Here are some writers/authors who are from Oakland or associated with Oakland.
- Amelia Sue Marshall
- Andrew Demcak
- Andrew Lysander Stone, Jr
- Annalee Allen
- Anthony Boucher
- Anthony Di Franco
- Beth Bagwell
- Beth Pierre Wilson
- Carol Anne O'Marie
- Chinaka Hodge
- Daniel Alarcón
- Delilah Beasley
- Dennis Evanosky
- Derrick Newton
- Duane Deterville
- Erika Mailman
- George Sterling
- Gertrude Stein
- Herman Whitaker
- Ishmael Reed
- Jack London
- Jeff Norman
- Joaquin Miller
- John Ross Browne
- Jon Carroll
- J. W. Dutton
- Kathleen Winsor
- L.H. Woolley
- Mary Ellen Bamford
- Maxine Hong Kingston
- Michael Colbruno
- Mollie Conners
- Opal Palmer Adisa
- Peter Y. Liu
- Shawnee Gibbs & Shawnelle Gibbs
- Stephanie Yun
- Ted Wurm
- Tomas Moniz
- Tom Hanks
- Users/Gene
- William Wong
