List of authors by name: S

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

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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Sa–Sb

• Nawal El Saadawi (1931–2021, Egypt, nf)
• Suhayl Saadi (born 1961, England/Scotland, f/d)
• Ferdinand von Saar (1833–1906, Austria, f/d/p)
• Rafael Saavedra (1967–2013, Mexico, f/nf)
• Umberto Saba (1883–1957, Austria-Hungary/Italy, p/f)
• Ernesto Sabato (1911–2011, Argentina, f/nf)
• Moinul Ahsan Saber (born 1958, Bangladesh, f/d)
• Fred Saberhagen (1930–2007, US, f)
• Mohammed Sabila (1942–2021, Morocco, nf)
• Jaime Sabines (1926–1999, Mexico, p)
• Fernando Sabino (1923–2004, Brazil, f)
• Mário de Sá-Carneiro (1890–1916, Portugal/France, p/d/f)
• Louis Sachar (born 1954, US, f/ch)
• Carlos Alberto Sacheri (1933–1974, Argentina, nf)
• Leopold von Sacher-Masoch (1836–1895, Austrian E/Germany, f/nf)
• Hans Sachs (1494–1576, Germany, p/d)
• Nelly Sachs (1891–1970, Germany/Sweden, p/d)
• Charles Sackville, 6th Earl of Dorset (1643–1706, England, p)
• Thomas Sackville, 1st Earl of Dorset (1536–1608, England, p/d)
• Vita Sackville-West (1892–1962, England, f/p/nf)
• Johannes de Sacrobosco (c. 1195 – c. 1256, France, nf)
• Tayeb Saddiki (1939–2016, Morocco, d)
• Marquis de Sade (1740–1814, France, f/d/nf)
• Abdoulaye Sadji (1910–1961, Senegal, f/ch)
• Michael Sadler (1861–1943, England, nf)
• Michael Sadleir (1888–1967, England, f/nf)
• Ion Marin Sadoveanu (1893–1964, Romania, d)
• Mihail Sadoveanu (1880–1961, Romania, f/nf)
• Gholam-Hossein Sa'edi (1936–1985, Iran/France, d/f)
• Sæmundr fróði (1056–1133, Iceland, nf)
• Benjamin Alire Sáenz (born 1954, US, p/f/ch)
• Jaime Sáenz (1921–1986, Bolivia, p/f)
• Juan José Saer (1937–2005, Argentina, p/f)
• Wera Sæther (born 1945, Norway, p/f/nf)
• Tómas Sæmundsson (1807–1841, Iceland, nf)
• Juan José Saer (1937–2005, Argentina, p/f)
• Nazi Safavi (born 1967, Iran, f)
• Pavel Jozef Šafárik (1795–1861, Austria-Hungary, nf/p)
• Peter Sagal (born 1965, US, f/d)
• Carl Sagan (1934–1996, US, nf)
• Françoise Sagan (1935–2004, France, d/f)
• Nick Sagan (born 1970, US, f/d)
• Buddhi Sagar (born 1981, Nepal, f/p)
• Angie Sage (born 1952, England, ch)
• Sarojini Sahoo (born 1956, India, f)
• A. Samad Said (born 1935, Malaya/Malaysia, f/p)
• Abdel Said (born 1974, Morocco, p)
• Amina Said (born 1953, Tunisia/France, p/f/nf)
• Mekkawi Said (1956–2017, Egypt, f)
• Saigyō (西行法師, 1118–1190, Japan, p)
• Bhabendra Nath Saikia (1932–2003, India, f/ch/nf)
• Sao Saimong (1913–1987, Burma, nf)
• Janou Saint-Denis (1930–2000, Canada, p/nf)
• Mellin de Saint-Gelais (c. 1491–1558, France, p)
• Charles Augustin Sainte-Beuve (1804–1869, France, nf)
• Benoît de Sainte-Maure (died 1173, France, p)
• Antoine de Saint-Exupéry (1900–1944, France, f/p/nf)
• Mellin de Saint-Gelais (c. 1491–1558, France, p)
• Jean François de Saint-Lambert (1716–1803, France, p/nf)
• Jacques-Henri Bernardin de Saint-Pierre (1737–1814, France, f/nf/ch)
• Sait Faik (1906–1954, Ottoman E/Turkey, f/p)
• Mokichi Saitō (斎藤茂吉, 1882–1953, Japan, p)
• Saitō Ryokuu (斎藤緑雨, 1868–1904, Japan, nf)
• Sakae Saitō (斉藤栄, born 1933, Japan, f)
• Baja Saitović-Lukin (1954–2017, Yugoslavia/Serbia, p)
• Ango Sakaguchi (坂口安吾, 1906–1965, Japan, f/nf)
• Widad Sakakini (1913–1991, Lebanon, f/nf)
• Abdelaziz Baraka Sakin (born 1963, Sudan/Austria, f)
• Salama Ahmed Salama (1932–2012, Egypt, nf)
• Tomaž Šalamun (1941–2014, Yugoslavia/Slovenia, p)
• Salarrué (1899–1975, El Salvador, f/p), born Luis Salvador Efraín Salazar Arrué
• Mariano Picón Salas (1901–1965, Venezuela, nf)
• Dušan Salatić (born 1929, Yugoslavia/Serbia, nf)
• Abel Salazar (1889–1946, Portugal, nf)
• Ibtihal Salem (1949–2015, Egypt, f)
• William Salesbury (c. 1520 – c. 1584, Wales, nf)
• Emilio Salgari (1862–1911, Italy, f)
• Nino Salia (1898–1992, Russian E/France, nf)
• André Salifou (born 1942, Niger, nf)
• Tayeb Salih (1929–2009, Sudan/England, f/nf)
• Pedro Salinas (1891–1951, Spain/US, p/nf)
• J. D. Salinger (1919–2010, US, f)
• Andrew Salkey (1928–1995, Panama/US, f/p/ch)
• Amadou Lamine Sall (born 1951, Senegal, p)
• Tijan Sallah (born 1958, Gambia, f/nf)
• Eva Sallis (born 1964, Australia, f/p)
• Ibrahim 'Ali Salman (1937–1995, Sudan, p)
• André Salmon (1881–1969, France, p/nf)
• Philip Salom (born 1950, Australia, p/f)
• Ernst von Salomon (1902–1972, Germany, nf)
• Henry Stephens Salt (1851–1939, India/England, nf)
• Felix Salten (1869–1945, Hungary/Switzerland, d/f/ch)
• Rapolas Šaltenis (1908–2007, Lithuania, nf)
• Mikhail Saltykov-Shchedrin (1826–1889, Russian E, f/ch)
• R. A. Salvatore (born 1959, US, f)
• Gaetano Salvemini (1873–1957, Italy, nf)
• Christian Gotthilf Salzmann (1744–1811, Germany, nf)
• Balkrishna Sama (1903–1981, Nepal, d)
• Albert Samain (1858–1900, France, p)
• Akim Samar (1916–1943, Russia/USSR, p/f)
• Preeta Samarasan (living, Malaysia, f)
• Miloslav Samardžić (born 1963, Yugoslavia/Serbia, nf)
• Abdi Ismail Samatar (born 1950, Somaliland, nf)
• Ahmed Ismail Samatar (born 1950, Somaliland, nf)
• Said Sheikh Samatar (1943–2015, Ethiopia/US, nf)
• Stanlake J. W. T. Samkange (1922–1988, S Rhodesia/Zimbabwe, nf)
• Anthony Sampson (1926–2004, England, nf)
• Fiona Samuel (born 1961, N Zealand, d)
• Wolfgang W.E. Samuel (born 1935, Germany/US, nf)
• Hossein Sanapour (born 1960, Iran, f/nf/ch)
• Alex Sánchez (born 1957, Mexico/US, f/ch)
• Luis Rafael Sánchez (born 1936, Puerto Rico, nf/f/d)
• Sonia Sanchez (born 1934, US, p/f/ch), born Wilsonia Benita Driver
• George Sand (1804–1876, France, f/nf)
• Michal Šanda (born 1965, Czechoslovakia/Czech R, p/nf/ch)
• Ma Sandar (born 1947, Burma/Myanmar, f)
• Carl Sandburg (1878–1967, US, p/nf)
• Cora Sandel (1880–1974, Norway, f), pseudonym of Sara Cecilia Görvell Fabricius
• Aksel Sandemose (1899–1965, Denmark/Norway, f/nf)
• Ben Sanders (born 1989, N Zealand, f)
• Brandon Sanderson (born 1975, US, f)
• Jane Sanderson (born 1962, England, f)
• Sarah Sands (born 1961, England, f/nf)
• Elspeth Sandys (born 1940, N Zealand, f/p/nf)
• Andrew Sanger (born 1948, England, nf/f)
• Clyde Sanger (1928–2022, England/Canada, nf)
• Khagendra Sangraula (born 1946, Nepal, f/nf)
• Sabah Sanhouri (born 1990, Sudan, f/p)
• Parinoush Saniee (living, Iran, f)
• José Ignacio de Sanjinés (1786–1864, Bolivia, p)
• Uthaya Sankar SB (born 1972, Malaysia, nf)
• Wilton G. S. Sankawulo (1937–2009, Liberia, f)
• Rahul Sankrityayan (1893–1963, India, nf)
• Juan Zorrilla de San Martín (1855–1931, Uruguay, p)
• Sanmao (三毛, 1943–1991, Taiwan, nf/f)
• Jacopo Sannazaro (1458–1530, Italy, p/nf)
• Lamin Sanneh (1942–2019, Gambia, nf)
• Adiza Sanoussi (living, Burkina Faso, f), pseudonym of Alizata Sana
• Boualem Sansal (born 1949, Algeria, f/nf)
• Ann Sansom (living, England, p)
• Clive Sansom (1910–1981, England/Australia, p/d)
• Andrew Sant (born 1950, Australia, p/nf)
• Ferenc Sánta (1927–2008, Romania/Hungary, f/d)
• Ana de Santana (born 1960, Angola, p/nf)
• Glória de Sant'Anna (1925–2009, Mozambique, p)
• Sérgio Sant'Anna (1841–1920, Brazil, p/d/f)
• Bernardo Santareno (1920–1980, Portugal, p/nf/d)
• George Santayana (1863–1952, Spain/Italy, nf/f/p)
• Dan Santat (born 1975, US, ch)
• Esmeralda Santiago (born 1948, Puerto Rico, nf)
• Aleksa Šantić (1868–1924, Ottoman E/Yugoslavia, p)
• Diego Abad de Santillán (1897–1938, Argentina, nf)
• Alda Neves da Graça do Espírito Santo (1926–2010, São Tomé and Príncipe/Angola, p)
• Santōka Taneda (種田山頭火, 1882–1940, Japan, p), born Taneda Shōichi (種田正一)
• Ana Eduarda Santos (born 1983, Portugal, f/d)
• Ary dos Santos (1936–1984, Portugal, p)
• Bienvenido Santos (1911–1996, Philippines/US, f/p/nf)
• João dos Santos (died 1622, Portugal/India, nf)
• Lope K. Santos (1879–1963, Philippines, f/nf)
• Marcelino dos Santos (1929–1920, Mozambique, p)
• Mayra Santos-Febres (born 1966, Puerto Rico, p/f/ch)
• Mitsugu Saotome (早乙女貢, 1926–2008, Japan)
• Milorad Popović Šapčanin (1841–1895, Serbia, f/p/d)
• Genrikh Sapgir (1928–1999, USSR, p/f)
• Amanullah Sailaab Sapi (1933–1979, Afghanistan, p)
• Sappho (c. 630 – c. 570 BCE, Greece, p)
• Humira Saqib (born 1980, Afghanistan, nf)
• Thouria Saqqat (1935–1992, Morocco, ch)
• José Hermano Saraiva (1919–2012, Portugal, nf)
• Adrijan Sarajlija (born 1976, Yugoslavia/Serbia, f)
• Sima Milutinović Sarajlija (1791–1847, Ottoman E/Serbia, p/nf)
• José Saramago (1922–2010, Portugal/Spain, nf/f)
• Ghadam-Ali Sarami (born 1944, Iran, nf/p/d)
• Vilas Sarang (1942–2015, India, f/p/nf)
• Jaydeep Sarangi (born 1973, India, nf/p)
• Dinu Săraru (1932–2024, Romania, f/d)
• Dipti Saravanamuttu (born 1960, Sri Lanka/Australia, p/f)
• John Mensah Sarbah (1864–1910, Gold Coast, nf)
• Maciej Kazimierz Sarbiewski (1595–1640, Poland, p/nf)
• António Sardinha (1887–1925, Portugal, nf)
• Pedro Pérez Sarduy (born 1943, Cuba/England, p/f)
• Severo Sarduy (1937–1993, Cuba, p/f/d)
• Pamela Sargent (born 1948, US, f/nf)
• Frank Sargeson (1903–1982, N Zealand, f)
• Petar Šarić (1937–2023, Yugoslavia/Kosovo, p/f/d)
• Duncan Sarkies (living, N Zealand, d/f)
• György Sárközi (1899–1945, Hungary, p/nf), Holocaust victim
• Beatriz Sarlo (born 1942, Argentina, nf)
• Jacob de Castro Sarmento (1692–1762, Portugal, nf/p)
• Domingo Faustino Sarmiento (1911–1988, Argentina, nf)
• Dušan Šarotar (born 1968, Yugoslavia/Slovenia, nf/f/p)
• Ken Saro-Wiwa (1941–1995, Nigeria, d/nf)
• Noo Saro-Wiwa (born 1976, Nigeria/England, nf)
• William Saroyan (1908–1981, US, f/d/p)
• Alioune Sarr (1908–2001, Senegal, nf)
• Al Sarrantonio (born 1952, US, f)
• Nathalie Sarraute (1900–1999, Russian E/France, f/d/nf)
• Maren Sars (1911–1998, Norway, f)
• George Sarton (1884–1956, Belgium/US, nf)
• Jean-Paul Sartre (1905–1980, France, nf/d/f)
• Nobutsuna Sasaki (佐佐木信綱, 1872–1963, Japan, p)
• Williams Sassine (1944–1997, Guinea/France, f)
• Siegfried Sassoon (1886–1967, England, p/f/nf)
• Subagio Sastrowardoyo (1924–1995, Dutch E Indies/Indonesia, p/f/nf)
• Ineko Sata (佐多稲子, 1904–1998, Japan, nf/f)
• Július Satinský (1941–2002, Czechoslovakia/Slovakia, d/nf)
• Satiricca (* 1985, Czechoslovakia, f/nf/p)
• Satsvarupa dasa Goswami (born 1939, US, nf/f/p), born Stephen Guarino
• George Saunders (born 1958, US, f/nf/ch)
• Jen Saunders (born 1962, Australia, p)
• Margaret Marshall Saunders (1861–1947, Canada, ch/f/nf)
• William Saunders (1806–1851, Wales)
• Henriette Sauret (1890–1976, France), p/nf)
• Richard Savage (c. 1697–1743, England, p)
• Léon Savary (1895–1968, Switzerland/France, nf)
• Fernando Savater (born 1947, Spain, nf)
• Constance Savery (1897–1999, England, f/ch)
• Milisav Savić (born 1945, Yugoslavia/Serbia, f/nf)
• Jaya Savige (born 1978, Australia, p)
• Annie Gregg Savigny (c. 1838–1901, Canada, f/ch)
• George Savile, 1st Marquess of Halifax (1633–1695, England, nf)
• Steven Savile (born 1969, England/Sweden, f/nf)
• Malcolm Saville (1901–1982, England, ch/nf)
• Alberto Savinio (1891–1952, Italy, nf/d)
• John Sawyer (1919–1992, England, f), co-author of wife Nancy Buckingham
• Robert J. Sawyer (born 1960, Canada, f)
• Ruth Sawyer (1880–1970, US, f/nf/ch)
• Pol Sax (born 1960, Luxembourg/Germany, f/nf)
• Allen Say (born 1937, Japan/US, ch), pseudonym of James Allen Koichi Moriwaki Seii
• Sayat-Nova (1712–1795, Armenia, p)
• Abdullah Abu Sayeed (born 1940, India/Bangladesh, nf)
• Dorothy L. Sayers (1893–1957, England, f/p)
• Isabelle Sbrissa (born 1971, Switzerland,

Sc

• Leslie Scalapino (1944–2010, US, p/nf/d)
• Kurtis Scaletta (living, US, ch)
• Nelle Scanlan (1882–1968, N Zealand, f/nf)
• Paul Scarron (1610–1660, France, p/d/f)
• Simon Scarrow (born 1962, England, f)
• Richard Scarry (1919–1994, US, ch)
• Igiaba Scego (born 1974, Italy, f/nf)
• Branimir Šćepanović (1937–2020, Yugoslavia/Serbia, f/d)
• Maurice Scève (c. 1501 – c. 1564, France, p)
• Annet Schaap (born 1965, Netherlands, ch)
• Nat Schachner (1895–1955, US, f/nf)
• Adolf Friedrich von Schack (1815–1894, Germany/Italy, p/nf)
• Jakob Schaffner (1875–1944, Switzerland/Germany, f)
• Rafik Schami (born 1946, Syria/Germany, f)
• Alexios Schandermani (born 1953, Iran/Germany, nf)
• Peter Schechter (born 1959, Italy/US, f)
• Riana Scheepers (born 1957, S Africa, ch/f/p)
• Paul Scheerbart (1863–1915, Danzig/Germany, f/p)
• Leopold Schefer (1784–1862, Germany, p/f)
• Herman George Scheffauer (1876–1927, US, p/d/nf)
• Joseph Victor von Scheffel (1826–1886, Germany, p/f)
• Georges Schehadé (1905–1989, Lebanon, d/p)
• Jonathan Schell (1943–2014, US, nf)
• Arthur van Schendel (1874–1946, Netherlands, f)
• Bel Schenk (born 1975, Australia, p)
• Johannes Scherr (1817–1886, Germany/Switzerland, f/nf)
• Pam Scheunemann (born 1955, US, ch)
• Bert Schierbeek (1918–1996, Netherlands, f/nf)
• Stacy Schiff (born 1961, US, nf)
• Emanuel Schikaneder (1751–1812, Germany/Austria, d)
• Friedrich Schiller (1759–1805, Germany, p/nf/d)
• Roland Schimmelpfennig (born 1967, Germany, d)
• Anton Schindler (1795–1864, Austria, nf)
• Baldur von Schirach (1907–1974, Germany, nf)
• Mathilde Schjøtt (1844–1926, Norway, nf)
• Torgeir Schjerven (born 1954, Norway, p/f/ch)
• Johannes Schlaf (1862–1941, Germany, d/f/p)
• Lambert Schlechter (born 1941, Luxembourg, p/f/nf)
• August Wilhelm Schlegel (1767–1845, Germany, p/nf)
• Friedrich Schlegel (1772–1829, Germany, p/nf)
• Johann Elias Schlegel (1719–1749, Germany/Denmark, nf/p)
• Miriam Schlein (1926–2004, US, ch)
• Bernhard Schlink (born 1944, Germany, f/nf)
• Laura Amy Schlitz (born 1955, US, ch)
• Steven J. Schloeder (born 1960, US, nf)
• Eric Schlosser (born 1959, US, nf)
• Anka Schmid (born 1961, Switzerland, d)
• Christoph von Schmid (1768–1854, Germany, ch)
• Annie M. G. Schmidt (1911–1995, Netherlands, ch/p/d)
• Arno Schmidt (1914–1979, Germany, f/nf)
• Stanley Schmidt (born 1944, US, f/nf)
• Michael Schmidt-Salomon (born 1967, Germany, nf/ch)
• Éric-Emmanuel Schmitt (born 1960, France/Belgium, d/f)
• Elke Schmitter (born 1961, Germany, nf/f/p)
• Dennis Schmitz (1937–2019, US, p)
• James H. Schmitz (1911–1974, US, f)
• Abraham Louis Schneiders (1925–2020, Netherlands, f/nf)
• Manfred Schneckenburger (1938–2019, Germany, nf
• Max Schneckenburger (1819–1849, Germany/Switzerland, p)
• Louis Schneider (1805–1878, Germany, nf)
• Reinhold Schneider (1903–1958, Germany, p/f)
• Robert Schneider (born 1961, Austria, f/d/p)
• Arthur Schnitzler (1862–1931, Austria, d/f/nf)
• Wolfdietrich Schnurre (1920–1989, Germany, f/p/ch)
• Karel Schoeman (1939–2017, S Africa, f/nf)
• Alan Scholefield (1931–2017, S Africa, f)
• Robin Schone (born 1954, US, f)
• Patricia Schonstein (born 1952, S Rhodesia/S Africa, f/p/ch)
• Frans van Schooten (1615–1660, Netherlands, nf)
• Arthur Schopenhauer (1788–1860, Poland-Lithuania/Germany, nf)
• Johanna Schopenhauer (1766–1838, Danzig/Germany, nf/f)
• Constance Wiel Schram (1890–1955, Norway, nf/ch)
• Olive Schreiner (1855–1920, S Africa, f/nf)
• Friedrich Ludwig Schröder (1744–1816, Germany, d)
• Rainer M. Schröder (born 1951, Germany, f/ch)
• Christian Friedrich Daniel Schubart (1739–1791, Germany, p/nf)
• Levin Schücking (1848–1883, Germany, f)
• Levin Ludwig Schücking (1878–1964, Germany, nf)
• Franz Schuh (born 1947, Austria, f/nf)
• Philip Schultz (born 1945, US, p)
• Julianne Schultz (born 1956, Australia, nf)
• Tony Schumacher (1848–1931, Germany, ch)
• James Schuyler (1923–1991, US, p)
• Gustav Schwab (1792–1850, Germany, p/nf)
• Werner Schwab (1958–1994, Austria, d/f)
• György Schwajda (1943–2010, Hungary, d)
• Dietrich Schwanitz (1940–2004, Germany, nf/f)
• Delmore Schwartz (1913–1966, US, p/f)
• José Carlos Schwarz (1949–1977, Guinea-Bissau/Cuba, p)
• Alvin Schwartz (1927–1992, US, nf/ch)
• André Schwarz-Bart (1928–2006, France/Guadeloupe, f)
• Achim Schwarze (born 1958, Germany, nf)
• Annemarie Schwarzenbach (1908–1942, Switzerland, nf)
• Alice Schwarzer (born 1942, Germany, nf)
• Peter Schweizer (born 1964, US, nf)
• Monique Schwitter (born 1972, Switzerland, f/d)
• Kurt Schwitters (1887–1948, Germany/England, nf/p)
• Leonardo Sciascia (1921–1989, Italy, f/nf/d)
• Jon Scieszka (born 1954, US, ch)
• Moacyr Scliar (1937–2011, Brazil, f/ch/nf)
• Sandra Scofield (born 1943, US, f/nf)
• Thomas N. Scortia (1926–1986, US, f)
• Manuel Scorza (1928–1983, Peru, f/p/nf)
• Alexander Scott (c. 1520–1582 or 1583, Scotland, p)
• Alexander Scott (1920–1989, Scotland, p/d/nf)
• Alicia Scott (born 1956, US, f), pseudonym of Lisa Gardner)
• Ann Scott (born 1950, England/US, nf)
• Ann Scott (born 1965, France/England, f)
• Andrew Murray Scott (born 1955, Scotland, f/p/nf)
• Caroline Lucy Scott (1784–1857, England, f/nf)
• Cathy Scott (born 1950s, US, nf)
• Dick Scott (1923–2020, N Zealand, nf)
• F. R. Scott (1899–1985, Canada, p/nf)
• Frederick George Scott (1861–1944, Canada, p)
• Gabriel Scott (1874–1958, Scotland/Norway, p/f/ch)
• Geoffrey Scott (1884–1929, England, nf/p)
• Hardiman Scott (1920–1999, England, nf/f/p)
• Hugh Stowell Scott (1862–1903, England, f), pseudonym Henry Seton Merriman
• J. Michael Scott (born 1941, US, nf)
• John A. Scott (born 1948, England/Australia, p/f/nf)
• Lawrence Scott (born 1943, Trinidad, f/nf)
• Margaret Scott (1928–2014, N Zealand, nf)
• Margaret Scott (1934–2005, England/Australia, p/f/nf)
• Mary Scott (1888–1979, N Zealand, f/d)
• Mary-anne Scott [sic] (living, N Zealand, ch)
• Michael Scott (born 1959, Ireland, f/ch), pseudonym Anna Dillon
• Paul Scott (1920–1978, England, f/d/p)
• Peter J. H. Scott (born 1979, England/US, nf)
• Robyn Scott (born 1981, England/N Zealand, f/nf)
• Rosie Scott (1948–2017, N Zealand/Australia, f/p/nf)
• Sarah Scott (1720–1795, England, f/nf)
• Thomas Scott (1747–1821, England, nf)
• Tom Scott (poet) (1918–1995, Scotland, p/nf)
• Walter Scott (1771–1832, Scotland, f/p/d)
• William Matthew Scott (1893–1964, England, f/ch)
• Gil Scott-Heron (1949–2011, US, p)
• E. J. Scovell (1907–1999, England, p)
• Georges de Scudéry (1601–1667, France, f/d/p)
• Madeleine de Scudéry (1607–1701, France, f/nf)
• George Bazeley Scurfield (1920–1991, England, p/nf)
• Jocelynne Scutt (born 1947, Australia, nf)

Se–Sf

• Jeremy Seabrook (born 1939, England, nf)
• William Bueller Seabrook (1886–1945, US, nf)
• Mary Seacole (1805–1881, Jamaica/England, nf)
• Charles Sealsfield (1793–1864, Germany/Switzerland, f), pseudonym of Karl Anton Postl
• Peter Seaton (1942–2010, US, p)
• W. G. Sebald (1944–2001, Germany/England, nf)
• Mihail Sebastian (1907–1945, Romania, d/nf/f)
• Anne Sebba (born 1951, England, nf/ch), born Anne Rubinstein
• Leïla Sebbar (born 1941, Algeria/France, f/nf)
• Sebeos (fl. 7th c., Armenia, nf)
• Alice Sebold (born 1963, US, f/nf)
• Barolong Seboni (born 1957, Botswana, p/nf)
• Mac Sebree (1932–2010, US, nf)
• Juan José Sebreli (born 1930, Argentina, nf)
• Władysław Sebyła (1902–1940, Poland, p), Holocaust victim
• Johannes Secundus (1511–1536, Netherlands, p)
• David Sedaris (born 1956, US, nf/d)
• Catharine Sedgwick (1789–1867, US, f/ch)
• Sir Charles Sedley, 5th Baronet (1639–1701, England, d/p)
• Kate Sedley (1926–2022, England, f), pseudonym of Brenda Margaret Lilian Clarke
• Lisa See (born 1955, France, nf/f)
• Laura Vaccaro Seeger (living, US, ch)
• Giorgos Seferis (1900–1971, Ottoman E/Greece, p), pseudonym of Georgios Seferiades
• Ahmed Sefrioui (1915–2004, Morocco, f)
• Anna Seghers (1900–1983, Germany, nf/f)
• Pierre Seghers (1906–1987, France, p)
• Martin Segon (died 1482 or 1485, Serbia/Italy, nf)
• Tomás Segovia (1927–2011, Spain/Mexico, p/nf)
• Mabel Segun (born 1930, Nigeria, p/d/ch)
• Countess of Ségur (1799–1874, Russian E/France, f/ch), born Sofiya Feodorovna Rostopchina
• Benjamin Sehene (born 1959, Rwanda/Uganda, nf/f/d)
• Tor Seidler (born 1952, US, ch)
• Hugh Seidman (born 1940, US, p)
• Åsne Seierstad (born 1970, Norway, nf)
• Rebecca Seiferle (living, US, p)
• Jaroslav Seifert (1901–1986, Austria-Hungary, Czechoslovakia, p/nf)
• Dubravka Sekulić (born 1980, Yugoslavia/Serbia, nf)
• Isidora Sekulić (1877–1958, Austria-Hungary/Yugoslavia, nf/f)
• Kobina Sekyi (1892–1956, Gold Coast/Ghana, f/nf)
• George Selden (1929–1989, US, f/nf/ch)
• Slobodan Selenić (1933–1995, Yugoslavia, f/nf/d)
• Sei Shōnagon 清少納言, c. 966–1017 or 1025, Japan, f/nf)
• Joseph Brahim Seid (1927–1980, Chad, nf)
• Jaroslav Seifert (1901–1986, Austria-Hungary/Czechoslovakia, p/nf)
• Lutz Seiler (born 1963, Germany, p/f)
• Hase Seishū (馳星周, born 1965, Japan, f)
• Lasana M. Sekou (born 1959, Saint-Martin/Sint Maarten, p/f/nf)
• Isidora Sekulić (1877–1958, Austria-Hungary/Yugoslavia, f/nf)
• Maja Herman Sekulić (born 1949, Yugoslavia/US, p/f/nf)
• Kobina Sekyi (1892–1956, Gold Coast, d/f)
• Ato Sekyi-Otu (born 1941, Ghana/Canada, nf)
• Taiye Selasi (born 1979, England, f)
• Sahle Selassie (c. 1795–1847, Ethiopia, nf)
• Hubert Selby Jr. (1928–2004, US, f/nf)
• John Selden (1584–1654, England, nf)
• Anthony Seldon (born 1953, England, nf)
• Will Self (born 1961, England, f/nf)
• Rudi Šeligo (1935–2004, Yugoslavia/Slovenia, f/d/nf)
• Meša Selimović (1910–1982, Austria-Hungary/Yugoslavia, f/nf)
• Aubrey de Sélincourt (1894–1962, nf)
• Hugh de Sélincourt (1878–1951, nf)
• Milorad Petrović Seljančica (1875–1921, Serbia, p/d)
• J. B. Selkirk (1832–1904, Scotland, p/nf), real name James Brown
• Ågot Gjems Selmer (1857–1926, Norway, nf)
• Habib Selmi (born 1951, Tunisia, f)
• Francis Selormey (1927–1983, Gold Coast/Ghana, f/d)
• Charles Seltman (1886–1957, England, nf)
• Shyam Selvadurai (born 1965, Sri Lanka/Canada, f)
• Ousmane Sembène (1923–2007, Senegal, d)
• Eugen Semitjov (1923–1987, Sweden, nf/f/ch)
• Johann Salomo Semler (1725–1791, Germany, nf)
• Semonides of Amorgos (fl. 7th c. BCE, Greece, p)
• Edwin Semzaba (fl. 1982–2016, Tanzania, d/f)
• Amartya Sen (born 1933, India, nf)
• Samar Sen (1916–1987, India, p)
• Jorge de Sena (1919–1978, Portugal/US, p/nf/f)
• Jean Sénac (1926–1973, Algeria, p/nf)
• Othmane Senadjki (1959–2010, Algeria, nf)
• Étienne Pivert de Senancour (1770–1846, France, nf/f)
• Fakir Mohan Senapati (1843–1918, India, f/p)
• Jack Sendak (1923–1995, US, ch)
• Maurice Sendak (1928–2012, US, ch)
• Philip Sendak (1894–1970, Poland/US, ch)
• Fama Diagne Sène (born 1969, Senegal, f/p)
• Senge Motomaro (千家元麿, 1888–1948, Japan, p)
• Léopold Sédar Senghor (1906–2001, Senegal/France, p/nf)
• Nassau William Senior (1790–1864, England, nf)
• Olive Senior (born 1941, Jamaica/Canada, p/f/nf)
• Iryna Senyk (1926–2009, Ukraine, p)
• Sipho Sepamla (1932–2007, S Africa, p/n)
• Raivo Seppo (born 1973, Estonia, f)
• Luis Sepúlveda (1949–2020, Chile/Spain, p/f)
• Mahbod Seraji (born 1956, Iran/US, f/nf)
• Valentin Serbu (1934–1994, Romania, f)
• Kate Seredy (1899–1975, Hungary/US, ch)
• Mohamed Serghini (born 1930, Morocco, p/f)
• Abdelhak Serhane (born 1950, Morocco, f)
• Rod Serling (1924–1975, US, d)
• Walter Serner (1889–1942, Austrian E, f/nf), Holocaust victim
• Mongane Wally Serote (born 1944, S Africa, p/f/nf)
• Namwali Serpell (born 1980, Zambia/US, f)
• Ian Serraillier (1912–1994, England, f/p/ch)
• Marcela Serrano (born 1951, Chile, f)
• Miguel Serrano (1917–2009, Chile, nf)
• Eneriko Seruma (born 1944, Uganda, p/f), pseudonym of Henry S. Kimbugwe
• Robert Serumaga (1939–1980, Uganda, d)
• Lee Server (1953–2021, US, nf)
• Robert Service (born 1947, England, nf)
• Robert W. Service (1874–1958, England/France, p/f)
• Vojislav Šešelj (born 1954, Yugoslavia/Serbia, nf)
• Vikram Seth (born 1952, India, f/p)
• Henriett Seth F. (born 1980, Hungary, f/d), pseudonym of Henrietta Fajcsák
• Mira Sethi (born 1987, Pakistan, f/nf)
• Anya Seton (1904–1990, US, f)
• Diane Setterfield (born 1964, England, f)
• Ernest Thompson Seton (1860–1946, US, nf/ch)
• Johann Gottfried Seume (1763–1810, Germany/Austrian E, nf)
• Dr. Seuss (1904–1991, US, ch), pseudonym of Theodor Geisel
• Miladin Ševarlić (born 1949, Yugoslavia/Serbia, nf)
• Tim Severin (1940–2020, India/England, nf/f)
• David Severn (1918–2010, England, ch/nf)
• Samuel Sewall (1652–1730, England/New England, nf)
• Anna Seward (1742–1809, England, p)
• Anna Sewell (1820–1878, England, ch)
• Elizabeth Sewell (1919–2001, India/US, p/nf/f)
• Elizabeth Missing Sewell (1815–1906, England, nf)
• William Sewell (1804–1874, England, nf/f)
• Miranda Seymour (born 1948, England, nf/f)
• Carole Seymour-Jones (1943–2015, Wales/England, nf)
• Naha Mint Seyyidi (died 2021, Mauritania, nf)
• Anne Sexton (1928–1974, US, p/nf)
• John W. Sexton (born 1958, England/Ireland, p/f/ch)
• Miranda Seymour (born 1948, England, nf/f)
• Mendele Mocher Sforim (1836–1917, Russian E, f/nf)
• Amanda Puspanditaning Sejati (born 1990, Indonesian, nf)

Sh

• Sha Menghai (沙孟海, 1900–1992, China, nf)
• Sha Wenhan (沙文漢, 1908–1964, China, nf)
• Shaaban bin Robert (1909–1962, Tanzania, p/nf)
• Jeff Shaara (born 1952, US, f)
• Michael Shaara (1928–1988, US, f)
• Yaakov Shabtai (1934–1981, Palestine/Israel, f/d)
• Maurice Shadbolt (1932–2004, N Zealand, f/nf)
• Ahmed Zaki Abu Shadi (1892–1955, Egypt/US, p/nf)
• Thomas Shadwell (c. 1642–1692, England, p/d)
• Idries Shah (1924–1996, India/England, nf/f/ch)
• Ritula Shah (born 1967, England, nf)
• Smbat Shahaziz (1840–1908, Russian E, nf/p)
• Husne Ara Shahed (1943–2022, Bangladesh, f/nf)
• Muhammad Shahidullah (1885–1969, India/E Pakistan, nf)
• Muhammad Quli Qutb Shah (1565–1612, Goncolda Sultanate, p)
• Riaz Ahmed Gohar Shahi (1941–2000s, India/Pakistan, p/nf)
• Rudra Mohammad Shahidullah (1956–1991, E Pakistan/Bangladesh, p)
• Ruchoma Shain (1914–2013, US, nf)
• Lawrence Shainberg (living, US, nf)
• Nicholas Shakespeare (born 1957, England, f/nf)
• William Shakespeare (1564–1616, England, d/p)
• Abdus Shakur (1941–2013, India/Bangladesh)
• Tupac Shakur (1971–1996, US, p)
• Khairy Shalaby (1938–2011, Egypt, f/nf/d)
• Meir Shalev (born 1948, Israel, f/nf/ch)
• Otep Shamaya (born 1979, US, p/f)
• Ivan Shamiakin (1921–2004, USSR/Belarus, f/d/nf)
• Ahmad Shamlou (1925–2000, Iran, p/d/nf)
• Sepideh Shamlou (born 1968, Iran, f)
• Kamila Shamsie (born 1973, Pakistan/England, f/nf)
• Catherine Shan (born 1952, France, f/nf)
• Shang Yang (沙孟海, c. 390–338 BCE, China, nf)
• Ntozake Shange (1948–2018, US, d/p)
• Shangguan Wan'er (上官婉儿, 664–710, China, p)
• John Patrick Shanley (born 1950, US, d)
• David Shannon (born 1959, US, ch)
• Doris Shannon (1924–2012, US, f), pseudonym E. X. Giroux
• Shao Yong (邵雍, 1011–1077, China, nf/p)
• Jo Shapcott (born 1953, England, p)
• Thomas Shapcott (born 1935, Australia, p/f/d)
• Karl Shapiro (1913–2000, US, p/f/nf)
• Abd al-Qadir ibn Shaqrun (died post-1727/1728, Morocco, nf/p)
• Mahjoub Sharif (1948–2014, Sudan, p)
• Heather J. Sharkey (born 1967, US, nf)
• Michael Sharkey (born 1946, Australia, p)
• Ram Sharan Sharma (1919–2011, India, nf)
• Robin Sharma (born 1965, Canada, nf)
• Sanu Sharma (Nepal/Australia, f)
• Yuyutsu Sharma (born 1960, India/Nepal, p/nf)
• Evelyn Sharp (1869–1965, England, nf/ch)
• Jane Sharp (born c. 1641, England, nf)
• Margery Sharp (1905–1991, England, f/ch/d)
• Samuel Sharp (1709–1778, England, nf)
• Tom Sharpe (1928–2013, England/Spain, f)
• Mark Shasha (born 1961, US, ch)
• William Shatner (born 1931, Canada, f/nf)
• Brenda Shaughnessy (born 1970, US, p)
• Richard S. Shaver (1907–1975, US, f/nf)
• Bob Shaw (1931–1996, N Ireland/England, f/nf)
• Charles Green Shaw (1892–1974, US, f/nf/ch)
• George Bernard Shaw (1856–1950, Ireland/England, d/nf)
• Helen Lilian Shaw (1913–1985, N Zealand, f/p)
• Jane Shaw (born 1963, England, nf)
• Jane Shaw (1910–2000, Scotland, ch)
• Jo Shaw (living, England/Scotland, nf)
• Luci Shaw (born 1928, England/US, p/nf)
• Robert Shaw (1927–1978, England/Ireland, f/d)
• Scott Shaw (born 1958, US, nf)
• Tina Shaw (born 1961, N Zealand, f/ch/nf)
• Ahmed Shawqi (1868–1932, Egypt, d/p/nf)
• Maggie Shayne (born 1962, US, f)
• Miranda Shearer (born 1982, England, nf)
• Patrick Augustine Sheehan (1852–1913, Ireland, nf/f)
• Charles Sheffield (1935–2002, England/US, f)
• Robert Sheckley (1928–2005, US, f/nf)
• Kirit Shelat (born 1946, India, nf)
• Edward Sheldon (1599–1687, England, d)
• Joss Sheldon (born 1982, England, f/nf)
• Sidney Sheldon (1917–2007, US, d/f)
• Mary Shelley (1797–1851, England, f)
• Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792–1832, England/Italy, p/nf)
• Ibrahim Sheme (born 1968, Nigeria, f/nf)
• Shen Buhai (申不害, c. 400 – c. 337 BCE, China, nf)
• Shen Congwen (沈從文, 1902–1988, China, f/nf)
• Shen Dao (慎到, c. 350 – c. 275 BCE, China, nf)
• Shen Quanqi (沈佺期, c. 650–729, China, p)
• Shen Rong (谌容, 1936–2024, China, f/nf)
• Shen Shanbao (沈善宝, 1808–1862, China, p/nf)
• Dorothy Sherrill (1901–1990, US, ch)
• Shen Shixi (沈石溪, born 1952, China, ch)
• Shen Yinmo (沈尹默, 1883–1971, China, p)
• Shen Yue (沈約, 441–513, China, p/nf)
• Shen Zhou (沈周, 1427–1509, China, nf)
• William Shenstone (1714–1763, England, p/nf)
• Lucius Shepard (1947–2014, US, f)
• Sara Shepard (born 1977, US, f/ch)
• Joel Shepherd (born 1974, Australia, f)
• Nan Shepherd (1893–1981, Scotland, nf/f/p)
• Dick Sheppard (1880–1937, England, nf)
• Barbara Sher (1935–2020, US, nf)
• Bhupi Sherchan (1937–1990, Nepal, p)
• Moyle Sherer (1789–1869, England, nf/f)
• Vamba Sherif (born 1973, Liberia/Netherlands, f)
• T. L. Sherred (1915–1985, US, f)
• R. C. Sherriff (1896–1975, England, d/f)
• Mary Martha Sherwood (1775–1851, England, ch)
• Will Shetterly (born 1955, US, f)
• Taras Shevchenko (1814–1861, Russian E, p)
• Shi Nai'an (施耐庵, c. 1296–1372, China, f)
• Shi Kefa (史可法, 1601–1645, China, nf)
• Shi Shen (石申, fl. c. 4th c. BCE, China, nf)
• Shi Zhecun (施蟄存, 1905–2003, China, nf/f/p)
• Ryōtarō Shiba (司馬遼太郎, 1923–1996, Japan, f/nf)
• Tatsuhiko Shibusawa (澁澤龍彦, 1928–1987, Japan, f/nf)
• Shide (拾得, fl. 9th c., China, p)
• Carol Shields (1935–2003, US/Canada, f)
• Mitsuko Shiga (四賀光子, 1885–1976, Japan, p)
• Naoya Shiga (志賀直哉, 1883–1971, Japan, f)
• Shiing-Shen Chern (陳省身, 1911–2004, China, nf/p)
• Masaoka Shiki (正岡子規, 1867–1902, Japan, p/nf)
• Arthur Richard Shilleto (1848–1894, England, nf)
• Richard Shilleto (1809–1876, England, nf)
• Masahiko Shimada (島田雅彦, born 1961, Japan, f/p)
• Kensaku Shimaki (島木健作, 1903–1945, Japan, f)
• Toshio Shimao (島尾敏雄, 1917–1986, Japan, f)
• Tōson Shimazaki (島崎藤村, 1872–1943, Japan, p/f)
• Motoyoshi Shimizu (清水基吉, 1918–2008, Japan, f/p)
• Shimizu Shikin (清水紫琴, 1868–1933, Japan, nf)
• Yoshinori Shimizu (清水義範, born 1947, Japan, f/ch)
• Christopher R. Shimmin (1870–1933, Isle of Man, d)
• Thomas Shimmin (1800 – c. 1876/1879, Isle of Man, p)
• Samuel Shimon (born 1956, Iraq, f)
• Pedro Shimose (born 1940, Bolivia/Spain, p/nf)
• Ba Shin (1914–1970, Burma, nf)
• Hsu Shin (1932–2009, Burma/Myanmar, nf), pseudonym of Myo Thant
• Shing-Tung Yau (丘成桐, born 1949, China, nf)
• Irma Shiolashvili (born 1974, USSR/Georgia, p/nf)
• Nanami Shiono (塩野七生, born 1937, Japan, nf/f)
• Gary Shipman (born 1966, US, ch)
• Rhoda Shipman (born 1968, US, ch)
• Anania Shirakatsi (fl. 7th c., Armenia, nf)
• Shizu Shiraki (素木しづ, 1895–1918, Japan, f)
• Hovhannes Shiraz (1914–1984, Russian E/Soviet Union, p)
• Saadi Shirazi (1210–1291 or 1292, Iran, p/f)
• James Shirley (1596–1666, England, d)
• John Shirley (born 1953, US, f/nf/d)
• Reza Shirmarz (born 1974, Iran/Greece, d/nf)
• Alexander Shirvanzade (1858–1935, Armenia/Soviet Union, d/f)
• Avraham Shlonsky (1900–1973, Russian E/Israel, p)
• Izya Shlosberg (born 1950, Soviet Union/US, f/p)
• Dora Adele Shoemaker (1873–1962, US, p/f)
• Lola Shoneyin (born 1974, Nigeria, p/f/ch)
• Junzō Shōno (庄野潤三, 1921–2009, Japan, f/nf)
• Joseph Henry Shorthouse (1834–1903, England, f)
• Fredegond Shove (1889–1949, England, p)
• Joseph Henry Shorthouse (1834–1903, England, f)
• Norman Shrapnel (1912–2004, England, nf)
• Siddhicharan Shrestha (1912–1992, Nepal, p)
• Ilya Shtemler (1933–2022, USSR/Russia, f/nf)
• Shu Ting (舒婷, born 1952, China, p), pseudonym of Gong Peiyu (龚佩瑜)
• Ana María Shua (born 1951, Argentina, f)
• Ibn Shuayb (died 1349, Morocco/Tunisia, nf/p)
• Ishtiyaq Shukri (living, S Africa/England, f)
• Mark Shulman (born 1962, US, ch)
• Bruno Schulz (1892–1942, Poland, f), Holocaust victim
• William Shunn (born 1967, US, f/nf)
• Neal Shusterman (born 1962, US, f/nf/ch)
• Nevil Shute (1899–1960, England/Australia, f), pseudonym of Nevil Shute Norway
• Penelope Shuttle (born 1947, England, p)
• Tin Shwe (1936–2000, Burma/Myanmar, f/nf)

Si

• Siamanto (1878–1915, Ottoman E, p), birth name Atom Yarjanian
• Mohamed Sibari (1945–2013, Morocco, p/f)
• Gareth Sibson (born 1977, England, f/nf)
• Anja Sicking (born 1965, Netherlands, f)
• Bapsi Sidhwa (born 1938, Pakistan/US, f/nf)
• Mary Sidney (1561–1621, England, p/d), Countess of Pembroke, married name Herbert
• Philip Sidney (1554–1586, England, p/nf)
• Samuel Sidney (1813–1883, England, nf)
• Friedrich Sieburg (1893–1964, Germany, nf)
• Louisa Siefert (1845–1877, France, p)
• Eli Siegel (1902–1978, Russian E/US, p/nf)
• Robert Siegel (1939–2012, US, p/f/ch)
• Mary Ann Sieghart (born 1961, England, nf)
• Henryk Sienkiewicz (1846–1916, Russian E/Poland, f)
• Wacław Sieroszewski (1858–1945, Russian E/Poland, f/nf)
• Monde Sifuniso (born 1944, Zambia, f/nf)
• Fatou Niang Siga (1932–2022, Senegal, nf)
• Hannes Sigfússon (1922–1997, Iceland, p/f/nf)
• Steinvör Sighvatsdóttir (early 13th c. – 1271, Iceland, p)
• Marjorie Lynette Sigley (1928–1997, England, ch)
• Fríða Á. Sigurðardóttir (1940–2010, Iceland, f)
• Jakobína Sigurðardóttir (1918–1994, Iceland, ch/f/p)
• Lilja Sigurðardóttir (born 1972, Iceland, f/d)
• Ragna Sigurðardóttir (born 1962, Iceland, f/p)
• Steinunn Sigurðardóttir (born 1950, Iceland, p/f)
• Yrsa Sigurðardóttir (born 1963, Iceland, f/ch)
• Birgir Sigurðsson (1937–2019, Iceland, p/d/f)
• Jóhann Gunnar Sigurðsson (1882–1906, Iceland, p)
• Ófeigur Sigurðsson (born 1975, Iceland, p/f)
• Ólafur Jóhann Sigurðsson (1918–1988, Iceland, f/p/ch)
• Jóhann Sigurjónsson (1880–1919, Iceland, d/p)
• Sigurður Sigurjónsson (born 1955, Iceland, d)
• Rogelio R. Sikat (1940–1997, Philippines, f/d)
• Abdulai Silá (born 1958, Guinea-Bissau, f)
• Charles E. Silberman (1925–2011, US, nf)
• Una Lucy Silberrad (1872–1955, England, f/nf)
• August Silberstein (1827–1900, Austria-Hungary, f/p)
• Malla Silfverstolpe (1782–1861, Sweden, nf)
• Dennis Silk (1931–2019, England, nf)
• Jon Silkin (1930–1997, England, p)
• Frans Eemil Sillanpää (1888–1964, Finland, f)
• Ron Silliman (born 1946, US, p/nf)
• Alan Sillitoe (1928–2010, England, f/nf/ch)
• Ignazio Silone (1900–1978, Italy/Switzerland, f/nf/d)
• Elder Siluan (fl. 14th c., Serbia, f)
• Agostinho da Silva (1906–1994, Portugal, nf)
• António José da Silva (1705–1739, Brazil/Portugal, d)
• Baltasar Lopes da Silva (1907–1989, Cape Verde/Portugal, p/f/nf)
• Daniel Silva (born 1960, US, f)
• José Asunción Silva (1865–1896, Colombo, p)
• Medardo Ángel Silva (1898–1919, Ecuador, p)
• Miguel Otero Silva (1908–1985, Venezuela, f/p/nf)
• Víctor Domingo Silva (1882–1960, Chile, p/nf/d)
• Burton Silver (born 1945, N Zealand, f/nf)
• Adam Silvera (born 1990, US, f/ch)
• Makeda Silvera (born 1955, Jamaica/Canada, f/nf)
• Robert Silverberg (born 1935, US, f)
• Shel Silverstein (1930–1999, US, nf/p/d)
• Sima Guang (司馬光, 1019–1086, China, nf)
• Sima Qian (司馬遷, c. 145 – c. 86 BCE, China, nf)
• Sima Xiangru (司馬相如, c. 179–117 BCE, China, p)
• Sima Zhen (司馬貞, 679–732, China, nf)
• Clifford D. Simak (1904–1988, US, f)
• Elizabeth Simcoe (1762–1850, England/Canada, nf)
• Georges Simenon (1903–1989, Belgium, f)
• Simeon Simev (born 1949, Yugoslavia/N Macedonia, p/nf)
• Charles Simic (1938–2023, Yugoslavia/US, p/nf)
• Johannes Mario Simmel (1924–2009, Austria/Switzerland, f/nf/d)
• Josias Simmler (1530–1576, Switzerland, nf)
• Dan Simmons (born 1948, US, f)
• Dawn Langley Simmons (1922–2020, England, nf), born Gordon Langley Hall
• Jack Simmons (1915–2000, England, nf)
• Brendan Simms (born 1967, Ireland/England, nf)
• David J. Simms (1933–2018, India/Ireland, nf)
• George Simms (1910–1991, Ireland, nf)
• Alcides Sakala Simões (born 1953, Angola, nf)
• Claude Simon (1913–2005, Madagascar/France, f)
• Francesca Simon (born 1955, US/England, ch)
• Richard Simon (1638–1712, France, nf)
• Seymour Simon (born 1931, US, ch)
• Ólafur Haukur Símonarson (born 1947, Iceland, d/f)
• Simonides of Ceos (555–468 BCE, Greece, p)
• Ljubodrag Simonović (born 1949, Yugoslavia/Serbia, nf)
• Les Simons (born 1952, US, f), pseudonym of Kathryn Ptacek
• Arend Fokke Simonsz (1755–1812, Netherlands, nf)
• Ljubomir Simović (born 1935, Yugoslavia/Serbia, p/f/d)
• Dorothy Simpson (1933–2020, Wales/England, f)
• Helen Simpson (born 1957, England, f)
• Helen de Guerry Simpson (1897–1940, Australia/England, f/nf/d)
• Louis Simpson (1923–2012, Jamaica/US, p)
• Matt Simpson (1936–2009, England, p/nf)
• R. A. Simpson (1929–2002, Australia, p)
• Karl Joseph Simrock (1802–1876, Germany, p/nf)
• Hourya Benis Sinaceur (born 1940, Morocco, nf)
• Mohammed Allal Sinaceur (born 1941, Morocco, nf)
• Daniel Sinapius-Horčička (1640–1688, Austria-Hungary, nf/p/d)
• Bennie Lee Sinclair (1939–2000, US, p/f)
• Catherine Sinclair (1800–1864, Scotland/England, f/ch)
• Clive Sinclair (1948–2018, England, f)
• Keith Sinclair (1922–1993, N Zealand, p/nf)
• Lester Basil Sinclair (1894–1974, Australia, ch), pseudonym John Mystery
• May Sinclair (1863–1946, England, f/p)
• Rebecca Sinclair (living, US, f)
• Tim Sinclair (born 1972, Australia, f/ch/p)
• Burns Singer (1928–1964, Scotland/US, p/nf)
• Isaac Bashevis Singer (1903–1991, Russian E/US, f/ch)
• Israel Joshua Singer (1893–1944, Poland/US, f)
• Marilyn Singer (born 1948, US, ch/p)
• Guru Gobind Singh (1666–1708, India, p/nf)
• Jaspreet Singh (born 1969, India/Canada, f/d/nf)
• Nalini Singh (born 1977, N Zealand, f)
• Sally Singhateh (born 1977, Gambia, p/f)
• Sarah Singleton (born 1966, England, f/ch)
• Amara Sinha (fl. c. 375 CE), Sanskrit grammarian and poet
• Indra Sinha (born 1950, India/France, nf/f)
• Johanna Sinisalo (born 1958, Finland, f/nf)
• Ervin Šinko (1898–1967, Austria-Hungary/Yugoslavia, p)
• Gilbert Sinoué (born 1947, Egypt/France, f/nf)
• Binwell Sinyangwe (born 1956, Zambia, f)
• Curt Siodmak (1902–2000, Germany/US, f/d)
• Tamás Sipos (1931–2002, Hungary, f)
• Ali Siqli (born 1932, Morocco, ch/d)
• Ismail Hossain Siraji (1880–1931, India, p/f/nf)
• Ivo Siromahov (born 1971, Bulgaria, f/d)
• Abderrahmane Sissako (born 1961, Mauritania/Mali, d)
• Lemn Sissay (born 1967, England, p)
• Fily Dabo Sissoko (1900–1964, French Sudan/Mali, nf/f/p)
• C. H. Sisson (1914–2003, England, p/f/nf)
• Johann Sithmann (1602–1666, Germany, nf)
• Ndabaningi Sithole (1920–2000, S Rhodesia/Zimbabwe, nf)
• Edith Sitwell (1887–1964, England, p/nf)
• Osbert Sitwell (1892–1969, England, f/nf)
• Sacheverell Sitwell (1897–1988, England, nf/p)
• Arlen Siu (1955–1975, Nicaragua, p/nf)
• Yum-Tong Siu (蕭蔭堂, born 1943, China/US, nf)
• Solfrid Sivertsen (born 1947, Norway, p/f/ch)
• Per Sivle (1857–1904, Norway, p/f/nf)
• Susan Sizemore (1951–2020, US, f)

Sj–Sn

• Þórðr Sjáreksson (fl. 11th c. CE, Iceland, p)
• Sjón (born 1962, Iceland, p/f), pseudonym of Sigurjón Birgir Sigurðsson
• Maj Sjöwall (1935–2020, Sweden, f)
• Fredrik Skagen (1936–2017, Norway, f/ch/d)
• Kaj Skagen (born 1949, Norway, f/nf)
• Sarita Skagnes (born 1969, India/Norway, nf)
• Bersi Skáldtorfuson (fl. c. 1000 CE, Iceland, p)
• Faouzi Skali (born 1953, Morocco, nf)
• Egill Skallagrímsson (c. 904 – c. 995, Iceland, p)
• Igor Škamperle (born 1962, Yugoslavia/Slovenia, nf/f)
• Antonio Skármeta (born 1940, Chile, f)
• Þórarinn Skeggjason (fl. 11th c. CE, Iceland, p)
• John Skelton (c. 1463–1629, England, p)
• Antanas Škėma (1910–1961, Lithuania/US, f/d)
• Sasha Skenderija (born 1968, Yugoslavia/Czech R, p)
• Staka Skenderova (1831–1891, Ottoman E/Austria-Hungary, nf)
• Jovan Skerlić (1877–1914, Serbia, nf)
• Slobodan Škerović (born 1954, Yugoslavia/Serbia, nf)
• Ronald Skirth (1897–1977, England, nf)
• Einar Skjæraasen (1900–1966, Norway, p/nf)
• Ed Skoog (born 1971, US, p)
• Rebecca Skloot (born 1972, US, nf)
• Sofija Škorić (1937–2022, Yugoslavia/Canada, nf)
• Jan Stanisław Skorupski (born 1938, Poland, p/f/nf)
• Zoë Skoulding (born 1967, England/Wales, p/nf)
• John Skoyles (living, England, nf)
• Amalie Skram (1846–1905, Norway, f)
• Ragnvald Skrede (1904–1983, Norway, p/nf)
• Peter Skrzynecki (born 1945, Australia, p/f/nf)
• Andrej E. Skubic (born 1967, Yugoslavia/Slovenia, f/d)
• Einarr Skúlason (c. 1100 – post-1159, Iceland, p)
• Christina Skye (1950–2018, US, f), pseudonym of Roberta Helmer
• Arthur Slade (born 1967, Canada, f/ch)
• John Sladek (1937–2000, US, f)
• J. Slauerhoff (1898–1936, Netherlands, n/f)
• Karin Slaughter (born 1971, US, f)
• Tracey Slaughter (born 1972, N Zealand, f/p)
• Svetoslav Slavchev (1926–2016, Bulgaria, f/nf)
• Pencho Slaveykov (1866–1912, Bulgaria, p)
• Petko Slaveykov (1827–1895, Bulgaria, p/nf)
• Ioan Slavici (1848–1925, Austria-Hungary/Romania, f/nf)
• Eleanor Sleath (1770–1847, England, f)
• William Sleator (1945–2001, US, f/ch)
• Eugene Sledge (1923–2001, US, nf)
• Barbara Sleigh (1906–1982, England, p/nf)
• Kenneth Slessor (1901–1971, Australia, p)
• Djoko Slijepčević (1907–1993, Habsburg E/Germany, nf)
• Sam Sloan (born 1944, US, nf)
• Eric Sloane (1905–1985, US, nf)
• Dušan Slobodník (1927–2001, Czechoslovakia/Slovakia, nf)
• Anton Martin Slomšek (1800–1862, Austria-Hungary, nf/p)
• Joan Slonczewski (born 1956, US, f)
• Antoni Słonimski (1895–1976, Poland, p/nf/d)
• Gillian Slovo (born 1952, S Africa/England, f/d/nf)
• Juliusz Słowacki (1809–1949, Poland, p)
• René-François de Sluse (1622–1685, Spanish Netherlands, nf)
• Boris Slutsky (1919–1986, USSR, p)
• Anna Smaill (born 1979, N Zealand, p/f)
• Ljiljana Smajlović (born 1956, Yugoslavia/Bosnia and Herzegovina, nf)
• Adam Small (1936–2016, S Africa, nf/p)
• Bertrice Small (1937–2015, US, f)
• Örvar Þóreyjarson Smárason (born 1977, Iceland, p/f)
• Christopher Smart (1722–1771, England, p/nf)
• Henry Hawley Smart (1833–1893, England, f)
• Goce Smilevski (born 1975, Yugoslavia/N Macedonia, f)
• Hristo Smirnenski (1898–1923, Bulgaria, p/nf)
• Adam Smith (1723–1790, Scotland, nf)
• Alexander McCall Smith (born 1948, S Rhodesia/Scotland, nf/f)
• Anthony Neil Smith (living, US, f)
• Barbara Dawson Smith (living, US, f)
• Bruce Smith (born 1946, US, p)
• Charles Saumarez Smith (born 1954, England, nf)
• Charlotte Fell Smith (1851–1937, England, nf)
• Charlotte Smith (1749–1806, England, p/f)
• Clark Ashton Smith (1893–1961, US, p/f)
• Cordwainer Smith (1913–1966, US, f/nf), pseudonym of Paul M. A. Lindebarger
• Dodie Smith (1896–1990, England, f/ch)
• E. E. Smith (1890–1965, US, f), Edward E. "Doc" Smith
• Elizabeth Smith (1776–1806, England, nf)
• Emma Smith (1923–2018, England, f/ch/nf)
• George O. Smith (1911–1981, US, f)
• Georgina Castle Smith (1845–1933, England, ch)
• Jean Edward Smith (1932–2019, US, nf)
• Jeff Smith (born 1960, US, f)
• Jonathan Smith (born 1942, England, f/d)
• Karen Rose Smith (living, US, f)
• L. J. Smith (c. 1817–1887, US, f/ch)
• L. Neil Smith (1946–2021, US, f/nf)
• Margaret Smith (born 1958, US, f/p/nf)
• Mark Smith (1935–2022, US, f)
• Martin Ferguson Smith (born 1940, England/Scotland, nf)
• Mary Bell Smith (1818-1894, US, f)
• Patti Smith (born 1946, US, p)
• Robert Smith (1932–2010, US, nf)
• Robert Farrell Smith (born 1970, US, ch), pseudonym Obert Skye
• Roland Smith (born 1951, US, ch)
• Russell Smith (born 1963, S Africa/Canada, f/nf)
• Stevie Smith (1902–1971, England, p/n)
• Sydney Smith (1771–1845, England, nf)
• Sydney Goodsir Smith (1915–1975, N Zealand/Scotland, p/d/f)
• Tracy K. Smith (born 1972, US, p/nf)
• Vivian Smith (born 1933, Australia, p/nf)
• Wilbur Smith (1933–2021, N Rhodesia/S Africa, f)
• William Jay Smith (1918–2015, US, p)
• Zadie Smith (born 1975, England, f/d/nf)
• Elizabeth Smither (born 1941, N Zealand, p/f)
• Dominik Smole (1929–1992, Yugoslavia/Slovenia, f/d)
• Tobias Smollett (1721–1771, Scotland/England, f/p)
• Barbara Smucker (1915–2003, US/Canada, ch)
• Juhan Smuul (1922–1971, Estonia, f/nf)
• Frank Smythe (1900–1949, England, nf)
• Pat Smythe (1928–1996, England, nf/ch)
• Caroline Snedeker (1871–1956, US, ch)
• O. F. Snelling (1916–2001, England, nf)
• Lemony Snicket (born 1970, US, ch), pen name of Daniel Handler
• W. D. Snodgrass (1926–2009, US, p), pseudonym S. S. Gardons
• Jože Snoj (1934–2021, Yugoslavia/Slovenia, p/f/nf)
• Ernir Kristján Snorrason (1944–1912, Iceland, nf/f/p)
• Oddr Snorrason (fl. 12th c., Iceland, nf)
• C. P. Snow (1905–1980, England, f/nf)
• Jack Snow (1907–1956, US, f)
• Gary Snyder (born 1930, US, p/nf)
• Laura J. Snyder (born 1964, US, nf)
• Laurel Snyder (born 1974, US, ch)
• Lucy A. Snyder (born 1971, US, f/nf)
• Zilpha Keatley Snyder (1927–2014, US, ch)

So–Sr

• Dava Sobel (born 1947, US, nf)
• Donald J. Sobol (1924–2012, US, ch)
• Joseph Sobran (1946–2010, US, nf)
• Ousmane Diop Socé (1911–1973, Senegal, f)
• Socrates (c. 470–399 BCE, Greece, nf)
• Kirsten Sødal (1935–2022, Norway, ch)
• Hjalmar Söderberg (1869–1941, Sweden, f/d/p)
• Edith Södergran (1892–1923, Russian E/Soviet Union, p)
• Ahmed Sofa (1943–2001, India/Bangladesh, f/nf)
• Zulu Sofola (1935–1995, Nigeria, d)
• Sōgi (宗祇, 1421–1502, Japan, p)
• Jerry Sohl (1913–2002, US, d/f)
• Ružica Sokić (1934–2013, Yugoslavia/Serbia, f)
• Bergr Sokkason (fl. early 14th c., Iceland, f/nf)
• Alexandra Sokoloff (living, US, f/d)
• Pavle Solarić (1779–1821, Habsburg E, nf/p)
• Kristin Solberg (born 1982, Norway, nf)
• Edmundo Paz Soldán (born 1967, Bolivia/US, f/nf)
• Mario Soldati (1906–1999, Italy, f/nf)
• Sóley (born 1987, Iceland, p), pseudonym of Sóley Stefánsdóttir
• Laila Soliman (born 1981, Egypt, d)
• Walid Soliman (born 1975, Tunisia, f)
• Dumitru Solomon (1932–2003, Romania, nf/d)
• Laura Solomon (1974–2019, N Zealand, f/d/p)
• Solon (c. 630 – c. 560 BCE, Greece, nf/p)
• Dag Solstad (born 1941, Norway, f/d)
• Asef Soltanzadeh (born 1964, Afghanistan/Denmark, f/d)
• David Solway (born 1941, Canada, p/nf)
• Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn (1918–2008, Soviet Union/Russia, f/nf)
• Malidoma Patrice Somé (1956–2021, Burkina Faso/US, nf)
• Armonía Somers (1914–1994, Uruguay, f)
• Suzanne Somers (born 1946, US, nf)
• William Somervile (1675–1742, England, p)
• Angela Sommer-Bodenburg (born 1948, Germany, ch)
• Justin Somper (living, England, ch)
• Remi Sonaiya (born 1955, Nigeria, nf)
• Monica Sone (1919–2011, US, nf)
• Song Yingxing (宋應星, 1587–1666, China, nf)
• Song Ci (宋慈, 1186–1249, China, nf)
• Song Yu (宋玉, fl. 298–263 BCE, China, p)
• Song Zhiwen (宋之問, c. 660–712, China, p)
• Joseph von Sonnenfels (1732–1817, Austria/Germany, f)
• Ayako Sono (曽野綾子, Japan, f/nf)
• Kin'yuki Sonoike (園池公致, 1886–1974, Japan, f)
• Alastair Sooke (born 1981, England, nf)
• Eileen Louise Soper (1900–1989, N Zealand, nf)
• Sophocles (c. 479–476 – c. 406–405, BCE, Greece, d)
• Sophronius of Vratsa (1739 – post-1813, Bulgaria/Romania, nf)
• Aco Šopov (1923–1982, Yugoslavia, p)
• Charles Sorel, sieur de Souvigny (c. 1602–1674, France, f/nf)
• Edward Sorensen (1869–1939, Australia, f/p)
• Tracy Sorensen (living, Australia, f)
• Virginia Sorensen (1912–1991, US, f/ch)
• Marin Sorescu (1936–1996, Romania, p/d/f)
• Thor Sørheim (born 1949, Norway, p)
• Charles Sorley (1895–1915, Scotland/France, p)
• Osvaldo Soriano (1943–1997, Argentina, nf)
• Pierre De Sornay (1876–1968, Mauritius, nf)
• Dominique Sorrente (born 1953, France, p)
• Roberto Sosa (1930–2011, Honduras, p/nf)
• Gary Soto (born 1952, Mexico/US, p/f/nf)
• Ahdaf Soueif (born 1950, Egypt, f/nf)
• Maris Soule (born 1939, US, f)
• Philippe Soupault (1897–1990, France, p/f/nf)
• Henrique Teixeira de Sousa (1919–2006, Cape Verde/Portugal, f/nf)
• João da Cruz e Sousa (1861–1898, Brazil, p/nf)
• Noémia de Sousa (1926–2002, Mozambique, p), pseudonym Vera Micaia
• Sousândrade (1833–1902, Brazil, p), pseudonym of Joaquim de Sousa Andrade
• Michael Soussan (born 1973, Denmark/US, nf)
• Mohammed al-Mokhtar Soussi (1900–1963, Morocco, nf)
• William Soutar (1898–1943, Scotland, p/nf)
• Ivan Southall (1921–2008, Australia, f/nf/ch)
• Terry Southern (1924–1995, US, f/nf/d)
• Caroline Anne Southey (1786–1864, England, p)
• Robert Southey (1774–1843, England, p/f)
• Robert Southwell (c. 1561–1595, England, p)
• Stephen Southwold (1887–1964, England, f/ch), pseudonym of Stephen Henry Critten
• Fatou Ndiaye Sow (1937–2004, Senegal, ch/nf)
• Mansour El Souwaim (born 1970, Sudan, f)
• Márcio Souza (born 1946, Brazil, f/d/nf)
• Bode Sowande (born 1948, Nigeria, d/nf)
• Carl Erik Soya (1896–1983, Denmark, d/f/p)
• Jura Soyfer (1912–1939, Russian E/Austria, nf), Holocaust victim
• Wole Soyinka (born 1934, Nigeria, d/f/p)
• Jon Spaihts (born 1970, US, d/f)
• Nancy Spain (1917–1964, England, f/nf)
• Svetlana Spajić (born 1971, Yugoslavia/Serbia, nf)
• Tom Spanbauer (born 1946, US, nf)
• Muriel Spark (1918–2006, Scotland/England, f/nf/p)
• Nicholas Sparks (born 1965, US, f/nf)
• Walter Shaw Sparrow (1862–1940, Wales/England, nf)
• Thomas Henry Sparshott (1841–1927, England, East Africa, nf)
• Zoran Spasojević (born 1949, Yugoslavia/Serbia, p/f/d)
• Elizabeth George Speare (1908–1994, US, ch)
• William Speechly (1735–1819, England, nf)
• Albert Speer (1905–1981, Germany, nf)
• Alan Spence (born 1947, Scotland, p/d/f)
• Catherine Helen Spence (1825–1910, Scotland/Australia, nf)
• Eleanor Spence (1928–2008, Australia, f/ch)
• E. Lee Spence (born 1947, Germany/US, nf), pseudonym Charles King
• Bernard Spencer (1909–1963, England/Austria, p)
• LaVyrle Spencer (born 1943, US, f)
• Robert Spencer (born 1962, US, nf)
• Thomas Edward Spencer (1845–1911, England/Australia, f/p)
• Lady Henrietta Spencer-Churchill (born 1958, England, nf)
• Dale Spender (1943–2023, Australia, nf)
• Emily Spender (1841–1922, England, f)
• Harold Spender (1864–1926, England, nf)
• J. A. Spender (1862–1942, England, nf)
• Jean Spender (1901–1970, Australia, f)
• Lillian Spender (1835–1895, England, nf/f)
• Stephen Spender (1909–1995, England, p/f/nf)
• Edmund Spenser (1552/1553–1599, England, p)
• Manès Sperber (1905–1984, Austria/France, f/nf)
• Armstrong Sperry (1897–1976, US, ch)
• Hendrik Laurenszoon Spiegel (1549–1612, Netherlands, nf/d)
• Nadja Spiegelman (born 1987, US, nf/ch)
• Hilde Spiel (1911–1990, Austria/England, f/nf)
• Friedrich Spielhagen (1829–1911, Germany, f/nf)
• Peter Spier (1927–2017, Netherlands/US, ch)
• Jerry Spinelli (born 1941, US, ch)
• Baruch Spinoza (1632–1677, Dutch Republic, nf)
• Norman Spinrad (born 1940, US, f/nf)
• André Spire (1868–1966, France, p/nf)
• Jela Spiridonović-Savić (1890–1974, Serbia/Yugoslavia, p)
• György Spiró (born 1946, d/f/nf)
• Carl Spitteler (1845–1924, Switzerland, p)
• William Archibald Spooner (1844–1930, England, nf)
• Howard Spring (1889–1965, Wales/England, f/ch)
• F. Springer (1932–2011, Netherlands, f), pseudonym of Carel Jan Schneider
• Nancy Springer (born 1948, US, f/ch)
• Sarah Springman (born 1956, England, nf)
• Francis Spufford (born 1964, England, nf/f)
• Margaret Spufford (1935–2014, England, nf)
• Peter Spufford (1934–2015, England, nf)
• Caroline Spurgeon (1869–1942, India, US, nf)
• E. C. Spykman (1896–1965, US, ch)
• Johanna Spyri (1827–1901, Switzerland, f/ch)
• Biljana Srbljanović (born 1970, Yugoslavia/Serbia, d)
• Srđan Srdić (born 1977, Yugoslavia/Serbia, f/nf)
• Stojan Srdić (born 1950, Yugoslavia/Serbia, d/f)
• Stevan Sremac (1855–1906, Austrian E/Serbia, nf)
• Srđan Srdić (born 1977, Yugoslavia/Serbia, f/nf)
• Ahmed Harrak Srifi (died 1925, Morocco, nf)
• Balys Sruoga (1896–1947, Lithuania/Soviet Union, p/d/nf)

St

• Cynthia Morgan St. John (1852–1919, US, p/nf)
• Patricia St. John (1919–1993, England, f/nf)
• Gunnar Staalesen (born 1947, Norway, f/d)
• Edward Stachura (1937–1979, Poland, p/f/nf)
• Arnold Stadler (born 1954, Germany, f/nf/p)
• Matthew Stadler (born 1959, US, f/nf)
• Rebecca St. James (born 1977, Australia, nf)
• Michael A. Stackpole (born 1957, US, f)
• Germaine de Staël (1766–1817, France, nf)
• Leopold Staff (1878–1957, Austria-Hungary/Poland, p)
• Ian Stafford (living, England, nf)
• Kim Stafford (born 1949, US, p/nf)
• William Stafford (1914–1993, US, p/nf/f)
• Jason Staggie (born 1980s, S Africa, f)
• Erik Johan Stagnelius (1793–1823, Sweden, p/d)
• A. E. Stallings (born 1968, US, p)
• Jon Stallworthy (1935–2014, England, nf/p)
• Georgi Stamatov (1869–1942, Russian E/Bulgaria, f)
• Albena Stambolova (born 1957, Bulgaria, nf/f)
• Peter Stamm (born 1963, Switzerland, f)
• Zaharia Stancu (1902–1974, Romania, nf/f/p)
• Harold Standish (1919–1972, Canada, p/f)
• Nichita Stănescu (1933–1983, Romania, p/nf)
• Emiliyan Stanev (1907–1979, Bulgaria, f)
• Ann Stanford (1916–1987, US, p/d/nf)
• Louisa Stanhope (fl. 1806–1827, England, f)
• Philip Stanhope, 5th Earl Stanhope (1805–1875, England, nf)
• Vladimir Stanimirović (1881–1956, Yugoslavia/Serbia, p/d)
• Anna Stanisławska (1651–1701, Poland, p)
• Borisav Stanković (1876–1927, Ottoman E/Yugoslavia, f)
• Dejan Tiago Stankovic (born 1965, Yugoslavia/Portugal, f)
• Stanoje Stanojević (1874–1937, Serbia/Yugoslavia, nf)
• Andy Stanton (born 1973, England, ch)
• Olaf Stapledon (1886–1950, England, nf/f)
• Petar Stapov (1910–1992, Bulgaria, f)
• George Starbuck (1931–1996, US, p)
• Walter Starkie (1894–1976, Ireland/Spain, nf)
• Luan Starova (1941–2022, Albania/N Macedonia, f)
• Christopher Stasheff (1944–2018, US, f)
• Andrzej Stasiuk (born 1960, Poland, nf)
• Nicolette Stasko (born 1950, US/Australia, p/f/nf)
• Statius (c. 45 – c. 96 CE, Roman E, p)
• Kjersti Løken Stavrum (born 1969, Norway, nf)
• C. K. Stead (born 1932, N Zealand, f/p/nf)
• Christina Stead (1902–1983, Australia, f)
• Catherine Steadman (born 1987, England, f)
• Betsey Ann Stearns (1830–1914, US, nf)
• Henry Stebbing (1799–1883, England, nf/p)
• Stesichorus (c. 630–555 BCE, Greece, p)
• Danielle Steel (born 1947, US, f)
• Flora Annie Steel (1847–1929, England, f/nf)
• Allen Steele (born 1958, US, f)
• Jessica Steele (1933–2020, England, f)
• Peter Steele (1939–2012, Australia, p/nf)
• Thorvald Steen (born 1954, Norway, f/d/ch)
• Willem Steenkamp (born 1940, S Africa, nf)
• Dugald Steer (born 1965, England, ch)
• Josef Stefan (1835–1893, Austrian E/Austria-Hungary, nf/p)
• Mirjana Stefanović (1939–2021, Yugoslavia/Serbia, p/ch)
• Zoran Stefanović (born 1969, Yugoslavia/Serbia, d/f)
• Erla Stefánsdóttir (1935–2015, Iceland, nf)
• Davíð Stefánsson (1895–1964, Iceland, p/f)
• Hermann Stefánsson (born 1968, Iceland, f/p)
• Jón Kalman Stefánsson (born 1963, Iceland, f/p)
• Albert Steffen (1884–1963, Switzerland, p/d/nf)
• Wallace Stegner (1909–1993, US, f/nf)
• William Steig (1907–2003, US, ch)
• Otto Steiger (1909–2005, f)
• Marie Henriette Steil (1898–1930, Luxembourg, f/nf)
• Alicia Steimberg (1933–2012, Argentina, f)
• Gertrude Stein (1874–1946, US, f/p/d)
• Sylvester Stein (1920–2015, S Africa, nf/f)
• Steinn Steinarr (1908–1958, Iceland, p)
• John Steinbeck (1902–1968, US, f/nf)
• Jonny Steinberg (born 1970, S Africa, nf)
• Þórir Jökull Steinfinnsson (fl. 11th c. CE, Iceland, p)
• Guðmundur Steingrímsson (born 1972, Iceland, nf)
• Nicolae Steinhardt (1912–1989, Romania, f/nf)
• Angela Steinmüller (born 1941, Germany, f)
• Karlheinz Steinmüller (born 1950, Germany, f)
• Kristín Steinsdóttir (born 1946, Iceland, ch)
• Ginka Steinwachs (born 1942, Germany, nf/f/d)
• Eric Stenbock (1860–1895, England, p/f)
• Stendhal (1783–1842, France, f/nf)
• Polly Stenham (born 1986, England, d)
• Mattie Stepanek (1990–2004, US, p/nf)
• Joanne Stepaniak (born 1954, US, nf)
• Theodore Stephanides (1896–1983, India/England, nf/p)
• Stephan G. Stephansson (1853–1927, Iceland, p/nf), birth name Stefán Guðmundur Guðmundsson
• Stephen of Tbeti (fl. 10th c., Georgia, nf), in Georgian Stepane Mtbevari
• James Stephen (1758–1832, England, nf)
• Leslie Stephen (1932–2004, England, nf)
• James Stephens (1880–1950, Ireland, p/f)
• James Brunton Stephens (1835–1902, Scotland/Australia, p/f)
• Māmari Stephens (born 1970, N Zealand, nf)
• Marta María Stephensen (1770–1805, Iceland, nf)
• Neal Stephenson (born 1959, US, f/nf)
• George Stepney (1663–1707, England, p/nf)
• John Steptoe (1950–1989, US, ch)
• Constantin Stere (1865–1936, Russian E/Romania, nf/f)
• Bruce Sterling (born 1954, US, f)
• Haki Stërmilli (1895–1953, Ottoman E/Albania, f/nf)
• Adolf Stern (1835–1907, Germany, nf/p), pseudonym of Adolf Ernst
• Anatol Stern (1899–1968, Russian E/Poland, p/d/nf)
• Gerald Stern (1925–2022, US, p/nf)
• Gladys Bronwyn Stern (1890–1973, England, f/d/nf)
• James Stern (1904–1993, Ireland/England, f/nf)
• Karl Stern (1906–1975, Germany/Canada, nf)
• Laurence Sterne (1713–1768, Ireland/England, f/nf)
• Stesichorus (c. 630–555 BCE, Greece, p)
• Fritz Steuben (1898–1981, Germany, f), pseudonym of Erhard Wittek
• Marinko Stevanović (born 1961, Yugoslavia/Austria, p)
• Vidosav Stevanović (born 1942, Yugoslavia/Serbia, f/p/d)
• C. J. Stevens (1927–2021, US, p/f/nf)
• Fisher Stevens (born 1963, US, f)
• Robin Stevens (born 1988, US/England, ch)
• W. Richard Stevens (1951–1999, N Rhodesia/US, nf)
• Wallace Stevens (1879–1955, US, p)
• Anne Stevenson (1933–2020, US/England, p/nf)
• Robert Louis Stevenson (1850–1894, Scotland/England, f/nf/p)
• William Bennet Stevenson (c. 1787 – post-1830, Peru, nf)
• Margo Taft Stever (living, US, p)
• The Two Steves (20th century author pair, Steve Barlow, living, and Steve Skidmore, born 1960, England, ch)
• Adela Blanche Stewart (1846–1910, N Zealand, nf)
• Amanda Stewart (born 1959, Australia, p)
• Douglas Stewart (1913–1985, p/f/nf)
• Fred Mustard Stewart (1932–2007, US, f)
• Harold Stewart (1916–1995, Australia, p/nf)
• J. I. M. Stewart (1906–1994, Scotland, f/nf)
• Jane Agnes Stewart (1860–1944, US, nf)
• Jennifer J. Stewart (living, US, ch)
• Mariah Stewart (living, US, f)
• Mary Stewart (1916–2014, England/Scotland, f/ch)
• Michael Stewart (born 1945, England, f/d)
• Paul Stewart (born 1955, England, ch)
• Trenton Lee Stewart (born 1970, US, f)
• Trumbull Stickney (1874–1904, US, nf/p)
• Georg Stiernhielm (1598–1672, Sweden, nf/p)
• Adalbert Stifter (1805–1868, Austrian E, f)
• Terje Stigen (1922–2010, Norway, f/nf/d)
• James Still (1906–2001, US, p/f/nf)
• Isabel Stilwell (born 1960, Portugal, f/ch)
• Julius Stinde (1841–1905, Germany, f)
• R. L. Stine (born 1943, US, f/d)
• James Stirling (1692–1770, Scotland, nf)
• S. M. Stirling (born 1953, France/US, f)
• Max Stirner (1806–1856, Germany, nf)
• Francine Stock (born 1958, England, f/nf)
• Helene Stöcker (1869–1943, Germany/US, nf)
• Kathryn Stockett (born 1969, US, f)
• Jan Stocklassa (born 1965, Sweden, nf)
• Cynthia Stockley (1873–1936, S Africa/England, f)
• Frank R. Stockton (1834–1902, US, ch)
• Julian Stockwin (born 1944, England, f/nf)
• Hilda van Stockum (1908–2006, Netherlands/England, ch)
• Ivan Stodola (1888–1977, Hungary/Czechoslovakia, d/nf)
• Dejan Stojanović (born 1959, Yugoslavia/Serbia, p/nf)
• Milica Stojadinović-Srpkinja (1828–1878, Austria E/Serbia, p/nf)
• Dejan Stojanović (born 1959, Yugoslavia/US, p/nf)
• Ivan Stojanović (1829–1900, Serbia/Austria-Hungary, nf)
• Radosav Stojanović (born 1950, Yugoslavia/Serbia, p/f/d)
• Atanasije Stojković (1773–1832, Austrian E/Russian E, nf)
• Melis Stoke (c. 1235 – c. 1305, Netherlands, p)
• Bram Stoker (1847–1912, Ireland/England, f/nf)
• Maša Stokić (born 1966, Yugoslavia/Serbia, d/nf)
• Christian of Stolberg-Stolberg (1748–1821, Germany, p)
• David Lee Stone (born 1978, England, f/ch)
• Donna J. Stone (1933–1994, US, p)
• Irving Stone (1903–1989, US, f/nf), born Irving Tennenbaum
• Katherine Stone (born 1949, US, f)
• Robert Stone (1937–2015, US, f/nf)
• Ruth Stone (1915–2011, US, p)
• Billy Marshall Stoneking (1947–2016, US/Australia, p/d)
• Lisa Gluskin Stonestreet (born 1968, US, p)
• Miriam Stoppard (born 1937, England, nf)
• Tom Stoppard (born 1937, Czechoslovakia/England, d)
• Benjamin Stora (born 1950, Algeria/France, nf)
• Edward Storer (1880–1944, England, nf/p)
• David Storey (1933–2017, England, d/f)
• Edward Storey (1930–2018, England/Wales, p/d/nf)
• Margaret Storey (1926–2022, England, ch)
• Edvard Storm (1749–1794, Norway, p/nf)
• Theodor Storm (1817–1888, Germany, f/p)
• Alfonsina Storni (1892–1938, Argentina, p)
• Catherine Storr (1913–2001, England, ch)
• Agnes L. Storrie (1864–1936, Australia, p)
• Jack Trevor Story (1917–1991, England, f)
• Walter Scott Story (1879–1955, US, ch)
• Anna Stothard (born 1983, England, f)
• Peter Stothard (born 1951, England, nf)
• Randolph Stow (1935–2010, Australia, f/p/ch)
• Brian Stowell (1936–1919, Isle of Man, nf)
• Harold Strachan (1925–2020, S Africa, nf/f)
• Mari Strachan (born 1945, Wales, f)
• Zoë Strachan (born 1975, Scotland, f/nf)
• Barbara Strachey (1912–1999, England, nf)
• John Strachey (1860–1927, England, nf)
• John Strachey (1901–1963, England, nf)
• Lytton Strachey (1880–1932, England, nf)
• J. Michael Straczynski (born 1954, US, d/f)
• August Stramm (1874–1915, Germany, p/d)
• Mark Strand (1934–2014, Canada/US, p/nf)
• Herbert Strang (author pair, George Herbert Ely, 1866–1958, and Charles James L'Estrange, 1867–1947, England, ch)
• John Strang (1795–1863, Scotland, nf)
• Anton Strashimirov (1872–1937, Bulgaria, nf/d)
• Todd Strasser (born 1950, US, ch)
• Edward Stratemeyer (1862–1930, US, ch)
• Stanislav Stratiev (1941–2000, Bulgaria, d/nf)
• Linda Stratmann (born 1948, England, nf/f)
• Strattis (fl. c. 412 BCE, Greece, p)
• Gene Stratton-Porter (1863–1924, US, f/nf/ch)
• Botho Strauss (born 1944, Germany, d/f/nf)
• Darin Strauss (born 1970, US, f/nf)
• David Strauss (1808–1874, Germany, nf)
• David Levi Strauss (born 1953, US, p/nf)
• Jennifer Strauss (born 1933, Australia, p/nf)
• Noel Streatfeild (1895–1986, England, ch)
• Barry Streek (1948–2006, S Africa, nf)
• Jakob Streit (1910–2009, Switzerland, ch/nf)
• Hesba Stretton (1832–1911, England, ch)
• Stijn Streuvels (1871–1969, Belgium, f), pseudonym of Franciscus Petrus Maria Lateur
• Agnes Strickland (1796–1874, England, nf/p)
• Jane Margaret Strickland (1800–1888, England, f/nf)
• August Strindberg (1849–1912, Sweden, d/f/p)
• Olga Stringfellow (1923–1995, N Zealand/England, f/nf)
• Erwin Strittmatter (1912–1994, Germany, f)
• Eva Strittmatter (1930–2011, Germany, p)
• Eva Ström (born 1947, Sweden, f/p/nf)
• Fredrik Ström (1880–1948, Sweden, nf)
• Charles S. Strong (1906–1962, US, ch)
• Jeremy Strong (born 1949, England, ch)
• Charles Stross (born 1964, England, f/nf)
• Jonathan Stroud (born 1970, England, f/ch)
• Joseph Stroud (born 1943, US, p)
• Flora E. Strout (1867–1962, US, nf)
• Antje Rávic Strubel (born 1974, Germany, f/nf)
• Arkady and Boris Strugatsky (1933–2012 and 1925–1991, Soviet Union/Russia, f/d), brothers
• Alexander Stuart (living, England/US, f/d/ch)
• Andrea Stuart (born 1962, Barbados/England, nf)
• Dorothy Margaret Stuart (1889–1963, England, p/nf/ch)
• Francis Stuart (1902–2000, Australia/Ireland, f/p/nf)
• Jesse Stuart (1906–1984, US, f/p/nf)
• Robyn Stuart (1914–1986, England, f), pseudonym of Vivian Stuart
• Sheila Stuart (1892–1974, Scotland, nf/ch), pseudonym of Gladys May Baker
• Vivian Stuart (1914–1986, England, f)
• William Stukeley (1687–1765, England, nf)
• Ľudovít Štúr (1815–1856, Austria-Hungary, nf)
• Theodore Sturgeon (1918–1985, US, f/nf)
• Sighvatr Sturluson (c. 1170–1238, Iceland, p)
• Snorri Sturluson (1179–1241, Iceland, nf/p)
• Jacquie Sturm (1927–2009, N Zealand, p/f), born Te Kare Papuni
• Julius Sturm (1806–1896, Germany, p)
• William Styron (1925–2006, US, f/nf)

Su–Sz

• Su Buqing (蘇步青, 1902–2003, China, nf/p)
• Su Hui (蘇蕙, 4th c. CE, China, p)
• Su Manshu (蘇曼殊, 1884–1918, China, f/p)
• Su Qing (苏青, 1914–1982, China, f/nf)
• Su Shi (蘇軾, 1037–1101, China, p/nf)
• Su Tong (苏童, born 1963, China, p/nf)
• Su Xiaoxiao (蘇小小, c. 479 – c. 501, China, p)
• Su Xuelin (蘇雪林, 1897–1999, China, f/nf)
• Daniel Suarez (born 1964, US, f)
• Gastón Suárez (1929–1984, Bolivia, f/d)
• Ariano Suassuna (1927–2014, Brazil, p/f)
• Abhi Subedi (born 1945, Nepal, p/d/nf)
• Allamraju Subrahmanyakavi (1831–1892, India, p/nf)
• Bogdan Suceavă (born 1969, Romania/US, nf)
• Somtow Sucharitkul (born 1952, Thailand/US, f), pseudonym S. P. Somtow
• John Suckling (1609–1641, England, p)
• José Antonio Ramos Sucre (1890–1930, Venezuela, p/nf)
• Mohammed al-Tawdi ibn Suda (1790–1794/1795, Morocco, nf)
• Hermann Sudermann (1857–1928, Germany, d/f)
• Olivia Sudjic (born 1988, England/US, f)
• Eugène Sue (1804–1857, France/Italy, f)
• Suematsu Kenchō (末松謙澄, 1855–1920, Japan, nf)
• Víctor Sueiro (1943–2007, Argentina, nf)
• Laurence Suhner (born 1968, Switzerland, f)
• Laura Jane Suisted (1840–1903, N Zealand, nf)
• Huzir Sulaiman (born 1973, Malaya/Singapore, d)
• Suleiman the Magnificent (1494–1566, Ottoman E, p/nf)
• Andrew Sullivan (born 1963, England/US, nf)
• Deirdre Sullivan (living, Ireland, ch)
• Jennifer Sullivan (born 1945, Wales/France, ch/nf)
• Mark T. Sullivan (born 1958, US, f)
• Robert Sullivan (born 1967, N Zealand, p/nf)
• Thomas Sullivan (living, US, f)
• Zuhayr bin Abi Sulma (c. 520 – c. 609, Arabia, p)
• Nancy Sumari (born 1986, Tanzania, cs)
• Vetrliði Sumarliðason (fl. 10th c. CE, Iceland, p)
• Anne Summers (born 1945, Australia, nf)
• Essie Summers (1912–1998, N Zealand, f)
• Montague Summers (1880–1948, England, nf/p/d)
• Barbara Sumner (born 1960, N Zealand, nf)
• Sun Bin (孫臏, died 316 BCE, China, nf)
• Sun Guangyuan (孫光遠, 1900–1979, China, nf)
• Sun Guoting (孫過庭, 646–691, China, nf)
• Sun Tzu (孫子, c. 544 – c. 496 BCE, China, nf)
• Sun Simiao (孫思邈, died 682 CE, China, nf)
• Per Olof Sundman (1922–1992, Sweden, f/nf)
• Sunzi Suanjing (孙子算经, c. 3rd – 5th c. CE, China, nf)
• Jovan Sundečić (1825–1900, Ottoman E/Montenegro, p/nf)
• Jules Supervielle (1884–1960, Uruguay, p)
• Pingali Suranna (fl. 16th c. CE, India, p)
• Cemal Süreya (1931–1990, Turkey, p)
• Robert Smith Surtees (1805–1864, England, f/nf)
• Gordana Suša (1946–2021, Yugoslavia/Serbia, nf)
• Patrick Süskind (born 1949, Germany, f/d)
• Wilhelm Emanuel Süskind (1901–1970, Germany, nf)
• Henry Suso (1295–1366, Germany, nf), also Heinrich Seuse
• Alexander Süsskind of Grodno (died 1794, Russian E, nf)
• Süßkind von Trimberg (fl. later 13th c., Germany, p)
• Miroslav Šustek (1947–2015, Czechoslovakia/Slovakia, f)
• Rosemary Sutcliff (1920–1992, England, ch)
• Alice Sutcliffe (fl. 1624–1634, England, nf)
• Katherine Sutcliffe (born 1952, US, f)
• Thomas Sutcliffe (c. 1790–1849, England, nf)
• Martin Suter (born 1948, Switzerland, f/nf/d)
• Rudolf Sutermeister (1802–1868, Switzerland, nf)
• Efua Sutherland (1924–1996, Gold Coast/Ghana, d/p/ch)
• John Sutherland (born 1938, England, nf)
• András Sütő (1927–2006, Romania/Hungary, d/f/nf)
• Bertha von Suttner (1843–1914, Austrian E/Austria, nf/f)
• D. T. Suzuki (鈴木大拙貞太郎, 1870–1966, Japan, nf)
• Kōji Suzuki (鈴木光司, born 1957, Japan, f/nf)
• Miekichi Suzuki (鈴木三重吉, 1882–1936, Japan, f)
• Janez J. Švajncer (born 1948, Yugoslavia/Slovenia, nf)
• František Švantner (1912–1950, Hungary/Czechoslovakia, f)
• Karin Sveen (born 1948, Norway, p/f/nf)
• Jón Sveinsson (1857–1944, Iceland, ch)
• Maria Sveland (born 1974, Sweden, nf)
• Italo Svevo (1861–1928, Italy, f/d), pseudonym of Aron Hector Schmitz
• Ladislav Švihran (1931–2022, Belgium/Slovakia, nf)
• Rosie Swale-Pope (born 1946, Ireland/Wales, nf)
• Annie S. Swan (1859–1943, Scotland, f/nf)
• Nathaniel Walter Swan (1834–1884, Ireland/Australia, nf/f)
• Stefan Swanepoel (born 1958, Kenya/US, nf)
• Leonie Swann (born 1975, Germany, f)
• Michael Swanwick (born 1950, US, f)
• Robert Sward (1933–2022, US/Canada, p/f)
• Vikas Swarup (born 1961, India, f)
• Nan Nyunt Swe (1923–2010, Burma/Myanmar, p/nf/f)
• Emanuel Swedenborg (1688–1782, Sweden/England, nf)
• Jon M. Sweeney (born 1967, US, nf/f/ch)
• Cole Swensen (born 1945, US, p/nf)
• Karen Swenson (born 1936, US, p/nf)
• May Swenson (1913–1989, US, p/d)
• Marcin Świetlicki (born 1961, Poland, p)
• Graham Swift (born 1949, England, f/nf)
• Jonathan Swift (1667–1745, Ireland/England, nf/p)
• Susie Forrest Swift (1862–1916, United States, nf)
• Algernon Charles Swinburne (1837–1909, England, p/d/f)
• Randall Swingler (1909–1967, England, p)
• Bertha Swirles (1903–1999, England, nf)
• Anna Świrszczyńska (1909–1984, Poland, p)
• Meera Syal (born 1961, England, d/f)
• Abdul Mannan Syed (1943–2010, India/Bangladesh, p/f/nf)
• Bobbi Sykes (1943–2010, Australia, p/nf)
• Khady Sylla (1963–2013, Senegal, f/d)
• Harry Sylvester (1908–1993, US, f)
• Josuah Sylvester (1563–1618, England, p)
• Matthew Sylvester (c. 1636–1708, England, nf)
• Vanda Symon (born 1969, N Zealand, f)
• Arthur Symons (1865–1945, Wales/England, p/nf)
• Mitchell Symons (born 1957, England, f/nf)
• John Millington Synge (1871–1909, Ireland, d/p/nf)
• Władysław Syrokomla (1823–1862, Russian E, p)
• Dezső Szabó (1879–1945, Hungary, f/nf)
• Lőrinc Szabó (1900–1957, Hungary, p)
• Magda Szabó (1917–2007, Hungary, d/f/ch)
• Fruzina Szalay (1864–1926, Austria-Hungary/Hungary, p/f)
• Michael Szameit (1950–2014, Germany, f)
• George Szanto (born 1940, Ireland/Canada, f/d/nf)
• Mikołaj Sęp Szarzyński (c. 1550 – c., Poland, p)
• Sándor Szathmári (1897–1974, Austria-Hungary/Hungary, nf)
• Louis Szathmary (1919–1996, Hungary/US, nf)
• Arthur Sze (施家彰, born 1950, US, p)
• István Széchenyi (1791–1860, Austria-Hungary, nf)
• Noémi Szécsi (born 1976, Hungary, f)
• Júlia Székely (1906–1986, Austria-Hungary/Hungary, nf/f)
• Bertalan Szemere (1812–1869, Austria-Hungary, p)
• Gyula Szentessy (1870–1905, Austria-Hungary, p)
• Mária Szepes (1908–2007, Austria-Hungary/Hungary, d/f/nf)
• Antal Szerb (1901–1945, Austria-Hungary/Hungary, f/nf), Holocaust victim
• Ede Szigligeti (1814–1878, Austria-Hungary, d)
• George Szirtes (born 1948, Hungary/England, p)
• Janusz Szpotański (1929–1991, Poland, p/nf)
• Edina Szvoren (born 1974, Hungary, f/p)
• Melinda Szymanik (born 1963, N Zealand, ch)
• Włodzimierz Szymanowicz (1946–1967, Poland, p)
• Wisława Szymborska (1923–2012, Poland, p/nf)
• Szymon Szymonowic (1558–1629, Poland, p)