List of English Writers - M

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• James Mabbe (1572–1642), poet and translator
• Richard Mabey (born 1941), nature writer
• Rose Macaulay (1881–1958), novelist and biographer
• Thomas Babington Macaulay (1800–1859), historian and poet, Lays of Ancient Rome
• Desmond MacCarthy (1877–1952), critic
• Fiona MacCarthy (born 1940), biographer and cultural historian
• Philip MacDonald (also wrote as Oliver Fleming, Anthony Lawless, etc., 1900–1980), novelist and screenwriter
• A. G. Macdonell (1895–1941), essayist, England, Their England
• Robert Macfarlane (born 1976), travel writer and critic
• Arthur Machen, (born Arthur Llewelyn Jones, 1863–1947) novelist and mystic
• Colin MacInnes (1914–1976), novelist
• Ben Macintyre (born 1963), biographer
• Denis Mackail (1892–1971), novelist
• Compton Mackenzie (1883–1972), novelist, Whisky Galore
• Serena Mackesy (born c. 1960s), novelist
• Joseph Macleod (also wrote as Adam Drinan, 1903–1984), poet, playwright and broadcaster
• Barry MacSweeney (1948–2000), poet and journalist
• Falconer Madan (1851–1935), writer, bibliographer and librarian
• Judith Madan (born Judith Cowper, 1702–1781), poet
• Martin Madan (1726–1790), writer, translator and cleric
• Charles Madge (1912–1996), poet and sociologist
• Thomas Madox (1666–1727), Historiographer Royal and antiquary
• Magnus Magnusson (1929–2007), broadcaster, scholar and translator
• Michelle Magorian (born 1947), children's writer, Goodnight Mister Tom
• Henry James Sumner Maine (1822–1888), jurist and historian
• Frederic William Maitland (1850–1906), jurist and historian
• Julia Maitland (1808–1864), writer and traveller
• Sara Maitland (born 1950), novelist and religious writer
• Bathsua Makin (real name Bathsua Reginald, c. 1600 – c. 1675), writer and scholar
• Lucas Malet (real name Mary St. Leger Kingsley, 1852–1931), novelist
• William Hurrell Mallock (1849–1923), novelist, satirist and poet, The New Republic
• Thomas Malory (c. 1430 – c. 1471), author, Le Morte d'Arthur
• Eric Malpass (1910–1996), novelist
• Thomas Robert Malthus (1766–1834), political economist
• Bernard Mandeville (1670–1733), philosopher and satirist
• Richmal Mangnall (1769–1820), schoolbook writer and headmistress
• Andrew Mango (born 1926), writer and broadcaster
• Delarivier Manley (1663 or 1670–1724), novelist, playwright and pamphleteer
• Mary E. Mann (1848–1929), novelist and story writer
• George Manners (1778–1853), writer and editor
• Ethel Mannin (1900–1984), novelist, essayist and travel writer
• Anne Manning (1807–1879), novelist
• Olivia Manning (1908–1980), novelist and critic, Fortunes of War
• Ruth Manning-Sanders (1886–1988), poet and children's writer
• Robert Mannyng (c. 1275 – c. 1338), poet
• Henry Longueville Mansel (1820–1871), philosopher
• Katherine Mansfield (1888–1923), story writer and poet, The Garden Party
• Keith Mansfield (born 1965), novelist and screenwriter
• Richard Mant (1776–1848), writer, translator and cleric
• Hilary Mantel (born 1952), novelist and critic, Wolf Hall
• Thomas Manton (1620–1677), theologian and Puritan minister
• Francis Marbury or Merbury (1555–1611), playwright and cleric
• Jane Marcet (1769–1858), science writer for children
• Bessie Marchant (1862–1941), children's writer
• Jan Mark, (born Janet Marjorie Brisland, 1943–2006) children's writer, Thunder and Lightnings
• Gervase Markham (c. 1568–1637), poet and writer
• Mrs. Markham (real name Elizabeth Penrose, 1780–1837), children's writer
• Stephen Marley (born 1946), novelist and screenwriter
• Christopher Marlowe (1564–1593), playwright, The Tragical History of Doctor Faustus
• Derek Marlowe (1938–1996), novelist and playwright, A Dandy in Aspic
• Martin Marprelate (pseudonym, fl. 1588–1590), tractarian
• Ellen Marriage (1865–1946), translator, La Comédie humaine
• Florence Marryat (1833–1899), novelist and actress
• Frederick Marryat (known as Captain Marryat, 1792–1848), novelist and children's writer, Mr Midshipman Easy
• Philip Marsden (born 1961), travel writer and novelist
• Edward Marsh (1872–1953), polymath and translator
• Edward Garrard Marsh (1783–1862), poet and cleric
• Richard Marsh (real name Richard Bernard Heldemann, 1857–1915), novelist
• Alfred Marshall (1842–1924), economist
• Archibald Marshall (1866–1934), novelist and journalist
• Arthur Marshall (1910–1989), writer and broadcaster
• Christabel Marshall (1871–1960), writer, playwright and suffragist
• Emma Marshall (1830–1899), children's writer
• Sybil Marshall (1913–2005), writer, novelist and educationalist
• Adam Mars-Jones (born 1954), novelist and critic
• John Marston (1576–1634), poet, playwright and satirist
• John Westland Marston (1819–1890), playwright
• Philip Bourke Marston (1850–1887), poet
• Andrew Martin (born 1962), novelist
• J. P. Martin (1879–1966), children's writer, the Uncle books
• William Martin (1767–1810), naturalist and palaeontologist
• Harriet Martineau (1802–1876), sociologist and translator
• James Martineau (1805–1900), philosopher
• Andrew Marvell (1621–1678), poet, To His Coy Mistress
• Eleanor Marx (1855–1898), translator and writer
• Theo Marzials (1850–1920), poet and composer
• Eric Maschwitz (1901–1969), writer, lyricist and entertainer
• John Masefield (1878–1967), Poet Laureate and novelist
• A. E. W. Mason (1865–1948), novelist
• Anita Mason (born 1942), novelist
• Paul Nicholas Mason (born 1958), novelist and playwright
• Richard Mason (1919–1997), novelist,The World of Suzie Wong
• William Mason (1724–1797), poet
• Gerald Massey (1828–1907), poet and Egyptologist
• William Nathaniel Massey (1809–1881), writer and politician
• Philip Massinger (1584–1640), playwright
• Harold Massingham (born 1932) poet
• H. J. Massingham (1888–1952), nature writer and poet
• John Masters (1914–1983), novelist, autobiographer and army officer
• Steve Matchett (born 1962), writer and broadcaster
• Samuel Liddell MacGregor Mathers (1854–1918), occultist and translator
• Ellen Buckingham Mathews (wrote as Helen Mathers, 1853–1920), novelist
• Thomas James Mathias (c. 1754–1835), satirist and translator
• Aylmer and Louise Maude (1858–1938 and 1855–1939), translators and writers
• Robin Maugham (1916–1981), novelist, playwright and travel writer
• William Somerset Maugham (1874–1965), novelist and writer, The Moon and Sixpence
• Henry Maundrell (1665–1701), travel writer and cleric
• Frederick Denison Maurice (1805–1872), religious writer and socialist
• Thomas Maurice (1754–1824), poet and historian
• William Fordyce Mavor (1758–1837), writer and compiler of educational books
• Simon Mawer (born 1948), novelist
• Donald Maxwell (1877–1936), travel writer and illustrator
• W. B. Maxwell (1866–1938), novelist
• Thomas May (1595–1650), poet, playwright and translator
• Henry Mayhew (1812–1887), social researcher, journalist and playwright, London Labour and the London Poor
• James Mayhew (born 1964), children's writer and illustrator
• Peter Mayle (born 1939), writer and novelist
• Jasper Mayne (1604–1672), poet and playwright
• William Mayne (1928–2010), children's writer, A Grass Rope
• Margaret Mayo (born 1936), novelist
• Steve McCaffery (born 1947), poet and scholar
• Maria McCann (born 1956), novelist
• Keith McCarthy (born 1960), crime writer and pathologist
• Tom McCarthy (born 1969), novelist, artist and screenwriter
• Geraldine McCaughrean (born 1951), novelist and children's writer
• Derek McCulloch ("Uncle Mac", 1897–1967), children's writer and broadcaster
• Flora McDonnell (born 1963), children's writer
• Ian McEwan (born 1948), novelist and screenwriter
• William McFee (1881–1966), story writer
• Roger McGough (born 1937), performance poet
• John McGrath (1935–2002), playwright
• Patrick McGrath (born 1950), novelist, The Grotesque
• Jon McGregor (born 1976), novelist
• R. J. McGregor (living), children's novelist and playwright,
• Hilary McKay (living), children's writer
• Jamie McKendrick (born 1955), poet
• Ronald Brunlees McKerrow (1872–1940), literary historian and bibliographer
• Andy McNab (born 1959), novelist and soldier
• H. C. McNeile (wrote as Sapper, 1888–1937), novelist, Bulldog Drummond
• Cilla McQueen (born 1949), poet
• J. M. E. McTaggart (1866–1925), philosopher, The Unreality of Time
• Henry Medwall (c. 1462–1502), playwright, Fulgens and Lucrece
• Thomas Medwin (1788–1869), poet, translator and biographer
• Arthur Mee (1875–1943), writer and educator, The Children's Encyclopaedia
• Thomas Meech (1868–1940), writer and journalist
• James Meek (born 1962), novelist and journalist
• Mary Meeke (died c. 1816), novelist and translator
• George Melly (1926–2007), writer, critic and jazz musician
• Charlotte Mendelson (born 1972), novelist
• George Meredith (1828–1909), novelist and poet, The Egoist
• Louisa Anne Meredith (1812–1895), poet and novelist
• Francis Meres (1565–1672), anthologist and cleric, Palladis Tamia, Wit's Treasury
• Charles Merivale (1808–1893), historian and cleric
• Herman Charles Merivale (wrote as Felix Dale, 1839–1906), playwright and poet
• Herman Merivale (1806–1874), historian
• John Herman Merivale (1779–1844), translator and man of letters
• Leonard Merrick (1864–1939), novelist
• Robert Merry (1755–1798), poet
• Charlotte Mew (1869–1928), poet
• Alice Meynell (1847–1922), poet and essayist
• Viola Meynell (1885–1956), poet and novelist
• Nicholas Michell (1807–1880), poet and novelist
• Peter Middlebrook (born 1965), author
• Christopher Middleton (born 1926), poet, translator and scholar
• Conyers Middleton (1683–1750), biographer, controversialist and cleric
• Richard Barham Middleton (1882–1911), poet and ghost-story writer
• Stanley Middleton (1919–2009), novelist
• Thomas Middleton (1580–1627), playwright and poet, The Revenger's Tragedy
• China Miéville (born 1972), novelist and political writer
• Grace Mildmay (c. 1552–1620), diarist
• Susan Miles (real name Ursula Wyllie Roberts, 1887–1975), novelist and poet
• John Stuart Mill (1806–1873), philosopher
• John Guille Millais (1865–1931), naturalist and travel writer
• Andrew Miller (born 1960), novelist
• James Miller (1703–1744), playwright, poet and cleric
• Jonathan Miller (born 1934), writer, director and broadcaster
• Russell Miller (born 1938), biographer and journalist
• Thomas Miller (1807–1874), novelist and poet
• Robert Millhouse (1788–1839), poet and stocking weaver
• Spike Milligan (1918–2002), comedian and humorist
• Henry Hart Milman (1791–1868), historian, playwright and cleric
• Arthur F. H. Mills (died 1955), novelist
• Dorothy Mills (1896–1959), novelist and travel writer
• George Mills (1896–1972), children's writer, Meredith and Co.
• Magnus Mills (born 1954), novelist
• Henry Hart Milman (1791–1868), playwright, poet and cleric
• A. A. Milne (1882–1956), novelist, journalist and playwright, Winnie-the-Pooh
• Drew Milne (born 1964), poet and scholar
• John Milner (1628–1702), religious writer and cleric
• John Milner (1752–1826), religious controversialist and RC bishop
• Marion Milner (1900–1998), diarist and writer on psychoanalysis
• Richard Monckton Milnes, Lord Houghton (1809–1885), poet and politician
• John Milton (1608–1674), poet and writer on philosophy and theology, Paradise Lost
• Ted Milton (born 1943), poet and musician
• Richard Milward (born 1984), novelist
• Anthony Minghella (1954–2008), playwright, screenwriter and film director
• Laurence Minot (c. 1300 – c. 1352), poet
• Hope Mirrlees (1887–1978), novelist, translator and poet, Lud-in-the-Mist
• Adrian Mitchell (1932–2008), poet, playwright and novelist
• David Mitchell (born 1969), novelist
• Gladys Mitchell (wrote as Stephen Hockaby and Malcom Torrie, 1901–1983), novelist
• Julian Mitchell (born 1935), playwright and screenwriter
• Bertram Mitford, Lord Redesdale, (1837–1916), writer and diplomat
• John Mitford (1782–1831), poet and naval officer
• Mary Russell Mitford (known as Miss Mitford, 1787–1855), essayist, novelist and playwright, Our Village
• Nancy Mitford (1904–1973), novelist and writer, Noblesse Oblige
• William Mitford (1744–1827), historian
• Timothy Mo (born 1950), novelist, Sour Sweet
• Ivan Moffat (1918–2002), screenwriter
• George Mogridge ("Old Humphrey", 1787–1854), poet, children's writer and tractarian
• John Mole (born 1941), poet
• Mary Louisa Molesworth (Mrs Molesworth, also wrote as Ennis Graham, 1839–1921), children's writer
• Mary Mollineux (1651–1696), poet
• Rowland Molony (born 1946), poet and writer
• Nicola Monaghan (born c. 1970s), novelist
• William Thomas Moncrieff (1794–1857), playwright
• Francis Money-Coutts (wrote as Mountjoy, 1852–1923), poet
• Geraldine Monk (born 1952), poet
• William Cosmo Monkhouse (1840–1901), poet and critic
• Harold Monro (1879–1932), poet and bookseller
• Nicholas Monsarrat (1910–1979), novelist, The Cruel Sea
• Basil Montagu (1770–1851), jurist and miscellanist
• Charles Montagu, earl of Halifax (1661–1715), poet and statesman
• Elizabeth Montagu (1718–1800), reformer, writer and bluestocking
• Lady Mary Wortley Montagu (1689–1762), correspondent and poet
• Charles Edward Montague (1867–1928), novelist, essayist and journalist
• Florence Montgomery (1843–1923), novelist and children's writer
• James Montgomery (1771–1854), poet, hymn writer and newspaper editor
• Robert Montgomery (1807–1855), poet and cleric
• Agustus Montrose (1830–1899), playwright and novelist, Lilies In December
• Edward Moor (1771–1848), writer on India and soldier
• Michael Moorcock (born 1939), novelist
• Alan Moore (born 1953), comic book/graphic novel writer
• Edward Moore (1712–1757), playwright
• Edward Moore (1835–1916), classical and Italian scholar
• Francis Moore (1657–1715, astrologer and physician, Old Moore's Almanack
• G. E. Moore (1873–1958), philosopher
• Jonas Moore (1617–1679), mathematician and surveyor
• Nicholas Moore (1918–1986), poet
• Olive Moore (real name Constance Vaughan, 1905 – c. 1970), novelist and essayist
• Thomas Sturge Moore (1870–1944), poet and playwright
• Geoffrey Moorhouse (1931–2009), writer and journalist, The Best Loved Game
• Roger Moorhouse (born 1968), historian
• Henrietta Moraes (1931–1999), writer, model and cat burglar
• Philip Morant (1700–1770), local historian and cleric
• Thomas Osbert Mordaunt (1730–1809), poet and army officer
• Hannah More (1745–1833), poet and religious writer
• Henry More (1614–1687), philosopher and poet
• Thomas More (1478–1535), author and scholar
• E. D. Morel (1873–1924), writer on colonialism
• Charles Langbridge Morgan (1894–1958) novelist, playwright and poet
• Thomas Charles Morgan (1783–1843), physician and writer on philosophy
• James Justinian Morier (1780–1849), novelist, travel writer and diplomat
• Stanley Morison (1889–1967), typographer and writer on printing
• Samuel Morland or Moreland (1625–1695), polymath and inventor
• David Morley (born 1964), poet, critic and anthologist
• Henry Morley (1822–1894), critic and biographer
• John Morley (1838–1923), statesman, biographer and political writer
• Sheridan Morley (1941–2007), biographer, theatre critic and broadcaster
• Sally Morningstar (living), writer on witchcraft and occult
• Michael Morpurgo (born 1943), children's writer, poet and playwright
• Clare Morrall (born 1952), novelist
• Ivan Morris (1925–1976), writer, scholar and translator
• Jan Morris (born James Morris 1926), historian and travel writer
• William Morris (1834–1896), writer, artist and poet
• Arthur Morrison (1863–1945), novelist and journalist, A Child of the Jago
• Blake Morrison (born 1950), poet, novelist and critic
• Graham Mort (living), poet and story writer
• Chapman Mortimer (born 1922), novelist and screenwriter
• John Mortimer (1923–2009), novelist, playwright and barrister, the Horace Rumpole books
• Penelope Mortimer (1918–1999), novelist, biographer and critic
• J. B. Morton ("Beachcomber", 1893–1979), newspaper columnist
• John Maddison Morton (1811–1891), playwright
• Thomas Morton (1764–1838), playwright
• Joseph Moser (1748–1819), writer and artist
• Brian Moses (born 1950), poet and children's writer
• Nicholas Mosley (born 1923), novelist
• Geoffrey Moss (1885–1954), novelist and soldier
• Thomas Moss (1740–1808), poet and cleric
• W. Stanley Moss (1919–1965), novelist, writer and army officer
• James Mossman (1926–1971), broadcaster and writer
• Andrew Motion (born 1952), Poet Laureate and editor
• Peter Anthony Motteux (born Pierre Antoine, 1663–1718), poet, playwright and translator
• Eric Mottram (1924–1995), poet and editor
• Ralph Hale Mottram (1883–1971), novelist and poet
• John Moultrie (1799–1874), poet and cleric
• Ferdinand Mount (born 1939), novelist
• Edward Moxon (1801–1858), poet and publisher
• Jojo Moyes (born 1969), romantic novelist
• James Bowling Mozley (1813–1878), religious writer and cleric
• Thomas Mozley (1806–1893), religious writer and cleric
• Henry Muddiman (1628–1692), journalist and publisher, London Gazette
• William Mudford (1782–1848), essayist, novelist and translator
• Malcolm Muggeridge (1903–1990), writer and broadcaster
• Lodowicke Muggleton (1609–1698), religious writer
• Richard Mulcaster (c. 1531–1611), writer on education
• Clare Mulley (born 1969), biographer and social activist
• A. J. Munby (1828–1910), diarist and poet
• Anthony Munday (c. 1560–1633), playwright, poet and translator
• Talbot Mundy (also wrote as Walter Galt, 1879–1940), novelist
• Iris Murdoch (1919–1999], novelist, The Bell
• Jill Murphy (born 1949), children's writer, The Worst Witch
• Margaret Murphy (born 1959), novelist
• Gilbert Murray (1866–1957), scholar
• John Murray (born 1950), novelist
• John Middleton Murry (1889–1957), writer and critic
• Ernest Myers (1844–1921), poet and translator
• Frederic William Henry Myers (1843–1901), poet and essayist
• Leo Myers (1881–1944), novelist
• Julie Myerson (born 1960), novelist and journalist