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William Congreve
British writer (1670-1729)
Helen Fielding
English novelist and screenwriter (born 1958)
Arthur Ransome
English author and journalist (1884–1967)
Alan Bennett
English actor, author, playwright, and screenwriter (born 1934)
Alfred Austin
British writer and poet (1835–1913)
Jack Higgins
British novelist (1929–2022)
Charles Stross
British science fiction writer and blogger
Nicola Griffith
British-American writer (b. 1960)
Richard Hoggart
British sociologist (1918-2014)
Barbara Taylor Bradford
British novelist (1933–2024)
Frederick William Faber
19th-century British hymn writer, Catholic priest, and theologian
Keith Waterhouse
British writer (1929–2009)
Jeremy Paxman
English journalist, author and broadcaster
Wash Westmoreland
American film director
Brenda Hale, Baroness Hale of Richmond
British judge (born 1945)
Louise Rennison
British writer (1951–2016)
Peter Robinson
Canadian crime writer (1950–2022)
Caryl Phillips
Kittian-British writer (born 1958)
Barry Cornwall
English poet (1787-1874)
Tony Harrison
British poet and playwright (1937–2025)
Barry Cryer
British writer and comedian (1935–2022)
Thomas Rayner Dawson
British chess writer (1889–1951)
Justina Robson
British writer
Paul Ableman
Playwright and novelist (1927–2006)
Jack Popplewell
English writer and playwright (1911–1996)
Rose George
English journalist and author
Kulvinder Ghir
British actor
Kay Mellor
British screenwriter and actress
W. F. Harvey
British writer (1885–1937)
Willis Hall
English playwright and screenwriter (1929-2005)
Hartley Howard
British writer (1908–1979)
Ralph Thoresby
British historian (1658-1725)
Thomas Baines
British historian and journalist (1806-81)
Mary Kitson Clark
british archaeologist
Craig Harrison
science fiction writer
Ivan Noble
British journalist (1967-2005)
Jake Thackray
singer-songwriter and poet (1938-2002)