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

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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)

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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)

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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)

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Fo

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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)

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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)
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)

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