page_title: List of science fiction authors
section_title: B
hierarchical_section_title: List of science fiction authors / B
caption_attribution_description: Photo of Ray Bradbury.
context_page_description: Some notable science fiction authors:
context_section_description: Richard Bachman (pseudonym of Stephen King)
  Paolo Bacigalupi (born 1972)
  Hilary Bailey (born 1936)
  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 (born 1951)
  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 (born 1948)
  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)
  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 (born 1951)
  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 (born 1951)
  Michael Bishop (born 1945)
  Terry Bisson (born 1942)
  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)
  Nelson S. Bond (1908–2006)
  Kevin Bokeili (born 1963)
  John Boland (1913–1976)
  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 (born 1932)
  Leigh Brackett (1915–1978)
  Ray Bradbury (1920–2012)
  Marion Zimmer Bradley (1930–1999)
  Gillian Bradshaw (born 1956)
  Mark Brandis (1931–2000)
  Miles J. Breuer (1889–1945)
  Reginald Bretnor (1911–1992)
  David Brin (born 1950)
  Jason V Brock (born 1970)
  Damien Broderick (born 1944)
  Kristi Brooks (born 1980)
  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
  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)
caption: Ray Bradbury, 1975
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