A.S. Byatt

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1. A.S. Byatt

   Author of Possession, Angels and Insects, Babel Tower

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6. Peter Carey

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7. George Eliot

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8. Julian Barnes

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9. Kazuo Ishiguro

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14. Penelope Fitzgerald

    Author of The Bookshop, The Blue Flower, The gate of angels

15. Colm Tóibín

    Author of Brooklyn, The Master

16. Michael Ondaatje

    Author of The English Patient, Anil’s Ghost, The Cat's Table

17. Charles de Lint

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18. Sarah Waters

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19. Angela Carter

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20. John Fowles

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