20th-century british women writers

Rebecca West

British author, journalist, literary critic, and travel writer

Elizabeth von Arnim

Set in Germany

Josephine Tey

Pseudonym used by Elizabeth MacKintosh , a Scottish author

Muriel Spark

Scottish novelist, short story writer, poet and essayist.

Gwen Raverat

English wood engraver who was a founder member of the Society of Wood Engravers

Jean Rhys

British novelist who was born and grew up in the Caribbean island of Dominica

Dorothy Dunnett

Scottish novelist best known for her historical fiction

Julia Blackburn

British author of both fiction and non-fiction

Elizabeth Bowen

Irish – British novelist and short story writer notable for her books about the “big house” of Irish landed Protestants as well her fiction about life in wartime London.

Diana Athill

British literary editor, novelist and memoirist who worked with some of the greatest writers of the 20th century at the London-based publishing company Andre Deutsch Ltd.