Pat Barker
English writer and novelist
novelist
Julian Barnes
English writer
J. M. Barrie
Scottish novelist and playwright, best remembered as the creator of Peter Pan
John Barth
American writer who is best known for his postmodernist and metafictional fiction.
L. Frank Baum
American author best known for his children’s books, particularly The Wonderful Wizard of Oz and its sequels
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