List of authors by name: O

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

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

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Oa/Ok

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Rachid O. (Morocco/France, f)
Ann Oakley (born 1944, England, nf/f)
Graham Oakley (born 1929, England, ch)
John Oakman (c. 1748–1793, England, f/nf)
María Olimpia de Obaldía (1891–1985, Panama, p)
Barack Obama (born 1961, US, nf)
Michelle Obama (born 1964, US, nf)
Kate O'Beirne (1949–2017, US, nf)
Nadège Noële Ango-Obiang (born 1973, Gabon, f/d/p)
Chigozie Obioma (born 1986, Nigeria/US, f)
Obiwu (born 1962, Nigeria/US, nf), full name Obioma Paul Iwuanyanwu
Rafael Obligado (1851–1920, Argentina, p/d)
Godspower Oboido (born 1988, Nigeria, p/nf)
Dositej Obradović (1739–1811, Habsburg E/Ottoman E, nf)
Téa Obreht (born 1985, Yugoslavia/US, f/nf)
Princess Anka Obrenović (1821–1868, Serbia, nf)
Tor Obrestad (1938–2020, Norway, f/p/nf)
Patrick O'Brian (1914–2000, England/Ireland, f), born Richard Patrick Russ
Fitz James O'Brien (1828–1862, Ireland/US, f/p)
Flann O'Brien (1911–1966, Ireland, f/nf)
John O'Brien (1878–1952, Australia, p/nf), pseudonym of Patrick Joseph Hartigan
Michael O'Brien (born 1948, Canada, f/nf)
Robert C. O'Brien (1918–1973, US, f)
Sean O'Brien (born 1952, England, p/nf/d)
Sigbjørn Obstfelder (1866–1900, Norway, p/f/nf)
Mary-Louise O'Callaghan (living, Australia, nf)
Luis Moreno Ocampo (born 1952, Argentina, etc., nf)
Silvina Ocampo (1903–1993, Argentina, f/p)
Victoria Ocampo (1890–1979, Argentina, nf)
Thomas Occleve or Hoccleve (c. 1368–1426, England, p)
Raquel Ochoa (born 1980, Portugal, f/nf)
Moses Ochonu (living, Nigeria/US, nf)
Tyne O'Connell (born 1960, England, f/ch)
Elizabeth O'Conner (1913–2000, Australia, f/nf)
Arthur O'Connor (1763–1852, Ireland/France, nf)
Flannery O'Connor (1925–1964, US, f/nf)
Mark O'Connor (born 1945, Australia, p/nf)
Mary-Anne O'Connor (living, Australia, f)
Philip O'Connor (1916–1998, England/France, nf)
Roger O'Connor (1762-1834, Ireland/England, f/nf)
Okello Oculi (born 1942, Uganda/Nigeria, p/nf)
Julius Ocwinyo (born 1961, Uganda, p/f)
Sakunosuke Oda (織田作之助, 1913–1947, Japan, f/d/nf)
Asenath Bole Odaga (1937–2014, Kenya, f/d/ch)
Rosemary O'Day (born 1945, England, nf)
Constance O'Day-Flannery (living, US, f)
Scott O'Dell (1898–1989, US, f/ch)
Eisha Stephen Atieno Odhiambo (1945–2009, Kenya/US, nf)
Yervant Odian (1869–1926, Ottoman E/Egypt, nf/d)
Ike Odimegwu (living, Nigeria, nf)
Jaramogi Oginga Odinga (1911–1994, Kenya, nf)
Alexandru Odobescu (1834–1895, Wallachia/Romania, f/nf)
Laurel O'Donnell (living, US, f)
Mietta O'Donnell (1950–2001, Australia, nf)
Bernard O'Dowd (1866–1953, Australia, p/nf)
Dennis O'Driscoll (1954–2012, Ireland, p/nf)
Antoni Edward Odyniec (1804–1885, Poland, p)
Kenzaburō Ōe (大江健三郎, 1935–2023, Japan, f/nf)
Héctor Germán Oesterheld (1919–1977 or later, Argentina, f)
Maggie O'Farrell (born 1972, N Ireland/England, f)
Ernest O'Ferrall (1881–1925, Australia, p/f/nf)
Ron Offen (1930–2010, US, p/d/nf)
Yōko Ogawa (小川洋子, born 1962, Japan, f/nf)
Charles Ogden, (living, US, ch) joint pseudonym
Elisabeth Ogilvie (1917–2006, US, f/nf/ch)
Ian Ogilvy (born 1943, England, d/f)
William Henry Ogilvie (1869–1963, Scotland, p/f)
Ogiwara Seisensui (荻原井泉水, 1884–1976, Japan, p)
Finn Øglænd (born 1957, Norway, p/f/ch)
Kormákr Ögmundarson (fl. 10th c., Iceland, p)
Dejan Ognjanović (born 1973, Yugoslavia/Montenegro)
Vida Ognjenović (born 1941, Yugoslavia/Serbia, d/nf)
Margaret Ogola (1958–2011, Kenya, f)
Grace Ogot (1930–2015, Kenya, f)
Josephat Obi Oguejiofor (living, Nigeria, nf)
Olu Oguibe (born 1964, Nigeria/US, nf)
Ike Oguine (living, Nigeria, f)
Molara Ogundipe (1940–2019, Nigeria, p/nf)
Wole Oguntokun (born 1967, Nigeria, d/nf)
Mushitaro Oguri (小栗虫太郎, 1901–1946, Japan, f)
Frank O'Hara (1926–1966, US, p/d)
John O'Hara (1905–1970, US, f/d/nf)
John Bernard O'Hara (1862–1927, Australia, p)
Pixie O'Harris (1903–1991, Wales/Australia, nf/p/ch), pseudonym of Rhona Olive Harris
Bruno K. Öijer (born 1951, Sweden, p)
Tanure Ojaide (born 1948, Nigeria, p/f/nf)
Bayo Ojikutu (born 1971, Nigeria/US, f)
Okakura Kakuzō (岡倉覚三, 1863–1913, Japan, nf)
Atukwei Okai (1941–2018, Gold Coast/Ghana, p/nf)
Kanoko Okamoto (岡本かの子, 1889–1939, Japan, p/nf)
Kido Okamoto (岡本綺堂, 1872–1939, Japan, d)
Gabriel Okara (1921–2019, Nigeria, p/n)
Janette Oke (born 1935, Canada, f)
Chioma Okereke (living, Nigeria/England, p/f)
Christopher Okigbo (1932–1967, Nigeria, p)
Susan Moller Okin (born 1964, N Zealand, nf)
Einar Økland (born 1940, Norway, p/d/ch)
Julie Okoh (born 1947, Nigeria, d/f)
Nnedi Okorafor (born 1974, Nigeria/US, f/ch)
Okot p'Bitek (1931–1982, Uganda, p/nf)
Ifeoma Okoye (born c. 1937, Nigeria, f/ch)
Chinelo Okparanta (born 1981, Nigeria/US, f)
Isidore Okpewho (1941–2016, Nigeria/US, f/nf)
Ben Okri (born 1959, Nigeria/England, p/f)
Mary Karooro Okurut (born 1954, Uganda, f/nf)

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Ol–Oo

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Afolabi Olabimtan (1932–2003, Nigeria, f/nf)
Olatubosun Oladapo (born 1943, Nigeria, p/d/nf)
Auður Ava Ólafsdóttir (born 1958, Iceland, f/d/p)
Eggert Ólafsson (1726–1768, Iceland, nf)
Jón Ólafsson (1850–1916, Iceland/Canada, nf)
Jón Ólafsson (c. 1594–1679, Iceland, nf)
Ólafur Jóhann Ólafsson (born 1962, Iceland, nf)
Páll Ólafsson (1927–2005, Iceland, p)
Nicolaus Olahus (1493–1568, Hungary, nf)
John Olday (1905–1977, US/Australia, f)
Jenny Oldfield (born 1949, England, ch)
John Oldmixon (1673–1742, England, nf/p/d)
Sharon Olds (born 1942, US, p)
Michael O'Leary (born 1950, N Zealand, p/f)
Sibylle von Olfers (1881–1916, Germany, ch)
Sergio Olguín (born 1967, Argentina, f/nf/ch)
Laurence Oliphant (1829–1988, S Africa/England, nf/f)
Margaret Oliphant (1828–1897, Scotland/England, f/nf)
Ukamaka Olisakwe (born 1982, Nigeria, f/d)
Oscar Núñez Oliva (born 1955, Costa Rica, f)
Gabriela Torres Olivares (born 1982, Mexico, f/nf)
Gloria Olive (1923–2006, US/N Zealand, nf)
Jamie Oliver (born 1975, England, nf)
Marina Oliver (born 1934, England, f/nf)
Mary Oliver (1935–2019, US, p)
Narelle Oliver (1960–2016, Australia, ch)
Alberto de Oliveira (1857–1937, Brazil, p)
Carlos de Oliveira (1921–1981, Portugal, p/f)
Juste Olivier (1807–1876, Switzerland, p/f/nf)
Narcís Oller (1846–1930, Spain, f)
Alfred Ollivant (1874–1927, England, f), Owd Bob
Ayodele Olofintuade (born 1970s, Nigeria, ch/f/nf)
Simbo Olorunfemi (living, Nigeria, p/nf)
Gregg Olsen (born 1959, US, nf/f)
Charles Olson (1910–1970, US, p)
Albert Olsson (1904–1994, Sweden, f)
Jan Olof Olsson (1920–1974, Sweden, nf)
Linda Olsson (born 1948, Sweden/N Zealand, f)
Grozdana Olujić (1934–2019, Yugoslavia/Serbia, f/ch)
Daniel O'Mahony (born 1973, England, f/d)
Rageh Omaar (born 1967, Somalia/England, nf)
Carola Oman (1897–1978, England, f/nf/ch)
Qais Akbar Omar (born 1982, Afghanistan/US, nf)
Shazia Omar (living, Bangladesh, f/nf)
Kristín Ómarsdóttir (born 1962, Iceland, f/p/d)
Rahraw Omarzad (born 1964, Afghanistan, nf)
Ömer Seyfettin (1884–1920, Ottoman E, f/p)
Tamsin Omond (born 1984, England, nf)
Kole Omotosho (born 1943, Nigeria, f/nf)
Arthur Omre (1887–1967, Norway, f)
Kola Onadipe (1922–1988, Nigeria, ch)
Iván Oñate (born 1948, Ecuador, p/f)
Michael Ondaatje (born 1943, Ceylon/Canada, p/f/nf)
Ondjaki (born 1977, Angola, p/ch/f), pseudonym of Ndalu de Almeida
Ľudo Ondrejov (1901–1962, Austria-Hungary/Czechoslovakia, p/f/nf)
Alexandre O'Neill (1924–1986, Portugal, p)
Eugene O'Neill (1888–1953, US, d/f)
Tony O'Neill (born 1978, England/US, f/p/nf)
Juan Carlos Onetti (1909–1994, Uruguay/Spain, f)
Beria Onger (1921–2015, Turkey, nf)
Oliver Onions (1873–1961, England, f)
Makena Onjerika (living, Kenya, f)
Tõnu Õnnepalu (born 1962, Estonia, f/nf/p)
Fuyumi Ono (小野不由美, born 1960, Japan, f)
Ono no Komachi (小野小町, c. 825 – c. 900, Japan, p)
Saishū Onoe (尾上柴舟, 1876–1957, Japan, p), pseudonym of Hachirō Onoe (尾上八郎)
Nuzo Onoh (born 1962, Nigeria, f/nf)
Onomacritus (c. 530–480 BCE, Greece, p)
Charles van Onselen (living, S Africa, nf)
Inte Onsman (1872–1929, Netherlands, d)
Chibundu Onuzo (born 1991, Nigeria, f)
Nduka Onwuegbute (born 1969, England/Nigeria, d/f/ch)
Osonye Tess Onwueme (born 1955, Nigeria, d/p/nf)
Troy Onyango (born 1993, Kenya, nf/f)
Charles Onyango-Obbo (born 1958, Uganda, nf)
Ifeoma Onyefulu (born 1959, Nigeria/England, ch/f)
Onyeka (living, England, nf)
Makoto Ōoka (大岡信, 1931–2017, Japan, p/nf)
Shōhei Ōoka (大岡昇平, 1909–1988, Japan, f/nf)

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Op–Oz

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Joanna Oparek (born 1967, Poland, f/p)
Joseph Opatoshu (1886–1954, Poland/US, f)
Amelia Opie (1769–1853, England, f/p/nf)
Martin Opitz (1597–1639, Germany/Danzig, p)
Kenneth Oppel (born 1967, Canada, ch)
George Oppen (1908–1984, US, p)
E. Phillips Oppenheim (1866–1946, England/Guernsey, f)
Joachim Oppenheim (1832–1891, Austria/Czech, nf)
Andrés Oppenheimer (born 1951, Argentina, nf)
Robert Oppenheimer (1904–1967, US, nf)
Artur Oppman (1867–1931, Russian E/Poland, p)
Leonard Oprea (born 1953, Romania/US, f/p/nf)
Marek Oramus (born 1952, Poland, f/nf)
Claudia Orange (born 1938, N Zealand, nf)
Vladimir Oravsky (born 1947, Czechoslovakia/Sweden, d/ch)
Yolanda Oreamuno (1916–1956, Costa Rica, f/nf)
Alexander Orbeliani (1802–1869, Russian E, p/d/nf)
David Orbeliani (1739–1796, Georgia, p)
Grigol Orbeliani (1804–1883, Russian E, p)
Sulkhan-Saba Orbeliani (1658–1725, Georgia, nf)
Vakhtang Orbeliani (1812–1890, Russian E, p)
Margaret Orbell (1935–2006, N Zealand, nf)
Mavro Orbini (1563–1614, Ragusa, nf)
Baroness Orczy (1865–1947, Hungary/England, f/d)
Edward Otho Cresap Ord, II (1858–1923, US, p)
Orderic Vitalis (1075 – c. 1142, England, nf)
Jerry Ordway (born 1957, US, f/ch)
Bill O'Reilly (born 1949, US, nf)
Dowell O'Reilly (1865–1923, Australia, p/f)
Giorgio Orelli (1921–2013, Switzerland, p/nf)
Giovanni Orelli (1928–2016, Switzerland, p/f/nf)
Zaharije Orfelin (1726–1785, Habsburg E, nf/p)
Mathieu Orfila (1787–1853, Spain/France, nf)
Emilio Oribe (1893–1975, Uruguay, p/nf)
Origen (c. 184 – c. 253 CE, Egypt/Lebanon, nf)
Nadia Origo (born 1977, Gabon/France, f/nf)
Shinobu Orikuchi (折口信夫, 1887–1953, Japan, nf/f/p)
Bukola Oriola (born 1976, Nigeria/US, nf)
Tore Ørjasæter (1886–1968, Norway, nf/p)
Iza Orjonikidze (1938–2010, USSR/Georgia, p/nf)
Władysław Orkan (1875–1930, Austria-Hungary/Poland, f/nf/p)
István Örkény (1912–1979, Hungary, d/f)
Uri Orlev (1931–2022, Poland/Israel, ch)
Milan Orlić (born 1962, Yugoslavia/Serbia, p/nf)
Peter Orlovsky (1933–2010, US, p)
Kate Orman (born 1968, Australia, f)
Edward Ormondroyd (born 1925, US, ch)
Olga Orozco (1920–1999, Algeria, p)
Elvira Orphée (1922–2018, Argentina, f)
Gregory Orr (born 1947, US, p)
Mary Orr (1910–2006, US, f)
Sue Orr (born 1962, N Zealand, f)
Julie Orringer (born 1973, US, f)
Hanne Ørstavik (born 1969, Norway, f)
Garcia de Orta (c. 1501–1568, Portugal, nf)
José Ortega y Gasset (1883–1955, Spain, nf)
Abraham Ortelius (1527–1598, Netherlands, nf)
Ramalho Ortigão (1836–1916, Portugal, nf)
Adalberto Ortiz (1914–2003, Ecuador, f/p)
Alicia Dujovne Ortiz (born 1940, Argentina, nf)
Juan Laurentino Ortiz (1896–1978, Argentina, p)
Ernst Ortlepp (1800–1864, Germany, p)
Joe Orton (1933–1967, England, d/f/nf)
Julia Anna Orum (1843–1904, US, nf)
Ernst Orvil (1898–1985, Norway, f/p/d), pseudonym of Ernst Richard Nilsen
George Orwell (1903–1950, England/Scotland, f/nf), pseudonym of Eric Arthur Blair
Eliza Orzeszkowa (1841–1910, Russian E, f/nf)
Dennis Osadebay (1911–1994, Nigeria, p/nf)
Kaoru Osanai (小山内薫, 1881–1928, Japan, d)
Arthur Osborne (1906–1970, UK, nf)
Helen Osborne (1939–2004, England, nf)
John Osborne (1929–1994, England, d)
Mary Pope Osborne (born 1949, US, ch)
Paul Oscar (born 1970, Iceland, p), pseudonym of Páll Óskar Hjálmtýsson
Lee Oser (born 1958, US, f/nf)
Alice Oseman (born 1996, England, f/ch/d)
Tam O'Shaughnessy (born 1952, US, ch)
Pat O'Shea (1931–2007, Ireland/England, ch)
Shunrō Oshikawa (押川春浪, 1876–1914, Japan, f/nf)
Andreas Osiander (1498–1552, Germany, nf)
Agnieszka Osiecka (1936–1997, Poland, p/d)
Sara Margrethe Oskal (born 1970, Norway, p/f/d)
Jón Óskar (1921–1998, Iceland, p)
Sam Osman (living, England/US, f/ch)
Shawkat Osman (1917–1998, India/Bangladesh, f)
Mari Osmundsen (born 1951, Norway, f/ch), pseudonym of Anne Kristine Halling
Femi Osofisan (born 1946, Nigeria, d/nf)
E. C. Osondu (living, Nigeria, f/nf)
Ana de Castro Osório (1872–1935, Portugal, nf)
Ferdynand Antoni Ossendowski (1876–1945, Russian E/Poland, nf)
Carl von Ossietzky (1889–1938, Germany, nf)
Hanni Ossott (1946–2002, Venezuela, p/nf)
Klas Östergren (born 1955, Sweden, f/d)
Josip Osti (1945–2021, Yugoslavia/Slovenia, p/nf)
Ljubica Ostojić (1945–2021), Yugoslavia/Bosnia, p/nf/d)
John Ostrander (born 1949, US, ch)
Niyi Osundare (born 1947, Nigeria, p/d/nf)
Sissel Benneche Osvold (born 1945, Norway, nf)
Oswald von Wolkenstein (1336/1337–1445, Germany, p)
Alice Oswald (born 1966, England, p)
Mizuho Ōta (太田水穂, 1876–1955, Japan, p/nf), pseudonym of Teiichi Ōta (太田貞)
Manuel Ramos Otero (1948–1990, Puerto Rico, nf/p)
Otfrid of Weissenburg (c. 800–870, Germany, p)
Ōtomo no Yakamochi (大伴家持, c. 718–785, Japan, p)
U Ottama (1879–1939, Burma, nf)
Óttarr svarti (fl: 11th c., Iceland, p)
Géza Ottlik (1912–1990, Hungary, nf)
Moncef Ouahibi (born 1949, Tunisia, p/f/nf)
Tahar Ouettar (1936–2010, Algeria, f/nf), also known as Al-Tāhir Wattar
Malika Oufkir (born 1953, Morocco/France, nf)
Onyinye Ough (living, Nigeria, f/nf)
Julya Oui (living, Malaysia, p/f)
Ouida (1839–1908, England/Italy, f/ch/nf), pseudonym of Maria Louise Ramé
Touria Oulehri (born 1962, Morocco, nf)
Yambo Ouologuem (1940–2017, Mali, f/nf)
Ide Oumarou (1937–2002, Niger, nf)
Sarah Outen (born 1985, England, nf)
Ouyang Xiu (歐陽脩, 1007–1072, China, nf/p)
Ouyang Xun (歐陽詢, 557–641, China, f)
Ouyang Yu (歐陽昱, born 1945, China/Australia, p/f/nf)
Helen Ovbiagele (born 1944, Nigeria, f)
Keith Ovenden (born 1943, England, f/nf)
Caroline Overington (born 1970, Australia, f/nf)
Thomas Overbury (1581–1613, England, p/nf)
Arnulf Øverland (1889–1968, Norway, p)
Charles Overton (1805–1889, England, nf/p)
Ovid (43 BCE – 17/18 CE, Roman E, p), full name Publius Ovidius Naso
Owain Owain (1929–1993, Wales, f/p)
Robin Llwyd ab Owain (born 1959, Wales, p)
Daniel Owen (1836–1895, Wales, f)
David Owen (1795–1866, Wales, nf), pseudonym Brutus
David Owen (Dewi Wyn o Eifion) (1784–1841, Wales, p)
Gerallt Lloyd Owen (1944–2014, Wales, p)
Goronwy Owen (1723–1769, Wales/US, p)
Jan Owen (born 1940, Australia, p)
Robert Owen (1771–1858, Wales/England, nf)
Ruth Owen (1885–1954, US, nf/ch)
Wilfred Owen (1893–1918, England/France, p)
William David Owen (1874–1925, Wales, f)
Yvonne Adhiambo Owuor (born 1968, Kenya, f/nf)
Helen Oxenbury (born 1938, England, ch)
Elsie J. Oxenham (1880–1960, England, ch)
Johan Gabriel Oxenstierna (1750–1818, Sweden, p)
Gunnhild Øyehaug (born 1975, Norway, p/f/nf)
Oyèrónkẹ́ Oyěwùmí (born 1957, Nigeria, nf)
Helen Oyeyemi (born 1984, Nigeria/Czech R, f/d)
Lauren Oyler (living, US, f)
Ferdinand Oyono (1929–2010, Cameroon, f)
Leticia de Oyuela (1935–2008, Honduras, nf)
Amos Oz (1939–2018, Palestine/Israel, f/ch/nf)
Ozaki Hōsai (尾崎放哉, 1885–1926, Japan, p)
Ozaki Kihachi (尾崎喜八, 1892–1974, Japan, p)
Ozaki Kōyō (尾崎紅葉, 1868–1903, Japan, f/p)
Jacques Ozanam (1640–1718, France, nf)
Emine Sevgi Özdamar (born 1946, Turkey/Germany, f/nf)
Ismet Özel (born 1944, Turkey, p/nf)
Joshua Ozersky (1967–2015, US, nf)
Cynthia Ozick (born 1928, US, f/nf)
Hanna Ożogowska (1904–1995, Duchy of Warsaw/Poland, f/p)
Yasujirō Ozu (小津安二郎, 1903–1963, Japan, d)

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