Authors
Authors in Icklesham, East Sussex
Below are listings for authors in Icklesham and the surrounding area. You can add your listing to this category here.
Joseph Conrad
| Rye, 3.6 miles from Icklesham |
Lived near Rye on Romney Marsh and wrote many novels including 'Lord Jim'. ... more
Conrad Aiken
| Rye, 3.6 miles from Icklesham |
American poet, short story writer, critic and novelist. Lived in Rye between 1934-36, where he wrote 'London Letters' to the New Yorker newspaper. ... more
Malcolm Saville
| Rye, 3.6 miles from Icklesham |
Author of the Lone Pine adventure series, some of which are set in Rye. ... more
Ford Madox Ford
| Winchelsea, 0.3 miles from Icklesham |
Lived in nearby Winchelsea and wrote amongst other things 'The Good Soldier'. ... more
Russell Thorndike
| Rye, 3.6 miles from Icklesham |
The author of the Dr Syn smuggling adventures set in Romney Marsh. ... more
Rumer Godden
| Rye, 3.5 miles from Icklesham |
Wrote 'This House of Brede' and 'A Kindle of Kittens' both of which were set in the region ... more
Henry James
| Rye, 3.5 miles from Icklesham |
Lived in Lamb House, Rye and wrote Wings of a Dove, The Golden Bowl, and The Ambassadors amonst others during his stay. ... more
Arthur Christopher Benson
| Rye, 3.5 miles from Icklesham |
Wrote a number of novels, plays and poems, perhaps the most famous being the words to 'Land of Hope and Glory' ... more
Monica Edwards
| Rye Harbour, 4.1 miles from Icklesham |
Monica Edwards was born Monica le Doux Newton and, as a child, her family moved to Rye Harbour, where her father, the Rev. Harry, became vicar and officiated at the funeral after the 1928 lifeboat disaster. The young Monica used to climb down the drainpipe at nights to spend time ... more
John Christopher
| Rye, 3.6 miles from Icklesham |
"John Christopher" is a pseudonym for Samuel Youd, a prolific author whose full bibliography runs to around 70 novels under seven different names. Currently lives in Rye. ... more
Edward Frederick Benson
| Rye, 3.5 miles from Icklesham |
Novelist, Biographer, and Benefactor of Rye Edward Frederick Benson was born July 24, 1867 at Wellington College in Berkshire, where his father was Headmaster. He was the fifth of six children born to Mary Sidgwick Benson and Edward White Benson, later Chancellor and Canon of Lincoln Cathedral, Bishop of Truro ... more
Radclyffe Hall
| Rye, 3.6 miles from Icklesham |
Lived in Rye for a time and wrote'The Well of Loneliness'. ... more
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