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List of English writers (A–C)

December 14, 2023

List of English writers lists writers in English, born or raised in England (or who lived in England for a lengthy period), who already have Wikipedia pages. References for the information here appear on the linked Wikipedia pages. The list is incomplete – please help to expand it by adding Wikipedia page-owning writers who have written extensively in any genre or field, including science and scholarship. Please follow the entry format. A seminal work added to a writer's entry should also have a Wikipedia page. This is a subsidiary to the List of English people. There are or should be similar lists of Irish, Scots, Welsh, Manx, Jersey, and Guernsey writers.

Abbreviations: AV = Authorized King James Version of the Bible, also as = also wrote/writes as, c. = circa; century, cc. = centuries; cleric = Anglican priest, fl. = floruit, RC = Roman Catholic, SF = science fiction, YA = young adult fiction

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December 14, 2023
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List of English writers lists writers in English born or raised in England or who lived in England for a lengthy period who already have Wikipedia pages References for the information here appear on the linked Wikipedia pages The list is incomplete please help to expand it by adding Wikipedia page owning writers who have written extensively in any genre or field including science and scholarship Please follow the entry format A seminal work added to a writer s entry should also have a Wikipedia page This is a subsidiary to the List of English people There are or should be similar lists of Irish Scots Welsh Manx Jersey and Guernsey writers Abbreviations AV Authorized King James Version of the Bible also as also wrote writes as c circa century cc centuries cleric Anglican priest fl floruit RC Roman Catholic SF science fiction YA young adult fiction This literature related list is incomplete you can help by adding missing items October 2021 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z See alsoA editA W fl 1602 poet Edwin Abbott Abbott 1838 1926 theologian and novelist Gilbert Abbott a Beckett 1811 1856 humorist George Abbot 1562 1633 writer AV translator and cleric Kia Abdullah born 1982 novelist and feature writer Lascelles Abercrombie 1881 1938 poet and critic Faridah Abike Iyimide born 1998 novelist Paul Ableman 1927 2006 playwright and novelist J R Ackerley 1896 1967 autobiographer novelist and playwright Rodney Ackland 1908 1991 playwright actor and screenwriter Peter Ackroyd born 1949 novelist and biographer Eliza Acton 1799 1859 poet and cookery writer Harold Acton 1904 1994 writer and scholar Hazel Adair 1900 1990 novelist Paul Adam born 1958 novelist Ruth Adam 1907 1977 novelist and non fiction writer Charles Warren Adams also as Charles Felix 1833 1903 novelist and lawyer Douglas Adams 1952 2001 novelist and scriptwriter Francis Adams 1862 1893 essayist and dramatist John Adams pre 1670 1738 cartographer and gazetteer compiler Poppy Adams living novelist and TV screenwriter Richard Adams 1920 2016 novelist Watership Down Sarah Flower Adams 1805 1848 poet and hymnist Donald Adamson born 1939 writer and historian John Adamson 1787 1855 antiquary poet and translator Arthur St John Adcock 1864 1930 novelist and editor Fleur Adcock born 1934 poet Joseph Addison 1672 1719 essayist and poet The Spectator Percy Addleshaw wrote as Percy Hemingway 1866 1916 writer and poet Diran Adebayo born 1968 novelist and broadcaster Mark Adlard born 1932 novelist James Agate 1877 1947 diarist and critic Bola Agbaje living playwright John Aglionby died 1609 1610 scholar AV translator and cleric Grace Aguilar 1816 1847 novelist and writer Allan Ahlberg born 1939 children s writer Robert Aickman 1914 1981 novelist and conservationist Joan Aiken 1924 2004 novelist Arthur Aikin 1783 1854 science writer Lucy Aikin 1781 1864 children s writer biographer and historian John Aikin 1747 1822 writer and physician Alfred Ainger 1837 1904 biographer and critic Ruth Ainsworth 1908 1984 children s writer William Harrison Ainsworth 1805 1882 novelist Catherine Aird Kinn Hamilton McIntosh living crime fiction writer Mark Akenside 1721 1770 poet William Alabaster 1567 1640 poet playwright and cleric James Albery 1838 1889 playwright Alice Albinia born 1976 travel writer Mary Alcock c 1742 1798 poet and essayist Naomi Alderman born 1974 novelist and game writer Thomas Aldham or Aldam c 1616 1660 writer and Quaker Richard Aldington 1892 1962 novelist and poet Brian Aldiss 1925 2017 novelist Henry Aldrich 1647 1710 poet and theologian Horace Alexander 1889 1989 writer on India ornithologist and Quaker Miriam Alexander 1879 19 historical novelist Alan F Alford born 1961 writer on mythology Monica Ali born 1967 novelist Cyril Alington 1872 1955 novelist and writer Nicholas Allan living children s writer Rupert Allason also as Nigel West b 1951 historian and thriller writer James Allen 1864 1912 self help writer and poet Walter Allen 1911 1995 novelist and critic Margery Allingham 1904 1966 novelist Albert Campion Drummond Allison 1921 1943 poet Kenneth Allott 1912 1973 poet and anthologist Kenneth Allsop 1920 1973 writer and broadcaster E M Almedingen 1898 1971 novelist biographer and children s writer John Almon 1737 1804 journalist and anthologist David Almond born 1951 novelist and children s writer Vincent Alsop c 1630 1703 writer and dissenting minister Al Alvarez 1929 2019 poet and writer Moniza Alvi born 1968 poet and writer Eric Ambler 1909 1998 novelist and screenwriter Isaac Ambrose 1604 1663 1664 writer diarist and cleric Elizabeth Amherst c 1716 1779 poet and naturalist Kingsley Amis 1922 1995 poet and novelist Lucky Jim Martin Amis 1949 2023 novelist Thomas Amory c 1691 1788 novelist and miscellanist Thomas Amory 1701 1774 poet and dissenting cleric Valerie Anand also as Flora Buckley b 1937 novelist Patrick Anderson 1915 1979 poet Rachel Anderson born 1943 children s writer Verily Anderson 1915 2010 writer Lancelot Andrewes 1555 1626 scholar AV translator and cleric Roger Andrewes fl 1610s scholar AV translator and cleric Julie Andrews born 1935 children s writer and actress Miles Peter Andrews 1742 1814 playwright and poet Norman Angell 1872 1967 Nobel Prize winner political writer and economist Jane Anger fl 1589 pamphleteer Charlotte Anley 1796 1893 didactic novelist and writer George Anson 1st Baron Anson 1697 1762 writer explorer and admiral Christopher Anstey 1724 1805 writer and poet Evelyn Anthony 1926 2018 historical novelist and thriller writer Charles James Apperley wrote as Nimrod 1777 1843 hunting and racing writer Lisa Appignanesi born 1946 writer and historian Roy Apps born 1951 children s writer Arthur John Arberry 1905 1969 orientalist and translator Harriet Arbuthnot 1793 1834 political diarist John Arbuthnot 1667 1735 satirist and polymath Fred Archer 1915 1999 countryside writer Jeffrey Archer born 1940 novelist and politician Philip Ardagh born 1961 children s writer John Arden 1930 2012 playwright and novelist Edward Ardizzone 1900 1979 children s writer and illustrator Reginald Arkell 1882 1959 novelist playwright and screenwriter Michael Arlen originally Dikran Kouyoumdjian 1895 1956 essayist playwright and novelist John Arlott 1914 1991 cricket writer and commentator Robert Armin c 1563 1615 playwright and actor Simon Armitage born 1963 poet playwright and novelist Annie Armitt 1850 1933 novelist poet and essayist Martin Armstrong 1882 1974 novelist and poet Peter Armstrong born 1957 poet and psychotherapist Richard Armstrong 1903 1986 novelist historian and children s writer Elizabeth von Arnim also as Alice Cholmondeley 1866 1941 novelist Edwin Arnold 1832 1904 poet and journalist Edwin Lester Arnold 1857 1935 writer and novelist Elizabeth Arnold born 1944 children s writer Matthew Arnold 1822 1888 poet Dover Beach Richard Arnold died c 1521 chronicler and merchant Thomas Arnold 1795 1842 educator and historian Thomas Walker Arnold 1864 1930 Islamist scholar William Delafield Arnold 1828 1859 novelist and colonial administrator Pat Arrowsmith born 1930 novelist poet and non fiction writer Anthony Ascham c 1614 1650 scholar and politician Roger Ascham c 1515 1568 writer and scholar John Ash 1724 1779 lexicographer and Baptist minister John Ash 1948 2019 poet and travel writer Maurice Ash 1917 2003 writer on environment and planning Russell Ash 1946 2010 writer Timothy Garton Ash born 1955 historian Elizabeth Ashbridge 1713 1755 autobiographer and Quaker Joseph Ashby Sterry 1836 or 1838 1917 poet novelist and journalist Geoffrey Ashe 1923 2022 cultural historian Thomas Ashe or Ash fl 1600 1618 legal writer Thomas Ashe 1770 1835 novelist and miscellanist Thomas Ashe 1836 1889 poet Michael Asher born 1953 author and explorer Daisy Ashford 1881 1972 child author The Young Visiters Lindsay Ashford born 1959 crime novelist and journalist Elias Ashmole 1617 1692 antiquary and patron Carl Ashmore born 1968 children s writer Will Ashon born 1969 novelist and music writer Francis Leslie Ashton 1904 1994 novelist Andrea Ashworth born 1969 writer and scholar Anne Askew 1521 1546 poet writer and martyr Nadeem Aslam born 1966 novelist Elizabeth Mary Aslin 1926 1989 art historian Cynthia Asquith 1887 1960 novelist and diarist Herbert Asquith 1881 1947 poet and novelist Margot Asquith 1864 1935 memoirist Nicholas Assheton 1590 1625 diarist Mary Astell 1666 1731 poet and writer Judy Astley living novelist and illustrator Edwin Atherstone 1788 1872 poet and novelist Diana Athill 1917 2019 editor novelist and memoirist Blanche Atkinson 1847 1911 novelist and children s writer James Atkinson 1780 1852 scholar Kate Atkinson born 1952 novelist William Atkinson died 1509 translator David Attenborough born 1926 writer naturalist and broadcaster Francis Atterbury 1663 1732 writer and bishop Mabel Lucie Attwell 1879 1964 children s writer and illustrator Penelope Aubin 1679 1738 poet novelist and translator John Aubrey 1626 1697 writer and antiquary Brief Lives John Audelay or Awdelay died c 1426 poet and cleric W H Auden 1907 1973 poet Stacy Aumonier 1877 1928 novelist story writer and essayist Jane Austen 1775 1817 novelist Pride and Prejudice Katherine Austen 1629 c 1683 diarist and poet Alfred Austin 1835 1913 Poet Laureate John Austin 1790 1859 legal philosopher John Langshaw Austin 1911 1960 philosopher and translator Sarah Austin 1793 1867 translator Edward Aveling 1849 1898 writer pamphleteer and translator Peter Avery 1923 2008 scholar and translator Jack Avon born 1967 financial writer and consultant Tash Aw born 1971 novelist and non fiction writer Christopher Awdry born 1940 children s writer Wilbert Awdry Rev W Awdry 1911 1997 children s writer and cleric Thomas the Tank Engine Alan Ayckbourn born 1939 playwright A J Ayer 1910 1989 philosopher Pam Ayres born 1947 poet and songwriter Michael Ayrton 1921 1975 writer and artist Shamim Azad born 1952 writer and translator Trezza Azzopardi born 1961 novelist Top A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z See alsoB editCharles Babbage 1791 1871 polymath Gervase Babington 1549 1550 1610 theologian and bishop David Baddiel born 1964 novelist and comedian Robert Baden Powell 1857 1941 writer and army officer Scouting for Boys Edmund Backhouse 1873 1944 orientalist and autobiographer Anne Bacon c 1528 1610 translator and correspondent Francis Bacon 1561 1626 essayist New Atlantis Phanuel Bacon 1699 1783 playwright and poet John F Baddeley 1854 1940 travel writer and journalist Robert Bage 1730 1801 novelist and radical Walter Bagehot 1826 1877 economist and essayist Desmond Bagley 1923 1983 horror novelist Enid Bagnold 1889 1981 novelist and playwright National Velvet Richard Bagot 1860 1921 novelist and essayist David Bailey living story writer H C Bailey 1878 1961 novelist Hilary Bailey 1936 2017 biographer and editor Nathan Bailey died 1742 philologist Paul Bailey born 1937 novelist and dramatist Philip James Bailey 1816 1902 poet Samuel Bailey 1791 1870 philosopher and economist Beryl Bainbridge 1932 2010 novelist Denys Val Baker 1917 1984 novelist and story writer Henry Baker 1698 1774 naturalist and poet Samuel Baker 1821 1893 writer and explorer Rajeev Balasubramanyam born 1974 novelist Nigel Balchin 1908 1970 novelist and screenwriter John Bale 1495 1563 playwright and bishop J G Ballard 1930 2009 novelist Dacre Balsdon 1901 1977 novelist and historian Samuel Bamford 1788 1872 writer and dialect poet John Codrington Bampfylde 1764 1796 1797 poet Richard Bancroft 1544 1610 AV translator and archbishop Isabella Banks 1821 1897 novelist and poet Lynne Reid Banks born 1929 novelist Anna Laetitia Barbauld 1743 1825 poet and children s writer W N P Barbellion real name Bruce Frederick Cummings 1889 1919 diarist Margaret Barber Michael Fairless 1869 1901 novelist and children s writer Alexander Barclay c 1476 1552 poet and translator Florence L Barclay 1862 1921 novelist James Barclay born 1965 novelist John Baret died c 1580 lexicographer Owen Barfield 1898 1997 novelist poet and philosopher Richard Harris Barham wrote as Thomas Ingoldsby 1788 1845 novelist and poet The Ingoldsby Legends Maurice Baring 1874 1945 playwright novelist and poet Sabine Baring Gould 1834 1924 novelist hymnist and cleric A L Barker 1918 2002 novelist Cicely Mary Barker 1895 1973 children s and religious writer and illustrator Clive Barker born 1952 writer film director and visual artist Elspeth Barker 1940 2022 novelist George Granville Barker 1913 1991 poet and novelist Jane Barker 1652 1732 poet and novelist Mary Anne Barker 1831 1911 writer and poet Nicola Barker born 1966 novelist Pat Barker born 1943 novelist Raffaella Barker born 1964 novelist and journalist Sebastian Barker 1945 2014 poet Clement Barksdale 1609 1687 poet and cleric George Barlow wrote as James Hinton 1837 1913 1914 poet William Barlow died 1613 scholar AV translator and bishop Mordaunt Roger Barnard 1828 1906 translator and cleric Kitty Barne 1883 1961 children s writer Barnabe Barnes 1568 or 1569 1609 poet and playwright Ambrose Barnes 1627 1710 nonconformist and mayor Jonathan Barnes born 1942 philosopher Julian Barnes born 1946 novelist Flaubert s Parrot William Barnes 1801 1886 dialect poet Correlli Barnett 1927 2022 historian Richard Barnfield 1574 1620 poet Alexander Baron 1917 1999 novelist and screenwriter Amelia Edith Huddleston Barr 1831 1919 novelist Geoffrey Barraclough 1908 1984 historian John Barret 1631 1713 writer and Presbyterian minister Joseph Barret 1665 1699 theological writer and merchant Leslie Barringer 1895 1968 editor and novelist Isaac Barrow 1630 1677 scholar and cleric John Barrow fl 1735 1774 lexicographer and historian William Barrow 1754 1836 writer and cleric Stan Barstow 1928 2011 novelist and dramatist William Bartholomew 1793 1867 librettist and composer Mike Bartlett born 1980 playwright and director Bernard Barton 1784 1849 poet and Quaker Henry Howarth Bashford 1880 1961 novelist and physician William Basse c 1583 1653 1654 poet Jonathan Bate born 1958 biographer and editor James Bateman 1811 1897 garden writer H E Bates 1905 1974 novelist The Darling Buds of May Henry Walter Bates 1825 1892 naturalist and explorer Ralph Bates 1899 2000 novelist Elizabeth Bath 1772 1856 poet Richard Baxter 1615 1691 poet hymnist and theologian Stephen Baxter born 1957 novelist Basil Al Bayati born 1946 writer and architect John Bayley 1925 2015 critic and novelist Peter Bayley c 1778 1883 poet and playwright Ada Ellen Bayly wrote as Edna Lyall 1857 1903 novelist Thomas Haynes Bayly 1797 1830 poet and playwright Martin Baynton born 1953 children s writer and illustrator Jeremy John Beadle 1958 1995 critic John Beadle died 1667 diarist and cleric Anne Beale 1816 1900 novelist and poet Richard Bean born 1956 playwright Francis Beaumont 1584 1616 playwright John Beaumont 1583 1627 poet Joseph Beaumont 1616 1699 poet and cleric Aubrey Beardsley 1872 1898 writer and illustrator Laura Beatty living biographer and novelist Samuel Beazley 1786 1851 novelist playwright and architect Peter Beckford 1740 1811 writer and landowner William Beckford 1760 1844 novelist and patron Lillian Beckwith born Lillian Comber 1916 2004 novelist Thomas Lovell Beddoes 1803 1849 poet William Bedwell 1561 1632 scholar AV translator and cleric Henry Charles Beeching 1859 1919 poet and anthologist Patricia Beer 1919 1999 poet and critic Constance Beerbohm 1811 1892 writer Julius Beerbohm 1854 1906 travel writer and explorer Max Beerbohm 1872 1956 novelist and caricaturist Zuleika Dobson Alfred Beesley 1800 1847 poet and topographer Mrs Beeton born Isabella Mary Mayson 1836 1865 cookery writer Antony Beevor born 1946 historian and novelist Aphra Behn 1640 1689 novelist and playwright Daubridgecourt Belchier 1580 1621 dramatist Adrian Bell 1901 1980 countryside writer Clive Bell 1881 1964 art critic Florence Bell 1851 1930 playwright and editor Gertrude Bell 1868 1926 writer and traveller Josephine Bell also as David Wintringham 1897 1987 novelist Julian Bell 1908 1937 poet Mary Hayley Bell 1911 2005 novelist playwright and actress Quentin Bell 1910 1996 critic and biographer Thomas Bell 1792 1880 zoologist and writer John Bellers 1654 1725 writer and Quaker Hilaire Belloc 1870 1953 writer and poet Thomas Belt 1832 1878 naturalist and geologist Elizabeth Benger 1775 1827 poet novelist and biographer Edward Benlowes 1603 1676 poet Alan Bennett born 1934 playwright and broadcaster Anna Maria Bennett c 1760 1808 novelist Arnold Bennett 1867 1931 novelist Edwin Keppel Bennett wrote as Francis Bennett 1887 1958 writer poet and scholar A C Benson 1862 1925 poet and diarist E F Benson 1867 1940 novelist and story writer Peter Benson born 1956 novelist Robert Hugh Benson 1871 1914 novelist writer and cleric Stella Benson 1892 1933 novelist poet and travel writer George Bentham 1800 1884 botanist Jeremy Bentham 1748 1832 philosopher Edmund Clerihew Bentley 1875 1956 novelist humorist and poet Elizabeth Bentley 1767 1839 poet Nicolas Bentley 1907 1978 writer and illustrator Phyllis Bentley 1894 1977 novelist and biographer Richard Bentley 1662 1742 theologian and poet Edward Berdoe 1836 1916 critic novelist and physician Richard Berengarten born 1943 poet Elisabeth Beresford 1928 2010 children s writer the Wombles J D Beresford 1873 1947 novelist James Beresford 1764 1840 satirist translator and cleric Leila Berg 1917 2012 children s writer John Berger 1926 2017 novelist G Reginald Berkeley 1890 1935 playwright and screenwriter John Berkenhout 1726 1791 naturalist Steven Berkoff born 1937 playwright and actor William Bayle Bernard 1807 1875 playwright critic and novelist John Bourchier Berners 1467 1533 translator and statesman Juliana Berners Bernes b c 1388 writer on heraldry hawking etc The Book of Saint Albans Elizabeth Berridge 1919 2009 English novelist Francis Berry 1915 2006 poet and critic Mary Berry 1763 1852 writer and editor Mary Berry born 1935 cookery writer Tess Berry Hart born 1978 playwright and novelist Charles Bertram 1723 1765 literary forger Annie Besant 1847 1933 writer and campaigner Walter Besant 1836 1901 novelist and historian Charles Best 1570 1627 poet Alfred Bestall 1892 1986 children s writer and illustrator Rupert Bear Henry Digby Beste 1768 1836 religious writer Matilda Betham Edwards 1836 1919 novelist poet and travel writer Nicholas Bethell 1938 2007 writer translator and politician John Betjeman 1906 1984 Poet Laureate and writer Thomas Betterton 1635 1710 playwright and actor Edwyn Bevan 1870 1943 philosopher and historian Elizabeth Beverley fl 1815 30 pamphleteer and actress L S Bevington 1845 1895 essayist anarchist and poet Elizabeth Bibesco 1897 1945 novelist and poet Tessa Biddington born 1954 poet Hester Biddle c 1629 1697 Quaker pamphleteer and preacher Elizabeth Biddulph Baroness Biddulph 1834 1916 biographer and Woman of the Bedchamber to Queen Victoria John Stanyan Bigg 1828 1865 poet Mark Billingham born 1961 novelist William Billington 1825 1884 poet Thomas Bilson 1547 1616 theologian AV translator and bishop Andrew Bing 1574 1652 scholar AV translator and cleric Margaret Bingham 1740 1814 poet and painter Laurence Binyon 1869 1943 poet and art historian T J Binyon 1936 2004 novelist translator and biographer Carol Birch born 1951 novelist and critic Thomas Birch 1705 1766 historian Caroline Bird born 1986 poet and playwright Isabella Bird 1831 1904 travel writer and naturalist Dea Birkett born 1958 writer John Birtwhistle born 1946 poet and librettist Samuel Bishop 1731 1795 poet and essayist Clementina Black 1853 1922 novelist and political writer Robert Black 1829 1915 novelist story writer and translator Sarah Blackborow fl 1650s 1660s Quaker writer and preacher John Blackburn 1923 1993 novelist Thomas Blackburn 1916 1977 poet Malorie Blackman born 1962 children s writer and screenwriter R D Blackmore 1825 1900 novelist Lorna Doone Richard Blackmore 1654 1729 poet and religious writer William Blackstone 1723 1780 legal writer Algernon Blackwood 1869 1951 novelist and story writer Caroline Blackwood 1931 1996 novelist and critic Helen Blackwood Lady Dufferin 1807 1867 poet and songwriter Max Blagg living poet and writer Quentin Blake born 1932 children s writer and illustrator William Blake 1757 1827 poet and artist Songs of Innocence and of Experience Helen Blakeman born 1971 playwright and screenwriter Susanna Blamire 1747 1794 poet Edward Blanchard 1820 1899 playwright and songwriter Samuel Laman Blanchard 1804 1845 writer journalist and poet Robert Blatchford wrote as Nunquam 1851 1943 journalist writer and campaigner Barbara Blaugdone c 1609 1705 Quaker autobiographer Nicholas Blincoe born 1965 novelist and screenwriter Mathilde Blind 1841 1896 poet and biographer Edward Blishen 1920 1996 writer and broadcaster Eliot Bliss Emily Bliss 1903 1990 novelist and poet Walter Blith 1605 1654 writer on husbandry Robert Bloomfield 1766 1823 poet Charles Blount 1654 1693 polemicist Elizabeth Blower c 1757 1763 post 1816 novelist poet and actress Evelyn Princess Blucher 1876 1960 diarist and memoirist Nicholas Blundell 1669 1737 diarist Edmund Blunden 1896 1974 poet author and critic Anthony Blunt 1907 1983 art historian and spy Wilfrid Scawen Blunt 1840 1922 poet and author Ronald Blythe 1922 2023 writer and editor Enid Blyton 1897 1968 children s writer Noddy James Boaden 1762 1839 biographer playwright and journalist Frederick S Boas 1862 1957 literary historian John Ernest Bode 1816 1874 poet hymnist and cleric John Bodenham 1569 1610 anthologist Barbara Bodichon 1827 1891 educator and feminist John Bois 1560 1643 scholar AV translator and cleric Osbern Bokenam c 1393 c 1463 literary historian and cleric Robert Bolt 1924 1995 dramatist and screenwriter A Man For All Seasons Sharon Bolton mystery fiction writer Michael Bond 1926 2017 children s writer Paddington Bear Elizabeth Bonhote 1744 1818 novelist Christopher Booker 1937 2019 writer and journalist Luke Booker 1762 1835 poet antiquary and cleric George Boole 1815 1864 mathematician and logician Mary Everest Boole 1832 1916 schoolbook writer Barton Booth 1681 1733 actor and poet Charles Booth 1840 1916 social researcher Life and Labour of the People in London Martin Booth 1944 2004 novelist poet and editor Stephen Booth born 1952 novelist Brooke Boothby 1744 1824 scholar and poet Frances Boothby fl 1669 70 playwright Basil Boothroyd 1910 1988 writer and humorist George Borrow 1803 1881 novelist and travel writer Romany Rye Lucy M Boston 1892 1990 children s writer Clifford Edmund Bosworth 1928 2015 historian and Arabist Joseph Bosworth 1789 1876 lexicographer and Anglo Saxon scholar Phyllis Bottome 1884 1963 novelist and psychoanalyst Gordon Bottomley 1874 1948 poet and dramatist Ronald Bottrall 1906 1989 poet and academic Marjorie Boulton 1924 2017 writer and Esperantist Francis William Bourdillon 1852 1921 poet Thomas Edward Bowdich 1791 1824 traveller and writer Henrietta Maria Bowdler Harriet 1750 1830 religious writer and expurgator Jane Bowdler 1743 1784 poet and essayist John Bowdler 1746 1823 religious writer and pamphleteer John Bowdler 1783 1815 writer and poet Thomas Bowdler 1754 1825 writer and expurgator Thomas Bowdler 1782 1856 writer and cleric Elizabeth Bowen 1899 1973 novelist and story writer John Griffith Bowen 1924 2019 novelist and screenwriter Marjorie Bowen real name Gabrielle Margaret Vere Long 1885 1952 novelist and writer Emily Bowes 1806 1857 religious poet and artist Mary Bowes 1749 1800 playwright and botanist Tim Bowler living children s writer William Lisle Bowles 1762 1850 poet and critic Maurice Bowra 1898 1971 scholar and wit Frank Cottrell Boyce born 1959 children s writer and screenwriter William Binnington Boyce 1804 1889 philologist and Methodist minister Abel Boyer c 1667 1729 journalist miscellanist and translator Charles Boyle 1674 1731 writer and playwright Charles Boyle born 1951 poet John Boyle 1707 1762 writer and translator Roger Boyle 1621 1679 playwright and statesman Charles Vernon Boys 1855 1944 physicist and polymath Ernest Franklin Bozman 1895 1968 writer and editor Michael Bracewell born 1958 writer and novelist Alison Brackenbury born 1953 poet Paula Brackston living genre novelist Jason Bradbury living children s writer and TV presenter Malcolm Bradbury 1932 2000 novelist Mary Elizabeth Braddon 1837 1915 novelist Lady Audley s Secret Henry J Bradfield 1805 1852 poet writer and colonial officer Barbara Taylor Bradford born 1933 novelist Ernle Bradford 1922 1986 historian and writer Walter Bradick 1706 1794 Charles Bradlaugh 1833 1891 writer and freethinker A C Bradley 1851 1935 literary critic Charles Bradley 1789 1871 writer and preacher Edward Bradley wrote as Cuthbert M Bede BA 1827 1889 novelist and cleric F H Bradley 1846 1924 philosopher Henry Bradley 1845 1923 philologist and lexicographer Henry Bradshaw c 1450 1513 poet and monk Nicholas Bradshawe c 1635 writer Hilary Bradt born 1941 travel writer and publisher John Brady died 1814 miscellanist Melvyn Bragg born 1939 novelist biographer and broadcaster John Braine 1922 1986 novelist Room at the Top Richard Braithwaite or Brathwait 1588 1673 poet Ernest Bramah born Ernest Bramah Smith 1868 1942 novelist and humorist James Bramston 1694 1744 poet and satirist Barbarina Brand Lady Dacre 1768 1854 poet playwright and translator Christianna Brand real name Mary Christianna Milne 1907 1988 novelist and children s writer Hannah Brand 1754 1821 playwright poet and actress Jo Brand born 1957 writer and comedian William Branthwaite died 1620 scholar AV translator and cleric Anna Brassey 1839 1887 travel writer Anna Eliza Bray 1790 1883 novelist and topographer Charles Bray 1811 1884 philosopher and phrenologist Angela Brazil 1868 1947 novelist Wallace Breem 1926 1990 novelist and librarian John Brent 1808 1882 novelist and antiquary Elinor Brent Dyer 1894 1969 children s writer Chalet School Frederick Sadleir Brereton 1852 1957 writer for boys John Brereton 1571 or 1572 c 1632 travel writer and explorer Nicholas Breton c 1545 1626 poet and tractarian Richard Brett 1567 1637 scholar AV translator and cleric Simon Brett born 1945 novelist and playwright E Cobham Brewer 1810 1897 writer and cleric Brewer s Dictionary of Phrase and Fable George Brewer 1766 18 miscellanist James Norris Brewer fl 1799 1829 topographer and novelist John Brewster 1753 1842 writer and cleric Shane Briant 1946 2021 novelist and actor John Bridges 1536 1618 tractarian and bishop Robert Bridges 1844 1930 Poet Laureate Victor Bridges 1878 1972 novelist and playwright Katharine Mary Briggs 1898 1980 folklore writer Raymond Briggs 1934 2022 children s writer and illustrator John Bright 1811 1889 orator and politician Joanna Briscoe born 1963 novelist and journalist Sophia Briscoe fl 1770s novelist Vera Brittain 1893 1970 writer and pacifist Edwin Brock 1927 1997 poet William Brock 1807 1875 biographer and Baptist minister Alexander Brome 1620 1666 poet Richard Brome c 1590 c 1653 playwright Vincent Brome 1910 2004 biographer and novelist Eliza Bromley fl 1784 1803 novelist and translator Eleanor Bron born 1938 writer and actress Anne Bronte 1820 1849 novelist The Tenant of Wildfell Hall Charlotte Bronte 1816 1855 novelist Jane Eyre Emily Bronte 1818 1848 novelist and poet Wuthering Heights Patrick Bronte originally Brunty 1777 1861 poet writer and cleric Rhidian Brook born 1964 novelist and screenwriter Arthur de Capell Brooke 1791 1858 travel writer Christopher N L Brooke living historian Frances Brooke 1724 1789 novelist and playwright Jocelyn Brooke 1908 1966 novelist poet and biographer John Brooke died 1582 religious writer and translator Rupert Brooke 1887 1915 poet Anita Brookner 1928 2016 novelist Kevin Brooks born 1959 children s writer Shirley Brooks 1816 1874 novelist playwright and poet Ralph Broome 1742 1835 pamphleteer and poet William Broome 1689 1745 poet and translator Robert Barnabas Brough 1828 1864 writer and poet George Brown 1835 1917 ethnographer and diarist John Brown 1715 1766 essayist and cleric Pamela Brown 1924 1989 children s writer Pete Brown 1940 2023 performance poet and songwriter Pete Brown born 1968 beer writer and columnist Stewart Brown born 1951 poet and scholar Tom Brown 1663 1704 satirist and translator Anthony Browne born 1946 children s writer and illustrator Edward Browne 1862 1926 orientalist and writer Isaac Hawkins Browne 1705 1760 poet Moses Browne 1704 1787 poet and cleric Thomas Browne 1705 1782 polymath Religio Medici William Browne c 1590 c 1645 poet Elizabeth Barrett Browning 1806 1861 poet Oscar Browning 1837 1923 writer and scholar Robert Browning 1812 1889 poet Alan Brownjohn born 1931 poet and novelist Dorita Fairlie Bruce 1885 1970 children s writer Henry James Bruce 1880 1951 autobiographer and diplomat Francis Bryan c 1490 1550 poet and courtier Arthur Bryant 1899 1985 historian Samuel Egerton Brydges 1762 1836 bibliographer and editor Bryher real name Annie Winifred Ellerman 1894 1983 novelist poet and memoirist Charles Bucke 1781 1846 writer and poet Anthony Buckeridge 1912 2004 children s writer Jennings James Silk Buckingham 1786 1855 journalist and travel writer Leicester Silk Buckingham 1825 1867 playwright and historian Francis Trevelyan Buckland 1826 1880 natural historian Raymond Buckland 1934 2017 occultist William Buckland 1784 1856 geologist palaeontologist and cleric Henry Thomas Buckle 1821 1862 historian Catherine Mary Buckton 1826 1904 campaigner and writer Maria Elizabeth Budden c 1780 1832 children s writer Eustace Budgell 1686 1737 writer and politician Frank Thomas Bullen 1857 1915 novelist and autobiographer A H Bullen 1857 1920 scholar J B Bullen living critic Gerald Bullett 1893 1958 novelist critic and poet Edward Bulwer Lytton 1803 1873 novelist poet and playwright Robert Bulwer Lytton wrote as Owen Meredith 1831 1891 poet Basil Bunting 1900 1985 poet John Bunyan 1628 1688 writer The Pilgrim s Progress Josiah Burchett c 1666 1746 naval historian George Burges 1786 1864 classicist Anthony Burgess originally John Burgess Wilson 1917 1993 novelist A Clockwork Orange Melvin Burgess born 1954 children s writer John William Burgon 1813 1888 poet and theologian John Burgoyne 1722 1792 playwright and army officer Thomas Burke 1886 1945 novelist and writer William Burke died 1798 pamphleteer and official Francis Burleigh fl 1590 1610 AV translator and cleric Michael Burleigh born 1955 historian Andrew Burnaby 1732 1812 travel writer and cleric Francis Burnand 1836 1917 humorist and dramatist Thomas Burnet c 1635 1715 theologian Frances Hodgson Burnett 1849 1924 children s writer The Secret Garden Caroline Burney fl early 19th century novelist Charles Burney 1726 1814 music scholar and composer Charles Burney 1757 1817 scholar educator and cleric Fanny Burney also as Frances Mme d Arblay 1752 1840 novelist and diarist Evelina Frances Burney 1776 1828 dramatist James Burney 1750 1821 travel writer and admiral Sarah Burney 1772 1844 novelist Myles Burnyeat 1939 2019 philosopher and classicist James Burr born 1971 fiction writer Sophia Burrell 1753 1802 poet and playwright James Burrow 1701 1782 scholar scientist and lawyer Montagu Burrows 1819 1905 naval historian and officer Hester Burton 1913 2000 historical novelist and children s writer Maurice Burton 1898 1992 science writer and zoologist Richard Francis Burton 1821 1890 writer translator and explorer Robert Burton 1577 1640 polymath The Anatomy of Melancholy Charlotte Bury 1775 1861 novelist and poet Elizabeth Bury 1644 1720 diarist and polymath Alban Butler 1710 1773 writer and cleric Catherine Butler earlier Charles Butler born 1963 children s writer and academic Gwendoline Butler 1922 2013 novelist Joseph Butler 1692 1752 theologian and bishop Josephine Butler 1828 1906 writer and campaigner Samuel Butler 1612 1680 poet and satirist Hudibras Samuel Butler 1835 1902 writer and satirist Erewhon Herbert Butterfield 1900 1979 historian Jez Butterworth born 1969 playwright Mary Butts 1890 1937 writer and poet Bertha Henry Buxton 1844 1881 novelist and children s writer Nigel Buxton 1924 2015 travel writer and wine critic Thomas Buxton 1786 1845 political writer A S Byatt born 1936 novelist John Byrom 1692 1763 poet John Byron 1723 1786 memoirist and admiral Lord Byron 1788 1824 poet Don Juan Robert Byron 1905 1941 travel writer Ingram Bywater 1840 1914 scholar and editor Michael Bywater born 1953 writer and broadcaster Top A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z See alsoC editFlorence Caddy 1837 1923 writer Hall Caine 1853 1931 novelist and playwright Mona Caird 1854 1932 essayist novelist and feminist John Caius the Elder or Kay fl 1480 narrative poet Maria Callcott 1785 1842 children s writer travel writer and illustrator Brian Callison born 1932 novelist Charles Stuart Calverley 1831 1884 poet and translator Roland Camberton real name Henry Cohen 1921 1965 novelist Ada Cambridge 1844 1926 novelist and poet William Camden 1551 1623 historian and antiquary Richard Cameron living playwright Thomas Campion 1567 1620 poet and composer Bruce Campbell 1912 1993 ornithologist W H Canaway 1925 1988 novelist James Cancellar fl 1564 English theological writer Hugh Candidus c 1095 c 1160 historian in Latin and monk Denis Cannan 1919 2011 playwright and screenwriter Gilbert Cannan 1884 1955 novelist and translator Joanna Cannan 1898 1961 novelist and children s writer May Wedderburn Cannan 1893 1973 poet and autobiographer Dorothy Cannell born 1943 novelist Victor Canning 1911 1986 novelist essayist and children s writer William Canton 1845 1926 poet and children s writer Edward Capell 1713 1781 Shakespearean Edward Capern 1819 1894 poet and postman John Capgrave 1393 1464 theologian and historian Neville Cardus 1888 1975 cricket writer and music critic Thomas Carew 1595 1640 poet Henry Carey 1687 1743 poet playwright and song writer Mary Carey Lady Carey c 1609 c 1680 poet Rosa Nouchette Carey 1840 1909 novelist and children s writer Robert Carliell died c 1622 poet John Carne 1789 1844 travel writer and biographer Edward Carpenter 1844 1929 poet and philosopher Humphrey Carpenter 1946 2005 biographer broadcaster and children s writer Barbara Comyns Carr 1907 1992 novelist and artist J L Carr 1912 1994 novelist and schoolbook writer Lewis Carroll real name Charles Lutwidge Dodgson 1832 1898 children s writer and mathematician Alice s Adventures in Wonderland Angela Carter 1940 1992 novelist Elizabeth Carter 17171806 poet translator and bluestocking Barbara Cartland 1901 2000 novelist George Cartwright 1739 1819 diarist and explorer Justin Cartwright 1945 2018 novelist William Cartwright 1611 1643 playwright Elizabeth Cary 1585 1639 poet and playwright The Tragedy of Mariam Henry Francis Cary 1772 1844 translator and critic Lucius Cary Lord Falkland 1610 1643 poet writer and politician Patrick Cary or Carey c 1624 1658 poet John Caryll 1625 1711 poet playwright and diplomat Juanita Casey 1925 2012 poet and novelist Cathy Cassidy born 1962 children s writer Egerton Castle 1858 1920 novelist with wife Agnes Helen Castor living historian and broadcaster Sarah Caudwell real name Sarah Cockburn 1939 2000 novelist Charles Causley 1917 2003 poet and editor David Caute born 1936 novelist and historian Tiberius Cavallo 1749 1809 natural philosopher George Cavendish 1494 c 1652 biographer and poet Jane Cavendish later Jane Cheyne 1621 1669 poet and playwright Margaret Cavendish Duchess of Newcastle 1623 1673 poet novelist and playwright William Cavendish 1592 1676 polymath William Caxton c 1415 1422 c 1492 printer and translator Lord David Cecil 1902 1986 scholar and biographer Dorothea Celesia originally Mallet 1738 1790 poet and translator Susanna Centlivre also as Susanna Carroll c 1667 1723 playwright poet and actress Mark Chadbourn born 1960 genre novelist Laurence Chaderton c 1536 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