# List of horror fiction writers

This is a navigational list of notable writers who have published significant work in the horror fiction genre, who also have stand-alone articles on Wikipedia. All items must have a reference to demonstrate that they have produced significant work in the horror genre.

## A

* Ania Ahlborn
* Gemma Amor
* Jay Anson
* Margaret Atwood (born 1939, Canada)
* Dathan Auerbach
* Mona Awad

## B

* Iain Banks (1954–2013, Scotland)
* L. A. Banks
* Tracey Baptiste
* Clive Barker (born 1952, England)
* Laird Barron (born 1970, US)
* Agustina Bazterrica
* John Bellairs (1938–1991, US)
* E. F. Benson (1867–1940, England)
* Lauren Beukes
* Ambrose Bierce (1842 – c. 1914, US)
* Jerome Bixby (1923–1998, US)
* Algernon Blackwood (1869–1951, England)
* William Peter Blatty (1928–2017, US)
* Robert Bloch (1917–1994, US)
* Ray Bradbury (1920–2012, US)
* Poppy Z. Brite (born 1967, US)
* Max Brooks
* Christopher Buehlman
* Chesya Burke
* Octavia E. Butler

## C

* Rachel Caine
* Ramsey Campbell (born 1946, England)
* M. R. Carey
* Emily Carroll
* Angela Carter
* Robert W. Chambers (1865–1933, US)
* Stephen Chbosky
* Joey Comeau
* Justin Cronin
* Nick Cutter

## D

* Roald Dahl (1916–1990, Wales/England)
* Mark Z. Danielewski
* Walter de la Mare (1873–1956, England)
* Joe Donnelly
* Daphne du Maurier (1907–1989, England)
* Tananarive Due (born 1966, US)
* Lois Duncan
* Katherine Dunn
* Lord Dunsany (1878–1957, England/Ireland)

## E

* Bret Easton Ellis (born 1964, US)
* Harlan Ellison (1934–2018, US)
* Guy Endore (1901–1970, US)
* Mariana Enriquez

## F

* Gemma Files (born 1968, Canada)
* John Fowles

## G

* Neil Gaiman (born 1960, England)
* Charlotte Perkins Gilman (1860–1935, US)
* William Golding
* Sara Gran
* Mira Grant (born 1978, US)

## H

* Elizabeth Hand
* Thomas Harris (born 1940, US)
* Zakiya Dalila Harris
* Rachel Harrison
* Nathaniel Hawthorne (1804–1864, US)
* Grady Hendrix
* James Herbert (1943–2013, England)
* Thomas Olde Heuvelt
* Joe Hill
* Matt Hill
* Susan Hill
* Jennifer Hillier
* William Hope Hodgson (1877–1918, England/Belgium)
* Nalo Hopkinson (born 1960, Jamaica/Canada)
* Andrew Michael Hurley
* Shaun Hutson (born 1958, England)

## I

* Junji Ito (born 1963, Japan)

## J

* Shirley Jackson (1916–1965, US)
* W. W. Jacobs (1863–1943, England)
* Henry James (1843–1916, US/England)
* Simone St. James
* M. R. James (1862–1936, England)
* Daisy Johnson
* Stephen Graham Jones (born 1972, US)

## K

* Alma Katsu
* Jack Ketchum (1946–2018, US)
* Cassandra Khaw
* Caitlin R. Kiernan
* Stephen King (born 1947, US)
* T. E. D. Klein (born 1947, US)
* Kathe Koja (born 1960, US)
* Dean R. Koontz (born 1945, US)
* Daniel Kraus
* R.F. Kuang

## L

* John Langan (born 1969, US)
* Joe R. Lansdale (born 1951, US)
* Victor LaValle (born 1972, US)
* Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu
* Ira Levin (1929–2007, US)
* Matthew Lewis
* John Ajvide Lindqvist (born 1968, Sweden)
* Livia Llewellyn
* H. P. Lovecraft (1890–1937, US)
* Brian Lumley (born 1937, England)

## M

* Carmen Maria Machado
* Arthur Machen (1863–1947, Wales)
* Josh Malerman
* Robert Marasco
* William March
* George R. R. Martin (born 1948, US)
* Richard Matheson (1926–2013, US)
* Robert R. McCammon (born 1952, US)
* Michael McDowell
* Jennifer McMahon
* Sarah Monette
* David Moody
* Silvia Moreno-Garcia (born 1981, Mexico)
* Toni Morrison (1931–2019, US)
* Ottessa Moshfegh
* Ryu Murakami

## N

* Adam Nevill (born 1969, England)

## O

* Joyce Carol Oates (born 1938, US)
* Ellen Oh
* Helen Oyeyemi

## P

* Chuck Palahniuk (born 1962, US)
* Michelle Paver
* Tom Piccirilli
* Edgar Allan Poe (1809–1849, US)
* Laura Purcell

## R

* Ava Reid
* Anne Rice (1941–2021, US)
* Christina Georgina Rossetti

## S

* Riley Sager
* Joan Samson (1937–1976)
* Mary Shelley (1797–1851, England)
* Lionel Shriver
* Anne Rivers Siddons (1936–2019, US)
* Dan Simmons (born 1948, US)
* Jonathan Sims
* Scott Smith
* Clark Ashton Smith (1893–1961, US)
* R. L. Stine (born 1943, US)
* Bram Stoker (1847–1912, Ireland/England)
* Mats Strandberg
* Peter Straub (1943–2022, US)
* Whitley Strieber (born 1945, US)
* Charles Stross
* Koji Suzuki
* Søren Sveistrup

## T

* Sonya Taaffe
* Michael Talbot
* James Tiptree Jr. (pseudonym of Alice Bradley Sheldon)
* Paul Tremblay
* Thomas Tryon

## W

* Sarai Walker
* Catriona Ward
* Sarah Waters
* Edith Wharton (1862–1937, US)
* Oscar Wilde
* Kai Ashante Wilson
* David Wong (pseudonym of Jason Pargin)
* John Wyndham