List of British Jewish Writers - Authors, A-J

Authors, A-J

  • Grace Aguilar, novelist & poet
  • Naomi Alderman, novelist, winner of the Orange Award for new writers 2006
  • Lisa Appignanesi, novelist
  • Jillian Becker
  • Alain de Botton, writer
  • Caryl Brahms, writer
  • David Bret biographer, broadcaster & chansonnier (French-born, Jewish father)
  • Anita Brookner, novelist
  • Ian Buruma, Dutch-born journalist and writer
  • Elias Canetti, novelist, man of letters, Nobel Prize (1981) (Bulgarian-born)
  • Chapman Cohen, writer on secularism
  • Jackie Collins, novelist
  • Alan Coren, humorous writer
His children, Giles and Victoria, are also writers
  • Charlotte Dacre, novelist and poet
  • Isaac D'Israeli, writer
  • Jenny Diski writer
  • Richard Ellmann, literary scholar and biographer
  • Moris Farhi, writer (Turkish born): TimesAd
  • Benjamin Farjeon
  • Eleanor Farjeon, daughter of Benjamin Farjeon
  • Gilbert Frankau, writer
  • Stephen Fry, actor & writer
  • Neil Gaiman, fantasy writer
  • Ralph Glasser (Growing up in the Gorbals)
  • Louis Golding, novelist
  • Lewis Goldsmith, journalist and political writer
  • Linda Grant, novelist
  • Charlotte Haldane, feminist writer
  • Basil Henriques
  • Muriel Gray, Author, 'The Tube' presenter.
  • ZoĆ« Heller, author (Jewish father)
  • Noreena Hertz, great granddaughter of Joseph Hertz (Chief Rabbi of the British Empire)
  • Anthony Horowitz, famous works include the Alex Rider series.
  • Eva Ibbotson, known for her award-winning children's books and for her romance novels.
  • Joseph Jacobs, folklorist
  • Howard Jacobson, writer & broadcaster
  • Ruth Prawer Jhabvala novelist and screenwriter
  • Gabriel Josipovici, novelist and short story writer (JYB 2005 p215)

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