Authors of Historical Novels

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Jeanne Kalogridis writes novels set in medieval and Renaissance Europe. Website

MacKinlay Kantor is best known for his Civil War novels, especially Andersonville, which won a Pulitzer Prize in 1956; he died in 1977.

Wayne Karlin is the author of a novel set in Colonial America.

Susan Kay has written two historical novels, one about England's Queen Elizabeth I, the other based on the story of the Phantom of the Opera.

M. M. Kaye (Mary Margaret Kaye) was a British writer who spent much of her early life in India; she is best known for her best-selling novel about Colonial India, The Far Pavilions; she died in 2004.

Susan Kaye is the author of a novel inspired by Jane Austen's Persuasion, the first in a planned series.

Nikos Kazantzakis was a Cretan novelist who wrote both contemporary and historical literary novels.

Elmer Kelton writes historical novels set in the Old West. Website

Thomas Keneally writes contemporary and historical novels set in various times and places, and is best known for his novel Schindler's Ark, made into the movie Schindler's List.

Sean Kenny has written contemporary and time-slip novels set in Ireland.

Alexander Kent is the pen name under which Douglas Reeman publishes novels about naval warfare during the Napoleonic Wars and World War II. http://www.bolithomaritimeproductions.com/

F.W. Kenyon (Frank Wilson Kenyon) wrote historical novels, usually biographical, during the 1950s, '60s and '70s.

Philip Kerr is a Scottish author of contemporary and historical thrillers. Website

Michael Kilian was a journalist and author of contemporary and historical fiction; he died in 2005.

Garry Douglas Kilworth writes fantasy and straight historical fiction for adults and young people. Website

Gary Kinder is a lawyer and the author of Ship of Gold in the Deep Blue Sea about a nineteenth century shipwreck.

Bernard King is the author of a trilogy based on early Danish sagas

Laurie R. King writes contemporary and historical mysteries, including a mystery series based on Sherlock Holmes. Website

Ross King writes history nonfiction and historical thrillers.

Susan Fraser King is the author of a historical novel about Lady Macbeth. Website

Peg Kingman is the author of Not Yet Drown'd, a novel set in Colonial India. Website

Charles Kingsley was a nineteenth century British author who wrote romanticized historical novels.

Rudyard Kipling was a British author born in India who wrote poetry and contemporary fiction for children and adults, mostly set in Colonial India, during his writing career from 1888 to 1915.

Matthew Kneale writes contemporary and historical literary novels; his historicals are set in the nineteenth century. British Council Webpage

Karleen Koen writes novels set in eighteenth century England and France. Website

Sheila Kohler writes contemporary and historical fiction exploring the roots of violence. http://www.sheilakohler.com/

Rebecca Kohn writes novels based on stories from the Hebrew Bible and Old Testament. Website

Björn Kurtén was a professor of paleontology who wrote scholarly nonfiction as well as two novels about Neanderthals and Cro-Magnons during the Ice Age.

Allen Kurzweil is the author of children's books and contemporary and historical novels for adults. Website

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