List of historical novelists
This list provides a list of novelists who have written historical novels.
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A
- Leopoldo Alas 'Clarín' (1852-1901)
- Edwin Abbott (1838-1926)
- Peter Ackroyd (born 1949)
- Gil Adamson (born 1961)
- William Harrison Ainsworth (1805–1882)
- Bruce Alexander
- Joseph Alexander Altsheler (1862–1919)
- Barbara Allen (1914–1986), pseudonym of Violet Vivian Finlay Stuart Mann
- Valerie Anand (born 1937)
- Anna Apostolou, pseudonym of P. C. Doherty
- Arnab Jan Deka (born 1967)
- Matilde Asensi (born 1962)
- Margaret Atwood (born 1939)
- Lynn Austin (born 1949)
B
- Mary Balogh (born 1944 as Mary Jenkins)
- Kathleen Baldwin
- Robert Michael Ballantyne (1825–1894)
- Sharadindu Bandyopadhyay (1899–1970)
- John Banim (1798–1842)
- Sabine Baring-Gould (1834–1924)
- Pat Barker (born 1943)
- Vasil Barnovi (1856–1934)
- Sam Barone
- Thea Beckman (1923–2004)
- Frans G. Bengtsson (1894–1954)
- Robert Hugh Benson (1871–1914)
- Phyllis Bentley (1894–1977)
- Sir Walter Besant (1836–1901)
- R. D. Blackmore (1825–1900)
- Dennis Bock (born 1964)
- John Boyne (born 1971)
- Gillian Bradshaw (born 1956)
- Wallace Breem (1926–1990)
- Frederick Sadleir Brereton (1852–1957)
- Emily Brightwell (born 1948)
- Geraldine Brooks (born 1955)
- D. K. Broster (1877–1950)
- Valery Bryusov (1873–1924)
- John Buchan (1875–1940)
- Fiona Buckley, pseudonym of Valerie Anand
- Emma Bull (born 1954)
- Edward Bulwer-Lytton (1803–1873)
- Anthony Burgess (1917–1993)
- Eleanor Burford, pseudonym of Eleanor Hibbert
- Hester Burton (1913–2000)
- James Lee Burke (born 1936)
- Frederick Busch (1941–2006)
C
- Peter Carey (born 1943)
- William Carleton (1794-1869)
- Caleb Carr (born 1955)
- John Dickson Carr (1906–1977)
- Philippa Carr (1906–1993), pseudonym of Eleanor Hibbert
- Jimmy Carter (born 1924)
- Willa Cather (1873–1947)
- Elizabeth Chadwick
- Aleksey Chapygin (1870-1937)
- Alfred John Church (1829-1912)
- Winston Churchill (1871–1947) (American)
- Alys Clare (born 1944)
- Susanna Clarke (born 1959)
- James Clavell (1924–1994)
- Brian Cleeve (1921–2003)
- Michael Clynes, pseudonym of P. C. Doherty
- Ioan Mihai Cochinescu (born 1951)
- Jonathan Coe (born 1961)
- Wilkie Collins (1824-1889)
- Joseph Conrad (1857–1924)
- Judith Cook (1933-2004)
- Bernard Cornwell (born 1944)
- Thomas B. Costain (1885–1965)
- Andrew Crumey (born 1961)
D
- Miguel Delibes (1920-2010)
- Felix Dahn (1834-1912)
- Grigory Danilevsky (1829-1890)
- Lindsey Davis (born 1949)
- William Stearns Davis (1877–1930)
- Celeste De Blasis (1946–2001)
- L. Sprague de Camp (1907–2000)
- Jan de Hartog (1914–2002)
- Len Deighton (born 1929)
- Don DeLillo (born 1936)
- Charles Dezobry (1798–1871)
- Graham Diamond (born 1945)
- Charles Dickens (1812–1870)
- Benjamin Disraeli (1804-1881)
- E. L. Doctorow (born 1931)
- P. C. Doherty (born 1946)
- Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1859–1930)
- David Donachie (born 1944)
- Angus Donald (born 1965)
- Emma Donoghue (born 1969)
- Alfred Duggan (1903–1964)
- Alexandre Dumas, père (1802–1870)
- Daphne du Maurier (1907–1989)
- Ann Dukthas, pseudonym of P. C. Doherty
- Maurice Druon (1918–2009)
- Dorothy Dunnett (1923–2001)
- David Anthony Durham (born 1969)
E-F
- Georg Ebers (1837-1898)
- Ernst Eckstein (1845-1900)
- Umberto Eco (born 1932)
- Tome Egumenoski (born 1976)
- George Eliot (1819–1880)
- James Ellroy (born 1948)
- Amy Ephron (born 1952)
- Erckmann-Chatrian
- Elizabeth Eyre
- Michel Faber (born 1960)
- Cerridwen Fallingstar (born 1952)
- Frederic William Farrar (1831-1903)
- J. G. Farrell (born 1935)
- Sebastian Faulks (born 1953)
- Howard Fast (1914–2003)
- George Manville Fenn (1831-1909)
- Charles Finch (born 1980)
- Richard Flanagan (born 1961)
- Gustave Flaubert (1821-1880)
- Ken Follett (born 1949)
- Elburd Ford (1906–1993), pseudonym of Eleanor Hibbert
- C. S. Forester (1899–1966)
- Karen Joy Fowler (born 1950)
- Bruno Frank (1878–1945)
- Margaret Frazer
- Gustav Freytag (1816-1895)
- Alan Furst (born 1941)
- Dale Furutani (born 1946)
G
- Benito Pérez Galdós (1843-1920)
- Diana Gabaldon (born 1952)
- Elizabeth Gaskell (1810-1865)
- Margaret George (born 1943)
- Nikolai Gogol (1809-1852)
- Julia Golding (born 1969)
- William Golding (1911–1993)
- Jason Goodwin (born 1964)
- Posie Graeme-Evans (born 1952 as Rosemary Graeme-Evans)
- C. L. Grace, pseudonym of P. C. Doherty
- James Grant (author) (1822-1887)
- Joan Grant (1907–1989)
- Ralph Graves (born 1924)
- Robert Graves (1895–1985)
- Philippa Gregory (born 1954)
- Susanna Gregory, pseudonym of Elizabeth Cruwys
- Gerald Griffin (1803-1840)
- Michael Cawood Green (born 1954)
H
- Cynthia Haggard, British-American author, related to H. Rider Haggard
- H. Rider Haggard (1856-1925)
- Barbara Hambly (born 1951)
- Judith Hand (born 1940)
- Paul Harding, pseudonym of P. C. Doherty
- Mollie Hardwick, pseudonym of P. C. Doherty
- Cynthia Harnett (1893–1981)
- Stephen Harrigan (born 1948)
- Simon Hawke (born 1951), pseudonym of Nicholas Yermakov
- G. A. Henty, (1832–1902)
- Georgette Heyer (1902–1974)
- Eleanor Hibbert (1906-1993)
- Susan Higginbotham, American author
- Graham Higson, British author
- Tom Holland (born 1968)
- Sheri Holman (born 1966)
- Tom Holt (born 1961)
- Victoria Holt (1906–1993), pseudonym of Eleanor Hibbert
- Victor Hugo (1802–1885)
- S. L. Hunter (born 1951), pseudonym of Nicholas Valentin Yermakov
I-K
- Conn Iggulden (born 1971)
- Neamat Imam (born 1971)
- Yasushi Inoue (born 1907)
- Kazuo Ishiguro (born 1954)
- Christian Jacq (born 1947)
- John Jakes (born 1932)
- George Payne Rainsford James (1799-1860)
- Rosemary Hawley Jarman (born 1935)
- Michael Jecks (born 1960)
- Gary Jennings (1928–1999)
- John Edward Jennings (1906–1973)
- Alois Jirásek (1851–1930)
- Marie-Elena John (born 1963)
- Erica Jong (born 1942)
- Amita Kanekar (born 1965)
- Kathleen Kellow (1906–1993), pseudonym of Eleanor Hibbert
- John Katzenbach (born 1950)
- Debra Kemp (born 1957)
- Alexander Kent, pseudonym of Douglas Reeman
- Charles Kingsley (1819–1875)
- Julie Klassen
- Bernard Knight (born 1931)
- Józef Ignacy Kraszewski (1812–1887)
- Giles Kristian (born 1975)
- Jaan Kross (1920–2007)
L
- Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa (1896-1957)
- Jane Lane (1905–1978)
- Mariano José de Larra (1809–1837)
- David Lassman (born 1963)
- Janet Laurence (born 1937)
- George Leonardos (born 1937)
- Perry Lentz (born 1943)
- Stephen Lewis (born 1937)
- David Liss (born 1966)
- John Gibson Lockhart (1794-1854)
- William Stuart Long (1914–1986) (a pseudonym of Violet Vivian Finlay Stuart Mann)
- Norah Lofts (1904–1983)
- Luis López Nieves (born 1950)
- Luo Guanzhong (1330–1400)
- Néstor Luján (1922–1995)
M
- Cormac McCarthy (born 1933)
- Colleen McCullough (born 1937)
- George MacDonald Fraser (1925–2008)
- Katharine McMahon
- Salvador de Madariaga (1886-1978)
- Naguib Mahfouz (1911-2006)
- Eduardo Mendoza (born 1943)
- Paul L. Maier (born 1930)
- Rosie Malek-Yonan (born 1965)
- Thomas Mallon (born 1951)
- Hilary Mantel (born 1952)
- Valerio Massimo Manfredi (born 1946)
- Stephen Marley
- F. Van Wyck Mason (1901–1978)
- J. D. Masters (born 1951), pseudonym of Nicholas Yermakov
- John Masters (1914–1983)
- Sir Herbert Maxwell (1845-1937)
- Roy Medvedev (born 1925)
- Dmitry Merezhkovsky (1865–1941)
- James A. Michener (1907–1997)
- Madeline Miller (born 1978)
- Margaret Mitchell (1900-1949)
- Thomas Moore (1779-1852)
- Daniil Mordovtsev (1830-1905)
N-O
- Vladimír Neff (1909–1983)
- John Henry Newman (1801-1890)
- Nerida Newton (born 1972)
- Nicholas Nicastro (born 1963)
- Mary Novik (born 1945)
- Robert Nye (born 1939)
- Naseem Hijazi (born 1914)
- Patrick O'Brian (1914–2000)
- Scott Oden (born 1967)
- Zoe Oldenbourg (1916–2002)
- Carola Oman (1897–1978)
- Anthony O'Neill (born 1964)
- Baroness Orczy (1865–1947)
P
- Arturo Pérez-Reverte (born 1951)
- William Palmer (born 1943)
- Edith Pargeter (1913–1995)
- Walter Pater (1839-1894)
- Anna Percival (1906–1993), pseudonym of Eleanor Hibbert
- Borislav Pekic (1930–1992)
- Elizabeth Peters (born 1927)
- Ellis Peters (1913–1995)
- Sharon Kay Penman (born 1945)
- Stef Penney (born 1969)
- Anne Perry (born 1938)
- Leo Perutz (1882-1957)
- Jean Plaidy (1906–1993), pseudonym of Eleanor Hibbert
- Dudley Pope (1925–1997)
- Jane Porter (1776-1850)
- Steven Pressfield (born 1943)
- HFM Prescott (1896–1972)
- Linda Proud (born 1949)
- Bolesław Prus (1847–1912
- Alexander Pushkin (1799–1837)
- Thomas Pynchon (born 1937)
R
- Charles Reade (1814–1884)
- Jaclyn Reding (born 1966)
- Mary Renault (1905–1983)
- Karl Ristikivi (1907–1970)
- D. Manning Richards (born 1942)
- Kel Richards (born 1946)
- Candace Robb (born 1950)
- Kenneth Roberts (1885–1957)
- Lucia St. Clair Robson (born 1942)
- Lynda Robinson (born 1951)
- Anne Rouen (born 1950)
- Elliott Roosevelt (1910–1990)
- Laura Joh Rowland
- Mary Doria Russell (born 1950)
- Edward Rutherfurd (born 1948)
- Viktor Rydberg (1828-1895)
S
- Ramón J. Sender (1901-1982)
- Rafael Sabatini (1875–1950)
- Romain Sardou (born 1974)
- Steven Saylor (born 1956)
- Joseph Viktor von Scheffel (1826-1886)
- Lawrence Schoonover (1906-1980)
- Sir Walter Scott (1771–1832)
- Kate Sedley (born 1926)
- Lisa See (born 1955)
- Anya Seton (1904–1990)
- Tim Severin (born 1940)
- Jeffrey Shaara (born 1952)
- Michael Shaara (1928–1988)
- Samuel Shellabarger (1888–1954)
- Henryk Sienkiewicz (1846–1916)
- Sjón (born 1962)
- Wilbur Smith (born 1933)
- David Stacton (1923-1968)
- Robert Louis Stevenson (1850–1894)
- Mary Stewart (born 1916)
- Alex Stuart (1914–1986), pseudonym of Violet Vivian Finlay Stuart Mann
- Robyn Stuart (1914–1986), pseudonym of Violet Vivian Finlay Stuart Mann
- V.A. Stuart (1914–1986), pseudonym of Violet Vivian Finlay Stuart Mann
- Vivian Stuart (1914–1986), pseudonym of Violet Vivian Finlay Stuart Mann
- Rosemary Sutcliff (1920–1992)
T-U
- Ellalice Tate (1906–1993), pseudonym of Eleanor Hibbert
- William Makepeace Thackeray (1811-1863)
- James Alexander Thom (born 1933)
- Aleksey Konstantinovich Tolstoy (1817-1875)
- Aleksey Nikolayevich Tolstoy (1883-1945)
- Leo Tolstoy (1828-1910)
- Nigel Tranter (1909–2000)
- Geoffrey Trease (1909–1998)
- Henry Treece (1911–1966)
- Rose Tremain (born 1943)
- Peter Tremayne (born 1943), pseudonym of Peter Berresford Ellis
- Anthony Trollope (1815-1882)
- Harry Turtledove (born 1949)
- Barry Unsworth (1930-2012)
- Leon Uris (1924–2003)
V-W
- Andrew Vachss (born 1942)
- Robert Van Gulik (1910-1967)
- Guy Vanderhaeghe (born 1951)
- Andrey Veter (born 1960)
- Elena Maria Vidal (born 1962)
- Gore Vidal (1925–2012)
- William T. Vollmann (1959)
- Lew Wallace (1827-1905)
- Jill Paton Walsh (born 1937)
- Mika Waltari (1908-1979)
- Sarah Waters (born 1966)
- Evelyn Waugh (1903–1966)
- Catherine Webb (born 1986)
- Alison Weir (born 1951)
- Richard S. Wheeler (born 1935)
- Charles Whistler (1856-1913)
- George Whyte-Melville (1821–1878)
- Thornton Wilder (1897–1975)
- Jay Williams (1914–1978)
- Carole Wilkinson (born 1950)
- Nicholas Wiseman (1802–1865)
- David Wishart (born 1952)
- Barbara Wood (born 1947)
- Richard Woodman (born 1944)
- Herman Wouk (born 1915)
Y-Z
- Chelsea Quinn Yarbro (born 1942)
- Frank Yerby (1916–1991)
- Nicholas Yermakov (born 1951)
- Charlotte Mary Yonge (1823-1901)
- Mikhail Zagoskin (1789-1852)
- Richard Zimler (born 1956)
See also
- List of writers