Rebecca West

Rebecca West

female, deceased (1983)
Women travel writer, Britishwomenwriter, George Watson's College, The Bookman, Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire, From London…Travel writer, British, Order of the British Empire, Modernist writer, Dames Commander of the Order of the British Empire
Dame Rebecca West, DBE (December 21, 1892-March 15, 1983), whose real name was Cicely (she later changed it to "Cicily") Isabel Fairfield, was a...
Karen Armstrong

Karen Armstrong

female, 65 years old
Modernism, fundamentalist religion, Britishwomenwriter, Religious writer, nun, modern culture…Non-fiction writer, British
Karen Armstrong (b. November 14 1944 in Wildmoor, Worcestershire, England) is an author who writes on Judaism, Christianity, Islam and Buddhism....
Susan Travers

Susan Travers

female, deceased (2003)
Marie Pierre Koenig, Britishwomenwriter, Royal Navy, Croix de guerre recipient, croix de guerre, General…British
Susan Travers (September 23, 1909 - December 18, 2003) was a British citizen and daughter of a Royal Navy admiral who, during World War II, was...
Helen Raynor

Helen Raynor

female, 37 years old
Britishwomenwriter, Women television writer, BBC One, Torchwood writer, Paines Plough, Trinity Hall…British, Television writer
Helen Raynor (born March 27 1972) is a British television and theatre writer and script editor. Since 2004 she has been one of the two script...
Ruth Prawer Jhabvala

Ruth Prawer Jhabvala

female, 82 years old
Britishwomenwriter, naturalized citizen of the United States, German women writer, Academy award-winning, English, collaboration…Order of the British Empire, British, Madame Sousatzka writer, Le Divorce writer, Surviving Picasso writer
Ruth Prawer Jhabvala, CBE (born May 7, 1927) is a Booker prize-winning novelist, short story writer, and two-time Academy Award-winning...
Susanna Rowson

Susanna Rowson

female, deceased (1824)
Britishwomenwriter, American women writer, From Portsmouth, Customs Officer, house arrest, american revolution…British
Susanna Rowson, née Haswell was a British-American novelist, poet, religious writer, stage actress and educator. Rowson was the author of the n...
Tanith Lee

Tanith Lee

female, 62 years old
Britishwomenwriter, Horror fiction, Blake's 7, The Dragon Hoard, The Birthgrave, Animal Castle…science fiction writer, British, fantasy writer, Horror writer, writer
Tanith Lee (born September 19, 1947) is a British writer of science fiction, horror and fantasy. She is the author of at least 54 novels and 188...
Amy Levy

Amy Levy

female, deceased (1889)
Britishwomenwriter, Women poet, Women novelist, Clementina Black, Xantippe and Other Verses, Newnham College, Cambridge…British
Amy Levy was a British poet and novelist. She was born in Clapham, London into a secular Jewish family. She was educated at Brighton High School,...
Rose MacAulay

Rose MacAulay

female, deceased (1958)
Britishwomenwriter, Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire, Trebizond, World War I, British, DBE…Order of the British Empire, writer, Dames Commander of the Order of the British Empire, Dame of the British Empire
Dame Emilie Rose Macaulay, DBE (1 August, 1881 - 30 October, 1958), affectionately known as Emilie (her actual first name), was an English...
Ruth Padel

Ruth Padel

female, 63 years old
Britishwomenwriter, Women poet, Zoological Society of London, Independent on Sunday, John Hunter, 52 Ways of Looking at a Poem…British, freelance poet and travel writer living in London, hailed as the 'sexiest voice in British poetry'
Ruth Sophia Padel (born 8 May 1946) is a British classical scholar, poet and journalist. She came to prominence with a poetry column in the London...