20th-century english women writers

Virginia Woolf

English writer, considered one of the most important modernist 20th-century authors and a pioneer in the use of stream of consciousness as a narrative device

Sylvia Townsend Warner

English novelist, poet and musicologist, known for works such as Lolly Willowes, Whether a Dove or a Seagull, and After the Death of Don Juan.

Ruth Rendell

English author of thrillers and psychological murder mysteries.Rendell is best known for creating Chief Inspector Wexford

Beatrix Potter

English writer, illustrator, natural scientist and conservationist; she was best known for her children’s books featuring animals, such as The Tale of Peter Rabbit

Jessica Mitford

English author, one of the six aristocratic Mitford sisters noted for their sharply conflicting politics