works and well-known account of a pilgrimage he took on foot, "The Path to Rome"; French-born but became a British subject and politician Robert Hugh Benson – English convert and priest who wrote Lord of the World and apologetics William Peter Blatty – American screenwriter and novelist; known for the novel The Exorcist and Academy Award-winning screenplay adapting same Martin Stanislaus Brennan – American priest and scientist; wrote books about science and religion Heywood Broun – American journalist who covered social justice issues, a convert George Mackay Brown – Scottish poet and author Orestes Brownson – 19th-century American writer and convert Vincent Buckley – Australian poet William F. Buckley, Jr. – American writer, journalist and conservative commentator; founder of the National Review; author of God and Man at Yale Anthony Burgess – English novelist, critic and composer Morley Callaghan – Canadian novelist and short-story writer Roy Campbell – South African poet; convert Geoffrey Chaucer – English poet of the Middle Ages; wrote The Canterbury Tales; he mocks corrupt clergy, but also presents an ideal priest who teaches sound Catholic doctrine in "The Parson's Tale" Brainard Cheney – American novelist and playwright; convert G. K. Chesterton – English convert, wrote apologetics including Orthodoxy as well as novels, including The Man Who Was Thursday, poetry, biographies and literary studies, and lighter works including the "Father Brown" detective stories Mary Higgins Clark – American mystery and thriller writer Brian Coffey – Irish poet; wrote 'The Notion of Order According to St. Thomas Aquinas' Robert Cormier – American young-adult writer Felicitas Corrigan – English nun and writer Richard Crashaw – 17th-century English metaphysical poet; convert; religious poetry includes the "Hymn to St. Teresa" D–G Bruce Dawe – Australian poet Dorothy Day – American convert; co-founder of the Catholic Worker Movement Christopher Dawson – British historian and convert; proposed that the medieval Catholic Church was an essential factor in the rise of European civilisation Princess Der Ling – Chinese-American writer of several memoirs, books, and magazine articles Christopher Derrick – English non-fiction writer on contemporary issues Michael Derrick – English journalist and pamphleteer Annie Dillard – American writer of fiction and narrative non-fiction. While her website notes that she espouses no religion, her books deal deeply with theology and Catholic liturgy (especially Holy the Firm and Teaching a Stone to Talk) E. J. Dionne – American journalist and political commentator; noted for coverage of Vatican