List of writers from Northern Ireland

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This is a list of writers born or who have lived in Northern Ireland.

B[]

• Tony Bailie (born 1962)
• Jo Bannister (born 1951)
• Colin Bateman (born 1962)
• Ronan Bennett (born 1956)
• Maureen Boyle (born 1961)
• Kenneth Branagh (born 1960)
• Colette Bryce (born 1970)
• Eve Bunting (born 1928)
• James Burke (born 1936)
• Anna Burns (born 1962)

C[]

• Lucy Caldwell (born 1982)
• Joseph Campbell (1879–1944)
• William Carleton (novelist) (1794–1869)
• Thomas Carnduff (1886–1956)
• Ciarán Carson (1948–2019)
• Joyce Cary (1888–1957)
• James Cousins (1873–1956)
• Kathleen Coyle (1886–1952)
• Mairtín Crawford (1967–2004)
• Sam Cree (1928–1980)
• Eric Cross (1905–1980)

D[]

• Gerald Dawe (born 1952)
• Seamus Deane (1940–2021)
• Anne Devlin (born 1951)
• Richard Doherty
• Moyra Donaldson (born 1956)

• Charles Donnelly (1914–1937)
• John Dougherty (born 1964)
• Garbhan Downey

E[]

• St. John Greer Ervine (1883–1971)

F[]

• Padraic Fiacc (born 1924)
• Leontia Flynn (born 1974)
• Brendan Foley (born 1964)
• Brian Friel (born 1929)
• Seamus Finnegan (born 1949)

G[]

• Stephen Gilbert (born 1912)
• Robert Greacen (born 1920)

H[]

• Sam Hanna Bell (1909 – 1990)
• Francis Harvey (born 1925)
• Seamus Heaney (1939 – 2013)
• John Hewitt (1907–1987)
• Gareth Higgins (born 1975)
• Bulmer Hobson (1882–1969)

J[]

• Carolyn Jess-Cooke (born 1978)
• Fred Johnston (born 1951)

K[]

• Brian Keenan (born 1950)
• Brian Kennedy (born 1966)
• Benedict Kiely (1919-2007)

L[]

• Nick Laird (born 1975)
• Maurice Leitch (born 1933)
• Clive Staples Lewis (1898–1963)
• Antonia Logue (born 1972)
• Michael Longley (born 1939)
• Robert Wilson Lynd (1879–1949)

M[]

N[]

• Stuart Neville

O[]

• Flann O'Brien (1911–1966)
• Conor O'Callaghan (born 1968)
• Malachi O'Doherty (born 1951)
• Moira O'Neill (1864-1955)
• Séamus Ó Néill (1910–1986)
• Frank Ormsby (born 1947)

P[]

• Stewart Parker (1941–1988)
• Glenn Patterson (born 1961)
• Tom Paulin (born 1945)
• William Peskett (born 1952)

Q[]

R[]

• Zane Radcliffe
• Christina Reid
• Forrest Reid (1875–1947)
• Graham Reid (born 1945)
• Amanda McKittrick Ross (1860–1939)
• Richard Rowley (1877–1947)
• George William Russell (1867–1935)

S[]

• Ian Sansom (born 1966)
• Bob Shaw (1931–1996)
• George Shiels (1886–1949)
• James Simmons (1933–2001)
• Geoffrey Squires (born 1942)

T[]

• Gerald J. Tate (born 1954)
• Sam Thompson (1916–1965)
• Joseph Tomelty (1911–1995)

W[]

• James White (1928–1999)
• Robert McLiam Wilson (born 1964)

Y[]

• Ella Young (1865–1951)

References[]

• Irish Playography
• The Encyclopaedia of Ireland, Gill and Macmillan, Dublin, 2003
• Irish Writers Online
• Culture Northern Ireland
• Arts Council of Northern Ireland