20th-century British novelists

Joanne Rowling, better known by her pen name J. K. Rowling, is a British author, philanthropist, producer, and screenwriter. She is best known for writing Harry Potter, a seven-volume series about a young wizard. Published from 1997 to 2007, the fantasy novels are the best-selling book series in history, with over 600 million copies sold. They have been translated into 84 languages and have spawned a global media franchise including films and video games. She writes Cormoran Strike, an ongoing crime fiction series, under the alias Robert Galbraith.

British writer, lay theologian, and scholar (1898–1963)

Indian-born British-American novelist (born 1947)

British novelist (born 1954)

Trinidadian-British writer (1932–2018)

British writer and poet (1916–1990)

British doctor, Nobel laureate, writer, and artist (1857–1932)

Irish-born British writer and philosopher (1919–1999)

Welsh poet and writer (1914–1953)

Hungarian-British author and journalist (1905–1983)

British writer, journalist, literary critic, and feminist (1892-1983)

British novelist

British science fiction writer (1925–2017)

British novelist (1890–1979)

British writer and musician (1864–1960)

Anglo-Irish novelist and diarist (1899–1973)

Hungarian-born British novelist and playwright (1865-1947)

Italian–English writer (1875–1950)

British author and academic (1959-)

Welsh scholar, author, and Marxist literary critic (1921–1988)

English writer (1929–2026)

Irish writer and dramatist (1878-1957)

New Zealand writer (1895-1982)

British novelist (born 1933)

British author (1934–1995)

British-American philosopher and writer

veterinary surgeon and writer (1916-1995)

Hungarian-born British author (1912–1987)

Irish nationalist and author (1870-1922)

British-Australian novelist (1866–1941)

Trinidadian historian, journalist and Marxist (1901–1989)

British writer (1868–1952)

British comedian, author, playwright, actor and director

Polish-British actress (1937–2010)

British writer (1873–1957)

Canadian-born Hungarian-British writer (born 1974)

British author, editor and esperantist

British novelist (1906–1983)

Italian poet and writer (1866–1942)

British writer and poet (1908–1980)

British writer (1948–2024)

writer (1911–2006)

British playwright (1930–2012)

British Conservative Party politician, diplomat and author (1890-1954)

British science fiction writer (born 1943)

British writer (1939-2018)

British writer

British novelist, short story writer, and painter (1901–1968)

British poet and writer

British writer

British conservative politician and best-selling author (born 1948)

English writer (1907-1998)

British children's writer

British writer (1907-1988)

Northern Ireland Science Fiction author (1928-1999)

British writer (1947–2007)

novelist

English author of thrillers and occult novels (1897–1977)

former British Special Forces operative and soldier turned novelist

British writer (1880–1947)