Famous Novelists - List of Famous Novelists - page 25

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
Larry McMurtry

Larry McMurtry

Larry McMurtry is a famous American author who is known for his screenplay of the movie ‘Brokeback Mountain’

AmericanJune 3, 1936100 views

Jack Kerouac

Jack Kerouac was an American novelist

AmericanMarch 12, 1922132 views

Jules Verne

Jules Verne was an acclaimed French novelist, best known for adventure novels

FrenchFebruary 8, 1828144 views

Joyce Carol Oates

Joyce Carol Oates is an acclaimed, award-winning American novelist, short story writer and poet

AmericanJune 16, 1938184 views

Joseph Conrad

Joseph Conrad was an acclaimed Polish author, who wrote in English

PolishDecember 3, 1857128 views

Philip Larkin

Philip Larkin was considered as one of the greatest English poets of the latter half of the 20th century

BritishAugust 9, 1922217 views

John Steinbeck

John Steinbeck was a celebrated American writer famous for his novel, ‘The Grapes of Wrath’

AmericanFebruary 27, 1902337 views

John M. Ford

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AmericanApril 10, 1957210 views

John Grisham

John Grisham is a best-selling American novelist, politician and lawyer

John Dann MacDonald

John Dann MacDonald was an American novelist and short story writer, best known for his thrillers

AmericanJuly 24, 1916132 views