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
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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
Karl Marx
German philosopher, critic of political economy, economist, historian, sociologist, political theorist, journalist and socialist revolutionary
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 .
Hugh Lofting
English author trained as a civil engineer, who created the classic children’s literature character of Doctor Dolittle
Malcolm Lowry
English poet and novelist who is best known for his 1947 novel Under the Volcano, which was voted No. 11 in the Modern Library 100 Best Novels list.