List of authors by name: M

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

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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• Ma Duanlin (馬端臨, 1245–1322, China, nf)
• Ma Jian (馬建, born 1953, China, f/p/nf)
• Ma Rong (馬融, 79–166 CE, China, f/nf)
• Ma Zhiyuan (馬致遠, c. 1250–1321, China, p/d)
• Amin Maalouf (born 1949, Lebanon/France, f/nf/d)
• Dada Masiti (c. 1810s-15 July 1919, Kenya, p)
• Paul Maar (born 1937, Germany, ch)
• Rozena Maart (born 1962, S Africa, nf)
• Alain Mabanckou (born 1966, Republic of the Congo, f/p/nf)
• Ignatius Mabasa (born 1971, S Rhodesia/Zimbabwe, f/p)
• Richard Mabey (born 1941, England, nf)
• Shukri Mabkhout (born 1962, Tunisia, nf/f)
• Darko Macan (born 1966, Yugoslavia/Croatia, nf/f)
• Frederick Macartney (1887–1980, Australia, p/nf)
• Rose Macaulay (1881–1958, England, f/nf)
• Thomas Babington Macaulay (1800–1859, England/Scotland, nf)
• George MacBeth (1932–1992, Scotland/Ireland, p/f)
• Norman MacCaig (1910–1996, Scotland, p)
• Fiona MacCarthy (1940–2020, England, nf)
• Hugh MacDiarmid (1892–1978, Scotland, p), pseudonym of Christopher Murray Grieve
• Amy MacDonald (born 1951, US, ch)
• Ann-Marie MacDonald (born 1958, Canada, d/f)
• Betty MacDonald (1908–1958, US, f/ch)
• Charlotte Macdonald (born 1950, N Zealand, nf)
• Elizabeth Roberts MacDonald (1864–1922, Canada, p/ch/f/nf)
• George MacDonald (1824–1905, Scotland/England, nf/ch)
• Helen Macdonald (born 1970, England, p)
• John D. MacDonald (1916–1986, US, f)
• António de Macedo (1931–2017, Portugal, nf/f/d)
• Joaquim Manuel de Macedo (1820–1882, Brazil, f/p/d)
• Alexandru Macedonski (1854–1920, Wallachia/Romania, p/f/d)
• Vytautas Mačernis (1921–1944, Lithuania, p)
• Gwendolyn MacEwen (1941–1987, Canada, p/f)
• Rebecca Macfie (living, N Zealand, nf)
• Marjorie Oludhe Macgoye (1928–2015, England/Kenya, p/f)
• Alasdair Alpin MacGregor (1899–1970, Scotland/England, nf/p)
• Charles MacGregor (1840–1887, India, nf)
• Ellen MacGregor (1906–1954, US, ch)
• Reginald James MacGregor (1887–1961, England, ch/d)
• Ana Maria Machado (born 1941, Brazil, ch)
• Aníbal Machado (1894–1964, Brazil, f)
• Antonio Machado (1875–1939, Spain/France, p)
• Antônio Castilho de Alcântara Machado (1901–1935, Brazil, f/nf)
• D. J. MacHale (born 1955, US, d/ch)
• Guillaume de Machaut (c. 1300–1377, France, p)
• Mukhran Machavariani (1929–2010, USSR/Georgia, p)
• Arthur Machen (1863–1947, Wales/England, f/nf), pseudonym of Arthur Llewellyn Jones
• Ben Macintyre (born 1963, England, nf)
• Duncan Ban MacIntyre (1724–1812, Scotland, p)
• Elisabeth MacIntyre (1916–2004, Australia, ch/f)
• Louise Mack (1870–1935, Australia, f/p/nf)
• Denis Mackail (1892–1971, England, f/nf)
• Jessie Mackay (1864–1938, N Zealand, p)
• John Henry Mackay (1864–1933, Scotland/Germany, nf)
• Katrine Mackay (1864–1944, Australia/N Zealand, nf)
• Shena Mackay (born 1944, Scotland/England, f)
• Dorothea Mackellar (1885–1968, Australia, p/f)
• Anna Mackenzie (born 1963, N Zealand, p)
• Compton Mackenzie (1883–1972, England/Scotland, f/nf)
• Henry Mackenzie (1745–1831, Scotland, f/nf)
• Kenneth Mackenzie (1913–1955, Australia, p/f)
• Serena Mackesy (born 1960s, England, f/nf)
• Mary Mackie (born early 1940s, England, f/nf)
• Józef Mackiewicz (1902–1985, Russian E/Germany, f/nf)
• Stanisław Mackiewicz (1896–1966, Russian E/Poland, nf)
• Alasdair Maclean (1926–1994, Scotland, p/nf)
• Patricia MacLachlan (1938–2022, US, ch)
• Fitzroy Maclean (1911–1996, Italy/England, nf)
• Hester Maclean (1859–1932, Australia/N Zealand, nf)
• Ida Maclean (1877–1944, England, nf)
• Katherine MacLean (1925–2019, US, f)
• Sorley MacLean (1911–1996, Scotland, p)
• Archibald MacLeish (1892–1982, US, p/nf/d)
• Charlotte MacLeod (1922–2005, Canada/US, f)
• Della Campbell MacLeod (ca. 1884 – ?, US, f/nf)
• Ian R. MacLeod (born 1956, England, f)
• Ken MacLeod (born 1954, Scotland, f)
• Sarah Broom Macnaughtan (1864–1916, Scotland/England, f/nf)
• Aonghas MacNeacail (born 1942, Scotland, p/d)
• Louis MacNeice (1907–1963, N Ireland/England, p/d)
• Hector Macneill (1746–1818, Scotland, p)
• Debbie Macomber (born 1948, US, f)
• James Macpherson (1736–1796, Scotland, p)
• Katharine Sarah Macquoid (1824–1917, England, f/nf)
• Nevil Macready (1862–1946, England, nf)
• Angus MacVicar (1908–2001, Scotland, f/nf/ch)
• Imre Madách (1823–1864, Hungary, d/p)
• Judith Madan (1702–1781, England, p)
• Martin Madan (1726–1790, England, nf)
• Shirley Maddock (1928–2001, N Zealand, nf/f)
• Maddox (born 1978, US, nf), pseudonym of George Ouzounian
• Brenda Maddox (1932–2019, US/England, nf)
• Bronwen Maddox (born 1963, England, nf)
• Yulisa Pat Amadu Maddy (1936–2014, Sierra Leone, d)
• Naomi Long Madgett (1923–2020, US, p)
• Gajanan Digambar Madgulkar (1919–1977, India, p/f/nf)
• Haki R. Madhubuti (born 1942, US, p/nf), born Don Luther Lee
• E. S. Madima (living, S Africa, f)
• Tenda Madima (living, S Africa, f/p)
• Richard Madox (1546–1583, England/Brazil, nf)
• Valter hugo mãe (born 1971, Angola/Portugal, f), pseudonym of Valter Hugo Lemos
• Jun Maeda (麻枝准, born 1975, Japan, f)
• Maurice Maeterlinck (1862–1949, Belgium/France, d/p/nf)
• Yutaka Mafune (真船豊, 1902–1977, Japan, d/f)
• Modison Salayedvwa Magagula (born 1958, Swaziland, d/p/f)
• Lina Magaia (1940–2011, Mozambique, nf/f)
• Bogomir Magajna (1904–1963, Austrian E/Yugoslavia, f/ch)
• Álvaro Magalhães (born 1951, Portugal, f/ch)
• Gonçalves de Magalhães, 1811–1882, Brazil, p/d/nf)
• Georgije Magarašević (1793–1830, Serbia, nf/d)
• Maga Magazinović (1882–1968, Serbia/Yugoslavia, nf)
• John Gillespie Magee Jr. (1922–1941, China/England, p)
• Ragnhild Magerøy (1920–2010, Norway, f/nf/p)
• Andri Snær Magnason (born 1973, Iceland, f/p/d)
• Guðrún Kristín Magnúsdóttir (born 1939, Iceland, ch/nf)
• Þórunn Elfa Magnúsdóttir (1910–1995, Iceland, f)
• Finnur Magnússon (1781–1847, Iceland/Denmark, nf)
• Jón Magnússon (c. 1610–1696, Iceland, nf)
• Magnus Magnusson (1929–2007, Iceland/Scotland, nf)
• Sindiwe Magona (born 1943, S Africa, f/nf)
• David Magradze (born 1962, USSR/Georgia, p)
• Paul Magrs (born 1969, England, f/d/nf)
• Sandra Magsamen (born 1959, US, ch)
• João Magueijo (born 1967, Portugal, nf)
• Gregory Maguire (born 1954, US, f)
• Wiseman Magwa (born 1962, S Rhodesia/Zimbabwe, d)
• Akka Mahadevi (fl. 12th c., India, p)
• John Mahama (born 1958, Ghana, nf)
• Jayanta Mahapatra (1928–2023, India, p/f/nf)
• Maryam Mahboob (born 1955, Afghanistan/Canada, f)
• Naguib Mahfouz (1911–2006, Egypt, f/d)
• Muhammad Ahmad Mahgoub (1908–1976, Sudan, p/nf)
• Jamal Mahjoub (born 1966, England, f)
• Abdel Khaliq Mahjub (1927–1971, Sudan, nf)
• Ahmad Mahmoud (1931–2002, Iran, f/nf)
• Mustafa Mahmoud (1921–2009, Egypt, nf)
• Zaki Naguib Mahmoud (1905–1993, Egypt, nf)
• Al Mahmud (1936–2019, India/Bangladesh, p/f)
• Derek Mahon (1941–2020, N Ireland/Ireland, p/nf)
• Ahmed Mahsas (1923–2013, Algeria, nf)
• Margaret Mahy (1936–2012, N Zealand, f/ch)
• Jennifer Maiden (born 1949, Australia, p/f/nf)
• Ōtarō Maijō (舞城王太郎, born 1973, Japan, f)
• Norman Mailer (1923–2007, US, f/nf/d)
• Ella Maillart (1903–1997, Switzerland, nf)
• Arthur Maimane (1932–2005, S Africa, nf/f)
• Guru Prasad Mainali (1900–1971, Nepal, f)
• Sankie Maimo (1930–2013, Cameroon/Nigeria, d/cg)
• Barbara York Main (1929–2019, Australia, nf)
• Maironis (1862–1932, Russian E/Lithuania, p)
• Rudolf Maister (1874–1934, Austria-Hungary/Yugoslavia, p)
• Karen Maitland (born 1956, England, f)
• Sara Maitland (born 1950, England, f)
• Pierre des Maizeaux (1666 or 1673–1745, France/England, nf)
• Adewale Maja-Pearce (born 1953, England/Nigeria, nf/f)
• Jorge Majfud (born 1969, Uruguay/US, f/nf)
• János Majláth (1786–1855, Austrian E/Hungary, nf/p)
• Clarence Major (born 1936, US, p/f)
• Lamia Makaddam (born 1971, Tunisia, p/nf)
• Svetlana Makarovič (born 1939, Yugoslavia/Slovenia, nf/p/ch)
• Barbara Makhalisa (born 1949, S Rhodesia/Zimbabwe, f/nf/p)
• Angela Makholwa (living, S Africa, f)
• Nick Makoha (living, Ugandan/England, p/d)
• Desanka Maksimović (1898–1993, Serbia/Yugoslavia, p/ch)
• Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum (born 1949, Dubai, nf/p)
• Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi (born 1960s, Uganda/England, f)
• Vitan Mal (born 1946, Yugoslavia/Slovenia, ch/f)
• Grand Corps Malade (born 1977, France, p), pseudonym of Fabien Marsaud
• Rian Malan (born 1954, S Africa, nf/p)
• Curzio Malaparte (1898–1957, Italy, nf)
• Antoni Malczewski (1793–1826, Russian E, p)
• Emilie Monson Malcolm (c. 1830–1905, N Zealand, nf)
• Tomás Maldonado (1922–2018, Argentina, nf)
• Edmond Amran El Maleh (1917–2010, Morocco/France, nf)
• Marcin Malek (born 1975, Poland, p/d)
• Rosie Malek-Yonan (born 1965, Iran/US, nf)
• Vlado Maleski (1919–1984, Yugoslavia, f)
• Oriel Malet (1823–1914, Wales/France, f/nf), pseudonym of Lady Auriel Rosemary Malet Vaughan
• Djordje Maletić (1816–1888, Austrian E/Serbia, p/nf)
• Qabaniso Malewezi (born 1979, Malawi, p)
• François de Malherbe (1555–1628, France, p/nf)
• Rajiv Malhotra (born 1950, India/US, nf)
• Josh Malihabadi (1898–1982, India/Pakistan, p)
• Ashesh Malla (born 1954, Nepal, d)
• Madayyagari Mallana (fl. 15th c., Rayalaseema/Vijayanagara E, p)
• Stéphane Mallarmé (1842–1898, France, p/nf)
• Gitta Mallasz (1907–1992, Hungary/France, nf)
• Eduardo Mallea (1903–1982, Argentina, f/nf)
• Susan Mallery (born 1950, US, f)
• David Mallet (c. 1705–1765, Scotland, p/d)
• Tom Mallin (1927–1977, England, f/d)
• Allan Mallinson (born 1949, England, f/nf)
• Francis Mallmann (born 1956, Argentina, nf)
• Agustín Fernández Mallo (born 1967, Spain, p/f/nf)
• Clare Mallory (1913–1991, N Zealand, ch), pseudonym of Winifred Constance McQuilkan Hall
• Bertil Malmberg (1889–1958, Sweden, f/p)
• Bodil Malmsten (1944–2016, Sweden, p/f)
• Thomas Malory (c. 1415–1471, England, p/f)
• Hector Malot (1830–1907, France, nf/f)
• David Malouf (born 1934, Australia, f/p/d)
• Eric Malpass (1910–1996, England, f)
• André Malraux (1901–1976, France, f/nf)
• Demetrio Aguilera Malta (1909–1981, Ecuador, nf)
• Barry N. Malzberg (born 1939, US, f)
• Benedicto Wokomaatani Malunga (born 1962, Malawi, p)
• Amina Mama (born 1958, Nigeria/US, nf)
• Abdoulaye Mamani (1932–1993, Niger, p/f)
• Mahmood Mamdani (born 1946, India/Uganda, nf)
• Goffredo Mameli (1827–1949, Italy, p/nf)
• Mouloud Mammeri (1917–1989, Algeria, f/d/nf)
• Magda Mamet (1916–2012, Mauritius, p)
• Razaq Mamoon (born 1964, Afghanistan/Australia, nf)
• Rania Mamoun (born 1979, Sudan, f/nf)
• William Manchester (1922–2004, US, nf)
• Andreas Mand (born 1959, Germany, f/nf/d)
• Shahriar Mandanipour (born 1957, Iran/US, nf)
• Nelson Mandela (1918–1913, S Africa, nf)
• Osip Mandelstam (1891–1938, Russia/USSR, p/nf)
• Jane Mander (1877–1949, N Zealand, f/nf)
• Miles Mander (1888–1946, England, d/f)
• John Mandeville (14th c., probably France/Netherlands, nf)
• Svetislav Mandić (1921–2003, Serbia/Montenegro, nf/p)
• Iván Mándy (1918–1995, Hungary, nf)
• Mustafa Lutfi al-Manfaluti (1876–1924, Egypt, f/d/p)
• James Clarence Mangan (1803–1849, Ireland, p)
• Patrick Mangeni (living, Uganda, p/d/ch)
• Richmal Mangnall (1769–1820, England, ch)
• Andrew Mango (1926–2014, Turkey/England, nf)
• Charles Mangua (1939–2021, Kenya, f)
• Bill Manhire (born 1946, N Zealand, p/f)
• Rani Manicka (living, Malaysia, f)
• John Manifold (1915–1985, Australia, p/nf)
• Marcus Manilius (fl. 1st c. CE, Roman E, p)
• Frederick Edward Maning (1812–1883, N Zealand, nf)
• Irshad Manji (born 1968, Uganda/Canada, nf)
• Henning Mankell (1948–2015, Sweden, f/ch/d)
• Guy Mankowski (born 1983, England, f/nf)
• Delarivier Manley (1663 or c. 1670–1724, England, nf/d)
• Alana Mann (living, Australia, nf)
• Erika Mann (1905–1969, Germany/Switzerland, nf)
• Golo Mann (1909–1994, Germany/Switzerland, nf)
• Heinrich Mann (1871–1950, Germany/US, f)
• Klaus Mann (1906–1949, Germany/France, f/nf)
• Leonard Mann (1895–1981, Australia, p/f)
• Mary E. Mann (1848–1929, England, f/d)
• Phillip Mann (born 1942, England/N Zealand, f)
• Thomas Mann (1875–1955, Germany/Switzerland, f/nf)
• Anne Manning (1807–1879, England, f)
• Emily Manning (1845–1890, Australia, nf), pseudonym Australie
• Frederic Manning (1882–1935, England, f/p)
• Laurence Manning (1899–1972, Canada, f)
• Lauren Manning (born 1961, US, nf)
• Maurice Manning (born 1966, US, p)
• Richard Manning (born 1951, US, nf)
• Rosemary Manning (1911–1988, England, f)
• Ruth Manning-Sanders (1886–1988, Wales/England, p/ch)
• Daniel P. Mannix (1911–1997, US, f/nf)
• Robert Mannyng (1264–1340, England, nf)
• Todor Manojlović (1883–1968, Austria-Hungary/Yugoslavia, p/d/nf)
• Jaime Manrique (born 1949, Colombia/US, f/p/nf)
• Chris Mansell (born 1953, Australia, p/f/ch)
• Jill Mansell (living, England, f)
• Katherine Mansfield (1888–1923 N Zealand/France, f/p)
• Keith Mansfield (born 1965, England, f)
• Mark Manson (born 1984, US, nf)
• Anis Mansour (1924–2011, Egypt, nf)
• Latifa Ben Mansour (born 1950, Algeria, nf)
• Zahra Mansouri (living, Morocco, p)
• Muhammad Mansuruddin (1904–1987, India/Bangladesh, nf)
• Jakobe Mansztajn (born 1982, Poland, p/nf)
• Alicia Catherine Mant (1788–1869, England, ch)
• Hilary Mantel (1952–2022, England, f/nf)
• Saadat Hasan Manto (1912–1955, India/Pakistan, f/d/nf)
• Manuchehri ((fl. 1031–1040, Persia, p)
• Sarah Ladipo Manyika (born 1968, Nigeria/England, f/nf)
• Sonia Manzano (born 1950, US, ch)
• Alessandro Manzoni (1785–1873, Italy, p/f/nf)
• Mokbula Manzoor (1938–2020, India/Bangladesh, f/nf/ch)
• Mao Dun (茅盾, 1896–1981, China, nf/f/d)
• Jack Mapanje (born 1944, Nyasaland/Malawi, p/nf)
• Carmen Marai (living, Chile, p/f)
• Sándor Márai (1900–1989, Hungary/US, f/nf/p)
• J. Nozipo Maraire (born 1964, S Rhodesia/Zimbabwe, f)
• Eugène Marais (1871–1936, S Africa, nf)
• René Maran (1887–1960, Martinique/France, p/f)
• Pierre de Marbeuf (1595–1645, France, p)
• Cristina Marcano (born 1960, Venezuela, nf)
• Marcel Marceau (1923–2007, France, nf)
• Frédéric Marcelin (1848–1917, Haiti, f/nf)
• Jane Marcet (1769–1858, England, nf)
• Ausiàs March (1400–1459, Valencia, p)
• Jill March (born 1950, US, f), pseudonym of Nora Roberts
• Stella March (1916–2010, England, f), pseudonym of Marjorie Bell Marshall
• Melina Marchetta (born 1965, Australia, f/ch)
• Hans Marchwitza (1890–1965, Germany, f/nf/p)
• Justinas Marcinkevičius (1930–2011, Lithuania/Soviet Union, p/d)
• Ben Marcus (born 1967, US, f/nf)
• Morton Marcus (1936–2009, US, p)
• Sharon Marcus (born 1966, US, nf)
• Jan Marcussen (living, US, nf)
• Walter de la Mare (1873–1956), England, p/f/ch)
• Leopoldo Marechal (1900–1970, Argentina, p/f/nf)
• Dambudzo Marechera (1952–1987, S Rhodesia/Zimbabwe, f/d/p)
• Mareez (1917–1983, India, p/nf)
• Margaret of Valois-Angoulême (1492–1599, France, nf)
• Manuela Margarido (1925–2007, São Tomé and Príncipe/Portugal, p)
• Ingólfur Margeirsson (1948–2011, Iceland, nf)
• Leo Margulies (1900–1975, US, f)
• Giwi Margwelaschwili (1927–2020, Germany/Soviet Union, f/nf)
• Silvana De Mari (born 1953, Italy, f)
• Paul Mariani born 1940, US, p)
• Javier Marías (born 1951, Spain, f/nf)
• José Carlos Mariátegui (1894–1930, Peru, nf)
• Marie de France (fl. 1160–1215, England, p)
• Juliet Marillier (born 1948, N Zealand, f)
• Katarina Marinčič (born 1968, Yugoslavia/Slovenia, f/nf)
• Karl von Marinelli (1745–1803, Austria, d)
• Filippo Tommaso Marinetti (1876–1944, Egypt/Italy, p/nf)
• Giambattista Marino (1569–1625, Italy, p)
• Pierre de Marivaux (1688–1763, France, d/f)
• Smilja Marjanović-Dušanić (born 1963, Yugoslavia/Serbia, nf)
• E. A. Markham (1939–2008, Montserrat/France, p/d/f)
• Edwin Markham (1852–1940, US, p)
• Liza Marklund (born 1962, Sweden, f)
• Béla Markó (born 1951, Romania, nf)
• Georgi Markov (1929–1978, Bulgaria/England, nf/f/d)
• Mihailo Marković (1923–2010, Yugoslavia/Serbia, nf)
• David Markson (1927–2010, US, f/p/nf)
• Stephen Marley (living, England, f)
• Christopher Marlowe (1564–1593, England, d)
• Deb Marlowe (living, US, f)
• Derek Marlowe (1938–1996, England, d/f)
• Paul Marlowe (living, Canada, f)
• José Mármol (1818–1871, Argentina, p)
• Philips of Marnix, Lord of Saint-Aldegonde (1540–1598, Flanders/Netherlands, nf/p)
• Igor Marojević (born 1968, Yugoslavia/Serbia, nf)
• Monika Maron (born 1941, Germany, f/nf)
• Clément Marot (1496–1544, France, p)
• Jean Marot (1463 – c. 1526, France, p)
• Leïla Marouane (born 1960, Tunisia/Algeria, f), pseudonym of Leyla Zineb Mechentel
• Abbas Maroufi (born 1957, Iran/Germany, f/nf)
• Ana Marija Marović (1815–1887, Italy/Montenegro, f/nf)
• Rafael Marques (born 1971, Angola, nf)
• René Marqués (1919–1979, Puerto Rico, f/d)
• Anne de Marquets (c. 1533–1588, France, p)
• Gabriel García Márquez (1927–2014, Colombia, f/nf)
• Don Marquis (1878–1937, US, f/p/d)
• Damian Marrett (born 1967, Australia, nf)
• Janice Marriott (born 1946, England/N Zealand, p/nf)
• Augusta Marryat (1828–1899, England, ch)
• Emilia Marryat (1835–1875, England, f/ch)
• Florence Marryat (1833–1899, England, f/d)
• Frank Marryat (1826–1855, England, nf)
• Frederick Marryat (1792–1848, England, f/ch)
• Horace Marryat (1818–1887, England, nf)
• Adam Mars-Jones (born 1954, England, f/nf)
• John Marsden (born 1950, Australia, ch/nf)
• John Howard Marsden (1803–1891, England, nf/p)
• Edward Garrard Marsh (1783–1862, England, p/nf)
• Geoffrey Marsh (1942–2006, US, f), pseudonym of Charles L. Grant
• Henry Marsh (born 1950, England, nf)
• Katherine Marsh (born 1974, US, ch/nf)
• Ngaio Marsh (1895–1982, N Zealand, f)
• Ronald James Marsh (1914–1987, England, f)
• Selina Tusitala Marsh (born 1971, N Zealand, p/f/ch)
• Agnes Marshall (1855–1905, England, nf)
• Bill Okyere Marshall (died 2021, Ghana, d/f)
• Bruce Marshall (1899–1987, Scotland, f/nf)
• James Marshall (1942–1992, US, ch)
• Owen Marshall (born 1941, N Zealand, f)
• Paule Marshall (1929–2019, US, f)
• Adam Mars-Jones (born 1954, England, f/nf)
• Una Marson (1905–1965, Jamaica, p/d/nf)
• Trude Marstein (born 1973, Norway, f/nf/ch)
• John Marston (1576–1634, England, p/d/nf)
• Yann Martel (born 1963, Canada, f)
• José Martí (1853–1895, Cuba, p/nf)
• Martial (c. 38–41 – c. 102–1904, Roman E, p), full name Marcus Valerius Martialis
• Andrew Martin (born 1962, England, f/nf)
• Ann M. Martin (born 1955, US, ch)
• Camille Martin (born 1956, US/Canada, p/nf)
• Catherine Edith Macauley Martin (1848–1937, Scotland/Australia, f/p)
• David Martin (1915–1997, Hungary/Australia, f/p/d), born Lajos Detsinyi
• Emily Winfield Martin (living, US, ch)
• Faith Martin (living, England, f), pseudonym of Jackie Walton
• George R. R. Martin (born 1948, US, f/d)
• J. P. Martin (1880–1966, England/S Africa, ch)
• Kat Martin (born 1947, US, f)
• Malachi Martin (1921–1999, Ireland/US, nf), also as Michael Serafian
• Mary Martin (1817–1884, England/N Zealand, nf)
• Philip Martin (1931–2005, Australia, p)
• Randall V. Martin (living, US, nf)
• Reginald Alec Martin (1908–1971, England, ch/f), pseudonyms E. C. Eliott and Rex Dixon
• Ros Martin (born 1960s, England, d/p)
• S. I. Martin (born 1961, England, nf/f/ch)
• William Martin (1767–1810, England, nf)
• William Martin (1772–1851, England, nf)
• William Martin (living, US, f)
• William Keble Martin (1877–1969, England, nf)
• Harriet Martineau (1802–1876, England, nf)
• Guillermo Martínez (born 1962, Argentina, f)
• Tomás Eloy Martínez (1934–2010, Argentina, nf)
• Zlatoje Martinov (born 1953, Yugoslavia/Serbia, nf)
• Savo Martinović (born 1935, Yugoslavia/Serbia, nf)
• João Cleófas Martins (1901–1970, Cape Verde, d)
• Joaquim Pedro de Oliveira Martins (1845–1894, Portugal, nf)
• José Tomás de Sousa Martins (1843–1897, Portugal, nf)
• Ovídio Martins (1928–1999, Cape Verde/Netherlands, p/nf)
• Harry Martinson (1904–1978, Sweden, f/p/d)
• Moa Martinson (1890–1964, Sweden, f/p)
• Sandra Marton (living, US, f)
• Margaret Maruani (born 1954, Tunisia/France, nf)
• Saiichi Maruya (丸谷才一, 1925–2012, Japan, f/nf)
• Kenji Maruyama (丸山健二, born 1943, Japan, f)
• Andrew Marvell (1621–1678, England, p/nf)
• Karl Marx (1818–1883, Germany/England, nf)
• Cissy van Marxveldt (1889–1948, Netherlands, ch)
• Francis A. Marzen (1925–2004, US, nf)
• Gorō Masaki (柾悟郎, born 1957, Japan, f)
• Masaoka Shiki (正岡子規, 1867–1902, Japan, p/nf)
• John Masefield (1878–1967, England, p/ch)
• Barbara Masekela (born 1941, S Africa, p/nf)
• Lutfullah Mashal (born 1971, Afghanistan, nf/p)
• Mohale Mashigo (born 1983, S Africa, p/f)
• Veselin Masleša (1906–1943, Austria-Hungary/Yugoslavia, nf)
• Leo Maslíah (born 1954, Uruguay, p/f/d)
• A. E. W. Mason (1865–1948, England, f)
• Anita Mason (born 1942, England, f)
• Bruce Mason (1921–1982, N Zealand, d)
• Ronald Mason (1912–2001, England, nf)
• Sineb El Masrar (born 1981, Germany, nf)
• Janine Massard (born 1939, Switzerland, f/nf/ch)
• Francisco Massiani (1944–2019, Venezuela, f/p)
• Ursula Masson (1945–2008, Wales, nf)
• Alexander Masters (living, England, nf/d)
• Edgar Lee Masters (1868–1950, US, p/nf/d)
• Olga Masters (1919–1986, Australia, f/d)
• John Mastin (1747–1829, England, nf)
• Mostafa Mastoor (born 1964, Iran, f/nf)
• Ángeles Mastretta (born 1949, Mexico, f/nf)
• Carlos Mastronardi (1901–1976, Argentina, p/nf)
• Kāterina Mataira (1932–2011, N Zealand, nf)
• Carol Matas (born 1949, Canada, nf/ch)
• Simo Matavulj (1852–1908, Austrian E/Serbia, f/nf)
• Ruhaini Matdarin (born 1981, Malaysia, f/p)
• John Mateer (born 1971, S Africa/Australia, p/nf)
• Dary Matera (born 1955, US, nf)
• Mark Mathabane (born 1960, S Africa, nf)
• Dafydd Llwyd Mathau (fl. 1601–1629, Wales, p)
• Anne Mather (born 1946, England, f), pseudonym of Mildred Grieveson
• Cotton Mather (1663–1728, N American English colonies, f/nf)
• Hilda Matheson (1888–1940, England, nf/d)
• Richard Matheson (1926–2013, US, f/d)
• Ray Mathew (1929–2002, Australia, p/d/f)
• Sarah Mathew (c. 1805–1890, N Zealand, nf)
• Harry Mathews (1930–2017, US, f/p/nf)
• Peta Mathias (living, N Zealand, nf)
• Thomas James Mathias (c. 1754–1835, England, nf)
• Deborah Mathis (born 1953, US, nf)
• Dafydd Llwyd Mathau (fl. 1601–1629, Wales, p)
• Dušan Matić (1898–1980, Serbia/Yugoslavia, p/nf)
• Vladan Matijević (born 1962, Yugoslavia/Serbia, f/nf)
• Anne Matindi (born 1942, Kenya, ch/d)
• Gregório de Matos (1636–1696, Brazil, p)
• Luis Palés Matos (1898–1969, Puerto Rico, p/d)
• Nemir Matos-Cintrón (born 1949, Puerto Rico/US, p/f)
• Todd Matshikiza (1921–1968, S Africa, nf)
• Nicolaas Matsier (born 1945, Netherlands, f), pseudonym of Tjit Reinsma
• Seichō Matsumoto (松本清張, 1909–1992, Japan, f)
• Enzo Matsunaga (松永延造, 1895–1938, Japan, f)
• Matsuo Bashō (松尾芭蕉, 1644–1694, Japan, p)
• Don Mattera (1934–2022, S Africa, d/p/f)
• John Matteson (born 1961, US, nf)
• Dalene Matthee (1938–2005, S Africa, f)
• Carole Matthews (born 1960, England, f)
• Laura Matthews (living, US, f), pseudonym of Elizabeth Neff Walker
• Tina Matthews (born 1961, N Zealand, nf/f)
• Friedrich von Matthisson (1761–1831, Germany, p)
• Christobel Mattingley (1931–2019, Australia, ch/f/nf)
• János Mattis-Teutsch (1884–1960, Austria-Hungary/Romania, nf)
• José María Rivarola Matto (1917–1998, Paraguay, d/nf)
• Tomás de Mattos (1947–2016, Uruguay, f/nf)
• Aroj Ali Matubbar (1900–1985, India/Bangladesh, nf)
• Mustapha Matura (1939–2019, Trinidad/England, d)
• Sophie Dora Spicer Maude (1854–?, England, f)
• Henry Maudsley (1835–1918, England, nf)
• Israel Mauduit (1708–1787, England, nf)
• W. Somerset Maugham (1874–1965, England/France, f/d)
• Maung Maung (1925–1994, Burma/Myanmar, nf)
• Thu Maung (1951–2010, Burma/Myanmar, p/f)
• Édouard Maunick (1931–2021, Mauritius, p/nf)
• Guy de Maupassant (1850–1893, France, f/nf/p)
• Armistead Maupin (born 1944, US, f)
• Neža Maurer (born 1930, Yugoslavia/Slovenia, ch/p/nf)
• François Mauriac (1885–1970, France, f/d/p)
• Frederick Denison Maurice (1805–1872, England, nf)
• Furnley Maurice (1881–1942, Australia, p), pseudonym of Frank Wilmot
• Angela du Maurier (1904–2002, England, f/nf)
• Daphne du Maurier (1907–1989, England, f/d)
• George du Maurier (1834–1896, France/England, f)
• Guy du Maurier (1865–1915, England/Belgium, d)
• André Maurois (1885–1967, France, f/nf)
• Charles Maurras (1868–1962, France, nf)
• Fritz Mauthner (1849–1923, Austrian E/Germany, f/nf)
• Virginie Mauvais (1797–1892), France, nf
• Tucker Max (born 1975, US, f)
• Daniel Maximin (born 1947, Guadeloupe/France, f/p/nf)
• Maximus the Confessor (c. 580–662 CE, Byzantine E, nf)
• Donald Maxwell (1877–1936, England, nf)
• Glyn Maxwell (born 1962, England, p/d/f)
• Kathleen Maxwell (born 1952, US, f), pseudonym of Kathryn Ptacek
• Patricia Maxwell (born 1942, US, f)
• William Hamilton Maxwell (1792–1850, Ireland/Scotland, f/nf)
• Julian May (1931–2017, US, f/ch)
• Karl May (1842–1912, Germany, f)
• Muriel May (1897–1982, N Zealand, nf)
• Peter May (born 1951, Scotland/France, d/f)
• Vladimir Mayakovsky (1893–1930, Russian E/USSR, p/d)
• Ged Maybury (born 1953, N Zealand, ch)
• Richard Maybury (born 1946, US, nf)
• Marius von Mayenburg (born 1972, Germany, d)
• Arno J. Mayer (1926–2023, Luxembourg/US, nf)
• Bernadette Mayer (1945–2022, US, p/nf)
• Hans Mayer (1907–2001, Germany, nf)
• Mercer Mayer (born 1943, US, ch)
• Anne Mayfield (born 1952, US, f), pseudonym of Kathryn Ptacek
• Henry Mayhew (1812–1887, England, nf/d)
• James Mayhew (born 1964, England, ch)
• Charles Mayiga (born 1962, Uganda, nf)
• Jan Mayman (died 2021, Australia, nf)
• William Mayne (1928–2010, England, ch)
• Cath Mayo (living, N Zealand, ch/f)
• F. M. Mayor (1872–1932, England, f)
• John E. B. Mayor (1825–1910, Ceylon/England, nf)
• Francisco Mayorga (born 1949, Nicaragua, f/nf/p)
• Salomón Ibarra Mayorga (1887–1985, Nicaragua, p)
• Taku Mayumura (眉村卓, 1934–2012, Japan, f/p)
• Ben Mazer (born 1964, US, p)
• Ibrahim al-Mazini (1889/1890–1949, Egypt, p/f/nf)
• José Ricardo Mazó (1927–1987, Paraguay, p)
• Ali Mazrui (1933–2014, Kenya/US, nf)
• Martynas Mažvydas (1510–1563, Grand Duchy of Lithuania, nf)
• Miha Mazzini (born 1961, Yugoslavia/Slovenia, f)

Mb–Md

• Oliver Mbamara (living, Nigeria/US, p/nf)
• Amina Sow Mbaye (born 1937, Senegal, f/p/nf)
• Chantal Magalie Mbazo'o-Kassa (born 1967, Gabon, p/f)
• Guillaume Oyônô Mbia (1939–2021, Cameroon, d)
• Lassy Mbouity (born 1988, Republic of the Congo, nf)
• Rose Mbowa (1943–1999, Uganda, nf/d)
• Imbolo Mbue (born 1981, Cameroon/US, f/nf)
• Bernadette Devlin McAliskey (born 1947, N Ireland, nf)
• Anne McAllister (living, US, f)
• Robert McAlmon (1896–1956, US, f/nf/p)
• Rachel McAlpine (born 1940, N Zealand, p/f/d)
• Maxine McArthur (born 1962, Australia, f/nf)
• Tawiah M'carthy (living, Ghana/Canada, d)
• James McAuley (1917–1976, Australia, nf/p)
• Paul J. McAuley (born 1955, England, nf/f)
• Ian McBryde (born 1953, Canada/Australia, p)
• Simon McBurney (born 1957, England, d)
• Anne McCaffrey (1926–2011, US/Ireland, f)
• Mary McCallum (born 1961, N Zealand, f/nf)
• Anthony McCarten (born 1961, N Zealand, f/d/nf)
• Cormac McCarthy (1933–2023, US, f/d)
• Eugene McCarthy (1916–2005, US, nf/ch/p)
• Helen McCarthy (born 1951, England, nf)
• Pete McCarthy (1951–2004, England, nf)
• Susan McCaslin (born 1947, Canada, p/nf/ch)
• Geraldine McCaughrean (born 1951, England, ch)
• Sue McCauley (born 1941, N Zealand, f/d/nf)
• J. D. McClatchy (1945–2018, US, p/nf)
• Sharron McClellan (born 1963, Spain/US, f)
• David McClintock (1913–2001, England, nf)
• Robert McCloskey (1914–2003, US, ch)
• Joanna McClure (born 1930, US, p)
• James H. McClure (1939–2006, S Africa, f/nf)
• Michael McClure (1932–2020, US, p/d/f)
• Lyn McConchie (born 1946, N Zealand, f/ch/nf)
• David McCooey (born 1967, England/Australia, p/nf)
• Una McCormack (born 1972, England, d/f)
• Frank McCourt (1930–2009, Ireland, nf)
• Annie Virginia McCracken (1868–?, US, f)
• Esther McCracken (1902–1971, England, d)
• Josephine Clifford McCracken (1839–1921, Germany/US, nf/f)
• George Gordon McCrae (1833–1927, Scotland/Australia, p)
• Georgiana McCrae (1804–1890, England/Australia, nf)
• Hugh McCrae (1876–1958, Australia, p)
• John McCrae (1872–1918, Canada, p)
• Sharyn McCrumb (born 1948, US, nf/f)
• Ronald McCuaig (1908–1993, Australia, p/nf/ch)
• Carson McCullers (1917–1967, US, f/d/p), pseudonym of Lula Carson Smith
• Johnston McCulley (1883–1958, US, f/d)
• Colleen McCullough (1937–2015, Australia/Norfolk Is, f)
• David McCullough (1933–2022, US, nf)
• Carolyn McCurdie (born 1947, England/N Zealand, ch/f/p)
• Andy McDermott, born 1974, England, f/nf)
• Jack McDevitt (born 1935, US, f/nf)
• Henry McDonald (1965–2023, N Ireland, nf/f)
• Jill McDonald (1927–1982, N Zealand/England, ch)
• Nan McDonald (1921–1974, Australia, p)
• Roger McDonald (born 1941, Australia, f/nf/p)
• Walt McDonald (1934–2022, US, p)
• Flora McDonnell (born 1963, England, ch)
• Ian McEwan (born 1948, England, f/d)
• Melanie McFadyean (1950–2023, England, nf/f)
• Ella McFadyen (1887–1976, Australia, p/nf/ch)
• Fiona McFarlane (born 1978, Australia, f)
• Leslie McFarlane (1902–1977, Canada, f/d)
• Shona McFarlane (1929–2001, N Zealand, nf)
• William McFee (1881–1966, England/US, f)
• Greg McGee (born 1950, N Zealand, f/d)
• May McGoldrick (US, shared pseudonym, f)
• Elvis McGonagall (born 1960, Scotland, p)
• William McGonagall (1825–1902, Ireland/Scotland, p)
• Roger McGough (born 1937, England, p/d/ch)
• Michelle McGrane (born 1974, Rhodesia/S Africa, p/nf)
• Campbell McGrath (born 1962, US, p)
• Patrick McGrath (born 1950, England/US, f)
• Thomas McGrath (1916–1990, US, p)
• Wendy McGrath (living, Canada, f/p)
• Eloise Jarvis McGraw (1915–2000, US, ch)
• Fiona McGregor (born 1965, Australia, f/nf)
• Jon McGregor (born 1976, England, f)
• Jerrilyn McGregory (living, US, f/nf)
• Patrick McGuinness (born 1968, Tunisia/England, f/p/nf)
• Abdeslam Ben Mchich (1140–1227, Morocco, nf)
• Heather McHugh (born 1948, US, p)
• Maureen F. McHugh (born 1959, US, f)
• Siobhán McHugh (living, Ireland/Australia, nf/f)
• Ralph McInerny (1929–2010, US, f/p)
• Mary Susan McIntosh (1936–2013, England, nf)
• James McIntyre (1928–2006, Scotland/Canada, p)
• Claude McKay (1890–1948, Jamaica/US, f/p)
• Don McKay (born 1942, Canada, p)
• Edith McKay (1891–1963, Australia, f)
• Hilary McKay (born 1959, England, ch)
• Sharon E. McKay (born 1954, Canada, ch)
• David McKee (1935–2022, England, ch)
• Terence McKenna (1946–2000, US, nf)
• Florence Violet McKenzie (1890 or 1892–1982, Australia, nf)
• Dennis L. McKiernan (born 1932, US, f)
• Robin McKinley (born 1952, US, ch/nf)
• Tamara McKinley (born 1948, Australia/England, f)
• Meagan McKinney (born 1961, US, f), pseudonym of Ruth Goodman
• Patricia McKissack (1944–2017, US, ch)
• Rod McKuen (1933–2015, US, p)
• Greg McLaren (born 1967, Australia, p/nf)
• Rosemary McLeod (born 1949, N Zealand, nf)
• Marshall McLuhan (1911–1980, Canada, nf)
• Barbara McMahon (born 1961, US, f)
• Katharine McMahon (living, England, f)
• Emily Julian McManus (1865–1918, Canada, p/nf)
• Rhyll McMaster (born 1947, Australia, p/f)
• James L. McMichael (born 1939, US, p)
• Ian McMillan (born 1956, England, p/d)
• Michael McMillan (born 1962, England, d/nf)
• Mary McMullen (1920–1986, US, f), pseudonym of Mary Reilly
• Larry McMurtry (1936–2021, US, f)
• Linda McNabb (born 1963, England/N Zealand, ch/f)
• Bertha McNamara (1853–1931, Germany/Australia, nf)
• Judith McNaught (born 1944, US, f)
• Colin McNaughton (born 1951, England, ch)
• Kit McNaughton (c. 1887–1953, Australia, nf)
• H. C. McNeile (1888–1937, England, f), pseudonym Sapper
• Janet McNeill (1907–1994, Ireland/England, f/d/ch)
• Clive Leo McNeir (living, England, f/nf)
• James McNeish (1931–2016, N Zealand, f/d/nf)
• Cilla McQueen (born 1949, N Zealand, p)
• Karen McQuestion (born 1961, US, f/ch)
• Geoffrey McSkimming (born 1962, Australia, ch/p)
• Norris McWhirter (1925–2004, England, nf)
• Ross McWhirter (1925–1975, England, nf)
• Zakes Mda (born 1948, S Africa, f/p/d), pseudonym of Zanemvula Kizito Gatyeni Mda

Me

• Richelle Mead (born 1976, US, f)
• L. T. Meade (1844–1914, Ireland, ch)
• Stephen W. Meader (1892–1977, US, ch)
• Gillian Mears (1964–2016, Australia, f)
• Gwallter Mechain (1761–1849, Wales, p/nf), pseudonym of Walter Davies
• Gwerful Mechain (fl. 1460–1502, Wales, p)
• Mechthild of Magdeburg (c. 1207 – c. 1282/1294, Germany, nf)
• Anoeschka von Meck (born 1967, SW Africa/Namibia, f/nf)
• Christoph Meckel (1935–2020, Germany, f/nf)
• Miriam Meckel (born 1967, Germany, nf)
• Richard James Mecredy (1861–1924, Ireland, nf)
• Dejan Medaković (1922–2008, Yugoslavia/Serbia, nf)
• Peter Medawar (1915–1987, Brazil/England, nf)
• Abdelwahab Meddeb (1946–2014, Tunisia/France, nf)
• Teresa Medeiros (born 1962/1963, US, f)
• Nia Medi (living, Wales, d/f)
• Peace Adzo Medie (living, Liberia/Ghana, f/nf)
• Lucila Gamero de Medina (1873–1964, Honduras, f)
• Jean-Louis Njemba Medu (1902–1966, Cameroon, f)
• Thomas Medwin (1788–1869, England, p/nf)
• Arthur Mee (1875–1943, England, nf/cs)
• Charles Denis Mee (1927–2023, England, nf)
• Thomas Meehan (1929–2017, US, d)
• S. P. Meek (1894–1972, US, f/ch)
• Elizabeth Meeke (1761 – c. 1826, England, f/ch)
• Selma Meerbaum-Eisinger (1924–1942, Romania/Ukraine, p), Holocaust victim
• Megas (born 1945, Iceland, nf), pseudonym of Magnús Þór Jónsson
• Helen Megaw (1907–2002, Ireland/England, nf)
• Jhaverchand Meghani (1896–1947, India, p/f/nf)
• Ibrahim Abdel Meguid (born 1946, Egypt, f)
• Mariella Mehr (born 1947, Switzerland/Italy, f)
• Stein Mehren (1935–2017, Norway, p/nf/d)
• Walter Mehring (1896–1981, Germany/Switzerland, nf/p)
• Narsinh Mehta (fl. 15th c., Delhi Sultanate/Gujarat Sultanate, p)
• Mei Yaochen (梅堯臣, 1002–1060, China, p)
• Dora van der Meiden-Coolsma (1918–2001, Netherlands, ch)
• Niklaus Meienberg (1940–1993, Switzerland, nf)
• Ischa Meijer (1943–1995, Netherlands, nf)
• Wilhelm Meinhold (1797–1851, Sweden/Germany, p/d/f)
• Peter Meinke (born 1932, US, p/f)
• Cecília Meireles (1901–1964, Brazil, p/nf)
• Ahmed Mejjati (1936–1995, Morocco, p)
• Jamila Mejri (born 1951, Tunisia, p)
• Tsehay Melaku (born c. 1952, Ethiopia, f)
• Sagi Melamed (born 1965, US, nf)
• Philip Melanchthon (1497–1560, Germany, nf)
• Tamta Melashvili (born 1979, USSR/Georgia, f)
• Fulvio Melia (born 1956, Italy/US, nf)
• Tommaso Melilli (born 1960, Italy, nf)
• Melissus of Samos (fl. 5th c. BCE, Greece, nf)
• Paulus Melissus (1539–1602, Germany, p)
• Agop Melkonyan (1949–2006, Bulgaria, f/nf)
• John van Melle (1887–1953, Netherlands/S Africa, f)
• Francisco Manuel de Mello (1608–1666, Portugal, p/nf)
• Luís Romano de Madeira Melo (1922–2010, Cape Verde/Brazil, p/f/nf)
• David Meltzer (1937–2016, US, p)
• Milton Meltzer (1915–2009, US, nf/ch)
• Herman Melville (1819–1891, US, f/p)
• Pauline Melville (born 1948, British Guiana/England, f)
• Albert Memmi (1920–2020, Tunisia/France, f/nf)
• Menander (c. 342/41 – c. 290 BCE, Greece, d)
• Eva Menasse (born 1970, Austria, f/nf)
• Robert Menasse (born 1954, Austria, f/nf)
• Šiško Menčetić (1457–1527, Ragusa, p)
• Mencius (孟子, 372–289 or 385 – c. 303/302 BCE, China, nf)
• Charlotte Mendelson (born 1972, England, f/nf)
• Paul Mendelson (born 1965, England, f/nf)
• Moses Mendelssohn (1729–1786, Germany, nf)
• Catulle Mendès (1841–1909, France, p/nf)
• Murilo Mendes (1901–1975, Brazil, p)
• Eduardo Mendoza (born 1943, Spain, f)
• Susan Mendus (born 1951, Wales/England, nf)
• Saida Menebhi (1952–1977, Morocco, p)
• Guillermo Meneses (1911–1978, Venezuela, nf/d)
• Holdemar Menezes (1921–1996, Brazil, f/nf)
• Meng Haoran (孟浩然, c. 689/691–740, China, p)
• Dinaw Mengestu (born 1978, Ethiopia/US, f/nf)
• Maaza Mengiste (born 1974, Ethiopia/US, f)
• John Mennes (1599–1671, England, p)
• Louis-François-Henri de Menon (1717–1776, France, nf)
• Louise Mensch (born 1971, England/US, f), pseudonym Louise Bagshawe
• Wolfgang Menzel (1898–1973, Germany, p/nf)
• Juan León Mera (1832–1894, Ecuador, nf/f/p)
• Wolla Meranda (1863–1951, Australia, f/p)
• Tibor Méray (1924–2020, Hungary/France, nf)
• Giorgi Merchule (fl. 10th c., Georgia, f/nf)
• Johann Heinrich Merck (1741–1791, Germany, nf)
• Sophie Mereau (1770–1806, Germany, f/p)
• Courtney Sina Meredith (born 1986, N Zealand, p/d/f)
• George Meredith (1828–1909, England, f/p)
• Gwen Meredith (1907–2006, Australia, d/f)
• Louisa Anne Meredith (1812–1895, England/Australia, p/nf/f)
• Francis Meres (1565/1566–1647, England, nf)
• Maria Sibylla Merian (1647–1717, Germany/Netherlands, nf)
• Kersti Merilaas (1913–1986, Estonia, p/d/ch)
• Prosper Mérimée (1803–1870, France, f/nf)
• Alda Merini (1931–2009, Italy, p/nf)
• Louise Meriwether (1923–2023, f/nf/ch)
• Christina Merlin (1911–1995, England, f), pseudonym of Constance Fecher Heaven
• Fatema Mernissi (1940–2015, Morocco, nf)
• Willem de Mérode (1887–1939, Netherlands, p), pseudonym of Willem Eduard Keuning
• Antonieta Rivas Mercado (1900–1931, Mexico, nf)
• Richard Meros (born 1981, N Zealand, f/nf), pseudonym of Murdoch Stephens
• Concordia Merrel (1885–1962, England, f)
• Christopher Merret (1614/1615–1695, England, nf)
• Leonard Merrick (1864–1939, England, f)
• Judith Merril (1923–1997, US/Canada, f/nf), pseudonym of Judith Josephine Grossman
• James Merrill (1926–1995, US, p/nf/f)
• Jean Merrill (1923–2012, US, ch)
• Jenny B. Merrill (1854–1934, US, nf)
• Stuart Merrill (1863–1915, US, p)
• Catherine Merriman (born 1949, England/Wales, f)
• Abraham Merritt (1884–1943, US, f)
• Iman Mersal (born 1966, Egypt, p)
• Marin Mersenne (1588–1648, France, nf)
• Thomas Merton (1915–1968, US, nf/p)
• W. S. Merwin (1927–2019, US, p/nf/d)
• Mahmoud Messadi (1911–2004, Tunisia, f)
• Elizabeth Messenger (1908–1965, N Zealand, nf)
• Sarah Messer (born 1966, US, p/nf)
• Erik Mesterton (1903–2004, Sweden, nf)
• John Metcalfe (1891–1965, England/US, f)
• Joan Metelerkamp (born 1956, S Africa, p)
• Charlotte Mew (1869–1928, England, p)
• Kyle Mewburn (born 1963, N Zealand, ch)
• Antoine Meyer (1801–1857, Luxembourg/Belgium, nf/p)
• Conrad Ferdinand Meyer (1825–1898, Switzerland, p/f)
• Deon Meyer (born 1958, S Africa, f)
• Marissa Meyer (born 1984, US, f)
• Nicholas Meyer (born 1945, US, f)
• Stephenie Meyer (born 1973, US, f)
• Alice Meynell (1847–1822, England/Italy, nf/p)
• Laurence Meynell (1899–1989, England, ch/f)
• Melchior Meyr (1810–1871, Germany, p/f/nf)
• Gustav Meyrink (1868–1932, Austria/Germany, f/d), pseudonym of Gustav Meyer
• Jean de Meun (c. 1240 – c. 1305, Framce, p)
• Henry Meyer (1840–1925, US, p)
• Júníus Meyvant (born 1982, Iceland, p), pseudonym of Unnar Gísli Sigurmundsson
• Fodil Mezali (born 1959, Algeria, nf)
• Hocine Mezali (born 1938, Algeria, nf)
• Nega Mezlekia (born 1958, Ethiopia/Canada, nf/f)
• Ferenc Mező (1885–1961, Hungary, p)
• Sebastian Okechukwu Mezu (born 1941, Nigeria/US, nf/f/d)

M'G–Mn

• James M'Govan (1845–1919, N Zealand/Scotland, f/nf), pseudonym of William Crawford Honeyman
• Thando Mgqolozana (born 1983, S Africa, f/d)
• Cont Mhlanga (957/1958–2022, S Rhodesia/Zimbabwe, d)
• Niq Mhlongo (born 1973, S Africa, f/nf)
• Gcina Mhlophe (born 1958, S Africa, nf/p/d)
• Mi Fu (米黻, 1051–1107, China, p)
• Bande Ali Mia (1906–1979, India/Bangladesh, p/nf/d)
• Mian Mian (棉棉, born 1970, China, f)
• Léonora Miano (born 1973, Cameroon, f)
• James Lionel Michael (1824–1868, England/Australia, p)
• Judith Michael (born 1934 and 1937, US, f/nf), pseudonym of Judith Bernard and Michael Fain
• Karin Michaëlis (1872–1950, Denmark, f/nf/ch)
• Barbara Michaels (1927–2013, US, f/nf), pseudonym Elizabeth Peters
• Fern Michaels (born 1933, US, f)
• Leigh Michaels (born 1954, US, f)
• Joseph François Michaud (1767–1839, Savoie/France, nf)
• Henri Michaux (1899–1984, Belgium/France, p/nf)
• Jean Michel (c. 1435–1501, France, p/d)
• Nicholas Michell (1807–1880, England, p)
• Lucien Xavier Michel-Andrianarahinjaka (1929–1997, Mozambique, nf/p)
• Michelangelo (1475–1564, Italy, p)
• Jon Michelet (1944–2018, Norway, f/ch)
• Nicholas Michell (1807–1880, England, p/f)
• Richard Michelson (born 1953, US, p/ch)
• Michitsuna no Haha (藤原道綱母, c. 935–995, Japan, p)
• Ljubomir Micić (1895–1971, Austro-Hungary/Yugoslavia, p/nf)
• Tadeusz Miciński (1873–1918, Russian E, f/p)
• Lizzie Mickery (living, England, d)
• Veronica Micle (1850–1889, Austria-Hungary/Romania, p)
• Adam Mickiewicz (1798–1855, Russian E/Ottoman E, p/d/nf)
• Christopher Middleton (c. 1560–1628, England, p)
• Christopher Middleton (1926–2015), England, p)
• Conyers Middleton (1683–1750, England, nf)
• Erasmus Middleton (1739–1805, England, nf)
• Ian Middleton (1928–2007, N Zealand, f)
• O. E. Middleton (1925–2010, N Zealand, f)
• Richard Barham Middleton (1882–1911, England/Belgium, p/f)
• Stanley Middleton (1919–2009, England, f)
• Thomas Middleton (1580–1627, England, d/p)
• Wiliam Midleton (c. 1550–1596, Wales, p)
• Hugo Midón (1944–2011, Argentina, ch)
• Agnes Miegel (1879–1964, Germany, p/f)
• Dorothy Miell (living, England, nf)
• Stanisław Mieroszewski (1827–1900, Poland, nf)
• Sandra Miesel (born 1941, US, f/nf)
• China Miéville (born 1972, England, f/nf)
• Migjeni (1911–1938, Albania/Italy, p)
• Emilio F. Mignone (1922–1998, Argentina, nf)
• José Rodrigues Miguéis (1901–1980, Portugal/US, nf)
• Miguna Miguna (born 1962, Kenya/Canada, nf)
• Gib Mihăescu (1894–1935, Romania, f/nf/d)
• Mihajlo Mihajlov (1934–2010, Yugoslavia/Serbia, nf)
• Dragoslav Mihailović (1930–2023, Yugoslavia/Serbia, nf)
• Jasmina Mihajlović (born 1960, Yugoslavia/Serbia, nf)
• Jo Mihaly (1902–1989, Germany/Switzerland, nf/f), pseudonym of Elfriede Alice "Piete" Kuhr
• Stoyan Mihaylovski (1856–1927, Bulgaria, nf/p/d)
• Mira Mihelič (1912–1985, Austrian E/Yugoslavia, f/nf/ch)
• Borislav Mihajlović Mihiz (1922–1997, Yugoslavia, d/nf)
• Kato Mikeladze (1878–1942, Russian E/USSR, nf)
• Miloš Mikeln (1930–2014, Yugoslavia/Slovenia, d/f/nf)
• Kelemen Mikes (1690–1761, Hungary/Ottoman E, nf)
• Kálmán Mikszáth (1847–1910, Hungary, f/nf)
• Gakuto Mikumo (三雲岳斗, born 1970, Japan, f)
• Karlo Mila (born 1974, N Zealand, p)
• Imdadul Haq Milan (born 1955, E Pakistan/Bangladesh, f/nf)
• Abbas Milani (born 1949, Iran/US, nf)
• Milutin Milanković (1879–1958, Austria-Hungary/Yugoslavia, nf)
• Jovan Grčić Milenko (1846–1875, Austria-Hungary, p/f)
• Dorothy Miles (1931–1993, Wales/England, p/nf)
• Gareth Miles (1938–2023, Wales, f)
• Jack Miles (born 1942, US, nf)
• Josephine Miles (1911–1985, US, p/nf)
• Avram Miletić (1755 – post-1826, Habsburg E/Serbia, p)
• Katherine Milhous (1894–1977, US, f/ch)
• Princess Milica of Serbia (c. 1335–1405, Serbia, p)
• Milan Milićević (1831–1908, Serbia, nf/f)
• Ognjenka Milićević (1927–2008, Yugoslavia/Serbia, nf)
• Milan Milišić (1941–1991, Yugoslavia/Croatia, p/d/nf)
• Jennifer Militello (living, US, p/nf)
• Marko Miljanov (1833–1901, Ottoman E/Austria-Hungary, nf)
• Branko Miljković (1934–1961, Yugoslavia, p)
• James Mill (1773–1836, Scotland, nf)
• John Stuart Mill (1806–1873, England/France, nf)
• Edna St. Vincent Millay (1892–1950, US, p/d)
• Alice Duer Miller (1874–1942, US, p/f/d)
• Arthur Miller (1915–2005, US, d/nf)
• E. Ethelbert Miller (born 1950, US, p)
• Frank Miller (born 1957, US, f/d)
• Grażyna Miller (1957–2009, Poland/Italy, p/nf)
• Henry Miller (1891–1980, US, f/nf)
• James Russell Miller (1840–1912, US, nf)
• Jane Miller (born 1949, US, p)
• Joaquin Miller (1837–1913, US, p), birth name Cincinnatus Heine Miller
• Ken Miller (born 1963, US, nf)
• Kirsten Miller (living, S Africa, nf/f/ch)
• Leslie Adrienne Miller (born 1956, US, p)
• Linda Lael Miller (born 1949, US, f)
• Liz Miller (born 1957, England, nf)
• Merle Miller (1919–1986, US, f/nf)
• Olive Beaupré Miller (1883–1968, US, ch), born Olive Kennon Beaupré
• P. Schuyler Miller (1912–1974, US, f/nf)
• Serena B. Miller (born 1950, US, f)
• Steve Miller (born 1957, US, nf)
• Thomas Miller (1807–1874, England, p/f)
• Vassar Miller (1924–1998, US, p/f)
• Walter M. Miller, Jr. (1923–1996, US, f)
• John Millett (1921–2019, Australia, p/nf)
• Steven Millhauser (born 1943, US, f)
• Arthenia J. Bates Millican (1920–2012, US, p/f/nf)
• Spike Milligan (1918–2002, India/England, p/nf/d)
• Mil Millington (living, England, nf/f)
• Millosh Gjergj Nikolla (1911–1938, Albania/Italy, p/nf)
• Anne Mills (born 1951, England, nf)
• Lady Dorothy Mills (1889–1959, England, f/nf)
• John Atta Mills (1944–2012, Gold Coast/Ghana, nf)
• Magnus Mills (born 1954, England, f)
• Henry Hart Milman (1791–1868, England, nf/d/p)
• A. A. Milne (1882–1956, England, ch/f/nf)
• Christopher Robin Milne (1920–1996, England, nf)
• Donna Milner (born 1946, Canada, f)
• Miloš Milojević (1840–1897, Serbia, nf)
• Czesław Miłosz (1911–2004, Russian E/Poland, p/f)
• Branislav Milosavljević (1879–1944, Serbia/Yugoslavia, p)
• Nikola Milošević (1929–2007, Yugoslavia/Serbia, nf)
• John Milton (1608–1674, England, p/nf)
• Richard Milward (born 1984, England, f/nf)
• Franco Mimmi (born 1942, Italy, f/nf)
• Rachid Mimouni (1945–1995, Algeria, f/nf)
• Maung Khin Min (Danubyu) (living, Myanmar, nf)
• Myo Min (1910–1995, Burma/Myanmar, nf), pseudonym Nwe Soe
• Takitarō Minakami (水上滝太郎, 1887–1940, Japan, f/nf)
• Tsutomu Minakami (水上勉, 1919–2004, Japan, f/nf/d)
• Minakata Kumagusu (南方熊楠, 1867–1941, Japan, nf)
• Bridget Minamore (born 1991, England p/nf)
• Marga Minco (1920–2023, Netherlands, nf)
• Guðrún Eva Mínervudóttir (born 1976, Iceland, f)
• Robert Minhinnick (born 1952, Wales, p/nf/f)
• Matthew Minicucci (born 1981, US, p/nf)
• Svetoslav Minkov (1902–1966, Bulgaria, f)
• Justine Mintsa (born 1949, Gabon, f/nf)
• Ion Minulescu (1881–1944, Romania, p/f/d)
• Mir Taqi Mir (1723–1810, Mughal India, p)
• Pedro Mir (1913–2000, Dominican Rep., p/nf/f)
• Mirabai (fl. 16th c., India, p)
• Mohammad Daud Miraki (born 1967, Afghanistan/US, nf)
• Alicia Miranda Hevia (born 1952, Costa Rica, f)
• Ana Miranda (born 1951, Brazil, p/f)
• Francisco de Sá de Miranda (1481–1558, Portugal, p)
• José Bragança de Miranda (born 1953, Portugal, nf)
• Lin-Manuel Miranda (born 1980, US, nf/d)
• Mir-Jam (1887–1952, Serbia/Yugoslavia, f), pseudonym of Milica Jakovljević
• Čedomir Mirković (1944–2005, Yugoslavia/Serbia, nf)
• Carmen A. Miró (1919–2022, Panama, nf)
• Ricardo Miró (1883–1940, Panama, p/f)
• Salvador Díaz Mirón (1853–1928, Mexico, p)
• Igor Mirović (born 1968, Yugoslavia/Serbia, nf/p)
• Jamal Mirsadeghi (born 1933, Iran, f/d)
• Heidi Safia Mirza (born 1958, England, nf)
• Cheryl Misak (living, Canada, nf)
• Y. Misdaq (living, England, f/p)
• Ludwig von Mises (1881–1973, Austria/US, nf)
• Yukio Mishima (三島由紀夫, 1925–1970, Japan, nf/p/d)
• Sudesh Mishra (born 1962, Fiji/Australia, p)
• Krste Misirkov (1874–1926, Ottoman E/Bulgaria, nf)
• Ahmed Baba Miské (1935–2016, Mauritania, nf)
• Mohamed Missouri (1947–2015, Algeria, nf)
• Gabriela Mistral (1889–1957, Chile/US, p/nf)
• Munesuke Mita (見田宗介, 1937–2022, Japan, nf)
• Adrian Mitchell (1932–2008, England, p/f/d)
• Ann Katharine Mitchell (1922–2020, England/Scotland, nf)
• David Mitchell (1940–2011, N Zealand, p)
• David Mitchell (born 1969, England, f/nf)
• Donald Grant Mitchell (1822–1908, US, nf/f)
• Elyne Mitchell (1913–2002, Australia, ch/nf)
• Joseph Mitchell (1908–1996, US, nf)
• Margaret Mitchell (1900–1949, US, f/nf)
• Norval Mitchell (1906–1988, England/British India, nf)
• Paul Mitchell (born 1968, p/f)
• Silas Weir Mitchell (1829–1914, US, f/p)
• Stephen Mitchell (born 1943, US, p/nf)
• Waddie Mitchell (born 1950, US, p)
• Naomi Mitchison (1897–1999, Scotland/England, f/nf)
• Jessica Mitford (1917–1996, England, nf)
• Mary Russell Mitford (1787–1855, England, nf/p/d)
• Nancy Mitford (1904–1973, England/France, f/nf)
• William Mitford (1744–1827, England, nf)
• Anna Mitgutsch (born 1948, Austria, f)
• Bartolomé Mitre (1821–1906, Argentina, nf)
• Dimitrije Mitrinović (1887–1953, Austria-Hungary/England, nf/p)
• Milorad Mitrović (1867–1907, Serbia, p)
• Mitra Mitrović (1912–2001, Yugoslavia/Serbia, nf)
• Srba Mitrović (1931–2007, Yugoslavia/Serbia, p)
• Ryu Mitsuse (光瀬龍, 1928–1999, Japan, f/nf)
• Miyuki Miyabe (宮部みゆき, born 1960, Japan, f)
• Teru Miyamoto (宮本輝, born 1947, Japan, f)
• Miyamoto Yuriko (宮本百合子, 1899–1951, Japan, f/nf)
• Hayao Miyazaki (宮崎駿, born 1941, Japan, d/nf)
• Kenji Miyazawa (宮沢賢治, 1896–1933, Japan, f/ch/nf)
• Miyoshi Kiyotsura (三善清行, 847–918, Japan, nf)
• Tatsuji Miyoshi (三好達治, 1900–1964, Japan, p/nf)
• Minae Mizumura (水村美苗, born 1951, Japan, f)
• Kogen Mizuno (水野 弘元, 1901–2006, Japan, nf)
• Ndre Mjeda (1866–1937, Ottoman E/Albania, p/nf)
• Emily Mkamanga (1949–2021, Nyasaland/Malawi, f/nf)
• Sarah Mkhonza (born 1957, Swaziland/US, f/nf)
• Vojislav Ilić Mlađi (1877–1944, Serbia/Yugoslavia, p)
• Stanisław Młodożeniec (1895–1959, Russian E/Poland, p)
• Ladislav Mňačko (1919–1994, Czechoslovakia/Slovakia, nf)
• Felix Mnthali (born 1933, S Rhodesia/Malawi, p/f/d)

Mo

• Timothy Mo (毛翔青, born 1950, Hong Kong/England, f)
• Mo Xuanqing (莫宣卿, born 834, China, p)
• Mo Yan (管謨業, born 1955, China, f)
• Moamyn (fl. 9th c. CE, Abbasid Caliphate, nf)
• Vilhelm Moberg (1898–1973, Sweden, nf/d)
• Fray Mocho (1858–1903, Argentina, nf)
• Ja'far Modarres-Sadeghi (born 1954, Iran, f)
• Vinko Möderndorfer (born 1958, Yugoslavia/Slovenia, ch/p/f)
• L. E. Modesitt, Jr. (born 1943, US, f/nf/p)
• Klaus Modick (born 1951, Germany, nf)
• William Modisane (1923–1986, S Africa, nf)
• Drusilla Modjeska (born 1946, Papua New Guinea/Australia, f/nf)
• Ingvar Moe (1936–1993, Norway, p/f/ch)
• Jørgen Moe (1813–1882, Norway, f/p)
• Karin Moe (born 1945, Norway, f/nf)
• Tin Moe (1933–2007, Burma/Myanmar, p)
• Moelona (1877–1953, Wales, f/ch), pseudonym of Elizabeth Mary Jones
• Walter Moers (born 1957, Germany, ch)
• Melody Moezzi (born 1979, Iran/US, nf)
• Donald Moffitt (1931–2014, US, f)
• Thomas Mofolo (1876–1948, Basutoland/Lesotho, f)
• George Mogridge (1787–1854, England, ch/nf), pseudonym Old Humphrey
• Mahathir Mohamad (born 1925, Malaya/Malaysia, nf)
• Nadifa Mohamed (born 1981, Somaliland/England, f)
• Si Mohand (1848–1905, Algeria, p)
• Georg Mohr (1640–1697, Denmark/Germany, nf)
• Joseph Mohr (1792–1848, Austria, nf/p)
• Paul Möhring (1710–1792, Germany, nf)
• Toril Moi (born 1953, Norway, nf)
• David Macbeth Moir (1798–1851, Scotland, p/nf)
• Abraham de Moivre (1667–1754, France, nf)
• Javad Mojabi (born 1939, Iran, p/nf)
• Anis Mojgani (born 1977, US, p)
• Tze Ming Mok (莫志明, born 1978, N Zealand, f/nf)
• Malika Mokeddem (born 1949, Algeria, f)
• Amel Mokhtar (born 1964, Tunisia, nf/f)
• Mohammad Mokhtari (1942–1998, Iran, nf/p)
• John Mole (born 1941, England, p/ch)
• Natalia Molebatsi (living, S Africa, p)
• Molière (1622–1673, France, d/p), pseudonym of Jean Baptiste Poquelin
• Juan Ramón Molina (1875–1908, Honduras, p)
• Atukuri Molla (1440–1530, India, p)
• Ferenc Molnár (1878–1952, Austria/US, d/p)
• József Molnár (1918–2009, Hungary/Germany, nf)
• Walter von Molo (1880–1958, Austria-Hungary/Germany, f/d/nf)
• Nurul Momen (1908–1990, India/Bangladesh, d/nf/p), pseudonym Natyaguru
• Dele Momodu (born 1960, Nigeria, nf)
• Lília Momplé (born 1935, Mozambique, f)
• Nicola Monaghan (born 1971, England, f)
• Pablo Balarezo Moncayo (1904–1999, Ecuador, p/nf)
• Pérrine Moncrieff (1893–1979, N Zealand, nf)
• Eduardo Mondlane (1920–1969, Mozambique, nf)
• Aleksandra Monedzhikova (1889–1959, Bulgaria, nf)
• Tierno Monénembo (born 1947, Guinea/France, f)
• Joaquín García Monge (1881–1958, Costa Rica, f)
• António Egas Moniz (1874–1955, Portugal, nf)
• Karyn Monk (born 1960, Canada, f)
• Bernard de la Monnoye (1641–1728, France, p/nf)
• Harold Monro (1879–1932, Belgium/England, p)
• Aly Monroe (living, England, f)
• Chris Monroe (born 1962, US, ch)
• Harriet Monroe (1860–1936, US/Peru, nf/p)
• Jack Monroe (born 1988, England, nf)
• Messenger Monsey (1694–1788, England, nf)
• Carlos Monsiváis (1938–2010, Mexico, nf)
• Basil Montagu (1770–1851, England, nf)
• Charles Montagu, 1st Earl of Halifax 1661–1715, England, p)
• Elizabeth Montagu (1718–1800, England, nf)
• John Montague (1929–2016, US/France, p/f/nf)
• Eugenio Montale (1896–1981, Italy, p/nf)
• Stephanie de Montalk (born 1945, N Zealand, p/nf)
• Geoffrey Potocki de Montalk (1903–1997, N Zealand/France, nf)
• Emilio Álvarez Montalván (1919–2014, Nicaragua, nf)
• Juan Montalvo (1832–1889, Ecuador, d/f)
• Richard Montanari (born 1952, US, f)
• Dora Montefiore (1851–1933, England/Australia, p/nf)
• Simon Sebag Montefiore (born 1965, England, nf/f)
• Eugenio Montejo (1938–2008, Venezuela, p/nf)
• Augusto Monterroso (1921–2003, Honduras/Mexico, f)
• Graciela Montes (born 1947, Argentina, ch/nf)
• Eduardo Montes-Bradley (born 1960, Argentina/US, f/nf)
• Montesquieu (1689–1755, France, nf)
• Alexander Montgomerie ((c. 1550–1598, Scotland, p)
• James Montgomery (1771–1854, Scotland/England, p/nf)
• Florence Montgomery (1843–1923, England, f/ch)
• Lucy Maud Montgomery (1936–2014, Canada, f/ch)
• R. A. Montgomery (1874–1942, US, ch)
• Jean-Pierre Montcassen (born 1967, Hungary, f/p), pseudonym of Imre Cselenyák
• Robert Montgomery (1807–1855, England, p)
• Henry de Montherlant (1895–1972, France, nf/f/d)
• Isabelle de Montolieu (1751–1832, Switzerland, f)
• Víctor Montoya (born 1958, Bolivia, nf)
• María de Montserrat (1913–1995, Uruguay, f/d/p)
• Jean-Étienne Montucla (1725–1799, France, nf)
• Susanna Moodie (1803–1885, England/Canada, nf)
• Lukas Moodysson (born 1969, Sweden, f/p)
• Elizabeth Moon (born 1945, US, f/nf)
• Geoff Moon (1915–2009, N Zealand, nf)
• Michael Moorcock (born 1939, England/US, f/nf)
• Alan Moore (born 1953, England, f/nf)
• Bai T. Moore (1916–1988, Liberia, p/f/nf)
• C. L. Moore (1911–1987, US, f/d)
• Clement Clarke Moore (1779–1863, US, f/p)
• Francis Moore (1657–1715, England, nf)
• Francis Moore (1708–1756, England, nf)
• G. E. Moore (1873–1958, England, nf)
• George Moore (1852–1933, Ireland/England, f/p/nf)
• John Moore (c. 1595–1647, England, nf)
• Marianne Moore (1887–1972, US, p/nf)
• Merrill Moore (1903–1957, US, p)
• Patrick Moore (1923–2013, England, nf/f)
• Peter Moore (born 1983, England, nf)
• T. C. Kingsmill Moore (1893–1979, Ireland, nf)
• T. Inglis Moore (1901–1978, Australia, f/p/nf)
• Thomas Moore (1779–1852, Ireland/England, p/nf)
• Ward Moore (1903–1978, US, f)
• Wes Moore (born 1978, US, nf)
• Finola Moorhead (born 1947, Australia, f/d/nf)
• Roger Moorhouse (born 1968, England, nf)
• Hortensia von Moos (1659–1715, Switzerland, nf)
• A. S. Mopeli-Paulus (1913 – post-1990s, Basutoland/S Africa, f/nf)
• Ferenc Móra (1879–1934, Hungary, f/nf)
• Pat Mora (born 1942, US, f/nf/ch)
• Dom Moraes (1938–2004, India, nf/p)
• Jesús Moraes (born 1955, Uruguay, f)
• Wenceslau de Moraes (1854–1929, Portugal/Japan, nf/p)
• Karly Gaitán Morales (born 1980, Nicaragua, nf)
• Yuyi Morales (born 1968, Mexico/US, ch)
• Daniel Keys Moran (born 1962, US, f/nf)
• Leandro Fernández de Moratín (1760–1828, Spain, d/p)
• Alberto Moravia (1907–1990, Italy, f/nf)
• Ann Moray (1909–1981, Wales/Mexico, f)
• Aka Morchiladze (born 1966, USSR/Georgia, f/nf)
• Diana Mordasini (living, Senegal/Switzerland, nf)
• Elinor Mordaunt (1872–1942, Australia/England, f/nf), pseudonym of Evelyn May Clowes
• Gertrude More (1606–1633, England/France, nf)
• Hannah More (1745–1833, England, nf/p/d)
• Henry More (1614–1687, England, nf)
• Thomas More (1478–1535, England, nf)
• Jean Moréas (1856–1910, Greece/France, p/nf)
• Hégésippe Moreau (1810–1838, France, p/f)
• Sven Moren (1871–1938, Norway, p/f/ch)
• José Rosas Moreno (1838–1883, Mexico, p/d/ch)
• Kelly Ana Morey (born 1968, N Zealand, f/p)
• Charles Langbridge Morgan (1894–1958, England, d/f)
• Derec Llwyd Morgan (born 1943, Wales, nf)
• Diana Morgan (1908–1996, Wales/England, d)
• Edwin Morgan (1920–2010, Scotland, p)
• Elaine Morgan (1920–2013, Wales/England, nf)
• Elena Puw Morgan (1900–1973, Wales, f/ch)
• Eluned Morgan (1870–1938, Argentina/Wales, nf)
• Gwenllian Morgan (1852–1939, Wales, nf)
• J. O. Morgan (born 1978, Scotland, p)
• Jeffrey Morgan (living, Canada, nf/f)
• John Morgan (1688–1733 or 1734, Wales/England, nf/p)
• Mal Morgan (1936–1999, Australia, p)
• Prys Morgan (born 1937, Wales, nf)
• Sally Morgan (born 1951, Australia, nf/ch/d)
• Sophia Elizabeth De Morgan (1809–1892, England, nf)
• Sydney, Lady Morgan (c. 1781–1859, Ireland/England, f)
• Ted Morgan (1932–2023, France/US, nf)
• Teresa Morgan (born 1968, England, nf)
• William Morgan (1545–1604, Wales, nf)
• William De Morgan (1839–1917, England, f)
• Lorin Morgan-Richards (born 1975, US, p/d/ch)
• Iolo Morganwg (1747–1826, Wales, nf/p), bardic name of Edward Williams
• Christian Morgenstern (1871–1914, Germany/Austria, p/f/nf)
• Irmtraud Morgner (1933–1990, Germany, nf)
• Daniel Georg Morhof (1639–1691, Germany, nf/p)
• Hiroshi Mori (森博嗣, born 1957, Japan, f/nf)
• Mori Ōgai (森林太郎, 1862–1922, Japan, f/p), pseudonym Mori Ōgai (森鴎外)
• Liane Moriarty (born 1966, Australia, f/ch)
• Zsigmond Móricz (1879–1942, Hungary, f)
• David Richard Morier (1784–1877, Ottoman E/England, nf)
• James Justinian Morier (1782–1849, Ottoman E/England, f)
• Eduard Mörike (1804–1875, Germany, f/p)
• Seiichi Morimura (森村誠一, 1933–2023, Japan, f)
• Hiroyuki Morioka (森岡浩之, born 1962, Japan, f)
• Félix Morisseau-Leroy (1912–1998, Haiti/US, p/d)
• Morita Sōhei (森田草平, 1881–1949, Japan, f)
• Tama Morita (森田たま, 1894–1970, Japan, nf)
• Karl Philipp Moritz (1756–1793, Germany, nf/f)
• David Morley (1923–2009, England, nf)
• David Morley (born 1962, England, nf/d)
• David Morley (born 1964, England, p/nf)
• Henry Morley (1822–1894, England, nf)
• Iris Morley (1910–1953, England, nf)
• John A. Moroso (1874–1957, US, f/nf/p)
• Michael Morpurgo (born 1943, England, p/d/ch)
• Clare Morrall (born 1952, England, f)
• Ronald Hugh Morrieson (1922–1972, N Zealand, f)
• Dick Morris (born 1946, US, nf)
• Gerald Morris (born 1963, US, ch)
• James McGrath Morris (born 1954, US, nf)
• Jan Morris (1926–2020, England/Wales, nf)
• Lewis Morris (1701–1765, Wales, p)
• Lewis Morris (1833–1907, Wales, p)
• Meaghan Morris (born 1950, Australia, nf)
• Myra Morris (1893–1966, Australia, p/f/ch)
• Paula Morris (born 1965, N Zealand, f)
• Rebecca Morris (living, US, f/nf)
• Richard Morris (1703–1779, Wales, nf)
• William Morris (1834–1896, England, p/f/nf)
• John Morris-Jones (1864–1929, Wales, nf/p)
• Arthur Morrison (1863–1945, England, f/nf)
• Blake Morrison (born 1950, England, p/f/nf)
• Jim Morrison (1943–1971, US, p)
• Sally Morrison (born 1946, Australia, f/nf)
• Sophia Morrison (1859–1917, Isle of Man, f/nf)
• Toni Morrison (1931–2019, US, f/nf)
• Di Morrissey (born 1943, Australia, f/ch)
• Michael Morrissey (born 1942, N Zealand, p/f/nf)
• Honoré Willsie Morrow (1880–1940, US, f/nf)
• Petra Morsbach (born 1956, Switzerland/Germany, f)
• Jan Andrzej Morsztyn (1621–1693, Poland-Lithuania/France, p/nf)
• Zbigniew Morsztyn (c. 1628–1689, Poland-Lithuania/Prussia, p)
• Valzhyna Mort (born 1981, USSR/US, p)
• Viggo Mortensen (born 1958, US, p)
• Carole Mortimer (born 1960, England, f)
• Favell Lee Mortimer (1802–1878, England, ch)
• John Mortimer (1923–2009, England, d/nf)
• Penelope Mortimer (1918–1999, Wales/England, nf/f)
• Andrew Morton (born 1953, England, nf)
• Elsie K. Morton (1885–1968, N Zealand, nf)
• Frank Morton (1869–1923, England/Australia, p/nf)
• J. B. Morton (1893–1979, England, nf)
• Hassouna Mosbahi (born 1950, Tunisia, f)
• Johann Michael Moscherosch (1601–1669, Germany, nf)
• Moschus (fl. c. 150 BCE, Syracuse, p)
• Raúl Andrade Moscoso (1905–1983, Ecuador, nf/d)
• Julius Mosen (1803–1867, Germany, p/f)
• Clelia Duel Mosher (1863–1940, US, nf)
• Sam Moskowitz (1920–1997, US, nf)
• Howard Moss (1922–1987, US, p/d/nf)
• Kate Mosse (born 1961, England, f/nf)
• Johann Most (1846–1906, Germany/US, nf/p)
• Ahlam Mosteghanemi (born 1953, Algeria, f)
• Golam Mostofa (1897–1964, India/E Pakistan, p/f/nf)
• Nadežka Mosusova (born 1928, Yugoslavia/Serbia, nf)
• Majede Motalebi (born 1985, Iran, nf)
• Aziz Motazedi (born 1950, Iran, f/nf)
• Andrew Motion (born 1952, England/US, p/f/nf)
• Francis Moto (born 1952, Nyasaland/Malawi, nf)
• Motoori Norinaga (本居宣長, 1730–1801, Japan, nf)
• Ralph Hale Mottram (1883–1971, England, f/p)
• Casey Motsisi (1932–1977, S Africa, f/nf)
• Ralph Hale Mottram (1883–1971, England, f/p)
• Mou Zongsan (牟宗三, 1909–1995, China/Hong Kong, nf)
• Daphne Pochin Mould (1920–2014, England/Ireland, nf)
• John Moultrie (1799–1874, England, p)
• Vasco Graça Moura (1942–2014, Portugal, p/nf/f)
• Ahmed Mourad (born 1978, Egypt, d/f/nf)
• David Mourão-Ferreira (1927–1996, Portugal, p/f)
• Amel Moussa (living, Tunisia, p/nf)
• Salama Moussa (1887–1958, Egypt, nf)
• Mohammed El Moustaoui (born 1943, Morocco, p)
• Johan Andreas Dèr Mouw (1863–1919, Netherlands, p/nf)
• Farley Mowat (1921–2014, Canada, nf)
• Mary Braidwood Mowle (1827–1857, England/Australia, nf)
• Enrique Moya (born 1958, Venezuela, p/f/nf)
• Jojo Moyes (born 1969, England, f/nf)
• Mozi (墨子, c. 470 – c. 391, China, nf)
• Fiona Mozley (born 1988, England, f/nf)
• James Bowling Mozley (1813–1878, England, nf)
• Thomas Mozley (1806–1893, England, nf)

Mp–My

• Samuel Mpasu (1945–2018, Nyasaland/Malawi, nf)
• Phaswane Mpe (1970–2004, S Africa, p/f)
• Es'kia Mphahlele (1919–2008, S Africa, f/nf)
• Samuel Edward Krune Mqhayi (1975–1945, S Africa, d/f/p)
• Lidudumalingani Mqombothi (living, S Africa, f/nf)
• Mohamed Mrabet (born 1936, Morocco, f), pseudonym of Mohammed ben Chaib el Hajam
• Milena Mrazović (1863–1927, Austrian E/Austria, nf)
• Sava Mrkalj (1783–1833, Austrian E, nf/p)
• Zorica Mršević (born 1954, Yugoslavia/Serbia, nf)
• Oswald Mbuyiseni Mtshali (born 1940, S Africa/Soweto, p)
• Fadhy Mtanga (born 1981, Tanzania, f/p)
• Ephrem Mtsire (died c. 1101–1103, Georgia, nf)
• Mu Shiying (穆時英, 1912–1940, China, f/nf)
• Hans Much (1880–1932, Germany, nf/p)
• Robert Muchamore (born 1972, England, f/ch)
• Charles Mudede (born 1969, S Rhodesia/Zimbabwe, d/nf)
• Ian Mudie (1911–1976, Australia, p/nf)
• Mudrooroo (1938–2019, Australia, f/p/d), pseudonym of Colin Thomas Johnson
• Amélia Muge (born 1952, Mozambique, p)
• Malcolm Muggeridge (1903–1990, England, nf)
• Micere Githae Mugo (1942–2023, Kenya, d/nf/p)
• Hazel de Silva Mugot (born 1947, Kenya, f)
• Amir Muhammad (born 1972, Malaysia, nf)
• Malkat al-Dar Muhammad (1920–1969, Sudan, f/nf)
• Penina Muhando (born 1948, Tanzania, d)
• Erich Mühsam (1878–1934, Germany, nf/p/d), Holocaust victim
• Edwin Muir (1887–1959, Scotland, p/f)
• John Kenneth Muir (born 1969, US, nf)
• Kenneth Muir (1907–1996, England, nf)
• Fiston Mwanza Mujila (born 1981, DR of Congo/Austria, f/nf)
• Yolande Mukagasana (born 1954, Rwanda, d/nf)
• Mukai Kyorai (向井去来, 1651–1704, Japan, p/nf)
• Shrawan Mukarung (born 1968, Nepal, p/d)
• Scholastique Mukasonga (born 1956, Rwanda/France, f/nf)
• Mohamed Haji Mukhtar (born 1947, Somalia/US, nf)
• Kuniko Mukōda (向田邦子, 1929–1981, Japan, d/f)
• Dominic Mulaisho (1933–2013, Zambia, f)
• Brandon Mull (born 1974, US, ch)
• Anthony Munday (c. 1560–1633, England, d/p)
• Jan Mulder (born 1945, Netherlands, nf/f)
• Paul Muldoon (born 1951, Ireland, p)
• Lale Müldür (born 1956, Turkey/Belgium, p)
• Wendy Mulford (born 1941, Wales/England, p/nf)
• Alan Mulgan (1881–1962, N Zealand, nf)
• Geoff Mulgan (born 1961, England, nf)
• John Mulgan (1911–1945, N Zealand, nf)
• Clara Mulholland (1849–1934, Ireland, f/nf)
• John Mulholland (born 1940, US, nf)
• Harry Mulisch (1927–2010, Netherlands, f/d/p)
• Brandon Mull (born 1974, US, ch)
• Laura Mullen (born 1958, US, p)
• Adam Müller (1779–1829, Germany/Austria, nf)
• Heiner Müller (1929–1995, Germany, d/p/nf)
• Herta Müller (born 1953, Romania/Germany, f/p/nf)
• Inge Müller (1925–1966, Germany, ch/f/p)
• Maler Müller (1749–1825, Germany, p/d)
• Wilhelm Müller (1794–1827, Germany, p)
• Wolfgang Müller von Königswinter (1816–1873, Germany, f/p)
• Multatuli (1820–1887, Netherlands, f/nf), pseudonym of Eduard Douwes Dekker
• Ivan Matthias Mulumba (born 1987, Uganda, p/f)
• Andreas Munch (1811–1884, Norway, p/f/d)
• Theodor Mundt (1808–1861, Germany, nf/f)
• Charles Mungoshi (1947–2019, S Rhodesia/Zimbabwe, f/p/ch)
• David Mungoshi (1949–2020, S Rhodesia/Zimbabwe, f)
• John Munonye (1929–1999, Nigeria, f)
• Mercedes Negrón Muñoz (1895–1973, Puerto Rico, p/nf)
• Alice Munro (born 1931, Canada, f)
• Saki (1870–1916, England, f/d/nf), pseudonym of Hector Hugh Munro
• Hugh Andrew Johnstone Munro (1819–1885, Scotland/Italy, nf)
• Robert Munsch (born 1945, US/Canada, ch)
• K. M. Munshi (1887–1971, India, f/nf)
• Haruki Murakami (村上春樹, born 1949, Japan, f/nf)
• Ryū Murakami (村上龍, born 1952, Japan, f/nf)
• Shōfu Muramatsu (村松梢風, 1889–1961, Japan, f)
• Murasaki Shikibu (紫式部), c. 973/978 – c. 1014/1031, Japan, f)
• Kaita Murayama (村山槐多), 1896–1919, Japan, nf)
• Tomoyoshi Murayama (村山知義), 1901–1977, Japan, d/f)
• Iris Murdoch (1919–1999, Ireland/England, f/nf)
• Nina Murdoch (1890–1976, Australia, nf/p), pseudonym Manin
• William Mure (1799–1860, Scotland/England, nf)
• H. A. Murena (1923–1975, Argentina, nf)
• Henri Murger (1822–1861, France, f/p)
• Ben Mutua Jonathan Muriithi (born 1969, Kenya/US, nf), born Jonathan Nyaga
• Rosario Murillo (born 1951, Nicaragua, nf)
• Josip Murn (1879–1901, Austria-Hungary, p)
• Thomas Murner (1475 – c. 1537, Germany/Switzerland, nf/p)
• George Murnu (1868–1957, Ottoman E/Romania, p)
• Murong Xuecun (慕容雪村, born 1974, China, f/nf), pseudonym of Hao Qun (郝群)
• C. E. Murphy (born 1973, US/Ireland, f)
• Edwin Greenslade Murphy (1866–1939, Australia, p/nf)
• Jill Murphy (1949–2021, England, ch)
• Jim Murphy (born 1947, US, nf/f/ch)
• Margaret Murphy (born 1959, England, f)
• Pat Murphy (born 1955, US, nf/f)
• Richard Murphy (1927–2018, Ireland/England, p/nf)
• Sheila Murphy (born 1951, US, p)
• Timothy L. Murphy (1816–1897, US, nf)
• Andrew Murray (born 1970, England, ch)
• David Christie Murray (1847–1907, England, nf/f)
• Ena Murray (1936–2015, S Africa, f/p)
• George Murray (born 1971, Canada, p)
• Joan Murray (born 1945, US, p/f)
• John Murray (born 1950, England/Greece, f/nf)
• Les Murray (1938–2019, Australia, p/nf)
• Shirley Murray (1931–2020, N Zealand, p)
• Joanna Murray-Smith (born 1962, Australia, d/f)
• Ra'ouf Mus'ad (born 1937, Sudan/Netherlands, d/f/nf)
• Eugénie Musayidire (born 1952, Rwanda/Germany, nf)
• Tudor Mușatescu (1903–1970, Romania, d/f)
• Johann Karl August Musäus (1735–1787, Germany, f)
• Adolf Muschg (born 1934, Switzerland, f/nf)
• Colin Muset (fl. c. 1210–1250 or 1230–1270, France, p)
• David Musgrave (born 1965, Australia, p/f/nf)
• Susan Musgrave (born 1951, Canada, p/ch)
• Saneatsu Mushanokōji (武者小路実篤, 1885–1976, Japan, f/d/p)
• Sandra A. Mushi (born 1974, Tanzania, p/f)
• Ramlee Awang Murshid (born 1967, Malaysia, f)
• Lukijan Mušicki (1777–1837, Serbia, p/nf)
• Małgorzata Musierowicz (born 1945, Poland, ch/f)
• Robert Musil (1880–1942, Austria/Switzerland, nf/f)
• Lukijan Mušicki (1777–1837, Hungary/Austrian E, p/nf)
• Masimba Musodza (born 1976, S Rhodesia/Zimbabwe, f)
• Alfred de Musset (1810–1857, France, d/p/f)
• Dennis Must (1934–2024, US, f)
• Nikola Musulin (c. 1830 – post-1897, Serbia/Montenegro, nf/p)
• Vera Mutafchieva (1929–2009, Bulgaria, f/nf)
• Čavdar Mutafov (1899–1954, Bulgaria, nf/f)
• Mutesa II of Buganda (1924–1969, Uganda/England, nf)
• Joseph Muthee (born 1928, Kenya, nf)
• Álvaro Mutis (1923–2013, Colombia, p/f/nf)
• Nazar Mohammad Mutmaeen (born 1973, Afghanistan, nf)
• Solomon Mutswairo (1924–2005, S Rhodesia/Zimbabwe, p/f)
• Margaret Mutu (living, N Zealand, nf)
• Vusamazulu Credo Mutwa (1921–2020, S Africa, nf/f)
• Rudolf Muus (1862–1935, Norway, f/d)
• Togara Muzanenhamo (born 1975, S Rhodesia/Zimbabwe, p/d)
• Meja Mwangi (born 1948, Kenya, d)
• Godfrey Mwakikagile (born 1949, Tanzania, nf)
• Ndongolera Mwangupili (born 1977, Malawi, p/f/nf)
• Christopher Mwashinga (born 1965, Tanzania, nf/p)
• Gitura Mwaura (living, Kenya, f/p/ch)
• Lâm Quang Mỹ (born 1944, Vietnam, p)
• Nyo Mya (1914–1985, Burma, nf)
• Thakin Tin Mya (1924–2015, Burma/Myanmar, nf)
• Valerie Grosvenor Myer (1935–2007, England, nf/f)
• Ben Myers (born 1976, England, f/nf/p)
• Leo Myers (1881–1944, England, f/d)
• Walter Dean Myers (1937–2014, US, ch)
• Julie Myerson (born 1960, England, f/nf)
• Elna Mygdal (1868–1940, Denmark, nf)
• Øyvind Myhre (born 1945, Norway, f)
• Nay Win Myint (born 1952, Burma/Myanmar, f)
• Thant Myint-U (born 1965, US, nf)
• Thein Pe Myint (1914–1978, Burma, nf)
• Agnar Mykle (1915–1994, Norway, f/nf)
• Vincas Mykolaitis-Putinas (1893–1967, Russian E/Soviet Union, p/f)
• Lauren Myracle (born 1969, US, f/ch)
• Jan Myrdal (1927–2020, Sweden, nf)
• Marit Myrvoll (born 1953, Norway, nf)