Authors whose first name starts with P, page 4 of 4

Pierce Brown

10 books• 2 series

Pierce Brown writes science fiction, and the Red Rising saga accounts for the whole catalogue. Red Rising (2014), Golden Son (2015) and Morning Star (2016) come first, followed by the Iron Gold tetralogy, which runs from Iron Gold and Dark Age (2018) to Lightbringer (2023). Ten catalogued books carry Brown's name, graphic novels made with Rik Hoskin among them. Dystopia and resistance to government are the recurring subjects.

Pierre Lemaitre

14 books• 3 series

Pierre Lemaitre is a French novelist and screenwriter best known outside France for crime novels featuring Commandant Camille Verhœven. Alex, the first of his books translated into English, shared the CWA International Dagger for 2013; Camille and The Great Swindle took the same prize in 2015 and 2016. The Great Swindle, an epic of the First World War published in French as Au revoir là-haut, won the Prix Goncourt in November 2013. Lemaitre's 14 catalogued titles run from Irene (2006) to The Silence and the Rage (2025), with the Paris Between the Wars and Glorious Years sequences beside the Verhœven novels.

Piers Anthony is the publishing name of Piers Anthony Dillingham Jacob, born August 6, 1934, an American science fiction and fantasy writer. The long-running Xanth novels, set in the imaginary realm of Xanth, are his best-known work. Anthony has counted among his chief achievements the publication of a book beginning with every letter of the alphabet, from Anthonology to Zombie Lover, and a number of his books have reached The New York Times Best Seller list. This catalogue lists 195 titles from Chthon (1967) to Knicklepede Knight (2026), including the Apprentice Adept, Cluster, Battle Circle, Mode and Incarnations of Immortality sequences.

Pip Williams is an Australian author and social researcher, born in 1969. Four books are catalogued: One Italian Summer (2017), The Dictionary of Lost Words (2020), The Bookbinder of Jericho (2023) and The German Ward (2026). The Dictionary of Lost Words was her debut novel and is her best known work. The novels run to about 420 pages.

Piper C.J. writes three series: The Night and Its Moon, No Other Gods, and Fern's School for Wayward Fae. The Night and Its Moon (2022) opens a catalogue of 19 titles reaching Hell and the Heart (2026), with The Sun and Its Shade (2023) and The Dawn and Its Light (2024) continuing the first sequence. Several books a year appear under the name, and the catalogue is open.

Piper Davenport writes motorcycle club romance and historical romance, 100 catalogued books between 2007 and 2026. Spooks, Angels and Babies (2007) opens the list and Road to the Edge (2026) is the most recent. Dogs of Fire MC and its Savannah Chapter, Wolfpack MC and the Primal Howlers carry the club books, with Cauld Ane, Civil War Brides and the Wallace Brothers elsewhere; several series run in a parallel Sweet Edition. Short stories and novellas appear under the name Tracey Jane Jackson.

Piper Rayne is the name credited on 116 catalogued books published between 2016 and 2027. The run opens with Degenerate (2016) and continues to The Troublemaker (2026), with Catching Light listed for 2027. Rayne works in linked series, among them Greene Family, Baileys, Single Dads Club, Hockey Hotties, Rooftop Crew, Blue Collar Brothers, Lake Starlight, Plain Daisy Ranch and Hollywood Hearts. Most of the catalogue dates from the 2020s, and new titles keep arriving.

Piper Stone has 206 books in the catalogue, dated 2015 through 2026. Snow White & Rose Red (2015) is the earliest entry and Born Savage (2026) the newest. Series recorded under the Stone name include Mafia Masters, Kings of Corruption, Merciless Kings, Lords of Corruption, Missoula Smokejumpers, Montana Bad Boys, Alpha Dynasty, Ruthless Empire and Alpha Beasts. Stone is an ongoing author.

Pippa Grant writes romance across a dozen series: Misfit Brides, the Copper Valley Bro Code, Thrusters Hockey, the Copper Valley Fireballs, Girl Band, Tickled Pink and the Officers' Ex-Wives Club among them. Fifty-seven catalogued books have appeared since Southern Fried Blues (2013), arriving two or three months apart. Faking Cinderella is the newest catalogued title.

Pippa McCathie writes the Havard & Lambert Mysteries, a Welsh crime series that opens with Murder In The Valleys (2018) and continues through Murder at the Old Abbey (2019), Murder by the River Usk (2020), Murder in a Welsh Town (2020), Murder of a Gentleman (2022) and Murder of a Scoundrel (2024). Eight titles make up the catalogue, Liberation Day and The Island Brief among them.

Pittacus Lore is the name on the Lorien Legacies, a young adult science fiction sequence about teenagers, extraterrestrials and fugitives, with schools and imaginary wars in the background. I Am Number Four (2010) opens the run, followed by The Power of Six (2011), The Rise of Nine (2012) and The Fall of Five (2013), with The Lost Files novellas, the Legacy Chronicles and Lorien Legacies Reborn extending it. Thirty-nine catalogued titles end at Ashfall Prophecy in 2022.

Six books by Poppy Alexander are catalogued, published between 2019 and 2026. Christmas and bookshops give the run its two recurring hooks: 25 Days 'Til Christmas (2019) and The 12 Days of Christmas (2021) on one side, The Littlest Library (2021), The Battle of the Bookshops (2025) and How to Find a Romance in a Bookshop (2026) on the other. Storybook Ending (2024) sits between them.

Poppy Z. Brite

29 books• 6 series

Poppy Z. Brite is the former name of William Joseph Martin, an American author born on 25 May 1967 who rose to prominence in gothic horror in the early 1990s through novels and short story collections. Lost Souls (1992), Drawing Blood (1993) and Exquisite Corpse (1996) are the best-known novels. Later work turned to dark comedy, much of it set among New Orleans restaurants, and many characters are openly gay or bisexual. The catalogue lists 29 books from Seed of Lost Souls (1988) to Portrait of a Phantom (2017), including His Mouth Will Taste of Wormwood and Other Stories (1995). Rickey and G-Man is the series on record, and subjects include cooks and New Orleans.

PopularMMOs writes illustrated adventure books for readers in grades three to five, built around video games, zombies and friendship. A Hole New World and Enter the Mine both appeared in 2020, followed by Zombies' Day Off, Into the Overworld and The End of All the Things (2023). Five books make up the catalogue, at a median of 208 pages.

Portia MacIntosh's catalogue runs to 47 books between 2012 and 2026. Entries such as One Way or Another / Between a Rockstar and a Hard Place (2012) and Bad Bridesmaid / Always the Bridesmaid (2014) carry two titles each. Single-title releases include Drive Me Crazy (2015), Truth Or Date (2016) and The Accidental Honeymoon (2017). Marram Bay and Nicole Wilde are the two series listed for MacIntosh. The newest title is Out of Your League (2026).

Posey Parks, also published as Shantee' A. Parks, is a USA Today bestselling writer of contemporary romance and romantic suspense. The characters include assassins, bodyguards, Navy SEALs, CIA hackers, mobsters and firefighters, and figures cross between series. Hidden Witness is a second-chance mafia romance series. The catalogue lists 55 books from Love Unfolded (2015) to Knotted By The Mafia (2026), with further series such as Relentless Chase, Ruthless Mafia Bosses and Twisted Mafia Vows.

Poul Anderson

160 books• 18 series

Poul Anderson (25 November 1926 to 31 July 2001) was an American author of science fiction and fantasy who also wrote historical novels. Anderson won the Hugo Award seven times and the Nebula Award three times. The catalogue lists 160 titles, from Duel on Syrtis (1951) to Swordsmen from the Stars (2020), with series including Flandry, the Polesotechnic League, the Psychotechnic League, Time Patrol, Hoka, Maurai, King of Ys and Harvest of Stars. Subjects on file include space opera, time travel, space warfare and epic fantasy.

Primo Levi

24 books• 1 series

Primo Levi (1919-1987) was a Jewish Italian chemist, partisan, Holocaust survivor and writer. If This Is a Man, published in 1947 and also titled Survival in Auschwitz, opens the catalogue and the Auschwitz Trilogy; The Reawakening (1963) follows. Levi wrote short story collections, essays and poems as well as memoir, including The Periodic Table (1975), The Monkey's Wrench (1978), Moments of Reprieve (1981) and The Search for Roots (1981). Auschwitz, the Second World War, imprisonment and survival are the subjects. Twenty-four titles are catalogued through 2016, at a median 182 pages.

Priscilla Masters writes English detective fiction. DI Joanna Piercy, Martha Gunn, Claire Roget and Florence Shaw each head a series, six groupings in all across 40 catalogued books published between 1988 and 2026. Mr. Bateman's Garden (1988) opens the list, which reaches The Cliff's Edge Murders (2026) by way of Winding Up the Serpent (1995), A Fatal Cut (2001) and Disturbing Ground (2002). Murder, missing children, physicians, coroners, forensic psychiatrists and serial murderers recur as subjects.

Priscilla Royal writes a single series of medieval mysteries. Wine of Violence (2003) opens it and Prayers of the Dead (2021) is the newest of 19 catalogued books, with Tyrant of the Mind (2004), Sorrow Without End (2006) and Forsaken Soul (2008) among those between. Priories, monastic orders and murder investigation in medieval England are the recurring subjects, and a woman sleuth carries the run.

Prue Leith, born Prudence Margaret Leith on 18 February 1940, is a South African and British restaurateur, chef, cookery writer, novelist and broadcaster. Leith judged BBC Two's Great British Menu from 2005 to 2016, then replaced Mary Berry as a judge on The Great British Bake Off in 2017 after the show moved to Channel 4, staying until 2025. Leith was also Chancellor of Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh, from 2016 to 2024. The catalogue lists 42 books from Leith's All Party Cookbook (1972) to Being Old...and learning to love it! (2026), including Leith's Cookery Bible and the Angelotti Chronicles novels. Paul Hollywood shares credit on 2 of the books.

Pseudonymous Bosch is the pen name of Raphael Simon, who writes children's mystery and fantasy. The Secret series opens with The Name of This Book is Secret (2007) and continues through If You're Reading This, It's Too Late (2008), This Book Is Not Good For You (2009) and You Have To Stop This (2011). The Bad books follow, from Bad Magic (2014) to Bad News (2017), and the Unbelievable Oliver chapter mysteries close a catalogue of 12 titles in 2020. Subjects cover magic, synesthesia, secrets and puzzles.