Books and Writers

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AESOP
Supposed author of a celebrated collection of moral fables. Reputedly lived in mid-6th C BC on the island of Samos

AFRICA, BOOKS ON

AHLBERG, ALLAN
Children's writer. Many of his books illustrated by his wife Janet, whom he married in 1969

AIKEN, JOAN DELANO
Novelist and children's writer. Daughter of American poet Conrad Aiken. Stepdaughter of novelist, Martin Armstrong

AINSWORTH, WILLIAM HARRISON
Novelist (39 in total). Married the daughter of the London bookseller John Ebers

ALAIN-FOURNIER, HENRI ALBAN
Poet & novelist. Killed on the Meuse during WW1. His body was never found

ALCOTT, LOUISA MAY
Novelist. Daughter of A B Alcott. Lived most of her life in Boston

ALDIN, CECIL CHARLES WINDSOR
Book Illustrator, esp of comic and sporting scenes. Published his first drawing in The Graphic in 1891

ALDINGTON, RICHARD (EDWARD GODFREE ALDINGTON)
Novelist, Imagist Poet, Biographer and translator. One of the founders of Imagism in 1912 with his future wife Hilda Doolittle (they married 1913 and divorced 1937), and Ezra Pound.

ALDISS, BRIAN WILSON
Science Fiction Novelist. Poet Critic & Editor

ALLEN, CHARLES GRANT BLAIRFINDIE
Novelist, Philosopher and scientific writer. He married Caroline Bootheway in 1868 (she died of TB in 1871). His second wife, Ellen Jerrard, he married in 1873. Wrote about 30 novels. He died of liver disease.

ALLINGHAM, MARGERY LOUISE
Novelist & Playwright. Daughter of Herbert John Allingham. Married the Artist Philip Youngman Carter (died 1970) in 1927 and he illustrated the dustjackets of many of her books. He was also her literary adviser and unofficial collaborator. Creator of Mr Albert Campion & Magersfontein Lugg. She died of cancer

AMBRUS, VICTOR GYOZO LAZLO
Book illustrator. Came to England 1956. Worked extensively for OUP. Married to Glenys Ambrus, also a book illustrator

AMERICAN INDIANS

AMIS, KINGSLEY WILLIAM
Novelist. Married Elizabeth Jane Howard 1965 (divorced 1983)

ANDERSEN, HANS CHRISTIAN
Writer of fairy stories. Wrote 168 tales between 1835 & 1872. The most recent biography explores his homosexuality

ANDERSON, ANNE
Book illustrator. Born of Scottish parents in Argentina, but lived in Berkshire. Married the illustrator Alan Wright in 1912, and they collaborated on many children's books. She was also an etcher, watercolour artist & greeting card designer

ANTARCTIC BIBLIOGRAPHY

APPLETON, HONOR CHARLOTTE
Water colour painter and children's illustrator. Active 1900-1940

ARABIAN NIGHTS ENTERTAINMENTS

ARDIZZONE, EDWARD JEFFREY IRVING
Freelance illustrator. Official War Artist (1940-1945). British citizen 1921

ARIS, ERNEST ALFRED
Animal illustrator and watercolour artist

ARKHAM HOUSE, TITLES FROM 1939 - 1971

ARLOTT, LESLIE THOMAS JOHN
Broadcaster, writer (esp on cricket, wine & food) & poet

ARMS & ARMOUR

ARNOLD, MATTHEW
Poet, Critic and Educational Reformer. Son of Dr Arnold, headmaster of Rugby School. Married Frances Wightman in 1851

ARTHUR, KING : FICTION & POETRY

ASIMOV, ISAAC
Science Fiction Novelist. Brought up in USA from 1923 (naturalised 1928)

ASSOCIATION FOOTBALL

ASSOCIATION FOOTBALL : WORLD CUP

ATLASES OF BRITAIN

ATTWELL, MABEL LUCIE
Illustrator of books and postcards. Married illustrator Harold Cecil Earnshaw in 1908. Lived at Fowey in Cornwall. A museum about her opened there in April 1996

ATWOOD, MARGARET ELEANOR
Novelist. Married to writer Graeme Gibson

AUDEN, WYSTAN HUGH
Homosexual Poet. Married Erika Mann in 1935. Travelled extensively in Europe, Iceland and China in 1930s. Fought in Spanish Civil War. Naturalised American 1938

AUNT (BOOKS WITH THIS TITLE)

AUSTEN, JANE
Novelist. Spent first 25 years at father's Hampshire vicarage. Unmarried. Possibly died of Addison's Disease

AWDRY, REV WILBERT VERE
Writer of children's books. Married Margaret Emily Wade in 1938

AYRTON, MICHAEL
Mazemaker, Painter, Engraver, Sculptor, Novelist, Essayist, Critic, Art Historian, Broadcaster, Stage-Designer, Cinema & TV film-maker and book illustrator. Died of a massive heart attack