- List of non-fiction writers
The term non-fiction author encompasses a vast number of fields and individuals. This list includes authors who primarily have written non-fiction books for publication.
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*List of biographers
*List of critics
*List of essayists
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Susan Alcorn
*Stephen Ambrose (1936–2002)
*Gabriele Amorth
*Thomas Amory (c. 1691 – 1788)
*John Asgill (1659–1738)
*Russell Ash (born 1946)
*Anastasia Ashman
*Isaac Asimov (1920–1992)
*John Austin (1790–1859)B
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Richard Bannatyne (died 1605)
*Antony Beevor
*Betty Berzon
*T.J. Binyon
*John Bodenham
*Jeff Bollow
*Eric Borgman (born 1957)
*Timothy Boronczyk
*James Boswell
*John Bourchier, 2nd Baron Berners (1467–1553)
*William Bragge
*William Brandon (1914–2002)
*Po Bronson
*James Bruce (1730–1794)
*Jacob Bryant (1715–1804)
*Francis Trevelyan Buckland (1826–1880)
*James Burke (born 1936)
*Anthony Burgess (1917–1993)
*Richard James Burgess
*Robert Forrest Burgess (born 1927)
*Michael Burleigh
*Butrus al-Bustani (1819–1883)
*Rhonda Byrne
*Sylvia Brown C
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David Cairns
*Richard Carew (1555–1620)
*Elizabeth Carter (1717–1806)
*Hester Chapone (1727–1801)
*Walter Charleton (1619–1707)
*Lars Lindberg Christensen
*Brian Cleeve (1921–2003)
*Frances Power Cobbe (1822–1904)
*George Combe (1788–1858)
*George Lillie Craik (1798–1866)
*A. J. Cronin (1896-1981)
*Vincent Cronin (born 1924)
*Stephen R. Covey
*Sean Covey
*Jack Canfield D
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Francis Douce (1757–1834)
*David G. Dalin
*John Davies (c. 1565-1618)
*Graham Diamond (1947)
*Jared Diamond
*John Diamond
*William Hepworth Dixon (1821–1879)
*John Doran (1807–1878)
*Andrew Dornenburg
*John E. Douglas
*Eamon Duffy
*Gerina Dunwich (born 1959)E
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Martin Ebon (born 1917)
*Filip Erceg
*John Edward F
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Wayne Federman (born 1959)
*Orlando Figes
*Timothy Fish
*Richard Fortey
*Ian Frazier (born 1951)G
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Edward Gibbon (1737–1794)
*Stephen Jay Gould (1941–2002)
*Jeffrey Guterman H
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Bruce Barrymore Halpenny
*Herodotus
*Jean Henry-Mead
*John Cam Hobhouse (1786–1869)
*Eric Hobsbawm
*Susie Hodge
*Richard Holmes (biographer)
*Richard Holmes (military historian)
*Christine Howser (born 1965)J
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Mark Jacobson
*Roy Jenkins (1920–2003)
*Irving Johnson (1905–1991)
*Olivia Judson K
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Elizabeth Keckley
*John Keegan (born 1934)
*Jim Keith (1949–1999)
*Ian Kershaw
*Charles H. Kraft
*James Howard Kunstler L
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David Landes
*Louisa Leaman (born 1976)
*James J. LeBar
*Neal Lozano
*Fitz Hugh Ludlow (1836–1870)M
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Michael MacDonald (born 1956)
*Scott MacGillivray (born 1957)
*Margaret MacMillan (born 1943)
*Brenda Maddox
*David Magee (born 1965)
*Harvey Manning (born 1925)
*Steve Matchett (born 1962)
*Joyce Maynard
*DeBarra Mayo (born 1953)
*Fulvio Melia (born 1956)
*Jack Miles
*Joseph Mitchell (1908–1996)
*Simon Sebag Montefiore
*Julia Moulden (born 1956)N
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Stephen L. Nelson (born 1959)P
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Tadeusz Pacholczyk (born 1965)
*Karen A. Page
*Robert Palmer (1945–1997)
*Caroline Paul
*Neal Petersen
*Robert Georges Picard (born 1951)
*Melissa Holbrook Pierson (born 1957)
*James Van Praagh R
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Libby Rees (born 1995)
*Simon Reeve
*Richard Rhodes
*Matt Ridley (born 1958)
*Graham Robb (born 1958)
* Jason Roberts
*John K. Rollinson (1884 –1948)
*Barun Roy
*Anneli Rufus
*Ann Rule
*Tim Russert (1950-2008)*
Carl Sagan (1934–1996)
*Michael Scanlan
*William Shawcross
*Brendan Simms
*James Sites (born 1924)
*Robert Skidelsky
*Jean Edward Smith (born 1932)
*Jerry E. Smith
*Jon Smith (born 1975)
*Dr. E. Lee Spence (born 1947)
*Tom Stevenson T
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Felix Thijssen (born 1937)
*Neal Thompson
*Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)
*Alvin Toffler (born 1928)
*Claire Tomalin (born 1933)V
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Michael J. Varhola (born 1966)
*Edgar Vincent
*Voltaire (1694–1778)W
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Alan Whiticker (born 1958)
*Francis Wheen
*Carl Wickland (born 1861)
*Eric Williams (1911–1981)
*Richard T. Williamson (born 1958)
*Brandon Wilson (born 1953)
*Charles F. Winslow (1811–1877)
*Neale Donald Walsch "See also:"
List of authors
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