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Note that this partial list contains some authors whose works of fantastic fiction would today be called science fiction, even if they predate, or did not work in that genre. There is also a considerable overlap with the List of fantasy authors, since many authors are equally comfortable with both genres, and in any case some works deliberately combine the two or blur the distinction.
Some notable science fiction authors are (in alphabetical order):
A
- Dafydd ab Hugh, (born 1960)
- Edwin Abbott, (1838-1926), (Flatland)
- Humayun Ahmed, (born 1948)
- Forrest J. Ackerman, (born 1916)
- Robert Adams, (1932-1990)
- Jerry Ahern, (born 1946)
- Alan Burt Akers (pseudonym of Kenneth Bulmer)
- Brian Aldiss, (born 1925)
- David M. Alexander, (born 1945)
- Lloyd Alexander, (born 1924)
- Roger MacBride Allen, (born 1943)
- Hans Joachim Alpers, (born 1957)
- Kevin J. Anderson, (born 1962)
- Christopher Andrews, (born 1970)
- Patricia Anthony, (born 1947)
- Piers Anthony, (born 1934)
- Christopher Anvil, (born 1922) (pseudonym of Harry C. Crosby)
- K. A. Applegate, (born 1956)
- E.L. Arch (1922-1988) (pseudonym of Rachel Cosgrove Payes)
- Eleanor Arnason, (born 1942)
- Catherine Asaro, (born 1955)
- Neal Asher, (born 1961)
- Francis Leslie Ashton (born 1904)
- Isaac Asimov, (1920-1992)
- Janet Asimov, (born 1926)
- Nancy Asire, (born 1945)
- Robert Asprin, (born 1946)
- A. A. Attanasio, (born 1951)
- Margaret Atwood, (born 1939)
B
- Hilary Bailey, (born 1936)
- Kage Baker, (born 1952)
- Scott Baker, (born 1947)
- J. G. Ballard, (born 1930)
- Gertrude Barrows Bennett (Francis Stevens, 1883 to 1948)
- Iain M. Banks, (born 1954)
- Raymond E. Banks, (1918-1996), no WP entry yet.
- Marek Baraniecki, (born 1954)
- Miquel Barceló, (born 1948)
- John Barnes, (born 1957)
- Steven Barnes, (born 1952)
- William Barnwell, (born 1943)
- João Barreiros, (born 1952)
- William Barton (writer), (born 1950)
- T. J. Bass, (born 1932) (pseudonym of Thomas J. Bassler)
- Harry Bates, (1900-1981)
- Stephen Baxter, (born 1957)
- Barrington J. Bayley, (born 1937)
- Elizabeth Bear, (born 1971)
- Jerome Beatty Jr, (1918 – 2002)
- Don Bendell, (born 1947) (pseudonym of Ron Stillman)
- Gregory Benford, (born 1941)
- J. D. Beresford, (1873 – 1947)
- Jack Bertin, (pseudonym of Peter B. Germano)
- Ambrose Bierce, (1842-1914?)
- Eando Binder, (joint pseudonym of Earl (1904-1966) and Otto (1911-1974) Binder)
- Michael Bishop (author), (born 1945)
- Terry Bisson, (born 1942)
- Jerome Bixby, (1923-1998)
- Malorie Blackman, (born 1962)
- Jayme Lynn Blaschke, (born 1969)
- Robert M. Blevins, (born 1954) No WP entry yet
- James Blish, (1921-1975)
- Robert Bloch, (1917-1994)
- Maya Kaathryn Bohnhoff, (born 1954)
- Pierre Bordage, (born 1955)
- Anthony Boucher, (1911-1968) (pseudonym of William A.P. White)
- Mark Bourne (born 1961), no Wikipedia entry yet
- Ray Bradbury, (born 1920)
- Gillian Bradshaw, (born 1956) (also writes historical fiction and fantasy novels)
- David Brin, (born 1950)
- Damien Broderick, (born 1944)
- Kristi Brooks, (born 1980)
- Terry Brooks, (born 1944)
- Eric Brown, (born 1960)
- John Brunner, (1934-1995)
- Steven Brust, (born 1955)
- Edward Bryant, (born 1945)
- Tobias S. Buckell, (born 1979)
- Algis Budrys, (born 1931)
- Lois McMaster Bujold, (born 1949)
- Kir Bulychev, (1934-2003)
- Chris Bunch, (1943-2005)
- Michael A. Burstein, (born 1970)
- F. M. Busby, (1921-2005)
- Jim Butcher, (born 1971)
C
- Pat Cadigan, (born 1953)
- John W. Campbell Jr., (1910-1971) (also known as Don A. Stuart)
- Karel Čapek, (1890-1938)
- Orson Scott Card, (born 1951)
- Terry Carr, (1937-1987)
- Lin Carter, (1930-1988)
- Paul A. Carter, (born 1926). No WP entry yet.
- Jeffrey Carver, (born 1949)
- Suzy McKee Charnas, (born 1939)
- Daína Chaviano, Cuban-American SF author
- Richard Chwedyk, (born 1955)
- C. J. Cherryh, (born 1942)
- Ted Chiang, (born 1967)
- Charles Chilton, (born 1917)
- John Christopher, (born 1922) (pseudonym of Samuel Youd)
- Massimo Citi (born 1955)
- Charles Heber Clark, (1841-1915) (pseudonyms, Max Adeler, John Quill) Science Fiction Studies article
- Jo Clayton, (1939-1998)
- Hal Clement, (1922-2003) (pseudonym of Harry Clement Stubbs)
- John Cleve, (pseudonym of Andrew J. Offutt)
- Mark Clifton, (1906-1963)
- Brenda Clough, (born 1955)
- Stephen Euin Cobb, (born 1955)
- David G. Compton, (born 1930)
- Richard Cowper, (1926-2002), (pseudonym John Middleton Murry, Jr. used when writing science fiction)
- John G. Cramer (born 1934), physicist & novelist
- Michael Crichton, (born 1942)
- Compton N. Crook, (1908-1981) (also known as Stephen Tall)
- John Crowley, (born 1942)
- Andrew Crumey, (born 1961)
- Ray Cummings, (1887-1957)
- Julie E. Czerneda, (born 1955)
D
- Roald Dahl, (1916-1990)
- Brian Daley, (1947-1996)
- Maurice Georges Dantec, (born 1959)
- Dennis Danvers, (born 1947)
- Clark Darlton, (1920-2005) (pseudonym of Walter Ernsting)
- Chan Davis, (born 1926) (pseudonym of Dr. Chandler Davis)
- Samuel R. Delany, (born 1942)
- Bradley Denton, (born 1958)
- Leon de Winter, (born 1954)
- Cory Doctorow, (born 1971)
- Stephen Donaldson, (born 1947)
- Candas Dorsey, (born 1952)
- Gardner Dozois, (born 1947)
- David Drake, (born 1945)
- Jacek Dukaj, (born 1974)
- Jean-Claude Dunyach, (born 1957)
- Igor Dymkov, (born 1972)
E
- Ivan Antonovich Efremov, (in Russian Иван Антонович Ефремов), (1907-1972)
- Suzette Haden Elgin, (born 1936)
- William B. Ellern, (born 1933)
- Harlan Ellison, (born 1934)
- Roger Elwood, (born 1933)
- Carol Emshwiller, (born 1921)
- Andreas Eschbach, (born 1959)
- Kelley Eskridge, (born 1960)
- Valerio Evangelisti, (born 1952)
- Christopher Evans, (born 1951)
F
- Philip José Farmer, (born 1918)
- Howard Fast, (1914-2003)
- Cynthia Felice, (born 1942) ISFDB
- Brad Ferguson, (born 1953)
- Sheila Finch, (born 1935)
- Jack Finney, (1911-1995)
- Nicholas Fisk, (born 1923) (pseudonym of David Higginbottom)
- Eric Flint, (born 1947)
- Michael Flynn, (born 1947)
- Jeffrey Ford, (born 1955)
- John M. Ford, (1957-2006)
- William R. Forstchen, (born 1950)
- Alan Dean Foster, (born 1946)
- M. A. Foster, (born 1939)
- Karen Joy Fowler, (born 1950)
- Herbert W. Franke, (born 1927)
- Yves Fremion, (born 1940)
- C. S. Friedman, (born 1957)
- Esther Friesner, (born 1951)
G
- Neil Gaiman, (born 1960)
- James Alan Gardner (born 1955)
- Martin Gardner, (born 1914)
- Mary Gentle, (born 1956)
- Peter George, (born 1924)
- Hugo Gernsback, (1884-1967), namesake of the Hugo Award
- David Gerrold, (born 1944)
- Mark S. Geston, (born 1946)
- Edward Gibson, (born 1936)
- William Gibson, (born 1948)
- Alexis A. Gilliland, (born 1931)
- Molly Gloss, (born 1944)
- Tom Godwin, (1915-1980)
- H. L. Gold, (1914-1996)
- Lisa Goldstein, (born 1953)
- Kathleen Ann Goonan, (born 1952)
- Richard Gordon, (born 1947)
- Phyllis Gotlieb, (born 1926)
- Ron Goulart, (born 1933)
- Roland J. Green, (born 1944)
- Colin Greenland, (born 1954)
- Edward Grendon, (born 1920) ISFDB
- Nicola Griffith, (born 1960)
- Ken Grimwood, (1944-2003)
- Alexander Gromov (in Russian Алексáндр Николáевич Грóмов)
- Martin Grzimek, (born 1950)
- Wyman Guin, (1915-1989)
- Eileen Gunn, (born 1945)
- James E. Gunn, (born 1923)
H
- Karen Haber, (born 1955). Wife of Robert Silverberg
- Ronald M. Hahn, (born 1948)
- Joe Haldeman, (born 1943)
- Barbara Hambly, (born 1951)
- Peter F. Hamilton, (born 1960)
- Elizabeth Hand, (born 1957)
- Harry Harrison, (born 1925)
- M. John Harrison, (born 1945)
- Henry Hasse, (1913-1977)
- Simon Hawke, (born 1951)
- Brian Herbert, (born 1947)
- Frank Herbert, (1920-1986), (Dune)
- Douglas Hill, (born 1935)
- Christopher Hinz, (born 1951)
- Morioka Hiroyuki, (森岡浩之: born 1962)
- P. C. Hodgell, (born 1951)
- Lee Hoffman, (born 1932)
- H. H. Hollis, (1921-1977) (pseudonym of Ben Neal Ramey)
- James P. Hogan, (born 1941)
- Holden, Elizabeth, (born 1943)
- Nalo Hopkinson, (born 1960)
- Fred Hoyle, (1915-2001)
- Marek Huberath, (born 1954)
- Matt Hughes (born 1949)
I
- Ibn al-Nafis, (1213-1288)
- Muhammed Zafar Iqbal, (born 1952)
- Simon Ings, (born 1965)
J
- John Jakes, (born 1932)
- Wolfgang Jeschke, (born 1936)
- K. W. Jeter, (born 1950)
- Michel Jeury, (born 1934)
- George Clayton Johnson, (born 1929)
- D. F. Jones, (1917-1981)
- Gwyneth Jones, (born 1952)
- Anatoly Borisovich Jurkin, (in Russian Анатолий Борисович Юркин), (born 1963)
K
- Franz Kafka, (1883-1924)
- Michael Kandel, (born 1941)
- Colin Kapp, (born 1928)
- James Patrick Kelly, (born 1951)
- John Kessel, (born 1950)
- Daniel Keyes, (born 1927)
- Gregory Keyes, (born 1963)
- Caitlin R. Kiernan, (born 1964)
- Karen Lee Killough, (born 1942)
- Wade A. Kimberlin, (born 1970)
- Stephen King, (born 1947)
- T. Jackson King, (born 1948)
- Donald Kingsbury, (born 1929)
- Hugh Kingsmill, (1889 – 1949), more known for non-genre work.
- David Barr Kirtley, (born 1977)
- Gérard Klein, (born in 1937)
- Damon Knight, (1922-2002)
- Dean R. Koontz, (born 1945)
- Nancy Kress, (born 1948)
- Zoran Krušvar, (born 1977)
- Michael P. Kube-McDowell, (born 1954)
L
- Geoffrey Landis, (born 1955)
- David Langford, (born 1953)
- Justine Larbalestier, best known for her Magic or Madness trilogy
- Glen A. Larson, (born 1937)
- Keith Laumer, (1925-1993)
- Stephen R. Lawhead, (born 1950)
- Ursula K. Le Guin, (born 1929)
- Sharon Lee, (born 1952), see Steve Milller
- Stan Lee, born 1922
- Tanith Lee, (born 1947)
- Kimmo Lehtonen, (born 1967)
- Fritz Leiber, (1910-1992)
- Murray Leinster, (1896-1975) (pseudonym of Will F. Jenkins)
- Edward M. Lerner, (born 1949)
- Doris Lessing, (born 1919), better-known for non-genre works.
- Jonathan Lethem, (born 1964)
- Paul Levinson, (born 1947)
- C. S. Lewis, (1898-1963)
- Jacqueline Lichtenberg, (born 1942
- Brad Linaweaver, (born 1952)
- Jack London, (1876-1916)
- Karawynn Long, (born 1970)
- Barry B. Longyear, (born 1942)
- Jean Lorrah, (born 1938)
- Archibald Low, (1888 – 1956)
- Lois Lowry, (born 1937)
- George Lucas, (born 1944, Star Wars)
- Nicole Luiken, (born 1971)
- Sam Lundwall, (born 1941)
- Sergey Lukyanenko, (born 1968)
- Richard A. Lupoff, (born 1935)
M
- Darko Macan, (born 1966)
- F. Gwynplaine MacIntyre, (born ca. 1948)
- Katherine MacLean, (born 1925)
- Ian R. MacLeod, (born 1956)
- Ken MacLeod, (born 1954)
- Angus MacVicar, (born 1908)
- Charles Eric Maine, (1921-1981) (pseudonym of David McIlwain), ISFDB
- Barry N. Malzberg, (born 1939)
- Stephen Marley, (born 1946)
- George R. R. Martin, (born 1948)
- David Marusek (born 1951)
- Richard Matheson, (born 1926)
- Julian May, (born 1931)
- Paul J. McAuley, (born 1955)
- Anne McCaffrey, (born 1926)
- Wil McCarthy, (born 1966)
- Jack McDevitt, (born 1935)
- Ian McDonald, (born 1960)
- Maureen F. McHugh, (born 1959)
- Vonda McIntyre, (born 1948)
- Sean McMullen, (born 1948)
- Mike McQuay, (1949-1995)
- John Meaney (born 1951)
- Robert Merle, (1908-2004) (more known as a historical novelist)
- A. Merritt, (1884-1943)
- Robert A. Metzger, (born 1956)
- China Miéville, (born 1972)
- Steve Miller, (born 1950) (Liaden universe)
- Kirk Mitchell, (born 1950)
- Syne Mitchell, (born 1970)
- Naomi Mitchison, (1897-1999) (mostly wrote in other genres)
- L. E. Modesitt, Jr., (born 1943)
- Donald Moffitt, (born 1936)
- Elizabeth Moon, (born 1945)
- Michael Moorcock, (born 1939)
- Alan Moore, (born 1953)
- C. L. Moore, (1911-1987)
- Patrick Moore, (born 1923)
- Ward Moore, (1903-1978)
- Daniel Keys Moran, (born 1962)
- Richard Morgan, (born 1965)
- Chris Moriarty, (born 1968)
- Chris Morris, (born 1946)
- Janet Morris, (born 1946)
- William Morrison, (1906-1982) (pseudonym of Joseph Samachson)
- James Morrow, (born 1947)
- Pat Murphy, (born 1955)
- Howard L. Myers, (1930-1971) (pseudonym, Verge Foray) ISFDB
N
- Linda Nagata, (born 1960)
- Ondřej Neff, (born 1945)
- Yuri Nikitin, (in Russian Юрий Никитин)
- Larry Niven, (born 1938)
- Nick Nielsen (possibly pseudonym)
- William F. Nolan, (born 1928)
- John Norman (born 1931), (Gor series)
- Andre Norton, (1912-2005) (pseudonym of Alice Mary Norton)