List of English novelists

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This is a list of novelists from England.

Contents 1 A 2 B 3 C 4 D-E 5 F-G 6 H-J 7 K-L 8 M-O 9 P-S 10 T 11 W-Z 12 See also

[edit] A

• J. R. Ackerley, (b.1896-1967)
• Peter Ackroyd, (b.1949)
• Douglas Adams, (1952-2001), author of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
• Richard Adams, (b.1920), author of Watership Down
• Kingsley Amis, (1922–1995), novelist and poet, young author of Lucky Jim and old author of The Old Devils.
• Martin Amis, (b.1949), son of Kingsley, author of Dead Babies, Money, and The Information
• Lisa Appignanesi (b.1946)
• Jeffrey Archer (b.1940)
• Elizabeth von Arnim, (1866-1941)
• Jane Austen, (1775-1817), wrote Sense and Sensibility, and Pride and Prejudice.

[edit] B

• 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)
• 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
• Anthony Buckeridge
• 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

[edit] C

• 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
• 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
• 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, twentieth century
• Marie Corelli, (1855-1924), best–selling novelist
• Bernard Cornwell, author of the Sharpe novels
• Amanda Craig, author of A Vicious Circle and In a Dark Wood
• Andrew Crofts, author of The Little Hero
• J. A. Cuddon, (1928-1996)

[edit] D-E

• Portia Da Costa, author of erotic romance fiction for women
• Daniel Defoe, journalist, author of Robinson Crusoe (1719), Moll Flanders
• Thomas Deloney, (1543-1600)
• Nirpal Singh Dhaliwal, (born 1974)
• Charles Dickens, (1812-1870), author of David Copperfield, Oliver Twist, and A Christmas Carol.
• Louise Doughty, (b. 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
• Edward Eggleston, (1837-1902)
• George Eliot, (1819-1880)
• Ben Elton, (b. 1959)

[edit] F-G

• 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 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)
• 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)

[edit] H-J

• H. Rider Haggard, (1856–1925), adventure novels set in exotic locations, such as King Solomon's Mines, She
• Thomas Hardy, (1840–1928)
• Joanne Harris, (born 1964), author of Chocolat, Five Quarters of the Orange
• Josephine Hart, author of Damage
• Carole Hayman
• James Herbert, Horror writer
• Stewart Home, (born 1962), his 1999 novel
• Nick Hornby, author of About a Boy (1998)
• William Horwood, author of the Duncton Wood series.
• Elizabeth Jane Howard
• Fergus Hume, (1859–1932)
• Aldous Huxley, (1884–1963), author of Brave New World
• Conn Iggulden, (born 1971)
• Hammond Innes, (1914–1998)
• Christopher Isherwood, (1904–1986)
• 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

[edit] K-L

• Lena Kennedy, (1914–1986)
• Alexander Kent (1924 - Present), 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)

[edit] M-O

• 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
• William Somerset Maugham, (1874–1965), author of Liza of Lambeth and The Razor's Edge and creator of Sadie Thompson in Rain
• Ian McEwan
• 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
• V. S. Naipaul, (1932–), author of "A House for Mr Biswas"
• Patrick O'Brian, (1914–2000), author of the Aubrey/Maturin naval historical novels (Master and Commander is the first in the series) and of many other novels and stories.
• Oliver Onions, (1873–1961)
• George Orwell, pen name of Eric Arthur Blair, journalist, volunteer soldier in the Spanish Civil War, author of Animal Farm (1945), 1984 (1949)
• Ouida, (1839–1908)

[edit] P-S

• Gary Paulson, (born 1963)
• Stel Pavlou, (born 1970)
• Thomas Love Peacock, (1785–1866)
• Mervyn Peake, (1911–1968), author of the Gormenghast books
• 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
• Barbara Pym
• 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".
• Salman Rushdie, (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
• C. P. Snow, (1905–1980)
• Muriel Spark, (born 1918)
• Laurence Sterne, (1713–1768)
• 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).

[edit] T

• William Makepeace Thackeray, (1811–1863), author of Vanity Fair
• Colin Thubron, 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, Adrian Mole books
• Miles Tredinnick, author of Fripp
• Anthony Trollope, (1815–1882), prolific documentor of life in Victorian England

[edit] W-Z

• Jill Paton Walsh
• Mary Augusta Ward, (1851–1920)
• Evelyn Waugh, (1903–1966), comic novelist (Scoop), tragic novelist (Brideshead Revisited), sometimes in the same book.
• Mary Webb, tales of rural life
• Fay Weldon
• H. G. Wells, (1866–1946), author and essayist, early writer of science fiction, author of The War of the Worlds and The Invisible Man
• Mary Wesley, (1912–2002), author of The Camomile Lawn
• T. H. White, author of The Sword in the Stone and The Once and Future King
• Henry Williamson, (1895–1977), author
• Angus Wilson, (1913–1991)
• P. G. Wodehouse, (1881–1975), creator of Jeeves and Wooster
• Virginia Woolf, (1882–1941), feminist, modernist, author of To the Lighthouse
• Dornford Yates, (1885–1960), escapist adventure stories
• Edmund Yates, (1831–1894)
• Helen Zahavi, author of Dirty Weekend (1991), a modern–day picaresque novel

[edit] See also

• List of English writers
• List of novelists