Jean Rhys
British novelist who was born and grew up in the Caribbean island of Dominica
novelist
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
Reynolds Price
American poet, novelist, dramatist, essayist and James B. Duke Professor of English at Duke University
Marcel Proust
French novelist, critic, and essayist who wrote the monumental novel In Search of Lost Time , originally published in French in seven volumes between 1913 and 1927. He is considered by critics and writers to be one of the most influential authors of the 20th century.
Philip Pullman
English author of high-selling books, including the fantasy trilogy His Dark Materials and a fictionalised biography of Jesus, The Good Man Jesus and the Scoundrel Christ
George Orwell
English novelist, essayist, journalist and critic
George Packer
US journalist, novelist, and playwright