List of authors by name: P

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

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

Pa
• Piet Paaltjens (1835–1894, Netherlands, p/f/nf), pseudonym of François Haverschmidt

• Arto Paasilinna (1942–2018, Finland, f/nf/p)

• Kalle Päätalo (1919–2000, Finland, f)

• Titinga Frédéric Pacéré (born 1943, Burkina Faso, p/nf)

• José Emilio Pacheco (1939–2014, Mexico, p/f/nf)

• Luiz Pacheco (1925–2008, Portugal, nf)

• Manuel A. Alonso Pacheco (1922–1989, Puerto Rico, p/nf)

• Jovan Pačić (1771–1849, Hungary, p/nf)

• José Emilio Pacheco (1939–2014, Mexico, p/nf/f)

• Ruth Padel (born 1946, England, p/f/nf)

• Ron Padgett (born 1942, US, p/nf/f)

• Heberto Padilla (1932–2000, Cuba/US, p/f)

• Adrián Paenza (born 1949, Argentina, nf)

• Nebojša Pajkić (born 1951, Yugoslavia/Serbia, d)

• Edward Packard (born 1931, US, ch)

• Joy Packer (1905–1977, S Africa, f/nf)

• ZZ Packer (born 1973, US, f)

• Julián Padrón (1910–1954, Venezuela, f/d)

• Geoff Page (born 1940, Australia, p/nf)

• Lynda Page (born 1950, England, f)

• P. K. Page (1916–2010, Canada, p/nf/ch)

• R. I. Page (1924–2012, England, nf)

• John Paget (1808–1892, England/Austria-Hungary, nf)

• Stephen Paget (1855–1926, England, nf/ch)

• Thomas Paget (1689–1742, England, p)

• Dan Pagis (1930–1986, Romania/Israel, p/nf/ch)

• Boris Pahor (1913–2022, Austrian E/Italy, f)

• Pai Hsien-yung (白先勇, born 1937, China, f)

• Roopa Pai (living, India, nf/ch)

• Barry Pain (1864–1928, England, p/nf/f)

• Thomas Paine (1737–1807, England/US, nf)

• William Painter (c. 1540–1595, England, nf/f)

• Paisius of Hilendar (1722–1773, Ottoman E, nf)

• Chuck Palahniuk (born 1962, US, f)

• Maria Palaiologina, Queen of Serbia (died 1355, Serbia, nf)

• Peter K. Palangyo (1939–1993, Tanzania, f)

• Greg Palast (born 1952, US, nf)

• Alexandru Paleologu (1919–2005, Romania, nf)

• Theodor Paleologu (born 1973, Romania, nf)

• Octavian Paler (1926–2007, Romania, nf)

• Frederick Apthorp Paley (1815–1888, England, nf)

• Grace Paley (1922–2007, US, f/p/nf)

• Francis Turner Palgrave (1824–1897, England, nf/p)

• Michael Palin (born 1943, England, d/nf)

• Dibyendu Palit (1939–2019, India, p/f)

• Palladas (fl. 4th c. CE, Egypt, p)

• Azarías Pallais (1884–1954, Nicaragua, p/nf)

• Johannes Hendricus van der Palm (1763–1840, Netherlands, p/nf)

• Ricardo Palma (1833–1919, Peru, nf)

• Connie Palmen (born 1955, Netherlands, f)

• Bernard Palmer (1914–1998, US, ch/f)

• Charles John Palmer (1805–1882, England, nf)

• Charlotte Palmer (c. 1762 – post-1834, England, f)

• Diana Palmer (born 1946, US, f), pseudonym of Susan Spaeth Kyle

• Helen Palmer (1917–1979, Australia, nf)

• Michael Palmer (born 1943, US, p/nf)

• Nettie Palmer (1885–1964, Australia, p/nf)

• Raymond A. Palmer (1910–1977, US, f/nf)

• Robert Palmer (1945–1997, US, nf)

• Vance Palmer (1885–1959, Australia, f/d/p)

• Hermann Pálsson (1921–2002, Iceland, nf)

• Sigurður Pálsson (1948–2017, Iceland, nf/d)

• Joanikije Pamučina (1810–1870, Ottoman E, nf)

• Orhan Pamuk (born 1952, Turkey, f/d)

• Lynn Pan (born 1945, China/Singapore, nf)

• Nayan Raj Pandey (born 1966, Nepal, f/d)

• Sima Pandurović (1883–1960, Serbia/Yugoslavia, p/nf)

• Edgar Pangborn (1909–1976, US, f)

• Oskar Panizza (1853–1921, Germany, d/f/nf)

• Anthony Panizzi (1797–1879, England, nf)

• Sylvia Pankhurst (1882–1960, England/Ethiopia, nf)

• Anton Pann (1790s – 1854, Ottoman E/Wallachia, p/nf)

• Janus Pannonius (1434–1472, Hungary, p)

• Anton Panov (1906–1967, Ottoman E/Yugoslavia, d)

• Alexei Panshin (born 1940, US, f/nf)

• Cory Panshin (born 1947, US, f/nf)

• Sumitranandan Pant (1900–1977, India, p)

• Jane Ellen Panton (1847–1923, England, nf/f)

• William Williams Pantycelyn (c. 1717–1791, Wales, p/nf)

• Francisco Matos Paoli (1915–2000, Puerto Rico, p/nf)

• Christopher Paolini (born 1983, US, f/d)

• Hortensia Papadat-Bengescu (1876–1955, Romania, f)

• Alexandros Papadiamantis (1851–1911, Greece, f/p)

• Mākereti Papakura (1873–1930, N Zealand, nf)

• Franz von Papen (1879–1969, Germany, nf)

• Papias of Hierapolis (c. 60 – c. 130 CE, Greece, nf)

• Žarana Papić (1949–2002, Yugoslavia/Serbia, nf)

• George Papashvily (1898–1978, Russian E/US, nf)

• Aristides Paradissis (1923–2006, China/Australia, p/f)

• Paragu (1921–2011, Burma/Myanmar, nf)

• Isaac Pardo (fl. 18th c., Bosnia/Herzegovina, nf)

• Jacob Pardo (fl. 18th c., Ragusa, nf/ch)

• Jacob Vita Pardo (1822–1843, Austrian Empire/Ragusa, nf)

• Joseph Pardo (hazzan) (c. 1624–1677, Netherlands/England, nf)

• Moses Pardo (died 1888, Palestine/Egypt, nf/f)

• Julia Pardoe (1804–1862, England, p/f/nf)

• Miguel Donoso Pareja (1931–2015, Ecuador, f/nf)

• Jean Jacques Clark Parent (born 1951, Haiti, f/p/d)

• Ratko Parežanin (1898–1981, Austria-Hungary/Germany, nf)

• Edith Pargeter (1913–1995, England, f/nf), pseudonym Ellis Peters

• Harald Parigger (born 1953, Germany, f/p/ch)

• Parijat (1937–1993, Nepal, f/p/nf), pseudonym of Bishnu Kumari Waiba

• Peggy Parish (1927–1988, US, ch)

• Susan Parisi (born 1958, Canada/Australia, f)

• Barbara Park (1947–2013, US, ch)

• Linda Sue Park (born 1960, US, f/ch)

• Ruth Park (1917–2010, N Zealand/Australia, f/ch)

• Park Yong-rae (박용래, 1925–1980, Korea/S Korea, p)

• Dorothy Parker (1893–1967, US, p/f/nf)

• Emma Parker (fl. 1809–1817, Wales, f)

• Gilbert Parker (1862–1932, Canada/England, f/p)

• Jane Marsh Parker (1836–1913, US, ch/f/nf)

• K. Langloh Parker (1856–1940, Australia, nf)

• Una-Mary Parker (1930–2019, England, nf/f)

• Frank Kobina Parkes (1932–2004, Gold Coast/Ghana, nf/p)

• Nii Parkes (born 1974, England, p/nf), pseudonym K. P. Kojo

• Amy Parkinson (1855–1938, England/Canada, p)

• Adele Parks (living, England, f)

• Stella Parks (living, US, nf)

• Tim Parks (born 1954, England, f/nf)

• Parmenides (late 6th or early 5th c. BCE, Greece, nf)

• Peter Parnall (born 1936, US, ch)

• Thomas Parnell (1679–1718, Ireland/England, p/nf)

• Évariste de Parny (1753–1814, Isle of Bourbon/France, p)

• Milan Paroški (born 1957, Yugoslavia/Serbia, nf)

• Delia Parr (living, US), pseudonym of Mary Lechleidner

• Harriet Parr (1828–1900, England, f/ch/nf), pseudonym Holme Lee

• Nicanor Parra (1914–2018, Chile, p)

• Teresa de la Parra (1889–1936, Venezuela, f)

• Violeta Parra (1917–1967, Chile, p/nf)

• Anne Parrish (1888–1957, US, f/ch)

• Anne Spencer Parry (1931–1985, Australia, f)

• Gwenlyn Parry (1932–1991, Wales, d)

• John Parry (Bardd Alaw) (1776–1851, Wales, nf/p)

• Lorae Parry (born 1955, N Zealand, d)

• R. Williams Parry (1884–1956, Wales, p)

• Robert Parry (1540–1612, Wales, p/f)

• Sarah Winifred Parry (1870–1953, Wales/England, f)

• Thomas Parry (1904–1985, Wales, nf)

• Amy Parry-Williams (1910–1988, Wales, p/f/d)

• T. H. Parry-Williams (1887–1975, Wales, p/nf)

• Shahrnush Parsipur (born 1946, Iran/US, f/nf/ch)

• Eliza Parsons (1739–1811, England, f)

• James Parsons (1705–1770, England, nf)

• Alicia Partnoy (born 1955, Argentina/US, p/nf)

• James Parton (1822–1891, England/US, nf)

• Blaise Pascal (1623–1662, France, nf)

• Jacqueline Pascarl (born 1963, Australia, nf)

• Teixeira de Pascoaes (1877–1952, Portugal, p)

• Giovanni Pascoli (1855–1912, Italy, p)

• Anwar Pasha (1928–1971, India, f)

• Atena Pashko (1931–2012, Ukraine, p)

• Viktor Paskov (1949–2009, Bulgaria, p/f/d)

• Fernando del Paso (1935–2018, Mexico, f/nf/p)

• Joaquín Pasos (1914–1947, Nicaragua, p/nf)

• Josefina Passadori (1900–1987, Italy/Argentina, nf/ch)

• Gunter Silva Passuni (born 1977, Peru, f)

• Ámbar Past (born 1949, US/Mexico, p)

• Boris Pasternak (1890–1960, Russia/Soviet Union, f/nf)

• Leon Pasternak (1910–1969, Austria-Hungary/Poland, p/nf)

• Mrs Henry de la Pasture (1866–1945, England, f/d/ch)

• Kenneth Patchen (1911–1972, US, p/f)

• Raj Patel (born 1972, England/US, f/nf)

• Ravji Patel (1939–1968, India, p/f)

• Shailja Patel (living, Kenya, p/d/nf)

• Shenaz Patel (born 1966, Mauritius, f/d)

• Banjo Paterson (1864–1941, Australia, p/f)

• Craig Paterson (born 1959, Scotland, nf)

• Don Paterson (born 1963, Scotland, p/d/nf)

• Katherine Paterson (born 1932, China/US, ch)

• Surender Mohan Pathak (born 1940, India, f)

• Raphael Patkanian (1830–1892, Russian E, p)

• Coventry Patmore (1823–1896, England, p/nf)

• Gladys Lomafu Pato (born 1930, Swaziland, f)

• Alan Paton (1903–1988, S Africa, f/nf)

• Justin Paton (born 1972, N Zealand, nf)

• William Roger Paton (1857–1921, Scotland/Greece, nf)

• Brian Patten (born 1946, England, p)

• James Patterson (born 1947, US, f/nf)

• Eliot Pattison (born 1951, US, f/nf)

• Jenny Pattrick (born 1936, N Zealand, f)

• Evelyn Patuawa-Nathan (living, N Zealand, f/p)

• Lekhnath Paudyal (1885–1966, Nepal, p)

• Caroline Paul (born 1963, US, f/nf)

• Elliot Paul (1891–1958, US, nf/d)

• Paul I, Prince Esterházy (1635–1713, Hungary, p)

• Jean Paul (1763–1825, Germany, f), pseudonym of Johann Paul Friedrich Richter

• Gary Paulsen (1939–2021, US, ch/d)

• Dora Pavel (born 1946, Romania, f/nf/p)

• Michelle Paver (born 1960, England, f/ch)

• Cesare Pavese (1908–1950, Italy, f/p/nf)

• Milorad Pavić (1929–2009, Yugoslavia/Serbia, f/p/nf)

• Stel Pavlou (born 1970, England, d/f)

• Milivoje Pavlović (born 1947, Yugoslavia/Serbia, nf)

• Milorad Pavić (1929–2009, Yugoslavia/Serbia, f/p/nf)

• Maria Pawlikowska-Jasnorzewska (1891–1945, Poland/England, p/d)

• Stel Pavlou (born 1970, England, d/f)

• Konstantin Pavlov (1933–2008, Bulgaria, d/p)

• Miodrag Pavlović (1928–2014, Yugoslavia/Germany, p/nf/d)

• Slaviša Pavlović (born 1982, Yugoslavia/Serbia, f/p)

• Živojin Pavlović (1933–1998, Yugoslavia/Serbia, f/d)

• Milena Pavlović-Barili (1909–1945, Serbia/US, p)

• Božin Pavlovski (born 1942, Bulgaria/Australia, f/nf)

• Lois Paxton (1916–2002, Scotland/England, f), pseudonym of Lois Dorothea Low

• Rachel Cosgrove Payes (1922–1998, US, f/ch)

• James Payn (1830–1898, England, f)

• David William Paynter (1791–1823, England, f/d/nf)

• Roberto Payró (1867–1928, Argentina, nf/f)

• José María Paz (1791–1854, Argentina, nf)

• Marcela Paz (1902–1985, Chile, ch/f)

• Octavio Paz (1914–1998, Mexico, p/nf)

• Parween Pazhwak (born 1967, Afghanistan, p/f)

• Péter Pázmány (1570–1637, Transylvania/Hungary, nf)

Pe–Ph
• Hla Pe (1913–2007, Burma/Myanmar, nf)

• Ohn Pe (c. 1917–2008, Burma/Myanmar, nf)

• David Peace (born 1967, England, f/nf)

• Thomas Love Peacock (1785–1866, England, f/p)

• Isabel Peacocke (1881–1973, N Zealand, n)

• Mervyn Peake (1911–1968, China/England, f/p/ch)

• A. J. Pearce (born 1964, England, f)

• Joseph Pearce (born 1961, England/US, nf)

• Philippa Pearce (1920–2006, England, f/nf/ch)

• Frances Mary Peard (1835–1923, England, f/ch)

• Patrick Pearse (1879–1916, Ireland, p/nf)

• Bill Pearson (1922–2002, N Zealand, f/nf)

• Diane Pearson (1931–2017, England, f)

• Hesketh Pearson (1887–1964, England, nf)

• James Larkin Pearson (1879–1981, US, p)

• Kit Pearson (born 1947, Canada, f/ch)

• Ridley Pearson (born 1953, US, f/ch)

• T. R. Pearson (born 1956, US, f/nf)

• Allan Pease (born 1952, Australia, nf/f)

• Howard Pease (1894–1974, US, f)

• F. David Peat (1938–2017, England/Italy, nf)

• Vid Pečjak (1929–2016, Yugoslavia/Slovenia, nf/f/ch)

• Dale Peck (born 1967, US, f/nf/ch)

• Robert Newton Peck (1928–2020, US, ch)

• Winifred Peck (1882–1962, England, f/nf)

• Allasani Peddana (fl. 15th – 16th c. CE, Vijayanagara E, p)

• Margaret Pedler (1877–1948, England, f)

• Ethel Pedley (1859–1898, England/Australia, ch/nf)

• Erica Pedretti (1930–2022, Czechoslovakia/Switzerland, nf/f)

• Inês Pedrosa (born 1962, Portugal, f/ch/d)

• Mary Louise Peebles (1833–1915, US, ch), pseudonym Lynde Palmer

• John Peel (born 1954, England, f/d)

• Bill Peet (1915–2002, US, ch)

• Charles Péguy (1873–1914, France, p/nf)

• Annette Pehnt (born 1967, Germany, nf)

• Kira Peikoff (born 1985, US, f)

• Hayford Peirce (1942–2020, US, f)

• Kathleen Peirce (born 1956, US, p)

• Alvarenga Peixoto (1744–1793, Brazil, p)

• José Luís Peixoto (born 1974, Portugal, f/p/ch)

• Borislav Pekić (1930–1992, Yugoslavia, f)

• Vasa Pelagić (1833–1899, Ottoman E/Serbia, nf)

• Elin Pelin (1877–1949, Ottoman E/Bulgaria, fp)

• Judith Pella (living, US, f)

• Charles Pellegrino (born 1953, US, nf/f)

• Nicky Pellegrino (born 1964, N Zealand, f)

• William Dudley Pelley (1890–1965, US, d/f)

• Carlos Pellicer (1897–1977, Mexico, p)

• Rowan Pelling (born 1968, England, nf)

• Ulrich Peltzer (born 1956, Germany, f)

• Luisa Peluffo (born 1941, Argentina, p/f/nf)

• Dave Pelzer (born 1960, US, nf)

• H. Pemberton (fl. 1860s – 1870s, England, f/nf), perhaps Helen Crookshank (1830–1877)

• Horacio Peña (born 1936, Nicaragua, p)

• Martins Pena (1815–1848, Brazil, d)

• Gabino Coria Peñaloza (1881–1975, Argentina, p)

• Nathan Penlington (living, England, p/nf)

• Ian Penman (born 1959, England, nf)

• Jessie Penn-Lewis (1861–1927, Wales/England, nf)

• Daniel Pennac (born 1944, Morocco/France, ch/f)

• Meirion Pennar (1944–2010, Wales, p/f)

• Edmund Penning-Rowsell (1913–2002, England, nf)

• Michael Pennington (born 1943, England, nf)

• Sarah, Lady Pennington (c. 1720–1783, England, nf)

• Anne Penny (1729–1784, Wales/England, p)

• Nicholas Penny (born 1949, England, nf)

• Ethel Penrose (1857–1938, Ireland, ch)

• John Penry (1563–1593, Wales/England, nf)

• Louise Pentland (born 1985, England, nf)

• Ernst Penzoldt (1892–1955, Germany, f/nf/ch)

• Pepetela (born 1941, Angola, f), pseudonym of Artur Carlos Maurício Pestana dos Santos

• Emily Pepys (1833–1877, England, nf)

• Henry Pepys (1783–1860, England, nf)

• Samuel Pepys (1633–1703, England, nf)

• Anna Percival (1906–1993, England, f), pseudonym of Eleanor Burford Hibbert

• Elizabeth Percy, Duchess of Northumberland (1716–1776, England, nf)

• Walker Percy (1916–1990, US, f/nf)

• Georges Perec (1936–1982, France, f/nf)

• José de Fontes Pereira (1838–1891, Angola, nf)

• Sam Pereira (living, US, p)

• Benjamin Péret (1899–1959, France, p)

• I. L. Peretz (1852–1915, Poland, f/d)

• Galo René Pérez (1923–2008, Ecuador, nf/p)

• Arturo Pérez-Reverte (born 1951, Spain, f/nf)

• Louis Pergaud (1882–1915, France, f/p)

• Bonaventure des Périers (c. 1500–1544, France, nf/p)

• Lucia Perillo (1958–2016, US, p/f)

• Emily Perkins (born 1970, N Zealand, f)

• Lucy Fitch Perkins (1865–1937, US, ch)

• Lynne Rae Perkins (born 1956, US, ch)

• Sarah Maria Clinton Perkins (1824–1905, US, ch)

• William Perkins (1558–1602, England, nf)

• Néstor Osvaldo Perlongher (1949–1992, Argentina, p/nf)

• Perpetua and Felicity (fl. 3rd c., Carthage, nf)

• Charles Perrault (1628–1703, France, ch)

• E. du Perron (1899–1940, Dutch East Indies/Netherlands, p/f)

• Anne Perry (1938–2023, England, f)

• Grace Perry (1927–1987, Australia, p/d)

• Grayson Perry (born 1960, England, nf)

• Sarah Perry (born 1979, England, f)

• Steve Perry (born 1947, US, d/f)

• Lakshmi Persaud (1939–2024, Trinidad/England, f)

• Saint-John Perse (1887–1975, Guadeloupe/France, p)

• Synnøve Persen (born 1950, Norway, p)

• Persius (34–62 CE, Rome, p), full name Aulus Persius Flaccus

• Malte Persson (born 1976, Sweden, f/p)

• Leo Perutz (1882–1957, Austrian E/Austria, f)

• Vesna Pešić (born 1940, Yugoslavia/Serbia, nf)

• Camilo Pessanha (1867–1926, Portugal/Macau, p)

• Fernando Pessoa (1888–1935, Portugal, p/nf)

• Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi (1746–1827, Switzerland, nf)

• Michael Alfred Peszke (1932–2015, Poland/US, nf)

• Basildon Peta (born c. 1972, Zimbabwe/S Africa, nf)

• Alice E. Heckler Peters (1845–1921, US, nf/p)

• Lenrie Peters (1932–2009, Gambia/Senegal, f/p)

• Maureen Peters (1935–2008, Wales/England, f/nf)

• Robert Peters (1924–2014, US, p/nf/d)

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

• Len Peterson (1917–2008, Canada, d/f)

• Pascale Petit (born 1953, France/Wales, p)

• András Petőcz (born 1959, Hungary, p/nf/f)

• Sándor Petőfi (1823–1849, Hungary/Transylvania, p)

• Stephen Petranek (living, US, nf)

• Petrarch (1304–1374, Italy, p/nf), full name Francesco Petrarca

• Camil Petrescu (1894–1957, Romania, d/f/p)

• Cezar Petrescu (1892–1961, Romania, f/ch)

• Julius Richard Petri (1852–1921, Germany, nf)

• György Petri (1943–2000, Hungary, p)

• Nevenka Petrić (1927–2015, Yugoslavia/Serbia, nf/p)

• Ioane Petritsi (fl. 11th–12th cc., Georgia, nf)

• Kata Szidónia Petrőczy (1659–1708, Hungary, nf/p)

• Petronius (c. 27–66 CE, Rome, f), full name Titus Petronius Niger

• Marine Petrossian (born 1960, Armenia, p/nf)

• Valeri Petrov (1920–2014, Bulgaria, p/d), pseudonym of Valeri Nisim Mevorah

• Goran Petrović (born 1961, Yugoslavia/Serbia, f/nf/d)

• Rastko Petrović (1898–1949, Serbia/US, p/f)

• Uroš Petrović (born 1967, Yugoslavia/Serbia, f)

• Veljko Petrović (1884–1967, Austria-Hungary/Yugoslavia, p/f)

• Zoran Petrović (1954–2018, Yugoslavia/Serbia, p/f/ch)

• Mirko Petrović-Njegoš (1820–1867, Montenegro, p)

• Petar II Petrović-Njegoš (1813–1851, Montenegro, p/nf)

• Pande Petrovski (1943–2006, Yugoslavia/N Macedonia, nf)

• Mario Petrucci (born 1958, England, p/nf)

• Mihail Petruševski (1911–1990, Ottoman E/Yugoslavia, nf)

• Per Petterson (born 1952, Norway, f)

• Dianne Ruth Pettis (1955–2008, N Zealand, f/nf)

• Brynjólfur Pétursson (1810–1851, Iceland, nf)

• Hallgrímur Pétursson (1614–1672, Iceland, p/nf)

• Hannes Pétursson (born 1931, Iceland, p/f/nf)

• K. M. Peyton (1929–2023, England, ch)

• Ludwig Pfau (1821–1894, Germany, p)

• Hoa Pham (living, Australia, f/ch/d)

• LeUyen Pham (born 1973, Vietnam/US, ch)

• Anna Augusta Von Helmholtz-Phelan (1890–1964, US, nf/p)

• James Clancy Phelan (born 1979, Australia, f/ch/nf)

• Nancy Phelan (1913–2008, Australia, f/nf)

• Pherecydes of Athens (fl. c. 465 BCE, Greece, nf)

• Nathaniel Philbrick (born 1956, US, nf)

• Rodman Philbrick (born 1951, US, ch/f)

• St John Philby (1885–1960, Ceylon/Lebanon, nf)

• Ambrose Philips (1674–1749, England, p)

• Katherine Philips (1631/1632–1664, England, p/nf), pseudonym The Matchless Orinda

• Tracy Philipps (1888–1959, England, nf)

• Robert Phillimore (1810–1885, England, nf)

• April Phillips (living, England/N Zealand, d)

• Carly Phillips (born 1965, US, f)

• Caryl Phillips (born 1958, Saint Kitts and Nevis/US, f/d/nf)

• David Graham Phillips (1867–1911, US, f/nf)

• Eluned Phillips (1914–2009, Wales, f)

• Susan Elizabeth Phillips (born 1948, US, f)

• Philo (c. 20 BCE – c. 50 CE, Egypt, nf)

• René Philombé (1930–2001, Cameroon, p/f/d), pseudonym of Philippe Louis Ombedé

• Geoffrey Philp (born 1958, Jamaica, f/d)

• Joan Phipson (1912–2003, Australia, ch)

• Desmond Dudwa Phiri (1931–2019, Nyasaland/Malawi, nf/d)

• Savitribai Phule (1831–1897, India, nf/p)

Pi–Pl
• Pi O (born 1951, Greece/Australia, p)

• Pi Rixiu (皮日休, c. 834–883, China, p)

• Hajasoa Vololona Picard (born 1956, Mozambique/Réunion, nf/f/p)

• Menotti Del Picchia (1892–1988, Brazil, p/nf)

• Anita Pichler (1948–1997, Italy, f/nf)

• Karoline Pichler (1769–1843, Austria, f)

• Tom Pickard (born 1946, England, p)

• Jodi Picoult (born 1966, US, f)

• Phyllis Piddington (1910–2001, Australia, f/p)

• Tamora Pierce (born 1954, US, f/ch)

• Clara D. Pierson (1868–1962, US, ch)

• Nicolaas Pierson (1839–1909, Netherlands, nf)

• Cosmo Pieterse (born 1930, SW Africa/Namibia, d/p/nf)

• Arturo Uslar Pietri (1906–2001, Venezuela, f/p/nf)

• Pedro Pietri (1944–2004, Puerto Rico, p/d)

• David Pietrusza (born 1949, US, nf/ch)

• Ricardo Piglia (1941–2017, Argentina, f)

• Felipe Pigna (born 1959, Argentina, nf)

• Leonie Pihama (born 1962, N Zealand, nf)

• Christopher Pike (born 1955, US, ch)

• Phumlani Pikoli (1988–2021, Zimbabwe/S Africa, f/nf)

• Rosamunde Pilcher (1924–2019, England/Scotland, f)

• János Pilinszky (1921–1981, Hungary, p)

• Dav Pilkey (born 1966, US, ch)

• Mary Pilkington (1761–1839, England, f/p/ch)

• Ion Pillat (1891–1945, Romania, p)

• Rodolfo Pérez Pimentel (born 1939, Ecuador, nf)

• Rui de Pina (1440–1522, Portugal, nf)

• João de Pina-Cabral (born 1954, Portugal, nf)

• Sarah Pinborough (born 1972, England, f/ch/d)

• Elizabeth Pinchard (fl. 1791–1820, England, ch)

• Ivy Pinchbeck (1898–1982, England, nf)

• Pindar (c. 518–438 BCE, Greece, p), full name Pindaros

• Gisèle Pineau (born 1956, France/Guadeloupe, f)

• Claudia Piñeiro (born 1960, Argentina, f/d)

• Virgilio Piñera (1912–1979, Cuba, p/nf)

• Miguel Piñero (1946–1988, Puerto Rico, d)

• Daniel H. Pink (born 1964, US, nf)

• Steven Pinker (born 1954, Canada/US, nf)

• Percy Edward Pinkerton (1855–1946, England, p)

• Jerry Pinkney (1939–2021, US, ch/d)

• Daniel Pinkwater (born 1941, US, ch/f/nf)

• Nélida Piñon (1937–2022, Brazil, f)

• Robert Pinsky (born 1940, US, p/nf)

• Harold Pinter (1930–2008, England, d)

• Fernão Mendes Pinto (c. 1509–1583, Portugal, nf)

• Roxana Pinto (living, Costa Rica, p/f/nf)

• Ziraldo Alves Pinto (born 1932, Brazil, f/nf/ch)

• Heinz Piontek (1925–2003, Germany, p/nf)

• H. Beam Piper (1904–1964, US, f)

• Myfanwy Piper (1911–1997, England, p/d/nf)

• Luigi Pirandello (1867–1936, Italy, d/f/p)

• Farhad Pirbal (born 1961, Iraq, f/nf)

• Willibald Pirckheimer (1470–1530, Germany, nf)

• José Cardoso Pires (1925–1998, Portugal, f/d/nf)

• Tomé Pires (c. 1465–1524 or 1540, Portugal, nf)

• Mark Pirie (born 1974, N Zealand, p/nf)

• Saviour Pirotta (born 1958, Malta/England, ch)

• Robert M. Pirsig (1928–2017, US, f/nf)

• Zoya Pirzad (born 1952, Iran, f)

• Marie Pitt (1869–1948, Australia, p)

• Sarah Pitt (fl. 1881–1900, England, ch)

• José Luis Rodríguez Pittí (born 1971, Panama, f/nf)

• Doris Piserchia (1928–2021, US, f)

• Vladimir Pištalo (born 1960, Yugoslavia/US, f/nf)

• Peter Pišťanek (1960–2015, Czechoslovakia/Slovakia, f/nf)

• Annabel Pitcher (born 1982, England, ch)

• Sergio Pitol (1933–2018, Mexico, f/nf)

• Sarah Pitt (fl. 1880s, England, ch)

• Ruth Pitter (1897–1992, England, p)

• José Luis Rodríguez Pittí (born 1971, Panama, f/p/nf)

• Denis Pitts (1930–1994, England, nf/f)

• Christine de Pizan (1364 – c. 1430, Italy/France, f/nf), full name Cristina da Pizzano

• Daniel Samper Pizano (born 1945, Colombia, nf)

• Alejandra Pizarnik (1936–1972, Argentina)

• Yolanda Arroyo Pizarro (born 1970, Puerto Rico, f/nf)

• Marjorie Pizer (1920–2016, Australia, p)

• Mato Pižurica (born 1942, Yugoslavia/Serbia, nf)

• Erin Pizzey (born 1939, England, f/nf)

• Helgi Pjeturss (1872–1949, Iceland, nf)

• Tamri Pkhakadze (born 1957, USSR/Georgia, f/d/ch)

• Josefina Plá (1903–1999, Canary Islands/Paraguay, p/d/nf)

• Sol Plaatje (1876–1932, S Africa, nf)

• Jean Plaidy (1906–1993, England, f), pseudonym of Eleanor Burford Hibbert

• Belva Plain (1915–2010, US, f)

• Nigel Planer (born 1953, England, f/d)

• August von Platen-Hallermünde (1796–1835, Germany/Italy, p/d)

• Sylvia Plath (1932–1963, US/England, p/f)

• Plato (c. 427 – c. 347 BC, Greece, nf)

• Karen Platt (living, England, nf)

• Kin Platt (1911–2003, US, d/ch)

• Agneta Pleijel (born 1940, Sweden, f/p/d)

• Ulrich Plenzdorf (1934–2007, Germany, f/d)

• Andrei Pleșu (born 1948, Romania, nf)

• José Pliva (born 1966, Benin, d)

• Jean Pliya (1931–2015, Benin/Ivory Coast, d/f)

• Luise von Ploennies (1803–1872, Germany, p/d)

• William Plomer (1903–1973, S Africa/England, f/p/nf

• Vivienne Plumb (born 1955, N Zealand, p/d/f)

• Amélie Plume (born 1943, Switzerland, f/nf)

• Edward Plunkett, 18th Baron of Dunsany (1878–1957, England/Ireland, f/d/p)

• Plutarch (46–119 CE, Greece/Roman E, nf)

Po
• Ivy Pochoda (born 1977, US, f)

• Michael Podro (1931–2008, England, nf)

• Jacek Podsiadło (born 1964, Poland, p/nf)

• Tešan Podrugović (1775–1815, Ottoman E/Austrian E, p)

• Edgar Allan Poe (1809–1849, US, f/nf/p)

• Suman Pokhrel (born 1967, Nepal, p/d)

• Frederik Pohl (1919–2013, US, f)

• Peter Pohl (born 1940, Germany/Sweden, f)

• Suman Pokhrel (born 1967, Nepal, p/d)

• Wincenty Pol (1807–1872, Austrian E, p/nf)

• Gillian Polack (born 1961, Australia, f/nf)

• Marcella Polain (born 1958, Singapore/Australia, p/f)

• Thomas Pole (1753–1829, US/England, nf)

• Stephen Poliakoff (born 1952, England, d)

• Daniel Poliquin (born 1953, Canada, f)

• Branko Ve Poljanski (1898–1947, Austria-Hungary/Germany, p)

• Leonora Polkinghorne (1873–1953, Australia, f/p/nf)

• Albert Pollard (1869–1948, England, nf)

• Josephine Pollard (1834–1892, US, p/ch)

• Margaret Steuart Pollard (1904–1996, England, p)

• Velma Pollard (born 1937, Jamaica, p/f)

• Edward Pollock (1823–1858, US, p)

• Sharon Pollock (1936–2021, Canada, d)

• Elizabeth Polwhele (c. 1651–1691, England, d)

• Richard Polwhele (1760–1838, England, p/nf)

• Rafael Pombo (1833–1912, Colombia, p)

• John Pomfret (1667–1702, England, p)

• Raul Pompeia (1863–1895, Brazil, f/nf)

• Juan García Ponce (1932–2003, Mexico, f/d)

• Francis Ponge (1899–1988, France, nf/p)

• Elena Poniatowska (born 1932, France/Mexico, nf/f)

• Hana Ponická (1922–2007, Czechoslovakia/Slovakia, d/nf)

• Ramesh Ponnuru (born 1974, US, nf)

• Marie Ponsot (1921–2019, US, p/nf)

• Giovanni Pontano (1426–1503, Italy, nf/p)

• George Ayliffe Poole (1809–1883, England, nf)

• Hannah Pool (born 1974, Eritrea/England, nf)

• Thomas Poole (1765–1837, England, nf)

• Clare Pooley (living, England, f/nf)

• Vasko Popa (1922–1991, Yugoslavia/Serbia, p)

• Alexander Pope (1688–1744, England, p)

• Cora Scott Pond Pope (1856 – post-1932, US, f)

• Dudley Pope (1925–1997, England/Saint Martin, f/nf)

• Robert J. Pope (1865–1945, N Zealand, p/nf)

• Dumitru Radu Popescu (1935–2023, Romania, f/d/p)

• Alek Popov (born 1966, Bulgaria, f/nf/d)

• Fani Popova-Mutafova (1902–1977, Bulgaria, f)

• Bogdan Popović (1863–1944, Serbia/Yugoslavia, nf)

• Danko Popović (1928–2009, Yugoslavia/Serbia, f/d)

• Jovan Popović (1905–1952, Austria-Hungary/Yugoslavia, nf)

• Jovan Sterija Popović (1806–1856, Austrian E, d/p)

• Koča Popović (1908–1992, Serbia/Yugoslavia, nf)

• Pavle Popović (1868–1939, Serbia/Yugoslavia, nf)

• Petar Popović (1904–1995, Serbia/Yugoslavia, p)

• Titus Popovici (1930–1994, Romania, d)

• Zoran T. Popovski (born 1962, Yugoslavia/N Macedonia, nf)

• Antonio Porchia (1885–1968, Italy/Argentina, p)

• Judith Pordon (born 1954, US, p/nf)

• Aída Cartagena Portalatín (1918–1994, Dominican Rep., p/f/nf)

• Juan Carlos Portantiero (1934–2007, Argentina, nf)

• Ena Lucía Portela (1972, Cuba, f)

• Anna Maria Porter (1780–1832, England, p/f)

• Delia Lyman Porter (1858–1933, US, ch/f/nf)

• Dorothy Porter (1954–2008, Australia, p/nf/ch)

• Eleanor H. Porter (1868–1920, US, ch/f)

• George Porter (1920–2002, England, nf)

• Hal Porter (1911–1984, Australia, f/d/p)

• Jane Porter (1776–1850, England/Scotland, 1776–1850, f/d)

• Katherine Anne Porter (1890–1980, US, nf/f)

• Marie Porter (born 1939, Australia, nf)

• Peter Porter (1929–2010, Australia/England, p/nf)

• Sheena Porter (born 1935, England, ch)

• Tracey Porter (living, US, ch)

• Charles Portis (1933–2020, US, f/nf)

• Manuel de Araújo Porto-Alegre, Baron of Santo Ângelo (1906–1979, Brazil, p/d/f)

• Posidippus (316 – c. 250 CE, Greece, p)

• Abel Posse (1934–2023, Argentina, f/nf/p)

• Laurens van der Post (1906–1996, Orange Free State/England, f/nf)

• Jacob Post (1774–1855, England, nf)

• Sue-Ann Post (born 1964, Australia, nf)

• John Postgate (1820–1821, England, nf)

• John Postgate (1922–2014, England, nf)

• John Percival Postgate (1853–1926, England, nf)

• Oliver Postgate (1925–2008, England, d/ch)

• Raymond Postgate (1896–1971, England, nf/f)

• Halina Poświatowska (1935–1967, Poland, p/nf)

• Roma Potiki (born 1958, N Zealand, p/d)

• Jan Potocki (1761–1815, Polish-Lithuanian C/Russian E, nf/f)

• Wacław Potocki (1621–1696, Poland, p/nf)

• Beatrix Potter (1866–1943, England, ch)

• Dennis Potter (1935–1994, England, d)

• Ellen Potter (born 1960s, US, ch/f)

• Robert Potter (1721–1804, England, nf)

• Anna M. Longshore Potts (1829–1912, US, nf)

• Mahananda Poudyal (1931 – post-1988, Nepal, f/p)

• Louis-Marie Pouka (fl. mid-20th c., Cameroon, p)

• Jacques Poulin (born 1937, Canada, f)

• Ezra Pound (1885–1972, US/Italy, p/nf)

• Jerry Pournelle (1933–2017, US, nf/f)

• Anthony Powell (1905–2000, England, f)

• Craig Powell (born 1940, Australia, p)

• Patricia Powell (born 1966, Jamaica, f)

• Violet Powell (1912–2002, England, nf)

• Eileen Power (1889–1940, England, nf)

• Rhoda Power (1890–1957, England, ch)

• J. F. Powers (1917–1999, US, f)

• Tim Powers (born 1952, US, f)

• Eve Pownall (1901–1982, Australia, ch/nf)

• John Cowper Powys (1872–1963, England/Wales, p/f/nf)

• T. F. Powys (1875–1953, England, f/nf)

• Heather Graham Pozzessere (born 1953, US, f), pseudonym Shannon Drake

Pr–Py
• James Van Praagh (born 1958, US, nf)

• Alishetty Prabhakar (1954–1993, India, p)

• Manuel González Prada (1844–1918, Peru, nf)

• Tapan Kumar Pradhan (born 1972, India, p)

• Adélia Prado (born 1935, Brazil, p/nf)

• Rosa Campbell Praed (1851–1935, Australia, f/p/ch)

• Winthrop Mackworth Praed (1802–1839, England, p/nf)

• Johannes Praetorius (1537–1616, Bohemia/Germany, nf)

• Jaishankar Prasad (1889–1937, India, f/d/p)

• Terry Pratchett (1948–2015, England, f)

• Vasco Pratolini (1913–1991, Italy, d/f)

• E. J. Pratt (1883–1964, Newfoundland/Canada, p)

• Marin Preda (1922–1980, Romania, f)

• Dušan Prelević (1948–2007, Yugoslavia/Serbia, f/nf)

• Premchand (1880–1936, India, f/nf), pseudonym of Dhanpat Rai Srivastava

• Paula von Preradović (1887–1951, Austria/Yugoslavia, p/f)

• H. F. M. Prescott (1896–1972, England, f/nf)

• France Prešeren (1800–1849, Austrian E, p)

• ArLynn Leiber Presser (born 1960, US, f)

• Steven Pressfield (born 1943, US, f/nf/d)

• Thomas Peckett Prest (c. 1810 – c. 1869, England, f)

• Richard Preston (born 1954, US, nf/f)

• Thomas Preston (1537–1598, England, d/p)

• Ron Pretty (1940–2023, Australia, p/nf)

• Paul Preuss (born 1942, US, f/nf)

• Otfried Preußler (1923–2013, Czechoslovakia/Germany, ch)

• Jacques Prévert (1900–1977, France, p/d)

• Abbé Prévost (1697–1763, France, f/nf)

• Angharad Price (born 1972, Wales, nf/f)

• Evadne Price (1888–1985, Australia, f/ch/nf)

• Nicholas A. Price (born 1962, US)

• Richard Price (1723–1791, Wales, England, nf)

• Richard Price (born 1966, Scotland/England, p/f)

• Thomas Price (Carnhuanawc) (1787–1848, Wales, nf)

• Willard Price (1887–1983, Canada/US, nf/f)

• Caradog Prichard (1904–1980, Wales/England, p/f)

• James Cowles Prichard (1886–1948, England, nf)

• Katharine Susannah Prichard (1883–1969, Fiji/Australia, f/d/p)

• Rhys Prichard (1579–1644, Wales, p)

• Christopher Priest (born 1943, England, f)

• Robert Priest (born 1951, England/Canada, p/ch)

• J. B. Priestley (1894–1984, England, f/d/nf)

• Joseph Priestley (1733–1804, England/US, nf)

• Rebecca Priestley (living, N Zealand, nf)

• Diane di Prima (1934–2020, US, p/nf)

• Elise Primavera (born 1955, US, ch)

• Paskoje Primojević (fl. 1482–1527, Ragusa, p)

• Alison Prince (1931–2019, England/Scotland, ch/d)

• F. T. Prince (1912–2003, S Africa/England, p/nf)

• John Critchley Prince (1808–1866, England, p)

• Eric Pringle (1935–2017, England, d/ch)

• Matthew Prior (1664–1721, England, p)

• John Prise (1501 or 1502–1555, Wales, nf)

• Harri Pritchard-Jones (1933–2015, England/Wales, p/nf/f)

• V. S. Pritchett (1900–1997, England, f/nf)

• Bryan Procter (1787–1874, England, p)

• Jaša Prodanović (1867–1948, Serbia/Yugoslavia, nf)

• Raul Proença (1884–1941, Portugal, nf)

• Lilli Promet (1922–2007, Estonia, f/nf)

• Propertius (c. 50–56 – post-15 BCE, Rome, p), full name Sextus Propertius

• Perch Proshian (1837–1907, Russian E, nf)

• Protagoras (c. 490 – c. 420 BCE, Greece, nf)

• E. Annie Proulx (born 1935, US, f/nf)

• Marcel Proust (1871–1922, France, f)

• Guiot de Provins (died post-1208, France, p)

• Anne Provoost (born 1964, Belgium, f/nf)

• Alf Prøysen (1914–1970, Norway, ch/p/d)

• Kevin Prufer (born 1969, US, p/nf)

• Janko Prunk (born 1942, Yugoslavia/Slovenia, nf)

• Bolesław Prus (1847–1912, Poland, f/nf)

• Hans Prutz (1843–1929, Germany, nf)

• Robert Prutz (1816–1872, Germany, p/f/nf)

• Myfanwy Pryce (1890–1976, Wales, f)

• J. H. Prynne (born 1936, England, p)

• William Prynne (1600–1669, England, nf)

• Edmund Prys (1542 or 1543–1623, Wales, p)

• Kazimierz Przerwa-Tetmajer (1865–1940, Austria-Hungary/Poland, p/f/d)

• Zenon Przesmycki (1861–1944, Russian E/Poland, p/nf)

• Jeremi Przybora (1915–2004, Poland, p)

• Stanisław Przybyszewski (1868–1927, Germany/Poland, f/d/p)

• Kathryn Ptacek (born 1952, US, f)

• Ptolemy ( c. 100 – c. 170 CE, Egypt, nf)

• Pu Songling (皮日休, 1640–1715, China, f)

• Medo Pucić (1821–1882, Austrian E, p)

• Niko Pucić (1820–1883, Austrian E, nf)

• Hermann, Fürst von Pückler-Muskau (1785–1871, Germany, nf), pseudonym Semilasso

• John Pudney (1909–1977, England, p/nf/ch)

• William Owen Pughe (1759–1835, Wales, nf)

• Manuel Puig (1932–1990, Argentina, f/d)

• Adriana Puiggrós (born 1941, Argentina, nf)

• Erenora Puketapu-Hetet (1941–2006, N Zealand, nf)

• Luigi Pulci (1432–1484, Italy, p)

• Georgi Pulevski (1817–1895, Ottoman E/Bulgaria, nf)

• Christine Pullein-Thompson (1925–2005, England, ch)

• Diana Pullein-Thompson (1925–2015, England, ch)

• Josephine Pullein-Thompson (1924–2014, England, ch)

• Philip Pullman (born 1946, England, ch)

• Alice Pung (born 1981, Australia, f/ch/nf)

• John Purchas (1823–1872, England, nf/d/p)

• Al Purdy (1918–2000, Canada, p/nf/f)

• Alexander Pushkin (1799–1837, Russia, p/d)

• Bosiljka Pušić (born 1936, Yugoslavia, ch/p/f)

• Mary Jo Putney (living, US, f)

• Gwilym Puw (c. 1618 – c. 1689, Wales, p)

• Mario Puzo (1920–1999, US, f/d/nf)

• John Pye-Smith (1774–1851, England, nf)

• Howard Pyle (1853–1911, US, ch)

• Barbara Pym (1913–1980, England, f)

• Hugh Pym (born 1959, England, nf)

• Thomas Pynchon (born 1937, US, f/nf)

• Pythagoras (c. 570 – c. 495, Greece, nf)