Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1859–1930) was a Scottish writer and physician, most famous for his... Read more »
William Dalrymple was born in Scotland and brought up on the shores of the Firth... Read more »
Charles Darwin was born in Shropshire at the beginning of the 19th-century and educated at... Read more »
Sallie Day began writing after her children left home. Her interest led her on to... Read more »
Daniel Defoe was born at the beginning of a period of history known as the... Read more »
Len Deighton was born in London in 1929. At the age of seventeen he became... Read more »
‘Venus in India’ is also known as ‘Love Adventures in Hindustan’ and was originally published... Read more »
Brian Dolan is an American historian who received his doctorate from Cambridge University in 1995.... Read more »
Ben Dolnick was born in 1982 and grew up outside Washington, D.C. He now lives... Read more »
Described by the Sunday Times as ‘one of our best biographers’, Jane Dunn writes about... Read more »
Greg Dyke was born in 1947 and educated at Hayes Grammar School and York University.... Read more »
Bob Dylan was born in Duluth, Minnesota in 1941. He grew up in nearby Hibbing,... Read more »
At 24, Mike Daisey joined one of the leading dotcoms in the US. He left... Read more »
Danny Danziger has written widely on subjects as diverse as Lincoln Cathedral, the London Philharmonic... Read more »
Having overseen the ‘debut-de-siècle’ Tweed Revolution alongside Gustav Temple, Vic Darkwood turned their attentions to... Read more »
Rana Dasgupta was born in 1971, and grew up in Cambridge. He worked for a... Read more »
Richard Davenport-Hines won the Wolfson Prize for History for his first book, ‘Dudley Docker’. He... Read more »
Stephen Davis is America’s pre-eminent rock journalist and biographer, having written numerous bestsellers on rock... Read more »
Sidney Day was born in Highgate in 1912. The youngest son in a family of... Read more »
Christopher de Bellaigue was born in 1971. He studied at Cambridge and writes for Granta... Read more »
Leanda de Lisle is the author of ‘After Elizabeth’. She was educated at Somerville College,... Read more »
‘The Autobiography of a Flea’ was first published anonymously – but was later revealed to... Read more »
The Marquis de Sade was a French aristocrat, revolutionary and writer of violent pornography. Incarcerated... Read more »
Debra Dean worked as an actor in the New York theatre for nearly a decade... Read more »
Rudy Delson lives in Brooklyn, New York. Maynard and Jennica is his first book.
Julian Dibbell has been a writer for the ‘Village Voice’, ‘Time’ magazine, and many other... Read more »
Joan Didion is one of America’s most respected writers, her work constituting some of the... Read more »
Erik Didriksen is a software engineer, musician, sonneteer, and trivia enthusiast. He resides in Astoria,... Read more »
Garry Disher is the author of three literary novels, Steal Away, The Stencil Man and... Read more »
Edward Docx has worked in journalism for a number of years and was associate editor... Read more »
Anthony Doerr is the bestselling and prize-winning author of The Shell Collector, About Grace, Four... Read more »
Michael Donkor was born in London, to Ghanaian parents. He studied English at Wadham College,... Read more »
Stephen Dorril has worked on ‘Lobster’, the journal devoted to the activities of the intelligence... Read more »
Andy Dougan is a journalist and the author of various books including Dynamo, which has... Read more »
Journalist Tim Dowling was born in Connecticut and moved to the UK at the age... Read more »
K. Eric Drexler is the world authority on nano-technology. He is a graduate of Massachusetts... Read more »
Back in 1999, Richard, Adam and Jon got a bit bored of the jobs they... Read more »
A prolific, confessedly compulsive poet and playright, Maureen Duffy published her first novel, That’s How... Read more »
Frequently imitated but rarely surpassed, Dumas is one of the best known French writers and... Read more »
David Ewing Duncan, the author of five books, including the international bestseller ‘Calendar’ and ‘The... Read more »
At only 23 years old, Dunham wrote, directed and starred in the multi-award winning ‘Tiny... Read more »
Anja Dunk was born in Wales to a German mother and a Welsh father. Her... Read more »
Suzannah Dunn is the author of nine previous novels, Darker Days Than Usual, Blood Sugar,... Read more »
Marguerite Duras was one of Europe’s most distinguished writers. The author of many novels and... Read more »
Niall Duthie is the author of three novels, ‘The Duchess’s Dragonfly’ (1993), ‘Natterjack’ (1996) and... Read more »