Where the date when a writer lived at the address is known, this is given after the address.
Abbey Road
Abbey Lodge (now Abbey Road Studios) John A Maundy Gregory (1877-1941) Journalist, writer
40 (Vallambrosa) Marie Connor Leighton ( 1865-1941) Sensation novelist
Abbey Gardens
36 Olivia Manning CBE (1908-1972) Novelist, short story writer & playwright
Abercorn Place
8 Walter D’Arcy Creswell (1896-1960) NZ poet, journalist & writer
Acacia Road
5 Katherine Mansfield (1888-1922) NZ modernist short story writer
? Leon Paul Bruet (1847-1903) French author & journalist
Alpha Place
7 J K Jerome (1859 – 1927) English writer & humourist
Avenue Road
20 now 39 Wilkie Collins ( 1824-1889) Novelist, playwright & short story writer
74 John Pope-Hennessy (1913-1994) Art historian
James Pope-Hennessy (1916-1974) biographer & travel writer
Boundary Road
94 Alfred Harmsworth (1865-1922) in 1870s & 1880s. Owner of Daily Mail & Daily Mirror
Circus Road
15 Douglas William Jerrold (1803-1857) Dramatist, writer & journalist
Clifton Hill
18 Clement Scott (1841-1904) Playwright, translator & travel writer
34 Max Pemberton (1863-1950) Novelist
? Elizabeth Jane Howard CBE ( 1923-2014) Novelist
Clifton Road
? Thomas Jefferson Hogg ( 1792-1862) Barrister & biographer of Shelley
Clifton Road East
44 Clement Scott (1841-1904) in 1871. Playwright, translator & travel writer
Elm Tree Road
Elm Tree Mansions W W Jacobs (1863-1943) from 1937-1943. Author – “The Monkey’s Paw”
5 Israel Zangwill (1863-1926) Inventor of Jewish genre novel.
Louis Zangwill ( 1869 – 1938) Novelist
15 Bronson Howard (1842-1908) US playwright
18 James Henry Leigh Hunt (1784-1850) Critic, esssayist, poet
22 Oscar Asche (1871 – 1936) Australian actor, writer & director of “Chu Chin Chow”
Dornford Yates (1885-1960) pseudonym of Cecil William Mercer. Novelist & short story writer
39 Clarissa Dixon Wright (1947-2014) Cookery book writer & TV personality
Finchley Road
28 Thomas Hood ( 1799-1845) ( Blue Plaque) . Poet, author & humourist
? Sir Arthur Wing Pinero (1855-1934) Dramatist
Greville Place
9 James Louis Garvin (1868-1947) Editor of the Observer
Grove End Road
45 Jeanie Hering, pseudonym of Marion Adams Acton (1846-1928) Scottish novelist
Langford Place
Langford Court George Orwell (Eric Arthur Blair) (1903-1950) in 1941. Novelist, essayist, journalist & critic
14 (now 12 & 16) Jeanie Hering, pseudonym of Marion Adams Acton (1846-1928). Scottish novelist
Loudoun Road
Burleigh House (on corner with Blenheim Road) Hugh Johnson OBE (1939 – ) Wine writer & horticultural writer
15 Stephen Spender CBE (1909-1995) Poet, novelist & essayist
34 Herbert Farjeon (1887-1945) Shakespeare scholar
Marlborough Place
10 Olivia Manning CBE (1908 – 1972) Novelist, short story writer & playwright
16 Clement King Shorter (1857-1926) Founder of the Sphere & the Tatler
Melina Place
12 Arthur Machen, born Arthur Lleweylln Jones (1863-1947)Welsh author & mystic
North Bank
21 The Priory George Eliot (born Mary Ann Evans) (1819-1880) from 1863-1880. Novelist, poet, journalist. Wrote here “Romola”, “Felix Holt” & “Middlemarch”
Queen’s Grove Studios
26 (1951) Olivia Manning CBE (1908-1972) Novelist, short story writer & playwright
Queen’s Terrace
32 Dorothy Miller Richardson (1833-1957) British feminist, writer & journalist
St Johns Wood Park
? Verily Anderson (1915-2010) during WW2. Writer of humorous children’s books\
8 Dennis Wheatley (1897-1977) Novelist – thrillers & occult novels
16 Mrs Henry Wood ((1814 -1877) Novelist. “East Lynne”
Townshend Road
23 Matthilde Blind (1841-1896) German born English poet, fiction writer, biographer of George Eliot
Wellington Place
10 Louis MacNeice CBE (1907-1963) during 1940s. Irish poet
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