List of authors by name: A

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

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

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Aa–Ad

• Bertus Aafjes (1914–1993, Netherlands, p)
• Patricia Aakhus (1952–2012, US, f)
• Hans Aanrud (1863–1953, Norway, d/p/f)
• Verna Aardema (1911–2000, US, ch)
• David Aaron (born 1938, US, nf)
• Jane Aaron (born 1951, Wales/Australia, nf)
• Jonathan Aaron (born 1941, US, p)
• Rachel Aaron (living, US, f)
• Richard Aaron (1901–1987, Wales, nf)
• Soazig Aaron (born 1949, France, f)
• Alexander Aaronsohn (1888–1948, Palestine/France, nf)
• Aarudhra (1925–1998, India, nf/p)
• Ivar Aasen (1813–1896, Norway, d/p/nf)
• Aarudhra (1925–1998, India, p/d)
• Gjorgji Abadžiev (1910–1963, Ottoman E/Yugoslavia, f/nf)
• Yunus Nadi Abalıoğlu (1879–1945, Ottoman E/Turkey, nf)
• Rafael Ábalos (born 1956, Spain, ch)
• Chris Abani (born 1966, Nigeria/US, f/p)
• Alexander Abasheli (1884–1954, Georgia/USSR, p/f)
• Grigol Abashidze (1914–1994, Georgia/USSR, f/p)
• Irakli Abashidze (1909–1992, Georgia/USSR, p/nf)
• Sait Faik Abasıyanık (1906–1954, Turkey, f/p)
• Ines Abassi (born 1982, Tunisia, p/nf)
• Carmine Abate (born 1954, Italy, f/nf)
• Fekry Abaza (1896–1979, Egypt, nf)
• Afira bint 'Abbad (3rd c. CE, Arab region, p)
• Buthaina bint al-Mu'tamid ibn Abbad (born 1070, Andalusia, p)
• Ferhat Abbas (1899–1985, Algeria, nf)
• Jaafar Abbas (living, Sudan, nf)
• Christina Abbey (1924–2022, England, f), pseudonym of Nancy Buckingham and John Sawyer
• Edward Abbey (1927–1989, US, nf/f)
• Henry Abbey (1842–1911, US, p)
• Lynn Abbey (born 1948, US, f)
• Edwin Abbott Abbott (1838–1926, England, nf/f)
• Eleanor Hallowell Abbott (1872–1958, US, f/p)
• George Frederick Abbott (1874–1947, England, nf)
• J. H. M. Abbott (1874–1953, Australia, f/p)
• Jacob Abbott (1803–1879, US, ch)
• John S. C. Abbott (1805–1877, US, nf)
• Megan Abbott (born 1971, US, f)
• Tony Abbott (born 1952, US, ch)
• John Abbs (1810–1880, England/India, nf)
• Thomas Abbt (1738–1766, Germany, nf)
• Abd el-Krim (1882–1963, Morocco/Egypt, nf)
• Abd al-Qadir al-Fasi (1599–1680, Morocco, nf)
• Mohammed Abdalbari (born 1985, Sudan, p)
• Abdilatif Abdalla (born 1946, Kenya, p/nf)
• Ibtisam Abdallah (1940s–2023, Iraq, f)
• Mohammed ben Abdallah (born 1944, Gold Coast/Ghana, d)
• Sufi Abdallah (1925–2003, Egypt, f)
• Lesley Abdela (living, England, nf)
• Abdi Sheik Abdi (born 1942, Somalia, f/nf)
• Kader Abdolah (born 1954, Iran/Netherlands, f)
• Ali Abdolrezaei (born 1969, Iran/England, p/nf)
• Hamid Barole Abdu (born 1953, Eritrea, nf)
• Samig Abdukakhkhar (born 1990, Soviet/Uzbek, f)
• Kia Abdullah (born 1982, England, f/nf)
• Ghaith Abdul-Ahad (born 1975, Iraq/England, nf)
• Colet Abedi (living, US, f/nf/ch)
• Siôn Abel (fl. 18th c., Wales, p)
• Deborah Abela (born 1966, Australia, ch)
• Joan Abelove (born 1945, US, ch)
• Abe Akira (阿部昭, 1934–1989, Japan, f/nf)
• Éliette Abécassis (born 1969, Morocco/France, nf)
• Antoine Abel (1934–2004, Seychelles, p/f)
• Deborah Abela (born 1966, Australia, ch)
• Joan Abelove (born 1945, US, ch)
• Lascelles Abercrombie (1881–1938, England, p/nf)
• Patrick Abercromby (1656 – c. 1716, Scotland/England, nf)
• Virginia Abernethy (born 1934, US, nf)
• Jean-Baptiste Abessolo (born 1932, Gabon, f)
• Chris van Abkoude (1880–1960, Netherlands/US, ch)
• Casimiro de Abreu (1839–1960, Brazil, p/f/d)
• Mohammed Abdul-Hayy (1944–1989, Sudan, p/f/nf)
• Mena Kasmiri Abdullah (born 1930, Australia, f)
• Yahya Taher Abdullah (1938–1981, Egypt, f)
• Mohamed Diriye Abdullahi (born 1958, Somalia/Canada, nf)
• Kazushige Abe (阿部和重, born 1968, Japan, f)
• Kōbō Abe (安部公房, 1924–1993, Japan, f)
• Abe no Nakamaro (阿倍仲麻呂, c. 698 – c. 770, Japan, nf/p)
• Shana Abé (living, US, f)
• Tomoji Abe (阿部知二, 1903–1973, Japan, f/nf)
• Siôn Abel (fl. 18th c., Wales, p)
• Peter Abelard (1079–1142, France, nf/p)
• Joe Abercrombie (born 1974, England, f/ch)
• Lascelles Abercrombie (1881–1938, England, p/nf)
• Milan Kujundžić Aberdar (1842–1893, Serbia, p/nf)
• Robert Abernathy (1924–1990, US, f)
• Arthur Talmage Abernethy (1872–1956, US, nf/p)
• Jean-Baptiste Abessolo (born 1932, Gabon, f)
• Johann Heinrich Abicht (1762–1816, Germany, nf)
• Azhar Abidi (born 1968, Pakistan/Australia, f)
• Walter Abish (1931–2022, Austria/US, f)
• Chris van Abkoude (1880–1960, Netherlands/US, ch), pseudonym Charles Winters
• Paul Ableman (1927–2006, England, d/f)
• Abdel Rahman el-Abnudi (1938–2015, Egypt, p/ch)
• Abraham Aboab (c. 1560–1642, Portugal/Italy, nf)
• Josette Abondio (born 1949, Ivory Coast, f/ch)
• Marguerite Abouet (born 1971, Ivory Coast, f)
• Leila Aboulela (born 1964, Sudan/Scotland, f/d)
• Edmond François Valentin About (1828–1885, France, f/nf)
• Leila Abouzeid (born 1950, Morocco, nf/f)
• Daniel Abraham (born 1969, US, f)
• Lionel Abrahams (1928–2004, S Africa, f/p/nf)
• Marc Abrahams (born 1956, US, f)
• Peter Abrahams (1919–2017, S Africa, f/nf)
• Rehane Abrahams (living, S Africa, d)
• Odd Abrahamsen (1924–2001, Norway, p)
• Sam Abrams (born 1935, US, p)
• Seth Abramson (born 1976, US, nf)
• Henrique Abranches (1932–2004, Portugal/Angola, p/f/d)
• Milton Abramowitz (1915–1958, US, nf)
• Kosta Abrašević (1879–1898, Ottoman E/Serbia, p)
• Antero de Abreu (1927–2017, Angola/Portugal, nf/p)
• Diogo Abreu (born 1947, Portugal, nf)
• Joseph Wilfred Abruquah (1921–1997, Gold Coast/Ghana, f)
• Dannie Abse (1923–2014, Wales, p)
• François-Joseph Amon d'Aby (1913–2007, Ivory Coast, d/nf)
• Mohammed Achaari (born 1951, Morocco, f/p)
• Nana Achampong (born 1964, Ghana, f/p)
• Bhanubhakta Acharya (1814–1868, Nepal, p)
• Chinua Achebe (1930–2013, Nigeria n/p/nf)
• Catherine Obianuju Acholonu (1951–2014, Nigeria, p/d/nf)
• Mohamed El Aziz Ben Achour (born 1951, Tunisia, nf)
• Gerrit Achterberg (1905–1962, Netherlands, p)
• Said Achtouk (1925–1989, Morocco, p)
• André Aciman (born 1951, Egypt/US, f/nf)
• Socorro Acioli (born 1975, Brazil, f/ch)
• Kathy Acker (1947–1997, US, f/d)
• Diane Ackerman (born 1948, US, nf)
• Kathy Acker (1947–1997, US, f/d/nf)
• J. R. Ackerley (1896–1967, England, nf)
• Diane Ackerman (born 1948, US, p/nf)
• Forrest J. Ackerman (1916–2008, US, f)
• Louise-Victorine Ackermann (1813–1890, France, p)
• Rudolph Ackermann (1764–1834, Germany/England, p)
• Duane Ackerson (1942–2020, US, p/f)
• Martha Ackmann (born 1951, US, nf)
• Peter Ackroyd (born 1949, England, nf/f)
• Milton Acorn (1923–1986, US, p/d)
• Óscar Acosta (1933–2014, Honduras, p/nf)
• Kobena Eyi Acquah (born 1952, Ghana, p)
• Kofi Acquah-Dadzie (born 1939, Gold Coast/Ghana, nf)
• Avis Acres (1910–1994, N Zealand, ch)
• Joyce Ackroyd (1918–1991, Australia, nf)
• Peter Ackroyd (born 1949, England, nf)
• Eliza Acton (1799–1859, England, nf)
• Harold Acton (1904–1994, Italy/England, nf)
• Manuel Acuña (1849–1873, Mexico, p/f/d)
• János Aczél (died 1523, Hungary, p)
• Tamás Aczél (1921–1994, Hungary, p/nf)
• Gilbert Adair (1944–2011, Scotland, f/p/nf)
• Hazel Adair (1900–1990, England, f/nf)
• Virginia Hamilton Adair (1913–2004, US, p)
• Geormbeeyi Adali-Mortty (born 1916, Gold Coast/Ghana, p/nf)
• Carolyne Adalla (living, Kenya, nf)
• Adam de la Halle (1240–1287, France, p)
• Alexander Adam (1741–1809, Scotland, nf)
• Helen Adam (1909–1993, Scotland, p)
• James Adam (1860–1907, Scotland, nf)
• Jean Adam (1704–1765, Scotland, p), also Adams
• Paul Adam (born 1958, England, f/ch)
• Pip Adam (living, N Zealand, f/nf)
• Ruth Adam (1907–1977, England, f/nf)
• Gabriela Adameșteanu (born 1942, Romania, f/nf)
• Draginja Adamović (1925–2000, Yugoslavia/Serbia, p)
• Ratko Adamović (born 1942, Yugoslavia/Serbia, nf/f)
• Andrew Leith Adams (1827–1882, Scotland/Ireland, nf)
• Anna Adams (1926–2011, England, p)
• Arthur Henry Adams (1872–1936, N Zealand/Australia, nf/p/d)
• Charles Warren Adams (1833–1903, England, nf/f)
• Douglas Adams (1952–2001, England, f/d)
• Francis Adams (1862–1893, Malta/England, nf/f/p)
• Glenda Adams (1939–2007, Australia, f)
• Henry Adams (1838–1918, US, nf)
• Jad Adams (born 1954, England, nf)
• Jennie Adams (born 1963, Australia, f)
• John Adams (1704–1740, British N American colonies, p)
• Léonie Adams (1899–1988, US, p)
• Mary Adams (1898–1984, England, ch)
• Patch Adams (born 1945, US, nf)
• Patricia J. Adams (born 1952, Anguilla, p/nf)
• Poppy Adams (born 1983, England, f)
• Richard Adams (1920–2016, England, f)
• Robert Adams (1933–1990, US, f)
• Ryan Adams (born 1974, US, p)
• William Henry Davenport Adams (1928–1991, England, nf)
• Patsy Adam-Smith (1924–2001, Australia, nf)
• Catherine Adamson (1868–1925, N Zealand, nf)
• Hendrik Adamson (1891–1946, Russian E/Estonia, p/f)
• Henry Adamson (1581–1637, Scotland, p/nf)
• Jean Adamson (born 1928, England, ch)
• John Adamson (1787–1855, England, nf)
• Joy Adamson (1910–1980, Austria-Hungary/Kenya, nf)
• Robert Adamson (1943–2022, Australia, p)
• Martín Adán (1908–1985, Peru, p/f)
• Abd al-Wahhab Adarrak (1666–1746, Morocco, nf/p)
• Alison Adburgham (1912–1997, England, nf)
• Arthur St John Adcock (1864–1930, England, f/p)
• Fleur Adcock (1934–2024, N Zealand/England, p)
• Jane Addams (1860–1935, US, nf)
• Joseph Addison (1672–1719, England, nf)
• Lucia H. Faxon Additon (1847–1919, US, nf)
• Kim Addonizio (born 1954, US, p/f)
• Ayobami Adebayo (born 1988, Nigeria, f/p)
• Remi Adedeji (born 1937, Nigeria, ch)
• Mirza Adeeb (1914–1999, India/Pakistan, d/f)
• Debra Adelaide (born 1958, Australia, f/nf)
• Abimbola Adelakun (living, Nigeria, nf/f)
• Johann Christoph Adelung (1732–1806, Germany, nf)
• Sade Adeniran (born 1960s, England/Nigeria, f/nf)
• Saheed Aderinto (born 1979, Nigeria/US, nf)
• Akin Adesokan (living, Nigeria, nf)
• Toyin Adewale-Gabriel (born 1969, Nigeria, f/nf/p)
• Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (born 1977, Nigeria, f/nf)
• Aravind Adiga (born 1974, India, f)
• Opal Palmer Adisa (born 1954, Jamaica, p/f)
• Halide Edib Adıvar (1884–1964, Turkey, f/nf)
• Mohammed ibn Adjurrum (1273–1323, Morocco, nf)
• C. S. Adler (born 1932, US, ch)
• David A. Adler (born 1947, US, ch)
• Adomnán (c. 624–704, Ireland/Scotland, nf), also known as St Eunan
• Judith Adong (born 1977, Uganda/US, d/ch
• Alexandra Adornetto (born 1994, Australia, ch)
• Stanislas Spero Adotevi (1934–2024, Benin, nf)
• Jorge Enrique Adoum (1926–2009, Ecuador, p)
• Nizamuddin Asir Adrawi (1926–2021, India, nf)
• Wilna Adriaanse (born 1958, S Africa, f)
• Edgar Adrian (1889–1977, England, nf)
• Artur Adson (1889–1977, Russian E/Estonia, p/d/nf)
• Adunis (born 1930, Syria, p/nf), born Ali Ahmad Said Esber
• Amina Al Adwan (born 1935, Jordan/US, p/nf)
• Endre Ady (1877–1919, Hungary, p)
• Julia Cartwright Ady (1851–1924, England, nf)
• Mariska Ady (1888–1977, Hungary, p)

Ae–Al

• Aeba Koson (饗庭篁村, 1855–1922, Japan, f/nf)
• Aelred of Rievaulx (1110–1167, England, nf)
• Franz Aepinus (1724–1802, Russian E, nf)
• Aeschines (389–314 BCE, Greece, nf)
• Aeschylus (c. 525/524 – c. 456/455 BCE, Greece, d)
• Aesop (c. 620 – 560 BCE, Greece, f)
• Anastasia Afanasieva (born 1982, Ukraine, p/f)
• Þórhildur Sunna Ævarsdóttir (born 1987, nf)
• Max Afford (1906–1954, Australia, d/f)
• Ali Mohammad Afghani (born 1925, Iran, f/nf)
• S. A. Afolabi (born 1966, Nigeria, f)
• Lucius Afranius (fl. early 1st c. BCE, Rome, p)
• Maxamed Daahir Afrax (living, Somalia, f/d/nf)
• Leo Africanus (1488–1554, Al-Andalus, nf)
• Tatamkhulu Afrika (1920–2002, Egypt/S Africa, f/p/nf), pseudonym of Ismail Joubert
• Sa'ida Bint Khatir al-Farisi (born 1956), Omani poet
• John Agard (born 1949, British Guiana/Guyana, d/p/ch)
• Francesco Algarotti (1712–1764, Italy, nf/p)
• Shimon Agassi (1852–1914, Mesopotamia, nf)
• Louis Agassiz (1807–1873, Switzerland/US, nf)
• Hiroyuki Agawa (阿川弘之, 1920–2015, Japan, f/nf)
• Patience Agbabi (born 1965, England, p)
• Berthe-Evelyne Agbo (living, Benin/France, p)
• Francis Agbodeka (1931–2005, Gold Coast/Ghana, nf)
• James Agee (1909–1955, US, f/nf/p)
• Claribel Alegría (1924–2018, Nicaragua, p/nf/f)
• Deborah Ager (born 1978, US, p/nf)
• Anna Caspari Agerholt (1892–1943, Norway, nf)
• Pedro Agerre (1566–1654, Spain, nf)
• Sven Aggesen (born c. 1140/1150, Denmark, nf)
• Ifeoma Aggrey-Fynn (1980–2015, Nigeria, nf)
• István Ágh (born 1938, Hungary, p), pseudonym of István Nagy
• Zechariah Aghmati (1120–1195, Morocco, nf)
• Maria Gaetana Agnesi (1718–1799, Italy, nf)
• Pinky Agnew (born 1955, N Zealand, d/nf/p)
• Shmuel Yosef Agnon (1888–1970, Austria-Hungary/Israel]]
• Kelli Russell Agodon (born 1969, US, p)
• Dritëro Agolli (1931–2017, Albania, p/f)
• Georg Andreas Agricola (1672–1738, Germany, nf)
• Rodolphus Agricola (1443/1444–1485, Netherlands, nf/p)
• Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa (1486–1535, Holy Roman E/France, nf)
• José Eduardo Agualusa (born 1960, Angola/Mozambique, f/p)
• Brígida Agüero (1837–1866, Cuban, p)
• João Aguiar (1943–2010, Portugal, f/nf)
• Grace Aguilar (1816–1947, England/Germany, f/p/nf)
• Luis Aguilar-Monsalve (born 1942, Ecuador, f/nf)
• Marcos Aguinis (born 1935, Argentina, nf)
• Delmira Agustini (1886–1914, Uruguay, p)
• Bogi Ágústsson (born 1952, Iceland, nf)
• Jot Agyeman (born 1967, Ghana, nf/d)
• Ivor Agyeman-Duah (born 1966, Ghana, nf)
• Ah Cheng (鍾阿城, born 1949, China, d/f)
• Cecelia Ahern (born 1981, Ireland, f)
• Jerry Ahern (1946–2012, US, f/nf)
• Alf Ahlberg (1892–1979, Sweden, nf)
• Lars Ahlin (1915–1997, Sweden, f)
• Farrukh Ahmad (1918–1974, India/Bangladesh, p/ch)
• Ishtiaq Ahmad (1941–2015, India/Pakistan, f/nf)
• Malik Zahoor Ahmad (living, Pakistan, nf)
• Najiba Ahmad (born 1954, Iraq, p/f)
• Shahnon Ahmad (1933–2017, Malaya/Malaysia, f)
• Abdel Rahim Ahmed (living, Egypt, d)
• Ashfaq Ahmed (1925–2004, India/Pakistan, f/d)
• Humayun Ahmed (1948–2012, E Pakistan/Bangladesh, f/d/nf)
• Kazi Anis Ahmed (born 1970, Bangladesh, nf/f)
• Leila Ahmed (born 1940, Egypt/US, nf)
• Mohammed Taha Mohammed Ahmed (1965–2006, Sudan, nf)
• Mouna-Hodan Ahmed (born 1972, Djibouti, f)
• Ahmet Vefik Paşa (1823–1891, Turkey, nf/d)
• Abul Mansur Ahmad (1898–1979, India/Bangladesh, f/nf)
• Shaykh Ahmad (1753–1826, Hijaz, nf), in full Ahmad bin Zayn al-Dín bin Ibráhím al-Ahsá'í
• Jasmina Ahmetagić (born 1970, Yugoslavia/Serbia, nf/p)
• Astrid Ahnfelt (1876–1962, Sweden, f)
• Juhani Aho (1861–1921, Russian E/Finland, f), born Johannes Brofeldt
• Syed Ali Ahsan (1922–2002, India/Bangladesh, p/nf)
• Alfred Aho (born 1941, Canada, nf)
• Jeannette D. Ahonsou (born 1954, Togo, f)
• Ai (1847–1910, US, p), born Florence Anthony
• Ai Qing (艾青, 1910–1996, China, p)
• Mohamed Aïchaoui (1921–1959, Algeria, nf)
• Ilse Aichinger (1921–2016, Austria, nf/f/p)
• Robert Aickman (1914–1981, England, f/nf)
• Ama Ata Aidoo (1940–2023, Gold Coast/Ghana, f/nf/p)
• Kofi Aidoo (born 1950s, Gold Coast/Ghana, f)
• Naja Marie Aidt (born 1963, Denmark, p/f)
• Shō Aikawa (會川昇, born 1965, Japan, f)
• Conrad Aiken (1899–1973, US, p/f)
• Joan Aiken (1924–2004, England, f/ch)
• John Aikin (1747–1822, England, nf)
• Lucy Aikin (1781–1864, England, nf)
• Aganice Ainianos (1838–1892, Greece, p)
• Alfred Ainger (1837–1904, England, nf)
• Hew Ainslie (1792–1878, Scotland/US, p/nf)
• Henry Ainsworth (1571–1622, England, nf)
• Ruth Ainsworth (1908–1984, England, ch/d)
• William Harrison Ainsworth (1805–1882, England, f)
• César Aira (born 1949, Argentina, f/nf)
• Catherine Aird (born 1930, England, f)
• Aa'isha bint Ahmad al-Qurtubiyya (died 1010), Andalusia, p)
• Jean Aitchison (born 1938, England, nf)
• Adam Aitken (born 1960, England/Australia, p)
• Aizu Yaichi (会津八一, 1881–1956, Japan, p/nf)
• Tolu Ajayi (born 1946, Nigeria, p/nf)
• Dejan Ajdačić (born 1959, Yugoslavia/Ukraine, nf)
• Ahmad ibn Ajiba (1747–1809, Morocco, nf/p)
• Yemi Ajibade (1929–2013, Nigeria/England, d)
• Audrey Ajose (born c. 1937, Nigeria, nf/ch)
• Jófríður Ákadóttir (born 1994, Iceland, p)
• Baku Akae (赤江瀑, 1933–2012, Japan, f)
• Jirō Akagawa (赤川次郎, born 1948, Japan, f)
• Satoru Akahori (あかほりさとる, born 1965, Japan, f)
• Lotfi Akalay (1943–2019, Tangier/Morocco, nf/f)
• John Akar (1927–1975, Sierra Leone, nf)
• Akazome Emon (赤染衛門, late 950s/early 960s – 1041 or later, Japan, p/nf)
• Hyder Akbar (born 1984, Pakistan/US, nf)
• Ahmad Akbarpour (born 1970, Iran, f/ch)
• Yusuf Akcura (1876–1935, Turkey, nf)
• Mikalojus Akelaitis (1829–1887, Russian E/France, nf)
• Grace Akello (born 1950, Uganda, p/nf)
• Jan van Aken (born 1961, Netherlands, f)
• Mark Akenside (1721–1770, England, p)
• Mohammed Akensus (1797–1877, Morocco, nf)
• John Yonge Akerman (1806–1873, England, nf)
• Rachel Akerman (1522–1544, Austria/Moravia, p)
• Sonja Åkesson (1926–1977, Sweden, p)
• Lucy Akhurst (born 1970, England, d)
• Bella Akhmadulina (1937–2010, USSR/Russia, p/f)
• Anna Akhmatova (1889–1966, Russian E/USSR, p)
• Jan Nisar Akhtar (1914–1976, Russia E/USSR, p)
• Javed Akhtar (born 1945, India, p/d/nf)
• Salman Akhtar (born 1946, India/US, nf)
• Shaheen Akhtar (born 1962, E Pakistan/Bangladesh, f/nf)
• Tolu Akinyemi (living, Nigeria, p)
• Mizuhito Akiyama (秋山瑞人, born 1971, Japan, f)
• Akiyuki Nosaka (野坂昭如, 1930–2015, Japan, f/p)
• Kofi Akpabli (born 1973, Ghana, nf)
• Uwem Akpan (born 1971, Nigeria/US, f/nf)
• Mirko Aksentijević (1922–2011, Yugoslavia/Serbia, nf)
• Ryūnosuke Akutagawa (芥川龍之介, 1892–1927, Japan, f)
• Ahmad ibn Munim al-Abdari (died 1228, Andalusia, nf)
• Muhammad Aladdin (born 1979, Egypt, f/d)
• Ismail ibn al-Ahmar (1387–1406, Morocco, nf)
• William Alabaster (1567–1640, England, p/d/nf
• Alcaeus of Mytilene (c. 625/620 – c. 580 BCE, Greece, p)
• Raabi'a al-Adwiyya (714–801, Arabic region, p)
• Anne-Marie Albiach (1937–2012), French poet and translator
• Tunku Zain Al-'Abidin (born 1982, Malaysia, nf)
• Ahmed Alaidy (born 1974, Egypt, d/p)
• Gamila El Alaily (1907–1991, Egypt, p/f)
• Laila al-Akhyaliyya (died 694–709, Arab region, p)
• Idriss ibn al-Hassan al-Alami (1925–2007, Morocco, p)
• Luigi Alamanni (1495–1556, Italy, p)
• Harutyun Alamdaryan (1795–1834, Russian E, p/nf)
• Mohammed ibn al-Tayyib al-Alami (died 1722, Morocco, nf)
• Mohammed ibn al-Tayyib al-Alami (1698–1756, Morocco, nf)
• Mohammed ibn Mohammed Alami (1932–1993, Morocco, p)
• Mohammed ibn Idris al-Amrawi (1794–1847, Morocco, p)
• Mubarkah Bent al-Barra (born 1957, Mauritania, p/ch)
• Eva Allen Alberti (1856–1938, US, nf/d)
• Alcman (fl. 7th c. BCE, Greece, p)
• Salma Khalil Alio (born 1982, Chad, p)
• Anacreon (c. 582 – c. 485 BCE, Greece, p)
• Anaxagoras (c. 500 – c. 428 BCE, Greece, nf)
• Anaximander (c. 610 – c. 546 BCE, Greece, nf)
• Anaximenes of Miletus ( c. 586 – c. 526 BCE, Greece, nf)
• Andocides (c. 440 – c. 390 BCE, Greece, nf)
• Nadia Anjuman (1980–2005), Afghanistan, p)
• Süreyya Aylin Antmen (born 1981), Turkey, nf/p)
• Wani Ardy (born 1984), Malaysia, p/nf)
• Kaddour El Alamy (1742–1850, Morocco, p)
• Alaol (1607–1680, Bengal, p)
• Abbas Mahmoud al-Aqqad (1889–1964, Egypt, p/nf)
• Daniel Alarcón (born 1977, Peru, f/nf)
• Juan Ruiz de Alarcón (c. 1581–1639, Mexico, d)
• Taqiyya Umm Ali bint Ghaith ibn Ali al-Armanazi (1111–1183/1184, Arab region, p), Sitt al-Ni'm
• Leopoldo Alas (1852–1901, Spain, f/nf)
• Alasdair mac Mhaighstir Alasdair (c. 1698–1770, Scotland, p/nf)
• Syed Hussein Alatas (1928–2007, Malaya/Malaysia, nf)
• Alev Alatlı (born 1944, Turkey, nf/f)
• Ali ibn al-Athir (1160–1233, Mesopotamia/Iraq, nf)
• Bozorg Alavi (1904–1997, Iran/Germany, f/nf)
• Ave Alavainu (born 1942, Estonia, p)
• Bozorg Alavi (1904–1997, Iran/Germany, nf/f)
• Alauddin Al-Azad (1932–2009, India/Bangladesh, f/p/d)
• Abu al-Abbas al-Azafi (1162–1236, Ceuta, nf)
• Nura al-Badi (born 1969), Oman, p)
• Abd al-Haqq al-Badisi (died post-1322, Morocco, nf)
• Safiyya al-Baghdadiyya (fl. 12th c.), Arab region, p)
• David Albahari (born 1948, Yugoslavia/Canada, f)
• Gillebríghde Albanach (fl. 1200–1230, Scotland, p)
• Za'ima Sulayman al-Baruni (1910–1976, Libya, f/nf)
• Edward Albee (1928–2016, US, d)
• Albert of Aix (fl. c. 1100, Holy Roman E, nf)
• Albertus Magnus (c. 1200–1280, Duchy of Bavaria/Holy Roman E, nf)
• Susan Wittig Albert (born 1940, US, f)
• Pierre Albert-Birot (1876–1967, France, p/d)
• Anne-Marie Albiach (1937–2012, France, p)
• Jordie Albiston (1961–2022, Australia, p)
• Albrecht von Johansdorf (c. 1180 – c. 1209, Germany, p)
• Vera Albreht (1895–1971, Austrian E/Yugoslavia, p/nf)
• Madeleine Albright (1937–2022, US, nf)
• Mitch Albom (born 1958, US, f/nf)
• Aurora de Albornoz (1926–1990), Spain, p/nf)
• Enrique López Albújar (1872–1966, Peru, p)
• Al-Buzidi al-Bujrafi (1925–2011, Morocco, p)
• Afonso de Albuquerque (c. 1453–1515, Portugal, nf)
• Anthony the Great (251–356, Greece, nf)
• Ayaan Hirsi Ali (born 1969, Somalia/US, nf)
• Maram al-Masri (born 1962), Syrian/French poet and writer
• Fatima al-Taytun (born 1962), Bahrain poet
• Elizabeth Alexander (born 1962), American poet, essayist, playwright and academic
• Alcaeus (fl. 4th c. BCE, Athens, p/d)
• Alcaeus of Messene (fl. 219–196 BCE, Greece, p)
• Alcaeus of Mytilene (c. 625/620 – c. 580 BCE, Lesbos, p)
• Ammiel Alcalay (born 1956, US, p/nf)
• Baltasar del Alcázar (1530–1606, Spain, p)
• Alcman (fl. 7th c. BCE, Sparta, p)
• Vivien Alcock (1924–2003, England, ch)
• Mariana Alcoforado (1640–1723, Portugal, nf)
• Amos Bronson Alcott (1799–1888, US, nf)
• Louisa May Alcott (1832–1888, US, ch/f, p)
• Alcuin (c. 735–804, England/France, nf/p)
• Kaye Aldenhoven (living, Australia, p)
• Naomi Alderman (born 1974, England, f)
• Hugh Aldersey-Williams (born 1959, England, nf)
• Maggie Alderson (born 1959, England/Australia, f/nf)
• Thomas Aldham (c. 1616–1660, England, nf)
• Richard Aldington (1892–1962, England, f/nf/p)
• Brian Aldiss (1925–2017, England, f)
• Ahmad al-Tayyeb Aldj (1928–2012, Morocco, p/d)
• Henry Aldrich (1647–1710, England, nf)
• Nelson W. Aldrich (1841–1915, US, nf)
• James Aldridge (1918–2015, Australia/England, f/nf/ch)
• Radu Aldulescu (novelist) (born 1954, Romania, f)
• Jalal Al-e-Ahmad (1923–1969, Iran, f/nf)
• Léonard Aléa (18th-century–1812, France, nf)
• Vasile Alecsandri (1821–1890, Moldavia/Romania, p/d)
• Mira Alečković (1924–2008, Yugoslavia/Serbia, p)
• Tudur Aled (c. 1465–1525, Wales, p)
• Caetano da Costa Alegre (1864–1890, São Tomé and Príncipe, p)
• Manuel Alegre (born 1936, Portugal, p/nf)
• Ciro Alegría (1909–1967, Peru, nf/f)
• Claribel Alegría (1924–2018, Nicaragua/Salvador, p/nf/f)
• Fernando Alegría (1918–2005, Chile, p/nf)
• Vicente Aleixandre (1898–1984, Spain, p)
• Josip Murn Aleksandrov (1879–1901, Austria-Hungary, p)
• Haddis Alemayehu (1910–2003, Ethiopia, f/nf)
• Jean le Rond d'Alembert (1717–1783, France, nf)
• José de Alencar (1829–1877, Brazil, f/d/nf)
• Rochelle Alers (born 1963, US, f), pseudonyms Susan James and Rena McLeary
• Andrés J. d'Alessio (1940–2009, Argentina, nf)
• Arnold Aletrino (1858–1916, Netherlands, nf)
• Bernhard Alexander (1850–1927, Hungary, nf)
• Horace Alexander (1889–1989, England/US, nf)
• Kate Alexander, pseudonym of Tilly Armstrong (1927–2010, England, f)
• Kwame Alexander (born 1968, US, p/ch)
• Lloyd Alexander (1924–2007, US, ch/f)
• Miriam Alexander (1879 – post-1924, England, f)
• Sue Alexander (1932–2008, US, ch/nf)
• Trisha Alexander, pseudonym of Patricia Kay (born 1937, US, f)
• Grigore Alexandrescu (1810–1885, Wallachia/Romania, p)
• Larisa Alexandrovna (born 1971, USSR/US, nf/p)
• Ioan Alexandru (1941–2000, Romania/Germany, p/nf)
• Sherman Alexie (born 1966, US, f/p)
• Elena Alexieva (born 1975, Bulgaria, p/f)
• Abelardo Díaz Alfaro (1916–1999, Puerto Rico, f/nf)
• Ahmad ibn Idris al-Fasi (1760–1837, Morocco, nf)
• David ben Abraham al-Fasi (fl. 10th c., Morocco, nf)
• Hamdun ibn al-Hajj al-Fasi (1760–1817, Morocco, nf)
• Isaac Alfasi (1013–1103, Algeria, nf)
• Mohammed al-Arbi al-Fasi (1580–1642, Morocco, nf)
• Mohammed ibn Zakri al-Fasi (died 1731, Morocco, nf/p)
• Allal al-Fassi (1910–1974, Morocco, nf/p)
• Malika al-Fassi (1919–2007, Morocco, nf/d/f)
• Felipe Alfau (1902–1999, Spain/US, f/p)
• Muhammad al-Fayturi (1936–2015, Sudan/Morocco, p/d/nf)
• Pierre Alféri (born 1963, France, f/p)
• Alfredo Armas Alfonzo (born 1990, Venezuela, nf/f)
• Mohammed al-Habib al-Fourkani (1922–2008, Morocco, nf/p)
• Hans Alfredson (1931–2017, Sweden, f)
• Horatio Alger (1832–1899, US, ch)
• John Goldworth Alger (1836–1907, England, nf)
• Muhammad Asadullah Al-Ghalib (born 1948, E Pakistan/Bangladesh, nf)
• Abd al-Aziz al-Ghumari (1920–1997, Tangier, nf)
• Abdullah al-Ghumari (1910–1993, Tangier, nf)
• Ahmad al-Ghumari (1902–1961, Morocco/Egypt, nf)
• Gamal al-Ghitani (1945–2015, Egypt, f/nf)
• Nelson Algren (1909–1981, US, f/nf/p)
• Muhammad Ibn al-Habib (1876–1972, Morocco, nf)
• Tawfiq al-Hakim (1898–1987, Egypt, f/d)
• Ahmad ibn Hamdun ibn al-Hajj (died 1898, Morocco, nf)
• al-Ḥujayjah, (Safīyah bint Tha'labah al-Shaybānīyah, 5th – 6th c.), Arab region, p)
• al-Ḥurqah (5th – 6th c.), Arab region, p)
• Abdullah Yusuf Ali (1872–1953, India/England, nf)
• Agha Shahid Ali (1949–2001, India/US, p)
• Ahmed Ali (1910–1994, India/Pakistan]]
• Ayaan Hirsi Ali (born 1969, Somalia/US, nf)
• Bachtyar Ali (born 1960, USSR/Germany, f/nf/p)
• Hauwa Ali (born 1995, Nigeria, f)
• Idris Ali (1940–2010, Egypt, f)
• Monica Ali (born 1967, E Pakistan/England, f)
• Mohammed Naseehu Ali (born 1971, Ghana/US, f/nf)
• Shawkat Ali (1936–2018, India/Bangladesh, f)
• Sabahattin Ali (1907–1948, Ottoman E/Turkey, f/p/nf)
• Syed Ameer Ali (1849–1928, India/England, nf)
• Syed Mujtaba Ali (1904–1974, India/Bangladesh, nf)
• Taha Muhammad Ali (1931–2011, Palestine/Israel
• Tariq Ali (born 1943, India/England, nf)
• Mohammed al-Idrisi (1099–1165, Ceuta/Sicily, nf)
• Abel Alier (born 1933, Sudan, nf)
• Mohammed al-Ifrani (1670–1745), Morocco, nf)
• Dante Alighieri (c. 1265–1321, Italy, p)
• Bisera Alikadić (born 1939), Yugoslavia, p/nf)
• Yousef Alikhani (born 1975, Iran, f/nf/ch)
• Cyril Alington (1872–1955, England, f/nf/p)
• Margaret Alington (1920–2012, N Zealand, nf)
• Salma Khalil Alio (born 1982, Chad, p/f)
• Kavisekhara Dr Umar Alisha (1885–1945, India, nf)
• Archibald Alison (1757–1839, England, nf)
• Sir Archibald Alison, 1st Baronet (1792–1867, England/Scotland, nf)
• Jane Alison (born 1961, Australia, f/nf)
• Rosie Alison (born 1964, England, f/d)
• William Alison (1790–1859, Scotland, nf)
• Akilu Aliyu (1918–1999, Nigeria, p/nf)
• Ghazaleh Alizadeh (1949–1996, Iran, f/p)
• Sonita Alizadeh (born 1996, Afghanistan/US, p)
• Mohammed Abed al-Jabri (1935–2010, Morocco, nf)
• Adnan al-Janabi (living, Iraq, nf)
• Zaynab Alkali (born 1950, Nigeria, f)
• Ibn al-Khabbaza (died 1239, Morocco, nf/p)
• al-Khansa (575–645, Arab region, p)
• Tewfik Allal (born 1947, Morocco, nf)
• James Alexander Allan (1879–1967, Australia, p/nf)
• Mabel Esther Allan (1915–1998, England, ch)
• Rob Allan (1945–2021, N Zealand, p)
• Rosetta Allan (living, N Zealand, p/f)
• Hortense Allart (1801–1879, Italy/France, nf/f)
• Donald Allchin (1930–2010, England, nf)
• August Alle (1890–1952, Russian E/Estonia, nf/p)
• Joseph Alleine (1634–1668, England, nf)
• Barbara Allen (1914–1986, England, f), pseudonym of Violet Vivian Finlay Stuart Mann
• Candace Allen (born 1950, US, f/nf)
• Charlotte Vale Allen (born 1941, Canada/US, f)
• Chris Allen (born 1964, Australia, f)
• Clifford Allen, 1st Baron Allen of Hurtwood (1889–1939, England/Switzerland, nf)
• Dick Allen (1939–2017, US, p/nf)
• Donald Allen (1912–2004, US, p)
• Elizabeth Allen (living, Australia, p)
• Elizabeth Akers Allen (1832–1911, US, p/nf)
• Grant Allen (1848–1899, Canada/England, nf/f)
• Hannah Allen (c. 1638–1668 or 1708, England, nf)
• John Allen (1771–1843, Scotland/England, nf)
• John Allen (1771–1839, England, nf)
• Leslie Holdsworth Allen (1879–1964, Australia, p/ch)
• Mabel Esther Allan (1915–1998, England, ch)
• Mary Sophia Allen (1878–1964, Wales/England, nf)
• Pamela Allen (born 1934, N Zealand, ch)
• Richard James Allen (born 1960, Australia, p/f)
• Roger MacBride Allen (born 1957, US, f)
• Ron Allen (1947–2010, US, p/d)
• Thomas Allen (1681–1755, England, nf)
• Thomas B. Allen (1929–2018, US, f/nf)
• Walter Allen (1911–1995, England, nf/f)
• Isabel Allende (born 1942, Chile/US, f/nf)
• Ellen Palmer Allerton (1835–1893, US, p)
• Richard Allestree (1621/1622–1681, England, nf)
• Artur Alliksaar (1923–1966, Estonia/USSR, p)
• Margery Allingham (1904–1966, England, f)
• William Allingham (1824–1889, Ireland, p/nf)
• Hermann Allmers (1821–1902, Germany, p)
• Abdelkader Alloula (1939–1994, Algeria, d)
• Malek Alloula (1937–2015, Algeria, p/nf)
• Chris Van Allsburg (born 1949, US, ch)
• Aaron Allston, (1960–2014, US, f)
• Washington Allston (1779–1843, US, p/nf)
• Lisa Allen-Agostini (born 1970s, Trinidad, f/nf/p)
• Ahmed al-Madini (born 1947, Morocco, nf/f/p)
• Sadiq al-Mahdi (1935–2020, Sudan, nf)
• Nazik Al-Malaika (1923–2007, Iraq, p)
• Arib al-Ma'muniyya (797–890, Arab region, p)
• Ahmed Mohammed al-Maqqari (1578–1632, Algeria/Egypt, nf)
• Ibn al-Banna al-Marrakushi (1256–1321, Morocco, nf)
• Maram al-Masri (born 1962, Syria/France, p/nf)
• Anchan (born 1952, Thailand/US, p/f)
• Maya Angelou (1928–2014, US, nf/p)
• Helena Anhava (1925–2018, Finland, p)
• Elizabeth Alexander (born 1962), American poet, essayist, playwright and academic
• Maram al-Masri (born 1962), Syrian poet
• Elvia Ardalani (born 1963), Mexican poet, writer, and storyteller
• György Almásy (1867–1933, Hungary, nf)
• László Almásy (1895–1951, Austria-Hungary/Austria, nf)
• Øystein Alme (born 1960, Norway, nf)
• E. M. Almedingen (1898–1971, Russian E/England, f/nf/ch)
• Germano Almeida (born 1945, Cape Verde, nf/f)
• Guilherme de Almeida (1890–1969, Brazil, nf/p)
• Lúcia Machado de Almeida (1910–2005, Brazil, f)
• Manuel Antônio de Almeida (1831–1861, Brazil, f/d)
• Marcelina Almeida (c. 1830–1880), Argentina/Uruguay, f/p)
• Miguel Vale de Almeida (born 1960, Portugal, nf)
• Rita Almeida (born 1974, Portugal/US, nf)
• David Almond (born 1951, England, ch)
• Steve Almond (born 1966, US, f/nf)
• Carl Jonas Love Almqvist (1793–1866, Sweden, p/nf)
• Malik ibn al-Murahhal (1207–1289, Morocco, p)
• Wallada bint al-Mustakfi (1001–1080, Andalusia, p)
• Hamed al-Nazir (born 1975, Sudan, nf/f)
• Finn Alnæs (1932–1991, Norway, f)
• Karsten Alnæs (born 1938, Norway, nf)
• Mohammad Ishaq Aloko (born 1935, Afghanistan/Germany, nf)
• Dámaso Alonso (1898–1990, Spain, p/nf)
• Faouzia Aloui (born 1957, Tunisia, p/f)
• Blanche d'Alpuget (born 1944, Australia, f/nf)
• Muhammad Sa'id al-Qaddal (1935–2008, Sudan, nf)
• Ahmad Ibn al-Qadi (1552/1553–1616, Morocco, f/nf)
• Ibn al-Qattan (fl. 13th c., Morocco, nf)
• Zakariya al-Qazwini (1203–1273, Persia, nf)
• Al-Saddiq Al-Raddi (born 1969, Sudan, p/nf)
• Harun al-Rashid (763 or 766–809, Abbasid Caliphate, nf)
• Karim Alrawi (born 1952, Egypt, d/ch/f)
• Maqbula al-Shalak (1921–1986), Syria, p/ch)
• Hanan al-Shaykh (born 1945, Lebanon, f/nf)
• Ahmad ibn al-Amin al-Shinqiti (1872–1913, Mauritania, nf)
• Fawziyya al-Sindi (born 1957, Bahrain, p)
• Amir Taj al-Sir (born 1960, Sudan/Qatar, f/p/nf)
• Vincent Alsop (c. 1630–1703, England, nf)
• Alta (1942–2024, US, p/nf)
• Ignacio Manuel Altamirano (1834–1893, Mexico/Italy, f/nf)
• Fatima al-Taytun (born 1962, Bahrain, p)
• Steve Alten (born 1959, US, f)
• Peter Altenberg (1859–1919, Austrian E, f/p)
• Nathan Alterman (1910–1970, Poland/Israel, p/d/nf)
• Louis Althusser (1918–1990, France, nf)
• Ahmad al-Tifashi (1184–1253, Algeria/Egypt, p/nf)
• Fouad al-Tikerly (1927–2008, Iraq/Jordan, f)
• Ahmad Baba al-Timbukti (1556–1627, Mali, nf)
• Günter Altner (1936–2011, Germany, nf)
• Joseph Alexander Altsheler (1862–1919, US, f/nf)
• Mor Altshuler (born 1957, Israel, nf)
• Hassan Al-Turabi (1932–2016, Sudan, nf)
• T. M. Aluko (1918–2010, Nigeria, f/nf)
• Alurista (born 1947, Mexico/US, p)
• Julia Alvarez (born 1950, Dominica/US, p/f/nf)
• Al Alvarez (1929–2019, England, p/f/nf)
• Ivy Alvarez (living, Philippines/Australia, p)
• Juan Álvarez (1878–1954, Argentina, nf)
• Julia Alvarez (born 1950, US, p/f/nf)
• Betti Alver (1906–1989, Russian E/Estonia, p)
• Castro Alves (1847–1871, Brazil, p/d)
• Moniza Alvi (born 1954, Pakistan/England, p)
• Ibn al-Wannan (died 1773, Morocco, p)
• Tuhami al-Wazzani (1903–1972, Morocco, nf)
• Ibn al-Yasamin (died 1204, Seville, nf)
• Marc Alyn (born 1937, France, p), pseudonym of Alain-Marc Fécherolle
• Latifa al-Zayyat (1923–1996, Egypt, f)

Am–An

• Mario Amadeo (1911–1983, Argentina, nf)
• Jorge Amado (1912–2001, Brazil, f)
• Ramón Amaya Amador (1916–1966, Honduras, nf)
• Elechi Amadi (1934–2016, Nigeria, d/f)
• Ifi Amadiume (born 1947, Nigeria/US, p/nf)
• Jorge Amado (1912–2001, Brazil, f)
• Andrej Amalrik (1938–1980, USSR/France, nf)
• Joseph Godson Amamoo (born 1931, Gold Coast/Ghana, nf)
• Ludu Daw Amar (1915–2008, Burma/Myanmar, nf)
• Ana Luísa Amaral (born 1956, Portugal, p/ch/nf)
• Gunadasa Amarasekara (born 1929, Ceylon/Sri Lanka, f/p/d)
• Amara-siṃha (fl. c. 375 CE, India, p/nf)
• Guru Amardas (1479–1574, India, nf)
• Orlanda Amarílis (1924–2014, Cape Verde, f/ch)
• Michael Daniel Ambatchew (1967–2012, Ethiopia, ch)
• Ingvar Ambjørnsen (born 1956, Norway, f)
• Eric Ambler (1909–1998, England, f)
• Catherine d'Amboise (1475–1550, France, p)
• Stephen E. Ambrose (1936–2002, US, nf)
• William Ambrose (1813–1873, Wales, p/nf)
• Ambroise (fl. c. 1190, Normandy, p)
• Zoltán Ambrus (1861–1932, Hungary, nf/f)
• Ellis Amburn (1933–2018, US, nf)
• Erik Amdrup (1923–1998, Denmark, nf/f)
• Jean Améry (1912–1978, Austria, nf)
• Joseph Ames (1689–1759, England, nf)
• Nicholas Amhurst (1697–1743, England, p/nf)
• Yehuda Amichai (1924–2000, Germany/Israel, p), birth name Ludwig Pfeuffer
• Edmondo De Amicis (1846–1908, Italy, f/p/ch)
• Alexander Amilakhvari (1750–1802, Russian E, nf)
• Gad Ami (born 1958, Togo, f)
• Adibah Amin (born 1936, Malaya/Malaysia, f/d)
• Samir Amin (1931–2018, Egypt/France, nf)
• Chabua Amirejibi (1921–2013, USSR/Georgia, f)
• Reza Amirkhani (born 1973, Iran, f/nf)
• Mahshid Amirshahi (born 1937, Iran/France, f/nf)
• Indran Amirthanayagam (born 1960, Ceylon/US, p/nf)
• Kingsley Amis (1922–1995, England, f, p, nf)
• Martin Amis (1949–2023, England, f/nf)
• Majeed Amjad (1914–1974, India/Pakistan, p)
• Anton Wilhelm Amo (c. 1703 – c. 1759, Gold Coast/Germany, nf)
• A. R. Ammons (1926–2001, US, p/nf)
• Pita Amor (1918–2000, Mexico, p)
• Gabriele Amorth (1925–2016, Italy, nf)
• Alan Amory (living, South Africa, nf)
• Thomas Amory (c. 1691–1788, Ireland/England, nf)
• Sheldon Amos (1835–1886, England/Egypt, nf)
• André-Marie Ampère (1775–1836, France, nf)
• Mohammed Ibn Amr (died 1827, Morocco, p)
• Djamel Amrani (1935–2005, Algeria, nf)
• Idriss al-Amraoui (died 1879, Morocco, nf/p)
• Jean Amrouche (1906–1962, Algeria/France, p)
• Taos Amrouche (1913–1976, Algeria/France, f/p)
• Moses Amyraut (1596–1664, France, nf)
• Anacreon (c. 582 – c. 485 BCE, Asia Minor, p)
• Tahmima Anam (born 1975, Bangladesh/England, f)
• Anurag Anand (born 1978, India, f/nf)
• Mulk Raj Anand (1905–2004, India)
• Valerie Anand (born 1937, England, f)
• David Ananou (1917–2000, Togo, f)
• Dragutin Anastasijević (1877–1950, Serbia/Yugoslavia, nf)
• Rudolfo Anaya (1937–2020, US, f/p)
• Nicolas Ancion (born 1971, Belgium, f/ch/d)
• Manuel Ancízar (1812–1882, Colombia, nf)
• Federico Andahazi (born 1963, Argentina, f/nf)
• John Anderdon (1792–1874, England, nf)
• Alfred Andersch (1914–1980, Germany/Switzerland, nf)
• Astrid Hjertenæs Andersen (1915–1985, Norway, p/nf)
• Hans Christian Andersen (1805–1875, Denmark, ch)
• Susan Andersen (born 1950, US, f)
• Tryggve Andersen (1866–1920, Norway, f/p)
• Vilhelm Andersen (1864–1953, Denmark, nf)
• Adam Anderson (1692 or 1693–1765, Scotland, nf)
• Alan Orr Anderson (1879–1958, Scotland, nf)
• Barbara Anderson (1926–2013, N Zealand, f)
• Benedict Anderson (1936–2015, China/Indonesia, nf)
• Catherine Anderson (born 1948, US, f)
• Elizabeth Garrett Anderson (1836–1917, England, nf)
• Ethel Anderson (1883–1958, Australia, p/f/nf)
• Freddie Anderson (1922–2001, Ireland/Scotland, d/p)
• Hilary Andersson (born 1967, US/England, nf)
• J. Redwood Anderson (1883–1964, England, p/d)
• James Anderson (1662–1728, Scotland, nf)
• James Anderson of Hermiston (1739–1808, Scotland, nf)
• Jessica Anderson (1916–2010, Australia, f)
• Jim Anderson (born 1937, England/Australia, f)
• John Anderson, 1726–1796, Scotland, nf)
• Kevin J. Anderson (born 1962, US, f)
• Lena Anderson (born 1939, Sweden, ch)
• Marjorie Ogilvie Anderson (1909–2002, Scotland, nf)
• Matthew Tobin Anderson (born 1968, US, ch)
• Patrick Anderson (1618–1635, Scotland, nf/p)
• Perry Anderson (born 1938, England, nf)
• Poul Anderson (1926–2001, US, f)
• Rachel Anderson (born 1943, England, ch)
• Robert Anderson (1841–1918, Ireland/England, nf)
• Terry L. Anderson (living, US, nf)
• Verily Anderson (1915–2010, England, ch/nf)
• Victor Henry Anderson (1917–2001, US, p)
• Dan Andersson (1888–1920, Sweden, p)
• Emma Andijewska (born 1931, USSR/Germany, p/f)
• Venko Andonovski (born 1965, Yugoslavia/N Macedonia, f/d/p)
• Stojan Andov (born 1935, Yugoslavia/N Macedonia, nf)
• Carlos Drummond de Andrade (1902–1987, Brazil, p)
• César Dávila Andrade (1918–1967, Ecuador, p)
• Eugénio de Andrade (1923–2005, Portugal, p)
• Jorge Carrera Andrade (1903–1978, Ecuador, p/nf)
• Mário de Andrade (1893–1945, Brazil, p/f/nf)
• Mário Pinto de Andrade (1928–1990, Angola, p/nf)
• Oswald de Andrade (1890–1954, Brazil, f/p/nf)
• Bernard André (1450–1522, France/England, p)
• Lou Andreas-Salomé (1861–1937, Russia/Germany, f/d/nf)
• Neshani Andreas (1964–2011, SW Africa/Namibia, f)
• Emil Andreev (born 1956, Bulgaria, f/d)
• Petre M. Andreevski (1934–2006, Yugoslavia/N Macedonia, p/f/d)
• Peter Andrej (born 1959, Yugoslavia/Slovenia, p)
• Emil Andreev (born 1956, Bulgaria, f/d)
• Isabella Andreini (1562–1604), Italy, d/p)
• Stefan Andres (1906–1970, Germany/Italy, f)
• Sophia de Mello Breyner Andresen (1919–2004, Portugal, p/f)
• Bruce Andrews (born 1948, US, p/nf)
• Isobel Andrews (1905–1990, N Zealand, d/f/p)
• Julie Andrews (born 1935, England, ch/nf)
• Kevin Andrews (1924–1989, US, nf)
• V. C. Andrews (1923–1986, US, f)
• Ivo Andrić (1892–1975, Bosnia/Yugoslavia, f/p)
• Ron Androla (born 1954, US, p)
• Aneirin (early medieval, Cumbric kingdoms of Britain, p)
• Harriet Anena (living, Uganda, p/nf/f)
• Guru Angad (1504–1552, India, p)
• Patricia Angadi (1914–2001, England, f)
• Ardan Angarkhaev (born 1946, USSR/Russia, p/f/d)
• Ernst Angel (1894–1986, Austria/US, p/nf)
• Ralph Angel (1951–2020, US, p)
• Marguerite de Angeli (1889–1987, US, ch)
• Stefano degli Angeli (1623–1697, Italy, nf)
• Klairi Angelidou (1932–2021, Turkey/Cyprus, p/nf)
• April De Angelis (born 1960, England, d)
• Norman Angell (1872–1967, England, nf)
• Domenico Angelo (1717–1802, Italy/England, nf)
• Maya Angelou (1928–2014, US, p/nf)
• Eduardo Angeloz (1931–2017, Argentina, nf)
• Angelus Silesius (c. 1624–1677, Germany, nf), pseudonym of Johann Scheffler
• Kenneth Anger (1927–2023, US, d/nf)
• Giulio Angioni (1939–2017, Italy, f/nf)
• Jared Angira (born 1947, Kenya, p)
• Ndeutala Angolo (born 1952, SW Africa/Namibia, f/nf)
• María Nsué Angüe (1945–2017, Equatorial Guinea, f/p/nf)
• Jonah Anguka (living, Kenya, nf)
• James Stout Angus (1830–1923, Scotland, p/nf)
• Marion Angus (1865–1946, Scotland, p/nf)
• Sam Angus (born 1967, England, ch)
• Helena Anhava (1925–2018), Finland, p)
• Thea Astley (1925–2004), Australian fiction writer and poet
• T. E. Anin (living, Gold Coast/Ghana, nf)
• Guda Anjaiah (1955–2016, India, p)
• Augusto dos Anjos (1884–1914, Brazil, p)
• Nadia Anjuman (1980–2005, Afghanistan, p)
• Charlotte Anley (1796–1893, England, f/nf)
• G. E. M. Anscombe (1919–2001, Ireland/England, nf)
• Süreyya Aylin Antmen (born 1981, Turkey, p/nf)
• Ella Anker (1870–1958, Norway, nf/d)
• Nini Roll Anker (1873–1942, Norway, f/d)
• Robert Anker (1946–2017, Netherlands, f)
• Charlotte Anley (1796–1893, England, f/nf)
• Threes Anna (born 1959, Netherlands, f/d), pseudonym of Threes Schreurs
• Abdullahi Ahmed An-Na'im (born 1946, Sudan/US, nf)
• Kofi Annan (1938–2018, Gold Coast/Switzerland, nf)
• J. K. Annand (1908–1993, Scotland, p/ch)
• Anders Annerfalk (born 1959, Sweden, nf)
• Anni Baobei (born 1974, China, f), pseudonym of Li Jie (励婕)
• Núria Añó (born 1973, Spain, f/nf)
• Anrakuan Sakuden (安楽庵策伝, 1554–1642, Japan, nf/p)
• Ali Ansari (born 1967, Italy/Scotland, nf)
• Khwaja Muhammad Latif Ansari (1887–1979, India/Pakistan, nf/p)
• Anselm of Canterbury (1033/1034–1109, Italy/England, nf)
• Peter Anson (1889–1975, England, nf)
• Christopher Anstey (1724–1805, England, p)
• Marion Anstis (living, Australia, nf)
• Manana Antadze (born 1945, USSR, nf)
• Anthim the Iberian (1650–1717, Iberia/Wallachia, nf)
• Anthony (安东尼, born 1984, China/Australia ch), pseudonym of Ma Liang (马亮)
• Evelyn Anthony (1926–2018, England, f)
• Lawrence Anthony (1950–2012, S Africa, nf)
• Michael Anthony (1930–2023, Trinidad, f/nf)
• Piers Anthony (born 1934, UK/US, f)
• Mika Antić (1932–1986, Yugoslavia/Serbia, p/nf)
• David Antin (1932–2016, US, p/nf)
• Antler (born 1946, US, p), birth name Brad Burdick
• Sorin Antohi (born 1957, Romania, nf)
• Susanne Antonetta (born 1956, US, p/nf)
• Slobodan Antonić (born 1959, Yugoslavia/Serbia, nf)
• Voja Antonić (born 1952, Yugoslavia/US, nf)
• Brother Antoninus (1912–1994, US, p), pseudonym of William Everson
• Torben Antretter (born 1992, Germany, nf)
• Raymond Antrobus (born 1986, England, p)
• António Lobo Antunes (born 1942, Portugal, f)
• Gabriela Antunes (1937–2004, Angola, f/nf/ch)
• Christopher Anvil (1925–2009, US, f), pseudonym of Harry Christopher Crosby
• Chairil Anwar (1922–1949, Dutch E Indies/Indonesia, p)
• Robert Anwood (living, US, f), pseudonym
• Erica Sugo Anyadike (living, Tanzania, nf)
• Kofi Anyidoho (born 1947, Gold Coast/Ghana, p/nf)
• Anyte of Tegea (fl. early 3rd c. BCE, Greece, p)
• Johannes Anyuru (born 1979, Sweden, p/nf)
• Gloria E. Anzaldúa (1942–2004, US, p/nf)
• Ludwig Anzengruber (1839–1889, Austrian E, d/f/p)
• Atsuko Anzai (安西篤子, born 1927, Japan, f)
• Fuyue Anzai (安西冬衛, 1898–1965, Japan/China, p)

Ao–At

• Leïla Aouchal (1936–2013, France/Algeria, nf)
• Góshó Aoyama (山剛昌, born 1963, Japan, f)
• Johann August Apel (1771–1816, Germany, f)
• Guillaume Apollinaire (1880–1918, France, p/d/f)
• Sulpicius Apollinaris (fl. 2nd c. CE, nf/p)
• Apollodorus of Carystus (fl. 300–260 BCE, Greece, d)
• Apollonius of Rhodes (270 – post–245 BCE, Alexandria, p)
• Péter Apor (1676–1752, Hungary, nf)
• Maja Apostoloska (born 1976, Yugoslavia/N Macedonia, p/nf)
• Arjun Appadurai (born 1949, US, nf)
• Nathacha Appanah (born 1973, Mauritius, f)
• Jacob M. Appel (born 1973, US, f/nf/p)
• Aharon Appelfeld (1932–2018, Romania/Israel, f)
• Charles James Apperley (1777–1843, Wales/England, nf)
• Adolphe Appia (1862–1928, Switzerland, nf)
• Kwame Anthony Appiah (born 1954, England/US, nf/f)
• Max Apple (born 1941, US, f)
• Katherine Applegate (born 1956, US, ch)
• Lisa Appignanesi (born 1946, Canada/England, nf)
• Philip Appleman (1926–2020, US, p/nf)
• Richard Appleton (1932–2005, Australia, p)
• Victor Appleton (US house pseudonym since 1910s)
• Katherine Applegate (born 1956, US, ch)
• Boris Aprilov (1921–1995, Bulgaria, f/d/ch)
• Lajos Áprily (1887–1967, Hungary, p)
• Ann Catrin Apstein-Müller (born 1973, Germany, p)
• Apuleius (124–170 CE, Roman E, f/nf)
• Pawlu Aquilina (1929–2009, Malta, p/nf)
• Louis Aragon (1897–1982, France, p/n)
• Shio Aragvispireli (1867–1926, Russian E/USSR, f)
• Arai Hakuseki (新井白石, 1657–1725, Japan, nf)
• Motoko Arai (新井素子, born 1960, Japan, f)
• Tōichirō Araki (荒木東一郎, 1895–1977, Japan, nf)
• Ivan Aralica (born 1930, Yugoslavia/Croatia, f/nf)
• Arambilet (born 1957, Dominican Rep., f/p/d), pseudonym of Ángel Luis Arambilet Álvarez
• Gonzalo Arango (1931–1976, Colombia, nf/p)
• Graça Aranha (1868–1931, Brazil, nf/f)
• János Arany (1817–1882, Hungary, p)
• Aratus (c. 315/310–240 BCE, Greece, p)
• Helena Araújo (1934–2015, Colombia, nf)
• Maria Arbatova (born 1957, USSR/Russia, f/d/p)
• John Arbuthnot (1667–1735, Scotland/England, nf)
• José Arce (1881–1968, Argentina/US, nf)
• Manuel Maples Arce (1900–1981, Mexico, p/nf)
• Jeffrey Archer (born 1940, England, f)
• Jennifer Archer (born 1957, US, f/ch)
• Maria Archer (1899–1982, Portugal, f/ch/d), pseudonym of Maria Emilia Archer Eyrolles Baltasar Moreira
• Mary Archer (born 1944, England, nf)
• Robyn Archer (born 1948, Australia, d/p/nf)
• Archil of Imereti (1647–1713, Kingdom of Georgia/Russia, p)
• Archilochus (c. 680–645 BCE, Greece, p)
• Archimedes ( c. 287 – c. 212 BCE, Greece, nf)
• Philip Ardagh (born 1961, England, f/ch)
• Elvia Ardalani (born 1963, Mexico, p/nf/f)
• Lavrenti Ardaziani (1815–1870, Russian E, f)
• Jane Arden (1927–1982, England, d)
• Edward Ardizzone (1900–1979, China/England, ch/nf)
• Britt Arenander (born 1941, Sweden, f/p)
• Reinaldo Arenas (1943–1990, Cuba, p/f/d)
• Ana Paula Arendt (born 1980, Brazil, ch/d/p)
• Hannah Arendt (1906–1975, Germany/US, nf)
• Walter Conrad Arensberg (1878–1954, US, p)
• Juan Argerich (1862–1924, Argentina, f/nf)
• Tudor Arghezi (1880–1967, Romania, p/ch)
• Alcides Arguedas (1879–1946, Bolivia, nf/f)
• José María Arguedas (1911–1969, Peru, f/p/nf)
• Manlio Argueta (born 1935, El Salvador, p/f)
• Yemisi Aribisala (born 1973, Nigeria, nf)
• Homero Aridjis (born 1940, Mexico, p/f/nf)
• Dan Ariely (born 1967, US/Israel, nf)
• Philippe Ariès (1914–1984, France, nf)
• Afonso Arinos (1868–1916, Brazil, nf)
• Ludovico Ariosto (1474–1533, Italy, p/d)
• Ikuma Arishima (有島生馬, 1882–1974, Japan, f)
• Takeo Arishima (有島武郎, 1878–1923, Japan, f/nf)
• Aelius Aristides (AD 118–181, Greece, nf)
• Aristophanes (c. 446–385 BC, Greece, d/p)
• Aristotle (384–322 BCE, Greece, nf)
• Sawako Ariyoshi (有吉佐和子, 1931–1984, Japan, f)
• Guru Arjan (1563–1606, India, p)
• Reginald Arkell (1881–1959, England, d/f)
• Mohammed Arkoun (1928–2010, Algeria, nf)
• Aleksander Arkuszyński (1918–2016, Poland, nf)
• Michael Arlen (1895–1956, Bulgaria/US, nf/f/d), born Dikran Kouyoumdjian
• Roberto Arlt (1900–1942, Argentina, f/d/nf)
• Ayi Kwei Armah (born 1939, Gold Coast/Ghana, f/nf/ch)
• Venero Armanno (born 1959, Australia, f/ch)
• Kristinn Ármannsson (1895–1966, Iceland, nf)
• Rae Armantrout (born 1947, US, p, nf)
• T. Q. Armar (1915–2000, Gold Coast/Ghana, nf)
• Raphael Armattoe (1913–1953, Gold Coast/Ghana, nf/p)
• Sergio Román Armendáriz (born 1934, Ecuador, p/d)
• Laura Adams Armer (1874–1963, US, nf/ch)
• Simon Armitage (born 1963, England, p/d/f)
• Annie Armitt (1850–1933, England, f/p/nf)
• Rebecca Agatha Armour (1845–1891, Canada, f)
• Richard Armour (1906–1989, US, p/nf/ch)
• Isobel Armstrong (born 1937, England, nf)
• Karen Armstrong (born 1944, England, nf)
• Lindsay Armstrong (living, S Africa/Australia, f)
• Martin Armstrong (1882–1974, f/p)
• Millicent Armstrong (1888–1973, Australia, d)
• Peter Armstrong (born 1957, England, p)
• Richard Armstrong (1903–1986, England, f/ch)
• Sarah Armstrong (born 1968, Australia, f)
• Tilly Armstrong (1927–2010, England, f)
• William H. Armstrong (1911–1999, US, ch)
• Bergþóra Árnadóttir (1948–2007, Iceland, p)
• Nína Björk Árnadóttir (1941–2000, Iceland, d/p/f)
• Bergljót Arnalds (born 1968, Iceland, ch)
• Jón Árnason (1819–1888, Iceland, nf/ch)
• Örn Árnason (born 1959, Iceland, d)
• Céline Arnauld (1885–1952, Romania/France, p/f)
• Ernst Moritz Arndt (1769–1860, Swedish Pomerania/Germany, nf/p)
• Achim von Arnim (1781–1831, Germany, p/f)
• Bettina von Arnim (1785–1859, Germany, nf)
• Craig Arnold (1967–2009, US, p)
• Edwin Arnold (1822–1904, England, p/nf)
• Edwin Lester Arnold (1857–1935, England, nf/f)
• Elizabeth Arnold (born 1944, England, ch)
• Gottfried Arnold (1666–1714, Germany, nf)
• Janet Arnold (1932–1998, England, nf)
• Matthew Arnold (1822–1888, England, p/nf)
• Ron Arnold (1937–2022, US, nf)
• Sarah Louise Arnold (1859–1943, US, nf)
• Tedd Arnold (born 1949, US, ch)
• Thomas James Arnold (c. 1804–1887, England, nf)
• William Delafield Arnold (1828–1859, England, nf)
• Arnórr jarlaskáld (c. 1012–1070s, Iceland, p)
• Þjóðólfr Arnórsson (fl. 11th c., Iceland/Norway, p)
• Hugo Arnot (1749–1786, Scotland, nf)
• Jean Arp (1886–1966, Germany/Switzerland, p), full name Hans Peter Wilhelm Arp
• Franciszka Arnsztajnowa (1865–1942, Poland, p/d), Holocaust victim
• Fernando Arrabal (born 1932, Spain, d/f/p)
• Hafsa bint al-Hajj Arrakuniyya ((died 1190, Andalusia, p)
• Renée Ferrer de Arréllaga (born 1944, Paraguay, p/f)
• Juan José Arreola (1918–2001, Mexico, f)
• Guillermo Arriaga (born 1958, Mexico, f/d)
• Arrian (c. 86/89 – post-146/160 CE, Greece, nf)), Greek name Arrianos
• Yolanda Arroyo Pizarro (born 1970, Puerto Rico, f/nf/ch)
• Pat Arrowsmith (1930–2023, England, f/nf/p)
• I'timad Arrumaimikiyya (born 1045/1047, Andalusia, p)
• Emmanuelle Arsan (1932–2005, Thailand/France, f), pseudonym of Marayat Rollet-Andriane
• Vladimir Arsenijević (born 1965, Yugoslavia/Serbia, f/nf)
• Vladimir Arsenyev (1872–1930, Russian E/USSR, nf)
• Hranush Arshagyan (1887–1905, Ottoman E, p)
• Eustahija Arsić (1776–1843, Austria-Hungary, nf)
• Ahmed Ibrahim Artan (living, Somalia, nf)
• Antonin Artaud (1896–1948, France, d/p/nf)
• Rosalía Arteaga (born 1956, Ecuador, nf)
• Miguel Arteche (1926–2012, Chile, p/f)
• Keri Arthur (born 1967, Australia, f)
• Portia Arthur (born 1990, Ghana, ch)
• Ruth M. Arthur (1905–1979, Scotland, ch), born Ruth Mabel Arthur Huggins
• H. C. Artmann (1921–2000, Austria, p/nf/f)
• Tovma Artsruni (fl. 9th–10th c., Armenia, nf)
• K. O. Arvidson (1938–2011, N Zealand, p/nf)
• Ingeborg Arvola (born 1974, Norway, n/ch)
• Akram Monfared Arya (born 1946, Iran/Sweden, nf)
• Germán List Arzubide (1898–1998, Mexico, p/nf)
• Gheorghe Asachi (1788–1869, Ukraine/Romania, p/f/d)
• Jirō Asada (浅田次郎, born 1951, Japan, f/nf)
• Houshang Asadi (born 1951, Iran/France, nf)
• Milan Asadurov (1949–2019, Bulgaria, f)
• Zabel Sibil Asadour (1863–1934, Ottoman E/Turkey, nf)
• Asai Ryōi (浅井了意, c. 1612–1691, Japan, f/nf)
• Khadambi Asalache (1935–2006, Kenya/England, f/p)
• M. K. Asante (born 1982, US, nf)
• Bediako Asare (born 1930, Gold Coast/Tanzania, f/nf)
• Meshack Asare (born 1945, Gold Coast/Germany, ch)
• Yaw Asare (1954–2002, Ghana, nf)
• Catherine Asaro (born 1955, US, f)
• Lado Asatiani (1917–1943, USSR, p)
• Peter Christen Asbjørnsen (1812–1885, Norway, nf)
• Hilario Ascasubi (1807–1875, Argentina, p)
• Frank Asch (born 1946, US, ch)
• Sholem Asch (1880–1957, Poland/England, f/d/nf)
• Oscar Asche (1871–1936, Australia, d)
• Birgit Aschmann (born 1967, Germany, nf)
• Abdoulaye Ascofaré (born 1949, Mali, p/d)
• Gaber Asfour (1944–2021, Egypt, nf)
• Issa Asgarally (living, Mauritius, nf)
• John Asgill (1659–1738, England, nf)
• Eysteinn Ásgrímsson (c. 1310–1361, Iceland, p)
• Russell Ash (1946–2010, England, nf/ch)
• John Ashbery (1927–2017, US, p/nf)
• Elizabeth Ashbridge (1713–1755, England/N American colonies, nf)
• Cliff Ashby (1919–2012, England, p/f)
• Deborah Ashby (born 1959, England, nf)
• Joseph Ashby-Sterry (1836 or 1838–1917, England, p/f/nf)
• Laura Ashe (living, England, nf)
• Helen Asher (1927–2001, Australia, f)
• Michael Asher (born 1953, England, nf/f)
• Jay Asher (born 1975, US, f/nf)
• Daisy Ashford (1881–1972, England, f)
• Lindsay Ashford (born 1959, England, f/nf)
• Taku Ashibe (芦辺拓, born 1958, Japan, f)
• Dariush Ashoori (born 1938, Iran, nf)
• Mariam bint Abu Ya'qub Ashshilbi (died 1020, Andalusia, p)
• Mary Ashun (born 1968, Ghana, f/ch)
• Bernard Ashley (born 1935, England, ch)
• Melissa Ashley (born 1973, Australia, f)
• Renée Ashley (born 1949, US, p/f/nf)
• Robert Ashley (1565–1641, England, nf)
• Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 3rd Earl of Shaftesbury (1671–1713, England/Italy, nf)
• Anastasia M. Ashman (born 1964, US, nf)
• Carl Ashmore (born 1968, England, ch)
• Radwa Ashour (1946–2014, Egypt, f)
• Charles Ashton (1848–1899, Wales, nf)
• Francis Leslie Ashton (1904–1994, England, f)
• Kalinda Ashton (living, Australia, f)
• Leah Ashton (living, Australia, f)
• Rosemary Ashton (born 1947, England, nf)
• Sylvia Ashton-Warner (1908–1984, N Zealand, f/nf)
• Asiimwe Deborah GKashugi (living, Uganda, d), born Deborah Asiimwe
• Isaac Asimov (1920–1992, USSR/US, f/nf)
• Janet Asimov (1926–2019, US, f/ch), pseudonym J. O. Jeppson
• Abu Abdallah ibn Askar (1529–1578, Morocco, nf)
• Rashid Askari (born 1965, E Pakistan/Bangladesh, nf/f)
• Anton Aškerc (1856–1912, Austrian E, p)
• Anne Askew (1520/1521–1546), England, p)
• Kjell Askildsen (1929–2021, Norway, f)
• Ibrahim Aslan (1935–2012, Egypt, f)
• Mahmoud Aslan (1902 – post-1971, Tunisia, f/d)
• Louise Aslanian (1902/1906–1945, Iran/France, p/f), Holocaust victim
• Timoshenko Aslanides (1943–2020, Australia, p)
• Nana Asma'u (1793–1864, Sokoto Caliphate, nf/p)
• Adam Asnyk (1838–1897, Poland/Austria-Hungary, p/d)
• Werner Aspenström (1918–1997, Sweden, p)
• Aemilius Asper (fl. 1st c. CE or late 2nd c. CE, Rome, nf)
• Asphyxia (living, Australia, ch)
• Robert Asprin (1946–2008, US, f)
• Clare Asquith (born 1951, England, nf)
• Lady Cynthia Asquith (1887–1960, England, f/nf/cs)
• Herbert Asquith (1881–1947, p/f)
• Margot Asquith (1864–1945, Scotland/England, nf)
• Ros Asquith (living, England, ch)
• Abu al-Abbas as-Sabti (1129–1204, Morocco, nf)
• Mina Assadi (born 1943, Iran/Sweden, p/nf)
• Ryad Assani-Razaki (born 1981, Benin/Canada, f)
• Robert Assaraf (1936–2018, Morocco/France, nf)
• Akram Assem (born 1965, Afghanistan, nf)
• Akwasi Bretuo Assensoh (born 1946, Gold Coast/US, nf)
• Machado de Assis (1839–1908, Brazil, f/p/d)
• Mary Astell (1666–1731, England, nf)
• David Astle (born 1961, Australia, nf/f/d)
• Thomas Astle (1735–1803, England, nf)
• Judy Astley (living, England, f/nf)
• Thea Astley (1925–2004, Australia, f/p)
• Margaret Aston (1932–2014, England, nf)
• Tilly Aston (1873–1947, Australia, p/nf)
• Carlos Astrada (1894–1970, Argentina, nf)
• Jean Astruc (1684–1766, France, nf)
• Miguel Ángel Asturias (1899–1974, Guatemala/Spain, p/f/d)
• Alaa Al Aswany (born 1957, Egypt, f/nf)
• Bogoboj Atanacković (1826–1858, Hungary/Serbia, f)
• Ksenija Atanasijević (1894–1981, Serbia/Yugoslavia, nf)
• Sonja Atanasijević (born 1962, Yugoslavia/Serbia, f)
• Nataša Atanasković (born 1972, Yugoslavia/Serbia, f)
• Platon Atanacković (1788–1867, Habsburg E, nf)
• Manouchehr Atashi (1931–2005, Iran, p/nf)
• Oğuz Atay (1934–1977, Turkey, f)
• Jón Hnefill Aðalsteinsson (1927–2010, Iceland, nf)
• Athanasius of Alexandria (c. 296/298–373 CE, Greece, nf)
• Edwin Atherstone (1788–1872, England, p/f)
• Cassandra Atherton (living, Australia, p/nf)
• Yusuf Atılgan (1921–1989, Ottoman E/Turkey, f/d)
• Abu Jafar ibn Atiyya (died 1158, Morocco, nf)
• Lucy Atkins (born 1968, England, f/nf)
• Peter Atkins (born 1940, England, nf)
• Blanche Atkinson (1847–1911, England, f/ch)
• Diane Atkinson (living, England, nf)
• Hugh Atkinson (1924–1994, Australia, f/ch)
• Kate Atkinson (born 1951, England, f/d)
• Louisa Atkinson (1834–1872, Australia, f/nf)
• M. E. Atkinson (1899–1974, England, ch)
• Rupert Atkinson (1881–1961, Australia, p/d)
• Tiffany Atkinson (born 1972, Germany/Wales, p)
• William Walker Atkinson (1862–1932, US, nf)
• Odafe Atogun (living, Nigeria, f)
• Vishnu Raj Atreya (1944–2020, Nepal, nf/p)
• Sefi Atta (born 1964, Nigeria/US, f/d)
• Ayesha Harruna Attah (born 1983, Ghana/Senegal, f)
• Karen Attard (born 1958, Australia, f)
• David Attenborough (born 1926, England, nf)
• Per Daniel Amadeus Atterbom (1790–1855, Sweden, p)
• Mririda n'Ait Attik (c. 1900 – c. 1940s, Morocco, p)
• Amelia Atwater-Rhodes (born 1984, US, f/ch)
• Margaret Atwood (born 1939, Canada, n/f/nf)

Au–Az

• Elise Aubert (1837–1909, Norway, f/nf)
• Madeleine de l'Aubespine (1546–1596, France, p)
• Jean-Henri Merle d'Aubigné (1794–1872, Switzerland, nf)
• Cécile Aubry (1928–2010, France, ch)
• Edward St Aubyn (born 1960, England, f/nf)
• Penelope Aubin (c. 1679 – c. 1738, England, f/p)
• John Aubrey (1626–1697, England, nf)
• Hennie Aucamp (1934–2014, S Africa, p/f/nf)
• Dorothy Auchterlonie (1915–1991, England/Australia, nf/p)
• W. H. Auden (1907–1973, England/Austria, p/nf)
• Jean Auel (born 1936, US, f)
• Martin Auer (born 1951, Austria, ch/f/nf)
• Raoul Auernheimer (1876–1948, Austria/US, nf)
• Count Anton Alexander von Auersperg (1806–1876, Austrian E, p), pseudonym Anastasius Grün
• Steve Augarde (born 1950, England, f/ch)
• Augustine of Hippo (354–430, N Africa, nf)
• Imre Augustič, 1837–1879, Hungary, nf/p)
• Lillian Aujo (living, Uganda, f/p)
• Kjell Aukrust (1920–2002, Norway, f)
• Olav Aukrust (1883–1929, Norway, p)
• Ingri and Edgar Parin d'Aulaire (1904–1980; 1898–1986, Norway/US, ch)
• Htin Aung (1909–1978, Burma, nf)
• Pe Aung (1917–2006, Burma/Myanmar, nf)
• Francis Aupiais (1877–1945, France/Benin, nf)
• Marcus Aurelius (121–180 CE, Roman E, nf)
• Jules Barbey d'Aurevilly (1808–1889, France, f)
• Maria Aurora (1937–2010, Portugal, p/f/ch), pseudonym of Aurora Augusta Figueiredo de Carvalho Homem
• Joseph Auslander (1897–1965, US, p/f)
• Rose Ausländer (1901–1988, Austro-Hungarian E/Germany, p)
• Ausonius (c. 310 – c. 395, Roman Gaul, p/nf)
• Jane Austen (1775–1817, England, f)
• Paul Auster (born 1947, US, f/p/nf)
• Ralph Austen (c. 1612–1676, England, nf)
• Alfred Austin (1835–1913, England, p)
• Jane G. Austin (1831–1894, US, f)
• John Austin (1790–1859, England, nf)
• Sarah Austin (1793–1967, England/Germany, nf)
• Jonathan Auxier (born 1981, Canada, ch)
• Jovan Avakumović (c. 1748–1810, Habsburg E, p)
• Gertrudis Gómez de Avellaneda (1814–1873, Cuba/Spain, d/p/f)
• Esther Averill (1902–1992, US, ch)
• Gillian Avery (1926–2016, England, f/nf)
• Harold Avery (1867–1943, England, ch)
• James Avery (1945–2013, US, p)
• Avi (born 1937, US, ch)
• Tusiata Avia (born 1960, N Zealand, p/ch)
• Tamsier Joof Aviance (born 1973, Gambia, nf)
• Avicenna (c. 980–1037, Samanid E/Iran, nf/p), Arabic name Ibn Sina
• Carlos Lobo de Ávila (1860–1895, Portugal, nf)
• Bunty Avieson (living, Australia, f/nf)
• Margaret Avison (1918–2007, Canada, p/nf)
• Jack Avon (born 1967, Zambia/England, nf)
• Smilja Avramov (1918–2018, Yugoslavia/Serbia, nf)
• Dimitrije Avramović (1815–1855, Serbia, nf)
• Tash Aw (born 1971, Malaysia/England, f/nf), full name Aw Ta-Shi (歐大旭)
• Krayem Awad (born 1948, Syria/Austria, p)
• Usman Awang (1929–2001, Malaya/Malaysia, p/d/f)
• Christopher Awdry (born 1940, England, ch)
• Wilbert Awdry (1911–1997, England, ch), known as Rev. W. Awdry
• Ngahuia Te Awekotuku (born 1949, N Zealand, nf)
• Diane Awerbuck (born 1974, S Africa, f/nf)
• Farah Awl (1937–1991, Somaliland/Somalia, nf/p), full name Faarax Maxamed Jaamac Cawl
• Kofi Awoonor (1935–2013, Gold Coast/Ghana, p/f/nf)
• Mohammed Awzal (1670–1749, Morocco, nf)
• Jan Axelson (born 1949, US, nf)
• Majgull Axelsson (born 1947, Sweden, nf)
• Ibrahima Aya (born 1967, Mali, nf/f)
• Felipe Guaman Poma de Ayala (c. 1535 – post-1616, Peru, nf)
• Yukito Ayatsuji (内田直行, born 1960, Japan, f)
• Fatma Aydemir (born 1986, Germany, f/nf)
• Kyi Aye (1929–2016, Burma/Myanmar, p/f)
• A. J. Ayer (1910–1989, England, nf)
• Gennadiy Aygi (1934–2006, USSR/Russia, p)
• Nana Oforiatta Ayim (living, Ghana, f/nf)
• Joseph Ayloffe (1708–1781, England, nf)
• Zighen Aym (born 1957, Algeria/US, nf)
• Marcel Aymé (1902–1967, France, f/ch)
• Ayo Ayoola-Amale (living, Nigeria, p)
• Nabil Ayouch (born 1969, France, f)
• Ed Ayres (born 1941, US, nf)
• Ed Ayres (Australia, nf)
• Pam Ayres (born 1947, England, p)
• Hertha Ayrton (1854–1923, England, nf)
• Robert Aytoun (1570–1638, Scotland, p)
• Awista Ayub (born c. 1979, Afghanistan/India, f)
• Tetsuya Ayukawa (鮎川哲也, 1919–2002, Japan, nf/f)
• Iwao Ayusawa (鮎沢巌, 1894–1972, Japan, nf)
• Qadi Ayyad ben Moussa (1083–1149, Almoravid E, nf)
• Abu Salim al-Ayyashi (1628–1679, Morocco, nf/p)
• Humayun Azad (1947–2004, India/Germany, p/f/nf)
• Shokoofeh Azar (born 1972, Iran/Australia, f)
• Maryam Jafari Azarmani (born 1977, Iran, p/nf)
• Ali Azayku (1942–2004, Morocco, p/nf)
• Predrag Azdejković (born 1978, Germany/Serbia, nf)
• Aluisio Azevedo (1857–1913, Brazil, f/nf/d)
• Álvares de Azevedo (1831–1852, Brazil, p/f/d)
• Artur Azevedo (1855–1908, Brazi. f/d/p)
• Uche Azikiwe (born 1947, Nigeria, nf)
• Mohammad Yousuf Azraq (1937–1992, Afghanistan, nf)
• Mariano Azuela (1873–1952, Mexico, f/d/nf)
• Kiyohiko Azuma (あずまきよひこ, born 1968, Japan, f)
• Trezza Azzopardi (born 1961, Wales/England, f)
• Jody Azzouni (born 1954, US, nf)
• Nnorom Azuonye (born 1967, Biafra/Nigeria, d/p/nf)
• Abd Allah ibn Azzuz (died 1789, Morocco, nf)