List of LGBT Writers - C

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• Truman Capote (1924–1984), American writer, wrote Breakfast at Tiffany's (1958) and In Cold Blood (1966)
• Edward Carpenter (1844–1929), English writer
• Nancy Cárdenas (1934-), Mexican author
• Julián del Casal (1863–1893), Cuban poet
• Clint Catalyst (b. 1971), American writer
• Willa Cather (1873–1947), American author
• Catullus (ca 85-ca 55 B.C.), Roman poet
• Constantine P. Cavafy (1863–1933), Greek-language poet born in Alexandria (Egypt)
• Luis Cernuda (1902–1963), Spanish poet
• Jane Chambers (1937–1983), American author
• Jessie Chandler (1968– ), American author, writes the Shay O'Hanlon Caper Series
• John Cheever (1912–1982), American author
• Hélène Cixous (b. 1937), French writer
• John Cleland (1710–1789), English author
• Jean Cocteau (1889–1963), French author
• Colette (1873–1954), French author, wrote Claudine s'en va (1903)
• Ivy Compton-Burnett (1884–1969), English author
• Timothy Conigrave (1959–1994), Australian writer, wrote Holding the Man (1995)
• Copi (pseudonym of Raúl Damonte, 1941–1987), Argentine author, wrote in French in France
• Marie Corelli (1855–1924), Scottish author
• Noël Coward (1899–1973), English playwright
• Hart Crane (1899–1933), American author
• Countee Cullen (1903–1946), African American poet of Harlem Renaissance
• Michael Cunningham (1952- ), American author, wrote The Hours (1998)