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188 notable novelists on file — 29 still here, 159 not.

more novelists (1–100 of 129 beyond the first page)

John Barth
dead
American writer
1930 – 2024
Jimmy Buffett
dead
American singer-songwriter
1946 – 2023
Dag Solstad
dead
Norwegian writer
1941 – 2025
Len Deighton
dead
English writer
1929 – 2026
Tom Robbins
dead
American writer
1932 – 2025
Dorothy Allison
dead
American writer, poet, novelist, critic
1949 – 2024
Athol Fugard
dead
South African playwright
1932 – 2025
Wendell Berry
dead
American writer, activist, and poet from Kentucky
1934 – 2026
Antonine Maillet
dead
playwright working in Quebec
1929 – 2025
L. J. Smith
dead
American author
1958 – 2025
Edmund White
dead
American novelist and LGBT essayist
1940 – 2025
Marina Lewycka
dead
British writer
1946 – 2025
John Varley
dead
American science fiction author
1947 – 2025
N. Scott Momaday
dead
Kiowa author and academic
1934 – 2024
David Malouf
dead
Australian writer
1934 – 2026
Maria Teresa Horta
dead
Portuguese writer, journalist and poet
1937 – 2025
Robert Coover
dead
American novelist
1932 – 2024
Ron Ely
dead
American actor and novelist
1938 – 2024
Jane Yolen
dead
author, editor, narrator of audiobook
1939 – 2026
Keigo Higashino
dead
Japanese mystery writer
1958 – 2026
Christopher Priest
dead
British author
1943 – 2024
Shahrnush Parsipur
dead
Iranian novelist
1946 – 2026
Ingvar Ambjørnsen
dead
Norwegian writer
1956 – 2025
Martin Cruz Smith
dead
American writer
1942 – 2025
Meena Alexander
dead
poet, scholar, and writer
1951 – 2018
Joseph Wambaugh
dead
American writer
1937 – 2025
Terry Bisson
dead
American science fiction and fantasy author
1942 – 2024
Bapsi Sidhwa
dead
Pakistani American author
1938 – 2024
Josefina Molina
dead
Spanish film director
1936 – 2026
Peter David
dead
American writer of comic books, novels, television, movies and video games
1956 – 2025
Brian Stableford
dead
British writer
1948 – 2024
Jilly Cooper
dead
British writer
1937 – 2025
Greg Iles
dead
American novelist
1960 – 2025
Joanna Trollope
dead
English writer
1943 – 2025
Nelson DeMille
dead
American writer
1943 – 2024
Barbara Taylor Bradford
dead
British novelist
1933 – 2024
Vénus Khoury-Ghata
dead
Lebanese writer and poet
1936 – 2026
John Flanagan
dead
Australian fantasy author
1944 – 2026
Benjamin Alire Sáenz
dead
poet, novelist and writer from the United States
1954 – 2026
Brian Lumley
dead
English horror fiction writer
1937 – 2024
Lynne Reid Banks
dead
British writer
1929 – 2024
Caleb Carr
dead
American novelist, screenwriter and military historian
1955 – 2024
Kinky Friedman
dead
American singer, songwriter, novelist, humorist, politician, and columnist
1944 – 2024
John Marsden
dead
Australian writer
1950 – 2024
E. Howard Hunt
dead
American intelligence officer and author
1918 – 2007
Luis Goytisolo
dead
Spanish novelist
1935 – 2026
John Crowley
dead
American writer of speculative fiction
1942 – 2026
Peter Lovesey
dead
British writer
1936 – 2025
Zoë Wicomb
dead
South African author
1948 – 2025
Vedrana Rudan
dead
Croatian journalist and novelist
1949 – 2026
Jennifer Johnston
dead
Irish writer
1930 – 2025
Barry B. Longyear
dead
American writer
1942 – 2025
Meja Mwangi
dead
Kenyan writer
1948 – 2025
Kūlīt al-Khūrī
dead
Syrian writer
1931 – 2026
Alan Bradley
dead
mystery writer
1938 – 2026
Jane Gardam
dead
British novelist and children's writer
1928 – 2025
Daniel Woodrell
dead
American novelist
1953 – 2025
Derek Humphry
dead
British-American euthanasia activist
1930 – 2025
Howard Waldrop
dead
American writer
1946 – 2024
Jeri Taylor
dead
American screenwriter
1938 – 2024
Barry N. Malzberg
dead
American novelist, short story writer
1939 – 2024
Ted White
dead
American writer
1938 – 2026
Fred Chappell
dead
American poet, novelist
1936 – 2024
William C. Dietz
dead
American science fiction writer
1945 – 2026
Ayako Sono
dead
Japanese writer
1931 – 2025
Pedro Zarraluki
dead
Spanish writer
1954 – 2025
Maurice Gee
dead
New Zealand novelist
1931 – 2025
Thomas Perry
dead
American mystery and thriller novelist
1947 – 2025
Walter Kappacher
dead
Austrian writer
1938 – 2024
Robert Irwin
dead
British historian, novelist, and writer on Arabic literature
1946 – 2024
Carey Harrison
dead
British writer
1944 – 2025
Simon Mawer
dead
English author
1948 – 2025
Marjorie Agosín
dead
Chilean-American writer
1955 – 2025
Andrew Gross
dead
American writer
1952 – 2025
Fanny Howe
dead
American writer
1940 – 2025
David J. Skal
dead
American historian
1952 – 2024
Ellen Gilchrist
dead
American writer
1935 – 2024
Shirley Conran
dead
British writer
1932 – 2024
George Zebrowski
dead
American novelist
1945 – 2024
Michiko Yamamoto
dead
Japanese writer
1936 – 2026
Anna Murdoch Mann
dead
Scottish journalist and author
1944 – 2026
Maureen Duffy
dead
British novelist, poet, playwright, nonfiction author, activist
1933 – 2026
Kerry Greenwood
dead
Australian crime writer
1954 – 2025
Damien Broderick
dead
Australian writer
1944 – 2025
Paulette Jiles
dead
Canadian writer
1943 – 2025
Chelsea Quinn Yarbro
dead
American writer
1942 – 2025
K. B. Sreedevi
dead
Indian Malayalam language writer
1940 – 2024
Madeleine Chapsal
dead
French writer
1925 – 2024
John Maddox Roberts
dead
American author
1947 – 2024
Jūrō Kara
dead
Japanese playwright
1940 – 2024
Francine Pascal
dead
American writer
1932 – 2024
Catherine Aird
dead
novelist
1930 – 2024
Dominick Dunne
dead
American writer and journalist
1925 – 2009
Sia Figiel
dead
contemporary Samoan novelist, poet and painter
1967 – 2026
Philip Caputo
dead
American novelist and journalist
1941 – 2026
Noreen Riols
dead
British novelist, spy and former agent
1926 – 2025
Alexandra Fröhlich
dead
German novelist
died 2025
Jacques Poulin
dead
Canadian writer
1937 – 2025
Mino Carta
dead
Brazilian journalist
1933 – 2025
Raouf Mosad
dead
Egyptian writer
1937 – 2025

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