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A. A. Milne

Playwright, novelist, and creator of Winnie-the-Pooh

Abbot Bertran

Monastic Poet

Abu Nuwas

The Wine-Bibbing Poet of the Abbasid Court

Achim von Arnim

Poet and novelist of German Romanticism

Adonis

Syrian Poetic Innovator

Adrienne Kress

Children’s Author and Illustrator

Adrienne Rich

Poet and Feminist Activist

Aeron Greyjoy

The Damphair, Priest of the Drowned God

Aerys II Targaryen

The Mad King of Westeros

Agatha Christie

Queen of Mystery, Novelist

Agatha Morel, the Mycological Governess

Tutoring young minds and questionable fungi

Agatha Primm, Governess of the Tideline Estate

Governess to the children of the sea

Agatha Webb, Relic Keeper of the Drowned Beacon

Custodian of the Last Lighthouse

Agnes Permafrost-Cooper, the Fossil Governess

Victorian governess to deceased gentlefolk

Agnes Wilborough

Governess of the Holloway Estate

Ai Ken

Contemporary Chinese-American Novelist

Alain Robbe-Grillet

French novelist and filmmaker, father of the nouveau roman

Alara Naevelyn

Aes Sedai of the Brown Ajah

Alastair Reynolds

Hard Sci-Fi Author and Space Opera Specialist

Albus Dumbledore

Headmaster of Hogwarts

Aldous Huxley

Novelist, Essayist, and Philosopher

Alejo Carpentier

Cuban novelist and historian

Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

Writer and Dissident

Alexander Blok

Poet and Literary Critic

Alexander Pushkin

Poet and Playwright

Alexandra Bracken

Author of The Darkest Minds Series

Alexandre Dumas

Père, author of The Count of Monte Cristo

Alexandre Dumas fils

Playwright and Novelist

Alex Ditmar

Fantasy Author and Scholar

Alfred de Musset

Poet and Playwright of the Romantic Era

Alfred, Lord Tennyson

Poet Laureate of Great Britain

Ali Al-Khazraji

Iraqi Novelist and Cultural Commentator

Alice

Curious Girl

Alice Munro

Canadian short story writer and Nobel Laureate

Alina Rosales

Peruvian Magical Realist

Alison Bechdel

Cartoonist and Graphic Memoirist

Allen Ginsberg

Poet

Alliser Thorne

Master-at-Arms of the Night's Watch

Amberlynn Whitmore

Contemporary Gothic Fiction Author

Amelia Chan

Contemporary Spy Fiction Author

Sudanese Novelist and Cultural Analyst

Amrita Pritam

Punjabi poet, novelist, and memoirist

Anaïs Nin

Writer, diarist, and voice of the inner life

Anasuya Rahman

Young Novelist & Cultural Commentator

Anatole France

Nobel Prize Winning Novelist and Satirist

André Breton

Founder of Surrealism

André Gide

French novelist and moralist

André Malraux

Writer, Art Theorist, Adventurer

André Maurois

French Writer and Biographer

Angels in America (Tony Kushner)

Playwright and Director

Angie Thomas

Author of The Hate U Give

Anna Seghers

German writer, chronicler of exile and resistance

Anne Brontë

Novelist and Poet

Anne Frank

Diary Writer and Voice of Hope

Anne McCaffrey

Science Fiction and Fantasy Author

Anne Murphy

Investigative Journalist

Anne Rice

Author of Gothic Vampires

Anne Waldman

Poet & Activist

Annie Baker

Playwright and Director

Annie Ernaux

Writer of the ordinary

Annika Settergren

Pippi's Steadfast Friend

Ann Leckie

Science Fiction Novelist and Hugo Award Winner

Ann Radcliffe

Gothic novelist, mistress of terror

Ann Waldman

Poet and Co-founder of the Jack Kerouac School

Anthony Burgess

Novelist, composer, and critic

Anthony Monday

Elizabethan Theorist and Critic

Anthony Trollope

Novelist and Civil Servant

Antichrist

The False Messiah and Adversary of the Lamb

Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

Aviator and Author of The Little Prince

Anton Chekhov

Physician and Master of the Short Story

Antonin Artaud

Poet, playwright, and theorist of the Theatre of Cruelty

Apollonius of Rhodes

Alexandrian Poet and Scholar

Appian

Roman Historian and Chronicler of Civil Wars

Aragorn II

King of Gondor

Aragorn II Elessar

King of Gondor and Ranger of the North

Aravind Adiga

Author & Journalist

Archivist Belinda Voss

Gothic governess turned underworld archivist

Arthur C. Clarke

Science Fiction Author and Futurist

Arthur de Gobineau

French writer and racial theorist

Arthur Miller

Playwright of the American Conscience

Arthur Rimbaud

Poet of the Damned

Arturo Pérez-Reverte

Spanish novelist and journalist specializing in historical and literary themes

Arundhati Roy

Author & Social Activist

Arya Stark

The Faceless Girl of Winterfell

A. S. Byatt

Novelist and Critic

Assia Datou

Algerian Postcolonial Poet

Asterix

Gallian Warrior and Clever Hero

Athenaeus

Grammarian and author of The Deipnosophists

August Wilhelm Schlegel

Critic, Poet, Translator of Shakespeare

Aunt Moss

Lighthouse Keeper of Lost Things

Aunt Olga the Switchman

Russian Novel Aunt Who Runs the Railway

Aurelia Wainwright

The archival governess of lost accounts

Axell Florent

The Unyielding Florent

Bain and Khadiza

Twin Aes Sedai of the Brown Ajah

Balon Greyjoy

Lord Reaper of Pyke

Banana Yoshimoto

Contemporary Japanese Writer

Bankim Chandra Chatterjee

Novelist and Pioneer of Indian Fiction

Barbara Cartland

The Queen of Romance

Barbara Goodman

Environmental Journalist and Writer

Barristan Selmy

Lord Commander of the Kingsguard

Basil of the Quiet Hours

The Hedge-Snake Governess of Dusk

Beatrix Potter

Children's Book Author and Illustrator

Beauty

The Compassionate Soul

Benjen Stark

First Ranger of the Night's Watch

Ben Jonson

Playwright and Poet Laureate

Ben Okri

Nigerian Poet and Novelist

Beowulf

Legendary Geatish Hero and Monster Slayer

Bernhard R. Scheffer

Poet and Theorist of Romanticism

Bertolt Brecht

Playwright and Theatrical Innovator

Bertrand de Born

Troubadour and Poet of Courtly Love

Bilbo Baggins

Hobbit of the Shire

Bill Connolly

Contemporary Poet and Cultural Critic

Bindu Sundaram

Literary Translator & Writer

Binky

Unseen University’s Disembodied Horse

Boris Vian

Writer, Jazzman, Provocateur

Fantasy Author and Worldbuilder

Sellsword and Knight of the Seven Kingdoms

Bryan Lee O'Malley

Graphic Novelist and Comic Creator

Brynden Tully

The Blackfish, Knight of the Riverlands

Cadmus Finch, the Chronometrical Apiculturalist of Wistful Hollow Manse

Governess of the Withering Estate, Master of Bees and Time

Camille Flammarion

Astronomer and Science Writer

Candace Fox

Children's Book Illustrator and Author

Captain Ahab

The Master of the Pequod

Captain Carter

Officer of the Militia

Captain Nemo

Nautical Adventurer

Caroline Bingley

A lady of fashion and fortune

Carolyn Cassady

Writer & Memoirist

Carrot Ironfoundersson

Captain of the City Watch

Caspian X

Tirian King of Narnia

Cassandra Merriweather

Gothic Eliminated Governess of the Silent Wing

Cassandra Vale, Lighthouse Keeper of the Last Meridian

Gothic governess of a dead starship's garden

Catelyn Stark

Lady of Winterfell, Mother of the North

Cat J.K. Rowling

Author of a magical cat series

Celia Brume, the Remains Arranger

Deductive Victorian corpse-arranger, oblivious runaway heiress

Cersei Lannister

Queen Regent

Chae Jin

South Korean Poet and Cultural Commentator

Charles Baudelaire

Poet of the Urban Abyss

Charles Bingley

The Amiable Gentleman of Netherfield

Charles Bukowski

Poet of the Downtrodden

Charles Dickens

Novelist and Social Commentator

Charles Perrault

Fairy Tale Author and Academician

Charles Stross

Science Fiction and Cyberpunk Author

Contemporary Graphic Novel Writer

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Writer and storyteller from Nigeria

Chinua Achebe

Nigerian Novelist and Critic

Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni

Novelist & Poet

Chrétien de Troyes

Courtly Poet and Author of Romances

Christiane Amanpour

Award-winning international journalist

Christina Lauren

Collaborative Romance Authors

Christopher Hitchens

Unflinching Polemicist

Christopher Marlowe

Playwright and Poet

Christopher Paolini

Author of 'The Inheritance Cycle'

Cirilla Fiona Elen Riannon

The Lion Cub of Cintra

Cixin Liu

Chinese Science Fiction Author and Hugo Winner

Claire Day

Contemporary Romance Novelist

Claire Girard

Revolutionary Symbolist and Writer

Claire LeGrand

Contemporary Fantasy and Horror Writer

Claire Mazur

Graphic Novel Writer and Cultural Commentator

Claire Turner

Science Fiction Author and Storyteller

Clara Voss

Widow of the last lighthouse keeper

Clarice Lispector

Brazilian Novelist and Essayist

Clarissa Vane, the Bluebell Clerk

Gothic Governess to Silent Clocks

Clive Barker

Playwright and Filmmaker

Colette

French novelist, mime, and journalist

Colin Fletcher

Wilderness Backpacker and Author

Colleen McCullough

Australian Author of The Thorn Birds

Colonel Fitzwilliam

Younger son of an earl, officer in His Majesty's regiment

Colonel Forster

Officer of the Militia

Constantine P. Cavafy

Poet of Alexandria

Cordelia Vane

Governess of the Hollow House

C. S. Lewis

Writer, Scholar, and Christian Apologist

Cyrano de Bergerac

Swordsman, Poet, and Philosopher

Daenerys Targaryen

Mother of Dragons

Dai Chen

Maid of the White Tower

Writer and Political Pamphleteer

Danielle Steel

Legendary Romance & Fiction Author

Dante Alighieri

Florentine Poet and Philosopher

Dante Gabriel Rossetti

Poet and Pre-Raphaelite Painter

Daphne du Maurier

Novelist and Memoirist

D'Artagnan

Musketeer of the Guard and Brave Hero

Dashiell Hammett

Hardboiled Detective Writer

Dave Barry

Humorist and Cocktail Enthusiast

David Morris

Modern Espionage Fiction Author

Davos Seaworth

The Onion Knight, Hand to King Stannis

Idealistic Knight-Errant

Dora Masuda

Literary Translator and Critic

Doran Martell

Prince of Dorne, Lord of Sunspear

Douglas Adams

Writer, humorist, and chronicler of the absurd

Douglas Constantine

Fantasy Literature Scholar

Draco Lucius Malfoy

Pure-Blood Wizard and Slytherin Student at Hogwarts

Drizzt Do'Urden

Dark Elf Ranger

Dr. Jekyll / Mr. Hyde

Dual Persona Scientist

Drogon

Valyrian Steel Wielder

Dr. Seuss

Children's Book Author and Illustrator

Eärendil the Mariner

Star of the North

Ebenezer Scrooge

The Miser Turned Redeemed

Eddard Stark

Warden of the North

Eddison Tollett

First Ranger of the Night's Watch

Edgar Allan Poe

Gothic Writer

Edgar Wallace

Prolific British thriller writer and journalist

Edith Bramble, Governess of the Lattice

Governess of the Street Grid

Edith Sitwell

Poet and Literary Muse

Edith Vane, Keeper of the Almost-Lost

Gothic governess turned digital archivist

Edith Wharton

Novelist and Short Story Writer

Edmond Rostand

Playwright of Cyrano de Bergerac

Edmund Spenser

Poet and Courtier

Edmure Tully

Lord of Riverrun, Heir to the Trident

Edward Lear

Nonsense Poet and Painter

Edwina C. Voss

Deterministic Rail Detective of the Undercity

Edwina Marlowe

Governess of Ashwood Hall

Efraim Longstocking

Captain of the Hoppetossa, King of the Cannibal Island

Egwene al’Vere

Amyrlin Seat of the Hall of the Tower

Children’s Book Illustrator

Elena Peters

Contemporary YA Author and Educator

Elif Shafak

Novelist and storyteller

Elisa Quick

Young Adult Fiction Writer

Elizabeth Barrett Browning

Poet and Novelist

Elizabeth Bennet

Heroine of Pride and Prejudice

Elizabeth Gaskell

Novelist and Short Story Writer

Elizabeth Henry

Contemporary Romance Author

Eliza Hayward

Poet and Romantic Enthusiast

E.L. James

Modern Erotic Romance Author

Ellen Hertz

Contemporary Romance Author

Elrond

Master of Rivendell

Elsie Thornwood

Lighthouse keeper of the salt-bleached page

Elspeth Hartley

Governess and keeper of the night ledger

Emeline Crumb, the Sauce Detective

Late Victorian cuisine detective and governess

E. M. Forster

Novelist and Humanist

Emhyr var Emreis

Emperor of Nilfgaard

Émile Zola

Novelist and Social Reformer

Emily Brontë

Author of Wuthering Heights

Emily Dickinson

Poet

Enid Blyton

Beloved Children's Author

Erich Kästner

German writer and moralist

Erich Maria Remarque

Novelist

Ernest Hemingway

American novelist and Nobel Laureate

Ernest Hemingway

Nobel Prize Author

Ernst Jünger

Writer and Chronicler of the Storm

Esterház

Enigmatic Nanite Archaeologist-Cum-Governess

Euphemia Thistledown

Unreliable Narrator of a Vanishing Estate

Ève Curie

Biographer, Journalist, Humanitarian

Evelyn Waugh

Novelist, satirist, and man of letters

Ezra Pound

Poet and Critic

Fady Jameel

Contemporary Arab Poet

Literature Scholar & Critic

Father Christmas

The Spirit of Christmas Past and Present

Faye Keller

Modern Detective Fiction Author

Federico Garcia Lorca

Poet and Playwright of the Generation of '27

Fermiere Amalthea of the Rind

Governess of a Cultured Worldlet

Filippo Tommaso Marinetti

Founder of Futurism

Fiona Roberts

Children's Book Author and Illustrator

Fledge

Talking Horse and Hero

Francesco Petrarca

Renaissance Humanist and Poet

Frances Hodgson Burnett

Author of The Secret Garden and A Little Princess

Françoise Sagan

Writer of Novels and Excess

François Mauriac

Romancier et moraliste catholique

François-Noël Babeuf

Revolutionary journalist and advocate of equality

François Rabelais

Physician, Monk, and Master of Mockery

François-René de Chateaubriand

Writer and Pioneer of Romanticism

François Villon

Poet, thief, and scholar of the gutter

Frank O'Hara

Poet

Franz Kafka

Literary Phenomenologist

Frederick Forsyth

Master of the Thriller

Friedrich Hölderlin

Poet of the In-between

Friedrich Schiller

Poet, Playwright, and Philosopher of Freedom

Friedrich Schlegel

Philosopher, Critic, and Poet of Early Romanticism

Frodo Baggins

Ring-bearer

F. Scott Fitzgerald

Novelist and Short Story Writer

Fyodor Dostoevsky

Novelist and Psychologist

Fyodor Dostoevsky

Philosophical Novelist

Gabriel García Márquez

Colombian novelist and Nobel Laureate

Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus (Pliny the Younger)

Roman Senator and Writer

Galadriel

Lady of Lothlórien

Gandalf the Grey

Wizard of Middle-earth

Gary Snyder

Poet & Essayist

Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak

Literary theorist and critic

Gayle Forman

Author of If I Stay and Where She Went

Gendry

The Bull of the Forge

Geoffrey Chaucer

Father of English Literature

Georg Büchner

Revolutionary playwright and scientist

George Eliot

Novelist and Critic

George Gordon Byron

Poet Laureate and Rebel

Writer and Journalist

George R.R. Martin

Author of 'A Song of Ice and Fire'

George Sand

Novelist, playwright, and memoirist of the Romantic era

Georges Bataille

Writer, philosopher, and transgressor

George Smiley

MI6 Spy and Analyst

Georges Perec

Writer, puzzle-maker, Oulipian

George Stanhope

Amateur Detective

George Wickham

Officer of the Militia, Gentleman of Charm

Georgiana Darcy

The Gentle Sister of Pemberley

Geralt of Rivia

The White Wolf Witcher

Gérard de Nerval

Poet and Dreamer of the Romantic Age

Germaine Greer

Australian Writer and Feminist Icon

Gerta the Cave Governess

Governess of the Paleolithic Nursery

Gertrude Stein

Writer and Art Collector

Ghalib

The Last Great Poet of the Mughal Era

Ghassan Sabbagh

Lebanese Novelist and Journalist

Gilly

Wildling Mother

G. K. Chesterton

Writer, Thinker, and Defender of the Ordinary

Gloria Martín

Contemporary Magical Realism Writer

Goldilocks

The Curious Girl

Gollum (Smeagol)

Ring Obsessed Creature

Gordon MacIntosh

Literary Historian of Fantasy

Gotha Crumble

Gothic pastry architect

Gotthold Ephraim Lessing

Playwright, critic, and thinker of the German Enlightenment

Governess Aloysia, Oven-Tender Extraordinaire

The Governess of the Desert Hearth

Governess Aurelia Thorne

The Governess of Unfinished Sentences

Governess of the Hive

Strict Governess for One Beekeeper's Entire Hive

Governess Vesper

Governess and Guardian of the Keys

Granny Weatherwax

Witch of Lancre

Greatjon Umber

Lord of the Last Hearth, Bannerman to the Starks

Bishop, Chronicler of the Franks

Gretel Ashwood

Cybernetic Gothic Governess of the Ashwood Estate

Grey Worm

Commander of the Unsullied

Grimwald the Archivist-King

Medieval monarch turned municipal records keeper

Master of the Short Story

Hafez

Master of the Ghazal, Poet of Shiraz

Haggerston

Gentleman of Haggerston

Hamlet, Prince of Denmark

Danish Prince, Tragic Hero and Philosopher

Hana Ikegami

Modern Japanese Poet

Hanan al-Shaykh

Lebanese Novelist and Short Story Writer

Hans Christian Andersen

The Storyteller of Odense

Playwright and Director

Harper Sloan

Contemporary Romance & New Adult Author

Harriet Beecher Stowe

Author and Abolitionist

Harry James Potter

Young Wizard and Hero of the Wizarding World

Harry Potter

The Boy Who Lived

Haruki Murakami

Japanese novelist and Nobel Laureate

Haruki Murakami

Contemporary Japanese Novelist

Heathcliff

Brooding Antihero

Heinrich Böll

German Writer and Moral Conscience

Heinrich Heine

Poet and Philosopher

Heinrich Mann

German novelist and essayist

Heinrich von Kleist

German Poet, Dramatist, and Essayist

Henri Barbusse

Writer and Pacifist

Henry David Thoreau

Writer and Naturalist

Henry Fielding

Novelist and Magistrate

Henry McClain

Fantasy Literature Historian

Henry Unn

Poet and Romantic Icon

Herbarium Keeper Odo

Curator of Wilting Roses and Lost Accords

Hermione Jean Granger

Brilliant Witch and Knowledge Seeker

Herr Doktor Albrecht Venn

Retired horologist and keeper of the town clock

Herta Müller

Romanian-German novelist and Nobel Laureate

Hesiod

Poet and Mythographer

Hesperia Morne, Forager of Lost Gods and Misshapen Mushrooms

Governess of the ruined, mycological chronicler of fading myths

Hester Vane

The Last Lighthouse Keeper of Greyrock

H. G. Wells

Writer and Visionary of the Future

Hilary Mantel

Historical novelist and critic

Hizdahr zo Loraq

The Harpy's Voice in Meereen

Holly Black

Author of The Folk of the Air Series

Homer

The Poet of the Heroic Age

Homer Hickam

Author and Former NASA Engineer

Honoré de Balzac

Novelist of the Human Comedy

Honoré Gabriel Riqueti, comte de Mirabeau

Orator of the Revolution

Horace

Roman Poet

Horation

The Dreaming’s Trickster

Howl

Wizard and Enchanter

Howland Reed

Lord of Greywater Watch, Keeper of the Crannogmen

H.P. Lovecraft

Father of Cosmic Horror

Hugo von Hofmannsthal

Poet and Playwright

Hyacinth

Stone Age Tale-Whisperer

Iain Banks

Writer of fiction and science fiction

Ian Fleming

Creator of James Bond

Ian McEwan

Novelist and screenwriter

Illyrio Mopatis

Magister of Pentos, Merchant Prince

Imogen Vetch

The Keeper of the Last Library

Irina Petrovna Montresor, née Volokhova

Governess, horticulturist, and occasional keeper of labyrinths

Irina Vasilyevna, the Governess of the Underworld

Governess of a criminal household

Iris Wrenley

The Housekeeper of Thornfield Hall

Isaac Asimov

Biochemistry Professor and Science Fiction Writer

Isabel Allende

Author and Storyteller

Isobel Marchant

Keeper of the Ragged Edge Light

Businesswoman and Former Senior Advisor

Ivan Turgenev

Novelist and Short Story Writer

Jabra Ibrahim Jabra

Palestinian Writer and Artist

Folklorist and Linguist

Jacques Prévert

Poet of the Everyday

Jadis the White Witch

Fallen Queen and Enchantress

Jaggi Vasudev

Sadhguru, Yogi, and Author

Jaime Lannister

Kingslayer

Jalal ad-Din Muhammad Rumi

Poet and Sufi Mystic

Jalal ad-Din Muhammad Rumi

Sufi Poet and Mystic

Jamal Khashoggi

Saudi Columnist and Dissident Voice

James Fenimore Cooper

Novelist

James Joyce

Novelist and Modernist Innovator

James Kirkpatrick

Graphic Novel Writer and Illustrator

Orphaned Heiress and Governess

Jane Harper

Survival Writer and Outdoor Educator

Janos Slynt

Commander of the City Watch of King's Landing

Jaqen H'ghar

A man of many faces

Jay Gatsby

Tragic Millionaire of The Great Gatsby

J. D. Vance

Author of Hillbilly Elegy and U.S. Senator

Jean Anouilh

Playwright of Dark Delight

Jean de La Fontaine

Fabulist and Poet of the Ancien Régime

Jean Genet

Writer, Poet, Outlaw

Jean Racine

Playwright of French Tragedy

Jennifer Probst

Romance Novel Writer

Jeor Mormont

Lord Commander of the Night's Watch

Jeremy Clarkson

Car enthusiast, journalist, and TV presenter

Jerome K. Jerome

Humourist and author of Three Men in a Boat

Jeyne Poole

The Unseen Lady of Winterfell

Jhumpa Lahiri

Pulitzer Prize-winning author and translator

J.K. Rowling

Renowned Author

J.K. Rowling

Author of Harry Potter Series

J. M. Barrie

Playwright and Novelist, Creator of Peter Pan

J.M. Coetzee

South African Novelist and Nobel Laureate

J. M. G. Le Clézio

Novelist and Nobel Laureate

Joachim du Bellay

Poet of the Pléiade, Exile of Rome

Joan Didion

Writer and Cultural Commentator

Joel Cameron

Contemporary Spy Fiction Writer

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Writer and Naturalist

John Bunyan

Preacher and Author of The Pilgrim's Progress

John Clellon Holmes

Novelist and Journalist

John Donne

Poet, preacher, and lover of paradox

John Dryden

Poet Laureate and Critic of the Restoration

John Fletcher

Playwright and Co-Author

John Flowers

Theatre Patron and Writer

John Fowles

Novelist, essayist, and chronicler of freedom

John Galsworthy

Nobel Laureate, Novelist, and Playwright

John Gower

English Poet and Contemporary of Chaucer

John Green

Author of Young Adult Fiction and YouTube Educator

John Hersey

Journalist and Author

John Houghton

Modern Gothic and Horror Writer

John Keats

Lyrical Poet

John le Carré

Master of Spy Fiction

John McKeown

Modernist Critic and Essayist

Romance & Contemporary Fiction Writer

Jon Arryn

Lord of the Eyrie, Defender of the Vale

Jonathan Harker

Vampire Hunter

Jon Bourdain

Food and Travel Journalist

Jon Snow

The Bastard of Winterfell, Lord Commander of the Night's Watch

Jorge Amado

Brazilian novelist of Bahia

Jorge Luis Borges

The Blind Librarian of Babel

Joris-Karl Huysmans

Decadent novelist and art critic

Joseph Brodsky

Poet & Essayist

J.R.R. Tolkien

Professor and Author of 'The Lord of the Rings'

Juana Inés de la Cruz

Poet, Scholar, and Nun of New Spain

Juan Carlos Borges

Venezuelan Magical Realism Writer

Juan Rulfo

Novelist and photographer, author of Pedro Páramo

Judd Winnick

Comic Book and Graphic Novel Writer

Judy Shepherd

Children's Book Author and Illustrator

Jules Michelet

Historian of the People, Poet of the Past

Jules Verne

Pioneer of Science Fiction

Julian Assange

Publisher and Journalist

Julian Barnes

Novelist and essayist

Julia Quinn

Contemporary Romance Novelist

Julia Ward Howe

Lyricist and Poet

Juliet Capulet

Romantic Young Woman from Verona

Julio Cortázar

Writer and Literary Innovator

Kadir Nelson

Children's Book Illustrator and Author

Kālidāsa

Classical Sanskrit Poet and Playwright

Karen Miller

Contemporary Fantasy and Sci-Fi Writer

Karen Mitchell

Contemporary Spy and Thriller Novelist

Karen Rosenberg

Contemporary Romance Author

Karen Southern

Fantasy Literature Critic

Karl May

German Author of Adventure Novels

Katherine McGuire

Science Fiction Author and Futurist

Katherine M. Morgan

Emerging Science Fiction Writer

Kathy Mitchell

Private Detective & Author

Kazi Nazrul Islam

Rebel Poet of Bengal

Keiko Tanaka

Japanese Fiction Writer

Keith Bishop

Espionage Thriller Writer

Kendare Blake

Author of Several YA Fantasy Series

Kent Lecarré

Contemporary Mystery Author

Kenzaburō Ōe

Nobel Laureate and Novelist

Kenzaburō Ōe

Japanese novelist and Nobel Laureate

Kevan Lannister

Ser Kevan, Lord Regent of the Seven Kingdoms

Kevin Henkes

Children's Book Author and Illustrator

Khalil Gibran

Lebanese Poet and Philosopher

King Foltest

King of Temeria

Kingsley Amis

Cantankerous English Novelist

Kiran Desai

Novelist & Short Story Writer

Klaus Mann

German Writer and Critic

Kobo Abe

Japanese Novelist and Playwright

Kurt Vonnegut

Novelist

Kyoko Matsuda

Japanese Children's Book Author

Kyoko Murakami

Japanese Literary Critic and Novelist

Lady Catherine de Bourgh

Lady of Rosings Park

Lady Lucas

Charlotte's Mother and Country Neighbor

Lambert of Saint-Arnould

Medieval Poet and Cleric

Lancel Lannister

Lion of the Faith, Former Kingsguard

Lan Mandragoran

Lord of the Seven Towers

Larry Niven

Science Fiction Author and Nebula Award Winner

Lawrence Ferlinghetti

Poet & Publisher

Leah Sullivan

YA Fiction Writer and Social Commentator

Lee Child

Thriller and Detective Novelist

Legolas Greenleaf

Elven Archer of Mirkwood

Lemuel Gulliver

Traveler and Explorer

Leonard Lee

Poet and Literary Critic

Leon Urban

Modern Spy Novelist

Leo Tolstoy

Novelist and Moral Thinker

Leo Tolstoy

Novelist and Philosopher

Lewis Carroll

Novelist and Mathematician

Liandrin

Black Ajah Antagonist

Lion Feuchtwanger

German novelist and playwright

Li Qingzhao

Song Dynasty Poet and Calligrapher

Lisa Garland

Romance Author & Storyteller

Little John the Limber

Strong and Agile

Little Red Riding Hood

The Cautious Girl

Liya Khoukha

Contemporary Playwright and Director

Long John Silver

Pirate Quartermaster

Lope de Vega

Golden Age Spanish Playwright and Poet

Loras Tyrell

Knight of the Flowers

Lord Byron

Poet, Rebel, and Romantic Icon

Louisa May Alcott

Novelist and Short Story Writer

Louis Aragon

Poet, Novelist, and Surrealist Rebel

Louise Penny

Mystery Novelist

Louis-Ferdinand Céline

The Angry Chronicler of the Abyss

Lucas Fernandez

Thriller Author with Espionage Focus

Lucien Carr

Writer & Editor

Lucy Maud Montgomery

Author of Anne of Green Gables

Ludwig Tieck

Romantic Poet, Novelist, and Translator

Luigi Pirandello

Nobel playwright of one, a thousand, nobody

Luisa Iglesias

Spanish Poet and Literary Critic

Luisa Martínez

Bolivian Magical Realism Author

Lyanna Stark

The She-Wolf of Winterfell

Lydia Maria Child

Writer and Abolitionist

Machado de Assis

Founder of the Brazilian Academy of Letters

Madame de Staël

Political Theorist and Writer

Madame Elara Venn

The glassblower's widow who reads palms

Madame Hortense of the Winding Hour

Clockmaker, forager, and quiet keeper of the old house

Madam Elara Voss

Stone Age Governess to Neolithic Prodigies

Madame Ombeline

Gothic governess in the Mafia

Madame Pimpernelle, the Possessed Pea Plant Governess

Vine-Tangled Governess of Overgrown Estates

Madame Verat

Governess of forgotten houses and secret perfumes

Madame Vervain, the Governess of the Glasshouse

Governess of the Glasshouse, Keeper of the Lantern

Madame Vespera, the Perfumed Orchid

Gothic Governess of the Glasshouse

Madame Vespertine Gormley

Cheerful nihilist governess of the Brindlewick Estate

Madame Vexine Bellweather

The Cheerful Lighthouse Keeper of Sorrow Point

Madame Vex, the Unreliable Narrator

Gothic Cybernetic Governess of the Fallen Estate

Madame Volante, the Governess of Glasshurst

Gothic Governess of the Glasshurst Estate

Madame Voss

Gothic governess in a cyberpunk manor

Madame Zoya, the Fermenting Varanid

Gothic Governess of the Cheese Cave

Mademoiselle Levain

Governess of the Rising Dough

Makoto Ogimi

Japanese Literary Translator and Author

Malcolm Gladwell

Author and Journalist

Malcolm Gladwell

Journalist and Author

Malcolm Primm, the Cheerful Undertaker

Cheerful Undertaker and Keeper of Maps

Mance Rayder

King-Beyond-the-Wall

Marcel Pagnol

French Novelist and Playwright

Marcel Proust

Novelist

Marei

A courtesan of King's Landing

Margaret Atwood

Novelist & Poet

Margaret Craig

Modernist Literary Critic

Margaret Fuller

Writer and Feminist Thinker

Margaret Holloway

Governess of the Empty House

Margarita Guerrero

Contemporary Magical Realism Writer

Marguerite de Navarre

Humanist and Patroness

Marguerite Falon

The housekeeper of a forgotten manor

Marguerite Penthorpe

Lady of a Failing Manor, Keeper of the Vermilion Thread

Marguerite Voss

The Beekeeper of the Silent Library

Marguerite Voss

Scent Archivist of the Last Perfume House

Maria Klein

Contemporary Spy Thriller Writer

Maria Lucas

The Chatty Younger Sister

Marianne Moore

Poet and Critic

Marianne Thistlewick, the Purloined Patissier

Gentlewoman thief with a pastry case

Maria Ressa

Investigative Journalist and Author

Marie de France

Old French Poetess

Marie Henry

Contemporary YA Author and Advocate

Marie Lu

Author of Legend Trilogy

Marigold Pottle, the Gardening Governess of Claret Hall

Governess and resident botanist, Claret Hall

Marina Espina

Contemporary Latin American Writer

Mario Benedetti

Poet and Novelist

Mario Paolini

Literary Journalist and Essayist

Maris the Tidekeeper

Cheerful keeper of the drowned shore

Marjane Satrapi

Graphic Novelist and Author

Marjorie Luong

Contemporary Comic Book Writer

Mark Twain

American Author

Marsha Norman

Playwright and Director

Marta Fell

Catalogue Clerk of the Absurd

Marta Vane

Weathered Keeper of a Dying Manor

Marta Vey

Gothic Governess Turned Speakeasy Proprietress

Martha Gellhorn

War Correspondent and Writer

Martha Wells

Science Fiction and Fantasy Author

Martin Amis

Novelist, essayist, provocateur

Mary Bennet

The Studious Bennet Sister

Mary Felstiner

Biographer of Le Guin

Mary King

The Overlooked Sister of Longbourn

Mary Shelley

Novelist and Poet

Mary Shelley

Novelist and Philosopher

Mary Wordsworth

Poet and Collaborator

Mary Wortley Montagu

Writer and Advocate of Vaccination

Mary Wroth

Poet and Noblewoman

Mat Cauthon

The Gambler and General

Matsuo Basho

Japanese Haiku Poet

Matthew Arnold

Poet and Critic of Victorian England

Maud Chiffray Bicycle-Pathologist of the Scented Wheel

Deductive scent detective and velocipede chronicler

Maurice Druon

French novelist and Resistance fighter

Japanese Science Fiction Author

Melissa de la Cruz

YA and Fantasy Writer

Melissa Mayer

Contemporary Fantasy Scholar and Writer

Mia Chiyem

South African Literary Scholar

Michael Crichton

Author of Science-Driven Thrillers

Michael Ende

Storyteller of the Unending Tale

Michael Franklin

Thriller Writer and Expert in Espionage

Michael Martin

Romance Author & Writer

Michael McClure

Poet and Playwright

Michael Morpurgo

Children's Book Author

Michael Pollan

Author and Professor of Journalism

Michel de Montaigne

Essayist and Skeptic

Michèle Mali

Contemporary Mystery Writer

Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra

Father of the Modern Novel and Renowned Spanish Writer

Mikhail Leskov

Short Story Writer and Novelist

Mikhail Sholokhov

Russian novelist and Nobel Laureate

Min Farshaw

Seer and Strategic Advisor

Mirabel Venn, Rigging Mistress of the Lighthouse in the Void

Rigging mistress of a lighthouse in the void

Miriam Ashcombe

Gothic governess of a damp old house

Miss Abigail Thorne

Governess of Remedies and Regrettable Weather

Miss Ada Marlowe, Lighthouse Auditor

Gothic governess turned cybernetic lighthouse inspector

Miss Ada Thorne

Gothic governess of the last rail colony

Miss Ada Thorne

Governess of the Holloway House, chronicler of its silences

Miss Ada Thorne

Governess and Keeper of the House's Truths

Miss Ada Thornwood

Governess of the Perilous Estate

Miss Ada Vane, Digital Governess

Gothic governess of a sentient mansion

Miss Adelaide Vane

The Governess Who Reads Knots

Miss Adela Quill

Gothic governess turned AI archive warden

Miss Adela Vane, of the Lighthouse Registry

Keeper of the Tide Ledger at Crinnis Lighthouse

Miss Adeline Thorne

Governess of the Hollow House

Miss Adeline Thorne

Governess of Unfinished Lessons

Miss Adso Parchmentmouth

Gothic governess of the leaf-light realm

Miss Agatha Finch, Bibliomantic Owl

Keeper of the Unspooled Library

Miss Agatha Pemberton-Quill

Governess of Excessive Rectitude

Miss Agatha Thistledown, or so she insists

Gothic governess to a house of pigeons

Miss Agatha Thorne

Governess of the Hollow House

Miss Agatha Vane, of the Long Gallery

Gothic governess of uncertain species

Miss Agatha Vane, the Governess of the Glasshouse

Governess of the Glasshouse, Keeper of the Ledger

Miss Agatha Wrenshall

Governess of the Unruly Sentence

Miss Aldercroft Pye

Governess of unsupervised children and gardens

Miss Alta Vance

Governess of the ninth floor, year 3000

Missandei

Advisor and Translator to Daenerys Targaryen

Miss Ariadne Verity

Governess of lost gardens

Miss Aurelia Vane, Night Signal Clerk

Gothic governess turned night shift telegraph operator

Miss Barnacle Wetherby

Governess of the Tideless Shore

Miss Bramble Vane, the Cogwork Governess

Governess of a Brass-Boned Manor

Miss Bramblewick, of the Lunar Registry

Governess of Orphaned Stars and Lost Orbits

Miss Bramblewick Quill

Governess of a House That Lies

Miss Brattleby

Governess-Cum-Systems Architect of the Vault

Miss Calliope Vex, Late of the Apiary Circuit

Relic Keeper of the Quiet House

Miss Clara Vane

Governess of the Hollow House

Miss Cora Pembleton

Governess of the Unruly Byrne Children

Miss Cordelia Vane

Gothic Governess of the Undercroft

Miss Corvina Quill

Governess of the rookery, keeper of the ledger

Miss Corvus

Governess of the Western Edge

Miss de Bourgh

Heiress of Rosings Park

Miss Edith Vane

The Bibliophilic Governess of Ashworth Hall

Miss Edith Wren

Governess of the Unfinished Inheritance

Miss Eglantine Pryce-Hughes

Governess to the hedgerow and the hearth

Miss Eglantine Quillworthy

The Cheerful Nihilist Governess

Miss Eglantine Wick

The Ropewalk Governess of Sleep

Miss Elara Threadneedle

Gothic Governess of the Digital Estate

Miss Elara Vane

Governess of the Unsaid

Miss Elara Vane

Wandering Cartographer of the Drowned Roads

Miss Elara Vane

Governess of the Drowned Library

Miss Elara Vex, the Gilded Accountant of the Spire of Ledgers

Chief Auditor of the Crystal Consortium

Miss Elara Voss

Governess of the Last Estate

Miss Eleanor Ashworth

Governess of a Fading House, Chronicler of Small Decays

Miss Elianor Vane

Governess of the lost and wayward

Miss Elinor Hale

Governess of the Thornfield School

Miss Elinor Vane

Governess of the Coldbrook Estate

Miss Elinor Vane

Governess at Thornfield Hall

Miss Elinor Vane

Governess of the Lockhouse

Miss Elinor Vane

Governess of the lost and lingering

Miss Elinor Vane

Governess of the Hollow House

Miss Elinor Vane

Governess of Waldern Abbey, keeper of accounts

Miss Elinor Vane

Governess of the Ashworth Estate, compiler of dictionaries

Miss Elinor Vane

Governess of the Holloway House

Miss Elinor Vane

Governess of Thornewood Hall

Miss Elinor Vane

Governess of the House of Ash

Miss Elinor Vane

Governess of the Old School

Miss Eliza Beaufort

Gothic governess in a rainswept automation cathedral

Miss Elowen Harthouse of Tidesmeet Hall

The Stone Age Governess and Keeper of the Hearth

Miss Elowen Thistle

The Cheerful Governess of Grimhollow Manor

Miss Elowen Thistle

Governess of the Hollow House

Miss Elowen Thorne

Governess of the Hollow House

Miss Elowen Thorne

Governess of the Ashen House

Miss Elowen Vane

Governess of the Saltwater House

Miss Elowen Vane

Governess of the Last Spire

Miss Elowen Vane

Governess of the lost and listless

Miss Elowen Vane

Governess of the Glasshouse, keeper of the archive

Miss Elowen Vane, Starlight Governess of the Ninth House

Governess to the Last Heirs of Dying Earth

Miss Elowen Vetch

Governess of the Fossil Library

Miss Elsbeth Cragge

Governess of the House of Stone

Miss Elsbeth Quill, Governess of the Long Dusk

Governess, sort of, of everything

Miss Elsbeth Thorne

Governess of the Arcadia-Omicron Estate

Miss Elsbeth Thornwood

Governess of the Holloway Estate, keeper of secrets

Miss Elsbeth Vane

Governess of the Hollow House

Miss Elsinore Thorne

Governess of the ruined Thorne estate

Miss Elsinore Vane

Governess of a House That Remembers

Miss Elsinore Vane

Governess of the Hollow House

Miss Elsinore Vetch

Disgraced Governess and Chronicler of Ruins

Miss Elsinore Vetch

The Unstable Governess of Thornwood Hall

Miss Elspeth Crankshaft

Governess of the Derailleur and the Dough

Miss Elspeth Cray, Decadent Beekeeper

Gothic governess in 1980s Gotham

Miss Elspeth Crumb, Governess of the Yeast

Governess of the Yeast, 1890s

Miss Elspeth Grumble

Keeper of the Narrative Cellar

Miss Elspeth Harlow

Governess of lost letters and loose threads

Miss Elspeth Harlow

Governess of the Unruly and Uncharted

Miss Elspeth Quill

Governess of the Unruly Page

Miss Elspeth Thorne

Governess of the Old School

Miss Elspeth Thorne

Governess of the Hollow House

Miss Elspeth Thorne

Governess of the Dreadful House

Miss Elspeth Thorne

Governess of the Holloway House

Miss Elspeth Thorne

Governess of Unruly Inheritances

Miss Elspeth Thorne

Governess of Practical Geology, Firmly

Miss Elspeth Thornwood

Governess of forgotten gardens and looms

Miss Elspeth Thornwood

Governess of the Holloway Estate

Miss Elspeth Vane

Governess of the Unlit House

Miss Elspeth Vane

Governess of the shuttered Hall

Miss Elspeth Vane

Governess of the Glasshouse Estate

Miss Elspeth Vane

Governess of the Hollow House

Miss Elspeth Vane

Governess of the Unruly and the Unseen

Miss Elspeth Vane

Governess of the Unspeakable

Miss Elspeth Vane, formerly of the Yard, presently of the Apiary

Retired detective and beekeeper in a dieselpunk city

Miss Elspeth Vane, of the Year 3000

Gothic Governess of the Clockwork Era

Miss Elspeth Vane, the Sand-Wise Governess of Station 9

Governess of a desert waystation, year 3000

Miss Elspeth Wainwright

Governess of discarded singularities and stray chords

Miss Elspeth Wren

The Manuscript Keeper of Thistlewind Hall

Miss Elspeth Wrenshall

Reminiscing Governess of Thistlewick Hall

Miss Elvira Thorne, retired

Gothic governess turned frontier seamstress

Miss Endymion Halt

Gothic governess of a haunted data estate

Miss Eudora Vetch, Curator of Relics

Gothic governess turned archive keeper

Miss Euphemia Hathaway

Governess of a drowned estate

Miss Euphemia Quill

Governess of the Hollow House

Miss Euphemia Quill

The Governess of Unusual Hours

Miss Euphemia Thorne

Governess of the Holloway Estate

Miss Euphemia Wren

The Penmanship Governess of Greyhollow

Miss Eurydice Threadstone

Necromantic Governess and Ropework Instructor

Miss Evadne Thorne, Night Clerk of the Automated Grand Hotel

Gothic Governess, now ghostly hotel concierge

Miss Evelyn Thorne

Governess of the Holloway Estate

Miss Everdene, Governess of the Marsh House

Governess of a Damp Manor

Miss Everly Blanchflower

Governess to one atom, age 400

Miss Havisham, Systems Architect

Legacy Systems Architect, Est. 1840

Miss Hester Vane

Governess of the lost and unspoken

Miss Hisslethorpe

Governess of the serpentine persuasion

Miss Honoria Throckmorton

Governess of the Grand Canal at Chalk Cliff

Miss Hortensia Vane

Governess to the Incorrigibly Odd

Miss Marjorie Wrenshall, Present-Day

Governess of consequences, temporary

Miss Marlow Ashwood

Governess of the Ashen House

Miss Marrow the Library Spider

The Last Librarian of the Stacks

Miss Pemberton

Governess of an Abandoned Victorian Garden

Miss Pemberton of Pillar Works

Governess at a sentient ink factory

Miss Pendulum Quillwort

Governess to orphaned grandfather clocks

Miss Perdita Greaves

Governess of neglected estate children

Miss Pettigrew, Fixer of Nagasaki

Gothic Governess in a Cyberpunk Wasteland

Miss Prism of the Lens

Governess of light and shadow

Miss Prism, the Hive-Mother of Lantern House

Gothic governess of a cybernetic orphanage

Miss Prismworthy

Lady of the Bees and the Epistolary Art

Miss Prudence Ashworth

Governess of the Ashworth Estate, keeper of the lockbox

Miss Prudence Atherton

Governess of the Longest Evening

Miss Prudence Everly

Governess of Larkspur Hall and keeper of the household ledger

Miss Prudence Quill

Gothic Governess with a Broom

Miss Prudence Thornapple

Governess of unresolved mysteries and botanical digressions

Miss Prudence Thorne

Gothic governess in a neon tower

Miss Prudence Vane, Late of Thornfield House

Once a governess, now nothing at all

Miss Prudence Whitethorn

Governess of the Ashen House

Miss Prudence Whitmore

The Honest Governess of Thornfield Hall

Miss Prudence Wimple

Governess of dubious credentials and dry wit

Miss Undine of the Clockwork Hours

The Governess Who Winds the Night

Miss Vespera

Governess of the Fossil Wing

Miss Vespera Thistledown

Gothic Governess, formerly of the Paleozoic

Miss Vesper Finch

Governess of the Perch and Parlor

Miss Vesper Nocturne

Gothic Governess of the Dune School

Miss Vesper Nocturne

The Night Gardener of the Roosting Estate

Miss Violet Thorne

Gothic Governess of the Wandering Bicycle

Miss Vireo of the Dune Conservatory

Gothic governess turned desert archivist

Mistress Edith Farrow

Governess of Windswept Reach Lighthouse

Mistress Elowen Thornwood

Governess of a decaying manor, keeper of secrets

Mistress Hespera Vane

Governess of the Umbra Estate, mushroom counts her coins

Mistress Umbragea Wren

The Governess of Gabled Shadows

Mistress Vane of the Glass Archive

Gothic Governess of a Holographic Estate

Mistress Virelle Nocturne

Proprietress of the Scented Silence

Mistress Vireo

The Avian Governess of Thornfield Hall

Miyuki Sato

Japanese Poet and Essayist

Moe Yanagida

Japanese Literary Critic and Author

Mohamed Choukri

Moroccan Novelist and Cultural Voice

Mohammad Sharif

Contemporary Urdu Poet

Moiraine Damodred

Aes Sedai of the Blue Ajah

Moist von Lipwig

Master of Spreading and Rebuilding

Ghanaian Literary Scholar

Mo Willems

Children's Book Author and Cartoonist

Mr. Aldous P. Thistleweight

Keeper of the Drowned Library

Mr. Aldous Quince

Estate librarian of the Quince collection

Mr. Alistair Crowe

Gothic Undertaker and Bone Appraiser

Mr. Alistair Grimshaw

Gothic governess of forgotten estates

Mr. Basil Thornwick

The Governess's Lizard Butler

Mr Bennet

Master of Longbourn, wit and irony

Mr. Darcy

Master of Pemberley

Mr. Dibbler

Entrepreneur and Hustler

Mr. Ferrule Pumice

The Governess of the Faults and Fissures

Mr Gardiner

The Sensible London Merchant

Mr. Jones

The Apothecary of Meryton

Mr. Petrov the Lockkeeper

Keeper of the junction lock

Mr Philips

Attorney at Law, Meryton

Mrs. Aethelred Pym, nee Quayle

Governess of the Tide arrives.

Mrs. Alistair Vane

Housekeeper of Thornfield Hall

Mrs. Althea Vane

Governess of the Holloway House

Mrs. Althea Vane

Governess of the Hollow House

Mrs. Alverhune

Crumbling lighthouse keeper and widowed memoirist

Mrs. Aurelia Venn, Keeper of the Salted Light

Widowed lighthouse keeper and bibliophile

Mrs. Aurelia Vetch of Thornwood Hall

The Governess of the Lost Room

Mrs. Basil Pimpernel, the Hedgehog Governess

Governess of the Thornberry Estate

Mrs. Bramblewick

Gothic Governess Turned Cyberpunk Fixer

Mrs. Clothilde Harrow

Governess of the Moorland House

Mrs. Cora Beadle

Station Mistress of a Small Wayside Halt

Mrs. Elspeth Harlow

Governess of the Thornwood House

Mrs. Elspeth Vane, Governess of the Saltbloom Estate

Governess of a Dying Desert Estate

Mrs. Fernwick

Governess of the Conservatory, species swapped

Mrs. Forster

The Colonel's Lively Young Wife

Mrs Gardiner

Aunt and Mentor to the Bennet Sisters

Mrs. Hale

The Desert-Basin Governess

Mrs. Havelock Ashcroft

Governess of St. Elian's, by appointment

Mrs. Havelock Morven

Governess of hollow houses and crooked histories

Mrs. Hesper, the Fossil-Governess

Governess of Extinct Manners and Odd Girls

Mrs. Hill

Housekeeper of Longbourn

Mrs. Hurst

Wife of Mr. Hurst, sister to Miss Bingley

Mrs. Jenkinson

Companion to Miss de Bourgh

Mrs. Miniver Lockwood

Governess of the Sunk Garden

Mrs. Nettleworth

Governess of a fallen estate

Mrs. Pettigrew

Governess of the Unsettled Estate

Mrs Philips

Gossipy Aunt of Meryton

Mrs. Purl, the Yarn Governess of Underhill Hall

Governess who ties every loose end

Mrs. Reynolds

Housekeeper of Pemberley

Mrs. Vane

Governess of the Drowned Schoolroom

Mrs. Vane

Governess of the Hollow House

Mrs. Velloc

Governess of the Collingwood Estate

Mrs. Verity Alabaster

The Proprietress of a Respectable Establishmen

Mrs. Verity Grimsbane

Governess of the Fallow House

Mrs. Virella Thorne

The Sunbeam Governess of House Duskhollow

Mrs. Whitethorne

The Governess of Blackwood Hall

Mrs. Wilhelmina Harkaway

Governess of the Hall, keep of its secrets

Mrs. Younge

A woman of secrets and society

Mr. Tumnus

Faun and Friend of Lucy

Mr William Collins

Rector of Hunsford, cousin to the Bennets

Ms. Erlking

Proprietress of The Gilded Noose Bindery

Muhammad Iqbal

Poet, Philosopher, and Visionary of Pakistan

Mukhtar Al-Sharif

Egyptian Cultural Commentator and Novelist

Mulan

Brave Warrior and Honor Seeker

Mulk Raj Anand

Writer & Social Reformer

Murasaki Shikibu

Lady-in-waiting at the Heian Court

Myrcella Baratheon

Princess of the Seven Kingdoms

Nadine Gasrawi

Egyptian Literary Critic and Essayist

Nadine Gordimer

South African novelist and Nobel Laureate

Nadine Mbeke

Cameroonian Novelist and Activist

Naguib Mahfouz

Egyptian Nobel Laureate in Literature

Nanny Ogg

Witch of Lancre

Naomi Klein

Writer, activist, and professor of climate justice

Nathaniel Hawthorne

Novelist and Short Story Writer

Nathaniel Ross

Modern Espionage and Thriller Writer

Nawal El Saadawi

Egyptian Feminist Writer and Physician

Neal Cassady

Writer & Influencer

Neal Stephenson

Science Fiction and Historical Fiction Author

Neil Gaiman

Author of Modern Mythology and Science Fiction

Nellie Barnes

Modernist Poet

Nelly Sachs

Poet of the Shoah, Nobel Laureate

Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o

Kenyan Writer and Cultural Theorist

Nicolas Boileau-Despréaux

Poet and critic of the Age of Louis XIV

Nikolai Gogol

Playwright and Short Story Writer

Nina Allen

Science Fiction and Short Story Writer

Nizam-ud-Din

Court Poet and Diplomat

N.K. Jemisin

Award-Winning Science Fiction and Fantasy Author

Nora Roberts

Prolific Romance & Suspense Author

Novalis

Poet of the Blue Flower

Obara Sand

The Viper's Wrath

Oberyn Martell

The Red Viper of Dorne

Octave Mirbeau

Novelist, Playwright, Anarchist Critic

Octavio Paz

Poet, Essayist, Nobel Laureate

Old Humphrey the Kiln-Keeper

Retired Furnace-Master Turned Governess for Stories

Olenna Tyrell

The Queen of Thorns

Olga Kang

Graphic Novelist and Visual Storyteller

Olga Tokarczuk

Polish novelist and Nobel Laureate

Oliver Twist

Young Orphan Navigating Victorian London

Oscar Wilde

Irish wit and playwright

Osha

Wildling captive turned Stark ally

Ovid

Roman Poet

Pablo Neruda

Chilean poet and Nobel Laureate

Paolo Bacigalupi

Environmental Sci-Fi Writer and Nebula Award Winner

Pat Rice

Literary Critic and Tolkien Expert

Patricia Lockwood

Poet & Memoirist

Patricia Polacco

Children's Book Author and Illustrator

Patrick Modiano

Nobel Prize-winning novelist of memory and mystery

Patrick Rothfuss

Author of 'The Kingkiller Chronicle'

Patrick White

Nobel Laureate, Novelist of the Soul

Paul Claudel

French Poet, Dramatist, and Diplomat

Paul Davis

Contemporary Science Fiction Author

Paul Éluard

Poet of Surrealism and Resistance

Paul Harper

Thriller and Espionage Novelist

Paul Heyse

Nobel Laureate in Literature 1910

Paulo Coelho

Novelist and Seeker of Personal Legends

Paul Valéry

Poet, Essayist, Philosopher of the Mind

Pedro Calderón de la Barca

Golden Age Spanish Dramatist and Philosopher

Percy Bysshe Shelley

Philosophical Poet

Perrin Aybara

The Blacksmith and Wolfbrother

Peter Gold

Master Craftsman of Ankh-Morpork

Peter Handke

Austrian novelist and Nobel Laureate

Peter Orlovsky

Poet and Ginsberg's Muse

Peter Pevensie

High King of Narnia

Peter Robson

Contemporary Detective Writer

Peter Stamman

Modern Detective Fiction Author

Peter Straub

Gothic and Psychological Horror Writer

Petronius

Arbiter of Elegance, Satirist of Nero's Rome

P. G. Wodehouse

Comic novelist and playwright

Philip K. Dick

Science Fiction Author

Philippa Eilhart

Sorceress and Political Power Player

Philip Pullman

Author of His Dark Materials

Philip Reeve

British author of speculative fiction

Pierre Beaumarchais

Watchmaker, Spy, Playwright of the Figaro Trilogy

Pierre Boulle

French Novelist & Screenwriter

Pierre Corneille

Father of French Tragedy

Pierre de Ronsard

Prince of Poets, Bard of the Renaissance

Pip

Ambitious Orphan

Pippi Longstocking

Adventurous Children's Literary Character

Podrick Payne

Loyal Squire to Tyrion Lannister

Premchand

The Voice of the Indian Village

Professor Alistair Finch

Dismissed archaeologist, keeper of the deadletter office

Professor Mycena Thorne

Retired Mushroom Forager Turned Occult Relic Keeper

Prosper Mérimée

Writer, historian, and inspector of historical monuments

Puck

Fairy Trickster from Midsummer Night's Dream

Poet, Novelist, and Visionary of Bengal

Raghu Krishnan

Poet & Literary Critic

Raina Telgemeier

Graphic Novelist for Young Adults

Lord of Horn Hill, Warden of the South

Rapunzel

The Long-Haired Princess

Ravindra Prabhat

Writer, Novelist, and Literary Voice from India

Ray Bradbury

Master of Dystopian and Gothic Tales

Raymond Carver

Short Story Writer & Poet

Raymond Chandler

Private Detective Novelist

Raymond Queneau

Writer, co-founder of Oulipo

Reepicheep

Valiant Mouse and Knight

Renee Levine

YA Author and Mental Health Advocate

Renly Baratheon

The Young Stag, King of the Seven Kingdoms (Claimant)

Rhaegal

The Green Dragon of House Targaryen

Rhaegar Targaryen

The Last Dragon Prince

R'hllor

The Lord of Light, God of Fire and Shadow

Richard Adams

Author of 'Watership Down'

Richard Lyddel

Medieval Poet and Chronicler

Richard Rhodes

Author and Historian

Rickard Stark

Lord of Winterfell, Warden of the North

Rickon Stark

The Young Wolf of Winterfell

Rincewind

Wizzard of the Unseen University

Roald Dahl

Dark Children's and Gothic Fiction Writer

Robb Stark

King in the North

Robert A. Heinlein

Science Fiction Writer and Innovator

Robert Arryn

Lord of the Eyrie

Robert Baratheon

The Usurper King of Westeros

Robert Bly

Poet & Essayist

Robert Browning

Victorian Poet and Dramatist

Robert Burns

Ploughman Poet of Scotland

Robert Creeley

Poet

Robert Fisk

War Correspondent and Author

Robert Graves

Poet, Novelist, Mythographer

Robert Jordan

Author of 'The Wheel of Time'

Robert Louis Stevenson

Novelist, Poet, Essayist

Roberto Bolaño

Chilean Novelist and Poet

Robert Pen

Poet and Literary Critic

Roger Martin du Gard

Novelist and Nobel Laureate

Romain Rolland

Philosophical Literary Critic

Romeo Montague

Romantic Young Man from Verona

Ronald Bilius Weasley

Young Wizard and Loyal Friend from Hogwarts

Ron Weasley

Loyal Friend

Rosa María Rendón

Colombian Magical Realism Novelist

Roxane Gay

Contemporary Literature Critic and Writer

Rudyard Kipling

Writer, Poet, and Chronicler of Empire

Ruth Prawer Jhabvala

Novelist and Screenwriter

Sahar Khalifa

Lebanese Novelist and Short Story Writer

Saina Ansari

Contemporary Indian Poet

Salman Rushdie

Novelist & Essayist

Sam Theodore

Young Survivor and Optimist

Samuel Johnson

Lexicographer, Critic, and Conversationalist

Samuel Pepys

Diarist and Naval Administrator

Samuel Taylor Coleridge

Poet, Philosopher, and Critic

Samuel Tweed

Bookstore Proprietor

Sam Vimes

Commander of the City Watch

Samwell Tarly

Maester-in-Training and Scholar of the Night's Watch

Sandor Clegane

Disgraced Knight, Bodyguard, and Killer

Sang-woo Kim

South Korean Novelist and Essayist

Sappho

Lyric Poetess

Sappho

Archaic Greek Lyric Poet

Sappho of Lesbos

Poet of longing and fragments

Sara Blake

Contemporary Romance Writer

Sarah Douglas

Poet and Nature Lover

Sarah, Duchess of York

Writer, Philanthropist, and Former Royal

Sarojini Naidu

Poet and Freedom Fighter

Saruman the White

Wizard and originally the White Council

Saul Bellow

Canadian-American novelist and Nobel Laureate

Sauron

Dark Lord of Mordor

Sayaka Murata

Japanese Language Instructor

Sayyid Qutb

Egyptian writer and Islamist thinker

Seamus Heaney

Irish Poet and Nobel Laureate

Selyse Baratheon

Queen Consort of Westeros, Lady of Dragonstone

Shadowfax

Lord of All Horses, Swift as the Wind

Shae

The Whore Who Loved a Hand

Shahrazad the Storyteller

Master Weaver of Tales

Shasta

Young Wanderer and Hero

Sherlock Holmes

Detective Extraordinary

Sherlock Holmes

Consulting Detective of Victorian London

Shireen Baratheon

Princess of Dragonstone, Reader of Scrolls

Shirley Jackson

Queen of Psychological Horror

Shusaku Endo

Japanese Novelist and Essayist

Siegfried Lenz

German novelist and storyteller

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

Creator of Sherlock Holmes

Sir Philip Sidney

Poet and Courtier

Sir William Lucas

Former tradesman turned knight, eager conversationalist

Smalljon Umber

Heir to Last Hearth

Sméagol (Gollum)

Fictional Creature from Middle-earth

Snow White

The Fairest of Them All

Sonia Chen

Modern Romance Author

Sophia Lin

Children's Book Illustrator

Sophia O'Keefe

Contemporary Spy Fiction Author

Sophie

Castle Girl / Witch of the Waste

Sophie Dupont

French-Chinese Literary Translator

Sophie Kim

Contemporary YA Novelist

Sophie Tembo

Zambian Writer and Postcolonial Voice

Stannis Baratheon

The One True King

Stendhal

French writer, chronicler of the heart

Stéphane Mallarmé

Poet of the Absence

Stephen King

Master of Horror and Suspense

Sue Grafton

Mystery Series Novelist

Sujata Bhatt

Poet & Translator

Sulinara Rouzne

Aes Sedai of the Yellow Ajah

Sully Prudhomme

Poet of Science and the Soul

Sun-woo Kim

South Korean Novelist and Journalist

Susan Moss

Literary Critic and Tolkien Cheerleader

Susan Pevensie

The Archer and Protector

Susie Li

Cultural and Literary Journalist

Suzan-Lori Parks

Playwright and Director

Suzanne Collins

Author of Dystopian Science Fiction Series

Sylvia Beach

Publisher and Literary Patron

Sylvia Plath

Poet & Novelist

Tad Jenkins

Contemporary Fantasy Critic and Scholar

Tae Hyun Park

South Korean Literary Innovator

Talisa Stark

Healer of the North

Talla Tarly

Daughter of Horn Hill

Tama Nkosi

South African Postcolonial Poet

Tana Fitzgerald

Contemporary Detective Writer

Egyptian Playwright and Novelist

Ted Chiang

Science Fiction Short Story Writer and Hugo Award Winner

Ted Hughes

Poet Laureate, Mythmaker

Terry Eagleton

Literary Critic and Marxist Thinker

Terry Goodkind

Author of 'The Sword of Truth' series

Terry Pratchett

Author of the Discworld Series

The Abyssal Archivist

Governess of the Sinking Library

The Aethelred of the Workbench

Sovereign of the Unliving Oak

The Archivist of the Slow Hours

Night keeper of a dead mail archive

The Big Bad Wolf

The Cunning Villain

The Borrowed Elms of Miss Pemberton

Governess of a house that goes sideways

The Cartographer of the Undercroft

Governess of the Map Room

The Choreographer of Boredom

Gothic Duchess of Architectural Solitude

The Curator of the Drowned Hour

Keeper of the Tide-Locked Archive

The Glassblower of the Great Convection

Governess of the Sky's Glasshouse

The Governess of Grimstone Quarry

Governess of a Falling Estate

The Governess of the Hive

Governess of a Victorian Apiary

The Governess of the Hive

Governess of a decaying estate and its bees

The Governess of the Last Petal

Governess to a single dying rose

The High Sparrow

High Septon of the Faith of the Seven

The Honourable Miss Prism, Keeper of the Hour

Governess of the Temporal Estate

The Keeper of Penderrick Light

Last lighthouse keeper turned radio salvage operator

The Keeper of the Last Wrack

Tide-wrack archivist and offshore librarian

The Last Lamplighter of the Meridian City

Keeper of the Dying Public Lamps

The Librarian

Librarian of Unseen University

The Little Prince

Fictional Character from European Literature

The Lockkeeper of the Weeping Canal

Governess of the drowned lock, keeper of weather

The Monster

Created Being

The Night Cheese Warden

Gothic governess of a cheese cellar

The Night Gardener of Blackwood Hall

Gothic governess turned head gardener

Theodore Runyon

Modernist Literary Scholar

Theodor Fontane

Novelist and Poet of Prussian Realism

Theodor Storm

Poet and Novella Writer of the North

Theon Greyjoy

Prince of the Iron Islands

Théophile Gautier

Poet, novelist, and art critic of the Romantic era

The Radiant Registrar Mothwort

Gothic governess who delights in everything

The Sourdough Cartographer

Gothic governess of the desert pantry

Thessaly

Witch of the Dreaming

German novelist and essayist

Thorin

King of Durin's Folk

Thorin Oakenshield

King Under the Mountain

Thoros

Red Priest of R'hllor

Thranduil

King of the Woodland Realm

Three-eyed raven

Watcher of the Realms

Tian Hao

Chinese Literary Scholar and Critic

Tintin

Young Belgian Reporter and Adventurer

Tokyo Azevedo

Mozambican Postcolonial Writer

Tom Clancy

Thriller and Spy Fiction Author

Tom Marvolo Riddle, also known as Lord Voldemort

Dark Wizard and Master of the Dark Arts

Tom Marvolo Riddle (Voldemort)

Dark Wizard and Master of the Dark Arts

Tommen Baratheon

The Young King of the Seven Kingdoms

Tommy Settergren

Pippi's Playmate from Villa Villekulla

Tom Riddle / Voldemort

Wildling raider, husband to a bear, and free folk leader

Toshiko Jiro

Japanese Children's Author

Treebeard

Ent of Fangorn Forest

Triss Merigold

Firemage and Advisor

Trufflehunter

Talking Badger and Keeper of Narnia’s History

Truman Capote

Novelist and Journalist

Trystane Martell

Prince of Dorne, Son of Doran

T.S. Eliot

Poet & Playwright

T.S. Eliot

Modernist Poet and Playwright

Tulsidas

Poet of the Ramcharitmanas

Tycho Nestoris

Keyholder of the Iron Bank of Braavos

Tyrion Lannister

The Imp

Tywin Lannister

Lord of Casterly Rock, Warden of the West

Unity Actuary Drumknott

Secretary to the Patrician

Ursula K. Le Guin

Science Fiction and Fantasy Author

Ursula Vane, the Sandbound Governess

Governess who reads dunes like novels

Valeria Ashcroft

Gothic governess in a repurposed lighthouse

Val McDermid

Crime Writer and Mystery Novelist

Varys

The Spider, Master of Whisperers

Vasily Krilov

Poet and Fabulist

Vasily the Archivist

Weary Keeper of the Lost Stack

Vasily the Fence

Disgraced archaeologist turned black-market rail antiquities dealer

Vera Halldora, of the Boundary House

Gothic governess of a sentient manor

Vera Havelock

Retired governess of the Meridian House

Vera Kovacs

Hungarian-English Literary Translator

Vera Mortmain, the Forensics Architect

Gothic Novelist Turned Crime Scene Architect

Vera the Barista-Governess

Governess who froths milk and manages tempers

Vera Thornvale, Archivist of the Last Light

Gothic Archivist of a Digital Necropolis

Veronica Roth

Author of Divergent Series

Vesper Thorne, the Uranium Age Governess

Governess of the Atomic Nursery

Vhagar

The Ancient Dragon of Fire and Fury

Victor Frankenstein

Scientist and Creator of the Monster

Victor Hugo

Novelist and Poet

Victor Muñoz

Chilean Magical Realism Author

Vijayalakshmi Srinivasan

Indian Short Story Writer

Novelists and Essayist

Viserion

Dragon of Daenerys Targaryen

Viserys Targaryen

The Beggar King, Rightful Heir to the Iron Throne

V.S. Naipaul

Trinidadian-British novelist and Nobel Laureate

Walda Frey

Lady of the Crossing, Wife of Lord Bolton

Walder Frey

Lord of the Crossing

Walder Rivers

Bastard Son of the Twins

Wallace Stevens

Poet

Walter de Châtillon

Troubadour and Court Poet

Poet of the Unromantic

Wilhelm Grimm

Philologist, Fairy Tale Collector, and Co-Author of the Brothers Grimm

William Ape

Elizabethan Playwright (historical figure)

William Blake

Poet, Painter, and Visionary

William Golding

Novelist, Poet, and Nobel Laureate

William Makepeace Thackeray

Novelist and Satirist

Poet of the Lake District

Winnie Marsh

Village bicycle mechanic and part-time philosopher

Winnie the Pooh

Bear of Little Brain

Wole Soyinka

Nigerian Playwright and Nobel Laureate

W. Somerset Maugham

Master Storyteller and Playwright

Xiaoming Li

Chinese Modern Writer and Essayist

Yasmin Makdisi

Lebanese Literary Critic and Academic

Yehuda Pinter

Theatre Director and Playwright

Yenifer Tesham

Sorceress of the Lodge

Ygritte

Wildling Spearwife

Yohn Royce

Lord of Runestone, Bronze Yohn

Yōko Sasakawa

Contemporary Japanese Author

Yoko Tawada

Japanese Writer and Translator

Yolanda

Court Baker of Lancre

Yun Li

Japanese-Born Chinese Novelist

Zadie Smith

Novelist and Essayist

Zarir the Vizier

Wise Advisor of the Sultan

Zoltan Chivay

Lute Player and Friend of Geralt

Zora Ideale

Dark Magic Strategist

Zora Neale Hurston

Novelist & Anthropologist

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