British writers

This quiz is designed to help students determine which of the six major eras of British literature studied this year most resonates with them personally. &nb...

Enid Blyton was an author of children's books. Her books have been read and enjoyed by children all over the world for years. Read about her life in this article.

J.K. Rowling

Roberta Kwok on Shakespeare’s World, a crowdsourcing project that aims to better understand everyday life and language in early-modern England.

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colorized by Jecinci // Conrad was a Polish-British writer regarded as one of the greatest novelists to write in the English language. Though he did not speak English fluently until his twenties, he was a master prose stylist who brought a non-English sensibility into English literature // source: facebook.com/jecinci

Read a list of legendary British writer Ian McEwan’s best book recommendations. For more favorite reading lists from famous authors, actors, artists and more, check out the Radical Reads book blog.

The Queen of Crime was really into surfing... who knew?

A history of literature as seen through the lives and books of the world’s beloved American and British writers

Looking to follow and read the best British authors? Here are 31 on Facebook!

colorized by Jecinci // Agatha Christie was an English writer. She is known for her 66 detective novels and 14 short story collections, particularly those revolving around her fictional detectives Hercule Poirot and Miss Marple // source: facebook.com/jecinci

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Percy Bysshe Shelley was one of the most notorious English Romantic poets, whose theories on an economy, politics and morality have influenced Marx, Leo

Read a list of beloved British writer Hilary Mantel’s best book recommendations. For more favorite reading lists from famous authors, actors, musicians and more, check out the Radical Reads book blog.

Despite the buttoned-up stereotype, Britons are responsible for some of the world’s greatest love affairs in history. Martha Alexander presents her top six, for better or for worse

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Agatha Christie (b. 1890 – 1976) was an English crime writer of novels, short…

Raymond Chandler, in full Raymond Thornton Chandler, (born July 23, 1888, Chicago, Illinois, U.S.—died March 26, 1959, La Jolla, California), American author of detective fiction, the creator of the private detective Philip Marlowe, whom he characterized as a poor but honest upholder of ideals in an opportunistic and sometimes brutal society in Los Angeles. From 1896 to 1912 Chandler lived in England with his mother, a British subject of Irish birth. Although he was an American citizen and a…

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Robert Louis Stevenson