This is a list of noted

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* Dafydd ab Hugh (born 1960) * Alexander Abasheli (1884–1954) * Edwin Abbott Abbott (1838–1926) *

Kōbō Abe , pen name of , was a Japanese writer, playwright, musician, photographer, and inventor. He is best known for his 1962 novel '' The Woman in the Dunes'' that was made into an award-winning film by Hiroshi Teshigahara in 1964. Abe has often bee ...

(1924–1993) *

Robert Abernathy Robert Abernathy (1924–1990) was an American science fiction author during the 1940s and 1950s. He was known primarily for his short stories which were published in many of the pulp magazines that flourished during the Golden Age of Science ...

(1924–1990) *

Dan Abnett Dan Abnett (born 12 October 1965) is an English comic book writer and novelist. He has been a frequent collaborator with fellow writer Andy Lanning, and is known for his work on books for both Marvel Comics, and their UK imprint, Marvel UK, sinc ...

(born 1965) * Daniel Abraham (born 1969) * Forrest J Ackerman (1916–2008) * Douglas Adams (1952–2001) * Robert Adams (1932–1990) *

Ann Aguirre Ann Aguirre is an American author of speculative fiction. She writes urban fantasy, romantic science fiction, apocalyptic paranormal romance (with co-author Carrie Lofty as Ellen Connor), paranormal romantic suspense (as Ava Gray), and post-a ...

(born 1970) *

Jerry Ahern Jerome Morrell Ahern (June 23, 1946 – July 24, 2012) was an American writer of science fiction and action novels, non-fiction books, and articles for various firearms publications. He was considered an expert on firearms and related accessories, ...

(1946–2012) *

Jim Aikin James Douglas Aikin (born 1948) is an American science fiction writer based in Livermore, California. He is also a music technology writer, an interactive fiction writer, freelance editor and writer, cellist, and teacher. He frequently writes ar ...

(born 1948) *

Alan Burt Akers Henry Kenneth Bulmer (14 January 1921 – 16 December 2005) was a British author, primarily of science fiction. Life Born in London, he married Pamela Buckmaster on 7 March 1953. They had one son and two daughters, and they divorced in 1981. B ...

(1921–2005) (pseudonym of Kenneth Bulmer) *

Tim Akers John Timothy Akers is an American author of speculative fiction.Akers, Tim.About" on timakers.net. He writes as Tim Akers. Life John Timothy Akers was born in rural Buncombe County, North Carolina, the only son of John Nance Akers, a theologian. ...

(born 1972) * Brian Aldiss (1925–2017) * David M. Alexander (born 1945) *

Grant Allen Charles Grant Blairfindie Allen (February 24, 1848 – October 25, 1899) was a Canadian science writer and novelist, educated in England. He was a public promoter of evolution in the second half of the nineteenth century. Biography Early life a ...

(1848–1899) *

Roger MacBride Allen Roger MacBride Allen (born September 26, 1957) is an American science fiction author. He was born in Bridgeport, Connecticut and grew up outside of Washington, D.C., graduating from Walt Whitman High School. He graduated from Boston University ...

(born 1957) *

Hans Joachim Alpers Hans Joachim Alpers (14 July 1943 – 16 February 2011) was a German writer and editor of science fiction and fantasy. Together with Werner Fuchs and Ulrich Kiesow he founded Fantasy Productions, which became one of the premier German RPG- and boa ...

(1943–2011) *

Steve Alten Steven Robert Alten (born August 21, 1959, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) is an American science-fiction author. He is best known for his ''Meg'' series of novels set around the fictitious survival of the megalodon, a giant, prehistoric shark. Bio ...

(born 1959) * Genrich Altshuller (1926–1998) *

Kingsley Amis Sir Kingsley William Amis (16 April 1922 – 22 October 1995) was an English novelist, poet, critic, and teacher. He wrote more than 20 novels, six volumes of poetry, a memoir, short stories, radio and television scripts, and works of social an ...

(1922–1995) *

Paul Rafaelovich Amnuél Paul may refer to: *Paul (given name), a given name (includes a list of people with that name) *Paul (surname), a list of people People Christianity * Paul the Apostle (AD c.5–c.64/65), also known as Saul of Tarsus or Saint Paul, early Chri ...

(born 1944) *

Charlie Jane Anders Charlie Jane Anders is an American writer and commentator. She has written several novels, published magazines and websites, and hosted podcasts. In 2005, she received the Lambda Literary Award for work in the transgender category, and in 2009, t ...

(born 1969) *

Kevin J. Anderson Kevin James Anderson (born March 27, 1962) is an American science fiction author. He has written spin-off novels for ''Star Wars'', ''StarCraft'', ''Titan A.E.'' and ''The X-Files literature#Novels, The X-Files'', and with Brian Herbert is the ...

(born 1962) * Poul Anderson (1926–2001) *

Jean-Pierre Andrevon Jean-Pierre Andrevon (born 19 September 1937 in Bourgoin-Jallieu, Isère) is a French science fiction author, as well as a painter and singer. He has used the pseudonym ''Alphonse Brutsche'' for novels published under the Fleuve Noir label. In a ...

(born 1937) *

Arlan Andrews Arlan Keith Andrews, Sr. (born 1940) is an American engineer and writer of science fiction and non-fiction. He attended New Mexico State University, where he earned bachelor, master, and doctorate degrees in mechanical engineering. Since 1971, he ...

(born 1940) *

Patricia Anthony Patricia Marie Anthony (March 29, 1947 – July 2, 2013) was an American science fiction and slipstream author. Anthony published her first science fiction novel in 1992 with ''Cold Allies'', about the arrival of extraterrestrials in the midst of ...

(1947–2013) * Piers Anthony (born 1934) *

Christopher Anvil Christopher Anvil (March 11, 1925 – November 30, 2009) is a pseudonym used by American author Harry Christopher Crosby. Biography and work Crosby was born in Norwich, Connecticut, the only child of Harry Clifton Crosby and Rose Glasbrenner. ...

(1925–2009) (pseudonym of Harry C. Crosby) *

K. A. Applegate Katherine Alice Applegate (born October 9, 1956), known professionally as K. A. Applegate or Katherine Applegate, is an American young adult and children's fiction writer, best known as the author of the ''Animorphs'', '' Remnants'', ''Everworld ...

(born 1956) * E.L. Arch (1922–1988) (pseudonym of Rachel Cosgrove Payes) *

Eleanor Arnason Eleanor Atwood Arnason (born December 28, 1942) is an American author of science fiction novels and short stories. Arnason's earliest published story, "A Clear Day in the Motor City", appeared in ''New Worlds'' in 1973. Her work often depicts cul ...

(born 1942) * Robert Arthur (1909–1969) *

Catherine Asaro Catherine Ann Asaro (born November 6, 1955) is an American science fiction and fantasy author, singer and teacher. She is best known for her books about the Ruby Dynasty, called the Saga of the Skolian Empire. Biography Catherine Asaro was bo ...

(born 1955) *

Neal Asher Neal Asher (born 4 February 1961) is an English science fiction writer. He lives near Chelmsford. Career Both of Asher's parents are educators and science fiction fans. Although he began writing speculative fiction in secondary school, he did ...

(born 1961) * Francis Leslie Ashton (1904–1994) *

Pauline Ashwell Pauline Whitby was a British science fiction author who wrote under the pseudonym Pauline Ashwell (1926 Hatfield, Hertfordshire - 23 November 2015). She also wrote under the names Paul Ashwell and Paul Ash. She took her surname from Ashwell, Hert ...

(1928–2015) *

Isaac Asimov yi, יצחק אזימאװ , birth_date = , birth_place = Petrovichi, Russian SFSR , spouse = , relatives = , children = 2 , death_date = , death_place = Manhattan, New York City, U.S. , nationality = Russian (1920–1922)Soviet (192 ...

(1920–1992) * Janet Asimov (1926–2019) *

Nancy Asire Nancy Asire (born 1945) was an American fantasy and science fiction author, best known for her ''Twilight's Kingdoms'' fantasy trilogy and her contributions to the shared universe series ''Heroes in Hell'', '' Sword of Knowledge'' and '' Merovin ...

(1945–2021) * Robert Asprin (1946–2008) *

Francis Henry Atkins Francis Henry "Frank" Atkins (1847–1927) was a British writer of "pulp fiction", in particular science fiction aimed at younger readers. He wrote under the pseudonyms Frank Aubrey and Fenton Ash. His son was writer Frank Howard Atkins. Bibliog ...

(1847–1927) * A. A. Attanasio (born 1951) *

Margaret Atwood Margaret Eleanor Atwood (born November 18, 1939) is a Canadian poet, novelist, literary critic, essayist, teacher, environmental activist, and inventor. Since 1961, she has published 18 books of poetry, 18 novels, 11 books of non-fiction, nin ...

(born 1939) *

Ayerdhal Yal Ayerdhal (26 January 195927 October 2015) was a French thriller and science fiction writer from Lyon. His later work preferred the thriller genre; ''Transparences'', ''Resurgences'' and ''Rainbow Warriors'' play with various genres. ''Rainb ...

(1959–2015)

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* Richard Bachman (pseudonym of

Stephen King Stephen Edwin King (born September 21, 1947) is an American author of horror, supernatural fiction, suspense, crime, science-fiction, and fantasy novels. Described as the "King of Horror", a play on his surname and a reference to his high s ...

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Paolo Bacigalupi Paolo Tadini Bacigalupi (born August 6, 1972) is an American science fiction and fantasy writer. He has won the Hugo, Nebula, John W. Campbell, Compton Crook, Theodore Sturgeon, and Michael L. Printz awards, and has been nominated for the Na ...

(born 1972) *

Hilary Bailey Hilary Bailey (19 September 1936 – 19 January 2017) was a British writer, critic and editor. Life Bailey attended Newnham College, Cambridge, where she was a founder-member of the Cambridge University Women's Union. She was born in Brom ...

(1936–2017) *

Robin Wayne Bailey Robin Wayne Bailey (born 1952) is an American writer of speculative fiction, both fantasy and science fiction. He is a founder of the Science Fiction Hall of Fame (1996) and a past president of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America ...

(born 1952) *

Kage Baker Kage Baker (June 10, 1952 – January 31, 2010Obituary: Kage Baker
" SF Site, January ...

(1952–2010) * Scott Baker (born 1947) * J. G. Ballard (1930–2009) * Edwin Balmer (1883–1959) * Iain M. Banks (1954–2013) *

Michael A. Banks Michael A. Banks (born 21 March 1951 in Princeton, IndianaISFDB, Michael A. Banks - Summary Biblio ...

(born 1951) * Raymond E. Banks (1918–1996) (also known as Ray Banks, Ray E. Banks, R.E. Banks, and Fred Freair) * Marek Baraniecki (born 1954) *

Miquel Barceló Miquel Barceló Artigues (born 1957) is a Spanish painter. Career Barceló was born at Felanitx, Mallorca. After having studied at the Arts and Crafts School of Palma for two years, he enrolled at the Fine Arts School of Barcelona in 197 ...

(1948–2021) *

René Barjavel René Barjavel (24 January 1911 – 24 November 1985) was a French author, journalist and critic who may have been the first to think of the grandfather paradox in time travel. He was born in Nyons, a town in the Drôme department in southeastern ...

(1911–1985) * Wayne Barlowe (born 1958) *

Arthur K. Barnes Arthur Kelvin Barnes (6 December 1909 – 11 March 1969) was an American science fiction author. Barnes wrote mostly for pulp magazines in the 1930s and 1940s. Barnes was most noted for his vivid and believable portrayals of alien life. As suc ...

(1911–1969) * John Barnes (born 1957) *

Steven Barnes Steven Barnes (born March 1, 1952) is an American science fiction, fantasy, and mystery writer. He has written novels, short fiction, screen plays for television, scripts for comic books, animation, newspaper copy, and magazine articles. Career ...

(born 1952) *

William Barnwell William Barnwell (born 1943) is an American author of science fiction, and of other genres. He has written the ''Blessing Trilogy'', set in a future Ireland, and which has metaphysics, metaphysical content. It was praised by Andre Norton, while Pet ...

(born 1943) *

Donald Barr Donald is a masculine given name derived from the Gaelic name ''Dòmhnall''.. This comes from the Proto-Celtic *''Dumno-ualos'' ("world-ruler" or "world-wielder"). The final -''d'' in ''Donald'' is partly derived from a misinterpretation of the ...

(1921–2004) *

João Barreiros João Manuel Rosado Barreiros (born July 31, 1952), also known by the pseudonym José de Barros, is a Portuguese science fiction writer, editor, translator and critic. He graduated in Philosophy from the University of Lisbon in 1977, and has been ...

(born 1952) * William Barton (born 1950) *

T. J. Bass T. J. Bass, real name Thomas J. Bassler, MD (July 7, 1932 – December 13, 2011) was an American science fiction author and physician, having graduated from the University of Iowa in 1959. Bassler is also known for his controversial claim tha ...

(1932–2011) (pseudonym of Thomas J. Bassler) * Harry Bates (1900–1981) *

L. Frank Baum Lyman Frank Baum (; May 15, 1856 – May 6, 1919) was an American author best known for his children's books, particularly ''The Wonderful Wizard of Oz'' and its sequels. He wrote 14 novels in the ''Oz'' series, plus 41 other novels (not includ ...

(1856–1919) * John Baxter (born 1939) * Stephen Baxter (born 1957) *

Georgy Baydukov Georgy Filippovich Baydukov (russian: Гео́ргий Фили́ппович Байдуко́в; – 28 December 1994) was a Soviet test pilot, Hero of the Soviet Union (1936), writer and hunter. Early years Baydukov was born at the Tar ...

(1907–1994) *

Barrington J. Bayley Barrington J. Bayley (9 April 1937 – 14 October 2008) was an English science fiction writer. Biography Bayley was born in Birmingham and educated in Newport, Shropshire. He worked a number of jobs before joining the Royal Air Force during 1 ...

(1937–2008) *

Elizabeth Bear Sarah Bear Elizabeth Wishnevsky (born September 22, 1971) is an American author who works primarily in speculative fiction genres, writing under the name Elizabeth Bear. She won the 2005 John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer, the 2008 Hugo A ...

(born 1971) * Greg Bear (born 1951) *

Jerome Beatty Jr Jerome M. Beatty Jr. (December 9, 1916 – July 31, 2002) was a twentieth-century American author of children's literature. He was also an accomplished feature writer for magazines. Beatty served in the United States Army, achieving the rank of ...

(1918–2002) * Charles Beaumont (1929–1967) *

Vladimir Beekman Vladimir Beekman (23 August 1929 – 3 October 2009) was an Estonian writer, poet and translator. Early life and education After completing his primary education, he attended the Tallinn University of Technology and graduated in 1953 with a degre ...

(1929–2009) *

Ugo Bellagamba Ugo Bellagamba (born 1972) is a French science fiction writer who won the Prix Rosny-Aîné in 2005 (best short story) and 2010 (best novel : ''Tancrède, une uchronie''), as well as the Grand Prix de l'Imaginaire in 2008 (best non fiction : ''Sol ...

(born 1972) * Edward Bellamy (1850–1898) *

Alexander Belyaev Alexander Romanovich Belyaev (russian: Алекса́ндр Рома́нович Беля́ев, ; – 6 January 1942) was a Soviet Russian writer of science fiction. His works from the 1920s and 1930s made him a highly regarded figure in Russia ...

(1884–1942) *

Andrei Belyanin Andrei Olegovich Belyanin (born 24 January 1967, Astrakhan) is a Russian science fiction and fantasy writer, who wrote at least 15 novels with many of them selling over 2 million copies. He is especially known for humour and parody in his fiction. ...

(born 1967) *

Don Bendell Don Bendell (born January 8, 1947) is an American author, rancher, tracker, producer, director, actor, and a former Green Beret. He has published 29 books and assisted in exposing former Atlantic City Mayor Bob Levy's claims of serving as a Gr ...

(born 1947) (pseudonym of Ron Stillman) *

Gregory Benford Gregory Benford (born January 30, 1941) is an American science fiction author and astrophysicist who is professor emeritus at the Department of Physics and Astronomy at the University of California, Irvine. He is a contributing editor of ''Reason ...

(born 1941) *

Donald R. Bensen Donald Roynald Bensen (October 3, 1927 – October 19, 1997), known also as Don Bensen and listed sometimes as D.R. Bensen, was an American editor and science fiction writer. As an editor he is known best for editing works of P. G. Wodehouse and ...

(1927–1997) *

J. D. Beresford John Davys Beresford (17 March 1873 – 2 February 1947) was an English writer, now remembered for his early science fiction and some short stories in the horror story and ghost story genres. Beresford was a great admirer of H.G. Wells, and w ...

(1873–1947) *

Fyodor Berezin Fyodor Dmitrievich Berezin (russian: Фёдор Дмитриевич Березин; born February 7, 1960) is a Russian science fiction writer. He has published 3 novel series, and 2 separate works, scoring him awards at the International Scienc ...

(born 1960) * Cyrano de Bergerac (1619–1655) * Jack Bertin (1913–1983) (pseudonym of Peter B. Germano) * Alfred Bester (1913–1987) * Bruce Bethke (born 1955) *

Ambrose Bierce Ambrose Gwinnett Bierce (June 24, 1842 – ) was an American short story writer, journalist, poet, and American Civil War veteran. His book ''The Devil's Dictionary'' was named as one of "The 100 Greatest Masterpieces of American Literature" by t ...

(1842 – c. 1914) *

Lloyd Biggle, Jr. Lloyd Biggle Jr. (April 17, 1923 – September 12, 2002), was an American musician, author, and internationally known oral historian. Biography Biggle was born in 1923 in Waterloo, Iowa. He served in World War II as a communications sergeant i ...

(1923–2002) * Eando Binder (joint pseudonym of Earl (1904–1966) and

Otto Otto is a masculine German given name and a surname. It originates as an Old High German short form (variants ''Audo'', ''Odo'', ''Udo'') of Germanic names beginning in ''aud-'', an element meaning "wealth, prosperity". The name is recorded fro ...

(1911–1974) Binder) * John Birmingham (born 1964) *

David Bischoff David F. Bischoff (December 15, 1951 – March 19, 2018) was an American science fiction and television writer. General background Born in Washington D.C., Bischoff wrote science fiction books, short stories, and scripts for television. He beg ...

(1951–2018) * Michael Bishop (born 1945) * Terry Bisson (born 1942) *

Jerome Bixby Drexel Jerome Lewis Bixby (January 11, 1923 – April 28, 1998) was an American short-story writer and scriptwriter. He wrote the 1953 story " It's a Good Life", which was the basis of a 1961 episode of ''The Twilight Zone'' and was included ...

(1923–1998) * Malorie Blackman (born 1962) *

Jayme Lynn Blaschke Jayme Lynn Blaschke (born 1969) is an American journalist and author of science fiction, fantasy and related non-fiction. Primarily known for his genre-related interviews with authors and editors, he published a collected volume of 17 interviews, ' ...

(born 1969) * James Blaylock (born 1950) * James Blish (1921–1975) *

Robert Bloch Robert Albert Bloch (; April 5, 1917September 23, 1994) was an American fiction writer, primarily of crime, psychological horror and fantasy, much of which has been dramatized for radio, cinema and television. He also wrote a relatively small ...

(1917–1994) *

Alexander Bogdanov Alexander Aleksandrovich Bogdanov (russian: Алекса́ндр Алекса́ндрович Богда́нов; – 7 April 1928), born Alexander Malinovsky, was a Russian and later Soviet physician, philosopher, science fiction writer, and B ...

(1873–1928) *

Maya Kaathryn Bohnhoff Maya Kaathryn Bohnhoff (born 1954) is an American sci-fi and fantasy author. Personal life Bohnhoff, mother of three, has been married since 1981 to Jeff Bohnhoff. The couple and their children are members of the Baháʼí Faith. She began her ...

(born 1954) *

Nelson S. Bond Nelson Slade Bond (November 23, 1908 – November 4, 2006) was an American writer. His works included books, magazine articles, and scripts used in radio, for television and on the stage. The 1998 recipient of the Nebula Author Emeritus award ...

(1908–2006) *

Kevin Bokeili Kevin Bokeili (8 February 1963 – 7 April 2014) was a French science fiction writer who was active from 2004 until his death in 2014. Biography Bokeili was born in February 1963 and grew up in Geneva, Switzerland, where he studied philosophy. ...

(1963–2014) * John Boland (1913–1976) *

Pierre Bordage Pierre Bordage (born 29 January 1955 in La Réorthe, Vendée) is a French science fiction author. He won the Cosmos 2000 prize in 1996 for his novel ''La Citadelle Hyponéros''. Pierre Bordage is one of France's best-selling science fiction writ ...

(born 1955) *

François Bordes François Bordes (December 30, 1919 – April 30, 1981), also known by the pen name of Francis Carsac, was a French scientist, geologist, archaeologist, and science fiction writer. Biography He was a professor of prehistory and quaternary g ...

(1919–1981) * Anthony Boucher (1911–1968) (pseudonym of William A.P. White) * Pierre Boulle (1912–1994) *

Sydney James Bounds Sydney James Bounds (4 November 1920 – 24 November 2006) was a British author. He wrote as Sydney J. Bounds and S. J. Bounds, as well as under the pen names Clifford Wallace, James Marshall, Earl Ellison and Rex Marlowe. He wrote over forty no ...

(1920–2006) *

Louis Henri Boussenard Louis Henri Boussenard (4 October 1847, Escrennes, Loiret – 11 September 1910 in Orléans) was a French author of adventure novels, dubbed "the French Henry Rider Haggard, Rider Haggard" during his lifetime, but better known today in Eastern Euro ...

(1847–1910) *

Ben Bova Benjamin William Bova (November 8, 1932November 29, 2020) was an American writer and editor. During a writing career of 60 years, he was the author of more than 120 works of science fact and fiction, an editor of '' Analog Science Fiction and F ...

(1932–2020) * Leigh Brackett (1915–1978) *

Ray Bradbury Ray Douglas Bradbury (; August 22, 1920June 5, 2012) was an American author and screenwriter. One of the most celebrated 20th-century American writers, he worked in a variety of modes, including fantasy, science fiction, horror, mystery, and r ...

(1920–2012) * Marion Zimmer Bradley (1930–1999) *

Gillian Bradshaw Gillian Marucha Bradshaw (born May 14, 1956) is an American writer of historical fiction, historical fantasy, children's literature, science fiction, and contemporary science-based novels, who lives in Britain. Her serious historical novels are oft ...

(born 1956) *

Johanna Braun Johanna Braun (7 May 1929 – 24 October 2008) was a German writer. Biography Johanna Braun was born in Magdeburg on 7 May 1929. Her father was an optician. She spent most of her life living in East Germany and held a number of jobs including se ...

(1929–2008) *

Mark Brandis Nikolai von Michalewsky (a.k.a. Mark Brandis) (17 January 1931 – 27 December 2000) was a German writer and journalist best known for a series of science fiction novels published between 1970 and 1987. Biography Von Michalewsky was born in D ...

(1931–2000) *

Miles J. Breuer Miles John Breuer (January 3, 1889 – October 14, 1945) was an American physician and science fiction writer of Czech origin. Although he had published elsewhere since the early 20th century, he is considered the part of the first generation of ...

(1889–1945) *

Reginald Bretnor Reginald Bretnor (born Alfred Reginald Kahn; July 30, 1911 – July 22, 1992) was an American science fiction author who flourished between the 1950s and 1980s. Most of his fiction was in short story form, and usually featured a whimsical story l ...

(1911–1992) * David Brin (born 1950) * Jason V Brock (born 1970) *

Damien Broderick Damien Francis Broderick (born 22 April 1944) is an Australian science fiction and popular science writer and editor of some 74 books. His science fiction novel ''The Dreaming Dragons'' (1980) introduced the trope of the generation time machine ...

(born 1944) *

Kristi Brooks Kristi Brooks is the author of ''Vision²'', a science fiction novel, various short stories, and columns for local publications. She is noted for her blending of genres, often merging elements of sci-fi, fantasy, and horror in her stories. The ...

(born 1980) * Max Brooks (born 1972) *

Terry Brooks Terence Dean Brooks (born January 8, 1944) is an American writer of fantasy fiction. He writes mainly epic fantasy, and has also written two film novelizations. He has written 23 ''New York Times'' bestsellers during his writing career, and has ...

(born 1944) * John Brosnan (1947–2005) * Eric Brown (born 1960) * Fredric Brown (1906–1972) *

James Cooke Brown James Cooke Brown (July 21, 1921 – February 13, 2000) was an American sociologist and science fiction author. He is notable for creating the artificial language Loglan and for designing the Parker Brothers board game ''Careers''. Brown's nove ...

(1921–2000) *

Rosel George Brown Rosel George Brown (March 15, 1926 – November 26, 1967) was an American science fiction author. Biography Born in New Orleans, Louisiana, she lived in the city of her birth with her husband after concluding her formal education at Sophie Newcom ...

(1926–1967) * Simon Brown (born 1956) *

John Brunner John Brunner may refer to: * Sir John Brunner, 1st Baronet (1842–1919), British industrialist and Liberal Member of Parliament * John L. Brunner (1929–1980), Pennsylvania politician * Sir John Brunner, 2nd Baronet (1865–1929), British Libera ...

(1934–1995) *

Steven Brust Steven Karl Zoltán Brust (born November 23, 1955) is an American fantasy and science fiction author of Hungarian descent. He is best known for his series of novels about the assassin Vlad Taltos, one of a disdained minority group of humans livi ...

(born 1955) *

Edward Bryant Edward Winslow Bryant Jr. (August 27, 1945 – February 10, 2017) was an American science fiction and horror writer sometimes associated with the Dangerous Visions series of anthologies that bolstered The New Wave. At the time of his death, ...

(1945–2017) * Valery Bryusov (1873–1924) *

Tobias S. Buckell Tobias S. Buckell (born 1979) is a New York Times Bestselling author and World Fantasy Award winner born in the Caribbean. He grew up in Grenada and spent time in the British and US Virgin Islands, which influence much of his work. His novels and ...

(born 1979) *

Algis Budrys Algirdas Jonas "Algis" Budrys (January 9, 1931 – June 9, 2008) was a Lithuanian-American science fiction author, editor, and critic. He was also known under the pen names Frank Mason, Alger Rome (in collaboration with Jerome Bixby), John ...

(1931–2008) * Vitaly Bugrov (1938–1994) *

Lela E. Buis Lela E. Buis is a speculative fiction writer, playwright, poet and artist who was born in Middlesboro, KY. She graduated from Florida State University (FSU) and the Florida Institute of Technology, and worked in engineering for a number of years ...

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fl. ''Floruit'' (; abbreviated fl. or occasionally flor.; from Latin for "they flourished") denotes a date or period during which a person was known to have been alive or active. In English, the unabbreviated word may also be used as a noun indicatin ...

1978–present) * Lois McMaster Bujold (born 1949) *

Mikhail Bulgakov Mikhail Afanasyevich Bulgakov ( rus, links=no, Михаил Афанасьевич Булгаков, p=mʲɪxɐˈil ɐfɐˈnasʲjɪvʲɪtɕ bʊlˈɡakəf; – 10 March 1940) was a Soviet writer, medical doctor, and playwright active in the fir ...

(1891–1940) * Faddey Bulgarin (1789–1859) *

Kenneth Bulmer Henry Kenneth Bulmer (14 January 1921 – 16 December 2005) was a British author, primarily of science fiction. Life Born in London, he married Pamela Buckmaster on 7 March 1953. They had one son and two daughters, and they divorced in 1981. B ...

(1921–2005) *

Kir Bulychev Kir Bulychev (russian: Кир Булычёв ''Kir Bulychyov 18 October 1934 – 5 September 2003) is a pen name of Igor Vsevolodovich Mozheiko (И́горь Все́володович Може́йко), a Soviet Russian science fiction writer, ...

(1934–2003) *

Chris Bunch Christopher R. Bunch (December 22, 1943 – July 4, 2005) was an American science fiction, fantasy and television writer, who wrote and co-wrote about thirty novels. Early life and education Bunch was born in Fresno, California and attended Mir ...

(1943–2005) *

David R. Bunch David Roosevelt Bunch (August 7, 1925 – May 29, 2000) was an American writer of short stories and poetry. He worked mainly in the genres of science fiction, satire, surrealism, and literary fiction. Although prolific and critically acclaimed, Bu ...

(1925–2000) * Anthony Burgess (1917–1993) *

Sue Burke Sue Burke (born 1955) is an American writer and translator. She has written the science fiction novel '' Semiosis'' (2018) and its sequel, ''Interference'' (2019). ''Semiosis'' attracted favorable attention and acclaim and appeared on numerous l ...

(born 1955) *

Yuli Burkin Yuliy Burkin (russian: Юлий Серге́евич Буркин) (b. 1960, Tomsk) is a Russian science fiction writer and Music of Russia, musician. He has coauthored a trilogy ''Island Russia'' with Sergey Lukyanenko. Books External links ...

(born 1960) *

Arthur J. Burks Arthur Josephus Burks (September 13, 1898 – May 13, 1974) was an American Marine officer and fiction writer. Burks was born to a farming family in Waterville, Washington. He married Blanche Fidelia Lane on March 23, 1918, in Sacramento, ...

(1898–1974) *

Edgar Rice Burroughs Edgar Rice Burroughs (September 1, 1875 – March 19, 1950) was an American author, best known for his prolific output in the adventure, science fiction, and fantasy genres. Best-known for creating the characters Tarzan and John Carter, he ...

(1875–1950) * Michael A. Burstein (born 1970) *

F. M. Busby Francis Marion Busby (March 11, 1921 – February 17, 2005) was an American science fiction writer and science fiction fandom, science fiction fan. In 1960 he was a co-winner of the Hugo Award for Best Fanzine. Biography Francis Busby was born in ...

(1921–2005) *

Aleksandr Bushkov Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Bushkov (born April 5, 1956) is a best-selling Russian author who has written books in the genres of science fiction, crime fiction, popular history and non-fiction. In his belletristic, published in literary and popular j ...

(born 1956) *

Alain Le Bussy Alain Le Bussy (1947 – 14 October 2010) was a prolific Belgian author of science fiction who won the Prix Rosny-Aîné in 1993 for his novel ''Deltas''. He died on 14 October 2010 from complications following throat surgery. His writing caree ...

(1947–2010) * Jim Butcher (born 1971) *

Octavia E. Butler Octavia Estelle Butler (June 22, 1947 – February 24, 2006) was an American science fiction author and a multiple recipient of the Hugo and Nebula awards. In 1995, Butler became the first science-fiction writer to receive a MacArthur Fellowshi ...

(1947–2006) *

Stuart J. Byrne Stuart James Byrne (October 26, 1913 - September 23, 2011) was an American screenwriter and writer of science fiction and fantasy. He published under his own name and the pseudonyms Rothayne Amare, John Bloodstone, Howard Dare, and Marx Kaye ...

(1913–2011)

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Pat Cadigan Patricia Oren Kearney Cadigan (born September 10, 1953) is a British-American science fiction author, whose work is most often identified with the cyberpunk movement. Her novels and short stories often explore the relationship between the human ...

(born 1953) * Jack Cady (1932–2004) *

Martin Caidin Martin Caidin (September 14, 1927 – March 24, 1997) was an American author, screenwriter, and an authority on aeronautics and aviation. Caidin began writing fiction in 1957. In his career he authored more than 50 fiction and nonfiction books ...

(1927–1997) * Italo Calvino (1923–1985) * Jack Campbell (born 1956) *

John W. Campbell, Jr. John is a common English name and surname: * John (given name) * John (surname) John may also refer to: New Testament Works * Gospel of John, a title often shortened to John * First Epistle of John, often shortened to 1 John * Second E ...

(1910–1971) (also known as Don A. Stuart) * Karel Čapek (1890–1938) * Paul Capon (1912–1969) * Orson Scott Card (born 1951) * Joseph Carne-Ross (1846–1911) *

Terry Carr Terry Gene Carr (February 19, 1937 – April 7, 1987) was an American science fiction fan, author, editor, and writing instructor. Background and discovery of fandom Carr was born in Grants Pass, Oregon. He attended the City College of San ...

(1937–1987) *

Lin Carter Linwood Vrooman Carter (June 9, 1930 – February 7, 1988) was an American author of science fiction and fantasy, as well as an editor, poet and critic. He usually wrote as Lin Carter; known pseudonyms include H. P. Lowcraft (for an H. P. L ...

(1930–1988) *

Cleve Cartmill Cleve Cartmill (June 21, 1908 in Platteville, Wisconsin – February 11, 1964 in Orange County, California) was an American writer of science fiction and fantasy short stories. He is best remembered for what is sometimes referred to as "the Cle ...

(1908–1964) *

Jeffrey Carver Jeffrey A. Carver (born 1949) is an American science fiction author. He was born in Cleveland, Ohio, Cleveland, graduated from Brown University, and lives outside of Boston, Massachusetts with his family. His 2000 novel ''Eternity's End'' was a n ...

(born 1949) *

Jay Caselberg Jay Caselberg (born 1958) is an Australian science fiction writer. He has also used the name 'James Hartley' for some of his short fiction. His four novels to date are the ''Jack Stein'' series, comprising ''Wyrmhole'', ''Metal Sky'', ''The Star ...

(born 1958) *

Beth Cato Beth Cato is an American speculative fiction writer and poet,Clute, John.Cato, Beth" In ''SFE: The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction'', March 23, 2020. best known for her Clockwork Dagger and Blood of Earth series. She usually writes as Beth Cato, ...

(born 1980) *

Hugh B. Cave Hugh Barnett Cave (11 July 1910 – 27 June 2004) was an American writer of various genres, perhaps best remembered for his works of horror, weird menace and science fiction. Cave was one of the most prolific contributors to pulp magazines of t ...

(1910–2004) * Franci Cerar (

1970s) *

Jack L. Chalker Jack Laurence Chalker (December 17, 1944 – February 11, 2005) was an American science fiction author. Chalker was also a Baltimore City Schools history teacher in Maryland for 12 years, retiring during 1978 to write full-time. He also was a m ...

(1944–2005) *

Joël Champetier Joël Champetier (30 November 1957 – 30 May 2015) was a French-Canadian science fiction and fantasy author. Biography Born in La Corne, Quebec (Abitibi-Témiscamingue district), Champetier became a full-time writer after working in electroche ...

( 1957–2015) *

A. Bertram Chandler Arthur Bertram Chandler (28 March 1912 in Aldershot, Hampshire, England – 6 June 1984 in Sydney, Australia) was an Anglo-Australian merchant marine officer, sailing the world in everything from tramp steamers to troop ships, but who later tur ...

(1912–1984) * Suzy McKee Charnas (born 1939) * Daína Chaviano (born 1960) *

J. Kathleen Cheney J. Kathleen Cheney is an American school teacher and author of speculative fiction, active in the field since 2005 and professionally published since 2007. Biography Cheney was born and raised in El Paso, Texas, the daughter of two rocket scienti ...

(born 1964) *

C. J. Cherryh Carolyn Janice Cherry (born September 1, 1942), better known by the pen name C. J. Cherryh, is an American writer of speculative fiction. She has written more than 80 books since the mid-1970s, including the Hugo Award-winning novels '' Downbelo ...

(born 1942) *

Ted Chiang Ted Chiang (born 1967) is an American science fiction writer. His work has won four Nebula awards, four Hugo awards, the John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer, and six Locus awards. His short story "Story of Your Life" was the basis of the ...

(born 1967) * Charles Chilton (1917–2013) * John Christopher (1922–2012) (pseudonym of Samuel Youd) *

Richard Chwedyk Richard Chwedyk (born 1955) is a science fiction author. In 2003, he won the 2002 Nebula Award for Best Novella for his story "Brontë's Egg." Chwedyk's first published story was "Getting Along with Larga," which was the first winner of the IS ...

(born 1955) *

Massimo Citi Massimo Citi (born 1955) is an Italian science fiction writer and reviewer. He was born in Brescia, in Lombardy in northern Italy, and has published a number of stories on various magazines and anthologies. He is a co-editor of the literary magazin ...

(born 1955) *

Charles Heber Clark Charles Heber Clark (July 11, 1841 – August 10, 1915) was an American novelist and humorist. Most of his work was written under the pen name Max Adeler. Clark was also known by the pseudonym, John Quill. Biography Clark was born in Berlin, Ma ...

(1841–1915) (also known as Max Adeler and John Quill) *

Arthur C. Clarke Sir Arthur Charles Clarke (16 December 191719 March 2008) was an English science-fiction writer, science writer, futurist, inventor, undersea explorer, and television series host. He co-wrote the screenplay for the 1968 film '' 2001: A Spac ...

(1917–2008) *

Jo Clayton Jo Clayton (February 15, 1939 – February 13, 1998) was an American fantasy and science fiction author. She wrote 35 novels and many short stories. Her works sold over one and a quarter million copies.James W. Fiscus,Obituary and fact sheet: Jo ...

(1939–1998) * Hal Clement (1922–2003) (pseudonym of Harry Clement Stubbs) * John Cleve (1934–2013) (pseudonym of Andrew J. Offutt) *Mark Clifton (1906–1963) *Ernest Cline (born 1972) *Mildred Clingerman (1918–1997) *Brenda Clough (born 1955) *John Clute (born 1940) *Stanton A. Coblentz (1896–1982) *Robbie Coburn (born 1994) *Theodore Cogswell (1918–1987) *Frona Eunice Wait Colburn (1859–1946) *Allan Cole (1943–2019) *Robert William Cole (1869–1937) *Eoin Colfer (born 1965) *Erroll Collins (1906–1991) (pseudonym of Ellen Edith Hannah Redknap) *Suzanne Collins (1962) *Juanita Coulson (1933) *David G. Compton (born 1930) *Michael Coney (1932–2005) *Groff Conklin (1904–1968) *Storm Constantine (1956–2021) *Glen Cook (born 1944) *Hugh Cook (science fiction author), Hugh Cook (1956–2008) *Paul Cook (author), Paul Cook (born 1950) *Rick Cook (writer), Rick Cook (1944–2022) *Brenda Cooper (born 1960) *Edmund Cooper (1926–1982) *Alfred Coppel (1921–2004) *James S. A. Corey (joint pseudonym of Daniel Abraham and Ty Franck) *Larry Correia (born 1977) *Richard Cowper (1926–2002) (pseudonym John Middleton Murry, Jr. used when writing science fiction) *Erle Cox (1873–1950) *John G. Cramer (born 1934) *Michael Crichton (1942–2008) *Robert Cromie (1855–1907) *John Crowley (author), John Crowley (born 1942) *Andrew Crumey (born 1961) *Ray Cummings (1887–1957) *Philippe Curval (born 1929) *Julie E. Czerneda (born 1955)

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Judy Lynn and Lester Del Rey at Minicon 8 (1974)

*Roald Dahl (1916–1990) *Brian Daley (1947–1996) *John Dalmas (1926–2017) *James Dashner (born 1972) *Tony Daniel (science fiction writer), Tony Daniel (born 1963) *Jack Dann (born 1945) *Maurice Georges Dantec (1959–2016) *Dennis Danvers (born 1947) *Clark Darlton (1920–2005) (pseudonym of Walter Ernsting) *Avram Davidson (1923–1993) *Chan Davis (born 1926) (pseudonym of Dr. Chandler Davis) *Vox Day (born 1968) *L. Sprague de Camp (1907–2000) *Antonio de Macedo (1931–2017) *James De Mille (1833–1880) *Marianne de Pierres (born 1961) *Stephen Dedman (born 1959) *Lester del Rey (1915–1993) *Miriam Allen deFord (1888–1975) *Samuel R. Delany (born 1942) *Martha deMey Clow (1932–2010) *Bradley Denton (born 1958) *Charles Derennes (1882–1930) *August Derleth (1909–1971) *A.J. Deutsch (1918–1969) *Graham Diamond (born 1949) *Philip K. Dick (1928–1982) *Gordon R. Dickson (1923–2001) *Lyuben Dilov (1927–2008) *Dougal Dixon (born 1947) *William C. Dietz (born 1945) *Thomas M. Disch (1940–2008) *Alfred Döblin (1878–1957) *Cory Doctorow (born 1971) *Stephen R. Donaldson (born 1947) *Alain Dorémieux (1933–1998) *Sonya Dorman (1924–2005) *Candas Dorsey (born 1952) *William H. Keith Jr., Ian Douglas (born 1950) (pseudonym of William H. Keith, Jr.) *Terry Dowling (born 1947) *Arthur Conan Doyle (1859–1930) *Debra Doyle (1952–2020) *Gardner Dozois (1947–2018) *David Drake (born 1945) *Tananarive Due (born 1966) *Catherine Dufour (born 1966) *Jacek Dukaj (born 1974) *Jean-Claude Dunyach (born 1957) *Nictzin Dyalhis (1873–1942)

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*C. M. Eddy, Jr. (1896–1967) *G. C. Edmondson (1922–1995) *George Alec Effinger (1947–2002) *Ivan Antonovich Efremov (1907–1972) (in Russian language, Russian Иван Антонович Ефремов) *Greg Egan (born 1961) *Gordon Eklund (born 1945) *Suzette Haden Elgin (1936–2015) *Reginald Alec Martin, E. C. Eliott (1908–1971) (pseudonym of Reginald Alec Martin) *William B. Ellern (born 1933) *Harlan Ellison (1934–2018) *Phyllis Eisenstein (1946–2020) *Roger Elwood (1933–2007) *Victor Rousseau Emanuel (1879–1960) *Carol Emshwiller (1921–2019) *M. J. Engh (born 1933) *George Allan England (1877–1936) *Inge Eriksen (1935–2015) *Steven Erikson (born 1959) pseudonym of Steve Rune Lundin *Walter Ernsting (1920–2005) *Andreas Eschbach (born 1959) *Kelley Eskridge (born 1960) *Valerio Evangelisti (1952–2022) *Christopher Evans (author), Christopher Evans (born 1951) *E. Everett Evans (1893–1958)

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*Paul W. Fairman (1916–1977) *Jane Fancher (born 1952) *Roger Sherman Hoar, Ralph Milne Farley (1887–1963) (pseudonym of Roger Sherman Hoar) *Philip José Farmer (1918–2009) *Nabil Farouk (1956–2020) *Howard Fast (1914–2003) *John Russell Fearn (1908–1960) *Cynthia Felice (born 1942
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*Brad Ferguson (born 1953) *Paul Di Filippo (born 1954) *Sheila Finch (born 1935) *Jack Finney (1911–1995) *Eliot Fintushel (born 1948) *Nicholas Fisk (1923–2016) (pseudonym of David Higginbottom) *George Henry Weiss, Francis Flagg (1898–1946) (pseudonym of George Henry Weiss) *Camille Flammarion (1842–1925) *Eric Flint (1947–2022) *Homer Eon Flint (1888–1924) *Michael Flynn (author), Michael Flynn (born 1947) *Charles L. Fontenay (1917–2007) *Jeffrey Ford (born 1955) *John M. Ford (1957–2006) *William R. Forstchen (born 1950) *E. M. Forster (1879–1970) *Robert L. Forward (1932–2002) *Richard Foss (born 1956) *Alan Dean Foster (born 1946) *M. A. Foster (1939–2020) *Karen Joy Fowler (born 1950) *Gardner Fox (1911–1986) *Randall Frakes (born 1947
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*Herbert W. Franke (1927–2022) *Yves Fremion (born 1940) *C. S. Friedman (born 1957) *Oscar J. Friend (1897–1963) *Esther Friesner (born 1951)

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*Neil Gaiman (born 1960) *Raymond Z. Gallun (1911–1994) *Arnould Galopin (1865–1934) *Daniel F. Galouye (1920–1976) *Charles E. Gannon (born 1960) *James Alan Gardner (born 1955) *Martin Gardner (1914–2010) *Richard Garfinkle (fl. 1990s) *Randall Garrett (1927–1987) *Laurent Genefort (born 1968) *Mary Gentle (born 1956) *Peter George (author), Peter George (1924–1966) *Hugo Gernsback (1884–1967) (namesake of the Hugo Award) *David Gerrold (born 1944) *Mark S. Geston (born 1946) *Edward Gibson (born 1936) *Gary Gibson (author), Gary Gibson (born 1965) *William Gibson (born 1948) *John Ulrich Giesy (1877–1947) *Alexis A. Gilliland (born 1931) *John Glasby (1928–2011) *John Gloag (1896–1981) *Molly Gloss (born 1944) *Dmitry Glukhovsky (born 1979) *Parke Godwin (1929–2013) *Tom Godwin (1915–1980) *Jacques Goimard (1934–2012) *H. L. Gold (1914–1996) *Lee Gold (born 1942) *Stephen Goldin (born 1947) *Lisa Goldstein (born 1953) *Kathleen Ann Goonan (1952–2021) *Stanley Bennett Hough, Rex Gordon (1917–1998) (pseudonym of Stanley Bennett Hough) *Richard Gordon (Scottish Author), Richard Gordon (1947–2009) *Phyllis Gotlieb (1926–2009) *Ron Goulart (1933–2022) *Steven Gould (born 1955) *Charles L. Grant (1942–2006) *Dominic Green (science fiction writer), Dominic Green (born 1967) *Roland J. Green (1944–2021) *Simon R. Green (born 1955) *A. T. Greenblatt (

2011–present) *Colin Greenland (born 1954) *William Greenleaf (born 1948) *Percy Greg (1836–1889) *Lois Gresh (born 1965) *George Griffith (1857–1906) *Nicola Griffith (born 1960) *Jon Courtenay Grimwood (born 1953) *Ken Grimwood (1944–2003) *Alexander Gromov (in Russian language, Russian Алекса́ндр Никола́евич Грóмов) *Martin Grzimek (born 1950) *Wyman Guin (1915–1989) *Eileen Gunn (born 1945) *James Gunn (author), James E. Gunn (1923–2020)

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Muhammed Zafar Iqbal at Borno Mela, Dhanmondi

*PJ Haarsma (born 1964) *Karen Haber (born 1955) *H. Rider Haggard (1856–1925) *Ronald M. Hahn (born 1948) *Isidore Haiblum (1935–2012) *Jack C. Haldeman II (1941–2002) *Joe Haldeman (born 1943) *Austin Hall (writer), Austin Hall (1885–1933) *Barbara Hambly (born 1951) *Edmond Hamilton (1904–1977) *Peter F. Hamilton (born 1960) *Elizabeth Hand (born 1957) *Otfrid von Hanstein (1869–1959) *Lee Harding (writer), Lee Harding (born 1937) *Charles L. Harness (1915–2005) *Clare Winger Harris (1891–1968) *Harry Harrison (writer), Harry Harrison (1925–2012) *M. John Harrison (born 1945) *Henry Hasse (1913–1977) *Simon Hawke (born 1951) *Peter Heck (born 1941) *Robert A. Heinlein (1907–1988) *Zenna Henderson (1917–1983) *Brian Herbert (born 1947) *Frank Herbert (1920–1986) *Paul van Herck (1938–1989) *Philip E. High (1914–2006) *Douglas Hill (1935–2007) *Ernest Hill (author), Ernest Hill (1915–2003) *Charles Howard Hinton (1853–1907) *Christopher Hinz (born 1951) *Morioka Hiroyuki (born 1962) (in Japanese 森岡浩之) *Christopher Hodder-Williams (1926–1995) *P. C. Hodgell (born 1951) *William Hope Hodgson (1877–1918) *E. T. A. Hoffmann (1776–1822) *Lee Hoffman (1932–2007) *Ludvig Holberg (1684–1754) *H. H. Hollis (1921–1977) (pseudonym of Ben Neal Ramey) *James P. Hogan (writer), James P. Hogan (1941–2010) *Louise Lawrence (author), Elizabeth Holden (1943–2013) *Robert Holdstock (1948–2009) *Nalo Hopkinson (born 1960) *Shinichi Hoshi (1926–1997) *Begum Rokeya, Rokheya Sakhawat Hossain (Begum Rokheya) (1880? – 1932) *Hayden Howard (1925–2014) *Robert Ervin Howard (1906–1936) *Hugh Howey (born 1975) *Fred Hoyle (1915–2001) *L. Ron Hubbard (1911–1986) *Marek Huberath (born 1954) *Matt Hughes (writer), Matt Hughes (born 1949) *Monica Hughes (1925–2003) *Kameron Hurley (born 1980) *Edna Mayne Hull (1905–1975) *Cyril Hume (1900–1966) *Stephen Hunt (author), Stephen Hunt (born 1966) *Dave Hutchinson (born 1960) *Aldous Huxley (1894–1963)

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*Dragutin Ilić (1858–1926) *Dean Ing (1931–2020) *Muhammed Zafar Iqbal (born 1952) *Kazuo Ishiguro (born 1954) *Simon Ings (born 1965) *Emmi Itäranta (born 1976)

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*Muriel Jaeger (1892–1969) *John Jakes (born 1932) *Malcolm Jameson (1891–1945) *Phil Janes (

1993–present) *Laurence Janifer (1933–2002) *N.K. Jemisin (born 1972) *P. C. Jersild (born 1935) *Wolfgang Jeschke (1936–2015) *K. W. Jeter (born 1950) *Michel Jeury (1934–2015) *Xia Jia (born 1984) *George Clayton Johnson (1929–2015) *D. F. Jones (1917–1981) *Gwyneth Jones (novelist), Gwyneth Jones (born 1952) *Neil R. Jones (1909–1988) *Raymond F. Jones (1915–1994) *Diana Wynne Jones (1934–2011) *Robert Jordan (1948–2007) *M. K. Joseph (1914–1981) *Emmanuel Jouanne (1960–2008) *Theodore Judson (born 1951) *Unno Juza (1897–1949)

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*Franz Kafka (1883–1924) *Janet Kagan (1946–2008) *Michael Kandel (born 1941) *Colin Kapp (1928–2007) *Alexander Kazantsev (1906–2002) *Joseph E. Kelleam (1913–1975) *David H. Keller (1880–1966) *James Patrick Kelly (born 1951) *Rick Kennett (born 1956) *Steven L. Kent (born 1928) *Katharine Kerr (born 1944) *John Kessel (born 1950) *Roy Kettle (born 1949) *Alexander Key (1904–1979) *Daniel Keyes (1927–2014) *Gregory Keyes (born 1963) *David Kier (born 1943) *Caitlín R. Kiernan (born 1964) *Lee Killough (author), Lee Killough (born 1942) *Wade A. Kimberlin (born 1970) *Sara King (born 1982) *

(born 1947) *Vincent King (1935–2000) *Rudyard Kipling (1865–1936) *John Kippax (1915–1974) *Annette Curtis Klause (born 1953) *Donald Kingsbury (born 1929) *Hugh Kingsmill (1889–1949) *David Barr Kirtley (born 1977) *Gérard Klein (born 1937) *Otis Adelbert Kline (1891–1946) *Marko Kloos (

2011–present) *Nigel Kneale (1922–2006) *Boban Knežević (born 1959) *Damon Knight (1922–2002) *Norman L. Knight (1895–1972) *Walter Koenig (born 1936) *Lazar Komarčić (1839–1909) *Dean R. Koontz (born 1945) *Cyril M. Kornbluth (1923–1958) *Mary Robinette Kowal (born 1969) *Tom Kratman (born 1956) *Nancy Kress (born 1948) *Günther Krupkat (1905–1990) *Zoran Krušvar (born 1977) *Michael P. Kube-McDowell (born 1954) *Walter Kubilius (1918–1993) *Michael Kurland (born 1938) *Katherine Kurtz (1944) *Henry Kuttner (1915–1958) *David Kyle (1919–2016)

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*W. S. Lach-Szyrma (1841–1915) *R. A. Lafferty (1914–2002) *Louis L'Amour (1908–1988) *Geoffrey Landis (born 1955) *David Langford (born 1953) *Sterling E. Lanier (1927–2007) *Justine Larbalestier (born 1967) *Glen A. Larson (1937–2014) *Kurd Lasswitz (1848–1910) *Robert S. Richardson, Philip Latham (1902–1981) (pseudonym of Robert S. Richardson) *Yulia Latynina (born 1966) *Keith Laumer (1925–1993) *Stephen R. Lawhead (born 1950) *W. H. C. Lawrence (

1889) *Ursula K. Le Guin (1929–2018) *Ann Leckie (born 1966) *Gentry Lee (born 1942) *Mary Soon Lee (born 1965) *Sharon Lee (writer), Sharon Lee (born 1952) *Stan Lee (1922–2018) *Tanith Lee (1947–2015) *Yoon Ha Lee (born 1979) *Fritz Leiber (1910–1992) *Murray Leinster (1896–1975) (pseudonym of Will F. Jenkins) *Stanisław Lem (1921–2006) *Edward M. Lerner (born 1949) *Stephen Marlowe, Milton Lesser (1928–2008) (pseudonym of Stephen Marlowe) *Doris Lessing (1919–2013) *Jonathan Lethem (born 1964) *David D. Levine (born 1961) *Paul Levinson (born 1947) *Roger Levy (

2001–present) *C. S. Lewis (1898–1963) *Shariann Lewitt (born 1954) *Jacqueline Lichtenberg (born 1942) *Jean-Marc Ligny (born 1956) *Brad Linaweaver (1952–2019) *Dénis Lindbohm (1927–2005) *David Lindsay (novelist), David Lindsay (1876–1945) *Liu Cixin (born 1963) *Ken Liu (born 1976) *John Uri Lloyd (1849–1936) *Jack London (1876–1916) *Amelia Reynolds Long (1904–1978) *Frank Belknap Long (1901–1994) *Barry B. Longyear (born 1942) *Jean Lorrah (born 1938) *H. P. Lovecraft (1890–1937) *Archibald Low (1888–1956) *Nathan Lowell (born 1952) *Robert A. W. Lowndes (1916–1998) *Lois Lowry (born 1937) *George Lucas (born 1944) *Lucian (120–after 180) *Nicole Luiken (born 1971) *Sergey Lukyanenko (born 1968) *Sam Lundwall (born 1941) *Duncan Lunan (born 1945) *Richard A. Lupoff (1935–2020) *John Lymington (1911–1983) *Elizabeth A. Lynn (born 1946) *Edward Bulwer-Lytton (1803–1873)

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James Morrow South Street Seaport 2007-04-10

*Darko Macan (born 1966) *James D. Macdonald (born 1954) *John D. MacDonald (1916–1986) *F. Gwynplaine MacIntyre (c. 1948–2010) *R. W. Mackelworth (1930–2000) *Katherine MacLean (1925–2019) *Ian R. MacLeod (born 1956) *Ken MacLeod (born 1954) *Angus MacVicar (1908–2001) *Tom Maddox (born 1945) *Charles Eric Maine (1921–1981) (pseudonym of David McIlwain) *Donald Malcolm (1930–1975) *Daryl F. Mallett (born 1969) *Barry N. Malzberg (born 1939) *George Mann (writer), George Mann (born 1978) *Laurence Manning (1899–1972) *Leo Margulies (1900–1975) *Stephen Marley (writer), Stephen Marley (born 1946) *Paul Marlowe (

2000–present) *George R. R. Martin (born 1948) *Arkady Martine (born 1985) *David Marusek (born 1951) *Richard Matheson (1926–2013) *Susan R. Matthews (born 1952) *Julian May (1931–2017) *Ged Maybury (born 1953) *Paul J. McAuley (born 1955) *Ed McBain (1926–2005) *Anne McCaffrey (1926–2011) *Wil McCarthy (born 1966) *David McDaniel (1944–1977) *Jack McDevitt (born 1935) *Ian McDonald (author), Ian McDonald (born 1960) *William P. McGivern (1918–1982) *Maureen F. McHugh (born 1959) *J. T. McIntosh (1925–2008) *Will McIntosh (born 1962) *Vonda N. McIntyre (1948–2019) *Richard McKenna (1913–1964) *Neil McMahon (born 1949) *Sean McMullen (born 1948) *Mike McQuay (1949–1995) *John Meaney (born 1957) *S. P. Meek (1894–1972) *R. M. Meluch (born 1956) *Miguel Mendonça (born 1973) *Richard C. Meredith (1937–1979) *Robert Merle (1908–2004) *Judith Merril (1923–1997) *A. Merritt (1884–1943) *Sam Merwin Jr. (1910–1996) *Régis Messac (1893–1945) *John Metcalfe (writer), John Metcalfe (1891–1965) *Melinda Metz (born 1962) *Robert A. Metzger (born 1956) *Stephenie Meyer (born 1973) *John B. Michel (1917–1969) *China Miéville (born 1972) *Victor Milán (1954–2018) *John J. Miller (author), John J. Miller (1954–2022) *P. Schuyler Miller (1912–1974) *Walter M. Miller, Jr. (1923–1996) *Edward Page Mitchell (1852–1927) *Kirk Mitchell (born 1950) *Syne Mitchell (born 1970) *Naomi Mitchison (1897–1999) *Premendra Mitra (1904–1988) *L. E. Modesitt, Jr. (born 1943) *Judith Moffett (born 1942) *Donald Moffitt (1936–2014) *Thomas F. Monteleone (born 1946) *Elizabeth Moon (born 1945) *Michael Moorcock (born 1939) *Alan Moore (born 1953) *C. L. Moore (1911–1987) *Patrick Moore (1923–2012) *Ward Moore (1903–1978) *Daniel Keys Moran (born 1962) *Dan Morgan (writer), Dan Morgan (1925–2011) *Richard K. Morgan (born 1965) *Chris Moriarty (born 1968) *A. R. Morlan (1958–2016) *John Morressy (1930–2006) *Chris Morris (author), Chris Morris (born 1946) *Janet Morris (born 1946) *Joseph Samachson, William Morrison (1906–1982) (pseudonym of Joseph Samachson) *James Morrow (born 1947) *Sam Moskowitz (1920–1997) *Pat Murphy (writer), Pat Murphy (born 1955)

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*Linda Nagata (born 1960) *Jayant Narlikar (born 1938) (Marathi: जयंत विष्णू नारळीकर) *Grant Naylor (joint pseudonym of Rob Grant and Doug Naylor) *Ondrej Neff (born 1945) *Geoff Nelder (born 1947) *Ray Nelson (author), Ray Nelson (born 1931) *István Nemere (born 1944) *Josef Nesvadba (1926–2005) *Kris Neville (1925–1980) *Eirik Newth (born 1964) *Yuri Nikitin (author), Yuri Nikitin (in Russian language, Russian Юрий Никитин) (born 1939) *Larry Niven (born 1938) *William F. Nolan (1928–2021) *Jeff Noon (born 1957) *John Norman (born 1931), the ''Gor'' series *Lisanne Norman (born 1951) *Bernard Cronin, Eric North (1884–1968) (pseudonym of Bernard Cronin) *Andre Norton (1912–2005) (pseudonym of Alice Mary Norton) *Philip Francis Nowlan (1888–1940) *Alan E. Nourse (1928–1992) *Eric S. Nylund (born 1964)

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*Robert C. O'Brien (author), Robert C. O'Brien (1918–1973) *Kevin O'Donnell, Jr. (1950–2012) *Patrick O'Leary (writer), Patrick O'Leary (born 1952) *Raven Oak (born 1977) *Vladimir Obruchev (1863–1956) *Alan Odle, Edwin Vincent Odle (1890–1942) *Andrew J. Offutt (1934–2013) *Nnedi Okorafor (born 1974) *Chad Oliver (1928–1993) *Bob Olsen (1884–1956) *Jerry Oltion (born 1957) *Karen Osborne (born 1980) *John Ostrander (born 1949) *Jerry Ordway (born 1957) *Marek Oramus (born 1952) *Rebecca Ore (born 1948) *George Orwell (1903–1950) (pseudonym of Eric Arthur Blair) *A. K. Otterness (

1990s)

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Edgar Allan Poe, circa 1849, restored, squared off

Jerry Pournelle in a tux small (cropped)

*Lewis Padgett (joint pseudonym of Henry Kuttner and C. L. Moore) *Michel Pagel (born 1961) *George Pal (1908–1980) *Ada Palmer (born 1981) *David R. Palmer (born 1941) *Jane Palmer (born 1946) *Philip Palmer (born 1960) *Raymond A. Palmer (1910–1977) *Edgar Pangborn (1909–1976) *Alexei Panshin (1940–2022) *Cory Panshin (born 1947) *Christopher Paolini (born 1980) *Richard Parks (author), Richard Parks (born 1955) *James Patterson (born 1947) *Stel Pavlou (born 1970) *Donald G. Payne (1924–2018) (also known as James Vance Marshall, Ian Cameron, and Donald Gordon) *Hayford Peirce (1942–2020) *Charles Pellegrino (born 1953) *Dalibor Perković (born 1974) *Lawrence Person (born 1965) *Steve Perry (author), Steve Perry (born 1947) *Emil Petaja (1915–2000) *Wildy Petoud (born 1957) *John T. Phillifent (1916–1976) *Mark Phillips (author), Mark Phillips (joint pseudonym used by Laurence Janifer (1933–2002) and Randall Garrett (1927–1987)) *Peter Phillips (author), Peter Phillips (1920–2012) *Rog Phillips (1909–1965) (pseudonym of Roger P. Graham) *Eden Phillpotts (1862–1960) *Bal Phondke (born 1939) (Marathi: डॉ. बाळ फोंडके) *John R. Pierce (1910–2002) (also known as J.J. Coupling) *Marge Piercy (born 1936) *H. Beam Piper (1904–1964) *Doris Piserchia (1928–2021) *Brian Plante (born 1956) *Charles Platt (science-fiction author), Charles Platt (born 1945) *P. J. Plauger (born 1944) *Van Allen Plexico (born 1968) *Edgar Allan Poe (1809–1849) *Frederik Pohl (1919–2013) *Arthur Porges (1915–2006) *Jerry Pournelle (1933–2017) *Gareth L. Powell (born 1970) *Tim Powers (born 1952) *Terry Pratchett (1948–2015) *Fletcher Pratt (1897–1956) *Robert Presslie (1920–2002) *Paul Preuss (author), Paul Preuss (born 1942) *Cherie Priest (born 1975) *Christopher Priest (novelist), Christopher Priest (born 1943) *Philip Pullman (born 1946)

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*Roberto Quaglia (born 1962) *William Thomas Quick (born 1946) *Daniel Quinn (1935–2018)

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*Ayn Rand (1905–1982) *Hannu Rajaniemi (born 1978) *Marta Randall (born 1948) *Sujatha (writer), Sujatha (1935–2008) *Bill Ransom (born 1945) *Carlos Rasch (1932–1921) *Melanie Rawn (born 1954) *Satyajit Ray (1921–1992) *Francis G. Rayer (1921–1981) *Tom Reamy (1935–1977) *Robert Reed (author), Robert Reed (born 1956) *Philip Reeve (born 1966) *Miha Remec (1928–2020) *Maurice Renard (1875–1939) *Ed Earl Repp (1901–1979) *Laura Resnick (born 1962) *Mike Resnick (1942–2020) *Lester del Rey (1915–1993) *Alastair Reynolds (born 1966) *Mack Reynolds (1917–1983) *Christopher Rice (born 1978) *Christopher Ride (born 1965) *John Ringo (born 1963) *Adam Roberts (British writer), Adam Roberts (born 1965) *Keith Roberts (1935–2000) *Shauna S. Roberts (born 1956) *Stephen Robinett (1941–2004) *Frank M. Robinson (1926–2014) *Jeanne Robinson (1948–2010) *Kim Stanley Robinson (born 1952) *Spider Robinson (born 1948) *Justina Robson (born 1968) *Esther Rochon (born 1948) *Ross Rocklynne (1913–1988) *Gene Roddenberry (1921–1991) *Simon Rose (author), Simon Rose (born 1961) *Joel Rosenberg (science fiction author), Joel Rosenberg (1954–2011) *Mary Rosenblum (1952–2018) *J.-H. Rosny (joint pseudonym of J.-H. Rosny aîné, Joseph (1856–1940) and J.-H. Rosny jeune, Séraphin (1859–1948) Boex) *Patrick Rothfuss (born 1973) *M. A. Rothman *Milton A. Rothman (1919–2001) *Tony Rothman (born 1953) *William Rotsler (1926–1997) *Gustave Le Rouge (1867–1938) *Christopher Rowley (born 1948) *Rudy Rucker (born 1946) *Anthony M. Rud (1893–1942) *Christopher Ruocchio *Kristine Kathryn Rusch (born 1960) *Joanna Russ (1937–2011) *Richard Paul Russo (born 1954) *Eric Frank Russell (1905–1978) *Mary Doria Russell (born 1950) *Merc Fenn Wolfmoor, A. Merc Rustad (born 1986) *Geoff Ryman (born 1951)

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*Fred Saberhagen (1930–2007) *Carl Sagan (1934–1996) *Nick Sagan (born 1970) *Don Sakers (1958–2021) *Emilio Salgari (1862–1911) *Ramiro Sanchiz (born 1978) *Cathal Ó Sándair (1922–1996) *Brandon Sanderson (born 1975) *Domingo Santos (1941–2018) (pseudonym of Pedro Domingo Mutiñó) *Pamela Sargent (born 1948) *Al Sarrantonio (born 1952) *Robert J. Sawyer (born 1960) *John Scalzi (born 1969) *Nat Schachner (1895–1955) *K. H. Scheer (1928–1991) *Paul Scheerbart (1863–1915) *Herman George Scheffauer (1876–1927) *Joseph Schlossel (1902–1977) *Bryan Thomas Schmidt (born 1969) *Stanley Schmidt (born 1944) *James H. Schmitz (1911–1974) *Lawrence M. Schoen (born 1959) *Karl Schroeder (born 1962) *J. Neil Schulman (1953–2019) *George H. Scithers (1929–2010) *Thomas N. Scortia (1926–1986) *Arthur Sellings (1911–1968) *Józef Sękowski (1800–1858) *Rod Serling (1924–1975) *Garrett P. Serviss (1851–1929) *Michael Shaara (1928–1988) *William Shatner (born 1931) *Richard S. Shaver (1907–1975) *Bob Shaw (1931–1996) *Larry Shaw (editor), Larry Shaw (1924–1985) *Nisi Shawl (born 1955) *Michael Shea (author), Michael Shea (1946–2014) *Robert Sheckley (1928–2005) *Charles Sheffield (1935–2002) *Mary Shelley (1797–1851) *Lucius Shepard (1947–2014) *Joel Shepherd (born 1974) *M. P. Shiel (1865–1947) *R. C. Sherriff (1896–1975) *T. L. Sherred (1915–1985) *David Sherman (born 1958) *Lewis Shiner (born 1950) *Sharon Shinn (born 1957) *Wilmar H. Shiras (1908–1990) *John Shirley (born 1953) *Shumil (born 1957) *William Shunn (born 1967) *Luís Filipe Silva (born 1969) *Robert Silverberg (born 1935) *Clifford D. Simak (1904–1988) *Dan Simmons (born 1948) *Johanna Sinisalo (born 1958) *Curt Siodmak (1902–2000) *Jack Skillingstead (born 1955) *John Sladek (1937–2000) *William Sleator (1945–2011) *Henry Slesar (1927–2002) *William Milligan Sloane III (1906–1974) *Joan Slonczewski (born 1956) *George Edgar Slusser (1939–2014) *Clark Ashton Smith (1893–1961) *Cordwainer Smith (1913–1966) (pseudonym of Paul M.A. Linebarger) *E. E. Smith (1890–1965) *Evelyn E. Smith (1922–2000) *Michael Marshall Smith (born 1965) *George H. Smith (fiction author), George H. Smith (1922–1996) *George O. Smith (1911–1981) *L. Neil Smith (1946–2021) *Melinda Snodgrass (born 1951) *Jerry Sohl (1913–2002) *Martha Soukup (born 1959) *Steven Spielberg (born 1946) *Norman Spinrad (born 1940) *Jacques Spitz (1896–1963) *Nancy Springer (born 1948) *Margaret St. Clair (1911–1995) (also known as Idris Seabright) *Dana Stabenow (born 1952) *Brian Stableford (born 1948) *Michael Stackpole (born 1957) *Robert Lester Stallman, Robert Stallman (1930–1980) *Olaf Stapledon (1886–1950) *Roman Frederick Starzl (1899–1976) *Christopher Stasheff (1944–2018) *John Steakley (1951–2010) *Allen Steele (born 1958) *Angela Steinmüller (born 1941) *Karlheinz Steinmüller (born 1950) *Neal Stephenson (born 1959) *Jacques Sternberg (1923–2006) *Bruce Sterling (born 1954) *Gertrude Barrows Bennett, Francis Stevens (1883–1948) (pseudonym of Gertrude Barrows Bennett) *Marc Stiegler (born 1954) *G. Harry Stine (1928–1997) (also known as Lee Corey) *S. M. Stirling (born 1953) *Sam Stone (

2000s–present) *John E. Stith (born 1947) *J. Michael Straczynski (born 1954), ''Babylon 5'' *Giampietro Stocco (born 1961) *Manning Lee Stokes (1911–1976) *Charles Stross (born 1964) *Arkady and Boris Strugatsky ((1925–1991) and (1933–2012) respectively) (in Russian language, Russian, Аркадий и Борис СтругацкиеIndividually, their names are Аркадий Стругацкий and Борис Стругацкий.) *Theodore Sturgeon (1918–1985) (pseudonym of Edward Hamilton Waldo) *Somtow Sucharitkul (also known as S. P. Somtow) (born 1952) *Tricia Sullivan (born 1968) *Michael Swanwick (born 1950) *Jonathan Swift (1667–1745) *Michael Szameit (1950–2014)

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*Eric Temple Bell, John Taine (1883–1960) (pseudonym of Eric Temple Bell) *Stephen Tall (1908–1981) (pseudonym of Compton Newby Crook) *Yoshiki Tanaka (born 1952) *Charles R. Tanner (1896–1974) *Andrius Tapinas (born 1977) *Dennis E. Taylor (

2015–present) *Howard Tayler (born 1968) *Mark Anthony Taylor (born 1970) *Travis S. Taylor (born 1968) *Adrian Tchaikovsky (born 1972) *Steve Rasnic Tem (born 1950) *William F. Temple (1914–1989) *Tais Teng (born 1952) (nom de plume of Thijs van Ebbenhorst Tengbergen) *William Tenn (1920–2010) (pseudonym of Philip Klass) *Sheri S. Tepper (1929–2016) *Tom Terry (author), Tom Terry (born 1963) *Walter Tevis (1928–1984) *Felix Thijssen (1933–2022) *Theodore L. Thomas (1920–2005) *Tade Thompson (

2005–present) *Robert Thurston (1936–2021) *Mark W. Tiedemann (born 1954) *Patrick Tilley (1928–2020) *James Tiptree Jr. (1915–1987) (pseudonym of Alice Sheldon) *Lavie Tidhar (born 1976) *Aleksei Nikolaevich Tolstoi (born 1882 or 1883, died 1945) (in Russian language, Russian Алексей Николаевич Толстой) *Arthur Tofte (1902–1980) *Brad R. Torgersen (born 1974) *Aleksey Nikolayevich Tolstoy (1883–1945) *Karen Traviss (

2004–present) *F. Orlin Tremaine (1899–1956) *Edwin Charles Tubb (1919–2010) *George Tucker (politician), George Tucker (1775–1861) *Wilson Tucker (writer), Wilson Tucker (1914–2006) *George Turner (writer), George Turner (1916–1997) *Harry Turtledove (born 1949) *Mary Turzillo (born 1940) *Lisa Tuttle (born 1952) *John Twelve Hawks (

2005–2014) *Kathy Tyers (born 1952)

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*Steven Utley (1948–2013)

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*Catherynne M. Valente (born 1979) *Jack Vance (1916–2013) *Jeff VanderMeer (born 1968) *James Van Pelt (born 1954) *Sydney J. Van Scyoc (born 1939) *Robert E. Vardeman (born 1947) *Pierre Versins (1923–2001) *A. E. van Vogt (1912–2000) *John Varley (author), John Varley (born 1947) *Vladimir Vasilyev (writer), Vladimir Vasilyev (born 1967) *Jean Bruller, Vercors (1902–1991) (pseudonym of Jean Bruller) *Jules Verne (1828–1905) *Alpheus Hyatt Verrill (1871–1954) *Harl Vincent (1893–1968) *Joan D. Vinge (born 1948) *Vernor Vinge (born 1944) *Julius Vogel (1835–1899) *Voltaire (1694–1778) *Elisabeth Vonarburg (born 1947) *Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. (1922–2007)

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Jack Womack at the Shirley Jackson Award Benefit, KGB bar, New York City - 20080723

*Karl Edward Wagner (1945–1994) *Roland C. Wagner (1960–2012) *Howard Waldrop (born 1946) *Edgar Wallace (1875–1932) *F. L. Wallace (1915–2004) (also known as Floyd Wallace) *Ian Wallace (author), Ian Wallace (1912–1998) *Hugh Walters (author), Hugh Walters (1910–1993) *Bryce Walton (1918–1988) *Jo Walton (born 1964) *Donald Wandrei (1908–1987) *Ian Watson (author), Ian Watson (born 1943) *Lawrence Watt-Evans (born 1954) *Peter Watts (author), Peter Watts (born 1958) *Don Webb (writer), Don Webb (born 1960) *David Weber (born 1952) *Stanley G. Weinbaum (1902–1935) *Richard M. Weiner (1930–2020) *Andy Weir (born 1972) *Jan Weiss (1892–1972) *Manly Wade Wellman (1903–1986) *Angus Wells (1943–2006) *Basil Wells (1912–2003) *Dan Wells (author), Dan Wells (born 1977) *H. G. Wells (1866–1946) *Martha Wells (born 1964) *Chuck Wendig (born 1976) *K. D. Wentworth (1951–2012) *Bernard Werber (born 1961) *Wallace West (1900–1980) *Scott Westerfeld (born 1963) *Suzanne Weyn (born 1955) *Dennis Wheatley (1897–1977) *Alex White (author), Alex White (born 1981) *James White (author), James White (1928–1999) *Steve White (science fiction), Steve White (born 1946) *Ted White (author), Ted White (born 1938) *Sonny Whitelaw (born 1956) *Cherry Wilder (1930–2002) *Kate Wilhelm (1928–2018) *Lynda Williams (born 1958) *Liz Williams (born 1965) *Rob Williams (comics), Rob Williams *Robert Moore Williams (1907–1977) *Sean Williams (author), Sean Williams (born 1967) *Tad Williams (born 1957) *Walter Jon Williams (born 1953) *Jack Williamson (1908–2006) *Michael Z. Williamson (born 1967) *Connie Willis (born 1945) *Colin Wilson (1931–2013) *D. Harlan Wilson (born 1971) *F. Paul Wilson (born 1946) *Robert Anton Wilson (1932–2007) *Robert Charles Wilson (born 1953) *Richard Wilson (author), Richard Wilson (1920–1987) *David Wingrove (born 1954) *Adam Wiśniewski-Snerg (1937–1995) *Otto Witt (1875–1923) *Bernard Wolfe (1915–1985) *Gene Wolfe (1931–2019) *Donald A. Wollheim (1914–1990) (various pseudonyms) *Edmund Wnuk-Lipinski (1944–2015) *Jack Womack (born 1956) *John C. Wright (author), John C. Wright (born 1961) *S. Fowler Wright (1874–1965) *Stefan Wul (1922–2003) (pseudonym of Pierre Pairault) *Philip Wylie (1902–1971) *John Wyndham (1903–1969) (pseudonym of John Wyndham Parkes Lucas Beynon Harris)

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*Neon Yang (born ?) *Nir Yaniv (born 1972) *Tetsu Yano (1923–2004) *Chelsea Quinn Yarbro (born 1942) *Jun'ya Yokota (1945–2019) *Jane Yolen (born 1939) *Robert Franklin Young (1915–1986) *Charles Yu (born 1976)

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*Arthur Leo Zagat (1896–1949) *Timothy Zahn (born 1951) *Muhammed Zafar Iqbal, Mohammad Zafar Iqbal (1952-present) *Janusz Zajdel (1938–1985) *Yevgeny Zamyatin (1884–1937) *George Zebrowski (born 1945) *Roger Zelazny (1937–1995) *Alexander Zelenyj (

2005–present) *Kenneth Bulmer, Tully Zetford (pseudonym of Kenneth Bulmer) *Sarah Zettel (born 1966) *Rafal A. Ziemkiewicz (born 1964) *Andrzej Ziemiański (born 1960) *Aleksandar Ziljak (born 1963) *Werner Zillig (born 1949) *David Zindell (born 1952) *Zoran Živković (writer), Zoran Živković (born 1948) *Pamela Zoline (born 1941) *Alexander Zorich (born 1973) (joint pseudonym of Yana Botsman and Dmitry Gordevsky) *Joseph Zornado (

2000–present) *Jerzy Żuławski (1874–1915)

References

Resources

A useful book for looking up authors is ''A Reader's Guide to Science Fiction'', by Baird Searles, Martin Last, Beth Meacham, and Michael Franklin (1979). It also tells you whom else you might like if you like one author. Other invaluable works include ''The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction'', edited by John Clute and Peter Nicholls (2nd. Ed. 1991), ''The Mammoth Encyclopedia of Science Fiction'', edited by George Mann (1999) ( or ), and ''Twentieth-Century Science-Fiction Writers'', edited by Curtis C. Smith (1981) ().

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