Stephen King
American author of horror, supernatural fiction, suspense, crime, science-fiction, and fantasy novels
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James Hogg
Scottish poet, novelist and essayist who wrote in both Scots and English
Victor Hugo
French poet, novelist, essayist, playwright, and dramatist of the Romantic movement
Shirley Jackson
American writer known primarily for her works of horror and mystery
Henry James
American-British author
Nathaniel Hawthorne
American novelist, dark romantic, and short story writer
Daphne du Maurier
English author and playwright
Wilkie Collins
English novelist and playwright known especially for The Woman in White , and for The Moonstone , which has been proposed as the first modern English detective novel
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
British writer and physician
Truman Capote
American novelist, screenwriter, playwright, and actor