Famous Novelists - List of Famous Novelists - page 28

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
Gabriel Garcia Marquez

Gabriel Garcia Marquez

Gabriel Garcia Marquez was a Colombian novelist counted among the greatest writers of the 20th century

ColombianMarch 6, 1927166 views

F. Scott Fitzgerald

Francis Scott Fitzgerald was a famous American author who is known for his books like ‘This Side of Paradise’ and ‘The Great Gatsby’

AmericanSeptember 24, 1896157 views

Lucy Hawking

Lucy Hawking is an English journalist, novelist, educator, and philanthropist

BritishNovember 2, 1970519 views

Ernest Hemingway

Ernest Hemingway was a Nobel Prize-winning American writer

AmericanJuly 21, 1899240 views

Emily Brontë

Emily Bronte is a poetess and novelist belonging to the Victorian era and her novel ‘Wuthering Heights’ is a timeless novel

BritishJuly 30, 1818295 views

Edith Wharton

Edith Wharton was a Pulitzer Prize-winning American writer

AmericanJanuary 24, 1862144 views

Sylvia Plath

Pulitzer Prize winner, Sylvia Plath was an American poet, novelist, and short story writer

AmericanOctober 27, 1932129 views

Ayako Fujitani

Ayako Fujitani is a Japanese actress, writer, director, film critic, translator and an occasional musician

Cyril Connolly

Cyril Connolly was an English literary critic and novelist

BritishSeptember 10, 1903150 views