Historical Novel

Historical Novel

male
A historical novel is a novel in which the story is set among historical events, or more generally, in which the time of the action predates the...
Diana Gabaldon

Diana Gabaldon

female, 57 years old
Diana Jean Gabaldon Watkins (b. January 11, 1952 in Arizona) is an American author of Mexican-American and English ancestry. Diana Gabaldon is her...
Georgette Heyer

Georgette Heyer

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

David Gemmell

male, deceased (2006)
David Andrew Gemmell (August 1, 1948-July 28, 2006) was a popular UK fantasy writer and occasional historical fictionalist.
Harry Turtledove

Harry Turtledove

male, 60 years old
Harry Norman Turtledove (born June 14 1949) is an American historian and prolific novelist who has written historical fiction, fantasy, and science...
Andre Norton

Andre Norton

female, deceased (2005)
Andre Alice Norton (February 17, 1912 - March 17, 2005), science fiction and fantasy author (with some works of historical fiction and contemporary...
John Jakes

John Jakes

male, 77 years old
John William Jakes (born on March 31, 1932) is a writer of fiction. Jakes first sold stories to pulp magazines while still in college in the early...
Conn Iggulden

Conn Iggulden

male, 38 years old
Conn Iggulden is a British author, who mainly writes historical fiction. In 2005, he released the fourth and final book in the best-selling...
Sharon Kay Penman

Sharon Kay Penman

female, 64 years old
Sharon Kay Penman (b. August 13, 1945 in New York) is an American author of historical fiction, of Anglo-Irish ancestry. Penman received her...
Elizabeth George Speare

Elizabeth George Speare

female, deceased (1994)
Elizabeth George Speare was an American children's author who won many awards for her historical fiction novels, including two Newbery Medals. She...