Clue by Clue

Guess the book, author or character in as few clues as possible. A new clue unlocks after each guess.

1. 1I was baptised in a Warwickshire market town in 1564.
2. 2I was an English novelist of the Regency era.
3. 3I was a Victorian novelist first read in monthly instalments.
4. 4I am a British author who wrote much of my first book in cafes.
5. 5I am an English writer, though that is not the name I was born with.
6. 6I am the best-selling novelist of all time.
7. 7I am an American writer known for a spare, plain style.
8. 8I am an American writer, though that was my pen name.
9. 9I was an Oxford professor of language.
10. 10I was a fighter pilot before I became a writer.
11. 11I am an American writer, famously prolific.
12. 12I was an English modernist writer.
13. 13I was a Russian novelist and count.
14. 14I was an American writer of the Jazz Age.
15. 15I was an Irish writer famous for my wit.
16. 16I am an American writer of the macabre.
17. 17I was one of three writing sisters from Yorkshire.
18. 18I was the eldest of three writing sisters from Yorkshire.
19. 19I was an American writer, poet and civil rights activist.
20. 20I was an American novelist and Nobel laureate.
21. 21I am a novel set in the American South during the Depression.
22. 22I am a short American novel of the 1920s.
23. 23I am a novel about British schoolboys.
24. 24I am the first book of a dystopian trilogy.
25. 25I am a best-selling thriller from 2003.
26. 26I am a children's fantasy novel.
27. 27I am a novel often called the first work of science fiction.
28. 28I am a Gothic horror novel told through letters and diaries.
29. 29I am a children's book full of nonsense and logic.
30. 30I am a novel narrated in restless teenage slang.
31. 31I am a much-loved American novel from the 1860s.
32. 32I am a novel narrated by a poor but strong-willed governess.
33. 33I am a stormy novel set on the Yorkshire moors.
34. 34I am an epic fantasy in three volumes.
35. 35I am a short American novel set during the Depression.
36. 36I am a fictional detective working in Victorian London.
37. 37I am one of the best-loved characters in children's books.
38. 38I am the heroine of a beloved Regency novel.
39. 39I am a wizard in an epic fantasy world.
40. 40I am the heroine of a dystopian trilogy.
41. 41I am a clever young witch.
42. 42I am a mysterious and eccentric businessman.
43. 43I am a one-legged sailor with a parrot on my shoulder.
44. 44I am the captain of a whaling ship.
45. 45I am a lawyer in a small Southern town.
46. 46I am a restless teenage narrator.
47. 47I am a wealthy and reclusive woman.
48. 48I am a comfort-loving hobbit.
49. 49I am a fabulously wealthy and mysterious man.
50. 50I am a small bear from Darkest Peru.