This is a list of noted science-fiction authors (in alphabetical order):

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* Dafydd ab Hugh (born 1960) * Alexander Abasheli (1884–1954) * Edwin Abbott Abbott (1838–1926) * Kōbō Abe (1924–1993) * Robert Abernathy (1924–1990) * Dan Abnett (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 (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. ...

(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 David M. Alexander, born in 1945 in upstate New York, is a writer of science fiction and mysteries who now lives in Palo Alto, California. Novels published under his own name are ''The Chocolate Spy'', ''Fane'', and ''My Real Name Is Lisa''. ...

(born 1945) * Grant Allen (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 Universit ...

(born 1957) * Hans Joachim Alpers (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 (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 Chr ...

(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, ...

(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 (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 (1947–2013) * Piers Anthony (born 1934) * Christopher Anvil (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 (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 ...

(born 1955) * Neal Asher (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) *

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(1920–1992) * Janet Asimov (1926–2019) * Nancy Asire (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 ...

) * Paolo Bacigalupi (born 1972) * Hilary Bailey (1936–2017) * Robin Wayne Bailey (born 1952) * Kage Baker (1952–2010) * Scott Baker (born 1947) * J. G. Ballard (1930–2009) * Edwin Balmer (1883–1959) * Iain M. Banks (1954–2013) * Michael A. Banks (born 1951) *

Raymond E. Banks Raymond E. Banks (8 November 1918 – 3 August 1996) was an American writer of numerous science fiction novels and short stories. In addition to authorship under his full name, his writings were issued under shorter forms such as "Ray Banks", ...

(1918–1996) (also known as Ray Banks, Ray E. Banks, R.E. Banks, and Fred Freair) *

Marek Baraniecki Marek Baraniecki (born June 16, 1954) is a Polish science fiction writer and journalist. He graduated in environmental engineering. In 1985 he published a short story collection ''Głowa Kasandry'', and for a novel with the same title he was given ...

(born 1954) * Miquel Barceló (1948–2021) * René Barjavel (1911–1985) * Wayne Barlowe (born 1958) * Arthur K. Barnes (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 (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 (1932–2011) (pseudonym of Thomas J. Bassler) * Harry Bates (1900–1981) * L. Frank Baum (1856–1919) * John Baxter (born 1939) * Stephen Baxter (born 1957) * Georgy Baydukov (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 (born 1971) * Greg Bear (born 1951) * Jerome Beatty Jr (1918–2002) * Charles Beaumont (1929–1967) * Vladimir Beekman (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 (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 fictio ...

(born 1967) * Don Bendell (born 1947) (pseudonym of Ron Stillman) * Gregory Benford (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 (1842 – c. 1914) * Lloyd Biggle, Jr. (1923–2002) * Eando Binder (joint pseudonym of Earl (1904–1966) and Otto (1911–1974) Binder) * John Birmingham (born 1964) * David Bischoff (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 (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 (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 (born 1955) * François Bordes (1919–1981) * Anthony Boucher (1911–1968) (pseudonym of William A.P. White) * Pierre Boulle (1912–1994) * Sydney James Bounds (1920–2006) * Louis Henri Boussenard (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 (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 (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 (born 1944) * Kristi Brooks (born 1980) * Max Brooks (born 1972) * Terry Brooks (born 1944) * John Brosnan (1947–2005) * Eric Brown (born 1960) * Fredric Brown (1906–1972) * James Cooke Brown (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 (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 (1931–2008) *

Vitaly Bugrov Vitaly Bugrov (Russian Виталий Иванович Бугров, 14 May 1938 – 23 June 1994) was a notable Russian science fiction editor, critic, and bibliographer, one of the founders of the Soviet science-fiction fandom. For many years a s ...

(1938–1994) * Lela E. Buis (

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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. ...

(1921–2005) * Kir Bulychev (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 (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 Michael A. Burstein (born 1970) is an American writer of science fiction. Background Michael A. Burstein was born in New York City, and grew up in Forest Hills in the borough of Queens. He attended Hunter College High School in Manhattan ...

(born 1970) * F. M. Busby (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 (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 (born 1953) * Jack Cady (1932–2004) * Martin Caidin (1927–1997) * Italo Calvino (1923–1985) *

Jack Campbell Jack Campbell may refer to: * Jack Campbell (author) (born 1956), pseudonym of American science fiction author John G. Hemry * Jack M. Campbell (1916–1999), American politician * Jackie Campbell (born 1946), Scottish footballer for Partick Thist ...

(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 Joseph Carne-Ross (1846-1911) was a Portuguese-born physician and science-fiction author. He studied medicine at the University of Edinburgh, being awarded an MD in 1882 entitled 'Observations upon the modes of treatment of pleurisy with effusion ...

(1846–1911) * Terry Carr (1937–1987) * Lin Carter (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, graduated from Brown University, and lives outside of Boston, Massachusetts with his family. His 2000 novel ''Eternity's End'' was a nominee at the 20 ...

(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 (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 Franci Cerar is a Slovenian science fiction writer. His works were published in four numbers of Croatian science fiction magazine Sirius. One of his most popular works is short science fiction story ''Umor targumskega diplomata'' published in '' ...

(

1970s) * Jack L. Chalker (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 (born 1942) * Ted Chiang (born 1967) * Charles Chilton (1917–2013) * John Christopher (1922–2012) (pseudonym of Samuel Youd) * Richard Chwedyk (born 1955) * Massimo Citi (born 1955) * Charles Heber Clark (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 Andrew Jefferson Offutt V (August 16, 1934 – April 30, 2013) was an American science fiction, fantasy, and erotic fiction author. He wrote as Andrew J. Offutt, A. J. Offutt, and Andy Offutt. His normal byline, andrew j. offutt, has all his n ...

(1934–2013) (pseudonym of Andrew J. Offutt) * Mark Clifton (1906–1963) * Ernest Cline (born 1972) *

Mildred Clingerman Mildred McElroy Clingerman (March 14, 1918 – February 26, 1997) was an American science fiction author. Clingerman was born Mildred McElroy in Allen, Oklahoma, and her family moved to Tucson, Arizona, in 1929. She graduated from Tucson High Sc ...

(1918–1997) *

Brenda Clough Brenda W. Clough (also credited as B.W. Clough) (pronounced ''Cluff'')">/nowiklinknowiki>/nowiki> *"The Indecorous Rescue of Clarinda Merwin", ''Aboriginal SF'', Mar/Apr 1989 *"Provisional Solution", ''Carmen Miranda's Ghost is Haunting Space Stat ...

(born 1955) *

John Clute John Frederick Clute (born 12 September 1940) is a Canadian-born author and critic specializing in science fiction and fantasy literature who has lived in both England and the United States since 1969. He has been described as "an integral part o ...

(born 1940) * Stanton A. Coblentz (1896–1982) *

Robbie Coburn Robbie Coburn is an Australian poet. Biography Coburn was born in Melbourne in 1994 and grew up on his family's farm in Woodstock, Victoria.

(born 1994) * Theodore Cogswell (1918–1987) * Frona Eunice Wait Colburn (1859–1946) *

Allan Cole Allan Cole (November 19, 1943 – March 29, 2019) was an American author and television writer, who wrote or co-wrote nearly thirty books. The son of a CIA operative, Cole was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and raised in Europe, the Middl ...

(1943–2019) * Robert William Cole (1869–1937) * Eoin Colfer (born 1965) *

Erroll Collins Erroll Collins (pseudonym of Ellen Edith Hannah Redknap, 15 April 1906 – 11 March 1991) was a British writer active during the 1940s, specialising in adventure and science fiction for boys. Ellen Redknap wrote under several other names. Li ...

(1906–1991) (pseudonym of Ellen Edith Hannah Redknap) * Suzanne Collins (1962) *

Juanita Coulson Juanita Ruth Coulson (née Wellons) (born February 12, 1933) is an American science fiction and fantasy writer most well known for her ''Children of the Stars'' books, published from 1981 to 1989. She was a longtime editor of the science fictio ...

(1933) * David G. Compton (born 1930) * Michael Coney (1932–2005) * Groff Conklin (1904–1968) * Storm Constantine (1956–2021) * Glen Cook (born 1944) * Hugh Cook (1956–2008) * Paul Cook (born 1950) * Rick Cook (1944–2022) *

Brenda Cooper Brenda Cooper (born August 12, 1960) is an author and futurist who resides in Kirkland, Washington, where she is the Chief Information Officer of the city of Kirkland. She has co-written various short stories with Larry Niven Laurence v ...

(born 1960) * Edmund Cooper (1926–1982) *

Alfred Coppel Alfred Coppel, Alfredo Jose de Arana-Marini Coppel (November 9, 1921 – May 30, 2004) was an American author. Born in Oakland, he served as a fighter pilot in the United States Army Air Forces during World War II. After his discharge, he started ...

(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 John Gleason Cramer, Jr. (born October 24, 1934) is a Professor Emeritus of Physics at the University of Washington in Seattle, Washington, known for his development of the Transactional Interpretation of Quantum Mechanics. He has been an activ ...

(born 1934) *

Michael Crichton John Michael Crichton (; October 23, 1942 – November 4, 2008) was an American author and filmmaker. His books have sold over 200 million copies worldwide, and over a dozen have been adapted into films. His literary works heavily feature tech ...

(1942–2008) * Robert Cromie (1855–1907) *

John Crowley John Crowley may refer to: *John Crowley (Irish revolutionary) (1891-1942), Irish revolutionary and hunger striker *John Crowley (author) (born 1942), American author *John Crowley (baseball) (1862–1896), American Major League catcher *John Crowl ...

(born 1942) * Andrew Crumey (born 1961) * Ray Cummings (1887–1957) *

Philippe Curval Philippe Curval is the pseudonym of Philippe Tronche (born 27 December 1929), a French journalist and science fiction writer. He first became of interest in 1962 and in 1977 won the Prix Apollo for ''Cette chère humanité'' (translated into En ...

(born 1929) *

Julie E. Czerneda Julie E. Czerneda (born April 11, 1955) is a Canadian science fiction and fantasy author. She has written many novels, including four Aurora Award for Best Novel winners (''In the Company of Others'', ''A Turn of Light'', ''A Play of Shadow'', an ...

(born 1955)

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

Roald Dahl Roald Dahl (13 September 1916 – 23 November 1990) was a British novelist, short-story writer, poet, screenwriter, and wartime fighter ace of Norwegian descent. His books have sold more than 250 million copies worldwide. Dahl has be ...

(1916–1990) *

Brian Daley Brian Charles Daley (December 22, 1947 – February 11, 1996) was an American science fiction novelist. He also adapted for radio the ''Star Wars'' radio dramas and wrote all of its episodes. Biography Daley was born in Englewood, New Jersey ...

(1947–1996) * John Dalmas (1926–2017) * James Dashner (born 1972) * Tony Daniel (born 1963) * Jack Dann (born 1945) * Maurice Georges Dantec (1959–2016) * Dennis Danvers (born 1947) *

Clark Darlton Walter Ernsting (13 June 1920 – 15 January 2005) was a German science fiction and fantasy author who mainly published under the pseudonym Clark Darlton. He grew up in Koblenz and was drafted into the German Wehrmacht shortly after the begin ...

(1920–2005) (pseudonym of Walter Ernsting) * Avram Davidson (1923–1993) *

Chan Davis Horace Chandler Davis (August 12, 1926 – September 24, 2022) was an American-Canadian mathematician, writer, educator, and political activist: "an internationally esteemed mathematician, a minor science fiction writer of note, and among the mos ...

(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 Marianne de Pierres (born 1961) is an Australian science fiction author. Born in Western Australia, she finished her undergraduate studies at Curtin University in Perth and later studied a Postgraduate Certificate of Arts in Writing, Editing and P ...

(born 1961) * Stephen Dedman (born 1959) * Lester del Rey (1915–1993) *

Miriam Allen deFord Miriam Allen deFord (August 21, 1888 – February 22, 1975) was an American writer best known for her mysteries and science fiction. During the 1920s, she wrote for a number of left-wing magazines including '' The Masses'', ''The Liberator'', a ...

(1888–1975) * Samuel R. Delany (born 1942) *

Martha deMey Clow Martha deMey Clow (1932–2010) was an American writer of science fiction Science fiction (sometimes shortened to Sci-Fi or SF) is a genre of speculative fiction which typically deals with imaginative and futuristic concepts such as ...

(1932–2010) * Bradley Denton (born 1958) * Charles Derennes (1882–1930) * August Derleth (1909–1971) *

A.J. Deutsch Armin Joseph Deutsch (January 25, 1918–November 11, 1969), was an American astronomer and a science fiction writer. __NOTOC__ Life and career Deutsch was born in Chicago and earned a BS from the University of Arizona in 1940 and, after wartim ...

(1918–1969) * Graham Diamond (born 1949) *

Philip K. Dick Philip Kindred Dick (December 16, 1928March 2, 1982), often referred to by his initials PKD, was an American science fiction writer. He wrote 44 novels and about 121 short stories, most of which appeared in science fiction magazines during his l ...

(1928–1982) * Gordon R. Dickson (1923–2001) * Lyuben Dilov (1927–2008) * Dougal Dixon (born 1947) *

William C. Dietz William C. Dietz (born 1945) is an American science fiction writer, principally of military science fiction novels and video game novelizations. Early life and career Dietz grew up in the Seattle area and served in both the Navy and in the Marin ...

(born 1945) * Thomas M. Disch (1940–2008) *

Alfred Döblin Bruno Alfred Döblin (; 10 August 1878 – 26 June 1957) was a German novelist, essayist, and doctor, best known for his novel '' Berlin Alexanderplatz'' (1929). A prolific writer whose œuvre spans more than half a century and a wide variety of ...

(1878–1957) * Cory Doctorow (born 1971) *

Stephen R. Donaldson Stephen Reeder Donaldson (born May 13, 1947) is an American fantasy, science fiction and mystery novelist, most famous for ''The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant'', his ten-novel fantasy series. His work is characterized by psychological complexity ...

(born 1947) * Alain Dorémieux (1933–1998) * Sonya Dorman (1924–2005) *

Candas Dorsey Candas Jane Dorsey (born November 16, 1952) is a Canadian poet and science fiction novelist who resides in her hometown of Edmonton, Alberta. Dorsey became a writer from an early age and works across genre boundaries, writing poetry, fiction, mai ...

(born 1952) * Ian Douglas (born 1950) (pseudonym of William H. Keith, Jr.) * Terry Dowling (born 1947) *

Arthur Conan Doyle Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle (22 May 1859 – 7 July 1930) was a British writer and physician. He created the character Sherlock Holmes in 1887 for ''A Study in Scarlet'', the first of four novels and fifty-six short stories about Ho ...

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Debra Doyle Debra Doyle (November 30, 1952 – October 31, 2020) was an American author in multiple related fiction genres, including science fiction, fantasy, and mystery, for young adults and adults. Her works were co-written with her husband, James D. Mac ...

(1952–2020) * Gardner Dozois (1947–2018) *

David Drake David A. Drake (born September 24, 1945) is an American author of science fiction and fantasy literature. A Vietnam War veteran who has worked as a lawyer, he is now a writer in the military science fiction genre. Biography Drake graduated Phi ...

(born 1945) * Tananarive Due (born 1966) *

Catherine Dufour Catherine Dufour (born 1966) is a French science fiction and fantasy writer. Selected works Novels Dufour's books include: * ''Quand les dieux buvaient'' **Blanche Neige et les lance-missiles ( 2002) **L'Ivresse des providers (2001) **Merlin l'A ...

(born 1966) * Jacek Dukaj (born 1974) *

Jean-Claude Dunyach Jean-Claude Dunyach (born 1957) is a French science fiction writer. Overview Dunyach has a Ph.D. in applied mathematics and supercomputing from Paul Sabatier University. He works for Airbus in Toulouse in southwestern France. Dunyach has been w ...

(born 1957) * Nictzin Dyalhis (1873–1942)

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C. M. Eddy, Jr. Clifford Martin Eddy Jr. (C. M. Eddy Jr.; January 18, 1896 – November 21, 1967)Fenham Publishing/ref> was an American writer known for his horror, mystery and supernatural short stories. He is best remembered for his work in ''Weird Tales'' m ...

(1896–1967) * G. C. Edmondson (1922–1995) * George Alec Effinger (1947–2002) * Ivan Antonovich Efremov (1907–1972) (in Russian Иван Антонович Ефремов) * Greg Egan (born 1961) *

Gordon Eklund Gordon Eklund (born July 24, 1945 in Seattle, Washington) is an American science fiction author whose works include the "Lord Tedric" series and two of the earliest original novels based on the 1960s ''Star Trek'' TV series. He has written under ...

(born 1945) *

Suzette Haden Elgin Suzette Haden Elgin (born Patricia Anne Suzette Wilkins; November 18, 1936 – January 27, 2015) was an American researcher in experimental linguistics, construction and evolution of languages and poetry and science fiction writer. She founded t ...

(1936–2015) *

E. C. Eliott Reginald Alec Martin (11 January 1908 – 27 June 1971) was a British author of a children's series and other novels. He wrote under a series of pseudonyms, including E. C. Eliott and Rex Dixon. Career Martin was born in South London in 1908. H ...

(1908–1971) (pseudonym of Reginald Alec Martin) * William B. Ellern (born 1933) *

Harlan Ellison Harlan Jay Ellison (May 27, 1934 – June 28, 2018) was an American writer, known for his prolific and influential work in New Wave speculative fiction and for his outspoken, combative personality. Robert Bloch, the author of '' Psycho'' ...

(1934–2018) * Phyllis Eisenstein (1946–2020) * Roger Elwood (1933–2007) * Victor Rousseau Emanuel (1879–1960) * Carol Emshwiller (1921–2019) *

M. J. Engh Mary Jane Engh (born January 26, 1933, McLeansboro, Illinois) is a science fiction author and Roman scholar. In 2009, Engh was named Author emerita by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America.George Allan England George Allan England (9 February 1877 - 26 June 1936) was an American writer and explorer, best known for his speculative and science fiction. He attended Harvard University and later in life unsuccessfully ran for Governor of Maine. England ...

(1877–1936) *

Inge Eriksen Inge Marie Eriksen (22 October 1935 – 13 March 2015) was a Danish writer and political activist. She became involved in Danish public debate in the 1960s and helped to the left-wing Left Socialists political party establish that she left in 1969 ...

(1935–2015) *

Steven Erikson Steve Rune Lundin (born October 7, 1959), known by his pseudonym Steven Erikson, is a Canadian novelist who was educated and trained as both an archaeologist and anthropologist. He is best known for his ten-volume spanning epic fantasy series ...

(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 (born 1951) *

E. Everett Evans Edward Everett Evans (November 30, 1893 – December 2, 1958) was an American science fiction writer and science fiction fandom, fan. He married science-fiction author Thelma D. Hamm in 1953. His works include the novels ''Man of Many Minds'' ( ...

(1893–1958)

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Paul W. Fairman Paul Warren Fairman (1909–1977) was an editor and writer in a variety of genres under his own name and under pseudonyms. His detective story "Late Rain" was published in the February 1947 issue of ''Mammoth Detective''. He published his story ...

(1916–1977) * Jane Fancher (born 1952) * Ralph Milne Farley (1887–1963) (pseudonym of Roger Sherman Hoar) * Philip José Farmer (1918–2009) *

Nabil Farouk Nabil Farouk Ramadan Bayoumi Ramadan ( ar, نبيل فاروق رمضان بيومي رمضان ) (9 February 1956 – 9 December 2020) was an Egyptian novelist. best known for his books in the '' Rewayāt Masreyya Lel Gēb'' (''Egyptian Pocket ...

(1956–2020) * Howard Fast (1914–2003) * John Russell Fearn (1908–1960) *

Cynthia Felice Cynthia Felice (born October 12, 1942 in Chicago, Illinois) is an American science fiction writer. She is best known for her complex, carefully plotted stories and expansive universes. Her first novel, ''Godsfire'', and her first short story, " ...

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Brad Ferguson Bradley Michael Ferguson (born 1953) is a journalist and science fiction writer.Clute, John.Ferguson, Brad" (entry in ''The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction''. He writes as Brad Ferguson. Life Ferguson is married to scientist Kathi Ferguson, with ...

(born 1953) * Paul Di Filippo (born 1954) * Sheila Finch (born 1935) * Jack Finney (1911–1995) *

Eliot Fintushel Eliot S. Fintushel (born March 13, 1948) is an American actor, educator and speculative fiction writer. He writes as Eliot Fintushel.Nicholas Fisk David Higginbottom (14 October 1923 – 10 May 2016), pen name Nicholas Fisk, was a British writer of science fiction books, mainly for children. His works include ''Grinny'', ''You Remember Me'', ''Space Hostages'', and ''Trillions''. ...

(1923–2016) (pseudonym of David Higginbottom) * Francis Flagg (1898–1946) (pseudonym of George Henry Weiss) * Camille Flammarion (1842–1925) * Eric Flint (1947–2022) * Homer Eon Flint (1888–1924) *

Michael Flynn Michael Thomas Flynn (born December 24, 1958) is a retired United States Army lieutenant general and conspiracy theorist who was the 24th U.S. National Security Advisor for the first 22 days of the Trump administration. He resigned in light of ...

(born 1947) *

Charles L. Fontenay Charles Louis Fontenay (March 17, 1917 – January 27, 2007) was an American journalist and science fiction writer. He wrote science fiction novels and short stories. His Nonfiction includes the biography of the prominent New Deal era politician ...

(1917–2007) * Jeffrey Ford (born 1955) * John M. Ford (1957–2006) *

William R. Forstchen William R. Forstchen (born October 11, 1950) is an American historian and author. A Professor of History and Faculty Fellow at Montreat College, in Montreat, North Carolina, he received his doctorate from Purdue University. He has published num ...

(born 1950) * E. M. Forster (1879–1970) * Robert L. Forward (1932–2002) *

Richard Foss Richard Foss is an American journalist, science fiction author, and food historian who has also chaired science fiction conventions and worked as a travel agent, restaurant reviewer, theater director, and instructor in Elizabethan history and cu ...

(born 1956) * Alan Dean Foster (born 1946) *

M. A. Foster Michael Anthony Foster (July 2, 1939 - November 14, 2020) was an American science fiction writer from Greensboro, North Carolina. He spent over sixteen years as a Captain and Russian linguist in the United States Air Force. "Ler" books He wrot ...

(1939–2020) * Karen Joy Fowler (born 1950) * Gardner Fox (1911–1986) * Randall Frakes (born 1947
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Yves Fremion Yves may refer to: * Yves, Charente-Maritime, a commune of the Charente-Maritime department in France * Yves (given name), including a list of people with the name * ''Yves'' (single album), a single album by Loona * ''Yves'' (film), a 2019 Fren ...

(born 1940) *

C. S. Friedman Celia S. Friedman (born January 12, 1957) is an American speculative fiction author who often writes as "C. S. Friedman." As of 2022, she has published fourteen novels, numerous short stories—several of which were included in her 2021 collec ...

(born 1957) *

Oscar J. Friend Oscar Jerome Friend (January 8, 1897 – January 19, 1963) began his career primarily as a pulp fiction writer in various genres including horror, Westerns, science fiction, and detective fiction. As a pulp writer he worked with ''Wonder Storie ...

(1897–1963) * Esther Friesner (born 1951)

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Neil Gaiman Neil Richard MacKinnon GaimanBorn as Neil Richard Gaiman, with "MacKinnon" added on the occasion of his marriage to Amanda Palmer. ; ( Neil Richard Gaiman; born 10 November 1960) is an English author of short fiction, novels, comic books, gr ...

(born 1960) * Raymond Z. Gallun (1911–1994) * Arnould Galopin (1865–1934) *

Daniel F. Galouye Daniel Francis Galouye (11 February 1920 – 7 September 1976) was an American science fiction writer. During the 1950s and 1960s, he contributed novelettes and short stories to various digest size science fiction magazines, sometimes writing ...

(1920–1976) * Charles E. Gannon (born 1960) * James Alan Gardner (born 1955) * Martin Gardner (1914–2010) *

Richard Garfinkle Richard Garfinkle (born 1961) is an American List of science fiction authors, writer of science fiction. He is best known as the author of ''Celestial Matters'', a novel published by Tor Books, which won the Compton Crook Award in 1997. Garfinkle ...

(fl. 1990s) * Randall Garrett (1927–1987) *

Laurent Genefort Laurent Genefort (born 1968) is a French science fiction writer. He has written about 50 novels and won the Grand Prix de l'Imaginaire in 1995 for ''Arago''. Fiction * ''Le Bagne des ténèbres'' (1988) * ''Les Peaux-épaisses'' (1992) * ''REZ ...

(born 1968) *

Mary Gentle Mary Rosalyn Gentle (born 29 March 1956) is a UK science fiction and fantasy author. Literary career Mary Gentle's first published novel was ''Hawk in Silver'' (1977), a young-adult fantasy. She came to prominence with the '' Orthe'' duology, w ...

(born 1956) * Peter George (1924–1966) * Hugo Gernsback (1884–1967) (namesake of the

Hugo Award The Hugo Award is an annual literary award for the best science fiction or fantasy works and achievements of the previous year, given at the World Science Fiction Convention and chosen by its members. The Hugo is widely considered the premier a ...

) * David Gerrold (born 1944) *

Mark S. Geston Mark Symington Geston (born June 20, 1946) is an American science fiction and fantasy author. Biography and writing career Mark Geston was born in Atlantic City, New Jersey. Both of his parents were teachers, his mother of English and Journalism a ...

(born 1946) * Edward Gibson (born 1936) * Gary Gibson (born 1965) * William Gibson (born 1948) * John Ulrich Giesy (1877–1947) *

Alexis A. Gilliland Alexis Arnaldus Gilliland (born August 10, 1931 in Bangor, Maine) is an American science fiction writer and cartoonist. He resides in Arlington, Virginia. Gilliland won the John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer in 1982, notably beating David ...

(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 Jacques Goimard (May 31, 1934 – October 25, 2012) was a French writer of science fiction and fantasy anthologies. He is also an essayist. Biography He was born in 1934 in La Couronne, France. He taught at Henri-IV, a secondary school, before ...

(1934–2012) * H. L. Gold (1914–1996) * Lee Gold (born 1942) *

Stephen Goldin Stephen Charles Goldin (born February 28, 1947) is an American science fiction and fantasy author. Biography Goldin was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. A graduate of UCLA with a bachelor's degree in Astronomy, he worked for the U.S. Navy a ...

(born 1947) * Lisa Goldstein (born 1953) * Kathleen Ann Goonan (1952–2021) *

Rex Gordon Stanley Bennett Hough (25 February 1917 – February 1998) was a British author of science fiction, for which he used the pseudonym Rex Gordon. He also published several novels under his own name. Hough was a wireless operator on merchant and pass ...

(1917–1998) (pseudonym of Stanley Bennett Hough) * Richard Gordon (1947–2009) * Phyllis Gotlieb (1926–2009) * Ron Goulart (1933–2022) *

Steven Gould Steven Charles Gould (born February 7, 1955) is an American science fiction writer and teacher. He has written ten novels. He is best known for his 1992 novel ''Jumper'', which was adapted into a film released in 2008. Biography Steven Charles ...

(born 1955) *

Charles L. Grant Charles Lewis Grant (September 12, 1942 – September 15, 2006) was an American novelist and short story writer specializing in what he called " dark fantasy" and "quiet horror". He also wrote under the pseudonyms of Geoffrey Marsh, Lionel Fe ...

(1942–2006) * Dominic Green (born 1967) * Roland J. Green (1944–2021) *

Simon R. Green Simon Richard Green (born 25 August 1955) is a British science fiction and fantasy author. Green was born in Bradford on Avon, Wiltshire. He holds a degree in modern English and American literature from the University of Leicester. He began ...

(born 1955) *

A. T. Greenblatt Aliza T. Greenblatt is an American mechanical engineer and author of speculative fiction who writes as A. T. Greenblatt.Greenblatt, A. T.About" Accessed Sep. 4, 2020 to avoid confusion with poet Aliza Greenblatt. Life Greenblatt attended the Scho ...

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2011–present) * Colin Greenland (born 1954) *

William Greenleaf William Greenleaf (born August 9, 1948) is an American author. He was born in Illinois, spent most of his life in Southern Arizona, and now lives in New Mexico near Santa Fe. He is a graduate of Arizona State University and worked as a corporat ...

(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 Алекса́ндр Никола́евич Грóмов) *

Martin Grzimek Martin Grzimek (born 1950) is a German author. He was born in Trutzhain. Having spent a number of years living and working in South America and the United States, he now resides in a village near Heidelberg. His work that raised the most interest i ...

(born 1950) *

Wyman Guin Wyman Woods Guin (pseudonym: Norman Menasco; March 1, 1915 – February 19, 1989) was an American pharmacologist and advertising executive best known for writing science fiction. Born in Wanette, Oklahoma, he started publishing during 1950, a ...

(1915–1989) * Eileen Gunn (born 1945) * James E. Gunn (1923–2020)

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PJ Haarsma Philip-Jon Haarsma (born June 5, 1964), more commonly known as PJ Haarsma, is a Canadian-born producer and science fiction author best known for his creation of the ''Rings of Orbis'' universe, which encompasses '' The Softwire'' series of books ...

(born 1964) * Karen Haber (born 1955) *

H. Rider Haggard Sir Henry Rider Haggard (; 22 June 1856 – 14 May 1925) was an English writer of adventure fiction romances set in exotic locations, predominantly Africa, and a pioneer of the lost world literary genre. He was also involved in land reform ...

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Ronald M. Hahn Ronald M. Hahn (born 20 December 1948 in Wuppertal, Germany) is a German science-fiction writer, translator and author of reference books pertaining to Speculative fiction, speculative literature and film. He was editor of the German edition of The ...

(born 1948) * Isidore Haiblum (1935–2012) *

Jack C. Haldeman II Jack Carroll "Jay" Haldeman II (December 18, 1941 – January 1, 2002) was an American biologist and science-fiction writer. He was the older brother of SF writer and MIT writing professor Joe Haldeman. Biography Jack Haldeman studied environ ...

(1941–2002) * Joe Haldeman (born 1943) * Austin Hall (1885–1933) * Barbara Hambly (born 1951) * Edmond Hamilton (1904–1977) *

Peter F. Hamilton Peter F. Hamilton (born 1960) is a British author. He is known for writing science fiction space opera. Biography Peter F. Hamilton was born in Rutland in 1960. He did not attend university. He said in an interview, "I did science at school ...

(born 1960) *

Elizabeth Hand Elizabeth Hand (born March 29, 1957) is an American writer. Life and career Hand grew up in Yonkers and Pound Ridge, New York. She studied drama and anthropology at The Catholic University of America. Since 1988, Hand has lived in coastal Maine ...

(born 1957) *

Otfrid von Hanstein Otfrid von Hanstein (1869–1959) was a German actor and writer. As a novelist, he was prolific in various genres; his best-known works in English-language translation are science fiction novels published in various magazines by Hugo Gernsback. J ...

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Lee Harding Lee Harding (born 8 June 1983) is an Australian singer from Frankston, Victoria. He is best known for placing third in the third season of ''Australian Idol'' in 2005. Career Bedrock Prior to competing in ''Australian Idol'', Harding was a me ...

(born 1937) *

Charles L. Harness Charles Leonard Harness (December 29, 1915 – September 20, 2005)Clute, John ''The Independent'', October 11, 2005. was an American science fiction writer. Biography He was born in Colorado City, Texas, and grew up just outside it, then lat ...

(1915–2005) * Clare Winger Harris (1891–1968) * Harry Harrison (1925–2012) * M. John Harrison (born 1945) *

Henry Hasse Henry Louis Hasse (February 7, 1913 – May 20, 1977) was an American science fiction author and fan. He is probably known best for being the co-author of Ray Bradbury's first professionally published story, "Pendulum", which appeared in Novemb ...

(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 Franklin Patrick Herbert Jr. (October 8, 1920February 11, 1986) was an American science fiction author best known for the 1965 novel '' Dune'' and its five sequels. Though he became famous for his novels, he also wrote short stories and worked a ...

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Paul van Herck Paul van Herck (19 May 1938 in Berchem – 19 June 1989) was a Belgian writer of science fiction novels and radio plays. Van Herck was a Dutch and French language teacher. He debuted with radio plays for the BRT but became most well known for maki ...

(1938–1989) *

Philip E. High Philip Empson High (28 April 1914 - 9 August 2006) was an English science fiction author. Life Philip Empson High was born in Biggleswade, Bedfordshire. He saw service in the Royal Navy during World War II. His writing career spanned more than ...

(1914–2006) * Douglas Hill (1935–2007) * Ernest Hill (1915–2003) *

Charles Howard Hinton Charles Howard Hinton (1853 – 30 April 1907) was a British mathematician and writer of science fiction Science fiction (sometimes shortened to Sci-Fi or SF) is a genre of speculative fiction which typically deals with imaginative and ...

(1853–1907) *

Christopher Hinz Christopher Hinz (born March 10, 1951) is an American writer best known for the Paratwa science fiction trilogy. Hinz has also written comic books for DC Comics and Marvel Comics. He won the Compton Crook Award in 1988 for his novel ''Liege-Killer' ...

(born 1951) *

Morioka Hiroyuki (born March 2, 1962, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan) is a Japanese science fiction novelist. Biography In 1992, his first novel ''Yume no Ki ga Tsugeta nara'' ("If Only the Dream Trees Could Touch") appeared in Hayakawa Publishing's ''S-F Magazine'' ...

(born 1962) (in Japanese 森岡浩之) *

Christopher Hodder-Williams John Christopher Glazebrook Hodder-Williams (25 August 1926—15 May 1995) was an English musician, songwriter and author, mainly of science fiction. But he also wrote novels about aviation and espionage. He was the son of Ralph Hodder-Williams, wh ...

(1926–1995) * P. C. Hodgell (born 1951) * William Hope Hodgson (1877–1918) *

E. T. A. Hoffmann Ernst Theodor Amadeus Hoffmann (born Ernst Theodor Wilhelm Hoffmann; 24 January 1776 – 25 June 1822) was a German Romantic author of fantasy and Gothic horror, a jurist, composer, music critic and artist. Penrith Goff, "E.T.A. Hoffmann" in E ...

(1776–1822) * Lee Hoffman (1932–2007) * Ludvig Holberg (1684–1754) * H. H. Hollis (1921–1977) (pseudonym of Ben Neal Ramey) * James P. Hogan (1941–2010) *

Elizabeth Holden Elizabeth Holden (5 June 1943 – 6 December 2013), better known by her pen name Louise Lawrence, was an English science fiction author best known for her work published in the 1970s and 1980s. She has been classified as a writer for young adult ...

(1943–2013) * Robert Holdstock (1948–2009) * Nalo Hopkinson (born 1960) * Shinichi Hoshi (1926–1997) * Rokheya Sakhawat Hossain (Begum Rokheya) (1880? – 1932) *

Hayden Howard John Hayden Howard (1925-2014) was an American educator, poet and science fiction author. He used the pen name Hayden Howard.

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Robert Ervin Howard Robert Ervin Howard (January 22, 1906June 11, 1936) was an American writer. He wrote pulp fiction in a diverse range of genres. He is well known for his character Conan the Barbarian and is regarded as the father of the sword and sorcery subge ...

(1906–1936) * Hugh Howey (born 1975) * Fred Hoyle (1915–2001) * L. Ron Hubbard (1911–1986) *

Marek Huberath Marek S. Huberath (pen name, born 1954) is a Polish professor of physics in the Jagiellonian University in Kraków and an award-winning science fiction and fantasy writer. His themes are philosophical, moral, and religious: how people become beast ...

(born 1954) * Matt Hughes (born 1949) *

Monica Hughes Monica Hughes (November 3, 1925 – March 7, 2003) was an English-Canadian author of books for children and young adults, especially science fiction. She also wrote adventure and historical novels set in Canada, and the text for some children ...

(1925–2003) * Kameron Hurley (born 1980) * Edna Mayne Hull (1905–1975) * Cyril Hume (1900–1966) *

Stephen Hunt Stephen Hunt or Steven Hunt may refer to: Football *Stephen Hunt (footballer, born 1981), Republic of Ireland footballer *Stephen Hunt (footballer, born 1984), English footballer *Steve Hunt (footballer, born 1956), England, Coventry, Aston Villa ...

(born 1966) * Dave Hutchinson (born 1960) * Aldous Huxley (1894–1963)

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Dragutin Ilić Dragutin Ilić (Belgrade, 2 February or 14 February 1858 – Belgrade, 1 May 1926) was a Serbian playwright, poet, novelist, journalist and politician. Along with Matija Ban and Djordje Maletić, Ilić dominated the Serbian stage during the la ...

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

Emmi Itäranta Emmi Elina Itäranta (born 1976) is a Finnish novelist. Her debut novel '' Memory of Water'' was published by HarperCollins in 2014. Biography Itäranta holds a MA in Drama from the University of Tampere, and worked as a columnist, theatre c ...

(born 1976)

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Muriel Jaeger Muriel Jaeger (23 May 1892 – 21 November 1969) was a British author who wrote early novels of science fiction as well as plays and non-fiction. Early life and education Jaeger was born in Barnsley, Yorkshire in 1892, the daughter of John Edwa ...

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

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Laurence Janifer Laurence M. Janifer (born Laurence M. Harris; March 17, 1933 – July 10, 2002) was an American science fiction author, with a career spanning over 50 years. Biography Janifer was born in Brooklyn, New York with the surname of ''Harris'', but ...

(1933–2002) * N.K. Jemisin (born 1972) *

P. C. Jersild Per Christian Jersild, better known as ''P. C. Jersild'', (born 1935) is a Sweden, Swedish author and physician. He also holds an honorary doctorate from the Faculty of Medicine at Uppsala University from 22 January 2000, and another one in engine ...

(born 1935) * Wolfgang Jeschke (1936–2015) * K. W. Jeter (born 1950) *

Michel Jeury Michel Jeury (23 January 1934 – 9 January 2015) was a French science fiction writer, reputed in the 1970s. He also used the pseudonym of Albert Higon. Biography Michel Jeury was born in Razac-d'Eymet. He began writing science fiction under t ...

(1934–2015) * Xia Jia (born 1984) * George Clayton Johnson (1929–2015) *

D. F. Jones Dennis Feltham Jones (15 July 1918 – 1 April 1981) was a British science fiction author who published under the name D.F. Jones. He was a Royal Navy commander during World War II and lived in Cornwall. His first novel, ''Colossus'' (1966), a ...

(1917–1981) * Gwyneth Jones (born 1952) * Neil R. Jones (1909–1988) *

Raymond F. Jones Raymond Fisher Jones (15 November 1915 – 24 January 1994) was an American science fiction author. He is best known for his 1952 novel ''This Island Earth'', which was adapted into the eponymous 1955 film. Personal life Jones w ...

(1915–1994) * Diana Wynne Jones (1934–2011) * Robert Jordan (1948–2007) * M. K. Joseph (1914–1981) *

Emmanuel Jouanne Emmanuel Jouanne (born 1960 in Caen; died 6 February 2008) was a French science fiction writer who won the Prix Rosny-Aîné The Prix Rosny-Aîné is a literary prize for French science fiction. It has been awarded annually since 1980 in two cate ...

(1960–2008) *

Theodore Judson Theodore Judson (born December 19, 1951) is an American science fiction writer and high school teacher. He began writing after the death of his wife and he is the author of '' Tom Wedderburn's Life'' (2002), ''Fitzpatrick's War'' (2004), '' Th ...

(born 1951) *

Unno Juza was the pen name of Sano Shōichi (佐野昌一), the founding father of Japanese science fiction. He was born to a family of medical doctors in Tokushima city. In 1928 he opened his writer’s career with ''The case of the mysterious death i ...

(1897–1949)

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* Franz Kafka (1883–1924) * Janet Kagan (1946–2008) * Michael Kandel (born 1941) * Colin Kapp (1928–2007) *

Alexander Kazantsev Alexander Petrovich Kazantsev (russian: Алекса́ндр Петро́вич Каза́нцев; 2 September 1906 – 13 September 2002) was a popular Soviet and Russian science fiction writer, ufologist and chess composer. Biography He was b ...

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Joseph E. Kelleam Joseph Everidge Kelleam (1913-1975), born in Boswell, Oklahoma, was an American writer. His first story, "Rust", appeared in ''Astounding Science Fiction'' in 1939. His novels include: * ''Overlords From Space'' (1956) Ace Books, bound dos-à-dos ...

(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 Leroy Richard Arthur "Roy" Kettle OBE (born 1949) is a retired United Kingdom civil servant who, among many other achievements, was one of the principal architects of the Disability Discrimination Act 1995. Science fiction fans know Kettle as a ...

(born 1949) * Alexander Key (1904–1979) * Daniel Keyes (1927–2014) * Gregory Keyes (born 1963) *

David Kier David A. Kier was the ninth Principal Deputy Director of the National Reconnaissance Office (PDDNRO). He is a 1965 graduate of Washington & Jefferson College Washington & Jefferson College (W&J College or W&J) is a private liberal arts colle ...

(born 1943) * Caitlín R. Kiernan (born 1964) *

Lee Killough Karen Lee Killough (born 1942) is an American veterinary radiographer and writer of science fiction mystery novels under the name Lee Killough. She lives and works in Manhattan, Kansas. Writing career Killough began her writing career with ...

(born 1942) *

Wade A. Kimberlin Wade A. Kimberlin (born Houston, Texas, in 1970) is the author of many science-fiction and fantasy short stories, and one science-fiction novel. As Wade grew up in Houston, he got an early start reading the fantasy and science-fiction works of ...

(born 1970) *

Sara King Sara J. King (born 1982) is an Alaskan Fantasy writer residing in the Alaska Bush. She is currently working on her 11th novel, part of the "After Earth" series History Sara King was born in Fairbanks, Alaska, in 1982. She has remained an Ala ...

(born 1982) *

(born 1947) *

Vincent King Rex Thomas Vinson (October 22, 1935 – May 2000) was an English art teacher, artist and science fiction author active in writing in the late 1960s and early 1970s, who wrote under the pen name of Vincent King. Writing career King's novels were p ...

(1935–2000) * Rudyard Kipling (1865–1936) *

John Kippax John Kippax (1915-1974) was the pen name of English science fiction writer John Charles Hynam, author of many short stories and the ''Venturer Twelve'' series of space opera novels (most in collaboration with Dan Morgan). Hynam was killed on the ...

(1915–1974) * Annette Curtis Klause (born 1953) * Donald Kingsbury (born 1929) * Hugh Kingsmill (1889–1949) * David Barr Kirtley (born 1977) *

Gérard Klein Gérard Klein (born 1937), known also as Gilles , is a French science fiction writer with sociology, sociological training. He is the editor of the prestigious science fiction series ''Ailleurs et Demain'' published by Robert Laffont and of the ...

(born 1937) * Otis Adelbert Kline (1891–1946) * Marko Kloos (

2011–present) * Nigel Kneale (1922–2006) *

Boban Knežević Boban Knežević ( sr-cyr, Бобан Кнежевић, born 17 September 1959 in Belgrade) is a Serbian science fiction and fantasy writer, comic book writer, editor and publisher. He has been publishing fiction since 1978 in a variety of genr ...

(born 1959) * Damon Knight (1922–2002) *

Norman L. Knight Norman Louis Knight (September 21, 1895 – April 19, 1972) was an American chemist and writer of fantasy and science fiction. His most prominent work is probably '' A Torrent of Faces'', a novel cowritten with James Blish and reprinted in ...

(1895–1972) * Walter Koenig (born 1936) *

Lazar Komarčić Lazar Komarčić (Serbian Cyrillic alphabet, Serbian Cyrillic: Лазар Комарчић; 9 January 1839 – 9 January 1909) was a Serbian pioneer science-fiction writer who today has a wide influence on the literary avant-garde and on surrealis ...

(1839–1909) *

Dean R. Koontz Dean Ray Koontz (born July 9, 1945) is an American author. His novels are billed as Thriller (genre), suspense thrillers, but frequently incorporate elements of horror fiction, horror, fantasy, science fiction, Mystery fiction, mystery, and satir ...

(born 1945) * Cyril M. Kornbluth (1923–1958) *

Mary Robinette Kowal Mary Robinette Kowal (; born February 8, 1969) is an American author and puppeteer. Originally a puppeteer by primary trade after receiving a bachelor's degree in art education, she became art director for science fiction magazines and by 2010 was ...

(born 1969) * Tom Kratman (born 1956) *

Nancy Kress Nancy Anne Kress (born January 20, 1948) is an American science fiction writer. She began writing in 1976 but has achieved her greatest notice since the publication of her Hugo- and Nebula-winning 1991 novella '' Beggars in Spain'', which became ...

(born 1948) *

Günther Krupkat Günther Krupkat (5 July 1905, Berlin14 April 1990, Berlin) was a German fiction writer, known as one of the leading science fiction writers of East Germany. Biography Born in Berlin in 1905, Krupkat studied engineering before dropping out for ...

(1905–1990) * Zoran Krušvar (born 1977) * Michael P. Kube-McDowell (born 1954) *

Walter Kubilius Walter Kubilius (November 22, 1918 – September 22, 1993) was an American science fiction (short fiction) writer. A member of the influential science fiction fandom club Futurians, his style was characterized as "pedestrian, out-at-the-elbows p ...

(1918–1993) *

Michael Kurland Michael Joseph Kurland (born March 1, 1938) is an American author, best known for his works of science fiction and detective fiction. Kurland lives in San Luis Obispo, California. Writing career Kurland's early career was devoted to works of sc ...

(born 1938) * Katherine Kurtz (1944) *

Henry Kuttner Henry Kuttner (April 7, 1915 – February 3, 1958) was an American author of science fiction, fantasy and horror. Early life Henry Kuttner was born in Los Angeles, California in 1915. Kuttner (1829–1903) and Amelia Bush (c. 1834–1911), the ...

(1915–1958) * David Kyle (1919–2016)

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* W. S. Lach-Szyrma (1841–1915) *

R. A. Lafferty Raphael Aloysius "R. A." Lafferty (November 7, 1914March 18, 2002) was an American science fiction and fantasy writer known for his original use of language, metaphor, and narrative structure, Lafferty also wrote a set of four autobiographical n ...

(1914–2002) * Louis L'Amour (1908–1988) *

Geoffrey Landis Geoffrey Alan Landis (; born May 28, 1955) is an American aerospace engineer and author, working for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) on planetary exploration, interstellar propulsion, solar power and photovoltaics. He ...

(born 1955) * David Langford (born 1953) * Sterling E. Lanier (1927–2007) * Justine Larbalestier (born 1967) *

Glen A. Larson Glen Albert Larson (January 3, 1937 – November 14, 2014) was an American musician, television producer, writer, and director. His best known work in television was as the creator of the television series ''Alias Smith and Jones'', ''Battlestar ...

(1937–2014) *

Kurd Lasswitz Kurd Lasswitz (german: link=no, Kurd Laßwitz; 20 April 1848 – 17 October 1910) was a German author, scientist, and philosopher. He has been called "the father of German science fiction". He sometimes used the pseudonym ''Velatus''. Biograp ...

(1848–1910) * Philip Latham (1902–1981) (pseudonym of Robert S. Richardson) * Yulia Latynina (born 1966) * Keith Laumer (1925–1993) *

Stephen R. Lawhead Stephen R. Lawhead (born 2 July 1950) is a UK-based American writer known for his works of fantasy, science fiction, and historical fiction, particularly Celtic historical fiction. He has written over 28 novels and numerous children's and non- ...

(born 1950) *

W. H. C. Lawrence W. H. C. Lawrence was a Canadian science fiction writer remembered as the author af the late 19th century novel, ''Storm of '92'', published in 1889, which posited the scenario of Canada winning a war against the United States. Eighty-five years la ...

(

1889) * Ursula K. Le Guin (1929–2018) * Ann Leckie (born 1966) * Gentry Lee (born 1942) * Mary Soon Lee (born 1965) * Sharon Lee (born 1952) *

Stan Lee Stan Lee (born Stanley Martin Lieber ; December 28, 1922 – November 12, 2018) was an American comic book writer, editor, publisher, and producer. He rose through the ranks of a family-run business called Timely Publications which ...

(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) *

Milton Lesser Stephen Marlowe (born Milton Lesser, in Brooklyn, New York, died , in Williamsburg, Virginia) was an American author of science fiction, mystery novels, and fictional autobiographies of Goya, Christopher Columbus, Miguel de Cervantes, and Edgar ...

(1928–2008) (pseudonym of Stephen Marlowe) *

Doris Lessing Doris May Lessing (; 22 October 1919 – 17 November 2013) was a British-Zimbabwean novelist. She was born to British parents in Iran, where she lived until 1925. Her family then moved to Southern Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe), where she remain ...

(1919–2013) *

Jonathan Lethem Jonathan Allen Lethem (; born February 19, 1964) is an American novelist, essayist, and short story writer. His first novel, ''Gun, with Occasional Music'', a genre work that mixed elements of science fiction and detective fiction, was publishe ...

(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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*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 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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*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

(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, 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 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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