Aside from Serling , who wrote or adapted nearly two-thirds of the series ' total episodes , writers for `` The Twilight Zone '' included leading authors such as Charles Beaumont , Ray Bradbury , Earl Hamner , Jr. , George Clayton Johnson , Richard Matheson , Reginald Rose , and Jerry Sohl .
Aside from Serling himself , who wrote nearly two-thirds of the series ' total episodes , writers for `` The Twilight Zone '' included authors such as Charles Beaumont , Richard Matheson , Jerry Sohl , George Clayton Johnson , Earl Hamner , Jr. , Reginald Rose , Harlan Ellison and Ray Bradbury .