Carl Abbott retired after teaching urban studies and planning at Portland State University for over five decades. The author of many books, he has written about the history of cities from Washington to Chicago to Los Angeles to Portland. He is a past president of the Urban History Association.

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Edwin A. Abbott (1838–1926) has been ranked as one of the leading scholars and theologians of the Victorian era and is perhaps best known as the author of the mathematical satire and religious allegory Flatland.

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Karen Abbott is a journalist who has been a staff member of Philadelphia magazine and Philadelphia Weekly.

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Megan Abbott is the Edgar Award–winning author of several novels. She received her PhD in English and American literature from New York University and has taught literature, writing, and film studies at New York University, the New School, and the State University of New York at Oswego. She lives in New York City.

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Victoria Abbott is a pseudonym of writing team Victoria and Mary Jane Maffini. Victoria is an artist, photographer, and short story writer. Mary Jane is an award-winning author whose many honors include the 2012 Romantic Times Reviewers' Choice Award for Best Amateur Sleuth, three Arthur Ellis Awards, and an Agatha Award.

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Allan Abbott is cofounder of Abbott & Hast Mortuary, Inc., Southern California's leading funeral home and mortuary service company.

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Greg Abbott is the former managing editor of Abbott & Hast Publications, the publishers of Mortuary Management magazine.

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Allyson K. Abbott is a pseudonym used by Beth Amos, author of the suspense novels Cold White Fury, Eyes of Night, Second Sight, Nick of Time, and Face of Death.

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S. T. Abby is a bestselling author of romance novels, best known for writing the Mindf*ck series. She wrote under other names that include C. M. Owens and Kristy Cunning. She died in 2021.

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Eman Abdelhadi is an academic, activist, and artist based in Chicago, Illinois. Her research as faculty at the University of Chicago focuses on gender differences in the community trajectories of Muslim Americans. Abdelhadi maintains an active creative practice that includes performance art and essay and poetry writing.

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Kareem Abdul-Jabbar is a celebrated former professional basketball player. More recently he has become a successful writer, historian, and filmmaker.

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Shana Abé is the award-winning, New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and USA Today bestselling author of more than a dozen novels, including the Sweetest Dark series and the Drákon series. She has a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from the University of Southern California, and currently lives in the mountains of Colorado.

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