This list is comprised of some of the most recognizable names from the
literary world. Included are novelists, poets, playwrights and essayists. However, those who are primarily considered to be philosophers or academic writers can be found on the
lists of thinkers.
| Name | Details | Total |
|---|
| Stein | 1 author | 1 |
| Steinbeck | 1 author | 1 |
| Steinhauer | 1 author | 1 |
| Stevens | 1 poet | 1 |
| Stevenson | 1 author | 1 |
| Stine | 1 author | 1 |
| Stoker | 1 author | 1 |
| Storey | 1 author | 1 |
| Stowe | 1 author | 1 |
| Strachey | 1 author | 1 |
| Strauß | 1 author/playwright | 1 |
| Streatfeild | 1 author | 1 |
| Strindberg | 1 playwright | 1 |
| Stroud | 1 author | 1 |
| Strout | 1 author | 1 |
| Sturluson | 1 poet | 1 |
| Stus | 1 poet | 1 |
| Styron | 1 author/essayist | 1 |
| Summerscale | 1 author | 1 |
| Susann | 1 author | 1 |
| Sušić | 1 author | 1 |
| Süskind | 1 author | 1 |
| Swift | 2 authors | 2 |
| Swinburne | 1 poet | 1 |
| Szekely | 1 author | 1 |
| Szymborska | 1 poet | 1 |
| Tabidze | 2 poets | 2 |
| Tabrizi | 1 poet | 1 |
| Tagore | 1 poet | 1 |
| Ţapu | 1 author | 1 |
| Tarbell | 1 author | 1 |
| Tarkington | 1 author | 1 |
| Tasevski | 1 poet | 1 |
| Tasso | 1 poet | 1 |
| Taylor | 1 author, 1 author/playwright | 2 |
| Teasdale | 1 poet | 1 |
| Tellado | 1 author | 1 |
| Tennyson | 1 poet | 1 |
| Terentius | 1 author | 1 |
| Terlouw | 1 author | 1 |
| Thackeray | 1 author | 1 |
| 't Hart | 1 author | 1 |
| Thomas | 1 poet | 1 |
| Thompson | 2 authors | 2 |
| Thomson | 1 author | 1 |
| Thoreau | 1 author | 1 |
| Thurman | 1 author | 1 |
| Timmermans | 1 author/poet | 1 |
| Toffler | 1 author | 1 |
| Tóibín | 1 author | 1 |
| Tokarczuk | 1 author | 1 |
| Tolkien | 1 author | 1 |
| Tolle | 1 author | 1 |
| Tolstoy | 1 author | 1 |
| Tomasi | 1 author | 1 |
| Tomić | 1 author | 1 |
| Tomin | 1 author | 1 |
| Toole | 1 author | 1 |
| Toomer | 1 author/poet | 1 |
| Toonder | 1 author | 1 |
| Townsend | 1 author | 1 |
| Tranströmer | 1 poet | 1 |
| Travers | 1 author | 1 |
| Tremain | 1 author | 1 |
| Tribuson | 1 author | 1 |
| Trudell | 1 poet | 1 |
| Truhelka | 1 author | 1 |
| Trumbo | 1 author/playwright | 1 |
| Tsvetaeva | 1 poet | 1 |
| Turgenev | 1 author | 1 |
| Twain | 1 author | 1 |
| Tyler | 1 author | 1 |
| Tzara | 1 poet | 1 |
| Üçüncü | 1 author | 1 |
| Ugrešić | 1 author | 1 |
| Ukrainka | 1 playwright/poet | 1 |
| Umar | 1 columnist | 1 |
| Undset | 1 author | 1 |
| Unsworth | 1 author | 1 |
| Updike | 1 author | 1 |
| Uris | 1 author | 1 |
| Uspensky | 1 author | 1 |
| Valéry | 1 poet | 1 |
| Valla | 1 author | 1 |
| van de Klundert | 1 author | 1 |
| van den Vondel | 1 playwright/poet | 1 |
| Vandersteen | 1 author | 1 |
| van Duyse | 1 author/poet | 1 |
| van Gestel | 1 author | 1 |
| van Keulen | 1 author | 1 |
| van Kooten | 1 author | 1 |
| van Loon | 1 author | 1 |
| van Maerlant | 1 poet | 1 |
| van Royen | 1 author | 1 |
| Van Vechten | 1 author | 1 |
| van Veldeke | 1 author | 1 |
| Vardoumian | 1 author | 1 |
| Vargas | 1 author | 1 |
| Varro | 1 author | 1 |
| Vasari | 1 author | 1 |
| Verlaine | 1 poet | 1 |
| Verne | 1 author | 1 |
| Verroen | 1 author | 1 |
| Vestdijk | 1 author/poet | 1 |
| Vetemaa | 1 author | 1 |
| Vian | 1 author | 1 |
| Villon | 1 poet | 1 |
| Vitale | 1 author | 1 |
| Vitezović | 1 author | 1 |
| Vizenor | 1 author | 1 |
| von Arnim | 1 author | 1 |
| von Ditfurth | 1 author | 1 |
| von Eschenbach | 1 poet | 1 |
| von Hardenberg | 1 poet | 1 |
| von Kleist | 1 author | 1 |
| von Mayenburg | 1 playwright | 1 |
| Vonnegut | 1 author | 1 |
| von Sacher | 1 author | 1 |
| von Schack | 1 poet | 1 |
| Vörösmarty | 1 poet | 1 |
| Vos | 1 playwright/poet | 1 |
| Vrkljan | 1 author | 1 |
| Wagamese | 1 author | 1 |
| Walcott | 1 poet | 1 |
| Walker | 2 author/poets | 2 |
| Wallace | 1 author | 1 |
| Waller | 2 authors | 2 |
| Wallis | 1 author | 1 |
| Walsch | 1 author | 1 |
| Walser | 2 authors | 2 |
| Walsh | 1 author | 1 |
| Waltari | 1 author | 1 |
| Walter | 1 author | 1 |
| Wang | 1 poet | 1 |
| Warner | 1 author | 1 |
| Warren | 1 author/poet | 1 |
| Waters | 1 author | 1 |
| Webb | 1 author | 1 |
| Weis | 1 author | 1 |
| Welch | 1 author/poet | 1 |
| Weldon | 1 author | 1 |
| Wellman | 1 author | 1 |
| Wells | 1 author | 1 |
| Welty | 1 author | 1 |
| West | 1 author | 1 |
| Wharton | 2 authors | 2 |
| White | 3 authors | 3 |
| Whitehead | 1 author | 1 |
| Whitlock | 1 author | 1 |
| Whitman | 1 poet | 1 |
| Wideman | 1 author | 1 |
| Wiesel | 1 author | 1 |
| Wilbur | 1 poet | 1 |
| Wilde | 1 playwright | 1 |
| Wilder | 1 author, 1 author/playwright | 2 |
| Williams | 1 playwright, 1 author/poet | 2 |
| Wilson | 1 author, 1 playwright | 2 |
| Wingfield | 1 author | 1 |
| Winton | 1 author | 1 |
| Wintour | 1 editor | 1 |
| Wodehouse | 1 author | 1 |
| Wolf | 1 author | 1 |
| Wolgers | 1 author | 1 |
| Wolkers | 1 author/poet | 1 |
| Woodiwiss | 1 author | 1 |
| Woolf | 1 author | 1 |
| Wordsworth | 1 poet | 1 |
| Wouk | 1 author | 1 |
| Wright | 1 author/poet | 1 |
| Wu | 1 author | 1 |
| Wylie | 1 author/poet | 1 |
| Wyn | 1 poet | 1 |
| Wyspiański | 1 playwright/poet | 1 |
| Yakhina | 1 author | 1 |
| Yeats | 1 poet | 1 |
| Yefremov | 1 author | 1 |
| Yerby | 1 author | 1 |
| Yesenin | 1 poet | 1 |
| Yolen | 1 author | 1 |
| Yourcenar | 1 author | 1 |
| Zaim | 1 author | 1 |
| Zephaniah | 1 author/playwright/poet | 1 |
| Žigo | 1 author | 1 |
| Zimmer | 1 author | 1 |
| Zola | 1 author | 1 |
| Zoranić | 1 author | 1 |
| Zorlutuna | 1 author | 1 |
| Zusak | 1 author | 1 |
| Zuzorić | 1 poet | 1 |
| Zwagerman | 1 author/poet | 1 |
| Zweig | 1 author | 1 |