List of Ghanaian writers

A

• Joseph Wilfred Abruquah, novelist
• J.K.Knowlife , novelist, poet and film director
• Kobena Eyi Acquah, poet
• Jot Agyeman, media practitioner
• Ivor Agyeman-Duah, academic, writer, editor and film director
• Ama Ata Aidoo, playwright, poet, fiction writer and critic
• Akwasi Aidoo, poet
• Kofi Akpabli, journalist, publisher, and travel writer.
• Kofi Aidoo, short story writer
• Mohammed Naseehu Ali, short story and non-fiction writer
• Joseph Godson Amamoo, journalist and author
• Anton Wilhelm Amo, philosopher
• Kofi Anyidoho, poet and academic
• Anthony Appiah, philosopher, cultural theorist and novelist
• Daniel Appiah-Adjei, playwright, poet, novelist, cultural theorist
• Ayi Kwei Armah, novelist
• T. Q. Armar, publisher and textbook writer
• Raphael Armattoe, poet
• Portia Arthur, author, writer and reporter
• Bediako Asare, journalist and non-fiction writer also connected with Tanzania
• Meshack Asare, children's writer
• Yaw Asare, dramatist and director
• Mary Asabea Ashun, novelist
• Akwasi Bretuo Assensoh, Journalist and historian
• Ayesha Harruna Attah, novelist
• Nana Oforiatta Ayim, novelist and art historian
• Kofi Awoonor, poet, novelist and critic
• Isaac Ayertey, Pan-Africanist and author
• Kwadwo Agyapong Antwi, writer
• Koffi Amlado, Novelist

  B

• Yaba Badoe, novelist and filmmaker
• Elizabeth-Irene Baitie, writer of fiction for young adults.
• Kofi Batsa
• Sylvanus Bedzrah, novelist
• Mohammed Ben-Abdallah, playwright
• J. Benibengor Blay, popular novelist, playwright and poet
• Yaw M. Boateng, novelist and playwright
• William Boyd, novelist
• Kwesi Brew, poet
• Nana Brew-Hammond, journalist, poet, playwright and screenwriter
• Margaret Busby, publisher, editor and dramatist
• Abena Busia, poet and academic
• Akosua Busia, actress, novelist and screenwriter
• Empi Baryeh, novelist

  C

• Jacobus Capitein, minister and writer on slavery
• Adelaide Smith Casely-Hayford, short story writer and educator
• Gladys May Casely-Hayford, poet
• Gus Casely-Hayford, cultural historian
• J. E. Casely-Hayford, politician and novelist
• Jojo Cobbinah
• Rita Akoto Coker, African romance novelist
• Quobna Ottobah Cugoano, freed slave and autobiographer

  D

• Osei Bonsu Dickson, lawyer, textbook author and national security expert
• J. B. Danquah, scholar, lawyer and politician
• Mabel Dove Danquah, short story writer and journalist
• Meri Nana-Ama Danquah, editor, journalist, memoirist
• Amma Darko, novelist
• Nana Awere Damoah, author,poet and non-fiction writer
• Lawrence Darmani, novelist, poet, playwright, inspirational writer
• Kwame Dawes, poet, critic
• Joe de Graft, playwright and poet
• Michael Dei-Anang, poet, playwright and novelist
• Amu Djoleto, novelist, poet and educator
• Komla Dumor
• Cameron Duodu, journalist, novelist and poet

  E

• Eastwood Anaba, christian minister, writer

  F

• Ferdinand Kwasi Fiawoo, playwright
• Shirley Frimpong-Manso
• Nana Fredua-Agyeman Jnr. Writer, Poet and Lawyer

  G

• Yaa Gyasi, novelist
• Boakyewaa Glover, writer

  H

• Manu Herbstein, novelist
• Dag Heward-Mills, theologian
• Ben Hinson, novelist, poet, playwright, director, actor and screenwriter
• Afua Hirsch, journalist
• Israel Kafu Hoh, playwright and poet
• Naana Banyiwa Horne , poet, professor, and literary analyst

  K

• Albert William Kayper-Mensah, poet
• Ellis Ayitey Komey, poet and short story writer
• Asare Konadu, novelist
• Kojo Gyinaye Kyei, poet
• Kwabena Brakopowers,, novelist, essayist, journalist
• Benjamin Kwakye, novelist and poet
• Ruby Yayra Goka, young adult novelist

  L

• B. Kojo Laing, novelist and poet
• Lesley Lokko, novelist and academic

  M

• Tawiah M'carthy, playwright
• John Dramani Mahama, politician and memoirist
• Bill Okyere Marshall, playwright and novelist
• Andrews Pardon Adu Martinson, short story writer
• John Atta Mills, politician and legal scholar
• Dayan Kodua, actress and model

  N

• J. H. Kwabena Nketia, ethnomusicologist
• Gamal Nkrumah, journalist and editor
• Kwame Nkrumah, politician and political theorist

  O

• Henry Ofori, journalist
• Nana Oforiatta Ayim, art historian, filmmaker
• Atukwei Okai, poet
• Amankwa Andrew Opoku, poet, short story writer and educator
• Martin Owusu, playwright

  P

• Frank Kobina Parkes, poet
• Nii Ayikwei Parkes, poet, novelist
• Nana Prah, writer
• Portia Dery, writer

  Q

• Kwei Quartey, physician and writer
• Ato Quayson, academic and literary critic
• Kofi Quaye

  R

• [Carl Christian Reindorf, pastor and historian

  S

• John Mensah Sarbah
• Kobina Sekyi, politician and writer
• Ato Sekyi-Otu
• Taiye Selasi, novelist
• Francis Selormey, novelist
• Efua Theodora Sutherland, playwright
• Nana Sandy Achampong novelist, poet and academic

  T

• Dr. Nat Tanoh, novelist

  W

• Kwasi Wiredu, philosopher

  Y

• Asiedu Yirenkyi, playwright
• Scofray Nana Yaw Yeboah, columnist