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- M. F. K. FisherAmerican food writer (1908–1992)
- M. H. de YoungAmerican journalist and businessman (1849–1925)
- Ma ZhiyuanChinese poet and playwright (c.1250–1321)
- Madame d'AulnoyFrench writer
- Madame de La FayetteFrench writer (1634–1693)
- Madison, New HampshireMadison is a town in Carroll County, New Hampshire, United States. The population was 2,56
- Magda SzabóHungarian novelist
- Magtymguly Pyragy18th-century Turkmen spiritual leader, poet and sufi
- Mahmoud DarwishPalestinian author and poet (1941–2008)
- Malcolm GladwellCanadian journalist and author (born 1963)
- Malcolm LowryEnglish poet and novelist
- MalgudiMalgudi () is a fictional town located in Agumbe situated in the Shivamogga district of th
- Man of the Moment (play)Man of the Moment is a play by the British playwright Alan Ayckbourn. It was premiered at
- Manuel MurguíaManuel Antonio Martínez Murguía (17 May 1833 – 2 February 1923) was a Galician journalist
- Manuel Ortiz GuerreroParaguayan poet (1894–1933)
- Mao DunChinese writer (1896–1981)
- Maqamat Badi' az-Zaman al-HamadhaniMaqamat Badi' al-Zaman al-Hamadhani (Arabic: مقامات بديع الزمان الهمذاني), are an Arabic c
- Marc ConnellyAmerican playwright (1890–1980)
- Marcelo H. del PilarFilipino writer, lawyer, and journalist
- Marcus ClarkeEnglish-born Australian novelist, journalist and poet
- Margaret Bourke-WhiteAmerican photographer (1904–1971)
- Margaret FullerAmerican writer and women's activist (1810–1850)
- Margaret LaurenceCanadian novelist and short story writer
- Margaret MahyNew Zealand children's writer (1936–2012)
- Margaret Mahy Playground43°31′42″S 172°38′27″E / 43.52833°S 172.64083°E
- Margaret MitchellAmerican novelist and journalist (1900–1949)
- Margaret WalkerAmerican poet and writer
- Margarita SimonyanRussian media executive (born 1980)
- Margery KempeEnglish mystic (c. 1373 – after 1438)
- Margery SharpEnglish author (1905–1991)
- Margery WilliamsAmerican novelist
- Marguerite YourcenarFrench novelist and essayist (1903–1987)
- Mari MoriJapanese writer
- Mari Yoriko SabusawaMari Yoriko Sabusawa (July 10, 1920 – September 25, 1994) was a translator, activist, and
- Maria BranwellMaria Branwell (15 April 1783 – 15 September 1821) is best known as being the mother of Br
- Maria GripeSwedish children's writer (1923–2007)
- Maria KonopnickaPolish poet (1842–1910)
- Maria RessaFilipino and American journalist (born 1963)
- Mariama BâSenegalese novelist (1929–1981)
- Marianne MooreAmerican poet (1887–1972)
- Marie de FranceMedieval French poet
- Marijane MeakerAmerican writer (1927–2022)
- Marina TsvetaevaRussian poet (1892–1941)
- Mario BenedettiUruguayan journalist, novelist, and poet (1920–2009)
- Mario Benedetti (Italian poet)Mario Benedetti (9 November 1955 – 27 March 2020) was an Italian poet. He was among the fo
- Mário de AlencarMário Cochrane de Alencar (30 January 1872 – 8 December 1925) was a Brazilian poet, short
- Mário de AndradeBrazilian writer, musicologist and photographer (1893–1945)
- Mario PuzoAmerican author and screenwriter (1920–1999)
- Marion Zimmer BradleyAmerican author (1930–1999)
- Mark AldanovRussian writer and critic
- Marko MarulićCroatian national poet and European humanist
- Marlon James (novelist)Jamaican novelist (born 1970)
- Martha RountreeAmerican broadcast journalist
- Martha SwopeMartha Joan Swope (February 22, 1928 – January 12, 2017) was an American photographer of t
- Martin AmisEnglish novelist (1949–2023)
- Martin BaronAmerican journalist (born 1954)
- Martin BashirBritish journalist (born 1963)
- Martin McDonaghBritish-born Irish playwright and filmmaker (born 1970)
- Martin Seymour-SmithMartin Roger Seymour-Smith (24 April 1928 – 1 July 1998) was a British poet, literary crit
- Martyna MajokPolish-American playwright (born 1985)
- Mary GilmoreAustralian poet (1865–1962)
- Mary Higgins ClarkAmerican novelist and writer (1927–2020)
- Mary Mapes DodgeAmerican children's author and editor (1831–1905)
- Mary Margaret FrancisMary Margaret Francis (17 June 1924 – 30 September 2000) was a British author who has been
- Mary McCarthy (American writer)American novelist and political activist (1912–1989)
- Mary OliverAmerican poet (1935–2019)
- Mary RenaultBritish novelist (1905–1983)
- Mary RowlandsonAmerican woman captured by Native Americans
- Mary Stuart, Countess of ButeMary Stuart, Countess of Bute, 1st Baroness Mount Stuart (née Wortley Montagu; 19 January
- Maryse CondéFrench Guadeloupean author (1934–2024)
- Masaoka ShikiJapanese poet, author, and literary critic
- Mathew BradyAmerican photographer (1822–1896)
- Matteo Maria BoiardoItalian Renaissance poet (1440–1494)
- Matthew PriorEnglish diplomat and poet (1664–1721)
- Maurice LeblancFrench writer (1864–1941)
- Maurice MaeterlinckBelgian playwright and essayist (1862–1949)
- Maurice ScèveFrench poet
- Max Aitken, 1st Baron BeaverbrookAnglo-Canadian business tycoon, politician, and writer (1879–1964)
- Maximilian HardenGerman journalist (1861–1927)
- Maximilian VoloshinRussian poet (1877–1932)
- Maxwell AndersonAmerican playwright and writer (1888–1959)
- Mbongeni NgemaSouth African playwright and musician (1955–2023)
- Memory playA memory play is a play in which a lead character narrates the events of the play, which a
- Mendele Mocher SforimBelarusian-Ukrainian Jewish author
- Menotti Del PicchiaBrazilian poet, journalist, and painter
- Meralda WarrenNurse, poet and artist (born 1959)
- Merton, London (parish)Merton is an ancient parish historically in Surrey, but which has since 1965 been part of
- Mervyn PeakeBritish author and illustrator (1911–1968)
- Mia CoutoMozambican writer (born 1955)
- Michael ArlenWriter (1895–1956)
- Michael BufferAmerican ring announcer
- Michael ChabonAmerican author and Pulitzer Prize winner (born 1963)
- Michael CrichtonAmerican author and filmmaker (1942–2008)
- Michael DirdaMichael Dirda (born 1948) is an American book critic, working for the Washington Post. He
- Michael EndeGerman writer (1929–1995)
- Michael Hastings (journalist)American journalist and author (1980–2013)
- Michael Jackson (writer)Beer and whisky expert
- Michael MoorcockEnglish writer, editor, critic (born 1939)
- Michael OndaatjeCanadian novelist and poet (born 1943)
- Michael ShermerAmerican science writer (born 1954)
- Michael Wolff (journalist)American writer (born 1953)
- Michel ButorFrench poet, novelist, teacher, essayist, art critic and translator
- Michel HouellebecqFrench writer (born 1956)
- Michelle McNamaraAmerican true crime writer (1970–2016)
- Mickey SpillaneAmerican crime novelist (1918–2006)
- Middelburg, Eastern CapeMiddelburg (Afrikaans pronunciation: ) is a town in the Eastern Cape province of South Afr
- Miguel Ángel AsturiasGuatemalan writer and poet-diplomat (1899-1974)
- Mihai EminescuRomanian poet, novelist and journalist (1850–1889)
- Mika WaltariFinnish writer (1908–1979)
- Mike WallaceAmerican journalist (1918–2012)
- Mikhail KuzminRussian poet, musician and novelist
- Mikhail Shishkin (writer)Russian-Swiss writer
- Milan KunderaCzech and French novelist (1929–2023)
- Miles FranklinAustralian writer and feminist (1879–1954)
- MilstonMilston is a hamlet and civil parish in Wiltshire, England, about 10 miles (16 km) north o
- Mina LoyBritish writer and designer of lamps (1882–1966)
- MinickMinick is a three-act Broadway play written by Edna Ferber and George S. Kaufman, based on
- Miriam (short story)"Miriam" is a short story written by Truman Capote. It was originally published in the Jun
- Mirza Fatali AkhundovIranian Azerbaijani author (1812–1878)
- Mitsuru AdachiJapanese manga artist (born 1951)
- Mo YanChinese author (born 1955)
- Moacyr ScliarBrazilian writer and physician (1937–2011)
- Modern Love (poetry collection)Modern Love by George Meredith is a sequence of fifty 16-line sonnets about the failure of
- Mohamed ChoukriMoroccan author (1935–2003)
- Mohammad-Taqi BaharIranian poet and scholar (1886–1951)
- Monaco CemeteryThe Monaco Cemetery (French: Cimetière de Monaco) is a cemetery in La Colle, Principality
- Mongane Wally SeroteSouth African poet and cultural activist (born 1944)
- Mons-en-BarœulMons-en-Barœul (French pronunciation: ) is a commune in the Nord department in northern Fr
- Monteiro LobatoBrazilian writer (1882–1948)
- Mori ŌgaiJapanese writer (1862–1922)
- Morrie RyskindAmerican dramatist (1895–1985)
- Movement Against War and FascismThe Movement Against War and Fascism (MAWF) was founded in Australia in 1933, as an Austra
- Muhammed Said AbdullaTanzanian novelist (1918–1991)
- MultatuliDutch writer
- Muntadhar al-ZaidiIraqi journalist (born 1979)
- Muriel SparkScottish author (1918–2006)
- Murray WalkerBritish commentator and journalist (1923–2021)
- Musical settingA musical setting is a musical composition that is written on the basis of a literary work
- Mutsu ProvinceMutsu Province (陸奥国, Mutsu no kuni) was an old province of Japan in the area of Fukushima,