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| Writer | Most Famous Works | Trivia |
|---|---|---|
| Kingsley Amis |
Lucky Jim, One Fat Englishman,The Old Devils, Jake's Thing, Stanley and the Woman, Take a Girl Like You, That Uncertain Feeling | born in 1922, died 1995.Father of Martin Amis and famous for his comic writing in books and for TV and radio |
| Jane Austin | Pride and Prejudice | |
| J.M Barrie | Peter Pan | Born in Kirriemuir, Angus in 1860, died 1937. James Matthew. |
| Vera Brittain |
Testament of Experience, Testament of Youth, Testament of Friendship | Born Newcastle Under Lyme in 1893, died 1970. Mother of Shirley Williams. |
| John Buchan |
39 Steps, The 3 Stooges, Greenmantle, Huntingtower, Prester John | Born Perth, Scotland in 1875, died 1940. Governor General of Canada. successful political background. |
| Lewis Carroll | Alice in Wonderland | Born in 1832 at Daresbury, Cheshire. Real name Charles Lutwidge Dodgson |
| Barbara Cartland | ||
| Agatha Christie | ||
| Samuel Taylor Coleridge | Born in Otley, St. Mary, Devon in 1772. | |
| Catherine Cookson | ||
| Roald Dahl | Charlie & The Chocolate Factory, Matilda, BFG | |
| Charles Dickens | Oliver Twist, A Christmas Carol. | Born at 387, Mile end Terrace, Landport, Portsmouth in 1812. Died 1870. |
| George Elliot | Adam Bede, Daniel Daronda, Mill On The Floss, Silas Marner, Romola | English novelist born in Arbury, Warwickshire in 1819, died 1890. Real name Mary Ann Evans. |
| William Golding |
Lord of the Flies, Pincher Martin, Rites of Passage | English novelist born in St Columb Minor, Cornwall in 1911, died 1993. |
| Kenneth Grahame |
Wind in The Willows, Toad of Toad Hall | Scottish children's writer born in Edinburgh in 1859, died 1932. |
| Thomas Hardy |
Mayor of Casterbridge, Far From the Madding Crowd, Tess of the D'urbervilles, Jude the Obscure | English novelist and poet born in Higher Bockhampton, Dorset in 1840, died 1928. |
| Stephen Hawking | A Brief History of Time | |
| Nick Hornby | Fever Pitch, About A Boy, High Fidelity | |
| Aldous Huxley |
Brave New World, Antic Hay, Chrome Yellow, Devils of Loudon, Eyeless in Gaza, Point Counterpoint | English novelist born in Godalming, Surrey in 1894, died 1963. |
| P.D James |
A Certain Justice, Cover Her Face | English novelist born in Oxford in 1920. Phyllis Dorothy. |
| Charles Kingsley |
Water Babies, Westward Ho!, Hereward The Wake | English novelist born in Holne Vicarage, Dartmoor in 1819, died 1875. |
| D.H Lawrence |
Sons and Lovers, Lady Chatterly's Lover, Women In Love, White Peacock, Rainbow | English novelist, poet and short-story writer born in Eastwood, Nottinghamshire in 1885, died 1930. |
| Edward Lear | Book of Nonsense, The Owl and the Pussycat | Born in Holloway, London in 1812, died 1888. |
| Alistair MacLean |
Guns of Navarone, HMS Ulysses, Where Eagles Dare, When 8 Bells Toll, Ice Station Zebra | Scottish novelist born in Glasgow in 1922, died 1987. |
| John Masefield | The Box of Delights, Sard Harker | |
| William Somerset Maughan |
Cakes and Ale, The Casuarina Tree, The Moon and Sixpence, Of Human Bondage, The Razor's Edge | English novelist born in Paris in 1874, died 1965. |
| Ian McEwan |
Amsterdam, Atonemment, Enduring Love, First Love Last Rites | English novelist, short-story writer and playwright born in Aldershot, Hampshire in 1948. |
| A. A Milne |
Winnie the Pooh, Now We Are Six | English children's writer born in London in 1882, died 1956. |
| Thomas More | Utopia | |
| Edith Nesbit |
Railway Children, The Lark, The Treasure Seekers | English children's writer born in London in 1858, died 1924. |
| George Orwell |
1984, Animal Farm, Down and Out In Paris and London, The Road To Wigan Pier, The Lion and the Unicorn | English novelist born in Bengal, India in 1903, died 1950. Real name Eric Arthur Blair |
| Thomas Paine | The Age of Reason, Common Sense, Public Good, The Rights of Man | Born Thetford, Norfolk in 1737, died 1809. |
| Mervyn Peake |
Titus Groan, Drops Anchor, The Gormanghast Trilogy | English novelist and poet born in Kuling, Jiangxi, Chinain 1911, died 1968. |
| J.B Priestly |
An Inspector Calls, The Good Companions | English novelist and playwright born in Bradford, Yorkshire in 1894, died 1984. |
| Arthur Ransome |
Swallows and Amazons, Old Peter's Russian Tales |
English Children's writer born in Leeds in 1884, died 1967. |
| J.K Rowling |
Harry Potter Books | English children's writer born in Chipping Sodbury, Bristol in 1965. |
| Salman Rushdie |
Satanic Verses, Midnight's Children | British novelist and short story writer born in Bombay, India in 1947. |
| William Shakespeare | Born Henley Street, Stratford Upon Avon, 1564. Known as the Bard of Avon. | |
| William Wordsworth | Daffodils, Upon Westminster Bridge | Poet, lived at Dove Cottage in Lake District. |