page_title: List of science fiction authors
section_title: K
hierarchical_section_title: List of science fiction authors / K
caption_attribution_description: English: Stephen King, American author best known for his enormously popular horror novels. King was the 2003 recipient of The National Book Foundation's Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters. Taken at the 2007 New York Comicon.
context_page_description: Some notable science fiction authors:
context_section_description: 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 1928)
  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 (born 1935)
  Rudyard Kipling (1865–1936)
  John Kippax (1915–1974)
  Annette Curtis Klause (born 1953)
  Donald Kingsbury (born 1929)
  Hugh Kingsmill (1889–1949)
  David Barr Kirtley (born 1977)
  Gérard Klein (born 1937)
  Otis Adelbert Kline (1891–1946)
  Marko Kloos
  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)
  Henry Kuttner (1915–1958)
  David Kyle (1919–2016)
caption: Stephen King, 2007
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