List of authors by name: B

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

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

A – B – C – D – E – F – G – H – I – J – K – L – M – N – O – P – Q – R – S – T – U – V – W – X – Y – Z

Ba–BB[edit]

Amadou Hampâté Bâ (1900/1901–1991, Mali/Ivory Coast, nf)
Ba Jin (巴金, 1904–2005, China, f/nf), pseudonym of Li Yaotang
Mariama Bâ (1929–1981, Senegal/France, f/nf)
A. C. Baantjer (1923–2010, Netherlands, f)
Gerzel Baazov (1904–1938, Russian E/USSR, p/d)
Bolu Babalola (born 1991, England, f/d)
Rotimi Babatunde (living, Nigeria, p/f/d)
Charles Babbage (1791–1871, England, nf)
Natalie Babbitt (1932–2016, US, ch)
Dragan Babić (1937–2013, Yugoslavia/Serbia, nf)
Gregory Victor Babic (1963–2013, Australia, nf/f)
Sava Babić (1934–2012, Yugoslavia/Serbia, nf)
Gervase Babington (1549/1550–1610, England, nf)
Mihály Babits (1883–1941, Hungary, p/f/nf)
Gabriela Babnik (born 1979, Yugoslavia/Slovenia, f)
Ken Babstock (born 1970, Canada, p)
Jimmy Santiago Baca (born 1952, US, p/nf/d)
Riccardo Bacchelli (1891–1985, Italy, f)
Bacchylides (c. 518 – c. 451 BCE, Greece, p)
Hachemi Baccouche (1916–2008, Tunisia, nf)
Bellamy Bach (group pseudonym, fl. 1980s, US, f/p)
Richard Bach (born 1936, US, f)
Harivansh Rai Bachchan (1907–2003, India, p), born Harivansh Rai Srivastava
Joseph M. Bachelor (1887–1947, US, p)
Simon Bacher (1823–1891, Hungary, p)
Ingeborg Bachmann (1926–1973, Austria, p/d/f)
Sutardji Calzoum Bachri (born 1941, Dutch East Indies/Indonesia, p)
Camil Baciu (1926–2005, Romania/France, nf/f)
Maria Baciu (born 1942, Romania, p/f/ch)
Anne-Marie de Backer (1908–1987, France, p)
Marijn Backer (born 1956, Netherlands, p/ch)
Edmund Backhouse (1873–1944, England, nf)
Elizabeth Backhouse (1917–2013, Australia, f/d)
William Backhouse (1593–1662, England, nf)
Fredrik Backman (born 1981, Sweden, f)
Anne Bacon (1527 or 1528–1610, England, nf)
Francis Bacon (1561–1626, England, nf)
Phanuel Bacon (1700–1783, England, d/p)
Anatol E. Baconsky (1925–1977, Romania, p/f/nf)
John Baconthorpe (c. 1290–1347, England, nf), also known as Bacconius
George Bacovia (1881–1957, Romania, p), pseudonym of Gheorghe Vasiliu
Krzysztof Kamil Baczyński (1921–1944, Poland, p)
John F. Baddeley (1854–1940, England, nf)
David Baddiel (born 1964, England, f/nf/ch)
Robert Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell (1857–1941, England/Kenya, nf)
Van Badham (born 1974, Australia, d/f)
Janet Badjan-Young (born 1937, Gambia, d)
Adwoa Badoe (living, Ghana/Canada, f/nf)
Yaba Badoe (born 1955, Ghana/England, nf)
Amna Elsadik Badri (living, Sudan, nf)
Hala El Badry (born 1954, Egypt, nf/f)
Robert Bage (1730–1801, England, f)
Walter Bagehot (1826–1887, England, nf)
Julio Baghy (1891–1967, Hungary, p/f)
Jean-Louis Baghio'o (1910–1994, Martinique/France, f/nf/p), pseudonym of Victor Jean-Louis
Desmond Bagley (1923–1983, England, f)
Enid Bagnold (1889–1981, England, p/f)
Richard Bagot (1860–1921, England, f/nf)
Elisaveta Bagryana (1893–1991, Bulgaria, p)
Tilly Bagshawe (born 1973, England, f)
Guru Tegh Bahadur (1621–1675, Mughal E, p/nf)
Kul Bahadur KC (1946–2013, Nepal, p)
Kerolos Bahgat (born 1991, Egypt, nf)
Abdul Hamid Bahij (born 1979, Afghanistan/Germany, nf)
Eric Bahloo (born 1964, Mauritius/France, nf)
Eduardo Bähr (born 1940, Honduras, f/nf)
Bai Juyi (白居易, 772–846, China, p)
Mah Laqa Bai (1768–1824, India, p), born Chanda Bai
Bai Renfu (白仁甫, c. 1226−1306, China, d)
Bai Shouyi (白壽彝, 1909–2000, China, nf)
Jean-Antoine de Baïf (1532–1589, Venice/France, p)
Grace Shattuck Bail (1898–1996, US, p)
Murray Bail (born 1941, Australia, f/nf)
Adrian Bailey (born 1945, England, nf)
David Bailey (living, England, f/d/nf)
H. C. Bailey (1878–1961, England, f)
Hilary Bailey (1936–2017, England, f/nf)
Nathan Bailey (died 1742, England, nf)
Paul Bailey (born 1937, England, f/d)
Philip James Bailey (1816–1902, England, p)
Sarah Lord Bailey (1856–1922, England/US, nf)
Allan Baillie (born 1943, Scotland/Australia, f/ch)
Joanna Baillie (1762–1851, Scotland/England, p/d)
Robert Baillie (1602–1662, Scotland, nf)
Séry Bailly (1948–2018, Ivory Coast, nf/f)
Alexander Bain (1818–1903, Scotland, nf)
F. W. Bain (1863–1940, England/India, f)
Beryl Bainbridge (1932–2010, England, f/nf)
Doreen Baingana (born 1966, Uganda, f/ch/nf)
Elizabeth-Irene Baitie (born 1970, Ghana, f/ch)
Ibn Bajjah (died 1138, Morocco, nf/p), also known as Avempace
József Bajza (1804–1858, Austria-Hungary, p/nf)
Jozef Ignác Bajza (1755–1836, Austria-Hungary, f)
Józef Baka (1706 or 1707–1780, Polish Lithuania, p)
Latifa Baka (born 1964, Morocco, f)
Vyt Bakaitis (born 1940, Lithuania/US, p)
Djibo Bakary (1922–1998, Niger, nf)
Bake Robert Tumuhaise (born 1981, Uganda, nf)
Anne Baker (born 1914, England, nf)
David Baker (born 1954, US, p)
Deb Baker (born 1953, US, f)
Deborah Baker (living, US/India, nf)
Denys Val Baker (1917–1984, Wales, f/nf)
Henry Baker (1698–1774, England, nf)
Hinemoana Baker (born 1968, N Zealand, p)
James Robert Baker (1947–1997, US, f)
Kage Baker (1952–2010, US, f)
Kate Baker (1861–1953, Australia, nf)
Louisa Alice Baker (1856–1926, N Zealand, f)
Marina Baker (born 1967, England, ch)
Samuel Baker (1821–1893, England, nf)
Wasef Bakhtari (born 1942, Afghanistan/US, p/nf)
Bâkî (1526–1600, Ottoman E, p), pseudonym of Mahmud Abdülbâkî
Ljiljana Bakić (1939–2022, Yugoslavia/Serbia, nf)
Khnata bent Bakkar (died 1754, Morocco, nf)
R. Scott Bakker (born 1967, Canada, f)
C. Johan Bakkes (born 1956, S Africa, nf)
Christiaan Bakkes (born 1965, S Africa, nf)
Margaret Bakkes (1931–2016, S Africa, f/nf)
Stefano Bakonyi (1892–1969, Hungary/Italy, nf)
Lujo Bakotić (1867–1941, Austrian E/Yugoslavia, nf)
Peter Bakowski (born 1954, Australia, p)
Salwa Bakr (born 1949, Egypt, f)
Krishna Bhusan Bal (1948–2012, Nepal, p)
Bob Balaban (born 1945, US, ch)
John Balaban (born 1943, US, p)
Judy Balaban (1932–2023, US, nf)
Đorđe Balašević (1953–2021, Yugoslavia/Serbia, p)
Bálint Balassi (1554–1594, Hungary, p)
Rajeev Balasubramanyam (England, f)
Béla Balázs (1884–1949, Hungary, nf/p)
Julia Balbilla (72 CE – post–130, Roman E, p)
Edward Balcerzan (born 1937, Poland, nf/p)
Nigel Balchin (1908–1970, England, f/nf/d)
Betsy Balcombe (1802–1871, England, nf)
David Baldacci (born 1960, US, f)
Sirah Baldé (fl. 20th c., Guinea, f)
Margaret Balderson (born 1935, Australia, ch)
Kristín Marja Baldursdóttir (born 1949, Iceland, f)
Faith Baldwin (1893–1978, US, f)
James Baldwin (1924–1987, US, nf)
John Bale (1495–1563, England/Ireland, nf)
Stanisław Baliński (1898–1984, Poland, p/nf)
Rabia Balkhi (10th c. CE, Afghanistan/Samanid E, p)
Hugo Ball (1886–1927, Germany/Switzerland, p/nf)
Jesse Ball (born 1978, US, f/p)
Murray Ball (1939–2017, N Zealand, nf)
Zsófia Balla (born 1949, Romania/Hungary, p/nf)
Philippa Ballantine (born 1971, N Zealand, f)
David Ballantyne (1924–1986, N Zealand, f/nf)
R. M. Ballantyne (1825–1894, Scotland/England, f)
Carol Ballard (living, England, nf)
J. G. Ballard (1930–2009, China/England, f/nf)
Todhunter Ballard (1903–1980, US, f)
Ishwor Ballav (1937–2008, Nepal, p)
Blue Balliett (born 1955, US, ch)
Addie L. Ballou (1838–1916, US, p/nf)
Pedro Balmaceda (1868–1889, Chile, nf)
Josephine Balmer (born 1959, England, p/nf)
Konstantin Balmont (1867–1942, Russian E/USSR, p)
Mary Balogh (born 1944, Wales/Canada, ch)
J. P. V. D. Balsdon (1901–1977, England, nf)
Honoré de Balzac (1799–1850, France, f)
Samuel Bamford (1788–1872, England, nf/p)
John Codrington Bampfylde (1754–1796/7, England, p)
Ban Biao (班彪, 3–54 CE, China, nf)
Ban Gu (班固, 32–92 CE, China, nf/p)
Matija Ban (1818–1903, Austrian E/Serbia, p/d)
Ban Zhao (班昭, c. 45/49 – 117/120 CE, China, nf)
Zsófia Bán (born 1957, Brazil/Hungary, nf)
Carmen-Francesca Banciu (born 1955, Romania, f/d)
Richard Bancroft (1544–1610, England, nf)
Ellen Banda-Aaku (born 1965, England/Zambia, f/ch)
António Gonçalves de Bandarra (1500–1556, Portugal, nf/p)
Biyi Bandele (1967–2022, Nigeria/England, f/d)
Manuel Bandeira (1886–1968, Brazil, p/nf)
Danica Bandić (1871–1950, Austria-Hungary/Serbia, f/d)
Faith Bandler (1918–2015, Australia, nf)
Manik Bandopadhyay (1908–1956, India, f)
Bibhutibhushan Bandyopadhyay (1894–1950, India, f)
Sharadindu Bandyopadhyay (1899–1970, India, f)
Tarasankar Bandyopadhyay (1898–1971, India, f)
Miklós Bánffy (1873–1950, Hungary, f/nf)
Herman Bang (1857–1912, Denmark, f)
Mary Jo Bang (born 1946, US, p)
Odd Bang-Hansen (1908–1984, Norway, nf/f/ch)
Bunmi Banjo (born 1977, Canada/Nigeria, nf)
Zsuzsa Bánk (born 1965, Germany, f)
Isabella Banks (1821–1897, England, f/p)
Iain M. Banks (1954–2013, Scotland, f)
Lynne Reid Banks (born 1929, England, ch/f)
Russell Banks (born 1940, US, f/p)
Anne Bannerman (1765–1829, Scotland, p)
Helen Bannerman (1862–1946, Scotland, ch)
Lex Banning (1921–1965, Australia, p)
Ann Bannon (born 1932, US, f)
Shabbir Banoobhai (born 1949, S Africa, p)
Bao Junhui (鮑君徽, late 8th c. CE, China, p)
Bao Linghui (鲍令晖, fl. c. 464 CE, China, p)
Bao Zhao (鮑照, c. 414–466, China, p/nf)
Anni Baobei (安妮宝贝, born 1974, China, f), pseudonym of Li Jie (励婕)
Reza Baraheni (1935–2022, Iran/Canada, f/p/nf)
Amiri Baraka (1934–2014, US, p/d/f), birth name Everett LeRoi Jones
Ibtisam Barakat (born 1963, Palestine, USA) author and poet (ابتسام بركات)
Marcin Baran (born 1963, Poland, p/nf)
Stanisław Barańczak (1946–2014, Poland, p/nf)
Agnieszka Baranowska (1819–1890, Prussian Poland, d/p)
Porfirio Barba-Jacob (1883–1942, Colombia, p/nf)
Anna Laetitia Barbauld (1743–1825, England, p/f/ch)
Jorge Barbosa (1902–1971, Cape Verde/Portugal, p/nf)
Alexander Barclay (c. 1476–1552, Scotland/England, p)
Edwin Barclay (1882–1955, Liberia, nf)
Janos Bardi (1923–1990, Hungary/Germany, f/nf/d)
Théodore de Banville (1823–1891, France, p/nf)
Ana de Sousa Baptista (born 1971, Portugal, p)
Antanas Baranauskas (1835–1902, Russian E, p)
Nikoloz Baratashvili (1817–1845, Russian E, p)
Porfirio Barba-Jacob (1883–1942, Colombia, p/nf)
Anna Laetitia Barbauld (1743–1825, England, p/nf/ch)
Arlindo Barbeitos (born 1940, Angola, p)
W. N. P. Barbellion (1889–1919, England, nf)
Margaret Barber (1869–1901, England, nf), pseudonym Michael Fairless
Mary Barber (c. 1685 – c. 1755, Ireland/England, p)
Ros Barber (born 1964, England, f/p)
Shirley Barber (1935–2023, England/Australia, ch)
Muriel Barbery (born 1969, France, f)
Auguste Barbier (1805–1882, France, d/p)
Eileen Barbosa (living, Cape Verde, f)
John Barbour (c. 1320–1395, Scotland, p)
Ralph Henry Barbour (1870–1944, US, ch)
Eugen Barbu (1924–1993, Romania, f)
Ion Barbu (1895–1961, Romania, nf/p), pseudonym of Dan Barbilian
Alexander Barclay (c. 1476–1552, England, nf)
Edwin Barclay (1882–1955, Liberia, nf/p)
Florence L. Barclay (1862–1921, England, f)
James Barclay (born 1965, England, f)
Robert Barclay (1648–1690, England, nf)
Janos Bardi (1923–1990, Hungary/Germany, f/nf)
Michele Bardsley (born 1970, US, f)
Leigh Bardugo, (born 1975, US, f)
Burl Barer (born 1947, US, nf)
John Baret (died 1580, England, nf)
Giuseppe Marc'Antonio Baretti (1719–1789, Italy/England, nf]]
Owen Barfield (1898–1997, England, nf/f/p)
Serie Barford (living, N Zealand, p)
Charles Foster Barham (1804–1884, England, nf)
Debbie Barham (1976–2003, England, f)
Richard Barham (1788–1845, England, f/p), pseudonym Thomas Ingoldsby
Alessandro Baricco (born 1958, Italy, f/d)
Maurice Baring (1874–1945, England, d/p/f)
Sabine Baring-Gould (1834–1924, England, nf/f)
René Barjavel (1911–1985, France, f/nf)
Mehdi Ben Barka (1920 – post-1965, Morocco, nf)
Mohammad Barkatullah (1898–1974, India/Bangladesh, nf)
A. L. Barker (1918–2002, England, f)
Cicely Mary Barker (1895–1973, England, nf)
Clive Barker (born 1952, England, d/f)
Dan Barker (born 1949, US, nf)
Elspeth Barker (born 1940, Scotland/England, f/nf)
George Barker (1913–1991, England, p)
Jane Barker (1652–1732, England, f/p/nf)
Juliet Barker (born 1958, England, nf)
Les Barker (1947–2023, England, p)
Mary Anne Barker (1831–1911, Jamaica/England, nf)
Nicola Barker (born 1966, England/S Africa, f)
Pat Barker (born 1943, England, f)
Raffaella Barker (born 1964, England, f/ch)
Sebastian Barker (1945–2014, England, f/nf)
Joyce Barkhouse (1913–2012, Canada, ch)
Jill Barklem (1951–2017, England, ch)
Anna Barkova (1901–1976, Russia/USSR, p/nf/d)
Coleman Barks (born 1937, US, p)
Clement Barksdale (1609–1687, England, nf)
Mihály Barla (c. 1778–1824, Hungary, f/p)
Ernst Barlach (1870–1938, Germany, nf)
Fevziye Rahgozar Barlas (born 1955, Afghanistan/US, p/f)
Jeffrey E. Barlough (born 1953, US, f/nf)
Christopher Henry Muwanga Barlow (1929–2006, Uganda, p)
Frank Barlow (1911–2009, England, nf)
George Barlow (1847–1913 or 1914, England, p), pseudonym James Hinton
Thomas Barlow (c. 1608–1691, England, nf)
William Barlow (died 1613, England, nf)
Kitty Barne (1882–1961, England, d/ch)
Barnabe Barnes (c. 1571–1609, England, p)
Lady Anne Barnard (1750–1825, Scotland/S Africa, nf/p)
John Barnard (1628–1683, England, nf)
Marjorie Barnard (1897–1987, Australia, f/nf)
Mary Barnard (1909–2001, US, p)
Mordaunt Roger Barnard (1828–1906, England, nf)
Neal D. Barnard (born 1953, US, nf)
Kitty Barne (1882–1961, England, d/ch)
Ambrose Barnes (1627–1710, England, nf)
Djuna Barnes (1892–1982, US, f/nf/p)
Eric Barnes (born 1968, US, f)
John Barnes (born 1957, US, f)
Jonathan Barnes (born 1942, England, nf)
Joshua Barnes (1654–1712, England, nf/f)
Julian Barnes (born 1946, England, f)
Steven Barnes (born 1952, US, f)
Stuart Barnes (born 1977, Australia, p)
Will C. Barnes (1858–1936, US, nf)
William Barnes (1801–1886, p/nf)
Annie Wall Barnett (1859–1942, US, p)
Catherine Barnett (born 1960, US, p)
Correlli Barnett (1927–2022, England, nf)
Jill Barnett (living, US, f)
Natalie Clifford Barney (1876–1972, US/France, d/p/f)
Richard Barnfield (1574–1620, England, p)
Wilton Barnhardt (born 1960, US, f)
Kelly Barnhill (born 1973, US, ch)
Vasil Barnovi (1856–1934, Russian E/USSR, f)
Willis Barnstone (born 1927, US, p/nf)
José Baroja (born 1983, Chile, nf)
Alexander Baron (1917–1999, England, f/d)
Evangeline Barongo (living, Uganda, ch)
Linda Maria Baros (born 1981, Romania/France, p/nf)
Amelia Edith Huddleston Barr (1831–1919, England, f)
John Barr (1809–1889, Scotland/N Zealand, p)
Miriam Barr (born 1982, N Zealand, p)
Nevada Barr (born 1952, US, f)
Pat Barr (1934–2018, England, f/nf)
Mubarkah Bent al-Barra (born 1957, Mauritania, p)
Geoffrey Barraclough (1908–1984, England, nf)
Sarah Maria Barraud (1823–1895, N Zealand, nf)
Tony Barrell (living, England, nf)
Julio Pazos Barrera (born 1944, Ecuador, p)
Maurice Barrès (1862–1923, France, f/nf)
John Barret (1631–1713, England, nf)
Joseph Barret (1665–1699, England, nf)
Lima Barreto (1881–1922, Brazil, f/nf)
A. Igoni Barrett (born 1979, Nigeria, f)
Andrea Barrett (born 1954, US, f)
Jo Barrett (living, US, f)
Lindsay Barrett (born 1941, Jamaica/Nigeria, p/f/d)
Lynne Barrett (living, US, f)
Rachel Barrett (1874–1953, Wales/England, nf)
Robert G. Barrett (1942–2012, Australia, f)
William Barrett (1733–1789, England, nf)
J. M. Barrie (1860–1937, Scotland/England, f/d/ch)
Leslie Barringer (1895–1968, England, f)
Eduardo Barrios (1884–1963, Chile, f/nf/p)
Laird Barron (born 1970, US, f/p)
T. A. Barron (born 1952, US, ch/nf)
João de Barros (1496–1570, Portugal, nf)
Isaac Barrow (1630–1677, England, nf)
John Barrow (fl. 1735–1774, England, nf)
Julia Barrow (born 1956, England, nf)
William Barrow (1754–1836)
Mark Barrowcliffe (born 1964, England, f)
Rachel Barrowman (born 1963, N Zealand, nf)
Angela Barry (born 1940s, Bermuda, f)
Dave Barry (born 1947, US, nf/f)
John Arthur Barry (1850–1911, England/Australia, f)
Kevin Barry (born 1951, US, d)
Kevin Barry (born 1969, Ireland, f)
Kesso Barry (born 1948, Guinea/France, f)
Margaret Stuart Barry (1927–2022, England, ch)
Mariama Barry (living, Senegal, f)
Max Barry (born 1973, Australia, f/nf)
Stan Barstow (1928–2011, England, f)
Sándor Barta (1897–1938, Hungary/USSR, p)
Guillaume de Salluste Du Bartas (1544–1590, France, p)
Adolf Bartels (1862–1945, Germany, nf/p)
John Barth (born 1930, US, f)
Joachim Bartholomae (born 1956, Germany)
Richard Bartholomew (1926–1985, Burma/India, nf/p)
William Bartholomew (1793–1867, England, d)
Mike Bartlett (born 1980, England, d)
Vladimir Bartol (1903–1967, Yugoslavia/Slovenia, f/d)
Bernard Barton (1784–1849, England, p)
Charlotte Barton (1797–1867, Australia, ch)
David Barton (born 1954, US, nf)
Emily Mary Barton (1817–1909, Australia, p)
Joan Barton (1908–1986, England, p)
Gaston Bart-Williams (1938–1990, Sierra Leone/Germany, f/nf/p)
Bipradash Barua (born 1940, India/Bangladesh, f)
Bertha Hirsch Baruch (fl. early 20th c., Germany/US, nf)
Violet Barungi (born 1943, Uganda, f/ch/d)
Mildred Barya (born 1976, Uganda/US, f/nf/p)
Empi Baryeh (living, Ghana, f)
Jalal Barzanji (born 1953, Iraq, p/nf)
Anabela Basalo (born 1972, Yugoslavia/Serbia, f)
Svetislav Basara (born 1953, Yugoslavia/Serbia, nf)
Neagoe Basarab (c. 1459–1521, Wallachia, nf)
Graeme Base (born 1958, England/Australia, ch)
Olumbe Bassir (1919–2001, Sierra Leone, nf)
Angèle Bassolé-Ouédraogo (born 1967, Ivory Coast/Canada, p/nf)
François Bassolet (1933–2001, Burkina Faso, nf)
Jackee Budesta Batanda (living, Uganda, f/nf)
Johann Bernhard Basedow (1724–1790, Germany, nf)
Todd Bash (born 1965, US, d)
Miryana Basheva (1947–2020, Bulgaria, p)
Henry Howarth Bashford (1880–1961, England, f/nf)
Al-Tijani Yusuf Bashir (1912–1937, Sudan, p)
Matsuo Bashō (松尾芭蕉, 1644–1694, Japan, p)
Michael Basinski (born 1950, US, p)
Ellen Bass (born 1947, US, p)
Nelson Estupiñán Bass (1912–2002, Ecuador, f/p/nf)
T. J. Bass (1932–2011, US, f/nf), also known as Thomas J. Bassler
Giorgio Bassani (1916–2000, Italy, f/p/nf)
William Basse (c. 1583 – c. 1653, England, p)
Marnie Bassett (1890–1980, Australia, nf)
Hussein Bassir (living, Egypt, nf)
Angèle Bassolé-Ouédraogo (born 1967, Ivory Coast/Canada, p/nf)
Peter Bastian (1943–2017, Denmark, nf)
Frédéric Bastiat (1801–1850, France, nf)
Augusto Roa Bastos (1917–2005, Paraguay, f/d)
Olav Rune Ekeland Bastrup (born 1956, Norway, nf)
John Bastwick (1593–1654, England, nf)
Georges Bataille (1897–1962, France, nf)
Henry Bataille (1872–1922, France, d/p)
Dušan T. Bataković (1957–2017, Yugoslavia/Serbia, nf)
Jonathan Bate (born 1958, England, nf/f)
Colin Bateman (born 1962, Ireland, f/ch)
James Bateman (1811–1897, England, nf)
Michael Bateman (1932–2006, England, nf)
Arlo Bates (1850–1918, US, f/p/nf)
Daisy Bates (1859–1951, Australia, nf)
David Bates (1809–1970, US, p)
H. E. Bates (1905–1974, England, f/nf/ch)
Henry Walter Bates (1825–1892, England, nf)
Katharine Lee Bates (1859–1929, US, p)
Ralph Bates (1899–2000, England, f/nf)
Catherine Bateson (born 1960, Australia, f/p)
Elizabeth Bath (1776–1844, England, p)
Joseph Bathanti (born 1953, US, p/f/nf)
José Batlle y Ordóñez (1856–1929, Uruguay, nf)
Larbi Batma (1948–1998, Morocco, p)
Kofi Batsa (1931–1991, Gold Coast/Ghana, nf)
János Batsányi (1763–1845, Hungary, p)
Ibn Battuta (1304–1377, Morocco, nf)
Enis Batur (born 1952, Turkey, p/nf/f)
Wilhelm Bauberger (1809–1883, Germany, f)
Henry Bauchau (1913–2012, Belgium/France, nf/p)
Dawn-Michelle Baude (born 1959, US, p/nf)
Charles Baudelaire (1821–1867, France, p/nf)
Emma Pow Bauder (1848–1932, US, f)
Edward Baugh (1936–2023, Jamaica, p/nf)
Blanche Baughan (1870–1958, N Zealand, p/nf)
L. Frank Baum (1856–1919, US, ch)
Vicki Baum (1888–1960, Austria/US, f)
Hans Baumann (1914–1988, Germany, p/ch)
Ferdinand Christian Baur (1792–1860, Germany, nf)
Cirilo Bautista (1941–2018, Philippines, p/nf)
Lualhati Bautista (born 1945, Philippines, f/nf)
Gillian Baverstock (1931–2007, England, nf/f)
Nina Bawden (1925–2012, England, ch)
Alan Baxter (born 1970, England/Australia, f)
Andrew Baxter (1686/1687–1750, Scotland, nf)
Charles Baxter (born 1947, US, f/nf/p)
James K. Baxter (1926–1972, N Zealand, p/d)
John Baxter (born 1939, Australia/France, f/nf)
Marion Babcock Baxter (1850–1910, US, nf/p)
Richard Baxter (1615–1691, England, nf/p)
Stephen Baxter (born 1957, England, f)
Mary Temple Bayard (1853–1916, US, f/nf)
Basil Al Bayati (born 1946, Iraq/England, nf)
Sevtap Baycılı (born 1968, Netherlands, f)
Mohammed al-Baydhaq (died post-1164, Morocco, nf)
William Bayer (born 1939, US, f)
Arthur Bayldon (1865–1958, England/Australia, p/f)
Pierre Bayle (1647–1706, France/Netherlands, nf)
William Baylebridge (1883–1942, Australia, p/f)
John Bayley (writer) (1925–2015, England, f/nf)
Peter Bayley (1778–1823, England, p/d)
Ada Ellen Bayly (1857–1903, England, f), pseudonym of Edna Lyall
Jaime Bayly (born 1965, Peru, f/p/nf)
Thomas Haynes Bayly (1797–1839, England, p/d/nf)
Barbara Baynton (1857–1929, Australia, f)
Martin Baynton (born 1953, England/N Zealand, f/ch)
Siham Bayyumi (born 1949, Egypt, f/nf)
Ernest Bazanye (living, Uganda, f/nf)
Nura Bazdulj-Hubijar (born 1951, Yugoslavia/Bosnia, f/ch/p)
René Bazin (1853–1932, France, f)
"BB" (1905–1990, England, ch/nf), pseudonym of Denys Watkins-Pitchford

Be[edit]

Eric Beach (born 1947, N Zealand/Australia, p/d/f)
Jeremy John Beadle (1956–1995, England, nf)
John Beadle (died 1667, England, nf)
John Beaglehole (1901–1971, N Zealand, nf)
Ishmael Beah (born 1980, Sierra Leone, nf/f)
Lesley Beake (born 1949, Scotland/S Africa, ch)
Anne Beale (1816–1900, England/Wales, f/p)
Fleur Beale (born 1945, N Zealand, f/ch)
Marcel Béalu (1908–1993, France, f/p/d)
Sydney George Hulme Beaman (1887–1932, England, ch)
Margaret Beames (1935–2016, N Zealand, ch)
Richard Bean (born 1956, England, d)
Elizabeth Bear (born 1971, US, f)
Aubrey Beardsley (1872–1898, England, nf)
Greg Bear (born 1951, US, f)
Delilah L. Beasley (1871–1934, US, nf)
Richard Beasley (born 1964, Australia, f/nf)
Doug Beason (born 1953, US, f)
Clara Bancroft Beatley (1858–1923, US, nf)
Beatrice of Nazareth (c. 1200–1268, Flanders, nf)
James Beattie (1735–1803, Scotland, nf)
Jan Beatty (born 1952, US, p)
Jerome Beatty Jr. (1916–2002, US, ch)
John and Patricia Beatty (1922–1975, 1922–1991, US, f/nf)
Laura Beatty (born 1963, England, f/nf)
Sally Beauman (1944–2016, England, f/nf)
Pierre Beaumarchais (1732–1799, France, d/nf)
Beaumont and Fletcher (early 17th c., England, d)
Charles Beaumont (1929–1967, US, f)
Francis Beaumont (1584–1616, England, d)
Jeanne-Marie Leprince de Beaumont (1711–1780, France, ch)
John Beaumont (1552/1553–1627, England, p)
Joseph Beaumont (1616–1699, England, p)
Airini Beautrais (born 1982, N Zealand, p)
Simone de Beauvoir (1908–1986, France, nf)
Bruce Beaver (1928–2004, Australia, p/f)
Samuel Beazley (1786–1851, England, f/d/nf)
Ambrose Bebb (1894–1955, Wales, nf)
Francis Bebey (1929–2001, Cameroon/France, f/nf)
Cesare Beccaria (1738–1794, Italy, nf)
Margaret Bechard (born 1953, US, ch)
Johannes R. Becher (1891–1958, Germany, f/p)
Béatrix Beck (1914–2008, Switzerland, f/p)
Philippe Beck (born 1963, France, p/nf)
George Lewis Becke (1855–1913, Australia, f)
Aaron Becker (born 1974, US, ch)
Herbert L. Becker (born 1956, US)
Jillian Becker (born 1932, S Africa, f/nf)
Jurek Becker (1937–1997, Poland/Germany, f)
Bernard Beckett (born 1967, N Zealand, f/ch)
Chris Beckett (born 1955, England, f/nf)
Gilbert Abbott à Beckett (1811–1856, England, f/nf/d)
Samuel Beckett (1906–1989, Ireland/France, f/d/p)
Peter Beckford (1740–1811, England, nf)
William Beckford (1760–1844, England, f/nf)
Joshua Beckman (living, US, p)
Thea Beckman (1923–2004, Netherlands, ch)
Matija Bećković (born 1939, Yugoslavia/Serbia, p/nf)
Lillian Beckwith (1916–2004), England/Scotland, nf)
Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer (1836–1870, Spain, p/f/d)
Thomas Lovell Beddoes (1803–1849, England, p/d)
Frank Beddor (born 1958, US, f/ch)
Bede (672/673–735, England, nf)
Jean Bedford (born 1946, Australia, f)
Jimmy B. Bedford (1927–1990, US, nf)
K. A. Bedford (born 1963, Australia, f)
Randolph Bedford (1868–1941, Australia, p/f)
Ruth Bedford (1882–1963, Australia, p/d/ch)
Simi Bedford (living, Nigeria/England, f)
Sybille Bedford (1911–2006, Germany/England, nf/f)
Guy de la Bédoyère (born 1957, England, nf)
Jack Bedson (born 1950, Australia, p/ch)
William Bedwell (1561–1632, England, nf)
George Beeby (1869–1942, Australia, nf/d/f)
Henry Beeching (1859–1919, England, p/nf)
Patricia Beer (1919–1999, England, p/nf)
Rachel Beer (1858–1927, India/England, nf)
Constance Beerbohm (1856–1939, England, d/nf)
Julius Beerbohm (1854–1906, England, nf)
Max Beerbohm (1872–1956, England, nf)
Alfred Beesley (1800–1847, England, nf/p)
Isabella Beeton (1836–1965, England, nf), known as Mrs. Beeton
Nicolaas Beets (1814–1903, Netherlands, nf/p)
Antony Beevor (born 1946, England, nf)
Azouz Begag (born 1957, France, f/nf/ch)
Philip Begho (born 1956, Nigeria, d/ch/f)
Michael Beheim (1416 – c. 1472, Germany, p)
Albrecht Behmel (born 1971, Germany, f/nf/d)
Aphra Behn (1640–1689, England, d/p/f)
Ari Behn (1972–2019, Norway, f/d/nf)
Mark Behr (1963–2015, Tanganyika/S Africa, f/nf)
Larissa Behrendt (born 1969, Australia, nf/f)
Bei Dao (北島, born 1949, China, p/f/nf), pseudonym of Zhao Zhenkai
Maria Beig (1920–2018, Germany, f)
Sara Beirão (1880–1974, Portugal, f/ch)
Olinda Beja (born 1946, São Tomé and Príncipe, p/f/ch)
Hélé Béji (born 1948, Tunisia, f/nf)
Alexander Bek (1903–1972, Russia/USSR, f/nf
Ferenc Békássy (1893–1915, Hungary, p)
Hafsa Bekri (born 1948, Morocco, p/f)
Tahar Bekri (born 1951, Tunisia/France, p/nf)
Matthias Bel (1684–1749, Austria-Hungary, nf)
Radomir Belaćević (1929–2005, Yugoslavia/Serbia, f)
Abderrazak Belagrouz (born 1981, Algeria, nf)
Rabah Belamri (1946–1995, Algeria, p/f/nf)
David Belbin (born 1958, England, f)
Daubridgecourt Belchier (1580–1621, England, d)
Cedric Belfrage (1904–1990, England/Mexico, nf)
Sally Belfrage (1936–1994, US/England, nf)
Abdelmalek Belghiti (1906–2010, Morocco, p)
Farida Belghoul (born 1958, Algeria/France, f/d)
Omar Belhouchet (born1 1954, Algeria, nf)
Aleksandar Belić (1876–1960, Serbia/Yugoslavia, nf)
James Belich (born 1956, N Zealand, nf)
Erin Belieu (born 1965, US, p)
Adrian Bell (1901–1980, England, nf)
Clive Bell (1881–1964, England, nf)
Diane Bell (born 1943, Australia, nf)
Florence Bell (1851–1930, England, nf/d/ch)
Gertrude Bell (1868–1926, England, nf)
Hilary Bell (born 1966, Australia, d)
Horace Bell (1830–1918, US, nf)
Josephine Bell (1897–1987, England, f/d)
Julia Bell (1879–1979, England, nf)
Julian Bell (1908–1937, England, p)
Marvin Bell (1937–2020, US, p)
Mary Hayley Bell (1911–2005, England, f)
Quentin Bell (1910–1996, England, nf)
Thomas Bell (1792–1880, England, nf)
John Bellairs (1938–1991, US, f)
Mario Bellatin (born 1960, Mexico, f)
Joachim du Bellay (c. 1522–1560, France, p/nf)
Rémy Belleau (1528–1577, France, p)
Lisa Bellear (1961–2006, Australia, p/d/nf)
John Bellers (1654–1725, England, nf)
Gioconda Belli (born 1948, Nicaragua, nf/f/p)
Giuseppe Gioachino Belli (1791–1863, Italy, p)
Carl Michael Bellman (1740–1795, Sweden, p)
Andrés Bello (1781–1865, Venezuela/Chile, nf/p)
Muhammed Bello (1781–1837, Sokoto Caliphate, nf)
Joaquín Edwards Bello (1887–1968, Chile, f)
Xuan Bello (born 1965, Spain, p)
Hilaire Belloc (1870–1953, France/England, p/nf)
Saul Bellow (1915–2005, US, f/d/nf)
Ruy Belo (1933–1978, Portugal, p/nf)
Jelica Belović-Bernadzikowska (1870–1946, Austria-Hungary/Yugoslavia, ch)
Belroy, Basia Kent
Rune Belsvik (born 1956, Norway, f/c/ch)
Thomas Belt (1832–1878, England, nf)
Andrei Bely (1880–1934, Russian E/USSR, f/p/nf)
Ludwig Bemelmans (1898–1962, Austria-Hungary/US, ch/f)
Myriam Ben (1928–2001, Algeria, f/p)
Abdelkader Benali (born 1975, Morocco/Netherlands, f/d/nf)
Siham Benchekroun (living, Morocco, f/p)
Ahmed Benchemsi (born 1974, Morocco, nf)
Rajae Benchemsi (born 1957, Morocco, p/nf)
Mohammed Benchicou (born 1952, Algeria, nf)
Peter Benchley (1940–2006, US, f/nf)
Emil Benčík (born 1933, Czechoslovakia/Slovakia, nf)
Esther Bendahan (born 1964, Morocco/Spain, f)
Don Bendell (born 1947, US, f/nf)
Hans Bender (1907–1991, Germany, nf)
D. R. Bendre (1896–1981, India, p)
Elek Benedek (1859–1929, Hungary, nf)
Mario Benedetti (1920–2009, Uruguay, f/nf/p)
Antonio di Benedetto (1922–1986, Argentina, f/nf)
Hester A. Benedict (1838–1921, US, p)
Victoria Benedictsson (1850–1888, Sweden, f), pseudonym Ernst Ahlgren
Einar Benediktsson (1864–1940, Iceland, p)
Juan Benet (1927–1993, Spain, f/d/nf)
Stephen Vincent Benét (1898–1943, US, p/f)
William Rose Benét (1886–1950, US, p)
Anthony Benezet (1713–1784, France/US, nf), born Antoine Bénézet
Gregory Benford (born 1941, US, f)
Sokhna Benga (born 1967, Senegal, f/p)
Johann Albrecht Bengel (1687–1752, Germany, nf)
Elizabeth Benger (1775–1827, England, nf/f/p)
Frans G. Bengtsson (1894–1954, Sweden, f/nf/p)
Berthe Bénichou-Aboulker (1888–1942, Algeria, p/d)
Rambriksh Benipuri (1899–1968, India, d/nf)
José Gautier Benítez (1848–1880, Puerto Rico, p)
Mihai Beniuc (1907–1988, Austria-Hungary/Romania, p/d/f)
Walter Benjamin (1892–1940, Germany/Spain, nf)
Abdelmajid Benjelloun (1919–1981, Morocco, f/p/nf)
Abdelmajid Benjelloun (born 1944, Morocco, nf)
Salah Benlabed (born 1950, Algeria, f/p)
Edward Benlowes (1603–1676, England, p)
Abdelwahab Benmansour (1920–2008, Morocco, nf)
Gottfried Benn (1886–1956, Germany, p/nf)
Malek Bennabi (1905–1973, Algeria, nf)
Mohammed Suerte Bennani (born 1961, Morocco, f)
Olaf Benneche (1883–1931, Norway, f/ch/d)
Thomas Bennet (1673–1728, England, nf)
Alan Bennett (born 1934, England, d)
Anna Maria Bennett (c. 1750–1808, Wales/England, f)
Arnold Bennett (1867–1931, England, f/d)
Edwin Keppel Bennett (1887–1958, England, nf/p), pseudonyms Francis Bennett and Francis Keppel
Gwendolyn B. Bennett (1902–1981, US, p/nf)
Jim Bennett (born 1951, England, p)
Mary Montgomerie Bennett (1881–1961, Australia, nf)
Sophia Bennett (born 1966, f/ch)
Louise Bennett-Coverley (1919–2006, Jamaica, p/nf)
Stefano Benni (born 1947, Italy, d/p/f)
Mohammed Bennis (born 1948, Morocco, p)
Khnata Bennouna (born 1940, Morocco, f)
Noura Bensaad (living, Tunisia, f)
Isaac de Benserade (1613–1691, France, p)
A. C. Benson (1862–1925, England, nf/p)
E. F. Benson (1867–1940, England, f/nf)
Fiona Benson (born 1978, England, p)
Peter Benson (born 1956, England, f/d/p)
Robert Hugh Benson (1871–1914, England, f/ch/nf)
Stella Benson (1892–1933, England, f/p/nf)
T. J. Benson (living, Nigeria, f)
James Theodore Bent (1852–1897, England, nf)
George Bentham (1800–1884, England, nf)
Jeremy Bentham (1748–1832, England, nf)
Edmund Clerihew Bentley (1875–1956, England, p)
Elizabeth Bentley (1767–1839, England, p)
Nicolas Bentley (1907–1978, England, p)
Phyllis Bentley (1894–1977, England, f)
Richard Bentley (1662–1742, England, nf)
Annie Bentoiu (1927–2015, Romania, f/p/nf)
Derek Benz (born 1971, US, ch)
Mohammed Benzakour (born 1972, Morocco/Netherlands, nf/p)
Erik Benzelius the younger (1675–1743, Sweden, nf)
Pierre-Jean de Béranger (1780–1857, France, p)
Edward Berdoe (1836–1916, England, nf)
Berechiah ha-Nakdan (13th c., England or France, nf/p)
Richard Berengarten (born 1943, England, p)
Bernard Berenson (1865–1959, US/Italy, nf)
Stan and Jan Berenstain (1923–2005 and 1923–2012, US, ch/nf)
Elisabeth Beresford (1926–2010, France/England, ch)
J. D. Beresford (1873–1947, England, f)
James Beresford (1764–1840, England, nf)
Lars Berg (1901–1969, Norway, f/d)
Leila Berg (1917–2012, England, ch/nf)
David Bergelson (1884–1952, Russian E/USSR, f/nf)
Werner Bergengruen (1892–1964, Russian E/Germany, f/p)
Aleš Berger (born 1946, Yugoslavia/Slovenia, nf/d)
John Berger (1926–2017, England, nf/f/p)
Hjalmar Bergman (1883–1931, Sweden/Germany, f/d)
Bo Bergman (1869–1967, Sweden, f/nf)
Árni Bergmann (born 1935, Iceland, f/nf)
Eirikur Bergmann (born 1969, Iceland, nf/f)
Herz Bergner (1907–1970, Austria-Hungary/Australia, f)
Guðbergur Bergsson (1932–2023, Iceland, nf/ch/p)
Elisabeth Bergstrand-Poulsen (1887–1955, Sweden/Denmark, nf)
İlhan Berk (1918–2008, Ottoman Empire/Turkey, p)
Reginald Berkeley (1890–1935, England, d)
John Berkenhout (1726–1791, England, nf)
Steven Berkoff (born 1937, England, d/nf)
Paul Berna (1908–1994, France, f/ch), pseudonym of Jean-Marie-Edmond Sabran
Jean Bernabé (1942–2017, Martinique, f/nf)
Georges Bernanos (1888–1948, France, f/nf)
Christian Bernard (born 1951, France, nf)
Patricia Bernard (born 1942, Australia, f)
William Bayle Bernard (1807–1875, US/England, d/nf)
Juliana Berners (born 1388, England, nf)
Thomas Bernhard (1931–1989, Netherlands/Austria, f/d/p)
August Ferdinand Bernhardi (1769–1820, Germany, nf)
Louis de Bernières (born 1954, England, f)
J. Bernlef (1937–2012, Netherlands, f/nf/p), pseudonym of Hendrik Jan Marsman
Charles Bernstein (born 1950, US, p/nf)
Elsa Bernstein (1866–1949, Austria/Germany, d), pseudonym Ernst Rosmer
Béroul (12th c., France, p)
Mohammed Berrada (born 1938, Morocco, f/nf)
Elizabeth Berridge (1919–2009, England, f/nf)
Daniel Berrigan (1921–2016, US, p/d/nf)
Ted Berrigan (1934–1983, US, p)
Francis Berry (1915–2006, England, p/nf)
James Berry (1924–2017, Jamaica/England, p)
Mary Berry (born 1935, England, nf)
Mary Berry (1763–1852, England, nf)
Mary Frances Berry (born 1938, US, nf)
Steve Berry (born 1955, US, f)
Wendell Berry (born 1934, US, f/nf/p)
Tess Berry-Hart (born 1978, England, d/f/ch)
John Berryman (1914–1972, US, p/nf)
Mei-mei Berssenbrugge (白萱华, born 1947, China/US, p/d/nf)
Louky Bersianik (1930–2011, Canada, f), pseudonym of Lucille Durand
Þráinn Bertelsson (born 1944, Iceland, nf/f/ch)
Eduardo Berti (born 1964, Argentina/France, f/nf)
Al Berto (1948–1997, Portugal, p/nf), pseudonym of Alberto Raposo Pidwell Tavares
Pierre Berton (1920–2004, Canada, nf)
Charles Bertram (1723–1765, England/Denmark, nf)
Aloysius Bertrand (1807–1841, France, p/d/nf)
Betty Berzon (1928–2006, US, nf)
Dániel Berzsenyi (1776–1836, Hungary, p)
Annie Besant (1847–1933, England, nf)
Walter Besant (1836–1901, England, f/nf)
Alen Bešić (born 1975, Yugoslavia/Serbia, nf/p)
Bertrand Besigye (born 1972, Uganda/Norway, p/f)
Besiki (1750–1791, Kingdom of Kartli, p)
Khadija Besikri (born 1962, Libya, p/nf)
Elsa Beskow (1874–1953, Sweden, ch)
Bate Besong (1954–2007, Cameroon, d/p/nf)
Agustina Bessa-Luís (1922–2019, Portugal, f/nf)
György Bessenyei (1747–1811, Hungary, d/p)
Gérard Bessière (born 1928, France, nf/p)
Luc Besson (born 1959, France, d)
Bessora (born 1968, Belgium/France, f)
Charles Best (1570–1627, England, p)
Alfred Bestall (1892–1986, England, ch)
Henry Digby Beste (1768–1836, England, nf)
Alfred Bester (1913–1987, US, f)
Mary Matilda Betham (1776–1852, England, nf/p)
Matilda Betham-Edwards (1836–1919, England, f/nf/p)
Marion Bethel (born 1953, Bahamas, p/nf)
Christopher Bethell (1773–1859, England/Wales, nf)
Nicholas Bethell (1938–2007, England, nf)
Ursula Bethell (1874–1945, N Zealand, p)
Kata Bethlen (1700–1759, Hungary, nf)
Adrien Bertrand (1888–1917, France, f)
Mongo Beti (1932–2001, Cameroon, f/nf), pseudonym of Alexandre Biyidi Awala
John Betjeman (1906–1984, England, p/nf)
Minoru Betsuyaku (別役実, 1937–2020, Manchuria/Japan, d/f/nf)
Hugo Bettauer (1872–1925, Austria, f/d/nf)
Jean Betts (living, N Zealand, d)
Torben Betts (born 1968, England, d)
Dricky Beukes (1918–1999, S Africa, f/d)
Lauren Beukes (born 1976, S Africa, f/nf/d)
Maja Beutler (1936–2021, Switzerland, f/d)
Edwyn Bevan (1870–1943, England, nf)
Evan Bevan (1803–1866, Wales, p), pseudonym Ianto'r Castel
Elizabeth Bevarly (born 1961, US, f)
Cvetka Bevc (born 1960, Yugoslavia/Slovenia, nf/p/ch)
Judith Beveridge (born 1956, England/Australia, p/nf)
Elizabeth Beverley (1792–1832, England, nf)
Jo Beverley (1947–2016, England/Canada, f)
Alberto Bevilacqua (1934–2013, Italy, d/f/p)
Helen Bevington (1906–2001, US, p/nf)
L. S. Bevington (1845–1895, England, nf/p)
France Bevk (1890–1970, Austrian E/Yugoslavia, f/nf/p)
Thomas Bewick (1753–1828, England, nf)
Calixthe Beyala (born 1961, Cameroon/France, f/nf)
Yahya Kemal Beyatlı (1884–1958, Ottoman E/Turkey, p/nf)
Tom Beynon (1886–1961, Wales, nf)

Bh–Bl[edit]

Bhabananda Deka (1929–2006, India, nf)
Saru Bhakta (born 1955, Nepal, d/f/p)
Subramania Bharati (1882–1921, India, p/nf)
Sujata Bhatt (born 1956, India, p)
Motiram Bhatta (1923–1953, Nepal, p/f/nf)
Subin Bhattarai (born 1982, Nepal, f)
Bhavakadevi (c. 12th c. CE, India, p)
Olympe Bhely-Quenum (born 1928, Benin/France, f)
Bi Feiyu (毕飞宇, born 1964, China, f)
Źmitrok Biadula (1886–1941, Russian E/USSR, p/nf)
Miron Białoszewski (1922–1983, Poland, p/f/d)
Matilde Bianchi (1927–1991, Uruguay, p/nf)
Helen Bianchin (born 1939, N Zealand/Australia, f)
Héctor Bianciotti (1930–2012, Argentina/France, f)
Bianji (辯機, fl. 7th c., China, nf)
Vitaly Bianki (1894–1959, Russian E/USSR, ch/nf)
Elizabeth Bibesco (1897–1945, England/France, f/p/nf)
Marthe Bibesco (1886–1973, Romania/France, f/nf)
Peter Bichsel (born 1935, Switzerland, f/ch)
Anna McClean Bidder (1903–2001, England, nf)
Joyce Bidder (1906–1999, England)
Marion Bidder (1862–1932, England, nf)
Tessa Biddington (born 1954, England, p)
Hester Biddle (c. 1629–1697, England, nf)
Jacob Bidermann (1578–1639, Austrian E/Italy, d/f/nf)
Ruth Bidgood (1922–2022, Wales, p/nf)
Bidisha (born 1978, England, nf), born Bidisha Bandyopadhyay
Cornelis de Bie (1627 – c. 1712–1715, Netherlands, nf/d)
David Biedrzycki (born 1955, US, ch)
Paul Biegel (1925–2006, Netherlands, ch)
Christabel Bielenberg (1909–2003, Germany/Ireland, nf)
Aristide von Bienefeldt (1959–2016, Netherlands, f), pseudonym of Rijk de Jong
Ambrose Bierce (1842–1914, US, f/nf/p)
Linda Bierds (born 1945, US, p)
Peter Bieri (born 1944, Switzerland, f/nf), pseudonym Pascal Mercier
Wolf Biermann (born 1936, Germany, nf)
Biernat of Lublin (c. 1465 – post-1529, Poland, p)
Maarten Biesheuvel (1939–2020, Netherlands, f)
Carli Biessels (1936–2016, Netherlands, ch)
Ella A. Bigelow (1849–1917, US, nf)
Lettie S. Bigelow (1849–1906, US, f/p)
John Stanyan Bigg (1828–1965, England, p)
Earl Derr Biggers (1884–1933, US, f/d)
Barbara Biggs (born 1956, Australia, nf)
John B. Biggs (born 1934, Australia, f/nf)
Margaret Biggs (born 1929, England, ch)
John Bigland (1750–1832, England, nf)
Steve Biko (1946–1977, S Africa, nf)
Olavo Bilac (1865–1918, Brazil, p/nf)
Irene Ibsen Bille (1901–1985, Norway, f/d)
S. Corinna Bille (1912–1979, Switzerland, p/f/ch)
Graham Billing (1936–2001, N Zealand, f/nf/p)
Mark Billingham (born 1961, England, f/d)
Franny Billingsley (born 1954, US, ch)
William Billington (1825–1884, England, p)
Eva Billow (1902–1993, Sweden, ch/p)
Thomas Bilson (1547–1616, England, nf)
Maeve Binchy (1940–2012, Ireland, f/d/nf)
Eando Binder (1911–1974 and 1904–1966, US, f), synonym of Otto and Earl Binder
Ida Bindschedler (1854–1919, Switzerland, ch)
Mahi Binebine (born 1959, Morocco, f)
Andrew Bing (1574–1652, England, nf)
Jon Bing (1944–2014, Norway, f)
Bing Xin (冰心, 1900–1999, China, f/ch), pseudonym of Xie Wanying (謝婉瑩)
Charlotte Bingham (born 1942, England, f)
Jennie M. Bingham (1859–1933, US, f/nf/p)
Margaret Bingham (1740–1814, England, p), Countess of Lucan
Judith Binney (1940–2011, N Zealand, nf)
Laurence Binyon (1869–1943, England, p/d/nf)
T. J. Binyon (1836–1904, England, f)
Ayse Bircan (born 1954, Turkey/England, nf)
Carol Birch (born 1951, England, f/nf)
Thomas Birch (1705–1766, England, nf)
Carmel Bird (born 1940, Australia, f)
Caroline Bird (born 1986, England, p/d/f)
Hera Lindsay Bird (born 1987, N Zealand, p)
Isabella Bird (1831–1904, England, nf)
Jessica Bird (born 1969, US, f)
Poldy Bird (1941–2018, Argentina, p/nf/ch)
Arnthor Birgisson (born 1976, Iceland/Sweden, p)
Dea Birkett (born 1958, England, nf)
Winifred Birkett (1887–1966, Australia, f/p)
Anno Birkin (1980–2001, England, p)
Marcelo Birmajer (born 1966, Argentina, f/nf/ch)
John Birmingham (born 1964, England/Australia, nf/f)
Stephen Birnbaum (c. 1937–1991, US, nf)
Earle Birney (1904–1995, Canada, p/f)
Marcus Birro (born 1972, Sweden, p/f/nf)
Peter Birro (born 1966, Sweden, p/d)
Nevin Birsa (1947–2003, Yugoslavia/Slovenia, p)
Balázs Birtalan (1969–2016, Hungary, p/nf)
Dora Birtles (1903–1992, Australia, f/p/nf)
John Birtwhistle (born 1946, England, p)
Sonja Biserko (born 1948, Yugoslavia/Serbia, nf)
Claire Huchet Bishop (1898–1993, Switzerland/France, ch/nf)
Elizabeth Bishop (1911–1979, US, p/f)
Gavin Bishop (born 1946, N Zealand, ch)
Jacqueline Bishop (living, Jamaica/US, nf)
K. J. Bishop (living, Australia, f)
Samuel Bishop (1731–1795, England, p/nf)
Ram Prasad Bismil (1897–1927, p)
Bill Bissett (born 1939, Canada, p)
Terry Bisson (born 1942, US, f)
Farhad Bitani (born 1986, Afghanistan/Italy, nf/f)
László Z. Bitó (1934–2021, Hungary, f/nf)
Andrei Bitov (1937–2018, USSR/Russia, f/p)
Sherwin Bitsui (born 1974, US, p)
Emily Bitto (living, Australia, f)
Jerome Bixby (1923–1998, US, f/d)
Piers Bizony (born 1959, England, nf)
Bjarni Bjarnason (born 1965, Iceland, p/d/f)
Sava Bjelanović (1850–1897, Austria-Hungary, nf)
Isidora Bjelica (1966–2020, Yugoslavia/Serbia, f/nf/d)
Marie Bjelke-Petersen (1874–1969, Australia, f)
Mirjana Bjelogrlić-Nikolov (born 1961, Yugoslavia/Serbia, f/nf)
André Bjerke (1918–1985, Norway, p/f/ch)
Henrik Anker Bjerregaard (1792–1842, Norway, p/d)
Jens Bjerre (1921–2020, Denmark, nf)
Bryndís Björgvinsdóttir (born 1982, Iceland, ch)
Björk (born 1965, Iceland/US, nf), full name Björk Guðmundsdóttir
Christina Björk (born 1938, Sweden, nf/ch)
Jens Bjørneboe (1920–1976, Norway, f/d/p)
Anna Svanhildur Björnsdóttir (born 1948, Iceland, p)
Sigrún Edda Björnsdóttir (born 1958, Iceland, ch)
Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson (1832–1910, Norway, p/f/d)
Björn Th. Björnsson (1922–2007, Iceland, f)
Eysteinn Björnsson (born 1942, Iceland, ch/p/f)
Ketil Bjørnstad (born 1952, Norway, f/p/nf)
Clementina Black (1853–1922, England, nf)
Holly Black (born 1971, US, ch)
Jenna Black (born 1993, US, f/ch)
Robert Black (1829–2015, England, f/nf)
Star Black (living, US, p)
William Black (1841–1898, Scotland/England, f)
Sarah Blackborow (fl. 1650s – 1660s, England, nf)
Estelle Blackburn (born 1950, Australia, nf)
John Blackburn (1923–1993, England, f)
Paul Blackburn (1926–1971, US, p)
Thomas Blackburn (1916–1977, England, p/nf)
Basil Blackett (1882–1935, India/Germany, nf)
Troy Blacklaws (born 1965, S Africa, f)
Malorie Blackman (born 1962, England, ch)
Leigh Blackmore (born 1959, Australia, f/nf)
R. D. Blackmore (1825–1900, England, f)
Richard Blackmore (1654–1729, England, p)
R. P. Blackmur (1904–1965, US, nf/p)
William Blackstone (1723–1780, England, nf)
Ellen Wright Blackwell (1864–1952, N Zealand, nf)
John Blackwell (1797–1840, Wales, p/nf)
Algernon Blackwood (1869–1951, England, f/d)
Caroline Blackwood (1931–1996, England, f/nf)
Helen Blackwood (1807–1867, England, f/d)
Peter Bladen (1922–2001, Australia, p)
Sara Blædel (born 1964, Denmark, f)
Lucian Blaga (1895–1961, Austria-Hungary/Romania, p/d/f)
Isa Blagden (1816 or 1817–1873, India/Italy, f/p)
Max Blagg (born 1948, England/US, p/nf)
Marina Blagojević (1958–2020, Yugoslavia/Serbia, nf)
Georgia Blain (1964–2016, Australia, f/nf)
Suessa Baldridge Blaine (1860–1932, US, f)
Emma Helen Blair (1851–1911, US, nf)
Hugh Blair (1718–1800, Scotland, nf)
Robert Blair (1593–1666, Scotland, nf)
Robert Blair (1699–1746, Scotland, p)
Marie-Claire Blais (1939–2021, Canada, f/p/d)
Isidoro Blaisten (1933–2004, Argentina, f/nf/p)
Ally Blake (living, Australia, f)
Lewis Blake (born 1946, England, p)
Jennifer Blake (born 1942, US, f)
Quentin Blake (born 1932, England, ch)
William Blake (1757–1827, England, p)
William J. Blake (1894–1968, US, f/nf)
Helen Blakeman (born 1971, England, d)
Stella Blakemore (1906–1996, S Africa/N Ireland, f/ch)
Edward Henry Blakeney (1869–1955, England, nf/p)
Susanna Blamire (1747–1794, England, p)
Edward Litt Laman Blanchard (1820–1889, England, d)
Samuel Laman Blanchard (1804–1845, England, p/nf)
August Blanche (1811–1868, Sweden, f/d)
Paddy Blanchfield (1911–1980, N Zealand, p/nf
Maurice Blanchot (1907–2003, France, f/nf)
Andrés Eloy Blanco (1896–1955, Venezuela, p)
Eduardo Blanco (1838–1912, Venezuela, f/nf)
Don Blanding (1894–1957, US, p)
Arapera Blank (1932–2002, N Zealand, p)
Clair Blank (1915–1965, US, f/ch)
Hanne Blank (born 1969, US, f/nf)
Laslo Blašković (born 1966, Yugoslavia/Serbia, p/nf)
Robert Blatchford (1851–1943, England, nf)
Silvio Blatter (born 1946, Switzerland, f)
William Peter Blatty (1928–2017, US, f/d/nf)
Yaakov Blau (1929–2013, Palestine/Israel, nf)
Barbara Blaugdone (c. 1609–1704, England, nf)
Peter Blauner (born 1959, US, f)
John Benibengor Blay (1915–1970s, Gold Coast/Ghana, f/p/nf)
James P. Blaylock (born 1950, US, f)
Diana Blayne (born 1946, US, f/nf), pseudonym of Susan Spaeth Kyle
Emily Rose Bleby (1849–1917, Jamaica/UK, nf)
Max Blecher (1909–1938, Romania, f/nf)
Ann Eliza Bleecker (1752–1783, US, p/f/nf)
Anne Blencowe (1656–1718, England, nf)
Adrian Blevins (born 1964, US, p)
John Blight (1913–1995, Australia, p)
Nicholas Blincoe (born 1965, England, f)
Mathilde Blind (1841–1896, Germany/England, p/f/nf)
James Blish (1921–1975, US, f/nf)
Edward Blishen (1920–1996, England, ch/f)
Eliot Bliss (1903–1990, Jamaica/England, f/p/nf)
Walter Blith (1605–1654, England, nf)
Karen Blixen (1885–1962, Denmark/Kenya, f/nf), pseudonym Isak Dinesen
Nikolay Bliznakov (born 1950, Bulgaria, f/nf)
Pedro Bloch (1914–2004, Ukraine/Brazil, d/ch)
Robert Bloch (1917–1994, US, f)
Adélaïde-Louise d'Eckmühl de Blocqueville (1815–1892, France, f/nf/p)
J. C. Bloem (1887–1966, Netherlands, p/nf)
Marion Bloem (born 1952, Netherlands, f/nf)
François Bloemhof (born 1962, S Africa, f/ch)
Alexander Blok (1880–1921, Russia, p/d/nf)
Francis Blomefield (1705–1752, England, nf)
Benjamin Paul Blood (1832–1919, US, nf/p)
Valerie Bloom (born 1956, Jamaica/England, p/ch/f)
Robert Bloomfield (1766–1823, England, p)
Blondel de Nesle (12th–13th cc., France, p)
Charles Blount (1654–1693, nf)
Elizabeth Blower (c. 1757/1763 – post-1816, England, nf/f)
Léon Bloy (1846–1917, France, f/nf/p)
Evelyn, Princess Blücher (1876–1960, England/Germany, nf)
Judy Blume (born 1938, US, ch/f)
Roy Blumenthal (born 1968, S Africa, p)
Nicholas Blundell (1876–1960, England, nf)
Edmund Blunden (1896–1974, England, p/nf)
Godfrey Blunden (1906–1996, Australia, f/nf)
Thomas Blundeville (c. 1522 – c. 1606, England, nf)
Alfred Blunt (1879–1957, France/England, nf)
Anthony Blunt (1907–1983, England, nf)
Wilfrid Scawen Blunt (1840–1922, England, p/nf)
Wilfrid Jasper Walter Blunt (1901–1987, England, nf)
John Bly (born 1939, England, nf)
Robert Bly (1926–2021, US, p/nf)
Mary Bly (born 1962, US, f/nf), pseudonym of Eloisa James
Edward Wilmot Blyden (1832–1912, Danish W Indies/Liberia, nf)
Reginald Horace Blyth (1898–1964, England/Japan, nf)
Daniel Blythe (born 1969, England, f/nf)
Ronald Blythe (1922–2023, England, nf)
Enid Blyton (1896–1968, England, ch)

Bo[edit]

Bo Yang (柏楊, 1920–2008, China, p/nf)
James Boaden (1762–1839, England, nf/d)
Barcroft Boake (1866–1892, Australia, p)
Capel Boake (1889–1944, Australia, f) pseudonym of Doris Boake Kerr
Frederick S. Boas (1862–1957, England, nf)
Savino Bobali (1530–1585, Ragusa, nf/p)
T. O. Bobe (born 1969, Romania, p/f/nf)
Christian Bobin (born 1951, France, p/f/nf)
Merlinda Bobis (born 1959, Philippines/Australia, p/f)
Johannes Bobrowski (1917–1965, Germany, p/nf)
Jacqueline Fatima Bocoum (living, Senegal, nf/f)
Bragi Boddason (fl. first half of 9th c., Iceland, p)
John Ernest Bode (1816–1874, England, nf/p)
Jean Bodel (c. 1165 – c. 1210, France, p/d)
Anders Bodelsen (1937–2021, Denmark, f/d)
Barbara Bodichon (1827–1891, England, nf)
Johann Jakob Bodmer (1698–1783, Switzerland, nf/d/p)
Ádám Bodor (born 1936, Romania/Hungary, f)
Milica Bodrožić (living, Yugoslavia/Serbia, nf)
Hector Boece (1465–1536, Scotland, nf), also cited as Boethius
Elleke Boehmer (born 1961, S Africa/England, nf/f)
Étienne de La Boétie (1530–1563, France, nf)
Louise Bogan (1897–1970, US, p/f/nf)
Bogdan Bogdanović (1922–2010, Yugoslavia/Austria, nf)
Milan Bogdanović (1892–1964, Serbia/Belgrade, nf)
Valtazar Bogišić (1834–1908, Austrian E, nf)
Zoran Bognar (born 1965, Yugoslavia/Serbia, p/nf)
Ivan Bogorov (1818–1892, Bulgaria, nf)
Geo Bogza (1908–1993, Romania, p/nf)
Jakob Böhme (1575–1624, Germany, nf)
Margarete Böhme (1867–1939, Germany, f/nf)
Nicolas Boileau-Despréaux (1636–1711, France, p/nf)
John Bois (1560–1643, England, nf)
W. E. B. Du Bois (1868–1963, US, nf)
William Pène du Bois (1916–1993, US, ch)
Yve-Alain Bois (born 1952, Algeria/US, nf)
Ralph de Boissière (1907–2008, Trinidad/Australia, f)
Johan Bojer (1872–1959, Norway, f/d)
Berta Bojetu (1946–1997, Yugoslavia/Slovenia, f/d/p)
Milutin Bojić (1892–1917, Serbia/Greece, p/nf/d)
Dragoslav Bokan (born 1961, Yugoslavia/Serbia, nf)
Osbern Bokenam (c. 1393 – c. 1464, England, p)
Saïdou Bokoum (born 1945, Guinea, f/nf)
Omoseye Bolaji (1964–2022, Nigeria/S Africa, f/nf)
Eavan Boland (1944–2020, Ireland, p/nf)
Roberto Bolaño (1953–2003, Chile, f/p/nf)
Justo Bolekia Boleká (born 1954, Equatorial Guinea, nf/p)
Heinrich Böll (1917–1985, Germany, f)
Cezar Bolliac (1813–1881, Wallachia/Romania, nf/p)
Domokos Bölöni (born 1946, Romania, f)
Robert Bolt (1924–1995, England, d)
Ken Bolton (born 1949, Australia, p/nf)
S. J. Bolton (living, England, f)
Bólu-Hjálmar (1796–1875, Iceland, p), birth name Hjálmar Jónsson
Godfried Bomans (1913–1971, Netherlands, nf/ch)
María Luisa Bombal (1910–1980, Chile, f/nf)
Rafael Bombelli (1526–1572, Italy, nf)
Juan Antonio Pérez Bonalde (1846–1892, Venezuela, p)
Michael Bond (1926–2017, England, ch)
Nancy Bond (born 1945, US, ch)
Nelson S. Bond (1908–2006, US, f)
Ruskin Bond (born 1934, India, ch/f)
August Bondeson (1854–1906, Sweden, f/nf)
Jan Bondeson (born 1962, Sweden/England, nf/f)
Ian Bone (born 1956, Australia, ch/f)
Juan Balboa Boneke (1938–2013, Equatorial Guinea, nf)
Raïs Neza Boneza (born 1979, Democratic R of Congo, f/p/nf)
Amba Bongo (living, Democratic R of Congo/England, f/p)
Elizabeth Bonhôte (1744–1818, England, f/nf/p)
Nazi Boni (1909–1969, Upper Volta, now Burkina Faso, nf/f)
Tanella Boni (born 1954, Ivory Coast, p/f)
Yves Bonnefoy (1923–2016, France, p/nf)
Leslie Bonnet (1902–1985, England, f/nf)
Richard Bonney (1947–2017, England, nf)
Veronica Bonilla (born 1962, Ecuador, ch)
Charles Victor de Bonstetten (1745–1832, Switzerland, nf)
Teresina Bontempi (1883–1968, Switzerland, nf)
Paula Boock (born 1964, N Zealand, d/f)
Elmi Boodhari (1908–1940, Somalia, p)
Christopher Booker (1937–2019, England, nf)
Luke Booker (1762–1835, England, p/nf)
George Boole (1815–1864, England, nf)
Mary Everest Boole (1832–1916, England, nf/ch)
Louis Paul Boon (1912–1979, Belgium, f/p/nf)
Kurt Boone (born 1959, US, nf)
Andrew Boorde (c. 1490–1549, England, nf)
Henry Ernest Boote (1865–1949, Australia, nf/f/p)
Alan Booth (1946–1993, England/Japan, nf)
Alison Booth (living, Australia, f/nf)
Catherine Booth (1829–1890, England, nf)
Charles Booth (1840–1916, England, nf)
George Booth, 2nd Earl of Warrington (1675–1758, England, nf)
Martin Booth (1944–2004, England, f/p/d)
Stanley Booth (born 1942, US, nf)
Stephen Booth (born 1952, England, f)
William Booth (1829–1912, England, nf)
Ivan Bootham (1939–2016, N Zealand, f/p)
Brooke Boothby (born 1952, England, f/nf)
Frances Boothby (fl. 1669–1670, England, d)
Guy Boothby (1867–1905, Australia/England, f)
Basil Boothroyd (1910–1988, England, nf)
Diphete Bopape (born 1957, S Africa, f/d)
Vane Bor (1908–1993, Serbia/England, nf)
Wolfgang Borchert (1921–1947, Germany/Switzerland, nf/d)
Henry Bordeaux (1870–1963, France, nf/f)
Ferdinand Bordewijk (1884–1965, Netherlands, f/p)
Petrus Borel (1809–1859, France/Algeria, f/p), pseudonym of Joseph-Pierre Borel d'Hauterive
Tomás Borge (1930–2012, Nicaragua, p/nf)
Johan Borgen (1902–1979, Norway, nf/f)
Miriam Borgenicht (1915–1992, US, f/nf)
Jorge Luis Borges (1899–1986, Argentina/Switzerland, f/nf/p)
Arturo Borja (1892–1912, Ecuador, p)
Hans Børli (1918–1989, Norway, p/f/nf)
Bertran de Born (1140s – pre-1215, France, p)
Nicolas Born (1937–1979, Germany, p/f)
Ludwig Börne (1786–1837, Germany/France, nf)
Elsa Bornemann (1952–2013, Argentina, ch)
Péter Bornemisza (1535–1584, Hungary, nf/d)
Jenny Bornholdt (born 1960, N Zealand, p)
Robert de Boron (late 12th – early 13th cc., France, p)
George Borrow (1803–1881, England, f/nf)
Marianne Boruch (born 1950, US, p/nf)
Anna Louisa Geertruida Bosboom-Toussaint (1812–1886, Netherlands, f)
Juan Bosch (1909–2001, Dominican Rep., nf)
Henri Bosco (1888–1976, France, f)
Buddhadeva Bose (1908–1974, India, p/f/d)
Lauro De Bosis (1901–1931, Italy, p/nf)
Anica Bošković (1714–1804, Ragusa, p/f)
Herman Charles Bosman (1905–1951, S Africa, f/d)
Käthe Bosse-Griffiths (1910–1998, Germany/Wales, nf/f)
Lucy M. Boston (1892–1990, England, f/ch)
James Boswell (1740–1795, Scotland/England, nf)
Allan R. Bosworth (1901–1986, US, f)
Clifford Edmund Bosworth (1928–2015, England, nf)
J. Allan Bosworth (1925–1990, US, ch)
Joseph Bosworth (1788–1876, England, nf)
Abel Botelho (1855 or 1856–1917, Portugal/Argentina, d/f/nf)
Hristo Botev (1848–1876, Bulgaria, p)
Eugeniu Botez (1874–1933, Romania, f), pseudonym Jean Bart
Árni Böðvarsson (1924–1992, Iceland, nf)
Théodore Botrel (1868–1925, France, p/d)
Anne Lynch Botta (1815–1891, US, p/nf)
Dan Botta (1907–1958, Romania, p/nf)
Emil Botta (1911–1977, Romania, p/nf)
Bas Böttcher (born 1974, Germany, p)
António Botto (1897–1959, Portugal/Brazil, p/f/ch)
Phyllis Bottome (1884–1963, England, f)
Gordon Bottomley (1874–1948, England, p/d)
Alain de Botton (born 1969, Switzerland/England, nf)
Ronald Bottrall (1906–1989, England, p)
Hafid Bouazza (1970–2021, Morocco/Netherlands, f/nf)
Messaouda Boubaker (born 1954, Tunisia, f)
Anthony Boucher (1911–1968, US, f/d), pseudonym of William A. P. White
André du Bouchet (1924–2001, France, p)
Dion Boucicault (1820–1890, Ireland/US, d)
Rachid Boudjedra (born 1951, Algeria, p/f/d)
Fatna El Bouih (born 1956, Morocco, nf)
Daniel Boulanger (1922–2014, France, f/d/p)
Pierre Boulle (1912–1994, France, f)
Carmen Boullosa (born 1954, Mexico, p/f/d)
Monny de Boully (1904–1968, Serbia/France, nf/p)
Jenny Boult (1951–2005, England/Australia, p/d), pseudonym MML Bliss
Marjorie Boulton (1924–2017, England, nf/p)
Douangdeuane Bounyavong (born 1974, Laos, p/f/nf)
Outhine Bounyavong (1942–2000, Laos, f)
Stéphane Bouquet (born 1968, France, d)
Hédi Bouraoui (born 1932, Tunisia/Canada, p/f/nf)
Nina Bouraoui (born 1967, France, f/p)
Gillian Bouras (born 1945, Australia/Greece, f/nf/ch)
John Bourchier (1467–1533, England, nf)
Francis William Bourdillon (1852–1921, England, p/nf)
Ali Bourequat (born 1937, Morocco/US, nf)
Élémir Bourges (1852–1925, France, f)
Paul Bourget (1852–1935, France, f/nf)
John Philip Bourke (1860–1914, Australia, p)
Henry Bourne (c. 1694–1733, England, nf)
Joë Bousquet (1897–1950, France, p)
Marie Marguerite Bouvet (1865–1915, US, ch)
Nicolas Bouvier (1929–1998, Switzerland, nf)
Alba Bouwer (1920–2010, S Africa, ch/f)
Sarah Bouyain (born 1968, France/Burkina Faso, nf)
Ahmed Bouzfour (born 1954, Morocco, f)
Ben Bova (1932–2020, US, nf/f)
James Bovard (born 1956, US, nf)
Avice Maud Bowbyes (1901–1992, N Zealand, nf)
Thomas Edward Bowdich (1791–1824, England, nf)
Elizabeth Stuart Bowdler (1717-1797, England, nf)
Henrietta Maria Bowdler (1750–1830, England, nf)
Jane Bowdler (1743–1784, England, p)
John Bowdler (1746–1823, England, nf)
John Bowdler (1783–1815, England, nf/p)
Thomas Bowdler (1754–1825, England/Wales, nf)
Thomas Bowdler the Younger (1782–1856, England, nf)
Alice Bowe (born 1980, England, nf)
David James Bowen (1925–2017, Wales, nf)
Elizabeth Bowen (1899–1973, Ireland/England, f)
Euros Bowen (1904–1988, Wales, p)
Geraint Bowen (1915–2011, Wales, p/nf)
John Bowen (1924–2019, England, d/f)
Marjorie Bowen (1885–1952, England, f/nf), pseudonym of Margaret Gabrielle Vere Long
Ursula Graham Bower (1914–1988, England/Scotland, nf)
Cathy Smith Bowers (born 1949, US, p)
Emily Bowes (1806–1857, England, p/nf)
Mary Bowes (1949–1800, England, nf)
Tim Bowler (born 1953, England, ch)
William Lisle Bowles (1762–1850, England, p/nf)
Maurice Bowra (1898–1971, England, nf)
William Binnington Boyce (1804–1889, England/Australia, nf)
Hristo Boychev (born 1950, Bulgaria, d)
Rosie Boycott, Baroness Boycott (born 1951, Jersey/England, nf)
Louise Esther Vickroy Boyd (1827–1909, US, p/nf)
Martin Boyd (1893–1972, Switzerland/Italy, f/nf/p)
William Boyd (born 1952, Gold Coast/Scotland, f/d)
Karin Boye (1900–1941, Sweden, p/f)
Abel Boyer (c. 1667–1729, England, nf)
Charles Boyle (1674–1731, England, nf)
Charles Boyle (born 1955, England, p/f)
John Boyle (1707–1762, England, nf)
Kay Boyle (1902–1992, US, f/nf)
Peter Boyle (born 1951, Australia, p)
Roger Boyle (1621–1679, England, d/nf)
John Boyne (born 1971, Ireland, f)
Robert Boyle (1627–1691, Ireland/England, nf)
Charles Vernon Boys (1855–1944, England, nf)
John Boys (1571–1625, England, nf)
John Boys (c. 1614–1661, England, nf)
John Boys (1749–1824, England, nf)
Emil Boyson (1897–1979, Norway, p/nf)
Ágota Bozai (born 1965, Hungary, f)
Ernest Franklin Bozman (1895–1968, England, nf)

Br[edit]

Menno ter Braak (1902–1940, Netherlands, f/nf)
Oskar Braaten (1881–1939, Norway, f/d)
Francis Brabazon (1907–1984, England/Australia, p)
Poggio Bracciolini (1380–1459, Italy, nf)
Michael Bracewell (born 1958, England, f/nf)
Thomas Bracken (1843–1898, N Zealand, p/nf)
Alison Brackenbury (born 1953, England, p)
Leigh Brackett (1915–1978, US, f/d)
Paula Brackston (living, England, f)
Brada (1847–1938,France, f/nf)
Jason Bradbury (born 1969, England, ch)
Malcolm Bradbury (1932–2000, England, nf)
Ray Bradbury (1920–2012, US, f/d)
Mary Elizabeth Braddon (1835–1915, England, f)
Russell Braddon (1921–1995, Australia, f/nf)
Henry Joseph Steele Bradfield (1805–1852, England, p/nf)
Arthur Bradford (born 1969, US, f/ch)
Barbara Taylor Bradford (born 1933, England/US, f)
Chris Bradford (living, England, ch)
Ernle Bradford (1822–1886, England/Malta, nf)
Sarah Bradford (born 1938, England, nf)
Siôn Bradford (1706–1785, Wales, p)
Charles Bradlaugh (1833–1891, England, nf)
A. C. Bradley (1851–1935, England, nf)
Charles Bradley (1789–1871, England, nf)
Edward Bradley (1827–1889, England, f)
F. H. Bradley (1846–1924, England, nf)
Henry Bradley (1845–1923, England, nf)
James Bradley (born 1967, Australia, f/p)
Marion Zimmer Bradley (1930–1999, US, f)
Tony Bradman (born 1954, England, ch)
Gillian Bradshaw (born 1956, US, f)
Henry Bradshaw (c. 1450–1513, England, p)
Anne Bradstreet (1612–1672, England/American colonies, p/nf)
Hilary Bradt (born 1941, England, nf)
E. J. Brady (1869–1952, Australia, p/nf)
John Brady (died 1814, England, nf)
Robert Brady (1627–1700, England, nf)
Dulce Braga (born 1958, Angola/Brazil, f)
Rubem Braga (1913–1990, Brazil, f)
Melvyn Bragg (born 1939, England, nf/f/ch)
William Bragge (1823–1884, England, nf)
Einar Bragi (1921–2005, Iceland, p)
Steinar Bragi (born 1975, Iceland, p/f/nf)
Mohammed Ben Brahim (1897–1955, Morocco, p)
John Braine (1922–1986, England, f)
Jill Braithwaite (1937–2008, England, nf)
R. B. Braithwaite (1900–1990, England, nf)
Oyinkan Braithwaite (born 1988, Nigeria/England, f)
Dragomir Brajković (1947–1909, Yugoslavia/Serbia, p/nf)
Ernest Bramah (1868–1942, England, f/nf)
Shannon Bramer (born 1973, Canada, p)
Mae Bramhall (1861–1897, US, nf/p)
Bertha Southey Brammall (1878–1957, Australia, p/ch/f)
Hanne Bramness (born 1959, Norway, p)
Joan Bramsch (1936–2009, US, f/nf)
James Bramston (c. 1694–1743, England, p)
Vitaliano Brancati (1907–1954, Italy, f/d/p)
Camilo Castelo Branco (1825–1890, Portugal, f/d/nf)
Adolf Brand (1874–1945, Germany, nf)
Barbarina Brand (1768–1854, England, p/d)
Christianna Brand (1907–1988, Malaya/England, f/ch), pseudonym of Mary Christianna Milne
Hannah Brand (1754–1821, England, p/d)
Jo Brand (born 1957, England, nf)
Mona Brand (1915–2007, Australia, p/d/nf)
Fiama Hasse Pais Brandão (1938–2007, Portugal, p/d/nf)
Raul Brandão (1867–1930, Portugal, nf)
Georg Brandes (1842–1927, Denmark, nf)
Mark Brandis (1931–2000, Germany, f), pseudonym of Nikolai von Michalewsky
Arngrímr Brandsson (died 1361, Iceland, nf)
Johanna Brandt (1876–1964, S Africa, nf)
Willy Brandt (1913–1992, Germany, nf)
Đorđe Branković (1461–1516, Serbia, nf)
Đorđe Branković (1645–1711, Transylvania/Habsburg E, nf)
Sebastian Brant (1458–1521, Germany, f/nf)
Gerd Brantenberg (born 1941, Norway, f/d/p)
Alice Dayrell Caldeira Brant (1880–1970, Brazil, nf)
Di Brandt (born 1952, Canada, p/nf)
William Branthwaite (died 1690, England, nf)
Charles Brasch (1909–1973, N Zealand, p)
Giannina Braschi (born 1953, Puerto Rico, p/f/d)
Miguel Brascó (1926–2014, Argentina, nf/p)
Ann Brashares (born 1967, US, ch)
Deyan Ranko Brashich (1940–1919, Yugoslavia/US, nf)
Anne-Sophie Brasme (born 1984, France, f/nf)
Georges Brassens (1921–1981, France, p)
Anna Brassey (1839–1887, England, nf)
Errol Brathwaite (1924–2005, N Zealand, f/d)
Radoslav Bratić (1948–2016, Yugoslavia/Serbia, f/d)
Scribe Bratko (fl. 13th c., Macedonia, nf)
Inger Bråtveit (born 1978, Norway, f/ch)
Edgar Brau (born 1958, Argentina, p/f/d)
Jacques Brault (1933–2022, Canada, p/f/nf)
Josy Braun (1938–2012, Luxembourg, nf/d/ch)
Axel Brauns (born 1963, Germany, nf/f)
Anna Eliza Bray (1790–1883, England, f/nf)
Charles Bray (1811–1884, England, nf)
John Jefferson Bray (1912–1985, Australia, p/d)
Andrej Brázda-Jankovský (1915–2008, Czechoslovakia/Canada, f/nf)
Bernardas Brazdžionis (1907–2002, Russian E/US, p)
Angela Brazil (1868–1947, England, ch)
Freda Bream (1918–1996, N Zealand, nf/f)
Nicolae Breban (born 1934, Romania, p)
Bertolt Brecht (1898–1956, Germany, d/p/nf)
Lurdes Breda (born 1970, Portugal, p/ch)
Willi Bredel (1901–1964, Germany, f)
Gerbrand Bredero (1585–1618, Dutch Republic, p/d)
Wallace Breem (1926–1990, England, f)
Jean "Binta" Breeze (1956–2021, Jamaica, p)
Petronella Breinburg (1927–2019, Surinam/England, ch)
Sigurður Breiðfjörð (1798–1846, Iceland, p)
Paal Brekke (1923–1993, Norway, p/f/nf)
Toril Brekke (born 1949, Norway, f/ch/nf)
Fredrika Bremer (1801–1865, Sweden, f)
Ian Bremmer (born 1969, US, nf)
Radovan Brenkus (born 1974, Czechoslovakia/Slovakia, p/f)
Christopher Brennan (1870–1932, Australia, p/nf)
Martin Stanislaus Brennan (1845–1927, Ireland/US, nf)
Michael Brennan (born 1973, Australia, p)
Sophia Elisabet Brenner (1659–1730, Sweden, nf/p)
John Brent (1808–1882, f/nf)
Clemens Brentano (1778–1842, Germany, p/f)
Elinor Brent-Dyer (1894–1969, England, ch)
Frederick Sadleir Brereton (1852–1957, England, ch)
Jane Brereton (1685–1740, Wales, p)
John Brereton (c. 1571/1572 – c. 1632, England, n/f)
John Le Gay Brereton (1871–1933, Australia, p/nf/d)
Rodica Bretin (born 1958, Romania, f/nf)
Reginald Bretnor (1911–1992, US, f)
André Breton (1896–1966, France, f/nf)
Nicholas Breton (1545–1626, England, p/f)
Willy Bretscher (1897–1992, Switzerland, nf)
Jan Brett (born 1949, US, ch)
Lily Brett (born 1946, Germany/Australia, f/nfp), born Lilijahne Brajtsztajn
Richard Brett (1567–1637, England, nf)
Simon Brett (born 1945, England, f)
Henri Breuil (1877–1961, France, nf)
Kwesi Brew (1928–2007, Gold Coast/Ghana, p)
Nana Ekua Brew-Hammond (living, US/Ghana, f/p)
George Brewer (born 1766, England, nf)
James Norris Brewer (1777–1839, England, f/nf)
John Brewster (1753–1842, England, nf)
Martha Wadsworth Brewster (1710 – c. 1757, English N American colonies, p/nf)
Francisco Manuel de Melo Breyner, 4th Count of Ficalho (1837–1903, Portugal, nf)
Breyten Breytenbach (born 1939, S Africa/France, f/p/nf)
Thomas Brezina (born 1963, Austria, ch)
Shane Briant (1946–2021, England/Australia, f)
Paul Brickhill (1916–1991, Australia, nf)
Diana Bridge (born 1942, N Zealand, p)
Harriet Bridgeman (born 1942, England, nf)
Rae Bridgman (living, Canada/US, ch)
Bub Bridger (1924–2009, N Zealand, p/f)
Hilda Bridges (1881–1971, Australia, f)
John Bridges (1536–1613, nf)
Lucas Bridges (1874–1949, Tierra del Fuego/Argentina, nf)
Robert Bridges (1844–1930, England, p)
Victor Bridges (1878–1892, England, f/d/p)
James Bridie (1888–1951, Scotland, d), pseudonym of Osborne Henry Mavor
Elín Briem (1856–1937, Iceland, nf)
Walter Brierley (1900–1972, England, f)
Asa Briggs (1921–2016, England, nf)
Henry Briggs (1561–1630, England, nf)
Katharine Mary Briggs (1898–1980, England, ch)
Robert Bright (1902–1988, US, ch)
Cecilia Lucy Brightwell (1811–1875, England, ch)
John Briley (1925–2019, US, d/f)
Dougie Brimson (born 1959, England, d/nf)
David Brin (born 1950, US, f)
Robert Bringhurst (born 1946, Canada, p/nf)
Tor Åge Bringsværd (born 1939, Norway, f/d)
André Brink (1935–2015, S Africa, f/nf/p)
Carol Ryrie Brink (1895–1981, US, ch)
Jan ten Brink (1834–1901, Netherlands, f/nf)
Rolf Dieter Brinkmann (1940–1975, Germany/England, p/f/nf)
Hesba Fay Brinsmead (1922–2003, Australia, f)
Sophia Briscoe (fl. 1770s, England, f)
Jacques Pierre Brissot (1754–1793, France, nf)
Vera Brittain (1893–1970, England, nf/f)
Rosa María Britton (1936–2019, Panama, f/d)
Jevrem Brković (1933–1921, Yugoslavia/Montenegro, p/f/nf)
Ivana Brlić-Mažuranić (1874–1938, Austria-Hungary/Yugoslavia)
Adele Broadbent (born 1968, N Zealand, ch)
Chris Broadribb (living, Australia, f/nf)
Annette Broadrick (born 1938, US, f)
Paula Broadwell (born 1972, US, nf)
Hermann Broch (1886–1951, Austria/US, f)
Edwin Brock (1927–1997, England, p)
Geoffrey Brock (born 1964, US, p)
William Brock (1807–1875, England, nf)
William Brockedon (1787–1854, England, nf)
Barthold Heinrich Brockes (1680–1747, Germany, p)
Ann Brockman (c. 1600–1660, England, nf)
Connie Brockway (born 1954, US, f)
Max Brod (1884–1968, Austrian E/Israel, f/nf)
Erna Brodber (born 1940, Jamaica, f/nf)
Damien Broderick (born 1944, Australia, f)
Frances Freeling Broderip (1830–1878, England, ch)
Elin Brodin (born 1963, Norway, f)
Eve Brodlique (1867–1949, UK, Canada, US, f/nf/p)
Joseph Brodsky (1940–1996, USSR/US, p/nf
Leslie Brody (born 1952, US, nf)
Sándor Bródy (1863–1924, Hungary, f)
Suzanne Brøgger (born 1944, Denmark, f/p/nf)
Gerald Brom (born 1965, US, f)
Alexander Brome (1620–1666, England, p)
Richard Brome (c. 1590–1652, England, d)
Vincent Brome (1910–2004, England, nf/f/d)
Louis Bromfield (1896–1956, US, f/nf)
Eliza Bromley (fl. 1784–1803, England, f)
John Bromley (died 1717, England, nf)
Eleanor Bron (born 1938, England, nf)
Władysław Broniewski (1897–1962, Poland, p)
William Bronk (1918–1999, US, p/nf)
Anne Brontë (1820–1849, England, f/p)
Charlotte Brontë (1816–1855, England, f/p)
Emily Brontë (1818–1848, England, f/p)
Patrick Brontë (1777–1861, Ireland/England, p)
Rhidian Brook (born 1964, Wales/England, f/d)
Steve Brook (1934–2014, England/Australia, nf)
Arthur de Capell Brooke (1791–1878, England, nf)
Christopher N. L. Brooke (1927–2015, England, nf)
Frances Brooke (1724–1789, England/Canada, f/nf/d)
Iris Brooke (1905 – post-1967, England, nf/ch)
Jocelyn Brooke (1908–1966, England, nf/f/p)
John Brooke (died 1582, England, nf)
Kate Brooke (living, England, d)
Lauren Brooke (born 1969, US, f), pseudonym of Linda Chapman with Beth Chambers
P. J. Brooke (born 1943 and 1951, Scotland, f/nf), pseudonym of Philip James O'Brien and Jane Brooke
Rupert Brooke (1887–1915, England/Greece, p/nf)
Susan Brookes (born 1943, England, nf)
Anita Brookner (1928–2016, England, f/nf)
David Brooks (born 1953, Australia, p/f/nf)
Geraldine Brooks (born 1955, Australia/US, f)
Gwendolyn Brooks (1917–2000, US, p)
Karen Brooks (living, Australia, f)
Kevin Brook (born 1959, England, ch)
Max Brooks (born 1972, US, f)
Michael Brooks (born 1970, England, nf)
Shirley Brooks (1816–1874, England, nf)
Terry Brooks (born 1944, US, f)
Walter R. Brooks (1886–1958, US, ch)
Anne Brooksbank (born 1943, Australia, d)
Mary Anne Broome, Lady Broome (1831–1911, Australia, f/nf/ch)
Ralph Broome (1742–1805, England, nf)
William Broome (1689–1745, England, p)
Brigid Brophy (1929–1995, England, f/nf)
Hans Adolph Brorson (1694–1764, Denmark, p)
John Brosnan (1947–2005, Australia/England, f/nf)
Joan Brossa (1919–1998, Spain, p/d)
Nicole Brossard (born 1943, Canada, p/f)
D. K. Broster (1877–1950, England, f)
Edith Yah Brou (born 1984, Ivory Coast, nf)
Robert Barnabas Brough (1828–1860, England, p/f/d)
Henry Brougham, 1st Baron Brougham and Vaux (1778–1868, Scotland/England, nf)
Rhoda Broughton (1840–1920, Wales/England, f)
Olga Broumas (born 1949, Greece/US, p)
Jeroen Brouwers (born 1940, Dutch East Indies/Netherlands, f/nf)
Flora Brovina (born 1949, Serbia/Kosovo, p)
Petrus Brovka (1905–1980, Russia/USSR, p)
Babette Brown (1931–2019, S Africa/England, nf)
Carter Brown (1923–1985, England/Australia, f)
Charles Brockden Brown (1771–1810, US, f/nf)
Charles Hopel Brown (born 1964, Jamaica/US, nf)
Cornelius Brown (1852–1907, England, nf)
Dan Brown (born 1964, US, f)
Daniel James Brown (born 1951, US, nf)
Deidre Brown (born 1970, N Zealand, nf)
Diane Brown (born 1951, N Zealand, f/p)
Eric Brown (born 1960, England, f)
Eva Maria Brown (1856–1917, US, nf)
Fredric Brown (1906–1972, US, f)
George Brown (1835–1917, England, nf)
George Mackay Brown (1921–1996, Scotland, p/f/d)
Helen Brown (born 1954, N Zealand, nf)
Honey Brown (living, Australia, f)
John Brown (1715–1766, England, d/nf)
Marc Brown (born 1946, US, ch)
Marcia Brown (1918–2015, US, ch)
Margaret Wise Brown (1910–1952, US, ch)
Max Brown (1916–2003, N Zealand/Australia, f)
Pam Brown (born 1948, Australia, nf/p)
Pamela Brown (1924–1989, England, f/d)
Pete Brown (born 1940, England, p)
Pete Brown (born 1968, England, nf)
Riwia Brown (born 1957, N Zealand, d)
Roseanne A. Brown (born 1955, Ghana/US, f/ch)
Sandra Brown (born 1948, US, f)
Sterling Allen Brown (1901–1989, US, p/nf)
Stewart Brown (born 1951, England, p/nf)
Thomas Edward Brown (1830–1897, Isle of Man/England, p/nf)
Tom Brown (1662–1704, England, p/nf)
Anthony Browne (born 1946, England, ch)
Edward Granville Browne (1862–1926, England, nf)
Frances Browne (1816–1879, Ireland, p/f/ch)
Gerald A. Browne (1924–2015, US, f)
Harriet Louisa Browne (1829–1906, N Zealand, nf)
Harry Browne (1933–2006, US, nf)
Isaac Hawkins Browne (1705–1760, p)
Marshall Browne (1935–2014, Australia, f)
Moses Browne (1703–1787, England, nf)
Robert Brown (1550s – 1633, nf)
Thomas Browne (1605–1682, England, nf)
Thomas Alexander Browne (1826–1915, England/Australia, f/nf), pseudonym Rolf Boldrewood
William Browne (c. 1590 – c. 1645, England, p)
William A. F. Browne (1805–1885, Scotland, nf)
Dixie Browning (born 1930, US, f)
Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1806–1861, England/Italy, p)
Oscar Browning (1837–1923, England, nf)
Robert Browning (1812–1889, England/Italy, p/nf)
Alan Brownjohn (1931–2024, England, p/f)
Orestes Brownson (1803–1876, US, nf)
Anatole Broyard (1920–1990, US, nf)
Heðin Brú (1901–1987, Faroe Is, f), pseudonym of Hans Jacob Jacobsen
Aristide Bruant (1851–1925, France, p)
Dorita Fairlie Bruce (1885–1970, Scotland, ch)
Henry James Bruce (1880–1951, England, n/f)
Mary Grant Bruce (1878–1958, Australia, ch)
Mrs Victor Bruce (1895–1990, England, nf/f), born Mildred Mary Petre
Raymond Bruckert (born 1935, Switzerland, f/nf)
Walter Brueggemann (born 1933, US, nf)
Ken Bruen (born 1951, Ireland, f)
Alyssa Brugman (born 1974, Australia, f/ch)
Jean de Brunhoff (1899–1937, France, ch)
Gace Brulé (c. 1160 – post-1213, France, p)
Johan Nordahl Brun (1745–1816, Norway, p/d)
Maria Alinda Bonacci Brunamonti (1841–1903, Italy, p)
Marta Brunet (1897–1967, Chile, f/nf)
Andrée Brunin (1937–1993, France, p/ch/f)
John Brunner (1934–1995, England, f)
Marianne Bruns (1897–1994, Germany, f/p/nf)
Mary Brunton (1778–1818, Scotland, f)
Steven Brust (born 1955, US, f)
Dennis Brutus (1924–2009, S Africa, nf/p)
Francis Bryan (c. 1490–1550, England, p/nf)
Robert Bryan (1858–1920, Wales, p)
Arthur Bryant (1899–1985, England, nf)
William Cullen Bryant (1794–1878, US, p/nf)
Alfredo Bryce (born 1939, Peru, f/nf)
Colette Bryce (born 1970, N Ireland/England, p)
Egerton Brydges (1762–1837, England, nf)
Bryher (1894–1983, England/Switzerland, f/p/nf)
Annika Bryn (born 1945, Sweden, f)
Bill Bryson (born 1951, US, nf)
Valery Bryusov (1873–1924, Russian E/USSR, p/f/d)
Dragomir Brzak (1851–1905, Serbia, d/p/nf)
Jan Brzechwa (1898–1966, Poland, p/ch)

Bu–By[edit]

Chico Buarque (born 1944, Brazil, d/nf/p)
Kenneth C. Bucchi (living, US, nf)
Boudewijn Büch (1948–2002, Netherlands, f/nf)
Elizabeth Buchan (born 1948, England, nf/f)
John Buchan (1875–1940, Scotland/Canada, f/nf)
Dugald Buchanan (1716–1768, Scotland, p)
Edna Buchanan (born 1939, US, f/nf)
Robert Williams Buchanan (1841–1901, Scotland, f/d)
Magdalene Sophie Buchholm (1758–1825, Norway, p)
August Buchner (1591–1661, Scotland, p/nf)
Georg Büchner (1813–1837, Germany/Switzerland, d/p/nf)
Anne Buck (1910–2005, England, nf)
Charles Bucke (1781–1846, England, nf/p/d)
Anthony Buckeridge (1912–2004, England, ch)
James Silk Buckingham (1786–1855, England, nf)
Leicester Silk Buckingham (1825–1867, England, d)
Nancy Buckingham (1924–2022, England, f)
Francis Trevelyan Buckland (1826–1880, England, nf), wrote as Frank Buckland
Raymond Buckland (1834–1917, England, nf), pseudonym Robat
William Buckland (1784–1856, England, nf)
Henry Thomas Buckle (1821–1862, England, nf)
Arabella Buckley (1840–1929, England, nf)
Vincent Buckley (1925–1988, Australia, p/nf)
William F. Buckley Jr. (1925–2008, US, nf)
M. L. Buchman (born 1958, USA, f/nf)
Charles Buckmaster (1950–1972, Australia, p)
Stefan Buczacki (born 1945, England, nf)
David Budbill (1940–2016, US, p/d)
Maria Elizabeth Budden (c. 1780–1832, England, f/ch)
Jacintha Buddicom (1901–1993, England, p/nf)
Eustace Budgell (1686–1737, England, nf)
Algis Budrys (1931–2008, Lithuania/US, f/nf)
Andrea Hollander Budy (born 1947, Germany/US, p)
Aminta Buenaño (born 1958, Ecuador, f/nf)
Gesualdo Bufalino (1920–1996, Italy, f)
Lasha Bugadze (born 1977, USSR/Georgia, d)
Ken Bugul (born 1947, Senegal), pseudonym of Mariètou Mbaye Biléoma
Lindsay Buick (1866–1938, N Zealand, nf)
Thomas Lindsay Buick (1865–1938, N Zealand, nf)
Anne Buist (living, Australia, f)
Teodor Bujnicki (1907–1944, Poland, p)
Lois McMaster Bujold (born 1949, US, f)
Austin Bukenya (born 1944, Uganda, f/nf/d)
Charles Bukowski (1920–1994, Germany/US, p/f)
Miodrag Bulatović (1930–1991, Yugoslavia, f/nf/d)
NoViolet Bulawayo (born 1981, Zimbabwe/US, f)
Mikhail Bulgakov (1891–1940, Russia/USSR, f/d)
Vanja Bulić (born 1947, Yugoslavia/Serbia, d/nf/f)
Fanny Bulkeley-Owen (1845–1927, Wales/England, nf)
Jacob Breda Bull (1853–1930, Norway, f/p)
Olaf Bull (1883–1933, Norway, p)
Frank Thomas Bullen (1857–1915, England, f/nf)
J. B. Bullen (living, England, nf)
Gerald Bullett (1893–1958, England, f/nf/p)
Margaret Bullock (1845–1903, N Zealand, nf)
Carlos Bulosan (1913–1956, Philippines/US, f/p)
Irinej Bulović (born 1947, Yugoslavia/Serbia, nf)
Edward Bulwer-Lytton (1803–1873, England, f/p/d)
Robert Bulwer-Lytton (1831–1891, England, p), pseudonym Owen Meredith
Delfina Bunge (1881–1952, Argentina, p/nf)
Ivan Bunin (1870–1953, Russian E/France, p/f)
Anna Bunina (1774–1829, Russian E)
Anna Maria Bunn (1808–1899, Australia, f)
Basil Bunting (1900–1985, England, p)
Eve Bunting (1928–2023, N Ireland/US, f/nf/ch)
John Bunyan (1628–1688, England, nf/f)
Sevim Burak (1931–1983, Turkey, f/d)
Adda Burch (1869-1929, US, nf)
Robert J. Burch (1925–2007, US, ch)
Josiah Burchett (c. 1666–1746, England, nf)
Zaza Burchuladze (born 1973, USSR/Germany, f/d)
Katharine Burdekin (1896–1963, England, nf)
Della Burford (born 1946, Canada, ch)
Sheila Burnford (1918–1984, Scotland/Canada, nf)
Gottfried August Bürger (1747–1794, Germany, p)
Hermann Burger (1942–1989, Switzerland, p/f/nf)
George Burges (1786–1864, England, nf)
Mary Anne Burges (1763–1813, Scotland, nf)
Alan Burgess (1915–1998, England, nf)
Anthony Burgess (1917–1993, England, f/d/p)
Gelett Burgess (1866–1951, US, nf/p)
Melvin Burgess (born 1964, England, ch)
Thornton Burgess (1874–1965, US, nf/ch)
James Burgh (1714–1775, Scotland/England, nf)
John Burgon (1813–1888, England, p/nf)
Julia de Burgos (1914–1953, Puerto Rico, p)
John Burgoyne (1722–1792, England, d)
Erika Burkart (1922–2010, Switzerland, p/f)
Alafair Burke (born 1969, US, f/nf)
Andrew Burke (1944–2023, Australia, p)
Edmund Burke (1729–1797, Ireland/England, nf)
J. C. Burke (born 1965, Australia, f)
Janine Burke (born 1952, Australia, nf/f)
Thomas Burke (1886–1945, England, f/p/d)
William Burke (1728 or 1730–1798, England, nf)
Martha Burkhardt (1874–1956, Switzerland, nf)
Francis Burleigh (fl. 1590s, England, nf)
Michael Burleigh (born 1955, England, nf)
Doris Burn (1923–2011, US, ch)
Andrew Burnaby (1732–1812, England, nf)
William Aubrey Burnage (c. 1841–1881, Australia, f/d)
F. C. Burnand (1836–1917, England, f/d)
Jocelyn Bell Burnell (born 1943, N Ireland/England, nf/p)
Gilbert Burnet (1643–1715, Scotland/England, nf)
Thomas Burnet (c. 1635–1713, England, nf)
Alice Hale Burnett (early 20th c., US, ch)
Frances Hodgson Burnett (1849–1924, England/US, f/d)
Caroline Burney (fl. early 19th c., England, f), probable pseudonym
Charles Burney (1726–1814, England, nf)
Charles Burney (1757–1817, England, nf)
Frances Burney (1752–1840, England, f/nf/p), commonly Fanny Burney
Frances Burney (1776–1828, England, d)
James Burney (1750–1821, England, nf)
Sarah Burney (1772–1844, England, f)
Sheila Burnford (1918–1984, Scotland/Canada, f/ch)
John Burningham (1936–2019, England, ch)
Joanne Burns (born 1945, Australia, p/nf)
Robert Burns (1759–1796, Scotland, p)
Stanley Burnshaw (1906–2005, US, p)
John Burnside (born 1955, Scotland, p/f/nf)
Myles Burnyeat (1939–1919, England, nf)
James Burr (born 1971, England, f)
Nathan Burrage (born 1971, Australia, f)
Sophia Burrell (1753–1802, England, p/d)
Bryan Burrough (born 1961, US, nf)
Augusten Burroughs (born 1965, US, nf/f)
Dillon Burroughs (born 1976, US, nf)
Edgar Rice Burroughs (1875–1950, US, f)
Franklin Burroughs (living, US, nf)
Montagu Burrows (1819–1905, England, nf)
William S. Burroughs (1914–1997, US, f/nf)
James Burrow (1701–1782, England, nf)
Deborah Burrows (born 1959, Australia, f)
Andrzej Bursa (1932–1957, Poland, p/f)
Henry Burton (1578–1648, England, nf)
Hester Burton (1913–2000, England, ch)
Maurice Burton (1898–1992, England, nf)
Richard Francis Burton (1821–1990, England, nf)
Robert Burton (1577–1640, England, nf)
Virginia Lee Burton (1909–1968, US, ch)
Clemency Burton-Hill (born 1981, England, nf/f)
Charlotte Bury (1775–1861, England, f)
Elizabeth Bury (1644–1720, England, nf)
Helle Busacca (1915–1996, Italy, p/f/nf)
Margaret Busby (born 1944, Gold Coast/England, nf/d)
Olivia Ward Bush-Banks (1869–1944, US, p/d/nf), born Olivia Ward
Aldo Busi (born 1948, Italy, f/nf)
Akosua Busia (born 1966, Ghana/US, f/d)
Abena Busia (born 1953, Ghana/England, nf/p)
Akosua Busia (born 1966, Ghana/England, f/d)
Yosa Buson (与謝蕪村, 1716–1784, Japan, p)
Michael Busselle (1935–2006, England, nf)
Christine Busta (1915–1987, Austria, p)
Fatimah Busu (born 1943, Malaya/Malaysia, f/nf)
A. J. Butcher (living, England, ch)
Jim Butcher (born 1971, US, f)
Alban Butler (1710–1773, England, nf)
Catherine Butler (born 1963, England, nf/ch), initially Charles Butler
Dorothy Butler (1925–2015, N Zealand, ch)
Guy Butler (1918–2001, S Africa, p/nf)
Gwendoline Butler (1922–2013, England, f)
Joseph Butler (1692–1752, England, nf)
Josephine Butler (1828–1906, England, nf)
Octavia E. Butler (1947–2006, US, f)
Samuel Butler (1613–1680, England, p)
Samuel Butler (1835–1902, England, f/nf)
Susan Bulkeley Butler (living, US, nf)
Michel Butor (1926–2016, France, p/f/nf)
Ray Buttigieg (born 1955, Malta/US, p)
Herbert Butterfield (1900–1979, England, nf)
Jez Butterworth (born 1969, England, d)
John-Henry Butterworth (born 1976, England, d)
Ignazio Buttitta (1899–1997, Italy, p)
Anthony Butts (born 1969, US, p)
Mary Butts (1890–1937, England, nf)
Bertha Henry Buxton (1844–1981, England, f/ch)
Fowell Buxton (1786–1945, England, nf)
Nigel Buxton (1924–2015, England, nf)
Alex Buzo (1944–2006, Australia, d/f/nf)
Augustin Buzura (1938–2017, Romania, f/nf)
Dino Buzzati (1906–1972, Italy, f/p/nf)
Bwesigye bwa Mwesigire (born 1987, Uganda, nf/f)
Betsy Byars (1928–2020, US, ch)
A. S. Byatt (1936–2023, England, f/nf)
Kathryn Stripling Byer (1944–2017, US, p/nf)
Vasil Bykaŭ (1924–2003, USSR/Russia, f/nf)
Marie Beuzeville Byles (1900–1979, Australia, nf)
Georgia Byng (born 1965, England, ch)
Witter Bynner (1881–1968, US, p/d/nf)
John Byrne (born 1950, England/US, f)
Paula Byrne (born 1967, England, nf)
Rhonda Byrne (born 1945, Australia, nf)
John Byrom (1692–1736, England, p/nf)
Lord Byron (1788–1824, England/Greece, p)
Robert Byron (1905–1941, England, nf)
Liz Byrski (born 1944, England/Australia, f/nf)
Ingram Bywater (1840–1914, England, nf)
Michael Bywater (born 1953, England, nf)

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