Authors
Authors in Brookland, Kent
Below are listings for authors in Brookland and the surrounding area. You can add your listing to this category here.
Joseph Conrad
| Rye, 5.5 miles from Brookland |
Lived near Rye on Romney Marsh and wrote many novels including 'Lord Jim'. ... more
Monica Edwards
| Rye Harbour, 5.3 miles from Brookland |
Monica Edwards was born Monica le Doux Newton and, as a child, her family moved to Rye Harbour, where her father, the Rev. Harry, became vicar and officiated at the funeral after the 1928 lifeboat disaster. The young Monica used to climb down the drainpipe at nights to spend time ... more
Henry James
| Rye, 5.6 miles from Brookland |
Lived in Lamb House, Rye and wrote Wings of a Dove, The Golden Bowl, and The Ambassadors amonst others during his stay. ... more
John Christopher
| Rye, 5.5 miles from Brookland |
"John Christopher" is a pseudonym for Samuel Youd, a prolific author whose full bibliography runs to around 70 novels under seven different names. Currently lives in Rye. ... more
Rumer Godden
| Rye, 5.6 miles from Brookland |
Wrote 'This House of Brede' and 'A Kindle of Kittens' both of which were set in the region ... more
Radclyffe Hall
| Rye, 5.5 miles from Brookland |
Lived in Rye for a time and wrote'The Well of Loneliness'. ... more
Malcolm Saville
| Rye, 5.5 miles from Brookland |
Author of the Lone Pine adventure series, some of which are set in Rye. ... more
Arthur Christopher Benson
| Rye, 5.6 miles from Brookland |
Wrote a number of novels, plays and poems, perhaps the most famous being the words to 'Land of Hope and Glory' ... more
Edward Frederick Benson
| Rye, 5.6 miles from Brookland |
Novelist, Biographer, and Benefactor of Rye Edward Frederick Benson was born July 24, 1867 at Wellington College in Berkshire, where his father was Headmaster. He was the fifth of six children born to Mary Sidgwick Benson and Edward White Benson, later Chancellor and Canon of Lincoln Cathedral, Bishop of Truro ... more
Conrad Aiken
| Rye, 5.5 miles from Brookland |
American poet, short story writer, critic and novelist. Lived in Rye between 1934-36, where he wrote 'London Letters' to the New Yorker newspaper. ... more
Russell Thorndike
| Rye, 5.5 miles from Brookland |
The author of the Dr Syn smuggling adventures set in Romney Marsh. ... more
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