List of writers from Northern Ireland
Writers from Northern Ireland include literary figures such as poets, novelists, essayists, and scholars who were born in or spent a significant portion of their career in Northern Ireland.
B
- Tony Bailie
- Jo Bannister
- Colin Bateman
- Ronan Bennett
- Maureen Boyle
- Kenneth Branagh
- Colette Bryce
- Eve Bunting
- James Burke
- Anna Burns
C
- Lucy Caldwell
- Joseph Campbell
- William Carleton
- Thomas Carnduff
- Ciarán Carson
- Joyce Cary
- James Cousins
- Kathleen Coyle
- Mairtín Crawford
- Sam Cree
- Eric Cross
D
- Gerald Dawe
- Seamus Deane
- Anne Devlin
- Susannah Dickey
- Richard Doherty
- Moyra Donaldson
- Charles Donnelly
- John Dougherty
- Garbhan Downey
E
F
G
H
- Sam Hanna Bell
- Francis Harvey
- Seamus Heaney
- John Hewitt
- Sir John Heygate, 4th Baronet
- Gareth Higgins
- Bulmer Hobson
- Tim Hodkinson
J
K
L
M
- Bernard MacLaverty
- Louis MacNeice
- Deirdre Madden
- Derek Mahon
- Philip MacCann
- Owen McCafferty
- Eamonn McCann
- Hugh McFadden
- Roy McFadden
- Medbh McGuckian
- Christina McKenna
- Adrian McKinty
- David McKittrick
- Robert McLiam Wilson
- Nigel McLoughlin
- George McWhirter
- Eoin McNamee
- Sam Millar
- Alice Milligan
- Gary Mitchell
- Frances Molloy, novelist
- Brian Moore
- Sinéad Morrissey
- Danny Morrison
- Paul Muldoon
- Paul Murray
- Tony Macaulay (writer)
N
O
- Flann O'Brien
- Conor O'Callaghan
- Malachi O'Doherty
- Moira O'Neill
- Séamus Ó Néill
- Frank Ormsby
- James Orr
P
R
- Zane Radcliffe
- Christina Reid
- Forrest Reid
- Graham Reid
- Amanda McKittrick Ross
- Richard Rowley
- George William Russell