P. D. James
English novelist and life peer
English novelist and life peer
American author of hard-boiled detective novels and short stories
English novelist and short-story writer, in both the regency romance and detective fiction genres
American novelist and short story writer widely known for her psychological thrillers, including her series of five novels featuring the character Tom Ripley
American writer
Australian writer and feminist who is best known for her novel My Brilliant Career, published by Blackwoods of Edinburgh in 1901. While she wrote throughout her life, her other major literary success, All That Swagger, was not published until 1936.
She was committed to the development of a uniquely Australian form of literature, and she actively pursued this goal by supporting writers, literary journals, and writers’ organisations
British writer and physician
American-British novelist and screenwriter
English writer, philosopher, lay theologian, and literary and art critic
English writer known for her 66 detective novels and 14 short story collections, particularly those revolving around fictional detectives Hercule Poirot and Miss Marple