List of fantasy authors

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Rafael Ábalos, (born 1956 ) author of Grimpow

Lynn Abbey, (born 1948)

Joe Abercrombie, (born 1974) author of The First Law series

Daniel Abraham, (born 1969) co-author of Leviathan Wakes

Douglas Adams, (1952–2001) author of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy series

Richard Adams, (born 1920) author of Watership Down

Alexandra Adornetto, (born 1992) author of The Strangest Adventures series

Joan Aiken, (1924–2004) author of The Wolves of Willoughby Chase

Wendy Alec, author of the Chronicles of Brothers series

Lloyd Alexander, (1924–2007) author of the Chronicles of Prydain

Alan Burt Akers, pseudonym of Kenneth Bulmer (1921-2005)

Hans Christian Andersen, (1805–1875) authored fairy tales, including The Little Mermaid

Poul Anderson, (1926–2001) author of The Broken Sword

Ilona Andrews, husband and wife writing team. Author of the Kate Daniels series and The Edge series

F. Anstey, (1856–1934) author of Vice Versa

Piers Anthony, (born 1934) author of Xanth

K.A. Applegate, (born 1956) author of Everworld

Tom Arden, (born 1961)

Kelley Armstrong, (born 1968) author of the Women of the Otherworld

Danilo Arona (born 1950)

Catherine Asaro, (born 1955)

Sarah Ash (born 1950)

Mike Ashley, (born 1948)

Nancy Asire, (born 1945)

Robert Lynn Asprin, (1946–2008) author of the Myth Adventures and contributing author to Thieves World

A. A. Attanasio, (born 1951) author of Radix

Amelia Atwater-Rhodes, (born 1984) author of In the Forests of the Night

Anselm Audley, (born 1982) author of the Aquasilva series

Fiona Avery, (born 1974)

Victoria Aveyard, (born 1990) author of the Red Queen series

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Robin Wayne Bailey, (born 1952) author of the Frost trilogy, Brothers of the Dragon trilogy, Dragonkin trilogy, Shadowdance, etc.

Keith Baker, (born 1969) freelance author of Dungeons & Dragons

R. Scott Bakker, (born 1967) author of the Prince of Nothing series

Catherine Banner, (born 1989) author of The Last Descendants series

Gloria Barberi, (born 1955) author of I Custodi

James Barclay, (born 1965) author of Chronicles of the Raven and Legends of the Raven, both trilogies

Leigh Bardugo

Clive Barker, (born 1952) author of the The Books of Abarat series

M. A. R. Barker (born 1929) author of the Tékumel series

William Barnwell, (born 1943) author of the Blessing Papers series

J. M. Barrie, (1860–1937) author of Peter Pan

T. A. Barron, (born 1952) author of Merlin Effect and The Lost Years of Merlin

Don Bassingthwaite, author of several Dungeons & Dragons gaming novels

Samit Basu, (born 1979) author of The Simoqin Prophecies and The Manticore's Secret

Gael Baudino, (born 1955) author of Dragonsword and Duel of Dragons

L. Frank Baum, (1856–1919) author of the Land of Oz series

Peter S. Beagle, (born 1939) author of The Last Unicorn and A Fine and Private Place

Elizabeth Bear (born 1971) author of Hammered

Frank Beddor author of The Looking Glass Wars

John Bellairs, (1938–1991) author of The Face in the Frost and The House with a Clock in Its Walls

Hans Bemmann, (1922–2003) author of The Stone and the Flute and Erwins Badezimmer

Stella Benson (1892–1933) author of Living Alone

Carol Berg

Ari Berk, (born 1967) author of the Undertaken Trilogy

Steve Berman, editor in the field of queer speculative fiction

Julie Bertagna, (born 1962) author of the Spark Gap series

Anne Bishop, author of the Black Jewels Trilogy

Holly Black, (born 1971) co-author of (with Tony DiTerlizzi) The Spiderwick Chronicles and Arthur Spiderwick's Field Guide to the Fantastical World Around You

James P. Blaylock, (born 1950)

Enid Blyton, (1897–1968) author of The Enchanted Wood and The Magic Faraway Tree

Maya Kaathryn Bohnhoff, (born 1954) author of The Meri

Pseudonymous Bosch, author of The Secret Series of books

Hannes Bok, (1914–1964) illustrator and author of The Sorcerer's Ship

Paula Brackston, author of The Witch's Daughter

Ray Bradbury, (1920–2012) author of Fahrenheit 451 and Something Wicked This Way Comes

Marion Zimmer Bradley, (1930–1999) author of the Darkover series and editor of the Sword and Sorceress series of anthologies

Rebecca Bradley, author of The Lady in Gil

Gillian Bradshaw, (born 1956) author of Hawk of May (also writes historical fiction and science fiction novels)

Ernest Bramah (1868–1942) author of the Kai Lung stories

Libba Bray, (born 1964) author of the Gemma Doyle Trilogy

Marie Brennan, author of Doppelganger

Peter V. Brett, (born 1973) author of The Painted Man and The Desert Spear

Rae Bridgman, author/illustrator of The MiddleGate Books - The Serpent's Spell, Amber Ambrosia, Fish & Sphinx

Patricia Briggs, (born 1965) author of Moon Called and Blood Bound

Kristen Britain, author of the Green Rider novels

C. Dale Brittain(born 1948), author of the Yurt novels

Terry Brooks, (born 1944) author of the Shannara novels, Magic Kingdom of Landover novels and Word & Void series

Steven Brust, (born 1955) author of the Dragaera novels

Col Buchanan, (born 1973) author of Farlander and Stands a Shadow

Michael Buckley, (born 1969) author of The Sisters Grimm series

Lela E. Buis

Lois McMaster Bujold, (born 1949) author of The Curse of Chalion and its sequels

Emma Bull, (born 1954) author of War for the Oaks

Kenneth Bulmer, (1921–2005) author of the Dray Prescot series

Chris Bunch, (1943–2005) author of Dragon Master Trilogy

Edgar Rice Burroughs, (1875–1950) author of the Tarzan novels

Jim Butcher, (born 1971) author of Dresden Files and Codex Alera novels

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Rachel Caine, (born 1962) author of the Weather Warden and Morganville Vampires novels

James Branch Cabell, (1879–1958) author of Biography of the Life of Manuel

Trudi Canavan, (born 1969) author of The Black Magician Trilogy and Age of the Five novels

Orson Scott Card, (born 1951) author of Ender's Game and Hart's Hope

Jacqueline Carey, (born 1964) author of Kushiel's Legacy and The Sundering

Isobelle Carmody, (born 1958) author of the Obernewtyn Chronicles and The Gathering

Jonathan Carroll, (born 1949) author of The Land of Laughs and Bones of the Moon

Lewis Carroll, (pseudonym of Charles Lutwidge Dodgson 1832-1898) author of Alice in Wonderland

Angela Carter, (1940–1992) author of Shadow Dance

Lin Carter, (1930–1988) editor of the Ballantine Adult Fantasy series and author of The Wizard of Lemuria

Vittorio Catani, (born 1940)

Juraj Červenák, (born 1974)

Mark Chadbourn, (born 1960) author of the Age of Misrule series

Jack L. Chalker, (1944–2005) author of Midnight at the Well of Souls

Robert W. Chambers, (1865–1933) author of The King in Yellow

Karen Chance, author of the Cassandra Palmer and Dorina Basarab novels

Joy Chant, (born 1945) author of Red Moon and Black Mountain

C. J. Cherryh, (born 1942) author of The Fortress Series

G. K. Chesterton, (1874–1936) author of The Man Who Was Thursday

Cinda Williams Chima (born 1952) author of The Heir Chronicles

Zen Cho (born 1986)

Massimo Citi, (born 1955)

Cassandra Clare, (born 1973), author of The Mortal Instruments

Susanna Clarke, (born 1959) author of Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell

Adrian Cole, (born 1949) author of the Dream Lords series

Sara Coleridge, (1802–1852) author of Phantasmion

Eoin Colfer, (born 1965) author of the Artemis Fowl series

Suzanne Collins, (born 1962) author of The Hunger Games, Catching Fire and Mockingjay

Storm Constantine, (born 1956) author of the Wraeththu series

Glen Cook, (born 1944) author of the Black Company novels and Garrett P.I. novels

Hugh Cook, (1956–2008) author of the Chronicles of an Age of Darkness

Rick Cook, (born 1944) author of the Wizardry series

Louise Cooper, (1952–2009) author of The Book of Paradox

Susan Cooper, (born 1935) author of The Dark Is Rising Sequence

Larry Correia, author of the Monster Hunter series and founder of the Sad Puppies movement

Elaine Corvidae, author of the Lord of Wind and Fire trilogy

John Crowley, (born 1942) author of Little, Big

Lilith Saintcrow, (born 1976) Strange Angels series

Elaine Cunningham, (born 1957) author of the Songs & Swords series

Jane Louise Curry, (born 1932) author of the Abaloc series

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Roald Dahl, (1916–1990) author of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and James and the Giant Peach

James Dashner, author of The Maze Runner

Avram Davidson, (1923–1993) author of The Phoenix and the Mirror

Sylvia Day, (born 1973) author of Bared to You

Adam James Dalton, (born 1970) author of the Flesh & Bone Trilogy

Pamela Dean, (born 1953) author of Tam Lin

John DeChancie, (born 1946) author of the Castle Perilous series

L. Sprague de Camp, (1907–2000) author of The Compleat Enchanter & Conan stories

Alessandro Defilippi

Michael de Larrabeiti, (1934–2008) author of The Borrible Trilogy

Charles de Lint, (born 1951) author of The Borderland Series

Kathryn Deans, author of Shimmer

Tom Deitz, (1952–2009) author of the David Sullivan series

Joseph Delaney, (born 1945) author of The Wardstone Chronicles

Troy Denning, (born 1958) author of Dark Sun (Dungeons & Dragons) and Star Wars books

Graham Diamond, (born 1949) author of The Haven

Tony DiTerlizzi, (born 1969) co-author of (with Holly Black) The Spiderwick Chronicles and Arthur Spiderwick's Field Guide to the Fantastical World Around You

Stephen Donaldson, (born 1947) author of The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant

Kevin Donoghue,(born 1967) author of "From The Devil We Came", "The Adventures of Robyn Nudd","The Rise of Germania" and "Svengali Junior"

Carole Nelson Douglas, (born 1944) author of the Sword and Circlet, Taliswoman, and Delilah Street series as well as Irene Adler Sherlockian suspense novels

Sara Douglass, (1957–2011) author of Wayfarer Redemption

Ann Downer, (born 1960) author of the Spellkey series

David Drake, (born 1945) author of the Lord of the Isles series

Tobias Druitt, author of Corydon and the Island of Monsters

Diane Duane, (born 1952) author of the Young Wizards novels

Dave Duncan, (born 1933) author of West of January

Lord Dunsany, (1878–1957) (Edward Plunkett) author of The King of Elfland's Daughter

Jeanne DuPrau, (born 1944) author of The City of Ember

David Anthony Durham, (born 1969) author of Acacia: The War With The Mein

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David Eddings, (1931–2009) author of Belgariad, Malloreon, Elenium, Tamuli and The Dreamers novels

E. R. Eddison, (1882–1945) author of The Worm Ouroboros

C. M. Eddy, Jr., (1896–1967) author of Exit Into Eternity: Tales of the Bizarre and Supernatural

Graham Edwards (born 1965) writer of the Dragoncharm and Stone and Sky trilogies

Phyllis Eisenstein, (born 1946), author of Shadow of Earth and Born to Exile

Mircea Eliade, (1907–1986) author of Bengal Nights

Kate Elliott, (born 1958) author of the Crown of Stars series

Harlan Ellison, (born 1934) anthologist and author of Mefisto in Onyx

Ernest Elmore, (1901–1957) author of The Lumpton Gobbelings

Michael Ende, (1929–1995) author of The Neverending Story

Steven Erikson, (born 1959), author of the Malazan Book of the Fallen

Lloyd Arthur Eshbach, (1910–2003) author and proprietor of Fantasy Press

Javier Abril Espinoza, (born 1967)

Ian Cameron Esslemont, (born 1962) author of the Novels of the Malazan Empire series

Rose Estes, creator of the Endless Quest gamebook series

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Karina Fabian, (born 1967)

Jennifer Fallon, (born 1959) author of Medalon

Nancy Yi Fan, (born 1993) author of Swordbird

David Farland (occasional pen name of Dave Wolverton), (born 1957) author of The Runelords series

Nancy Farmer, (born 1941) author of The Sea of Trolls

Philip Jose Farmer, (1918–2009) author of the Riverworld saga

Christine Feehan, author of the Dark series

Raymond E. Feist, (born 1945) author of the Riftwar Saga

Jean-Louis Fetjaine, (born 1956)

Jasper Fforde, (born 1961) author of the Thursday Next series

Charles G. Finney, (1905–1984) author of The Circus of Dr. Lao

John Flanagan, (born 1944) author of the Ranger's Apprentice series

Lynn Flewelling, (born 1958) author of The Nightrunner Series

Eric Flint, (born 1947) author of the Belisarius series

John M. Ford, (1957–2006) author of The Dragon Waiting

Kate Forsyth, (born 1966) author of the The Witches of Eileanan series

Alan Dean Foster, (born 1946) author of the Humanx Commonwealth novels, particularly those involving Flinx

Laura Frankos, (born 1960)

Steven Frankos, author of The Wheel Trilogy

Jackie French, (born 1953) author of Somewhere Around the Corner and Tajore Arkle

C. S. Friedman, (born 1957) author of Black Sun Rising

Cornelia Funke, (born 1958) author of the Inkheart trilogy, The Thief Lord, and Dragon Rider

Maggie Furey, (born 1955) author of The Artefacts of Power series

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Diana Gabaldon, (born 1952) author of the Outlander series

Neil Gaiman, (born 1960) author of novels, short stories, The Books of Magic and other graphic novels

Sara Gallardo, (1931–1988) author of Enero ("January") and El País del Humo ("Country of the Smoke")

Craig Shaw Gardner, (born 1949) author of the Dragon Circle series and film novelizations

Richard Garfinkle (fl. 1990s), author of All of an Instant

Alan Garner, (born 1934) author of Elidor and The Weirdstone of Brisingamen

Richard Garnett (1835–1906) author of The Twilight of the Gods and Other Tales

Randall Garrett, (born 1927) author of the Lord Darcy novels

David Gemmell, (1948–2006) author of the Drenai novels

Mary Gentle, (born 1956) author of Rats and Gargoyles

ElizaBeth Gilligan, author of Magic's Silken Snare and The Silken Shroud

Parke Godwin, (1929–2013) author of The Last Rainbow, Sherwood, Firelord

Christie Golden, (born 1963) author of Vampire of the Mists and books set in the universes of Star Trek, Warcraft, Star Wars and others

Christopher Golden, (born 1967) co-author (with Mike Mignola) of Baltimore, or The Steadfast Tin Soldier and the Vampire; books set in the Buffy the Vampire Slayer universe; and non-Buffy novels in the Ghosts of Albion series with Buffy actress Amber Benson

Julia Golding, (born 1969) author of the Companions Quartet and the Cat Royal series

Terry Goodkind, (born 1948) author of The Sword of Truth novels

Gayle Greeno, (born 1949) author of Finders Seekers

Ed Greenwood, (born 1959) author of The Elminster Series

Jim Grimsley, (born 1955) author of the high fantasy novel Kirith Kirin

Jeff Grubb, (born 1957) author of the Finder's Stone trilogy with Kate Novak

Gary Gygax, (1938–2008) author of Dungeons and Dragons, other game rules, and fantasy books

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Barbara Hambly, (born 1951) author of Those Who Hunt the Night

Greg Hamerton, (born 1973) author of the Tale of the Lifesong series

Laurell K. Hamilton, (born 1963) author of the Anita Blake: Vampire Hunter series

Traci Harding, (born 1964) author of The Ancient Future Trilogy

Lyndon Hardy, (born 1941) author of Master of the Five Magics

Charlaine Harris, (born 1951) author of The Southern Vampire Mysteries series, which HBO adapted as the TV series True Blood

Geraldine Harris, (born 1951) Egyptologist and author of Prince of the Godborn

Edith Ogden Harrison, (1862-1955) author of Prince Silverwings

Kim Harrison (pen name of Dawn Cook), (born 1966) author of the Rachel Morgan / The Hollows series

M. John Harrison, (born 1945) author of works set in the fictional city of Viriconium; literary editor of the New Wave science fiction magazine New Worlds

Petra Hartmann, (born 1970)

Simon Hawke, (born 1951) author of The Wizard of 4th Street

Hayami Yuji, (born 1961)

Elizabeth Haydon, (born 1965) author of the Symphony of Ages series

Bernhard Hennen, (born 1966)

Frank Herda, (born 1947), author of The Cup of Death: Chronicles of the Dragons of the Magi

Tracy Hickman, (born 1955) author of the Dragonlance novels

Jim C. Hines, (born 1974) author of The Goblin Master's Grimoire

Robin Hobb, (born 1952) pseudonym of Margaret Astrid Lindholm Ogden who also writes as Megan Lindholm; author of Assassin's Apprentice

John C. Hocking, (born 1960) author of Conan and the Emerald Lotus

P. C. Hodgell, (born 1951) author of God Stalk

William Hope Hodgson, (1877–1918) author of The House on the Borderland

E. T. A. Hoffmann, (1776–1822) author of "The Nutcracker" and other fantastic stories

Wolfgang Hohlbein, (born 1953) author of Magic Moon

Robert Holdstock, (1948–2009) author of Mythago Wood

Tom Holt, (born 1961) writes mostly humorous fantasy, such as Who's Afraid of Beowulf?; also writes as K. J. Parker

Nina Kiriki Hoffman, (born 1955) author of The Thread That Binds the Bones

Anthony Horowitz, (born 1955) author of The Power of Five series and Groosham Grange

Elaine Horseman (1925–1999), author of Hubble's Bubble, The Hubbles' Treasure Hunt and The Hubbles and the Robot

Robert E. Howard, (1906–1936) creator of Conan the Barbarian

Tanya Huff, (born 1957) author of Blood Price

Barry Hughart, (born 1934) author of Chinese historical fantasies such as Bridge of Birds

Robert Don Hughes, (born 1949)

Stephen Hunt, author of the Jackelian novels (steampunk; beginning with The Court of the Air)

Faith Hunter, author of the Rogue Mage series, the Jane Yellowrock series, and (soon) the Soulwood trilogy

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Francisco Javier Illán Vivas, (born 1958)

Ian Irvine, (born 1950) author of The View from the Mirror

Eva Ibbotson, (1925–2010) author of Which Witch? and The Secret of Platform 13

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Benedict Jacka, author of the Alex Verus series

Steve Jackson, (co)author of many Fighting Fantasy books

Brian Jacques, (1939–2011) author of the Redwall series

L. Dean James, (born 1947) author of Sorcerer's Stone

Tove Jansson, (1914–2001) author of the Moomin novels

N. K. Jemisin, (born 1972) author of The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms

K. V. Johansen, (born 1968) author of Torrie and the Dragon

Carrie Jones, author of the Need series and After Obsession

Diana Wynne Jones, (1934–2011) author of the Chrestomanci series and Howl's Moving Castle

Ivan Jones, author of The Ghost Hunter series

J. V. Jones, (born 1963) author of The Baker's Boy

Robert Jordan (pseudonym of James Oliver Rigney, Jr.), (1948–2007) author of The Wheel of Time series

Graham Joyce, (1954–2014)

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Lene Kaaberbøl, (born 1960) author of The Shamer Chronicles

Lauren Kate, (born 1981) author of "The Fallen" series

Guy Gavriel Kay, (born 1954) author of The Fionavar Tapestry and Tigana

Paul Kearney, (born 1967) author of the Monarchies of God series

David Keck, author of the Durand Col series

Sylvia Kelso, author of the The Rihannar Chronicles

Debra A. Kemp, (1957–2015) author of Arthurian novels The Firebrand and The Recruit

Paul S. Kemp, author of Twilight Falling (set in the world of the Forgotten Realms, and based on the Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game)

Katharine Kerr, (born 1944) author of the Deverry novels and others

Greg Keyes, (born 1963) author of The Kingdoms of Thorn and Bone series

Caitlín R. Kiernan, (born 1964) author of Tales of Pain and Wonder

Stephen King, (born 1947) author of The Eyes of the Dragon and The Dark Tower Series

Russell Kirkpatrick, (born 1961) author of Fire of Heaven trilogy

Mindy L. Klasky, author of The Glasswrights' Apprentice

Annette Curtis Klause, (born 1953) author of The Silver Kiss

Richard A. Knaak, (born 1961) contributor of books to the series Dragonlance, Warcraft, and others

Mary Robinette Kowal, (born 1969) author of Shades of Milk and Honey

Feliks W. Kres (a pseudonym of Witold Chmielecki), (born 1966)

Michael Kurland (born 1938) author of The Unicorn Girl

Katherine Kurtz, (born 1944) author of the Deryni novels

Ellen Kushner, (born 1955) author of Thomas the Rhymer

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Mercedes Lackey, (born 1950) author of the Velgarth/Valdemar novels

R. A. Lafferty, (1914–2002) author of Fourth Mansions

Sterling E. Lanier, (1927–2007) editor; author of The Peculiar Exploits of Brigadier Ffellowes

Stephen R. Lawhead, (born 1950) author of In the Hall of the Dragon King

Mary Soon Lee, (born 1965) author of The Sign of the Dragon

Tanith Lee, (born 1947) author of the Tales from the Flat Earth series

Lee Yeongdo, (born 1972) author of the Dragon Raja

Ursula K. Le Guin, (born 1929) author of the Earthsea novels

Fritz Leiber, (1910–1992) author of the Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser stories

Valery Leith, (born 1968) pseudonym of Tricia Sullivan

Madeleine L'Engle, (1918–2007) author of A Wrinkle in Time

C.S. Lewis, (1898–1963) author of The Chronicles of Narnia series, The Space Trilogy, and The Screwtape Letters

Ash Lieb, (born 1982) author of The Secret well

Astrid Lindgren, (1907–2002), author of Pippi Longstocking

Megan Lindholm, (born 1952) pseudonym of Margaret Astrid Lindholm Ogden who also writes as Robin Hobb

David Lindsay, (1876–1945) author of A Voyage to Arcturus

Jane Lindskold, (born 1962) author of the Firekeeper saga

Holly Lisle, (born 1960) author of The Secret Texts and Korre series

Ken Liu, (born 1976)

Ian Livingstone, (co)author of many Fighting Fantasy books

Massimo Lo Jacono

H. P. Lovecraft, author of Cthulhu mythos

Helen Lowe, (born 1961) author of the Heir of Night series

Lois Lowry, (born 1937) author of The Giver and Gathering Blue

Elizabeth A. Lynn, (born 1946) author of The Chronicles of Tornor

Patricia Lynch, (1894–1972) author of The Turf-cutter's Donkey

Scott Lynch, (born 1978) author of The Gentleman Bastard sequence

Ruth Frances Long, (born 1971) author of The Treachery of Beautiful Things

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Sarah J. Maas, (born 1986)

Julian May, (born 1931)

R. A. MacAvoy, (born 1949) author of Tea with the Black Dragon

George MacDonald, (1824–1905) author of Lilith

D. J. MacHale, (born 1956) author of the Pendragon series

Arthur Machen, (1863–1947) author of The Great God Pan

Violette Malan, author of The Mirror Prince

Lisa Mantchev, author of Eyes Like Stars

Juliet Marillier, (born 1948) author of the Sevenwaters Trilogy

Stephen Marley, author of the Chia Black Dragon series

George R. R. Martin, (born 1948) author of A Song of Ice and Fire

Thomas K. Martin, (born 1960)

John Masefield (1878–1967)

Anne McCaffrey, (1926-2011) author of the Dragonriders of Pern series

Brian McClellan, author of The Powder Mage trilogy

Seanan McGuire, (born 1978) author of Rosemary and Rue; also writes as Mira Grant (Feed)

Fiona McIntosh, (born 1960) author of the Quickening series

Juliet E. McKenna, (born 1965) author of The Thief's Gamble

Dennis L. McKiernan, (born 1932) author of The Iron Tower

Patricia A. McKillip, (born 1948) author of The Riddle-Master of Hed

Richelle Mead, (born 1976) author of the Vampire Academy and the Bloodlines series

Robin McKinley, (born 1952) author of the Damar stories

Virginia G. McMorrow

O. R. Melling, author of The Hunter's Moon

Abraham Merritt, (1884–1943) author of The Moon Pool

Gustav Meyrink, (1868–1932) author of The Golem

Marissa Meyer, (born 1984) author of The Lunar Chronicles series

Stephenie Meyer, (born 1973) author of the Twilight series

China Miéville, (born 1972) author of Perdido Street Station

Karen Miller, author of The Innocent Mage

A.A. Milne, (1882–1956) author of Winnie-the-Pooh and The House at Pooh Corner

Hope Mirrlees, (1887–1978) author of Lud-in-the-Mist

L. E. Modesitt, Jr., (born 1943) author of the Recluce novels

Elizabeth Moon, (born 1945) author of The Deed of Paksenarrion

Michael Moorcock, (born 1939) author of the Eternal Champion sequence

Christopher Moore, (born 1957) author of Practical Demonkeeping

Caiseal Mór, author of 12 novels including The Wanderers and The Watchers trilogies.

John Morressy, (1930–2006) author of The Domesticated Wizard

Chris Morris, (born 1946)

Janet Morris, (born 1946)

William Morris, (1834–1896) author of The Wood Beyond the World and The Well at the World's End

H. Warner Munn, (1903–1981) author of Merlin's Ring

C. E. Murphy, (born 1973) author of Coyote Dreams

Pat Murphy (born 1955), author of The Falling Woman

Gary Myers, (born 1952) author of The House of the Worm

John Myers Myers, (1906–1988) author of Silverlock

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Robert Nathan, (1894–1985) author of Portrait of Jennie

Geoff Nelder, (born 1947) author of Exit, Pursued by a Bee

Robert Newcomb, author of A March into Darkness

William Nicholson, (born 1948) author of The Wind Singer

Douglas Niles, author of the Watershed trilogy and other series

Jenny Nimmo, (born 1944) author of Children of the Red King and The Magician Trilogy

Larry Niven, (born 1938) author of "The Magic May Return"

Garth Nix, (born 1963) author of Sabriel and sequels

Charles Nodier (1790–1844)

Alyson Noël, author of Evermore (novel)

John Norman, (born 1931) author of the Gor series

Andre Norton, (1912–2005) author of High Sorcery

Kate Novak, author of the Finder's Stone trilogy with Jeff Grubb

Naomi Novik, author of the Temeraire series

Jody Lynn Nye, author of the Mythology 101 series and co author of the Myth Adventures series with Robert Asprin.

Eric S. Nylund, (born 1964)

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Raven Oak (born 1977), author of the Boahim Series

Andrew Offutt (born 1934)

Noriko Ogiwara

Nnedi Okorafor

Dan O'Sullivan

Thomas Owen

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Christopher Paolini (born 1983) author of the Inheritance Cycle

Richard Parks (born 1955)

Michelle Paver, author of The Chronicles of Ancient Darkness series

Diana L. Paxson, (born 1943) author of Brísingamen

Mervyn Peake, (1911–1968) author of the Gormenghast series

Frank E. Peretti, (born 1951) author of This Present Darkness and The Oath

Anne Perry, (born 1938) author of Tathea

Nick Perumov, (born 1963) author of "Ring of Darkness", "Chronicles of Hjorward" and "Keeper of Swords" series

Uroš Petrović, (born 1967)

Eden Philpotts, (1862–1960) author of Lycanthrope: The Mystery of Sir William Wolf

Meredith Ann Pierce, (born 1958) author of The Darkangel Trilogy

Tamora Pierce, (born 1954) author of the Tortall books, The Song of the Lioness series and the Circle of Magic books

Ricardo Pinto, (born in 1961) author of The Stone Dance of the Chameleon series

Tim Powers, (born 1952) author of The Anubis Gates

Anne Plichota, author of Oksa Pollock

Terry Pratchett, (1948–2015) author of Discworld

Fletcher Pratt, (1897–1956) author of The Well of the Unicorn

Philip Pullman, (born 1946) author of His Dark Materials trilogy

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Melanie Rawn, (born 1954) author of Dragon Prince

Philip Reeve, author of Mortal Engines quartet and Fever Crumb Series

Mickey Zucker Reichert, (pseudonym of Miriam Susan Zucker Reichert, born 1962) author of the Renshai series, based on Norse mythology

Anne Rice, (born 1941) author of The Vampire Chronicles

Rick Riordan, (born 1964) author of the "Percy Jackson and the Olympians" and "Heroes of Olympus"series

Jennifer Roberson, (born 1953) author of the Sword-Dancer Saga

Katherine Roberts, (born 1962) author of The Echorium Sequence trilogy

Kenneth Robeson, (pseudonym of Lester Dent among others) Doc Savage stories

Michael Scott Rohan, (born 1951) author of the Winter of the World series

Joel Rosenberg, (1954–2011) author of the Guardians of the Flame series

Patrick Rothfuss, (born 1973) author of The Name of the Wind

Veronica Roth, author of Divergent series

J. K. Rowling, (born 1965) author of the Harry Potter series

Don Roff, (born 1966) author of Zombies: A Record of the Year of Infection

Kristine Kathryn Rusch, (born 1960) Fey series and others, former editor of F&SF

Sean Russell, (born 1952) author of Moontide and Magic Rise

Anthony Ryan, author of the "Raven's Shadow" series

Jessica Rydill, (born 1959) author of Children of the Shaman

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Fred Saberhagen, (1930–2007) author of the Empire of the East series

Michelle Sagara, author of the Sundered series

Angie Sage, author of the Septimus Heap series

R.A. Salvatore, (born 1959) author of the Drizzt novels

Brandon Sanderson, (born 1975) author of the Mistborn series

Andrzej Sapkowski, (born 1948)

Charles R. Saunders, (born 1946) author of Imaro

Lawrence M. Schoen, (born 1959) author of the Conroyverse series

Martin Scott, (born 1959), author of "Thraxas"

Darren Shan, author of The Saga of Darren Shan, The Demonata and short stories

Robert Sheckley, (1928–2005)

Mary Shelley, (1797–1851) author of Frankenstein and short stories

Will Shetterly, (born 1955) author of Dogland

Tony Shillitoe, (born 1955) author of The Andrakis Trilogy

Sharon Shinn, (born 1957) author of The Twelve Houses series

Gary Shipman, (born 1966) author of Pakkins' Land

Rhoda Shipman, (born 1968) author of Pakkins' Land

Robert Silverberg, (born 1935) author of the Majipoor series

William Mark Simmons (Wm. Mark Simmons), (born 1953)

Johanna Sinisalo, (born 1958)

Isaac Bashevis Singer, (1902–1991)

Clark Ashton Smith, (1893–1961) one of "the big three of Weird Tales, along with Robert E. Howard and H. P. Lovecraft"; author of Out of Space and Time

Guy Smith (writer), (born 1957)

L.J. Smith (born 1965) author of the Night World, the Vampire Diaries and the Secret Circle series

Mark Andrew Smith, author of The New Brighton Archeological Society

Sherwood Smith, (born 1951) author of Wren to the Rescue

Thorne Smith, (1892–1934) author of Topper, on which a 1937 comedy film was based

S. P. Somtow (pseudonym of Somtow Sucharitkul, born 1952), author of Vampire Junction

Alison Spedding, (born 1962) author of The Road and the Hills

Wen Spencer, (born 1963) author of Elfhome

Nancy Springer, (b. 1948) author of The White Hart

Michael A. Stackpole, (born 1957) author of A Secret Atlas; best known for his Star Wars and BattleTech books

Christopher Stasheff, (born 1944) author of The Warlock in Spite of Himself

Brooke Stevens, author of The Circus of the Earth and the Air

Mary Stewart, (born 1916) author of The Crystal Cave

Paul Stewart, author of The Edge Chronicles

Caroline Stevermer, (born 1955) author of The Serpent's Egg

Frank R. Stockton, (1834–1902) author of "The Lady, or the Tiger?"

James Stoddard, author of The High House

David Lee Stone, author of The Illmoor Chronicles

Charles Stross, (born 1964) author of science fiction, Lovecraftian horror and fantasy

Jonathan Stroud, author of The Bartimaeus Trilogy

Tricia Sullivan, (born 1968) writes fantasy as Valery Leith (The Company of Glass)

Michael J. Sullivan, (born 1961) author of The Riyria Revelations

Thomas Burnett Swann, (1928–1976) author of The Day of the Minotaur

Jonathan Swift, (1667–1745) author of Gulliver's Travels

Mitzi Szereto, author of In Sleeping Beauty's Bed: Erotic Fairy Tales and editor of Thrones of Desire: Erotic Tales of Swords, Mist and Fire

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Graeme K. Talboys, author of Stealing into Winter

Yoshiki Tanaka, author of The Heroic Legend of Arslan

Charles R. Tanner, (1896–1974) author of "Angus MacAuliffe and the Gowden Tooch"

Judith Tarr, (born 1955) author of The Hound and the Falcon

Roger Taylor, author of the Chronicles of Hawklan

Adrian Tchaikovsky, author of the Shadows of the Apt series

Tais Teng, (born 1952) author of "Palimpsests"

Sheri S. Tepper, (born 1929) author of The True Game series

Karin Tidbeck, (born 1977) author of Jagannath

Lavie Tidhar, (born 1976) author of A Man Lies Dreaming

Patrick Tilley, (born 1928) author of The Amtrak Wars series

Eldon Thompson, (born 1974) author of The Legend of Asahiel series

Kate Thompson, (born 1956) author of Switchers

J. R. R. Tolkien, (1892–1973) author of The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings and The Silmarillion

Harry Turtledove, (born 1949) author of the Videssos series and Darkness series

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Unno Juza, (1897–1949)

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Eric van Lustbader, (born 1946) author of The Pearl Saga

Jack Vance, (1916–2013) (John Holbrook Vance) author of the Dying Earth series, the Lyonesse Trilogy and the Demon Princes series

Jules Verne, (1828–1905) author of Around the World in Eighty Days and Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea

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Tim Waggoner, author of Thieves of Blood

Karl Edward Wagner, (1945–1994) author of Kane

Mervyn Wall, (1908–1997) author of The Unfortunate Fursey

Evangeline Walton, (1907–1996) author of Prince of Annwn

Jo Walton, (born 1964) author of Among Others

Freda Warrington, author of Elfland, A Taste of Blood Wine, the Blackbird sequence, Dracula the Undead, Dark Cathedral, and others

Lawrence Watt-Evans, (born 1954) author of Out of This World

Catherine Webb, (born 1986) author of Mirror Dreams

David Weber, (born 1952) author of Oath of Swords

Brent Weeks, (born 1977) author of The Way of Shadows

Margaret Weis, (born 1948) co-author of several Dragonlance books

Manly Wade Wellman, (1903–1986) author of Worse Things Waiting

Angus Wells, (1943–2006) author of Forbidden Magic

Martha Wells, (born 1964) author of City of Bones

Suzanne Weyn, (born 1955) author of children's and young adult science fiction and fantasy novels and numerous film novelizations

Chuck Whelon, (born 1969) cartoonist and creator of the humorous fantasy webcomic serial "Pewfell"

E. B. White, (1899–1985) author of Charlotte's Web and Stuart Little

T.H. White, (1906–1964) (Terence Hanbury White) author of The Once and Future King

Jack Whyte, (born 1940) author of Arthurian novels such as The Skystone

Cherry Wilder, (1930–2002) author of The Wanderer

Paul O. Williams, (1935–2009)

Tad Williams, (born 1957) author of the Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn trilogy

Terri Windling, (born 1958) author of the Bordertown series

Cendrine Wolf, author of Oksa Pollock

Gene Wolfe, (born 1931) author of The Shadow of the Torturer

Patricia Wrede, author of the Lyra books

John C. Wright, (born 1961) author of the Orphans of Chaos and Last Guardian of Everness series

Kirby Wright, author of The End, My Friend

Janny Wurts, author of the Wars of Light and Shadow and the Empire Trilogy (with Raymond E. Feist)

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Yamamura Bocho

Nicholas Yermakov, (original name of Simon Hawke; born 1951)

Jane Yolen, (born 1939) author of Briar Rose

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Roger Zelazny, (1937–1995) author of The Chronicles of Amber

Sarah Zettel, (born 1966) author of A Sorcerer's Treason