Anthony Burgess (1917–1993, England, f/d/p)

• Gelett Burgess (1866–1951, US, nf/p)

• Melvin Burgess (born 1964, England, ch)

• Thornton Burgess (1874–1965, US, nf/ch)

• James Burgh (1714–1775, Scotland/England, nf)

• John Burgon (1813–1888, England, p/nf)

• Julia de Burgos (1914–1953, Puerto Rico, p)

• John Burgoyne (1722–1792, England, d)

• Erika Burkart (1922–2010, Switzerland, p/f)

• Alafair Burke (born 1969, US, f/nf)

• Andrew Burke (1944–2023, Australia, p)

• Edmund Burke (1729–1797, Ireland/England, nf)

• J. C. Burke (born 1965, Australia, f)

• Janine Burke (born 1952, Australia, nf/f)

• Thomas Burke (1886–1945, England, f/p/d)

• William Burke (1728 or 1730–1798, England, nf)

• Martha Burkhardt (1874–1956, Switzerland, nf)

• Francis Burleigh (fl. 1590s, England, nf)

• Michael Burleigh (born 1955, England, nf)

• Doris Burn (1923–2011, US, ch)

• Andrew Burnaby (1732–1812, England, nf)

• William Aubrey Burnage (c. 1841–1881, Australia, f/d)

• F. C. Burnand (1836–1917, England, f/d)

• Jocelyn Bell Burnell (born 1943, N Ireland/England, nf/p)

• Gilbert Burnet (1643–1715, Scotland/England, nf)

• Thomas Burnet (c. 1635–1713, England, nf)

• Alice Hale Burnett (early 20th c., US, ch)

• Frances Hodgson Burnett (1849–1924, England/US, f/d)

• Caroline Burney (fl. early 19th c., England, f), probable pseudonym

• Charles Burney (1726–1814, England, nf)

• Charles Burney (1757–1817, England, nf)

• Frances Burney (1752–1840, England, f/nf/p), commonly Fanny Burney

• Frances Burney (1776–1828, England, d)

• James Burney (1750–1821, England, nf)

• Sarah Burney (1772–1844, England, f)

• Sheila Burnford (1918–1984, Scotland/Canada, f/ch)

• John Burningham (1936–2019, England, ch)

• Joanne Burns (born 1945, Australia, p/nf)

• Robert Burns (1759–1796, Scotland, p)

• Stanley Burnshaw (1906–2005, US, p)

• John Burnside (born 1955, Scotland, p/f/nf)

• Myles Burnyeat (1939–1919, England, nf)

• James Burr (born 1971, England, f)

• Nathan Burrage (born 1971, Australia, f)

• Sophia Burrell (1753–1802, England, p/d)

• Bryan Burrough (born 1961, US, nf)

• Augusten Burroughs (born 1965, US, nf/f)

• Dillon Burroughs (born 1976, US, nf)

• Edgar Rice Burroughs (1875–1950, US, f)

• Franklin Burroughs (living, US, nf)

• Montagu Burrows (1819–1905, England, nf)

• William S. Burroughs (1914–1997, US, f/nf)

• James Burrow (1701–1782, England, nf)

• Deborah Burrows (born 1959, Australia, f)

• Andrzej Bursa (1932–1957, Poland, p/f)

• Henry Burton (1578–1648, England, nf)

• Hester Burton (1913–2000, England, ch)

• Maurice Burton (1898–1992, England, nf)

• Richard Francis Burton (1821–1990, England, nf)

• Robert Burton (1577–1640, England, nf)

• Virginia Lee Burton (1909–1968, US, ch)

• Clemency Burton-Hill (born 1981, England, nf/f)

• Charlotte Bury (1775–1861, England, f)

• Elizabeth Bury (1644–1720, England, nf)

• Helle Busacca (1915–1996, Italy, p/f/nf)

• Margaret Busby (born 1944, Gold Coast/England, nf/d)

• Olivia Ward Bush-Banks (1869–1944, US, p/d/nf), born Olivia Ward

• Aldo Busi (born 1948, Italy, f/nf)

• Akosua Busia (born 1966, Ghana/US, f/d)

• Abena Busia (born 1953, Ghana/England, nf/p)

• Akosua Busia (born 1966, Ghana/England, f/d)

• Yosa Buson (与謝蕪村, 1716–1784, Japan, p)

• Michael Busselle (1935–2006, England, nf)

• Christine Busta (1915–1987, Austria, p)

• Fatimah Busu (born 1943, Malaya/Malaysia, f/nf)

• A. J. Butcher (living, England, ch)

• Jim Butcher (born 1971, US, f)

• Alban Butler (1710–1773, England, nf)

• Catherine Butler (born 1963, England, nf/ch), initially Charles Butler

• Dorothy Butler (1925–2015, N Zealand, ch)

• Guy Butler (1918–2001, S Africa, p/nf)

• Gwendoline Butler (1922–2013, England, f)

• Joseph Butler (1692–1752, England, nf)

• Josephine Butler (1828–1906, England, nf)

• Octavia E. Butler (1947–2006, US, f)

• Samuel Butler (1613–1680, England, p)

• Samuel Butler (1835–1902, England, f/nf)

• Susan Bulkeley Butler (living, US, nf)

• Michel Butor (1926–2016, France, p/f/nf)

• Ray Buttigieg (born 1955, Malta/US, p)

• Herbert Butterfield (1900–1979, England, nf)

• Jez Butterworth (born 1969, England, d)

• John-Henry Butterworth (born 1976, England, d)

• Ignazio Buttitta (1899–1997, Italy, p)

• Anthony Butts (born 1969, US, p)

• Mary Butts (1890–1937, England, nf)

• Bertha Henry Buxton (1844–1981, England, f/ch)

• Fowell Buxton (1786–1945, England, nf)

• Nigel Buxton (1924–2015, England, nf)

• Alex Buzo (1944–2006, Australia, d/f/nf)

• Augustin Buzura (1938–2017, Romania, f/nf)

• Dino Buzzati (1906–1972, Italy, f/p/nf)

• Bwesigye bwa Mwesigire (born 1987, Uganda, nf/f)

• Betsy Byars (1928–2020, US, ch)

• A. S. Byatt (1936–2023, England, f/nf)

• Kathryn Stripling Byer (1944–2017, US, p/nf)

• Vasil Bykaŭ (1924–2003, USSR/Russia, f/nf)

• Marie Beuzeville Byles (1900–1979, Australia, nf)

• Georgia Byng (born 1965, England, ch)

• Witter Bynner (1881–1968, US, p/d/nf)

• John Byrne (born 1950, England/US, f)

• Paula Byrne (born 1967, England, nf)

• Rhonda Byrne (born 1945, Australia, nf)

• John Byrom (1692–1736, England, p/nf)

• Lord Byron (1788–1824, England/Greece, p)

• Robert Byron (1905–1941, England, nf)

• Liz Byrski (born 1944, England/Australia, f/nf)

• Ingram Bywater (1840–1914, England, nf)

• Michael Bywater (born 1953, England, nf)