List of Old Mancunians - Writers

Writers

• William Harrison Ainsworth (1805–1882) Author of popular historical romances
• Robert Bolt (1924–1995) Playwright; mostly remembered for A Man for All Seasons, for which he received one of his two Academy Awards
• Harold Brighouse (1882–1958) Novelist and playwright; together with Stanley Houghton and Allan Monkhouse a member of the Manchester School of early 20th-century dramatists. Author of Hobson's Choice
• Gilbert Cannan (1884–1955) Novelist and translator
• Brian Clegg (1955-) Author of popular science books
• Matt Fullerty (1976-) Author
• Alan Garner (1934-) Children's author after whom the school's Junior Library is named. He was the first member of his family to go to a secondary school and received a full scholarship. Whilst there he was a keen sprinter
• Paul Harrison (pantheist) Founder of the World Pantheist Movement. Award-winning author of six books on environment and world poverty including the international bestseller Inside the Third World (Penguin 1979–1993)
• Richard Hollingworth (1607–1656) Fellow of the Manchester Collegiate Church and author of an early history of the city Mancuniensis, or an history of the towne of Manchester and what is most memorable concerning it.
• Stanley Houghton (1881–1913) Playwright; together with Harold Brighouse and Allan Monkhouse a member of the Manchester School of early 20th-century dramatists. Hindle Wakes is his best-known play.
• Stephen Leather, thriller writer
• Frank McEachran (1900–1975), translator and writer on philosophy
• Lance Parkin (1971-) Author and scriptwriter
• Thomas de Quincey (1785–1859) Author and intellectual
• Derek Senior, planning correspondent for the Manchester Guardian
• Martin Sixsmith (1954-) Author, journalist and radio/television presenter
• Guy Thorne pseud. of Cyril Arthur Edward Justice Waggoner Ranger Gull (1876–1923) Journalist and novelist
• Michael Wood Historian