Alice Thomas Ellis (1932–2005)

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1. Alice Thomas Ellis

   Author of The Inn at the Edge of the World, Fairy Tale, Fish, Flesh and Good Red Herring

2. Elizabeth Taylor

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

3. Molly Keane

   Author of Good Behaviour, Devoted Ladies, Loving and Giving

4. Penelope Lively

   Author of City of the Mind, Spiderweb, Oleander, Jacaranda: A Childhood Perceived

5. Rosamond Lehmann

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

6. E. H. Young

   Author of Miss Mole, William, Jenny Wren

7. Barbara Pym

   Author of A Glass of Blessings, A Few Green Leaves, An Academic Question

8. Margaret Drabble

   Author of The Radiant Way, A Natural Curiosity, The Gates of Ivory

9. Anita Brookner

   Author of A Friend from England, Brief Lives, Fraud

10. Muriel Spark

    Author of A Far Cry from Kensington, The Girls of Slender Means, The Bachelors

11. Antonia White

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

12. Kate O'Brien

    Author of The Land of Spices, Mary Lavelle, Without My Cloak

13. Rose Macaulay

    Author of Told by an Idiot, The World My Wilderness, Crewe Train

14. Jane Gardam

    Author of God on the Rocks, Bilgewater, A Long Way from Verona

15. Elizabeth von Arnim

    Author of Elizabeth and Her German Garden, Love, The Caravaners

16. Mary Wesley

    Author of The Camomile Lawn, Harnessing Peacocks, An Imaginative Experience

17. Elizabeth David

    Author of French Provincial Cooking, English Bread and Yeast Cookery, Elizabeth David Classics: Mediterranean Food, French Country Cooking, Summer Cooking

18. Iris Murdoch

    Author of The Sacred and Profane Love Machine, Nuns and Soldiers, The Flight from the Enchanter

19. Jane Grigson

    Author of Jane Grigson's Fruit Book, Charcuterie and French Pork Cookery, World Atlas of Food

20. Alison Lurie

    Author of The War Between the Tates, The Truth About Lorin Jones, Real People