List of historical novelists

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This page provides a list of novelists who have written historical novels. Countries named are where they worked for longer periods. Alternative names appear before the dates.

A[]

  • Leopoldo Alas (1852–1901, Spain)
  • Edwin Abbott (1838–1926, England)
  • Peter Ackroyd (born 1949, England)
  • Gil Adamson (born 1961, Canada)
  • Emma Adler (1858–1935, Austria)
  • Joan Aiken (1924–2004, England)
  • Lucy Aikin (1781–1864, England)
  • William Harrison Ainsworth (1805–1882, England)
  • Jan van Aken (born 1961, Netherlands)
  • Bruce Alexander (1932–2003, US)
  • Joseph Alexander Altsheler (1862–1919, US)
  • Miriam Alexander (born 1879, England)
  • Willibald Alexis (1798–1871, Germany)
  • Alexander Allardyce (1846–1896, Scotland)
  • Barbara Allen (1914–1986, England)
  • Isabel Allende (born 1942, Chile)
  • E. M. Almedingen (1898–1971, Russian E/England)
  • Joseph Alexander Altsheler (1862–1919, US)
  • Anurag Anand (born 1978, India)
  • Valerie Anand (born 1937, England)
  • Catherine Anderson (born 1948, US)
  • Poul Anderson (1926–2001, US)
  • Sam Angus (born 1967, England)
  • Evelyn Anthony (1926–2018, England)
  • Anna Apostolou (born 1946, England)
  • Sawako Ariyoshi (有吉佐和子, 1931–1984, Japan)
  • Rebecca Agatha Armour (1845–1891, Canada)
  • Jirō Asada (born 1951, Japan)
  • Makate Asai (朝井まかて, born 1959, Japan)
  • Matilde Asensi (born 1962, Spain)
  • Margaret Atwood (born 1939, Canada)
  • Jean M. Auel (born 1936, US)
  • Lynn Austin (born 1949, US)

B[]

  • Balakumaran (1946–2018, India)
  • Mary Balogh (born 1944, Wales/Canada)
  • Kathleen Baldwin (living, US)
  • Andrew Balfour (1873–1931, Scotland)
  • Robert Michael Ballantyne (1825–1894, Scotland)
  • Sharadindu Bandyopadhyay (1899–1970, India)
  • Miklós Bánffy (1873–1950, Hungary)
  • John Banim (1798–1842, Ireland)
  • Isabella Banks (1821–1897, England)
  • Leslie Barringer (1895–1968, England)
  • Sabine Baring-Gould (1834��1924, England)
  • Pat Barker (born 1943, England)
  • Vasil Barnovi (1856–1934, Georgia/Soviet Union)
  • Sam Barone (living, US)
  • T. A. Barron (born 1952, US)
  • Adolf Bartels (1862–1945, Germany)
  • Hans Baumann (1914–1988, Germany)
  • Nina Bawden (1925–2012, England)
  • Ada Ellen Bayly (1857–1903, England), pseudonym of Edna Lyall
  • Thea Beckman (1923–2004, Netherlands)
  • Frank Beddor (born 1958, US)
  • Frans G. Bengtsson (1894–1954, Sweden)
  • Robert Hugh Benson (1871–1914, England/Italy)
  • Phyllis Bentley (1894–1977, England)
  • Louis de Bernières (born 1954, England)*
  • Sir Walter Besant (1836–1901, England)
  • Tom Bevan (1868–1938, England)
  • Paul Biegel (1925–2006, Netherlands)
  • Charlotte Bingham (born 1942, England)
  • László Z. Bitó (1934–2021, Hungary)
  • Björn Th. Björnsson (1922–2007, Iceland)
  • R. D. Blackmore (1825–1900, England)
  • Celeste De Blasis (1946–2001, US)
  • Dennis Bock (born 1964, Canada)
  • Emily Bold (born 1980, Germany)
  • Elizabeth Bonhôte (1744–1818, England)
  • Alice Borchardt (1939–2007, US)
  • John Boyne (born 1971, Ireland)
  • Paula Brackston (living, England)
  • Alan Bradley (born 1938, Canada)
  • Gillian Bradshaw (born 1956, US)
  • Anna Eliza Bray (1790–1883, England)
  • Wallace Breem (1926–1990, England)
  • Frederick Sadleir Brereton (1852–1957, England)
  • Emily Brightwell (Cheryl Lanham, born 1948, US)
  • Connie Brockway (born 1954, US)
  • Geraldine Brooks (born 1955, Australia/US)
  • D. K. Broster (1877–1950, England)
  • George Mackay Brown (1921–1996, Scotland)
  • Valery Bryusov (1873–1924, Russia/Soviet Union)
  • John Buchan (1875–1940, Scotland)
  • Fiona Buckley (born 1937, England)
  • Frederick Buechner (born 1926, US)
  • Emma Bull (born 1954, US)
  • Jacob Breda Bull (1853–1930, Norway)
  • Edward Bulwer-Lytton (1803–1873, England)
  • Eleanor Burford (1906–1993, England)
  • Anthony Burgess (1917–1993, England)
  • James Lee Burke (born 1936, US)
  • Edgar Rice Burroughs (1875–1950, US)
  • Hester Burton (1913–2000, England)
  • Jessie Burton (born 1982, England)
  • Frederick Busch (1941–2006, US)
  • A. S. Byatt (born 1936, England)
  • Elizabeth Byrd (1912–1989, US)

C[]

  • Hall Caine (1853–1931, England/Isle of Man)
  • Italo Calvino (1923–1985, Italy)
  • L. Sprague de Camp (1907–2000, US)
  • Peter Carey (born 1943, Australia)
  • William Carleton (1794–1869, Ireland)
  • Liz Carlyle (born 1958, US)
  • Caleb Carr (born 1955, US)
  • John Dickson Carr (1906–1977, US)
  • Philippa Carr (1906–1993, England)
  • Catherine Carswell (1879–1946, Scotland)
  • Willa Cather (1873–1947, US)
  • Nancy Cato (1917–2000, Australia)
  • Juraj Červenák (born 1974, Czechoslovakia/Slovakia)
  • Elizabeth Chadwick (born 1957, England)
  • Somerset de Chair (1911–1995, England)
  • Aleksey Chapygin (1870–1937, Russia/Soviet Union)
  • Isabel Cheix (1839–1899, Spain)
  • Tracy Chevalier (born 1962, US)
  • Alfred John Church (1829–1912, England)
  • Winston Churchill (1871–1947, US)
  • Alys Clare (Elizabeth Harris, born 1944, England)
  • Mrs. Henry Clarke (1853–1908, England)
  • Marcus Clarke (1846–1881, Australia)
  • Susanna Clarke (born 1959, England)
  • James Clavell (1924–1994, England/US)
  • Brian Cleeve (1921–2003, England)
  • Michael Clynes (born 1946, England)
  • Ioan Mihai Cochinescu (born 1951, Romania)
  • Jonathan Coe (born 1961, England)
  • Jan Coffey (living, US, f), pseudonym of married couple
  • Christabel Rose Coleridge (1843–1921, England)
  • Wilkie Collins (1824–1889, England)
  • Padraic Colum (1881–1972, Ireland/US)
  • Maryse Condé (born 1937, Guadeloupe)
  • Marita Conlon-McKenna (born 1956, Ireland)
  • Joseph Conrad (1857–1924, England)
  • Judith Cook (1933–2004, England)
  • Barbara Cooney (1917–2000, US)
  • James Fenimore Cooper (1789–1851, US)
  • Bernard Cornwell (born 1944, England)
  • Thomas B. Costain (1885–1965, Canada/US)
  • Catherine Coulter (born 1942, US)
  • Jim Crace (born 1946, England)
  • Helen Craik (c. 1751–1825, Scotland/England)
  • Jasmine Cresswell (born 1941, Wales)
  • Donna Woolfolk Cross (born 1947, US)
  • Andrew Crumey (born 1961, Scotland)
  • Karen Cushman (born 1941, US)
  • Catherine Cuthbertson (c. 1775–1842, England)

D[]

  • Maria Dąbrowska (1889–1965, Poland)
  • Felix Dahn (1834–1912, Germany)
  • Alice Dalgliesh (1893–1979, US)
  • Grigory Danilevsky (1829–1890, Ukraine/Russian Empire)
  • Lindsey Davis (born 1949, England)
  • William Stearns Davis (1877–1930, US)
  • Vilborg Davíðsdóttir (born 1965, Iceland)
  • Emma Darwin (born 1964, England)
  • Len Deighton (born 1929, England)
  • Miguel Delibes (1920–2010, Spain)
  • Don DeLillo (born 1936, US)
  • Penelope Delta (1874–1941, Greece)
  • Zsófia Dénes (1885–1987, Hungary)
  • August Derleth (1909–1971, US)
  • Jude Deveraux (born 1947, US)
  • Patrick deWitt (born 1975, Canada)
  • Charles Dezobry (1798–1871, France)
  • Anita Diamant (born 1951, US)
  • Graham Diamond (born 1945, England)
  • Charles Dickens (1812–1870, England)
  • Benjamin Disraeli (1804–1881, England)
  • E. L. Doctorow (1931–2015, US)
  • Mary Mapes Dodge (1831–1905, US)
  • Anthony Doerr (born 1973, US)
  • Paul C. Doherty (born 1946, England)
  • David Donachie (born 1944, Scotland)
  • Angus Donald (born 1965, England)
  • Anton Donchev (born 1930, Bulgaria)
  • Emma Donoghue (born 1969, England/Canada)
  • Thomas Doubleday (1790–1870, England)
  • Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1859–1930, Scotland/England)
  • Tonke Dragt (born 1930, Netherlands)
  • Joan Druett (living, New Zealand)
  • Anna Harriett Drury (1824–1912, England)
  • John Langalibalele Dube (1871–1946, South Africa) in isiZulu
  • María Dueñas (born 1964, Spain)
  • Alfred Duggan (1903–1964, England)
  • Alexandre Dumas, père (1802–1870, France)
  • Daphne du Maurier (1907–1989, England)
  • Ann Dukthas (born 1946, England)
  • Maurice Druon (1918–2009, France)
  • Dorothy Dunnett (1923–2001, Scotland)
  • Mary Durack (1913–1994, Australia)
  • David Anthony Durham (born 1969, US)

E[]

  • Marion Eames (1921–2007, Wales)
  • Georg Ebers (1837–1898, Germany)
  • Allan W. Eckert (1931–2011, US)
  • Ernst Eckstein (1845–1900, Germany)
  • Umberto Eco (1932–2016, Italy)
  • John George Edgar (1834–1864, England)
  • Arabella Edge (living, England/Australia)
  • Robert Edric (born 1956, England)
  • George Eliot (1819–1880, England)
  • Peter Berresford Ellis (born 1943, England), pseudonym Peter Tremayne
  • James Ellroy (born 1948, US)
  • Shūsaku Endō (遠藤周作, 1923–1996, Japan)
  • József Eötvös (1813–1871, Hungary)
  • Amy Ephron (born 1952, US)
  • Erckmann-Chatrian (France), pseudonym of Émile Erckmann (1822–1899) and Alexandre Chatrian (1826–1890)
  • Rica Erickson (1908–2009, Australia)
  • I. O. Evans (1894–1977, South Africa/England)
  • Evelyn Everett-Green (1856–1932, England)
  • Elizabeth Eyre (England), pseudonym of Jill Staynes and Margaret Storey

F[]

  • Michel Faber (born 1960, England)
  • Cerridwen Fallingstar (born 1952, US)
  • Frederic William Farrar (1831–1903, England)
  • J. G. Farrell (1935–1979, England)
  • Penelope Farmer (born 1939, England)
  • Howard Fast (1914–2003, US)
  • Sebastian Faulks (born 1953, England)
  • Madame de la Fayette (1634–1693, France)
  • Jane Feather (born 1945, England/US)
  • George Manville Fenn (1831–1909, England)
  • Leon Feuchtwanger (1884–1958, Germany/US)
  • Mrs. E. M. Field (1856–1940, Ireland)
  • Charles Finch (born 1980, US)
  • Penelope Fitzgerald (1916–2000, England)
  • John Flanagan (born 1944, Australia)
  • Raymond Flanagan (1903–1990, US)
  • Richard Flanagan (born 1961, Australia)
  • Gustave Flaubert (1821–1880, France)
  • Katie Flynn (1936–2019, England)
  • Per Anders Fogelström (1919–1998, Sweden)
  • Jolán Földes (1902–1963, Hungary)
  • Ken Follett (born 1949, Wales/England)
  • Theodor Fontane (1819–1898, Germany)
  • Elburd Ford (1906–1993, England)
  • C. S. Forester (1899–1966, England)
  • William R. Forstchen (born 1950, US)
  • E. M. Foster, Mrs. (fl. late 18th – early 19th c., England)
  • Karen Joy Fowler (born 1950, US)
  • John Fowles (1926–2005, England)
  • Louise von François (1817–1893, Germany)
  • Bruno Frank (1878–1945, Germany/US)
  • George MacDonald Fraser (1925–2008, Scotland)
  • Mary Crawford Fraser (1851–1922, Italy/US)
  • Margaret Frazer (1946–2013, US)
  • Gustav Freytag (1816–1895, Germany)
  • Alan Furst (born 1941, US)
  • Dale Furutani (born 1946, US)
  • Sandy Fussell (born 1960, Australia)

G[]

  • Benito Pérez Galdós (1843–1920, Spain)
  • Diana Gabaldon (born 1952, US)
  • Géza Gárdonyi (1863–1922, Hungary)
  • Alan Garner (born 1934, England)
  • Elizabeth Gaskell (1810–1865, England)
  • Judith Gautier (1845–1917, France)
  • Jamila Gavin (born 1941, India/England)
  • Roberta Gellis (1927–2016, US)
  • Margaret George (born 1943, US)
  • (born 1979, Spain)
  • Anton Gill (living, England)
  • George Gissing (1857–1903, England)
  • Nikolai Gogol (1809–1852, Russia)
  • Arthur Golden (born 1956, US)
  • Julia Golding (born 1969, England)
  • William Golding (1911–1993, England)
  • Jason Goodwin (born 1964, England)
  • Elizabeth Goudge (1900–1984, England)
  • Noah Gordon (1926–2021, US)
  • Iris Gower (1935–2010, Wales)
  • Posie Graeme-Evans (born 1952, Australia)
  • C. L. Grace (born 1946, England)
  • James Grant (1822–1887, Scotland)
  • Joan Grant (1907–1989, England)
  • Ralph Graves (1924–2013, US)
  • Robert Graves (1895–1985, England)
  • Michael Cawood Green (born 1954, South Africa)
  • Philippa Gregory (born 1954, England)
  • Susanna Gregory (Elizabeth Cruwys, living, England)
  • Gerald Griffin (1803–1840, Ireland)
  • Michael Cawood Green (born 1954, South Africa/England)
  • Sara Gruen (born 1969, Canada/US)
  • Jan Guillou (born 1944, France)
  • Yaa Gyasi (born 1989, Ghana/US)

H[]

  • Hella Haasse (1918–2011, Netherlands)
  • H. Rider Haggard (1856–1925, England)
  • Barbara Hambly (born 1951, US)
  • Judith Hand (born 1940, US)
  • Enrica von Handel-Mazzetti (1871–1955, Austria)
  • Kristin Hannah (born 1960, US)
  • Paul Harding (born 1946, England)
  • Mollie Hardwick (born 1946, England)
  • Thomas Hardy (1840–1928, England)
  • Cynthia Harnett (1893–1981, England)
  • Stephen Harrigan (born 1948, US)
  • Robert Harris (born 1957, England)
  • Christopher Hart (born 1965, England), pseudonym William Napier
  • Bret Harte (1836–1902, US)
  • Sonya Hartnett (born 1968, Australia)
  • Jan de Hartog (1914–2002, Netherlands)
  • Samantha Harvey (born 1975, England)
  • Charles Boardman Hawes (1889–1923, US)
  • Simon Hawke (born 1951, US)
  • Karen Hawkins (living, US)
  • Catherine Hay (1910–1995, N Zealand)
  • Shirl Henke (born 1942, US)
  • Virginia Henley (born 1935, England)
  • Vera Henriksen (1927–2016, Norway)
  • G. A. Henty (1832–1902, England)
  • Wilhelm Herchenbach (1818–1889, Germany)
  • Ferenc Herczeg (1863–1954, Hungary)
  • Maurice Hewlett (1861–1923, England)
  • Georgette Heyer (1902–1974, England)
  • Eleanor Hibbert (1906–1993, England)
  • Susan Higginbotham (living, US)
  • Justin Hill (born 1971, Bahamas/Hong Kong)
  • Ginés Pérez de Hita (c. 1544 – c. 1619, Spain)
  • Jane Aiken Hodge (1917–2009, England)
  • C. Walter Hodges (1909–2004, England)
  • Tom Holland (born 1968, England)
  • Sheri Holman (born 1966, US)
  • Emily Sarah Holt (1836–1893, England)
  • Tom Holt (born 1961, England)
  • Victoria Holt (1906–1993, England)
  • Nancy Horan (living, US)
  • Hannah Howell (born 1950, US)
  • Elizabeth Hoyt (Julia Harper, living, US)
  • Victor Hugo (1802–1885, France)
  • Wilhelm Hünermann (1900–1975, Germany)
  • Jillian Hunter (born 1950, US)
  • S. L. Hunter (born 1951, US)

I[]

  • Eva Ibbotson (1925–2010, Austria/England)
  • Conn Iggulden (born 1971, England)
  • Shōtarō Ikenami (池波正太郎, 1923–1990, Japan)
  • Neamat Imam (born 1971, Bangladesh/Canada)
  • Elisabeth Inglis-Jones (1900–1994, Wales)
  • Yasushi Inoue (1907–1991, Japan)
  • Kazuo Ishiguro (born 1954, Japan/England)
  • Ismail Fatah Al Turk (1934 or 1938–2004, إسماعيل فتاح الترك, Iraq)
  • Eowyn Ivey (living, US)
  • Motohiko Izawa (born 1954, Japan)

J[]

  • Violet Jacob (1863–1946, Scotland)
  • Christian Jacq (born 1947, France)
  • John Jakes (born 1932, US)
  • George Payne Rainsford James (1799–1860, England)
  • Rosemary Hawley Jarman (1935–2015, England)
  • Michael Jecks (born 1960, England)
  • Gary Jennings (1928–1999, US)
  • John Edward Jennings (1906–1973, US)
  • Alois Jirásek (1851–1930, Austrian Empire/Czechoslovakia)
  • Marie-Elena John (born 1963, Antigua/US)
  • Joan Johnston (living, US)
  • Rhiannon Davies Jones (1921–2014, Wales)
  • T. Llew Jones (1915–2009, Wales)
  • Terry Jones (1942–2020, Wales)
  • Erica Jong (born 1942, US)
  • Penny Jordan (1946–2001, England)
  • Sherryl Jordan (born 1949, New Zealand)
  • Jacqueline Jules (born 1956, US)

K[]

  • Sirpa Kähkönen (born 1964, Finland)
  • Chōgorō Kaionji (海音寺潮五郎, 1901–1977, Japan)
  • Amita Kanekar (born 1965, India)
  • John Katzenbach (born 1950, US)
  • Karen Kay (living, US)
  • Annie Keary (1825–1879, England)
  • Kathleen Kellow (1906–1993, England)
  • Carla Kelly (born 1947, US)
  • Sheelagh Kelly (born 1948, England)
  • Debra Kemp (1957–2015, US)
  • Lena Kennedy (1914–1986, England)
  • Alexander Kent (1924–2017, England)
  • Louise Andrews Kent (1886–1969, US)
  • Judith Kerr (1923–2019, England)
  • Philip Kerr (1956–2018, England)
  • Sue Monk Kidd (born 1948, US)
  • Garry Kilworth (born 1941, England)
  • Susan King (born 1951, US)
  • Charles Kingsley (1819–1875, England)
  • Barbara Kingsolver (born 1955, US)
  • Rudyard Kipling (1865–1936, India/England)
  • Nobori Kiuchi (木内昇, born 1967, Japan)
  • Julie Klassen (living, US)
  • Lisa Kleypas (born 1964, US)
  • Bernard Knight (born 1931, Wales/England)
  • János Kodolányi (1899–1969, Hungary)
  • Arthur Koestler (1905–1983, Hungary/England)
  • E. L. Konigsburg (1930–2013, US)
  • Zofia Kossak-Szczucka (1889–1968, Poland)
  • Marek Krajewski (born 1966, Poland)
  • Józef Ignacy Kraszewski (1812–1887, Poland)
  • Kalki Krishnamurthy (1899–1954, India)
  • Giles Kristian (born 1975, England)
  • Jónas Kristjánsson (1924–2014, Iceland}
  • Inge Krokann (1893–1962, Norway)
  • Jaan Kross (1920–2007, Estonia)
  • Gyula Krúdy (1878–1933, Hungary)
  • Lynn Kurland (living, US)
  • Katherine Kurtz (born 1944, US)
  • Hermann Kurz (1813–1873, Germany)

L[]

  • R. A. Lafferty (1914–2002, US)
  • Ross Laidlaw (living, Scotland)
  • Elizabeth Laird (born 1943, England)
  • Ludwig Laistner (1845–1896, Germany)
  • Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa (1896–1957, Italy)
  • Jill Marie Landis (born 1948, US)
  • Jane Lane (1905–1978, England)
  • Andrew Lang (1844–1912, Scotland/England)
  • W. Patrick Lang (born 1940, US)
  • Noel Langley (1911–1980, South Africa/US)
  • Jane Langton (1922–2018, US)
  • Mariano José de Larra (1809–1837, Spain)
  • David Lassman (born 1963, England)
  • Janet Laurence (born 1937, England)
  • Stephen R. Lawhead (born 1950, US/England)
  • Halldór Laxness (1902–1998, Iceland)
  • Ross Leckie (born 1957, Scotland)
  • Sophia Lee (1750–1824, England)
  • George Leonardos (born 1937, Greece)
  • Perry Lentz (born 1943, US)
  • Doris Leslie (1891–1982, England)
  • Celia Moss Levetus (1819–1873, England)
  • Hilda Lewis (1896–1974, England)
  • Stephen Lewis (born 1937, Canada)
  • Philip Lindsay (1906–1958, Australia)
  • Johanna Lindsey (1952–2019, US)
  • Ling Li (曾黎力, 1942–2018, China)
  • David Liss (born 1966, US)
  • S. E. Lister (born 1988, England)
  • Penelope Lively (born 1933, England)
  • John Gibson Lockhart (1794–1854, Scotland)
  • Christoph Lode (born 1977, Germany)
  • William Stuart Long (1914–1986, England)
  • Norah Lofts (1904–1983, England)
  • Jarmila Loukotková (1923–2007, Czechoslovakia/Czech Republic)
  • Luo Guanzhong (1330–1400, China)
  • Francisco Herrera Luque (1927–1991, Venezuela)

M[]

  • Ma Duanlin (1245–1322, China)
  • Catherine Maberly (1805–1875, Ireland)
  • Rose Macaulay (1881–1958, England)
  • Mary Mackie (born early 1940s, England)
  • Salvador de Madariaga (1886–1978, Spain)
  • Ragnhild Magerøy (1920–2010, Norway)
  • Naguib Mahfouz (1911–2006, Egypt)
  • Karen Maitland (born 1956, England)
  • Paul L. Maier (born 1930, US)
  • Rosie Malek-Yonan (born 1965, Iran/US)
  • Thomas Mallon (born 1951, US)
  • Eric Malpass (1910–1996, England)
  • Heinrich Mann (1871–1950, Germany/France)
  • Thomas Mann (1875–1955, Germany/Switzerland)
  • Anne Manning (1807–1879, England)
  • Hilary Mantel (born 1952, England)
  • William Martin (living, US)
  • Valerio Massimo Manfredi (born 1942, Italy)
  • Juliet Marillier (born 1948, N Zealand)
  • Stephen Marley (living, England)
  • Deb Marlowe (living, US)
  • Paul Marlowe (living, Canada)
  • Frederick Marryat (1792–1848, England)
  • Andrew Martin (born 1962, England)
  • Valerie Martin (born 1948, US)
  • Moa Martinson (1890–1964, Sweden)
  • F. Van Wyck Mason (1901–1978, US)
  • J. D. Masters (born 1951, US)
  • John Masters (1914–1983, India)
  • Seichō Matsumoto (松本清張, 1909–1992, Japan)
  • Ellen Mattson (b. 1962, Sweden)
  • Sir Herbert Maxwell (1845–1937, Scotland)
  • William Mayne (1928–2010, England)
  • Cormac McCarthy (born 1933, US)
  • Colleen McCullough (1937–2015, Australia)
  • Ian McEwan (born 1948, England)
  • Katharine McMahon (living, England)
  • Larry McMurtry (1936–2021, US)
  • James Meek (born 1962, England)
  • Elizabeth Meeke (1761 – c. 1826, England)
  • Wilhelm Meinhold (1797–1851, Pomerania/Germany)
  • Eduardo Mendoza (born 1943, Spain)
  • Dmitry Merezhkovsky (1865–1941, Russia/France)
  • Robert Merle (1908–2004, France)
  • Conrad Ferdinand Meyer (1825–1898, Switzerland)
  • James A. Michener (1907–1997, US)
  • Kálmán Mikszáth (1847–1940, Hungary)
  • Andrew Miller (born 1960, England)
  • Linda Lael Miller (born 1949, US)
  • Madeline Miller (born 1978, US)
  • David Mitchell (born 1969, England)
  • Margaret Mitchell (1900–1949, US)
  • Naomi Mitchison (1897–1999, Scotland/England)
  • Ryu Mitsuse (光瀬龍, 1928–1999, Japan)
  • Karyn Monk (living, Canada)
  • Aly Monroe (living, England)
  • Ferenc Móra (1879–1934, Hungary)
  • Brian Moore (1921–1999, Northern Ireland/US)
  • Thomas Moore (1779–1852, Ireland/England)
  • Michelle Moran (born 1980, US)
  • Daniil Mordovtsev (1830–1905, Russia)
  • Toni Morrison (1931–2019, US)
  • Kate Morton (born 1976, Australia)
  • Fiona Mozley (born 1988, England)
  • Luise Mühlbach (1814–1873, Germany)
  • Vera Mutafchieva (1929–2009, Bulgaria)

N[]

O[]

  • Patrick O'Brian (1914–2000, England)
  • Scott O'Dell (1898–1989, US)
  • Scott Oden (born 1967, US)
  • Zoe Oldenbourg (1916–2002, France)
  • Margaret Oliphant (1828–1897, Scotland/England)
  • Carola Oman (1897–1978, England)
  • Michael Ondaatje (born 1943, Canada)
  • Anthony O'Neill (born 1964, Australia)
  • Geraldine O'Neill (born 1955, Ireland)
  • Oliver Onions (1873–1961, England)
  • Baroness Orczy (1865–1947, England)
  • Julie Orringer (born 1973, US)

P[]

  • Henriette Paalzow (1788–1847, Germany)
  • Charles Palliser (born 1947, US/Scotland)
  • William Palmer (born 1943, US)
  • Jan Parandowski (1895–1978, Poland)
  • Edith Pargeter (1913–1995, England)
  • Delia Parr (living, US)
  • Walter Pater (1839–1894, England)
  • Jenny Pattrick (born 1936, New Zealand)
  • Roberto Payró (1867–1928, Argentina)
  • Frances Mary Peard (1835–1923, England)
  • Iain Pears (born 1955, England)
  • Borislav Pekić (1930–1992, Yugoslavia)
  • Sharon Kay Penman (born 1945, US)
  • Stef Penney (born 1969, Scotland)
  • Anna Percival (1906–1993, England)
  • Eva Díaz Pérez (born 1971, Spain)
  • Arturo Pérez-Reverte (born 1951, Spain)
  • Anne Perry (born 1938, England)
  • Malte Persson (born 1976, Sweden)
  • Leo Perutz (1882–1957, Austria/Palestine)
  • Elizabeth Peters (1927–2013, US)
  • Ellis Peters (1913–1995, England)
  • Maureen Peters (1935–2008, Wales/England)
  • Karoline Pichler (1769–1843, Austria)
  • Jean Plaidy (Eleanor Hibbert, 1906–1993, England)
  • Madeleine A. Polland (1918–2005, Ireland/England)
  • Dudley Pope (1925–1997, England)
  • Fani Popova-Mutafova (1902–1977, Bulgaria)
  • Jovan Sterija Popović (1806–1856, Austrian E)
  • Jane Porter (1776–1850, Scotland/England)
  • Santiago Posteguillo (1967, Valencia/Spain)
  • Rhoda Power (1890–1957), England
  • H. F. M. Prescott (1896–1972, England)
  • Steven Pressfield (born 1943, US)
  • Otfried Preußler (1923–2013, Germany)
  • Alison Prince (1931–2019, England/Scotland)
  • Bolesław Prus (1847–1912, Poland)
  • Alexander Pushkin (1799–1837, Russia)
  • Mary Jo Putney (living, US)
  • Howard Pyle (1853–1911, US)
  • Thomas Pynchon (born 1937, US)

Q[]

R[]

  • Thomas Head Raddall (1903–1994, England/Canada)
  • Undinė Radzevičiūtė (born 1967, Lithuania)
  • Hugh C. Rae (1935–2014, Scotland)
  • William Rayner (1929–2006, England)
  • Charles Reade (1814–1884, England)
  • Jaclyn Reding (born 1966, US)
  • Douglas Reeman (1924–2017, England)
  • Celia Rees (born 1949, England)
  • David Rees (1936–1993, England)
  • Evan Rees (Wales, p/nf)
  • Philip Reeve (born 1966, England)
  • Meta Mayne Reid (1905–1991, Northern Ireland)
  • Franziska von Reitzenstein (1834–1896, Germany)
  • Mary Renault (1905–1983, England/South Africa)
  • Rick Riordan (born 1964, US)
  • Karl Ristikivi (1907–1970, Estonia)
  • Kel Richards (born 1946, Australia)
  • Candace Robb (born 1950, England/US)
  • Antoinette Henriette Clémence Robert (1797–1872, France)
  • Keith Roberts (1935–2000, England)
  • Kenneth Roberts (1885–1957, US)
  • Emma Robinson (1814–1890, England)
  • Hilary Robinson (born 1962, England)
  • Lynda Robinson (born 1951, US)
  • Lucia St. Clair Robson (born 1942, US)
  • Tsoncho Rodev (1926–2011, Bulgaria)
  • Rosemary Rogers (1932–2019, Ceylon/US)
  • Romain Rolland (1866–1944, France)
  • Elliott Roosevelt (1910–1990, US)
  • Tatiana de Rosnay (born 1961, France/England)
  • Joseph Roth (1894–1939, Austria/Germany)
  • Laura Joh Rowland (living, US)
  • Fredrika Runeberg (1807–1879, Finland)
  • Salman Rushdie (born 1947, England/US)
  • Mary Doria Russell (born 1950, US)
  • Anna Rutgers van der Loeff (1910–1990, Netherlands)
  • Edward Rutherfurd (born 1948, England)
  • Viktor Rydberg (1828–1895, Sweden)

S[]

  • Rafael Sabatini (1875–1950, Italy/England)
  • Mary Sadler (born 1941, Netherlands/S Africa)
  • C. J. Sansom (born 1952, Scotland)
  • Mitsugu Saotome (早乙女貢, 1926–2008, China/Japan)
  • Romain Sardou (born 1974, France)
  • Allen Say (born 1937, US)
  • Steven Saylor (born 1956, US)
  • Simon Scarrow (born 1962, England)
  • Nat Schachner (1895–1955, US)
  • Joseph Viktor von Scheffel (1826–1886, Germany)
  • Bernhard Schlink (born 1944, Germany)
  • Lawrence Schoonover (1906–1980, US)
  • Rainer M. Schröder (born 1951, Germany)
  • Leonardo Sciascia (1921–1989, Italy)
  • Lawrence Scott (born 1943, Trinidad/England)
  • Susan Holloway Scott (living, US)
  • Sir Walter Scott (1771–1832, Scotland)
  • Kate Sedley (born 1926, England)
  • Lisa See (born 1955, US)
  • Ramón J. Sender (1901–1982, Spain)
  • Ruta Sepetys (born 1967, Lithuania/US)
  • Kate Seredy (1899–1975, US)
  • Ian Serraillier (1912–1994, England)
  • Anya Seton (1904–1990, US)
  • Tim Severin (1940–2020, England)
  • Jeffrey Shaara (born 1952, US)
  • Michael Shaara (1928–1988, US)
  • Mary Ann Shaffer (1934–2008, US)
  • Samuel Shellabarger (1888–1954, US)
  • Mary Shelley (1797–1851, England)
  • Sara Sheridan (born 1968, Scotland)
  • Joseph Henry Shorthouse (1834–1903, England)
  • Henryk Sienkiewicz (1846–1916, Poland)
  • Germaine Simon (1921–2012, Luxembourg)
  • Ieva Simonaitytė (1897–1978, Lithuania)
  • Rebecca Sinclair (living, US)
  • Sjón (born 1962, Iceland)
  • Bertrice Small (1937–2015, US)
  • Wilbur Smith (born 1933, Northern Rhodesia/Zambia)
  • Alan Spence (born 1947, Scotland)
  • LaVyrle Spencer (1864–1926, England)
  • Armstrong Sperry (1897–1976, US)
  • György Spiró (born 1946, Hungary)
  • Francis Spufford (born 1964, England)
  • Eva Stachniak (born 1952, Poland/Canada)
  • David Stacton (1923–1968, US)
  • Emiliyan Stanev (1907–1979, Bulgaria)
  • Louisa Stanhope (fl. 1806–1827, England)
  • Ludwik Stasiak (1858–1924, Poland)
  • Flora Annie Steel (1847–1929, India/England)
  • Robert Louis Stevenson (1850–1894, Scotland)
  • Mary Stewart (1916–2014), England/Scotland)
  • Isabel Stilwell (born 1960, Portugal)
  • Ilka Stitz (born 1960, Germany)
  • Kathryn Stockett (born 1969, US)
  • Agnes Strickland (1796–1874, England)
  • Olga Stringfellow (born 1921, New Zealand)
  • Ulrika von Strussenfelt (1801–1873, Sweden)
  • Alex Stuart, Robyn Stuart and Vivian Stuart (1914–1986, England)
  • Rosemary Sutcliff (1920–1992, England)
  • Magda Szabó (1917–2007, Hungary)
  • Noémi Szécsi (born 1976, Hungary)
  • Mária Szepes (1908–2007, Hungary)

T[]

  • Karin Tanabe (living, US)
  • Reay Tannahill (1929–2007, Scotland/England)
  • Ellalice Tate (1906–1993, England)
  • Janelle Taylor (born 1944, US)
  • William Makepeace Thackeray (1811–1863, England)
  • James Alexander Thom (born 1933, US)
  • Jodi Thomas (living, US)
  • Elizabeth Thornton (1940–2010)
  • Pramoedya Ananta Toer (1925–2006, Dutch East Indies/Indonesia)
  • Colm Tóibín (born 1955, Ireland)
  • Olga Tokarczuk (born 1962, Poland)
  • Aleksey Konstantinovich Tolstoy (1817–1875, Russia)
  • Aleksey Nikolayevich Tolstoy (1883–1945, Russia/Soviet Union)
  • Leo Tolstoy (1828–1910, Russia)
  • Theresa Tomlinson (born 1946, England)
  • Nigel Tranter (1909–2000, Scotland)
  • Geoffrey Trease (1909–1998, England)
  • Henry Treece (1911–1966, England)
  • Rose Tremain (born 1943, England)
  • Peter Tremayne (born 1943, England)
  • Meriol Trevor (1919–2000, England)
  • Joanna Trollope ((born 1943, England)
  • Anthony Trollope (1815–1882, England)
  • Stefan Tsanev (born 1936, Bulgaria)
  • Kunio Tsuji (1925–1999)
  • Elizabeth Tudor (Lady Hasanova, born 1978, Azerbaijan)
  • Ann Turnbull (born 1943, England)
  • Harry Turtledove (born 1949, US)

U[]

V[]

  • Andrew Vachss (born 1942, US)
  • Robert Van Gulik (1910–1967, Netherlands/Indonesia)
  • Guy Vanderhaeghe (born 1951, Canada)
  • Carl Franz van der Velde (1779–1824, Germany)
  • F.A. Venter (1916–1997, South Africa)
  • Nicolaas Vergunst (born 1958, South Africa)
  • Caroline Vermalle (born 1973, France)
  • Elena Maria Vidal (born 1962, US)
  • Gore Vidal (1925–2012, US)
  • Rene Villanueva (1954–2007, Philippines)
  • Elfrida Vipont (1902–1992, England)
  • Ivan Vladislavić (born 1957, South Africa)
  • Simone van der Vlugt (born 1966, Netherlands)
  • William T. Vollmann (1959, US)
  • Anne de Vries (1904–1964, Netherlands)

W[]

  • Lea Wait (born 1946, US)
  • Eva Waldemarsson (1903–1986, Sweden)
  • Lew Wallace (1827–1905, US)
  • Jill Paton Walsh (born 1937, England)
  • Mika Waltari (1908–1979, Finland)
  • Sarah Waters (born 1966, Wales)
  • Evelyn Waugh (1903–1966, England)
  • Catherine Webb (born 1986, England)
  • Elizabeth E. Wein (born 1964, US/Scotland)
  • Alison Weir (born 1951, England)
  • Ronald Welch (1909–1982, Wales/England)
  • Ehm Welk (1884–1966, Germany)
  • Percy F. Westerman (1876–1959, England)
  • Helena Westermarck (1857–1938), Finland)
  • Jeri Westerson (born 1960, US)
  • Stanley J. Weyman (1855–1928, England)
  • Richard S. Wheeler (1935–2019, US)
  • Charles Whistler (1856–1913, England)
  • T. H. White (1906–1964, England)
  • Jack Whyte (1940–2021, Scotland/Canada)
  • George Whyte-Melville (1821–1878, Scotland)
  • Susan Wiggs (born 1958, US)
  • Anne Wignall (1912–1982, England)
  • Thornton Wilder (1897–1975, US)
  • Vaughan Wilkins (1890–1959, England)
  • Barbara Willard (1909–1994, England)
  • Jay Williams (1914–1978, US)
  • Maiya Williams (born 1962, US)
  • Walter John Williams (born 1953, US)
  • Carole Wilkinson (born 1950, Australia)
  • Jacqueline Winspear (born 1955, England)
  • Jeanette Winterson (born 1959, England)
  • Barbara Wood (born 1947, US)
  • Kathleen E. Woodiwiss (1939–2007, US)
  • Richard Woodman (born 1944, England)
  • Herman Wouk (1915–2019, US)

Y[]

  • Yamada Bimyō (山田 美妙, 1868–1910, Japan)
  • Shūgorō Yamamoto (山本周五郎, 1903–1967, Japan)
  • Vasily Yan (1874–1954, Russia)
  • Chelsea Quinn Yarbro (born 1942, US)
  • Yana Yazova (1912–1974, Bulgaria)
  • Frank Yerby (1916–1991, US)
  • Nicholas Yermakov (born 1951, US)
  • Jane Yolen (born 1939, US)
  • Charlotte Mary Yonge (1823–1901, England)
  • Eiji Yoshikawa (吉川 英治, 1892–1962, Japan)
  • Robyn Young (born 1975, England)

Z[]

  • Stoyan Zagorchinov (1889–1969, Bulgaria)
  • Mikhail Zagoskin (1789–1852, Russia)
  • Lajos Zilahy (1891–1974, Hungary)
  • Richard Zimler (born 1956, US)
  • Karl Zuchardt (1887–1968, Germany)
  • Markus Zusak (born 1975, Australia)

See also[]

  • List of writers
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