Fiction and non-fiction writers of books, stories and other literature
See also: Freedom Founts
Featured Individuals
- Cleyre, Voltairine de (1866-1912) - American anarchist writer, lecturer and activist
- Hess, Karl (1923-1994) - Editor of Libertarian Party News 1986-1990, Barry Goldwater speechwriter
- Konkin III, Samuel Edward (1947-2004) - Proponent of agorism and author of the New Libertarian Manifesto (1980)
- La Boétie, Étienne de (1530-1563) - French judge and poet, author of Discourse on Voluntary Servitude (1576)
- Nock, Albert Jay (1870-1945) - Author of Our Enemy, The State (1935) and first editor of The Freeman (1920-24)
- Paine, Thomas (1737-1809) - American Revolutionary leader, author of the Common Sense pamphlet
- Read, Leonard (1898-1983) - Founder of the Foundation for Economic Education
- Tucker, Benjamin (1854-1939) - Individualist anarchist, publisher of Liberty (1881-1908)
Notable Individuals
- Authors, Science Fiction - Writers of fictional accounts with scientific or pseudo-scientific bases
- Bandow, Doug (1957- ) - Syndicated columnist, senior fellow at the Cato Institute
- Boaz, David (1953-2024) - Executive vice president of the Cato Institute, author of Libertarianism: A Primer
- Bovard, James (1956- ) - Author, controversial Washington journalist
- Branden, Barbara (1929-2013) - Writer and lecturer, author of The Passion of Ayn Rand
- Childs, Roy (1949-1992) - Editor of Libertarian Review (1977-1981) and lead book reviewer for Laissez Faire Books (1984-1992)
- Chodorov, Frank (1887-1966) - Editor of two versions of The Freeman, at the Henry George School of Social Science and the Foundation for Economic Education
- Constant, Benjamin (1767-1830) - 18th/19th Franco-Swiss author
- Douglass, Frederick (1818-1895) - 19th century American abolitionist, known for his autobiography as a slave
- Emerson, Ralph Waldo (1803-1882) - Nineteenth century American author, the "Sage of Concord"
- Hodgskin, Thomas (1787-1869) - Nineteenth century British economics writer, critic of "capitalism"
- Jacobs, Jane (1916-2006) - 20th century American/Canadian writer, author of The Death and Life of Great American Cities
- McElroy, Wendy (1951- ) - Author, individualist feminist
- Milton, John (1608-1674) - 17th century English poet, author of Paradise Lost
- Murray, Charles (1943- ) - Author, policy analyst, AEI scholar
- Opitz, Edmund A. (1914-2006) - 20th century American author, longtime contributor to the Foundation for Economic Education
- Orwell, George (1903-1950) - British writer, author of 1984 and Animal Farm
- Postrel, Virginia (1960- ) - Author, columnist, former editor of Reason magazine
- Raimondo, Justin (1951-2019) - Editorial director of Antiwar.com
- Rockwell, Lew (1944- ) - President of the Ludwig von Mises Institute and editor of LewRockwell.com
- Smith, George H. (1949-2022) - Writer, author of Why Atheism?
- Tolkien, J. R. R. (1892-1973) - 20th century English writer and professor of linguistics, author of The Lord of the Rings
- Warren, Josiah (1798-1874) - Nineteenth century American anarchist, founder of the Modern Times colony (now Brentwood, New York)
Other Individuals
- Lapham, Lewis H. (1935-2024) - Editor of Harper's Magazine (1976-1981, 1983-2006)
- Merrick, David A. - Writer of mystery fiction, author of To Deny and Disparage (2004)
- Waters, Robert A. - Author of several true crime books, including Guns Save Lives (2002)