British authors

English-language literary creators

Writers from or associated with Great Britain—England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland.

The term encompasses figures from Chaucer and Shakespeare through Austen and Dickens to contemporary novelists.

She specialized in British authors of the Victorian era.

The category sometimes includes Irish writers like Joyce and Wilde, though this conflation irritates some.

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British authorsAmerican authors

Literary creators from America

American novelists · American writers · French authors · German authors · Russian authors

creative role

British authorsBritish painters

Artists from the UK

British playwrights · British poets

colonial/imperial relationship

British authorsIndian authors

Writers from India

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