L. Frank Baum
American author best known for his children’s books, particularly The Wonderful Wizard of Oz and its sequels
novelist
Diana Athill
British literary editor, novelist and memoirist who worked with some of the greatest writers of the 20th century at the London-based publishing company Andre Deutsch Ltd.
Margaret Atwood
Canadian poet, novelist, literary critic, essayist, teacher, environmental activist, and inventor
Jane Austen
English novelist known primarily for her six major novels, which interpret, critique and comment upon the British landed gentry at the end of the 18th century
Natalie Babbitt
American writer and illustrator of children’s books
Beryl Bainbridge
English writer from Liverpool
Nicholson Baker
American novelist and essayist
James Baldwin
American novelist, playwright, essayist, poet, and activist
J. G. Ballard
English novelist, short story writer, satirist, and essayist who first became associated with the New Wave of science fiction for his post-apocalyptic novels such as The Drowned World . In the late 1960s, he produced a variety of experimental short stories , such as those collected in the controversial The Atrocity Exhibition . In the mid-1970s, Ballard published several novels, among them the highly controversial Crash , a story about car crash fetishism, and High-Rise , a depiction of a luxury apartment building’s descent into violent chaos
Honore de Balzac
French novelist and playwright