List of Jamaican writers

This is a list of Jamaican writers, including writers either from or associated with Jamaica.

A

• Peter Abrahams (1919–2017)
• Opal Palmer Adisa (born 1954)
• Lester Afflick (1956–2000)

B

• Amy Bailey (1895–1990)
• Gwyneth Barber Wood (died 2006)
• Mary Anne Barker (1831–1911)
• Lindsay Barrett (born 1941)
• Richard Bathurst (died 1762)
• Edward Baugh (1936–2023)
• Vera Bell (1906–?)
• Louise Bennett-Coverley (1919–2006)
• James Berry (1924–2017)
• Jacqueline Bishop (living)
• Eliot Bliss (1903–1990)
• Cedella Booker (1926–2008)
• Jean "Binta" Breeze (1956–2021)
• Yvonne Brewster (born 1938)
• Anne Brodbelt (1751–1827)
• Erna Brodber (born 1940)

C

• Lady Colin Campbell (born 1949)
• Hazel Campbell (1940–2018)
• Morris Cargill (1914–2000)
• Margaret Cezair-Thompson (living)
• Colin Channer (born 1963)
• Michelle Cliff (1946–2016)
• Aston Cooke (1958–2019)
• Carolyn Cooper (born 1950)
• Rudolph de Cordova (1860–1941)
• Christine Craig (born 1943)

D

• Robert Charles Dallas (1754–1824)
• Kwame Dawes (born 1962)
• Neville Dawes (1926–1984)
• Jean D'Costa (born 1937)
• H. G. de Lisser (1878–1944)
• Ferdinand Dennis (born 1956)
• Nicole Dennis-Benn (born 1982)
• Marcia Douglas (living)

E

• Beverley East (born 1953)
• George Ellis (1753–1815)

F

• Alfred Fagon (1937–1986)
• Ira Lunan Ferguson (1904–1992)
• Walter Augustus Feurtado (1839–1910)
• John Figueroa (1920–1999)
• Honor Ford-Smith (born 1951)

G

• Amy Jacques Garvey (1895–1973)
• Delores Gauntlett (born 1949)
• Barbara Gloudon (1935–2022)
• Lorna Goodison (born 1947)
• Colin Grant (born 1961)

H

• Richard Hart (1917–2013)
• John Hearne (1926–1994)
• A. L. Hendriks (1922–1992)
• Donald Hinds (1934–2023)
• Nalo Hopkinson (born 1960)
• Ishion Hutchinson (living)

J

• Marlon James (born 1970)
• Evan Jones (1927–2023)

L

• Olive Lewin (1927–2013)
• Heather Little-White (1952–2013)
• Edward Long (1734–1813)

M

• Thomas MacDermot (1870–1933)
• Claude McKay (1889–1948)
• Alecia McKenzie (living)
• Kellie Magnus (born 1970)
• Roger Mais (1905–1955)
• Rachel Manley (born 1955)
• Louis Marriott (1935—2016)
• Una Marson (1905–1965)
• Brian Meeks (born 1953)
• Kara Miller (living)
• Kei Miller (born 1978)
• Pamela Mordecai (born 1942)
• Mervyn Morris (born 1937)
• Mutabaruka (born 1952)

O

• Oku Onuora (born 1952)

P

• Kayla Perrin (born 1970?)
• Geoffrey Philp (born 1958)
• Velma Pollard (1937–2025)
• Patricia Powell (born 1966)

Q

• Ada Quayle (1920–2002)

R

• Claudia Rankine (born 1963)
• Barry Reckord (1926–2011)
• Victor Stafford Reid (1913–1987)
• Trevor Rhone (1940–2009)
• Joan Riley (born 1958)
• Kim Robinson-Walcott (born 1956)
• Namba Roy (1910–1961)

S

• Andrew Salkey (1928–1995)
• Dennis Scott (1939–1991)
• Mary Seacole (1805–1881)
• Olive Senior (born 1941)
• Tanya Shirley (born 1976)
• Makeda Silvera (born 1955)
• Joanne M. Simpson (born 1957)
• Malachi Smith (living)
• Mikey Smith (1954–1983)
• Vanessa Spence (born 1961)

T

• Ekwueme Michael Thelwell (born 1939)
• Elean Thomas (1947–2004)
• Ralph Thompson (1928–2022)

V

• Vivian Virtue (1911–1998)

W

• Robert Wedderburn (1762–1835/36?)
• Anthony C. Winkler (1942–2015)
• Sylvia Wynter (born 1928)

Z

• Fiona Zedde (born 1976)

See also

• Jamaican literature