page_title: List of science fiction authors
section_title: A
hierarchical_section_title: List of science fiction authors / A
caption_attribution_description: English: Author Margaret Atwood at the 2015 Texas Book Festival in Austin, Texas, United States.
context_page_description: Some notable science fiction authors:
context_section_description: 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)
  Brian Aldiss (1925–2017)
  David M. Alexander (born 1945)
  Lloyd Alexander (1924–2007)
  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)
  Kevin J. Anderson (born 1962)
  Poul Anderson (1926–2001)
  Patricia Anthony (born 1947)
  Piers Anthony (born 1934), Xanth
  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 (born 1945)
  Robert Asprin (1946–2008), MythAdventures, Phule's Company
  Francis Henry Atkins (1847–1927)
  A. A. Attanasio (born 1951)
  Margaret Atwood (born 1939)
  Ayerdhal (born 1959)
caption: Margaret Atwood, 2015
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