List of authors by name: C
List of authors by name:
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
Contents
1 Ca
2 Ce–Ch
3 Ci–Cl
4 Co
5 Cr–Cu
Ca
James Branch Cabell (1879–1958)
Meg Cabot (born 1967)
James M. Cain (1892–1977)
Erskine Caldwell (1903–1987)
Pat Cadigan (born 1953)- Andrea Cagan
- Susan Cain
Brian Callison (born 1934)
Eleanor Cameron (1912–1996)
Candace Camp (born 1949)
John W. Campbell Jr. (1910–1971) (pseudonym, Don A. Stuart)
Ramsey Campbell (born 1956)
Albert Camus (1913–1960)
Jack Canfield, founder and coauthor of Chicken Soup for the Soul
Ethan Canin (born 1960)
Truman Capote (1924–1984)
Orson Scott Card (born 1951)
Jan Carew (1920–2012)
Peter Carey (born 1943)
Eric Carle (born 1929)- Liz Carlyle
Stokely Carmichael (1941–1998)
Isobelle Carmody (born 1958)
Otto Maria Carpeaux (1900–1978)
Edmund Snow Carpenter (born 1922)
John Dickson Carr (1906–1977)
Terry Carr (1937–1987)
Julio Carreras (born 1949)
Lewis Carroll (1832–1898)
Philippa Carr (1906–1993) (pseudonym of Eleanor Burford Hibbert)- Robyn Carr
John le Carré (born 1931)
Harold H. Carstens (1925–2009)
Ally Carter (born 1974)
Angela Carter (born 1940)
Brian Carter (born 1973)
Lin Carter (1930–1988)
Martin Carter (1927–1997)
Peter Carter (1929–1999)
Barbara Cartland (1901–2000)
Justin Cartwright (born 1945)
Jeffrey Carver (born 1949)
Raymond Carver (1938–1988)
Kate Cary (born 1967)
Kristin Cashore (born 1976)
Zoe Cass (born 1916) (pseudonym of Lois Dorothea Low)
Neal Cassady (1926–1968)
Nick Catalano (born 1939)
Willa Cather (1873–1947)- Clare Cavendish
Denys Cazet (born 1938)
Ce–Ch
- Camilo José Cela
Peride Celal (born 1915)
Miguel de Cervantes (1547–1616)- Michael Chabon
- Dr. Angie Chabram-Dernersesian (born 1952), American professor and author
Jack L. Chalker (born 1944)
Aidan Chambers (born 1934)
A. Bertram Chandler (1912–1984)
Jessie Chandler (born 1968)
Raymond Chandler (1888–1959)- Dr. Stephen T. Chang
Iris Chang (1968–2004)
William Ellery Channing (1880–1942)
James Chapman (born 1955)
Geoffrey Chaucer (c. 1343–1400)
Nirad C. Chaudhuri (1897–1999)
James Hadley Chase (1906–1985)
John Cheever (1912–1982)
Anton Chekhov (1860–1904)
Ron Chernow (born 1949)
C. J. Cherryh (born 1942)
Simon Cheshire (born 1954)
Marion Chesney (born 1936)
Denise Chesterton (1897–1985) (pseudonym of Denise Naomi Klein Robins Pearson)
G. K. Chesterton (1874–1936)
Tracy Chevalier (born 1962)
Ted Chiang (born 1967)
Lee Child (born 1954)
Charles Chilton (born 1917)
Mary Cholmondeley (1859–1925)
Noam Chomsky (born 1928)
Deepak Chopra (born 1946)
Kate Chopin (1850–1904)
Jill Christian (pseudonym of Norren Dilcock)
Agatha Christie (1890–1976)
John Christopher (1922–2012) (pseudonym of Samuel Youd)
Satyabrata Rai Chowdhuri (born 1935)
Ralph Chubb (1892–1960), British poet and printer
Alfred John Church (1829–1912), English classical scholar
Winston Churchill (1874–1965), British Prime Minister and author
Winston Churchill (1871–1947), American author
Ci–Cl
Scott Ciencin (1962–2014)
Sandra Cisneros (born 1954)
Robert Citino (born 1958)
Emil Cioran (1911–1995)
Margaret St. Clair (1911–1995)
Tom Clancy (born 1947)
Cassandra Clare (born 1973)
Carol Higgins Clark (born 1956)
Mary Higgins Clark (born 1927)
Thomas D. Clark (1903–2005)
Arthur C. Clarke (1917–2008)
Pauline Clarke (1921–2013)
George Samuel Clason (1874–1957)
Hugo Claus, Belgian author (1929–2008)
Jo Clayton (1939–1988)
Meg Waite Clayton (born 1959)
Beverly Cleary (born 1916)
Jon Cleary (1917–2010)
Brian Cleeve (1921–2003)- Samuel Clemens ("Mark Twain") (1835–1910)
Hal Clement (1922–2003) (pseudonym of Harry Clement Stubbs)
Mark Clifton (1906–1963)- Emma Cline
Ernest Cline (born 1972)
Bill Clinton (born 1946)- Brenda Clough
Susan Clymer (born 1951)
Co
- Wendy Coakley-Thompson
Sheila Coates (1937–2000)- Harlan Coben
- Stanton A. Coblentz
Jean Cocteau (1889–1963)
Paulo Coelho (born 1947)
John Maxwell Coetzee (born 1940)- Raphael H. Cohen
- Shaughnessy Cohen
- Emily Colas
Martina Cole (born 1959), British crime writer
- Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Colette (1873–1954)- Eoin Colfer
William Gershom Collingwood (1854–1932)- Jackie Collins
Larry Collins (1929–2005)- Max Allan Collins
Suzanne Collins (born 1962)
Michael Collins (pseudonym of Dennis Lynds)
Norman Collins (1907–1982)
Wilkie Collins (1824–1889)
Carlo "Collodi" Lorenzini (1826–1890)
Harriet Theresa Comstock (1860–1925), American novelist
Groff Conklin (1904–1968)- William Congreve
- Jane Leslie Conly
Joseph Conrad (1857–1924)
Lauren Conrad (born 1986)- Damian Conway
Glen Cook (born 1944)
Robin Cook (1946–2005)- James Francis Cooke
- Catherine Cookson
Susan Coolidge (1835–1905)
Caroline B. Cooney (born 1947)- Carolyn Cooper
- Dennis Cooper
- Glenn Cooper
- James Fenimore Cooper
- Jilly Cooper
- Susan Cooper
- Lori Copeland
- Peter Corey
- Bernard Cornwell
- Patricia Cornwell
Julio Cortázar (1914–1984)
Joseph Seamon Cotter, Sr. (1861–1949)- John Cotton
- Catherine Coulter
- Douglas Coupland
- Georges Courteline
- Bryce Courtenay
Caroline Courtney (born 1946) (pseudonym of Penelope Jones Halsall)
Bruce Coville (born 1950)
Josephine Cox (born 1941)
Stephen R. Covey (1932–2012)
Sean Covey (born 1964)
Cr–Cu
Amanda Craig (born 1959)- Robert Crais
Stephen Crane (1871–1900)
Max Crawford (1938–2010)- John Creasey
- Sharon Creech
- Dave Crenshaw
- Jean-Paul Crespelle
- Helen Cresswell
- Jasmine Cresswell
Michael Crichton (1942–2008)- Millie Criswell
Richmal Crompton (1890–1969)
A. J. Cronin (1896–1981)
Compton N. Crook (1908–1981) (pseudonym, Stephen Tall)- Gillian Cross
- Blake Crouch
Aleister Crowley (1875–1947)- Andrew Crumey
Ridgwell Cullum (1867–1943)- Chris Culver
- E. E. Cummings
Will Cuppy (1884–1949)
Christopher Paul Curtis (born 1953)
Lionel Curtis (1872–1955)
Katy Currie (born 1946) (pseudonym of Susan Spaeth Kyle)- Jane Louise Curry
James Oliver Curwood (1878–1927)
Clive Cussler (born 1931)