british short story writers

Joseph Conrad

Polish-British writer regarded as one of the greatest novelists to write in the English language

Roald Dahl

British novelist, short-story writer, poet, screenwriter, and wartime fighter pilot

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.