List of English Writers - R

R

• Michael Rabbet (c. 1562–1630), AV translator and cleric
• Ann Radcliffe (1764–1823), novelist, The Mysteries of Udolpho
• Jeremiah Radcliffe (died 1612 or c. 1620), scholar, AV translator and cleric
• Dollie Radford (real name Caroline Maitland, 1858–1920), poet and writer
• Simon Rae (living), poet and cricket writer
• Elizabeth Raffald (1833–1881), cookery writer
• Bali Rai (born 1971), YA novelist
• Craig Raine (born 1944) poet and critic
• Kathleen Raine (1908–2003), poet and translator
• Nina Raine (living), playwright and director
• John Rainolds (1549–1607), scholar, AV translator and cleric
• Ross Raisin (born 1979), novelist
• Arthur Raistrick (1896–1991), polymath
• Walter Raleigh or Ralegh (1552–1618), poet, mariner and courtier
• Walter Raleigh (1861–1922), scholar and poet
• Thomas Randolph (1605–1635), poet
• William Brighty Rands (wrote as Henry Holbeach and Matthew Browne, 1823–1882), children's writer, hymn writer and journalist
• Nicholas Rankin (born 1950), biographer, historical writer and broadcaster
• Arthur Ransome (1884–1967), children's writer and memoirist, Swallows and Amazons
• Hastings Rashdall (1858–1924), philosopher and cleric
• John Rastell or Rastall (c. 1475–1536) chronicler, playwright and printer
• Julian Rathbone (1935–2008), novelist
• Simon Raven (1927–2001), novelist, screenwriter and playwright
• Ralph Ravens (c. 1553–1615), scholar, AV translator and cleric
• Edward Ravenscroft (c. 1654–1707), playwright
• Gwen Raverat (1885–1957), memoirist and illustrator
• Thomas Ravis (c. 1560–1609), scholar, AV translator and bishop
• George Rawlinson (1812–1902), scholar, historian and cleric
• Hardwicke Rawnsley (1851–1920), poet and hymn writer
• Tom Raworth (born 1938), poet
• John Ray (1627–1705), naturalist and lexicographer
• Derek Raymond (real name Robert William Arthur Cook, 1931–1994), novelist
• Claire Rayner (1931–2010), novelist and broadcaster
• Jay Rayner (born 1966), novelist and food writer
• Shoo Rayner (born Hugh Rayner, 1956), children's writer and illustrator
• J. S. Raynor (born 1944), novelist
• Benedict Read (born 1945), art critic
• Herbert Read (1893–1968), poet, critic and novelist
• Miss Read (real name Dora Jessie Saint, 1913–2012), novelist, autobiographer and children's writer
• Piers Paul Read (born 1941), novelist and writer, Alive: The Story of the Andes Survivors
• Charles Reade (1814–1884), novelist, The Cricket on the Hearth
• John Redford (died 1547), poet, playwright and composer
• Peter Redgrove (1932–2003), poet, novelist and editor
• Henry Reed (1914–1986), poet and translator
• Isaac Reed (1742–1807), biographer and Shakespeare editor
• Jeremy Reed (born 1951), poet, novelist and critic
• Talbot Baines Reed (1852–1893), children's writer, The Fifth Form at St. Dominic's
• Douglas Reeman (pen name Alexander Kent, born 1924), novelist
• David Rees (1936–1993), children's writer, The Exeter Blitz
• Terence Reese (1913–1996), bridge writer and player
• Clara Reeve (1729–1807), novelist, The Old English Baron
• John Reeve (1608–1658), religious writer
• Philip Reeve (born 1966), children's writer and illustrator, Here Lies Arthur
• James Reeves (real name John Morris Reeves, 1909–1978), poet and children's writer
• Christopher Reid (born 1949), poet and essayist
• Jonathan Rendall (born 1964), novelist
• Ruth Rendell (also wrote as Barbara Vine, born 1930), novelist
• Louise Rennison (born 1951), children's writer and comedian, Angus, Thongs and Full-Frontal Snogging
• John Reresby (1634–1689), politician and diarist
• Frederic Reynolds (1764–1841), playwright
• George W. M. Reynolds (1814–1879, novelist and journalist, The Mysteries of London
• Henry Reynolds (1564–1632), poet, translator and critic
• John Hamilton Reynolds (1794–1852), poet
• Dan Rhodes (born 1972), novelist and story writer
• William Barnes Rhodes (1772–1826), playwright, Bombastes Furioso
• Ernest Rhys (1859–1946), writer, poet and editor
• David Ricardo (1772–1823), political economist
• Ben Rice (born 1972), novelist
• James Rice (1843–1882), novelist
• Barnabe Rich (c. 1540–1617), writer and soldier
• Alfred Bate Richards (1820–1876), playwright, poet and essayist
• I. A. Richards (1893–1979), literary critic
• Justin Richards (born 1961), novelist and TV spin-off writer, The Invisible Detective
• Dorothy Richardson (1873–1957), novelist and translator
• Elizabeth Richardson (1576/7–1651), religious writer
• John Richardson (died 1625), scholar, AV translator and cleric
• John Richardson (1657–1753), Quaker minister and autobiographer
• Samuel Richardson (1689–1761), novelist, Pamela
• Christopher Ricks (born 1933), critic and anthologist,
• Edgell Rickword (1898–1982), poet, critic and editor
• Anne Ridler (1912–2001), poet and editor
• James Ridley (wrote as Charles Morell, 1736–1765), novelist and story writer
• Nicholas Ridley (1500–1555), theologian, bishop and martyr
• Philip Ridley (born 1964), playwright, artist and children's writer
• D. C. H. Rieu (1916–2008), scholar and translator
• E. V. Rieu (1887–1972), scholar, translator and poet
• Denise Riley (born 1948), poet and scholar
• Gwendoline Riley (born 1979), novelist
• Peter Riley (born 1940), poet and essayist
• Stella Rimington (born 1935), novelist and intelligence officer
• James Riordan (born 1936), children's writer and footballer
• Anne Isabella Thackeray Ritchie (1837–1919), novelist and essayist
• Joseph Ritson (born Richardson, 1752–1803), antiquary, editor and spelling reformer
• Graham Robb (born 1958), biographer and critic
• David Roberts (living), novelist and editor
• Katherine Roberts (born 1962), children's writer
• Keith Roberts (1935–2000), novelist and story writer
• Lynette Roberts (born Evelyn Beatrice Roberts, 1909–1995), poet
• Michael Roberts (1902–1948), poet and critic
• Michael Symmons Roberts (born 1963), poet and librettist
• Michèle Roberts (born 1949), novelist and poet
• Morley Roberts (1857–1942), novelist
• Joseph Clinton Robertson (wrote as Sholto Percy, 1788–1852), writer and editor
• Thomas William Robertson (1829–1871), playwright
• Denise Robins (several pen names, 1897–1985), novelist
• Patricia Robins (also wrote as Claire Lorrimer, born 1921), novelist
• Austin Robinson (1897–1993), economist
• Derek Robinson (born 1932), novelist
• Henry Crabb Robinson (1775–1867), diarist and journalist
• Hilary Robinson (born 1962), children's writer
• Joan Robinson (1903–1983), economist
• John Robinson (1919–1983), religious writer and bishop, Honest to God
• Mary Robinson (1757–1800), poet and novelist
• Nigel Robinson (living), writer and editor, Dr. Who tie-ins
• Peter Robinson (born 1953), poet and translator
• Rony Robinson (born 1940), novelist, playwright and broadcaster
• Paul Roche (1916–2007), poet, novelist and critic
• Rennell Rodd (1858–1941), poet and politician
• John Rodker (1894–1955), writer and poet
• Jane Rogers (born 1952), novelist
• Samuel Rogers (1763–1855), poet
• Thorold Rogers (1823–1890), political economist and radical
• Woodes Rogers (died 1732), mariner and travel writer
• Sax Rohmer (real name A. H. S. Ward, 1883–1959), novelist, Fu Manchu
• Frederick Rolfe (1860–1913), novelist, artist and photographer, Hadrian the Seventh
• Richard Rolle (1290–1349), religious writer, Bible translator and hermit
• L. T. C. Rolt (1910–1974), transport writer and biographer
• Stephen Romer (born 1957), poet and critic
• William Roscoe (1753–1831), scholar and poet
• Elizabeth and Gerald Rose (latter born 1935), children's writers and illustrators
• Paul Rose (born 1935), current affairs writer, lawyer and politician
• Michael Rosen (born 1946), children's writer and poet
• Isaac Rosenberg (1890–1918), poet and playwright
• Jack Rosenthal (1931–2004), screenwriter, Coronation Street TV soap opera
• Alan Ross (1922–2001), poet, writer and editor
• Christina Rossetti (1830–1894), poet, In the Bleak Midwinter
• Dante Gabriel Rossetti (1828–1882), poet and Pre-Raphaelite painter
• Maria Francesca Rossetti (1827–1876), writer and translator
• William Michael Rossetti (1829–1919), writer and critic
• John Horace Round (1854–1928), historian and genealogist
• W. H. D. Rouse (1863–1950), classicist, editor and translator
• Martin Routh (1755–1854), classicist
• Alick Rowe (1939–2009), writer for radio and TV, novelist
• Elizabeth Rowe (1674–1737), poet and novelist
• Nicholas Rowe (1674–1718), Poet Laureate
• Richard Rowlands (c. 1550–1640), historian and antiquary
• Samuel Rowlands (c. 1573–1630), poet and pamphleteer
• Samuel Rowley (died c. 1633), playwright and actor
• William Rowley (c. 1585–1626), playwright and actor
• J. K. Rowling (born 1965), children's writer, Harry Potter books
• Lucinda Roy (born 1955), novelist and poet
• Gillian Rubinstein (also writes as Lian Hearn, born 1942), children's writer and playwright, Space Demons
• Carol Rumens (born 1944), poet and scholar
• Peter Rushforth (1945–2005), novelist, Kindergarten
• John Ruskin (1819–1900), essayist, poet and art critic
• Bertrand Russell (1872–1970), philosopher
• Lord John Russell (1792–1878), prime minister and biographer
• William Clark Russell (1844–1911), novelist, The Wreck of the Grosvenor
• William Howard Russell (1820–1907), travel writer and war correspondent
• Chris Ryan (born 1961), novelist and soldier
• Gilbert Ryle (1900–1976), philosopher
• Thomas Rymer (c. 1643–1713), Historiographer Royal and poet