- Doris Lessing (1919 - 2013)
- Toni Morrison (born 1931)
- Ursula K Le Guin (born 1929)
- Virginia Woolf (1882-1941)
- Clarice Lispector (1920 - 1977)
- Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (born 1977)
- Margaret Atwood (born 1939)
Who is the best-selling female author of all time?
Agatha Christie
Who is the most famous author ever?
Author Min. estimated sales Number of books
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William Shakespeare 2 billion 42
Agatha Christie 2 billion 85
Barbara Cartland 500 million 723
Danielle Steel 500 million 179
Who is the most famous author in Ireland?
James Joyce He is definitely the most important Irish writer and one of the most significant writers in the world too, thanks to his unique modernist style that revolutionised fiction writing in the early 20th century.25 Oct 2017
Who are the great Irish writers?
- Jonathan Swift (1667 1745)
- Oliver Goldsmith (1728 1774)
- Bram Stoker (1847 1912)
- Sean O'Casey (1880 1964)
- Cecil Day-Lewis (1904 1972)
- Iris Murdoch (1919 1999)
- Seamus Heaney (1939 2013)
Who are some modern day famous Irish writers?
- The Witch Elm. By Tana French.
- Room. By Emma Donoghue.
- Conversations with Friends. By Sally Rooney.
- A Ladder to the Sky. By John Boyne.
- Let the Great World Spin. By Colum McCann.
- The Sea. By John Banville.
- A Girl Is a Half-Formed Thing. By Eimear McBride.
- Tara Road.
Who are the top 10 most famous authors?
- Leo Tolstoy 327.
- William Shakespeare 293.
- James Joyce 194.
- Vladimir Nabokov 190.
- Fyodor Dostoevsky 177.
- William Faulkner 173.
- Charles Dickens 168.
- Anton Checkhov 165.
Who is the best selling Irish author of all time?
Bram Stoker Abraham Stoker (1847-1912) was a novelist and short story writer best known for his Gothic thriller, Dracula (1897). Dracula is amongst the best selling books of all time (after the Bible) and had influenced over 1,000 vampire-based films throughout the world. The book's Irish connection is undeniable.1 Nov 2021
Who is the most famous Irish writer?
James Joyce
Who are the greatest Irish writers?
- John Banville a critically-acclaimed writer.
- Maeve Binchy a national treasure.
- Brendan Behan a writer whose eventful life influenced his works.
- Bram Stoker he inspired the vampire genre.
- Eoin Colfer a world-famous children's author.