Curated category
20th-century British women novelists
- Sheila Kaye-SmithSheila Kaye-Smith entered the world on the 4th of February 1887 in St Leonards-on-Sea. Her father worked as a physician and her mother was his wife.
- Hilary MantelHilary Mary Thompson was born on the 6th of July 1952 in Glossop, Derbyshire. She grew up as a Roman Catholic in the mill village of Hadfield.
- Diana Wynne JonesDiana Wynne Jones was born on the 16th of August 1934 in London. Her fifth birthday arrived just as World War II began. Shortly after that celebration, she…
- Philippa GregoryPhilippa Gregory entered the world on the 9th of January 1954 in Nairobi. The city served as the capital of the Colony and Protectorate of Kenya at that time.
- Alison WeirAlison Weir grew up in Westminster, London. Her mother was a genuinely good person with heaps of integrity and strength of character.
- Naomi MitchisonNaomi Mary Margaret Haldane entered the world on the 1st of November 1897 in Edinburgh. Her father was John Scott Haldane, a prominent physiologist who…
- Penelope GilliattPenelope Gilliatt was born on the 25th of March 1932 in London. Her parents were Cyril Conner and Marie Stephanie Douglass, both hailing from Newcastle upon…