List of fantasy authors

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This partial list of fantasy authors. Category:Fantasy writers will eventually be more complete than this list.

A

• Lynn Abbey (born 1948)
• Joe Abercrombie
• Daniel Abraham
• Richard Adams, (born 1920) author of Watership Down
• Joan Aiken, (1924-2004)
• Lloyd Alexander, (1924-2007) author of the Chronicles of Prydain
• Alan Burt Akers, pseudonym of Kenneth Bulmer
• Hans Christian Andersen, (1805-1875) authored fairy tales, including The Little Mermaid
• Poul Anderson, (1926-2001)
• F. Anstey, (1856-1934)
• Piers Anthony, (born 1934) author of Xanth
• K.A. Applegate, (born 1956) author of Everworld
• Tom Arden, (born 1966)
• Kelley Armstrong, author of the Women of the Otherworld
• Danilo Arona
• Sarah Ash
• Mike Ashley
• Nancy Asire
• Robert Lynn Asprin, (1946-2008) author of the Myth Adventures and contributing author to Thieves World
• A.A. Attanasio, (born 1951)
• Amelia Atwater-Rhodes, (born 1984)
• Anselm Audley, (born 1982)
• Fiona Avery

B

• Keith Baker
• R. Scott Bakker, (born 1967) author of the Prince of Nothing series
• Ashok K. Banker, (born 1964) author of the "Ramayana" series
• Gloria Barberi, (born 1955)
• James Barclay
• Clive Barker, author of the Abarat series
• William Barnwell, (born 1943) author of the Blessing Papers series
• J.M. Barrie
• T.A. Barron
• Don Bassingthwaite
• Samit Basu
• Gael Baudino
• L. Frank Baum, (1856-1919) author of the Land of Oz series
• Peter S. Beagle, (born 1939)
• Frank Beddor author of the Alyss in Wonderland trilogy
• John Bellairs, (1938-1991)
• Carol Berg
• Steve Berman
• Julie Bertagna
• James Bibby
• Anne Bishop, author of the Black Jewels Trilogy
• Holly Black
• James P. Blaylock, (born 1950)
• Maya Kaathryn Bohnhoff, (born 1954)
• Pseudonymous Bosch author of The Name of This Book is Secret and If you're reading this, it's too late
• Hannes Bok, (1914-1964)
• Charlotte Boyett-Compo, (born 1948), author of the WindLegends and WindVerse series of novels and the creator of the Reaper vampire/werewolf characters
• Ray Bradbury (born 1920)
• Marion Zimmer Bradley, (1930-1999) author of the Darkover series and editor of the Sword and Sorceress series of anthologies
• Rebecca Bradley
• Gillian Bradshaw, (born 1956) (also writes historical fiction and science fiction novels)
• Ernest Bramah (1868-1942) author of the Kai Lung stories
• Libba Bray
• Marie Brennan, author of Doppelganger
• Patricia Briggs, author of Moon Called and Blood Bound
• Kristen Britain, author of the Green Rider novels
• C. Dale Brittain, 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
• Lois McMaster Bujold
• Emma Bull
• Kenneth Bulmer
• Chris Bunch
• Edgar Rice Burroughs, author of Tarzan of the Apes novels
• Jim Butcher, (born 1971), author of Dresden Files and Codex Alera novels

C

• Rachel Caine, author of the Weather Warden and Morganville Vampires novels
• James Branch Cabell, (1879-1958)
• Trudi Canavan, author of the "The Black Magician Trilogy" and "Age of the Five" novels
• Orson Scott Card, author of the Ender's Game & Hart's Hope
• Jacqueline Carey
• Jonathan Carroll
• Lewis Carroll, (pseudonym of Charles Lutwidge Dodgson 1832-1898) author of Alice in Wonderland
• Lin Carter, (1930-1988)
• Vittorio Catani, (born 1940)
• Juraj Červenák, (born 1974)
• Mark Chadbourn
• Robert W. Chambers, author of "The King in Yellow"
• Jack L. Chalker, (1944-2005)
• C. J. Cherryh, (born 1942)
• G. K. Chesterton, (1874-1936)
• Massimo Citi, (born 1955)
• Cassandra Clare, author of The Mortal Instruments
• Susanna Clarke
• David B. Coe
• Ronan Coghlan, author of Sherlockian fantasy.
• Adrian Cole
• Eoin Colfer, (born 1965), author of the "Artemis Fowl (series)"
• Suzanne Collins
• Storm Constantine, (born 1956)
• Glen Cook, (born 1944) author of the Black Company novels and Garrett P.I. novels
• Hugh Cook, (born 1956) author of the Chronicles of an Age of Darkness
• Rick Cook, author of the Wizardry series
• Louise Cooper, (1952-2009)
• Susan Cooper, (born 1935) author of the The Dark Is Rising Sequence
• Elaine Corvidae
• John Crowley, (born 1942)
• Elaine Cunningham
• Jane Louise Curry

D

• Avram Davidson, (1923-1993)
• S. J. Day, (born 1973)
• Pamela Dean, (born 1953)
• John DeChancie
• L. Sprague de Camp, (1907-2000) author of The Compleat Enchanter & Conan stories
• Alessandro Defilippi
• Michael de Larrabeiti, (born 1934)
• Charles de Lint, (born 1951)
• Kathryn Deans, author of Shimmer
• Tom Deitz, (1952-2009)
• Troy Denning
• Graham Diamond
• Stephen Donaldson, (born 1947) author of The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant
• Sara Douglass
• Ann Downer, (born 1960)
• David Drake
• Tobias Druitt, author of the Corydon Trilogy
• Diane Duane, (born 1952) author of the Young Wizards
• Dave Duncan
• Lord Dunsany, (1878-1957) (Edward Plunkett)
• Jeanne DuPrau
• David Anthony Durham, (born 1969) author of Acacia: The War With The Mein

E

• David Eddings, (1931-2009) author of Belgariad, Malloreon, Elenium, Tamuli and The Dreamers novels
• E. R. Eddison, (1882–1945) author of The Worm Ouroboros
• 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)
• Kate Elliott, (born 1958) author of the Crown of Stars series
• Harlan Ellison, (born 1934)
• Steven Erikson, (born 1959), author of the Malazan Book of the Fallen
• Javier Abril Espinoza, (born 1967)
• Ian Cameron Esslemont, author of the Novels of the Malazan Empire series
• Lloyd Arthur Eshbach, (1910–2003) author and proprietor of Fantasy Press
• Rose Estes

F

• Jennifer Fallon
• Nancy Yi Fan, author of Swordbird
• David Farland, author of The Runelords series
• Nancy Farmer, (born 1941)
• Philip Jose Farmer, (born 1918) 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
• Lynn Flewelling, (born 1958)
• Eric Flint, author of the Belisarius series
• John M. Ford, (1957-2006) author of The Dragon Waiting
• Alan Dean Foster, (born 1946) author of the Humanx Commonwealth novels, particularly those involving Flinx
• Laura Frankos, (born 1960)
• Steven Frankos
• C. S. Friedman
• Cornelia Funke, author of Inkworld trilogy, The Thief Lord, and Dragon Rider
• Maggie Furey

G

• Diana Gabaldon, (born 1952)
• Neil Gaiman, (born 1960) author of novels, short stories, The Books of Magic and other graphic novels
• Sara Gallardo (1931-1988), Argentinian
• 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
• ElizaBeth Gilligan
• Christie Golden
• Christopher Golden
• Terry Goodkind, (born 1948) author of The Sword of Truth novels
• Gayle Greeno
• Jim Grimsley, author of the high fantasy novel Kirith Kirin
• Jeff Grubb, author of the Finder's Stone trilogy with Kate Novak
• Jyoti Guptara, (born 1988) twin co-author of Conspiracy of Calaspia
• Suresh Guptara, (born 1988) twin co-author of Conspiracy of Calaspia
• Gary Gygax, (1938-2008) author of Dungeons and Dragons, other game rules, and fantasy books

H

• Barbara Hambly, (born 1951)
• Laurell K. Hamilton, (born 1963) author of the Anita Blake: Vampire Hunter series
• Traci Harding
• Lyndon Hardy
• Charlaine Harris
• Geraldine Harris
• Edith Ogden Harrison
• Kim Harrison
• M. John Harrison, (born 1945)
• Simon Hawke, (born 1951)
• Hayami Yuji, (born 1961)
• Elizabeth Haydon
• Tracy Hickman, author of the Dragonlance novels
• Jim C. Hines, (born 1974)
• Robin Hobb, (born 1952) pseudonym of Margaret Astrid Lindholm Ogden who also writes as Megan Lindholm
• John C. Hocking, (born 1960)
• P. C. Hodgell, (born 1951)
• William Hope Hodgson, (1877-1918)
• E. T. A. Hoffmann, (1776-1822) author of "The Nutcracker" and other fantastic stories
• Wolfgang Hohlbein (born 1953)
• Robert Holdstock (1948-2009)
• Tom Holt, (born 1961) writes mostly humorous fantasy
• Nina Kiriki Hoffman, (born 1955)
• Robert E. Howard, (1906-1936) creator of Conan the Barbarian
• Tanya Huff
• Barry Hughart, writes Chinese historical fantasies
• Robert Don Hughes, (born 1949)
• Stephen Hunt, author of the Jackelian novels

I

• Francisco Javier Illán Vivas, (born 1958)
• Ian Irvine, (born 1950)
• Eva Ibbotson,

J

• Brian Jacques, (born 1939) author of the Redwall series
• L. Dean James, (born 1947)
• Tove Jansson, (1914-2001) author of the Moomin novels
• K. V. Johansen, (born 1968)
• Diana Wynne Jones, (born 1934) author of the Chrestomanci series
• Ivan Jones (author), The Ghost Hunter Series
• J. V. Jones
• Robert Jordan (pseudonym of James Oliver Rigney, Jr.), (1948-2007) author of The Wheel of Time series

K

• Lene Kaaberbøl, (born 1960) author of the Shamer series
• Guy Gavriel Kay, (born 1954) author of The Fionavar Tapestry and Tigana
• Paul Kearney, (born 1967)
• David Keck, author of Durand Col series
• Sylvia Kelso
• Debra A. Kemp, (born 1957)
• Paul S. Kemp
• Katharine Kerr, (born 1944) author of the Deverry novels and others
• Greg Keyes
• Caitlin R. Kiernan, (born 1964)
• Stephen King 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
• Annette Curtis Klause
• Richard A. Knaak, (born 1961)
• Feliks W. Kres
• Katherine Kurtz, (born 1944) author the Deryni novels
• Ellen Kushner

L

• Mercedes Lackey, (born 1950) author of the Velgarth/Valdemar novels
• R.A. Lafferty, (1914-2002)
• Sterling E. Lanier, (1927-2007)
• Rick Law, (born 1969)
• Stephen R. Lawhead, (born 1950)
• Tanith Lee, (born 1947)
• 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
• 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)
• Jane Lindskold, author of the Firekeeper saga
• Holly Lisle, (born 1960) author of The Secret Texts series
• Massimo Lo Jacono
• Karawynn Long, (born 1970)
• H. P. Lovecraft, (1890-1937) author of the Cthulhu mythos stories
• Lois Lowry, (born 1937)
• Elizabeth A. Lynn
• Scott Lynch, (born 1978) author of The Gentleman Bastard sequence

M

• Julian May
• R. A. MacAvoy, (born 1949)
• George MacDonald, (1824-1905) author of Lilith
• D. J. MacHale, (born 1956) author of the Pendragon series
• Arthur Machen, (1863-1947)
• Juliet Marillier, 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)
• Anne McCaffrey, (born 1926) author of the Dragonriders of Pern novels and the Brainship stories
• Fiona McIntosh
• Juliet E. McKenna
• Dennis L. McKiernan, (born 1932)
• Patricia A. McKillip, (born 1948)
• Robin McKinley, (born 1952) author of the Damar stories
• Virginia G. McMorrow
• O.R. Melling
• Abraham Merritt, (1884-1943)
• Gustav Meyrink, (1868-1932)
• China Miéville, (born 1972)
• A.A. Milne - Author of Winnie The Pooh
• 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)
• Michael Moorcock, (born 1939) author of the Eternal Champion sequence
• Christopher Moore
• Caiseal Mór, author of 12 novels including The Wanderers and The Watchers trilogies.
• John Morressy
• Chris Morris, (born 1946)
• Janet Morris, (born 1946)
• William Morris, (1834-1896)
• H. Warner Munn, (1903-1981)
• C. E. Murphy
• Pat Murphy
• John Myers Myers, (1906-1988)

N

• Robert Nathan, (1894–1985) author of Portrait of Jennie
• Robert Newcomb
• William Nicholson, (born 1948)
• Douglas Niles, author of the Watershed trilogy and other series
• Jenny Nimmo, author of the Charlie Bone series and The Magician Trilogy
• Garth Nix, (born 1963) author of Sabriel and sequels
• John Norman, (born 1931) author of the Gor series
• Andre Norton, (born 1912)
• Kate Novak, author of the Finder's Stone trilogy with Jeff Grubb
• Naomi Novik, author of the Temeraire series
• Eric S. Nylund

O

• Noriko Ogiwara
• Nnedi Okorafor

P

• Christopher Paolini (born 1983) author of the Inheritance cycle
• Michelle Paver
• Diana L. Paxson (born 1943)
• 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)
• 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)
• Meredith Ann Pierce, (born 1958)
• 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
• Terry Pratchett, (born 1948) author of Discworld
• Fletcher Pratt, (1897-1956)
• Philip Pullman, (born 1946) author of His Dark Materials trilogy

R

• Melanie Rawn, (born 1954) author of Dragon Prince
• Mickey Zucker Reichert, (pseudonym of Miriam Susan Zucker Reichert, born 1962)
• Anne Rice, author of The Vampire Chronicles
• Rick Riordan, author of Percy Jackson and the Olympians series
• Jennifer Roberson,
• Katherine Roberts, (born 1962) author of The Echorium Sequence trilogy
• Kenneth Robeson, (pseudonym of Lester Dent among others) Doc Savage stories
• Michael Scott Rohan
• Joel Rosenberg, (born 1954)
• Patrick Rothfuss, (born 1973) author of The Name of the Wind
• J. K. Rowling, (born 1965) author of the Harry Potter books
• Don Roff, (born 1966)
• Matt Ruff
• Kristine Kathryn Rusch, (born 1960) Fey series and others, former editor of F&SF
• Sean Russell

S

• Fred Saberhagen, (1930-2007)
• Michelle Sagara West
• Angie Sage, author of the Septimus Heap series
• R.A. Salvatore, (born 1959) author of the Drizzt novels
• Brandon Sanderson
• Andrzej Sapkowski, (born 1948)
• Charles R. Saunders, (born 1946)
• Martin Scott, (born 1959), author of "Thraxas"
• Darren Shan, author of The Saga of Darren Shan, The Demonata and short stories
• Robert Sheckley, (born 1928)
• Mary Shelley, (1797-1851) author of Frankenstein and short stories
• Will Shetterly
• Sharon Shinn
• Gary Shipman, (born 1966) author of Pakkins' Land
• Rhoda Shipman, (born 1968) author of Pakkins' Land
• Robert Silverberg, (born 1935)
• William Mark Simmons (Wm. Mark Simmons), (born 1953)
• Johanna Sinisalo, (born 1958)
• Isaac Bashevis Singer, (1902-1991)
• Clark Ashton Smith, (1893-1961)
• Guy Smith (writer), (born 1957)
• Mark Andrew Smith, author of The New Brighton Archeological Society
• Sherwood Smith
• Thorne Smith, (1892-1934)
• S.P. Somtow, pseudonym of Somtow Sucharitkul
• Alison Spedding
• Wen Spencer, (born 1963)
• Nancy Springer, (b.1948)
• Michael A. Stackpole, (born 1957)
• Christopher Stasheff, (born 1944)
• Mary Stewart, (born 1916)
• Paul Stewart, author of The Edge Chronicles
• Caroline Stevermer
• Frank R. Stockton, (1834-1902)
• James Stoddard
• David Lee Stone, author of The Illmoor Chronicles
• C. Tyler Storm, author of Eldin of Yashor, The Yashor Scrolls Series
• Jonathan Stroud, author of The Bartimaeus Trilogy
• Tricia Sullivan, (born 1968) writes as Valery Leith
• Thomas Burnett Swann, (1928-1976)
• Jonathan Swift, (1667-1745)

T

• Charles R. Tanner, (1896-1974)
• Judith Tarr
• Roger Taylor, author of the Chronicles of Hawklan
• Tais Teng
• Patrick Tilley, (born 1928) author of The Amtrak Wars series
• Sheri S. Tepper
• Eldon Thompson, (born 1974) author of The Legend of Asahiel series
• Kate Thompson (born 1956)
• 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

U

• Unno Juza, (1897-1949)

V

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

W

• Tim Waggoner
• Karl Edward Wagner, (1945-1994) author of Kane
• Mervyn Wall, (1908-1997)
• Evangeline Walton
• Jo Walton, (born 1964)
• Lawrence Watt-Evans, (born 1954)
• Catherine Webb, (born 1986)
• David Weber
• Margaret Weis, (born 1948) co-author of several Dragonlance books
• Manly Wade Wellman, (1903-1986)
• Angus Wells
• Martha Wells, (born 1964)
• Suzanne Weyn, (born 1955)
• Chuck Whelon, (born 1969)
• T.H. White, (1906-1964) (Terence Hanbury White) author of The Once and Future King
• Kit Whitfield
• Jack Whyte, (born 1939)
• Cherry Wilder, (1930-2002) author of The Wanderer
• Paul O. Williams, (born 1935)
• Tad Williams, (born 1957) author of the Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn trilogy
• Terri Windling, (born 1958) author of the Bordertown series
• R.A. Winters, author of Scream of the Falcon
• Gene Wolfe, (born 1931)
• Patricia Wrede, author of the Lyra books
• John C. Wright, (born 1961) author of the Orphans of Chaos and Last Guardian of Everness series.
• Janny Wurts, author of the Wars of Light and Shadow and the Empire Trilogy (with Raymond E. Feist)

Y

• Yamamura Bocho
• Nicholas Yermakov, (born 1951)
• Jane Yolen

Z

• Roger Zelazny, (1937-1995) author of The Chronicles of Amber
• Sarah Zettel

See also

• Fantasy
• List of fantasy novels
• List of high fantasy fiction
• List of horror fiction authors
• List of science fiction authors
• Lists of authors

References

External links

• website for Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America