Famous Novelists - List of Famous Novelists - page 13

A novel is a fictional prose often written as a narrative that portrays characters and events in the form of a long story, usually set in a sequence of events and the people who write them are called novelists. Novels are considerably lengthy and complex in terms of themes, character descriptions, and story settings. They, as a genre of literary fiction, are the longest of narrative prose. This tendency of being lengthy has led to the considerable debate regarding what should constitute the minimum word limit for a piece of prose to be considered a novel. It is generally accepted that any piece of prose fiction longer than 40,000 words be categorized as a novel. Writing a novel takes immense efforts; it is no easy task to develop a plot, create fictional characters, and build a story revolving around them that is interesting enough to make the readers read the entire book and make them want to read more. It is a trend that many a times novelists start out as journalists or short story writers before they attempt writing a novel. If you want to acquaint yourself with some of the most famous people from this profession just go through the biographies presented below. They contain the life stories, professional and personal information, timelines and trivia about some famous novelists.

The Most Famous Novelists

NameBirthdayNationalityBio
Charles BukowskiAugust 16, 1920German, AmericanCharles Bukowski was a German-born American novelist, short story writer and poet
Lucy HawkingNovember 2, 1970BritishLucy Hawking is an English journalist, novelist, educator, and philanthropist
Milan KunderaApril 1, 1929Czech, FrenchMilan Kundera is a Czech-born French writer known for his erotic and political writings
Ahlam MosteghanemiApril 13, 1953AlgerianAhlam Mosteghanemi is a contemporary Algerian poet and novelist
Jeff KinneyFebruary 19, 1971AmericanJeff Kinney is an American author, cartoonist, game designer, and producer
Justine MuskSeptember 2, 1972CanadianJustine Musk is a Canadian author who was once married to billionaire Elon Musk
Rachel Renée RussellMarch 13, 1959AmericanRachel Renée Russell is an American attorney and author of children’s books
Asia ArgentoSeptember 20, 1975ItalianAsia Argento is an Italian actress, model, writer, and director
Neil GaimanNovember 10, 1960BritishNeil Gaiman is an English writer of novels, short stories, children’s books and other literature
Guy de MaupassantAugust 5, 1850FrenchGuy de Maupassant was an acclaimed French short story writer and novelist
Guy de Maupassant

Guy de Maupassant

Guy de Maupassant was an acclaimed French short story writer and novelist

FrenchAugust 5, 1850344 views

Erich Maria Remarque

Erich Maria Remarque was a German writer best known for his novel 'All Quiet on the Western Front.' This biography profiles his childhood, life, works, career and timeline.

GermanJune 22, 1898132 views

Danielle Steel

Danielle Steel is an American novelist, one of the bestselling authors of all time

AmericanAugust 14, 1947232 views

Cesare Pavese

Cesare Pavese was an Italian poet, novelist, literary critic and translator

Bernard Malamud

Bernard Malamud was a prolific American writer and winner of Pulitzer Prize for Fiction

AmericanApril 26, 1914109 views

Ben Jonson

Ben Jonson was an acclaimed English playwright, poet, and literary critic

BritishJune 11, 1572162 views

Anna Katharine Green

Anna Katherine Green was an American poet and novelist, famously dubbed as the ‘Mother of the detective novel’

AmericanNovember 11, 1846130 views

Andrew Lang

Andrew Lang was a Scottish literary critic best known for collecting fairy tales

ScottishMarch 31, 1844139 views

Andre Dubus

Andre Dubus was an American short story writer and novelist, hailed as one of the best American short story writers of the 20th century

AmericanAugust 11, 1936162 views

Amy Levy

Amy Levy was a British poetess and novelist, one of the most remembered authors of the Victorian era

BritishNovember 10, 1861113 views