Writers

* Dom Moraes
* Manoharai Sardessai, Konkani Novelist
* Reginald Fernandes, Konkani Novelist and well known violin player. wrote over 100 much read and appreciated novels.
* George Menezes, humour writer and management expert.
* Frank Simoes, a passionate Goan Advertising person, Author of "Glad season in Goa"
* Lambert Mascarenhas, author of the classic Novel "Sorrowing Lies My Land" (1955) which was reprinted thrice, the novel has been translated into Marathi, Telugu and Konkani. Lambert was the editor of Goan Tribune, the fortnightly dedicated to the cause of Goa’s freedom from the Portuguese rule. He is also the founder editor of "Goa Today" and former editor of "The Navhind Times" and was awarded the State Cultural award.
* Jose Pereira (b.1931), a writer, orator, historian, musicologist, theologian and a naturalist of a high order.
* Fr Antonio Pereira (1919-2004) has scores of books and publications to his credit, mainly in Konkani.
* Mons. Sebastiao Rodolfo Dalgado (1855-1922) of Assagao , linguist. Knew Malayalam, Sinhala, Bengali, Kannada,Marathi, Sanskrit. In 1892, he produced a Konkani-Portuguese dictionary and later a grammar.
* Dom Martin, COEXISTENCE: Humanity's Wailing Wall, Exodus to Eternity
* Krishnadas Shama, sixteenth century Quelossim genius, left behind several stories in pure Konkani.
* Victor Rangel Ribeiro, author of the novel Tivolem (winner of the Milkweed Fiction Award)which was published first by Milkweed in the USA and then by Penguin India. Also authored a collection of short stories, Loving Ayesha, published by Rupa.
* Margaret Mascarenhas, author of the diasporic novel Skin published by Penguin India, Mercure de France, Editora Replicacao.
* Damodar Mauzo, prolific Konkani novelist and winner of the Sahitya-Akademi award for the novel Karmelin.
* Sonia Faleiro,journalist and author of the novel The Girl, published by Penguin India.
* Eunice de Souza,retired as Head of the English Dept, St Xavier's College, Bombay in 2007. She is a poet, novella-ist, and editor of several anthologies.
* Tony Martin (Canacona): Freelance writer and author, teaches English at the +2 level. His books: Naked Goa, It's a Funny World and The Practical English Teacher.