'The Picture of Dorian Gray' is a novel written by -

• 'The Picture of Dorian Gray' is a novel written by - Oscar Wild.
- The Picture of Dorian Gray is a philosophical/moral fantasy novel by Oscar Wilde.
- A shorter novella-length version was published in the July 1890 issue of the American periodical Lippincott's Monthly Magazine.

• Oscar Wilde was a poet,novelist and dramatist. This Irish born poet became London’s most popular playwright in the early 1890s.
- His full name was Oscar Fingal O’Flahertie Wills Wilde.

• Oscar Wilde’s literary reputation rests largely on his novel.
- The Picture of Dorian Gray (1891)
- Lady Windermere’s Fan (1892)
- The Importance of Being Earnest (1895).

Source: Britannica