List of authors by name: R
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The following is a List of authors by name whose last names begin with R:
Abbreviations: ch = children's; d = drama, screenwriting; f = fiction; nf = non-fiction; p = poetry, song lyrics
- Wilhelm Raabe (1831–1910, Germany, f)
- Rodolfo Rabanal (1940–2020, Argentina, f/nf/ch)
- Rabanus Maurus (c. 780–856, Germany, p/nf)
- Jean-Joseph Rabearivelo (1901 or 1903–1937, Madagascar, p)
- François Rabelais (1494–1553, France, nf/p)
- Gottlieb Rabener (1714–1771, Germany, nf)
- Pierre Rabhi (1938–2021, Algeria/France, nf/f)
- Mubarak Rabi (born 1938, Morocco, f/nf)
- Jan Rabie (1920–2001, S Africa, f/nf/ch)
- Roger de Rabutin, Comte de Bussy (1618–1693, France, nf)
- Ćirjak Račanin (c. 1660–1731, Ottoman E/Hungary, nf)
- Hristifor Račanin (c. 1595–1770, Ottoman E/Hungary, nf)
- Jerotej Račanin (c. 1650–1727, Ottoman E/Hungary, nf)
- Kiprijan Račanin (c. 1650–1730, Ottoman E/Hungary, nf)
- Prohor Račanin (c. 1617–1678, Ottoman E/Hungary, nf)
- Simeon Račanin (fl. 1676–1700, Ottoman E, nf)
- Teodor Račanin (c. 1500–1560, Ottoman E, nf)
- Kočo Racin (1908–1943, Ottoman E/Albania, p/nf)
- Jean Racine (1639–1699, France, d/p)
- Henrikas Radauskas (1910–1970, Poland/US, p)
- Ann Radcliffe (1764–1823, England, f)
- Timothy Radcliffe (born 1945, England, nf)
- Thomas Head Raddall (1903–1994, England/Canada, nf/f)
- Thérèse Radic (born 1935, Australia, nf/d)
- William Radice (born 1951, England, p/nf)
- Branko Radičević (1824–1853, Serbia, p)
- Yordan Radichkov (1929–2004, Bulgaria, f/d)
- Raymond Radiguet (1903–1923, France, f/p)
- Leetile Disang Raditladi (1910–1971, Botswana, d/p)
- Miklós Radnóti (1909–1944, Hungary, p)
- Amfilohije Radović (1938–2020, Yugoslavia/Montenegro, nf)
- Duško Radović (1922–1984, Yugoslavia, ch/p/nf)
- Ion Heliade Rădulescu (1802–1872, Wallachia/Romania, p/nf/f)
- Constantin Rădulescu-Motru (1868–1957, Romania, nf/d)
- Andrija Radulović (born 1970, Yugoslavia/Serbia, p)
- Jovan Radulović (1951–2018, Yugoslavia/Serbia, f/d/nf)
- Walery Eljasz Radzikowski (1841–1905, Poland, nf)
- Gwynedd Rae (1892–1977,
- Hugh C. Rae (1935–2014, Scotland, f), pseudonym Jessica Stirling
- Janet Milne Rae (1844–1933, Scotland, f)
- Charlotte-Arrisoa Rafenomanjato (1936–2008, Madagascar, p/f/d)
- Elizabeth Raffald (1733–1781, England, nf)
- Raffi (1835–1888, Iran/Russian E, f)
- Sam Ragan (1915–1996, US, nf/p)
- Anne B. Ragde (born 1957, Norway, f)
- Baldur Ragnarsson (1930–2018, Iceland, p/nf)
- Jean-Luc Raharimanana (born 1967, Mozambique, f/p/d)
- Tushar Raheja (born 1984, India, f/nf)
- Gely Abdel Rahman (1931–1990, Sudan/Egypt, p)
- Mohammad Lutfur Rahman (1889–1936, India, nf)
- Rizia Rahman (1939–2019, India/Bangladesh, f)
- Shamsur Rahman (1929–2006, India/Bangladesh, p/nf)
- Indra Bahadur Rai (1927–2018, India, f)
- Lala Lajpat Rai (1865–1928, India, nf)
- Stevan Raičković (1928–2007, Yugoslavia/Serbia, p/nf)
- Zahir Raihan (1935–1972, India/Bangladesh, f/d)
- Mohamed Said Raihani (born 1968, Morocco, f/nf)
- Ferdinand Raimund (1790–1836, Austria, d)
- Allen Raine (1836–1908, Wales, f), pseudonym of Anne Adalisa Beynon Puddicombe
- Craig Raine (born 1944, England, p)
- Kathleen Raine (1908–2003, England, p/nf)
- Hason Raja (1854–1922, India, p)
- Samina Raja (1961–2012, Pakistan, p/nf)
- Hossein Rajabian (born 1984, Iran, d)
- Elie Rajaonarison (1951–2010, Mozambique, p/d)
- Rajashree (living, India, f/d)
- Monisha Rajesh (born 1982, England/India, nf)
- Remi Raji (born 1961, Nigeria, p)
- Jovan Rajić (1726–1801, Serbia, nf/p)
- Velimir Rajić (1879–1915, Serbia, p)
- Đorđe Rajković (1825–1886, Austrian E/Serbia, p/nf)
- Milan Rakić (1876–1938, Serbia/Yugoslavia, p)
- Mita Rakić (1846–1890, Serbia, nf)
- Vićentije Rakić (1750–1818, Serbia, nf/p)
- Slobodan Rakitić (1940–2013, Yugoslavia/Serbia, p)
- Carl Rakosi (1903–2004, Germany/US, p)
- Michèle Rakotoson (born 1948, Mozambique, f/d)
- Martin Rakovský (c. 1535–1579, Hungary, p/nf)
- Zsuzsa Rakovszky (born 1950, Hungary, p)
- Maraea Rakuraku (living, N Zealand, p/f)
- Walter Raleigh (c. 1552–1618, England, p/nf)
- Radoy Ralin (1922–2004, Bulgaria, p/nf)
- Janette Rallison (born 1966, f/ch)
- Tenali Rama (1480–1528, Vijayanagara E, p/nf)
- Ayyalaraju Ramabhadrudu (16thc. CE, Vijayanagara E, p)
- Somaya Ramadan (born 1951, Egypt, f/nf)
- Ramarajabhushanudu (mid-16th c. CE, Vijayanagara E, p)
- Eugène Rambert (1830–1886, Switzerland, nf/p)
- Nabila Ramdani (living, France, nf)
- Povel Ramel (1922–2007, Sweden, p)
- Sergio Ramírez (born 1942, Nicaragua, f/nf)
- Magali García Ramis (born 1946, Puerto Rico, f/nf)
- Karl Wilhelm Ramler (1725–1798, Germany, p)
- Eva Ramm (1925–2026, Norway, nf/f/ch)
- Graciliano Ramos (1892–1953, Brazil, f/ch/nf)
- María Cristina Ramos (born 1952, Argentina, ch)
- Wanda Ramos (1948–1998, Angola/Portugal, f/p)
- Arnold Rampersad (born 1941, Trinidad and Tobago/US, nf)
- Allan Ramsay (1686–1758, Scotland, p/d)
- Andrew Michael Ramsay (1686–1743, Scotland/France, nf)
- John Ramsay of Ochtertyre (1736–1814, Scotland, nf)
- Frank Ramsey (1903–1930, England, nf)
- Katherine Ramsland (born 1953, US, nf)
- Charles Ferdinand Ramuz (1878–1947, Switzerland, p/d)
- Flavien Ranaivo (1914–1999, Madagascar, p/nf)
- John Ranby (1703–1773, England, nf)
- John Ranby (1743–1822, England, nf)
- Ayn Rand (1905–1982, Russia/US, f/nf)
- Charlotte Randall (living, N Zealand, f)
- Derek Randall (born 1951, England, nf)
- Dudley Randall (1914–2000, US, p)
- Beverley Randell (born 1931, N Zealand, ch)
- Jo Randerson (born 1973, N Zealand, f)
- Thomas Randolph (1605–1635, England, p/d)
- Björn Ranelid (born 1949, Sweden, f/nf)
- Anita Rani (born 1977, England, nf)
- Ian Rankin (born 1960, Scotland, f)
- Jennifer Rankin (1941–1979, Australia, p/d)
- Edogawa Ranpo (江戸川乱歩, 1894–1965, Japan, f/nf), pseudonym of Tarō Hirai (平井太郎)
- Christoph Ransmayr (born 1954, Austria, nf/f)
- John Crowe Ransom (1888–1974, US, nf/p)
- Arthur Ransome (1884–1967, England, ch/nf)
- James Allen Ransome (1806–1875, England, nf)
- Rao Xueman (born 1972, China, f/ch)
- A. N. Prahlada Rao (born 1953, India, nf)
- Addepalli Ramamohana Rao (1936–2016, India, p/nf)
- Raja Rao (1908–2006, India, f/nf)
- Ágnes Rapai (born 1952, Hungary, p/nf)
- Frederic Raphael (born 1931, US/England, d/f/nf)
- Nicolas Rapin (1535–1608, France, p/nf)
- Arius Raposas (born 1996, Philippines, f/nf/p)
- Eva Ras (born 1941, Yugoslavia/Serbia, p)
- Noon Meem Rashid (1910–1975, India/England, p)
- Hamid Rashidi (1961–2020, Iran, nf)
- Old Rashko (c. 1770–1822, Ottoman E)
- Ellen Raskin (1928–1984, US, ch)
- Egil Rasmussen (1903–1964, Norway, f/nf)
- Rudolf Erich Raspe (1736–1794, Germany/England, f/nf)
- Stephen Ratcliffe (born 1948, US, p/nf)
- Wilhelm Rath (1897–1973, Germany/Austria, nf)
- Julian Rathbone (1935–2008, England, f)
- Lutz Rathenow (born 1952, Germany, nf/p)
- Wolfgang Ratke (1571–1635, Germany, nf)
- Terence Rattigan (1911–1977, England/Bermuda, d)
- Patricia Ratto (born 1962, Argentina, f)
- Lizzie Frost Rattray (1855–1931, N Zealand, nf)
- John Raven (1914–1980, England, nf)
- Angèle Rawiri (1954–2010, Gabon, f)
- Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings (1896–1953, US, f/ch)
- Gloria Rawlinson (1918–1995, N Zealand, pf)
- Anne Warfield Rawls (born 1950, US, nf)
- John Rawls (1921–2002, US, nf)
- Wilson Rawls (1913–1984, US, ch)
- Tom Raworth (1938–2017, England, p/nf)
- Eduardo Belgrano Rawson (born 1943, Argentina, f)
- Dahlia Ravikovitch (1936–2005, Palestine/Israel, p)
- Francis Ray (1944–2013, US, f)
- Satyajit Ray (1921–1992, India, d/nf)
- Sukumar Ray (1887–1923, India, ch)
- Chet Raymo (born 1936, US, f/nf)
- Derek Raymond (1931–1994, England, f), pseudonym of Robert William Arthur Cook
- Claire Rayner (1931–2010, England, f/nf)
- Yusuf Abu Rayya (1955–2009, Egypt, f/ch)
- Esther Razanadrasoa (1892–1931, Madagascar, f/d/p)
- Ibn Razqa (died 1731, Mauritania, p/nf)
- Martin Rázus (1888–1937, Hungary/Czechoslovakia, p/d/nf)
Rc–Rh
- Guram Rcheulishvili (1934–1960, USSR, f)
- Herbert Read (1893–1968, England, nf/p)
- Mark "Chopper" Read (1954–2013, Australia, f/ch)
- Miss Read (1913–2012, England, f/ch)
- Piers Paul Read (born 1941, England, f/nf)
- Charles Reade (1814–1884, England, f/d)
- Peter Reading (1946–2011, England, p)
- Angela Readman (born 1973, England, p/nf)
- Grisélidis Réal (1929–2005, Switzerland, nf/p)
- Tom Reamy (1935–1977, US, f)
- James Reaney (1926–2008, Canada, p/d/f)
- Kate Reardon (born 1968, US/England, nf)
- Charlotte Reather (living, England, nf)
- Anica Savić Rebac (1892–1953, Serbia/Yugoslavia, nf)
- Liviu Rebreanu (1885–1944, Austria-Hungary/Romania, f/d)
- Alojz Rebula (1924–2018, Italy/Slovenia, d/nf)
- Malliya Rechana (fl. 940 CE, Telangana, nf)
- James Redpath (1833–1891, England/US, nf)
- Peter Redgrove (1932–2003, England, p/f/d)
- Alves Redol (1911–1969, Portugal, f/d/ch)
- Beatrice Redpath (1886–1937, Canada, p/f)
- Henry Reed (1914–1986, p/d/nf)
- Ishmael Reed (born 1938, US, p/f/nf)
- John Reed (born 1969, US, f)
- Talbot Baines Reed (1852–1893, England, ch)
- William Maxwell Reed (1871–1962, US, ch)
- Kerry Reed-Gilbert (1956–2019, Australia, p/nf)
- Douglas Reeman (1924–2017, England, f)
- Märta Helena Reenstierna (1753–1841, Sweden, nf)
- Rosemary Rees (c. 1875–1963, N Zealand, d/f)
- Annie Lee Rees (1864–1949, N Zealand, nf)
- Celia Rees (born 1949, England, f/ch)
- Coralie Clarke Rees (1908–1972, Australia, p/nf/ch)
- David Rees (1936–1993, England, f/ch)
- Ennis Rees (1925–2009, US, p)
- Evan Rees (1850–1923, Wales)
- Gwyneth Rees (born 1968, England/Scotland, ch)
- Ioan Bowen Rees (1929–1999, Wales, p/nf)
- Libby Rees (born 1995, England, nf/ch)
- Sarah Jane Rees (1839–1916, Wales, p/nf), Bardic name Cranogwen
- T. Ifor Rees (1890–1977, Wales, nf)
- Thomas Rees (1815–1885, Wales, nf)
- William Rees (Gwilym Hiraethog) (1802–1883, Wales, p/nf/f)
- Deryn Rees-Jones (born 1968, England, p/nf)
- Clara Reeve (1729–1807, England, f/nf)
- Philip Reeve (born 1966, England, ch)
- Simon Reeve (born 1972, England, nf)
- James Reeves (1909–1978, England, p/d/ch)
- William Pember Reeves (1857–1932, N Zealand, p/nf)
- Steinunn Refsdóttir (fl. late 10th c., Iceland, p)
- Abraham Regelson (1896–1981, Russian E/Israel, p/ch)
- Sven Regener (born 1961, Germany, f/d)
- José Régio (1901–1969, Portugal, f/d/p), pseudonym of José Maria dos Reis Pereira
- Henri de Régnier (1864–1936, France, p)
- José Lins do Rego (1901–1957, Brazil, f)
- Ruth Rehmann (1922–2016, Germany, f/d)
- Marcel Reich-Ranicki (1920–2013, Poland/Germany, nf)
- Christopher Reid (born 1949, Hong Kong/England, p/nf)
- David Boswell Reid (1805–1863, Scotland/US, nf)
- Elizabeth Julia Reid (1915–1971, Australia, nf)
- Meta Mayne Reid (1905–1991, Ireland/England, ch/f/p)
- Rachel Reid (living, Canada, f)
- Thomas Mayne Reid (1818–1883, Ireland/US, f)
- Victor Stafford Reid (1913–1987, Jamaica, f/d/ch)
- Sue Reidy (living, N Zealand, f)
- Matthew Reilly (born 1974, Australia, f)
- Hermann Samuel Reimarus (1694–1768, Germany, nf)
- Uwe Reimer (1948–2004, Germany, nf)
- Jonas Rein (1760–1821, Norway, p)
- Mercedes Rein (1930–2006, Uruguay, nf/d)
- Silvina Reinaudi (born 1942, Argentina, ch)
- Carl Christian Reindorf (1834–1917, Gold Coast, nf)
- Herbert Reinecker (1914–2007, Germany, f/d/nf)
- Reinmar von Hagenau (fl. late 12th c., Germany, p)
- Reinmar von Zweter (c. 1200 – post-1248, Germany, p)
- Haru M. Reischauer (ハル・松方・ライシャワー, 1915–1998, Japan/US, nf)
- Kathryn Reiss (born 1957, US, ch)
- James Reiss (1941–2016, US, p/f)
- Gunnar Reiss-Andersen (1896–1964, Norway, p/nf)
- Julio Herrera y Reissig (1875–1910, Uruguay, p/d/nf)
- Mikołaj Rej (1505–1569, Poland, nf/p)
- Alfonso Reyes (1889–1959, Mexico, nf/f/p)
- Jenő Rejtő (1905–1943, Hungary/Soviet Union, f/nf/d)
- Ludwig Rellstab (1799–1860, Germany, p/nf)
- Erich Maria Remarque (1898–1970, Germany/Switzerland, f)
- Miha Remec (1928–2020, Yugoslavia/Slovenia, f)
- Joscha Remus (born 1958, Germany, nf)
- Ren Rongrong (任溶溶, 1923–2022, China, ch)
- Jules Renard (1864–1910, France, f/d/nf)
- Mary Renault (1905–1983, England/S Africa, f/nf)
- Tore Renberg (born 1972, Norway, f/ch/d)
- Robert Rendall (1898–1967, Scotland, p/nf)
- Ruth Rendell (1930–2015, England, f)
- Víctor Manuel Rendón (1859–1940, Ecuador, p/f/p)
- Lothar Rendulic (1887–1971, Austria, nf)
- Mikihiko Renjō (連城三紀彦, 1948–2013, Japan, f)
- Sophie de Renneville (1772–1822, France, ch/nf), pseudonym of Sophie de Senneterre
- Vyacheslav Repin (born 1960, USSR/France, f/nf)
- Þorleifur Repp (1794–1857, Iceland/Denmark, nf)
- André de Resende (1498–1573, Portugal, nf)
- Garcia de Resende (1470–1536, Portugal, p)
- Milan Rešetar (1860–1942, Austrian E/Italy, nf)
- Mike Resnick (1942–2020, US, f)
- Laura Restrepo (born 1950, Colombia, f/nf)
- Nicolas-Edme Rétif (1734–1806, France, f)
- Johann Reuchlin (1455–1522, Germany, nf)
- Neidhart von Reuental (c. 1190 – post–1236 or 1237, Germany/Austria, p)
- Fritz Reuter (1810–1874, Germany, f)
- Gerard Reve (1923–2006, Netherlands, f)
- Karel van het Reve (1921–1999, Netherlands, nf)
- Pierre Reverdy (1889–1960, France, p)
- Alma Reville (1899–1982, England/US, d)
- Jacobus Revius (1586–1658, Netherlands, p/nf)
- José Revueltas (1914–1976, Mexico, nf)
- Guy Rewenig (born 1947, Luxembourg, f)
- Adam Rex (born 1973, US, ch)
- H. A. Rey (1898–1977, Germany/US, ch), born Hans Augusto Reyersbach
- Sydor Rey (1908–1979, Poland, p/f)
- Edgardo M. Reyes (1936–2012, Philippines, f/d)
- Władysław Reymont (1867–1925, Russian E/Poland, f)
- Helene Reynard (1875–1947, Austrian E/England, nf)
- Alastair Reynolds (born 1966, Wales/England, f)
- George W. M. Reynolds (1814–1879, England, f/p)
- John Hamilton Reynolds (1794–1852, England, p/nf/d)
- Mack Reynolds (1917–1983, US, f)
- Kenneth Rexroth (1905–1982, US, p/nf)
- Charles Reznikoff (1894–1976, US, p)
- Ludwig Rhesa (1776–1840, E Prussia, nf)
- Fouzia Rhissassi (born 1950, Morocco, nf)
- Dan Rhodes (born 1972, England, f)
- Lou Rhodes (born 1978, England, p)
- Pam Rhodes (born 1950, England, nf)
- William Barnes Rhodes (1772–1826, England, d)
- Najima Rhozali (born 1960, Morocco, nf)
- Edward Prosser Rhys (1901–1945, Wales, p)
- Jean Rhys (1890–1979, Dominica/England, f)
- Morgan Rhys (1716–1779, Wales, p)
- Siôn Dafydd Rhys (1534 – c. 1609, Wales, nf)