Charles Nordhoff
American novelist and traveler, born in England
novelist
Kathleen Norris
American novelist and newspaper columnist
Patrick O’Brian
English novelist and translator, best known for his AubreyMaturin series of sea novels set in the Royal Navy during the Napoleonic Wars, and centred on the friendship of the English naval captain Jack Aubrey and the IrishCatalan physician Stephen Maturin
Edna O’Brien
Irish novelist, memoirist, playwright, poet and short-story writer
Flann O’Brien
Irish novelist, playwright and satirist, considered a major figure in twentieth century Irish literature
Herta Muller
Romanian-born German novelist, poet, essayist and recipient of the 2009 Nobel Prize in Literature
Flannery O’Connor
American novelist, short story writer and essayist
Haruki Murakami
Japanese writer
Nuala O’Faolain
Irish journalist, TV producer, book reviewer, teacher and writer
Lady Murasaki Shikibu
Japanese novelist, poet and lady-in-waiting at the Imperial court in the Heian period