Editing List of historical novelists (section)

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*[[Ma Duanlin]] (1245–1322, China)
*[[Catherine Maberly]] (1805–1875, Ireland)
*[[Rose Macaulay]] (1881–1958, England)
*[[Mary Mackie]] (born early 1940s, England)
*[[Salvador de Madariaga]] (1886–1978, Spain)
*[[Ragnhild Magerøy]] (1920–2010, Norway)
*[[Naguib Mahfouz]] (1911–2006, Egypt)
*[[Paul L. Maier]] (born 1930, US)
*[[Karen Maitland]] (born 1956, England)
*[[Rosie Malek-Yonan]] (born 1965, Iran/US)
*[[Thomas Mallon]] (born 1951, US)
*[[Eric Malpass]] (1910–1996, England)
*[[Valerio Massimo Manfredi]] (born 1942, Italy)
*[[Heinrich Mann]] (1871–1950, Germany/France)
*[[Thomas Mann]] (1875–1955, Germany/Switzerland)
*[[Anne Manning (novelist)|Anne Manning]] (1807–1879, England)
*[[Hilary Mantel]] (1952–2022, England)
*[[Juliet Marillier]] (born 1948, N Zealand)
*[[Stephen Marley (writer)|Stephen Marley]] (living, England)
*[[Deb Marlowe]] (living, US)
*[[Paul Marlowe]] (living, Canada)
*[[Frederick Marryat]] (1792–1848, England)
*[[Andrew Martin (novelist)|Andrew Martin]] (born 1962, England)
*[[Valerie Martin]] (born 1948, US)
*[[William Martin (novelist)|William Martin]] (living, US)
*[[Moa Martinson]] (1890–1964, Sweden)
*[[F. Van Wyck Mason]] (1901–1978, US)
*[[Simon Hawke|J. D. Masters]] (born 1951, US) 
*[[John Masters]] (1914–1983, India)
*[[Seichō Matsumoto]] (松本清張, 1909–1992, Japan)
*[[Ellen Mattson]] (b. 1962, Sweden)
*[[Sir Herbert Maxwell, 7th Baronet|Sir Herbert Maxwell]] (1845–1937, Scotland)
*[[William Mayne]] (1928–2010, England)
*[[Cormac McCarthy]] (born 1933, US)
*[[Colleen McCullough]] (1937–2015, Australia)
*[[Ian McEwan]] (born 1948, England)
*[[Katharine McMahon]] (living, England)
*[[Larry McMurtry]] (1936–2021, US)
*[[James Meek (author)|James Meek]] (born 1962, England)
*[[Elizabeth Meeke]] (1761 – c. 1826, England)
*[[Wilhelm Meinhold]] (1797–1851, Pomerania/Germany)
*[[Eduardo Mendoza Garriga|Eduardo Mendoza]] (born 1943, Spain)
*[[Dmitry Merezhkovsky]] (1865–1941, Russia/France)
*[[Robert Merle]] (1908–2004, France)
*[[Conrad Ferdinand Meyer]] (1825–1898, Switzerland)
*[[James A. Michener]] (1907–1997, US)
*[[Kálmán Mikszáth]] (1847–1940, Hungary)
*[[Andrew Miller (novelist)|Andrew Miller]] (born 1960, England)
*[[Linda Lael Miller]] (born 1949, US)
*[[Madeline Miller]] (born 1978, US)
*[[David Mitchell (author)|David Mitchell]] (born 1969, England)
*[[Margaret Mitchell]] (1900–1949, US)
*[[Naomi Mitchison]] (1897–1999, Scotland/England)
*[[Ryu Mitsuse]] (光瀬龍, 1928–1999, Japan)
*[[Karyn Monk]] (living, Canada)
*[[Aly Monroe]] (living, England)
*[[Brian Moore (novelist)|Brian Moore]] (1921–1999, Northern Ireland/US)
*[[Thomas Moore]] (1779–1852, Ireland/England)
*[[Ferenc Móra]] (1879–1934, Hungary)
*[[Michelle Moran]] (born 1980, US)
*[[Daniil Mordovtsev]] (1830–1905, Russia)
*[[R. N. Morris]]
*[[Toni Morrison]] (1931–2019, US)
*[[Kate Morton]] (born 1976, Australia)
*[[Fiona Mozley]] (born 1988, England)
*[[Luise Mühlbach]] (1814–1873, Germany)
*[[Vera Mutafchieva]] (1929–2009, Bulgaria)
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