Walter Scott

Walter Scott

male, deceased (1832)
Sir Walter Scott, 1st Baronet (15 August 1771 - 21 September 1832) was a prolific Scottish historical novelist and poet popular throughout Europe...
Bernard Cornwell

Bernard Cornwell

male, 65 years old (Massachusetts, United States)
Bernard Cornwell OBE (born February 23, 1944) is a prolific and popular English historical novelist. Bernard Cornwell was adopted by a family by...
Charles Dickens

Charles Dickens

male, deceased (1870)
Charles John Huffam Dickens FRSA (7 February 1812 – 9 June 1870), pen-name "Boz", was the foremost English novelist of the Victorian era, as well as...
Philippa Gregory

Philippa Gregory

female, 55 years old
Philippa Gregory (born 9 January, 1954) is a British novelist, mainly associated with the historical fiction genre.
Elena Maria Vidal

Elena Maria Vidal

female, 47 years old
Elena Maria Vidal (1962-) Catholic author, historian and lecturer on faith and history, living in State College, Pennsylvania. She is an author...
Mary Renault

Mary Renault

female, deceased (1983)
Mary Renault (pronounced Ren-olt) (4 September 1905 – 13 December 1983) born Mary Challans, was an English writer best known for her historical no...
George MacDonald Fraser

George MacDonald Fraser

male, 83 years old
George MacDonald Fraser, OBE (born 2 April, 1926 in Carlisle) is a British author of both historical novels and non-fiction books.
Georgette Heyer

Georgette Heyer

female, deceased (1974)
Georgette Heyer (16 August 1902 – 4 July 1974) was an English historical romance and detective fiction novelist.
Gore Vidal

Gore Vidal

male, 84 years old (West Point, New York, United States)
Eugene Luther Gore Vidal (born October 3 1925) (pronounced, occasionally, , etc) is an American author of novels, stage plays, screenplays, and...
Winston Churchill

Winston Churchill

male, deceased (1947)
Winston Churchill (November 10, 1871-March 12, 1947) was an American novelist.