Bret Author is a collective term for three authors: Ellis (5 letters), Harte (5 letters) and BART (4 letters). Ellis is the pen name of British author Richard Paul Russell, who wrote the novel 'The Death of a Hero' in 1929. Harte is the pen name of American author Francis Bret Harte, who wrote the short story 'The Luck of Roaring Camp' in 1868. BART is the pen name of British author Alan Sillitoe, who wrote the novel 'Saturday Night and Sunday Morning' in 1958.