novelists
188 notable novelists on file — 29 still here, 159 not.
still with us
J. K. Rowling
aliveEnglish author (born 1965)
born 1965
Salman Rushdie
aliveIndian-born English and American novelist (born 1947)
born 1947
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George R. R. Martin
aliveAmerican writer and television producer (born 1948)
born 1948
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Han Kang
aliveSouth Korean writer
born 1970
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Martina Navratilova
aliveCzech-American tennis player
born 1956
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Alice Walker
aliveAmerican author and activist (born 1944)
born 1944
Neil Gaiman
aliveEnglish writer (born 1960)
born 1960
Ethan Hawke
aliveAmerican actor and writer (born 1970)
born 1970
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Guillermo del Toro
aliveMexican filmmaker and author (born 1964)
born 1964
László Krasznahorkai
aliveHungarian novelist and screenwriter
born 1954
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Alex Morgan
aliveAmerican soccer player
born 1989
Khloé Kardashian
aliveAmerican media personality, influencer, and businesswoman
born 1984
Bret Easton Ellis
aliveAmerican novelist, screenwriter
born 1964
Colleen Hoover
aliveAmerican author
born 1979
MacKenzie Scott
aliveAmerican philanthropist and novelist
born 1970
Harlan Coben
aliveAmerican writer
born 1962
Andy Weir
aliveAmerican writer (born 1972)
born 1972
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Alex Garland
aliveBritish writer, scriptwriter and film director (born 1970)
born 1970
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Judy Blume
aliveAmerican children's writer (born 1938)
born 1938
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Jenny Han
aliveAmerican writer (born 1980)
born 1980
Justine Musk
aliveCanadian author (born 1972)
born 1972
Elle Kennedy
aliveCanadian novelist; bestselling author of contemporary romance and romantic suspense
born 1982
Michael Peterson
aliveAmerican novelist convicted of manslaughter
born 1943
Carole Radziwill
aliveAmerican journalist, author
born 1963
David Choe
aliveAmerican street artist and painter
born 1976
Tim Jeal
aliveBritish writer
born 1945
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Grace Dent
aliveEnglish columnist, broadcaster and author
born 1973
Dafydd ab Hugh
aliveAmerican science-fiction author (born 1960)
born 1960
Harriet Tyce
aliveBritish novelist
born 1972
gone (30 of 159)
Charles Dickens
deadEnglish novelist and social critic
1812 – 1870
Franz Kafka
deadBohemian writer from Prague
1883 – 1924
Ernest Hemingway
deadAmerican author and journalist
1899 – 1961
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Jane Austen
deadauthor, novelist, writer
1775 – 1817
Jimmy Carter
deadpresident of the United States from 1977 to 1981
1924 – 2024
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Agatha Christie
deadEnglish mystery and detective writer
1890 – 1976
Saddam Hussein
deadIraqi politician and revolutionary, president of Iraq from 1979 to 2003
1937 – 2006
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Mary Shelley
deadEnglish writer
1797 – 1851
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Mario Vargas Llosa
deadPeruvian, Spanish and Dominican novelist and writer
1936 – 2025
Emily Brontë
deadEnglish novelist and poet
1818 – 1848
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Alice Munro
deadCanadian writer
1931 – 2024
Carrie Fisher
deadAmerican actress, writer and screenwriter
1956 – 2016
Roald Dahl
deadBritish writer and poet
1916 – 1990
Truman Capote
deadAmerican writer
1924 – 1984
Anthony Bourdain
deadAmerican chef and television personality
1956 – 2018
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Frank Herbert
deadAmerican writer
1920 – 1986
Gene Hackman
deadAmerican actor and novelist
1930 – 2025
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Ismail Kadare
deadAlbanian writer
1936 – 2024
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Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o
deadKenyan writer
1938 – 2025
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James Baldwin
deadAmerican writer
1924 – 1987
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Cormac McCarthy
deadAmerican novelist, playwright, and screenwriter
1933 – 2023
Yayoi Kusama
deadJapanese artist
1929 – 2026
Martin Amis
deadBritish novelist
1949 – 2023
Laura Ingalls Wilder
deadAmerican children's writer, diarist, and journalist
1867 – 1957
Frederick Forsyth
deadEnglish novelist
1938 – 2025
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Cees Nooteboom
deadDutch writer
1933 – 2026
Sophie Kinsella
deadBritish writer
1969 – 2025
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Slavenka Drakulić
deadCroatian journalist and novelist
1949 – 2026
David Lodge
deadEnglish writer
1935 – 2025
Dan Simmons
deadAmerican novelist
1948 – 2026