Novelist

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NameNationalityDate of BirthDate of Death
Henri Barbusse French May 17, 1873 August 30, 1935
Henry Brooke Irish 1703 1783
Henry Fielding English April 22, 1707 October 8, 1754
Henry Green English October 29, 1905 December 13, 1973
Henry Harland American February 4, 1909 December 20, 2005
Henryk Sienkiewicz Polish May 5, 1846 November 15, 1916
Herman Melville American August 1, 1819 September 28, 1891
Herman Wouk American May 27, 1915
Hermann Hesse German July 2, 1877 August 9, 1962
Honore de Balzac French May 20, 1799 August 18, 1850
Hugo Claus Belgian April 5, 1929
Hugo von Hofmannsthal Austrian February 1, 1874 July 15, 1929
Ira Levin American August 27, 1929
Irvine Welsh Scottish September 27, 1961
Irwin Shaw American February 27, 1913 May 16, 1984
Isaac Bashevis Singer American July 14, 1904 July 24, 1991
Israel Zangwill English February 14, 1864 August 1, 1926
Ivan Goncharov Russian June 18, 1812 September 27, 1891
Ivan Turgenev Russian October 28, 1818 September 3, 1883
Ivy Compton-Burnett English June 5, 1884 August 27, 1969
J. D. Salinger American January 1, 1919 January 27, 2010
J. F. Powers American July 8, 1917 June 12, 1999
J. G. Holland American 1819 1881
J. M. Barrie Scottish May 9, 1860 June 19, 1937
J. R. R. Tolkien English January 3, 1892 September 2, 1973
Jack Higgins British July 27, 1929
Jack Kerouac American March 12, 1922 October 21, 1969
Jack London American January 12, 1876 November 22, 1916
James A. Michener American February 3, 1907 October 16, 1997
James Agee American November 27, 1909 May 16, 1955
James Branch Cabell American April 14, 1879 May 5, 1958
James Buchan British June 11, 1954
James Clavell Australian October 10, 1924 September 7, 1994
James Dickey American February 2, 1923 January 19, 1997
James F. Cooper American September 15, 1789 1851
James Gould Cozzens American August 19, 1903 1978
James Hilton English September 9, 1900 December 20, 1954
James Joyce Irish February 2, 1882 January 13, 1941
James M. Cain American July 1, 1892 October 27, 1977
James Payn English February 28, 1830 March 25, 1898
James T. Farrell American February 27, 1904 August 22, 1979
Jane Porter Irish 1776 1850
Janet Frame New Zealander August 28, 1924 January 29, 2004
Janette Turner Hospital Australian November 12, 1942
Jay Dratler American 1911
Jean Rhys English August 24, 1894 May 14, 1979
Jeanette Winterson British August 27, 1959
Jeffrey Eugenides American April 13, 1960
Jerry B. Jenkins American September 23, 1949
Jerzy Kosinski Polish June 18, 1933 May 3, 1991
Joanna Trollope English December 9, 1943
John Barth American May 27, 1930
John Braine British April 13, 1922 October 28, 1986
John C. Hawkes American August 17, 1925 May 15, 1998
John D. MacDonald July 24, 1916 December 28, 1986
John Dos Passos American January 14, 1896 September 28, 1970
John Fowles English March 31, 1926 November 5, 2005
John Gardner American July 21, 1933 September 14, 1982
John Irving American March 2, 1942
John Knowles American September 16, 1926 November 29, 2001
John Mortimer English April 21, 1923
John Phillips Marquand American November 10, 1893 July 16, 1960
John Updike American March 18, 1932 January 27, 2009
Jonathan Coe English August 19, 1961
Jonathan Franzen American August 17, 1959
Joseph Conrad Polish December 3, 1857 August 3, 1924
Joseph Heller American May 1, 1923 December 12, 1999
Joseph Kirkland American 1830 1894
Joyce Carol Oates American June 16, 1938
Joyce Cary Irish December 7, 1888 March 29, 1957
Juan Rulfo Mexican May 16, 1917 January 7, 1986
Judith Guest American March 29, 1936
Judith Krantz American January 9, 1928
Judith Rossner American March 31, 1935 August 9, 2005
Julien Green American September 6, 1900 August 13, 1998
Kate O'Brien Irish December 3, 1897 August 13, 1974
Katherine Dunn American 1945
Kathryn Stockett American 1969
Kenneth Grahame Scottish March 8, 1859 June 6, 1932
Kingsley Amis English April 22, 1922 October 22, 1995
Laurence Sterne Irish November 24, 1713 March 18, 1768
Leo Rosten American April 11, 1908 February 19, 1997
Leo Tolstoy Russian September 9, 1828 November 20, 1910
Lillian Smith American 1867 1966
Lion Feuchtwanger German July 7, 1884 December 21, 1958
Lord Dunsany Irish July 24, 1878 1957
Louis Auchincloss American September 27, 1917
Louis de Bernieres British December 8, 1954
Louisa May Alcott American November 29, 1832 March 6, 1888
Luc de Clapier French August 6, 1715 May 28, 1747
Madeleine L'Engle American November 29, 1918 September 6, 2007
Maeve Binchy Irish May 28, 1940
Malcolm Bradbury English September 7, 1932 November 27, 2000
Margaret Atwood Canadian November 18, 1939
Margaret Deland American February 25, 1857 January 13, 1945
Margaret Drabble English June 5, 1939
Margaret Laurence Canadian July 18, 1926 January 5, 1987
Margaret Mitchell American November 8, 1900 August 16, 1949
Margaret Oliphant Scottish April 4, 1828 June 25, 1897
Margaret Truman American February 17, 1924 January 29, 2008
Marguerite Duras French April 4, 1914 March 3, 1996
Marguerite Yourcenar American June 7, 1903 December 17, 1987
Maria Edgeworth Irish January 1, 1767 May 22, 1849
Marie Corelli British May 1, 1855 April 21, 1924
Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach Austrian September 13, 1830 March 12, 1916
Marina Warner British November 9, 1946
Mario Puzo American October 15, 1921 July 2, 1999
Mark Haddon English September 26, 1962
Mark Helprin American June 28, 1947
Marquis de Sade French June 2, 1740 December 2, 1814
Mary Elizabeth Coleridge British September 23, 1861 August 25, 1907
Mary Johnston American November 21, 1870 May 9, 1936
Mary Renault English September 4, 1905 1983
Mary Roberts Rinehart American August 12, 1876 September 22, 1958
Mary Stewart English September 12, 1916
Mary Webb English March 25, 1881 October 8, 1927
Mary Wesley British June 24, 1912 December 30, 2002
Max Frisch Swiss May 15, 1911 April 4, 1991
Maxim Gorky Russian March 16, 1868 June 18, 1936
Meyer Levin American October 7, 1905 July 9, 1981
Michael Korda English 1933
Miguel de Cervantes Spanish September 29, 1547 April 23, 1616
Mordecai Richler Canadian January 27, 1931 July 4, 2001
Murasaki Shikibu Japanese
Muriel Spark English February 1, 1918 April 13, 2006
Nadine Gordimer South African November 20, 1923
Naguib Mahfouz Egyptian December 11, 1911 August 30, 2006
Nathaniel Hawthorne American July 4, 1804 May 19, 1864
Nelson Algren American March 28, 1909 May 9, 1981
Nicholas Mosley British June 25, 1923
Nicholson Baker American January 7, 1957
Norman Mailer American January 31, 1923 November 10, 2007
Norman Sherry English July 6, 1935
Orhan Pamuk June 7, 1952
Ouida English January 7, 1839 January 25, 1908
P. D. James English August 3, 1920
Patricia Highsmith American January 19, 1921 February 4, 1995
Paul Bailey American February 16, 1937
Paul Bourget French September 2, 1852 December 25, 1935
Paul Scott British March 25, 1920 March 1, 1978
Paul Theroux American April 10, 1941
Paulo Coelho Brazilian August 24, 1947
Pearl S. Buck American June 6, 1892 March 6, 1973
Peter Abrahams South African March 3, 1919
Peter Carey Australian February 7, 1943
Peter De Vries American February 27, 1910 September 28, 1993
Peter Handke Austrian December 6, 1942
Philip Roth American June 24, 1943
Phyllis Bottome British May 31, 1884 August 22, 1963
Phyllis Gotlieb Canadian May 26, 1926
Rachel Field American September 19, 1894 March 15, 1942
Rafael Sabatini Italian April 29, 1875 February 13, 1950
Raymond Williams Welsh August 31, 1921 January 26, 1988
Remy de Gourmont French April 4, 1858 September 27, 1915
Reynolds Price American February 1, 1933
Richard Bach American June 23, 1936
Richard Dooling American 1954
Richard Powers American June 18, 1957
Richard Russo American July 15, 1949
Richard Wright American September 4, 1908 November 28, 1960
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