![Rudyrucker](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/78/Rudyrucker.jpg)
*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
Lester del Rey (June 2, 1915 – May 10, 1993) was an American science fiction author and editor. He was the author of many books in the juvenile Winston Science Fiction series, and the editor at Del Rey Books, the fantasy and science ...
(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)
S
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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 (
fl. 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
Russian(s) refers to anything related to Russia, including:
*Russians (, ''russkiye''), an ethnic group of the East Slavic peoples, primarily living in Russia and neighboring countries
*Rossiyane (), Russian language term for all citizens and peo ...
, Аркадий и Борис Стругацкие
[Individually, 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)
T
![Harry Turtledove 2005](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b7/Harry_Turtledove_2005.jpg)
*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 (
fl. 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 (
fl. 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
Russian(s) refers to anything related to Russia, including:
*Russians (, ''russkiye''), an ethnic group of the East Slavic peoples, primarily living in Russia and neighboring countries
*Rossiyane (), Russian language term for all citizens and peo ...
Алексей Николаевич Толстой)
*Arthur Tofte (1902–1980)
*Brad R. Torgersen (born 1974)
*Aleksey Nikolayevich Tolstoy (1883–1945)
*Karen Traviss (
fl. 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 (
fl. 2005–2014)
*Kathy Tyers (born 1952)
U
*Steven Utley (1948–2013)
V
![Jack Vance Boat Skipper](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/63/Jack_Vance_Boat_Skipper.jpg)
*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)
W
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*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)
Y
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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)
Z
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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 (
fl. 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 (
fl. 2000–present)
*Jerzy Żuławski (1874–1915)
See also
*Women science fiction authors
*List of science fiction editors
*Novelists
*List of fantasy authors
*List of horror fiction authors
*List of military science fiction works and authors
*List of Clarion South Writers Workshop Instructors
*List of Clarion West Writers Workshop alumni
*List of Clarion West Writers Workshop instructors
*List of Clarion Writers Workshop Alumni
*List of Clarion Writers Workshop Instructors
*Lists of authors
*List of Romanian science fiction writers
*Internet Speculative Fiction DataBase
*:Science fiction writers by nationality
*Black science fiction
*Timeline of science fiction
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) ().
External links
Official websitefor the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America
Official websitefor "Russian Science Fiction and Fantasy"
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Science fiction lists, Authors