Ayn Rand
Russian-American writer and philosopher
novelist
Miss Read
English novelist, by profession a schoolmistress
Ishmael Reed
American poet, novelist, essayist, songwriter, playwright, editor and publisher known for his satirical works challenging American political culture
Erich Maria Remarque
German novelist
Ruth Rendell
English author of thrillers and psychological murder mysteries.Rendell is best known for creating Chief Inspector Wexford
Jean Rhys
British novelist who was born and grew up in the Caribbean island of Dominica
Dawn Powell
Award-winning novelist, playwright, screenwriter, and short story writer
Anne Rice
American author of gothic fiction, erotic literature, and Christian literature
John Cowper Powys
English philosopher, lecturer, novelist, critic and poet born in Shirley, Derbyshire, where his father was vicar of the parish church in 18711879. Powys appeared with a volume of verse in 1896 and a first novel in 1915, but gained success only with his novel Wolf Solent in 1929. He has been seen as a successor to Thomas Hardy, and Wolf Solent, A Glastonbury Romance , Weymouth Sands , and Maiden Castle have been called his Wessex novels
Rainer Maria Rilke
Austrian poet and novelist