english horror writers

John Wyndham

English science fiction writer best known for his works published under the pen name John Wyndham, although he also used other combinations of his names, such as John Beynon and Lucas Parkes

Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley

English novelist who wrote the Gothic novel Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus , which is considered an early example of science fiction

M. R. James

English author, medievalist scholar and provost of King’s College, Cambridge , and of Eton College . He was Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cambridge .
James’s work as a medievalist and scholar is still highly regarded, but he is best remembered for his ghost stories, which some consider among the best in the genre