NationMaster - Encyclopedia: List of English novelists

Kia Abdullah Kia Abdullah (born 1982) is a British-Asian author. ... Paul Ableman (13 June 1927-25 October 2006) was a British playwright and novelist. ... J. R. Ackerley (November 4, 1896 - June 4, 1967, full name Joe Randolph Ackerley) was arts editor of The Listener, the arts publication of the BBC, from 1935 to 1959, and an important author in his own right. ... Peter Ackroyd (born October 5, 1949, London) is an English author. ... Douglas NoÃ«l Adams (11 March 1952 â€“ 11 May 2001) was an English author, comic radio dramatist, and musician. ... The cover of the first novel in the Hitchhikers series, from a late 1990s printing. ... For other persons named Richard Adams, see Richard Adams (disambiguation). ... For other uses, see Watership Down (disambiguation). ... Arthur St. ... Grace Aguilar (1816 - 1847), a novelist and writer on Jewish history and religion, was born at Hackney of Jewish parents of Spanish descent. ... Robert Fordyce Aickman (born June 24, 1914â€” February 26, 1981) was an English conservationist writer of fiction and nonfiction. ... Joan Delano Aiken (September 4, 1924–January 4, 2004) was an English novelist. ... Lucy Aikin (November 6, 1781- January 29, 1864), born at Warrington, England, had some repute as a historical writer. ... Caricature from Punch, 1881: TO THE GREATEST AXE-AND-NECK-ROMANCER OF OUR TIME, WHO IS QUITE AT THE HEAD OF HIS PROFESSION, WE DEDICATE THIS BLOCK AD MULTOS ANNOS! William Harrison Ainsworth (1805 - 1882) was a British writer. ... Richard Aldington in uniform during World War I Richard Aldington (July 8, 1892 â€“ July 27, 1962), name at birth Edward Godfree Aldington, was an English writer and poet. ... Walter E. Allen (February 23, 1911 - February 28, 1995) was an English literary critic and novelist. ... Sir Kingsley William Amis (April 16, 1922 â€“ October 22, 1995) was an English novelist, poet, critic, and teacher. ... Sappho and Alcaeus of Mytilene, by Lawrence Alma-Tadema (1881). ... Christine (Sharon Acker) and Jim (Ian Carmichael) in a cab Lucky Jim is a comic novel written by Kingsley Amis, first published in 1954. ... The Old Devils is a novel by Kingsley Amis, first published in 1986. ... Photo of Martin Amis by Robert Birnbaum Martin Amis (born August 25, 1949) is an English novelist. ... Sir Kingsley William Amis (April 16, 1922 â€“ October 22, 1995) was an English novelist, poet, critic, and teacher. ... Money (full title: Money: A Suicide Note) is a 1984 novel by Martin Amis. ... The Information is a 1995 novel by British writer Martin Amis. ... Valerie Anand is a British author of historical fiction. ... Peter Anghelides is an author and dramatist most well known for his work on various spin-offs related to the BBC Television series Doctor Who. ... Lisa Appignanesi (born Elsbieta Borenztejn on January 4, 1946 in Lodz, Poland) is a television producer and novelist. ... Not to be confused with Geoffrey Archer or Baron Archer of Sandwell. ... Philip Ardagh is the writer of the Eddie Dickens Trilogy. ... Reginald Arkell was a British script writer and comic novelist who wrote many musical plays for the London theatre, the most popular of which was an adaptation of the spoof history book 1066 and All That, 1066â€”and all that: A Musical Comedy based on that Memorable History by Sellar... 1066 and All That: A Memorable History of England, comprising all the parts you can remember, including 103 Good Things, 5 Bad Kings and 2 Genuine Dates is a tongue-in-cheek reworking of the history of England. ... Simon Armitage Simon Armitage (born May 26, 1963 in Huddersfield) is a British poet, playwright and novelist. ... Elizabeth von Arnim (August 31, 1866 - February 9, 1941) was a British novelist and, through marriage, a member of the German nobility. ... Edwin Lester Linden Arnold (1857-1935) was an English author. ... William Delafield Arnold (1828-1859) was a British author and colonial administrator. ... Daisy Ashford (1881-1972) was an English writer who is most famous for writing The Young Visiters, a novella that parodies upper class society of late 19th century England, when she was just nine years old. ... Edwin Atherstone (1788 - 1872) was a poet and novelist. ... Kate Atkinson (b. ... Penelope Aubin (c. ... 1870 engraving of Jane Austen, based on a portrait commissioned by her nephew for his 1870 Memoir of Jane Austen Jane Austen (16 December 1775 â€“ 18 July 1817) was an English novelist whose works include Sense and Sensibility, Pride and Prejudice, Mansfield Park, Emma, Northanger Abbey, and Persuasion. ... For other uses, see Sense and Sensibility (disambiguation). ... For films named Pride and Prejudice, see Pride and Prejudice (film). ... Tash Aw (born Aw Ta-Shii) is a Malaysian-born writer living in London, England. ...

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Robert Bage (1728–1801)
Beryl Bainbridge (born 1934)
J. G. Ballard (born 1930), author of Crash, Empire of the Sun and Concrete Island
Julian Barnes (born 1946), author of England, England
Nicola Barker (born 1966)
Ada Ellen Bayly (1857–1903)
Max Beerbohm (1872–1956)
Arnold Bennett (1867–1931)
Anthony Berkeley, mystery writer (The Poisoned Chocolates Case)
Walter Besant (1836–1901)
Robert Black (1829-1915)
Nicholas Blincoe (born 1965) author of Manchester Slingback
Enid Blyton (1897–1968), author of the children's books
Alain de Botton (born 1969)
Marjorie Boulton (born 1924) writes both in English and Esperanto
Malcolm Bradbury, author of The History Man
Mary Elizabeth Braddon (1837–1915)
Edward Bradley (1827–1889)

John Braine, author of Room at the Top and The Jealous God
Wallace Breem (1926–1990), author of Eagle in the Snow
Simon Brett (born 1945), (whodunnits)
Vincent Brome (1910–2004)
Anne Brontë (1820–1849)
Charlotte Brontë (1816–1855), wrote Jane Eyre.
Emily Brontë (1818–1848), wrote Wuthering Heights.
Anita Brookner (born 1928), wrote Hotel du Lac (Won the Booker Prize)
Anthony Buckeridge (1912-2004), known for his Jennings and Derbyshire novels.
Edward George Bulwer-Lytton (1803–1873), the annual bad writing contest is named after him.
John Bunyan (1628–1688)
Anthony Burgess (1917–1993), composer, essayist, author of A Clockwork Orange and Earthly Powers
Richard Francis Burton (1821–1890)
Charlotte Bury (1775–1861)
Samuel Butler (1835–1902), author of Erewhon

Robert Bage (1728 - September 1, 1801), English novelist, born in Derbyshire, was the son of a paper-maker and was himself a papier. ... Dame Beryl Margaret Bainbridge, DBE (b. ... James Graham Ballard (born 15 November 1930 in Shanghai) is a British writer. ... Crash is a novel by English author J. G. Ballard, first published in 1973. ... This article is about the 1984 novel and its 1987 film adaptation. ... Concrete Island is a novel by J. G. Ballard (ISBN 031242034X). ... Barnes as Francophile and Francophone in Bernard Pivots Double je (France 2, March 2005) Julian Patrick Barnes (born January 19, 1946 in Leicester) is a contemporary English writer whose novels and short stories have been seen as examples of postmodernism in literature. ... Spoiler warning: On the one hand, the novel is the fictional biography of Martha Cochrane, a clever and ambitious Englishwoman with a rural lower middle-class background who, after graduating from university, attempts to climb the ladder of success within corporate Britain. ... Nicola Barker (born Ely 1966) is an English novelist and short story writer. ... Ada Ellen Bayly (March 25, 1857 - February 8, 1903), was a novelist. ... Max Beerbohm by William Rothenstein, 1893 Sir Henry Maximilian Beerbohm (August 24, 1872 - May 20, 1956) was an English parodist and caricaturist. ... Arnold Bennett, British novelist Enoch Arnold Bennett (May 27, 1867-March 27, 1931) was a British novelist. ... Anthony Berkeley Cox (July 5, 1893 - 1971) was a British crime fiction author, born in Watford, England. ... The Poisoned Chocolates Case (1929) is a detective novel by Anthony Berkeley set in 1920s London in which a group of armchair detectives, who have founded the Crimes Circle, formulate theories on a recent murder case Scotland Yard has been unable to solve. ... Sir Walter Besant (1836 - 1901) was a novelist and historian from London. ... Robert Black (1829-1915) was a British author of fiction and nonfiction, as well as a journalist and translator. ... Nicholas Blincoe is an English author, critic and screenwriter. ... Manchester Slingback is a novel by Nicholas Blincoe, set in the Canal Street area of Manchester, the citys Gay Village. ... Enid Mary Blyton (August 11, 1897â€“November 28, 1968) was a popular English childrens writer. ... Alain de Botton, (born 20 December 1969 in Zurich, Switzerland) is a writer. ... Marjorie Boulton (born 7 May 1924) is a British author and poet writing in both English and Esperanto. ... This article is about the language. ... Sir Malcolm Stanley Bradbury (September 7, 1932 â€“ November 27, 2000) was a British author and academic. ... The History Man (1975) is a campus novel by British author Malcolm Bradbury set in 1972 in the fictional seaside town of Watermouth in the South of England. ... Mary Elizabeth Braddon British novelist (1837 â€“ 1915) Mary Elizabeth Braddon (October 4, 1837 â€“ February 4, 1915) was a British Victorian era popular novelist. ... Edward Bradley (1827â€“1889) was an English novelist and clergyman. ... John Gerard Braine (April 13, 1922 â€“ October 28, 1986) was a British novelist. ... Room at the Top is a 1959 film which tells the story of a young man in a dreary English factory town who thinks that he might be able to move up the ladder if he marries the bosss daughter. ... The Jealous God is a novel by John Braine which was first published in 1964. ... Wallace Breem (1926â€“1990) was a British librarian and author, the Librarian and Keeper of Manuscripts of the Inner Temple Law Library at his death, but perhaps more widely known for his historical novels, including the classic Eagle in the Snow (1970). ... Eagle in the Snow (ISBN 1590710118) is a modern classic of historical fiction. ... Simon Brett (b. ... A whodunit or whodunnit (for Who done it? and sometimes referred to as a Golden Age Mystery novel) is a complex, plot-driven variety of the detective story in which the puzzle is paramount. ... Vincent Brome (pronounced broom) (14 July 1910 – 21 October 2004) was an all-round English writer, who gradually established himself as a man of letters. ... Anne BrontÃ«s grave at Scarborough Anne BrontÃ« (IPA: ) (January 17, 1820 â€“ May 28, 1849) was a British novelist and poet, the youngest of the BrontÃ« literary family. ... Charlotte BrontÃ« (IPA: ) (April 21, 1816 â€“ March 31, 1855) was an English novelist and the eldest of the three BrontÃ« sisters whose novels have become enduring classics of English literature. ... This article is about the Victorian novel. ... Emily Jane BrontÃ« (July 30, 1818 â€“ December 19, 1848) was a British novelist and poet, now best remembered for her only novel Wuthering Heights, a classic of English literature. ... For other uses, see Wuthering Heights (disambiguation). ... Anita Brookner (born July 16, 1928) is an English novelist and art historian born in London. ... Hotel du Lac (ISBN 0679759328) is a Booker Prize winning novel (1984) by Anita Brookner. ... Anthony Malcolm Buckeridge OBE (June 20, 1912 - June 28, 2004) was an English author, best known for his Jennings and Rex Milligan series of childrens books. ... The Jennings series is a collection of humorous novels of childrens literature. ... Edward George Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton (May 25, 1803 - January 18, 1873) was an English novelist, playwright, and politician. ... John Bunyan. ... Anthony Burgess (February 25, 1917 â€“ November 22, 1993) was a British novelist, critic and composer. ... A composer is a person who writes music. ... An essayist is an author who writes compositions which can be about any particular subject. ... Clockwork Orange redirects here. ... Earthly Powers is a panoramic saga of the 20th century by Anthony Burgess first published in 1980. ... For other persons named Richard Burton, see Richard Burton (disambiguation). ... Lady Charlotte Bury (1775 - 1861), novelist, daughter of the 5th Duke of Argyll, and married first to Col. ... Erewhon Hudibras, see Samuel Butler (poet). ... Wikisource has original text related to this article: Erewhon Erewhon, or Over the Range is a novel by Samuel Butler, published anonymously in 1872. ...

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Hall Caine (1853–1931), romantic novelist.
Lewis Carroll (1832–1898), author of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
Angela Carter (1940–1992), post-feminist, wrote magical realism
Dame Barbara Cartland (1901–2000)
G. K. Chesterton (1874–1936), mystery writer and Christian apologist
Hertzan Chimera, author of Szmonhfu and BoyFistGirlSuck
Mary Cholmondeley (1859–1925) author of Red Pottage (1899)
Agatha Christie (1890–1976), famous mystery writer.
Brian Cleeve (1921–2003)
Henry Cockton (1807–1852)
Jonathan Coe (born 1961)

Mortimer Collins (1827–1876)
Wilkie Collins (1824–1889), author of The Moonstone and The Woman in White
Ivy Compton-Burnett, author of novels about dysfunctional families
Joseph Conrad (1857–1924), Polish-born, but lived in England and wrote in English
William Cooper, (20th century)
Marie Corelli (1855–1924), best–selling novelist
Bernard Cornwell (born 1944), author of the Sharpe novels
Amanda Craig, author of A Vicious Circle and In a Dark Wood
Andrew Crofts, author of The Little Hero
Lewis Crofts, author of The Pornographer of Vienna
J. A. Cuddon (1928–1996)

Sir Hall Caine (May 14, 1853 - August 31, 1931) was a British novelist and playwright born Thomas Henry Hall Caine at Runcorn, Cheshire, England and educated in Liverpool. ... Charles Lutwidge Dodgson (IPA: ) (27 January 1832 â€“ 14 January 1898), better known by the pen name Lewis Carroll (), was an English author, mathematician, logician, Anglican clergyman and photographer. ... Alice in Wonderland redirects here. ... Angela Carter (May 7, 1940 â€“ February 16, 1992) was an English novelist and journalist, known for her post-feminist magical realist and science fiction works. ... ... Magic Realism (or Magical Realism) is an illustrative or literary technique in which the laws of cause and effect seem not quite to apply in otherwise real world situations. ... Dame Mary Barbara Hamilton Cartland DBE CStJ (9 July 1901 â€“ 21 May 2000) was one of the most successful writers of romance novels of all time, specialising in historical love themes. ... Gilbert Keith Chesterton (May 29, 1874â€“June 14, 1936) was an influential English writer of the early 20th century. ... Apologetics is the field of study concerned with the systematic defense of a position. ... THE LIFE AND DEATH OF HERTZAN CHIMERA the official biography of an invented persona (c) 2005 CHIMERICANA BOOKS EPITAPH: Hertzan Chimera died on the 14th of August 2004 after fourteen years typing like a madman. ... Mary Cholmondeley (Hodnet, Shropshire, England June 8, 1859 – July 15, 1925) was an English writer. ... Agatha Mary Clarissa, Lady Mallowan, DBE (15 September 1890 â€“ 12 January 1976), commonly known as Agatha Christie, was an English crime fiction writer. ... Brian Cleeve Brian Talbot Cleeve, (November 22, 1921 â€“ March 11, 2003) was a prolific writer and popular TV broadcaster, who lived in Ireland for most of his life . ... Henry Cockton (1807 - 1852), novelist, born in London, is only remembered as an author for his novel of Valentine Vox (1840), the adventures of a ventriloquist. ... This article needs additional references or sources for verification. ... This article needs copyediting (checking for proper English spelling, grammar, usage, etc. ... Wilkie Collins William Wilkie Collins (8 January 1824 â€“ 23 September 1889) was an English novelist, playwright, and writer of short stories. ... For other uses, see Moonstone. ... For other uses, see The Woman in White. ... Dame Ivy Compton-Burnett D.B.E. (1884 â€“ August 27, 1969) was an English novelist. ... This page is a candidate to be moved to Wiktionary. ... // Joseph Conrad (born JÃ³zef Teodor Konrad Korzeniowski; 3 December 1857 â€“ 3 August 1924) was a Polish-born English novelist. ... Harry Summerfield Hoff (August 4, 1910 - 5 September 2002) was an English novelist, writing under the name William Cooper. ... Marie Corelli (May 1, 1855 - April 21, 1924), was a British novelist. ... Bernard Cornwell OBE (born February 23, 1944) is a prolific and popular English historical novelist. ... Richard Sharpe is the central character in Bernard Cornwells Sharpe which also formed the basis for the Sharpe television series, where the eponymous character was played by Sean Bean. ... Amanda Craig (born 1959) is a British novelist. ... A Vicious Circle (1996) is a novel by Amanda Craig which dissects and satirizes contemporary British society. ... Andrew Crofts (born 20 May 1984 in Chatham) is a Welsh professional footballer currently playing for Gillingham. ... J. A. Cuddon (June 2, 1928 â€“ March 12, 1996), was an erudite English author, dictionary writer, and school teacher. ...

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Portia Da Costa, author of erotic romance fiction for women
Charlotte Dacre (1782-1841)
Penny Dale (born 1954)
Clemence Dane (1888-1965)
Denise Danks
Lionel Davidson (born 1922)
Caitlin Davies (born 1964)
Hugh Sykes Davies (1909-1984)
Lindsey Davis (born 1949)
Coningsby Dawson (1883-1959)
Jennifer Dawson (1929-2000)
William James Dawson (1854-?)
Martin Day (born 1968)
Thomas de Quincey (1785-1859)
Walter de la Mare (1873-1956)
Daniel Defoe (1659 or 1661-1731), journalist, author of Robinson Crusoe (1719), Moll Flanders
Len Deighton (born 1929)
R. F. Delderfield (1912-1972)
Thomas Deloney (1543–1600)
Nigel Dennis (1912–1989)
Colin Dexter (born 1930)

Nirpal Singh Dhaliwal (born 1974)
Charles Dickens (17 February 1812–1870), author of David Copperfield, Oliver Twist, and A Christmas Carol.
Monica Dickens (1915-1992)
Peter Dickinson (born 1927)
Benjamin Disraeli (1804-1881)
Henry Hall Dixon (1822-1870)
William Dodd (1729-1777)
Berlie Doherty (born 1943)
P. C. Doherty (born 1946)
David Donachie (born 1944) nautical historical novelist.
Dorothy Koomson
Louise Doughty (born 1963), an English novelist, playwright and journalist.
Margaret Drabble (born 1939)
Daphne du Maurier (1907–1989), author of Rebecca and Jamaica Inn
George du Maurier (1834–1896), author of Trilby
Ernest Dudley (1908-2006)
Maureen Duffy (born 1933)
Alfred Duggan (1903-1964) historian, archaeologist and best-selling historical novelist
Sarah Dunant (born 1950)
Clive Dunn (born 1920)

Portia Da Costa is an English novelist of erotic fiction for women. ... Charlotte Dacre (1782 - 1841) was a English author. ... Clemence Dane is the pseudonym of Winifred Ashton (1888â€“1965), an English novelist and playwright. ... Lionel Davidson (born March 31, 1922) is an English novelist who has written a number of acclaimed spy thrillers. ... Caitlin Davies is an author born in England in 1964. ... Hugh Sykes Davies (1909-1984) was an English poet, novelist and communist who was one of a small group of 1930s British surrealists. ... Lindsey Davis, historical novelist, was born in Birmingham, England in 1949. ... Coningsby Dawson (1883- 19??) was an Anglo-American author, born at High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, England. ... William James Dawson (1854- ? ) was an English clergyman, author, and the father of Coningsby Dawson. ... Martin Day (born 1968) is a novelist and screen-writer most known for his work on various spin-offs related to the BBC Television series Doctor Who, and several episodes of the daytime soaps Doctors and Family Affairs. ... Thomas de Quincey from the frontispiece of Revolt of the Tartars, Thomas de Quincey (August 15, 1785 â€“ December 8, 1859) was an English author and intellectual. ... Walter John de la Mare, OM CH (April 25, 1873 â€“ June 22, 1956), was an English poet, short story writer, and novelist, probably best remembered for his works for children and The Listeners. He was born in Kent (at 83 Maryon Road, Charlton[1] - now part of the London Borough... Daniel Defoe (1659/1661 [?] â€“ April 24 [?], 1731)[1] was a British writer, journalist, and spy, who gained enduring fame for his novel Robinson Crusoe. ... For other uses, see Journalist (disambiguation). ... For other uses, see Robinson Crusoe (disambiguation). ... The Fortunes and Misfortunes of the Famous Moll Flanders is a 1722 novel by Daniel Defoe. ... Len Deighton (left) teaches Michael Caine how to break an egg on the set of The IPCRESS File. ... Ronald Frederick Delderfield (February 12, 1912 - June 24, 1972) was a popular British novelist and dramatist, many of whose works have been adapted for television and are still widely read. ... Thomas Deloney (1543 â€“ April 1600) was an English novelist and balladist. ... Nigel Dennis (January 16, 1912â€“July 19, 1989) was an English writer, critic, playwright and magazine editor. ... Norman Colin Dexter, OBE, (born 29 September 1930 in Stamford, Lincolnshire) is the English author of the Inspector Morse novels. ... Nirpal Singh Dhaliwal was born in Greenford in 1974. ... Dickens redirects here. ... David Copperfield is a quasi-autobiographical novel by Charles Dickens. ... Oliver Twist (1838) is Charles Dickens second novel. ... For other uses, see A Christmas Carol (disambiguation). ... Monica Enid Dickens (May 10, 1915 London - December 25, 1992 Reading, Berkshire) was a British writer, the great-granddaughter of Charles Dickens. ... Peter Dickinson is a British author who has written a wide variety of books over a long and distinguished career. ... Benjamin Disraeli, 1st Earl of Beaconsfield (December 21, 1804 - April 24, British Conservative Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and author. ... Henry Hall Dixon (1822-1870) was an English sporting writer known by his nom de plume, The Druid. ... Berlie Doherty (b. ... Paul C. Doherty (1946) is a British writer, with a doctorate in history from Oxford, who writes historical mysteries and novels under the pennames Anna Apostolou, Michael Clynes, Ann Dukthas, C. L. Grace, Paul Harding, and Mollie Hardwick. ... David Donachie is an English nautical historical novelist. ... Dorothy Koomson is a contemporary English novelist. ... Louise Doughty is an English novelist, playwright and journalist, born 1965. ... Margaret Drabble (born June 5, 1939) is an English novelist. ... Dame Daphne du Maurier DBE (13 May 1907â€“19 April 1989) was a famous British novelist best known for her short story The Birds and her classic novel Rebecca, published in 1938. ... Rebecca is a novel by British author Daphne du Maurier. ... Jamaica Inn is a novel by the Cornish writer Daphne du Maurier, first published in 1936. ... Self portrait of George du Maurier George Louis Palmella Busson du Maurier (6 March 1834 â€“ 8 October 1896) was a British author who was born in Paris, France. ... This article is about the trilby hat. ... Ernest Dudley (1908 - 1 February 2006) was an English novelist, journalist and screenwriter. ... Maureen Duffy (b. ... Evelyn Waughs Preface to Count Bohemond Alfred Duggans death on 4th April 1964 brought to an abrupt end a literary career of peculiar interest. ... Sarah Dunant is the author of many international bestsellers, most recently The Birth of Venus and In the company of the courtesan. ... Clive Dunn OBE (born 9 January 1920) is a retired English actor, singer and entertainer best known for his role as Lance-Corporal Jack Jones in the BBC sitcom, Dads Army and Sam Cobbett in the Yorkshire Television Sitcom My Old Man. ...

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Anthony Earnshaw (1924-2001)
Eric Rücker Eddison (1882-1945) civil servant and novelist
Robert Edric (born 1956)
J. T. Edson (born 1928)
Edward Eggleston (1837–1902)
Stephen Elboz
George Eliot (1819–1880) writer of Adam Bede,The Mill on the Floss & Middlemarch
Royston Ellis (born 1941)

Roger Jon Ellory (born 1965) thriller writer
Ben Elton (born 1959)
Sally Emerson (born 1954)
Barry England
Fergus Hume (1859-1932)
D. J. Enright (1920-2002) academic, poet, novelist and critic
Sam Enthoven (born 1975) children's novelist
Nicholas Evans (born 1950)
Rupert Everett (born 1959)

Anthony Earnshaw (October 9, 1924 â€“ August 17, 2001) was an English anarchist and surrealist author and illustrator. ... Original Cover Eric RÃ¼cker Eddison (November 24, 1882 - August 18, 1945) was an English civil servant and author, writing under the name E.R. Eddison. ... Robert Edric (born 1956) is the pseudonym of Gary Edric Armitage, a British novelist born in Sheffield. ... Edward Eggleston Edward Eggleston (December 10, 1837 - September 4, 1902), was a historian and novelist. ... Stephen Elboz is the writer of the books The Byzantium Bazaar and A Land without Magic. ... Mary Ann (Marian) Evans (22 November 1819 â€“ 22 December 1880), better known by her pen name George Eliot, was an English novelist. ... Adam Bede is the first novel written by George Eliot and was published in 1859. ... The Mill on the Floss is a novel by George Eliot (Mary Ann Evans), first published in three volumes in 1860. ... See also Middlemarch, New Zealand. ... Royston Ellis, one of Englands answers to the American Beat Generation, was born on 10 February 1941 in Pinner, England. ... Roger Jon Ellory is a British thriller writer. ... Benjamin Charles Elton (born 3 May 1959) is an English comedian, writer and director. ... Sally Emerson is a British writer. ... Barry England is an English novelist and playwright. ... Ferguson Wright Hume (1859-1932) was born in England. ... Dennis Joseph Enright (March 11, 1920 â€“ December 31, 2002) was a British academic, poet, novelist and critic, and general man of letters. ... Sam Enthoven is a childrens author who was born in 1975 and lives in North London. ... Nicholas Evans (born 1950 in Bromsgrove, Worcestershire, England) is a United Kingdom journalist, screenwriter TV/film producer and bestselling novelist. ... Rupert James Hector Everett (born May 29, 1959) is a Golden Globe-nominated English actor and a former singer. ...

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Susan Edmonstoune Ferrier (1782–1854)
Henry Fielding (1707–1754)
Ronald Firbank (1886–1926)
Ian Fleming, the author of the James Bond novels
Peter Fleming, author of travel books, brother of Ian
Ford Madox Ford, author of The Good Soldier (1914), promoter of many other writers.
C. S. Forester, author of the Horatio Hornblower series.
E. M. Forster (1879–1970)
Frederick Forsyth (born 1938), author of The Day of the Jackal
John Fowles, author of The French Lieutenant's Woman
Stephen Fry (born 1957)

Susan Edmonstoune Ferrier (1782 - 1854), novelist, daughter of James Ferrier, one of the principal clerks of the Court of Session, in which office he was the colleague of Sir Walter Scott. ... Henry Fielding (April 22, 1707 â€“ October 8, 1754) was an English novelist and dramatist known for his rich earthy humor and satirical prowess and as the author of the novel Tom Jones. ... Arthur Annesley Ronald Firbank was a British novelist. ... This article is about the author. ... This article is about the spy series. ... Peter Fleming, OBE (May 31, 1907 â€“ August 18, 1971) was a British adventurer and travel writer. ... This article is about the author. ... Ford Madox Ford (December 17, 1873 - June 26, 1939) was an English novelist and publisher. ... The Good Soldier is a 1915 novel by English novelist and editor Ford Madox Ford. ... The cover of the 1974 paperback edition of one of Foresters non-fiction titles: Hunting The Bismarck Cecil Scott Forester was the pen name of Cecil Louis Troughton Smith (August 27, 1899 â€“ April 2, 1966), an English novelist who rose to fame with tales of adventure with military themes. ... Horatio Hornblower is a fictional character, an officer in the British Royal Navy during the Napoleonic Wars, originally the protagonist of a series of novels by C. S. Forester, and later the subject of films and television programs. ... Edward Morgan Forster, OM (January 1, 1879 â€“ June 7, 1970), was an English novelist, short story writer, and essayist. ... Frederick Forsyth, CBE (born August 25, 1938) is an English author and occasional political commentator. ... John Robert Fowles John Robert Fowles (March 31, 1926 â€“ November 5, 2005) was an English novelist and essayist. ... Stephen John Fry (born 24 August 1957) is an English comedian, writer, actor, humourist, novelist, columnist, filmmaker and television personality. ...

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Neil Gaiman (born 1960), author of The Sandman comics, American Gods and the BBC series Neverwhere
John Galsworthy (1867–1933)
Alex Garland, author of The Beach
Elizabeth Gaskell (1810–1865)
Stella Gibbons, author of Cold Comfort Farm
George Gissing (1857–1903)
William Golding (1911–1993), author of Lord of the Flies
Robert Graves (1895–1985), I, Claudius and other historical novels
Henry Green (1905–1973)
Graham Greene (1904–1991)

Neil Richard Gaiman (IPA: ) (born November 10, 1960[2]) is an English author of science fiction and fantasy short stories and novels, graphic novels, comics, and films. ... The Sandman was a comic book series written by Neil Gaiman and published by DC Comics for 75 issues from 1988 until 1996. ... American Gods is a novel by Neil Gaiman. ... Heavy Metal It has been suggested that this article be split into multiple articles accessible from a disambiguation page. ... John Galsworthy OM (14 August 1867 â€“ 31 January 1933) was an English novelist and playwright. ... Alex Garland (born 1970) is a British novelist and screenwriter. ... The Beach (1996) is a novel by Alex Garland about backpackers in Thailand. ... Elizabeth Gaskell, in the 1832 miniature by William John Thomson Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell (nÃ©e Stevenson; 29 September 1810â€“12 November 1865), often referred to simply as Mrs. ... Stella Dorothea Gibbons (5 January 1902—19 December 1989) was an English novelist and poet. ... Cold Comfort Farm is a comic novel by Stella Gibbons, published in 1932. ... George Gissing (November 22, 1857 â€“ December 28, 1903) was a British novelist. ... Sir William Gerald Golding (19 September 1911 â€“ 19 June 1993) was a British novelist, poet and Nobel Prize for Literature laureate best known for his novel Lord of the Flies. ... For other uses, see Lord of the Flies (disambiguation). ... Robert von Ranke Graves (24 July 1895 â€“ 7 December 1985) was an English poet, scholar, and novelist. ... I, Claudius is a novel by Robert Graves, (ISBN 067972477X) first published in 1934, dealing sympathetically with the life of the Roman Emperor Claudius and the history of the Julio-Claudian Dynasty and Roman Empire, from Julius Caesars assassination in 44 BC to Caligulas assassination in 41 AD... Henry Green was the nom de plume of Henry Vincent Yorke (October 29, 1905-December 13, 1973) . He was born near Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire, of an educated family with successful business interests in Birmingham. ... This article is about the writer Graham Greene. ...

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H. Rider Haggard (1856–1925), adventure novels set in exotic locations, such as King Solomon's Mines, She
Arthur Hailey (1920--2004)
Thomas Hardy (1840–1928)
Joanne Harris (born 1964), author of Chocolat, Five Quarters of the Orange
Robert Harris (born 1957)
Josephine Hart, author of Damage
Carole Hayman
James Herbert (born 1943), Horror writer
Georgette Heyer (1902–1974)
Jack Higgins (born 1929)
Reginald Hill (born 1936)
Victoria Holmes

Stewart Home (born 1962), his 1999 novel
Anthony Hope (1863-1933)
Thomas Hope (1769-1831)
Nick Hornby (born 1957), author of About a Boy (1998)
Ernest William Hornung (1866-1921)
Anthony Horowitz (born 1956)
William Horwood (born 1944), author of the Duncton Wood series.
Elizabeth Jane Howard (born 1923)
Fergus Hume (1859–1932)
Arthur Stuart-Menteth Hutchinson (1880-1971)
Angela Huth (born 1938)
Aldous Huxley (1884–1963), author of Brave New World

H. Rider Haggard, author Sir Henry Rider Haggard (June 22, 1856 â€“ May 14, 1925), born in Norfolk, England, was a Victorian writer of adventure novels set in locations considered exotic by readers in his native England. ... The adventure novel is a literary genre of novels that has adventure, an exciting undertaking involving risk and physical danger, as its main theme. ... King Solomons Mines (1885) is a popular novel by the Victorian adventure writer and fabulist, Sir H. Rider Haggard. ... 1961 paperback edition She is a novel by H. Rider Haggard, first serialized in The Graphic from October 1886 to January 1887. ... Arthur Hailey (April 5, 1920 â€“ November 24, 2004) was a British/Canadian novelist. ... Thomas Hardy redirects here. ... Joanne MichÃ¨le Sylvie Harris (born July 3, 1964) is a British author. ... Robert Harris is an English TV reporter and author, born in 1957 in the city of Nottingham. ... Damage is a novel (1991) by Josephine Hart (ISBN 0449911888) about a British politician who, in the prime of life, causes his own downfall through an inappropriate relationship; and a film (1992) by Louis Malle, also released as Fatale, based on Harts book, starring Jeremy Irons and Juliette Binoche... Carole Hayman, is an English writer, broadcaster and journalist. ... James Herbert (born 8 April 1943, London) is a best selling English horror writer known for his simple yet compelling sensationalist novels, which are notable for their use of horrific set pieces. ... Georgette Heyer (pronounced hair) (16 August 1902 â€“ 4 July 1974) was an English Historical romance and detective fiction novelist. ... Jack Higgins is the principal pseudonym of UK novelist Harry Patterson (b. ... Reginald Hill (born in 1936 at West Hartlepool in County Durham) is a British crime writer. ... Victoria Holmes (or Vicky Holmes) is the editor of the Warriors books, written by Kate Cary and Cherith Baldry under the penname Erin Hunter, and published by HarperCollins. ... Stewart Home (born 1962) is a writer, subcultural pamphleteer, underground art historian, and activist. ... This article or section needs to be wikified. ... Sir Anthony Hope Hawkins (February 9, 1863 _ July 8, 1933), better known as Anthony Hope was a British novelist, best remembered today for his short novel The Prisoner of Zenda (1894, set in the fictional kingdom of Ruritania, a prequel The Heart of Princess Osra (a collection of short... This article is about Nick Hornby, the English writer. ... About a boy is a 1998 novel by British writer Nick Hornby. ... Ernest William Hornung (June 7, 1866 â€“ March 22, 1921) was a British author. ... Anthony Horowitz (born 5 April 1956) is an English author and television scriptwriter. ... William Horwood is an English novelist who has written sequels to The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame and has also been responsible for the novels Skallagrigg, The Stonor Eagles, and the most famous of his works, the Duncton series of books, allegorical tales about a community of moles. ... Duncton Wood is the title of the first novel by author William Horwood, as well as a six-volume fantasy series to which it was later extended. ... Elizabeth Jane Howard is an English novelist. ... Ferguson Wright Hume (1859-1932) was born in England. ... Arthur Stuart-Menteth Hutchinson (1880-1971) was a British novelist. ... Aldous Leonard Huxley (July 26, 1894 â€“ November 22, 1963) was an English writer and one of the most prominent members of the famous Huxley family. ... For other uses, see Brave New World (disambiguation). ...

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Conn Iggulden (born 1971)
Hammond Innes (1914–1998)
Christopher Isherwood (1904–1986)
Brian Jacques (born 1939), author of the Redwall and Castaways of the Flying Dutchman series
P. D. James, author of crime fiction but also the dystopian novel The Children of Men (1992)
Jerome K. Jerome (1859–1927), author of Three Men in a Boat

Conn Iggulden is a British author, who mainly writes historical fiction. ... Hammond Innes (July 15, 1914 – June 10, 1998) was an English author who wrote over thirty novels, as well as childrens and travel books. ... Christopher Isherwood (left) and W.H. Auden (right), photographed by Carl Van Vechten, 1939 Christopher Isherwood (prior to 1946 Christopher William Bradshaw-Isherwood) (August 26, 1904 â€“ January 4, 1986), Anglo-American novelist, was born in the ancestral seat of his family, Wybersley Hall, High Lane, in the north west of... (James) Brian Jacques (born June 15, 1939) is an English author, best known for his Redwall series of novels, as well as the Tribes of Redwall and Castaways of the Flying Dutchman series. ... Redwall was the first book in the series by Brian Jacques. ... Castaways of the Flying Dutchman is the first novel in the Castaways series by Brian Jacques, published in 2001. ... Phyllis Dorothy James, Baroness James of Holland Park OBE (born 3 August 1920) is an English writer of crime fiction and member of the House of Lords, who writes as P. D. James. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with mystery_fiction. ... This article is about the philosophical concept and literary form. ... The Children of Men (1992) is a dystopian novel by P.D. James set in England in 2021, centering on the results of mass infertility. ... Jerome Klapka Jerome (May 2, 1859 â€“ June 14, 1927) was an English author, best known for the humorous travelogue Three Men in a Boat. ... Three Men in a Boat (To Say Nothing of the Dog), published 1889, is a humorous account by Jerome K. Jerome of a boating holiday on the Thames between Kingston and Oxford. ...

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Lena Kennedy (1914–1986)
Alexander Kent (born 1924), historical fiction books on the Royal Navy.
Brian Killick, author of The Heralds
Charles Kingsley
Henry Kingsley (1830–1876)
Rudyard Kipling, author of Kim (1904)
C. H. B. Kitchin
D. H. Lawrence (1885–1930), author of Lady Chatterley's Lover
Marina Lewycka
C. S. Lewis (1898–1963), Christian, author of The Chronicles of Narnia, wrote a book called Surprised by Joy
Nell Leyshon
David Lodge, author of Thinks ... (2001)

Lena Kennedy (June 15, 1914 - 1986), was an English author. ... Alexander Kent is the pseudonym of the British novelist Douglas Edward Reeman. ... Brian Kilick (born 1928) is a British author. ... The Heralds is a novel written by Brian Killick in 1973. ... Charles Kingsley A statue of Charles Kingsley at Bideford, Devon (UK) Charles Kingsley (June 12, 1819 â€“ January 23, 1875) was an English novelist, particularly associated with the West Country. ... Henry Kingsley (1830-1876) was an English novelist, brother of the better known Charles Kingsley. ... This article is about the British author. ... This article is about the novel. ... Clifford Henry Benn Kitchin (1895-1967) was a British novelist of the early twentieth century. ... David Herbert Richards Lawrence (11 September 1885 â€“ 2 March 1930) was an English writer of the 20th century, whose prolific and diverse output included novels, short stories, poems, plays, essays, travel books, paintings, translations, literary criticism, and personal letters. ... This article is about the novel. ... Marina Lewycka (born 1946, Kiel) is a British writer of Ukrainian origin long resident in Sheffield, England. ... Clive Staples Jack Lewis (29 November 1898 â€“ 22 November 1963), commonly referred to as C. S. Lewis, was an Irish author and scholar. ... For other uses, see Christian (disambiguation). ... Narnia redirects here. ... Surprised by Joy: The Shape of My Early Life is a partial autobiography published by C.S. Lewis in 1955. ... Nell Leyshon is a British dramatist and novelist. ... David Lodge (born January 28, 1935 at London, England) is a British author. ... Thinks . ...

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Herman Cyril McNeile (1888-1937), writter of Bulldog Drummond.
Ian McEwan (born 1948)
Hilary Mantel (born 1952)
Derek Marlowe (1938–1996), A Dandy in Aspic
Frederick Marryat (1792–1848), Mr Midshipman Easy and other sea stories
A. E. W. Mason, author of The Four Feathers
Sarah Matthias, author of The Riddle of the Poisoned Monk
William Somerset Maugham (1874–1965), author of Liza of Lambeth and The Razor's Edge and creator of Sadie Thompson in Rain
George Meredith (1828–1909)
A. A. Milne (1882–1956), The Red House Mystery and Mr. Pim Passes By (a novelization of his own play)
Nancy Mitford (1904–1973)
Iris Murdoch (1919–1999), author of A Severed Head
Margaret Murphy
John Murray (born 1950), Murphy's Favourite Channels

Bulldog Drummond was the first Bulldog Drummond novel, and was published in 1920. ... Ian McEwan CBE (born June 21, 1948) is a British novelist. ... Hilary Mary Mantel CBE (born 6 July 1952) is an English novelist. ... Derek William Mario Marlowe (May 21, 1938â€“November 14, 1996) was an English playwright, novelist, and screenwriter. ... Captain Frederick Marryat (July 10, 1792 â€“ August 9, 1848) was an English novelist, a contemporary and acquaintance of Charles Dickens, noted today as an early pioneer of the sea story. ... Mr. ... Alfred Edward Woodley Mason (7 May 1865 - 22 November 1948) was a British author. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require restructuring. ... W. Somerset Maugham as photographed in 1934 by Carl Van Vechten. ... Liza of Lambeth (1897) was William Somerset Maughams first novel, which he wrote while working as a doctor at a hospital in Lambeth, then a working class district of London. ... For other uses, see The Razors Edge (disambiguation). ... Sadie Thompson is a 1928 film which tells the story of a fallen woman who comes to Pago Pago on the island of Tutuila to start a new life, but encounters a zealous missionary who wants to force her back to her former life in San Francisco. ... George Meredith, OM (February 12, 1828 â€“ May 18, 1909) was an English novelist and poet. ... Alan Alexander Milne (IPA pronunciation: ) (January 18, 1882 â€“ January 31, 1956), also known as A. A. Milne, was an English author, best known for his books about the teddy bear Winnie-the-Pooh and for various childrens poems. ... The Red House Mystery is a mystery novel by A. A. Milne, published in 1921. ... Nancy Mitford, 1957 The Hon. ... Dame Jean Iris Murdoch DBE (July 15, 1919 â€“ February 8, 1999) was an Irish-born British writer and philosopher, best known for her novels, which combine rich characterization and compelling plotlines, usually involving ethical or sexual themes. ... Severed Head cover A Severed Head (1961) is a satirical, in places almost farcical novel by Iris Murdoch about marriage, adultery and incest amongst a group of civilized and educated people who, the author implies, really should know better. ... Margaret Murphy. ... John Murray (born c. ...

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V. S. Naipaul (born 1932), author of A House for Mr Biswas

Sir Vidiadhar Surajprasad Naipaul, KB, TC (b. ... A House for Mr Biswas is a 1961 novel by V. S. Naipaul, significant as Naipauls first work to achieve acclaim worldwide. ...

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Patrick O'Brian (1914–2000), author of the Aubrey/Maturin naval historical novels.
Daniel O'Mahony
Emma Orczy (1865-1947)
Ann Oakley (born 1944)
Alfred Ollivant (1874-1927)
Tony O'Neill
Oliver Onions (1873–1961)

Amelia Opie (1769-1853)
E. Phillips Oppenheim (1866-1946)
George Orwell (1903-1950), pen name of Eric Arthur Blair, journalist, volunteer soldier in the Spanish Civil War, author of Animal Farm (1945), Nineteen Eighty-Four (1949)
Ouida (1839–1908)
Keith Ovenden

Patrick OBrian (12 December 1914 â€“ 2 January 2000; born as Richard Patrick Russ) was an English novelist and translator, best known for his Aubreyâ€“Maturin series of novels set in the Royal Navy during the Napoleonic Wars and centered on the friendship of Captain Jack Aubrey and the Irish... The Aubreyâ€“Maturin series, also known as the Aubreyad,[1] consists of a sequence of 20 completed and one unfinished historical novels by Patrick OBrian, set during the Napoleonic Wars and centering on the friendship between Captain Jack Aubrey of the Royal Navy and his ships surgeon Stephen... Daniel OMahony is a half-British half-Irish author, most famous for his work for various spin-offs from the BBC television series Doctor Who. ... Baroness Emma (Emmuska) Orczy (September 23, 1865 â€“ November 12, 1947) was a British novelist, playwright and artist of Hungarian origin. ... Ann Oakley is a distinguished British sociologist, feminist and writer. ... Tony ONeill is a New York based musician and author. ... Oliver Onions (pseudonym of George Oliver) (1873 - 1961) was a significant English novelist. ... Amelia Opie (November 12, 1769 - December 2, 1853), English author, daughter of James Alderson, a physician in Norwich, and was born there. ... Edward Phillips Oppenheim (October 22, 1866 â€“ February 3, 1946), was an English novelist, in his lifetime a major and successful writer of genre fiction including thrillers. ... George Orwell is the pen name of Eric Arthur Blair (25 June 1903[1][2] â€“ 21 January 1950) who was an English writer and journalist well-noted as a novelist, critic, and commentator on politics and culture. ... For other uses, see Journalist (disambiguation). ... A military volunteer is a person who enlists in military service by free will, and is not a mercenary or a foreign legionaire. ... Not to be confused with the Spanish Civil War of 1820-1823. ... For other uses, see Animal Farm (disambiguation). ... This article is about the Orwell novel. ... Caricature of Ouida (Punch, August 20, 1881) Ouida (January 7, 1839 â€“ January 25, 1908) was the pen name of the English novelist Maria Louise RamÃ© (although she preferred to be known as Marie Louise de la RamÃ©e). ... Keith Ovenden is an English novelist and biographer. ...

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Stel Pavlou (born 1970)
Thomas Love Peacock (1785–1866)
Mervyn Peake (1911–1968), author of the Gormenghast books
Mike Philbin (born 1966)
Harold Pinter (born 1930)
Dudley Pope (1925-1997) nautical historical novels (Lord Ramage series)

Anthony Powell (1905–2000), author of A Dance to the Music of Time
John Cowper Powys (1872–1963), author of A Glastonbury Romance
Terry Pratchett (born 1948)
J. B. Priestley (1894-1984), writer and broadcaster
Barbara Pym (1913-1980)

Stelios Grant Pavlou (born November 22, 1970) is a British author and screenwriter. ... Thomas Love Peacock (October 18, 1785 - January 23, 1866) was an English satirist and author. ... Mervyn Laurence Peake (July 9, 1911 â€“ November 17, 1968) was an English modernist writer, artist, poet and illustrator. ... Gormenghast Castle in the BBC miniseries The Gormenghast series is a series of books written by Mervyn Peake that is centered around the castle Gormenghast and the character Titus Groan. ... Mike Philbin (born 1966 in St Helens, Merseyside) is an artist, editor and author who, as of 1996, resides in Oxford in the United Kingdom. ... Harold Pinter, CH, CBE (born 10 October 1930) is an English playwright, screenwriter, poet, actor, director, author, and political activist. ... Dudley Bernard Egerton Pope (29 December 1925 - 25 April 1997) was a British writer of both nautical fiction and history, most notable for his Lord Ramage series of historical novels. ... Lord Nicholas Ramage was the fictional character at the center of a series of sea novels written by Dudley Pope. ... Anthony Dymoke Powell, CH (December 21, 1905 - March 28, 2000) was a British novelist best known for his A Dance to the Music of Time duodecalogy published between 1951 and 1975. ... A Dance to the Music of Time is a twelve volume roman Ã clef by Anthony Powell, published between 1951 and 1975. ... John Cowper Powys (October 8, 1872 - June 17, 1963) was a British (English-Welsh) writer, lecturer, and philosopher. ... A Glastonbury Romance is a novel by John Cowper Powys, published in 1932. ... Terence David John Pratchett, OBE (born 28 April 1948) is a British fantasy and science fiction author, best known for his Discworld series. ... John Boynton Priestley, OM (born 13 September 1894, Bradford, West Riding of Yorkshire, died 14 August 1984, Warwickshire) was an English writer and broadcaster . ... Barbara Mary Crampton Pym (June 2, 1913 - January 11, 1980) was an English novelist. ...

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Arthur Quiller-Couch (1863-1944)
Ann Quin (1936-1973)

Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch (November 21, 1863 - May 12, 1944) was a British writer, who published under the pen name of Q. Born in Cornwall, he was educated at Newton Abbot College, at Clifton College, and Trinity College, Oxford and later became a lecturer there. ... This article is considered orphaned, since there are very few or no other articles that link to this one. ...

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Ann Radcliffe (1764–1823)
Julian Rathbone
Ruth Rendell (aka Barbara Vine), author of King Solomon's Carpet
Samuel Richardson, printer, contender for the title of "first English novelist", author of Pamela (1740) and Clarissa (1748)
Sax Rohmer (1883–1959), creator of Dr. Fu Manchu, "the yellow peril incarnate in one man".
J. K. Rowling (born 1965)

This article is about the 19th-century author. ... Julian Rathbone, English novelist, born 10th February 1935, Blackheath, London. ... Ruth Barbara Rendell, Baroness Rendell of Babergh, CBE, who also writes under the pseudonym Barbara Vine, (born February 17, 1930), is a British best-selling mystery and psychological crime writer, often called the Queen of Crime. ... Ruth Barbara Rendell, Baroness Rendell of Babergh, who also writes under the pseudonym Barbara Vine, (born February 17, 1930), is a British best-selling mystery and psychological crime writer, often called the Queen of Crime. ... King Solomons Carpet (1991) is a novel by Barbara Vine (aka Ruth Rendell) about the London Underground and the people frequenting it. ... Samuel Richardson (August 19, 1689 â€“ July 4, 1761) was a major 18th century writer best known for his three epistolary novels: Pamela: Or, Virtue Rewarded (1740), Clarissa: Or the History of a Young Lady (1748) and Sir Charles Grandison (1753). ... The word printer is used to describe a company that provides commercial printing services, involving typesetting, printing and book-binding. ... For other uses, see England (disambiguation). ... Pamela, or Virtue Rewarded is an epistolary novel by Samuel Richardson, first published in 1740. ... This article or section seems not to be written in the formal tone expected of an encyclopedia entry. ... Arthur Henry Sarsfield Ward (February 15, 1883 - June 1, 1959), better known as Sax Rohmer, was a prolific English novelist. ... This article is about the fictional literature character. ... The Yellow Terror In All His Glory, 1899 editorial cartoon Yellow Peril (sometimes Yellow Terror) was a color metaphor for race that originated in the late nineteenth century with immigration of Chinese laborers to various Western countries, notably the United States, and later to the Japanese during the mid 20th... Joanne Jo Murray, nÃ©e Rowling OBE[1] (born 31 July 1965),[2] who writes under the pen name J. K. Rowling,[3] is a British writer and author of the Harry Potter fantasy series. ...

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Salman Rushdie (born 1947), author of "Midnight's Children" and "The Satanic Verses"
Dorothy L. Sayers (1893–1957), mystery writer (creator of Lord Peter Wimsey), playwright, translator of Dante
Will Self
Diane Setterfield, author of The Thirteenth Tale
Tom Sharpe, author of Wilt
Mary Shelley (August 30, 1797 - February 1, 1851) Frankenstein
C. P. Snow (1905–1980)
Muriel Spark (born 1918)
Laurence Sterne (1713–1768)
Bram Stoker (1847-1912) Dracula
Alexander Stuart (born 1955), author of The War Zone, for which the 1989 Whitbread Prize was controversially withdrawn.
Graham Swift won the Booker Prize in 1996 for Last Orders; also known for an earlier novel Waterland (1984).

Sir Ahmed Salman Rushdie (Devanagari : à¤…à¤¹à¤®à¤¦ à¤¸à¤²à¤®à¤¾à¤¨ à¤°à¤¶à¥à¤¦à¥€ Nastaliq:; born 19 June 1947) is an Indian-British novelist and essayist. ... Midnights Children is a 1981 novel by Salman Rushdie. ... For the verses known as Satanic Verses, see Satanic Verses. ... Dorothy Leigh Sayers (Oxford, 13 June 1893 â€“ Witham, 17 December 1957) was a renowned British author, translator, student of classical and modern languages, and Christian humanist. ... Early paperback edition cover of Murder Must Advertise Lord Peter Death Bredon Wimsey is a fictional character in a series of detective novels and short stories by Dorothy L. Sayers, in which he solves mysteries â€” usually murder mysteries. ... A dramatist is an author of dramatic compositions, usually plays. ... Dante redirects here. ... Will Self William Self (born September 26, 1961) is an English novelist, reviewer and columnist. ... Diane Setterfield (b. ... The Thirteenth Tale is a gothic suspense novel that was published in 2006. ... Tom Sharpe (born March 30, 1928) is an English satirical author, born in London and educated at Lancing College and at Pembroke College, Cambridge. ... Wilt is a comedic novel by the author Tom Sharpe, first published by Martin Secker and Warburg Ltd in 1976. ... Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley (nÃ©e Godwin) (30 August 1797 â€“ 1 February 1851) was an English romantic/gothic novelist and the author of Frankenstein, or The Modern Prometheus. ... is the 242nd day of the year (243rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1797 (MDCCXCVII) was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Wednesday of the 11-day-slower Julian calendar). ... is the 32nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1851 (MDCCCLI) was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Friday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar). ... This article is about the 1818 novel. ... Charles Percy Snow, Baron Snow, CBE (15 October 1905â€“1 July 1980) was a scientist and novelist. ... Dame Muriel Spark, DBE (February 1, 1918 â€“ April 13, 2006) was a leading Scottish novelist. ... Laurence Sterne Laurence Sterne (November 24, 1713 â€“ March 18, 1768) was an Irish-born English novelist and an Anglican clergyman. ... Abraham Bram Stoker (November 8, 1847 â€“ April 20, 1912) was an Irish writer, best remembered as the author of the influential horror novel Dracula. ... This article is about the novel. ... Alexander Stuart (born January 27, 1955) is a British-born, Los Angeles-based novelist and screenwriter, whose books have been translated into eight languages and published in the US, Britain, Europe, Israel and throughout the world. ... The War Zone is a 1999 movie written by Alexander Stuart, based on his novel, and directed by Tim Roth. ... The Whitbread Book Awards are among the United Kingdoms most prestigious literary awards. ... Graham Colin Swift (born May 4, 1949) is a well-known British author. ... The Man Booker Prize for Fiction, also known as the Man Booker Prize, or simply the Man Booker, is one of the worlds most important literary prizes, and awarded each year for the best original novel written by a citizen of the Commonwealth or the Republic of Ireland in... Last Orders is a 2001 motion picture written and directed by Australian (Writer/Director/Producer) Fred Schepisi, and stars Michael Caine as Jack Dodd, Bob Hoskins as Ray, Ray Winstone as Vince Dodds, David Hemmings as Lenny and Tom Courtenay as Vic Tucker. ... Waterland is a novel by Graham Swift, made into a 1992 movie starring Jeremy Irons. ...

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William Makepeace Thackeray (1811–1863), author of Vanity Fair
Colin Thubron (born 1939), author of A Cruel Madness and other novels as well as travel books
J. R. R. Tolkien (1892–1973), author of The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit

Sue Townsend (born 1946), Adrian Mole books
Miles Tredinnick (born 1955), author of Fripp
Anthony Trollope (1815–1882), prolific documentor of life in Victorian England
Philip Turner (born 1925), children's novelist and vicar

William Makepeace Thackeray (July 18, 1811 â€“ December 24, 1863) was a British novelist of the 19th century. ... Title-page to Vanity Fair, drawn by Thackeray, who furnished the illustrations for many of his earlier editions Vanity Fair: A Novel without a Hero is a novel by William Makepeace Thackeray that satirizes society in early 19th-century England. ... Colin Gerald Dryden Thubron, CBE (b. ... Tolkien redirects here. ... This article is about the novel. ... For other uses, see Hobbit (disambiguation) and There and Back Again (disambiguation). ... Susan Lillian Sue Townsend (born April 2, 1946) is the author of the Adrian Mole series of books. ... In a varied career in the entertainment industry Miles Tredinnick (born February 18, 1955) has been a rock singer, TV comedy scriptwriter, songwriter, playwright, novelist and tour guide. ... Wikipedia does not yet have an article with this exact name. ... Anthony Trollope (April 24, 1815 â€“ December 6, 1882) became one of the most successful, prolific and respected English novelists of the Victorian era. ... The Victorian era of the United Kingdom marked the height of the British Industrial Revolution and the apex of the British Empire. ... For other uses, see England (disambiguation). ... Philip William Turner (born December 3, 1925) is an English author best known for his childrens books about the fictional town of Darnley Mills and (as Stephen Chance) about the Reverend Septimus Treloar. ...

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Evelyn Underhill (1875-1941)
Barry Unsworth (born 1930)
Cathi Unsworth
Edward Upward (born 1903)

Evelyn Underhill (1875-1941) was an Anglican writer on mysticism, a novelist, and a metaphysical poet. ... Barry Unsworth (born 1930) is a British novelist who is known for novels with historical themes. ... Edward Falaise Upward is a British novelist and short story writer, born Romford, England, 9 September 1903. ...

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John Van der Kiste (born 1954)
Frances Vernon (1963-1991)
R. V. Vernède (1905-2003)
Salley Vickers
Sherard Vines (1890-1974)

John Van der Kiste, author, was born in Wendover, Buckinghamshire, in 1954, son of Wing Commander Guy Van der Kiste (1912-99). ... Walter Sherard Vines (1890 â€“ 1974) was an English writer and academic, who wrote poetry, novels and criticism. ...

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John Wain (1925-1994)
H. Russell Wakefield (1888-1964)
George Walker (1772-1847)
Edgar Wallace (1875-1932)
Nick Wallace (born 1972)
Leo Walmsley
Jill Paton Walsh (born 1937)
Guy Walters (born 1971)
Vanessa Walters (born 1978)
Mary Augusta Ward (1851–1920)
Rex Warner (1905-1986)
Keith Waterhouse (born 1929)
Auberon Waugh (1939-2001)
Evelyn Waugh (1903–1966), comic novelist (Scoop), tragic novelist (Brideshead Revisited).
Mary Webb (1881-1927), tales of rural life
Samantha Weinberg
Fay Weldon (born 1931)
H. G. Wells (1866–1946), author and essayist, early writer of science fiction, author of The War of the Worlds and The Invisible Man
Ronald Welch (1909-1982), children's historical novels (Knight Crusader)
Louise Wener (born 1967)
Mary Wesley (1912–2002), author of The Camomile Lawn
Jane West (1758-1852)
Robert Westall (1929-1993)
William Bury Westall (1834-1903)
Patience Wheatcroft (born 1951)
Dorothy Whipple (1893-1966)

Tony White
Hale White (1831-1913)
Michael White
T. H. White (1906-1964), author of The Sword in the Stone and The Once and Future King
Richard Whiteing (1840-1928)
Peter Wildeblood (1923-1999)
Vaughan Wilkins (1890-1959)
Charles Williams (1886-1945)
Charlie Williams (born 1971)
Nigel Williams (born 1948)
Robina Williams
Henry Williamson (1895–1977), author
Ted Willis (1914-1992), (Baron Willis)
A. N. Wilson (born 1950)
Angus Wilson (1913–1991)
R. D. Wingfield (1928-2007)
Jeanette Winterson (born 1959)
P. G. Wodehouse (1881–1975), creator of Jeeves and Wooster
Mary Wollstonecraft (17591797)
Christopher Wood (born 1935)
Ellen Wood (1814-1887)
Martin Woodhouse (born 1932)
Richard Woodman (born 1944)
Margaret Louisa Woods (1856-1945)
Virginia Woolf (1882–1941), feminist, modernist, author of To the Lighthouse, Orlando: A Biography, Mrs Dalloway

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Fay Weldon (born September 22, 1931) is a British novelist, short story writer, playwright and essayist whose work has been associated with the cause of feminism. ... Herbert George Wells (September 21, 1866 â€“ August 13, 1946), better known as H. G. Wells, was an English writer best known for such science fiction novels as The Time Machine, The War of the Worlds, The Invisible Man, The First Men in the Moon and The Island of Doctor Moreau. ... An essayist is an author who writes compositions which can be about any particular subject. ... Science fiction is a form of speculative fiction principally dealing with the impact of imagined science and technology, or both, upon society and persons as individuals. ... The War of the Worlds (1898), by H. G. Wells, is an early science fiction novel (or novella) which describes an invasion of England by aliens from Mars. ... For other uses, see The Invisible Man (disambiguation). ... 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Dornford Yates (1885–1960), escapist adventure stories
Edmund Yates (1831–1894)
Ann Yearsley (c. 1753-1806)
Victor Maslin Yeates (1897—1934)
Tamar Yellin
Charlotte Mary Yonge (1823-1901)
E. H. Young (1880-1945)
Helen Zahavi, author of Dirty Weekend (1991), a modern-day picaresque novel
Israel Zangwill (1864-1926)
Louis Zangwill (1869-1938)

Jane Yardley is an English author, raised in a village in 1960s Essex,[1] (where most of her novels are set). ... Dornford Yates was the pseudonym of the British novelist, Cecil William Mercer (August 7, 1885 â€“ March 5, 1960). ... Edmund Hodgson Yates (July 3, 1831 - May 20, 1894) was a novelist and dramatist, born at Edinburgh, held for some years an appointment in the General Post Office. ... Ann Yearsley nÃ©e Cromartie (c. ... Victor Maslin Yeates (30 September 1897 â€” 15 December 1934), often abbreviated to VM Yeates, was an English RAF fighter pilot in World War I. Yeates, who was born at Dulwich, joined the Inns of Court O.T.C. in 1916 and transferred to the Royal Flying Corps (later the Royal... Tamar Yellin is the author of the novel The Genizah at the House of Shepher, and the short story collection Kafka in Bronteland. ... Charlotte Mary Yonge (August 11, 1823 - May 24, 1901), was a English novelist, known for her huge output, mostly now out of print. ... E. H. Young Emily Hilda Young (March 21, 1880 - August 8, 1949) was an English novelist. ... Dirty Weekend is a film (1993) directed by Michael Winner based on a 1991 novel by Helen Zahavi (screenplay by Zahavi and Winner). ... The picaresque novel (Spanish: picaresco, from pÃcaro, for rogue or rascal) is a popular subgenre of prose fiction which is usually satirical and depicts in realistic and often humorous detail the adventures of a roguish hero of low social class who lives by his or her wits in a... Israel Zangwill (February 14, 1864 - August 1, 1926) was an English-born Zionist, humourist and writer. ... Louis Zangwill (July 25, 1869 â€“ 1938) was an English novelist; born at Bristol, England. ...

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