Who's Who of Twentieth Century Novelists

Abbas, Ahmad (1914–1987)

Abe, Kobe (1924–1993)

Abish, Walter (1931–)

Abrahams, Peter (1919–)

Achebe, Chinua (1930–)

Acker, Kathy (1948–1997)

Ackroyd, Peter (1949–)

Acosta, Oscar (1935–1974?)

Adair, Gilbert (1944–)

Adams, Alice (1926–1999)

Adams, Douglas (1952–)

Adams, Richard (1920–)

Agee, James (1909–1955)

Agnon, S.Y. (1888–1970)

Aidoo, Ama Ata (1942–)

Aiken, Joan (1924–)

Alain-Fournier (1885–1914)

Aldington, Richard (1892–1962)

Aldiss, Brian W. (1925–)

Aldridge, James (1918–)

Aleichem, Sholom (1859–1916)

Alexie, Sherman (1966–)

Algren, Nelson (1909–1981)

Ali, Ahmed (1910–1994)

Allen, Paula Gunn (1939–)

Allende, Isabel (1942–)

Allingham, Margery (1904–1966)

Alther, Lisa (1944–)

Aluko, T.M. (1918–)

Amadi, Elechi (1934–)

Amado, Jorge (1912–)

Ambler, Eric (1909-1998)

Amis, Kingsley (1922–1995)

Amis, Martin (1949–)

Anand, Mulk Raj (1905–)

Anaya, Rudolfo A. (1937–)

Anderson, Barbara (1926–)

Anderson, Jessica (1923–)

Anderson, Sherwood (1876–1941)

Andrić, Ivo (1892–1975)

Angelou, Maya (1928–)

Anthony, Michael (1930–)

Anzaldúa, Gloria (1942–)

Aragon, Louis (1897–1982)

Archer, Jeffrey (1940–)

Arenas, Reinaldo (1943–1990)

Armah, Ayi Kwei (1939–)

Asimov, Isaac (1920–1992)

Astley, Thea (1925–)

Asturias, Miguel Ángel (1899–1974)

Atwood, Margaret (1939–)

Auchincloss, Louis (1917–)

Auster, Paul (1947–)

Awoonor, Kofi (1935–)

Ayala, Francisco (1906–)

Aymé, Marcel (1902–1967)

Bâ, Mariama (1929–1981)

Bagley, Desmond (1923–1983)

Bail, Murray (1941–)

Bainbridge, Beryl (1933–)

Ba Jin (1904–)

Baker, Nicholson (1957–)

Baldwin, James (1924–1987)

Ballard, J.G. (1930–)

Bambara, Toni Cade (1931–1995)

Banks, Iain M. (1954–)

Banks, Lynne Reid (1929–)

Banks, Russell (1940–)

Banville, John (1945–)

Barfoot, Joan (1946–)

Barker, A.L. (1918–)

Barker, Pat (1943–)

Barnes, Djuna (1892–1982)

Barnes, Julian (1946–)

Barstow, Stan (1928–)

Barth, John (1930–)

Barthelme, Donald (1931–1989)

Barthelme, Frederick (1943–)

Bassani, Giorgio (1916–2000)

Bates, H.E. (1905–1974)

Bawden, Nina (1925–)

Bear, Greg (1951–)

Beauvoir, Simone de (1908–1986)

Beckett, Samuel (1906–1989)

Bell, Madison Smartt (1957–)

Bellow, Saul (1915–)

Bely, Andrei (1880–1934)

Bennett, Arnold (1867–1931)

Berger, John (1926–)

Berger, Thomas (1924–)

Bernhard, Thomas (1931–1989)

Billing, Graham (1936–)

Billington, Rachel (1942–)

Binchy, Maeve (1940–)

Bissoondath, Neil (1955–)

Blixen, Karen (1885–1962)

Blythe, Ronald (1922–)

Bolger, Dermot (1959–)

Böll, Heinrich (1917–1985)

Borges, Jorge Luis (1899–1986)

Bosman, Herman Charles (1905–1951)

Bowen, Elizabeth (1899–1973)

Bowen, John (1924–)

Bowles, Jane (1917–1973)

Bowles, Paul (1910–1986)

Boyd, Martin (1893–1972)

Boyd, William (1952–)

Boyle, T. Coraghessan (1948–)

Bradbury, Malcolm (1932–2000)

Bradbury, Ray (1920–)

Bradford, Barbara Taylor (1933–)

Bragg, Melvyn (1939–)

Braine, John (1922–1986)

Brautigan, Richard (1935–1984)

Brink, André (1935–)

Broch, Hermann (1886–1951)

Brodkey, Harold (1930–1996)

Brooke-Rose, Christine (1926–)

Brookner, Anita (1928–)

Brophy, Brigid (1929–1995)

Brown, George Mackay (1921–1996)

Buchan, John (1875–1940)

Buck, Pearl S. (1892–1973)

Bulgakov, Mikhail (1891–1940)

Burgess, Anthony (1917–1993)

Burke, James Lee (1936–)

Burroughs, Edgar Rice (1875–1950)

Burroughs, William S. (1914–1997)

Butler, Octavia E. (1947–)

Butler, Robert Olen (1945–)

Butor, Michel (1926–)

Byatt, A.S. (1936–)

Cabrera Infante, G. (1929–)

Cain, James M. (1892–1977)

Caldwell, Erskine (1903–1987)

Callaghan, Morley (1903–1990)

Callow, Philip Kenneth (1924–)

Calvino, Italo (1923–1985)

Camus, Albert (1913–1960)

Capek, Karel (1890–1938)

Capote, Truman (1924–1984)

Cardinal, Marie (1929–)

Carew, Jan (1925–)

Carey, Peter (1943–)

Carpentier, Alejo (1904–1980)

Carter, Angela (1940–1992)

Cartland, Barbara (1901–2000)

Carver, Raymond (1938–1988)

Cary, Joyce (1888–1957)

Cassola, Carlo (1917–1987)

Castillo, Ana (1953–)

Cather, Willa (1873–1947)

Caute, David (1936–)

Cela, Camilo José (1916–)

Céline, Louis-Ferdinand (1894–1961)

Cendrars, Blaise (1887–1961)

Chamoiseau, Patrick (1953–)

Chandler, Raymond (1888–1959)

Charteris, Leslie (1907–1993)

Chase, James Hadley (1906–1985)

Chatwin, Bruce (1940–1989)

Cheever, John (1912–1982)

Chesterton, G.K. (1874–1936)

Ch'ien, Chung-Shu (1910–)

Chinodya, Shimmer (1957–)

Christie, Agatha (1891–1976)

Cisneros, Sandra (1954–)

Clancy, Jr. Tom (1947–)

Clarke, Arthur C. (1917–)

Clarke, Austin C. (1934–)

Clavell, James (1925–1994)

Cleary, Jon (1917–)

Cloete, Stuart (1897–1976)

Cocteau, Jean (1889–1963)

Coe, Jonathan (1961–)

Coetzee, J.M. (1940–)

Cohen, Leonard (1934–)

Colegate, Isabel (1931–)

Colette (1873–1954)

Collins, Jackie (1941–)

Collins, Merle (1955–)

Compton-Burnett, Ivy (1884–1969)

Condon, Richard (1915–1996)

Conrad, Joseph (1857–1924)

Conran, Shirley (1932–)

Conroy, Frank (1936–)

Conroy, Pat (1945–)

Cookson, Catherine (1906–1998)

Cooper, Jilly (1937–)

Coover, Robert (1932–)

Cope, Jack (1913–1991)

Cornwell, Bernard (1944–)

Cortázar, Julio (1914–1984)

Coupland, Douglas (1961–)

Cozzens, James Gould (1903–1978)

Crace, Jim (1946–)

Crichton, Michael (1942–)

Cronin, A.J. (1896–1981)

Cross, Amanda (1926–)

Crowley, John (1942–)

Cussler, Clive (1931–)

Danticat, Edwidge (1969–)

Dark, Eleanor (1901–1985)

De Bernières, Louis (1954–)

De Botton, Alain (1969–)

De La Roche, Mazo (1879–1961)

De Vries, Peter (1910–1993)

Deighton, Len (1929–)

Delafield, E.M. (1890–1943)

Delany, Samuel R. (1942–)

Delderfield, R.F. (1912–1972)

Deledda, Grazia (1875?–1936)

Delibes Setien, Miguel (1920–)

DeLillo Don, (1936–)

Desai, Anita (1937–)

Desani, G.V. (1909–)

Deshpande, Shashi (1938–)

Dexter, Pete (1943–)

Dick, Philip K. (1928–1982)

Dickens, Monica (1915–1992)

Didion, Joan (1934–)

Disch, Thomas M. (1940–)

Diski, Jenny (1947–)

Döblin, Alfred (1878–1957)

Doctorow, E.L. (1931–)

Dodge, Jim (1945–)

Donaldson, Stephen R. (1947–)

Donleavy, J.P. (1926–)

Donoso, José (1924–1996)

Doolittle, Hilda (1886–1961)

Dorfman, Ariel (1942–)

Dos Passos, John (1896–1970)

Douglas, Ellen (1921–)

Doyle, Arthur Conan (1859–1930)

Doyle, Roddy (195 8–)

Drabble, Margaret (1939–)

Dreiser, Theodore (1871–1945)

Du Maurier, Daphne (1907–1989)

Duckworth, Marilyn (1935–)

Duff Alan (1950–)

Duffy, Maureen (1933–)

Duhamel, Georges (1884–1966)

Dunmore, Helen (1952–)

Dunne, John Gregory (1932–)

Dunnett, Dorothy (1923–)

Duras, Marguerite (1914–1996)

Durrell, Lawrence (1912–1990)

Dutton, Geoffrey (1922–)

Eastlake, William (1917–1997)

Eco, Umberto (1932–)

Ekwensi, Cyprian (1921–)

Elkin, Stanley (1930–1995)

Elliott, Janice (1931–)

Ellis, Alice Thomas (1932–)

Ellis, Bret Easton (1964–)

Ellison, Harlan (1934–)

Ellison, Ralph (1914–1994)

Ellroy, James (1948–)

Emecheta, Buchi (1944–)

Engel, Marian (1933–1985)

Erdrich, Louise (1954–)

Erickson, Steve (1950–)

Esquivel, Laura (1950–)

Evans, Caradoc (1878–1945)

Fairbairns, Zoë (1948–)

Fante, John (1911–1983)

Farah, Nuruddin (1945–)

Farmer, Beverley (1941–)

Farrell, J.G. (1935–1979)

Farrell, James T. (1904–1979)

Fast, Howard M. (1914–)

Faulkner, William (1897–1962)

Faulks, Sebastian (1953–)

Federman, Raymond (1928–)

Feinstein, Elaine (1930–)

Fell, Alison (1944–)

Ferber, Edna (1887–1968)

Findley, Timothy (1930–)

Finlayson, Roderick (1904–1992)

Firbank, Ronald (1886–1926)

Fitzgerald, F. Scott (1896–1940)

Fitzgerald, Penelope (1916–2000)

Flanagan, Mary (1943–)

Fleming, Ian (1908–1964)

Ford, Ford Madox (1873–1939)

Ford, Richard (1944–)

Forester, C.S. (1899–1966)

Forster, E.(dward) M.(organ) (1879–1970)

Foster, David (1944–)

Fowles, John (1926–)

Frame, Janet (1924–)

France, Anatole (1844–1924)

Frank, Waldo (1889–1967)

Franklin, Miles (1879–1954)

Fraser, George MacDonald (1925–)

Freeling, Nicholas (1927–)

French, Marilyn (1929–)

Freud, Esther (1963–)

Fuentes, Carlos (1928–)

Fuller, John (1937–)

Furst, Alan (1941–)

Gadda, Carlo Emilio (1893–1973)

Gaddis, William (1922–1998)

Gaines, Ernest J. (1933–)

Gaite, Carmen Martín (1925–)

Gaitskill, Mary (1954–)

Gale, Patrick (1962–)

Gallant, Mavis (1922–)

Galloway, Janice (1956–)

Galsworthy, John (1867–1933)

Gardner, Erle Stanley (1889–1970)

Garner, Helen (1942–)

Garner, Hugh (1913–1979)

Gass, William H. (1924–)

Gee, Maggie (1948–)

Gee, Maurice (1931–)

Gellhorn, Martha (1908–1998)

Genet, Jean (1910–1986)

Ghose, Zulfikar (1935–)

Ghosh, Amitav (1956–)

Gibbon, Lewis Grassic (1901–1935)

Gibbons, Stella (1902–1989)

Gibson, Graeme (1934–)

Gibson, William (1948–)

Gide, André (1869–1951)

Gilchrist, Ellen (1935–)

Gilman, Charlotte Perkins (1860–1935)

Ginzberg, Natalia (1916–1991)

Giraudoux, Jean (1882–1944)

Glaspell, Susan Keating (1876–1948)

Gold, Michael (1893–1967)

Golding, William (1911–1993)

Gombrowicz, Witold (1904–1969)

Gordimer, Nadine (1923–)

Gordon, Mary (1949–)

Gorky, Maxim (1868–1936)

Goudge, Elizabeth (1900–1984)

Goytisolo, Juan (1931–)

Grace, Patricia (1937–)

Graham, Winston (1909–)

Grass, Günter (1927–)

Graves, Robert (1895–1985)

Gray, Alisdair (1934–)

Green, Henry (1905–1973)

Greene, Graham (1904–1991)

Greenwood, Walter (1903–1974)

Grey, Zane (1872–1939)

Grisham, John (1955–)

Guterson, David (1956–)

Hagedorn, Jessica T. (1949–)

Haley, Alex (1921–1992)

Hall, Radclyffe (1886–1943)

Hall, Rodney (1935–)

Hammett, Dashiell (1894–1961)

Hamsun, Knut (1859–1952)

Hanrahan, Barbara (1939–1991)

Hardy, Frank (1917–1994)

Harris, Wilson (1921–)

Harrison, Jim (1937–)

Hartley, L.P. (1895–1972)

Hasek, Jaroslav (1883–1923)

Hasluck, Nicholas (1942–)

Hau'ofa, Epeli (1939–)

Hawkes, John (1925–1998)

Head, Bessie (1937–1986)

Hearne, John (1926–)

Heath, Roy A.K. (1926–)

Heinesen, William (1900–1991)

Heinlein, Robert A. (1907–1988)

Heller, Joseph (1923–)

Helprin, Mark (1947–)

Helwig, David (1938–)

Hemingway, Ernest (1899–1961)

Henry, O. (1862–1910)

Herbert, Frank (1920–1986)

Herbert, James (1943–)

Herbert, Xavier (1901–1984)

Herbst, Josephine (1892–1969)

Herriot, James (1916–1995)

Hesse, Hermann (1877–1962)

Heyer, Georgette (1902–1974)

Heym, Stefan (1913–)

Hiaasen, Carl (1953–)

Higgins, Aidan (1927–)

Higgins, George V. (1939–1999)

Highsmith, Patricia (1921–1995)

Hijuelos, Oscar (1951–)

Hill, Susan (1942–)

Hillerman, Tony (1925–)

Hilliard, Noel (1929–)

Himes, Chester (1909–1984)

Hines, Barry (1939–)

Hoban, Russell (1925–)

Hodgins, Jack (1938–)

Høeg, Peter (1957–)

Hoffman, Alice (1952–)

Hogan, Desmond (1950–)

Hollinghurst, Alan (1954–)

Hood, Hugh (1928–)

Hope, Christopher (1944–)

Hornby, Nick (1957–)

Hospital, Janette Turner (1942–)

Howard, Elizabeth Jane (1923–)

Hoyle, Fred (1915–)

Hughes, David (1930–)

Hughes, Langston (1902–1967)

Hulme, Keri (1947–)

Humphreys, Emyr Owen (1919–)

Hurston, Zora Neale (1903–1960)

Huxley, Aldous (1894–1963)

Ibuse, Masuji (1898–1898)

Ihimaera, Witi (1944–)

Ireland, David (1927–)

Iroh, Eddie (1946–)

Irving, John (1942–)

Isherwood, Christopher (1904–1904)

Ishiguro, Kazuo (1954–)

Iyayi, Festus (1947–)

Jacobson, Dan (1929–)

Jacobson, Howard (1942–)

James, P.D. (1920–)

Janowitz, Tama (1957–)

Jen, Gish (1956–)

Jhabvala, Ruth Prawer (1927–)

Johnson, B.S. (1933–1933)

Johnson, Charles R. (1948–)

Johnson, Eyvind (1900–1900)

Johnston, Jennifer (1930–)

Jolley, Elizabeth (1923–)

Jones, Gayl (1949–)

Jones, Glyn (1905–1905)

Jones, Gwyn (1907–1907)

Jong, Erica (1942–)

Jose, F. Sionil (1924–)

Joshi, Arun (1939–)

Joyce, James (1882–1882)

Jünger, Ernst (1895–1895)

Kadare, Ismail (1936–)

Kadohata, Cynthia (1956–)

Kafka, Franz (1883–1883)

Katz, Steve (1935–)

Kawabata, Yasunari (1899–1899)

Kazantzákis, Nikos (1883–1883)

Keane, Molly (1904–1904)

Keillor, Garrison (1942–)

Kelman, James (1946–)

Kemal, Yaşar (Yaşar Kemal Gokceli) (1922–)

Keneally, Thomas (1935–)

Kennedy, A.L. (1965–)

Kennedy, William (1928–)

Kerouac, Jack (1922–1922)

Kesey, Ken (1935–)

Kiely, Benedict (1919–)

Kincaid, Jamaica (1949–)

King, Stephen (1947–)

Kingsolver, Barbara (1955–)

Kingston, Maxine Hong (1940–)

Kinsella, W.P. (1935–)

Kipling, Rudyard (1865–1865)

Kiš, Danilo (1935–1935)

Kittredge, William (1932–)

Klíma, Ivan (1931–)

Koch, C.J. (1932–)

Koestler, Arthur (1905–1905)

Konwicki, Tadeusz (1926–)

Koontz, Dean R. (1945–)

Kosinski, Jerzy (1933–1933)

Kotzwinkle, William (1938–)

Krantz, Judith (1927–)

Kroetsch, Robert (1927–)

Kundera, Milan (1929–)

Kureishi, Hanif (1954–)

La Guma, Alex (1925–1925)

Lagerkvist, Pär (1891–1891)

Lamming, George (1927–)

L'Amour, Louis (1908–1908)

Lampedusa, Giuseppe di (1896–1896)

Lardner, Ring W. (1885–1885)

Laski, Marganhita (1915–1915)

Laurence, Margaret (1926–1926)

Lavin, Mary (1912–)

Lawrence, D.H. (1885–1885)

Laxness, Halldór (1902–1902)

Le Carré, John (1931–)

Le Guin, Ursula K. (1929–)

Le Sueur, Meridel (1900–)

Lee, Harper (1926–)

Lee, Laurie (1914–1914)

Lehmann, Rosamond (1901–1901)

Lem, Stanislaw (1921–)

Lenz, Siegfried (1926–)

Leonard, Elmore (1925–)

Lessing, Doris (1919–)

Lette, Kathy (1958–)

Levi, Primo (1919–1919)

Levine, Norman (1923–)

Lewis, Sinclair (1885–1885)

Lewis, Wyndham (1882?–1957)

Lispector, Clarice (1920–1920)

Lively, Penelope (1933–)

Lodge, David (1935–)

Lo-Johansson, Ivar (1901–1901)

London, Jack (1876–1876)

Lovelace, Earl (1935–)

Lowry, Malcolm (1909–1909)

Ludlum, Robert (1927–)

Lurie, Alison (1926–)

McCarthy, Cormac (1933–)

McCarthy, Mary (1912–1912)

McCullers, Carson (1917–1917)

McCullough, Colleen (1937–)

McElroy, Joseph (1930–)

McEwan, Ian (1948–)

McGahern, John (1934–)

McGrath, Patrick (1950–)

McGuane, Thomas (1939–)

McIlvanney, William (1936–)

McInerney, Jay (1955–)

Mackay, Shena (1944–)

MacLennan, Hugh (1907–1907)

McMillan, Terry (1951–)

McMurtry, Larry (1936–)

Māhfuz, Naguīb (1911–)

Mailer, Norman (1923–)

Maitland, Sara (1950–)

Major, Clarence (1936–)

Malamud, Bernard (1914–1914)

Mallet-Joris, Françoise (1930–)

Malouf, David (1934–)

Malraux, André (1901–1901)

Mann, Heinrich (1871–1871)

Mann, Thomas (1875–1875)

Manning, Olivia (1908–1908)

Mansfield, Katherine (1888–1888)

Maraini, Dacia (1936–)

Marechera, Dambudzo (1952–1952)

Marías, Javier (1951–)

Markandaya, Kamala (1924–)

Márquez, Gabriel García (1928–)

Marsh, Ngaio (1895–1895)

Marshall, Paule (1929–)

Martinson, Harry (1904–1904)

Mason, Anita (1942–)

Mason, Bobbie Ann (1940–)

Massie, Allan (1938–)

Masters, John (1914–1914)

Matthiessen, Peter (1927–)

Matute, Ana María (1926–)

Maugham, W. Somerset (1874–1874)

Maupin, Armistead (1944–)

Mauriac, François (1885–1885)

Michener, James A. (1907–1907)

Miller, Henry (1891–1891)

Millin, Sarah Gertrude (1889–1889)

Mishima, Yukio (1925–1925)

Mistry, Rohinton (1952–)

Mitchell, Margaret (1900–1900)

Mitchell, W.O. (1914–1914)

Mitchison, Naomi (1897–1897)

Mo, Timothy (1950–)

Momaday, N. Scott (1934–)

Monsarrat, Nicholas (1910–1910)

Montgomery, L.M. (1874–1874)

Montherlant, Henry de (1896–1896)

Moore, Brian (1921–)

Moorhouse, Frank (1938–)

Moravia, Alberto (1907–1907)

Morris, Wright (1910–1910)

Morrison, Toni (1931–)

Mortimer, John (1923–)

Mortimer, Penelope (1918–1918)

Mphahlele, Ezekiel (later Es'kia) (1919–)

Mukherjee, Bharati (1940–)

Mungoshi, Charles (1947–)

Munro, Alice (1931–)

Murakami, Haruki (1949–)

Murdoch, Iris (1919–1919)

Murnane, Gerald (1939–)

Musil, Robert (1880–1880)

Mwangi, Meja (1948–)

Mzamane, Mbulelo (1948–)

Nabokov, Vladimir (1899–1977)

Nahal, Chaman (1927–)

Naipaul, Shiva (1945–1985)

Naipaul, V.S. (1932–)

Narayan, R.K. (1906–)

Narogin, Mudrooroo (1939–)

Naylor, Gloria (1950–)

Ngũgĩ, wa Thiong'o (1938–)

Nin, Anaïs (1903–1977)

Niven, Larry (1938–)

Nkosi, Lewis (1936–)

Nobbs, David (1935–)

Nwapa, Flora (1931–)

Oates, Joyce Carol (1938–)

O'Brien, Edna (1936–)

O'Brien, Flann (1911–1966)

O'Brien, Tim (1946–)

O'Connor, Flannery (1925–1964)

Oë, Kenzaburo (1935–)

O'Faolain, Sean (1900–1991)

O'Flaherty, Liam (1896–1984)

O'Hara, John (1905–1970)

Okri, Ben (1959–)

Olsen, Tillie (1913–)

Omotoso, Kole (1943–)

Ondaatje, Michael (1943–)

Onetti, Juan Carlos (1909–1994)

O'Rourke, P.J. (1947–)

Orwell, George (1903–1950)

Ousmane, Sembène (1923–)

Oz, Amos (1939–)

Ozick, Cynthia (1928–)

Pagnol, Marcel (1895–1974)

Paley, Grace (1922–)

Parker, Dorothy (1893–1967)

Pasternak, Boris (1890–1960)

Paton, Alan (1903–1988)

Patterson, Glenn (1961–)

Pavese, Cesar (1908–1950)

Peake, Mervyn (1911–1968)

Percy, Walker (1916–1990)

Perec, Georges (1936–1982)

Petry, Ann (1911–1997)

Phillips, Caryl (1958–)

Phillips, Jayne Anne (1952–)

Piercy, Marge (1936–)

Pieyre de Mandiargues, André (1909–1991)

Pinget, Robert (1919–1997)

Pirandello, Luigi (1867–1936)

Pirsig, Robert M. (1928–)

Pohl, Frederik (1919–)

Potok, Chaim (1929–)

Powell, Anthony (1905–2000)

Powys, John Cowper (1872–1963)

Powys, Llewellyn (1884–1939)

Powys, T.F. (1875–1953)

Price, Reynolds (1933–)