By Any Other Name: Behind the Initials
February 26, 2015 § Leave a comment
In this post, you’ll find a link to an article about the real names of some authors who are more well known by their initials, as well as some explanations as to why they may have preferred not using their given names. Click through for their stories (the one about C.S. Lewis is especially charming)! The authors included are:
– A.A. (Alan Alexander) Milne, known for the Winnie the Pooh series.
– C.S. (Clive Staples) Lewis, known for The Chronicles of Narnia and The Screwtape Letters.
– E.E. (Edward Estlin) Cummings, known for his poetry, such as “i carry your heart with me(i carry it in“.
– E. B. (Elwyn Brooks) White, known for Charlotte’s Web, Stuart Little, and The Trumpet of the Swan, as well as for being the “White” in Strunk & White’s Elements of Style.
– F. (Francis) Scott Fitzgerald, known for The Great Gatsby .
– H. P. (Howard Phillips) Lovecraft, known for his horror stories, especially “The Call of Cthulu“.
– H.G. (Herbert George) Wells, known for The Invisible Man, The Time Machine, and The War of the Worlds.
– J.M. (James Matthew) Barrie, known for Peter Pan.
– J. (Joanne) K. Rowling, known for the Harry Potter series.
– J.D. (Jerome David) Salinger, known for The Catcher in the Rye.
– J.R.R. (John Ronald Reuel) Tolkien, known for The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings.
– L. (Lyman) Frank Baum, known for the Wizard of Oz series.
– L.M. (Lucy Maud) Montgomery, known for the Anne of Green Gables series.
– P.G. (Pelham Grenville) Wodehouse, known for his comic fiction, such as Carry On, Jeeves.
– S.E. (Susan Eloise) Hinton, known for The Outsiders.
– T.S. (Thomas Stearns) Eliot, known for his poetry, such as “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock“.
– W.H. (Wystan Hugh) Auden, known for his poetry, such as “Funeral Blues“.
– W.B. (William Butler) Yeats, known for his poetry, such as “The Second Coming“.
A Poem for Catherine (or Katherine)
February 18, 2015 § 5 Comments
(From A Collection of Poems, Chiefly Manuscript, and from Living Authors, 1823; edited by Joanna Baillie)
EPISTLE TO EARL HARCOURT,
ON HIS WISHING HER TO SPELL HER NAME OF CATHERINE WITH A “K”
by “F—-“.
AND can his antiquarian eyes,
My Anglo-Saxon C despise?
And does Lord Harcourt, day by day,
Regret th’ extinct initial K?
And still, with ardour unabated,
Labour to get it reinstated?—
I know, my Lord, your generous passion
For ev’ry long-exploded fashion;
And own the Catherine you delight in,
Looks irresistibly inviting,
Appears to bear the stamp, and mark,
Of English, used in Noah’s Ark;
“But all that glitters is not gold,”
Nor all things obsolete, are old.
Would you but take the pains to look
In Doctor Johnson’s quarto book,
(As I did, wishing much to see
Th’ aforesaid letter’s pedigree),
Believe me, ‘t would a tale unfold,
Would make your Norman blood run cold.
My Lord, you’ll find the K’s no better
Than an interpolated letter,—
A wand’ring Greek, a franchis’d alien,
Deriv’d from Cadmus or Deucalion,
And, why, or wherefore, none can tell,
Inserted ‘twixt the J and L.
The learned say, our English tongue
On Gothic beams is built and hung;
Then why the solid fabric piece
With motley ornaments from Greece?
Her letter’d despots had no bowels
For northern consonants and vowels;
The Norman and the Greek grammarian
Deem’d us, and all our words, barbarian,
Till those hard words, and harder blows,
Had silenced all our haughty foes,
And proud they were to kiss the sandals
(Shoes we had none) of Goths and Vandals.
So call we now the various race
That gave the Roman eagle chace,
Nurtur’d by all the storms that roll
In thunder round the Arctic Pole,
And from the bosom of the North,
Like gelid rain-drops scatter’d forth—
Dread Odin’s desolating sons,
Teutones, Cimbrians, Franks, and Huns;—
But hold, ‘t would try Don Quixote’s patience,
To nomenclate this mob of nations:
Whose names a poet’s teeth might break,
And only botanists could speak,
They at a single glance would see us
Rang’d in the system of Linnæus;
Would organize the mingled mass,
Assign their genus, order, class,
And give, as trivial, and specific,
Names harder still, and more terrific.
But since our Saxon line we trace
Up to this all-subduing race,
Since flows their blood in British veins,
Who led the universe in chains,
And from their “sole dominion” hurl’d
The giants of the ancient world,
Their boasted languages confounding,
And with such mortal gutturals wounding,
That Greek and Latin fell or fled,
And soon were number’d with the dead;
Befits it us, so much their betters,
To spell our names with conquer’d letters?
And shall they rise and prate again,
Like Falstaff, from among the slain?
A licence quite of modern date
Which no long customs consecrate;
For since this K, of hateful sound,
First set his foot on British ground,
‘Tis not, as antiquaries know,
A dozen centuries ago.—
That darling theme of English story,
For learning fam’d and martial glory,—
Alfred, who quell’d th’ unsurping Dane,
And burst, indignant, from his chain;
Who slaves redeemed, to reign o’er men,
Changing the faulchion for the pen,
And outlin’d, with a master’s hand,
Th’ immortal charter of the land;
Alfred, whom yet these realms obey,
In all his kingdom own’d no K,
From foreign arms, and letters free,
Preserv’d his Cyngly dignity,
And wrote it with a Saxon C.
—This case in point from Alfred‘s laws
Establishes my client’s cause;
Secures a verdict for defendant,
K pays the costs, and there’s an end on’t.
The suit had linger’d long, I grant, if
Counsel had first been heard for plaintiff;
Who might, to use a new expression,
Have urg’d the plea of dis -possession,
And put our better claims to flight,
By pre-, I mean pro scriptive right,
Since that which modern times explode,
The world will deem the prior mode.—
But grant this specious plea prevailing,
And all my legal learning failing;
There yet remains so black a charge,
Not only ‘gainst the K’s at large,
But th’ individual K in question,
You’d tremble at the bare suggestion,
Nor ever more a wish reveal
So adverse to the public weal.
Dear gentle Earl, you little know
That wish might work a world of woe;
The ears that are unborn would rise,
In judgment ‘gainst your lordship’s eyes
The ears that are unborn would rue
Your letter patent to renew
The dormant dignity of shrew.
The K restor’d takes off th’ attainder,
And grants the title, with remainder
In perpetuity devis’d,
To Katherines lawfully baptiz’d.
What has not Shakspeare said and sung,
Of our pre-eminence of tongue!
His glowing pen has writ the name
In characters of fire and flame;
Not flames that mingle as they rise
Innocuous, with their kindred skies;
Some chemic, lady-like solution,
Shewn at the Royal Institution;
But such, as still with ceaseless clamour,
Dance round the anvil, and the hammer.
See him the comic muse invoking,
(The merry nymph with laughter choking)
While he exhibits at her shrine
The unhallow’d form of Katherine;
And there the Gorgon image plants,—
Palladium of the termagants.
He form’d it of the rudest ore
That lay in his exhaustless store,
Nor from the crackling furnace drew,
Which still the breath of genius blew,
Till (to preserve the bright allusion)
The mass was in a state of fusion.
Then cast it in a Grecian mould,
Once modell’d from a living scold;
When from her shelly prison burst
That finished vixen, Kate the curst!
If practice e’er with precept tallies,
Could Shakspeare set down aught in malice?
From nature all his forms he drew,
And held the mirror to to her view;
And if an ugly wart arose,
Or freckle upon nature’s nose,
He flatter’d not th’ unsightly flaw,
But mark’d and copied what he saw;
Strictly fulfilling all his duties
Alike to blemishes and beauties:
So that in Shakspeare’s time ’tis plain,
The Katherines were scolds in grain,
No females louder, fiercer, worse:—
Now contemplate the bright reverse;
And say amid the countless names,
Borne by contemporary dames,—
Exotics, fetch’d from distant nations,
Or good old English appellations,—
Names hunted out from ancient books,
Or form’d on dairy-maids, and cooks,
Genteel, familiar, or pedantic,
Grecian, Roman, or romantic,
Christian, Infidel, or Jew,
Heroines, fabulous or true,
Ruths, Rebeccas, Rachels, Sarahs,
Charlottes, Harriets, Emmas, Claras,
Auroras, Helens, Daphnes, Delias,
Martias, Portias, and Cornelias,
Nannys, Fannys, Jennys, Hettys,
Dollys, Mollys, Biddys, Bettys,
Sacharissas, Melesinas,
Dulcibellas, Celestinas,—
Say, is there one more free from blame,
One that enjoys a fairer fame,
One more endow’d with Christian graces,
(Although I say it to our faces,
And flattery we don’t delight in,)
Than Catherine, at this present writing?
Where, then, can all the difference be?
Where, but between, the K, and C:
Between the graceful curving line,
We now prefix to -atherine,
Which seems to keep with mild police,
Those rebel syllables in peace,
Describing, in the line of duty,
Both physical, and moral beauty,
And that impracticable K
Who led them all so much astray—
Was never seen in black and white,
A character more full of spite!
That stubborn back, to bend unskilful,
So perpendicularly wilful!
With angles, hideous to behold,
Like the sharp elbows of a scold,
In attitude, where words shall fail,
To fight their battles tooth and nail.—
In page the first, you’re sagely told
That “all that glitters is not gold;”
Fain would I quote one proverb more—
“N’eveillez pas le chat qui dort.”
Here some will smile, as if suspicious
That simile was injudicious;
Because in C A T they trace
Alliance with the feline race.
But we the name alone inherit,
C has the letter, K the spirit,
And woe betide the man who tries
Whether or no the spirit dies!
Tho’ dormant long, it yet survives,
With its full complement of lives.
The nature of the beast is still
To scratch and claw , if not to kill ;
For royal Cats, to low-born wrangling
Will superadd the gift of strangling.
Witness in modern times the fate
Of that unhappy potentate,
Who, from his palace near the pole,
Where the chill waves of Neva roll,
Was snatch’d, while yet alive and merry,
And sent on board old Charon’s ferry.
The Styx he travers’d, execrating
A Katherine of his own creating.
—Peter the Third—illustrious peer!
Great autocrat of half the sphere!
(At least of all the Russias, he
Was Emperor, Czar of Muscovy)—
In evil hour, this simple Czar,
Impell’d by some malignant star,
Bestow’d upon his new Czarina,
The fatal name of Katerina;
And, as Monseigneur l’Archévêque
Chose to baptize her à la Grecque,
‘Twas Katerina with a K:
He rued it to his dying day:
Nay died, as I observ’d before,
The sooner on that very score—
The Princess quickly learnt her cue,
Improv’d upon the part of shrew,
And as the plot began to thicken,
She wrung his head off like a chicken.
In short this despot of a wife
Robb’d the poor man of crown and life;
And robbing Peter, paid not Paul;
But clear’d the stage of great and small,
No corner of the throne would spare,
To gratify her son and heir,
But liv’d till threescore years and ten,
Still trampling on the rights of men.—
Thy brief existence, hapless Peter!
Had doubtless longer been, and sweeter,
But that thou wilfully disturb’dst
The harmless name she brought from Zerbst.
Nor was it even then too late,
When crown’d and register’d a Kate;
When all had trembling heard, and seen,
The shriller voice, and fiercer mien—
Had’st thou e’en then, without the measure,
That Russian boors adopt at pleasure,
On publishing a tedious ukase,
To blab to all the world the true case,
By virtue of the Imperial knout
But whipt th’ offending letter out—
She, in the fairest page of fame,
Might then have writ her faultless name,
And thou retain’d thy life, and crown,
Till time himself had mow’d them down.
By Any Other Name: Writers Named Tom
February 9, 2015 § 1 Comment
There are hundreds of writers named “Tom“, and here is a list of many of them:
– Tom Andrews (1961-2001), American critic and poet.
– Tom Barry (1885-1931), American comedian, playwright, and screenwriter.
– Tom Becker (b. 1981), English children’s book writer.
– Tom Birdseye (b. 1951), American children’s book writer.
– Tom W. Blackburn (1913-1992), American author, lyricist, and screenwriter.
– Tom Bodett (b. 1955), American author, broadcaster, and voice actor.
– Tom Bradby (b. 1967), English author and journalist.
– Tom Brokaw (b. 1940), American author, broadcaster, editor, and journalist.
– Tom Brown (1662-1704), English satirist and translator.
– Tom Buckingham (1895-1934), American director and screenwriter.
– Tom Burns (1906-1995), Anglo-Chilean editor and publisher.
– Tom Clancy (1947-2013), American historian and novelist.
– Tom Clark (b. 1941), American biographer, editor, and poet.
– Tom Cutter (b. 1951), one of the many pen names of American mystery and Western author Robert J. Randisi, who also publishes as “Cole Weston”, “Joseph Meek”, “Joshua Randall”, “Lew Baines”, “Paul Ledd”, “Robert Lake”, “Spenser Fortune”, and “W.B. Longley”, among other pseudonyms.
– Tom Dardis (1926-2001), American author and editor.
– Tom Dawe (b. 1940), Canadian children’s book writer and poet.
– Tom De Haven (b. 1949), American author, editor, journalist, and teacher.
– Tom Deitz (1952-2009), American artist, educator, and fantasy author.
– Tom Devine (b. 1945), Scottish historian and writer.
– Tom Dolby (b. 1975), Anglo-American editor, essayist, filmmaker, journalist, and novelist.
– Tom Egeland (b. 1959), Norwegian novelist.
– Tom Fontana (b. 1951), American playwright, producer, and screenwriter.
– Tom French (b. 1966), Irish poet.
– Tom Gallacher (1934-2001), Scottish playwright.
– Tom Gibson (1888-1950), American director and screenwriter.
– Tom Glazer (1914-2003), American singer and songwriter.
– Tom Godwin (1915-1980), American sci-fi author.
– Tom Hadaway (1923-2005), English dramatist and screenwriter.
– Tom T. Hall (b. 1936), American novelist, singer, songwriter, and short story writer.
– Tom Harpur (b. 1929), Canadian author, broadcaster, columnist, priest, and theologian.
– Tom Hayden (b. 1939), American activist, author, and politician.
– Tom Healy (b. 1961), American poet, professor, and writer.
– Tom Holland (b. 1968), British historian and novelist.
– Tom (T.A.G.) Hungerford (1915-2011), Australian author and journalist.
– Tom Jans (1948-1984), American musician, singer, and songwriter.
– Tom Kettle (1880-1916), Irish barrister, economist, journalist, poet, politician, soldier, and writer.
– Tom Kristensen (1893-1974), Danish critic, journalist, novelist, and poet.
– Tom Kristensen (b. 1955), Norwegian novelist.
– Tom Kromer (1906-1969), American novelist.
– Tom Lanoye (b. 1958), Belgian columnist, novelist, playwright, and poet.
– Tom Lotherington (b. 1950), Norwegian biographer, novelist, poet, and translator.
– Tom (T.) Lovatt-Williams (1897-1986), English poet and writer.
– Tom MacInnes (1867-1951), Canadian poet and translator.
– Tom Mandel (b. 1942), American poet.
– Tom Marshall (1938-1993), Canadian novelist and poet.
– Tom Maschler (b. 1933), Anglo-Austrian publisher and writer.
– Tom McHale (1902-1994), American novelist.
– Tom McHale (1941-1982), American novelist.
– Tom McGrath (1940-2009), Scottish musician and playwright.
– Tom Munnelly (1944-2007), Irish folklorist and writer.
– Tom Murphy (b. 1935), Irish dramatist.
– Tom Naegels (b. 1975), Belgian author and journalist.
– Tom Paulin (b. 1949), Irish critic and poet.
– Tom Perotta (b. 1961), American novelist and screenwriter.
– Tom Petty (b. 1950), American musician, producer, singer, and songwriter.
– Tom Pickard (b. 1946), English filmmaker and poet.
– Tom Pocock (1925-2007), English biographer, historian, and journalist.
– Tom Purdom (b. 1936), American critic and author.
– Tom Raworth (b. 1938), English artist and poet.
– Tom Regan (b. 1938), American activist, philosopher, and writer.
– Tom Robbins (b. 1932), American novelist.
– Tom Schulman (b. 1950), American screenwriter.
– Tom Scott (1918-1995), Scottish editor, poet, and writer.
– Tom Sexton (b. 1940), American poet.
– Tom Shippey (b. 1943), English author, historian, and scholar.
– Tom Springfield (b. 1934), pen name of American singer and songwriter Dionysius P.A. O’Brien.
– Tom Stacey (b. 1930), English novelist, publisher, and screenwriter.
– Tom Stannage (1944-2012), Australian administrator, academic, and historian.
– Tom Stoppard (b. 1937), Anglo-Czech playwright and screenwriter.
– Tom Snow (b. 1947), American singer and songwriter.
– Tom Taylor (1817-1880), English biographer, critic, dramatist, and editor.
– Tom Tryon (1926-1991), American actor, author, and screenwriter.
– Tom Waits (b. 1949), American actor, singer, and songwriter.
– Tom Walmsley (b. 1948), Canadian novelist, poet, playwright, and screenwriter.
– Tom Wayman (b. 1945), Canadian academic, poet, and writer.
– Tom Whitecloud (1914-1972), American author and physician.
– Tom Whitlock (b. 1954), American lyricist and songwriter.
– Tom Wintringham (1898-1949), English activist, author, historian, journalist, poet, politician, and soldier.
– Tom Wolfe (b. 1931), American author and journalist.
By Any Other Name: Writers Named Alice
February 9, 2015 § 1 Comment
There is quite a long list of writers named “Alice” (many of whom are poets, interestingly). Here is a start:
– Alice Adams (1926-1999), American novelist, professor, and short story writer.
– Alice Ambrose (1906-2001), American author, logician, and philosopher.
– Alice Bailey (1880-1949), Anglo-American theosophist and writer.
– Alice Borchardt (1939-2007), American novelist.
– Alice Dayrell Caldeira Brant (1880-1970), Brazilian diarist and socialite, who published under the pen name “Helena Morley”.
– Alice Brown (1857-1948), American novelist, playwright, and poet.
– Alice Mildred Cable (1878-1952), English author and missionary.
– Alice Cary (1820-1871), American poet.
– Alice Childress (1916-1994), American actress, author, and playwright.
– Alice Dalgliesh (1893-1979), Anglo-American author and children’s book writer.
– Alice Allison Dunnigan (1906-1983), American activist, author, and journalist.
– Alice Morse Earle (1851-1911), American author and historian.
– Alice Cunningham Fletcher (1838-1923), American ethnologist and writer.
– Alice French (1850-1934), American novelist and short story writer who also used the pen name “Octave Thanet”.
– Alice Masak French (1930-2013), Canadian Inuit memoirist.
– Alice Fulton (b. 1952), American author and poet.
– Alice Esther Glen (1881-1940), New Zealander activist, children’s book writer, journalist, and novelist, who also published under the pen name “Esther Glen”, or as simply “Esther”.
– Alice Gomme (1853-1938), English author and folklorist.
– Alice Goodman (b. 1958), American librettist and poet.
– Alice Bache Gould (1868-1953), American historian.
– Alice Corbin Henderson (1881-1949), American author, editor, and poet.
– Alice Tisdale Hobart (1882-1967), American novelist.
– Alice Hoffman (b. 1952), American children’s book writer and novelist.
– Alice James (1848-1892), American diarist.
– Alice Elinor Lambert (1886-1981), American romance author.
– Alice Roosevelt Longworth (1884-1980), American socialite and writer.
– Alice Low (b. 1926), American children’s book writer and editor.
– Alice McDermott (b. 1953), American author and educator.
– Alice Meynell (1847-1922), American activist, editor, poet, and writer.
– Alice Duer Miller (1874-1942), American poet and writer.
– Alice Milligan (1865-1953), Irish poet and writer.
– Alice Nadine Morrison (1892-1978), American musician and songwriter.
– Alice Munro (b. 1931), Canadian short story writer.
– Alice Dunbar Nelson (1875-1935), American activist, journalist, and poet.
– Alice Notley (b. 1945), American poet.
– Alice O’Fredericks (1899-1968), Danish actress, director, and screenwriter.
– Alice Oswald (b. 1966), English poet.
– Alice Parizeau (1930-1990), Polish-Canadian criminologist, essayist, journalist, and writer.
– Alice N. Persons (b. 1952), American poet.
– Alice Priestley (b. 1962), Canadian children’s book writer and illustrator.
– Alice Rahon (1904-1987), French-Mexican artist and poet.
– Alice Ravenhill (1859-1954), Anglo-Canadian activist, author, and educator.
– Alice Hegan Rice (1870-1942), American novelist.
– Alice Riley (1867-1955), American children’s book writer, playwright, poet, and songwriter.
– Alice Sebold (b. 1953), American novelist.
– Alice Bradley Sheldon (1915-1987), American science fiction author who wrote under the pen names “James Tiptree, Jr.” and “Raccoona Sheldon”.
– Alice Tilton (1909-1976), pen name of American mystery author Phoebe Atwood Taylor, who also wrote as “Freeman Dana”.
– Alice Vieira (b. 1943), Portuguese author and children’s book writer.
– Alice von Hildebrand (b. 1923), Belgian philosopher, theologian, and writer.
– Alice Walker (b. 1944), American activist and author.
– Alice Werner (1859-1935), German poet, teacher, and writer.
– Alice Muriel Williamson (1869-1933), British novelist who often published in collaboration with her husband, Charles Norris (C.N.) Williamson, and who also wrote under the pen name “Alice Stuyvesant”.
Some of the Most Common Surnames in the World
February 8, 2015 § Leave a comment
Following are some links where you can read up on some of the most common surnames in the world. Take some time to browse through, and feel free to share your thoughts in the comments!
– This online discussion includes a map of the most common last names in Europe (click on the imgur link on the top of the page to see the map being discussed).
– And this is the Wikipedia article listing the most common European surnames, by country.
– Here is a link to the 2000 census results for frequently-occurring last names in the U.S.
– And this list shows the most common surnames for African-Americans in the U.S.
– Click here for the most common surnames for American Indians and Alaskans.
– This link leads to a list of the most common Hispanic last names in the United States.
– Click here for a list of the most common last names for people of Asian or Pacific Islander descent living in the United States.
– Here is the Wikipedia article listing the most common surnames in Central America, by country.
– This Wikipedia article lists the most common surnames in Asia, by country.
– And this is the Wikipedia article for the most common surnames in Australia.
– Here you’ll find an article listing some of the most unique, and the most common, African last names.
– This is another article about African last names, including information on the name origin.
How Your Name Can Become a Very Unfortunate E-Mail Address
February 8, 2015 § Leave a comment
Or, Why You Should Think These Things Through From All Angles Before Naming Your Child In Today’s World.
From the article: “Email addresses and usernames are pretty much generated now by schools and workplaces as a standard procedure. It’s usually made up by a combination such as FirstNameInitial LastName@company.com or the first three letters of your first name and the first three letters of your last name @company.com…or…well, you get the picture. For the vast majority, this works out fine. It’s an easy and efficient way to to have standardized emails. For a select few, however, the arrangement of letters turns out to be incredibly unfortunate…and incredibly hilarious for the rest of us.”
Click through to see how well this worked out for some poor schmucks in the real world.
(For the record, the following are the configurations addressed in the article. How well does your name work in all of these configurations? Any awkward results? Do you know of any other configurations in e-mail generating systems which ought to be considered?)
– First initial + entire last name (e.g. Adminta Zoe = azoe)
– First two initials of the first name + entire last name (e.g. Adminta Zoe = adzoe)
– First two initials of the first name + first three initials of the last name (e.g. Adminta Zoe = adzoe)
– Entire last name + first initial of the first name (e.g. Adminta Zoe = zoea)
– Entire last name + first two initials of the first name (e.g. Adminta Zoe = zoead)
– Entire last name + first three initials of the first name (e.g. Adminta Zoe = zoeadm)
By Any Other Name: Writers Named Ann
February 7, 2015 § 1 Comment
There have been many writers named “Ann” throughout the years, dating back to at least the seventeenth century. Here is a starting list:
– Ann Bancroft (b. 1955), American adventurer, author, and teacher.
– Ann Bannon (b. 1932), pen name of American pulp fiction author Ann Weldy.
– Ann Baynard (1672-1697), English natural philosopher and writer.
– Ann Beattie (b. 1947), American novelist and short story writer.
– Ann Eliza Bleecker (1752-1783), American correspondent and poet.
– Ann Brashares (b. 1967), American novelist.
– Ann Bridge (1889-1974), pen name of English novelist and traveler Mary Ann O’Malley (also known as “Cottie Sanders”).
– Ann Nolan Clark (1896-1995), American children’s book writer.
– Ann Cleeves (b. 1954), English crime fiction author.
– Ann Turner Cook (b. 1926), American mystery author.
– Ann C. Crispin (1950-2013), American sci-fi author.
– Ann Dally (1929-2007), English author and psychiatrist.
– Ann Darr (1920-2007), American educator and poet.
– Ann Diamond (b. 1951), Canadian novelist, poet, and short story writer.
– Ann Marie Di Mambro (b. 1950), Scottish playwright and screenwriter.
– Ann Downer (b. 1960), American fantasy author and poet.
– Ann, Lady Fanshawe (1625-1680), English memoirist.
– Ann Fienup-Riordan (b. 1948), American anthropologist and author.
– Ann Fisher-Wirth (b. 1947), American author and poet.
– Ann Smith Franklin (1696-1763), American editor, publisher, and writer.
– Ann Fagan Ginger (b. 1925), American activist, lawyer, teacher, and writer.
– Ann Granger (b. 1949), pen name of English novelist Patricia Ann Granger, who also published as “Ann Hulme”.
– Ann Griffiths (1776-1805), Welsh hymnwriter and poet.
– Ann Hood (b. 1956), American novelist and short story writer.
– Ann Harriet Hughes (1852-1910), Welsh novelist who wrote under the pen name “Gwyneth Vaughan”.
– Ann Ireland (b. 1953), Canadian novelist.
– Ann Jebb (1735-1812), English activist, reformer, and writer, who sometimes published under the pen name “Priscilla”.
– Ann Jellicoe (b. 1927), English actress, director, and playwright.
– Ann Jonas (1932-2013), American children’s book writer and illustrator.
– Ann Jones (b. 1937), American activist, author, and journalist.
– Ann Kelly (b. 1941), English children’s book writer and poet.
– Ann Lauterbach (b. 1943), American essayist, poet, and professor.
– Ann Major (b. 1946), pen name of American romance author Margaret Major Cleaves.
– Ann M. Martin (b. 1955), American children’s book writer.
– Ann (A.E.) Maxwell (b. 1944), American novelist who often collaborates with her husband, Evan Maxwell, and who also publishes under the pen names “Elizabeth Lowell” and “Lowell Charters”.
– Ann Moray (1909-1981), Welsh novelist and singer.
– Ann Oakley (b. 1944), English activist, sociologist, and writer.
– Ann Packer (b. 1959), American novelist and short story writer.
– Ann Patchett (b. 1963), American novelist.
– Ann Peebles (b. 1947), American singer and songwriter.
– Ann Petry (1908-1997), American novelist and short story writer.
– Ann Plato (c. 1824-sometime after 1841), American author, educator, and poet.
– Ann Quin (1936-1973), English novelist.
– Ann Radcliffe (1764-1823), English Gothic novelist.
– Ann Rinaldi (b. 1934), American novelist.
– Ann Ronnell (1906/08-1993), American composer and lyricist.
– Ann Rule (1931-2015), American crime author who also published under the pen names “Andy Stack”, “Arthur Stone”, and “Chris Hansen”.
– Ann Schlee (b. 1934), English novelist.
– Ann Eliza Smith (1819-1905), American author and poet.
– Ann Stanford (1916-1987), American editor, educator, poet, and translator.
– Ann S. Stephens (1810-1886), American editor and novelist.
– Ann Thwaite (b. 1932), English biographer and children’s book writer.
– Ann Turnbull (b. 1943), English children’s book writer.
– Ann Turner (b. 1945), American children’s book writer and poet.
– Ann Yearsley (1753-1806), English poet and writer.
– Ann Zwinger (1925-2014), American naturalist and writer.
By Any Other Name: Writers Named Jim
February 7, 2015 § 1 Comment
A lot of writers have decided to go by the name of “Jim“. Here are a good number of them:
– Jim Allen (1926-1999), English playwright and screenwriter.
– Jim Anderson (b. 1937), Anglo-Australian editor and novelist.
– Jim Bellows (1922-2009), American editor and journalist.
– Jim Bennett (b. 1947), English historian and museum curator.
– Jim Bennett (b. 1951), English poet and short story writer.
– Jim Benton (b. 1960), American children’s book writer and illustrator.
– Jim Butcher (b. 1971), American novelist.
– Jim Capaldi (1944-2005), English lyricist, musician, and songwriter.
– Jim Carroll (1949-2009), American author, musician, and poet.
– Jim Cartwright (b. 1968), English dramatist and screenwriter.
– Jim Chandler (b. 1941), American poet.
– Jim Connell (1852-1929), Irish activist and songwriter.
– Jim Copp (1913-1999), American songwriter and storyteller.
– Jim Crace (b. 1946), English novelist, playwright, and short story writer.
– Jim Daniels (b. 1956), American poet and writer.
– Jim Dodge (b. 1945), American novelist and poet.
– Jim Duffy (b. 1966), Irish historian and journalist.
– Jim Garland (1905-1978), American activist and songwriter.
– Jim Harmon, “Mr. Nostalgia” (1933-2010), American historian and short story writer, who sometimes published under the pen name “Judson Grey”.
– Jim Harris (b. 1955), American children’s book writer and illustrator.
– Jim Harrison (b. 1937), American author and poet.
– Jim Hoagland (b. 1940), American columnist and journalist.
– Jim Jacobs (b. 1942), American composer, dramatist, and lyricist.
– Jim Kepner (1923-1997), American activist, author, historian, and journalist.
– Jim Kjelgaard (1910-1959), American novelist and short story writer.
– Jim McNeil (1935-1982), Australian playwright.
– Jim Murphy (b. 1947), American children’s book writer.
– Jim Northrup (b. 1943), Native American columnist, commentator, performer, and poet.
– Jim Shepard (b. 1956), American novelist and short story writer.
– Jim Simmerman (1952-2006), American editor and poet.
– Jim Thompson (1906-1977), American crime fiction author.
– Jim Tully (1886-1947), American author, pugilist, and vagabond.
– Jim Ward (b. 1951), American fantasy author and game designer.
– Jim Williams (b. 1947), English author who also publishes under the pen names “Alexander Mollin” and “Richard Hugo”.
By Any Other Name: Writers Named James
February 7, 2015 § 1 Comment
There are so many writers named “James“. Just, so many. You might think this means that people named James are more likely to become writers, but probably it’s more because James has been a popular name for a very long time, so there are no doubt hundreds of well-known James’s in any profession. In any case, if you are looking for writers with the first name “James”, this list is a good start:
– James of Viterbo (c. 1255-1308), Italian friar, theologian, and writer.
– James II of Aragon (1267-1327), Spanish ruler and poet.
– James Barton Adams (1843-1918), American cowboy poet.
– James Truslow Adams (1878-1949), American historian and writer.
– James Agate (1877-1947), English critic and diarist.
– James Agee (1909-1955), American author, critic, journalist, poet, and screenwriter.
– James Albery (1838-1889), English dramatist.
– James Aldrich (1810-1856), American editor and poet.
– James Algar (1912-1998), American director, producer, and screenwriter.
– James Alison (b. 1959), English author, priest, and theologian.
– James Alexander Allan (1879-1967), Australian historian and poet.
– James Lane Allen (1849-1925), American novelist and short story writer.
– James Anderson (1662-1728), Scottish antiquarian, historian, and lawyer.
– James Anderson (c.1679/80-1739), Scottish minister and writer.
– James Anderson (1739-1808), Scottish agriculturalist, economist, and journalist.
– James Anderson (1936-2007), English mystery author.
– James Petit Andrews (1737-1797), English antiquarian and historian.
– James Stout Angus (1830-1923), Scottish poet and writer.
– James Arbuckle (1700-c.1742?), Irish critic and poet.
– James Atkinson (1780-1852), English artist, author, poet, scholar, and surgeon.
– James Atlas (b. 1949), American author and editor.
– James Ambrose Dominic Aylward (1813-1872), English poet and theologian.
– James Bacon (1914-2010), American actor, author, and journalist.
– James Bacque (b. 1929), Canadian editor, historian, novelist, and publisher.
– James Montgomery Bailey, “The Dansbury News Man” (1841-1894), American humorist and journalist.
– James Robert Baker (1946-1997), American novelist and screenwriter.
– James Baldwin (1841-1925), American children’s book author, editor, and educator.
– James Baldwin (1924-1987), American essayist, novelist, playwright, poet, and social critic.
– James Ballantine (1806-1877), Scottish artist and author.
– James Bandinel (1814-1892), English author, clergyman, and poet.
– James Barclay (b. 1965), English fantasy author.
– James Nelson Barker (1784-1858), American playwright, poet, politician, and soldier.
– James Barnes (1866-1936), American author, editor, historian, and journalist.
– James Lee Barrett (1929-1989), American dramatist, producer, and screenwriter.
– James Battye (1871-1954), Australian historian and librarian.
– James Keir Baxter (1926-1972), New Zealander poet.
– James Phinney Baxter (1831-1921), American businessman, civic leader, and historian.
– James Phinney Baxter III (1893-1975), American academic, educator, and historian.
– James Beattie (1735-1803), Scottish moralist, philosopher, and poet.
– James Warner Bellah (1899-1976), American Western author.
– James Theodore Bent (1852-1897), English archaeologist, explorer, and travel writer.
– James Beresford (1764-1840), English author, clergyman, and satirist.
– James Billings (b. 1932), American director, librettist, lyricist, and performer.
– James Bisset (c.1762-1832), Anglo-Scottish artist, collector, poet, and writer.
– James DeRuyter Blackwell (1828-1901), American author and poet.
– James Carlos Blake (b. 1947), American author and essayist.
– James A. Bland (1854-1911), American musician and songwriter.
– James Blish (1921-1975), American fantasy and science fiction author.
– James Boaden (1762-1839), English biographer, dramatist, and journalist.
– James Bonwick (1817-1906), Anglo-Australian historian and writer.
– James Boswell (1740-1795), Scottish author, diarist, and lawyer.
– James Cloyd Bowman (1880-1961), American children’s book author and educator.
– James F. Bowman (1826-1882), American journalist and poet.
– James Boyd (1888-1944), American novelist.
– James I.C. Boyd (1921-2009), English author and historian.
– James C. Bracken (1909-1972), American songwriter.
– James C. Bradford (b. 1945), American historian and professor.
– James Bradley (b. 1954), American historical nonfiction author.
– James Bradley (b. 1967), Australian critic and novelist.
– James Bramston (c. 1694-1744), English poet and satirist.
– James Brasfield (b. 1952), American poet and translator.
– James Bridges (1936-1993), American director and screenwriter.
– James Bridie (1888-1951), pen name of Scottish playwright, screenwriter, and surgeon Osborne Henry Mavor.
– James Franck Bright (1832-1920), English historian.
– James Brockman (1886-1967), Russian-American songwriter.
– James Broughton (1913-1999), American filmmaker and poet.
– James Cooke Brown (1921-2000), American science fiction author and sociologist.
– James Buchan (b. 1954), Scottish journalist and novelist.
– James Bland Burges (1752-1824), English author, barrister, poet, and politician, also known as James Bland Lamb.
– James Burgess (1832-1916), Anglo-Indian archaeologist and author.
– James Burgh (1714-1775), Anglo-Scottish politician, reformer, and writer.
– James Burke (b. 1936), Anglo-Irish author, broadcaster, producer, and science historian.
– James Lee Burke (b. 1936), American mystery author.
– James Burney (1750-1821), English author and rear-admiral.
– James Burnham (1905-1987), American philosopher and political theorist.
– James MacGregor Burns (1918-2014), American biographer, historian, and political scientist.
– James Ramsay Montagu Butler (1889-1975), English academic, historian, and politician.
– James Branch Cabell (1879-1958), American fantasy and belles lettres author.
– James M. Cain (1892-1977), American author, crime author, and journalist.
– James Cameron (1911-1985), Anglo-Scottish journalist.
– James Dykes Campbell (1838-1895), Scottish biographer, merchant, and writer.
– James Madison Carpenter (1888-1983), American folklorist, minister, and scholar.
– James Carroll (b. 1943), American historian, journalist, and novelist.
– James Chapman (b. 1968), English historian.
– James Martin Charlton (b. 1966), English director, filmmaker, and playwright.
– James Hadley Chase (1906-1985), pen name of English thriller author René Lodge Brabazon, who also wrote under the pen names “Ambrose Grant”, “James L. Docherty”, “R. Raymond”, and “Raymond Marshall”.
– James Freeman Clark (1810-1888), American author and theologian.
– James Clavell (1921-1994), Anglo-Australian director, novelist, screenwriter, and soldier.
– James Cleugh (1891-1969), English author and translator.
– James Lincoln Collier (b. 1928), American author, journalist, and musician.
– James F. Conant (b. 1958), American author and philosopher.
– James Fenimore Cooper (1789-1851), American novelist.
– James Costigan (1926-2007), American actor, playwright, and screenwriter.
– James Cousins (1873-1956), Irish actor, critic, editor, poet, playwright, teacher, and writer.
– James Cowan (1870-1943), New Zealander author and historian.
– James Cowan (b. 1942), Australian author and poet.
– James Gould Cozzens (1903-1978), American novelist.
– James Ashmore Creelman (1894-1941), American screenwriter.
– James Edwin Creighton (1861-1924), American essayist and philosopher.
– James Crumley (1939-2008), American crime author, novelist, and short story writer.
– James Currie (1756-1805), Scottish biographer, editor, and physician.
– James Curtis (1907-1977), English novelist.
– James Oliver Curwood (1878-1927), American adventure writer and conservationist.
– James Cuthbertson (1851-1910), Scottish-Australian poet and teacher.
– James Dashner (b. 1972), American novelist.
– James Darmesteter (1849-1894), French antiquarian, author, and translator.
– James Daugherty (1889-1974), American children’s book author, illustrator, and painter.
– James Conway Davies (1891-1971), Welsh historian and palaeographer.
– James (J.) Kitchener Davies (1902-1952), Welsh playwright and poet.
– James Davis (1706/07-1755), Welsh physician and satirist.
– James Wentworth Day (1899-1983), English broadcaster, sportsman, and writer.
– James De Mille (1833-1880), Canadian novelist.
– James Deahl (b. 1945), Canadian poet and publisher.
– James Dearden (b. 1949), English director and screenwriter.
– James Devaney (1890-1976), Australian journalist, novelist, and poet.
– James Dickey (1923-1997), American novelist and poet.
– James Main Dixon (1856-1933), Scottish author and educator.
– James Donaldson (1831-1915), Scottish scholar, theologian, and writer.
– James Lowry Donaldson (1814-1885), American author and soldier.
– James V. Downton (b. 1938), American sociologist and writer.
– James William Drought (1931-1983), American author, editor, and press officer.
– James Duff Duff (1860-1940), Scottish editor, scholar, and translator.
– James Duffy (1809-1871), Irish author and publisher.
– James Duport (1606-1679), English classical scholar and translator.
– James M. Edie (1927-1998), American philosopher and writer.
– James Edmeston (1791-1876), English architect and hymnwriter.
– James Edward Edmonds (1861-1956), English historian and soldier.
– James Ellroy (b. 1948), American crime fiction writer and essayist.
– James Elphinston (1721-1809), Scottish educator, linguist, phonologist, and writer.
– James Elward (1928-1996), American actor, author, playwright, and screenwriter.
– James Fallows (b. 1949), American journalist and writer.
– James L. Farmer, Sr. (1886-1961), American author, educator, and theologian.
– James Farrar (1823-1944), English poet.
– James Gordon (J.G.) Farrell (1935-1979), Irish novelist.
– James T. Farrell (1904-1979), American novelist, poet, and short story writer.
– James Fenton (b. 1931), Scottish linguist and poet.
– James Fenton (b. 1949), English critic, journalist, and poet.
– James Fergusson (1808-1886), Scottish architect, historian, and writer.
– James Thomas Fields (1817-1881), American editor, poet, and publisher.
– James Fitzmaurice-Kelly (1858-1923), Scottish translator and writer.
– James Elroy Flecker (1884-1915), English novelist, playwright, and poet.
– James Flint (b. 1968), English journalist, novelist, and short story writer.
– James Follett (b. 1939), English author and screenwriter.
– James Forbes (1749-1819), Anglo-Scottish artist, author, and traveler.
– James Forbes (1871-1938), Canadian playwright and screenwriter.
– James Fordyce (1720-1796), Scottish minister and poet.
– James Baillie Fraser (1783-1856), Scottish artist and travel writer.
– James George Frazer (1854-1941), Scottish anthropologist and author.
– James Dillet Freeman (1912-2003), American minister and poet.
– James Midwinter Freeman (1827-1900), American clergyman and writer.
– James Freney (1719-1788), Irish highwayman and writer.
– James Frey (b. 1969), American producer and writer.
– James N. Frey (b. 1943), American author and educator.
– James Hain Friswell (1825-1878), English essayist and novelist.
– James Anthony Froude (1818-1894), English biographer, editor, historian, and novelist.
– James Gairdner (1828-1912), Scottish historian.
– James Galvin (b. 1951), American author and poet.
– James Alan Gardner (b. 1955), Canadian science fiction author.
– James Louis Garvin (1868-1947), English author, editor, and journalist.
– James Gilreath (1936-2003), American singer and songwriter.
– James Gleeson (1915-2008), Australian artist, critic, curator, poet, and writer.
– James Gleick (b. 1954), American author and science historian.
– James Goldman (1927-1998), American novelist, playwright, and screenwriter.
– James Grady (b. 1949), American journalist and novelist.
– James Graham (b. 1929), pen name used by English author Harry Patterson, who also published under the pen names “Hugh Marlowe”, “Jack Higgins”, and “Martin Fallon”.
– James Grahame (1765-1811), Scottish poet.
– James Grainger (c.1721-1766), Scottish doctor, poet, and translator.
– James Grant (1822-1887), Scottish historian and novelist.
– James H. Gray (1906-1998), Canadian author, historian, and journalist.
– James Green (b. 1944), American activist, author, and educator.
– James Greenwood (c. 1683-1737), English author and grammarian.
– James Greenwood (1832-1929), English journalist, and writer.
– James Grippando (b. 1958), American lawyer and novelist.
– James Gruen (1894-1967), American screenwriter.
– James Gunn (b. 1923), American science fiction author and editor.
– James William Hackett (b. 1929), American philosopher and poet.
– James Hadow (1667-1747), Scottish author, educator, and theologian.
– James Baker Hall (1935-2009), American novelist, photographer, poet, and teacher.
– James Halliwell-Phillipps (1820-1889), English collector and historian.
– James Hanley (1897-1985), Anglo-Irish novelist, playwright, and short story writer.
– James F. Hanley (1892-1942), American lyricist and songwriter.
– James Hannay (1827-1873), Scottish diplomat, journalist, and novelist.
– James Aloyisius Harden-Hickey (1854-1898), Franco-American adventurer, author, and editor.
– James Hardiman (1782-1855), Irish historian and librarian.
– James Wycliffe Headlam-Morley (1863-1929), English classicist and historian.
– James Hearst (1900-1983), American philosopher, poet, and professor.
– James Hebblethwaite (1857-1921), Anglo-Australian clergyman, poet, and teacher.
– James Heneghan (b. 1930), Anglo-Canadian children’s book writer and novelist.
– James Henry (1798-1876), Irish poet and scholar.
– James Leo Herlihy (1927-1993), American actor, novelist, and playwright.
– James A. Herne (1839-1901), American actor and playwright.
– James Hilton (1900-1954), English novelist and screenwriter.
– James Hinton (1822-1875), English author and surgeon.
– James P. Hogan (1941-2010), English science fiction author.
– James Hogg (1770-1835), Scottish essayist, novelist, and poet.
– James Holman, “The Blind Traveler” (1786-1857), English adventurer and author.
– James Archibald Houston (1921-2005), Canadian artist, author, designer, and filmmaker.
– James D. Houston (1933-2009), American novelist.
– James Howe (b. 1946), American children’s book author.
– James Howell (c. 1594-1666), Anglo-Welsh historian and writer.
– James Huneker (1857-1921), American critic and writer.
– James Hynes (b. 1955), American novelist.
– James Janeway (1636-1674), English author and minister.
– James Jackson Jarves (1818-1888), American author, collector, critic, and editor.
– James Weldon Johnson (1871-1938), American activist, author, diplomat, educator, lawyer, and songwriter.
– James Johonnot (1832-1888), American author and educator.
– James Joll (1918-1994), English biographer, historian, and lecturer.
– James Jones (1921-1977), American novelist.
– James Joyce (1882-1941), Irish novelist and poet.
– James Kaplan (b. 1951), American biographer, journalist, and novelist.
– James Kelly (b. 1959), Irish author, editor, educator, and historian.
– James Patrick Kelly (b. 1951), American science fiction author.
– James Kennaway (1928-1968), Scottish novelist and screenwriter.
– James Kenney (1780-1849), English dramatist.
– James Kenward (1908-1944), English author and illustrator.
– James Kirkup (1918-2009), English poet, translator, and travel writer.
– James Kirkwood, Jr. (1924-1989), American actor, author, and playwright.
– James Kisner (1947-2008), American horror author, who also wrote under the pen names “Eric Flanders” and “Martin James”.
– James Krüss (1926-1997), German children’s book author and illustrator, dramatist, poet, and translator.
– James Howard Kunstler (b. 1948), American author and social critic.
– James Lapine (b. 1949), American director, librettist, playwright, and screenwriter.
– James Lasdun (b. 1958), English author and poet.
– James Laughlin (1914-1997), American poet and publisher.
– James Laver (1899-1975), English author, critic, curator, and historian.
– James MacPherson Le Moine (1825-1912), Canadian author and barrister.
– James Leasor (1923-2007), English novelist.
– James Lees-Milne (1908-1997), English architectural historian, biographer, diarist, and novelist.
– James Matthews Legaré (1823-1859), American inventor and poet.
– James Legge (1815-1897), Scottish editor, missionary, sinologist, and translator.
– James Lockhart (1933-2014), American author and historian.
– James Russell Lowell (1819-1891), American critic, diplomat, editor, and poet.
– James Love (1722-1774), pen name of English actor, playwright, and poet, James Dance.
– James Lydon (1928-2013), Irish educator and historian.
– James Mabbe (1572-1642), English poet, scholar, and translator.
– James Macdonnell (1841-1879), Scottish author and journalist.
– James E. Mace (1952-2004), American historian and professor.
– James MacGeoghegan (1702-1763), Irish historian and priest.
– James MacKaye (1872-1935), American engineer and philosopher.
– James Mackintosh (1765-1832), Scottish historian, journalist, jurist, philosopher, and politician.
– James Noël MacKenzie Maclean (1928-1978), Scottish author and memoirist.
– James Macpherson (1736-1796), Scottish poet, politician, translator, and writer.
– James Clarence Mangan (1803-1849), Irish poet.
– James Marr (1918-2009), English author and historian.
– James Marshall (1942-1992), American children’s book writer and illustrator.
– James Martineau (1805-1900), English religious philosopher and writer.
– James David Marwick (1826-1908), Scottish historian, lawyer, and town clerk.
– James Mayhew (b. 1964), English children’s book writer and illustrator.
– James McAuley (1917-1976), Australian academic, critic, journalist, and poet.
– James McBride (b. 1957), American author, journalist, musician, and screenwriter.
– James H. McClure (1939-2006), English author and journalist.
– James McCourt (b. 1941), Irish- American novelist and writer.
– James McFarlane (1920-1999), English editor, scholar, and translator.
– James Kevin McGuinness (1893-1950), American producer and screenwriter.
– James McHenry (1785-1845), American author, diplomat, and physician.
– James McIntyre (1828-1906), Canadian poet.
– James McLevy (1796-1875), Irish-Scottish detective and mystery author.
– James L. McMichael (b. 1939), American poet.
– James McNeish (b. 1931), New Zealander author, novelist, and playwright.
– James Alan McPherson (b. 1943), American essayist and short story writer.
– James M. McPherson (b. 1936), American author and historian.
– James McSherry, Jr. (1819-1869), American lawyer and writer.
– James Meek (b. 1962), Anglo-Scottish novelist and journalist.
– James Melville (1556-1614), Scottish clergyman, poet, and translator.
– James Creed Meredith (1875-1942), Irish activist, author, philosopher, scholar, and translator.
– James Merrick (1720-1769), English poet and scholar.
– James Merrill (1926-1995), American author and poet.
– James J. Metcalfe (1906-1960), American poet, reporter, and special agent.
– James Lionel Michael (1824-1868), Anglo-Australian poet and solicitor.
– James A. Michener (1907-1997), American non-fiction author and novelist.
– James Mill (1773-1836), Scottish economist, historian, philosopher, and political theorist.
– James Miller (1730-1744), English clergyman, librettist, playwright, and poet.
– James Mitchell (1926-2002), English crime fiction author and screenwriter who also wrote under the pen names “James Munro” and “Patrick O. McGuire”.
– James Moffat (1922-1993), Anglo-Canadian pulp novelist, who also published under the pen names of “Etienne Aubin”, “Richard Allen”, and “Trudi Maxwell”.
– James Lynam Molloy (c. 1837-1909), Irish author, composer, and poet.
– James Moloney (b. 1954), Australian children’s book author.
– James J. Montague (1873-1941), American journalist, poet, and satirist.
– James Montgomery (1771-1854), Anglo-Scottish editor, hymnwriter, and poet.
– James Mooney (1861-1921), American ethnographer and writer.
– James Augustus Cotter Morrison (1832-1888), English essayist and historian.
– James K. Morrow (b. 1947), American fantasy and science fiction author.
– James Mortimer (1833-1911), Anglo-American chess player, journalist, and playwright.
– James Hope Moulton (1863-1917), English author, philologist, and theologian.
– James Mudge (1844-1918), American author and clergyman.
– James Murdoch (1856-1921), Scottish educator, historian, journalist, and scholar.
– James Vincent Murphy (1880-1946), Irish journalist, translator, and writer.
– James Murray (1837-1915), Scottish editor, lexicographer, and philologist.
– James W. Nichol (b. 1940), Canadian novelist and playwright.
– James Oppenheim (1882-1932), American editor, novelist, and poet.
– James Orr (1770-1816), Scottish weaver poet.
– James Otis (1848-1912), pen name of American children’s book author and journalist James Otis Kaler.
– James Owen (b. 1969), English historian and journalist.
– James Parkes (1896-1981), English activist, clergyman, and historian.
– James Patterson (b. 1947), American novelist.
– James Lloydovich Patterson (b. 1933), Russian-American naval officer and poet.
– James Payn (1830-1898), English novelist.
– James Larkin Pearson (1879-1981), American poet and publisher.
– James Gates Percival (1795-1856), American geologist and poet.
– James Breck Perkins (1847-1910), American historian, politician, and writer.
– James Phillips (b. 1977), English director, photographer, and playwright.
– James Philp (c. 1860-1935), Scottish-Australian author and journalist.
– James Lord Pierpont (1822-1893), American composer and songwriter.
– James Shepherd Pike (1811-1882), American journalist.
– James Planché (1796-1880), English antiquarian and dramatist.
– James Poe (1921-1980), American screenwriter.
– James Alan Polster (1947-2012), American explorer, journalist, novelist, producer, and screenwriter.
– James Pope-Hennessy (1916-1974), English biographer and travel writer.
– James A. Porter (1836-1897), American novelist.
– James Powell (b. 1932), Canadian short story writer.
– James Puckle (1667-1724), English inventor, lawyer, and writer.
– James Purdy (1914-2009), American novelist, playwright, poet, and short story writer.
– James Morgan Pryse (1859-1942), American author, publisher, and theosophist.
– James Pycroft (1813-1895), English author, cricketer, and vicar.
– James Rado (b. 1932), American actor, composer, and writer.
– James Raine (1791-1858), English antiquarian, author, and clergyman.
– James G. Randall (1881-1953), American author and historian.
– James Ryder Randall (1839-1908), American journalist and poet.
– James Reaney (1926-2008), Canadian librettist, playwright, poet, and professor.
– James Redhouse (1811-1892), English author and linguist.
– James Rees (1802-1885), American author, editor, and playwright.
– James Reeves (1909-1978), English children’s book writer, playwright, and poet.
– James Reiss (b. 1941), American poet.
– James Rennell (1742-1830), English geographer, historian, and oceanographer.
– James Reston, Jr. (b. 1943), American author and journalist.
– James Rhoades (1841-1923), English author, mystic, poet, and translator.
– James Rice (1843-1882), English novelist who published in collaboration with Walter Besant.
– James Robert Richard (1900-1977), pen name of American aviator, author, editor, and journalist Robert Sidney Bowen, who also published as “R. Sidney Bowen”.
– James Maude Richards (1907-1992), English architect and author.
– James Richardson (1809-1851), English diarist and explorer.
– James Richardson (b. 1950), American poet.
– James Theodore Richmond, “Twilight Ted”, (1890-1975), American conservationist, librarian, preacher, and writer.
– James Ridley (1736-1765), English novelist.
− James Oliver Rigney, Jr. (1948-2007), American fantasy author who wrote under the pen names “Chang Lung”, “Jackson O’Reilly”, “Reagan O’Neal”, and “Robert Jordan”.
– James Riordan (1936-2012), English author, broadcaster, and historian.
– James Risen (b. c. 1955), American journalist.
– James Robertson (b. 1958), Scottish author and poet.
– James Alexander Robertson (1873-1939), American archivist, bibliographer, historian, and translator.
– James Burton Robertson (1800-1877), English historian and translator.
– James Craigie Robertson (1813-1882), Scottish clergyman and historian.
– James Logie Robertson (1846-1922), Scottish author, editor, and poet, who also wrote under the pen name “Hugh Haliburton”.
– James Harvey Robinson (1863-1936), American historian.
– James Jeffrey Roche (1847-1908), Irish-American diplomat, journalist, and poet.
– James Roose-Evans (b. 1927), English author, director, playwright, and priest.
– James Roy (b. 1968), Australian children’s book writer.
– James Runcie (b. 1959), English director, novelist, and producer.
– James Runciman (1852-1891), English author, journalist, and teacher.
– James Malcom Rymer (1814-1884), Anglo-Scottish pulp novelist.
– James Sallis (b. 1944), American crime author and poet.
– James Salter (b. 1925), American novelist and short story writer.
– James Saunders (1925-2004), English playwright.
– James Schevill (1920-2009), American critic, playwright, poet, and professor.
– James H. Schmitz (1911-1981), American science fiction author.
– James Scholefield (1789-1853), English classical scholar and translator.
– James Schouler (1839-1920), American historian and lawyer.
– James Schuyler (1923-1991), American poet.
– James Scully (b. 1937), American poet and translator.
– James Sempill (1566-1625/26), Scottish diplomat, poet, and theologian.
– James Witt Sewell (1865-1955), American educator, grammarian, and writer.
– James S. Shapiro (b. 1955), American author, educator, and historian.
– James Shirley (1596-1666), English dramatist and poet.
– James Simmons (1933-2001), Irish critic, poet, and songwriter.
– James Spedding (1808-1881), English author and editor.
– James Augustus St. John (1795-1875), Welsh author and traveler.
– James Lee Stanley (b. 1946), American singer and songwriter.
– James Kenneth Stephen (1859-1892), English poet and tutor.
– James Stephens (1880-1950), Irish novelist and poet.
– James Brunton Stephens (1835-1902), Scottish-Australian poet.
– James Stern (1904-1993), Anglo-Irish author and reviewer.
– James Thomas Stevens (b. 1966), American academic and poet.
– James Stevenson (b. 1929), American children’s book writer and illustrator.
– James Still (1906-2001), American folklorist, novelist, and poet.
– James Hutchison Stirling (1820-1909), Anglo-Scottish author and philosopher.
– James Leigh Strachan-Davidson (1843-1916), English classicist and historian.
– James Street (1903-1954), American journalist, minister, and novelist.
– James Talley (b. 1944), American singer and songwriter.
– James T. Tanner (1858-1915), English director and dramatist.
– James Tate (b. 1943), American poet.
– James Emerson Tennent (1804-1869), Irish politician, traveler, and writer.
– James Alexander Thom (b. 1933), American novelist and short-story writer.
– James Westfall Thompson (1869-1941), American historian.
– James Thomson (1700-1748), Anglo-Scottish playwright and poet.
– James Thomson (1763-1832), Scottish weaver poet.
– James Thomson (1834-1882), Scottish poet who wrote under the pen name “Bysshe Vanolis”.
– James Thomson (1852-1934), Australian journalist and newspaper publisher.
– James F. Thomson (1921-1984), English philosopher.
– James Thornton (1861-1938), American performer and songwriter.
– James Thurber (1894-1961), American author, cartoonist, humorist, journalist, and playwright.
– James Sterling Tippett (1885-1958), American children’s book writer and educator.
– James Tiptree, Jr. (1915-1987), pen name of American science fiction author Alice Bradley Shelden, who also published as “Raccoona Sheldon”.
– James Tod (1782-1835), English geographer, historian, and soldier.
– James Henthorn Todd (1805-1869), Irish educator and historian.
– James Townley (1714-1778), English dramatist.
– James Trefil (b. 1938), American author and physicist.
– James Hammond Trumbull (1821-1897), American historian, philologist, and scholar.
– James Tucker (b. 1929), Welsh novelist, who also publishes under the pen names “Bill James”, “David Craig”, and “Judith Jones”.
– James Tyrell (1642-1718), English author, historian, and political philosopher.
– James Ramsey Ulllman (1907-1971), American mountaineer and writer.
– James Ware (1594-1666), Irish author and historian.
– James Webb (1946-1980), Scottish biographer and historian.
– James R. Webb (1909-1974), American author and screenwriter.
– James Wechsler (1915-1983), American columnist, editor, and journalist.
– James Wedderburn (ca. 1495-1553), Scottish playwright and poet.
– James Weinstein (1926-2005), American historian and journalist.
– James Welch (1940-2003), American novelist and poet.
– James White (1759-1799), Anglo-Irish novelist and translator.
– James White (1928-1999), Irish science fiction author.
– James Wilcox (b. 1949), American novelist and professor.
– James Williamson (1886-1964), English author and historian.
– James Wills (1790-1868), Irish poet and writer.
– James Wood (b. 1965), English critic, essayist, and novelist.
– James Woodforde (1740-1803), English author and clergyman.
– James Young (1872-1948), American actor, director, and screenwriter.
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