List of authors by name: X

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

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

List of authors

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• I
• J
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• L
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• N
• O
• P
• Q
• R
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• U
• V
• W
• X
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• Malcolm X (1925–1965, US, nf)
• Xenarchus of Seleucia (1st c. BCE, Greece, nf)
• Xenokleides (fl. 4th c. BCE, Greece, p)
• Xenophanes (c. 570 – c. 478 BCE, Greece, nf/p)
• Xenophon (c. 430–354 BCE, Athens, nf)
• Xi Xi (西西, 1937–2022, China/Hong Kong, nf)
• Xia Jia (夏笳, born 1984, China, f), pseudonym of Wang Yao (王瑶)
• Xiao Hong (蕭紅, 1911–1942, China, f/nf)
• Xiao Jun (蕭軍, 1907–1988, China, f)
• Qiu Xiaolong (裘小龙, born 1953, China, f/p/nf)
• Xie Bingying (謝冰瑩, 1906–2000, China, nf)
• Xie Daoyun (謝道韞, pre-340 – post-399 CE, China, nf)
• Xie He (謝赫, fl. 6th c., China, nf)
• Xie Lingyun (謝靈運, 385–433, China, p)
• Xin Qiji (辛棄疾, 1140–1207, China, p)
• Xinran (薛欣然, born 1958, China/England, nf)
• Xiong Shili (熊十力, 1885–1968, China, nf)
• Xiong Qinglai (熊慶來, 1893–1969, China, nf)
• Cali Xuseen Xirsi (1946–2005, Somalia/US, p/d)
• Uanhenga Xitu (1924–2012, Angola, nf), pseudonym of Agostinho André Mendes de Carvalho
• Jakov Xoxa (1923–1979, Albania/Hungary, p/f)
• Xu Dishan (許地山, 1893 or 1894–1941, China, nf)
• Empress Xu (徐皇后, 1362–1407, China, nf)
• Xu Guangqi (徐光啓, 1562–1633, China, nf)
• Xu Hui (徐惠, 627–650, China, p)
• Xu Kun (徐坤, born 1965, China, f)
• Xu Wei (徐渭, 1521–1593, China, p/nf/d)
• Wendy Xu (born 1987, US, p)
• Xu Xiake (徐霞客, 1587–1641, China, nf)
• Xu Youyu (徐友漁, born 1947, China, nf)
• Xu Zaisi (徐再思, fl. 14th c., China, p)
• Xu Zhimo (徐志摩, 1897–1931, China, p)
• Xu Zihua (徐自华, 1873–1935, China, p)
• Duchess Mu of Xu (許穆夫人, fl. 7th c. BCE, China, p)
• Empress Xu (徐皇后, 1362–1407, China, nf)
• Halima Xudoyberdiyeva (1947–2018, USSR/Uzbekistan, p)
• Xue Juzheng (薛居正, c. 912–981, China, nf)
• Xue Susu (薛素素, c. 1564 – c. 1650, China, p)
• Xue Tao (薛濤, c. 770–832, China, p)
• Xue Xinran (薛欣然, born 1958, China/England, nf/f)
• Xue Zongzheng (薛宗正, born 1935, China, nf)
• Xun Kuang (荀況, c. 310 or c. 314 – c. 235 or 217 BCE, China, nf)