List of Malaysian writers
The following is a list of writers living or residing in Malaysia ordered by their first name. This list includes writers of all genres and in any language.
This is a subsidiary list to the List of Malaysians.A
- Abdullah bin Abdul Kadir
- Abdullah Hussain
- Adibah Amin. Writer, columnist, teacher, and actress.
- Amir Muhammad
- A Samad Said
D
- Dina Zaman
E
- Ee Tiang Hong, poet
F
- Faisal Tehrani
- Farish A. Noor, political scientist and historian.
- Fatimah Busu
H
- Huzir Sulaiman
- Zurinah Hassan
G
- Chuah Guat Eng. Malaysian Peranakan Chinese writer.
J
- Khasnor Johan, historian
K
- Khoo Kheng-Hor
- Kee Thuan Chye
M
- Mahathir Mohamad
- Munshi Abdullah
N
- Kevin Nyiau
- Noordin Hassan
P
- Poesy Liang - artist, writer, philanthropist
- Preeta Samarasan
R
- Rahimidin Zahari
- Ramlee Awang Murshid
- Rani Manicka
- Ruhaini Matdarin
- R P Baskaran
S
- Shahnon Ahmad, known as a National Laurate.
- Shih-Li Kow. Shortlisted for the Frank Frank O'Connor International Short Story Award
- Shirley Geok-Lin Lim. Malaysia-born American writer.
- Syed Hussein Alatas. Malaysian academician, sociologist, founder of social science organisations, and politician.
T
- Tan Twan Eng. Shortlisted for the Booker Prize. Winner of the Man Asian Literary Prize and the Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction.
- Tash Aw. Winner of the Costa Book Awards Best First Novel.
- Tunku Halim. Writer and lawyer.
U
- Usman Awang
- Uthaya Sankar SB
