# List of historical novelists

This page provides a list of novelists who have written historical novels. Countries named are where they worked for longer periods. Alternative names appear before the dates.

## A

* Edwin Abbott (1838–1926, England)
* Peter Ackroyd (born 1949, England)
* Gil Adamson (born 1961, Canada)
* Emma Adler (1858–1935, Austria)
* Joan Aiken (1924–2004, England)
* Lucy Aikin (1781–1864, England)
* William Harrison Ainsworth (1805–1882, England)
* Jan van Aken (born 1961, Netherlands)
* Ismail Fatah Al Turk (1934 or 1938–2004, إسماعيل فتاح الترك, Iraq)
* Leopoldo Alas (1852–1901, Spain)
* Bruce Alexander (1932–2003, US)
* Miriam Alexander (born 1879, England)
* Joseph Alexander Altsheler (1862–1919, US)
* Willibald Alexis (1798–1871, Germany)
* Alexander Allardyce (1846–1896, Scotland)
* Barbara Allen (1914–1986, England)
* Isabel Allende (born 1942, Chile)
* E. M. Almedingen (1898–1971, Russian E/England)
* Joseph Alexander Altsheler (1862–1919, US)
* Anurag Anand (born 1978, India)
* Valerie Anand (born 1937, England)
* Catherine Anderson (born 1948, US)
* Poul Anderson (1926–2001, US)
* Sam Angus (born 1967, England)
* Evelyn Anthony (1926–2018, England)
* Anna Apostolou (born 1946, England)
* Sawako Ariyoshi (有吉佐和子, 1931–1984, Japan)
* Rebecca Agatha Armour (1845–1891, Canada)
* Jirō Asada (born 1951, Japan)
* Makate Asai (朝井まかて, born 1959, Japan)
* Matilde Asensi (born 1962, Spain)
* Margaret Atwood (born 1939, Canada)
* Jean M. Auel (born 1936, US)
* Lynn Austin (born 1949, US)

## B

* Balakumaran (1946–2018, India)
* Kathleen Baldwin (living, US)
* Andrew Balfour (1873–1931, Scotland)
* Robert Michael Ballantyne (1825–1894, Scotland)
* Mary Balogh (born 1944, Wales/Canada)
* Sharadindu Bandyopadhyay (1899–1970, India)
* Miklós Bánffy (1873–1950, Hungary)
* John Banim (1798–1842, Ireland)
* Isabella Banks (1821–1897, England)
* Sabine Baring-Gould (1834–1924, England)
* Pat Barker (born 1943, England)
* Vasil Barnovi (1856–1934, Georgia/Soviet Union)
* Sam Barone (living, US)
* Leslie Barringer (1895–1968, England)
* T. A. Barron (born 1952, US)
* Adolf Bartels (1862–1945, Germany)
* Hans Baumann (1914–1988, Germany)
* Nina Bawden (1925–2012, England)
* Ada Ellen Bayly (1857–1903, England), pseudonym of Edna Lyall
* Thea Beckman (1923–2004, Netherlands)
* Frank Beddor (born 1958, US)
* Frans G. Bengtsson (1894–1954, Sweden)
* Robert Hugh Benson (1871–1914, England/Italy)
* Phyllis Bentley (1894–1977, England)
* Louis de Bernières (born 1954, England)*
* Sir Walter Besant (1836–1901, England)
* Tom Bevan (1868–1938, England)
* Paul Biegel (1925–2006, Netherlands)
* Charlotte Bingham (born 1942, England)
* László Z. Bitó (1934–2021, Hungary)
* Björn Th. Björnsson (1922–2007, Iceland)
* R. D. Blackmore (1825–1900, England)
* Celeste De Blasis (1946–2001, US)
* Dennis Bock (born 1964, Canada)
* Emily Bold (born 1980, Germany)
* Elizabeth Bonhôte (1744–1818, England)
* Alice Borchardt (1939–2007, US)
* John Boyne (born 1971, Ireland)
* Paula Brackston (living, England)
* Alan Bradley (born 1938, Canada)
* Gillian Bradshaw (born 1956, US)
* Anna Eliza Bray (1790–1883, England)
* Wallace Breem (1926–1990, England)
* Frederick Sadleir Brereton (1852–1957, England)
* Emily Brightwell (Cheryl Lanham, born 1948, US)
* Connie Brockway (born 1954, US)
* Geraldine Brooks (born 1955, Australia/US)
* D. K. Broster (1877–1950, England)
* George Mackay Brown (1921–1996, Scotland)
* Valery Bryusov (1873–1924, Russia/Soviet Union)
* John Buchan (1875–1940, Scotland)
* Fiona Buckley (born 1937, England)
* Frederick Buechner (1926–2022, US)
* Emma Bull (born 1954, US)
* Jacob Breda Bull (1853–1930, Norway)
* Edward Bulwer-Lytton (1803–1873, England)
* Eleanor Burford (1906–1993, England)
* Anthony Burgess (1917–1993, England)
* James Lee Burke (born 1936, US)
* Edgar Rice Burroughs (1875–1950, US)
* Hester Burton (1913–2000, England)
* Jessie Burton (born 1982, England)
* Frederick Busch (1941–2006, US)
* A. S. Byatt (1936–2023, England)
* Elizabeth Byrd (1912–1989, US)

## C

* Hall Caine (1853–1931, England/Isle of Man)
* Italo Calvino (1923–1985, Italy)
* L. Sprague de Camp (1907–2000, US)
* Peter Carey (born 1943, Australia)
* William Carleton (1794–1869, Ireland)
* Liz Carlyle (born 1958, US)
* Caleb Carr (born 1955, US)
* John Dickson Carr (1906–1977, US)
* Philippa Carr (1906–1993, England)
* Catherine Carswell (1879–1946, Scotland)
* Ronald G. Carter (1932-2008, United States)
* Willa Cather (1873–1947, US)
* Nancy Cato (1917–2000, Australia)
* Juraj Červenák (born 1974, Czechoslovakia/Slovakia)
* Elizabeth Chadwick (born 1957, England)
* Somerset de Chair (1911–1995, England)
* Aleksey Chapygin (1870–1937, Russia/Soviet Union)
* Isabel Cheix (1839–1899, Spain)
* Tracy Chevalier (born 1962, US)
* Alfred John Church (1829–1912, England)
* Winston Churchill (1871–1947, US)
* Alys Clare (Elizabeth Harris, born 1944, England)
* Mrs. Henry Clarke (1853–1908, England)
* Marcus Clarke (1846–1881, Australia)
* Susanna Clarke (born 1959, England)
* James Clavell (1924–1994, England/US)
* Brian Cleeve (1921–2003, England)
* Rory Clements
* Michael Clynes (born 1946, England)
* Ioan Mihai Cochinescu (born 1951, Romania)
* Jonathan Coe (born 1961, England)
* Jan Coffey (living, US, f), pseudonym of married couple
* Christabel Rose Coleridge (1843–1921, England)
* Wilkie Collins (1824–1889, England)
* Padraic Colum (1881–1972, Ireland/US)
* Maryse Condé (1937–2024, Guadeloupe)
* Marita Conlon-McKenna (born 1956, Ireland)
* Joseph Conrad (1857–1924, England)
* Judith Cook (1933–2004, England)
* Barbara Cooney (1917–2000, US)
* James Fenimore Cooper (1789–1851, US)
* Bernard Cornwell (born 1944, England)
* Thomas B. Costain (1885–1965, Canada/US)
* Catherine Coulter (born 1942, US)
* Dilly Court (born 1940, England)
* Jim Crace (born 1946, England)
* Helen Craik (c. 1751–1825, Scotland/England)
* Jasmine Cresswell (born 1941, Wales)
* Donna Woolfolk Cross (born 1947, US)
* Andrew Crumey (born 1961, Scotland)
* Karen Cushman (born 1941, US)
* Catherine Cuthbertson (c. 1775–1842, England)

## D

* Maria Dąbrowska (1889–1965, Poland)
* Felix Dahn (1834–1912, Germany)
* Alice Dalgliesh (1893–1979, US)
* Grigory Danilevsky (1829–1890, Ukraine/Russian Empire)
* Emma Darwin (born 1964, England)
* J. D. Davies (born 1957, Wales)
* Lindsey Davis (born 1949, England)
* William Stearns Davis (1877–1930, US)
* Vilborg Davíðsdóttir (born 1965, Iceland)
* Len Deighton (born 1929, England)
* Miguel Delibes (1920–2010, Spain)
* Don DeLillo (born 1936, US)
* Penelope Delta (1874–1941, Greece)
* Zsófia Dénes (1885–1987, Hungary)
* August Derleth (1909–1971, US)
* Jude Deveraux (born 1947, US)
* Patrick deWitt (born 1975, Canada)
* Charles Dezobry (1798–1871, France)
* Anita Diamant (born 1951, US)
* Graham Diamond (born 1945, England)
* Charles Dickens (1812–1870, England)
* Benjamin Disraeli (1804–1881, England)
* E. L. Doctorow (1931–2015, US)
* Mary Mapes Dodge (1831–1905, US)
* Anthony Doerr (born 1973, US)
* Paul C. Doherty (born 1946, England)
* David Donachie (born 1944, Scotland)
* Angus Donald (born 1965, England)
* Anton Donchev (1930–2022, Bulgaria)
* Emma Donoghue (born 1969, England/Canada)
* Thomas Doubleday (1790–1870, England)
* Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1859–1930, Scotland/England)
* Tonke Dragt (born 1930, Netherlands)
* Joan Druett (living, New Zealand)
* Maurice Druon (1918–2009, France)
* Anna Harriett Drury (1824–1912, England)
* Daphne du Maurier (1907–1989, England)
* John Langalibalele Dube (1871–1946, South Africa) in isiZulu
* María Dueñas (born 1964, Spain)
* Alfred Duggan (1903–1964, England)
* Ann Dukthas (born 1946, England)
* Alexandre Dumas, père (1802–1870, France)
* Dorothy Dunnett (1923–2001, Scotland)
* Mary Durack (1913–1994, Australia)
* David Anthony Durham (born 1969, US)

## E

* Marion Eames (1921–2007, Wales)
* Georg Ebers (1837–1898, Germany)
* Allan W. Eckert (1931–2011, US)
* Ernst Eckstein (1845–1900, Germany)
* Umberto Eco (1932–2016, Italy)
* John George Edgar (1834–1864, England)
* Arabella Edge (living, England/Australia)
* Robert Edric (born 1956, England)
* George Eliot (1819–1880, England)
* Peter Berresford Ellis (born 1943, England), pseudonym Peter Tremayne
* James Ellroy (born 1948, US)
* Shūsaku Endō (遠藤周作, 1923–1996, Japan)
* József Eötvös (1813–1871, Hungary)
* Amy Ephron (born 1952, US)
* Erckmann-Chatrian (France), pseudonym of Émile Erckmann (1822–1899) and Alexandre Chatrian (1826–1890)
* Rica Erickson (1908–2009, Australia)
* I. O. Evans (1894–1977, South Africa/England)
* Evelyn Everett-Green (1856–1932, England)
* Elizabeth Eyre (England), pseudonym of Jill Staynes and Margaret Storey

## F

* Michel Faber (born 1960, England)
* Cerridwen Fallingstar (born 1952, US)
* Penelope Farmer (born 1939, England)
* Frederic William Farrar (1831–1903, England)
* J. G. Farrell (1935–1979, England)
* Howard Fast (1914–2003, US)
* Sebastian Faulks (born 1953, England)
* Madame de la Fayette (1634–1693, France)
* Jane Feather (born 1945, England/US)
* George Manville Fenn (1831–1909, England)
* Leon Feuchtwanger (1884–1958, Germany/US)
* Mrs. E. M. Field (1856–1940, Ireland)
* Charles Finch (born 1980, US)
* Penelope Fitzgerald (1916–2000, England)
* John Flanagan (born 1944, Australia)
* Raymond Flanagan (1903–1990, US)
* Richard Flanagan (born 1961, Australia)
* Gustave Flaubert (1821–1880, France)
* Katie Flynn (1936–2019, England)
* Per Anders Fogelström (1919–1998, Sweden)
* Jolán Földes (1902–1963, Hungary)
* Ken Follett (born 1949, Wales/England)
* Theodor Fontane (1819–1898, Germany)
* Elburd Ford (1906–1993, England)
* C. S. Forester (1899–1966, England)
* William R. Forstchen (born 1950, US)
* E. M. Foster, Mrs. (fl. late 18th – early 19th c., England)
* Karen Joy Fowler (born 1950, US)
* John Fowles (1926–2005, England)
* Louise von François (1817–1893, Germany)
* Bruno Frank (1878–1945, Germany/US)
* George MacDonald Fraser (1925–2008, Scotland)
* Mary Crawford Fraser (1851–1922, Italy/US)
* Margaret Frazer (1946–2013, US)
* Gustav Freytag (1816–1895, Germany)
* Alan Furst (born 1941, US)
* Dale Furutani (born 1946, US)
* Sandy Fussell (born 1960, Australia)

## G

* Diana Gabaldon (born 1952, US)
* Benito Pérez Galdós (1843–1920, Spain)
* Géza Gárdonyi (1863–1922, Hungary)
* Alan Garner (born 1934, England)
* Elizabeth Gaskell (1810–1865, England)
* Judith Gautier (1845–1917, France)
* Jamila Gavin (born 1941, India/England)
* Roberta Gellis (1927–2016, US)
* Margaret George (born 1943, US)
* Anton Gill (living, England)
* George Gissing (1857–1903, England)
* Nikolai Gogol (1809–1852, Russia)
* Arthur Golden (born 1956, US)
* Julia Golding (born 1969, England)
* William Golding (1911–1993, England)
* Jason Goodwin (born 1964, England)
* Noah Gordon (1926–2021, US)
* Elizabeth Goudge (1900–1984, England)
* Iris Gower (1935–2010, Wales)
* C. L. Grace (born 1946, England)
* Posie Graeme-Evans (born 1952, Australia)
* James Grant (1822–1887, Scotland)
* Joan Grant (1907–1989, England)
* Ralph Graves (1924–2013, US)
* Robert Graves (1895–1985, England)
* Michael Cawood Green (born 1954, South Africa/England)
* Frances Nimmo Greene (1867-1937, US)
* Philippa Gregory (born 1954, England)
* Susanna Gregory (Elizabeth Cruwys, living, England)
* Gerald Griffin (1803–1840, Ireland)
* Sara Gruen (born 1969, Canada/US)
* Jan Guillou (born 1944, France)
* Yaa Gyasi (born 1989, Ghana/US)

## H

* Hella Haasse (1918–2011, Netherlands)
* H. Rider Haggard (1856–1925, England)
* Barbara Hambly (born 1951, US)
* Judith Hand (born 1940, US)
* Enrica von Handel-Mazzetti (1871–1955, Austria)
* Kristin Hannah (born 1960, US)
* Paul Harding (born 1946, England)
* Mollie Hardwick (born 1946, England)
* Thomas Hardy (1840–1928, England)
* Cynthia Harnett (1893–1981, England)
* Stephen Harrigan (born 1948, US)
* Robert Harris (born 1957, England)
* Christopher Hart (born 1965, England), pseudonym William Napier
* Bret Harte (1836–1902, US)
* Sonya Hartnett (born 1968, Australia)
* Jan de Hartog (1914–2002, Netherlands)
* Samantha Harvey (born 1975, England)
* Charles Boardman Hawes (1889–1923, US)
* Simon Hawke (born 1951, US)
* Karen Hawkins (living, US)
* Catherine Hay (1910–1995, N Zealand)
* Shirl Henke (born 1942, US)
* Virginia Henley (born 1935, England)
* Vera Henriksen (1927–2016, Norway)
* G. A. Henty (1832–1902, England)
* Wilhelm Herchenbach (1818–1889, Germany)
* Ferenc Herczeg (1863–1954, Hungary)
* Maurice Hewlett (1861–1923, England)
* Georgette Heyer (1902–1974, England)
* Eleanor Hibbert (1906–1993, England)
* Susan Higginbotham (living, US)
* Justin Hill (born 1971, Bahamas/Hong Kong)
* Ginés Pérez de Hita (c. 1544 – c. 1619, Spain)
* Jane Aiken Hodge (1917–2009, England)
* C. Walter Hodges (1909–2004, England)
* Cecelia Holland (born 1943, US)
* Tom Holland (born 1968, England)
* Sheri Holman (born 1966, US)
* Emily Sarah Holt (1836–1893, England)
* Tom Holt (born 1961, England)
* Victoria Holt (1906–1993, England)
* Nancy Horan (living, US)
* Hannah Howell (born 1950, US)
* Elizabeth Hoyt (Julia Harper, living, US)
* Victor Hugo (1802–1885, France)
* Wilhelm Hünermann (1900–1975, Germany)
* Jillian Hunter (born 1950, US)
* S. L. Hunter (born 1951, US)

## I

* Eva Ibbotson (1925–2010, Austria/England)
* Conn Iggulden (born 1971, England)
* Shōtarō Ikenami (池波正太郎, 1923–1990, Japan)
* Neamat Imam (born 1971, Bangladesh/Canada)
* Elisabeth Inglis-Jones (1900–1994, Wales)
* Yasushi Inoue (1907–1991, Japan)
* Kazuo Ishiguro (born 1954, Japan/England)
* Eowyn Ivey (living, US)
* Motohiko Izawa (born 1954, Japan)

## J

* Violet Jacob (1863–1946, Scotland)
* Christian Jacq (born 1947, France)
* John Jakes (born 1932, US)
* George Payne Rainsford James (1799–1860, England)
* Rosemary Hawley Jarman (1935–2015, England)
* Michael Jecks (born 1960, England)
* Gary Jennings (1928–1999, US)
* John Edward Jennings (1906–1973, US)
* Alois Jirásek (1851–1930, Austrian Empire/Czechoslovakia)
* Marie-Elena John (born 1963, Antigua/US)
* Joan Johnston (living, US)
* Maria I. Johnston (1835-1921, US)
* Rhiannon Davies Jones (1921–2014, Wales)
* T. Llew Jones (1915–2009, Wales)
* Terry Jones (1942–2020, Wales)
* Erica Jong (born 1942, US)
* Penny Jordan (1946–2001, England)
* Sherryl Jordan (born 1949, New Zealand)
* Jacqueline Jules (born 1956, US)

## K

* Sirpa Kähkönen (born 1964, Finland)
* Chōgorō Kaionji (海音寺潮五郎, 1901–1977, Japan)
* Ivan Kakovitch
* Amita Kanekar (born 1965, India)
* John Katzenbach (born 1950, US)
* Karen Kay (living, US)
* Annie Keary (1825–1879, England)
* Kathleen Kellow (1906–1993, England)
* Carla Kelly (born 1947, US)
* Debra Kemp (1957–2015, US)
* Lena Kennedy (1914–1986, England)
* Alexander Kent (1924–2017, England)
* Louise Andrews Kent (1886–1969, US)
* Judith Kerr (1923–2019, England)
* Philip Kerr (1956–2018, England)
* Sue Monk Kidd (born 1948, US)
* Garry Kilworth (born 1941, England)
* Susan King (born 1951, US)
* Charles Kingsley (1819–1875, England)
* Barbara Kingsolver (born 1955, US)
* Rudyard Kipling (1865–1936, India/England)
* Nobori Kiuchi (木内昇, born 1967, Japan)
* Julie Klassen (living, US)
* Lisa Kleypas (born 1964, US)
* Bernard Knight (born 1931, Wales/England)
* János Kodolányi (1899–1969, Hungary)
* Arthur Koestler (1905–1983, Hungary/England)
* E. L. Konigsburg (1930–2013, US)
* Zofia Kossak-Szczucka (1889–1968, Poland)
* Marek Krajewski (born 1966, Poland)
* Józef Ignacy Kraszewski (1812–1887, Poland)
* Kalki Krishnamurthy (1899–1954, India)
* Giles Kristian (born 1975, England)
* Jónas Kristjánsson (1924–2014, Iceland)
* Inge Krokann (1893–1962, Norway)
* Jaan Kross (1920–2007, Estonia)
* Gyula Krúdy (1878–1933, Hungary)
* Lynn Kurland (living, US)
* Katherine Kurtz (born 1944, US)
* Hermann Kurz (1813–1873, Germany)

## L

* R. A. Lafferty (1914–2002, US)
* Ross Laidlaw (living, Scotland)
* Elizabeth Laird (born 1943, England)
* Ludwig Laistner (1845–1896, Germany)
* Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa (1896–1957, Italy)
* Jill Marie Landis (born 1948, US)
* Jane Lane (1905–1978, England)
* Andrew Lang (1844–1912, Scotland/England)
* W. Patrick Lang (1940–2023, US)
* Noel Langley (1911–1980, South Africa/US)
* Jane Langton (1922–2018, US)
* Mariano José de Larra (1809–1837, Spain)
* David Lassman (born 1963, England)
* Janet Laurence (born 1937, England)
* Stephen R. Lawhead (born 1950, US/England)
* Halldór Laxness (1902–1998, Iceland)
* Ross Leckie (born 1957, Scotland)
* Sophia Lee (1750–1824, England)
* Perry Lentz (born 1943, US)
* George Leonardos (born 1937, Greece)
* Doris Leslie (1891–1982, England)
* Celia Moss Levetus (1819–1873, England)
* Hilda Lewis (1896–1974, England)
* Stephen Lewis (born 1937, Canada)
* Philip Lindsay (1906–1958, Australia)
* Johanna Lindsey (1952–2019, US)
* Ling Li (曾黎力, 1942–2018, China)
* David Liss (born 1966, US)
* S. E. Lister (born 1988, England)
* Penelope Lively (born 1933, England)
* John Gibson Lockhart (1794–1854, Scotland)
* Christoph Lode (born 1977, Germany)
* Norah Lofts (1904–1983, England)
* William Stuart Long (1914–1986, England)
* Jarmila Loukotková (1923–2007, Czechoslovakia/Czech Republic)
* Luo Guanzhong (1330–1400, China)
* Francisco Herrera Luque (1927–1991, Venezuela)

## M

* Ma Duanlin (1245–1322, China)
* Catherine Maberly (1805–1875, Ireland)
* Rose Macaulay (1881–1958, England)
* Mary Mackie (born early 1940s, England)
* Salvador de Madariaga (1886–1978, Spain)
* Ragnhild Magerøy (1920–2010, Norway)
* Naguib Mahfouz (1911–2006, Egypt)
* Paul L. Maier (born 1930, US)
* Karen Maitland (born 1956, England)
* Rosie Malek-Yonan (born 1965, Iran/US)
* Thomas Mallon (born 1951, US)
* Eric Malpass (1910–1996, England)
* Valerio Massimo Manfredi (born 1942, Italy)
* Heinrich Mann (1871–1950, Germany/France)
* Thomas Mann (1875–1955, Germany/Switzerland)
* Anne Manning (1807–1879, England)
* Hilary Mantel (1952–2022, England)
* Juliet Marillier (born 1948, N Zealand)
* Stephen Marley (living, England)
* Deb Marlowe (living, US)
* Paul Marlowe (living, Canada)
* Frederick Marryat (1792–1848, England)
* Andrew Martin (born 1962, England)
* Valerie Martin (born 1948, US)
* William Martin (living, US)
* Moa Martinson (1890–1964, Sweden)
* F. Van Wyck Mason (1901–1978, US)
* J. D. Masters (born 1951, US)
* John Masters (1914–1983, India)
* Seichō Matsumoto (松本清張, 1909–1992, Japan)
* Ellen Mattson (b. 1962, Sweden)
* Sir Herbert Maxwell (1845–1937, Scotland)
* William Mayne (1928–2010, England)
* Cormac McCarthy (born 1933, US)
* Colleen McCullough (1937–2015, Australia)
* Ian McEwan (born 1948, England)
* Katharine McMahon (living, England)
* Larry McMurtry (1936–2021, US)
* James Meek (born 1962, England)
* Elizabeth Meeke (1761 – c. 1826, England)
* Wilhelm Meinhold (1797–1851, Pomerania/Germany)
* Eduardo Mendoza (born 1943, Spain)
* Dmitry Merezhkovsky (1865–1941, Russia/France)
* Robert Merle (1908–2004, France)
* Conrad Ferdinand Meyer (1825–1898, Switzerland)
* James A. Michener (1907–1997, US)
* Kálmán Mikszáth (1847–1940, Hungary)
* Andrew Miller (born 1960, England)
* Linda Lael Miller (born 1949, US)
* Madeline Miller (born 1978, US)
* David Mitchell (born 1969, England)
* Margaret Mitchell (1900–1949, US)
* Naomi Mitchison (1897–1999, Scotland/England)
* Ryu Mitsuse (光瀬龍, 1928–1999, Japan)
* Karyn Monk (living, Canada)
* Aly Monroe (living, England)
* Brian Moore (1921–1999, Northern Ireland/US)
* Thomas Moore (1779–1852, Ireland/England)
* Ferenc Móra (1879–1934, Hungary)
* Michelle Moran (born 1980, US)
* Daniil Mordovtsev (1830–1905, Russia)
* R. N. Morris
* Toni Morrison (1931–2019, US)
* Kate Morton (born 1976, Australia)
* Fiona Mozley (born 1988, England)
* Luise Mühlbach (1814–1873, Germany)
* Vera Mutafchieva (1929–2009, Bulgaria)

## N

* Ladislav Nádaši-Jégé (1866–1940, Hungary/Czechoslovakia)
* Michiko Nagai (1925–2023, Japan)
* Naseem Hijazi (1914–1996, India/Pakistan)
* Marie von Najmajer (1844–1904, Austrian E)
* Benedikte Naubert (1752–1819, Germany)
* John Neal (1793–1876, US)
* Vladimír Neff (1909–1983, Czechoslovakia)
* John Henry Newman (1801–1890, England)
* Nerida Newton (born 1972, Australia)
* Nicholas Nicastro (born 1963, US)
* Luis López Nieves (born 1950, Puerto Rico)
* Jirō Nitta (1912–1980, Japan)
* Jennifer Niven (born 1968, US)
* Lawrence Norfolk (born 1963, England)
* Andre Norton (1912–2005, US)
* Mary Novik (born 1945, Canada)
* Robert Nye (1939–2016, England)

## O

* Patrick O'Brian (1914–2000, England)
* Scott O'Dell (1898–1989, US)
* Scott Oden (born 1967, US)
* Zoe Oldenbourg (1916–2002, France)
* Margaret Oliphant (1828–1897, Scotland/England)
* Carola Oman (1897–1978, England)
* Michael Ondaatje (born 1943, Canada)
* Anthony O'Neill (born 1964, Australia)
* Geraldine O'Neill (born 1955, Ireland)
* Oliver Onions (1873–1961, England)
* Adèle Sophia Cordelia Opzoomer (1856–1925, The Netherlands)
* Baroness Orczy (1865–1947, England)
* Julie Orringer (born 1973, US)

## P

* Henriette Paalzow (1788–1847, Germany)
* Charles Palliser (born 1947, US/Scotland)
* William Palmer (born 1943, US)
* Jan Parandowski (1895–1978, Poland)
* Edith Pargeter (1913–1995, England)
* Delia Parr (living, US)
* Walter Pater (1839–1894, England)
* Jenny Pattrick (born 1936, New Zealand)
* Roberto Payró (1867–1928, Argentina)
* Frances Mary Peard (1835–1923, England)
* Iain Pears (born 1955, England)
* Borislav Pekić (1930–1992, Yugoslavia)
* Sharon Kay Penman (1945–2021, US)
* Stef Penney (born 1969, Scotland)
* Anna Percival (1906–1993, England)
* Eva Díaz Pérez (born 1971, Spain)
* Arturo Pérez-Reverte (born 1951, Spain)
* Anne Perry (1938–2023, England)
* Malte Persson (born 1976, Sweden)
* Leo Perutz (1882–1957, Austria/Palestine)
* Elizabeth Peters (1927–2013, US)
* Ellis Peters (1913–1995, England)
* Maureen Peters (1935–2008, Wales/England)
* Karoline Pichler (1769–1843, Austria)
* Jean Plaidy (Eleanor Hibbert, 1906–1993, England)
* Madeleine A. Polland (1918–2005, Ireland/England)
* Dudley Pope (1925–1997, England)
* Fani Popova-Mutafova (1902–1977, Bulgaria)
* Jovan Sterija Popović (1806–1856, Austrian E)
* Jane Porter (1776–1850, Scotland/England)
* Santiago Posteguillo (1967, Valencia/Spain)
* Rhoda Power (1890–1957), England
* H. F. M. Prescott (1896–1972, England)
* Steven Pressfield (born 1943, US)
* Otfried Preußler (1923–2013, Germany)
* Alison Prince (1931–2019, England/Scotland)
* Bolesław Prus (1847–1912, Poland)
* Alexander Pushkin (1799–1837, Russia)
* Mary Jo Putney (living, US)
* Howard Pyle (1853–1911, US)
* Thomas Pynchon (born 1937, US)

## Q

* John Quigley (1925–2021, Scotland)

## R

* Thomas Head Raddall (1903–1994, England/Canada)
* Undinė Radzevičiūtė (born 1967, Lithuania)
* Hugh C. Rae (1935–2014, Scotland)
* William Rayner (1929–2006, England)
* Charles Reade (1814–1884, England)
* Jaclyn Reding (born 1966, US)
* Douglas Reeman (1924–2017, England)
* Celia Rees (born 1949, England)
* David Rees (1936–1993, England)
* Evan Rees (Wales, p/nf)
* Philip Reeve (born 1966, England)
* Meta Mayne Reid (1905–1991, Northern Ireland)
* Franziska von Reitzenstein (1834–1896, Germany)
* Mary Renault (1905–1983, England/South Africa)
* Rick Riordan (born 1964, US)
* Karl Ristikivi (1907–1970, Estonia)
* Kel Richards (born 1946, Australia)
* Candace Robb (born 1950, England/US)
* Antoinette Henriette Clémence Robert (1797–1872, France)
* Keith Roberts (1935–2000, England)
* Kenneth Roberts (1885–1957, US)
* Emma Robinson (1814–1890, England)
* Hilary Robinson (born 1962, England)
* Lynda Robinson (born 1951, US)
* Lucia St. Clair Robson (born 1942, US)
* Tsoncho Rodev (1926–2011, Bulgaria)
* Rosemary Rogers (1932–2019, Ceylon/US)
* Romain Rolland (1866–1944, France)
* Elliott Roosevelt (1910–1990, US)
* Tatiana de Rosnay (born 1961, France/England)
* Joseph Roth (1894–1939, Austria/Germany)
* Laura Joh Rowland (living, US)
* Fredrika Runeberg (1807–1879, Finland)
* Salman Rushdie (born 1947, England/US)
* Mary Doria Russell (born 1950, US)
* Anna Rutgers van der Loeff (1910–1990, Netherlands)
* Edward Rutherfurd (born 1948, England)
* Viktor Rydberg (1828–1895, Sweden)

## S

* Rafael Sabatini (1875–1950, Italy/England)
* Mary Sadler (born 1941, Netherlands/S Africa)
* C. J. Sansom (born 1952, Scotland)
* Mitsugu Saotome (早乙女貢, 1926–2008, China/Japan)
* Romain Sardou (born 1974, France)
* Allen Say (born 1937, US)
* Steven Saylor (born 1956, US)
* Simon Scarrow (born 1962, England)
* Nat Schachner (1895–1955, US)
* Joseph Viktor von Scheffel (1826–1886, Germany)
* Bernhard Schlink (born 1944, Germany)
* Lawrence Schoonover (1906–1980, US)
* Rainer M. Schröder (born 1951, Germany)
* Leonardo Sciascia (1921–1989, Italy)
* Lawrence Scott (born 1943, Trinidad/England)
* Susan Holloway Scott (living, US)
* Sir Walter Scott (1771–1832, Scotland)
* Kate Sedley (1926–2022, England)
* Lisa See (born 1955, US)
* Ramón J. Sender (1901–1982, Spain)
* Sandilyan (1910–1987, India)
* Ruta Sepetys (born 1967, Lithuania/US)
* Kate Seredy (1899–1975, US)
* Ian Serraillier (1912–1994, England)
* Anya Seton (1904–1990, US)
* Tim Severin (1940–2020, England)
* Jeffrey Shaara (born 1952, US)
* Michael Shaara (1928–1988, US)
* Mary Ann Shaffer (1934–2008, US)
* Samuel Shellabarger (1888–1954, US)
* Mary Shelley (1797–1851, England)
* Sara Sheridan (born 1968, Scotland)
* Joseph Henry Shorthouse (1834–1903, England)
* Henryk Sienkiewicz (1846–1916, Poland)
* Germaine Simon (1921–2012, Luxembourg)
* Ieva Simonaitytė (1897–1978, Lithuania)
* Rebecca Sinclair (living, US)
* Sjón (born 1962, Iceland)
* Bertrice Small (1937–2015, US)
* Wilbur Smith (1933–2021, Northern Rhodesia/Zambia)
* Alan Spence (born 1947, Scotland)
* LaVyrle Spencer (1864–1926, England)
* Armstrong Sperry (1897–1976, US)
* György Spiró (born 1946, Hungary)
* Francis Spufford (born 1964, England)
* Eva Stachniak (born 1952, Poland/Canada)
* David Stacton (1923–1968, US)
* Emiliyan Stanev (1907–1979, Bulgaria)
* Louisa Stanhope (fl. 1806–1827, England)
* Ludwik Stasiak (1858–1924, Poland)
* Flora Annie Steel (1847–1929, India/England)
* Robert Louis Stevenson (1850–1894, Scotland)
* Mary Stewart (1916–2014), England/Scotland)
* Isabel Stilwell (born 1960, Portugal)
* Ilka Stitz (born 1960, Germany)
* Kathryn Stockett (born 1969, US)
* Agnes Strickland (1796–1874, England)
* Olga Stringfellow (1923–1995, New Zealand)
* Ulrika von Strussenfelt (1801–1873, Sweden)
* Alex Stuart, Robyn Stuart and Vivian Stuart (1914–1986, England)
* Rosemary Sutcliff (1920–1992, England)
* Magda Szabó (1917–2007, Hungary)
* Noémi Szécsi (born 1976, Hungary)
* Mária Szepes (1908–2007, Hungary)

## T

* Karin Tanabe (living, US)
* Reay Tannahill (1929–2007, Scotland/England)
* Ellalice Tate (1906–1993, England)
* Janelle Taylor (born 1944, US)
* Fanny Tercy (1782-1851, France)
* William Makepeace Thackeray (1811–1863, England)
* James Alexander Thom (born 1933, US)
* Jodi Thomas (living, US)
* Elizabeth Thornton (1940–2010)
* Pramoedya Ananta Toer (1925–2006, Dutch East Indies/Indonesia)
* Colm Tóibín (born 1955, Ireland)
* Olga Tokarczuk (born 1962, Poland)
* Aleksey Konstantinovich Tolstoy (1817–1875, Russia)
* Aleksey Nikolayevich Tolstoy (1883–1945, Russia/Soviet Union)
* Leo Tolstoy (1828–1910, Russia)
* Theresa Tomlinson (born 1946, England)
* Nigel Tranter (1909–2000, Scotland)
* Geoffrey Trease (1909–1998, England)
* Henry Treece (1911–1966, England)
* Rose Tremain (born 1943, England)
* Peter Tremayne (born 1943, England)
* Meriol Trevor (1919–2000, England)
* Joanna Trollope (born 1943, England)
* Anthony Trollope (1815–1882, England)
* Stefan Tsanev (born 1936, Bulgaria)
* Kunio Tsuji (1925–1999)
* Elizabeth Tudor (Lady Hasanova, born 1978, Azerbaijan)
* Ann Turnbull (born 1943, England)
* Harry Turtledove (born 1949, US)

## U

* Max Uhlemann (died 1862, Germany)
* Barry Unsworth (1930–2012, England/Italy)
* Harilal Upadhyay (1916–1994, India)
* Leon Uris (1924–2003, US)
* Anne Ursu (living, US)

## V

* Andrew Vachss (1942–2021, US)
* Robert Van Gulik (1910–1967, Netherlands/Indonesia)
* Guy Vanderhaeghe (born 1951, Canada)
* Carl Franz van der Velde (1779–1824, Germany)
* F.A. Venter (1916–1997, South Africa)
* Nicolaas Vergunst (born 1958, South Africa)
* Caroline Vermalle (born 1973, France)
* Elena Maria Vidal (born 1962, US)
* Gore Vidal (1925–2012, US)
* Rene Villanueva (1954–2007, Philippines)
* Elfrida Vipont (1902–1992, England)
* Ivan Vladislavić (born 1957, South Africa)
* Simone van der Vlugt (born 1966, Netherlands)
* William T. Vollmann (1959, US)
* Anne de Vries (1904–1964, Netherlands)

## W

* Lea Wait (born 1946, US)
* Eva Waldemarsson (1903–1986, Sweden)
* Lew Wallace (1827–1905, US)
* Jill Paton Walsh (1937–2020, England)
* Mika Waltari (1908–1979, Finland)
* Sarah Waters (born 1966, Wales)
* Evelyn Waugh (1903–1966, England)
* Catherine Webb (born 1986, England)
* Elizabeth E. Wein (born 1964, US/Scotland)
* Alison Weir (born 1951, England)
* Ronald Welch (1909–1982, Wales/England)
* Ehm Welk (1884–1966, Germany)
* Percy F. Westerman (1876–1959, England)
* Helena Westermarck (1857–1938), Finland)
* Jeri Westerson (born 1960, US)
* Stanley J. Weyman (1855–1928, England)
* Richard S. Wheeler (1935–2019, US)
* Charles Whistler (1856–1913, England)
* T. H. White (1906–1964, England)
* Jack Whyte (1940–2021, Scotland/Canada)
* George Whyte-Melville (1821–1878, Scotland)
* Susan Wiggs (born 1958, US)
* Anne Wignall (1912–1982, England)
* Thornton Wilder (1897–1975, US)
* Vaughan Wilkins (1890–1959, England)
* Barbara Willard (1909–1994, England)
* Jay Williams (1914–1978, US)
* Maiya Williams (born 1962, US)
* Walter John Williams (born 1953, US)
* Carole Wilkinson (born 1950, Australia)
* Jacqueline Winspear (born 1955, England)
* Jeanette Winterson (born 1959, England)
* Barbara Wood (born 1947, US)
* Kathleen E. Woodiwiss (1939–2007, US)
* Richard Woodman (born 1944, England)
* Herman Wouk (1915–2019, US)

## Y

* Yamada Bimyō (山田 美妙, 1868–1910, Japan)
* Shūgorō Yamamoto (山本周五郎, 1903–1967, Japan)
* Vasily Yan (1874–1954, Russia)
* Chelsea Quinn Yarbro (born 1942, US)
* Yana Yazova (1912–1974, Bulgaria)
* Frank Yerby (1916–1991, US)
* Nicholas Yermakov (born 1951, US)
* Jane Yolen (born 1939, US)
* Charlotte Mary Yonge (1823–1901, England)
* Eiji Yoshikawa (吉川 英治, 1892–1962, Japan)
* Marguerite Yourcenar
* Robyn Young (born 1975, England)

## Z

* Stoyan Zagorchinov (1889–1969, Bulgaria)
* Mikhail Zagoskin (1789–1852, Russia)
* Lajos Zilahy (1891–1974, Hungary)
* Richard Zimler (born 1956, US)
* Karl Zuchardt (1887–1968, Germany)
* Markus Zusak (born 1975, Australia)