novelist Graves & Memorials

D. H. Lawrence

1885–1930 (age 45)

D. H. Lawrence Ranch

D. H. Lawrence (1885-1930) was an English novelist, poet, and essayist from Eastwood, Nottinghamshire.

Lion Feuchtwanger

1884–1958 (age 74)

Woodlawn Memorial Cemetery

Lion Feuchtwanger was a renowned German-Jewish novelist and playwright from Munich who lived from 1884 to 1958.

Cornell Woolrich

1903–1968 (age 65)

Ferncliff Cemetery

Cornell Woolrich (1903-1968) was an American crime and mystery novelist whose works were adapted into numerous films and...

John Kennedy Toole

1937–1969 (age 32)

Greenwood Cemetery

John Kennedy Toole was an American novelist best known for his Pulitzer Prize-winning novel 'A Confederacy of Dunces,' p...

Grace Metalious

1924–1964 (age 40)

Smith Meeting House Cemetery

Grace Metalious was an American novelist best known for her scandalous bestseller 'Peyton Place.'

Lucy Meacham Thruston

1862–1938 (age 76)

Loudon Park Cemetery

Lucy Meacham Thruston (1862–1938) was a novelist whose historical stories earned her a resting place in Loudon Park Ce...

Amélie Rives Troubetzkoy

1863–1945 (age 82)

Rives-Troubetzkoy Cemetery

Amélie Rives Troubetzkoy (1863–1945) was a Richmond-born novelist and social figure buried in Rives-Troubetzkoy Cemet...

John Horne Burns

1916–1953 (age 37)

Holyhood Cemetery

John Horne Burns (1916-1953) of Andover wrote acclaimed novels about World War II before being buried at Holyhood Cemete...

Giles A. Lutz

1910–1982 (age 72)

Mount Washington Cemetery

Giles A. Lutz (1910–1982) was a Kansas City-born novelist best known for his prolific Western fiction.

Glenway Wescott

1901–1987 (age 86)

Reading-Johnson Cemetery

Glenway Wescott (1901–1987) was an American novelist and essayist who spent his later years in Kewaskum before being b...

Michael Shaara

1928–1988 (age 60)

Culley's MeadowWood Memorial Park

Michael Shaara (1928–1988) was a Jersey City-born novelist whose Civil War epic 'The Killer Angels' earned him the Pul...

Linda Grace Hoyer

1904–1989 (age 85)

Robeson Lutheran Church Cemetery

Linda Grace Hoyer (1904–1989) was a Plowville-based novelist whose stories reflected the rural Pennsylvania landscapes...

James A. Michener

1907–1997 (age 90)

Texas State Cemetery

James A. Michener (1907–1997) was a Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist from Doylestown whose sweeping historical epics li...

Isaac Bashevis Singer

1904–1991 (age 87)

Cedar Park Cemetery

Isaac Bashevis Singer, the Polish-born American novelist and Nobel laureate, wrote in Yiddish before his 1991 death and ...

Elleston Trevor

1920–1995 (age 75)

Saint Peters Catholic Cemetery

Elleston Trevor (1920-1995) of Bromley earned acclaim as the novelist behind The Flight of the Phoenix and was buried at...

Edward Bunker

1933–2005 (age 72)

Hollywood Forever Cemetery

Edward Bunker (1933-2005) was a novelist and character actor whose crime stories drew on his years in prison.

Edward L. Whittemore

1908–2002 (age 94)

Greenwood Union Cemetery

Edward L. Whittemore (1908–2002) was an American novelist best known for his surreal Arkadian trilogy of fantasy works...

John Updike

1932–2009 (age 77)

Robeson Lutheran Church Cemetery

John Updike (1932–2009) was a Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist from Reading laid to rest at Robeson Lutheran Church Cem...

E. Lynn Harris

1955–2009 (age 54)

Haven of Rest Cemetery

E. Lynn Harris (1955–2009) was an author who wrote acclaimed novels about African American life.

Norman Mailer

1923–2007 (age 84)

Provincetown Cemetery

Norman Mailer (1923–2007) of Long Branch, the Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist, lies at Provincetown Cemetery.

Paul Auster

1947–2024 (age 77)

Green-Wood Cemetery

Paul Auster (1947-2024) was an American novelist, essayist, and filmmaker whose metafictional works explored chance and ...

Cassie Edwards

1936–2016 (age 80)

Mattoon

Cassie Edwards (1936-2016) was an Illinois-born romance novelist buried in Mattoon.

Jackie Collins

1937–2015 (age 78)

Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery

Jackie Collins was a Hampstead-born novelist whose glamorous, bestselling tales of Hollywood fame made her one of the wo...

Mary Higgins Clark

1927–2020 (age 93)

Gate of Heaven Cemetery

Mary Higgins Clark, the New York City–born suspense novelist, was laid to rest at Gate of Heaven Cemetery following he...

Barry Hannah

1942–2010 (age 68)

Oxford Memorial Cemetery

Barry Hannah (1942–2010) was an acclaimed Mississippi short story writer and novelist memorialized at Oxford Memorial ...

Hanoch Bartov

1926–2016 (age 90)

Ein HaHoresh

Hanoch Bartov (1926-2016) was a Petah Tikva-born Israeli novelist and journalist buried at Ein HaHoresh.

Jin Yong

1924–2018 (age 94)

Ngong Ping

Jin Yong was a renowned Chinese wuxia novelist whose martial arts fiction captivated generations of readers across the C...

Слюсарев, Иван Кириллович

1886–1962 (age 76)

Ivanovskoe cemetery

Pierre Benoit was a French novelist and member of the Académie française, best known for his adventure novels includin...

Alphonse Daudet

1840–1897 (age 57)

Père Lachaise Cemetery

Alphonse Daudet (1840-1897) was a French novelist and short story writer born in Nîmes.

Marcel Proust

1871–1922 (age 51)

Père Lachaise Cemetery

Marcel Proust (1871-1922) was a French novelist best known for his monumental work 'In Search of Lost Time.'