List of authors by name: P

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

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

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Pa

• Piet Paaltjens (1835–1894, Netherlands, p/f/nf), pseudonym of François Haverschmidt
• Arto Paasilinna (1942–2018, Finland, f/nf/p)
• Kalle Päätalo (1919–2000, Finland, f)
• Titinga Frédéric Pacéré (born 1943, Burkina Faso, p/nf)
• José Emilio Pacheco (1939–2014, Mexico, p/f/nf)
• Luiz Pacheco (1925–2008, Portugal, nf)
• Manuel A. Alonso Pacheco (1922–1989, Puerto Rico, p/nf)
• Jovan Pačić (1771–1849, Hungary, p/nf)
• José Emilio Pacheco (1939–2014, Mexico, p/nf/f)
• Ruth Padel (born 1946, England, p/f/nf)
• Ron Padgett (born 1942, US, p/nf/f)
• Heberto Padilla (1932–2000, Cuba/US, p/f)
• Adrián Paenza (born 1949, Argentina, nf)
• Nebojša Pajkić (born 1951, Yugoslavia/Serbia, d)
• Edward Packard (born 1931, US, ch)
• Joy Packer (1905–1977, S Africa, f/nf)
• ZZ Packer (born 1973, US, f)
• Julián Padrón (1910–1954, Venezuela, f/d)
• Geoff Page (born 1940, Australia, p/nf)
• Lynda Page (born 1950, England, f)
• P. K. Page (1916–2010, Canada, p/nf/ch)
• R. I. Page (1924–2012, England, nf)
• John Paget (1808–1892, England/Austria-Hungary, nf)
• Stephen Paget (1855–1926, England, nf/ch)
• Thomas Paget (1689–1742, England, p)
• Dan Pagis (1930–1986, Romania/Israel, p/nf/ch)
• Boris Pahor (1913–2022, Austrian E/Italy, f)
• Pai Hsien-yung (白先勇, born 1937, China, f)
• Roopa Pai (living, India, nf/ch)
• Barry Pain (1864–1928, England, p/nf/f)
• Thomas Paine (1737–1807, England/US, nf)
• William Painter (c. 1540–1595, England, nf/f)
• Paisius of Hilendar (1722–1773, Ottoman E, nf)
• Chuck Palahniuk (born 1962, US, f)
• Maria Palaiologina, Queen of Serbia (died 1355, Serbia, nf)
• Peter K. Palangyo (1939–1993, Tanzania, f)
• Greg Palast (born 1952, US, nf)
• Alexandru Paleologu (1919–2005, Romania, nf)
• Theodor Paleologu (born 1973, Romania, nf)
• Octavian Paler (1926–2007, Romania, nf)
• Frederick Apthorp Paley (1815–1888, England, nf)
• Grace Paley (1922–2007, US, f/p/nf)
• Francis Turner Palgrave (1824–1897, England, nf/p)
• Michael Palin (born 1943, England, d/nf)
• Dibyendu Palit (1939–2019, India, p/f)
• Palladas (fl. 4th c. CE, Egypt, p)
• Azarías Pallais (1884–1954, Nicaragua, p/nf)
• Johannes Hendricus van der Palm (1763–1840, Netherlands, p/nf)
• Ricardo Palma (1833–1919, Peru, nf)
• Connie Palmen (born 1955, Netherlands, f)
• Bernard Palmer (1914–1998, US, ch/f)
• Charles John Palmer (1805–1882, England, nf)
• Charlotte Palmer (c. 1762 – post-1834, England, f)
• Diana Palmer (born 1946, US, f), pseudonym of Susan Spaeth Kyle
• Helen Palmer (1917–1979, Australia, nf)
• Michael Palmer (born 1943, US, p/nf)
• Nettie Palmer (1885–1964, Australia, p/nf)
• Raymond A. Palmer (1910–1977, US, f/nf)
• Robert Palmer (1945–1997, US, nf)
• Vance Palmer (1885–1959, Australia, f/d/p)
• Hermann Pálsson (1921–2002, Iceland, nf)
• Sigurður Pálsson (1948–2017, Iceland, nf/d)
• Joanikije Pamučina (1810–1870, Ottoman E, nf)
• Orhan Pamuk (born 1952, Turkey, f/d)
• Lynn Pan (born 1945, China/Singapore, nf)
• Nayan Raj Pandey (born 1966, Nepal, f/d)
• Sima Pandurović (1883–1960, Serbia/Yugoslavia, p/nf)
• Edgar Pangborn (1909–1976, US, f)
• Oskar Panizza (1853–1921, Germany, d/f/nf)
• Anthony Panizzi (1797–1879, England, nf)
• Sylvia Pankhurst (1882–1960, England/Ethiopia, nf)
• Anton Pann (1790s – 1854, Ottoman E/Wallachia, p/nf)
• Janus Pannonius (1434–1472, Hungary, p)
• Anton Panov (1906–1967, Ottoman E/Yugoslavia, d)
• Alexei Panshin (born 1940, US, f/nf)
• Cory Panshin (born 1947, US, f/nf)
• Sumitranandan Pant (1900–1977, India, p)
• Jane Ellen Panton (1847–1923, England, nf/f)
• William Williams Pantycelyn (c. 1717–1791, Wales, p/nf)
• Francisco Matos Paoli (1915–2000, Puerto Rico, p/nf)
• Christopher Paolini (born 1983, US, f/d)
• Hortensia Papadat-Bengescu (1876–1955, Romania, f)
• Alexandros Papadiamantis (1851–1911, Greece, f/p)
• Mākereti Papakura (1873–1930, N Zealand, nf)
• Franz von Papen (1879–1969, Germany, nf)
• Papias of Hierapolis (c. 60 – c. 130 CE, Greece, nf)
• Žarana Papić (1949–2002, Yugoslavia/Serbia, nf)
• George Papashvily (1898–1978, Russian E/US, nf)
• Aristides Paradissis (1923–2006, China/Australia, p/f)
• Paragu (1921–2011, Burma/Myanmar, nf)
• Isaac Pardo (fl. 18th c., Bosnia/Herzegovina, nf)
• Jacob Pardo (fl. 18th c., Ragusa, nf/ch)
• Jacob Vita Pardo (1822–1843, Austrian Empire/Ragusa, nf)
• Joseph Pardo (hazzan) (c. 1624–1677, Netherlands/England, nf)
• Moses Pardo (died 1888, Palestine/Egypt, nf/f)
• Julia Pardoe (1804–1862, England, p/f/nf)
• Miguel Donoso Pareja (1931–2015, Ecuador, f/nf)
• Jean Jacques Clark Parent (born 1951, Haiti, f/p/d)
• Ratko Parežanin (1898–1981, Austria-Hungary/Germany, nf)
• Edith Pargeter (1913–1995, England, f/nf), pseudonym Ellis Peters
• Harald Parigger (born 1953, Germany, f/p/ch)
• Parijat (1937–1993, Nepal, f/p/nf), pseudonym of Bishnu Kumari Waiba
• Peggy Parish (1927–1988, US, ch)
• Susan Parisi (born 1958, Canada/Australia, f)
• Barbara Park (1947–2013, US, ch)
• Linda Sue Park (born 1960, US, f/ch)
• Ruth Park (1917–2010, N Zealand/Australia, f/ch)
• Park Yong-rae (박용래, 1925–1980, Korea/S Korea, p)
• Dorothy Parker (1893–1967, US, p/f/nf)
• Emma Parker (fl. 1809–1817, Wales, f)
• Gilbert Parker (1862–1932, Canada/England, f/p)
• Jane Marsh Parker (1836–1913, US, ch/f/nf)
• K. Langloh Parker (1856–1940, Australia, nf)
• Una-Mary Parker (1930–2019, England, nf/f)
• Frank Kobina Parkes (1932–2004, Gold Coast/Ghana, nf/p)
• Nii Parkes (born 1974, England, p/nf), pseudonym K. P. Kojo
• Amy Parkinson (1855–1938, England/Canada, p)
• Adele Parks (living, England, f)
• Stella Parks (living, US, nf)
• Tim Parks (born 1954, England, f/nf)
• Parmenides (late 6th or early 5th c. BCE, Greece, nf)
• Peter Parnall (born 1936, US, ch)
• Thomas Parnell (1679–1718, Ireland/England, p/nf)
• Évariste de Parny (1753–1814, Isle of Bourbon/France, p)
• Milan Paroški (born 1957, Yugoslavia/Serbia, nf)
• Delia Parr (living, US), pseudonym of Mary Lechleidner
• Harriet Parr (1828–1900, England, f/ch/nf), pseudonym Holme Lee
• Nicanor Parra (1914–2018, Chile, p)
• Teresa de la Parra (1889–1936, Venezuela, f)
• Violeta Parra (1917–1967, Chile, p/nf)
• Anne Parrish (1888–1957, US, f/ch)
• Anne Spencer Parry (1931–1985, Australia, f)
• Gwenlyn Parry (1932–1991, Wales, d)
• John Parry (Bardd Alaw) (1776–1851, Wales, nf/p)
• Lorae Parry (born 1955, N Zealand, d)
• R. Williams Parry (1884–1956, Wales, p)
• Robert Parry (1540–1612, Wales, p/f)
• Sarah Winifred Parry (1870–1953, Wales/England, f)
• Thomas Parry (1904–1985, Wales, nf)
• Amy Parry-Williams (1910–1988, Wales, p/f/d)
• T. H. Parry-Williams (1887–1975, Wales, p/nf)
• Shahrnush Parsipur (born 1946, Iran/US, f/nf/ch)
• Eliza Parsons (1739–1811, England, f)
• James Parsons (1705–1770, England, nf)
• Alicia Partnoy (born 1955, Argentina/US, p/nf)
• James Parton (1822–1891, England/US, nf)
• Margaret Parton (1915–1981, US, nf)
• Blaise Pascal (1623–1662, France, nf)
• Jacqueline Pascarl (born 1963, Australia, nf)
• Teixeira de Pascoaes (1877–1952, Portugal, p)
• Giovanni Pascoli (1855–1912, Italy, p)
• Anwar Pasha (1928–1971, India, f)
• Atena Pashko (1931–2012, Ukraine, p)
• Viktor Paskov (1949–2009, Bulgaria, p/f/d)
• Fernando del Paso (1935–2018, Mexico, f/nf/p)
• Joaquín Pasos (1914–1947, Nicaragua, p/nf)
• Josefina Passadori (1900–1987, Italy/Argentina, nf/ch)
• Gunter Silva Passuni (born 1977, Peru, f)
• Ámbar Past (born 1949, US/Mexico, p)
• Boris Pasternak (1890–1960, Russia/Soviet Union, f/nf)
• Leon Pasternak (1910–1969, Austria-Hungary/Poland, p/nf)
• Mrs Henry de la Pasture (1866–1945, England, f/d/ch)
• Kenneth Patchen (1911–1972, US, p/f)
• Raj Patel (born 1972, England/US, f/nf)
• Ravji Patel (1939–1968, India, p/f)
• Shailja Patel (living, Kenya, p/d/nf)
• Shenaz Patel (born 1966, Mauritius, f/d)
• Banjo Paterson (1864–1941, Australia, p/f)
• Craig Paterson (born 1959, Scotland, nf)
• Don Paterson (born 1963, Scotland, p/d/nf)
• Katherine Paterson (born 1932, China/US, ch)
• Surender Mohan Pathak (born 1940, India, f)
• Raphael Patkanian (1830–1892, Russian E, p)
• Coventry Patmore (1823–1896, England, p/nf)
• Gladys Lomafu Pato (born 1930, Swaziland, f)
• Alan Paton (1903–1988, S Africa, f/nf)
• Justin Paton (born 1972, N Zealand, nf)
• William Roger Paton (1857–1921, Scotland/Greece, nf)
• Brian Patten (born 1946, England, p)
• James Patterson (born 1947, US, f/nf)
• Eliot Pattison (born 1951, US, f/nf)
• Jenny Pattrick (born 1936, N Zealand, f)
• Evelyn Patuawa-Nathan (living, N Zealand, f/p)
• Lekhnath Paudyal (1885–1966, Nepal, p)
• Caroline Paul (born 1963, US, f/nf)
• Elliot Paul (1891–1958, US, nf/d)
• Paul I, Prince Esterházy (1635–1713, Hungary, p)
• Jean Paul (1763–1825, Germany, f), pseudonym of Johann Paul Friedrich Richter
• Gary Paulsen (1939–2021, US, ch/d)
• Dora Pavel (born 1946, Romania, f/nf/p)
• Michelle Paver (born 1960, England, f/ch)
• Cesare Pavese (1908–1950, Italy, f/p/nf)
• Milorad Pavić (1929–2009, Yugoslavia/Serbia, f/p/nf)
• Stel Pavlou (born 1970, England, d/f)
• Milivoje Pavlović (born 1947, Yugoslavia/Serbia, nf)
• Milorad Pavić (1929–2009, Yugoslavia/Serbia, f/p/nf)
• Maria Pawlikowska-Jasnorzewska (1891–1945, Poland/England, p/d)
• Stel Pavlou (born 1970, England, d/f)
• Konstantin Pavlov (1933–2008, Bulgaria, d/p)
• Miodrag Pavlović (1928–2014, Yugoslavia/Germany, p/nf/d)
• Slaviša Pavlović (born 1982, Yugoslavia/Serbia, f/p)
• Živojin Pavlović (1933–1998, Yugoslavia/Serbia, f/d)
• Milena Pavlović-Barili (1909–1945, Serbia/US, p)
• Božin Pavlovski (born 1942, Bulgaria/Australia, f/nf)
• Lois Paxton (1916–2002, Scotland/England, f), pseudonym of Lois Dorothea Low
• Rachel Cosgrove Payes (1922–1998, US, f/ch)
• James Payn (1830–1898, England, f)
• David William Paynter (1791–1823, England, f/d/nf)
• Roberto Payró (1867–1928, Argentina, nf/f)
• José María Paz (1791–1854, Argentina, nf)
• Marcela Paz (1902–1985, Chile, ch/f)
• Octavio Paz (1914–1998, Mexico, p/nf)
• Parween Pazhwak (born 1967, Afghanistan, p/f)
• Péter Pázmány (1570–1637, Transylvania/Hungary, nf)

Pe–Ph

• Hla Pe (1913–2007, Burma/Myanmar, nf)
• Ohn Pe (c. 1917–2008, Burma/Myanmar, nf)
• David Peace (born 1967, England, f/nf)
• Thomas Love Peacock (1785–1866, England, f/p)
• Isabel Peacocke (1881–1973, N Zealand, n)
• Mervyn Peake (1911–1968, China/England, f/p/ch)
• A. J. Pearce (born 1964, England, f)
• Joseph Pearce (born 1961, England/US, nf)
• Philippa Pearce (1920–2006, England, f/nf/ch)
• Frances Mary Peard (1835–1923, England, f/ch)
• Patrick Pearse (1879–1916, Ireland, p/nf)
• Bill Pearson (1922–2002, N Zealand, f/nf)
• Diane Pearson (1931–2017, England, f)
• Hesketh Pearson (1887–1964, England, nf)
• James Larkin Pearson (1879–1981, US, p)
• Kit Pearson (born 1947, Canada, f/ch)
• Ridley Pearson (born 1953, US, f/ch)
• T. R. Pearson (born 1956, US, f/nf)
• Allan Pease (born 1952, Australia, nf/f)
• Howard Pease (1894–1974, US, f)
• F. David Peat (1938–2017, England/Italy, nf)
• Vid Pečjak (1929–2016, Yugoslavia/Slovenia, nf/f/ch)
• Dale Peck (born 1967, US, f/nf/ch)
• Robert Newton Peck (1928–2020, US, ch)
• Winifred Peck (1882–1962, England, f/nf)
• Allasani Peddana (fl. 15th – 16th c. CE, Vijayanagara E, p)
• Margaret Pedler (1877–1948, England, f)
• Ethel Pedley (1859–1898, England/Australia, ch/nf)
• Erica Pedretti (1930–2022, Czechoslovakia/Switzerland, nf/f)
• Inês Pedrosa (born 1962, Portugal, f/ch/d)
• Mary Louise Peebles (1833–1915, US, ch), pseudonym Lynde Palmer
• John Peel (born 1954, England, f/d)
• Bill Peet (1915–2002, US, ch)
• Charles Péguy (1873–1914, France, p/nf)
• Annette Pehnt (born 1967, Germany, nf)
• Kira Peikoff (born 1985, US, f)
• Hayford Peirce (1942–2020, US, f)
• Kathleen Peirce (born 1956, US, p)
• Alvarenga Peixoto (1744–1793, Brazil, p)
• José Luís Peixoto (born 1974, Portugal, f/p/ch)
• Borislav Pekić (1930–1992, Yugoslavia, f)
• Vasa Pelagić (1833–1899, Ottoman E/Serbia, nf)
• Elin Pelin (1877–1949, Ottoman E/Bulgaria, fp)
• Judith Pella (living, US, f)
• Charles Pellegrino (born 1953, US, nf/f)
• Nicky Pellegrino (born 1964, N Zealand, f)
• William Dudley Pelley (1890–1965, US, d/f)
• Carlos Pellicer (1897–1977, Mexico, p)
• Rowan Pelling (born 1968, England, nf)
• Ulrich Peltzer (born 1956, Germany, f)
• Luisa Peluffo (born 1941, Argentina, p/f/nf)
• Dave Pelzer (born 1960, US, nf)
• H. Pemberton (fl. 1860s – 1870s, England, f/nf), perhaps Helen Crookshank (1830–1877)
• Horacio Peña (born 1936, Nicaragua, p)
• Martins Pena (1815–1848, Brazil, d)
• Gabino Coria Peñaloza (1881–1975, Argentina, p)
• Nathan Penlington (living, England, p/nf)
• Ian Penman (born 1959, England, nf)
• Jessie Penn-Lewis (1861–1927, Wales/England, nf)
• Daniel Pennac (born 1944, Morocco/France, ch/f)
• Meirion Pennar (1944–2010, Wales, p/f)
• Edmund Penning-Rowsell (1913–2002, England, nf)
• Michael Pennington (born 1943, England, nf)
• Sarah, Lady Pennington (c. 1720–1783, England, nf)
• Anne Penny (1729–1784, Wales/England, p)
• Nicholas Penny (born 1949, England, nf)
• Ethel Penrose (1857–1938, Ireland, ch)
• John Penry (1563–1593, Wales/England, nf)
• Louise Pentland (born 1985, England, nf)
• Ernst Penzoldt (1892–1955, Germany, f/nf/ch)
• Pepetela (born 1941, Angola, f), pseudonym of Artur Carlos Maurício Pestana dos Santos
• Emily Pepys (1833–1877, England, nf)
• Henry Pepys (1783–1860, England, nf)
• Samuel Pepys (1633–1703, England, nf)
• Anna Percival (1906–1993, England, f), pseudonym of Eleanor Burford Hibbert
• Elizabeth Percy, Duchess of Northumberland (1716–1776, England, nf)
• Walker Percy (1916–1990, US, f/nf)
• Georges Perec (1936–1982, France, f/nf)
• José de Fontes Pereira (1838–1891, Angola, nf)
• Sam Pereira (living, US, p)
• Benjamin Péret (1899–1959, France, p)
• I. L. Peretz (1852–1915, Poland, f/d)
• Galo René Pérez (1923–2008, Ecuador, nf/p)
• Arturo Pérez-Reverte (born 1951, Spain, f/nf)
• Louis Pergaud (1882–1915, France, f/p)
• Bonaventure des Périers (c. 1500–1544, France, nf/p)
• Lucia Perillo (1958–2016, US, p/f)
• Emily Perkins (born 1970, N Zealand, f)
• Lucy Fitch Perkins (1865–1937, US, ch)
• Lynne Rae Perkins (born 1956, US, ch)
• Sarah Maria Clinton Perkins (1824–1905, US, ch)
• William Perkins (1558–1602, England, nf)
• Néstor Osvaldo Perlongher (1949–1992, Argentina, p/nf)
• Lydia Perović (living, Montenegro/Canada, f)
• Perpetua and Felicity (fl. 3rd c., Carthage, nf)
• Charles Perrault (1628–1703, France, ch)
• E. du Perron (1899–1940, Dutch East Indies/Netherlands, p/f)
• Anne Perry (1938–2023, England, f)
• Grace Perry (1927–1987, Australia, p/d)
• Grayson Perry (born 1960, England, nf)
• Sarah Perry (born 1979, England, f)
• Steve Perry (born 1947, US, d/f)
• Lakshmi Persaud (1939–2024, Trinidad/England, f)
• Saint-John Perse (1887–1975, Guadeloupe/France, p)
• Synnøve Persen (born 1950, Norway, p)
• Persius (34–62 CE, Rome, p), full name Aulus Persius Flaccus
• Malte Persson (born 1976, Sweden, f/p)
• Leo Perutz (1882–1957, Austrian E/Austria, f)
• Vesna Pešić (born 1940, Yugoslavia/Serbia, nf)
• Camilo Pessanha (1867–1926, Portugal/Macau, p)
• Fernando Pessoa (1888–1935, Portugal, p/nf)
• Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi (1746–1827, Switzerland, nf)
• Michael Alfred Peszke (1932–2015, Poland/US, nf)
• Basildon Peta (born c. 1972, Zimbabwe/S Africa, nf)
• Alice E. Heckler Peters (1845–1921, US, nf/p)
• Lenrie Peters (1932–2009, Gambia/Senegal, f/p)
• Maureen Peters (1935–2008, Wales/England, f/nf)
• Robert Peters (1924–2014, US, p/nf/d)
• Marie Bjelke Petersen (1874–1969, Denmark/Australia, f)
• Len Peterson (1917–2008, Canada, d/f)
• Pascale Petit (born 1953, France/Wales, p)
• András Petőcz (born 1959, Hungary, p/nf/f)
• Sándor Petőfi (1823–1849, Hungary/Transylvania, p)
• Stephen Petranek (living, US, nf)
• Petrarch (1304–1374, Italy, p/nf), full name Francesco Petrarca
• Camil Petrescu (1894–1957, Romania, d/f/p)
• Cezar Petrescu (1892–1961, Romania, f/ch)
• Julius Richard Petri (1852–1921, Germany, nf)
• György Petri (1943–2000, Hungary, p)
• Nevenka Petrić (1927–2015, Yugoslavia/Serbia, nf/p)
• Ioane Petritsi (fl. 11th–12th cc., Georgia, nf)
• Kata Szidónia Petrőczy (1659–1708, Hungary, nf/p)
• Petronius (c. 27–66 CE, Rome, f), full name Titus Petronius Niger
• Marine Petrossian (born 1960, Armenia, p/nf)
• Valeri Petrov (1920–2014, Bulgaria, p/d), pseudonym of Valeri Nisim Mevorah
• Goran Petrović (born 1961, Yugoslavia/Serbia, f/nf/d)
• Rastko Petrović (1898–1949, Serbia/US, p/f)
• Uroš Petrović (born 1967, Yugoslavia/Serbia, f)
• Veljko Petrović (1884–1967, Austria-Hungary/Yugoslavia, p/f)
• Zoran Petrović (1954–2018, Yugoslavia/Serbia, p/f/ch)
• Mirko Petrović-Njegoš (1820–1867, Montenegro, p)
• Petar II Petrović-Njegoš (1813–1851, Montenegro, p/nf)
• Pande Petrovski (1943–2006, Yugoslavia/N Macedonia, nf)
• Mario Petrucci (born 1958, England, p/nf)
• Mihail Petruševski (1911–1990, Ottoman E/Yugoslavia, nf)
• Per Petterson (born 1952, Norway, f)
• Dianne Ruth Pettis (1955–2008, N Zealand, f/nf)
• Brynjólfur Pétursson (1810–1851, Iceland, nf)
• Hallgrímur Pétursson (1614–1672, Iceland, p/nf)
• Hannes Pétursson (born 1931, Iceland, p/f/nf)
• K. M. Peyton (1929–2023, England, ch)
• Ludwig Pfau (1821–1894, Germany, p)
• Hoa Pham (living, Australia, f/ch/d)
• LeUyen Pham (born 1973, Vietnam/US, ch)
• Anna Augusta Von Helmholtz-Phelan (1890–1964, US, nf/p)
• James Clancy Phelan (born 1979, Australia, f/ch/nf)
• Nancy Phelan (1913–2008, Australia, f/nf)
• Pherecydes of Athens (fl. c. 465 BCE, Greece, nf)
• Nathaniel Philbrick (born 1956, US, nf)
• Rodman Philbrick (born 1951, US, ch/f)
• St John Philby (1885–1960, Ceylon/Lebanon, nf)
• Ambrose Philips (1674–1749, England, p)
• Katherine Philips (1631/1632–1664, England, p/nf), pseudonym The Matchless Orinda
• Tracy Philipps (1888–1959, England, nf)
• Robert Phillimore (1810–1885, England, nf)
• April Phillips (living, England/N Zealand, d)
• Carly Phillips (born 1965, US, f)
• Caryl Phillips (born 1958, Saint Kitts and Nevis/US, f/d/nf)
• David Graham Phillips (1867–1911, US, f/nf)
• Eluned Phillips (1914–2009, Wales, f)
• Susan Elizabeth Phillips (born 1948, US, f)
• Philo (c. 20 BCE – c. 50 CE, Egypt, nf)
• René Philombé (1930–2001, Cameroon, p/f/d), pseudonym of Philippe Louis Ombedé
• Geoffrey Philp (born 1958, Jamaica, f/d)
• Joan Phipson (1912–2003, Australia, ch)
• Desmond Dudwa Phiri (1931–2019, Nyasaland/Malawi, nf/d)
• Savitribai Phule (1831–1897, India, nf/p)

Pi–Pl

• Pi O (born 1951, Greece/Australia, p)
• Pi Rixiu (皮日休, c. 834–883, China, p)
• Hajasoa Vololona Picard (born 1956, Mozambique/Réunion, nf/f/p)
• Menotti Del Picchia (1892–1988, Brazil, p/nf)
• Anita Pichler (1948–1997, Italy, f/nf)
• Karoline Pichler (1769–1843, Austria, f)
• Tom Pickard (born 1946, England, p)
• Jodi Picoult (born 1966, US, f)
• Phyllis Piddington (1910–2001, Australia, f/p)
• Tamora Pierce (born 1954, US, f/ch)
• Clara D. Pierson (1868–1962, US, ch)
• Nicolaas Pierson (1839–1909, Netherlands, nf)
• Cosmo Pieterse (born 1930, SW Africa/Namibia, d/p/nf)
• Arturo Uslar Pietri (1906–2001, Venezuela, f/p/nf)
• Pedro Pietri (1944–2004, Puerto Rico, p/d)
• David Pietrusza (born 1949, US, nf/ch)
• Ricardo Piglia (1941–2017, Argentina, f)
• Felipe Pigna (born 1959, Argentina, nf)
• Leonie Pihama (born 1962, N Zealand, nf)
• Christopher Pike (born 1955, US, ch)
• Phumlani Pikoli (1988–2021, Zimbabwe/S Africa, f/nf)
• Rosamunde Pilcher (1924–2019, England/Scotland, f)
• János Pilinszky (1921–1981, Hungary, p)
• Dav Pilkey (born 1966, US, ch)
• Mary Pilkington (1761–1839, England, f/p/ch)
• Ion Pillat (1891–1945, Romania, p)
• Rodolfo Pérez Pimentel (born 1939, Ecuador, nf)
• Rui de Pina (1440–1522, Portugal, nf)
• João de Pina-Cabral (born 1954, Portugal, nf)
• Sarah Pinborough (born 1972, England, f/ch/d)
• Elizabeth Pinchard (fl. 1791–1820, England, ch)
• Ivy Pinchbeck (1898–1982, England, nf)
• Pindar (c. 518–438 BCE, Greece, p), full name Pindaros
• Gisèle Pineau (born 1956, France/Guadeloupe, f)
• Claudia Piñeiro (born 1960, Argentina, f/d)
• Virgilio Piñera (1912–1979, Cuba, p/nf)
• Miguel Piñero (1946–1988, Puerto Rico, d)
• Daniel H. Pink (born 1964, US, nf)
• Steven Pinker (born 1954, Canada/US, nf)
• Percy Edward Pinkerton (1855–1946, England, p)
• Jerry Pinkney (1939–2021, US, ch/d)
• Daniel Pinkwater (born 1941, US, ch/f/nf)
• Nélida Piñon (1937–2022, Brazil, f)
• Robert Pinsky (born 1940, US, p/nf)
• Harold Pinter (1930–2008, England, d)
• Fernão Mendes Pinto (c. 1509–1583, Portugal, nf)
• Roxana Pinto (living, Costa Rica, p/f/nf)
• Ziraldo Alves Pinto (born 1932, Brazil, f/nf/ch)
• Heinz Piontek (1925–2003, Germany, p/nf)
• H. Beam Piper (1904–1964, US, f)
• Myfanwy Piper (1911–1997, England, p/d/nf)
• Luigi Pirandello (1867–1936, Italy, d/f/p)
• Farhad Pirbal (born 1961, Iraq, f/nf)
• Willibald Pirckheimer (1470–1530, Germany, nf)
• José Cardoso Pires (1925–1998, Portugal, f/d/nf)
• Tomé Pires (c. 1465–1524 or 1540, Portugal, nf)
• Mark Pirie (born 1974, N Zealand, p/nf)
• Saviour Pirotta (born 1958, Malta/England, ch)
• Robert M. Pirsig (1928–2017, US, f/nf)
• Zoya Pirzad (born 1952, Iran, f)
• Marie Pitt (1869–1948, Australia, p)
• Sarah Pitt (fl. 1881–1900, England, ch)
• José Luis Rodríguez Pittí (born 1971, Panama, f/nf)
• Doris Piserchia (1928–2021, US, f)
• Vladimir Pištalo (born 1960, Yugoslavia/US, f/nf)
• Peter Pišťanek (1960–2015, Czechoslovakia/Slovakia, f/nf)
• Annabel Pitcher (born 1982, England, ch)
• Sergio Pitol (1933–2018, Mexico, f/nf)
• Sarah Pitt (fl. 1880s, England, ch)
• Ruth Pitter (1897–1992, England, p)
• José Luis Rodríguez Pittí (born 1971, Panama, f/p/nf)
• Denis Pitts (1930–1994, England, nf/f)
• Christine de Pizan (1364 – c. 1430, Italy/France, f/nf), full name Cristina da Pizzano
• Daniel Samper Pizano (born 1945, Colombia, nf)
• Alejandra Pizarnik (1936–1972, Argentina)
• Yolanda Arroyo Pizarro (born 1970, Puerto Rico, f/nf)
• Marjorie Pizer (1920–2016, Australia, p)
• Mato Pižurica (born 1942, Yugoslavia/Serbia, nf)
• Erin Pizzey (born 1939, England, f/nf)
• Helgi Pjeturss (1872–1949, Iceland, nf)
• Tamri Pkhakadze (born 1957, USSR/Georgia, f/d/ch)
• Josefina Plá (1903–1999, Canary Islands/Paraguay, p/d/nf)
• Sol Plaatje (1876–1932, S Africa, nf)
• Jean Plaidy (1906–1993, England, f), pseudonym of Eleanor Burford Hibbert
• Belva Plain (1915–2010, US, f)
• Nigel Planer (born 1953, England, f/d)
• August von Platen-Hallermünde (1796–1835, Germany/Italy, p/d)
• Sylvia Plath (1932–1963, US/England, p/f)
• Plato (c. 427 – c. 347 BC, Greece, nf)
• Karen Platt (living, England, nf)
• Kin Platt (1911–2003, US, d/ch)
• Agneta Pleijel (born 1940, Sweden, f/p/d)
• Ulrich Plenzdorf (1934–2007, Germany, f/d)
• Andrei Pleșu (born 1948, Romania, nf)
• José Pliva (born 1966, Benin, d)
• Jean Pliya (1931–2015, Benin/Ivory Coast, d/f)
• Luise von Ploennies (1803–1872, Germany, p/d)
• William Plomer (1903–1973, S Africa/England, f/p/nf
• Vivienne Plumb (born 1955, N Zealand, p/d/f)
• Amélie Plume (born 1943, Switzerland, f/nf)
• Edward Plunkett, 18th Baron of Dunsany (1878–1957, England/Ireland, f/d/p)
• Plutarch (46–119 CE, Greece/Roman E, nf)

Po

• Ivy Pochoda (born 1977, US, f)
• Michael Podro (1931–2008, England, nf)
• Jacek Podsiadło (born 1964, Poland, p/nf)
• Tešan Podrugović (1775–1815, Ottoman E/Austrian E, p)
• Edgar Allan Poe (1809–1849, US, f/nf/p)
• Suman Pokhrel (born 1967, Nepal, p/d)
• Frederik Pohl (1919–2013, US, f)
• Peter Pohl (born 1940, Germany/Sweden, f)
• Suman Pokhrel (born 1967, Nepal, p/d)
• Wincenty Pol (1807–1872, Austrian E, p/nf)
• Gillian Polack (born 1961, Australia, f/nf)
• Marcella Polain (born 1958, Singapore/Australia, p/f)
• Thomas Pole (1753–1829, US/England, nf)
• Stephen Poliakoff (born 1952, England, d)
• Daniel Poliquin (born 1953, Canada, f)
• Branko Ve Poljanski (1898–1947, Austria-Hungary/Germany, p)
• Leonora Polkinghorne (1873–1953, Australia, f/p/nf)
• Albert Pollard (1869–1948, England, nf)
• Josephine Pollard (1834–1892, US, p/ch)
• Margaret Steuart Pollard (1904–1996, England, p)
• Velma Pollard (1937–2025, Jamaica, p/f)
• Edward Pollock (1823–1858, US, p)
• Sharon Pollock (1936–2021, Canada, d)
• Elizabeth Polwhele (c. 1651–1691, England, d)
• Richard Polwhele (1760–1838, England, p/nf)
• Rafael Pombo (1833–1912, Colombia, p)
• John Pomfret (1667–1702, England, p)
• Raul Pompeia (1863–1895, Brazil, f/nf)
• Juan García Ponce (1932–2003, Mexico, f/d)
• Francis Ponge (1899–1988, France, nf/p)
• Elena Poniatowska (born 1932, France/Mexico, nf/f)
• Hana Ponická (1922–2007, Czechoslovakia/Slovakia, d/nf)
• Ramesh Ponnuru (born 1974, US, nf)
• Marie Ponsot (1921–2019, US, p/nf)
• Giovanni Pontano (1426–1503, Italy, nf/p)
• George Ayliffe Poole (1809–1883, England, nf)
• Hannah Pool (born 1974, Eritrea/England, nf)
• Thomas Poole (1765–1837, England, nf)
• Clare Pooley (living, England, f/nf)
• Vasko Popa (1922–1991, Yugoslavia/Serbia, p)
• Alexander Pope (1688–1744, England, p)
• Cora Scott Pond Pope (1856 – post-1932, US, f)
• Dudley Pope (1925–1997, England/Saint Martin, f/nf)
• Robert J. Pope (1865–1945, N Zealand, p/nf)
• Dumitru Radu Popescu (1935–2023, Romania, f/d/p)
• Alek Popov (born 1966, Bulgaria, f/nf/d)
• Fani Popova-Mutafova (1902–1977, Bulgaria, f)
• Bogdan Popović (1863–1944, Serbia/Yugoslavia, nf)
• Danko Popović (1928–2009, Yugoslavia/Serbia, f/d)
• Jovan Popović (1905–1952, Austria-Hungary/Yugoslavia, nf)
• Jovan Sterija Popović (1806–1856, Austrian E, d/p)
• Koča Popović (1908–1992, Serbia/Yugoslavia, nf)
• Pavle Popović (1868–1939, Serbia/Yugoslavia, nf)
• Petar Popović (1904–1995, Serbia/Yugoslavia, p)
• Titus Popovici (1930–1994, Romania, d)
• Zoran T. Popovski (born 1962, Yugoslavia/N Macedonia, nf)
• Antonio Porchia (1885–1968, Italy/Argentina, p)
• Judith Pordon (born 1954, US, p/nf)
• Aída Cartagena Portalatín (1918–1994, Dominican Rep., p/f/nf)
• Juan Carlos Portantiero (1934–2007, Argentina, nf)
• Ena Lucía Portela (1972, Cuba, f)
• Anna Maria Porter (1780–1832, England, p/f)
• Delia Lyman Porter (1858–1933, US, ch/f/nf)
• Dorothy Porter (1954–2008, Australia, p/nf/ch)
• Eleanor H. Porter (1868–1920, US, ch/f)
• George Porter (1920–2002, England, nf)
• Hal Porter (1911–1984, Australia, f/d/p)
• Jane Porter (1776–1850, England/Scotland, 1776–1850, f/d)
• Katherine Anne Porter (1890–1980, US, nf/f)
• Marie Porter (born 1939, Australia, nf)
• Peter Porter (1929–2010, Australia/England, p/nf)
• Sheena Porter (born 1935, England, ch)
• Tracey Porter (living, US, ch)
• Charles Portis (1933–2020, US, f/nf)
• Manuel de Araújo Porto-Alegre, Baron of Santo Ângelo (1906–1979, Brazil, p/d/f)
• Posidippus (316 – c. 250 CE, Greece, p)
• Abel Posse (1934–2023, Argentina, f/nf/p)
• Laurens van der Post (1906–1996, Orange Free State/England, f/nf)
• Jacob Post (1774–1855, England, nf)
• Sue-Ann Post (born 1964, Australia, nf)
• John Postgate (1820–1821, England, nf)
• John Postgate (1922–2014, England, nf)
• John Percival Postgate (1853–1926, England, nf)
• Oliver Postgate (1925–2008, England, d/ch)
• Raymond Postgate (1896–1971, England, nf/f)
• Halina Poświatowska (1935–1967, Poland, p/nf)
• Roma Potiki (born 1958, N Zealand, p/d)
• Jan Potocki (1761–1815, Polish-Lithuanian C/Russian E, nf/f)
• Wacław Potocki (1621–1696, Poland, p/nf)
• Beatrix Potter (1866–1943, England, ch)
• Dennis Potter (1935–1994, England, d)
• Ellen Potter (born 1960s, US, ch/f)
• Robert Potter (1721–1804, England, nf)
• Anna M. Longshore Potts (1829–1912, US, nf)
• Mahananda Poudyal (1931 – post-1988, Nepal, f/p)
• Louis-Marie Pouka (fl. mid-20th c., Cameroon, p)
• Jacques Poulin (born 1937, Canada, f)
• Ezra Pound (1885–1972, US/Italy, p/nf)
• Jerry Pournelle (1933–2017, US, nf/f)
• Anthony Powell (1905–2000, England, f)
• Craig Powell (born 1940, Australia, p)
• Patricia Powell (born 1966, Jamaica, f)
• Violet Powell (1912–2002, England, nf)
• Eileen Power (1889–1940, England, nf)
• Rhoda Power (1890–1957, England, ch)
• J. F. Powers (1917–1999, US, f)
• Tim Powers (born 1952, US, f)
• Eve Pownall (1901–1982, Australia, ch/nf)
• John Cowper Powys (1872–1963, England/Wales, p/f/nf)
• T. F. Powys (1875–1953, England, f/nf)
• Heather Graham Pozzessere (born 1953, US, f), pseudonym Shannon Drake

Pr–Py

• James Van Praagh (born 1958, US, nf)
• Alishetty Prabhakar (1954–1993, India, p)
• Manuel González Prada (1844–1918, Peru, nf)
• Tapan Kumar Pradhan (born 1972, India, p)
• Adélia Prado (born 1935, Brazil, p/nf)
• Rosa Campbell Praed (1851–1935, Australia, f/p/ch)
• Winthrop Mackworth Praed (1802–1839, England, p/nf)
• Johannes Praetorius (1537–1616, Bohemia/Germany, nf)
• Jaishankar Prasad (1889–1937, India, f/d/p)
• Terry Pratchett (1948–2015, England, f)
• Vasco Pratolini (1913–1991, Italy, d/f)
• E. J. Pratt (1883–1964, Newfoundland/Canada, p)
• Marin Preda (1922–1980, Romania, f)
• Dušan Prelević (1948–2007, Yugoslavia/Serbia, f/nf)
• Premchand (1880–1936, India, f/nf), pseudonym of Dhanpat Rai Srivastava
• Paula von Preradović (1887–1951, Austria/Yugoslavia, p/f)
• H. F. M. Prescott (1896–1972, England, f/nf)
• France Prešeren (1800–1849, Austrian E, p)
• ArLynn Leiber Presser (born 1960, US, f)
• Steven Pressfield (born 1943, US, f/nf/d)
• Thomas Peckett Prest (c. 1810 – c. 1869, England, f)
• Richard Preston (born 1954, US, nf/f)
• Thomas Preston (1537–1598, England, d/p)
• Ron Pretty (1940–2023, Australia, p/nf)
• Paul Preuss (born 1942, US, f/nf)
• Otfried Preußler (1923–2013, Czechoslovakia/Germany, ch)
• Jacques Prévert (1900–1977, France, p/d)
• Abbé Prévost (1697–1763, France, f/nf)
• Angharad Price (born 1972, Wales, nf/f)
• Evadne Price (1888–1985, Australia, f/ch/nf)
• Nicholas A. Price (born 1962, US)
• Richard Price (1723–1791, Wales, England, nf)
• Richard Price (born 1966, Scotland/England, p/f)
• Thomas Price (Carnhuanawc) (1787–1848, Wales, nf)
• Willard Price (1887–1983, Canada/US, nf/f)
• Caradog Prichard (1904–1980, Wales/England, p/f)
• James Cowles Prichard (1886–1948, England, nf)
• Katharine Susannah Prichard (1883–1969, Fiji/Australia, f/d/p)
• Rhys Prichard (1579–1644, Wales, p)
• Christopher Priest (born 1943, England, f)
• Robert Priest (born 1951, England/Canada, p/ch)
• J. B. Priestley (1894–1984, England, f/d/nf)
• Joseph Priestley (1733–1804, England/US, nf)
• Rebecca Priestley (living, N Zealand, nf)
• Diane di Prima (1934–2020, US, p/nf)
• Elise Primavera (born 1955, US, ch)
• Paskoje Primojević (fl. 1482–1527, Ragusa, p)
• Alison Prince (1931–2019, England/Scotland, ch/d)
• F. T. Prince (1912–2003, S Africa/England, p/nf)
• John Critchley Prince (1808–1866, England, p)
• Eric Pringle (1935–2017, England, d/ch)
• Matthew Prior (1664–1721, England, p)
• John Prise (1501 or 1502–1555, Wales, nf)
• Harri Pritchard-Jones (1933–2015, England/Wales, p/nf/f)
• V. S. Pritchett (1900–1997, England, f/nf)
• Bryan Procter (1787–1874, England, p)
• Jaša Prodanović (1867–1948, Serbia/Yugoslavia, nf)
• Raul Proença (1884–1941, Portugal, nf)
• Lilli Promet (1922–2007, Estonia, f/nf)
• Propertius (c. 50–56 – post-15 BCE, Rome, p), full name Sextus Propertius
• Perch Proshian (1837–1907, Russian E, nf)
• Protagoras (c. 490 – c. 420 BCE, Greece, nf)
• E. Annie Proulx (born 1935, US, f/nf)
• Marcel Proust (1871–1922, France, f)
• Guiot de Provins (died post-1208, France, p)
• Anne Provoost (born 1964, Belgium, f/nf)
• Alf Prøysen (1914–1970, Norway, ch/p/d)
• Kevin Prufer (born 1969, US, p/nf)
• Janko Prunk (born 1942, Yugoslavia/Slovenia, nf)
• Bolesław Prus (1847–1912, Poland, f/nf)
• Hans Prutz (1843–1929, Germany, nf)
• Robert Prutz (1816–1872, Germany, p/f/nf)
• Myfanwy Pryce (1890–1976, Wales, f)
• J. H. Prynne (born 1936, England, p)
• William Prynne (1600–1669, England, nf)
• Edmund Prys (1542 or 1543–1623, Wales, p)
• Kazimierz Przerwa-Tetmajer (1865–1940, Austria-Hungary/Poland, p/f/d)
• Zenon Przesmycki (1861–1944, Russian E/Poland, p/nf)
• Jeremi Przybora (1915–2004, Poland, p)
• Stanisław Przybyszewski (1868–1927, Germany/Poland, f/d/p)
• Kathryn Ptacek (born 1952, US, f)
• Ptolemy ( c. 100 – c. 170 CE, Egypt, nf)
• Pu Songling (皮日休, 1640–1715, China, f)
• Medo Pucić (1821–1882, Austrian E, p)
• Niko Pucić (1820–1883, Austrian E, nf)
• Hermann, Fürst von Pückler-Muskau (1785–1871, Germany, nf), pseudonym Semilasso
• John Pudney (1909–1977, England, p/nf/ch)
• William Owen Pughe (1759–1835, Wales, nf)
• Manuel Puig (1932–1990, Argentina, f/d)
• Adriana Puiggrós (born 1941, Argentina, nf)
• Erenora Puketapu-Hetet (1941–2006, N Zealand, nf)
• Luigi Pulci (1432–1484, Italy, p)
• Georgi Pulevski (1817–1895, Ottoman E/Bulgaria, nf)
• Christine Pullein-Thompson (1925–2005, England, ch)
• Diana Pullein-Thompson (1925–2015, England, ch)
• Josephine Pullein-Thompson (1924–2014, England, ch)
• Philip Pullman (born 1946, England, ch)
• Alice Pung (born 1981, Australia, f/ch/nf)
• John Purchas (1823–1872, England, nf/d/p)
• Al Purdy (1918–2000, Canada, p/nf/f)
• Alexander Pushkin (1799–1837, Russia, p/d)
• Bosiljka Pušić (born 1936, Yugoslavia, ch/p/f)
• Mary Jo Putney (living, US, f)
• Gwilym Puw (c. 1618 – c. 1689, Wales, p)
• Mario Puzo (1920–1999, US, f/d/nf)
• John Pye-Smith (1774–1851, England, nf)
• Howard Pyle (1853–1911, US, ch)
• Barbara Pym (1913–1980, England, f)
• Hugh Pym (born 1959, England, nf)
• Thomas Pynchon (born 1937, US, f/nf)
• Pythagoras (c. 570 – c. 495, Greece, nf)