The Pied Pumkin was formed in 1973 with Rick Scott on dulcimer, vocals (and the main songwriter), Shari Ulrich on violin, alto sax, flute and vocals, and Joe Mock on guitar and vocals (and songwriter).
 The group had a fervent cult following as a result of their highly spirited music that filled dance floors across the country, but particularly in BC and Alberta.
 The Kootenays were the Pumkin hotbed.
 They formed the first "Independent" label - Squash Records - to release their albums after collecting $5 each from fans to finance the first "Pied Pumkin String Ensemble", recorded live at the Simon Fraser University Pub.
 Their second release "Allah Mode", contained the first ever performance of Joe Mock's song "Fear of Flying".
 Ulrich toured across Canada in legendary folk artist Valdy's band and sang "Fear of Flying" every night which led to the band, called The Hometown Band to be signed to A&M records.
 They had a hit with the song - then called "Flying" to avoid a lawsuit by Erica Jong who had just released her best selling book "Fear of Flying".
 Eventually Ulrich left the Pied Pumkin to tour and record with The Hometown Band full time and Scott and Mock continued touring and recording as The Pied Pear for another eight years.
Fear of Fifty: a midlife memoir is a 1994 book by Erica Jong The book's title echoes the author's more famous 1973 novel "Fear of Flying".
 In it Jong comes to terms with reaching this milestone age.
Wigs on the Green is a novel by Nancy Mitford, first published in 1935.
 A merciless satire of British Fascism, the book is notable for lampooning the political enthusiasms of Mitford's sisters Unity Mitford and Diana Mosley.
 2010 saw its first reprint in the United Kingdom and the United States in more than thirty-five years.
A Life of Contrasts is an international bestseller by Diana Mitford (sister of novelist Nancy Mitford, journalist Jessica Mitford, and memoirist Deborah, Duchess of Devonshire) that was first published by Hamish Hamilton in 1977.
 She later released a revised edition of the book, published in 2002 by Gibson Square.
Nancy Freeman-Mitford {'1': ", '2': ", '3': ", '4': "} (28 November 1904 – 30 June 1973), known as Nancy Mitford, was an English novelist, biographer and journalist.
 One of the renowned Mitford sisters and one of the "Bright Young People" on the London social scene in the inter-war years, she is best remembered for her novels about upper-class life in England and France and for her sharp and often provocative wit.
 She also established a reputation for herself as a writer of popular historical biographies.
The Pursuit of Laughter is a 2008 collection of diaries, articles, reviews and portraits by Diana Mitford.
 The book was published by Gibson Square and edited by Martin Rynja.
 Mitford's sister, Deborah Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire, provides the introduction.
 The title is a homage to another Mitford sister's book, Nancy Mitford's "The Pursuit of Love".
Georges Belmont, born Georges Pelorson (1909 – 26 December 2008), was a French writer and literary translator.
 His translations from English to French included the work of Evelyn Waugh, Henry James, Henry Miller, Graham Greene, Anthony Burgess and Erica Jong into French.
 He also wrote ten novels and poetry collections, and worked as a journalist, founding the glossy celebrity magazine "Jours de France".
Noblesse Oblige: An Enquiry Into the Identifiable Characteristics of the English Aristocracy (1956) is a book that purports to be edited by Nancy Mitford, illustrated by Osbert Lancaster, caricaturist of English manners, and published by Hamish Hamilton.
 The anthology comprises four brief essays by Nancy Mitford, Alan S. C. Ross, “Strix” and Christopher Sykes, a letter by Evelyn Waugh, and a poem by John Betjeman.
Fear of Flying is a 1973 novel by Erica Jong, which became famously controversial for its portrayal of female sexuality, figured in the development of second-wave feminism.
Erica Jong (née Mann; born March 26, 1942) is an American novelist and poet, known particularly for her 1973 novel "Fear of Flying".
 The book became famously controversial for its attitudes towards female sexuality and figured prominently in the development of second-wave feminism.
 According to "Washington Post", it has sold more than 20 million copies worldwide.

Question: Are  Erica Jong and Nancy Mitford both novelists?
Answer: yes