Historical fiction writers

The list Historical fiction writers includes Kathleen Winsor, ZZ Packer, Jens Bjørneboe, Eva Ibbotson and Gillian Freeman. The list consists of 54 members and 5 sublists.

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Historical fiction

Fiction that is set in the past

Alternate history writers
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Historical novelists
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Historical fiction writers by nationality
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Writers of historical romances
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Writers of historical mysteries
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Kathleen Winsor

American writer

Overview: Kathleen Winsor (October 16, 1919 – May 26, 2003) was an American author. She is best known for her first work, the 1944 historical novel Forever Amber. The novel, racy for its time, became a runaway ...

Date of birth: 16 October 1919

Date of death: 26 May 2003

Age: 83 (age at death)

Nationality: American

Occupation: Writer

Gender: Female

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20th-century American women writers 5,363T

Writers from Berkeley, California 125T

20th-century American novelists 5,576T
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ZZ Packer

American writer

Overview: ZZ Packer (born January 12, 1973 Chicago, Illinois) is an American writer of short fiction. In 2006 the National Book Foundation named her a 5 under 35 honoree for Drinking Coffee Elsewhere.

Date of birth: 12 January 1973

Age: 51

Nationality: American

Occupation: Novelist

Gender: Female

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Pseudonymous women writers 644T

Novelists from Kentucky 89T

Novelists from Iowa 127T
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Eva Ibbotson

British children's writer

Overview: Eva Maria Charlotte Michelle Ibbotson (née Wiesner; born 21 January 1925 – 20 October 2010), was an Austrian-born British novelist, known for her children's books. Some of her novels for adults have been ...

Date of birth: 21 January 1925

Date of death: 20 October 2010

Age: 85 (age at death)

Nationality: British

Occupation: Novelist

Gender: Female

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Jewish emigrants from Austria to the United Kingdom after the Anschluss 116T

20th-century English women writers 690T

21st-century English women writers 392T
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Colm Toibin

Irish novelist and writer

Overview: Colm Tóibín (KAW-ləm toe-BEAN; born 30 May 1955) is an Irish novelist, short story writer, essayist, playwright, journalist, critic, and poet.

Date of birth: 30 May 1955

Age: 69

Nationality: Irish

Occupation: Journalist

Gender: Male

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Stonewall Book Award winners 63T

Irish male non-fiction writers 92T

21st-century Irish male writers 77T
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Guy Walters

British, Author

Overview: Guy Edward Barham Walters (born 8 August 1971) is a British author, historian, and journalist. He is the author and editor of nine books on the Second World War, including war thrillers, and a historical ...

Date of birth: 8 August 1971

Age: 53

Nationality: British

Occupation: Author

Gender: Male

Partner: Annabel Venning (Married)

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21st-century British historians 210T

English male novelists 1,153T

21st-century English novelists 714T
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Allison Pataki

American author

Overview: Allison Pataki (born in 1984) is an American author and journalist. Her five historical novels are The Traitor's Wife: The Woman Behind Benedict Arnold and the Plan to Betray America, The Accidental E ...

Date of birth: 1984

Age: 40

Nationality: American

Occupation: Novelist

Gender: Female

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21st-century American women writers 4,233T

21st-century American novelists 4,598T

American women novelists 3,461T
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Marie-Elena John

Caribbean writer

Overview: Marie-Elena John (born 1963) is a Caribbean writer whose first novel, Unburnable, was published in 2006.

Date of birth: 1963

Age: 61

Occupation: Writer

Gender: Female

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Antigua and Barbuda novelists 1T

Antigua and Barbuda people of African descent 5T

Novels about slavery 75T
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Debra A. Kemp

American writer

Overview: Debra A. Kemp (March 7, 1957 – February 8, 2015) was an American author.

Date of birth: 7 March 1957

Date of death: 8 February 2015

Age: 57 (age at death)

Nationality: American

Occupation: Novelist

Gender: Female

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Novelists from Indiana 102T

21st-century American women writers 4,233T

20th-century American women writers 5,363T
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Geoffrey Girard

Fiction author

Overview: Geoffrey Girard is an author of nonfiction, thrillers, historicals, and speculative fiction.

Date of birth: 26 December 1967

Age: 56

Nationality: American

Occupation: Writer

Gender: Male

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21st-century American male writers 3,233T

German historical fiction writers 3T

American historical fiction writers 13T
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Evelyn Everett-Green

English writer

Overview: Evelyn Ward Everett-Green (17 November 1856 in London – 23 April 1932 in Funchal) was an English novelist who started with improving, pious stories for children, moved on to historical fiction for older ...

Date of birth: 17 November 1856

Date of death: 23 April 1932

Age: 75 (age at death)

Nationality: British

Occupation: Novelist

Gender: Female

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20th-century English women writers 690T

Pseudonymous women writers 644T

20th-century British women writers 1,321T
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Gheorghe Asachi

Romanian polymath

Overview: Gheorghe Asachi (surname also spelled Asaki; 1 March 1788 – 12 November 1869) was a Moldavian, later Romanian prose writer, poet, painter, historian, dramatist and translator. An Enlightenment-educated ...

Date of birth: 1 March 1788

Date of death: 12 November 1869

Age: 81 (age at death)

Nationality: Romanian

Occupation: Architect

Gender: Male

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19th-century lithographers 28T

19th-century Romanian dramatists and playwrights 32T

19th-century Romanian historians 39T
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Jens Bjørneboe

Norwegian writer

Overview: Jens Ingvald Bjørneboe (9 October 1920 – 9 May 1976) was a Norwegian writer whose work spanned a number of literary formats. He was also a painter and a Waldorf school teacher. Bjørneboe was a harsh and ...

Date of birth: 9 October 1920

Date of death: 9 May 1976

Age: 55 (age at death)

Nationality: Norwegian

Occupation: Educator

Gender: Male

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1976 suicides 21T

Norwegian male painters 224T

Norwegian male dramatists and playwrights 76T
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Persia Woolley

Writer

Overview: Persia Woolley (November 8, 1935 – October 3, 2017) was an American author, perhaps best known for her Guinevere trilogy. She also has written a number of works on writing, such as How to Write and ...

Date of birth: 8 November 1935

Date of death: 3 October 2017

Age: 81 (age at death)

Nationality: American

Occupation: Novelist

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People from Auburn, California 42T

2017 deaths 9,371T

20th-century American novelists 5,576T
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Gillian Freeman

British writer

Overview: Gillian Freeman (5 December 1929 – 23 February 2019) was an English writer. Her first book, The Liberty Man, appeared while she was working as a secretary to the novelist Louis Golding. Her fictional diary ...

Date of birth: 5 December 1929

Date of death: 23 February 2019

Age: 89 (age at death)

Nationality: British

Occupation: Writer

Gender: Female

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2019 deaths 9,204T

2019 deaths 6,613T

Pseudonymous women writers 644T
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Nigel Tranter

writer

Overview: Nigel Tranter OBE (23 November 1909 – 9 January 2000) was an author who wrote a wide range of books on castles, particularly on themes of architecture and history. He also specialised in deeply researched ...

Date of birth: 23 November 1909

Date of death: 9 January 2000

Age: 90 (age at death)

Nationality: Scottish

Occupation: Writer

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Castellologists 14T

20th-century Scottish writers 180T

20th-century British novelists 1,004T
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Echo Heron

American, Writer

Overview: Echo Heron, born Echo Ruah Salato in Troy, New York is an author of fiction, non-fiction, mysteries and historical fiction. She is also a critical care registered nurse and an activist for patients' and ...

Nationality: American

Occupation: Writer

Gender: Female

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Women medical writers 58T

American women nurses 573T

Year of birth missing (living people) 37,022T
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Carolly Erickson

novelist

Overview: Carolly Erickson (born January 1, 1943) is an American author of historical fiction and non-fiction. She lives in Hawaii. In 2008, her book The Tsarina's Daughter won the RT Reader's Choice Award for ...

Date of birth: 1943

Age: 81

Nationality: American

Occupation: Novelist

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American historical fiction writers 13T

Women historical novelists 334T

Writers of historical fiction set in the early modern period 159T
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Jennifer Donnelly

American writer

Overview: Jennifer Donnelly (born August 16, 1963) is an American writer of young adult fiction best known for the historical novel A Northern Light.

Date of birth: 16 August 1963

Age: 61

Nationality: American

Occupation: Writer

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People from Port Chester, New York 73T

Carnegie Medal in Literature winners 72T

People from Lewis County, New York 40T
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Maryse Condé

Guadeloupean writer

Overview: Maryse Condé (née Boucolon; 11 February 1934 – 2 April 2024) was a French novelist, critic, and playwright from the French Overseas department and region of Guadeloupe. Condé was best known for her novel ...

Date of birth: 11 February 1937

Date of death: 2 April 2024

Age: 87 (age at death)

Nationality: French

Occupation: Writer

Gender: Female

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Guadeloupean novelists 5T

Guadeloupean women writers 6T

Guadeloupean writers 10T
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Mika Waltari

Finnish writer

Overview: Mika Toimi Waltari (pronunciation ) (19 September 1908 – 26 August 1979) was a Finnish writer, best known for his best-selling novel The Egyptian (Finnish: Sinuhe egyptiläinen). He was extremely productive ...

Date of birth: 19 September 1908

Date of death: 26 August 1979

Age: 70 (age at death)

Nationality: Finnish

Occupation: Journalist

Gender: Male

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Finnish male novelists 29T

Mika Waltari 1T

20th-century Finnish novelists 59T