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Main category: English novelists
A
- Edwin Abbott Abbott (1838–1926), Flatland
- Kia Abdullah (born 1982)
- Joe Abercrombie (born 1974), fantasy
- Paul Ableman (1927–2006)
- J. R. Ackerley (1896–1967)
- Peter Ackroyd (born 1949)
- Hazel Adair (1900–1990)
- Paul Adam (born 1958)
- Ruth Adam (1907–1977)
- Charles Warren Adams (1833–1903), The Notting Hill Mystery
- Douglas Adams (1952–2001), The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
- Francis Adams (1862–1893)
- Poppy Adams (living)
- Richard Adams (1920–2016), Watership Down
- Jean Adamson (born 1928), Topsy and Tim
- Arthur St. John Adcock (1864–1930)
- Grace Aguilar (1816–1847)
- Robert Aickman (1914–1981)
- Joan Aiken (1924–2004), The Wolves of Willoughby Chase
- Lucy Aikin (1781–1864)
- Ruth Ainsworth (1908–1984), children's fiction
- William Harrison Ainsworth (1805–1882), Rookwood
- Catherine Aird (born 1930)
- Vivien Alcock (1924–2003), children's fiction
- Naomi Alderman (born 1974), The Power
- Richard Aldington (1892–1962), Death of a Hero
- Brian Aldiss (1925–2017), science fiction
- Miriam Alexander (born 1879)
- Monica Ali (born 1967)
- Mabel Esther Allan (1915–1998), children's school stories
- Walter Allen (1911–1995)
- Margery Allingham (1904–1966), The Crime at Black Dudley
- E. M. Almedingen (1898–1971)
- David Almond (born 1951), young adult novels
- Kingsley Amis (1922–1995), Lucky Jim
- Martin Amis (born 1949), Dead Babies
- Valerie Anand (1937–2007), historical fiction
- Julie Andrews (born 1935)
- Sam Angus (born 1967), children's historical novels
- Charlotte Anley (1796–1893), didactic novelist
- Evelyn Anthony (1926–2018)
- Lisa Appignanesi (born 1946)
- Jeffrey Archer (born 1940)
- Philip Ardagh (born 1961)
- Reginald Arkell (1882–1959)
- Michael Arlen (1895–1956)
- Simon Armitage (born 1963)
- Annie Armitt (1850–1933)
- Martin Armstrong (1882–1974)
- Richard Armstrong (1903–1986), Sea Change
- Elizabeth von Arnim (1866–1941), Elizabeth and Her German Garden
- Edwin Lester Arnold (1857–1935)
- Elizabeth Arnold (born 1944), children's novels
- William Delafield Arnold (1828–1859)
- Pat Arrowsmith (born 1930)
- Joseph Ashby-Sterry (1836 or 1838–1917)
- Daisy Ashford (1881–1972) The Young Visiters (sic, written aged nine)
- Lindsay Ashford (born 1959)
- Bernard Ashley (born 1935), children's fiction
- Carl Ashmore (born 1968), children's novels
- Francis Leslie Ashton (1904–1994)
- Judy Astley (living)
- Edwin Atherstone (1788–1872)
- Blanche Atkinson (1847–1911)
- Kate Atkinson (born 1951)
- M. E. Atkinson (1899–1974), children's fiction
- Penelope Aubin (c. 1679 – c. 1731)
- Steve Augarde (born 1950), children's fiction
- Jane Austen (1775–1817), Pride and Prejudice
- Gillian Avery (1926–2016), children's fiction
- Tash Aw (born 1973)
B
- Robert Bage (1728–1801)
- Desmond Bagley (1923–1983), horror novels
- Beryl Bainbridge (1932–2010), The Bottle Factory Outing
- John Bainbridge (born 1953)
- Cherith Baldry (born 1947), fantasy
- J. G. Ballard (1930–2009), Crash
- Isabella Banks (1821–1897), The Manchester Man
- Lynne Reid Banks (born 1929) The L-Shaped Room
- Margaret Barber (Michael Fairless, 1869–1901), The Roadmender
- Ros Barber (born 1964)
- Sabine Baring-Gould (1834–1924)
- Nicola Barker (born 1966)
- Nugent Barker (1888–1955), ghost stories
- Pat Barker (born 1943), Regeneration Trilogy
- Frances Catherine Barnard (1796–1869)
- Joshua Barnes (1654–1712)
- Julian Barnes (born 1946), England, England
- Alexander Baron (1917–1999)
- Amelia Edith Huddleston Barr (1831–1919)
- Pat Barr (1934–2018)
- Mark Barrowcliffe (born 1964)
- Stan Barstow (1928–2011), A Kind of Loving
- H. E. Bates (1905–1974), The Darling Buds of May
- Nina Bawden (1925–2012), Carrie's War
- Matthew Baylis (born 1971)
- Ada Ellen Bayly (1857–1903)
- William Beckford (1760–1844), Vathek
- Lillian Beckwith (1916–2004)
- Max Beerbohm (1872–1956), Zuleika Dobson
- Aphra Behn (1640–1689)
- John Hay Beith (Ian Hay, 1876–1952)
- Nona Bellairs (1824–1897)
- Elizabeth Benger (1775–1827)
- Arnold Bennett (1867–1931), Anna of the Five Towns
- Geoffrey Bennett (1909–1983)
- E. F. Benson (1867–1940), Mapp and Lucia series
- Phyllis Bentley (1894–1977)
- Ursula Bentley (1945–2004)
- Kenneth Benton (1909–1999), spy fiction
- J. D. Beresford (1873–1947), science fiction
- John Berger (1926–2017) G.
- Anthony Berkeley (1893–1971), mystery novels (The Poisoned Chocolates Case)
- Louis de Bernières (born 1954), Captain Corelli's Mandolin
- Walter Besant (1836–1901), All Sorts and Conditions of Men
- Matilda Betham-Edwards (1836–1919)
- Tom Bevan (1868–1938), novels for boys
- Mark Billingham (born 1961), crime novels
- Anne Billson (born 1954)
- Alan Bilton (born 1969)
- Carol Birch (born 1951)
- Clementina Black (1853–1923)
- Robert Black (1829–1915)
- John Blackburn (1923–1993), thrillers
- Julia Blackburn (born 1948)
- R. D. Blackmore (1821–1900) Lorna Doone
- Algernon Blackwood (1869–1951), especially ghost stories
- Nicholas Blincoe (born 1965), Manchester Slingback
- Eliot Bliss (1903–1990), Bildungsromane
- Elizabeth Blower (c. 1757/63 – post-1816)
- Denis Bond (born 1946), children's fiction
- Elizabeth Bonhôte (1744–1818), Bungay Castle
- Stephen Booth (born 1952), crime fiction
- George Borrow (1803–1881), The Romany Rye
- Alain de Botton (born 1969)
- Marjorie Boulton (1924–2017), in both English and Esperanto.
- Henrietta Maria Bowdler (1750–1830)
- Marjorie Bowen (1885–1952)
- Tim Bowler (born 1953) River Boy
- William Boyd (born 1952), Any Human Heart
- Paula Brackston (living), The Witch's Daughter
- Jason Bradbury (born 1969), children's fiction
- Malcolm Bradbury (1932–2000), The History Man
- Mary Elizabeth Braddon (1837–1915), Lady Audley's Secret
- Barbara Taylor Bradford (born 1933), A Woman of Substance
- Edward Bradley (1827–1889), The Adventures of Mr. Verdant Green
- John Braine (1922–1986), Room at the Top
- Matthew Branton (born 1968)
- Paula Brackston (living), historical fantasy
- Anna Eliza Bray (1790–1883), historical novels
- Wallace Breem (1926–1990), Eagle in the Snow
- Frederick Sadleir Brereton (1872–1957), historical fiction for children
- Simon Brett (born 1945), crime fiction
- Victor Bridges (1878–1972), detective fiction
- Henry Brinton (1901–1977), thrillers
- Joanna Briscoe (born 1963)
- Sophia Briscoe (fl. 1770s)
- Vera Brittain (1893–1970)
- Lionel Britton (1887–1971)
- Vincent Brome (1910–2004)
- Anne Brontë (1820–1849), The Tenant of Wildfell Hall.
- Charlotte Brontë (1816–1855), Jane Eyre.
- Emily Brontë (1818–1848), Wuthering Heights
- Frances Brooke (1724–1789)
- Anita Brookner (1928–2016), Hotel du Lac
- Shirley Brooks (1816–1874)
- Brigid Brophy (1929–1995)
- D. K. Broster (1877–1950), historical novels
- Tom Brown (1662–1704)
- Anthony Buckeridge (1912–2004), Jennings and Derbyshire novels
- Edward Bulwer-Lytton (1803–1873), The Last Days of Pompeii
- John Bunyan (1628–1688), The Pilgrim's Progress
- Anthony Burgess (1917–1993), A Clockwork Orange
- Frances Hodgson Burnett (1849–1924), The Secret Garden
- Caroline Burney (fl. early 19th century, pseudonym)
- Frances Burney (1752–1840), Evelina
- Sarah Burney (1772–1844)
- Hester Burton (1913–2000), historical fiction
- Jessie Burton (born 1982), historical and children's novels
- Richard Francis Burton (1821–1890)
- Charlotte Bury (1775–1861)
- Samuel Butler (1835–1902), Erewhon
- Colin Butts (born 1964)
- A. S. Byatt (born 1936), Possession
C
- Hall Caine (1853–1931), romantic novels
- Mona Caird (1854–1932)
- Joanna Cannan (1896–1961), detective and children's novels
- Rosa Nouchette Carey (1840–1909)
- J. L. Carr (1912–1994), A Month in the Country
- Lewis Carroll (1832–1898), Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
- Angela Carter (1940–1992), magical realism
- Dean Vincent Carter (born 1976), horror novels
- Barbara Cartland (1901–2000), romance novels
- Rosa Nouchette Carey (1840–1909), children's fiction
- Georgiana Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire (1757–1806)
- Mark Chadbourn (born 1960), science fiction
- Elizabeth Chadwick (born 1957), historical fiction
- Somerset de Chair (1911–1995)
- Aidan Chambers (born 1934), Postcards from No Man's Land
- Leslie Charteris (1907–1993), devised "The Saint"
- Bruce Chatwin (1940–1989)
- Christine Chaundler (1887–1972), children's fiction
- Mavis Cheek (born c. 1948)
- G. K. Chesterton (1874–1936)
- William Rufus Chetwood (died 1766)
- Lee Child (born 1954), Jack Reacher
- Mary Cholmondeley (1859–1925), Red Pottage
- Catherine Christian (1901–1985), children's novels
- Agatha Christie (1890–1976), The Mysterious Affair at Styles
- Alys Clare (Elizabeth Harris, born 1944), historical whodunnits
- Emily Clark (fl. 1798–1833)
- Arthur C. Clarke (1917–2008)
- Mrs. Henry Clarke (1853–1908), historical fiction
- Susanna Clarke (born 1959), Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell
- Brian Cleeve (1921–2003)
- Lucy Clifford (1846–1929)
- Elizabeth Cobbold (1765–1824)
- Richard Cobbold (1797–1877)
- Henry Cockton (1807–1852)
- Jonathan Coe (born 1961)
- Margaret Cole (1893–1980), detective stories
- Christabel Rose Coleridge (1843–1921)
- Jackie Collins (1937–2015), romances
- Mortimer Collins (1827–1876)
- Wilkie Collins (1824–1889), The Moonstone
- Ivy Compton-Burnett (1884–1969)
- Joseph Conrad (1857–1924), Lord Jim
- Storm Constantine (1956–2021), science fiction
- Hugh Conway (pseudonym of Frederick John Fargus, 1847–1885)
- Judith Cook (1933–2004) historical novels
- Catherine Cookson (1906–1998), The Cinder Path
- William Cooper (1910–2002)
- Marie Corelli (1855–1924)
- Bernard Cornwell (born 1944), Sharpe novels
- Dudley Costello (1803–1865)
- Dorothy Cowlin (1911–2010)
- Anthony Berkeley Cox (Francis Iles, 1893–1971), The Poisoned Chocolates Case
- Josephine Cox (1938–2020)
- Amanda Craig (born 1959), A Vicious Circle
- Dinah Craik (1826–1887), The Little Lame Prince and his Travelling Cloak
- Helen Cresswell (1934–2005), Lizzie Dripping
- Adam Croft (living), crime fiction
- Andy Croft (born 1956), young adult novels
- Andrew Crofts (born 1953), The Little Hero
- Bithia Mary Croker (c. 1848–1920)
- Richmal Crompton (1890–1969), Just William series
- Camilla Dufour Crosland (1812–1895)
- Catherine Crowe (1803–1876)
- Aleister Crowley (1875–1947)
- Andrew Crumey (born 1961)
- J. A. Cuddon (1928–1996)
- Annie Hall Cudlip (1838–1918)
- Rachel Cusk (born 1967), Outline
- Catherine Cuthbertson (c. 1775–1842)
D
- Charlotte Dacre (1782–1841)
- Roald Dahl (1916–1990), children's fiction
- Celia Dale (1912–2011)
- Penny Dale (born 1954)
- Clemence Dane (1888–1965)
- Denise Danks (living)
- F. J. Harvey Darton (1878–1936)
- Emma Darwin (born 1964)
- Selina Davenport (1779–1859)
- Lionel Davidson (1922–2009)
- Caitlin Davies (born 1964)
- Hugh Sykes Davies (1909–1984)
- Peter Ho Davies (born 1966)
- Lindsey Davis (born 1949)
- Coningsby Dawson (1883–1959)
- Jennifer Dawson (1929–2000)
- William James Dawson (1854–1928)
- Martin Day (born 1968)
- Thomas de Quincey (1785–1859), Confessions of an English Opium-Eater
- Walter de la Mare (1873–1956)
- Louise Dean (living)
- Warwick Deeping (1877–1950), Sorrell and Son
- Daniel Defoe (1659 or 1661–1731), journalist Robinson Crusoe
- Len Deighton (born 1929), The IPCRESS File
- Joseph Delaney (born 1945), fantasy
- R. F. Delderfield (1912–1972)
- Thomas Deloney (1543–1600)
- Joolz Denby (born 1955), Billie Morgan
- Nigel Dennis (1912–1989)
- Colin Dexter (1930–2017), Inspector Morse novels
- Nirpal Singh Dhaliwal (born 1974)
- A. A. Dhand (living), crime fiction
- Narinder Dhami (born 1958), children's fiction
- Michael Dibdin (1947–2007), crime fiction
- Charles Dickens (1812–1870), The Pickwick Papers
- Mary Angela Dickens (1862–1948)
- Monica Dickens (1915–1992)
- Anne Hepple Dickinson (1877–1959), romances
- Peter Dickinson (1927–2015)
- Alice Diehl (1844–1912)
- Benjamin Disraeli (1804–1881)
- Ella Hepworth Dixon (1857–1932), The Story of a Modern Woman
- Henry Hall Dixon (1822–1870)
- Catherine Isabella Dodd (1860–1932), educational novels
- William Dodd (1729–1777)
- Ann Doherty (c. 1786 – c. 1831–1832)
- Berlie Doherty (born 1943)
- P. C. Doherty (born 1946)
- David Donachie (born 1944), nautical historical novels
- Angus Donald (born 1965), historical fiction
- Thomas Doubleday (1790–1870)
- Sarah Doudney (1841–1926)
- Louise Doughty (born 1963)
- Norman Douglas (1858–1952), South Wind
- Siobhan Dowd (1960–2007), children's fiction
- Mary Frances Dowdall (1876–1939)
- Margaret Drabble (born 1939)
- Anna Harriett Drury (1824–1912), novels for children and adults
- William Price Drury (1861–1949)
- Daphne du Maurier (1907–1989), Rebecca
- George du Maurier (1834–1896), Trilby
- Alice Dudeney (1866–1945)
- Ernest Dudley (1908–2006)
- Maureen Duffy (born 1933)
- Ruth Dugdall (born 1971)
- Alfred Duggan (1903–1964), historical novelist
- Sarah Dunant (born 1950)
- Helen Dunmore (1952–2017), The Siege
- Nell Dunn (born 1936), Up the Junction
- Geoff Dyer (born 1958)
E
- Rae Earl (born 1971)
- Anthony Earnshaw (1924–2001)
- E. R. Eddison (1882–1945)
- Emily Eden (1797–1869)
- John George Edgar (1834–1864), boys' fiction
- May Edginton (1883–1957)
- Robert Edric (born 1956)
- J. T. Edson (1928–2014)
- Annie Edwards (c. 1830–1896)
- Dorothy Edwards (1914–1982), The Witches and the Grinnygog
- Monica Edwards (1912–1998), children's novels
- Stephen Elboz (born 1956), children's novels
- Josephine Elder (1895–1988)
- Susan Elderkin (born 1968), Sunset Over Chocolate Mountains
- George Eliot (1819–1880), Middlemarch.
- Anne Elliot (1856–1941)
- Janice Elliott (1931–1995)
- Royston Ellis (born 1941)
- Warren Ellis (born 1968)
- Roger Jon Ellory (born 1965), thrillers
- Ernest Elmore (John Bude, 1901–1957)
- Ben Elton (born 1959), Stark
- Buchi Emecheta (1944–2017), Second Class Citizen
- Sally Emerson (born 1954)
- Barry England (1932–2009)
- D. J. Enright (1920–2002)
- Sam Enthoven (born 1975), children's novels
- Barbara Erskine (born 1944)
- Susan Ertz (1887–1985)
- Edith Escombe (1866–1950)
- Nicholas Evans (1950–2022)
- Evelyn Everett-Green (1856–1932)
- Stuart Evers (born 1976)
- Leonora Eyles (1889–1960), feminist novels
F
G
H
- Mark Haddon (born 1962), The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
- H. Rider Haggard (1856–1925), King Solomon's Mines
- Matt Haig (born 1975)
- Arthur Hailey (1920–2004)
- Sarah Hall (born 1974)
- Simon Hall (born 1969)
- Charles Hamilton (Frank Richards, 1876–1961), Billy Bunter
- Patrick Hamilton (1904–1962), Twenty Thousand Streets Under the Sky
- John Hampson (1901–1955)
- James Hanley (1897–1985), Boy
- Michael Hardcastle (1933–2019), sports fiction
- Thomas Hardy (1840–1928), Far from the Madding Crowd
- Cynthia Harnett (1893–1981), The Wool-Pack
- Joanne Harris (born 1964)
- Robert Harris (born 1957), Fatherland
- M. John Harrison (born 1945), Viriconium series
- Sarah Harrison (born 1946)
- Josephine Hart (1942–2011), Damage
- L. P. Hartley (1895–1972), The Go-Between
- Ann Hatton (1764–1838)
- Joseph Hatton (1837–1907), John Needham's Double
- Desmond Hawkins (1908–1999)
- Jon Haylett (living)
- Carole Hayman (living)
- Mary Hays (1759–1843), Memoirs of Emma Courtney
- Tim Heald (1944–2016)
- Philip Hensher (born 1965)
- G. A. Henty (1832–1902)
- A. P. Herbert (1890–1971), The Water Gipsies
- James Herbert (1943–2013), horror
- Harold Heslop (1898–1983), political novels
- Maurice Hewlett (1861–1923), historical novels
- Georgette Heyer (1902–1974)
- Eleanor Hibbert (Jean Plaidy etc., 1906–1993), historical romance
- Robert Hichens (1864–1950), The Green Carnation
- Jack Higgins (1929–2022)
- Philip E. High (1914–2006), science fiction
- Justin Hill (born 1971)
- Lorna Hill (1902–1991), children's fiction; romances
- Reginald Hill (1936–2012)
- Susan Hill (born 1942), I'm the King of the Castle
- James Hilton (1900–1954), Lost Horizon
- John Buxton Hilton (1921–1986), crime fiction
- Thomas Hinde (1926–2014)
- Joanna Hines (living)
- Jane Aiken Hodge (1917–2009)
- Barbara Hofland (1770–1844), moral stories for children
- Ethel Carnie Holdsworth (1886–1962)
- Margaret Holford (1778–1852)
- Jane Holland (born 1966), Girl Number One
- Sarah Holland (born 1961) romances
- Tom Holland (born 1968), Gothic horror
- Alan Hollinghurst (born 1954), The Line of Beauty
- Victoria Holmes (living)
- Hazel Holt (1928–2015), crime
- Tom Holt (born 1961), fantasy
- William Holt (1897–1977)
- Winifred Holtby (1898–1935), South Riding
- Stewart Home (born 1962)
- Anthony Hope (1863–1933), invented Ruritania for The Prisoner of Zenda.
- Thomas Hope (1769–1831)
- Sydney Horler (1888–1954), Checkmate
- Nick Hornby (born 1957), About a Boy
- Roy Horniman (1874–1930)
- E. W. Hornung (1866–1921)
- Anthony Horowitz (born 1956)
- Elaine Horseman (1925–1999), children's fantasy fiction
- William Horwood (born 1944), Duncton Wood series
- Emma Hosken (1845–1884)
- Edward Howard (1793–1841), maritime novels
- Elizabeth Jane Howard (1923–2014)
- Fred Hoyle (1915–2001), science fiction
- Pauline von Hügel (1858–1901)
- Richard Hughes (1900–1976), A High Wind in Jamaica
- Thomas Hughes (1822–1896) Tom Brown's Schooldays
- Fergus Hume (1859–1932)
- Eliza Humphreys (Rita, 1850–1938)
- Violet Hunt (1862–1942)
- Douglas Hurd (born 1930)
- Graham Hurley (born 1946), crime fiction
- Arthur Stuart-Menteth Hutchinson (1880–1971)
- Angela Huth (born 1938)
- Aldous Huxley (1894–1963), the dystopian Brave New World
I
J
- W. W. Jacobs (1863–1943), The Lady of the Barge
- Howard Jacobson (born 1942), The Finkler Question
- Brian Jacques (1939–2011), Redwall
- Frances Jacson (1754–1842), didactic novels
- Muriel Jaeger (1892–1969)
- George Payne Rainsford James (1799–1860)
- Henry James (1843–1916), The Turn of the Screw.
- M. R. James (1862–1936), ghost stories
- P. D. James (1920–2014), crime fiction
- Rosemary Hawley Jarman (1935–2015), historical novels
- Marguerite Florence Laura Jarvis (Oliver Sandys, 1886–1964)
- Robin Jarvis (born 1963), The Whitby Witches
- John Cordy Jeaffreson (1831–1901)
- Michael Jecks (born 1960), historical mystery novels
- Edgar Jepson (1863–1938)
- Margaret Jepson (1907–2003)
- Selwyn Jepson (1899–1989)
- Jerome K. Jerome (1859–1927), Three Men in a Boat
- Geraldine Jewsbury (1812–1880), stories in Household Words
- Maria Jane Jewsbury (1800–1833)
- W. E. Johns (1893–1968), Biggles books
- B. S. Johnson (1933–1973)
- Antony Johnston (born 1972)
- Diana Wynne Jones (1934–2011), fantasy
- Penny Jordan (1946–2011), romance novels
- Graham Joyce (1954–2014), Some Kind of Fairy Tale
- Alan Judd (born 1946), A Breed of Heroes
K
- Anna Kavan (1901–1968), Ice
- P. J. Kavanagh (1931–2015)
- Joanna Kavenna (living), The Birth of Love
- M. M. Kaye (1908–2004), The Far Pavilions
- Annie Keary (1825–1879), children's writer
- Sheelagh Kelly (born 1948), historical novels
- Stephen Kelman (born 1976), Pigeon English
- Gene Kemp (1926–2016), The Turbulent Term of Tyke Tiler
- Edward Augustus Kendall (c. 1776–1842)
- Lena Kennedy (1914–1986), historical romance
- Margaret Kennedy (1896–1967), The Constant Nymph
- Alexander Kent (1924–2017), maritime historical fiction
- Judith Kerr (1923–2019), children's novels
- Lady Amabel Kerr (1846-1906), A Mixed Marriage
- Philip Kerr (1956–2018), historical thrillers
- David Kessler (born 1957)
- Liz Kessler (born 1966), children's novels
- Garry Kilworth (born 1941), science fiction and historical novels
- Charles Kingsley (1819–1875), Westward Ho!.
- Henry Kingsley (1830–1876), Ravenshoe
- Dick King-Smith (1922–2011), The Sheep-Pig
- Rudyard Kipling (1865–1936), Kim
- C. H. B. Kitchin (1895–1967), mystery novels
- Matthew Kneale (born 1960), English Passengers
- Eric Knight (1897–1943), Lassie Come-Home
- Dorothy Koomson (born 1971), My Best Friend's Girl
- Giles Kristian (born 1975), historical novels
- Hanif Kureishi (born 1954), The Buddha of Suburbia
L
- Olivia Laing (born 1977)
- Charlotte Lamb (1937–2000), romances
- Charles Lambert (born 1953)
- John Lanchester (born 1962)
- Letitia Elizabeth Landon (wrote as L. E. L., 1802–1838)
- Jane Lane (1905–1978), historical novels
- Francis Lathom (1774–1832), Gothic novels
- Janet Lawrence (Julia Lisle, born 1937), crime fiction
- D. H. Lawrence (1885–1930) Lady Chatterley's Lover
- George Alfred Lawrence (1827–1876), Guy Livingston
- John le Carré (1931–2020), The Spy Who Came in from the Cold
- Anthony Lejeune (1928–2018)
- Laurence Lerner (1925–2016)
- Doris Lessing (1919–2013), The Grass Is Singing
- Andrea Levy (1956–2019)
- Deborah Levy (born 1962), Swimming Home
- Alethea Lewis (1749–1787)
- C. S. Lewis (1898–1963), The Chronicles of Narnia
- Matthew Lewis (1775–1818), The Monk
- Ted Lewis (1940–1982), crime fiction
- Marina Lewycka (born 1946), A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian
- Nell Leyshon (living), dramatist and novelist
- Mary Linskill (1840–1891)
- S. E. Lister (born 1988)
- Thomas Henry Lister (1800–1842), early silver fork novelist
- Alison Littlewood (living), horror novels
- Adam Lively (born 1961)
- Penelope Lively (born 1933), Moon Tiger
- Richard Llewellyn (1906–1983), How Green Was My Valley
- William John Locke (1863–1930), The Beloved Vagabond
- David Lodge (born 1935), Thinks ...
- John Lodwick (1916–1959)
- Hugh Lofting (1886–1947), Doctor Dolittle
- Norah Lofts (1904–1983)
- E. C. R. Lorac (Edith Caroline Rivett, 1894–1958), crime fiction
- Jane C. Loudon (1807–1858), early science fiction
- Elinor Lyon (1921–2008), children's novels
- Rosina Bulwer Lytton (1802–1882)
M
- Rose Macaulay (1881–1958), The Towers of Trebizond
- Denis Mackail (1892–1971), Greenery Street
- Serena Mackesy (born 1960s), The Temp
- Mary Mackie (living)
- Paul Magrs (born 1969), Doctor Who novels
- Tom Mallin (1927–1977)
- Allan Mallinson (born 1949), historical novels
- Eric Malpass (1910–1996)
- Miles Mander (1888–1946)
- Guy Mankowski (born 1983)
- Mary E. Mann (1848–1929)
- Keith Mansfield (born 1965), Johnny Mackintosh series
- Alicia Catherine Mant (1788–1869), children's novels
- Hilary Mantel (1952–2022), Wolf Hall
- Russell Mardell (born 1975)
- Stephen Marley (living), fantasy
- Derek Marlowe (1938–1996)
- Emilia Marryat (1835–1875), children's fiction
- Frederick Marryat (1792–1848), Mr Midshipman Easy
- Adam Mars-Jones (born 1954)
- And,rew Martin (born 1962), historical detective novels
- A. E. W. Mason (1865–1948), The Four Feathers
- Carole Matthews (born 1960)
- Sophie Dora Spicer Maude (1854–?)
- William Somerset Maugham (1874–1965), Liza of Lambeth
- William Mayne (1928–2010), A Grass Rope
- F. M. Mayor (1872–1932)
- Una McCormack (born 1972)
- Andy McDermott (born 1974), thrillers
- Ian McEwan (born 1948), Atonement
- Hilary McKay (born 1959), Saffy's Angel
- Katharine McMahon (living), historical novels
- Herman Cyril McNeile (1888–1937), Bulldog Drummond series
- Elizabeth Meeke (1761 – c. 1826)
- Paul Mendelson (born 1965)
- Wyl Menmuir (born 1979), The Many
- George Meredith (1828–1909), The Ordeal of Richard Feverel
- Concordia Merrel (1885–1962), romantic fiction
- Stanley Middleton (1919–2009), Holiday
- China Miéville (born 1972), fantasy
- Thomas Miller (1807–1874)
- Mil Millington (living), humour
- Magnus Mills (born 1954), The Field of the Cloth of Gold
- A. A. Milne (1882–1956), The Red House Mystery
- Richard Milward (born 1984) Apples
- David Mitchell (born 1969), number9dream
- Mary Russell Mitford (1787–1855), Our Village
- Nancy Mitford (1904–1973), The Pursuit of Love
- Aly Monroe (fl. 2008–2013)
- Florence Montgomery (1843–1923)
- Elinor Mordaunt (1872–1942)
- William De Morgan (1839–1917)
- William Morris (1834–1896), News from Nowhere
- Blake Morrison (born 1950)
- Penelope Mortimer (1918–1999), The Pumpkin Eater
- Ralph Hale Mottram (1883–1971)
- Jojo Moyes (born 1969), romances
- Fiona Mozley (born 1988), historical novels
- Clara Mulholland (1849–1934)
- Hector Hugh Munro (Saki, 1870–1916)
- Iris Murdoch (1919–1999), A Severed Head
- Margaret Murphy (born 1959)
- John Murray (born 1950), Murphy's Favourite Channels
- Valerie Grosvenor Myer (1935–2007)
- Ben Myers (born 1976), Richard: A Novel
- Leo Myers (1881–1944)
- Julie Myerson (born 1960), Something Might Happen
N
O
P
- Barry Pain (1864–1928)
- Charlotte Palmer (c. 1762–1834 or after)
- Jane Ellen Panton (1847–1923)
- Edith Pargeter (Ellis Peters, 1913–1995), The Cadfael Chronicles
- Emma Parker (fl. 1809–1817)
- Una-Mary Parker (1930–2019)
- Tim Parks (born 1954), Europa
- Eliza Parsons (1739–1811), Gothic novels
- Mrs Henry de la Pasture (1866–1945), children's novels
- Michelle Paver (born 1960), Chronicles of Ancient Darkness
- Stel Pavlou (born 1970)
- James Payn (1830–1898)
- David Peace (born 1967)
- Thomas Love Peacock (1785–1866), Headlong Hall
- Mervyn Peake (1911–1968), Gormenghast series
- A. J. Pearce (born 1964), Dear Mrs Bird
- Philippa Pearce (1920–2006), Tom's Midnight Garden
- Frances Mary Peard (1835–1923)
- Margaret Pedler (1877–1948)
- Anne Perry (born 1938)
- Sarah Perry (born 1979), The Essex Serpent
- Caryl Phillips (born 1958), A Distant Shore
- Mary Pilkington (1761–1839), children's fiction
- Sarah Pinborough (born 1972), thriller fiction
- Harold Pinter (1930–2008)
- Sarah Pitt (fl. 1881–1900), children's fiction
- Denis Pitts (1930–1994)
- Dudley Pope (1925–1997), nautical historical Lord Ramage series
- Anna Maria Porter (1780–1832)
- Jane Porter (1776–1850) The Scottish Chiefs
- Sheena Porter (born 1935), children's novels
- Raymond Postgate (1896–1971), Verdict of Twelve
- Anthony Powell (1905–2000), A Dance to the Music of Time
- John Cowper Powys (1872–1963) A Glastonbury Romance
- T. F. Powys (1875–1953), Mr. Weston's Good Wine
- Terry Pratchett (1948–2015)
- H. F. M. Prescott (1896–1972), historical fiction
- Christopher Priest (born 1943), science fiction
- J. B. Priestley (1894–1984), The Good Companions
- Alison Prince (1931–2019)
- Eric Pringle (1935–2017), children's fiction
- V. S. Pritchett (1900–1997)
- Philip Pullman (born 1946), His Dark Materials
- Barbara Pym (1913–1980)
Q
R
- Ann Radcliffe (1764–1823), The Mysteries of Udolpho
- Gwynedd Rae (1892–1977), Mary Plain stories
- Arthur Ransome (1884–1967), Swallows and Amazons
- Frederic Raphael (born 1931), The Glittering Prizes
- Julian Rathbone (1935–2008)
- Derek Raymond (Robin Cook, 1931–1994)
- Miss Read (Dora Jessie Saint, 1913–2012), Miss Clare Remembers
- Charles Reade (1814–1884), The Cloister and the Hearth
- Douglas Reeman (1924–2017), historical naval novelist
- Clara Reeve (1729–1807), The Old English Baron
- Mary Renault (1905–1983), young-adult historical novels
- Ruth Rendell (aka Barbara Vine) (1930–2015), King Solomon's Carpet
- Dan Rhodes (born 1972)
- Pam Rhodes (born 1950)
- Jean Rhys (1890–1979), Wide Sargasso Sea
- Dorothy Richardson (1873–1957)
- Samuel Richardson (1689–1761), Pamela; or, Virtue Rewarded
- Charlotte Riddell (1832–1906)
- Willie Riley (1866–1961), Windyridge
- Candace Robb (born 1950)
- E. Arnot Robertson (1903–1961)
- Denise Robins (1897–1985)
- Gertrude Minnie Robins (Mrs Baillie Reynolds, 1861–1939)
- Frederick William Robinson (1830–1901)
- Peter Robinson (born 1950), crime fiction
- Ray Robinson (born 1971)
- Regina Maria Roche (1764–1845), Gothic novels
- Sax Rohmer (1883–1959), created Dr. Fu Manchu
- Frederick Rolfe (1860–1913), Hadrian the Seventh
- Isabella Frances Romer (1798–1852)
- Michael Rosen (born 1946), children's fiction
- J. K. Rowling (born 1965), Harry Potter series
- Martin Rowson (born 1959)
- James Runcie (born 1959), The Grantchester Mysteries
- Salman Rushdie (born 1947), Midnight's Children
- Edward Rutherfurd (Francis Edward Wintle, born 1948), Sarum
S
- Vita Sackville-West (1892–1962)
- Jane Sanderson (born 1962)
- Steven Savile (born 1969) thrillers
- Dorothy L. Sayers (1893–1957), Lord Peter Wimsey series
- Simon Scarrow (born 1962), Eagle series
- Caroline Lucy Scott (1784–1857), A Marriage in High life
- Hardiman Scott (1920–1999)
- Paul Scott (1920–1987), The Raj Quartet
- Sarah Scott (1723–1795), Millenium Hall (sic)
- Will Scott (1893−1964), Disher, Detective
- Kate Sedley (Brenda Margaret Lilian Clarke, born 1926), historical novels
- Will Self (born 1961)
- Ian Serraillier (1912–1994), The Silver Sword
- Diane Setterfield (born 1964), The Thirteenth Tale
- Tim Severin (1940–2020), historical novels
- Miranda Seymour (born 1948)
- Nicholas Shakespeare (born 1957), The Dancer Upstairs
- Tom Sharpe (1928–2013), Wilt
- Joss Sheldon (born 1982)
- Mary Shelley (1797–1851), Frankenstein
- Joseph Henry Shorthouse (1834–1903) John Inglesant
- Nevil Shute (1899–1960), A Town Like Alice
- Gareth Sibson (born 1977)
- Una Lucy Silberrad (1872–1955)
- Alan Sillitoe (1928–2010), Saturday Night and Sunday Morning
- Dorothy Simpson (born 1933), mystery novels
- Helen Simpson (born 1957)
- Clive Sinclair (1948–2018)
- Sarah Singleton (born 1966)
- Indra Sinha (born 1950)
- Eleanor Sleath (1770–1847), Gothic novels
- Dodie Smith (1896–1990), The Hundred and One Dalmatians
- Emma Smith (1923–2018), Maidens' Trip
- Jonathan Smith (born 1942)
- Stevie Smith (1902–1971)
- Zadie Smith (born 1975), White Teeth
- C. P. Snow (1905–1980), Strangers and Brothers series
- Stephen Southwold (1887–1964), science fiction and other novels
- Emily Spender (1841–1922)
- Lillian Spender (1835–1895)
- Stephen Spender (1909–1995)
- Louisa Stanhope (fl. 1806–1827)
- Flora Annie Steel (1847–1929)
- Jessica Steele (1933–2020)
- Gladys Bronwyn Stern (1890–1973)
- Laurence Sterne (1713–1768), Tristram Shandy
- Mary Stewart (1916–2014), historical fiction
- Julian Stockwin (born 1944), nautical fiction
- David Storey (1933–2017), Saville
- Catherine Storr (1913–2001), Marianne Dreams
- Jack Trevor Story (1917–1991)
- Randolph Stow (1935–2010)
- Hesba Stretton (1832–1911), children's fiction
- Alexander Stuart (born 1955), The War Zone
- Vivian Stuart (1914–1986), romances
- Rosemary Sutcliff (1920–1992), The Eagle of the Ninth
- Graham Swift (born 1949), Last Orders.
- Jonathan Swift (1667–1745), Gulliver's Travels
- Meera Syal (born 1961), Anita and Me
- Mitchell Symons (born 1957)
T
- Elizabeth Taylor (1912–1975), The Real Life of Angel Deverell
- G. P. Taylor (born 1958), Shadowmancer
- Philip Meadows Taylor (1808–1876), Confessions of a Thug
- Barry Tebb (born 1942)
- Lisa St Aubin de Terán (born 1953)
- J. E. Harold Terry (1885–1939)
- James Thackara (born 1944), The Book of Kings
- William Makepeace Thackeray (1811–1863), Vanity Fair
- Stephanie Theobald (born 1966)
- Angela Thirkell (1890–1961)
- Adam Thirlwell (born 1978)
- Elizabeth Thomas (1770/1771–1855)
- Adam Thorpe (born 1956), Ulverton
- Colin Thubron (born 1939), A Cruel Madness
- Stella Tillyard (living)
- Peter Tinniswood (1936–2003), I Didn't Know You Cared
- Alan Titchmarsh (born 1949)
- Barbara Euphan Todd (1890–1976), Miss Ranskill Comes Home
- J. R. R. Tolkien (1892–1973), The Lord of the Rings
- Theresa Tomlinson (born 1946), The Moon Riders
- Paige Toon (born 1975), Jessie Jefferson series
- Sue Townsend (1946–2014), Adrian Mole
- Geoffrey Trease (1909–1998), Bows Against the Barons
- Miles Tredinnick (born 1955), Fripp
- Henry Treece (1911–1966), The Children's Crusade
- Rose Tremain (born 1943), historical novels
- Sarah Trimmer (1741–1810), Fabulous Histories
- Anthony Trollope (1815–1882), Barchester Towers
- Lynne Truss (born 1955)
- Charlotte Maria Tucker (A.L.O.E., 1821–1893)
- Philip Turner (1925–2006)
- Thomas F. Tweed (1891–1940)
U
V
W
- John Wain (1925–1994) Young Shoulders.
- H. Russell Wakefield (1888–1964)
- George Walker (1772–1847)
- Doreen Wallace (1897–1987)
- Edgar Wallace (1875–1932)
- Nick Wallace (born 1972)
- David Walliams (born 1971), children's fiction
- Leo Walmsley (1892–1966)
- Hugh Walpole (1884–1941)
- Jill Paton Walsh (1937– 2020), adult and children's writer
- Sheila Walsh (1928–2009)
- Guy Walters (born 1971)
- Vanessa Walters (born 1978)
- Amy Catherine Walton (1849–1939), children's novels
- Mary Augusta Ward (1851–1920), The History of David Grieve
- Sarah Ward (living)
- Florence Warden (1857–1929)
- Rex Warner (1905–1986)
- Blanche Warre-Cornish (1844–1922)
- Keith Waterhouse (1929–2009), Billy Liar
- Victor Watson (born 1936), children's novels
- Auberon Waugh (1939–2001)
- Evelyn Waugh (1903–1966), Decline and Fall
- Anne Weale (1929–2007)
- Catherine Webb (born 1986), young adult novels
- Marion St John Webb (1888–1930), children's fiction
- Mary Webb (1881–1927), Precious Bane
- Samantha Weinberg (living)
- Alison Weir (living), Innocent Traitor
- Ronald Welch (1909–1982), children's historical novels
- Fay Weldon (born 1931), The Life and Loves of a She-Devil
- H. G. Wells (1866–1946), The Time Machine
- Louise Wener (born 1967)
- Mary Wesley (1912–2002), The Camomile Lawn
- Charles West (born 1927), crime novels
- Jane West (1758–1852)
- Rebecca West (1892–1983)
- Robert Westall (1929–1993), The Machine Gunners
- William Bury Westall (1834–1903)
- Frank Atha Westbury (1838–1901), mystery fiction
- Stanley J. Weyman (1855–1928), historical romance
- Patience Wheatcroft (born 1951)
- Dennis Wheatley (1897–1977), The Devil Rides Out
- Dorothy Whipple (1893–1966)
- Charles Whistler (1856–1913), historical novels
- Evelyn Whitaker (1844–1929), didactic novels for young
- Antonia White (1899–1980), Frost in May
- Fred M. White (1859–1935), science-fiction and disaster novelist
- Hale White (1831–1913)
- Michael White (1959–2018)
- T. H. White (1906–1964), The Sword in the Stone
- Tony White (born 1964)
- Richard Whiteing (1840–1928)
- Charles Whiting (1926–2007)
- James Whitworth (living), crime fiction
- Peter Wildeblood (1923–1999)
- Vaughan Wilkins (1890–1959)
- Charles Williams (1886–1945), Descent into Hell
- Charlie Williams (born 1971)
- Nigel Williams (born 1948)
- Robina Williams (living)
- Henry Williamson (1895–1977), Tarka the Otter
- Ted Willis (1914–1992) (Baron Willis)
- A. N. Wilson (born 1950)
- Angus Wilson (1913–1991)
- R. D. Wingfield (1928–2007)
- Jeanette Winterson (born 1959)
- P. G. Wodehouse (1881–1975), Jeeves and Wooster
- Mary Wollstonecraft (1759–1797)
- Christopher Wood (1935–2015)
- Ellen Wood (1814–1887), East Lynne
- Ramsay Wood (born 1943), Kalila and Dimna
- Martin Woodhouse (1932–2011)
- Richard Woodman (born 1944)
- Margaret Louisa Woods (1856–1945)
- Virginia Woolf (1882–1941), Mrs Dalloway
- S. Fowler Wright (1874–1965), Deluge
- John Wyndham (1903–1969), The Day of the Triffids
Y
Z
See also
- List of English writers
- List of novelists
References
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