Angela Carter (1940–1992)

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1. Angela Carter

   Author of The Bloody Chamber, Nights at the Circus, The Passion of New Eve

2. A.S. Byatt

   Author of Possession, Angels and Insects, Babel Tower
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3. Elizabeth Taylor

   Author of Mrs Palfrey at the Claremont, Angel, In a Summer Season

4. Jeanette Winterson

   Author of Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit, Written on the Body, Lighthousekeeping
   All: (1 member)

5. Margaret Atwood

   Author of The Robber Bride, The Penelopiad: The Myth of Penelope and Odysseus, Wilderness Tips
   All: (2 members)

6. Rosamond Lehmann

   Author of Invitation to the Waltz, The Echoing Grove, The Ballad and the Source

7. Elizabeth von Arnim

   Author of Elizabeth and Her German Garden, Vera, Love

8. Ellen Datlow

   Author of Snow White, Blood Red, Black Thorn, White Rose, Ruby Slippers, Golden Tears
   All: (1 member)

9. Sarah Waters

   Author of Fingersmith, Tipping the Velvet, Affinity
   All: (1 member)

10. John Crowley

    Author of Little, Big, Daemonomania, Engine Summer

11. Antonia White

    Author of Frost in May, The Lost Traveller, Beyond the Glass

12. Peter Ackroyd

    Author of Hawksmoor, Dan Leno and the Limehouse Golem, Milton in America
    All: (1 member)

13. Pat Barker

    Author of Regeneration, The Ghost Road, Union Street

14. Rebecca West

    Author of The Return of the Soldier, The Fountain Overflows, Harriet Hume : a London fantasy

15. Marina Warner

    Author of From the Beast to the Blonde: On Fairy Tales and Their Tellers, No Go The Bogeyman: Scaring, Lulling, and Making Mock, Six Myths of Our Time: Little Angels, Little Monsters, Beautiful Beasts, and More

16. J. G. Ballard

    Author of The Drowned World, High-Rise, Cocaine Nights

17. Alan Garner

    Author of The Owl Service, Elidor, The Moon of Gomrath

18. Mervyn Peake

    Author of Gormenghast Trilogy, Gormenghast, Titus Alone
    All: (1 member)

19. Molly Keane

    Author of Good Behaviour, Devoted Ladies, Time After Time

20. Samuel R. Delany

    Author of Dhalgren, Nova, The Jewels of Aptor