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Favorite British author?
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Avatar Image   Started by phatass phatass has 613 Grupie Points 1 year ago         Comments 2 Comments

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J.R.R. Tolkien

Leader! Most 1st Place Votes
The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings, etc. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tolkien... [show more]

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Douglas Adams

author of The Hitch Hikers Guide to the Galaxy

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Agatha Christie

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Terry Pratchett

Best known for his Discworld series. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pratchett... [show more]

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C S Lewis

Until we have faces

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Lewis Carrol

Alice in Wonderland, Through the Looking-Glass http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lewis_Carrol... [show more]

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J.K. Rowling

...or at least one of my top favorites, she is.

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Charles Dickens

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Philip Pullman

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip_Pullman A difficult one to call, but at the moment, it is probably Mr Pullman.... [show more]

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Neil Gaiman

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Iris Murdoch

Philosophical mysteries.

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Lawrence Durrell

Alexandria Quartet, The Black Book.

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C. S. Forester

The author of "The African Queen" and the Hornblower series of novels.

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Peter F. Hamilton

Since I like hard science fiction...

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Jane Green

http://www.janegreen.com/index.htm, Jemima J., Bookends, The Other Woman, Second Chance

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Martin Amis

Booker Prize & Somerset Maugham Award winner. Author of "Time's Arrow," "London Fields" & "Einstein's Monsters."... [show more]

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E. M. Forster

The Celestial Omnibus, A Room with a View, Howard's End, A Passage to India...

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Ian McEwan

2 time Booker Award winner

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gam3 7 months ago

So is Joseph Conrad an English author.

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Gaz_Watson 7 months ago

No, he was Polish and then moved to the UK so that would make him a Polish Novelist I presume.

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