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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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)

See also

• List of writers