List of historical novelists
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[edit] A
- Peter Ackroyd (born 1949)
- William Harrison Ainsworth (1805-1882)
- Bruce Alexander
- Joseph Alexander Altsheler (1862-1919)
- Valerie Anand
- Enrico Antiporda
- Anna Apostolou (a pseudonym of P. C. Doherty)
- Margaret Atwood (born 1939)
[edit] B
- Mary Balogh (born 1944 as Mary Jenkins)
- Kathleen Baldwin American novelist
- Pat Barker (born 1943)
- Vasil Barnovi (1856-1934)
- Thea Beckman (1923-2004)
- Robert Hugh Benson (1871-1914)
- R. D. Blackmore (1825-1900)
- John Boyne (born 1971)
- Gillian Bradshaw (born 1956)
- Wallace Breem (1926-1990)
- Emily Brightwell
- Geraldine Brooks (born 1955)
- D. K. Broster (1877-1950)
- John Buchan (1875-1940)
- Fiona Buckley (the pseudonym of Valerie Anand)
- Anthony Burgess (1917-1993)
[edit] C
- Clifford Caldwell (born 1948) History of the American West
- Caleb Carr (born 1955)
- John Dickson Carr (1906-1977)
- Philippa Carr (1906-1993)
- Jimmy Carter (born 1924) (ex US President and author)
- Winston Churchill (1871-1947) (an American novelist)
- Alys Clare (born 1944)
- Susanna Clarke (born 1959)
- James Clavell (1924-1994)
- Brian Cleeve (1921-2003)
- Michael Clynes (pseudonym for P. C. Doherty)
- Ioan Mihai Cochinescu (born 1951)
- Jonathan Coe (born 1961)
- Joseph Conrad (1857-1924)
- Judith Cook
- Bernard Cornwell (born 1944)
- Thomas B. Costain (1885-1965)
- Andrew Crumey (born 1961)
[edit] D
- Lindsey Davis (born 1949)
- Celeste De Blasis (1946-2001)
- L. Sprague de Camp (1907-2000)
- Len Deighton (born 1929)
- Don DeLillo (born 1936)
- Graham Diamond
- Charles Dickens (1812-1870)
- E. L. Doctorow (born 1931)
- P. C. Doherty (born 1946)
- Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1859-1930)
- David Donachie (born 1944)
- Emma Donoghue
- Alfred Duggan (1903-1964)
- Alexandre Dumas, père (1802-1870)
- Daphne du Maurier (1907-1989)
- Ann Dukthas (a pseudonym for P. C. Doherty)
- Dorothy Dunnett (1923-2001)
- David Anthony Durham
[edit] E
- Umberto Eco (born 1932)
- George Eliot (1819-1880)
- James Ellroy (born 1948)
- Elizabeth Eyre
[edit] F
- Sebastian Faulks (born 1953)
- Richard Flanagan (born 1961)
- Ken Follett (born 1949)
- C. S. Forester (1899-1966)
- Bruno Frank (1878-1945)
- Margaret Frazer
- Dale Furutani (born 1946)
[edit] G
- Diana Gabaldon (born 1952)
- Margaret George (born 1943)
- Posie Graeme-Evans (born Rosemary Graeme-Evans c. 1952)
- C. L. Grace ( a pseudonym for P. C. Doherty)
- Joan Grant (1907-1989)
- Robert Graves (1895-1985)
- Philippa Gregory (born 1954)
- Susanna Gregory (the pseudonym of Elizabeth Cruwys)
[edit] H
- Barbara Hambly (born 1951)
- Paul Harding (a pseudonym of P. C. Doherty)
- Mollie Hardwick (a pseudonym of P. C. Doherty)
- Simon Hawke (born 1951)
- G. A. Henty, (1832-1902)
- Georgette Heyer (1902-1974)
- Eleanor Hibbert (1906-1993)
- Tom Holland (born 1968) British author
- Tom Holt (born 1961)
- Victoria Holt (1906-1993)
- Victor Hugo (1802-1885)
- S. L. Hunter (born 1951) (the pseudonym of Nicholas Valentin Yermakov)
[edit] I
- Conn Iggulden (born 1971)
- Kazuo Ishiguro (born 1954)
[edit] J
- Christian Jacq (born 1947) French historical novelist and Egyptologist
- Rosemary Hawley Jarman (born 1935)
- Michael Jecks (born 1960
- Gary Jennings (1928-1999)
- Alois Jirásek (1851-1930)
- Marie-Elena John (born 1963)
- Erica Jong (born 1942) not primarily known for historical novels
[edit] K
- Amita Kanekar (born 1965)
- Debra Kemp (born 1957)
- Alexander Kent (the pseudonym of British writer Douglas Reeman)
- Charles Kingsley (1819-1875)
- Bernard Knight
- Józef Ignacy Kraszewski (1812-1887)
- Jaan Kross (1920-2007)
[edit] L
- Jane Lane
- Janet Laurence (born 1947)
- Perry Lentz (born 1943)
- Stephen Lewis (born 1937)
- Norah Lofts (1904-1983)
- Luis López Nieves (born 1950)
- Luo Guanzhong (1330-1400)
[edit] M
- Paul L. Maier
- Rosie Malek-Yonan (author of The Crimson Field)
- Thomas Mallon (1951-)
- Valerio Massimo Manfredi (1946-)
- Stephen Marley
- F. Van Wyck Mason (1901-1978)
- J. D. Masters (born 1951) (birth name Nicholas Yermakov, this is the pseudonym of Simon Hawke)
- George MacDonald Fraser (1925-2008)
- John Masters (1914-1983)
- Katharine McMahon
- James A. Michener (1907-1997)
[edit] N
- Vladimír Neff (1909-1983)
- Nerida Newton (born 1972)
- Robert Nye (born 1939)
[edit] O
- Patrick O'Brian (1914-2000) (author of historical Aubrey–Maturin series)
- Scott Oden (born 1967)
- Baroness Orczy (1865-1947)
[edit] P
- William Palmer
- Edith Pargeter (1913-1995)
- Elizabeth Peters (born 1927)
- Ellis Peters (1913-1995)
- Sharon Penman (born 1945)
- Anne Perry (born 1938)
- Jean Plaidy (1906-1993) (the pseudonym of Eleanor Hibbert)
- Dudley Pope (1925-1997)
- Steven Pressfield (born 1943)
- Bolesław Prus (1847-1912)
[edit] R
- Thomas Pynchon (born 1937)
- Charles Reade (1814-1884)
- Jaclyn Reding (born 1966)
- Mary Renault (1905-1983)
- Karl Ristikivi (1907-1970)
- Kel Richards (born 1946)
- Candace Robb (born 1950)
- Kenneth Roberts (1885-1957)
- Lucia St. Clair Robson (born 1942)
- Lynda Robinson (born 1951)
- Elliott Roosevelt (1910-1990)
- Laura Joh Rowland
- Edward Rutherfurd (born 1948)
[edit] S
- Rafael Sabatini (1875-1950)
- Romain Sardou (born 1974)
- Steven Saylor (born 1956)
- Sir Walter Scott (1771-1832)
- Kate Sedley (born 1926)
- Anya Seton (1904-1916)
- Tim Severin (born 1940)
- Jeffrey Shaara (born 1952)
- Michael Shaara (1928-1988)
- Samuel Shellabarger (1888-1954)
- Henryk Sienkiewicz (1846-1916)
- Wilbur Smith (born 1933) primarily known for his novels based in South Africa.
- Robert Louis Stevenson (1850-1894)
- Mary Stewart (born 1916)
- Rosemary Sutcliff (1920-1992)
[edit] T
- Nigel Tranter (1909-2000)
- Geoffrey Trease (1909-1998)
- Henry Treece (1911-1966)
- Peter Tremayne (born 1943) (the pseudonym for Peter Berresford Ellis)
- Harry Turtledove (born 1949)
[edit] U-V
[edit] W
- Jill Paton Walsh
- Sarah Waters
- Evelyn Waugh (1903–1966)
- Catherine Webb
- Thornton Wilder (1897–1975)
- Jay Williams
- Zikmund Winter (1846–1912)
- David Wishart
- Barbara Wood
- Richard Woodman
- Herman Wouk
[edit] Y-Z
- Chelsea Quinn Yarbro (born 1942)
- Frank Yerby (1916-1991)
- Nicholas Yermakov (born 1951)
- Robert Clark Young (born 1960)
- Richard Zimler (born 1956)