Lists of authors

The following are lists of authors and writers:

Table of contents

1 By name 2 By type of writing or genre 3 By nationality, race, or origin 4 By language (Non-English)

By name

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By type of writing or genre

• List of biographers
• List of children's literature authors
• List of Buddhist authors
• List of crime writers
• List of detective fiction authors
• List of essayists
• List of fantasy authors
• List of historians
• List of historical novelists
• List of illustrators
• List of horror fiction authors
• List of humorists
• List of journalists
• List of magazine writers
• List of military writers
• List of mystery writers
• List of newspaper writers
• List of non-fiction authors
• List of playwrights
• List of poets
• List of political authors
• List of romantic novelists
• List of science writers
• List of science fiction authors
• List of screenwriters
• List of self-help authors
• List of short story authors
• List of thriller authors
• List of Western fiction authors

By nationality, race, or origin

• List of novelists by nationality
• List of African writers / by country
• List of African-American writers
• List of Asian-American writers
• List of American authors
• List of Brazilian writers
• List of Canadian writers
• List of Croatian authors
• List of Native American writers
• List of Pakistani authors
• List of Slovak authors
• List of Scottish writers

By language (Non-English)

• List of Chinese authors
• List of Croatian authors
• List of Dutch language authors
• List of German-language authors
• List of French language authors
• List of Italian writers
• List of Japanese authors:
• List of Spanish language authors
• List of Swedish language writers