List of authors by name: O

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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

Oa/Ok[]

Ol–Oo[]

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

Op–Oz[]

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