- Richard Mabey
- Fiona MacCarthy
- Ian McDonald AA
- Ian McEwan CBE
- Robert Macfarlane
- Roger McGough CBE
- Patrick McGrath
- Shena Mackay
- Denis Mack Smith CBE FBA
- Rory MacLean
- Margaret MacMillan
- Candia McWilliam
- Brenda Maddox
- Noel Malcolm FBA
- David Malouf
- Norman Manea
- Alberto Manguel
- Philip Mansel
- Hilary Mantel CBE
- Patrick Marber
- Patrick Marnham
- Adam Mars-Jones
- Philip Marsden
- Rosalind Marshall
- Allan Massie
- Douglas Matthews FCLIP, Benson Medallist
- Glyn Maxwell
- Derwent May
- Geraldine McCaughrean
- Ved Mehta
- Edward Mendelson
- Jeffrey Meyers
- Mary Midgley
- Karl Miller
- Michael Millgate
- Pankaj Mishra
- Rohinton Mistry
- Julian Mitchell
- Deborah Moggach
- Caroline Moorehead OBE
- Geoffrey Moorhouse
- Elaine Morgan
- Michael Morpurgo OBE
- Jan Morris CBE
- Blake Morrison
- Nicholas Mosley (Lord Ravensdale MC)
- Sir Andrew Motion
- Ferdinand Mount (Bt)
- Paul Muldoon
- Alice Munro
- Richard Murphy
Julia Abel Smith – Year of election 2009