List of historical novelists

This page provides a list of novelists who have written historical novels. Countries named are where they worked for longer periods. Alternative names appear before the dates.

A

  • Edwin Abbott (1838–1926, England)
  • Peter Ackroyd (born 1949, England)
  • Gil Adamson (born 1961, Canada)
  • Emma Adler (1858–1935, Austria)
  • Joan Aiken (1924–2004, England)
  • Lucy Aikin (1781–1864, England)
  • William Harrison Ainsworth (1805–1882, England)
  • Jan van Aken (born 1961, Netherlands)
  • Ismail Fatah Al Turk (1934 or 1938–2004, إسماعيل فتاح الترك, Iraq)
  • Leopoldo Alas (1852–1901, Spain)
  • Bruce Alexander (1932–2003, US)
  • Miriam Alexander (born 1879, England)
  • Joseph Alexander Altsheler (1862–1919, US)
  • Willibald Alexis (1798–1871, Germany)
  • Alexander Allardyce (1846–1896, Scotland)
  • Barbara Allen (1914–1986, England)
  • Isabel Allende (born 1942, Chile)
  • E. M. Almedingen (1898–1971, Russian E/England)
  • Joseph Alexander Altsheler (1862–1919, US)
  • Anurag Anand (born 1978, India)
  • Valerie Anand (born 1937, England)
  • Catherine Anderson (born 1948, US)
  • Poul Anderson (1926–2001, US)
  • Sam Angus (born 1967, England)
  • Evelyn Anthony (1926–2018, England)
  • Anna Apostolou (born 1946, England)
  • Sawako Ariyoshi (有吉佐和子, 1931–1984, Japan)
  • Rebecca Agatha Armour (1845–1891, Canada)
  • Jirō Asada (born 1951, Japan)
  • Makate Asai (朝井まかて, born 1959, Japan)
  • Matilde Asensi (born 1962, Spain)
  • Margaret Atwood (born 1939, Canada)
  • Jean M. Auel (born 1936, US)
  • Lynn Austin (born 1949, US)

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C


D

E

F

G

H

I

J

K

L

M

N

O

P

Q

  • John Quigley (1925–2021, Scotland)

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S

T

U

V

W

Y

Z

See also