Famous Novelists - List of Famous Novelists - page 27

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
Asia ArgentoSeptember 20, 1975ItalianAsia Argento is an Italian actress, model, writer, and director
Rachel Renée RussellMarch 13, 1959AmericanRachel Renée Russell is an American attorney and author of children’s books
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
Isabel Allende

Isabel Allende

The prolific writer is the author of award winning books such as 'Eva Luna' and ‘The House of Spirits'

ChileanAugust 2, 1942297 views

Herman Melville

Herman Melville was an acclaimed American novelist and poet, best known for his novel ‘Moby-Dick’

AmericanAugust 1, 1819142 views

Henry James

Henry James was an American writer regarded as one of the key figures of 19th-century literary realism

AmericanApril 15, 1843197 views

Haruki Murakami

Haruki Murakami is a Japanese novelist and translator who has won several prestigious awards for his works

JapaneseJanuary 12, 1949149 views

Harper Lee

Harper Lee was an American author who is renowned for her novel ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’

AmericanApril 28, 1926125 views

H. E. Bates

Herbert Ernest Bates was a famous English writer

BritishMay 16, 1905284 views

Henry Graham Greene

Read about, Graham Greene, one of the most-acclaimed English writers in the biography and come across all the important information about his profile, childhood, life and timeline.

BritishOctober 2, 1904122 views

Gertrude Stein

Gertrude Stein was a modern American writer

Franz Kafka

A renowned German-language novelist, Franz Kafka was considered as one of the best writers of 20th century

AustrianJuly 3, 1883180 views

George Orwell

George Orwell was an English novelist, essayist, journalist and critic; he is best known for his novels ‘Animal Farm’ and ‘Nineteen Eighty-Four’

BritishJune 25, 1903276 views