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- E. B. WhiteAmerican author (1899–1985)
- E. E. CummingsAmerican poet and author (1894–1962)
- E. L. JamesBritish author (born 1963)
- E. M. ForsterEnglish novelist and writer (1879–1970)
- E. NesbitEnglish author and poet (1858–1924)
- E. Phillips OppenheimEnglish novelist (1866–1946)
- E. T. A. HoffmannGerman author (1776–1822)
- E. T. A. Hoffmann bibliographyThis is a chronological list of works by E. T. A. Hoffmann.
- E. W. Scripps (businessman)American newspaper publisher (1854–1926)
- Ebrahim HusseinTanzanian playwright and poet (born 1943)
- Eça de QueirozPortuguese realist writer (1845–1900)
- Ed BradleyAmerican journalist (1941–2006)
- Edgar Rice BurroughsAmerican writer (1875–1950)
- Edgar SnowAmerican journalist (1905–1972)
- Edgar WallaceBritish writer (1875–1932)
- Edith SitwellBritish poet and critic (1887–1964)
- Edith SödergranFinnish poet (1892–1923)
- Edmond HoyleEnglish writer (1672–1769)
- Edmond RostandFrench poet and dramatist (1868–1918)
- Edna FerberAmerican novelist and playwright (1885–1968)
- Edna O'BrienIrish writer (1930–2024)
- Edna St. Vincent MillayAmerican poet (1892–1950)
- Edogawa Rampo PrizeThe Edogawa Rampo Prize (江戸川乱歩賞, Edogawa Ranpo Shō), named after Edogawa Rampo, is a Japan
- Edogawa RanpoJapanese author (1894–1965)
- Eduard UspenskyRussian writer (1937–2018)
- Eduardo GaleanoUruguayan writer and journalist (1940–2015)
- Edward AlbeeAmerican playwright (1928–2016)
- Edward Bulwer-LyttonBritish statesman and writer (1803–1873)
- Edward CaveEnglish printer, editor and publisher
- Edward FaragherManx poet (1831–1908)
- Edward Faulks, Baron FaulksEdward Peter Lawless Faulks, Baron Faulks, KC (born 19 August 1950), is an English barrist
- Edward FitzGerald (poet)English poet and translator (1809–1883)
- Edward LearBritish artist, poet and writer (1812–1888)
- Edward William LaneBritish orientalist, translator, lexicographer and peacemaker (1801-1876)
- Edward Wortley Montagu (traveller)Edward Wortley Montagu (15 May 1713 – 29 April 1776) was an English author and traveller.
- Edwin ThumbooSingaporean poet and academic (born 1933)
- Egon KischAustrian-Czechoslovak writer and journalist
- Eileen ChangChinese-American writer and screenwriter (1920–1995)
- Einar HammarstenEinar Hammarsten (4 January 1889 in Norrköping - 16 February 1968 in Solna) was a Swedish
- Eino LeinoFinnish poet and journalist (1878–1926)
- El BorakEl Borak, otherwise known as Francis Xavier Gordon, is a fictional character created by Ro
- Eleanor Alice BurfordEnglish author (1906–1993)
- Eleanor CattonNew Zealand novelist and screenwriter
- Elena FerrantePseudonymous Italian writer
- Elena PoniatowskaMexican journalist and author (b. 1932)
- Elfriede JelinekAustrian playwright and novelist
- Elias CanettiGerman-language author (1905–1994)
- Elias LönnrotFinnish polymath and poet (1802–1884)
- Elie RajaonarisonElie Rajaonarison (November 15, 1951 - November 27, 2010) was a poet, artist, professor an
- Elizabeth Anne Le NoirElizabeth Anne Le Noir (née Smart; c. 1755 – 6 May 1841) was an English female poet, novel
- Elizabeth Barrett BrowningEnglish poet (1806–1861)
- Elizabeth BishopAmerican poet and short-story writer (1911–1979)
- Elizabeth Bulwer-LyttonElizabeth Barbara Bulwer-Lytton (née Warburton-Lytton; 1 May 1770 – 19 December 1843) was
- Elizabeth Cary, Viscountess FalklandEnglish poet and dramatist (1585–1639)
- Elizabeth GaskellEnglish novelist, biographer, and short story writer (1810–1865)
- Elizabeth HaldaneElizabeth Sanderson Haldane CH JP (; 27 May 1862 – 24 December 1937) was a Scottish author
- Elizabeth Hussey WhittierElizabeth Hussey Whittier (December 7, 1815 – September 3, 1864) was an American poet and
- Elizabeth Jane HowardElizabeth Jane Howard CBE FRSL (26 March 1923 – 2 January 2014), was an English novelist.
- Elizabeth Stuart Phelps WardElizabeth Stuart Phelps Ward (August 31, 1844 – January 28, 1911) was an early feminist Am
- Ellen WillisAmerican writer (1941–2006)
- Elmer RiceAmerican playwright (1892–1967)
- Elsa DorfmanElsa B. Dorfman (April 26, 1937 – May 30, 2020) was an American portrait photographer. She
- Else Lasker-SchülerGerman poet and playwright (1869–1945)
- Émile VerhaerenBelgian poet (1855–1916)
- Emily BrontëEnglish writer and novelist (1818–1848)
- Emma WilsonEmma Wilson, FBA (born 1967) is a British academic and writer, specialising in French lite
- Emmanuelle ArsanThai-French novelist (1932–2005)
- Encore AwardThe £15,000 Encore Award for the best second novel was first awarded in 1990. It is sponso
- Endre AdyHungarian poet
- Enid BlytonEnglish children's writer (1897–1968)
- EnniusRoman writer and poet (c. 239 – c. 169 BC)
- Epicharmus of CosLate 6th/early 5th century BC Greek dramatist and philosopher
- Erasmus PrizeThe Erasmus Prize is an annual prize awarded by the board of the Praemium Erasmianum Found
- Erica JongAmerican novelist and poet (born 1942)
- Erich Maria RemarqueGerman novelist (1898–1970)
- Erle Stanley GardnerAmerican writer and lawyer (1889–1970)
- Ernesto CardenalNicaraguan Catholic priest, poet, and politician (1925-2020)
- Ernesto SabatoArgentine writer and physicist (1911–2011)
- Ernesto Teodoro MonetaItalian journalist, nationalist, pacifist
- Ernie JuddErnest "Ernie" Edward Job Pullin Judd (9 April 1883 – 20 August 1959) was an Australian so
- Ernie PyleAmerican war correspondent and writer
- Erskine CaldwellAmerican novelist (1903–1987)
- Erskine Childers (author)Irish nationalist and author (1870–1922)
- Esteban EcheverríaArgentine poet and writer
- Etel AdnanLebanese-writer and artist (1925–2021)
- Ethel TurnerAustralian writer
- Euclides da CunhaBrazilian journalist, sociologist and engineer
- Eudora WeltyAmerican writer and photographer (1909–2001)
- Eugene O'NeillAmerican playwright (1888–1953)
- Eugène ScribeFrench dramatist and librettist (1791–1861)
- Eugenio MontaleItalian writer (1896–1981)
- Eva RunefeltEva Virginia Runefelt (born 1953) is a Swedish novelist and poet. She made her literary de
- Eve EnslerAmerican playwright, performer, feminist, and activist (born 1953)
- Evelyn WaughBritish writer and journalist (1903–1966)
- Expressionism (theatre)Expressionism was a movement in drama and theatre that principally developed in Germany in
- Eyvind JohnsonSwedish writer (1900–1976)