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An eclectic list of my favourite stories. Sorry for the Will Self overdose.

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Abi Hynes Adrian Banfield Adrian Slatcher Aea Varfis-van Warmelo Agri Ismaïl Ailsa Cox Alanna Schubach Alex Clark Alex Johnson Alice Jolly (as editor) Alice Slater Alina Stefanescu Alison Moore (as editor) Alyssa Harad Amanthi Harris Amy Grandvoinet Andrew Cowan Andy Hedgecock Andy Miller Angharad Hampshire Anjali Joseph Anna Aslanyan Anna Metcalfe Anthony Brown Arianna Reiche Armel Dagorn AV Marraccini Becky Tipper Benjamin George Coles Ben Pester Ben Street Ben Tufnell Bojan Louis Boyd Tonkin Brad Bigelow Brittany Menjivar Camilla Grudova Cath Barton Catherine Taylor CD Rose Charles Boyle Charlie Hill Charlotte Tierney Chaya Bhuvaneswar Cherry Potts Chris Greenhalgh Chris Power Christmas Special 2017 Christmas Special 2018 Christmas Special 2019 Christmas Special 2020 Christmas Special 2022 Christmas Special 2023 Claire Carroll Claire Dean Clare Bogen Clare Fisher Clare Reddaway Cristín Leach Daniel Davis Wood Daniel Fraser Darragh McCausland Darran Anderson Dave Wakely David Collard David Hebblethwaite David Hering David Quantick David Rose Deborah Tomkins Deirdre Shanahan Deniz Goran Diana Grosser Donna McLean Donna Scott Dorian Stuber Drew Broussard Drew Johnson Ed Garland Edward Hogan Edwin Turner Eley Williams Eli Lee Elizabeth Lovatt Elizabeth McCracken Elizabeth Stott Eluned Gramich Emer O’Hanlon Emma Cummins EM Mangan Emma Townshend EU Fiction Special Farah Ahamed (as editor) Fran Bigman Gabriel Flynn Gary Budden Gary Michael Perry Gary Raymond Gaynor Jones Gemma Seltzer George Cochrane Gerard Woodward Gita Ralleigh Grant Rintoul Gráinne Murphy Gurnaik Johal (as editor) Guy Ware Han Clark & Gary Kaill Hannah Vincent Hayley Webster Heidi James Helen McClory Henry Woodland Holly Dawson Hugh Carter Huma Qureshi Ian Critchley Ian Patterson Inderjeet Mani Italy Jacob Rollinson Jacqui Patience James Clammer James Morrison Jamie Popowich Janet Somerville Jan Kaneen Jared Shurin Jayne Marshall Jay Russell Jen Calleja Jennifer Hodgson Jenny Bhatt Jeremy Noel-Tod Jessica Andrews Jess Moody Jevon Heath Jim Toal JL Bogenschneider Joanna Walsh Joe Dunthorne John Grindrod John Mitchinson Johnny Mains John Self John Thompson Jonathan Gibbs Jonathan Pinnock Jude Cook Julia Armfield Julia Bell Julian Girdham Julianne Pachico Julia Webb Julie Rea June Caldwell Kate Clanchy Kate Horsley Katherine Angel Kathy Hoyle Kat Storace Katy Darby Kavan P. Stafford Keiron Pim Keith Ridgway Kevin Davey Kit Caless Kyle Minor Lara Pawson Laura Bridgeman Laura Gallon Lee Randall Lena Valencia Leon Craig Leone Ross (as editor) Lev Parikian Liam Hogan Lily Dunn Linda Mannheim (as editor) Lindz McLeod Lloyd Shepherd Lucy Weldon Madelaine Lucas Madeleine Watts Mahreen Sohail Malta Mandy-Suzanne Wong Maria Glymph Marina Sofia Marni Appleton Matt Cook Matthew Hamblin Matthew Turner Matt Rowland Hill Max Sydney Smith May-Lan Tan (as writer) Melissa Beck Melissa McCarthy Michael Caines Michael Hughes Mike Fox Miranda France M John Harrison (as editor) Naomi Frisby Nathan Dragon Neil D. A. Stewart Niall Griffiths Nicholas Royle Nick Bradley Nikesh Shukla Niven Govinden (as editor) Olivia Heal Owen Booth Penny McCarthy Philip Langeskov (as editor) Pippa Goldschmidt Poland Portugal Pragya Agarwal Rachael de Moravia Rachael Fulton Raffaella Sero Ray Davis Ray Newman Reshma Ruia (as editor) Richard de Nooy Richard Skinner Richard Smyth Robert G Cook Robert Loyko-Greer Rob Kiely Roland Bates Romania Rosa Rogers Rose Biggin Rowena Macdonald Ruby Cowling Rue Baldry Rónán Hession Sam Jordison Sam Mills Sammy Wright Sam Reese Sarah Byrne Sarah Crown Sarah Ladipo Manyika Sarah Salway Sharanya Sharlene Teo Sharni Wilson Sibyl Ruth Siddharth Soni Simon Ings Simon Kinch Simon Okotie Sonya Moor Sophie Haydock Spain Stephen Moran Stephen Volk Steve Finbow Stuart Evers (as editor) Stu Hennigan (as editor) Summer Special 2018 Summer Special 2019 Summer Special 2021 Summer Special 2022 Summer Special 2023 Susan Maxwell Susanna Crossman Susannah Dickey Susie Mesure Tania Hershman (as editor) Teika Marija Smits Terri-Jane Dow The Netherlands Tice Cin Tim Jeffreys Tim MacGabhann Timna Fibert Toby Litt (as editor) Tom Conaghan Tom Lee Tom Vowler Tony Malone Tony White Trahearne Falvey Tucker Leighty-Phillips Tyler Malone Valentine's Day Special 2020 Vanessa Onwuemezi Veronica Barnsley Vicky Grut Victoria MacKenzie Vijay Khurana Vincent Scarpa Wayne Connolly Wayne Holloway WB Gooderham Wendy Erskine (as editor) Will Wiles Yan Ge Zakia Uddin Zamira Rahim Zoe Gilbert

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AA Milne Abbo of Fleury Abigail Ardelle Zammit Abigail Ulman AB Paulson Abraham Rodriguez Adalbert Stifter Ada Leverson Adam Haslett Adam Marek Adam Peterson Adnan Mahmutović Adrian Duncan adrienne maree brown Agnes Owens Ahdaf Soueif Ailsa Cox Aimee Bender AJ Ashworth Akhil Sharma Aki Schilz Alain Robbe-Grillet Alan Bennett Alan Garner Alan McMonagle Alan Ross Alan Sillitoe Alasdair Gray AL Barker Albert Camus Alberto Savinio Alejandro Zambra Aleksandar Hemon Aleksander Wat Alessandro Boffa Alexandra Kleeman Alexia Arthurs Alexis Wright Alex La Guma Alex Vella Gera Alex White Alfred Bester Algernon Blackwood Alice Ash Alice B Sheldon Alice Fowler Alice Jolly (as writer) Alice Munro Alice Oswald Alice Sola Kim Alice Walker Ali McGrane Ali Smith Alison MacLeod Alison Moore (UK) Alison Moore (USA) Alistair Daniel Alistair MacLeod AL Kennedy Allan Gurganus Allen Woodman Allie Brosh Ally McIntosh Paterson Aloysius Bertrand Alvin Greenberg Amanda Fields Amber Sparks Amber Wardzala-Blaeser Ambrose Bierce Amelia Gray AM Homes Amia Srinivasan Amina Cain Amos Tutuola Amparo Davila Amparo Dávila Amy Bloom Amy Hempel Amélie Nothomb Anais Nin A Naji Bakhti Ana María Matute Ana María Shua Anders Fager Andrea Barrett Andre Dubus Andrew Gallix Andrew Schneider Andrey Platonov Andrzej Stasiuk André Gide Andy Mozina Angela Carter Angela Readman Ango Sakaguchi Angus Wilson Anisha Sridhar Anita Goveas Annabel Banks Anna Clair Anna Kavan Anna Maconochie Anna Maria Ortese Anna Metcalfe Anna Wood Ann Beattie Anne Boyer Anne Carson Anne Enright Anne Frank Anneliese Mackintosh Annie Proulx Ann Quin Anonymous Anthony Doerr Anthony Trollope Anthony Vahni Capildeo Anthony Veasna So Antoine Cassar Anton Chekhov Antonetta Behr Antonio Di Benedetto Antonio Ruiz-Camacho Antonio Tabucchi Anum Asi Anwara Syed Haq Aoko Matsuda Armstrong and Miller Arnon Grunberg Arno Schmidt Arthur Conan Doyle Arthur Machen Arthur Schnitzler Arthur Scholey Asali Solomon AS Byatt Ashton Politanoff Aslı Erdoğan Assia Djebar Audrey Mbugua Auguste Villiers de L’Isle Adam Austin Sanchez-Moran Avee Chaudhuri Avigayl Sharp Avram Davidson Ayelet Tsabari Ayse Papatya Bucak Banana Yoshimoto Bandi Barbara Baynton Barbara Campbell Barbara Comyns Barbara Neuwirth Barbara Pym Barry Callaghan Barry Hannah Beatrix Potter Beau Lee Gambold Becca de la Rosa Begum Rokeya Belle and Sebastian Ben Halls Benito Pérez Galdós Benjamin Myers Ben Katchor Ben Lerner Ben Marcus Ben Pester (as writer) Ben Slotky Berit Ellingsen Bernadine Evaristo Bernard Cooper Bernard MacLaverty Bernard Malamud Bernardo Atxaga Bertram Coleman Beryl Bainbridge Bessie Head Beth Nugent Beverley Farmer Bhanu Kapil Bharati Mukherjee Bill Naughton Billy Bragg Bindu Bansinath Birendra Kumar Bhattacarya B Kojo Laing Blánaid McKinney Bob den Uyl Bob Dylan Bogdan Suceavă Bolesław Prus Bonnie 'Prince ' Billy and the Cairo Gang Bonnie Nazdam and Dale Jamieson Bora Chung Bram Stoker Brandon Taylor Breece D'J Pancake Bret Easton Ellis Brian Aldiss Brian Crewe Brian Evenson Brian Friel Brian McCabe Brian Moore Bridget Penney Brigit Pegeen Kelly Bruce Owens Grimm Bruce Springsteen Bruna Dantas Lobato Bruno Schulz Bryan Washington Burhan Sönmez Bushra al-Fadil Caio Fernando Abreu Caitlin Galway Caitlin Horrocks Camilla Grudova Camille Bordas Can Xue Caradoc Evans Carmen Maria Machado Carmen Martín Gaite Carol Emshwiller Carol Farrelly Caroline Bird Caroline Clark Carol Shields Carolyn Forché Carrianne Leung Carrie Etter Carson McCullers Caryl Brahms Carys Bray Carys Davies Casey Hannan Cath Barton Catherine Lacey Cathy Browne Cathy Sweeney Catullus Ccru CD Rose Cecilia Davidssons Celeste Ng Cesare Pavese Charles Dickens Charles Simic Charles Wilkinson Charles Willeford Charlie St George Charlotte Byrne Charlotte Grimshaw Charlotte Perkins Gilman Chart Korbjitti Chaz Brenchley Chelsea T. Hicks Cheryl Pappas Cheryl Strayed Chet Williamson Chigozie Obioma Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie China Miéville Chinelo Okparanta Chloe Aridjis Chris Beckett Chris Jones Chris McCrudden Chris Morris Chris Offutt Chris Power Chris Stuck Christina Stead Christine Brooke-Rose Christine Schutt Christopher Burns Christopher Isherwood Christopher Logue Christopher Meredith Christos Ikonomou Christos Tsiolkas Chuck Palahniuk CJ Hauser Claire-Lise Kieffer Claire-Louise Bennett Claire Carroll Claire Dean Claire Keegan Claire Vaye Watkins Claire Messud Clare Azzopardi Clare Fisher Clare Wigfall Clarice Lispector Clarissa Pinkola Estés clipping. Clive Barker CL Moore Colette Colette de Curzon Colette Sensier Colin Barrett Colm O’Gaora Colm O’Shea Colm Tóibín Colson Whitehead Colum McCann Connie Willis Conrad Aiken Conrad Williams Constantia Soteriou Cora Sandel Courttia Newland C Pam Zhang Craig Brown Cristina Fernández Cubas Curtis Sittenfeld Cynan Jones Cynthia Ozick César Aira Daisy Johnson Dale Peck Damon Runyon Dana Leibelson Daniel Alarcón Daniel Carpenter Daniel Clowes Daniel Corkery Daniele Del Giudice Daniel Keyes Danielle Dutton Danielle Evans Danielle McLaughlin Daniel Orozco Daniil Kharms Danilo Kiš Daniyal Mueenuddin Danny Hayward Dan Rhodes Dante Alighieri Dantiel W Moniz Dan Wiencek Daphne du Maurier Dashiell Hammett David Berman and The Avalanches David Bevan David Bowie David Chase David Constantine David Court David E Nye Davide Orecchio David Foster Wallace David Gaffney David Hartley David Hayden David Leavitt David McGrath David Means David Mitchell David Quammen David Rose David Sedaris David Szalay David Wheldon Daša Drindić Deb Olin Unferth Deborah Eisenberg Deborah Kay Davies Deborah Levy Debra Di Blasi Delia Radu Delmore Schwartz Denis Diderot Denise Heyl McEvoy Denis Johnson Dennis Bock Derek Andersen Dermot Healy DH Lawrence Diane Di Prima Diane Frolov Diane Williams Dianne Reeves Diego Marani Dima Alzayat Dino Buzzati Dionne Irving DK Broster Dodie Bellamy Doireann Ní Ghríofa Dolly Alderton Dolly Parton Domenico Starnone Donald Antrim Donald Appleyard Donald Barthelme Donal Ryan Don DeLillo Don Lee Donna L. Greenwood Don Paterson Doris Lessing Dorothea Mackellar Dorothy Allison Dorothy Barrett Dorothy Edwards Dorothy Parker Dorthe Nors Douglas Adams Douglas Coupland Douglas Stuart Douglas Watson DW Wilson Dylan Nice Dylan Thomas EA Petricone Ece Temelkuran Edgar Allan Poe Ed Garland Edith Pearlman Edith Wharton Edna O’Brien Edward Fox Edward Gorey Edward P Jones Edwidge Danticat EF Benson Eileen Myles Einosuke Itō EJ Swift EL Doctorow Eley Williams Elif Batuman Elinor Mordaunt Elisabeth Ingram Wallace Elizabeth A. Lynn Elizabeth Bishop Elizabeth Bowen Elizabeth Crane Elizabeth Gaskell Elizabeth Gilbert Elizabeth Hand Elizabeth Jane Howard Elizabeth Jolley Elizabeth McCracken Elizabeth Spencer Elizabeth Stott Elizabeth Strout Elizabeth Tallent Elizabeth Taylor Eliza Robinson Elle Nash Ellen Gilchrist Elliott Smith Eloghosa Osunde Elspeth Davie Elvis Bego EM Forster Emilia Pardo Bazán Emily Carroll Emily Geminder Emily Thomas Mani Emily Yang Emma Cline Emrys Donaldson Endre Ady Ennio Flaiano Enrique Vila-Matas EP Thompson Erica McKeen Eric Carle Eric McCormack Eric Weinstein Ernest Hemingway Esther Yi ETA Hoffmann Etgar Keret Ethel Anderson Eudora Welty Eugene Jolas Eugène Ionesco Evan Hunter Eve Babitz Evelyn Shuler Evelyn Waugh Exodus Oktavia Brownlow Eça de Queiroz Farah Ahamed (as writer) Farhad Pirbal Fatou Diome Fay Weldon Federico Falco Felipe Alfau Felisberto Hernández Fernanda Melchor Fernando Pessoa Fernando Sdrigotti Fielding Dawson Fincham Press Fiona McFarlane Flannery O'Connor Flann O’Brien Fleur Adcock Fleur Jaeggy Frances Kruk Frances Leviston Frances Molloy Francis Ponge Francis Wyndham Frank O'Connor Frank Ronan Frank Sullivan Fran Landsman Franz Kafka François-Guy Abauzit François Coppée Françoise Mouly Frederic Aurelia Ridpath Frederico Falco Friedrich Christian Delius F Scott Fitzgerald Fumiko Enchi Fyodor Dostoevsky Gabriela Adamesteanu Gabriel García Márquez Gabriel Josipovici Gabriella Ghermandi Gabriel Smith Garielle Lutz Garnette Cadogan Garrison Keillor Garth Greenwell Gaynor Jones GE Armitage Gemma Seltzer Genevieve Valentine Gene Wolfe Geoff Dyer Geoffrey Chaucer George Chapman George Gascoigne George Mackay Brown George Orwell Georges-Olivier Chateaureynaud George Saunders Georges Bataille Georges Perec Georgi Gospodinov Georgina Hammick Georgio Pressburger Gerald Bosanquet Gerald Kersh Gerald Murnane Gerard Woodward Germán Sierra Gertrude Stein Ghassan Kanafani Gianni Celati Gianni Washington Giles Gordon Gina Berriault Giselle Leeb Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa GK Chesterton Goffredo Parise Grace Paley Grahame Williams Graham Greene Graham Mort Graham Swift Grant Morrison Greg Egan Greg Mulcahy Guadalupe Nettel Guillaume Apollinaire Gunnhild Øyehaug Gurnaik Johal (as writer) Gustave Flaubert Guy Clark Guy Davenport Guy de Maupassant Ha Jin Haleh Agar Hamed Habibi Hana Gammon Hananah Zaheer Hanif Kureishi Hannah Persaud Hannah Stevens Hannah Sullivan Hanna Krall Hans Christian Andersen Hansda Sowvendra Shekhar Harlan Ellison Harold Brodkey Harry E Turner Haruki Murakami Hassan Blasim Hawa Jande Golakai Hazel Campbell HE Bates Heidi James Heinrich Böll Heinrich von Kleist Helena Ball Helen de Witt Helen Dunmore Helene Cixous Helen Ellis Helen Garner Helen Harris Helen McClory Helen Oyeyemi Helen Simpson Henrietta Rose-Innes Henry Dumas Henry James Henry Treece Hergé Herman Melville Herta Müller Hervé Guibert HE Todd HG Wells Hideo Furukawa Hilaire Hilary Mantel Hilma Wolitzer Hiroko Oyamada Hiromi Kawakami Hitomi Kanehara Hjalmar Bergman Hjalmar Söderberg Holly Pester Honoré de Balzac Horacio Quiroga Ho Sok Fong Howard Fast Howard Nemerov Howard Waldrop HP Lovecraft Hubert Selby Jr Hugo von Hofmannsthal Héctor Manjarrez Hélia Correia Iain M Banks Iain Sinclair Ian McEwan Ian Watson Ida Fink Igiaba Scego Ilse Aichinger Ilya Zverev Immanuel Mifsud Imre Kertész Ingeborg Bachmann Ion Luca Caragiale Irenosen Okojie Iris Smyles Irvin Yalom Irène Némirovsky Isaac Asimov Isaac Babel Isaac Bashevis Singer Isaac Marion Isabel Fall Isabel Waidner Isak Dinesen Ismail Kadare Ismat Chughtai Italo Calvino Ivan Bunin Ivan Vladislavić Ivor Cutler Jace Clayton Jacinta Fective Jackie Kay Jackie Taylor Jack London Jack Pendarvis Jack Reynolds Jack Robinson Jack Vening Jakov Lind Jamaica Kincaid Jamel Brinkley JA Mensah James Baldwin James Buchan James Clammer James Clarke James Hall James Hogg James Joyce James Kelman James Lasdun James Purdy James Salter James Tate James Thurber James Turner Jamil Jan Kochai Janalyn Guo Jane Austen Jane Bowles Jane Dabate Jane Flett Jane Fraser Jane Gardam Jane Rogers Janet Frame Janice Galloway Janice Pariat Jan Wolkers Jaroslavas Melnikas Jarosław Iwaszkiewicz Jarred McGinnis Javier Marías Jayant Kaikini Jay Bernard Jayne Anne Phillips JB Priestley J B S Haldane JD Salinger Jean-Philippe Toussaint Jean Echenoz Jeanette Turner Hospital Jeanette Winterson Jean Giono Jean Rhys Jean Toomer Jedediah Berry Jeffrey Eugenides Jeffrey Ford Jeff VanderMeer Jen Calleja Jen Calleja (as writer) Jennifer Dawson Jennifer Egan Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi Jenny Diski Jenny Offill Jenny Zhang Jensen Beach Jens Peter Jacobsen Jeremy Gavron Jeremy Schnee Jerome Bixby Jerome K Jerome Jess Arndt Jesse Ball Jessica Greenbaum Jessica Soffer Jessica Treadway Jessie Greengrass Jessie Ren Marshall JF Powers JG Ballard Jhumpa Lahiri Jiaqi Kang Jia Tolentino Jill Paton-Walsh Jill Varani Jim Crace Jim Hinks JK Galbraith JL Bogenschneider (as writer) JMA Biesheuvel JM Barrie JMG Le Clézio Joan Aiken Joan Didion Joan G Robinson Joan Jukes Joanna Newsom Joanna Russ Joanna Walsh Jo Ann Beard Joan Silber Jocelyn Nicole Johnson Joe Brainard Joel Lane Joe R Lansdale Joe Swanberg Johann Peter Hebel John Ashbery John Barth John Berger John Burke John Cheever John Collier John Edgar Wideman John Finnemore John Gordon John Grant John Haskell John Jeremiah Sullivan John Keene John Lanchester John L’Heureux John McGahern John Muir Johnny Cash John R Meyer John Sommerfield John Updike John Williams John Wyndham Jolene McIlwain Jo Lloyd Jo L Walton Jonas Eika Jonathan Carroll Jonathan Corcoran Jonathan Lethem Jonathan Meades Jonathan Taylor Jon Fosse Joni Mitchell Jon McGregor Jon Raymond Joolz Jorge de Cascante Jorge Luis Borges Jorje Consiglio Joseph Conrad Joseph Fink Josephine Rowe Joseph Roth Joseph Slotkin Josh Malerman Joshua Rothes Joyce Carol Oates Joyce Wilson Joy Williams João Guimarães Rosa J Robert Lennon J Slauerhoff Juana Adcock Juan Carlos Onetti Judith Field Judith Hermann Judith Schalansky Julia Armfield Julia Bell Julia Davis & Jessica Hynes Julia Donaldson Juliana Horatia Ewing Julian Barnes Julian Gough Julian Maclaren-Ross Julianne Pachico Julia Slavin Julia Strachey Julie Orringer Juliet Escoria Julio Cortázar June Caldwell Jung Mi-kyung Junichirō Tanizaki Juno Calypso Junot Diaz K-Ming Chang Kalaivaathy Kaleel Kali Fajardo-Anstine Kamila Shamsie Karen Blixen Karen Russell Karin Tidbeck Karl Marx Karl Ove Knausgård Kate Atkinson Kate Chopin Kate Clanchy Kate Feld Kate Folk Kate Mosse Kate Roberts Kate Vine Kate Zambreno Kath Bloom and Loren Connors Katherine Anne Porter Katherine Heiny Katherine Mansfield Kathleen Alcott Kathleen Collins Kathleen Fraser Kathleen Jamie Kathleen O’Malley Kathrine Kressmann Taylor Kathryn Scanlan Kathy Acker Kathy Fish Katie Zdybel Kazuo Ishiguro KB Carle Keith Ridgway Keller Easterling Kelly Link Ken Liu Kenzaburō Ōe Keri Hulme Kevin Barry Kevin Brockmeier Kevin Lynch Kevin Wilson Khalida Hussain Kiese Laymon Kiik Araki-Kawaguchi Kij Johnson Kim Bo-Young Kim Bora Kim Edwards Kim Fu Kim Lakin Kim Newman and Eugene Byrne Kim Stanley Robinson Kirstin Valdez Quade Kirsty Logan Kit de Waal KJ Orr KM Elkes Kristen Roupenian Kristiana Kahakauwila Kurt Vonnegut Kuzhali Manickavel Kōbō Abe Kōji Uno Laird Barron Lane Ashfeldt Langston Hughes Lan Samantha Chang Lara Williams Larry Brown Laszlo Krasznahorkai Laura Foley Laura Francis and Alexander Masters Laura Grace Ford Laura Hird Laura Mauro Laura Pugno Laura Riding Laura van den Berg Lauren Groff Lauren Van Schaik Laurie Lee Lavanya Sankaran Leanne Shapton Leesa Cross-Smith Lena Valencia (as writer) Leonard Michaels Leonardo Sciascia Leone Ross (as writer) Leonid Andreyev Leonora Brito Leonora Carrington Leos Carax Leo Tolstoy Leroi Jones Lesley Nneka Arimah Leslie Nneka Arimah Liadan Ní Chuinn Life Without Buildings Liliana Colanzi Liliana Heker Lina Meruane Linda Boström Knausgård Linda Mannheim (as editor) Lindz McLeod Ling Ma Lisa Moore Lisa Natalie Pearson Livia Llewellyn Liviu Rebreanu Liz Berry Liz Williams Lloyd Jones Lore Segal Lorrie Moore Louis Auchincloss Louis Couperus Louise Erdrich Louise Glück Louise Kennedy Louise Tondeur Louis Sachar LP Hartley Lucia Berlin Lucie McKnight Hardy Lucy Caldwell Lucy Clifford Lucy Corin Lucy Durneen Lucy Wood Ludmila Petrushevskaya Ludwig Tieck Luke Carman Lu Xun Lydia Cabrera Lydia Davis Lynda E Rucker Lynda Schor Lynne Bryan Lynsey Hanley Maartje Wortel Machado de Assis Madeleine Bourdouxhe Madeleine Morris Madeleine Thien Madiha Sattar Maeve Binchy Maeve Brennan Maeve Kelly Magda Cârneci Maggie Nelson Mahesh Rao Maile Meloy Makhosazana Xaba Malachi Whitaker Malcolm Bradbury Malcolm Lowry Manon Uphof Manuel Muñoz Manus Boyle Tobin Marcel Aymé Margaret Atwood Margaret Drabble Margaret Patton Chapman Margarita Garcia Robayo Margery Williams Marghanita Laski Margo Lannagan Marguerite Duras Marguerite Yourcenar Maria Fusco Maria Grech Ganado Maria Judite de Carvalho Mariana 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Niamh Prior Nicholas Kaufmann Nicholas Royle (as writer) Nick Cave Nick Parker Nicola Barker Nicole Flattery Nicole Krauss Nika Cobbett Nikolay Gogol Nina Allan Nina Berberova Nina Sudhakar Niven Govinden (as editor) NK Jemisin Nnedi Okorafor Nora Angel NoViolet Bulawayo Noy Holland Nuala Ní Chonchúir Ocean Vuong Octavia E Butler Octavio Paz O Henry Olga Tokarczuk Oliver Postgate Olivia Laing Oscar Wilde Ottessa Moshfegh Ousmane Sembène Ovid Owen Booth Padrika Tarrant Pam Houston Panait Istrati Panos Karnezis Parashar Kulkarni Pascal Quignard Pat Barker Pat Cadigan Pat Califia Patience Agbabi Pat Murphy and Mark L Van Name Patrice Lawrence Patricia Duncker Patricia Grace Patricia Highsmith Patricia Lockwood Patricio Pron Patrick McCabe Patrick White Pat Thomson Patti Smith Paul Auster Paul Bowles Paul Doru Mugur Pauline C Smith Paul Kavanagh Paul McVeigh Paul Rutherford Paul Valéry Pawel Huelle Peach Momoko Pedro Almodóvar Penelope Fitzgerald Penelope Gilliatt Penelope Lively Penelope Mortimer Percival Everett Percy Bysshe Shelley Peter Bichsel Peter Carey Peter D Norton Peter F Hamilton Peter Hobbs Peter Ho Davies Peter Jordan Peter Orner Peter Taylor Peter Wächtler Petina Gappah Petronius PG Wodehouse Philip Hensher Philip K Dick Philip Langeskov (as editor) Philip Pullman Philip Schönthaler Philip Ó Ceallaigh Piero della Francesca Pierre J Mejlak Pier Vittorio Tondelli Pinckney Benedict PJ Harvey Plato Polly Rosenwaike Prabda Yoon Primo Levi Priya Sharma Quentin Blake Quim Monzó Rabindranath Tagore Rachel B Glaser Rachel Cusk Rachel Ingalls Rachel Khong Rachel Kushner Rachel Seiffert Rajesh Parameswaran Ralph Ellison Ralph Robert Moore Ramapada Chowdhury Ramona Ausubel Ramsey Campbell Randy Newman Rania Mamoun Rascha Peper Ravi Mangla Ray Bradbury Raymond Asso and Marguerite Monnot Raymond Briggs Raymond Carver Raymond Chandler Raymond Queneau Ray Newman Read Cook Rebecca Curtis Rebecca Elson Rebecca Lee Rebecca Shoulders Rebecca Solnit Rebecca Watson Reinaldo Arenas Remedios Varo Rem Koolhaas Reneé Bibby Reshma Ruia Richard Brautigan Richard Elman Richard Ford Richard Matheson Richard Smyth Richard Wright Richard Yates Richmal Crompton Rick Bass Rick Moody Riichi Yokomitsu Rikki Ducornet Ring Lardner Rivka Galchen RK Narayan Roald Dahl Rob Doyle Robert Aickman Robert Coover Robert E Howard Robert Frost Robert Holdstock Robert McAlmon Robert M Coates Roberto Bolaño Robert Shearman Robert Sheckley Robert Silverberg Robert Smithson Robert Walser Robert W Chambers Robin Sloan Rob Roensch Rob van Essen Robyn Jefferson Rod Serling Roger Robinson Roisin Dunnett Rokeya Sakhawat Hossain Roland Topor Romesh Gunesekera Ronald Sukenick Ron Carlson Ron Rash Rosalind Williams Rosamond Lehmann Rosa Montero Rosemary Timperley Rose Moss Rose Tremain Rosie Garland Rosie Šnadjr Ross Raisin Rowan Beaird Roxane Gay Ruby Cowling Rudyard Kipling Rudy Wilson Rumena Bužarovska Russell Banks Ruth Guthrie Ruth Joffre Ruth Prawer Jhabvala Ryan O'Neill Ryszard 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Jackson Shiva Naipaul Shivani Mehta Shiv Ramdas Shola von Reinhold Sholom Aleichem Sigfried Giedion Sigizmund Krzhizhanovsky Sigmund Freud Silvina Ocampo Simon Bestwick Simon Crump Simon Hopkinson Simon Kinch Simon K Unsworth Simon Okotie Simon Rich Sindya Bhanoo Sinead O’Connor Sioned Davies SJ Simon Slawomir Mrozek Sofia Samatar Sonya Moor Sophia de Mello Breyner Andresen Sophie Mackintosh Souvankham Thammavongsa S Qiouyi Lu Stacie Denet-Tsosie Stanisław Lem Stanley Donwood Statius Stefanie Freele Stephanie Vaughn Stephen Collis Stephen Elliot Vickers Stephen Gallagher Stephen Graham Jones Stephen King Stephen Volk (as writer) Stephen Walsh Steve Aylett Steven Millhauser Stevie Smith Stewart Lee Sting Stuart Dybek Stuart Evers (as writer) Subha Sue Townsend Susan Constantine Susan Hill Susan Minot Susie Macheton Sussie Anie Suzana Tratnik Svetlana Alexievich Svetlana Slapšak Swpnil Patel Sydney S Kim Sylvia Plath Sylvia Townsend Warner Sylvia Warren Szilvia Molnar Ta-Nehisi Coates Taeko Kono Taiye Selasi Tal Granit & Sharon Maymon Tania Hershman (as writer) Tania James Tanith Lee Tao Lin Tatyana Tolstaya Tayeb Salih Te-Ping Chen Ted Chiang Ted Hughes Teffi Teodor Reljić Teolinda Gersão Terry Potvin Tessa Hadley TF Powys The Brothers Grimm The Drones The Handsome Family The Tragically Hip The Velvet Underground The Woman at Shepherd's Bush Thomas Bernhard Thomas Hardy Thomas Ligotti Thomas Malloch Thomas Mann Thomas McGuane Thomas M Disch Thomas Morris Thomas Nashe Thomas Pynchon Tillie Olsen Tillie Walden Tim Etchells Tim Horvath Timothy Boudreau Timothy Thornton Tim O’Brien Tim Winton Tobias Wolff Toby Litt Tom Lee Tom Vowler Tom Waits Toni Cade Bambara Toni Morrison Tony Tulathimutte Tove Jansson Tracey Emin Tracy Fells Truman Capote TS Eliot UR Anantha Murthy Urmuz Ursula K Le Guin Ursula Scavenius Uschi Gatward Valeria Gordeev Valerie Martin Valerie Solanas Valmiki Vanessa Gebbie Vanessa Onwuemezi Vauhini Vara Vergil Vesna Main Victoria McCurdy Victor Hadley 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