Authors of Historical Novels

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Ted and Marilyn Bader are a husband and wife team who have co-authored a sequel to Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice.

Ann Baer wrote Down the Common, set in a medieval English village.

David Ball writes historical novels set in a variety of times and places. Website

L. Christian Balling is a physics professor who has written a historical novel set in medieval England and a contemporary thriller about an archaeological dig

Russell Banks is the author of contemporary and historical literary novels.

Henri Barbusse was a French journalist and novelist; his novels included one based on his experiences as a soldier in World War I; he died in 1935

Margaret Campbell Barnes wrote novels set in the English royal courts during the medieval and Tudor periods; she died in 1962.

Rachel Bard is a Seattle author of fiction and nonfiction who writes novels about medieval queens. Website

Pat Barker is a British author of novels about World War I, including the Regeneration trilogy.

Sam Barone writes a series set in ancient Mesopotamia (now Iraq). Website

Julia Barrett is the pen name of Julia Braun Kessler, who writes novels inspired by the novels of Jane Austen.

Alessandro Barrico is an Italian author who writes contemporary and historical literary fiction. Sebastian Barry is the author of a novel about an Irish soldier in World War I.

John Barth is the author of playful literary novels, both contemporary and historical. Unofficial Website about John Barth

Henry Bauchau is a Belgian psychoanalyst, poet and author whose novel Oedipus on the Road is set in the ancient Greek world.

Natasha Bauman is the author of a novel set in nineteenth century Boston, her debut novel; forthcoming in June 2008. Website

Andrew Beahrs is the author of a novel set in Colonial America. Website

Amelia Bean wrote novels set in the Old American West.

G.S. Beard is the author of a series about a British naval officer during the French Revolution.

Carrie Bebris writes a mystery series about Mr. and Mrs. Darcy from Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice. Website

Stephen Becker wrote historical novels set in various times and places in his own name and under the pen name Steve Dodge; he died in 1999. Article about Stephen Becker

Peter Behrens is the author of a novel set in Ireland and America during the time of the potato famine. Website

Madison Smartt Bell is the author of a trilogy about Toussaint L'Ouverture and the Haitian Revolution. Website

Pamela Belle writes series novels set during the seventeenth century English Civil War. Website

Maria Bellonci was an Italian author of novels set in Renaissance Italy; she died in 1986.

Frans Gunnar Bengtsson was a Swedish author best known for his Viking adventure novel, The Long Ships; he died in 1954.

Ronan Bennett is an Irish author of contemporary and historical literary fiction.

Ann Benson writes novels that link events in the near future with events in the medieval past

Linda Berdoll writes spicy sequels to Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice. http://lindaberdoll.net/ Website

Thomas Berger is a literary author of contemporary and historical novels, best known for his novel about the Old American West, Little Big Man, made into a movie in 1970.

Virginia Bernhard is a history professor and author of nonfiction history books and historical fiction.

John Biggins is the author of a series of novels set in the waning years of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. Profile of John Biggins

Rachel Billington writes contemporary and historical novels, including sequels to Jane Austen's Emma.

Diana Birchall has written sequels to Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice, as well as a biography of her grandmother, the first Asian-American novelist. Website

Irwin Blacker was a screenwriter and author who wrote a novel about the nineteenth century Pueblo Revolt in northern New Mexico.

Christine Blake is the author of a novel about Mary Magdalene. Website

Jill Blee is an Australian author of Irish descent who writes nonfiction history and historical fiction. Website

Win Blevins writes a series about a mountain man, and is the author of 12 other historical novels set in the Old American West, some of which have won the Spur Award and the Mountains and Plains Booksellers Award. Website

David Blixt is a Shakespearean actor and the author of a novel about Shakespeare. Website

Dorothy Bonavia-Hunt was the author of the 1949 novel Pemberley Shades, a sequel to Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice

James Boyd was an author from the American South who wrote a romantic novel set in the U.S. Civil War period; he died in 1944.

Thomas Boyd wrote a novel about the U.S. Marines in World War I, published in 1923.

William Boyd is a Scottish author of contemporary and historical novels, including Restless, set in World War II.

Joseph Boyden is the author of a novel about the World War I experiences of two young Cree Indians.

Marion Zimmer Bradley wrote feminist fantasy novels, and is best known for her 1979 Arthurian novel The Mists of Avalon, a sympathetic portrayal of the sorceress Morgan le Fay; her novels are more fantasy than history but include setting details that convey a flavor of Dark Age Britain; Marion Zimmer Bradley died in 1999. MZB Literary Works Trust Website

Charles A. Brady wrote historical novels set in various times and places; he died in 1995.

Alan Brennert is a screenwriter and author of historical novels set in Hawai'i as well as contemporary novels. Website

Sybil G. Brinton was the author of a 1913 novel borrowing characters from all six of Jane Austen's novels.

Connie Briscoe is the author of nonfiction and contemporary and historical fiction, including A Long Way From Home, a novel about three generations of American house slaves. Website

D.K. Broster wrote historical novels, the best-known of which were set in Scotland; she died in 1950.

Dee Brown wrote nonfiction and historical fiction about Native Americans and the American West; he died in 2002.

Ray Bryant wrote a novel about the Norman Conquest and the Battle of Hastings.

Bryher was the pen name of the feminist author Annie Winnifred Ellerman, who wrote historical novels set in various times, from the ancient world to medieval and seventeenth century England.

John Buchan was a prolific Scottish author of fiction and nonfiction, including historical novels of warfare set in various time periods, from the Napoleonic Wars to World War I; he died in 1940.

Fiona Buckley is the pen name used by Valerie Anand for a mystery series set in the court of Queen Elizabeth I.

Skylar Hamilton Burris is the author of a sequel to Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice. Website

Fred Busch wrote contemporary and historical fiction; he died in 2006.

Margaret Butler wrote a trilogy set in medieval England.

Elizabeth Byrd wrote historical novels set in Scotland and Ireland.

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