List of British writers
Alphabetical list of writers from the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland :
A.
- Lemuel Abbott (around 1730–1776)
- Dan Abnett (born 1965)
- Dannie Abse (1923-2014)
- Leo Abse (1917-2008)
- Douglas Adams (1952-2001)
- Richard Adams (1920-2016)
- Fleur Adcock (* 1934)
- Edmund Affleck (around 1725–1788)
- Grace Aguilar (1816-1847)
- Joan Aiken (1924-2004)
- Thomas Aird (1802–1876)
- Alasdair MacMhaighstir Alasdair (around 1698–1770)
- Naomi Alderman (* 1974)
- Richard Aldington (1892–1962)
- Brian Aldiss (1925-2017)
- William Alexander, Earl of Stirling (around 1570-1640)
- Charles Allen (* 1940)
- Margery Allingham (1904-1966)
- David Almond (* 1951)
- Al Alvarez (1929-2019)
- Eric Ambler (1909-1998)
- Kingsley Amis (1922-1995)
- Anthony Anaxagorou (* 1983)
- Alexander Anderson (1845-1909)
- Jane Anger
- Marion Angus (1865-1946)
- Elizabeth Anscombe (1919-2001)
- Alexander Arbuthnot (1538–1583)
- Jeffrey Archer (* 1940)
- John Arden (1930-2012)
- John Armstrong (1709–1779)
- Richard Armstrong (1903-1986)
- Jake Arnott (born 1961)
- Aran Ashe
- Bernard Ashley (* 1935)
- Margot Asquith (1864-1945)
- Diana Athill (1917-2019)
- Kate Atkinson (born 1951)
- Anselm Audley (* 1982)
- Jane Austen (1775-1817)
- Steve Aylett (* 1967)
- Samuel Ayscough (1745-1804)
- Robert Ayton (1570-1638)
- William Edmonstoune Aytoun (1813-1865)
- Khalid Aziz (* 1953)
B.
- Desmond Bagley (1923-1983)
- Enid Bagnold (1889-1981)
- Louise Bagshawe (* 1971)
- Paul Bailey (born 1937)
- Grizel Baillie (1665-1746)
- Joanna Baillie (1762-1851)
- Beryl Bainbridge (1932-2010)
- Robert Michael Ballantyne (1825-1894)
- Tony Ballantyne
- George Ballard (1706–1755)
- James Graham Ballard (1930-2009)
- George Linnaeus Banks (1821-1881)
- Iain M. Banks (1954-2013)
- Antonia Barber (* 1932)
- John Barbour (after 1316–1395)
- James Barclay (born 1965)
- John Barclay (1582-1621)
- Julian Barnes (* 1946)
- Peter Barnes (1931-2004)
- James Matthew Barrie (1860-1937)
- Stan Barstow (1928-2011)
- Richard Bartle (* 1960)
- Priya Basil (* 1977)
- Ralph Bates (1899-2000)
- Bat Yeʾor (born 1933)
- Nina Bawden (1925–2012)
- Barrington J. Bayley (1937-2008)
- Pauline Baynes (1922-2008)
- James Beattie (1735-1803)
- Lydia Becker (1827-1890)
- William Beckford (1760-1844)
- Lillian Beckwith (1916-2004)
- John Russell, 13th Duke of Bedford (1917-2002)
- Sybille Bedford (1911-2006)
- Edward Harold Begbie (1871-1929)
- John Joy Bell (1871-1934)
- Quentin Bell (1910-1996)
- George Bellairs (1902–1985)
- Lionel Bender (1934-2008)
- Alan Bennett (born 1934)
- Arnold Bennett (1867-1931)
- Charles H. Bennett (* 1943)
- Edwin Keppel Bennett (1887-1958)
- Nigel Bennett (born 1949)
- Nigel Benson (* 1955)
- EC Bentley (1875-1956)
- Leila Berg (1917–2012)
- John Berger (1926-2017)
- Virginia Bergin (* 1966)
- Joseph Berington (1743-1827)
- Alfred Bestall (1892–1986)
- Rachel Billington (* 1942)
- Penny Birch
- Thomas Birch (1705–1766)
- Dea Birkett (born 1958)
- Bernardine Bishop (1939-2013)
- William Black (1841–1898)
- Harold John Blackham (1903-2009)
- John Stuart Blackie (1809–1895)
- Richard Doddridge Blackmore (1825-1900)
- Susan Blackmore (born 1951)
- Caroline Blackwood (1931-1996)
- Robert Blair (1699-1746)
- George Blake (1893-1961)
- Reginald Horace Blyth (1898–1964)
- Enid Blyton (1897-1968)
- Dirk Bogarde (1921–1999)
- Michael Bond (1926-2017)
- James Boswell (1740-1795)
- Douglas Botting (* 1934)
- Alain de Botton (* 1969)
- Marjorie Boulton (1924-2017)
- Mark Alexander Boyd (1562-1601)
- Malcolm Bradbury (1932-2000)
- Peter Bradshaw
- Caryl Brahms (1901-1982)
- Christianna Brand (1907–1988)
- Alexander Braudo (1864-1924)
- Chaz Brenchley (born 1959)
- Theresa Breslin
- Harriet Bridgeman (born 1942)
- James Bridie (1888-1951)
- Katharine Mary Briggs (1898–1980)
- Anne Brontë (1820-1849)
- Charlotte Brontë (1816–1855)
- Emily Brontë (1818-1848)
- Christopher Brookmyre (* 1968)
- Anita Brookner (1928-2016)
- Ben Brooks (* 1992)
- Collin Brooks (1893-1959)
- Kevin Brooks (born 1959)
- George Douglas Brown (1869-1902)
- George Mackay Brown (1921-1996)
- Moses Browne (1704–1787)
- Michael Bruce (1746–1767)
- Bill Bryson (born 1951)
- John Buchan, 1st Baron Tweedsmuir (1875-1940)
- Kenneth Bulmer (1921-2005)
- Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton (1803–1873)
- Rosina Bulwer-Lytton (1802–1882)
- Inayat Bunglawala
- Katharine Burdekin (1896–1963)
- Ray Burdis (born 1959)
- Anthony Burgess (1917-1993)
- Thomas Burke (1886–1945)
- Paul Burke (* 1962)
- John Burningham (1936-2019)
- Robert Burns (1759-1796)
- Siân Busby (1960–2012)
- Hans Busk (1772–1862)
- Gwendoline Butler (1922–2013)
- Josephine Butler (1828–1906)
- Ron Butlin
- Mary Butts (1890-1937)
- AS Byatt (* 1936)
- Georgia Byng (born 1966)
- George Gordon Byron (1788-1824)
- Michael Bywater (born 1953)
C.
- Deborah Cadbury
- Moyra Caldecott (1927-2015)
- Roland Camberton (1921-1965)
- Norman Cameron (1905-1953)
- Ken Campbell (1941-2008)
- Thomas Campbell (1777-1844)
- Richard Owen Cambridge (1717-1802)
- Thomas Carew (1594-1640)
- Thomas Carlyle (1795-1881)
- Richard Carpenter (1929-2012)
- Allen Carr (1934-2006)
- John le Carré (* 1931)
- Ciaran Carson (1948-2019)
- John Paddy Carstairs (1910-1970)
- Catherine Carswell (1879-1946)
- Angela Carter (1940-1992)
- Barbara Cartland (1901-2000)
- Justin Cartwright (1943-2018)
- Joyce Cary (1888-1957)
- Edward Caswall (1814-1878)
- John Caughie
- David Caute (* 1936)
- Margaret Cavendish (1623–1673)
- Kevin Cecil (* 1969)
- Aidan Chambers (* 1934)
- Sid Chaplin (1916-1986)
- Stanley Chapman (1925-2009)
- Anne Charnock (* 20th century)
- James Hadley Chase (1906–1985)
- Bruce Chatwin (1940-1989)
- Marion Chesney (1936-2019)
- Gilbert Keith Chesterton (1874-1936)
- Peter Cheyney (1896–1951)
- Lee Child (born 1954)
- Agatha Christie (1890-1976)
- John Christopher (1922-2012)
- Winston Churchill (1874-1965)
- Elizabeth Clark (* 1963)
- Simon Clark (* 1958)
- Arthur C. Clarke (1917-2008)
- Lindsay Clarke (* 1939)
- Wensley Clarkson
- Alasdair Clayre (1935-1984)
- William Cleland (around 1661–1689)
- Ann Cleeves (born 1954)
- Austin Coates (1922-1997)
- Alison Cockburn (1712–1794)
- Vernon Coleman (born 1946)
- Rodney Collin (1909-1956)
- Andrew Collins (* 1965)
- Harry Collins (1824-1889)
- Bryn Colvin
- Alex Comfort (1920-2000)
- JJ Connolly
- John Connor (* 1946)
- Robert Conquest (1917-2015)
- Joseph Conrad (1857-1924)
- Shirley Conran (born 1932)
- Edward Dutton Cook (1829-1883)
- Nick Cook (* 1960)
- Richard Cook (1957-2007)
- Michael Cordy (born 1962)
- Bernard Cornwell (born 1944)
- Joe Corrie (1894-1968)
- Adele Cosgrove-Bray
- Joseph Cottle (1770-1853)
- Frank Cottrell Boyce (* 1959)
- Oswald Couldrey (1892-1958)
- Bert Coules
- Francis Coventry (1725-1754)
- Andrew Cowan (* 1960)
- Elizabeth Cowell (1912-1998)
- Virginia Cowles (1910-1983)
- Richard Cowper (1926-2002)
- Jim Crace (born 1946)
- Amanda Craig (born 1959)
- Michael Cranford
- Iain Crichton Smith
- Bernard Crick (1929-2008)
- Quentin Crisp (1908-1999)
- Edmund Crispin (1921-1978)
- Samuel Rutherford Crockett (1859 / 60–1914)
- Archibald Joseph Cronin (1896–1981)
- Vincent Cronin (1924-2011)
- Kevin Crossley-Holland (* 1941)
- Julia Crouch (* 1962)
- Catherine Crowe (1790–1872)
- Brian Crozier (born 1918)
- Helen Cruickshank (1886-1975)
- Nicholas J. Cull (born 1964)
- Allan Cunningham (1784-1842)
- Robert Cunninghame Grahame (1852-1936)
- Ivor Cutler (1923-2006)
- Judith Cutler (* 1946)
D.
- Samuel Daniel (1562-1619)
- Colin Dann (* 1943)
- Basil Davidson (1914-2010)
- John Davidson (1857-1909)
- Lionel Davidson (1922-2009)
- Caitlin Davies (born 1964)
- Michael Davies (writer) (* 1936)
- Peter Ho Davies (born 1966)
- Ronald Edward Davies (1921-2011)
- Ian Davis (writer)
- Lindsey Davis (born 1949)
- Edward Davison (1898-1970)
- William Harbutt Dawson (1860-1948)
- Cecil Day-Lewis (1904–1972)
- Tim Dedopulos (* 1969)
- Shelagh Delaney (1938-2011)
- Richard de Yarburgh-Bateson, 6th Baron Deramore (1911-2006)
- Colin Dexter (1930-2017)
- Thomas Frognall Dibdin (1776–1844)
- Charles Dickens (1812-1870)
- Monica Dickens (1915-1992)
- Peter Dickinson (1927-2015)
- Richard Dinnick (* 1968)
- Jenny Diski (1947-2016)
- Richard Doherty (* 1948)
- Julia Donaldson (* 1948)
- Rob Donn
- Eleanor Doorly (1880-1950)
- John Doran (1807-1878)
- Gavin Douglas (1474-1522)
- Siobhan Dowd (1960-2007)
- Jenny Downham (born 1964)
- Arthur Conan Doyle (1859-1930)
- Nathan Drake (* 1766)
- Carol Drinkwater (* 1948)
- William Drummond of Hawthornden (1585-1649)
- Robert Drury (Navigator) (1687-1735)
- Carol Ann Duffy (born 1955)
- William Dunbar (1459/60 - around 1530)
- Alexander Duncan (* 1949)
- Glen Duncan (born 1965)
- Jane Duncan (1910-1976)
- Helen Dunmore (1952-2017)
- Douglas Dunn (* 1942)
- Dorothy Dunnett (1923-2001)
- Francis Durbridge (1912-1998)
- Charles Dyer (born 1928)
E.
- Anne Easter Smith (born 1952)
- Maurice Edelman (1911-1975)
- Marriott Edgar (1880-1951)
- George Egerton (1859-1945)
- TS Eliot (1888-1965)
- Jean Elliot (1727-1805)
- RJ Ellory (born 1965)
- Ben Elton (born 1959)
- Victor Rousseau Emanuel (1879–1960)
- Olaudah Equiano (1745–1797)
- Audrey Erskine-Lindop (1920–1986)
- Kodwo Eshun (* 1967)
- Tim Etchells (born 1962)
- Stephen Evans (* 1970)
- Bernardine Evaristo (* 1959)
F.
- Gerard Fairlie (1899-1983)
- Colin Falconer (born 1953)
- William Falconer (1732–1769)
- John Fardell
- Moris Farhi (* 1935)
- Penelope Farmer (* 1939)
- Frederic William Farrar (1831–1903)
- Mick Farren (1943-2013)
- Elaine Feinstein (1930-2019)
- James Fenton (born 1949)
- Robert Fergusson (1750–1774)
- Patrick Leigh Fermor (1915-2011)
- Susan Edmonstone Ferrier (1782-1854)
- Martin Fido (1939-2019)
- Michael Field (pseudonym)
- Sarah Fielding (1710-1768)
- Paul Finch (born 1964)
- Anne Fine (* 1947)
- Caroline Finkel
- George Finkel (* 1936)
- Ian Hamilton Finlay (1925-2006)
- Matthew Fitt (* 1968)
- Joseph Smith Fletcher (1863-1935)
- Ken Follett (born 1949)
- Cecil Scott Forester (1899-1966)
- Margaret Forster (1938-2016)
- Dion Fortune (1890-1946)
- Dick Francis (1920-2010)
- Pamela Frankau (1908–1967)
- George Sutherland Fraser (1915-1980)
- Christopher Frayling (* 1946)
- Jonathan Freedland (* 1967)
- Nicolas Freeling (1927-2003)
- Richard Austin Freeman (1862-1943)
- Brian Freemantle (born 1936)
- Nicci French
- Patrick French (* 1966)
- Clement Freud (1924-2009)
- Esther Freud (* 1963)
- Noam Friedlander
- Terence Frisby (1932-2020)
- Christopher Fry (1907-2005)
- Stephen Fry (* 1957)
- Georgiana Fullerton (1812-1885)
- Maggie Furey (1955-2016)
- Monica Furlong (1930-2003)
- Frances Fyfield (born 1948)
G
- Janice Galloway (* 1955)
- John Galt (1779-1839)
- Jane Gardam (born 1928)
- Graeme Garden (* 1943)
- John Edmund Gardner (1926-2007)
- Robert Garioch (1909-1981)
- Angelica Garnett (1918–2012)
- Elizabeth Gaskell (1810-1865)
- Lewis Grassic Gibbon (1901-1935)
- Richard Gifford (1725-1807)
- George Gilfillan (1813-1878)
- George G. Gilman (* 1936)
- Sue Gerhardt
- Adrian Gilbert (* 1954)
- Davies Gilbert (1767-1839)
- Tony Gillam (born 1961)
- Morris Gleitzman (* 1953)
- Victoria Glendinning (* 1937)
- Connie Glynn (* 1994)
- John Bagot Glubb (1897-1986)
- Anna Gmeyner (1902–1991)
- Rumer Godden (1907-1998)
- Alan Gold (* 1945)
- William Golding (1911-1993)
- Pippa Goldschmidt
- Richard Gordon (1921-2017)
- Edmund Gosse (1849–1928)
- Elizabeth Goudge (1900-1984)
- Caroline Graham (* 1931)
- David Graham (1919-1994)
- Robert Cunninghame Graham (1852-1936)
- Kenneth Grahame (1859-1932)
- Ann Granger (born 1939)
- Elizabeth Grant (1797-1885)
- Linda Grant (born 1951)
- Robert Graves (1895–1985)
- Alasdair Gray (1934-2019)
- Alexander Gray (1882–1968)
- David Gray (1838–1861)
- John Gray (1866-1934)
- Frederick Laurence Green (1902-1953)
- Henry Green (1905–1973)
- Michael Green (* 1927)
- Roger Lancelyn Green (1918-1987)
- Simon R. Green (* 1955)
- Nicola Griffith (* 1960)
- William Grill (* 1990)
- Roy Andries De Groot (1910-1983)
- John Gross (* 1935)
- Neil M. Gunn (1891-1973)
H
- Tessa Hadley (born 1956)
- Matt Haig (* 1975)
- Christopher Hale
- Anne Halkett (around 1623–1699)
- Radclyffe Hall (1880-1943)
- Charles Hamilton (1876–1961)
- Frederick Spencer Hamilton (1856-1928)
- Ian Hamilton (1938-2001)
- William Hamilton (1730-1803)
- John Lawrence Hammond (1872-1949)
- Christopher Hampton (* 1946)
- Georgina Harding (* 1955)
- Jack Hargreaves (1911-1994)
- Janet Quin-Harkin (born 1941)
- Terry Harknett (born 1936)
- Frank Harris (1856-1931)
- Geraldine Harris (* 1931)
- M. John Harrison (* 1945)
- Melissa Harrison (* 1975)
- Alan Hart
- Gilbert Hay (around 1403 – around 1460)
- John MacDougall Hay (1880-1919)
- Anna Haycraft (1932-2005)
- Tony Haygarth (1945-2017)
- Brian Hayles (1930–1978)
- Natalie Haynes (* 1974)
- Alan Hayward (1923-2008)
- William Hazlitt (1778-1830)
- Henry F. Heard (1889–1971)
- Erich Heller (1911–1990)
- Hamish Henderson (1919-2002)
- James Findlay Hendry (1912-1986)
- Philip Henry
- Robert Henryson (around 1460–1500)
- George Herbert (1593-1633)
- James Herbert (1943-2013)
- Robert Herrick (1591–1674)
- Robert Herring (1903-1975)
- James Herriot (1916-1995)
- Jack Higgins (born 1929)
- Geoffrey Hill (1932-2016)
- Reginald Hill (1936-2012)
- John Buxton Hilton (1921-1986)
- Barry Hines (1939-2016)
- James P. Hogan (1941-2010)
- James Hogg (1770-1835)
- Ian Stoughton Holbourn (1872-1935)
- Richard Holland (bl. 1450)
- Tom Holland (* 1968)
- Vyvyan Holland (1886–1967)
- John Home (1722-1808)
- Edward Hooper (* 1951)
- Nick Hornby (born 1957)
- Alistair Horne (1925-2017)
- Ernest William Hornung (1866-1921)
- Geoffrey Household (1900-1988)
- Alfred Edward Housman (1859-1936)
- Elizabeth Jane Howard (1923-2014)
- David Armine Howarth (1912-1991)
- Ellic Howe (1910-1991)
- Fred Hoyle (1915-2001)
- Huchoun ( sheet 1380)
- Richard Hughes (1900–1976)
- Ted Hughes (1930-1998)
- Marcus Bourne Huish (1843-1921)
- EM Hull (1880-1947)
- Alexander Hume (around 1560–1609)
- Violet Hunt (1862-1942)
- Erin Hunter (collective pseudonym)
- Mollie Hunter (born 1922)
- Rosalind Hurley (1929-2004)
- Paul Huson (born 1942)
- Pat Hutchins (1942-2017)
I.
- Eva Ibbotson (1925-2010)
- Michael Innes (1906-1994)
- Christopher Isherwood (1904-1986)
- Kazuo Ishiguro (* 1954)
J
- John Angelo Jackson (1921-2005)
- Violet Jacob (1863-1946)
- Howard Jacobson (* 1942)
- Brian Jacques (1939-2011)
- Elinor James (1644-1719)
- PD James (1920-2014)
- Peter James (* 1948)
- Anna Jameson (1797-1860)
- William Earl Johns (1893-1968)
- BS Johnson (1933-1973)
- Charles Johnson
- Arthur Johnston (1898-1954)
- Ernest Charles Jones (1819-1869)
- Ben Jonson (around 1572-1637)
- Jenny Joseph (1932-2018)
- Graham Joyce (1954-2014)
K
- Sarah Kane (1971-1999)
- Anna Kavan (1901–1968)
- Jackie Kay (born 1961)
- Susan Kay (* 1952)
- HRF Keating (1926-2011)
- John Keats (1795-1821)
- Fiona Kelly (* 1959)
- Stephen F. Kelly (* 1947)
- James Kelman (born 1946)
- James Kennaway (1928-1968)
- AL Kennedy (* 1965)
- Simon Kernick (* 1966)
- Judith Kerr (1923-2019)
- Philip Kerr (1956-2018)
- Jessie Kesson (1916-1994)
- Randal Keynes (born 1948)
- John King (* 1960)
- Dick King-Smith (1922-2011)
- Charles Kingsley (1819-1875)
- Henry Kingsley (1830-1876)
- Sophie Kinsella (* 1969)
- Rudyard Kipling (1865-1936)
- William Angus Knight (1836-1916)
- Ronald Knox (1888-1957)
- Arthur Koestler (1905-1983)
- Conor Kostick (* 1964)
L.
- Henry du Pré Labouchère (1831-1912)
- Josh Lacey (* 1968)
- Caroline Lamb (1785-1828)
- Andrew Lang (1844-1912)
- Nicholas de Lange (* 1944)
- Philip Larkin (1922–1985)
- Lawrence of Durham (1110 / 14–1154)
- Neal Lawson (born 1963)
- Edwin Leather (1919-2005)
- Brian Lecomber (1945-2015)
- Harriet Lee (1757-1851)
- Hermione Lee (* 1948)
- Tanith Lee (1947-2015)
- Sybil Leek (1917–1982)
- Joanne Lees (* 1973)
- Patrick Lennon (* 1964)
- Charlotte Lennox (1730-1804)
- Tom Leonard (* 1944)
- Doris Lessing (1919-2013)
- Michael Levey (1927-2008)
- Amy Levy (1861-1889)
- Andrea Levy (1956-2019)
- Lorna Lewis (born 1962)
- Norman Lewis (1908-2003)
- Ted Lewis (1940-1982)
- David Lindsay (1876-1945)
- Joan Lingard (* 1932)
- Eric Linklater (1899–1974)
- Howard Linskey (* 1967)
- Emanuel Litvinoff (1915-2011)
- Adam Lively (born 1961)
- Penelope Lively (born 1933)
- Liz Lochhead (born 1947)
- John Gibson Lockhart (1794-1854)
- Norah Lofts (1904-1983)
- Robert Lomas (* 1947)
- Deric Longden (1936-2013)
- James Lovegrove (* 1965)
- Peter Lovesey (* 1936)
- Malcolm Lowry (1909-1957)
- Anthony Ludovici (1882–1971)
- Brian Lunn (1893-1956)
- Edgar Lustgarten (1907–1978)
- John Lyly (1553-1606)
- David Lyndsay (around 1490–1554)
- Henry Francis Lyte (1793-1847)
- Humphrey Lyttelton (1921-2008)
M.
- Robert Murray M'Cheyne (1813-1843)
- Rose Macaulay (1881-1958)
- George MacBeth (1932-1992)
- Stuart MacBride (* 1969)
- Norman MacCaig (1910-1996)
- Fionn MacColla (1906-1975)
- Hugh MacDiarmid (1892–1978)
- George MacDonald (1824-1905)
- Alasdair Alpin MacGregor (1899–1970)
- John William Mackail (1859-1945)
- Compton Mackenzie (1883–1972)
- Henry Mackenzie (1745-1831)
- Ian Maclaren (1850-1907)
- Alistair MacLean (1922-1987)
- Sorley MacLean (1911-1996)
- Fiona Macleod (1855-1905)
- Ian R. MacLeod (* 1956)
- Ken MacLeod (born 1954)
- Hector Macneill (1746-1818)
- James Macpherson (1736–1796)
- Francis Peabody Magoun (1895-1979)
- Sara Maitland (born 1950)
- Kenan Malik (* 1960)
- Jessica Mann (1937-2018)
- Mick Manning (born 1959)
- Sarra Manning
- Hilary Mantel (* 1952)
- Jessie White Mario (1832-1906)
- Stephen Marley
- Christopher Marlowe (1564–1595)
- Henrietta Elizabeth Marshall (1876–1941)
- AEW Mason (1865-1948)
- Edward J. Mason (1912-1971)
- Paul Mason (* 1960)
- Richard Mason (1919-1997)
- John Masters (1914-1983)
- Graham Masterton (born 1946)
- Daphne du Maurier (1907-1989)
- Gavin Maxwell (1914-1969)
- Peter Mayle (1939-2018)
- John Mayne (1759-1836)
- Ed Mayo
- Annalena McAfee (* 1952)
- Eimear McBride (* 1976)
- James H. McClure (1939-2006)
- Donald McCullough (1901-1978)
- Val McDermid (born 1955)
- Colin McEvedy (born 1955)
- Ian McEwan (born 1948)
- Alan McGlashan (1898-1997)
- William McGonagall (1825-1902)
- Anthony McGowan (born 1965)
- Jon McGregor (born 1976)
- Ian McGuire (born 1964)
- William McIlvanney (1936-2015)
- Duncan McIntyre (1724-1812)
- David McKee (born 1935)
- Robert McLellan (1907–1985)
- Cyril McNeile (1888-1937)
- Raymond Paul Mears (born 1964)
- James Meek (born 1962)
- Linda Melvern (* 1949)
- Pauline Melville (* 1948)
- Mick Mercer (born 1958)
- Eric Merriman (1924-2003)
- Charlotte Mew (1869-1928)
- Alice Meynell (1847-1922)
- Viola Meynell (1885-1956)
- Emran Mian (* 1977)
- William Julius Mickle (1735–1788)
- Barry Miles (born 1943)
- Keith Miles (* 1940)
- Keith Miles (1802-1856)
- Hugh Miller (1802-1856)
- Magnus Mills (born 1954)
- Alan Alexander Milne (1882-1956)
- Anthony Minghella (1954-2008)
- Adrian Mitchell (1932-2008)
- David Mitchell (* 1969)
- Nancy Mitford (1904–1973)
- Martin Mobberley (* 1958)
- Deborah Moggach (* 1948)
- George Monbiot (* 1963)
- Wortley Edward Montague (1713–1776)
- Trevor Montague (* 1954)
- Simon Sebag Montefiore (* 1965)
- Alexander Montgomerie (around 1550–1598)
- Bel Mooney (born 1946)
- Edward Moore (1712-1757)
- John Moore (Author) (1907-1967)
- Patrick Moore (1923-2012)
- Charles Langbridge Morgan (1894-1958)
- Edwin Morgan (1920-2010)
- Elaine Morgan (1920-2013)
- John Mortimer (1923-2009)
- Andrew Morton (* 1953)
- John Morton (writer)
- Steve Mosby (* 1976)
- Nicholas Mosley (1923-2017)
- Stephen Moss (* 1960)
- W. Stanley Moss (1921-1965)
- Kate Mosse (* 1961)
- William Motherwell
- Andrew Motion (born 1952)
- Ferdinand Mount (* 1939)
- Sara Jo "Jojo" Moyes (* 1969)
- Patricia Moyes (1923-2000)
- James Preston Muddock (1843-1934)
- Malcolm Muggeridge (1903-1990)
- Edwin Muir (1887-1959)
- Hector Hugh Munro (1870-1916)
- Neil Munro (1863-1930)
- Abdul-Hakim Murad (* 1960)
- William Murdoch (1754-1839)
- Charles Murray (1864-1941)
- Ben Myers (born 1976)
N
- Magdalen Nabb (1947-2007)
- Barbara Nadel
- VS Naipaul (1932-2018)
- Edith Nesbit (1858-1924)
- Sally Nicholls (* 1983)
- Robert Nicoll (1814-1837)
- Adela Florence Nicolson (1865–1904)
- Nigel Nicolson (1917-2004)
- Jenny Nimmo (* 1944)
- Frank Norman (1930–1980)
- Barney Norris (* 1987)
- Mary Norton (1903-1992)
- John Julius Norwich (1929-2018)
O
- Peter O'Donnell (1920-2010)
- Andrew O'Hagan (* 1968)
- Redmond O'Hanlon (born 1947)
- William Henry Ogilvie (1869–1963)
- Carolina Nairne (1766-1845)
- Laurence Oliphant (1829-1888)
- Margaret Oliphant (1828-1897)
- Martin Oliver
- Joe Orton (1933-1967)
- George Orwell (1903-1950)
- George Outram (1805-1856)
P
- Isabel Pagan (1740-1821)
- Ian Page (* 1960)
- Pan Pantziarka
- Edith Pargeter (1913–1995)
- Derek Parker (born 1932)
- Stewart Parker (1941–1988)
- Rowanne Pasco
- Don Paterson (born 1963)
- Paul Preston (born 1946)
- Donald G. Payne (1924-2018)
- David Peace (* 1967)
- Philippa Pearce (1920-2006)
- Ian Peacock
- Alfred Perlès (1897–1990)
- Anne Perry (* 1938)
- Cash Peters
- Mike Phillips
- Robin Pilcher (born 1950)
- Rosamunde Pilcher (1924-2019)
- Leslie Pine (1907-1987)
- Harold Pinter (1930-2008)
- Ruth Pitter (1897-1992)
- Erin Pizzey (* 1939)
- Jean Plaidy (1906-1993)
- Sadie Plant (born 1964)
- Adrian Plass (* 1948)
- Alan Plater (1935-2010)
- Justin Pollard (* 1968)
- Dudley Pope (1925-1997)
- Nick Pope (* 1965)
- Max Porter (* 1981)
- Peter Porter (1929-2010)
- Anthony Powell (1905-2000)
- Llewelyn Powys (1884-1939)
- Theodore Powys (1875-1953)
- Amanda Prantera (born 1942)
- Terry Pratchett (1948-2015)
- Ruth Prawer Jhabvala (1927-2013)
- Rob Preece
- HFM Prescott (1896–1972)
- Anthony Price (1928-2019)
- Chris Priestley (* 1958)
- Peter Prince
- Thomas Pringle (1789-1834)
- David Pryce-Jones (* 1936)
- Philip Pullman (born 1946)
- Samuel Purchas (1577-1626)
Q
- Michael Quinion (* ≈1943)
R.
- Dina Rabinovitch (1963-2007)
- Ann Radcliffe (1764-1823)
- Dachine Rainer (1921-2000)
- Allan Ramsay (1686-1758)
- Ian Rankin (* 1960)
- Julian Rathbone (1935-2008)
- Terence Rattigan (1911-1977)
- Peter Rawlinson , Baron Rawlinson of Ewell (1919-2006)
- Derek Raymond (1931-1994)
- Denys Rayner (1908-1967)
- Piers Paul Read (born 1941)
- William Winwood Reade (1838-1875)
- Patrick Redmond (born 1966)
- Alan Redpath (1907-1989)
- Douglas Reeman (1924-2017)
- Celia Rees (born 1949)
- John Rees (Author) (* 1957)
- Laurence Rees (born 1957)
- Matt Beynon Rees (* 1967)
- Clara Reeve (1729-1807)
- Mary Renault (1905-1983)
- Ruth Rendell (1930-2015)
- Louise Rennison (1951-2016)
- Alastair Reynolds (born 1966)
- Anna Reynolds (1930-2014)
- Simon Reynolds (born 1963)
- Elvi Rhodes
- Juliet Rhys-Williams (1898–1964)
- Stephen Richards
- James Ridley (1736-1765)
- Andy Riley (* 1970)
- Anne Thackeray Ritchie (1837-1919)
- Robin Robertson (* 1955)
- Denise Robins (1897–1985)
- Mary Robinson (1757-1800)
- Peter Robinson (born 1950)
- Frederick Rolfe (1860-1913)
- John Rolland (bl. 1560)
- Malcolm Rose (born 1953)
- Elizabeth Rowe (1674-1736)
- Joanne K. Rowling (* 1965)
- Bertrand Russell (1872-1970)
- John Ruskin (1819-1900)
- Edward Rutherfurd (* 1948)
- Eileen Joyce Rutter (* 1945)
S.
- Edward Sackville-West (1901-1965)
- Sunjeev Sahota (* 1981)
- Susan Sallis (* 1929)
- Polly Samson (born 1962)
- Tony Sarchet
- Tony De Saulles
- Dorothy L. Sayers (1893-1957)
- Cat Scarlett
- Mary Anne Schimmelpenninck (1778-1856)
- Ben Schott (* 1974)
- Alexander Scott (1920–1989)
- Walter Scott (1771-1832)
- Anne Douglas Sedgwick (1873-1935)
- Basil de Sélincourt (1877–1966)
- Ernest de Sélincourt (1870-1943)
- James Sempill (1566-1525 / 26)
- Robert Sempill (around 1530–1595)
- Bernard Sendall (1913-1996)
- Gerald Seymour (* 1941)
- Peter Shaffer (1926-2016)
- Tahir Shah (* 1966)
- Nicholas Shakespeare (* 1957)
- William Shakespeare (1564-1616)
- William Sharp (1855-1905)
- Tom Sharpe (1928-2013)
- Mary Shelley (1797-1851)
- Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792-1822)
- William Shenstone (1714–1763)
- Nan Shepherd (1893-1981)
- Denis Ronald Sherman (1934–1985)
- Matthew Phipps Shiel (1865-1947)
- James Shirley (1596-1666)
- Alan Sillitoe (1928-2010)
- Edith Simcox (1844-1901)
- SJ Simon (1904-1948)
- NF Simpson (1919-2011)
- Andrew Sinclair (born 1935)
- Simon Singh (* 1964)
- Mark Sinker
- Edith Sitwell (1887–1964)
- John Skinner (1721-1807)
- Roy Sloan
- Alexander McCall Smith (born 1948)
- Ali Smith (born 1962)
- Charlotte Turner Smith (1749-1806)
- Emma Smith (1923-2018)
- Richard Smith (publisher)
- Stevie Smith (1902-1971)
- Sydney Goodsir Smith (1915-1975)
- Walter Chalmers Smith (1824–1908)
- Tobias Smollett (1721–1771)
- Charles Percy Snow (1905–1980)
- Charles Sorley (1895-1915)
- David Southwell (* 1971)
- William Soutar (1898-1943)
- Muriel Spark (1918-2006)
- Lewis Spence (1874–1955)
- Colin Spencer (born 1933)
- Constance Spry (1886-1960)
- Brian M. Stableford (born 1948)
- Henry Morton Stanley (1841-1904)
- Andy Stanton (* 1973)
- Edward St Aubyn (* 1960)
- Marguerite Steen (1894-1975)
- Simon Stephens (* 1971)
- Jane Stevenson (born 1959)
- Robert Louis Stevenson (1850-1894)
- Mary Stewart (1916-2014)
- Julian Stockwin (* 1944)
- David Storey (1933-2017)
- Rebecca Stott (* 1964)
- John Strange Winter (1856-1911)
- Paul Strathern (* 1940)
- Agnes Strickland (1796–1874)
- Jonathan Stroud (* 1970)
- Muriel Stuart (1855-1967)
- Howard O. Sturgis (1855-1920)
- Paul Sussman (1966-2012)
- Annie Shepherd Swan (1859-1943)
- Wendy Swanscombe
- Algernon Swinburne (1837-1909)
- Mark Sykes (1879-1919)
- John Addington Symonds (1840-1893)
- Arthur William Symons (1865-1945)
- Julian Symons (1912-1994)
T
- Margaret Tait (1918-1999)
- Robert Tannahill (1774-1810)
- Andrew Taylor (born 1951)
- Tom Taylor (1817-1880)
- Josephine Tey (1896–1952)
- William Thom (1799-1848)
- Donald Thomas (writer) (* 1926)
- Dylan Thomas (1914-1953)
- Gordon Thomas (1933-2017)
- Hugh Thomas (1931-2017)
- Leslie Thomas (* 1931)
- Ruth Thomas (* 1967)
- Sean Thomas (* 1963)
- Kate Thompson (born 1956)
- James Thomson (1700) (1700-1748)
- James Thomson (1834) (1834-1882)
- Stephen Thrower (born 1963)
- Gillian Tindall (* 1938)
- David Toop (born 1949)
- Paul Torday (1946-2013)
- Piers Torday (* 1974)
- Sue Townsend (1946-2014)
- Arnold J. Toynbee (1889-1975)
- Clement John Tranter (1909-1991)
- Nigel Tranter (1909-2000)
- Geoffrey Trease (1909-1998)
- Edward John Trelawney (1792-1881)
- Peter Tremayne (* 1943)
- Melesina Trench (1768-1827)
- Raleigh Trevelyan (* 1923)
- Frederick Treves (1853-1923)
- Anthony Trollope (1815-1882)
- Frances Trollope (1779–1863)
- Joanna Trollope (* 1943)
- Meirion James Trow (* 1949)
- Errol Trzebinski
- Gael Turnbull (1928-2004)
- William Tytler
U
- Barry Unsworth (1930-2012)
- Edward Upward (1903-2009)
- Thomas Urquhart (1611-1660)
- Peter Ustinov (1921-2004)
V
- Henry Vaughan (1622–1695)
- John Veitch (1828-1894)
- Roy Vickers (1889-1965)
- Salley Vickers (born 1948)
- Elfrida Vipont (1902-1992)
- Conrad Voss Bark (1913-2000)
W.
- Henry Wade (1887-1969)
- Rebecca Wait (* 1988)
- Benjamin Walker (born 1913)
- Bryan Edgar Wallace (1904–1971)
- Edgar Wallace (1875-1932)
- Penelope Wallace (1923-1997)
- David Walliams (* 1971)
- Horace Walpole (1717-1797)
- Hugh Walpole (1884-1941)
- Maurice Walsh (1879-1964)
- Minette Walters (born 1949)
- Barbara Ward (1914-1981)
- Ruth Ware (* 1977)
- Alan Warner (born 1964)
- Sylvia Townsend Warner (1893-1978)
- Samuel Warren (lawyer) (1807–1877)
- Tony Warren (1936-2016)
- David Warrior
- Sarah Waters (* 1966)
- Denys Watkins-Pitchford (1905–1990)
- Thomas Watson (~ 1557–1592)
- Alec Waugh (1898-1981)
- Evelyn Waugh (1903-1966)
- Sylvia Waugh (born 1935)
- Willoughby Weaving (1885-1977)
- Shelley Webb
- Imogen Lloyd Webber
- William Webster (cleric) (1689-1758)
- Denton Welch (1915-1948)
- Ronald Welch (1909–1982)
- Angus Wells (1943-2006)
- HG Wells (1866-1946)
- Irvine Welsh (* 1958)
- Louise Welsh (* 1965)
- Patricia Wentworth (1878–1961)
- Arnold Wesker (1932-2016)
- Rebecca West (1892-1983)
- Terence Hanbury White (1906–1964)
- Peter Wildeblood (1923-1999)
- Glanville Williams (1911-1997)
- Heathcote Williams (1941-2017)
- John Hartley Williams (* 1942)
- Nigel Williams (* 1948)
- Henry Williamson (1895–1977)
- John Wilmot, 2nd Earl of Rochester (1647-1680)
- Alexander Wilson (Author) (1766-1813)
- Angus Wilson (1913-1991)
- Colin Wilson (1931-2013)
- David Henry Wilson (* 1937)
- John Wilson (1785-1854)
- Michael G. Wilson (* 1942)
- Robert Wilson (* 1957)
- David Wingrove (* 1954)
- Jeanette Winterson (* 1959)
- PG Wodehouse (1881-1975)
- Helena Wojtczak (* 1958)
- Christopher Wood (1935-2015)
- Richard Woodman (born 1944)
- Bella Sidney Woolf (1877-1960)
- Virginia Woolf (1882-1941)
- Dorothy Wordsworth (1771–1855)
- Percival Christopher Wren (1875-1941)
- Patrick Wright
- Francis Wyndham (1924-2017)
Y
- David Yallop (1937-2018)
- Francis Yeats-Brown (1886-1944)
- Tamar Yellin (born 1963)