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Conn Iggulden writes novels about ancient warfare. Witi Ihimaera is a New Zealand author who writes contemporary and historical fiction about Maori life. Penny Ingham writes historical novels set in medieval times. Grace Ingram wrote medieval adventure and romance novels under her own name and the pen name Doris Sutcliffe Adams. Herbert Inman was a British author of contemporary and historical fiction for children during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries; he died in 1915. Yasushi Inoue was a Japanese author of poetry, nonfiction and contemporary and historical fiction; he died in 1991. Yi In-Hwa writes historical fiction set in Korea. Elizabeth Ironside writes contemporary and historical mysteries. Margaret Irwin wrote a trilogy of biographical novels about Queen Elizabeth I. Robert Irwin is a British author of nonfiction and contemporary and historical fiction set in the Arabic-speaking world. Washington Irving was a nineteenth-century American author of nonfiction and contemporary and historical fiction who also served as the U.S. minister to Spain from 1842 to 1846. Kazuo Ishiguro is a British literary author born in Japan who writes contemporary, historical and science fiction novels with a literary style; three are set in the early twentieth century. Frances Itani is a Canadian poet and author of nonfiction and fiction; her historical novel Deafening is set in Canada during World War I. Clause Izner is the pen name used by two French sisters, Liliane Korb and Laurence Lefèvre, who write mystery novels set in nineteenth-century Paris.
Mick Jackson is a British author best known for The Underground Man, a novel about William Cavendish-Scott-Bentinck, the fifth Duke of Portland. Naomi Jacob writes romance novels. Anna Jacobs writes contemporary fiction and historical sagas. Douglas Jacobson is the author of a novel set during World War II. Christian Jacq writes historical novels, many of them fantasy novels set in ancient Egypt. Brenda Jagger wrote historical novels, many set in her native Yorkshire; she died in 1986. Annamarie Jagose is a New Zealand author of fiction and nonfiction; her historical novel Slow Water has won literary prizes in Australia and New Zealand. Jane Jakeman writes crime fiction and ghost stories. John Jakes writes popular novels set in various periods of American history. Jessica James writes novels set during the Civil War. John James writes historical novels set in Roman and early medieval Britain and Europe. Marlon James writes historical fiction set in his native Jamaica. Reina James is the author of a prizewinning historical novel, This Time of Dying about London during the 1918 flu epidemic. Steven James is the author of the self-published novel Godiva and the Golden Dragon. Syrie James writes contemporary and historical novels. Jeff Janoda is the author of a novel set in medieval Iceland. Sebastian Japrisot was the pen name of French author Jean Baptieste Rossi, best known for his historical novel about World War I, A Very Long Engagement; he died in 2003. Rosemary Hawley Jarman writes novels set in medieval England. Benita Kane Jaro is the author of a series of novels set in ancient Rome. Miranda Jarrett is a pen name under which Susan Holloway Scott publishes historical romances. Michael Jecks writes a mystery series set in medieval Britain. Judith Jedamus is the author of a novel set in tenth-century Japan, The Book of Loss. Barbara Jefferis was an Australian author of nonfiction and historical fiction; she died in 2004, after which the Barbara Jefferis Award for novels depicting girls and women positively was established in her honor. Regina Jeffers writes historical romance inspired by the novels of Jane Austen. Pamela Jekel writes historical and contemporary fiction. Jerry B. Jenkins writes Christian-themed fiction, including the "Left Behind" series co-authored with Tim LaHaye. Gary Jennings writes historical novels, including a series about the Aztecs. William Jennings was an author and playwright active in the gay rights movement; he died in 2000. Carsten Jensen is a Danish author who has written a travel book and a prizewinning historical novel, We, the Drowned. Paulette Jiles is a poet and author of both fiction and nonfiction; her novel Enemy Women is set during the U.S. Civil War. Catherine Jinks writes contemporary and historical fiction for children, young adults and adults. R. Scot Johns is a self-published author of novels based on Norse mythology. Charles Richard Johnson is a cartoonist and author of fiction and nonfiction; his historical novels are about black life in nineteenth century America. Diana M. Johnson is the self-published author of historical novels set in a variety of times and places. Eyvind Johnson was a Nobel-prizewinning Swedish author of contemporary and historical fiction whose career spanned the 1920s through the 1960s; he died in 1976. Guy Johnson is the author of Standing at the Scratch Line, a novel about a black Louisiana man during World War I. Jane Johnson writes historical and fantasy novels for adults and children. Kij Johnson writes fantasy and science fiction, some of it set in the past. Terry C. Johnston wrote novels set in the American Old West; he died in 2001. Wayne Johnston is a Canadian author of contemporary and historical fiction and nonfiction. Mór Jokai was a nineteenth century Hungarian dramatist and novelist who wrote contemporary and historical fiction, as well as pioneering what is now called science fiction; in the Hungarian language his family name is placed first, as Jokai Mór. Douglas C. Jones wrote alternative history set in the Old American West, as well as straightforward historical novels; he died in 1998. Edward P. Jones is primarily a short story writer; his novel The Known World is about black slave-owners before the Civil War. J. Sydney Jones writes a mystery series set in fin-de-siécle Vienna, as well as other fiction and nonfiction. Marjorie Jones writes medieval and twentieth century historical romance novels. Erica Jong writes both contemporary and historical literary fiction.
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