Karl Marx
German philosopher, critic of political economy, economist, historian, sociologist, political theorist, journalist and socialist revolutionary
british
Gavin Maxwell
British naturalist and author, best known for his non-fiction writing and his work with otters
Peter Mayle
British businessman turned author who moved to France in the 1980s. He wrote a series of bestselling memoirs of his life there, beginning with A Year in Provence .
Rose Macaulay
English writer, most noted for her award-winning novel The Towers of Trebizond, about a small Anglo-Catholic group crossing Turkey by camel
Compton Mackenzie
English-born Scottish writer of fiction, biography, histories and a memoir, as well as a cultural commentator, raconteur and lifelong Scottish nationalist
Bryan Magee
British philosopher, broadcaster, politician and author, best known for bringing philosophy to a popular audience.
Hilary Mantel
British writer whose work includes historical fiction, personal memoirs and short stories
Beryl Markham
English-born Kenyan aviator , adventurer, racehorse trainer and author
Doris Lessing
British-Zimbabwean novelist
Primo Levi
Italian Jewish chemist, partisan, Holocaust survivor and writer