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.

A

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)

B

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)

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)
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)

D

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)

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)
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)

G

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)

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)
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)

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)
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)
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)

K

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)

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 (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)

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)
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)

N

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)

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

Q

John Quigley (1925–2021, Scotland)

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 (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)

T

Karin Tanabe (living, US)
Reay Tannahill (1929–2007, Scotland/England)
Ellalice Tate (1906–1993, England)
Janelle Taylor (born 1944, US)
Fanny Tercy (1782-1851, France)
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

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)

V

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)

W

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)

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)
Marguerite Yourcenar
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)

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