List of authors by name: F

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

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

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Fa

• Frederick William Faber (1814–1863, England, p/nf)
• Geoffrey Faber (1889–1961, England, p/nf)
• George Stanley Faber (1773–1854, England, nf)
• Dušan Fabian (born 1975, Czechoslovakia/Slovakia, f)
• Mary Fabilli (1914–2011, US, p)
• Kinga Fabó (1953–2021, Hungary, p/nf)
• Johan Fabricius (1899–1981, Netherlands, f/ch/nf)
• Johann Albert Fabricius (1668–1736, Germany, nf)
• Robert Fabyan (died c. 1512, England, nf)
• Héctor Abad Faciolince (born 1958, Colombia, f/nf)
• Youssef Fadel (born 1949, Morocco, f/d)
• José Fernandes Fafe (1927–2017, Portugal, p/f/nf)
• Ahmed Fagih (1942–2019, Libya/Egypt, f/d/nf)
• Daniel O. Fagunwa (1903–1963, Nigeria, f)
• Diane Fahey (born 1945, Australia, p/nf)
• Jacqueline Fahey (born 1929, N Zealand, nf)
• Fawzia Fahim (born 1931, Egypt, nf)
• Ludwig Fahrenkrog (1867–1952, Germany, nf)
• Harry Fainlight (1935–1982, England/US, p)
• Ruth Fainlight (born 1931, US/England, p/f)
• Thomas Fairfax (1612–1672, England, p/nf)
• Gordon Hamilton Fairley (1930–1975, Australia/England, nf)
• Margaret Fairley (1885–1968, England/Canada, nf)
• Linda Fairstein (born 1947, US, f)
• Faiz Ahmed Faiz (1911–1984, India/Pakistan, p)
• Miled Faiza (born 1974, Tunisia/US, p)
• Doumbi Fakoly (born 1944, Mali/France, f)
• Cristóvão Falcão (c. 1512 – c. 1557, Portugal, p)
• Maria and Harriet Falconar (fl. 1780s, England or Scotland, p)
• María Inés Falconi (born 1954, Argentina, ch)
• Knut Faldbakken (born 1941, Norway, f)
• Matias Faldbakken (born 1973, Denmark/Norway, f/d)
• Adebayo Faleti (1921–2017, Nigeria, d/p/nf)
• Johannes Daniel Falk (1768–1826, Polish Prussia/Germany, p)
• Johan Falkberget (1879–1967, Norway, f/nf)
• Kolbein Falkeid (1933–2021, Norway, p)
• Suzanne Falkiner (born 1952, Australia, nf/f)
• J. Meade Falkner (1858–1932, England, f/p)
• Hugh Falkus (1917–1996, England, nf)
• Khadi Fall (born 1948, Senegal, f)
• Kiné Kirama Fall (born 1934, Senegal, p)
• Hans Fallada (1893–1947, Germany, f), pseudonym of Rudolf Wilhelm Friedrich Ditzen
• Padraic Fallon (1905–1974, Ireland, p/d)
• Toyin Falola (born 1953, Nigeria, nf)
• Christian Falster (1690–1772, Denmark, p/nf)
• Ferenc Faludi (1704–1779, Hungary, f)
• György Faludy (1910–2006, Hungary, p/nf)
• Fan Chengda (范成大, 1126–1193, China, nf/p)
• Fan Chung (金芳蓉, born 1949, China, nf)
• Fan Ye (范曄, 398–445/446, China, nf)
• Juraj Fándly (1750–1811, Austria-Hungary, nf)
• Julian Fane (1927–2009, England, f/nf/d)
• Margaret Fane (1887–1962, Australia, f)
• Mildmay Fane (1602–1666, England, d)
• Violet Fane (1843–1905, England, p), pseudonym of Lady Mary Montgomerie Currie
• Fang Fang (方方, born 1955, China, p/f/nf)
• Fang Xuanling (房玄齡, 579–648, China, nf)
• Ronald Fangen (1895–1946, Norway, f/nf/d)
• Sölvi Fannar (born 1971, Iceland, nf/p)
• Frantz Fanon (1925–1961, Martinique/US, nf)
• Ann, Lady Fanshawe (1625–1680, England, nf)
• Catherine Maria Fanshawe (1765–1834, England, p)
• Richard Fanshawe (1608–1666, England, nf)
• Simon Fanshawe (born 1956, England, nf)
• John Fante (1909–1983, US, f)
• U. A. Fanthorpe (1929–2009, England, p)
• Ladislas Farago (1906–1980, Hungary/US, nf)
• Cristina Ali Farah (born 1973, Italy, f/nf)
• Nuruddin Farah (born 1945, Somalia/S Africa, f/d)
• Anthony Faramus (1920–1990, Jersey/England, nf)
• Myrddin Fardd (1836–1921, nf), pseudonym of John Jones
• John Fardell (born 1967, ch)
• Nabile Farès (1940–2016, Algeria/France, f)
• Léon-Paul Fargue (1876–1947, France, p/nf)
• Rosa Lobato de Faria (1932–2010, Portugal, f/p/d)
• Joseph Farington (1747–1821, England, nf)
• Helen Farish (born 1962, England, p)
• Benjamin Farjeon (1838–1903, England, f/d/nf)
• Eleanor Farjeon (1881–1965, England, ch/d/p)
• Herbert Farjeon (1887–1945, England, d/p)
• Joseph Jefferson Farjeon (1883–1955, England, f/d)
• Paul Farley (born 1965, England, p/d/nf)
• Walter Farley (1815–1889, US, ch)
• Beverley Farmer (1941–2018, Australia, f/nf)
• Nancy Farmer (born 1941, US, ch/f)
• Penelope Farmer (born 1939, England, ch)
• Philip José Farmer (1918–2009, US, f)
• Thomas Farnaby (c. 1575–1647, England, nf)
• Nigel Farndale (born 1964, England, f/nf)
• Jeffery Farnol (1878–1952, England, f/nf)
• Musharraf Ali Farooqi (born 1968, Pakistan, f/ch/nf)
• Fadhila El Farouk (born 1967, Algeria, nf), pseudonym of Fadhila Melkemi
• Nabil Farouk (1956–2020, Egypt, f)
• Florence Farr (1860–1917, England, nf/f)
• Frederic Farrar (1831–1903, England, nf/f)
• Stewart Farrar (1916–2000, England, d/f/nf)
• Fiona Farrell (born 1947, N Zealand, p/f/d)
• J. G. Farrell (1935–1979, England/Ireland, f)
• John Farrell (1851–1904, Argentina/Australia, p)
• John Farrell (1968–2010, US, p)
• Kathleen Farrell (1912–1999, England, f)
• Michael Farrell (born 1965, p)
• Forugh Farrokhzad (1934–1967, Iran, p/nf)
• Angie Farrow (born 1951, N Zealand, nf)
• G. E. Farrow (1862–1919, England, ch)
• Rainer Werner Fassbinder (1945–1982, Germany, d/nf)
• Adélaïde Fassinou (born 1955, Benin, f)
• Howard Fast (1914–2003, US, f/p/d)
• Kåre Fasting (1907–1983, Norway, f/nf)
• Tarek Fatah (born 1949, Pakistan/Canada, nf)
• Gertrude Minnie Faulding (1875–1961, ch/f/nf)
• Mary Faulkner (1903–1973, S Africa, f), pseudonym of Kathleen Lindsay
• William Faulkner (1897–1962, US, f/p/nf)
• Sebastian Faulks (born 1953, England, f)
• Jörg Fauser (1944–1987, Germany, f/d)
• Beatrice Faust (1939–2019, Australia, nf)
• Joseph Fawcett (c. 1758–1804, England, p/nf)
• Millicent Fawcett (1847–1929, England, nf)
• Francis Fawkes (1720–1777, England, p/nf)
• András Fáy (1786–1864, Hungary, p/f/d)
• Eliza Fay (1755 or 1756–1816, England, nf)
• Jean-Pierre Faye (born 1925, France, f/nf/p)
• Jean-François Leriget de La Faye (1674–1731, France, f)
• Louis Diène Faye (born 1936, Senegal, nf)
• Madame de La Fayette (1634–1693, France, f)
• Mihály Fazekas (1766–1828, Hungary, p/nf)

Fe–Ff

• Jane Fearon (1654 or 1656–1737, England, nf)
• Jane Feather (born 1945, England/US, f)
• Daniel Featley (1582–1645, England, nf)
• Vicki Feaver (born 1943, England, p)
• Logan February (born 1999, Nigeria, p/nf)
• Constance Fecher (1911–1995, England, f), pseudonym of Constance Fecher Heaven
• Gustav Fechner (1801–1887, Germany, nf), pseudonym Dr. Mises
• Heinrich Federer (1866–1928, Switzerland, f/nf/p)
• Tim Federle (born 1980, US, nf/d)
• Wayne Federman (born 1959, US, nf)
• Jürg Federspiel (1931–2007, Switzerland, f)
• Klára Fehér (1919–1996, Hungary, nf/f/ch)
• Lopito Feijóo (born 1963, Angola, p)
• José Pablo Feinmann (1943–2021, Argentina, f/d/nf)
• Elaine Feinstein (1930–2019, England, p/f/d)
• David Feintuch (1944–2006, US, f)
• Raymond Feist (born 1945, US, f)
• Bu Feiyan (步非烟, born 1981, China, f), pseudonym of Xin Xiaojuan (辛晓娟)
• István Fekete (1900–1970, Hungary, ch/f)
• Else Feldmann (1884–1942, Austria, f/d/p), Holocaust victim
• Alison Fell (born 1944, Scotland, p/f)
• John Fell (1625–1686, England, nf)
• Károly Fellinger (born 1963, Czechoslovakia/Slovakia, p/nf)
• Mary Fels (1863–1953, Germany/US, nf)
• Owen Feltham (1602–1668, England, nf)
• Kurt Feltz (1910–1982, Germany/Spain, f)
• Jonathan Fenby (born 1942, England, nf)
• Feng Jicai (馮驥才, born 1942, China, f/nf)
• Feng Menglong (馮夢龍, 1574–1646, China, nf/f/p)
• Feng Yidai (馮亦代, 1913–2005, China, nf)
• Feng Youlan (馮友蘭, 1895–1990, China, nf)
• Feng Yuanjun (冯沅君, 1900–1974, China, nf)
• Fenggan (豐干, fl. 9th c., China, nf)
• Forrest Fenn (1930–2020, US, f)
• George Manville Fenn (1831–1909, England, f/nf/ch)

IJ Fenn (England)

• John Fenn (died 1615, England, nf)
• John Fenn (1739–1794, England, nf)
• Lionel Fenn (1942–2006, US, f)
• Achour Fenni (living, Algeria, p/nf)
• Beppe Fenoglio (1922–1963, Italy, f/d)
• Elijah Fenton (1683–1730, England, p/nf)
• Geoffrey Fenton (c. 1539–1608, England, nf)
• James Fenton (1931–2021, N Ireland, p)
• James Fenton (born 1949, England, p/nf)
• Roger Fenton (1565–1615, England, nf)
• Eliza Fenwick (1767–1840, England/Barbados, f/nf/ch)
• Miksa Fenyő (1877–1972, Hungary, nf)
• Mouloud Feraoun (1913–1962, Algeria, nf)
• Edna Ferber (1885–1968, US, f/d)
• Ferdowsi (c. 935/1940 – c. 1019/1026, Persia, p)
• Teréz Ferenczy (1823–1853, Austria-Hungary, p)
• Kitty Ferguson (born 1941, US, nf)
• Ruby Ferguson (1899–1966, England, f/ch), pseudonym RC Ashby
• Sarah Ferguson (born 1965, Australia/US, nf)
• Bernard Fergusson (1911–1980, nf)
• Robert Fergusson (1750–1774, Scotland, p)
• Halima Ferhat (born 1941, Morocco, nf)
• Nils Ferlin (1898–1961, Sweden, p)
• Lawrence Ferlinghetti (1919–2021, US, p/f/nf)
• Patrick Leigh Fermor (1915–2011, England, nf)
• Fanny Fern (1811–1872, US, f/ch/nf), born Sara Payson Willis
• Macedonio Fernández (1874–1952, Argentina, f/p/nf)
• Chitra Fernando (1935–1998, Ceylon/Sri Lanka, f/ch)
• Elena Ferrante (living, Italy, f)
• Marie Ferrarella (born 1948, Germany/US, f)
• Gabriella De Ferrari (born 1941, US, nf)
• Elizabeth Ferrars (1907–1995, Burma/England, f), pseudonym of Morna Doris MacTaggart
• Léo Ferré (1916–1993, Monaco/Italy, p)
• Rosario Ferré (1938–2016, Puerto Rico, f/nf/p)
• António Ferreira (1528–1569, Portugal, p/d)
• Isabel Ferreira (born 1958, Angola, nf)
• José Gomes Ferreira (1900–1985, Portugal, p/f)
• Vergílio Ferreira (1916–1996, Portugal, f/nf)
• Susan Edmonstone Ferrier (1782–1854, Scotland, f)
• Helen Josephine Ferris (1890–1969, US, f)
• Maria Fetherstonhaugh (1847–1918, England, f)
• Omar Fetmouche (born 1955, Algeria, d)
• Touati Fettouma (born 1950, Algeria, f)
• Eduard von Feuchtersleben (1798–1857, Poland/Austria, d/nf/p)
• Lion Feuchtwanger (1884–1958, Germany/US, f/d)
• Malcolm Fewtrell (1909–2005, England, nf)
• Renate Feyl (born 1944, Czechoslovakia/Germany, f/nf)
• Jasper Fforde (born 1961, England, f)
• Katie Fforde (born 1952, England, f)
• I. D. Ffraid (1814–1875, Wales, p/nf)

Fi–Fl

• Ferdinand Kwasi Fiawoo (1891–1969, Gold Coast, nf/d)
• Jerzy Ficowski (1924–2006, Poland, p/nf)
• Eugene Field (1850–1895, US, ch/p/nf)
• Michael Field (Katharine Harris Bradley, 1846–1914, and Edith Emma Cooper, 1862–1913, England, p/d)
• Richard Field (1561–1616, England, nf)
• Daphne Fielding (1904–1997, England, nf)
• Helen Fielding (born 1958, England, f/d)
• Henry Fielding (1707–1754, England, f/d/p)
• Sarah Fielding (1710–1768, England, f/ch)
• Xan Fielding (1918–1991, England, nf), pseudonym of Alexander Percival Wallace
• Celia Fiennes (1662–1741, England, nf)
• William Fiennes (born 1970, England, nf)
• Fanny Carrión de Fierro (born 1936, Ecuador, p/nf)
• Humberto Fierro (1890–1929, Ecuador, p)
• Graeme Fife (born 1946, England, nf/d)
• C. H. S. Fifoot (1899–1975, England/Scotland, nf)
• Eva Figes (1932–2012, Germany/England, f/nf)
• Salvador Reyes Figueroa (1899–1970, Chile, f/nf)
• Margita Figuli (1909–1995, Czechoslovakia/Slovakia, f/nf/ch)
• Adonias Filho (1915–1990, Brazil, f/nf)
• Ernesto Lara Filho (1932–1977, Angola, p/nf)
• Juan de Dios Filiberto (1885–1964, Argentina, p)
• Nicolae Filimon (1819–1865, Wallachia/Romania, f/nf)
• Amanda Filipacchi (born 1967, US, f/nf)
• Emil Filipčič (born 1951, Yugoslavia/Slovenia, f/d)
• Vukašin Filipović (1930–1990, Yugoslavia, nf/f/d)
• Catherine Filloux (living, France/US, d)
• Juan Filloy (1894–2000, Argentina, f/nf)
• Robert Filmer (c. 1588–1653, England, nf)
• Anne Finch, Countess of Winchilsea (1661–1720, England, p)
• Charles Finch (born 1980, US, f)
• Annie Finch (born 1956, US, p/d/nf)
• Brian Finch (1936–2007, England, d)
• William Coles Finch (1864–1944, England, nf)
• Timothy Findley (1930–2002, Canada, f/d)
• Anne Fine (born 1947, England, ch/f)
• Cordelia Fine (born 1975, Canada/England, nf)
• Nadia Fink (born 1977, Argentina, nf/ch)
• Thomas Fink (born 1972, US/England, nf)
• Fiona Finlay (1914–1986, England, f), pseudonym of Violet Vivian Stuart
• George Finlay (1799–1875, Scotland, nf)
• Ian Hamilton Finlay (1925–2006, Scotland, p/nf)
• John Martin Finlay (1941–1991, US, nf/f)
• Martha Finley (1828–1909, US, ch)
• Mitch Finley (born 1945, US, nf)
• Jack Finney (1911–1995, US, f/d)
• Steinunn Finnsdóttir (c. 1640 – c. 1710, Iceland, p)
• Fran Saleški Finžgar (1871–1962, Austrian E/Yugoslavia, f/p/d)
• Carmen Firan (born 1958, Romania/US, p/f/nf)
• Ronald Firbank (1886–1926, England/Italy, f)
• Ruth First (1925–1982, S Africa/Mozambique, nf)
• Charles Firth (1857–1936, England, nf)
• John Rupert Firth (1890–1960, England, nf)
• Tim Firth (born 1964, England, d/p)
• Johann Fischart (c. 1545–1591, Germany, p/f)
• Caroline Auguste Fischer (1764–1842, Germany, f)
• Louis Fischer (1896–1970, US, nf)
• Tibor Fischer (born 1959, England, f)
• Margery Fish (1892–1969, England, nf)
• Tim Fish (born 1970, US, ch/f)
• Timothy Fish (living, US, f/nf)
• A. S. T. Fisher (1906–1989, England, p/nf)
• Aileen Fisher (1906–2002, US, ch/p)
• Allen Fisher (born 1944, England, p)
• Ann Fisher (1719–1778, England, nf)
• Carrie Fisher (1956–2016, US, f/d)
• Catherine Fisher (born 1986, Wales, p/ch)
• Dorothy Canfield Fisher (1879–1958, US, f/nf/ch)
• Herbert William Fisher (1826–1903, England, nf)
• John Fisher (1469–1535, England, nf)
• Jon Fisher (born 1972, US, nf)
• Lala Fisher (1872–1929, Australia, nf)
• M. F. K. Fisher (1908–1992, US, nf)
• Mark Fisher (1968–2017, England, nf)
• Roy Fisher (1930–2017, England, p)
• William Fisher (1780–1852, England, f)
• Nicholas Fisk (1923–2016, England, f/ch), pseudonym of David Higginbottom
• Robert Fisk (1946–2020, England/Ireland, nf)
• Sebastian Fitzek (born 1971, Germany, f/nf)
• Edward Fitzgerald (1809–1883, England, p)
• Helen FitzGerald (born 1966, Australia/Scotland, f)
• F. Scott Fitzgerald (1896–1940, US, f/nf/d)
• John D. Fitzgerald (1907–1988, US, ch/nf)
• Penelope Fitzgerald (1916–2000, England, f/p/nf)
• R. D. Fitzgerald (1902–1987, Australia, p)
• Robert Fitzgerald (1910–1985, p/nf)
• Louise Fitzhugh (1928–1974, US, ch)
• April FitzLyon (1920–1998, England, nf)
• Joseph Fitzmyer (1920–2016, US, nf)
• James Percy FitzPatrick (1862–1931, S Africa, nf/ch)
• Kathleen Fitzpatrick (1905–1990, Australia, nf)
• William Fitzstephen (died c. 1191, England, nf)
• Matthias Flacius (1520–1575, Istria, nf), Croatian name Matija Vlačić Ilirik
• Marjorie Flack (1897–1958, US, ch)
• John Flanagan (born 1944, Australia, f)
• Roderick Flanagan (1828–1862, Ireland/Australia, p/nf)
• Judith Flanders (born 1959, England, nf)
• Peter Flannery (born 1951, England, d)
• Thomas Flatman (1635–1688, England, p)
• Gustave Flaubert (1821–1880, France, f/nf)
• Konrad Fleck (fl. 13th c., Germany, p)
• James Elroy Flecker (1884–1915, England, f/d/p)
• Richard Flecknoe (c. 1600–1678, England, d/p)
• Paul Fleischman (born 1952, US, ch)
• Sid Fleischman (1920–2010, US, ch/d/f)
• Marieluise Fleißer (1901–1974, Germany, d)
• Abraham Fleming (c. 1552–1607, England, nf/p)
• Cardine Fleming (born 1936, England, f), pseudonym of Anne Mather
• Caroline Fleming (born 1975, Denmark, nf)
• Ian Fleming (1908–1964, England, f)
• Marjorie Fleming (1803–1811, Scotland, ch/nf/p)
• Paul Fleming (1609–1640, Germany, p)
• Peter Fleming (1907–1971, England, nf)
• Louis Fles (1872–1940, Netherlands, nf), pseudonym Dr. W. Bottema C. Az.
• Beryl Fletcher (1938–2018, N Zealand, f)
• Giles Fletcher (c. 1586–1623, England, p)
• Giles Fletcher the Elder (1548–1611, England, p)
• J. S. Fletcher (1863–1935, England, f/nf)
• Jane Fletcher (1870–1956, Australia, nf/f)
• John Fletcher (1579–1625, England, d)
• John Gould Fletcher (1886–1960, US, p)
• Lisa Anne Fletcher (1844–1905, US, p/nf)
• Mary Bosanquet Fletcher (1739–1815, England, nf)
• Phineas Fletcher (1582–1650, England, p/nf)
• Susan Fletcher (born 1979, England, f)
• Thomas Fletcher (1666–1713, England, p)
• Olaf de Fleur (born 1975, Iceland, d), pseudonym of Ólafur Jóhannesson
• Maria De Fleury (fl. 1773–1791, England, p/nf)
• Antony Flew (1923–2010, England, nf)
• Robert Newton Flew (1886–1962, England, nf)
• Walter Flex (1887–1917, Germany/Russian E, f)
• Eric Flint (born 1947, US, f)
• F. S. Flint (1885–1960, England, p)
• Kjartan Fløgstad (born 1944, Norway, p/f)
• Malva Flores (born 1961, Mexico, p/f/nf)
• Marco Antonio Flores (1937–2013, Guatemala, p/f/nf)
• Filip Florian (born 1968, Romania, f)
• John Florio (1552–1625, England, p/nf)
• Pat Flower (1914–1977, England/Australia, d/f)
• Tui Flower (1925–2017, N Zealand, nf)
• Alice Flowerdew (1759–1830, England, p)
• R. Barri Flowers (born 1956, US, f/nf)
• John Floyd (1572–1649, England/France, nf)
• Robert Fludd (1574–1637, England, nf)
• Torbjörn Flygt (born 1964, Sweden, f)
• Chris Flynn (born 1972, Australia, f)
• Michael Flynn (born 1947, US, nf)

Fo

• Gorch Fock (1880–1916, Germany, f/p/d), pseudonym of Johann Wilhelm Kinau
• Giles Foden (born 1967, England, f)
• Usman dan Fodio (1754–1815, Hausa Kingdoms, nf)
• Aïcha Fofana (1957–2003, Mali, f/nf)
• Lionel Fogarty (born 1958, Australia, p)
• Antonio Fogazzaro (1842–1911, Italy, f/nf/d)
• Per Anders Fogelström (1917–1998, Sweden, f)
• Rodolfo Enrique Fogwill (1941–2010, Argentina, f/p)
• Jolán Földes (1902–1963, Hungary/England, f/d), also Yolanda Foldes
• Winifred Foley (1914–2009, England, nf)
• Jean Follain (1903–1971, France, nf/p)
• Ken Follett (born 1949, Wales/England, f)
• Hans Folz (c. 1437–1513, Germany, p/d)
• Rufino Blanco Fombona (1874–1944, Venezuela, nf)
• Albany Fonblanque (1793–1872, England, nf)
• Mikkjel Fønhus (1894–1973, Norway, f/nf)
• Manuel da Fonseca (1911–1993, Portugal, f)
• Rubem Fonseca (1925–2020, Brazil, f)
• Jean de La Fontaine (1621–1695, France, f/p)
• Roberto Fontanarrosa (1944–2007, Argentina, f)
• Theodor Fontane (1819–1898, Germany, nf/f)
• Narbal Fontes (1899–1960, Brazil, f)
• Philippa Foot (1920–2010, England, nf)
• Mary Hallock Foote (1847–1938, US, f/nf)
• Samuel Foote (1720–1777, England, d)
• Tim Footman (born 1968, England, nf)
• Mary Hannay Foott (1846–1918, Scotland/Australia, p)
• Lady Angela Forbes (1876–1950, England/Jersey, f)
• Colin Forbes (1923–2006, England, f), pseudonym of Raymond Harold Sawkins
• Duncan Forbes (1798–1868, Scotland, nf)
• Duncan Forbes (1922–1994, Scotland, nf)
• Duncan Forbes (born 1947, England, p)
• Edward Forbes (1815–1854, Isle of Man, nf)
• Esther Forbes (1891–1967, US, f/nf/ch)
• John Forbes (1950–1998, Australia, p)
• Carolyn Forché (born 1950, US, p/nf)
• Anne Ford (1737–1824, England, nf)
• Boris Ford (1917–1998, India/England, nf)
• Elbur Ford (1906–1993, England, f), pseudonym of Eleanor Burford Hibbert
• Ford Madox Ford (1873–1939, England, f/p/nf), born Joseph Leopold Ford Hermann Madox Hueffer
• John Ford (1586 – c. 1639, England, d/p)
• John M. Ford (1957–2006, US, f/p)
• Mark Ford (born 1962, Kenya/England, p/nf)
• Norrey Ford (1907–1985, England, f), pseudonym of Norren Dilcock
• Richard Ford (1796–1858, England, nf)
• Thomas Ford (c. 1580–1648, England, p)
• Amanda Foreman (born 1968, England/US, nf)
• Michael Foreman (born 1938, England, ch)
• Antonia Forest (1915–2003, England, ch), pseudonym of Patricia Giulia Caulfield Kate Rubinstein
• C. S. Forester (1899–1966, England/US, f/d/nf)
• Simon Forman (1552–1611, England, nf)
• Juan Forn (1959–2021, Argentina, f/nf)
• Aminatta Forna (born 1964, Scotland/Sierra Leone, f/nf)
• Xavier Forneret (1809–1884, France, f/d/nf)
• Richard Forno (living, US, nf)
• Fereshteh Forough (born 1985, Iran/Afghanistan, nf)
• David Forrest, 1929–2023 and born 1933, England, f), pseudonym of Robert Forrest-Webb and David Eliades)
• Mabel Forrest (1872–1935, Australia, p/f)
• Elaine Forrestal (born 1941, Australia, ch)
• Alfred Henry Forrester (1804–1872, England, f/ch)
• Helen Forrester (1919–2011, England/Canada, nf/f)
• Tony Forrester (born 1953, England, nf)
• Jeff Forshaw (born 1968, England, nf)
• Thelma Forshaw (1923–1995, Australia, f/nf)
• Lars Forssell (1928–2007, Sweden, p/d)
• Tua Forsström (born 1947, Finland/Sweden, p)
• William R. Forstchen (born 1950, US, f/nf)
• E. M. Forster (1879–1970, England, f/nf/d)
• Jackie Forster (1926–1998, England, nf)
• John Forster (1812–1876, England, nf)
• Margaret Forster (1938–2016, England, f/nf)
• Mary Forster (c. 1620–1687, England, nf)
• Michelanne Forster (born 1953, N Zealand, d)
• William Forster (1818–1882, India/Australia, p)
• Frederick Forsyth (born 1938, England, f)
• Jessie Forsyth (1847/49 – 1937, England/US/Australia, nf/f/p)
• Paul Fort (1872–1960, France, p)
• Richard Fortey (born 1946, England, nf)
• Drew Fortier (born 1987, US, nf)
• Elena Fortún (1886–1952, Spain, ch)
• Mary Fortune (c. 1833–1911, Australia, f/p/nf), pseudonym Waif Wander
• Valentin Fortunov (1957–2014, Bulgaria, nf)
• Robert L. Forward (1932–2002, US, nf/f)
• Ugo Foscolo (1778–1927, Italy, p/f/d)
• Jon Fosse (born 1959, Norway, f/p/ch)
• Karin Fossum (born 1954, Norway, f)
• Alan Dean Foster (born 1946, US, f)
• E. M. Foster (fl. late 18th – early 19th c., England, f)
• John Foster (1770–1843, England, nf)
• Lori Foster (living, US, f)
• Lynn Foster (1914–1985, Australia, d/nf)
• Mo Foster (born 1944, England, nf)
• John Fothergill (1876–1957, England, nf)
• John Knight Fotheringham (1874–1936, England, nf)
• Michel Foucault (1926–1984, France, nf)
• John Foulcher (born 1952, Australia, p)
• Adam Foulds (born 1974, England, f/p)
• Tim Fountain (born 1967, England, d/nf)
• Margaret Fountaine (1862–1940, England, nf)
• Friedrich de la Motte Fouqué (1777–1843, Germany, d/p)
• Charles J. Fourie (born 1965, S Africa, d)
• Alain-Fournier (1886–1914, France, f/p), pseudonym of Henri-Alban Fournier
• Martha Fowke (1689–1736, England, p)
• Dorothy Fowler (living, N Zealand, f)
• Ellen Thorneycroft Fowler (1860–1929, England, f/p/ch)
• Francis George Fowler (1871–1918, England/Guernsey, nf)
• Henry Watson Fowler (1858–1933, England, nf)
• Karen Joy Fowler (born 1950, US, f)
• William Fowler (c. 1560–1612, Scotland, p/nf)
• John Fowles (1926–2005, England, f/d)
• Aileen Fox (1907–2005, England, nf)
• Caroline Fox (1819–1871, England, nf)
• Francis Fox (1675–1738, England, nf)
• George Fox (1624–1691, England, nf)
• Helen Fox (born 1962, England, ch)
• Len Fox (1905–2004, Australia, nf)
• Mem Fox (born 1946, Australia, ch)
• Michael J. Fox (born 1961, Canada/US, nf)
• Robert Fox (1798–1843, England, nf)
• Robert J. Fox (1927–2009, US, nf)
• Robin Lane Fox (born 1946, England, nf)
• Edgar Foxall (1906–1990, England, p)
• John Foxe (1516/1517–1587, England, nf)
• Samuel Foxe (1560–1630, England, nf)

Fr–Fy

• Randall Frakes (living, US, d/f)
• Esther G. Frame (1840–1920, US, nf)
• Janet Frame (1924–2004, N Zealand, f/p/ch)
• Martin le Franc (c. 1410–1461, France/Switzerland, p)
• Anatole France (1844–1924, France, p/nf/f)
• Marie de France (fl. 12th c.), France/England, p)
• Ruth France (1913–1968, N Zealand, p/f)
• Anne Francis (1738–1800, England, nf/p)
• Dick Francis (1920–2010, England, f)
• Gavin Francis (born 1975, Scotland, nf)
• Matthew Francis (born 1956, England/Wales, p/f)
• Philip Francis (1740–1818, Ireland/England, nf)
• Robert Francis (1901–1987, US, p/nf)
• Suzanne Francis (born 1959, England, f)
• Julia Franck (born 1970, Germany, f/nf)
• Sebastian Franck (1499 – c. 1543, Germany, nf)
• Mercedes Franco (born 1948, Venezuela, f/nf)
• Veronica Franco (1546–1591, Republic of Venice, p/nf)
• Anne Frank (1929–1945, Germany/Netherlands, nf), Holocaust victim
• Bruno Frank (1878–1945, Germany/US, d/f/p)
• Leonhard Frank (1882–1961, Germany/US, f/d)
• Gilbert Frankau (1884–1952, England, f/p)
• Julia Frankau (1859–1916, England, f), pseudonym Frank Danby
• Pamela Frankau (1908–1967, England, f)
• Alona Frankel (born 1937, Poland/Israel, ch/p)
• Charis Frankenburg (1892–1985, England, nf)
• Frankétienne (born 1936, Haiti, p/f/d), born Franck Étienne
• Ludwig August von Frankl (1810–1894, Austrian E, p)
• Benjamin Franklin (1706–1790, English N American colonies/US, nf)
• John Franklin (1886–1947, England/Canada, nf)
• Miles Franklin (1879–1954, Australia, f/nf), pseudonym of Stella Maria Sarah Miles Franklin
• André Franquin (1924–1997, Belgium, f)
• Marie-Louise von Franz (1915–1998, Switzerland, nf)
• Franzobel (born 1967, Austria, p/f), pseudonym of Franz Stefan Griebl
• Karl Emil Franzos (1848–1904, Austrian E/Germany, f)
• Antonia Fraser (born 1932, England, nf/f)
• Caro Fraser (1953–2020, England, f)
• George MacDonald Fraser (1925–2008, England/Isle of Man, f/d)
• George Sutherland Fraser (1915–1980, Scotland, p/nf)
• Gregory Fraser (living, US, p)
• Ian Fraser, Baron Fraser of Lonsdale (1897–1974, England, nf)
• Margaret Fraser (1866–1951, N Zealand, nf)
• Mary Crawford Fraser (1851–1922, Italy/US, nf/f)
• Raymond Fraser (1941–2018, Canada, nf/f/p)
• Naim Frashëri (1846–1900, Ottoman E, nf/p)
• Benjamin Frater (1979–2007, Australia, p)
• Heinrich Frauenlob (c. 1250/1260–1318, Germany, p)
• Abraham Fraunce (c. 1558/1560 – c. 1592/1593, England, p)
• Michael Frayn (born 1933, England, d/f)
• Brentley Frazer (born 1972, Australia, p/nf/f)
• Margaret Frazer (1946–2013, US, f)
• Ian Frazier (born 1951, US, nf)
• Louis-Honoré Fréchette (1839–1908, Canada, p/d/f)
• Pauline Fréchette (1889–1943, Canada, p/d/nf)
• André Frédérique (1915–1957, France, p)
• Marianne Fredriksson (1927–2007, Sweden, f/nf)
• Aleksander Fredro (1793–187t, Poland, p/d/nf)
• Lynn Freed (born 1945, S Africa, f/nf)
• Jonathan Freedland (born 1967, England, nf/f), fiction pseudonym Sam Bourne
• Russell Freedman (1929–2018, US, nf/ch)
• Barbara C. Freeman (1906–1999, England, ch)
• Don Freeman (1908–1978, US, ch)
• Douglas S. Freeman (1886–1953, US, nf)
• Edward Augustus Freeman (1823–1892, England/Spain, nf)
• Grace Beacham Freeman (1916–2002, US, p/nf/f)
• John Freeman (1880–1929, England, p/nf)
• Pamela Freeman (born 1960, Australia, f/ch)
• R. Austin Freeman (1862–1943, England, f)
• Dave Freer (born 1959, S Africa/Australia, f)
• Nicholas Freeston (1907–1978, England, p)
• Alicia Freilich (born 1939, Venezuela, f/nf)
• Ferdinand Freiligrath (1810–1876, Germany, p/nf)
• Raquel Freire (born 1973, Portugal, d/f)
• António A. de Freitas (born 1947, Mozambique/Portugal, nf)
• Armindo Freitas-Magalhães (born 1966, Portugal, nf)
• Elizabeth Freke (1641–1714, England, nf/p)
• Jasmin B. Frelih (born 1986, Yugoslavia/Slovenia, f)
• Elizabeth Wynne Fremantle (1778–1857, England, nf)
• Celia Fremlin (1914–2009, England, f)
• Allen French (1870–1946, US, nf/ch)
• Anne French (born 1956, N Zealand, p)
• Ashley French (1897–1985, England, f/d), pseudonym of Denise Robins
• Jackie French (born 1953, Australia, nf/ch)
• Patrick French (born 1966, England, nf)
• Gustav Frenssen (1863–1945, Germany, f)
• John Hookham Frere (1769–1846, England, p)
• Rodrigo Fresán (born 1963, Argentina/Spain, f/nf)
• Yvonne du Fresne (1929–2011, N Zealand, f/d)
• James Frey (born 1969, US, nf/f)
• Oskar Freysinger (born 1960, Switzerland, nf/f)
• Sindri Freysson (born 1970, Iceland, f/p)
• Gustav Freytag (1816–1895, Germany, f/d)
• Alfred Hermann Fried (1864–1921, Germany, nf)
• Erich Fried (1921–1988, Austria/England, p/d/f)
• Leonie Frieda (born 1956, Sweden/England, nf)
• Egon Friedell (1878–1938, Austria, nf/d), Holocaust victim
• Frieda Friedman (born 1905, date of death unknown, US, ch)
• Joseph Friedenson (1922–2013, Poland/US, nf)
• C. S. Friedman (born 1957, US, f)
• David D. Friedman (born 1945, US, nf)
• Graeme Friedman (living, S Africa, f/p)
• Richard Elliott Friedman (born 1946, US, nf)
• Brian Friel (1929–2015, Ireland, d/f)
• Rogelio Julio Frigerio (1914–2006, Argentina, nf)
• Frik (fl. 13th–14th cc., Armenia, nf)
• Shirley Frimpong-Manso (born 1977, Ghana, d/nf)
• Max Frisch (1911–1991, Switzerland, d/f)
• William Powell Frith (1819–1909, England, nf)
• Nikolaj Frobenius (born 1965, Norway, f/d)
• Gustaf Fröding (1860–1911, Sweden, p/f)
• Gayleen Froese (born 1972, Canada, f/nf/p)
• Abraham Emanuel Fröhlich (1796–1865, Switzerland, p)
• Jean Froissart (c. 1337 – c. 1405, Flanders, nf/p)
• Robert Frost (1874–1963, US, p)
• Helen Losanitch Frothingham (1885–1972, Serbia/France, nf)
• James Anthony Froude (1818–1894, England, nf/f)
• Hurrell Froude (1803–1836, England, nf)
• Alistair Fruish (living, England, nf/f)
• Gene Frumkin (1928–2007, US, p)
• C. B. Fry (1872–1956, England, nf)
• Caroline Fry (1787–1846, England, nf)
• Christopher Fry (1907–2005, England, p/d)
• Plantagenet Somerset Fry (1931–1996, England, nf)
• Ruth Fry (1878–1962, England, nf)
• Stephen Fry (born 1957, England, d/f/nf)
• Susanna M. D. Fry (1841–1920, US, f/nf)
• Agnes Moore Fryberger (1868–1939, US, f)
• Fu Baoshi (傅抱石, 1904–1965, China, nf)
• Fu Shanxiang (傅善祥, 1833–1864, China, nf)
• Fu Tianlin (傅天琳, born 1946, China, p/nf)
• Carlos Fuentes (1928–2012, Mexico, f/nf)
• Athol Fugard (born 1932, S Africa, d/f)
• Lisa Fugard (living, S Africa/US, f)
• Sheila Meiring Fugard (born England/S Africa, f/d)
• Alberto Fuguet (born 1963, Chile, f/nf)
• Shizuo Fujieda (藤枝静男, 1907–1993, Japan, f)
• Sadakazu Fujii (藤井貞和, born 1942, Japan, p/nf)
• Shū Fujisawa (藤沢周, born 1959, Japan, f)
• Yoshinaga Fujita (藤田宜永, 1950–2020, Japan, f/d)
• Fujiwara no Akisue (藤原顕季, 1055–1123, Japan, p)
• Fujiwara no Ietaka (藤原家隆, 1158–1237, Japan, p)
• Fujiwara no Kintō (藤原公任, 966–1041, Japan, p)
• Fujiwara no Shunzei (藤原俊成, 1114–1204, Japan, p)
• Fujiwara no Teika (藤原定家, 1162–1241, Japan, p/f/nf)
• Kyūya Fukada (深田久弥), 1903–1971, Japan, f/nf)
• Shichirō Fukazawa (深沢七郎), 1914–1987, Japan, f)
• Fukuchi Gen'ichirō (福地源一郎, 1841–1906, Japan, nf)
• Fukuda Hideko (福田英子, 1865–1927, Japan, nf)
• Sadayoshi Fukuda (福田定良, 1917–2002, Japan, nf)
• Masami Fukushima (福島正実, 1929–1976, Japan, f)
• Fukuzawa Yukichi (福澤諭吉, 1835–1901, Japan, nf/ch)
• Yvonne K. Fulbright (living, Iceland/US, nf)
• George Williams Fulcher (1795–1855, England, p/nf)
• Ludwig Fulda (1862–1939, Germany, d/p)
• Robert Fulghum (born 1937, US, nf)
• Alexandra Fuller (born 1969, England/US, nf)
• Andrew Fuller (1754–1815, England, nf)
• Claire Fuller (born 1967, England, f)
• Jean Overton Fuller (1915–2009, England, nf)
• John Fuller (born 1937, US, p/f/ch)
• Peter Fuller (1947–1990, England, nf)
• Roy Fuller (1912–1991, England, p/f/nf)
• Thomas Fuller (1608–1661, England, nf)
• Lady Georgiana Fullerton (1812–1885, England, f/nf)
• Mary Eliza Fullerton (1868–1946, Australia/England, f/p)
• Alice Fulton (born 1952, US, p/f/nf)
• Catherine Fulton (1829–1919, N Zealand, nf)
• Ulpian Fulwell (1545 or 1546 – pre-1586, England, d/p)
• Funahashi Seiichi (舟橋聖一, 1904–1976, Japan, f/d)
• Vicente Cabrera Funes (1944–2014, Ecuador, f/nf)
• Cornelia Funke (born 1958, Germany, ch)
• Bilkisu Funtuwa (living, Nigeria, f)
• Antoine Furetière (1619–1688, France, nf/f)
• Monica Furlong (1930–2003, England, f/ch/nf)
• John Furnival (1933–2020, England, p)
• Frederick James Furnivall (1825–1910, England, nf)
• Yoshikichi Furui (古井由吉, 1937–2020, Japan, f/nf)
• Henry Fuseli (1741–1825, Switzerland/England, nf)
• Sandy Fussell (born 1960, Australia, ch)
• Milán Füst (1888–1967, Hungary, f/nf)
• Futabatei Shimei (二葉亭四迷, 1864–1909, Japan, f/nf)
• Füzuli (c. 1494–1556, Ottoman E, p), birth name Mahammad bin Suleyman
• Simwnt Fychan (c. 1530–1606, Wales, p/nf)
• Rose Fyleman (1877–1957, England, p/ch)