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- S. E. HintonAmerican writer (born 1948)
- Sadegh HedayatIranian writer (1903–1951)
- SaigyōJapanese poet (1118–1190)
- Saint-John PerseFrench poet and diplomat (1887–1975)
- Salah Ahmed IbrahimSudanese literary writer, poet and diplomat
- Salah JahinEgyptian poet and cartoonist
- Sally RooneyIrish author (born 1991)
- Salvadore CammaranoItalian librettist and playwright (1801–1852)
- Salvatore QuasimodoItalian poet and translator (1901–1968)
- Sam SykesSam Watkins is an American epic fantasy writer who publishes fiction as Sam Sykes.
- Samuel BrannanAmerican politician (1819–1889)
- Samuel Butler (poet)English poet and satirist (1613–1680)
- Samuel RichardsonEnglish writer and printer (1689–1761)
- Samuel Robin SparkSamuel Robin Spark (9 July 1938 – 6 August 2016) was a Scottish artist. He was the son of
- San Martín, Buenos AiresCiudad del Libertador General Don José de San Martín, more commonly known as San Martín, i
- Sandy GallBritish journalist (1927–2025)
- Sanmao (writer)Taiwanese novelist, translator and writer
- SannoisSannois (French pronunciation: ) is a commune in the northwestern suburbs of Paris, France
- Santō KyōdenJapanese artist, writer and shopowner (1761 - 1816)
- Sara TeasdaleAmerican writer and poet (1884–1933)
- Sarah Josepha HaleAmerican writer and editor (1788–1879)
- Sarah KaneEnglish playwright (1971–1999)
- Sasha ChornyRussian poet and satirist
- ScandianoScandiano (Reggiano: Scandiân) is a town and comune in Emilia-Romagna, in the northeast pa
- Scipio MoorheadScipio Moorhead (active c. 1773-after 1775) was an enslaved African-American artist who li
- Scott McCloudAmerican cartoonist (born 1960)
- Seán O'CaseyIrish dramatist and memoirist (1880–1964)
- Sebastian FaulksBritish novelist, journalist and broadcaster
- Sebastião SalgadoBrazilian photographer (1944–2025)
- Sei ShōnagonJapanese author and court lady
- Seiichi MorimuraJapanese novelist and author (1933–2023)
- Sergei LukyanenkoRussian author (born 1968)
- Sergei YeseninRussian poet (1895–1925)
- Sergey MikhalkovRussian writer (1913–2009)
- Sexual Perversity in ChicagoSexual Perversity in Chicago is a play written by David Mamet that examines the sex lives
- Seymour HershAmerican investigative journalist (born 1937)
- Shaaban bin RobertTanzanian poet, author, and essayist
- Sharon OldsAmerican poet
- Shel SilversteinAmerican poet, cartoonist, writer, and songwriter (1930–1999)
- Shen CongwenChinese writer (1902–1988)
- Shereen BhanIndian journalist and news anchor (born 1976)
- Sheridan Le FanuIrish writer of Gothic literature and journalist (1814–1873)
- Sherwood AndersonAmerican writer (1876–1941)
- Shi Nai'anChinese writer (c. 1296 – c. 1372)
- Shin Kyung-sookSouth Korean writer (born 1963)
- Shireen Abu AklehPalestinian-American journalist (1971–2022)
- Shirley JacksonAmerican novelist, short-story writer (1916–1965)
- Shmuel Yosef AgnonIsraeli writer and Nobel laureate
- Sholem AleichemYiddish author and playwright (1859–1916)
- Shota RustaveliGeorgian poet
- ShudrakaIndian king and playwright
- Shūsaku EndōJapanese writer (1923–1996)
- Sidney SheldonAmerican writer (1917–2007)
- Siegfried SassoonEnglish war poet and writer (1886–1967)
- Signifying RappersSignifying Rappers: Rap and Race in the Urban Present is a nonfiction book by Mark Costell
- Sigrid UndsetNorwegian novelist (1882–1949) and Nobel laureate
- Sima XiangruChinese musician, poet, and politician (c. 179–117 BC)
- Simin DaneshvarIranian writer (1921–2012)
- Simonides of CeosGreek lyric poet (c. 556–468 BC)
- Sinclair LewisAmerican writer (1885–1951)
- Sítio do Picapau Amarelo (fictional farm)The Sítio do Picapau Amarelo (literally translated and roughly known as the Yellow Woodpec
- SjónIcelandic writer (born 1962)
- Sławomir MrożekPolish playwright (1930–2013)
- Slow StepSlow Step (スローステップ, Surō Suteppu) is a romantic comedy boxing and softball manga by Mitsur
- Snow-BoundSnow-Bound: A Winter Idyl is a long narrative poem by American poet John Greenleaf Whittie
- Social documentary photographySocial documentary photography or concerned photography is the recording of what the world
- Sohrab SepehriIranian poet and painter (1928–1980)
- Solentiname IslandsThe Solentiname Islands (Spanish pronunciation: ) are an archipelago towards the southern
- Song YuChinese poet (3rd century BCE)
- Sony Lab'ou TansiCongolese writer (1947–1995)
- Sophie von La RocheMarie Sophie von La Roche (née Gutermann von Gutershofen; 6 December 1730 – 18 February 18
- Sorley MacLeanScottish poet (1911 – 1996)
- Southern RenaissanceThe Southern Renaissance (also known as Southern Renascence) was the reinvigoration of Ame
- Srečko KosovelSlovene poet
- SS CommodoreSS Commodore was an American steamboat that was wrecked off the coast of Florida on 2 Janu
- St James' Church, DurrusThe Church of St James the Apostle, commonly referred to as St James' Church, is a small G
- St Michael and All Angels' Church, HaworthSt Michael and All Angels' Church is the Church of England parish church of Haworth, West
- St. Clare's (series)St. Clare's is a series of nine books written by English children's authors Enid Blyton an
- Stanisław Ignacy WitkiewiczPolish writer and artist (1885–1939)
- Stanisław LemPolish science fiction author and futurologist (1921–2006)
- Stanisław TarnowskiCount Stanisław Tarnowski (7 November 1837 – 31 December 1917) was a Polish nobleman (szla
- Stefan ZweigAustrian writer (1881–1942)
- Stephen CraneAmerican novelist, short story writer, poet, and journalist
- Stephen Joseph TheatreThe Stephen Joseph Theatre is a theatre in the round in Scarborough, North Yorkshire, Engl
- Stephenie MeyerAmerican novelist (born 1973)
- Stesichorus6th-century BC Greek lyric poet
- Steve BannonAmerican media executive and political strategist (born 1953)
- Stieg LarssonSwedish writer, journalist, and activist (1954–2004)
- Stilson HutchinsAmerican newspaper reporter and publisher
- Stuart ScottAmerican sportscaster and anchor (1965–2015)
- Sue GraftonAmerican writer (1940–2017)
- Sulpicia (satirist)1st-century Roman poet and satirist
- Sunthorn PhuThai poet (1786–1855)
- SurdasIndian writer, poet and singer (1483–1563)
- Susan BrownmillerAmerican journalist, author and activist (1935–2025)
- Susan SontagAmerican writer, critic and public intellectual (1933–2004)
- Svetlana SorokinaRussian journalist (born 1957)
- Syl Cheney-CokerSierra Leonean writer and journalist