This is a list of Trinidad and Tobago writers, including writers either from or associated with Trinidad and Tobago.

A

Claire Adam (born 1974) André Alexis (born 1957) Lisa Allen-Agostini (born 1970s) M. P. Alladin (1919–1980) Lauren K. Alleyne (born 1979) Michael Anthony (1930–2023) Robert Antoni (born 1958) William Archibald (1917–1970) Barbara Assoon (1929–2020)

B

Kevin Baldeosingh (born 1963) Ayanna Lloyd Banwo Courtenay Bartholomew (1931–2021) Valerie Belgrave (1946–2016) Gérard Besson (1942–2023) Lloyd Best (1946–2016) Neil Bissoondath (born 1955) Cheryl Boyce Taylor (born 1950) Dionne Brand (born 1953) Wayne Brown (born 1944) Cheryl Byron (1946–2016)

C

Christian Campbell (born 1979) Vahni Capildeo (born 1973) Trevor Carter (1930–2008) Faustin Charles (born 1944) Michèle Pearson Clarke (born 1973) Nicole Craig (born 1974) Selwyn Cudjoe (born 1943)

D

Ralph de Boissière (1946–2016) Clara Rosa De Lima (born 1922)

E

Ramabai Espinet (born 1948)

G

Albert Gomes (1911–1978) Beatrice Greig (1869–) Rosa Guy (1922–2012)

H

Errol Hill (1921–2003 Merle Hodge (born 1944) Imran N. Hosein (born 1942) Kevin Jared Hosein (born 1986)

J

C. L. R. James (1901–1989) Cynthia James (born 1948) Barbara Jenkins Errol John (1901–1989) Amryl Johnson (1944–2001) Marion Patrick Jones (1931–2016) Anthony Joseph (born 1966) Edward Lanzer Joseph (1792 or 1793–1838) Lynn Joseph

K

Roi Kwabena (1956–2008)

L

Harold Sonny Ladoo (1945–1973) John La Rose (1927–2006) Nicholas Laughlin (born 1975) Earl Lovelace (born 1935) John Lyons (born 1933)

M

Ian McDonald (1933–2026) Dionyse McTair (born 1950) Rabindranath Maharaj (born 1955) Ralph Maraj (born 1949) Tony Martin (1942–2013) Ira Mathur Mustapha Matura (1939–2019) Marina Ama Omowale Maxwell"Flying T&T flag high", Trinidad and Tobago Guardian, 27 June 2011. Olga Maynard (1913–1994) Alfred Mendes (1897–1991) Sharon Millar Celeste Mohammed Patricia Mohammed (born 1954) Shani Mootoo (born 1957)

N

Savi Naipaul Akal (1928–2024) Seepersad Naipaul (1906–1953) Shiva Naipaul (1945–1985) V. S. Naipaul (1932–2018) Angelique Nixon Elizabeth Nunez (1944–2024)

P

George Padmore (1903–1959) Leslie "Teacher" Palmer (born 1943) Kenneth Vidia Parmasad (1946–2006) Raoul Pantin (1943–2015) Ingrid Persaud (born 1966) Lakshmi Persaud (1937–2024) Michel Maxwell Philip (1829–1888) M. NourbeSe Philip (born 1947)

R

Jennifer Rahim (born 1963) Kenneth Ramchand (born 1939) Raymond Ramcharitar Shivanee Ramlochan (born 1986) Kevin Ramnarine Kris Rampersad Lennox Raphael (born 1939) E. M. Roach (1922–2012) Ronald Suresh Roberts (born 1968) Colin Robinson (1961–2021 Roger Robinson Monique Roffey (born 1965) Gordon Rohlehr (1943–2023)

S

Amon Saba Saakana (born 1948) Marina Salandy-Brown Lawrence Scott (born 1943) Sam Selvon (1923–1994) Raffique Shah (born 1946) Frances-Anne Solomon (born 1966) Eintou Pearl Springer (born 1944)

T

Jeremy Taylor John Jacob Thomas (1841–1889)

W

Derek Walcott (1930–2017) Elizabeth Walcott-Hackshaw (born 1964) A. R. F. Webber (1911–1981) Eric Williams (1911–1981) Henry Sylvester Williams (1869–1911) Marguerite Wyke (1908–1995)

See also Trinidad and Tobago literature

References

External links "Writers", The Best of Trinidad and Tobago.