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 »
Rana Dasgupta was born in 1971, and grew up in Cambridge. He worked for a... 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.
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
