Botho Strauss is a German playwright, novelist, and essayist.

Boualem Sansal is an Algerian author. In 2012, he was named winner of the Prix du roman arabe, but the prize money was withdrawn due to Sansal's visit to Israel to speak at the Jerusalem Writers Festival.

Boubacar Boris Diop is a Senegalese novelist, journalist and screenwriter. His best known work, Murambi, le livre des ossements, is the fictional account of a notorious massacre during the Rwandan genocide of 1994. He is also the founder of Sol, an independent newspaper in Senegal, and the author of many books, political works, plays and screenplays. Doomi Golo (2003) is one of the only novels ever written in Wolof; it deals with the life of a Senegalese Wolof family. The book was published by Papyrus Afrique, Dakar.

Charles Browning "Bouck" White was a Congregational minister, American socialist, Jesusist, author, potter, and recluse.

John Bowyer Buchanan Nichols, known as Bowyer Nichols, was an English poet and artist.

Boyd Henry Bode was an American academic and philosopher, notable for his work on philosophy of education.

Boyd Morrison is an American thriller novelist, actor and former Jeopardy! champion. He has co-authored several books with The New York Times fiction best-seller Clive Cussler.

Boze Hadleigh is an author. Until the 1990s, he published some of his works under the pseudonym George Hadley-Garcia. Several of his books cover popular culture, show business, and LGBT culture. His 22 books have been translated into 14 languages.

Božena Němcová was a Czech writer of the final phase of the Czech National Revival movement.

Bogdan Petrovich Gordeev, also known as Bozhidar, was a Russian futurist poet of Ukrainian origin.