List of Welsh writers

This list of Welsh writers is an incomplete alphabetical list of writers from Wales.

It includes writers in all literary genres, writing in English, Welsh, Latin, or any other language, who have a Wikipedia page. Description as a writer precedes other occupations. It is a subsidiary to the List of Welsh people. See also List of Welsh-language authors, List of Welsh women writers and List of Welsh-language poets (6th century to c. 1600). Abbreviations: c. = about, fl. = active; B = writing in Brythonic, C = writing in Chinese, E = writing in English (including Middle English), F = writing in French, G = writing in German, L = writing in Latin, sl = writing in sign language, W = writing in Welsh (including Middle Welsh).

A

  • Jane Aaron (born 1951, EW), writer and scholar
  • Richard Ithamar Aaron (1901–1987, E), philosopher
  • Siôn Abel (18th century, W), balladeer
  • Dannie Abse (1923–2014 E), poet
  • Leo Abse (1917–2008, E), political writer and lawyer
  • Juliet Ace (born 1938, E), dramatist and scriptwriter
  • Adam of Usk (c. 1352–1430, ELW), historian and priest
  • Adam the Welshman (c. 1130–1181, L), theologian and bishop
  • Patience Agbabi (born 1965, E), poet and performer
  • Evan Owen Allen (1805–1852, W), writer and poet
  • William Ambrose (Emrys, 1813–1873, W), poet
  • Martin Amis (born 1949, E), novelist
  • Aneirin (early medieval, B), Brythonic bard, presumed author of Y Gododdin
  • Jane Arden (1927–1982, E), playwright, novelist and film director
  • Charles Ashton (1848–1898, W), literary historian
  • Asser (died c. 909, L), chronicler, biographer and Bishop of Sherborne
  • Tiffany Atkinson (born 1972, E), poet and academic
  • William Augustus (fl. 18th century, EW), translator and weather forecaster
  • Trezza Azzopardi (born 1961, E), fiction writer and broadcaster

B

  • Augustine Baker (1575–1641, E), mystic and religious writer
  • Mary Balogh (born 1944, E), novelist
  • Meredydd Barker (born 1969, EW), playwright and artist
  • William Barlow (died 1625, E), science writer and cleric
  • Edward Barnes (fl. c. 1760–1795, W), poet, translator and schoolmaster
  • Edward Barnwell (1813–1887, E), archaeologist and headmaster
  • Rachel Barrett (1874–1953, E), editor and suffragette
  • Desmond Barry (born 1954, E), novelist and playwright
  • Thomas Beach (died 1737, E), poet and wine merchant
  • Anne Beale (1816–1900, E), novelist and poet
  • William Ambrose Bebb (1894–1953, W), author and politician
  • Anna Maria Bennett (c. 1750–1808, E), novelist
  • Y Bergam (14th century, W), poet and seer
  • Ron Berry (1920–1997, E), novelist
  • Evan Bevan (1803–1866, W), poet
  • Tom Beynon (1886–1961, W), religious writer
  • Ruth Bidgood (1922–2022, E), poet
  • John Blackwell (Alun, 1797–1841, W), poet
  • Emily Rose Bleby (1849–1917), non-fiction writer and temperance activist
  • Leslie Bonnet (1902–1985, E), short-story writer and dramatist
  • Käthe Bosse-Griffiths (1910–1998, GW), archaeologist
  • David James Bowen (1925–2017, W), literary historian
  • E. G. Bowen (1900–1983, E), geographer, local historian and academic
  • Euros Bowen (1904–1988, W), poet and cleric
  • Geraint Bowen (1915–2011, W), poet
  • Natasha Bowen (living, E), young adult and fantasy writer
  • Siôn Bradford (1706–1785, W), poet and antiquary
  • Jane Brereton (1685–1740, E), topical poet
  • Rhoda Broughton (1840–1920, E), novelist
  • Walter Brut (14th century, E), religious writer
  • Robert Bryan (1858–1920, W), poet and folklorist
  • Rob Brydon (born 1965, E), television scriptwriter and actor
  • Fanny Bulkeley-Owen (1845–1927, E), historian
  • Paul Burston (living, E), novelist and non-fiction writer
  • Duncan Bush (1946–2017, E), poet, novelist and dramatist
  • Hans Busk the Elder (1772–1862, E), poet

C

D

E

  • Aled Eames (1921–1996, EW), historian and author
  • Marion Eames (1921–2007, EW), novelist and translator
  • Jean Earle poet born in Bristol but brought up and lived in Wales [1]
  • Steve Eaves (born 1952, W), poet and singer
  • David Miall Edwards (1873–1941, EW), writer and theologian
  • Hywel Teifi Edwards (1934–2010, EW), historian and academic
  • Dic Edwards (living, E), playwright and poet
  • Dorothy Edwards (1902–1934, E), novelist
  • Fanny Winifred Edwards (1876–1959, W) children's writer and teacher
  • Hugh Edwards (1869–1945, E), biographer and politician
  • John Edwards (c. 1700–1776, W), poet and translator
  • John Edwards (Sion Ceiriog, 1747–1792, W), poet
  • Jonathan Edwards (born 1979, E), poet and schoolteacher
  • Lewis Edwards (1809–1887, EW), writer, educator and minister
  • Owen Morgan Edwards (1858–1920, EW), writer, historian and educator
  • Rhian Edwards (living, E), poet
  • Roger Edwards (1811–1886, EW), writer, editor and minister
  • Thomas Edwards (1652–1721, E), orientalist and cleric
  • Thomas Edwards (Caerfallwch, 1779–1858, EW), writer, lexicographer and minister
  • Thomas Edwards (Twm o'r Nant, 1739–1810, W), poet and dramatist
  • Elen Egryn (Elin Evans, 1807–1876, W), poet
  • Einion Offeiriad ("the Priest", died 1356, W), poet and grammarian
  • Menna Elfyn (born 1952, W), poet, playwright and editor
  • John Elias (1774–1841, W), religious writer and preacher
  • Islwyn Ffowc Elis (1924–2004, W), novelist
  • David Ellis (1874–1937, E), botanist and academic
  • Mark Ellis (born 1953, E), thriller writer
  • Richard Ellis (1865–1928, E), bibliographer and librarian
  • Robert Ellis (Cynddelw, 1812–1875, W), poet and lexicographer
  • Rowland Ellis (1841–1911, E), religious writer and bishop
  • Jonathan Elphick (born 1945, E), writer on natural history
  • Samuel Ifor Enoch (1914–2001, E), religious writer and academic
  • Rhys Goch Eryri (Rhys ab Dafydd, fl. 1385–1448, W), bard
  • Benjamin Evans (1740–1821, E), orientalist and cleric
  • Beriah Gwynfe Evans (1848–1927, EW), dramatist and politician
  • Caradoc Evans (1878–1945, E), fiction writer
  • Charles Evans (1918–1995, E), mountaineering writer and surgeon
  • Christine Evans (born 1943, E), poet
  • Christmas Evans (1766–1838, EW), religious writer and minister
  • Christopher Evans (1931–1979, E), writer and psychologist
  • Daniel Evans (1792–1846, W), poet
  • Daniel Silvan Evans (1818–1903, EW), scholar, lexicographer and cleric
  • David John Evans (1884–1965), Presbyterian minister and author
  • Donald Evans (born 1940, W), poet
  • Edward Evans (1716–1798, EW), poet and translator
  • Ellis Evans (1786–1864), author
  • Emrys Evans (1891–1966, E), classicist and academic
  • Gwynfor Evans (1912–2005, EW), writer and lawyer
  • Evan Evans (1731–1789, W), poet, translator and religious writer
  • Evan Evans (1804–1886, W), writer and minister
  • Hugh Evans (1854–1934, W), writer and publisher
  • Ifor Leslie Evans (1897–1952, EW), academic
  • John Evans (c. 1680–1730, E), religious writer and divine
  • John Evans (1702–1782, E), polemicist and cleric
  • John Evans (1768 – c. 1812, E), topographer
  • Stuart Evans (1934–1994, E), novelist
  • Theophilus Evans (1693–1767, EW), historian
  • Thomas Evans (Telynog, 1840–1865, W), poet
  • William Evans (died c. 1720, EW), religious writer and minister
  • William Evans (died c. 1776, EW), lexicographer and cleric
  • William Evans (1883–1968, W), poet and bard
  • Albert Evans-Jones (Cynan, 1895–1970, W), poet and dramatist

F

G

H

I

J

  • Angharad James (1677–1749, W), poet and harpist
  • Bill James (James Tucker, born 1929, E), novelist
  • Christine James (living, W), poet and academic
  • Daniel James (Gwyrosydd, 1848–1920, W), poet and hymnist
  • Edward James (c. 1569 – c. 1610, W), translator and priest
  • Evan James (Euan ap Iago, 1809–1878, W), poet and lyricist
  • Henry James (1864–1949, W), religious writer and dean
  • Maria James (1793–1868, E), poet
  • Siân James (1930–2021, E), novelist
  • Marguerite Florence Laura Jarvis (Oliver Sandys, 1886–1964, E), novelist and actress
  • David Jenkins (1912–2002, EW), non-fiction writer and librarian
  • John Jenkins (Gwili, 1872–1936, W), poet and theologian
  • Joseph Jenkins (1818–1898, EW), diarist and poet
  • Mike Jenkins (born 1953, E), poet and fiction writer
  • Nigel Jenkins (1949–2014, E), poet and non-fiction writer
  • Robert Thomas Jenkins (1881–1969, EW), historian and academic
  • John Thomas Job (1867–1938, W), hymnist, poet and minister
  • Brian John (born 1940, E), novelist and non-fiction writer
  • Godfrey John (living, E), poet and essayist
  • Griffith John (1831–1912, CE), translator and evangelist
  • Alice Gray Jones (1852–1943, W), writer and editor
  • Bedwyr Lewis Jones (1933–1992, EW), scholar, critic and linguist
  • Bobi Jones (Robert Maynard Jones, 1929–2017, W), writer and academic
  • Cynan Jones (born 1975, E), novelist
  • D. Gwenallt Jones (1899–1968, W), poet, critic and scholar
  • Dafydd Jones (Dewi Dywyll, 1803–1868, W), balladeer
  • David Jones (1765–1816, E), religious writer and barrister
  • David Jones (1895–1974, E), poet and painter
  • Dic Jones (1934–2009, W), poet
  • Eifion Jones (1925–2004, E), science writer and marine biologist
  • Elwyn Jones (1923–1982, E), television screenwriter and novelist
  • Ernest Jones (1879–1958, E), biographer and psychoanalyst
  • Glyn Jones (1905–1995, E), novelist, poet and literary historian
  • Griffith Jones (1684–1761, EW), religious writer and promoter of literacy
  • Gwilym R. Jones (1903–1993, W), editor and poet
  • Gwyn Jones (1907–1999, E), novelist and translator
  • Harri Pritchard Jones (1933–2015, EW), poet, critic and psychiatrist
  • Harry Longueville Jones (1806–1870, E), archaeologist and schools inspector
  • Idwal Jones (1887–1964, E), novelist and non-fiction writer
  • Jack Jones (1884–1970, E), novelist
  • Jack Jones (born 1992, E), poet and singer
  • John Jones (Jac Glan-y-gors, 1766–1821, W), satirical poet and pamphleteer
  • John Chris Jones (born 1927, E), designer and writer on design
  • John Hugh Jones (1843–1910, W), translator and priest
  • John Robert Jones (1911–1970, EW), philosopher
  • Jonah Jones (1919–2004, E), writer and sculptor
  • Lewis Jones (1836–1904, W), writer and settler in Patagonia
  • Lewis Jones (1897–1939, EW), writer and left-wing activist
  • Mary Vaughan Jones (1918–1983, W), children's writer and educator
  • Maurice Jones (1863–1957, W), bard, cleric and academic
  • Owen Jones (1741–1814, EW), antiquary
  • Owen Jones (1838–1866), school teacher and writer
  • Owen Wynne Jones (Glasynys, 1828–1870, W), writer, schoolteacher and cleric
  • Patrick Jones (born 1965, E), poet and playwright
  • Steve Jones (born 1944, E), science writer and geneticist
  • T. Gwynn Jones (1871–1949, EW), poet, novelist and translator
  • T. James Jones (born 1934, W), poet and dramatist
  • T. Llew Jones (1915–2009, W), poet and children's writer
  • Terry Jones (1942–2020, E), writer, screenwriter and film-maker
  • Thomas Jones (1756–1820, EW), writer, poet and minister
  • William Jones (1746–1794, E), philologist

K

  • Charles William King (1818–1888, E), antiquary and gemstone expert
  • Stephen Knight (born 1960, E), poet and theatre director
  • Morris Kyffin (c. 1555–1598, EL), poet and soldier

L

  • Nikita Lalwani (born 1973, E), novelist
  • David Langford (born 1953, E), sci-fi writer
  • Jon Latimer (born 1964, E), historian
  • T. E. Lawrence (1888–1935, E), author and diplomat
  • Deke Leonard (1944–2017, E), autobiographer and rock musician
  • Thomas Levi (1825–1916, W), writer, politician and minister
  • Alun Lewis (1915–1944, E), poet
  • C. S. Lewis (1898–1963, E), novelist, poet and religious writer (born in Belfast of Welsh descent)
  • D. B. Wyndham Lewis (Timothy Shy, 1891–1969, E), humorous writer and biographer
  • Hywel Lewis (1910–1992, E), theologian and philosopher
  • David Lewis (1682–1760, E), poet
  • Eiluned Lewis (1900–1979, E), novelist and poet
  • Gwyneth Lewis (born 1959, EW), poet
  • Henry Lewis (1889–1968, W), scholar and academic
  • Robyn Léwis (1929–2019, W), writer and politician
  • Roger Lewis (born 1960, E), biographer and academic
  • Saunders Lewis (1893–1985, W), writer and politician
  • Simon Lewis (born 1971, E), novelist and screenwriter
  • Gary Ley (born 1956, E), novelist
  • Edward Lhuyd (Edward Llwyd, 1660–1709, ELW), naturalist and antiquary
  • David Llewellyn (born 1978, E), novelist
  • Richard Llewellyn (1907–1983, E), novelist
  • Roddy Llewellyn (born 1947, E), gardening writer and TV presenter
  • David Lloyd (1597–1663, E), poet and cleric
  • Henry Lloyd (c. 1718–1783, E), military writer and army officer
  • William Lloyd, political writer and non-juring bishop
  • Edward Lhuyd (1660–1709, ELW), naturalist, linguist and antiquary
  • Alan Llwyd (Alan Lloyd Roberts, born 1948, W), poet, critic and editor
  • Dafydd Llwyd ap Llywelyn ap Gruffudd (fl. 1400–1490, W), poet
  • Humphrey Llwyd (1527–1568, ELW), antiquary, cartographer and politician
  • Martha Llwyd (1766–1845, W), poet and hymnist
  • Morgan Llwyd (1619–1659, W), poet, prose writer and preacher
  • Richard Llwyd (1752–1835, E), poet and genealogist
  • Llywarch ap Llywelyn (Prydydd y Moch, fl. 1173–1220, W), poet
  • Llywarch Hen (c. 534 – c. 608, W), poet and prince
  • Llywelyn Goch ap Meurig Hen (fl. c. 1350–1390, W), court poet
  • Robin Llywelyn (born 1958, EW), novelist
  • Llywelyn Siôn (1540 – c. 1615, W), poet
  • Bob Lock (born 1949, E), sci-fi and fantasy novelist
  • Michael Lort (1725–1790, E), antiquary and cleric
  • Richard Lucas (1648/1649–1715, E), religious writer and cleric
  • Elinor Lyon (1921–2008, E), children's writer

M

N

O

  • Pixie O'Harris (Rhona Olive Harris, 1903–1991, E), writer and artist
  • Oliver Onions (1873–1961, E), fiction writer
  • John Ormond (1923–1990, E), poet and film-maker
  • Owain Owain (1929–1993, W), fiction writer and poet
  • Robin Llwyd ab Owain (born 1959, W), poet and promoter of Welsh
  • Aneurin Owen (1792–1851, EW), historian and scholar
  • Daniel Owen (1836–1895, W), novelist
  • David Owen (Dewi Wyn o Eifion, 1784–1841, W), poet and farmer
  • David Owen (Brutus, 1796–1866, W), satirist and preacher
  • Gary Owen (born 1972, E), playwright
  • George Owen of Henllys (1552–1613, E), antiquarian and naturalist
  • Geraint Lloyd Owen (living, W), poet and schoolteacher
  • Gerallt Lloyd Owen (1944–2014, W), poet
  • Goronwy Owen (1723–1769, W), poet
  • John Owen (1564–1622, L), writer of epigrams
  • John Owen (Owain Alaw Pencerdd, 1821–1883, EW), poet and musician
  • Robert Owen (1771–1858, E), political writer and social reformer
  • William David Owen (1874–1925, W), novelist

P

R

  • Gwynedd Rae (1892–1977, E), children's writer
  • Allen Raine (1836–1908, EW), novelist
  • Helen Raynor (born 1972, E), scriptwriter
  • Robert Recorde (c. 1512–1558, E), mathematician
  • Evan Rees (Dyfed, 1850–1923, W), poet and minister
  • Goronwy Rees (1909–1979, E), writer and journalist
  • Matt Rees (living, E), novelist and foreign correspondent
  • T. Ifor Rees (1890–1977, EW), travel writer, translator and diplomat
  • Thomas Rees (1815–1885, EW), historian and minister
  • William Rees (Gwilym Hiraethog, 1802–1883, W), novelist and poet
  • Deryn Rees-Jones (living, E), poet
  • Alastair Reynolds (born 1966, E), sci-fi writer
  • Llywarch Reynolds (1843–1916, EW), scholar and solicitor
  • Oliver Reynolds (born 1957, E), poet and critic
  • Edward Prosser Rhys (1901–1945, W), poet and publisher
  • Ernest Rhys (1859–1946, E), essayist, poet and editor
  • Maredudd ap Rhys (died early 1480s, W), poet
  • Morgan Rhys (1716–1779, W), hymnist
  • Siôn Dafydd Rhys (1534 – c. 1609, LW), grammarian and physician
  • Henry Rice (1585 or 1586–1651, E), writer and courtier
  • Alun Richards (1929–2004, E), novelist and schoolteacher
  • Brinley Richards (Brinli, 1904–1981, W), poet
  • David Richards (Dafydd Ionawr, 1751–1827, W), poet
  • Thomas Richards (1878–1962, EW), historian and memoirist
  • Thomas Richards of Coychurch (c. 1710–1790, EW), lexicographer, translator and cleric
  • Gruffydd Robert (before 1532 – after 1598, W), humanist and grammarian
  • Adam Roberts (born 1965, E), sci-fi- novelist and critic
  • Brynley F. Roberts (born 1931, EW), scholar and lexicographer
  • Eigra Lewis Roberts (born 1939, EW), playwright, novelist and children's writer
  • Eleazar Roberts (1825–1912, EW), writer, translator and musician
  • Emrys Roberts (1929–2012, W), poet
  • Evan Roberts (1909–1991, W), botanist and conservationist
  • Kate Roberts (1891–1985, W), fiction writer
  • Richard Owain Roberts (born 1982, EW), fiction writer
  • Samuel Roberts (1800–1885, EW), writer on politics and economics
  • William Owen Roberts (born 1960, W), novelist, dramatist and scriptwriter
  • Byron Rogers (born 1942, E), biographer and essayist
  • Henry Rogers (1803–1877, E), man of letters and minister
  • Jon Ronson (born 1967, E), writer, film-maker and broadcaster
  • Daniel Rowland (c. 1711–1790, W), religious writer and Methodist evangelist
  • Dafydd Rowlands (1931–2001, W), writer, bard and minister
  • Jane Helen Rowlands (Helen o Fôn, 1891–1955, EFW), scholar, linguist and evangelist
  • John Rowlands (1938–2015, W), novelist and academic
  • Mark Rowlands (born 1962, E), writer and philosopher
  • William Rowlands (Gwylym Lleyn, 1802–1865, EW), religious writer, bibliographer and minister
  • Roger Royle (born 1939, E), writer and broadcaster
  • Bernice Rubens (1928–2004, E), novelist
  • Berta Ruck (1878–1978, E), novelist and memoirist

S

  • William Salesbury or Salusbury (c. 1520 – c. 1584, EW), scholar and translator
  • Enoch Salisbury (1819–1890, E), writer and barrister
  • Sir John Salusbury (1567–1612, EW), poet and politician
  • John Salusbury (1707–1762, E), diarist and explorer
  • Sir Thomas Salusbury (1612–1643, E), poet and politician
  • Rhian Samuel (born 1944, E), writer on music and composer
  • Edward Samuel (1674 – c. 1748, W), cleric, poet and translator
  • David Samwell (Dafydd Ddu Feddyg, 1751–1798, EW), poet and naval surgeon
  • Jimmy Sangster (1927–2011, E), screenwriter and filmmaker
  • Erasmus Saunders (1670–1724, E), religious writer and cleric
  • Roy Saunders (fl. 1950s–1970s, E), writer and broadcaster
  • William Saunders (1806–1851, W), poet and translator
  • Fred Secombe (1918–2016, E), memoirist and cleric
  • Carole Seymour-Jones (1943–2015, E), biographer and writer of educational books
  • Owen Sheers (born 1974, E), poet, playwright and TV presenter
  • Norena Shopland author, historian in LGBTQ+ history and Welsh history
  • Dorothy Simpson (born 1933, E), crime novelist
  • Iain Sinclair (born 1943, E), writer and film-maker
  • Dai Smith (born 1945, E), cultural historian, academic and broadcaster
  • Andrew Phillip Smith (born 1966, E), religious writer and historian
  • Walter Shaw Sparrow (1862–1940, E), writer on arts
  • Howard Spring (1889–1965, E), novelist
  • Neil Spring (born 1981, E), novelist
  • Henry Morton Stanley (1841–1904, E), travel writer and explorer
  • Peter Stead (born 1943, E), writer, historian and broadcaster
  • Meic Stephens (1938–2018, E), poet, translator and editor
  • Thomas Stephens (1821–1875, EW), historian and critic
  • Mari Strachan (born 1945, E), novelist
  • Frank Showell Styles (1908–2005, E), novelist and mountaineer
  • Jennifer Sullivan (born 1945, E), children's novelist and critic
  • Ieuan ap Hywel Swrdwal (c. 1430 – c. 1480, EW), poet
  • Hywel Swrdwal (fl. 1430–1475, W), poet
  • Dafydd Llwyd Sybylltir (17th century, W), poet
  • Arthur Symons (1865–1945, E), poet and critic

T

  • Talhaearn Tad Awen (fl. mid-6th c., B) poet writing in Sub-Roman period
  • Talhaiarn (John Jones, 1810–1869, W), poet and architect
  • Taliesin (c. 534 – c. 599, B), poet writing in Sub-Roman period
  • Ioan Tegid (John Jones, 1792–1852, EW), poet, scholar and cleric
  • Jake Thackray (1938–2002, E), poet and singer-songwriter
  • Caitlin Thomas (1913–1994, E), memoirist
  • Craig Thomas (1942–2011, E), novelist
  • David Thomas (Dewi Hefin, 1828–1909, W), poet and schoolteacher
  • David Thomas (1880–1967), educationalist, author and North Wales Labour Party pioneer
  • Dylan Thomas (1914–1953, E), poet
  • Ebenezer Thomas (Eben Fardd, 1802–1863, W), poet
  • Gwyn Thomas (1913–1981, E), novelist
  • Gwyn Thomas (1936–2016, W), poet and academic
  • Leslie Thomas (1931–2014, E), novelist
  • Louie Myfanwy Thomas (Jane Ann Jones, 1908–1968, W), novelist and radio dramatist
  • Nathaniel Thomas (1730 – post–1768, E), writer and editor
  • Ned Thomas (born 1936, EW), critic and editor
  • R. S. Thomas (1913–2000, EW), poet
  • Robert Thomas (Ap Vychan, 1809–1880, W), poet and minister
  • Thomas Llewellyn Thomas (1840–1897, ELW), scholar, poet and cleric
  • William Thomas (1832–1878, EW), poet and preacher
  • William Thomas (Gwilym Marles, 1834–1879, W), poet and minister
  • Hester Thrale (Hester Lynch Salusbury, Hester Piozzi, 1740–1821, E), diarist
  • Lily Tobias (1887–1984, E), novelist, playwright and political activist
  • Angharad Tomos (born 1958, W), writer and activist
  • Catherine Tregenna (living, E), playwright and scriptwriter
  • Rachel Trezise (born 1978, E), novelist and non-fiction writer
  • Barbara Margaret Trimble (Margaret Blake, B. M. Gill, 1921–1995, E), thriller writer
  • John Tripp (1927–1986, E), poet
  • Josiah Tucker (1713–1799, E), economist, political writer and cleric
  • Mike Tucker (living, E), novelist and TV special effects expert
  • Tudur Aled (c. 1465–1526, W), poet

V

  • Jenny Valentine (born 1970, E), children's writer
  • Henry Vaughan (1621–1695, E), poet
  • Hilda Vaughan (1892–1985, E), fiction writer
  • Robert Vaughan (c. 1592–1667, EW), historian and translator
  • Thomas Vaughan (1621–1666, E), philosopher
  • William Vaughan (c. 1575–1641, EL), moral and political writer
  • Wynford Vaughan-Thomas (1908–1987, E), writer and broadcaster

W

  • Chris Walley (born 1954, E), novelist and geologist
  • Jo Walton (born 1964, E), fantasy and science fiction writer
  • John Powell Ward (born 1937, E), poet and academic
  • Anna Laetitia Waring (1823–1910, E), poet and hymnist
  • Elijah Waring (1788–1857, E), writer
  • Sarah Waters (born 1966, E), novelist
  • Elizabeth Watkin-Jones (1887–1966, W), children's writer
  • Vernon Watkins (1906–1967, E), poet and translator
  • Harri Webb (1920–1994, E), poet and journalist
  • Ronald Welch (Ronald Oliver Felton, 1909–1982, E), novelist and children's writer
  • Edward Ross Wharton (1844–1896, E), classical scholar, etymologist and lexicographer[2]
  • Jon Manchip White (1924–2013, E), writer of fiction and non-fiction
  • Urien Wiliam (1929–2006, W), novelist, dramatist and scholar
  • Vaughan Wilkins (1890–1959, E), historical novelist and journalist
  • Anna Williams (1706–1783, E), poet and companion to Samuel Johnson
  • Charles Hanbury Williams (1708–1759, E), satirist, diplomat and politician
  • Colin H. Williams (born 1950, E), academic
  • David Williams (1926–2003, E), crime writer and advertising executive
  • David Gwyn Williams (1904–1990, EW), poet, novelist and academic
  • David John Williams (1885–1970, W), fiction writer, memoirist and nationalist
  • Edward Williams (1750–1813, E), theological writer and minister
  • Eliseus Williams (Eifion Wyn, 1867–1926, W), poet and bard
  • Emlyn Williams (1905–1987, E), dramatist and actor
  • Gareth F. Williams (1955–2016, W), children's writer
  • Glanmor Williams (1920–2005, EW), historian
  • Griffith Williams (Gutyn Peris, 1769–1838, W), poet
  • Gwyn A. Williams (1925–1995, E), historian
  • Gwynne Williams (born 1937, W), poet, prose writer and translator
  • Ifor Williams (1881–1965, EW), scholar and linguist
  • Iolo Williams (born 1962, EW), nature writer and television presenter
  • Isaac Williams (1802–1865, EL), poet and religious writer
  • J. Lloyd Williams (1854–1945, EW), writer, botanist and musician
  • Jane Williams (Ysgafell, 1806–1885, EW), poet and essayist
  • John Williams (1792–1858, E), scholar, educator and cleric
  • John Williams (Ab Ithel, 1811–1862, EW), antiquary and cleric
  • John Francon Williams FRGS (1854–1911, E), editor, journalist and writer
  • John Ellis Williams (1924–2008, EW), fiction writer and autobiographer
  • John James Williams (1869–1954, W), poet
  • John Owen Williams (Pedrog, 1853–1932, W), poet and minister
  • John Richard Williams (J. R. Tryfanwy, 1867–1924, W), poet
  • Jonathan Williams (c. 1752–1829, E), local historian, cleric and schoolmaster
  • Maria Jane Williams (c. 1795–1873, EW), folklorist and musician
  • Morris Williams (Nicander, 1809–1874, EW), bard and cleric
  • Moses Williams (1685–1742, EW), antiquary
  • Nathaniel Williams (1656 or 1657 – c. 1679, E), writer
  • Owen Williams (Owen Gwyrfai, 1790–1874, W), antiquary and lexicographer
  • Peter Bailey Williams (1763–1836, E), antiquary and cleric
  • Raymond Williams (1921–1988, E), novelist, critic and academic
  • Rheinallt Nantlais Williams (1911–1993, E), religious writer and academic
  • Rhydwen Williams (1916–1997, W), poet, novelist and minister
  • Richard Bryn Williams (1902–1981, W), poet, playwright and historian (Patagonia)
  • Richard Hughes Williams (Dic Tryfan, 1878–1919, W), fiction writer and slate quarrier
  • Robert Williams (Robert ap Gwilym Ddu, 1766–1850, W), poet and bard
  • Robert Williams (Trebor Mai, 1830–1877, W), poet
  • Robert Dewi Williams (1870–1955, W), writer, schoolteacher and minister
  • Roger Williams (born 1974, EW), playwright
  • Rowan Williams (born 1950, E), writer, poet and Archbishop of Canterbury
  • Roland Williams, (Hwfa Môn, 1823–1905, W), poet and cleric
  • T. Marchant Williams (1845–1914, E), writer and politician
  • W. Llewelyn Williams (1867–1922, EW), writer and politician
  • Waldo Williams (1904–1971, EW), poet and schoolteacher
  • Watkin Hezekiah Williams (Watcyn Wyn, 1844–1905, W), poet and schoolmaster
  • William Williams (Pantycelyn, 1717–1791, EW), hymnist, poet and prose writer
  • William Williams (Gwilym Ddu o Arfon, 1739–1817, EW), antiquary and poet
  • William Williams (Gwilym Caledfryn, 1801–1869, W), poet, critic and minister
  • William Williams (Carw Coch, 1808–1872, W), man of letters and bard
  • William Williams (Creuddynfab, 1814–1869, W), poet and critic
  • William Williams (Crwys, 1875–1968, EW), poet
  • Clough Williams-Ellis (1883–1978, E), writer and architect
  • Eirug Wyn (1950–2004, W), satirical novelist
  • Hedd Wyn (Ellis Humphrey Evans, 1887–1917, W), poet and First World War victim
  • Ellis Wynne (1671–1734, W), writer and cleric
  • John Wynne (c. 1665/1667–1743, E), writer and bishop

Y

  • Paula Yates, (1959–2000, E), non-fiction writer and scriptwriter
  • Philip Yorke (1743–1804, E), antiquary

Works by non-Welsh writers set mainly in Wales

References

  1. ^ "Jean Earle – a naïve talent?". 16 April 2022.
  2. ^ Bibliography backing description: Retrieved 7 February 2017.

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