Subscribe To
This Site
Authors of Historical FictionT-ZTarr, Judith writes fantasy, historical fantasy and straight historical fiction Tey, Josephine wrote contemporary mystery novels; in her best known, The Daughter of Time, her detective tries to solve the medieval mystery of Richard III and the "princes in the Tower" Tobin, Greg writes contemporary and historical fiction and nonfiction; his novel Prairie is set in the American Old West Toibin, Colm is an Irish literary author of contemporary and historical fiction and nonfiction, including a biographical novel about the writer Henry James Townend, Carol writes historical romances set in medieval Europe Tranter, Nigel was a Scottish historian who wrote historical novels set in medieval and Renaissance Europe, including many set in Scotland Turteltaub, H.N. is a pen name Harry Turtledove uses for straight historical fiction set in ancient Greece Turtledove, Harry is a prolific author of fiction in various genres; he is best known for his alternative history novel The Guns of the South which imagines what might have happened if the South had won the Civil War Twain, Mark was a humorist and literary author who wrote several historical novels set in Europe and America
Undset, Sigrid was a Norwegian literary author of critically acclaimed historical fiction set in medieval Norway Unsworth, Barry writes literary historical fiction set in a variety of times and places Urrea, Luis Alberto is a poet who also writes short stories and novels set in contemporary and historical Latin America
Vantrease, Brenda Rickman writes historical novels set in pre-Reformation England Vidal, Gore is a literary author of screenplays, nonfiction, and contemporary and historical fiction Vreeland, Susan writes literary short stories and novels about art and artists, set in various historical times and places
Wainwright, Brian writes historical novels set in medieval England Wallace, Lew is best known for his novel Ben Hur, set in ancient Rome and Judea Waters, Sarah writes historical novels set in London from the Victorian period to World War I Watson, Jules is the author of a trilogy set in Scotland during Roman times Weir, Alison is a historian specializing in English royalty who writes both fiction and nonfiction Welch, James was a Blackfeet Indian who wrote contemporary and historical literary novels about Native Americans; he died in 2003 White, Edmund writes literary fiction and nonfiction; although his settings are usually contmporary, his novel Fanny is set in the nineteenth century Whitford, Meredith is a novelist who has written about England during the Wars of the Roses Whyte, Jack has written novels of warfare set in Arthurian Britain and the Crusades Williams, John Edward wrote literary historical novels set in various times and places, including ancient Rome, the American West and early 20th century academia Willig, Lauren writes historical romances set in various periods of European history Willis, Connie is a science fiction author who has written two novels about time-travel into realistic historical periods Windle, Janice Woods writes historical novels set in Central Texas Winsor, Kathleen is best known for her 1944 historical romance Forever Amber, set in Restoration England and controversial for what, during the 1940s, were considered to be shockingly explicitly sexual scenes Wishart, David writes a series of mystery novels set in ancient Rome, as well as stand-alone historical novels set in the Roman Empire Woods, Janet writes contemporary and historical romance novels
Yerby, Frank wrote historical novels set in various times and places, including the post-Civil War South, Dark Age Europe and ancient Greece Yourcenar, Marguerite was a Belgian-born literary author of contemporary and historical fiction, best known for her novel Memoirs of Hadrian set in ancient Rome
|
