List of English writers (K–Q)

{{Short description|none}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}  '''List of English writers''' lists '''writers in English, born or raised in England (or who lived in England for a lengthy period)''', who already have '''Wikipedia pages'''. References for the information here appear on the linked Wikipedia pages. The list is incomplete – please '''help to expand it''' by adding Wikipedia page-owning writers who have written extensively in any genre or field, including science and scholarship. Please follow the entry format. A seminal work added to a writer's entry should also have a Wikipedia page. This is a subsidiary to the List of English people. There are or should be similar lists of Irish, Scots, Welsh, Manx, Jersey, and Guernsey writers.

Abbreviations: AV = Authorized King James Version of the Bible, also as = also wrote/writes as, c. = circa, century; cc. = centuries; cleric = Anglican priest, fl. = floruit, RC = Roman Catholic, SF = science fiction, YA = young adult fiction {{inc-lit|date=October 2021}}

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==K==  {{columns-list|colwidth=22em| *Carrie Kabak (born 1951), novelist and illustrator *Sarah Kane (1971–1999), playwright *Anna Kavan (also as Helen Ferguson, real name Helen Emily Woods, 1901–1968), novelist and painter *Joanna Kavenna (born 1974), novelist and travel writer *Sheila Kaye-Smith (1887–1956), novelist *Judith Kazantzis (1940–2018), poet and anthologist *Annie Keary (1825–1879), novelist, poet and children's writer *Jonathan Keates (born 1946), writer and novelist *John Keats (1795–1821), poet, "Ode to a Nightingale" *John Keble (1792–1866), poet and cleric *Maurice Keen (1933–2012), historian *Ann Kelley (born 1941), children's writer and poet *Herbert Kelly (1860–1950), religious writer and cleric *Fanny Kemble (1809–1893), playwright, diarist and actress *Gene Kemp (1926–2015), children's writer *Jonathan Kemp (born 1967), novelist *Margery Kempe (c. 1373 – post–1438), mystic *Thomas Ken (1637–1711), hymnist and cleric *May Kendall (real name Emma Goldworth Kendall, 1861 – c. 1943), poet, novelist and satirist *Tim Kendall (born 1970), poet, editor and critic *Luke Kennard (born 1982), poet and lecturer *Lena Kennedy (1914–1986), novelist *Margaret Kennedy (1896–1967), novelist and playwright *Ally Kennen (born 1975), children's writer and singer *White Kennett (1660–1728), antiquary, writer and bishop *Charles Lamb Kenney (1823–1881), librettist and miscellanist *James Kenney (1780–1849), playwright *William Kenrick (c. 1725–1779), satirist and playwright *Lady Amabel Kerr (1846–1906), biographer, children's writer, novelist *Judith Kerr (1923–2019), children's writer and screenwriter *David Kessler (also as Adam Palmer, born 1957), novelist *R. W. Ketton-Cremer (1906–1969), local historian and biographer *Sidney Keyes (1922–1943), poet *John Maynard Keynes (1883–1946), economist *Vaseem Khan (born 1973), novelist *Richard Kilby (1560–1620), scholar, AV translator and cleric *Anne Killigrew (1660–1685), poet *Henry Killigrew (1613–1700), playwright and cleric *Thomas Killigrew (1612–1683), playwright *William Killigrew (1606–1695), playwright and courtier *Francis Kilvert (1840–1879), diarist and cleric *Clive King (1924–2018), children's writer *Daren King (born 1972), novelist and children's writer *Francis King (1923–2011), novelist and story writer *Geoffrey King (fl. 1600s), theologian, AV translator and cleric *Gregory King (1648–1712), statistician and genealogist *Henry King (1592–1669), poet and bishop *William King (1663–1712), poet and essayist *William King (born 1959), novelist *Desmond King-Hele (1927–2019), writer and physicist *Dick King-Smith (1922–2011), children's writer *Alexander William Kinglake (1809–1891), travel writer and historian *Charles Kingsley (1819–1875), novelist, ''The Water Babies'' *Henry Kingsley (1830–1876), novelist *Mary Kingsley (1862–1900), ethnographer and explorer *Peter Kingsley (born 1953), philosopher *Hugh Kingsmill (1889–1949), novelist, humorist and biographer *W. H. G. Kingston (1814–1880), children's writer *Sophie Kinsella (1969–2025), novelist *Rudyard Kipling (1865–1936), novelist, essayist and poet, ''The Jungle Book'' *Andrew Kippis (1725–1795), writer and Presbyterian minister *William Kirby (1759–1850), entomologist *Geoffrey Kirk (1921–2003), classicist *Francis Kirkman (1632 – c. 1680), writer and bookseller *James Kirkup (1918–2009), poet, translator and travel writer *C. H. B. Kitchin (1895–1967), novelist *Flora Klickmann (1867–1958), journalist, editor and children's writer *Matthew Kneale (born 1960), novelist, ''English Passengers'' *Nigel Kneale (1922–2006), screenwriter and genre novelist *Anne Knight (1792–1860), children's writer and educator *Charles Knight (1791–1873), writer and publisher *Ellis Cornelia Knight (1757–1837), novelist and painter *Eric Knight (1897–1943), novelist and children's writer, ''Lassie Come-Home'' *G. Wilson Knight (1897–1985), critic and scholar *Henry Gally Knight (1786–1846), novelist and architecture writer *Richard Payne Knight (1750–1824), classicist and connoisseur *Samuel Knight (1675–1746), biographer, antiquary and cleric *Stephen Knight (1951–1985), writer *Stephen Thomas Knight (born 1940), literary historian *Richard Knolles (c. 1545–1610), historian and translator *Hanserd Knollys (1599–1691), translator and Baptist minister *Frederick Knott (1916–2002), playwright and screenwriter *Ronald Knox (1888–1957), writer, translator and theologian *Vicesimus Knox (1752–1821), essayist and cleric *Dorothy Koomson (born 1971), novelist *Bernard Kops (1926–2024), playwright and novelist *Michael Korda (born 1933), writer and editor *Hari Kunzru (born 1969), novelist *Hanif Kureishi (born 1954), novelist and playwright *Thomas Kyd (1558–1595), playwright, ''The Spanish Tragedy'' *Francis Kynaston (1587–1642), poet and translator }} {{Compact toc |name=no |center=yes |seealso=yes |top=yes |a=A |b=B |c=C |d=D |e=E |f=F |g=G |h=H |i=I |j=J |r=R |s=S |t=T |u=U |v=V |w=W |x=X |y=Y |z=Z }}

==L==  {{columns-list|colwidth=22em| *Ian La Frenais (born 1936), scriptwriter *Robert Lacey (born 1944), biographer and historian *James Lackington (1746–1815), memoirist *Thomas Hailes Lacy (1809–1873), playwright and publisher *Olivia Laing (born 1977), fiction and non-fiction *Andrew Lamb (born 1942), writer on music *Caroline Lamb (1785–1828), novelist *Charles Lamb (1775–1834), essayist *Charlotte Lamb (real name Sarah Coates, several pen names, 1937–2000), novelist *Lynton Lamb (1907–1977), crime writer and illustrator *Mary Lamb (1764–1847), essayist *Constant Lambert (1905–1951, England, Mu/D), music critic and librettist *Derek Lambert (also as Nigel Falkirk, 1929–2001), thriller writer *Joseph Lancaster (1778–1838), educator *Osbert Lancaster (1908–1986), writer and cartoonist *John Lanchester (born 1962), journalist and novelist *Letitia Elizabeth Landon (wrote as L. E. L., 1802–1838), poet and novelist *Robert Eyres Landor (1781–1869), playwright, poet and cleric *Walter Savage Landor (1775–1864), writer and poet *Edward William Lane (1801–1876), scholar and translator *Jane Lane (1905–1978), historical novelist and biographer *Joel Lane (born 1963), novelist, story writer and poet *John Langhorne (1735–1779), poet and translator *William Langland (c. 1332 – c. 1386), poet, ''Piers Plowman'' *R. F. Langley (1938–2011), poet *Peter Langtoft (died c. 1305), chronicler *Bennet Langton (1736–1801), writer *Emilia Lanier or Lanyer (1569–1645), poet *Nathaniel Lardner (1684–1768), theologian *Philip Larkin (1922–1985), poet *Michael Laskey (born 1944), poet and editor *Harold Laski (1893–1950), political writer *Marghanita Laski (1915–1988), novelist and broadcaster *David Lassman (born 1963), writer and scriptwriter *Francis Lathom (1774–1832), novelist and playwright *Hugh Latimer (c. 1487–1555), preacher, bishop and martyr *William Laud (1573–1645), theologian, archbishop and martyr *Hugh Laurie (born 1959), novelist and actor *William Law (1686–1761), theologian *D. H. Lawrence (1885–1930), novelist and poet, ''Sons and Lovers'' *George A. Lawrence (1827–1876), novelist *T. E. Lawrence (1888–1935), writer and soldier, ''Seven Pillars of Wisdom'' *William Lawrence (1783–1867), scientist *Benjamin Lay (1681–1760), pamphleteer *Cecil Howard Lay (1885–1956), poet and artist *Layamon or Laȝamon (early 13th c.), chronicler *John Layfield (died 1617), scholar, AV translator and cleric *John le Carré (real name D. J. M. Cornwell, 1931–2020), thriller writer, ''The Spy Who Came in from the Cold'' *Richard Le Gallienne (1866–1947), writer and poet *William Le Queux (1866–1947), novelist, poet and essayist *Jane Leade (1624–1704), religious writer *Mary Leapor (1722–1746), poet *Edward Lear (1812–1888), poet and artist, "The Owl and the Pussycat" *James Leasor (1923–2007), novelist and historian *Stephen Leather (born 1956), novelist *F. R. Leavis (1895–1978), critic and editor *Norman Lebrecht (born 1948), music writer *Francis Nigel Lee (1934–2011), theologian *Harriet Lee (1757–1851), novelist and playwright *Laurie Lee (1914–1997), poet and memoirist, ''Cider with Rosie'' *Nathaniel Lee (1653–1692), playwright *Sidney Lee (1859–1926), biographer and critic *Sophia Lee (1750–1824), novelist and playwright *Vernon Lee (real name Violet Paget, 1856–1935), novelist and essayist *Eugene Lee-Hamilton (1845–1907), poet *James Lees-Milne (1908–1997), writer and diarist *Joseph Leftwich (real name Lefkovicz, 1892–1984), poet, translator and anthologist *John Lehmann (1907–1987), poet and editor *R. C. Lehmann (1856–1929), writer and lyricist *Rosamond Lehmann (1901–1990), novelist, autobiographer and translator *Chandos Leigh (1791–1850), writer and poet *Dorothy Leigh (died c. 1616), writer on child-raising *Richard Leigh (1649/1650–1728), poet *Clare Leighton (1898–1989), writer and illustrator *John Leland or Leyland (c. 1503/1506–1552), antiquary *John Leland (1691–1766), writer and Presbyterian minister *Mark Lemon (1809–1870), playwright, novelist and editor *John Lemprière (c. 1765–1824), scholar and lexicographer *Sue Lenier (born 1957), poet and playwright *Rebecca Lenkiewicz (born 1968), playwright *John Lennon (1940–1980), singer and songwriter *Charlotte Lennox (1730–1804), writer and poet *Alan Leo (real name William Frederick Allan, 1860–1917), astrologer *Roger L'Estrange (1615–1704), pamphleteer and translator *Ada Leverson (1862–1933), novelist *Denise Levertov (1923–1997), poet *Michael Levey (1927–2008), art historian *Peter Levi (1931–2000), poet, critic and travel writer *Bernard Levin (1928–2004), writer and broadcaster *Amy Levy (1861–1889), poet and novelist *Andrea Levy (1956–2019), novelist *Juliette de Baïracli Levy (1912–2009), herbalist *Tim Lewens (born 1974), philosopher *George Henry Lewes (1817–1878), philosopher and critic *Alethea Lewis (wrote as Eugenia De Acton, 1749–1827), novelist *C. S. Lewis (1898–1963), novelist, children's writer and critic, ''The Chronicles of Narnia'' *David Lewis (1682–1760), poet and playwright *George Cornewall Lewis (1806–1863), writer, philologist and politician *Hilda Lewis (1896–1974), novelist and children's writer *Leopold David Lewis (1828–1890), playwright and translator *Matthew Lewis (1775–1818), novelist and diarist *Roger Lewis (born 1960), biographer and scholar *Ted Lewis (1940–1982), novelist and screenwriter *Wyndham Lewis (1882–1957), writer and painter *Marina Lewycka (born 1946), novelist and medical writer *Anne Ley (c. 1599–1641), writer, teacher, and polemicist *Peter Leycester (1614–1678), antiquary and historian *Nell Leyshon (living), dramatist and novelist *Henry George Liddell (1811–1898), scholar, lexicographer and cleric *John Lilburne (c. 1614–1657), pamphleteer *George Lillo (1693–1739), playwright *Thomas Linacre or Lynaker (c. 1460–1524), physician and translator *David Lindsay (1876–1945), novelist *John Lingard (1771–1851), historian and hymnist *Martin Lings (1909–2005), scholar and poet *William Linley (1771–1835), writer and musician *Eliza Lynn Linton (1822–1898), novelist and essayist *Mary Linwood (1755–1845), novelist and needlewoman *Suzannah Lipscomb (born 1978), historian and broadcaster *Anne Lister (1791–1840), diarist and traveller *S. E. Lister (born 1988), historical novelist *Thomas Henry Lister (1800–1842), novelist *Toby Litt (born 1968), novelist and editor *Emanuel Litvinoff (1915–2011), novelist, poet and autobiographer *Edward Lively (1545–1605), scholar, AV translator and cleric *Penelope Lively (born 1933), novelist and children's writer *Richard Llewellyn (real name Richard Llewellyn Lloyd, 1906–1983), novelist and screenwriter *Charles Lloyd (1775–1839), poet and translator *Christopher Lloyd (1921–2006), garden writer *Robert Lloyd (1733–1764), poet and satirist *John Locke (1632–1704), philosopher, ''An Essay Concerning Human Understanding'' *William John Locke (1863–1930), novelist and playwright *Frederick Locker-Lampson (1821–1895), poet *David Lodge (1935–2025), novelist and critic *Edmund Lodge (1756–1839), herald and biographer *Oliver Lodge (1851–1940), physicist and science writer *Oliver W. F. Lodge (1878–1955), poet and playwright *Thomas Lodge (c. 1558–1625), playwright and poet *Tom Lodge (1936–2012), writer and broadcaster *John Lodwick (1916–1959), novelist *Hugh Lofting (1886–1947), children's writer and poet, Dr. Dolittle *Norah Lofts (1904–1983), novelist and biographer *Christopher Logue (1926–2011), poet and screenwriter *Herbert Lomas (1924–2011), poet and translator *Charles Edward Long (1796–1861), antiquary *George Long (1800–1879), polymath and translator *Kate Long (born 1964), novelist, ''The Bad Mother's Handbook'' *Elizabeth Longford (1906–2002), biographer *Roger Longrigg (1939–2000), novelist *E. C. R. Lorac (real name Edith Caroline Rivett, also as Carol Carnac, 1884–1959), novelist *Jane C. Loudon (1807–1858), novelist *Nicholas Love (died c. 1424), translator and prior *Richard Lovelace (1618–1657), poet *Henry Lovelich (fl. 15th c.), poet and translator *Peter Lovesey (1936–2025), crime writer *William Lovett (1800–1877), writer and Chartist *Archibald Low (1888–1956), science writer *Sidney James Mark Low (1857–1932), historian *Edward Lowbury (1913–2007), poet and bacteriologist *Marie Adelaide Belloc Lowndes (1868–1947), novelist *William Thomas Lowndes (c. 1798–1843), bibliographer *Malcolm Lowry (1909–1957), poet and novelist *Robert Lowth (1710–1787), poet, bishop and grammarian *Mina Loy (originally Mina Gertrude Löwry, 1882–1966), poet, playwright and novelist *John Lubbock (1834–1913), scientist and politician *Percy Lubbock (1879–1965), essayist and biographer *E. V. Lucas (1868–1938), essayist *F. L. Lucas (1894–1967), classicist and poet *Edward Lucie-Smith (born 1933), writer and poet *Edmund Ludlow (c. 1617–1692), memoirist *Jane Lumley, Lady Lumley (1537–1538), translator *Arnold Lunn (1888–1874), writer and skier *Henry Luttrell (c. 1765–1851), poet *Narcissus Luttrell (1657–1732), historian *Alfred Comyn Lyall (1835–1911), historian and poet *Gavin Lyall (1932–2003), thriller writer *John Lydgate (c. 1370 – c. 1451), poet *Charles Lyell (1797–1875), geologist *John Lyly (1553/1554–1606), writer and dramatist *Jonathan Lynn (born 1943), screenwriter and novelist *Elinor Lyon (1921–2008), children's writer *P. H. B. Lyon (1893–1986), poet and school headmaster *George Lyttelton, 1st Baron Lyttelton (1709–1773), politician and poet *George William Lyttelton (1883–1962), correspondent and educator *Rosina Bulwer Lytton (1802–1882), novelist and campaigner }} {{Compact toc |name=no |center=yes |seealso=yes |top=yes |a=A |b=B |c=C |d=D |e=E |f=F |g=G |h=H |i=I |j=J |r=R |s=S |t=T |u=U |v=V |w=W |x=X |y=Y |z=Z }}

==M==  {{columns-list|colwidth=22em| *James Mabbe (1572–1642), poet and translator *Richard Mabey (born 1941), nature writer *Catharine Macaulay (1731–1791), historian *Rose Macaulay (1881–1958), novelist and biographer *Thomas Babington Macaulay (1800–1859), historian and poet *Desmond MacCarthy (1877–1952), critic *Fiona MacCarthy (1940–2020), biographer and cultural historian *Philip MacDonald (also as Oliver Fleming, etc., 1900–1980), novelist and screenwriter *A. G. Macdonell (1895–1941), essayist, ''England, Their England'' *Robert Macfarlane (born 1976), travel writer and critic *William McFee (1881–1966), novelist and essayist *Arthur Machen (originally Arthur Llewelyn Jones, 1863–1947), novelist and mystic *Colin MacInnes (1914–1976), novelist *Ben Macintyre (born 1963), biographer *Denis Mackail (1892–1971), novelist *Compton Mackenzie (1883–1972), novelist, ''Whisky Galore'' *Serena Mackesy (living), novelist *Mary Mackie (living), novelist and non-fiction writer *Joseph Macleod (also as Adam Drinan, 1903–1984), poet, playwright and broadcaster *Barry MacSweeney (1948–2000), poet and journalist *Falconer Madan (1851–1935), writer and bibliographer *Judith Madan (born Judith Cowper, 1702–1781), poet *Martin Madan (1726–1790), writer, translator and cleric *Charles Madge (1912–1996), poet and sociologist *Thomas Madox (1666–1727), Historiographer Royal and antiquary *Bryan Magee (1930–2019), writer and broadcaster *Magnus Magnusson (1929–2007), broadcaster, scholar and translator *Michelle Magorian (born 1947), children's writer, ''Goodnight Mister Tom'' *Henry James Sumner Maine (1822–1888), jurist and historian *Petre Mais (1885–1975), travel writer and educator *Frederic William Maitland (1850–1906), jurist and historian *Julia Maitland (1808–1864), writer and traveller *Sara Maitland (born 1950), novelist and religious writer *Bathsua Makin (real name Bathsua Reginald, c. 1600 – c. 1675), writer and scholar *Lucas Malet (real name Mary St. Leger Kingsley, 1852–1931), novelist *William Hurrell Mallock (1849–1923), novelist, satirist and poet *Thomas Malory (c. 1430 – c. 1471), author, ''Le Morte d'Arthur'' *Eric Malpass (1910–1996), novelist *Thomas Robert Malthus (1766–1834), political economist *Bernard Mandeville (1670–1733), philosopher and satirist *Richmal Mangnall (1769–1820), schoolbook writer *Andrew Mango (1926–2014), writer and broadcaster *H. A. Manhood (1904–1991), short story writer *Guy Mankowski (born 1983), writer *Delarivier Manley (1663 or 1670–1724), novelist, playwright and pamphleteer *Mary E. Mann (1848–1929), novelist and story writer *George Manners (1778–1853), writer and editor *Ethel Mannin (1900–1984), novelist, essayist and travel writer *Anne Manning (1807–1879), novelist *Olivia Manning (1908–1980), novelist and critic, ''Fortunes of War'' *Sarra Manning, writer and journalist *Ruth Manning-Sanders (1886–1988), poet and children's writer *Robert Mannyng (c. 1275 – c. 1338), poet and chronicler, ''Handlyng Synne'' *Henry Longueville Mansel (1820–1871), philosopher *Katherine Mansfield (1888–1923), story writer and poet, ''The Garden Party'' *Keith Mansfield (born 1965), novelist and screenwriter *Richard Mant (1776–1848), writer, translator and cleric *Hilary Mantel (1952–2022), novelist and critic, ''Wolf Hall'' *Thomas Manton (1620–1677), theologian and Puritan minister *Francis Marbury or Merbury (1555–1611), playwright and cleric *Jane Marcet (1769–1858), science writer for children *Edgar J. March (1897–1971) writer of books on working sailing ships *Bessie Marchant (1862–1941), children's writer *Jan Mark (originally Janet Marjorie Brisland, 1943–2006), children's writer *Gervase Markham (c. 1568–1637), poet and writer *Mrs. Markham (real name Elizabeth Penrose, 1780–1837), children's writer *Stephen Marley (born 1946), novelist and screenwriter *Tim Marlow (born 1963), art historian and broadcaster *Christopher Marlowe (1564–1593), playwright, ''The Tragical History of Doctor Faustus'' *Derek Marlowe (1938–1996), novelist and playwright *Martin Marprelate (pseudonym, fl. 1588–1590), tractarian *Ellen Marriage (1865–1946), translator, ''La Comédie humaine'' *Anthony Marriott (1931–2014), playwright and actor *Florence Marryat (1833–1899), novelist *Frederick Marryat (wrote as Captain Marryat, 1792–1848), novelist and children's writer, ''Mr Midshipman Easy'' *Adam Mars-Jones (born 1954), novelist and critic *Philip Marsden (born 1961), travel writer and novelist *Edward Marsh (1872–1953), polymath and translator *Edward Garrard Marsh (1783–1862), poet and cleric *Richard Marsh (real name Richard Bernard Heldemann, 1857–1915), novelist *Alfred Marshall (1842–1924), economist *Archibald Marshall (1866–1934), novelist and journalist *Arthur Marshall (1910–1989), writer and broadcaster *Christabel Marshall (1871–1960), writer, playwright and suffragist *Emma Marshall (1830–1899), children's writer *Sybil Marshall (1913–2005), writer, novelist and educator *John Marston (1576–1634), poet, playwright and satirist *John Westland Marston (1819–1890), playwright *Philip Bourke Marston (1850–1887), poet *Andrew Martin (born 1962), novelist *J. P. Martin (1879–1966), children's writer *William Martin (1767–1810), naturalist and palaeontologist *Harriet Martineau (1802–1876), sociologist and translator *James Martineau (1805–1900), philosopher *Andrew Marvell (1621–1678), poet *Eleanor Marx (1855–1898), translator and writer *Theo Marzials (1850–1920), poet and composer *Eric Maschwitz (1901–1969), writer and lyricist *John Masefield (1878–1967), Poet Laureate and novelist *A. E. W. Mason (1865–1948), novelist *Anita Mason (1942–2020), novelist *Paul Nicholas Mason (born 1958), novelist and playwright *Richard Mason (1919–1997), novelist *William Mason (1724–1797), poet *Gerald Massey (1828–1907), poet and Egyptologist *William Nathaniel Massey (1809–1881), writer and politician *Philip Massinger (1584–1640), playwright *H. J. Massingham (1888–1952), nature writer and poet *Harold Massingham (1932–2011), poet *John Masters (1914–1983), novelist, autobiographer and army officer *John Mastin (1747–1829), local historian and cleric *Steve Matchett (born 1962), writer and broadcaster *Samuel Liddell MacGregor Mathers (1854–1918), occultist and translator *Ellen Buckingham Mathews (wrote as Helen Mathers, 1853–1920), novelist *Thomas James Mathias (c. 1754–1835), satirist and translator *Tobie Matthew (1577–1655), writer and translator *Aylmer and Louise Maude (1858–1938 and 1855–1939), translators and writers *Robin Maugham (1916–1981), novelist, playwright and travel writer *William Somerset Maugham (1874–1965), novelist and writer, ''The Moon and Sixpence'' *Henry Maundrell (1665–1701), travel writer and cleric *Frederick Denison Maurice (1805–1872), religious writer and socialist *Thomas Maurice (1754–1824), poet and historian *William Fordyce Mavor (1758–1837), schoolbook writer *Simon Mawer (1948–2025), novelist *Donald Maxwell (1877–1936), travel writer and illustrator *W. B. Maxwell (1866–1938), novelist *Thomas May (1595–1650), poet, playwright and translator *Henry Mayhew (1812–1887), social researcher and playwright, ''London Labour and the London Poor'' *James Mayhew (born 1964), children's writer and illustrator *Peter Mayle (1939–2018), writer and novelist *Jasper Mayne (1604–1672), poet and playwright *William Mayne (1928–2010), children's writer, ''A Grass Rope'' *Margaret Mayo (born 1936), novelist *F. M. Mayor (1872–1932), novelist and short story writer *Steve McCaffery (born 1947), poet and scholar *Maria McCann (born 1956), novelist *Tom McCarthy (born 1969), novelist and screenwriter *Geraldine McCaughrean (born 1951), novelist and children's writer *Derek McCulloch ("Uncle Mac", 1897–1967), children's writer and broadcaster *Flora McDonnell (born 1963), children's writer *Ian McEwan (born 1948), novelist and screenwriter *William McFee (1881–1966), story writer *James McGee, novelist *Roger McGough (born 1937), performance poet *John McGrath (1935–2002), playwright *Patrick McGrath (born 1950), novelist *Jon McGregor (born 1976), novelist *R. J. McGregor (1887–1961), children's novelist and playwright *Hilary McKay (born 1959), children's writer *Jamie McKendrick (born 1955), poet *Ronald Brunlees McKerrow (1872–1940), literary critic and bibliographer *Andy McNab (born 1959), novelist and soldier *H. C. McNeile (wrote as Sapper, 1888–1937), novelist, ''Bulldog Drummond'' *Cilla McQueen (born 1949), poet *J. M. E. McTaggart (1866–1925), philosopher *G. R. S. Mead (1863–1933), writer and theosopher *Henry Medwall (c. 1462–1502), playwright *Thomas Medwin (1788–1869), poet, translator and biographer *Arthur Mee (1875–1943), writer and educator *Thomas Meech (1868–1940), writer and journalist *James Meek (born 1962), novelist *Mary Meeke (died c. 1816), novelist and translator *George Melly (1926–2007), writer, critic and musician *Charlotte Mendelson (born 1972), novelist *George Meredith (1828–1909), novelist and poet, ''The Egoist'' *Louisa Anne Meredith (1812–1895), poet and novelist *Francis Meres (1565–1672), anthologist and cleric *Charles Merivale (1808–1893), historian and cleric *Herman Merivale (1806–1874), historian *Herman Charles Merivale (wrote as Felix Dale, 1839–1906), playwright and poet *John Herman Merivale (1779–1844), man of letters *Leonard Merrick (1864–1939), novelist *Robert Merry (1755–1798), poet *Charlotte Mew (1869–1928), poet *E. H. W. Meyerstein (1889–1952), man of letters *Alice Meynell (1847–1922), poet and essayist *Viola Meynell (1885–1956), poet and novelist *Nicholas Michell (1807–1880), poet and novelist *Christopher Middleton (1926–2015), poet, translator and scholar *Conyers Middleton (1683–1750), biographer and cleric *Nick Middleton (born 1960), geographer *Richard Barham Middleton (1882–1911), poet and story writer *Stanley Middleton (1919–2009), novelist *Thomas Middleton (1580–1627), playwright and poet, ''The Revenger's Tragedy'' *China Miéville (born 1972), novelist and political writer *Grace Mildmay (c. 1552–1620), diarist *Susan Miles (real name Ursula Wyllie Roberts, 1887–1975), novelist and poet *John Stuart Mill (1806–1873), philosopher *John Guille Millais (1865–1931), naturalist and travel writer *Andrew Miller (born 1960), novelist *James Miller (1703–1744), playwright, poet and cleric *Jonathan Miller (1934–2019), writer and director *Russell Miller (born 1938), biographer *Thomas Miller (1807–1874), novelist and poet *Robert Millhouse (1788–1839), poet *Spike Milligan (1918–2002), humorist *Arthur F. H. Mills (1887–1955), novelist *Dorothy Mills (1896–1959), novelist and travel writer *George Mills (1896–1972), children's writer *Magnus Mills (born 1954), novelist *Mark Mills (living), novelist and screenwriter *Henry Hart Milman (1791–1868), playwright, poet and cleric *A. A. Milne (1882–1956), novelist and playwright, Winnie-the-Pooh *Drew Milne (born 1964), poet and scholar *John Milner (1628–1702), writer and cleric *John Milner (1752–1826), writer and RC bishop *Marion Milner (1900–1998), diarist and psychoanalyst *Richard Monckton Milnes, Lord Houghton (1809–1885), poet and politician *Giles Milton (born 1966), historian *John Milton (1608–1674), poet and theologian, ''Paradise Lost'' *Ted Milton (born 1943), poet and musician *Richard Milward (born 1984), novelist *Anthony Minghella (1954–2008), playwright and screenwriter *Laurence Minot (c. 1300 – c. 1352), poet *Hope Mirrlees (1887–1978), novelist, translator and poet *Adrian Mitchell (1932–2008), poet, playwright and novelist *Basil Mitchell (1917–2011), philosopher *David Mitchell (born 1969), novelist *Dreda Say Mitchell (born 1965), novelist, broadcaster and journalist *Gladys Mitchell (wrote as Stephen Hockaby and Malcolm Torrie, 1901–1983), novelist *Julian Mitchell (born 1935), playwright and screenwriter *Bertram Mitford, Lord Redesdale (1837–1916), writer and diplomat *Bertram Mitford (1855–1914), novelist *John Mitford (1782–1831), poet and naval officer *Mary Russell Mitford (wrote as Miss Mitford, 1787–1855), essayist, novelist and playwright, ''Our Village'' *Nancy Mitford (1904–1973), novelist and writer, ''Noblesse Oblige'' *William Mitford (1744–1827), historian *Timothy Mo (born 1950), novelist *Ivan Moffat (1918–2002), screenwriter *Deborah Moggach (born 1948), novelist and screenwriter *Lottie Moggach, journalist and author *George Mogridge (1787–1854), poet, children's writer and tractarian *Caroline Moir (living, England, novelist and playwright) *John Mole (born 1941), poet *Mary Louisa Molesworth (also as Ennis Graham, 1839–1921), children's writer *Mary Mollineux (1651–1696), poet *Frances Molloy (1947–1991), novelist *Rowland Molony (born 1946), poet and writer *Nicola Monaghan (living), novelist *William Thomas Moncrieff (1794–1857), playwright *Francis Money-Coutts (wrote as Mountjoy, 1852–1923), poet *Geraldine Monk (born 1952), poet *William Cosmo Monkhouse (1840–1901), poet and critic *Harold Monro (1879–1932), poet *Jack Monroe (born 1988), food writer *Nicholas Monsarrat (1910–1979), novelist *Basil Montagu (1770–1851), miscellanist *Charles Montagu, earl of Halifax (1661–1715), poet and statesman *Elizabeth Montagu (1718–1800), writer and bluestocking *Lady Mary Wortley Montagu (1689–1762), correspondent and poet *Charles Edward Montague (1867–1928), novelist and essayist *Simon Sebag Montefiore (born 1965), writer and historian *Florence Montgomery (1843–1923), novelist and children's writer *James Montgomery (1771–1854), poet and editor *Robert Montgomery (1807–1855), poet and cleric *Colin Moon (born 1957), author and public speaker *Edward Moor (1771–1848), writer and soldier *Michael Moorcock (born 1939), novelist *Alan Moore (born 1953), graphic novelist *Edward Moore (1712–1757), playwright *Edward Moore (1835–1916), classicist *Francis Moore (1657–1715, astrologer and physician *G. E. Moore (1873–1958), philosopher *Jonas Moore (1617–1679), mathematician *Nicholas Moore (1918–1986), poet *Olive Moore (real name Constance Vaughan, 1905 – c. 1970), novelist and essayist *Thomas Sturge Moore (1870–1944), poet and playwright *Tim Moore (born 1964), travel writer *Geoffrey Moorhouse (1931–2009), writer *Roger Moorhouse (born 1968), historian *Henrietta Moraes (1931–1999), writer and model *Caitlin Moran (born 1975), music journalist and novelist *Philip Morant (1700–1770), historian and cleric *Elinor Mordaunt (1872–1942), fiction and non-fiction writer *Thomas Osbert Mordaunt (1730–1809), poet and army officer *Gertrude More (1606–1633), religious writer and Benedictine nun *Hannah More (1745–1833), poet and religious writer *Henry More (1614–1687), philosopher and poet *Thomas More (1478–1535), scholar, ''Utopia'' *E. D. Morel (1873–1924), writer on colonialism *Thomas Morell (1703–1784), librettist *Charles Langbridge Morgan (1894–1958), novelist, playwright and poet *Nicola Morgan (born 1961), novelist and non-fiction writer *Peter Morgan (born 1963), screenwriter and playwright *Richard K. Morgan (born 1965), novelists and short story writer *Thomas Charles Morgan (1783–1843), physician and philosopher *William De Morgan (1839–1917), novelist and ceramicist *James Justinian Morier (1780–1849), novelist and travel writer *Stanley Morison (1889–1967), writer and typographer *Samuel Morland or Moreland (1625–1695), polymath *David Morley (born 1964), poet and critic *Henry Morley (1822–1894), critic and biographer *Iris Morley (1910–1953), novelist and journalist *John Morley (1838–1923), biographer, writer and politician *Sheridan Morley (1941–2007), biographer, critic and broadcaster *Michael Morpurgo (born 1943), children's writer, poet and playwright *Clare Morrall (born 1952), novelist *Desmond Morris (1928–2026), ethologist, zoologist and non-fiction writer *Ivan Morris (1925–1976), writer, scholar and translator *Jan Morris (originally James Morris, 1926–2020), travel writer *William Morris (1834–1896), writer, artist and poet *Arthur Morrison (1863–1945), novelist and journalist *Blake Morrison (born 1950), poet, novelist and critic *Graham Mort (living), poet and story writer *Chapman Mortimer (1907–1988), novelist and screenwriter *Ian Mortimer (born 1967), historian *John Mortimer (1923–2009), novelist, playwright and lawyer, Horace Rumpole *Penelope Mortimer (1918–1999), novelist, biographer and critic *J. B. Morton (wrote as Beachcomber, 1893–1979), columnist *John Maddison Morton (1811–1891), playwright *Thomas Morton (1764–1838), playwright *Joseph Moser (1748–1819), writer and artist *Brian Moses (born 1950), poet and children's writer *Nicholas Mosley (1923–2017), novelist *Geoffrey Moss (1885–1954), novelist and soldier *Thomas Moss (1740–1808), poet and cleric *W. Stanley Moss (1919–1965), novelist, writer and army officer *James Mossman (1926–1971), writer and broadcaster *Andrew Motion (born 1952), Poet Laureate *Peter Anthony Motteux (originally Pierre Antoine, 1663–1718), poet, playwright and translator *Eric Mottram (1924–1995), poet and editor *Ralph Hale Mottram (1883–1971), novelist and poet *Martha Moulsworth (1577–1646), autobiographical poet *John Moultrie (1799–1874), poet and cleric *Ferdinand Mount (born 1939), novelist *Edward Moxon (1801–1858), poet *Jojo Moyes (born 1969), romantic novelist *Fiona Mozley (born 1988), novelist *James Bowling Mozley (1813–1878), writer and cleric *Thomas Mozley (1806–1893), writer and cleric *Henry Muddiman (1628–1692), journalist and publisher *William Mudford (1782–1848), essayist, novelist and translator *Malcolm Muggeridge (1903–1990), writer and broadcaster *Lodowicke Muggleton (1609–1698), writer *Richard Mulcaster (c. 1531–1611), educator *Clara Mulholland (1849–1934), novelist, playwright, children's writer and translator *Clare Mulley (born 1969), biographer and activist *A. J. Munby (1828–1910), diarist and poet *A. N. L. Munby (1913–1974), ghost-story writer *Anthony Munday (c. 1560–1633), playwright, poet and translator *Talbot Mundy (also as Walter Galt, 1879–1940), novelist *Iris Murdoch (1919–1999), novelist *Jill Murphy (1949–2021), children's writer *Margaret Murphy (born 1959), novelist *Naeem Murr (born 1965), novelist *Gilbert Murray (1866–1957), scholar *John Murray (born 1950), novelist *John Middleton Murry (1889–1957), writer and critic *Valerie Grosvenor Myer (1935–2007), novelist, poet and critic *Ernest Myers (1844–1921), poet and translator *Frederic W. H. Myers (1843–1901), poet and essayist *Leo Myers (1881–1944), novelist *Julie Myerson (born 1960), novelist and journalist }}

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==N==  {{columns-list|colwidth=22em| *Thomas Nabbes (1605–1641), playwright *Constance Naden (1858–1889), poet and philosopher *Daljit Nagra (born 1966), poet *V. S. Naipaul (1932–2018), novelist and Nobel Prize winner *Priscilla Napier (1908–1998), biographer, translator and poet *Edward Nares (1762–1841), theologian, novelist and cleric *Roger Nash (born 1942), philosopher and poet *Thomas Nashe (1567–1601), poet and pamphleteer *Bill Naughton (1910–1992), playwright *John Neal (1793–1876), novelist, essayist and poet *John Mason Neale (1818–1866), hymnist, cleric and translator *Patrick Neate (born 1970), novelist and screenwriter *Mary Anna Needell (1830–1922), novelist *Violet Needham (1876–1967), children's writer *Henry Neele (1798–1928), poet and critic *Malcolm Neesam (1946–2022), historian of Harrogate, North Yorkshire *Graham Nelson (born 1968), poet and mathematician *Robert Nelson (1656–1715), religious writer *E. Nesbit (1858–1924), children's writer and poet, ''The Railway Children'' *Henry Nettleship (1839–1893), classicist *Lord William Beauchamp Nevill (1860–1939), convict-autobiographer, and prison reformer *Alexander Neville (1544–1614), historian and translator *Linda Newbery (born 1952), novelist and children's writer *Henry Newbolt (1862–1938), poet *P. H. Newby (1918–1997), novelist *Bernard Newman (1897–1968), novelist and propagandist *John Henry Newman (1801–1890), writer and cardinal *Isaac Newton (1642–1727), polymath *John Newton (1725–1807), hymnist and pamphleteer *Thomas Newton (c. 1542–1607), poet and translator *William Newton (1750–1830), poet *Charles Nicholl (living), biographer *David Nicholls (born 1966), novelist and screenwriter *Sally Nicholls (born 1983), children's writer *Beverley Nichols (1898–1983), novelist, playwright and garden writer *Bowyer Nichols (1859–1939), poet *John Nichols (1745–1826), antiquary *Peter Nichols (1927–2019), playwright and screenwriter *Robert Nichols (1893–1944), poet and playwright *Geoff Nicholson (1953–2025), novelist and editor *Joseph Shield Nicholson (1850–1927), economist and novelist *Norman Nicholson (1914–1987), poet *Renton Nicholson (1809–1861), writer *William Nicholson (1872–1949), children's writer and illustrator *William Nicholson (born 1948), novelist, screenwriter and playwright *Adam Nicolson (born 1957), historian and nature writer *Harold Nicolson (1886–1968), writer, diarist and politician *Nigel Nicolson (1917–2004), writer and publisher *O. S. Nock (1905–1994), railway writer *Roden Noel (1834–1894), poet *David Nokes (1948–2009), biographer and screenwriter *Malcolm Nokes (1897–1986), science and educator *Jeff Noon (born 1957), novelist and playwright *Denis Norden (1922–2018), scriptwriter and broadcaster *Lawrence Norfolk (born 1963), novelist *Barry Norman (1933–2017), novelist and broadcaster *Roger Norman (born 1948), children's and YA writer *John Norris (1657–1711), philosopher and poet *William Edward Norris (1847–1925), novelist *Dudley North, Lord North (1602–1677), writer and poet *Roger North (1653–1734), lawyer and biographer *Thomas North (1535–1604), translator *James Northcote (1746–1831), essayist and illustrator *Caroline Norton (1808–1877), novelist, pamphleteer and poet *Mary Norton (1903–1992), children's writer *Thomas Norton (1532–1584), poet and lawyer *Richard Norton-Taylor (born 1944), playwright and journalist *John Julius Norwich (originally John Julius Cooper, 1929–2018), historian and travel writer *Julian of Norwich (1342 – c. 1416), mystic *Alexander Nowell (1507–1602), writer and cleric *Alfred Noyes (1880–1958), poet *Anthony Nuttall (1937–2007), critic and scholar *Geoffrey Nuttall (1911–2007), church historian and Congregational minister *Jeff Nuttall (1933–2004), poet and performer *Robert Nye (1939–2016), poet, novelist and editor *John Nyren (1764–1837), cricket writer }} {{Compact toc |name=no |center=yes |seealso=yes |top=yes |a=A |b=B |c=C |d=D |e=E |f=F |g=G |h=H |i=I |j=J |r=R |s=S |t=T |u=U |v=V |w=W |x=X |y=Y |z=Z }}

==O==  {{columns-list|colwidth=22em| *Ann Oakley (born 1944), novelist and sociologist *Graham Oakley (1929–2022), children's writer *John Oakman (c. 1748–1793), writer and engraver *Patrick O'Brian (originally Richard Patrick Russ, 1914–2000), novelist *Sean O'Brien (born 1952), poet, playwright and editor *Thomas Occleve or Hoccleve (c. 1368–1426), poet *William Ockham or Occam (c. 1288 – c. 1348), philosopher, Occam's Razor *Sarah Ockwell-Smith (born c. 1976), parent and child-care author *Philip O'Connor (1916–1998), writer and poet *Leo Ognall (1908–1979), crime novelist (pen names Harry Carmichael and Hartley Howard) *John Oldham (1653–1683), poet *John Oldmixon (1673–1742), historian and pamphleteer *William Oldys (1696–1761), antiquary *Laurence Oliphant (1829–1888), writer and traveller *F. S. Oliver (1864–1934), political writer *Jamie Oliver (born 1975), cookery writer and chef *Martin Oliver (living), children's writer *Michael Oliver (1937–2002), writer and broadcaster *Paul Oliver (1927–2017), arts writer *Reggie Oliver (born 1952), story writer and playwright *Richard Ollard (1923–2007), historian and biographer *Alfred Ollivant (1874–1927), children's writer *Daniel O'Mahony (born 1973), novelist and writer *Carola Oman (1897–1978), biographer, novelist and children's writer *Charles Oman (1860–1946), historian *Michael O'Neill (1953–2018), poet and scholar *Oliver Onions (1873–1961), novelist *Onyeka (real name Onyeka Nubia, living), writer and playwright *Amelia Opie (1769–1853), novelist and poet *Iona Opie (1923–2017), and Peter Opie (1918–1982), ethnographers *E. Phillips Oppenheim (wrote as Anthony Partridge, 1866–1946), novelist *Emma Orczy (Baroness Orczy, 1865–1947), novelist and playwright, ''The Scarlet Pimpernel'' *Orderic Vitalis (1075 – c. 1142), chronicler *George Ormerod (1785–1873), antiquary and historian *Joe Orton (1933–1967), playwright *George Orwell (real name Eric Blair) (1903–1950), novelist and essayist, 1984 *Martin Orwin (born 1963), poet and writer *Dorothy Osborne (1627–1695), correspondent *John Osborne (1929–1994), playwright, ''Look Back in Anger'' *Robin Osborne (born 1957), classicist and historian *Alice Oseman (born 1996), YA author *Arthur O'Shaughnessy (1844–1881), poet *Maggie O'Sullivan (born 1951), poet and performer *Alice Oswald (born 1966), poet *Peter Oswald (born 1965), playwright *William Young Ottley (1771–1836), art historian *Thomas Otway (1652–1685), playwright *Ouida (real name Maria Louise Ramé, 1839–1908), novelist *William Oughtred (1574–1660), mathematician *Keith Ovenden (1943–2023), novelist and biographer *John Overall (1559–1619), scholar, AV translator and bishop *Thomas Overbury (1581–1613), poet and essayist *Richard Overton (c. 1599–1664), pamphleteer *John Owen (1616–1683), theologian *Richard Owen (1804–1892), scientist *Wilfred Owen (1893–1918), poet *Elsie J. Oxenham (real name Elsie Jeanette Dunkerley, 1880–1960), children's writer *John Oxenham (real name William Arthur Dunkerley, 1852–1941), novelist and poet *Mary Oxlie (fl. 1616), poet *Helen Oyeyemi (born 1984), novelist and playwright }} {{Compact toc |name=no |center=yes |seealso=yes |top=yes |a=A |b=B |c=C |d=D |e=E |f=F |g=G |h=H |i=I |j=J |r=R |s=S |t=T |u=U |v=V |w=W |x=X |y=Y |z=Z }}

==P==  {{columns-list|colwidth=22em| *Ruth Padel (born 1946), poet and journalist *Lynda Page (c. 1950–2024), novelist *Russell Page (1906–1985), garden writer and designer *John Paget (died 1638), writer and Presbyterian minister *Barry Pain (1864–1928), novelist and humorist *Thomas Paine (1737–1809), political pamphleteer, ''Rights of Man'' *William Painter (c. 1540–1594), writer *William Paley (1743–1805), philosopher, theologian and cleric *Francis Palgrave (1788–1861), historian *Francis Turner Palgrave (1824–1897), poet and anthologist *William Gifford Palgrave (1826–1888), travel writer and orientalist *Alan Palmer (1926–2022), historian and biographer *Charlotte Palmer (c. 1762 – 1834 or after), novelist *Edward Henry Palmer (1840–1882), translator and orientalist *Herbert Edward Palmer (1880–1961), poet and critic *John Palmer (c. 1729–1790), writer and Unitarian minister *John Palmer (1742–1786), writer and Unitarian minister *Samuel Palmer (1805–1881), poet and painter *Robert Paltock (1697–1767), novelist *Jane Ellen Panton (1847–1923), novelist and domestic science writer *Joseph Pardo (c. 1624 – 1677), writer and hazzan *Julia Pardoe (1806–1862), poet, novelist and travel writer *Bernard Pares (1867–1949), historian and Russian expert *Edith Pargeter (also as Ellis Peters, 1913–1995), novelist and historian *Emma Parker (fl. 1809–1817), novelist *Henry Parker (1604–1652), political writer *Martin Parker (c. 1600 – c. 1656), balladeer *Matthew Parker (1504–1575), Bible translator and archbishop, ''Bishops' Bible'' *Norman Parker (born 1954), memoirist *Samuel Parker (1640–1688), theologian and bishop *Samuel Parker (1681–1730), religious writer and translator *Una-Mary Parker (1930–2019), novelist and journalist *Bessie Rayner Parkes (1829–1925), writer and poet *C. Northcote Parkinson (1909–1993), naval historian and writer on administration, ''Parkinson's Law'' *John Parkinson (1567–1650), herbalist *Adele Parks (born 1969), novelist *Tim Parks (born 1954), novelist and translator *David Parlett (born 1939), games writer *Samuel Parr (1747–1825), political writer, scholar and educator *Cecil Parrott (1909–1984), translator and biographer *Eliza Parsons (1739–1811), novelist *Frances Partridge (1900–2004), diarist and translator *John Pass (born 1947), poet and scholar *Paston Family (14th – 16th cc.), Paston Letters *Mrs Henry de la Pasture (1866–1945), novelist, dramatist and children's writer *Walter Pater (1839–1894), essayist and novelist *Coventry Patmore (1823–1896), poet and critic *Simon Patrick (1626–1707), theologian and bishop *Brian Patten (born 1946), poet and children's writer *Mark Pattison (1813–1884), writer and cleric *Phyllis Paul (1903–1973), writer of supernatural fiction *Tom Paulin (born 1949), poet, academic and broadcaster *Michelle Paver (born 1960), children's writer *Stel Pavlou (born 1970), novelist and screenwriter *James Payn (1830–1898), novelist and miscellanist *John Payne (1842–1917), poet and translator *Nick Payne (born 1984), playwright *David Peace (born 1967), novelist *Henry Peacham the Elder (1546–1634), rhetorician and cleric *Henry Peacham the Younger (c. 1573 – c. 1643), poet and critic *Lucy Peacock (fl. 1785–1816), children's writer, editor and translator *Thomas Love Peacock (1785–1866), novelist and poet, ''Nightmare Abbey'' *Mervyn Peake (1911–1968), novelist and poet, ''Gormenghast'' *Philippa Pearce (1920–2006), children's writer, ''Tom's Midnight Garden'' *Pearl Poet (unnamed, fl. 14th c.), poet, ''Sir Gawain and the Green Knight'' *Hugh Pearman (born 1955), critic and architect *Tim Pears (born 1956), novelist *Dan Pearson (born 1964), garden writer *Hesketh Pearson (1887–1964), biographer *John Pearson (1612–1686), theologian and bishop *John Pearson (1930–2021), biographer *Edward R. Pease (1857–1955), writer and politician *Reginald Pecock (c. 1395–1460), theologian and bishop *Margaret Pedler (died 1948), novelist *Arthur George Villiers Peel (also as George Peel, 1869–1956), economist and politician *Constance Peel (also as Mrs. C. S. Peel and Dorothy Peel, 1868–1934), novelist and writer on household economy *J. H. B. Peel (1913–1983), writer, poet and journalist *George Peele (1556–1596), playwright and poet, ''The Old Wives' Tale'' *Mal Peet (1947–2015), children's writer *Samuel Pegge (1704–1796), antiquary, translator and cleric *Isaac Penington (1616–1679), Quaker writer *William Penn (1644–1718), politician, writer and Quaker *Thomas Pennant (1726–1798), naturalist, antiquary and travel writer *Michael Pennington (1943–2026), actor, director and writer *Laurie Penny (born 1986), political journalist and novelist *Francis Penrose (1817–1903), architect and archaeologist *Roland Penrose (1900–1984), biographer and artist *Hilary Pepler (1878–1951), writer and poet *Michael Peppiatt (born 1941), art critic and biographer *Emily Pepys (1833–1877), child diarist *Samuel Pepys (1633–1703), diarist and administrator *Thomas Percy (1729–1811), bishop, poet and anthologist, ''Percy's Reliques'' *John Perrin (c. 1558–1615), scholar, AV translator and cleric *Anne Perry (1938–2023), novelist *Chris Petit (born 1949), novelist and film director *William Petty (1623–1687), economist and philosopher *K.M. Peyton (originally Kathleen Herald, 1929–2023), children's writer *Gilbert Phelps (1915–1993), novelist, critic and educator *St. John Philby (1885–1960), writer and intelligence officer *Ambrose Philips (1674–1739), poet *John Philips (1676–1709), poet *Katherine Philips (1632–1644), poet *Caryl Phillips (born 1958), novelist *Edward Phillips (1630 – c. 1696), writer and philologist *J. B. Phillips (1906–1982), Bible translator and cleric *John Phillips (1631–1706), writer *Richard Phillips (1767–1840), writer and publisher *Stephen Phillips (1864–1915), poet and playwright *Eden Phillpotts (1862–1960), novelist, poet and playwright *Henry Phillpotts (1778–1869), pamphleteer and bishop *Gervase Phinn (born 1946), novelist, poet and educator *Constantine Phipps (1797–1863), writer and politician *David Andrew Phoenix (born 1966), writer, scientist and educator *Barbara Leonie Picard (1917–2011), children's writer *Tom Pickard (born 1946), poet and scriptwriter *David Pickering (born 1958), compiler of reference books *Marmaduke Pickthall (1875–1936), scholar, Qur'an translator and novelist *Sarah Piers (died 1719), poet *Arthur Cecil Pigou (1877–1959), economist *William Thomas Pike (1838–1924), publisher, journalist, editor, writer *Mary Pilkington (1766–1839), novelist, poet and children's writer *Arthur Wing Pinero (1855–1934), playwright *William Pinnock (1782–1843), educator *Harold Pinter (1930–2008), Nobel prize winner, playwright and screenwriter, ''The Caretaker'' *Isaac Pitman (1813–1897), writer on shorthand *Christopher Pitt (1699–1748), poet and translator *William Pitt (died 1840), shipbuilder and poet *Ruth Pitter (1897–1992), poet *Mary Pix (1666–1709), playwright and novelist *James Planché (1796–1880), playwright *Victor Plarr (1863–1929), poet and biographer *Alan Plater (1935–2010), playwright, screenwriter and novelist *Karen Platt (living), garden writer *Robert Plot (1640–1996), naturalist, chemist and antiquary *Max Plowman (1883–1941), writer and poet *J. H. Plumb (1911–2001), historian *Anne Plumptre (1760–1818), writer and translator *Isaac Pocock (1782–1835), playwright and painter *Tom Pocock (1925–2007), biographer and historian *Richard Pococke (1704–1765), travel writer, diarist and bishop *Frank Podmore (1856–1910), writer and politician *Michael Podro (1931–2008), art historian *Elizabeth Polack (fl. 1830–1838), playwright *John William Polidori (1795–1821), writer and poet *Alfred Oliver Pollard (1893–1960), novelist and army officer *Alfred W. Pollard (1859–1944), bibliographer and scholar *Margaret Steuart Pollard (1903–1996), poet and writer *William Pollard (1828–1893), Quaker writer *Jacob Polley (born 1975), poet and novelist *Elizabeth Polwheele or Polewhele (c. 1651 – c. 1691), playwright *Richard Polwhele (1760–1838), poet, writer and cleric *John Pomfret (1667–1702), poet and cleric *George Ayliffe Poole (1809–1883), religious writer and cleric *John Poole (1786–1872), playwright *Alexander Pope (1688–1744), poet *Dudley Pope (1925–1997), novelist *Jessie Pope (1868–1941), poet and writer *Walter Pope (1627–1714), astronomer and poet *James Pope-Hennessy (1916–1974), biographer and travel writer *Samuel Pordage (1633–1691), poet *Eleanor Anne Porden (1795–1825), poet *Richard Porson (1759–1808), classicist *Alice Hobbins Porter (1854–1926), writer, journalist, editor *Anna Maria Porter (1780–1832), novelist and poet *Henry Porter (died 1599), playwright *Henry Porter (born 1953), novelist and journalist *Jane Porter (1776–1850), novelist *Linda Porter (born 1947), historian and biographer *Robert Percival Porter (1852–1917), journalist, statistician, economics writer *Roy Porter (1946–2002), historian *Sheena Porter (born 1935), children's writer *Suzanne Portnoy (born 1961), writer and playwright *Jacob Post (1774–1855), Quaker writer *Raymond Postgate (1896–1971), novelist and social historian *Beatrix Potter (1866–1943), children's writer and illustrator, ''The Tale of Peter Rabbit'' *Dennis Potter (1935–1994), playwright and screenwriter *Robert Potter (1721–1804), translator, poet and cleric *Anthony Powell (1905–2000), novelist *Michael Powell (1905–1990), writer and film director *Eileen Power (1889–1940), historian *Marguerite Agnes Power (1815–1867), novelist and periodical writer *Rhoda Power (1890–1957), children's writer and broadcaster *John Cowper Powys (1872–1963), novelist *Llewelyn Powys (1884–1939), travel writer and biographer *T. F. Powys (1875–1953), novelist and story writer *Winthrop Mackworth Praed (1802–1839), poet and politician *Terry Pratchett (1948–2015), novelist *Anne Pratt (1806–1893), botanical writer and illustrator *Samuel Jackson Pratt (1749–1814), poet, playwright and novelist *Lucy Prebble (born 1981), playwright *Thomas Preston (1537–1598), scholar and playwright *Thomas Preston (1563–1640), writer and monk *Anthony Price (1928–2019), thriller writer *Bonamy Price (1807–1888), political economist *Nancy Price (1880–1970), playwright, novelist and poet *Nicholas A. Price, writer, poet, photographer and visual artist *Richard Price (1723–1791), economist, philosopher and Unitarian minister *Susan Price (born 1955), children's writer *Uvedale Price (1747–1829), art critic *Christopher Priest (1943–2024), novelist *Chris Priestley (born 1958), children's writer and illustrator *J. B. Priestley (1894–1984), playwright and novelist *Joseph Priestley (1733–1804), theologian and philosopher *Diana Primrose (fl. 1630), poet *Alison Prince (1931–2019), children's writer, biographer and screenwriter *Peter Prince (born 1942), novelist and screenwriter *Matthew Prior (1664–1721), poet *John Laurence Pritchard (1885–1968), mathematician, and novelist *V. S. Pritchett (1900–1997), writer *May Probyn (1856–1909), poet *Adelaide Anne Procter (1825–1864), poet *Bryan Procter (wrote as Barry Cornwall, 1787–1874), songwriter and playwright *Sophie Amelia Prosser (1807–1882), children's writer *Sally Prue (living), children's writer *Paula Pryke (born 1960), writer and florist *J. H. Prynne (1936–2026), poet *William Prynne (1600–1699), religious writer and historian *John Pudney (1909–1977), writer and poet *Sheenagh Pugh (born 1950), poet and novelist *Charlotte Pullein-Thompson (wrote as Charlotte Popescu, born 1957), children's and garden writer *Christine Pullein-Thompson (1925–2005), children's writer *Diana Pullein-Thompson (1925–2015), children's writer *Josephine Pullein-Thompson (1924–2014), children's writer *Philip Pullman (born 1946), children's writer, ''His Dark Materials'' *Samuel Purchas (c. 1575–1626), travel writer *C. B. Purdom (1883–1965), critic and biographer *Libby Purves (born 1950), novelist, broadcaster and columnist *Edward Bouverie Pusey (1800–1882), theologian, scholar and cleric *George Puttenham (1529–1590), and Richard Puttenham (c. 1520 – c. 1601), critics and courtiers *Henry James Pye (1745–1813), Poet Laureate and writer *Thomas Pyle (1674–1756), writer and cleric *Barbara Pym (1913–1980), novelist }}

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==Q==  {{columns-list|colwidth=22em| *Bernard Quaritch (1819–1899), bookseller and bibliographer *Francis Quarles (1592–1644), poet *C. H. B. Quennell (1872–1935), writer and architect *Marjorie Quennell (1884–1972), historian *Peter Quennell (1905–1993), biographer, poet and essayist *Arthur Quiller-Couch (wrote as Q, 1863–1944), novelist and critic, ''Oxford Book of English Verse, 1250–1900'' *Mabel Quiller-Couch (c. 1866–1924), children's writer and editor *Edward Quillinan (1791–1851), poet and translator *Janet Quin-Harkin (born 1941), novelist *Ann Quin (1936–1973), novelist *Anthony Quiney (born 1935), architectural historian *Anthony Quinton (1925–2010), philosopher and broadcaster }} {{Compact toc |name=no |center=yes |seealso=yes |top=yes |a=A |b=B |c=C |d=D |e=E |f=F |g=G |h=H |i=I |j=J |r=R |s=S |t=T |u=U |v=V |w=W |x=X |y=Y |z=Z }}

==See also== {{portal|Biography|England|Lists|Literature}} *English literature *English novel *List of children's literature authors *List of children's non-fiction writers *List of English-language poets *List of English novelists *Lists of writers {{clear}}

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