List of historical novelists

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.

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• 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)

• Ismail Fatah Al Turk (1934 or 1938–2004, إسماعيل فتاح الترك, Iraq)

• Leopoldo Alas (1852–1901, Spain)

• Bruce Alexander (1932–2003, US)

• Miriam Alexander (born 1879, England)

• Joseph Alexander Altsheler (1862–1919, US)

• 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)

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• Balakumaran (1946–2018, India)

• Kathleen Baldwin (living, US)

• Andrew Balfour (1873–1931, Scotland)

• Robert Michael Ballantyne (1825–1894, Scotland)

• Mary Balogh (born 1944, Wales/Canada)

• Sharadindu Bandyopadhyay (1899–1970, India)

• Miklós Bánffy (1873–1950, Hungary)

• John Banim (1798–1842, Ireland)

• Isabella Banks (1821–1897, England)

• Sabine Baring-Gould (1834–1924, England)

• Pat Barker (born 1943, England)

• Vasil Barnovi (1856–1934, Georgia/Soviet Union)

• Sam Barone (living, US)

• Leslie Barringer (1895–1968, England)

• 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 (1926–2022, 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 (1936–2023, England)

• Elizabeth Byrd (1912–1989, US)

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• 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)

• Ronald G. Carter (1932-2008, United States)

• 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)

• Rory Clements

• 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 (1937–2024, 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)

• Dilly Court (born 1940, England)

• 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)

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• Maria Dąbrowska (1889–1965, Poland)

• Felix Dahn (1834–1912, Germany)

• Alice Dalgliesh (1893–1979, US)

• Grigory Danilevsky (1829–1890, Ukraine/Russian Empire)

• Emma Darwin (born 1964, England)

• J. D. Davies (born 1957, Wales)

• Lindsey Davis (born 1949, England)

• William Stearns Davis (1877–1930, US)

• Vilborg Davíðsdóttir (born 1965, Iceland)

• 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 (1930–2022, 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)

• Maurice Druon (1918–2009, France)

• Anna Harriett Drury (1824–1912, England)

• Daphne du Maurier (1907–1989, England)

• John Langalibalele Dube (1871–1946, South Africa) in isiZulu

• María Dueñas (born 1964, Spain)

• Alfred Duggan (1903–1964, England)

• Ann Dukthas (born 1946, England)

• Alexandre Dumas, père (1802–1870, France)

• Dorothy Dunnett (1923–2001, Scotland)

• Mary Durack (1913–1994, Australia)

• David Anthony Durham (born 1969, US)

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• 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

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• Michel Faber (born 1960, England)

• Cerridwen Fallingstar (born 1952, US)

• Penelope Farmer (born 1939, England)

• Frederic William Farrar (1831–1903, England)

• J. G. Farrell (1935–1979, 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)

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• Diana Gabaldon (born 1952, US)

• Benito Pérez Galdós (1843–1920, Spain)

• 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)

• 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)

• Noah Gordon (1926–2021, US)

• Elizabeth Goudge (1900–1984, England)

• Iris Gower (1935–2010, Wales)

• C. L. Grace (born 1946, England)

• Posie Graeme-Evans (born 1952, Australia)

• 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/England)

• Frances Nimmo Greene (1867-1937, US)

• Philippa Gregory (born 1954, England)

• Susanna Gregory (Elizabeth Cruwys, living, England)

• Gerald Griffin (1803–1840, Ireland)

• Sara Gruen (born 1969, Canada/US)

• Jan Guillou (born 1944, France)

• Yaa Gyasi (born 1989, Ghana/US)

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• 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)

• Cecelia Holland (born 1943, US)

• 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)

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• 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)

• Eowyn Ivey (living, US)

• Motohiko Izawa (born 1954, Japan)

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• 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)

• Maria I. Johnston (1835-1921, 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)

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• Sirpa Kähkönen (born 1964, Finland)

• Chōgorō Kaionji (海音寺潮五郎, 1901–1977, Japan)

• Ivan Kakovitch

• 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)

• 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)

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• 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 (1940–2023, 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)

• Perry Lentz (born 1943, US)

• George Leonardos (born 1937, Greece)

• 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)

• Norah Lofts (1904–1983, England)

• William Stuart Long (1914–1986, England)

• Jarmila Loukotková (1923–2007, Czechoslovakia/Czech Republic)

• Luo Guanzhong (1330–1400, China)

• Francisco Herrera Luque (1927–1991, Venezuela)

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• 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)

• Paul L. Maier (born 1930, US)

• Karen Maitland (born 1956, England)

• Rosie Malek-Yonan (born 1965, Iran/US)

• Thomas Mallon (born 1951, US)

• Eric Malpass (1910–1996, England)

• Valerio Massimo Manfredi (born 1942, Italy)

• Heinrich Mann (1871–1950, Germany/France)

• Thomas Mann (1875–1955, Germany/Switzerland)

• Anne Manning (1807–1879, England)

• Hilary Mantel (1952–2022, England)

• 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)

• William Martin (living, 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)

• Brian Moore (1921–1999, Northern Ireland/US)

• Thomas Moore (1779–1852, Ireland/England)

• Ferenc Móra (1879–1934, Hungary)

• Michelle Moran (born 1980, US)

• Daniil Mordovtsev (1830–1905, Russia)

• R. N. Morris

• 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)

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• Ladislav Nádaši-Jégé (1866–1940, Hungary/Czechoslovakia)

• Michiko Nagai (1925–2023, Japan)

• Naseem Hijazi (1914–1996, India/Pakistan)

• Marie von Najmajer (1844–1904, Austrian E)

• Benedikte Naubert (1752–1819, Germany)

• John Neal (1793–1876, US)

• Vladimír Neff (1909–1983, Czechoslovakia)

• John Henry Newman (1801–1890, England)

• Nerida Newton (born 1972, Australia)

• Nicholas Nicastro (born 1963, US)

• Luis López Nieves (born 1950, Puerto Rico)

• Jirō Nitta (1912–1980, Japan)

• Jennifer Niven (born 1968, US)

• Lawrence Norfolk (born 1963, England)

• Andre Norton (1912–2005, US)

• Mary Novik (born 1945, Canada)

• Robert Nye (1939–2016, England)

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• 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)

• Adèle Sophia Cordelia Opzoomer (1856–1925, The Netherlands)

• Baroness Orczy (1865–1947, England)

• Julie Orringer (born 1973, US)

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• 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 (1945–2021, 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 (1938–2023, 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)

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 * John Quigley (1925–2021, Scotland)

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• 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)

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• 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 (1926–2022, England)

• Lisa See (born 1955, US)

• Ramón J. Sender (1901–1982, Spain)

• Sandilyan (1910–1987, India)

• 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 (1933–2021, 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 (1923–1995, 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)

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• 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)

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• Max Uhlemann (died 1862, Germany)

• Barry Unsworth (1930–2012, England/Italy)

• Harilal Upadhyay (1916–1994, India)

• Leon Uris (1924–2003, US)

• Anne Ursu (living, US)

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• Andrew Vachss (1942–2021, 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)

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• Lea Wait (born 1946, US)

• Eva Waldemarsson (1903–1986, Sweden)

• Lew Wallace (1827–1905, US)

• Jill Paton Walsh (1937–2020, 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)

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• 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)

• Marguerite Yourcenar

• Robyn Young (born 1975, England)

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• 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)