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1943– · British writer
Also known as: Pat Mary Barker, Пэт Баркер, بات باركر, 팻 바커, パット・バーカー, 派特·巴克
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Sebastian Faulks1953–ReportAI suggestion, no reader data yetFirst World War fiction exploring trauma and memory, as in Birdsong. (AI reason)
Madeline Miller1978–ReportAI suggestion, no reader data yetRetellings of Greek myth and the Trojan War from overlooked perspectives. (AI reason)
Natalie Haynes1974–ReportAI suggestion, no reader data yetFeminist retellings of the Trojan War centred on women's voices. (AI reason)
Sarah Waters1966–ReportAI suggestion, no reader data yetHistorical fiction of wartime Britain with psychological depth and attention to marginal lives. (AI reason)
Helen Dunmore1952–2017ReportAI suggestion, no reader data yetLyrical historical novels about war, siege and endurance. (AI reason)
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Ian McEwan1948–ReportAI suggestion, no reader data yetLiterary fiction confronting war, guilt and the aftermath of violence, as in Atonement. (AI reason)
Margaret Atwood1939–ReportAI suggestion, no reader data yetReworkings of classical myth from women's viewpoints, as in The Penelopiad. (AI reason)
Erich Maria Remarque1898–1970ReportAI suggestion, no reader data yetUnflinching depiction of soldiers' experience and psychological damage in the Great War. (AI reason)
Jennifer Johnston1930–2025ReportAI suggestion, no reader data yetSpare novels on the First World War and its emotional costs, as in How Many Miles to Babylon? (AI reason)
Kate Atkinson1951–ReportAI suggestion, no reader data yetHistorical novels about twentieth-century British wars and their human toll. (AI reason)
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- Regeneration (1991)
- The Eye in the Door (1994)
- The Ghost Road (1995)
- Life class (2008)
- The Regeneration Trilogy (1996)