Authors of Historical Novels

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Sigrid Undset was a Norwegian author of critically acclaimed historical fiction set in medieval Norway; she won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1928

Barry Unsworth writes literary historical fiction set in a variety of times and places

Luis Alberto Urrea is a poet who also writes short stories and novels set in contemporary and historical Latin America

Errol Lincoln Uys is an American citizen who grew up in South Africa and began his writing career as a reporter for the Johannesburg Star; he assisted with the research and writing of James Michener's The Covenant, and now writes historical fiction and nonfiction history.

G.G. Vandagriff is the author of The Last Waltz, set in Austria during and between the world wars, as well as a contemporary mystery series.

Brenda Rickman Vantrease writes historical novels set in England before the Reformation

Gore Vidal is a literary author of screenplays, nonfiction, and contemporary and historical fiction

Susan Vreeland writes literary short stories and novels about art and artists, set in various historical times and places

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