List of fantasy authors

This is a list of fantasy authors, authors known for writing works of fantasy, fantasy literature, or related genres of magic realism, horror fiction, science fantasy. Many of the authors are known for work outside the fantasy genres.

A

* Ben Aaronovitch, (born 1964) author of ''Peter Grant (book series)''
* Rafael Ábalos, (born 1956) is author of ''Grimpow''
* Lynn Abbey, (born 1948)
* Joe Abercrombie, (born 1974) author of ''The First Law'' series
* Daniel Abraham, (born 1969) author of '' The Dagger and the Coin'' series
* Douglas Adams, (1952–2001) author of ''The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy'' series
* Richard Adams, (1920–2016) author of ''Watership Down''
* Katherine Addison, pen name for Sarah Monette, author of '' The Goblin Emperor''
* Tomi Adeyemi, (born 1993) author of the Legacy of Orïsha trilogy
* Alexandra Adornetto, (born 1992) author of '' The Strangest Adventures'' series
* Joan Aiken, (1924–2004) author of ''The Wolves of Willoughby Chase''
* Tim Akers (born 1972)
* Wendy Alec, author of the '' Chronicles of Brothers'' series
* Lloyd Alexander, (1924–2007) author of the ''Chronicles of Prydain''
* Alan Burt Akers, pseudonym of Kenneth Bulmer (1921–2005)
* Hans Christian Andersen, (1805–1875) authored fairy tales, including ''The Little Mermaid''
* Poul Anderson, (1926–2001) author of ''The Broken Sword''
* Ilona Andrews, husband and wife writing team, author of the ''Kate Daniels'' series and ''The Edge'' series
* F. Anstey, (1856–1934) author of ''Vice Versa''
* Piers Anthony, (born 1934) author of ''Xanth''
* K.A. Applegate, (born 1956) author of ''Everworld''
* Katherine Arden, (born 1987) author of the ''Winternight trilogy''
* Tom Arden, (1961–2015)
* Kelley Armstrong''
*Jennifer L. Armentrout (born 1980) author of ''From Blood and Ash''
* Danilo Arona, (born 1950)
* Catherine Asaro, (born 1955)
* Mike Ashley, (born 1948)
* Nancy Asire, (born 1945)
* Robert Lynn Asprin, (1946–2008) author of the ''Myth Adventures'' and contributing author to '' Thieves World''
* Tomi Adeyemi, (born 1993) author of '' Children of Blood and Bone''
* A. A. Attanasio, (born 1951) author of ''Radix''
* Amelia Atwater-Rhodes, (born 1984) author of ''In the Forests of the Night''
* Anselm Audley, (born 1982) author of the ''Aquasilva'' series
* Jean M. Auel, author of the ''Earth's Children'' books
* Fiona Avery, (born 1974)
* Victoria Aveyard, (born 1990) author of the '' Red Queen'' series

B

* Robin Wayne Bailey, (born 1952) author of the ''Frost'' trilogy, ''Brothers of the Dragon'' trilogy, ''Dragonkin'' trilogy, '' Shadowdance'', etc.
* Keith Baker, (born 1969) freelance author of ''Dungeons & Dragons''
* R. Scott Bakker, (born 1967) author of the ''Prince of Nothing'' series
* Josiah Bancroft, author of ''Senlin Ascends''
* Catherine Banner, (born 1989) author of '' The Last Descendants'' series
* James Barclay, (born 1965) author of '' Chronicles of the Raven'' and '' Legends of the Raven'', both trilogies
* Leigh Bardugo, author of ''Six of Crows''
* Clive Barker, (born 1952) author of ''The Books of Abarat'' series
* M. A. R. Barker, (1929–2012) author of the ''Tékumel'' series
* William Barnwell, (born 1943) author of the ''Blessing Papers'' series
* J. M. Barrie, (1860–1937) author of ''Peter Pan''
* T. A. Barron, (born 1952) author of '' Merlin Effect'' and '' The Lost Years of Merlin''
* Samit Basu, (born 1979) author of '' The Simoqin Prophecies'' and '' The Manticore's Secret''
* Gael Baudino, (born 1955) author of ''Dragonsword'' and ''Duel of Dragons''
* L. Frank Baum, (1856–1919) author of the ''Land of Oz'' series
* Peter S. Beagle, (born 1939) author of ''The Last Unicorn'' and ''A Fine and Private Place''
* Elizabeth Bear, (born 1971) author of '' Hammered''
* Bradley Beaulieu, author of ''The Lays of Anuskaya'' and ''The Song of the Shattered Sands'' series
* Frank Beddor, author of '' The Looking Glass Wars''
* John Bellairs, (1938–1991) author of ''The Face in the Frost'' and ''The House with a Clock in Its Walls''
* Hans Bemmann, (1922–2003) author of ''The Stone and the Flute'' and ''Erwins Badezimmer''
* Robert Jackson Bennett, (born 1984) author of '' The Divine Cities'' series
* Stella Benson, (1892–1933) author of ''Living Alone''
* Carol Berg
* Ari Berk, (born 1967) author of the ''Undertaken Trilogy''
* Steve Berman, editor in the field of queer speculative fiction
* Julie Bertagna, (born 1962) author of the ''Spark Gap'' series
* Anne Bishop, author of the '' Black Jewels Trilogy''
* Holly Black, (born 1971) co-author of (with Tony DiTerlizzi) ''The Spiderwick Chronicles'' and '' Arthur Spiderwick's Field Guide to the Fantastical World Around You''
* James P. Blaylock, (born 1950)
* Enid Blyton, (1897–1968) author of '' The Enchanted Wood'' and '' The Magic Faraway Tree''
* Aliette de Bodard, (born 1982) author of ''Obsidian and Blood'' series
* Maya Kaathryn Bohnhoff, (born 1954) author of ''The Meri''
* Pseudonymous Bosch, author of The Secret Series of books
* Hannes Bok, (1914–1964) illustrator and author of ''The Sorcerer's Ship''
*Natasha Bowen, author of ''Skin of the Sea''
* Paula Brackston, author of ''The Witch's Daughter''
* Ray Bradbury, (1920–2012) author of ''Fahrenheit 451'' and '' Something Wicked This Way Comes''
* Marion Zimmer Bradley, (1930–1999) author of the ''Darkover'' series and editor of the ''Sword and Sorceress series'' of anthologies
* Rebecca Bradley, author of ''The Lady in Gil''
* Gillian Bradshaw, (born 1956) author of '' Hawk of May'' (also writes historical fiction and science fiction novels)
* Ernest Bramah, (1868–1942) author of the Kai Lung stories
* Libba Bray, (born 1964) author of the ''Gemma Doyle Trilogy''
* Marie Brennan, author of '' Doppelganger''
* Peter V. Brett, (born 1973) author of '' The Painted Man'' and ''The Desert Spear''
* Rae Bridgman, author/illustrator of ''The MiddleGate Books'' - ''The Serpent's Spell'', ''Amber Ambrosia'', ''Fish & Sphinx''
* Patricia Briggs, (born 1965) author of '' Moon Called'' and sequels
* Kristen Britain, author of the ''Green Rider'' novels
* C. Dale Brittain, (born 1948), author of the ''Yurt'' novels
* Maurice Broaddus, author of ''The Knights of Breton Court'' trilogy
* Terry Brooks, (born 1944) author of the ''Shannara'' novels, ''Magic Kingdom of Landover'' novels and '' Word & Void series''
* Roseanne A. Brown, (born 1995) author of ''A Song of Wraiths and Ruin''
* Howard Browne, (1908–1999)
* Steven Brust, (born 1955) author of the ''Dragaera'' novels
* Col Buchanan, (born 1973) author of '' Farlander'' and '' Stands a Shadow''
* Michael Buckley, (born 1969) author of ''The Sisters Grimm'' series
* Lela E. Buis
* Lois McMaster Bujold, (born 1949) author of ''The Curse of Chalion'' and its sequels
* Emma Bull, (born 1954) author of ''War for the Oaks''
* Kenneth Bulmer, (1921–2005) author of the ''Dray Prescot series''
* Chris Bunch, (1943–2005) author of ''Dragon Master'' Trilogy
* Arthur J. Burks, (1898–1974)
* Edgar Rice Burroughs, (1875–1950) author of the ''Tarzan'' novels
* Jim Butcher, (born 1971) author of ''Dresden Files'' and ''Codex Alera'' novels

C

* Rachel Caine, (1962–2020) author of the '' Weather Warden'' and '' Morganville Vampires'' novels
* James Branch Cabell, (1879–1958) author of ''Biography of the Life of Manuel''
* Miles Cameron, author of the ''Traitor Son Cycle''
* Trudi Canavan, (born 1969) author of the '' Age of the Five'' novels
* Orson Scott Card, (born 1951) author of ''Ender's Game'' and ''Hart's Hope''
* Jacqueline Carey, (born 1964) author of ''Kushiel's Legacy'' and ''The Sundering''
* Isobelle Carmody, (born 1958) author of the '' Obernewtyn Chronicles'' and '' The Gathering''
* Jonathan Carroll, (born 1949) author of ''The Land of Laughs'' and ''Bones of the Moon''
* Lewis Carroll, (pseudonym of Charles Lutwidge Dodgson 1832–1898) author of '' Alice in Wonderland''
* Angela Carter, (1940–1992) author of '' Shadow Dance''
* Lin Carter, (1930–1988) editor of the Ballantine Adult Fantasy series and author of ''The Wizard of Lemuria''
* Sebastien de Castell, author of '' Traitor's Blade'' and sequels
* Vittorio Catani, (1940–2020)
* Beth Cato, (born 1980)
* Juraj Červenák, (born 1974)
* Mark Chadbourn, (born 1960) author of '' The Age of Misrule'' series
* Soman Chainani, (born 1979) author of ''The School for Good and Evil '' series
* Jack L. Chalker, (1944–2005) author of '' Midnight at the Well of Souls''
* S. A. Chakraborty, author of ''The City of Brass''
* Robert W. Chambers, (1865–1933) author of '' The King in Yellow''
* Karen Chance, author of the '' Cassandra Palmer'' and ''Dorina Basarab'' novels
* Joy Chant, (born 1945) author of ''Red Moon and Black Mountain''
* J. Kathleen Cheney, (born 1964)
* C. J. Cherryh, (born 1942) author of ''The Fortress Series''
* G. K. Chesterton, (1874–1936) author of ''The Man Who Was Thursday''
* Cinda Williams Chima, (born 1952) author of ''The Heir Chronicles''
* Zen Cho, (born 1986) author of ''Sorcerer Royal'' series
* Massimo Citi, (born 1955)
* Cassandra Clare, (born 1973), author of ''The Mortal Instruments''
* C. L. Clark, author of '' The Unbroken''
* P. Djèlí Clark, (born 1971) author of '' A Master of Djinn''
* Susanna Clarke, (born 1959) author of ''Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell''
* Adrian Cole, (born 1949) author of the ''Dream Lords'' series
* Myke Cole, author of ''The Sacred Throne'' series
* Sara Coleridge, (1802–1852) author of ''Phantasmion''
* Eoin Colfer, (born 1965) author of the ''Artemis Fowl'' series
* John Collier, (1901–1980)
* Suzanne Collins, (born 1962) author of ''The Hunger Games'', ''Catching Fire'' and ''Mockingjay''
* Brendan Connell, (born 1970)
* Storm Constantine, (1956–2021) author of the ''Wraeththu'' series
* Glen Cook'' novels and ''Garrett P.I.'' novels
* Hugh Cook, (1956–2008) author of the '' Chronicles of an Age of Darkness''
* Rick Cook, (1944–2022) author of the ''Wizardry'' series
* Louise Cooper, (1952–2009) author of ''The Book of Paradox''
* Susan Cooper, (born 1935) author of ''The Dark Is Rising Sequence''
* Larry Correia, author of the ''Monster Hunter'' series and founder of the Sad Puppies movement
* John Crowley, (born 1942) author of ''Little, Big''
* Lilith Saintcrow, (born 1976) ''Strange Angels'' series
* Elaine Cunningham, (born 1957) author of the ''Songs & Swords'' series
* Jane Louise Curry, (born 1932) author of the ''Abaloc'' series

D

* Roald Dahl, (1916–1990) author of ''Charlie and the Chocolate Factory'' and ''James and the Giant Peach''
* James Dashner, author of ''The Maze Runner''
* Avram Davidson, (1923–1993) author of '' The Phoenix and the Mirror''
* Sylvia Day, (born 1973) author of ''Bared to You''
* Adam James Dalton, (born 1970) author of the ''Flesh & Bone Trilogy''
* Pamela Dean, (born 1953) author of ''Tam Lin''
* John DeChancie, (born 1946) author of the '' Castle Perilous'' series
* L. Sprague de Camp, (1907–2000) author of ''The Compleat Enchanter'' & '' Conan'' stories
* Alessandro Defilippi
* Michael de Larrabeiti, (1934–2008) author of ''The Borrible Trilogy''
* Charles de Lint, (born 1951) author of ''The Borderland Series''
* Kathryn Deans, author of ''Shimmer''
* Tom Deitz, (1952–2009) author of the ''David Sullivan'' series
* Joseph Delaney, (born 1945) author of '' The Wardstone Chronicles''
* Samuel R. Delany, (born 1942) author of the ''Return to Nevèrÿon'' series
* Troy Denning, (born 1958) author of ''Dark Sun'' (''Dungeons & Dragons'') and ''Star Wars'' books
* Graham Diamond, (born 1949) author of ''The Haven''
* Seth Dickinson, author of ''The Traitor Baru Cormorant''
* Tony DiTerlizzi, (born 1969) co-author of (with Holly Black) ''The Spiderwick Chronicles'' and '' Arthur Spiderwick's Field Guide to the Fantastical World Around You''
* Stephen Donaldson, (born 1947) author of ''The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant''
* Kevin Donoghue, (born 1967) author of ''From The Devil We Came'', ''The Adventures of Robyn Nudd'', ''The Rise of Germania'' and ''Svengali Junior''
* Carole Nelson Douglas, (1944–2021) author of the ''Sword and Circlet'', ''Taliswoman'', and ''Delilah Street'' series as well as ''Irene Adler'' Sherlockian suspense novels
* Sara Douglass, (1957–2011) author of ''Wayfarer Redemption''
* Ann Downer, (born 1960) author of the ''Spellkey'' series
* David Drake, (born 1945) author of the ''Lord of the Isles'' series
* Tobias Druitt, author of '' Corydon and the Island of Monsters''
* Diane Duane, (born 1952) author of the ''Young Wizards'' novels
* Dave Duncan, (1933–2018) author of '' West of January''
* Brian Lee Durfee, author of '' The Forgetting Moon''
* Lord Dunsany, (1878–1957) (Edward Plunkett) author of ''The King of Elfland's Daughter''
* Jeanne DuPrau, (born 1944) author of ''The City of Ember''
* David Anthony Durham, (born 1969) author of '' Acacia: The War With The Mein''

E

* David Eddings, (1931–2009) author of ''Belgariad'', '' Malloreon'', '' Elenium'', ''Tamuli'' and '' The Dreamers'' novels
* E. R. Eddison, (1882–1945) author of ''The Worm Ouroboros''
* C. M. Eddy, Jr., (1896–1967) author of ''Exit Into Eternity: Tales of the Bizarre and Supernatural''
* Graham Edwards, (born 1965) writer of the '' Dragoncharm'' and '' Stone and Sky'' trilogies
* Phyllis Eisenstein, (1946–2020), author of ''Shadow of Earth'' and '' Born to Exile''
* Mircea Eliade, (1907–1986) author of '' Bengal Nights''
* Kate Elliott, (born 1958) author of the '' Crown of Stars'' series
* Harlan Ellison, (1934–2018) anthologist and author of '' Mefisto in Onyx''
* Ernest Elmore, (1901–1957) author of ''The Lumpton Gobbelings''
* Michael Ende, (1929–1995) author of ''The Neverending Story''
* Steven Erikson, (born 1959) author of the ''Malazan Book of the Fallen''
* Lloyd Arthur Eshbach, (1910–2003) author and proprietor of Fantasy Press
* Javier Abril Espinoza, (born 1967)
* Ian Cameron Esslemont, (born 1962) author of the ''Novels of the Malazan Empire'' series
* Jennifer Estep, author of ''Elemental Assassin'' series and ''Crown of Shard'' series
* Rose Estes, creator of the ''Endless Quest'' gamebook series

F

* Karina Fabian, (born 1967)
* Jennifer Fallon, (born 1959) author of ''Medalon''
* Nancy Yi Fan, (born 1993) author of '' Swordbird''
* David Farland (occasional pen name of Dave Wolverton), (1957–2022) author of ''The Runelords'' series
* Nancy Farmer, (born 1941) author of '' The Sea of Trolls''
* Philip Jose Farmer, (1918–2009) author of the ''Riverworld'' saga
* Christine Feehan, author of the ''Dark'' series
* Raymond E. Feist, (born 1945) author of the '' Riftwar Saga''
* Jean-Louis Fetjaine, (born 1956)
* Jasper Fforde, (born 1961) author of the ''Thursday Next'' series
* Charles G. Finney, (1905–1984) author of ''The Circus of Dr. Lao''
* Eliot Fintushel