List of writers from Northern Ireland

This is a list of writers born or who have lived in Northern Ireland.

B

 * Tony Bailie (born 1962)
 * Jo Bannister (born 1951)
 * Colin Bateman (born 1962)
 * Ronan Bennett (born 1956)
 * Maureen Boyle (born 1961)
 * Kenneth Branagh (born 1960)
 * Colette Bryce (born 1970)
 * Eve Bunting (born 1928)
 * James Burke (born 1936)
 * Anna Burns (born 1962)

C

 * Lucy Caldwell (born 1982)
 * Joseph Campbell (1879–1944)
 * William Carleton (novelist) (1794–1869)
 * Thomas Carnduff (1886–1956)
 * Ciarán Carson (1948–2019)
 * Joyce Cary (1888–1957)
 * James Cousins (1873–1956)
 * Kathleen Coyle (1886–1952)
 * Mairtín Crawford (1967–2004)
 * Sam Cree (1928–1980)
 * Eric Cross (1905–1980)

D

 * Gerald Dawe (born 1952)
 * Seamus Deane (1940–2021)
 * Anne Devlin (born 1951)
 * Susannah Dickey
 * Richard Doherty (born 1948)
 * Moyra Donaldson (born 1956)
 * Charles Donnelly (1914–1937)
 * John Dougherty (born 1964)
 * Garbhan Downey (born 1966)

E

 * St. John Greer Ervine (1883–1971)

F

 * Padraic Fiacc (1924–2019)
 * Leontia Flynn (born 1974)
 * Brendan Foley (born 1964)
 * Brian Friel (1929–2015)
 * Seamus Finnegan (born 1949)

G

 * Stephen Gilbert (1912–2010)
 * Robert Greacen (1920–2008)

H

 * Sam Hanna Bell (1909–1990)
 * Francis Harvey (1925–2014)
 * Seamus Heaney (1939–2013)
 * John Hewitt (1907–1987)
 * Sir John Heygate, 4th Baronet (1903-1976)
 * Gareth Higgins (born 1975)
 * Bulmer Hobson (1882–1969)

J

 * Carolyn Jess-Cooke (born 1978)
 * Fred Johnston (born 1951)

K

 * Brian Keenan (born 1950)
 * Brian Kennedy (born 1966)
 * Benedict Kiely (1919–2007)

L

 * Nick Laird (born 1975)
 * Maurice Leitch (born 1933)
 * Clive Staples Lewis (1898–1963)
 * Antonia Logue (born 1972)
 * Michael Longley (born 1939)
 * Robert Wilson Lynd (1879–1949)

M

 * Bernard MacLaverty (born 1942)
 * Louis MacNeice (1907–1963)
 * Deirdre Madden (born 1960)
 * Derek Mahon (1941–2020)
 * Philip MacCann (born 1967)
 * Owen McCafferty (born 1961)
 * Eamonn McCann (born 1943)
 * Hugh McFadden
 * Roy McFadden (1921–1999)
 * Medbh McGuckian (born 1950)
 * Christina McKenna
 * Adrian McKinty
 * David McKittrick (born 1949)
 * Robert McLiam Wilson (born 1966)
 * Nigel McLoughlin (born 1968)
 * George McWhirter (born 1939)
 * Eoin McNamee (born 1961)
 * Sam Millar (born 1955)
 * Alice Milligan (1865–1953)
 * Gary Mitchell (born 1965)
 * Frances Molloy (1947–1991), novelist
 * Brian Moore (1921–1999)
 * Sinéad Morrissey (born 1972)
 * Danny Morrison (born 1953)
 * Paul Muldoon (born 1951)
 * Mark Mullan (Prose and script writer) (born 1992)
 * Paul Murray (born 1947)
 * Tony Macaulay (writer) (born 1963)

N

 * Stuart Neville (born 1972)

O

 * Flann O'Brien (1911–1966)
 * Conor O'Callaghan (born 1968)
 * Malachi O'Doherty (born 1951)
 * Moira O'Neill (1864–1955)
 * Séamus Ó Néill (1910–1986)
 * Frank Ormsby (born 1947)
 * James Orr (1770-1816)

P

 * Stewart Parker (1941–1988)
 * Glenn Patterson (born 1961)
 * Tom Paulin (born 1945)
 * William Peskett (born 1952)

R

 * Zane Radcliffe (born 1969)
 * Christina Reid (1942–2015)
 * Forrest Reid (1875–1947)
 * Graham Reid (born 1945)
 * Amanda McKittrick Ross (1860–1939)
 * Richard Rowley (1877–1947)
 * George William Russell (1867–1935)

S

 * Ian Sansom (born 1966)
 * Bob Shaw (1931–1996)
 * George Shiels (1886–1949)
 * James Simmons (1933–2001)
 * Geoffrey Squires (born 1942)

T

 * Gerald J. Tate (born 1954)
 * Sam Thompson (1916–1965)
 * Joseph Tomelty (1911–1995)

W

 * James White (1928–1999)
 * Robert McLiam Wilson (born 1964)

Y

 * Ella Young (1865–1951)