The most well-known authors from Florida include:
- Ernest Heminway
- John Fleming
- José Martí
- Wallace Stevens
- Harriet Beecher Stowe
- Jay Hopler
- William Bartram
- Elizabeth Bishop
- Stephen Crane
- Hart Crane
- Harry Crews
- Campbell McGrath
- Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings
- James Branch Cabell
- Nilo Cruz
- Zora Neale Hurston