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Margaret Atwood

Canadian poet, novelist, literary critic, essayist, teacher, environmental activist, and inventor

Edwin A. Abbott

English schoolmaster, theologian, and Anglican priest, best known as the author of the novella Flatland .

Chinua Achebe

Nigerian novelist, poet, and critic who is regarded as the dominant figure of modern African literature

Richard Adams

English novelist and writer of the books Watership Down, Maia, Shardik and The Plague Dogs

David Almond

British author who has written many novels for children and young adults from 1998, each one receiving critical acclaim

Eric Ambler

English author of thrillers, in particular spy novels, who introduced a new realism to the genre