Writers Directory

The novelist Julie Myerson was born in Nottingham in 1960. She read English at Bristol University an...

Genres:

• Drama
• Fiction

Daljit Nagra was born and brought up in West London and Sheffield. He lives in London, and works as ...

Genres:

• Children
• Poetry
• Translation

Playwright, screenwriter and director Phyllis Nagy was born in New York City and has lived in London...

Genres:

• Drama
• Fiction

Beverley Naidoo was born into a white, middle-class family in Johannesburg, South Africa in 1943. Sh...

Genres:

• Children
• Drama
• Fiction
• Non-Fiction
• Short Stories

Molly Naylor is the creator of the solo show, Whenever I Get Blown Up I Think Of You, a coming-of-ag...

Genres:

• Poetry
• Storytelling

Patrick Neate is a respected novelist, critic, scriptwriter and poet. His work has been published in...

Genres:

• Drama
• Fiction
• Non-Fiction
• Poetry
• Short Stories
• Storytelling

Scottish playwright Anthony Neilson's plays include Normal, first staged at the Pleasance Theatre in...

Genres:

• Drama
• Fiction

Patrick Ness was born in the US in 1971, living in the western states of Hawaii, Washington and Cali...

Genres:

• Fiction
• Non-Fiction

Stuart Neville is the author of two mystery novels. The first novel, The Twelve (2009), is set in No...

Genres:

• Fiction

Courttia Newland was born in 1973 to parents of Caribbean heritage. In 1997, he published his first ...

Genres:

• Drama
• Fiction
• Short Stories

David Nicholls was born in 1966 and studied English Literature and Drama at the University of Bristo...

Genres:

• Drama
• Fiction

Grace Nichols was born in Georgetown, Guyana, in 1950 and grew up in a small country village on the ...

Genres:

• Children
• Fiction
• Non-Fiction
• Poetry
• Short Stories

Lawrence Norfolk was born in London in 1963. He read English at King’s College, London, graduating i...

Genres:

• Drama
• Fiction
• Non-Fiction

Philip Norman was born in London in 1943 and grew up on the Isle of Wight. He is a biographer, novel...

Genres:

• Fiction
• Non-Fiction
• Short Stories

Claire North is the pen name of Carnegie-nominated author Catherine Webb, who also writes under the ...

Irish novelist and short-story writer Edna O'Brien was born on 15 December 1930 in Tuamgraney, Count...

Genres:

• Drama
• Fiction
• Non-Fiction
• Short Stories

Poet Sean O'Brien was born in London, England, on 19 December 1952 and grew up in Hull.He was educat...

Genres:

• Drama
• Fiction
• Non-Fiction
• Poetry
• Short Stories

Bernard O'Donoghue was born in Cullen, County Cork, in 1945, later moving to Manchester. He studied ...

Genres:

• Poetry
• Translation

Born in Northern Ireland in 1972, Maggie O'Farrell grew up in Wales and Scotland. She has worked as ...

Genres:

• Children
• Fiction
• Non-Fiction
• Short Stories

Andrew O'Hagan was born in Glasgow, Scotland in 1968 and read English at the University of Strathcly...

Genres:

• Drama
• Fiction
• Non-Fiction
• Translation