List of New Zealand writers

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Writers who have contributed to New Zealand literature include:

A[]

  • Avis Acres (1910–1994), artist, writer, illustrator and conservationist
  • Pip Adam (living), fiction writer and reviewer
  • Arthur Henry Adams (1872–1936), journalist, poet, novelist and playwright
  • Catherine Adamson (1868–1925), diarist
  • Fleur Adcock (born 1934), poet and editor
  • Pinky Agnew (born 1955), author, playwright and social commentator
  • Sarona Aiono-Iosefa, children's fiction writer
  • Vanessa Alexander, screenwriter, producer, director
  • Margaret Alington (1920–2012), librarian, historian and author
  • Rob Allan (born 1945), poet
  • Rosetta Allan (living), poet and novelist
  • Pamela Allen (born 1934), children's writer and illustrator
  • Barbara Anderson (1926–2013), fiction writer
  • Mona Anderson (1909–2004), memoirist, children's writer
  • Isobel Andrews (1905–1990), poet, playwright and short story writer
  • Michalia Arathimos (living), short story writer and novelist
  • K O Arvidson (1938–2011), poet and academic
  • Sylvia Ashton-Warner (1908–1984), writer, poet and educator
  • Tusiata Avia (born 1966), poet and children's author

B[]

  • Louisa Alice Baker (1856–1926), journalist and novelist
  • Hinemoana Baker (born 1968), poet, musician and recording artist
  • Murray Ball (1939–2017), cartoonist
  • Philippa Ballantine (born 1971), author of speculative fiction
  • David Ballantyne (1924–1986), journalist and fiction writer
  • Ellen Wright Blackwell (1864–1952), writer and botanist
  • Arapera Blank (1932–2002), poet and teacher
  • Serie Barford (living), performance poet
  • Mary Anne Barker (Lady Barker) (1831–1911), poet and non-fiction writer
  • John Barr (1809–1889), poet
  • Miriam Barr (born 1982), page and performance poet
  • Sarah Maria Barraud (1823–1895), letter-writer and housewife
  • Rachel Barrowman (born 1963), author and historian
  • Blanche Baughan (1870–1958), poet, writer and penal reformer
  • James K. Baxter (1926–1972), poet and playwright
  • Helen Beaglehole (born 1946), children's writer and historian
  • John Beaglehole (1901–1971), historian
  • Fleur Beale (born 1945), young adult novelist
  • Margaret Beames (born 1935), children's book novelist
  • Airini Beautrais (born 1982), poet
  • Bernard Beckett (born 1967), young adult novelist
  • James Belich (born 1956), historian
  • Ursula Bethell (1874–1945), poet and social worker
  • Jean Betts (living), playwright, actor and director
  • Graham Billing (1936–2001), novelist, journalist and poet
  • Judith Binney (1940–2011), writer, academic and historian
  • Hera Lindsay Bird (born 1987), poet
  • Gavin Bishop (born 1946), children's author and illustrator
  • Paddy Blanchfield (1911–1980), poet
  • Arapera Blank (1932–2002), poet and teacher
  • Paula Boock (born 1964), writer and editor
  • Ivan Bootham (1939–2016), fiction writer, poet and composer
  • Jenny Bornholdt (born 1960), poet and anthologist
  • Avice Maud Bowbyes (1901–1992), home science lecturer and writer
  • Thomas Bracken (1843–1898), poet, journalist and politician
  • Charles Brasch (1909–1973), poet, literary editor and arts patron
  • Errol Brathwaite (1924–2005), author
  • Freda Bream (1918–1996), teacher and writer
  • Diana Bridge (born 1942), poet
  • Bub Bridger (1924–2009), poet and short story writer
  • Adele Broadbent (born 1968), children's author
  • Deidre Brown (born 1970), art historian and historical lecturer
  • Diane Brown (born 1951), novelist and poet
  • Helen Brown (born 1954), author and columnist
  • Riwia Brown (born 1957) playwright and screenwriter
  • Harriet Louisa Browne (1829–1906), political salon hostess, community leader and letter-writer
  • Lindsay Buick (1866–1938), politician, journalist and historian
  • Margaret Bullock (1845–1903), journalist, writer, feminist and social reformer
  • Dorothy Butler (1925–2015), children's book author, bookseller, memoirist and reading advocate

C[]

  • Dolce Ann Cabot (1862–1943), early newspaper editor
  • Christine Cole Catley (1922–2011), journalist, publisher and author
  • Kate Camp (born 1972), poet and author
  • Alistair Campbell (1925–2009), poet, playwright and novelist
  • Meg Campbell (1937–2007), poet
  • Clyde Carr (1886–1962), politician, church minister and poet
  • Ken Catran (born 1944), children's novelist and screenwriter
  • Eleanor Catton (born 1985), novelist and screenwriter
  • Frances Caverhill (1834–1897), diarist
  • Gordon Challis (1932–2018), poet
  • Lynda Chanwai-Earle (born 1965), writer and radio producer
  • Janet Charman (born 1954), poet
  • Brenda Chawner (living), library academic
  • Catherine Chidgey (born 1970), fiction writer
  • Daphne Clair (born 1939), romance novelist and activist
  • Kate Clark (1847–1926), children's writer, poet, artist and community worker
  • Margaret Clark (born 1941), political scientist and writer
  • Paul Cleave (born 1974), crime novelist
  • Constance Clyde (1872-1951), novelist, travel writer and suffragette
  • Nellie Euphemia Coad (1883–1974), teacher, community leader and writer
  • Elizabeth Fairburn Colenso (1821–1904), missionary, teacher and Bible translator
  • Glenn Colquhoun (born 1964), poet and doctor
  • Jennifer Compton (born 1949), poet and playwright
  • Sandra Coney (born 1944), local politician, writer, feminist, historian and women's health campaigner
  • Hugh Cook (1956–2008), science fiction writer
  • Kay McKenzie Cooke (born 1953), poet
  • Sue Copsey (born 1960), children's author and editor
  • Judy Corbalis (living), fiction writer
  • Violet May Cottrell (1887–1971), writer, poet and spiritualist
  • James Courage (1903–1963), fiction writer, poet and bookseller
  • David Coventry (born 1969), novelist and musician
  • Winston Cowie (born 1982), novelist and historian
  • Joy Cowley (born 1936), author of children's fiction
  • Rachael Craw (living), novelist and teacher
  • Douglas Cresswell (1894–1960), author, historian and broadcaster
  • Mary Cresswell (born 1937), science editor and poet
  • Walter D'Arcy Cresswell (1896–1960), poet, journalist and writer
  • Barry Crump (1935–1996), author of semi-autobiographical comic novels
  • Majella Cullinane (living), poet and novelist
  • Allen Curnow (1911–2001), poet and journalist

D[]

  • Dan Davin (1913–1990), novelist, non-fiction writer and editor
  • Pip Desmond (living), author and journalist
  • George E. Dewar (1891–1969), poet and writer
  • Jean Devanny (1894–1962), author and communist
  • Bill (William) Direen (born 1957), writer and performer
  • Lynley Dodd (born 1941), children's author and illustrator
  • Alfred Domett (1811–1887), fourth Premier of New Zealand and poet
  • Robyn Donald (born 1940), romance novelist
  • Basil Dowling (1910–2000), poet
  • Joan Druett (born 1935), historian and novelist
  • Marilyn Duckworth (born 1940), fiction writer and poet
  • Tessa Duder (born 1940), young people's, fiction and non-fiction writer and playwright
  • Alan Duff (born 1950), novelist and newspaper columnist
  • Yvonne du Fresne (1929–2011), fiction writer and playwright
  • Eileen Duggan (1894–1972), poet and journalist
  • Maurice Duggan (1922–1974), fiction writer
  • Kate Duignan (born 1974), fiction writer and reviewer

E[]

  • Dorothy Eden (1912–1982), Gothic fiction writer
  • Lauris Edmond (1924–2000), poet and writer
  • Brendon Egan (born 1984), sports writer
  • David Eggleton (born 1952), poet and writer.
  • Jill Eggleton (living), children's author and education consultant
  • Stevan Eldred-Grigg (born 1952), novelist and historian
  • Ellen Elizabeth Ellis (1829–1895), feminist and writer
  • Chris Else (born 1942), fiction writer and poet
  • Riemke Ensing (born 1939), poet
  • Margaret Escott (1908–1977), novelist, drama teacher and poet
  • Barbara Ewing (born 1939), actress, playwright and novelist

F[]

  • Jacqueline Fahey (born 1929), painter and writer
  • Fiona Farrell (born 1947), poet, fiction writer and playwright
  • Angie Farrow (born 1951), academic and writer for theatre and radio
  • Beryl Fletcher (1938–2018), feminist novelist
  • Tui Flower (1925–2017), food writer
  • Michelanne Forster (born 1953), playwright and scriptwriter
  • Dorothy Fowler (living), novelist
  • Janet Frame (1924–2004), fiction writer, poet and autobiographer
  • Ruth France (1913–1968), librarian, poet and novelist
  • Margaret Fraser (1866–1951), domestic servant and letter writer
  • Anne French (born 1956), editor and poet
  • Catherine Fulton (1829–1919), diarist, community leader, philanthropist, social reformer and suffragette

G[]

  • Abby Gaines (living), romance novelist
  • Rhian Gallagher (born 1961), poet
  • Elizabeth Anne Gard'ner (1858–1926), home science teacher and writer
  • Maurice Gee (born 1931), novelist
  • Frances Shayle George (1828–1890), teacher, writer and educationalist
  • Golriz Ghahraman (born 1981), politician and non-fiction author
  • Ivy Gibbs (c. 1886–1966), poet and children's writer
  • Michael Gifkins (1945–2014), literary agent, fiction writer, critic and editor
  • Ruth Gilbert (1917–2016), poet
  • Betty Gilderdale (1923–2021), children's author
  • Olivia Aroha Giles (born 1962), novelist and children's author
  • Esther Glen (1881–1940), children's novelist, journalist and community worker
  • Denis Glover (1912–1980), poet and publisher
  • Brannavan Gnanalingam (born 1983), author and lawyer
  • Charlotte Godley (1821–1907), letter-writer and community leader
  • Alfred Augustus Grace (1867–1942), teacher, journalist and writer
  • Patricia Grace (born 1937), fiction and children's writer
  • Grace Winifred Green (1907–1976), radio broadcaster and journalist
  • Paula Green (born 1955), poet and children's author
  • Lisa Greenwood (born 1955), novelist
  • H. W. Gretton (1914–1983), poet, writer, journalist and diarist
  • Charlotte Grimshaw (living), novelist, columnist and reviewer
  • Edith Searle Grossmann (1863–1931), novelist, journalist and feminist
  • Kirsty Gunn (born 1960), fiction writer
  • John Guthrie (1905–1955), journalist and novelist

H[]

  • Mandy Hager (born 1960), novelist, children's author, non-fiction writer and screenwriter
  • David Hair (living), fantasy author
  • Bernadette Hall (born 1945), playwright and poet
  • Pip Hall (born 1971), scriptwriter and actor
  • Roger Hall (born 1939), playwright
  • Joan de Hamel (1924–2011), children's author
  • Jane Elizabeth Harris (c. 1853–1942), writer, lecturer and spiritualist
  • J. H. Haslam (1874–1969), Methodist minister, poet, editor and church historian
  • Kathleen Hawkins (1883–1981), poet
  • Catherine Hay (1910–1995), historical romance writer
  • Karyn Hay (born 1959), author and broadcaster
  • Joel Hayward (born 1964), historian, writer and poet
  • Helen Heath (born 1970), poet
  • Christina Henderson (1861–1953), teacher, feminist, prohibitionist and social reformer
  • Ellen Hewett (1843–1926), memoirist
  • Mary St Domitille Hickey (1882–1958), Catholic nun, school principal and historian
  • Sarah Higgins (1830–1923), housewife and memoirist
  • David Hill (born 1942), author and young adult fiction writer
  • Eva Hill (1898–1981), medical superintendent, writer, publicist and health campaigner
  • M. H. Holcroft (1902–1993), essayist and novelist
  • Janet Holmes (born 1947), sociolinguist
  • Jeffrey Paparoa Holman (born 1947), poet, non-fiction writer and retired academic
  • Lynley Hood (born 1942), biographer and non-fiction writer
  • Edith Howes (1872–1954), teacher, educationalist and children's writer
  • Keri Hulme (1947–2021), fiction writer and poet
  • Des Hunt (born 1941), writer for children and young adults
  • Sam Hunt (born 1946), poet especially for performance poetry
  • Rex Hunter (1889–1960), poet, playwright and fiction writer
  • Robin Hyde (1906–1939), poet

I[]

J[]

  • Anna Jackson (born 1967), poet, fiction and non-fiction writer and academic
  • Annamarie Jagose (born 1965), LGBT academic and fiction writer
  • Lynn Jenner (living), poet and essayist
  • Annaleese Jochems (born 1994), novelist
  • Stephanie Johnson (born 1961), poet, playwright and short story writer
  • Alexa Johnston (living), author, art curator and historian
  • Andrew Johnston (born 1963), poet and journalist
  • Christine Johnston (born 1950), novelist
  • Lloyd Jones (born 1955), novelist
  • Tim Jones (born 1959), fiction writer and poet
  • V. M. Jones, (born 1958), children's author
  • Sherryl Jordan (born 1949), writer for children and young adults
  • M. K. Joseph (1914–1981), poet and novelist
  • Andrea Jutson (living), novelist

K[]

  • Keri Kaa (1942–2020), writer, educator and advocate of Māori language
  • Amy Kane (1879–1979), journalist and community leader
  • Merata Kawharu (living), writer and academic
  • Sheridan Keith (born 1942), fiction writer, artist and broadcaster
  • Lindy Kelly (born 1952), children's author, fiction writer and playwright
  • Elizabeth Kelso (1889–1967), journalist, editor and community leader
  • Anne Kennedy (born 1959), novelist, poet and film writer
  • Alice Annie Kenny (1875–1960), poet and fiction writer
  • Angela Kepler (born 1943), naturalist and author
  • Bob Kerr (born 1951), author, illustrator and artist
  • Fiona Kidman (born 1940), fiction writer, poet and scriptwriter
  • Michael King (1945–2004), historian, author and biographer
  • Rachael King (born 1970), fiction writer
  • Russell Kirkpatrick (born 1961), geography lecturer and novelist
  • Elizabeth Knox (born 1959), novelist
  • Shonagh Koea (born 1939), fiction writer
  • Saradha Koirala (born 1980), poet and writer

L[]

  • Sarah Laing (born 1973), author and cartoonist
  • Annabel Langbein (born 1958), chef, food writer and publisher
  • Eve Langley (1904 –1974), novelist and poet
  • Jack Lasenby (1931–2019), writer for children and young adults
  • John A. Lee (1891–1982), politician and writer
  • Owen Leeming (born 1930), poet, playwright, radio presenter and television producer
  • Michele Leggott (born 1956), poet and professor of English
  • June Margaret Litman (1926–1991), journalist
  • Elsie Locke (1912–2001), writer, historian and activist
  • Terry Locke (born 1946), poet, anthologist, poetry reviewer and academic
  • Iain Lonie (1932–1988), poet and historian
  • Jean Lonie (1930–1997), poet and teacher
  • Judith Lonie (1935–1982), poet
  • Robert Lord (1945–1992), playwright
  • (born 1957), novelist and comedian
  • Helen Lowe (born 1961), novelist
  • Brigid Lowry (born 1953), writer for children and young adults
  • Rose Lu (born 1990), one of the first published Chinese/New Zealand authors
  • Edith Lyttleton (1873–1945), fiction writer

M[]

  • Charlotte Macdonald (living), historian
  • Rebecca Macfie (living), author and journalist
  • Jessie Mackay (1864–1938), poet and animal rights activist
  • Katrine Mackay (1864–1944), journalist and cook
  • Anna Mackenzie (born 1963), novelist
  • Hester Maclean (1859–1932), hospital matron, editor and writer
  • Shirley Maddock (1928–2001), producer, television presenter, author and actress
  • Margaret Mahy (1936–2012), author of children's and young adult books
  • Emilie Monson Malcolm (c. 1830–1905), memoirist and housewife
  • Clare Mallory (1913–1991), children's author and teacher
  • Jane Mander (1877–1949), novelist and journalist
  • Bill Manhire (born 1946), poet, fiction writer and academic
  • Frederick Edward Maning (1812–1883), settler, writer and Native Land Court judge
  • Phillip Mann (born 1942), science fiction author
  • Katherine Mansfield (1888–1923), fiction writer and poet
  • Juliet Marillier (born 1948), fantasy fiction writer
  • Janice Marriott (born 1946), writer, editor, screenwriter and poet
  • Ngaio Marsh (1895–1982), crime writer and theatre director
  • Selina Tusitala Marsh (born 21 April 1971), poet and academic
  • Owen Marshall (born 1941), fiction writer
  • Mary Ann Martin (1817–1884), community leader, teacher and writer
  • Bruce Mason (1921–1982), playwright
  • Kāterina Mataira (1932–2011), Māori language advocate, artist and writer
  • Sarah Louise Mathew (c.1805–1890), diarist
  • Peta Mathias (living), food writer and television presenter
  • Tina Matthews (born 1961), author, illustrator and puppet maker
  • Muriel May (1897–1982), writer and educationalist
  • Ged Maybury (born 1953), children's book author
  • Cath Mayo (living), fiction writer and musician
  • Rachel McAlpine (born 1940), poet, novelist and playwright
  • Mary McCallum (born 1961), author and journalist
  • Anthony McCarten (born 1961), novelist, playwright, television writer and filmmaker
  • Sue McCauley (born 1941), fiction writer, playwright and screenwriter
  • Lyn McConchie (born 1946), fiction and children's writer
  • Carolyn McCurdie (living), fiction writer and poet
  • Jill McDonald (1927–1982), children's writer and illustrator
  • Shona McFarlane (1929–2001), artist, journalist and broadcaster
  • Greg McGee (born 1950), crime writer and playwright
  • Rosemary McLeod (born 1949), writer, cartoonist and columnist
  • Linda McNabb (born 1963), children's author
  • James McNeish (1931–2016), novelist, playwright and biographer
  • Cilla McQueen (born 1949), poet
  • Courtney Sina Meredith (born 1986), poet, playwright and fiction writer
  • Richard Meros (living), satirical author
  • Elizabeth Messenger (1908–1965), journalist, cookery writer and crime novelist
  • Rowan Metcalfe (1955–2003), fiction writer, poet and journalist
  • Kyle Mewburn (born 1963), children's author
  • Ian Middleton (1928–2007), novelist
  • O. E. Middleton (1925–2010), fiction writer
  • Karlo Mila (born 1974), poet
  • David Mitchell (1940–2011), poet, teacher and cricketer
  • Tze Ming Mok (born 1978), fiction writer and socio-political commentator
  • Pérrine Moncrieff (1893–1979), author, conservationist and amateur ornithologist
  • Count Geoffrey Potocki de Montalk (1903–1997), poet and polemicist
  • Stephanie de Montalk (born 1945), poet and biographer
  • Geoff Moon (1915–2009), naturalist, ornithologist, conservationist and photographer
  • Ronald Hugh Morrieson (1922–1972), fiction writer
  • Paula Morris (born 1965), fiction writer
  • Michael Morrissey (born 1942), poet, fiction writer and columnist
  • Elsie K. Morton (1885–1968), journalist and writer
  • John Mulgan (1911–1945), writer, journalist and editor
  • Lee Murray, fiction writer and editor
  • Shirley Murray (1931–2020), writer of hymn texts
  • Margaret Mutu (living), Ngāti Kahu leader, author and academic

N[]

  • Elizabeth Nannestad (born 1956), poet
  • Susan Napier (born 1954), romance writer
  • Sheila Natusch (1926–2017), writer, naturalist and illustrator
  • Emma Neale (born 1969), novelist and poet
  • Lino Nelisi (born 1952), author and educator
  • John Newton (born 1959), poet
  • Marjory Lydia Nicholls (1890–1930), poet, teacher and drama producer
  • Carl Nixon (born 1967), fiction writer and playwright

O[]

  • Susan Moller Okin (1946–2004), feminist political philosopher and author
  • Michael O'Leary (living), publisher, poet and novelist
  • Gloria Olive (1923–2006), academic mathematician and author
  • Linda Olsson (born 1948), novelist
  • Claudia Orange (born 1938), historian
  • Margaret Orbell (1935–2006), author, editor and academic
  • Sue Orr (born 1962), fiction writer and journalist

P[]

  • Makereti Papakura (1873–1930), guide, entertainer and ethnographer
  • Ruth Park (1917–2010), novelist and children's, non-fiction and radio writer
  • Lorae Parry (born 1955), playwright and actor
  • Alistair Paterson (born 1929) poet, writer and literary editor
  • Justin Paton (born 1972), writer, art critic and curator
  • Jenny Pattrick (born 1936), novelist
  • Evelyn Patuawa-Nathan (living), poet and novelist
  • Isabel Peacocke (1881–1973), teacher, novelist and broadcaster
  • Bill Pearson (1922–2002), fiction writer, essayist and critic
  • Nicky Pellegrino (born 1964), novelist
  • Emily Perkins (born 1970), fiction writer
  • Dianne Ruth Pettis (1955–2008), novelist and journalist
  • April Phillips (living), actress, playwright and singer
  • Leonie Pihama (living), Māori academic
  • Mark Pirie (born 1974), poet, writer, critic and anthologist
  • Vivienne Plumb (born 1955), poet, playwright, fiction writer and editor
  • Robert J. Pope (1865–1949), poet and songwriter
  • Rebecca Priestley (living), academic, science historian and writer
  • Erenora Puketapu-Hetet (1941–2006), weaver and author

Q[]

  • Alison Quigan (living), actress, director and playwright
  • Sarah Quigley (living), fiction writer and poet

R[]

  • Charlotte Randall (living), novelist
  • Beverley Randell (born 1931), children's author
  • Jo Randerson (born 1973), writer, director and performer
  • Lizzie Rattray (1855–1931), journalist, suffragist and welfare worker
  • Gloria Rawlinson (1918–1995), poet, fiction writer and editor
  • Annie Lee Rees (1864–1949), writer, teacher, lawyer and community leader
  • Rosemary Frances Rees (c.1875–1963), actress, playwright, producer and novelist
  • William Pember Reeves (1857–1932), politician, cricketer, historian and poet
  • Sue Reidy (living), author and designer
  • Paddy Richardson (living), fiction writer
  • Mary Richmond (1853–1949), community leader, teacher and writer
  • Lauren Kim Roche (born 1961), author and physician
  • Violet Augusta Roche (1885–1967), journalist and welfare worker
  • Hilda Rollett (1873–1970), teacher, journalist and writer
  • Elena de Roo (living), children's writer and poet
  • Joan Rosier-Jones (born 1940), fiction and non-fiction writer and playwright
  • Tania Roxborogh (born 1965), novelist and non-fiction writer

S[]

  • Fiona Samuel (born 1961), playwright, actor and director
  • Ben Sanders (born 1989), crime writer
  • Elspeth Sandys (born 1940), fiction writer and poet
  • Frank Sargeson (1903–1982), fiction novelist
  • Duncan Sarkies (living), screenwriter, playwright and fiction writer
  • Nelle Scanlan (1882–1968), journalist and novelist
  • Dick Scott (1923–2020), historian and journalist
  • Margaret Scott (1928–2014), writer, editor, librarian and Katherine Mansfield scholar
  • Mary Scott (1888–1979), novelist and librarian
  • Mary-anne Scott (living) writer, singer and musician
  • Robyn Scott (born 1981), writer and entrepreneur
  • Rosie Scott (1948–2017), novelist and lecturer
  • Maurice Shadbolt (1932–2004), fiction writer, autobiographer and playwright
  • Helen Lilian Shaw (1913–1985), short-story writer, poet and editor
  • Tina Shaw (born 1961), novelist
  • Keith Sinclair (1922–1993), poet and historian
  • Nalini Singh (born 1977), paranormal romance novelist
  • Tracey Slaughter (born 1972), poet and short-story writer
  • Anna Smaill (born 1979), poet and novelist
  • Elizabeth Smither (born 1941), poet and novelist
  • Laura Solomon (1974–2019), novelist, playwright and poet
  • Eileen Louise Soper (1900–1989), journalist, writer and Girl Guide Commissioner
  • C. K. Stead (born 1932), fiction writer, poet and literary critic
  • Mamari Stephens (living), legal academic
  • Adela Blanche Stewart (1846–1910), housewife and non-fiction writer
  • Olga Stringfellow (born 1923), journalist and novelist
  • Jacquie Sturm (1927–2009), poet, short story writer and librarian
  • Laura Jane Suisted (1840–1903), writer, journalist and parliamentary reporter
  • Essie Summers (1912–1998), romance novelist
  • Barbara Sumner (living), writer and film producer
  • Vanda Symon (born 1969), crime writer and radio host
  • Melinda Szymanik (born 1963), children's author

T[]

  • Tamairangi (fl. 1820–1828), Ngati Ira and Ngati Kuia leader and poet
  • Leilani Tamu (living), poet and politician
  • Anna Taylor (born 1982), short-story writer
  • Chad Taylor (born 1964), fiction writer and screenwriter
  • Grace Taylor (born c.1984), poet and performer
  • Renée Gertrude Taylor (born 1929), feminist writer and playwright
  • Philip Temple (born 1939), novelist, children's author and non-fiction author
  • Margaret Tennant (living), historian
  • Ngaire Thomas (1943–2012), memoirist
  • Kirsten Moana Thompson (born 1964), academic and film writer
  • Mervyn Thompson (1935–1992), academic, playwright and theatre director
  • Mona Tracy (1892–1959), children's novelist, journalist, poet and fiction writer
  • Jill Trevelyan (born 1963), art curator, reviewer and author
  • Brian Turner (born 1944), poet, sportsman and journalist
  • Hone Tuwhare (1922–2008), poet

V[]

  • Julius Vogel (1835–1899), eighth Premier of New Zealand and its first science-fiction novelist

W[]

  • Dorothy Wall (1894–1942), children's author and illustrator
  • Louise Wallace (born 1983), poet
  • Marilyn Waring (born 1952), politician and academic in feminist economics
  • Kirsten Warner (born 1956), novelist, poet and journalist
  • Joy Watson (born 1938), children's author
  • Ian Wedde (born 1946), poet, fiction writer and critic
  • Peter Wells (1950–2019), writer, filmmaker and historian
  • Albert Wendt (born 1939), poet and writer
  • Joyce West (1908–1985), novelist and children's writer
  • Jessie Weston (1865–1939), novelist and journalist
  • Lydia Wevers (1950–2021), critic, historian and editor
  • Mere Whaanga (born 1952), Māori author and historian
  • Dorothy Neal White (1915–1995), librarian and writer
  • Annabelle White (living), food writer
  • Emily White (1839–1936), gardener and writer
  • Cherry Wilder (1930–2002), science fiction and fantasy writer
  • Damien Wilkins (born 1963), fiction writer and poet
  • Guthrie Wilson (1914–1984), novelist and educator
  • Helen Wilson (1869–1957), teacher, farmer, community leader and writer
  • Alison Wong (born 1960), poet and novelist
  • Elizabeth Wong (living) retired official and fiction writer
  • Susan Wood (1836–1880), poet and short-story writer
  • Alice Woodhouse (1883–1977), librarian, journalist and broadcaster
  • Sue Wootton (born 1961), poet and fiction writer
  • Anne Eyre Worboys (1920–2007), romance and suspense novelist
  • Niel Wright (born 1933), poet, literary critic, bibliographer and publisher

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