# List of science-fiction authors

This is a list of notable science-fiction authors, in alphabetical order:
* Top
* A
* B
* C
* D
* E
* F
* G
* H
* I
* J
* K
* L
* M
* N
* O
* P
* Q
* R
* S
* T
* U
* V
* W
* X
* Y
* Z
* See also
* External links

## A

* 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 (born 1970)
* Jerry Ahern (1946–2012)
* Jim Aikin (born 1948)
* Alan Burt Akers (1921–2005) (pseudonym of Kenneth Bulmer)
* Tim Akers (born 1972)
* Brian Aldiss (1925–2017)
* David M. Alexander (born 1945)
* Grant Allen (1848–1899)
* Roger MacBride Allen (born 1957)
* Hans Joachim Alpers (1943–2011)
* Steve Alten (born 1959)
* Genrich Altshuller (1926–1998)
* Kingsley Amis (1922–1995)
* Paul Rafaelovich Amnuél (born 1944)
* Charlie Jane Anders (born 1969)
* Chester Anderson (1932–1991)
* Kevin J. Anderson (born 1962)
* Poul Anderson (1926–2001)
* Jean-Pierre Andrevon (born 1937)
* Arlan Andrews (born 1940)
* Patricia Anthony (1947–2013)
* Piers Anthony (born 1934)
* Christopher Anvil (1925–2009) (pseudonym of Harry C. Crosby)
* K. A. Applegate (born 1956)
* E.L. Arch (1922–1988) (pseudonym of Rachel Cosgrove Payes)
* Eleanor Arnason (born 1942)
* Robert Arthur (1909–1969)
* Catherine Asaro (born 1955)
* Neal Asher (born 1961)
* Francis Leslie Ashton (1904–1994)
* Pauline Ashwell (1928–2015)
* Isaac Asimov (1920–1992)
* Janet Asimov (1926–2019)
* Nancy Asire (1945–2021)
* Robert Asprin (1946–2008)
* Francis Henry Atkins (1847–1927)
* A. A. Attanasio (born 1951)
* Margaret Atwood (born 1939)
* Ayerdhal (1959–2015)

## B

* Richard Bachman (pseudonym of Stephen King)
* 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 (1951–2023)
* Raymond E. Banks (1918–1996) (also known as Ray Banks, Ray E. Banks, R.E. Banks, and Fred Freair)
* Marek Baraniecki (born 1954)
* Miquel Barceló (1948–2021)
* René Barjavel (1911–1985)
* Wayne Barlowe (born 1958)
* Arthur K. Barnes (1911–1969)
* John Barnes (born 1957)
* Steven Barnes (born 1952)
* William Barnwell (born 1943)
* Donald Barr (1921–2004)
* João Barreiros (born 1952)
* Max Barry (born 1973)
* 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 (1937–2008)
* Elizabeth Bear (born 1971)
* Greg Bear (1951–2022)
* Jerome Beatty Jr (1918–2002)
* Charles Beaumont (1929–1967)
* Vladimir Beekman (1929–2009)
* Ugo Bellagamba (born 1972)
* Edward Bellamy (1850–1898)
* Alexander Belyaev (1884–1942)
* Andrei Belyanin (born 1967)
* Don Bendell (born 1947) (pseudonym of Ron Stillman)
* Gregory Benford (born 1941)
* Donald R. Bensen (1927–1997)
* J. D. Beresford (1873–1947)
* Fyodor Berezin (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 (1945–2023)
* Terry Bisson (1942–2024)
* Jerome Bixby (1923–1998)
* Malorie Blackman (born 1962)
* Jayme Lynn Blaschke (born 1969)
* James Blaylock (born 1950)
* James Blish (1921–1975)
* Robert Bloch (1917–1994)
* Alexander Bogdanov (1873–1928)
* Maya Kaathryn Bohnhoff (born 1954)
* Kevin Bokeili (1963–2014)
* John Boland (1913–1976)
* Nelson S. Bond (1908–2006)
* 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 (1932–2020)
* Leigh Brackett (1915–1978)
* Ray Bradbury (1920–2012)
* Marion Zimmer Bradley (1930–1999)
* Gillian Bradshaw (born 1956)
* Johanna Braun (1929–2008)
* Mark Brandis (1931–2000)
* Reginald Bretnor (1911–1992)
* Miles J. Breuer (1889–1945)
* David Brin (born 1950)
* Jason V Brock (born 1970)
* Damien Broderick (born 1944)
* 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 (1926–1967)
* Simon Brown (born 1956)
* John Brunner (1934–1995)
* Steven Brust (born 1955)
* Edward Bryant (1945–2017)
* Valery Bryusov (1873–1924)
* Tobias S. Buckell (born 1979)
* Algis Budrys (1931–2008)
* Vitaly Bugrov (1938–1994)
* Lela E. Buis (fl. 1977–present)
* Lois McMaster Bujold (born 1949)
* Mikhail Bulgakov (1891–1940)
* Faddey Bulgarin (1789–1859)
* Kenneth Bulmer (1921–2005)
* Kir Bulychev (1934–2003)
* Chris Bunch (1943–2005)
* David R. Bunch (1925–2000)
* Anthony Burgess (1917–1993)
* Sue Burke (born 1955)
* Yuli Burkin (born 1960)
* Arthur J. Burks (1898–1974)
* Edgar Rice Burroughs (1875–1950)
* Michael A. Burstein (born 1970)
* F. M. Busby (1921–2005)
* Aleksandr Bushkov (born 1956)
* Alain Le Bussy (1947–2010)
* Jim Butcher (born 1971)
* Octavia E. Butler (1947–2006)
* Stuart J. Byrne (1913–2011)

## C

* Pat Cadigan (born 1953)
* Jack Cady (1932–2004)
* Martin Caidin (1927–1997)
* Italo Calvino (1923–1985)
* Jack Campbell (born 1956)
* John W. Campbell, Jr. (1910–1971) (also known as Don A. Stuart)
* Karel Čapek (1890–1938)
* Paul Capon (1912–1969)
* Orson Scott Card (born 1951)
* Joseph Carne-Ross (1846–1911)
* Terry Carr (1937–1987)
* Lin Carter (1930–1988)
* Cleve Cartmill (1908–1964)
* Jeffrey Carver (born 1949)
* Jay Caselberg (born 1958)
* Beth Cato (born 1980)
* Hugh B. Cave (1910–2004)
* Franci Cerar (fl. 1979)
* Jack L. Chalker (1944–2005)
* Joël Champetier ( 1957–2015)
* A. Bertram Chandler (1912–1984)
* Suzy McKee Charnas (1939–2023)
* Daína Chaviano (born 1960)
* J. Kathleen Cheney (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 (1917–2008)
* Jo Clayton (1939–1998)
* Hal Clement (1922–2003) (pseudonym of Harry Clement Stubbs)
* John Cleve (1934–2013) (pseudonym of Andrew J. Offutt)
* Mark Clifton (1906–1963)
* Ernest Cline (born 1972)
* Mildred Clingerman (1918–1997)
* Brenda Clough (born 1955)
* Martha deMey Clow (1932–2010)
* John Clute (born 1940)
* Stanton A. Coblentz (1896–1982)
* Theodore Cogswell (1918–1987)
* Frona Eunice Wait Colburn (1859–1946)
* Allan Cole (1943–2019)
* Robert William Cole (1869–1937)
* Eoin Colfer (born 1965)
* Erroll Collins (1906–1991) (pseudonym of Ellen Edith Hannah Redknap)
* Suzanne Collins (born 1962)
* D. G. Compton (1930–2023)
* 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 (born 1960)
* Edmund Cooper (1926–1982)
* Alfred Coppel (1921–2004)
* James S. A. Corey (joint pseudonym of Daniel Abraham and Ty Franck)
* Larry Correia (born 1977)
* Juanita Coulson (born 1933)
* Richard Cowper (1926–2002) (pseudonym John Middleton Murry, Jr. used when writing science fiction)
* Erle Cox (1873–1950)
* John G. Cramer (born 1934)
* Michael Crichton (1942–2008)
* Robert Cromie (1855–1907)
* John Crowley (born 1942)
* Andrew Crumey (born 1961)
* Ray Cummings (1887–1957)
* Philippe Curval (1929–2023)
* Julie E. Czerneda (born 1955)

## D

* Roald Dahl (1916–1990)
* Brian Daley (1947–1996)
* John Dalmas (1926–2017)
* Tony Daniel (born 1963)
* Jack Dann (born 1945)
* Maurice Georges Dantec (1959–2016)
* Dennis Danvers (born 1947)
* Clark Darlton (1920–2005) (pseudonym of Walter Ernsting)
* James Dashner (born 1972)
* Avram Davidson (1923–1993)
* Chan Davis (1926–2022) (pseudonym of Chandler Davis)
* Vox Day (born 1968)
* L. Sprague de Camp (1907–2000)
* Antonio de Macedo (1931–2017)
* James De Mille (1833–1880)
* Marianne de Pierres (born 1961)
* Stephen Dedman (born 1959)
* Lester del Rey (1915–1993)
* Miriam Allen deFord (1888–1975)
* Samuel R. Delany (born 1942)
* Bradley Denton (born 1958)
* Charles Derennes (1882–1930)
* August Derleth (1909–1971)
* A.J. Deutsch (1918–1969)
* Graham Diamond (born 1949)
* Philip K. Dick (1928–1982)
* Terrance Dicks (1935–2019)
* Gordon R. Dickson (1923–2001)
* Charles Willard Diffin (1884–1966)
* Lyuben Dilov (1927–2008)
* Dougal Dixon (born 1947)
* William C. Dietz (born 1945)
* Thomas M. Disch (1940–2008)
* Cory Doctorow (born 1971)
* Alfred Döblin (1878–1957)
* Stephen R. Donaldson (born 1947)
* Alain Dorémieux (1933–1998)
* Sonya Dorman (1924–2005)
* Candas Dorsey (born 1952)
* Ian Douglas (born 1950) (pseudonym of William H. Keith, Jr.)
* Terry Dowling (born 1947)
* Arthur Conan Doyle (1859–1930)
* Debra Doyle (1952–2020)
* Gardner Dozois (1947–2018)
* David Drake (1945–2023)
* Tananarive Due (born 1966)
* Catherine Dufour (born 1966)
* Jacek Dukaj (born 1974)
* Jean-Claude Dunyach (born 1957)
* Nictzin Dyalhis (1873–1942)

## E

* C. M. Eddy, Jr. (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)
* Phyllis Eisenstein (1946–2020)
* Gordon Eklund (born 1945)
* Suzette Haden Elgin (1936–2015)
* E. C. Eliott (1908–1971) (pseudonym of Reginald Alec Martin)
* William B. Ellern (1933–2023)
* Harlan Ellison (1934–2018)
* Roger Elwood (1933–2007)
* Victor Rousseau Emanuel (1879–1960)
* Carol Emshwiller (1921–2019)
* M. J. Engh (1933–2024)
* George Allan England (1877–1936)
* Inge Eriksen (1935–2015)
* Steven Erikson (born 1959) pseudonym of Steve Rune Lundin
* Walter Ernsting (1920–2005)
* Andreas Eschbach (born 1959)
* Kelley Eskridge (born 1960)
* Valerio Evangelisti (1952–2022)
* Christopher Evans (born 1951)
* E. Everett Evans (1893–1958)

## F

* Paul W. Fairman (1916–1977)
* Jane Fancher (born 1952)
* Lionel Fanthorpe (born 1935)
* Ralph Milne Farley (1887–1963) (pseudonym of Roger Sherman Hoar)
* Philip José Farmer (1918–2009)
* Nabil Farouk (1956–2020)
* Howard Fast (1914–2003)
* John Russell Fearn (1908–1960)
* Cynthia Felice (born 1942) ISFDB
* Brad Ferguson (born 1953)
* Paul Di Filippo (born 1954)
* Sheila Finch (born 1935)
* Jack Finney (1911–1995)
* Eliot Fintushel (born 1948)
* Nicholas Fisk (1923–2016) (pseudonym of David Higginbottom)
* Francis Flagg (1898–1946) (pseudonym of George Henry Weiss)
* Camille Flammarion (1842–1925)
* Eric Flint (1947–2022)
* Homer Eon Flint (1888–1924)
* Michael Flynn (born 1947)
* Charles L. Fontenay (1917–2007)
* Jeffrey Ford (born 1955)
* John M. Ford (1957–2006)
* William R. Forstchen (born 1950)
* E. M. Forster (1879–1970)
* Robert L. Forward (1932–2002)
* Richard Foss (born 1956)
* Alan Dean Foster (born 1946)
* M. A. Foster (1939–2020)
* Karen Joy Fowler (born 1950)
* Gardner Fox (1911–1986)
* Randall Frakes (born 1947) ISFDB
* Leo Frankowski (1943-2008)
* Herbert W. Franke (1927–2022)
* Yves Fremion (born 1940)
* C. S. Friedman (born 1957)
* Oscar J. Friend (1897–1963)
* Esther Friesner (born 1951)

## G

* Neil Gaiman (born 1960)
* Raymond Z. Gallun (1911–1994)
* Arnould Galopin (1865–1934)
* Daniel F. Galouye (1920–1976)
* Charles E. Gannon (born 1960)
* James Alan Gardner (born 1955)
* Martin Gardner (1914–2010)
* Richard Garfinkle (born 1961)
* Randall Garrett (1927–1987)
* Laurent Genefort (born 1968)
* Mary Gentle (born 1956)
* Peter George (1924–1966)
* Hugo Gernsback (1884–1967) (namesake of the Hugo Award)
* David Gerrold (born 1944)
* Mark S. Geston (born 1946)
* Edward Gibson (born 1936)
* Gary Gibson (born 1965)
* William Gibson (born 1948)
* John Ulrich Giesy (1877–1947)
* Alexis A. Gilliland (born 1931)
* John Glasby (1928–2011)
* John Gloag (1896–1981)
* Molly Gloss (born 1944)
* Dmitry Glukhovsky (born 1979)
* Parke Godwin (1929–2013)
* Tom Godwin (1915–1980)
* Jacques Goimard (1934–2012)
* H. L. Gold (1914–1996)
* Lee Gold (born 1942)
* Stephen Goldin (born 1947)
* Lisa Goldstein (born 1953)
* Kathleen Ann Goonan (1952–2021)
* Rex Gordon (1917–1998) (pseudonym of Stanley Bennett Hough)
* Richard Gordon (1947–2009)
* Phyllis Gotlieb (1926–2009)
* Ron Goulart (1933–2022)
* Steven Gould (born 1955)
* Charles L. Grant (1942–2006)
* Claudia Gray (born 1970)
* Dominic Green (born 1967)
* Nunsowe Green (fl. 1882, pseudonymous)
* Roland J. Green (1944–2021)
* Simon R. Green (born 1955)
* A. T. Greenblatt (fl. 2010–present)
* Colin Greenland (born 1954)
* William Greenleaf (born 1948)
* Percy Greg (1836–1889)
* Lois Gresh (born 1965)
* George Griffith (1857–1906)
* Nicola Griffith (born 1960)
* Jon Courtenay Grimwood (born 1953)
* Ken Grimwood (1944–2003)
* Alexander Gromov (in Russian Алекса́ндр Никола́евич Грóмов)
* Martin Grzimek (born 1950)
* Wyman Guin (1915–1989)
* Eileen Gunn (born 1945)
* James E. Gunn (1923–2020)

## H

* PJ Haarsma (born 1964)
* Karen Haber (born 1955)
* H. Rider Haggard (1856–1925)
* Ronald M. Hahn (born 1948)
* Isidore Haiblum (1935–2012)
* Jack C. Haldeman II (1941–2002)
* Joe Haldeman (born 1943)
* Austin Hall (1885–1933)
* Barbara Hambly (born 1951)
* Edmond Hamilton (1904–1977)
* Peter F. Hamilton (born 1960)
* Elizabeth Hand (born 1957)
* Otfrid von Hanstein (1869–1959)
* Lee Harding (1937–2023)
* Charles L. Harness (1915–2005)
* Clare Winger Harris (1891–1968)
* Harry Harrison (1925–2012)
* M. John Harrison (born 1945)
* Henry Hasse (1913–1977)
* Simon Hawke (born 1951)
* Peter Heck (born 1941)
* Robert A. Heinlein (1907–1988)
* Zenna Henderson (1917–1983)
* Brian Herbert (born 1947)
* Frank Herbert (1920–1986)
* Paul van Herck (1938–1989)
* Philip E. High (1914–2006)
* Douglas Hill (1935–2007)
* Ernest Hill (1915–2003)
* Matt Hill (born 1984)
* Charles Howard Hinton (1853–1907)
* Christopher Hinz (born 1951)
* Morioka Hiroyuki (born 1962) (in Japanese 森岡浩之)
* Christopher Hodder-Williams (1926–1995)
* P. C. Hodgell (born 1951)
* William Hope Hodgson (1877–1918)
* E. T. A. Hoffmann (1776–1822)
* Lee Hoffman (1932–2007)
* James P. Hogan (1941–2010)
* Ludvig Holberg (1684–1754)
* Elizabeth Holden (1943–2013)
* Robert Holdstock (1948–2009)
* H. H. Hollis (1921–1977) (pseudonym of Ben Neal Ramey)
* Nalo Hopkinson (born 1960)
* Shinichi Hoshi (1926–1997)
* Rokheya Sakhawat Hossain (Begum Rokheya) (1880? – 1932)
* Hayden Howard (1925–2014)
* Robert E. Howard (1906–1936)
* Hugh Howey (born 1975)
* Fred Hoyle (1915–2001)
* L. Ron Hubbard (1911–1986)
* Marek Huberath (born 1954)
* Matt Hughes (born 1949)
* Monica Hughes (1925–2003)
* Edna Mayne Hull (1905–1975)
* Cyril Hume (1900–1966)
* Stephen Hunt (born 1966)
* Kameron Hurley (born 1980)
* Dave Hutchinson (born 1960)
* Aldous Huxley (1894–1963)

## I

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

## J

* Alexander Jablokov (born 1956)
* Muriel Jaeger (1892–1969)
* John Jakes (1932–2023)
* Malcolm Jameson (1891–1945)
* Phil Janes (fl. 1993–present)
* Laurence Janifer (1933–2002)
* N. K. Jemisin (born 1972)
* P. C. Jersild (born 1935)
* Wolfgang Jeschke (1936–2015)
* K. W. Jeter (born 1950)
* Michel Jeury (1934–2015)
* Xia Jia (born 1984)
* George Clayton Johnson (1929–2015)
* D. F. Jones (1917–1981)
* Gwyneth Jones (born 1952)
* Neil R. Jones (1909–1988)
* Raymond F. Jones (1915–1994)
* Diana Wynne Jones (1934–2011)
* Robert Jordan (1948–2007)
* M. K. Joseph (1914–1981)
* Emmanuel Jouanne (1960–2008)
* Theodore Judson (born 1951)
* Unno Juza (1897–1949)

## K

* Vilma Kadlečková (born 1971)
* Franz Kafka (1883–1924)
* Janet Kagan (1946–2008)
* Michael Kandel (born 1941)
* Colin Kapp (1928–2007)
* Alexander Kazantsev (1906–2002)
* Joseph E. Kelleam (1913–1975)
* David H. Keller (1880–1966)
* James Patrick Kelly (born 1951)
* Rick Kennett (born 1956)
* Steven L. Kent (born 1960)
* Katharine Kerr (born 1944)
* John Kessel (born 1950)
* Roy Kettle (born 1949)
* Alexander Key (1904–1979)
* Daniel Keyes (1927–2014)
* Gregory Keyes (born 1963)
* David Kier (born 1943)
* Caitlín R. Kiernan (born 1964)
* Lee Killough (born 1942)
* Wade A. Kimberlin (born 1970)
* Sara King (born 1982)
* Stephen King (born 1947)
* Vincent King (1935–2000)
* Rudyard Kipling (1865–1936)
* John Kippax (1915–1974)
* Donald Kingsbury (born 1929)
* Hugh Kingsmill (1889–1949)
* David Barr Kirtley (born 1977)
* Annette Curtis Klause (born 1953)
* Gérard Klein (born 1937)
* Otis Adelbert Kline (1891–1946)
* Marko Kloos (fl. 2011–present)
* Nigel Kneale (1922–2006)
* Boban Knežević (born 1959)
* Damon Knight (1922–2002)
* Norman L. Knight (1895–1972)
* Walter Koenig (born 1936)
* Lazar Komarčić (1839–1909)
* Dean R. Koontz (born 1945)
* Cyril M. Kornbluth (1923–1958)
* Mary Robinette Kowal (born 1969)
* Tom Kratman (born 1956)
* Nancy Kress (born 1948)
* Günther Krupkat (1905–1990)
* Zoran Krušvar (born 1977)
* Michael P. Kube-McDowell (born 1954)
* Walter Kubilius (1918–1993)
* Michael Kurland (born 1938)
* Katherine Kurtz (born 1944)
* Henry Kuttner (1915–1958)
* David Kyle (1919–2016)

## L

* W. S. Lach-Szyrma (1841–1915)
* R. A. Lafferty (1914–2002)
* Jay Lake (1964–2014)
* Louis L'Amour (1908–1988)
* Geoffrey Landis (born 1955)
* David Langford (born 1953)
* Sterling E. Lanier (1927–2007)
* Justine Larbalestier (born 1967)
* Glen A. Larson (1937–2014)
* Kurd Lasswitz (1848–1910)
* Philip Latham (1902–1981) (pseudonym of Robert S. Richardson)
* Yulia Latynina (born 1966)
* Keith Laumer (1925–1993)
* Stephen R. Lawhead (born 1950)
* W. H. C. Lawrence (fl. 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 (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 (1928–2008) (pseudonym of Stephen Marlowe)
* Doris Lessing (1919–2013)
* Jonathan Lethem (born 1964)
* David D. Levine (born 1961)
* Paul Levinson (born 1947)
* Roger Levy (fl. 2001–2018)
* 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 (1876–1945)
* Liu Cixin (born 1963)
* Ken Liu (born 1976)
* Ken Lizzi (born 1969)
* 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)
* Duncan Lunan (born 1945)
* Sam Lundwall (born 1941)
* Richard A. Lupoff (1935–2020)
* John Lymington (1911–1983)
* Elizabeth A. Lynn (born 1946)
* Edward Bulwer-Lytton (1803–1873)

## M

* Darko Macan (born 1966)
* 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 (born 1960)
* James D. Macdonald (born 1954)
* John D. MacDonald (1916–1986)
* William P. McGivern (1918–1982)
* Maureen F. McHugh (born 1959)
* J. T. McIntosh (1925–2008)
* Will McIntosh (born 1962)
* F. Gwynplaine MacIntyre (c. 1948–2010)
* Vonda N. McIntyre (1948–2019)
* R. W. Mackelworth (1930–2000)
* Richard McKenna (1913–1964)
* Katherine MacLean (1925–2019)
* Ian R. MacLeod (born 1956)
* Ken MacLeod (born 1954)
* Neil McMahon (born 1949)
* Sean McMullen (born 1948)
* Mike McQuay (1949–1995)
* Angus MacVicar (1908–2001)
* Tom Maddox (1945–2022)
* Charles Eric Maine (1921–1981) (pseudonym of David McIlwain)
* Donald Malcolm (1930–1975)
* Daryl F. Mallett (born 1969)
* Barry N. Malzberg (1939–2024)
* George Mann (born 1978)
* Laurence Manning (1899–1972)
* Leo Margulies (1900–1975)
* Stephen Marley (born 1946)
* Paul Marlowe (fl. 2000–2014)
* 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)
* 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 (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 (1954–2022)
* P. Schuyler Miller (1912–1974)
* R. DeWitt Miller (1910–1958)
* 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 (1925–2011)
* Richard K. Morgan (born 1965)
* Chris Moriarty (born 1968)
* A. R. Morlan (1958–2016)
* John Morressy (1930–2006)
* Chris Morris (born 1946)
* Janet Morris (1946–2024)
* William Morrison (1906–1982) (pseudonym of Joseph Samachson)
* James Morrow (born 1947)
* Sam Moskowitz (1920–1997)
* Pat Murphy (born 1955)
* Øyvind Myhre (born 1945)

## N

* 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 (1931–2022)
* István Nemere (1944–2024)
* Josef Nesvadba (1926–2005)
* Kris Neville (1925–1980)
* Eirik Newth (born 1964)
* 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)
* Lisanne Norman (born 1951)
* 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)

## O

* Robert C. O'Brien (1918–1973)
* Kevin O'Donnell, Jr. (1950–2012)
* Patrick O'Leary (born 1952)
* Raven Oak (born 1977)
* Vladimir Obruchev (1863–1956)
* 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)
* Marek Oramus (born 1952)
* Jerry Ordway (born 1957)
* Rebecca Ore (born 1948)
* George Orwell (1903–1950) (pseudonym of Eric Arthur Blair)
* Karen Osborne (born 1980)
* John Ostrander (born 1949)
* A. K. Otterness (fl. 1992–2012)

## P

* 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 (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)
* Leslie Perri (1920–1970)
* Steve Perry (born 1947)
* Lawrence Person (born 1965)
* Emil Petaja (1915–2000)
* Wildy Petoud (born 1957)
* John T. Phillifent (1916–1976)
* Mark Phillips (joint pseudonym used by Laurence Janifer (1933–2002) and Randall Garrett (1927–1987))
* 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 (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 (born 1942)
* Cherie Priest (born 1975)
* Christopher Priest (1943–2024)
* Philip Pullman (born 1946)

## Q

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

## R

* Ayn Rand (1905–1982)
* Bill Ransom (born 1945)
* Carlos Rasch (1932–2021)
* Hannu Rajaniemi (born 1978)
* Marta Randall (born 1948)
* Melanie Rawn (born 1954)
* Satyajit Ray (1921–1992)
* Francis G. Rayer (1921–1981)
* Tom Reamy (1935–1977)
* 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 (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 (born 1961)
* Joel Rosenberg (1954–2011)
* Mary Rosenblum (1952–2018)
* J.-H. Rosny (joint pseudonym of Joseph (1856–1940) and 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)
* Eric Frank Russell (1905–1978)
* Mary Doria Russell (born 1950)
* Richard Paul Russo (born 1954)
* A. Merc Rustad (born 1986)

## S

* Fred Saberhagen (1930–2007)
* Carl Sagan (1934–1996)
* Nick Sagan (born 1970)
* Margaret St. Clair (1911–1995) (also known as Idris Seabright)
* Don Sakers (1958–2021)
* Saki (1870–1916) (pseudonym of Hector Hugh Munro)
* Emilio Salgari (1862–1911)
* Sofia Samatar (born 1971)
* 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 (1952–2025)
* 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)
* Józef Sękowski (1800–1858)
* Arthur Sellings (1911–1968)
* 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 (1924–1985)
* Nisi Shawl (born 1955)
* Michael Shea (1946–2014)
* Robert Sheckley (1928–2005)
* Charles Sheffield (1935–2002)
* Mary Shelley (1797–1851)
* Lucius Shepard (1947–2014)
* Joel Shepherd (born 1974)
* David Sherman (born 1958)
* T. L. Sherred (1915–1985)
* R. C. Sherriff (1896–1975)
* M. P. Shiel (1865–1947)
* Lewis Shiner (born 1950)
* Sharon Shinn (born 1957)
* Wilmar H. Shiras (1908–1990)
* John Shirley (born 1953)
* Shumil (born 1957)
* William Shunn (born 1967)
* Nevil Shute (18990–1960) (pseudonym of Nevil Shute Norway)
* 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)
* George H. Smith (1922–1996)
* George O. Smith (1911–1981)
* L. Neil Smith (1946–2021)
* Michael Marshall Smith (born 1965)
* 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)
* Dana Stabenow (born 1952)
* Brian Stableford (1948–2024)
* Michael Stackpole (born 1957)
* Robert Stallman (1930–1980)
* Olaf Stapledon (1886–1950)
* Roman Frederick Starzl (1899–1976)
* Christopher Stasheff (1944–2018)
* John Steakley (1951–2010)
* Simon Stålenhag (born 1984)
* Allen Steele (born 1958)
* Angela Steinmüller (born 1941)
* Karlheinz Steinmüller (born 1950)
* Neal Stephenson (born 1959)
* Bruce Sterling (born 1954)
* Jacques Sternberg (1923–2006)
* Francis Stevens (1883–1948) (pseudonym of Gertrude Barrows Bennett)
* Marc Stiegler (born 1954)
* G. Harry Stine (1928–1997) (also known as Lee Correy)
* S. M. Stirling (born 1953)
* John E. Stith (born 1947)
* Giampietro Stocco (born 1961)
* Manning Lee Stokes (1911–1976)
* Sam Stone (fl. 2010–present)
* J. Michael Straczynski (born 1954)
* Charles Stross (born 1964)
* Arkady and Boris Strugatsky (1925–1991 and 1933–2012, respectively) (in Russian, Аркадий и Борис Стругацкие)
* Theodore Sturgeon (1918–1985) (pseudonym of Edward Hamilton Waldo)
* Somtow Sucharitkul (also known as S. P. Somtow) (born 1952)
* Sujatha (1935–2008)
* Tricia Sullivan (born 1968)
* Michael Swanwick (born 1950)
* Jonathan Swift (1667–1745)
* Michael Szameit (1950–2014)

## T

* 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)
* Howard Tayler (born 1968)
* Dennis E. Taylor (fl. 2015–present)
* 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 (born 1963)
* Walter Tevis (1928–1984)
* Felix Thijssen (1933–2022)
* Theodore L. Thomas (1920–2005)
* Tade Thompson (fl. 2005–present)
* Robert Thurston (1936–2021)
* Lavie Tidhar (born 1976)
* Mark W. Tiedemann (born 1954)
* Patrick Tilley (1928–2020)
* James Tiptree Jr. (1915–1987) (pseudonym of Alice Sheldon)
* Arthur Tofte (1902–1980)
* Brad R. Torgersen (born 1974)
* Karen Traviss (fl. 2002–2017)
* F. Orlin Tremaine (1899–1956)
* Aleksei Nikolaevich Tolstoy (1882/3–1945) (in Russian Алексей Николаевич Толстой)
* Edwin Charles Tubb (1919–2010)
* George Tucker (1775–1861)
* Wilson Tucker (1914–2006)
* 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

* Catherynne M. Valente (born 1979)
* James Van Pelt (born 1954)
* Sydney J. Van Scyoc (1939–2023)
* A. E. van Vogt (1912–2000)
* Jack Vance (1916–2013)
* Jeff VanderMeer (born 1968)
* Robert E. Vardeman (born 1947)
* John Varley (born 1947)
* Vladimir Vasilyev (born 1967)
* Vercors (1902–1991) (pseudonym of Jean Bruller)
* Jules Verne (1828–1905)
* Alpheus Hyatt Verrill (1871–1954)
* Pierre Versins (1923–2001)
* Harl Vincent (1893–1968)
* Joan D. Vinge (born 1948)
* Vernor Vinge (1944–2024)
* Paul Voermans (born 1960)
* Julius Vogel (1835–1899)
* Voltaire (1694–1778)
* Elisabeth Vonarburg (born 1947)
* Kurt Vonnegut (1922–2007)

## W

* Karl Edward Wagner (1945–1994)
* Roland C. Wagner (1960–2012)
* Howard Waldrop (1946–2024)
* Edgar Wallace (1875–1932)
* F. L. Wallace (1915–2004) (also known as Floyd Wallace)
* Ian Wallace (1912–1998)
* Hugh Walters (1910–1993)
* Bryce Walton (1918–1988)
* Jo Walton (born 1964)
* Donald Wandrei (1908–1987)
* Ian Watson (born 1943)
* Lawrence Watt-Evans (born 1954)
* Peter Watts (born 1958)
* 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 (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 (born 1981)
* James White (1928–1999)
* Steve White (born 1946)
* Ted White (born 1938)
* Sonny Whitelaw (born 1956)
* Cherry Wilder (1930–2002)
* Kate Wilhelm (1928–2018)
* Liz Williams (born 1965)
* Lynda Williams (born 1958)
* Rob Williams
* Robert Moore Williams (1907–1977)
* 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)
* Richard Wilson (1920–1987)
* Robert Anton Wilson (1932–2007)
* Robert Charles Wilson (born 1953)
* David Wingrove (born 1954)
* Adam Wiśniewski-Snerg (1937–1995)
* Otto Witt (1875–1923)
* Edmund Wnuk-Lipinski (1944–2015)
* Bernard Wolfe (1915–1985)
* Gene Wolfe (1931–2019)
* Donald A. Wollheim (1914–1990) (various pseudonyms)
* Jack Womack (born 1956)
* John C. Wright (born 1961)
* S. Fowler Wright (1874–1965)
* Stefan Wul (1922–2003) (pseudonym of Pierre Pairault)
* James Wylder (born 1989)
* Philip Wylie (1902–1971)
* John Wyndham (1903–1969) (pseudonym of John Wyndham Parkes Lucas Beynon Harris)

## Y

* Neon Yang
* 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

* Arthur Leo Zagat (1896–1949)
* Timothy Zahn (born 1951)
* Janusz Zajdel (1938–1985)
* Yevgeny Zamyatin (1884–1937)
* George Zebrowski (1945–2024)
* Roger Zelazny (1937–1995)
* Alexander Zelenyj (fl. 2005–present)
* Tully Zetford (pseudonym of Kenneth Bulmer)
* Sarah Zettel (born 1966)
* Andrzej Ziemiański (born 1960)
* Rafal A. Ziemkiewicz (born 1964)
* Aleksandar Ziljak (born 1963)
* Werner Zillig (born 1949)
* David Zindell (born 1952)
* Zoran Živković (born 1948)
* Pamela Zoline (born 1941)
* Alexander Zorich (born 1973) (joint pseudonym of Yana Botsman and Dmitry Gordevsky)
* Joseph Zornado (fl. 2000–2019)
* Jerzy Żuławski (1874–1915)