List of science-fiction authors

This is a list of notable science-fiction authors, in alphabetical order:

A

Catherine Asaro, around 2009
Isaac Asimov, before 1959

B

Cyrano de Bergerac, one of the earliest SF writers, ca. 1654

C

Julie Czerneda 2012
  • Pat Cadigan (born 1953)
  • Jack Cady (1932–2004)
  • Martin Caidin (1927–1997)
  • Italo Calvino (1923–1985)
  • Jack Campbell (born 1956)
  • John W. Campbell, Jr. (1910–1971) (also known as Don A. Stuart)
  • Karel Čapek (1890–1938)
  • Paul Capon (1912–1969)
  • Orson Scott Card (born 1951)
  • Joseph Carne-Ross (1846–1911)
  • Terry Carr (1937–1987)
  • Lin Carter (1930–1988)
  • Cleve Cartmill (1908–1964)
  • Jeffrey Carver (born 1949)
  • Jay Caselberg (born 1958)
  • Beth Cato (born 1980)
  • Hugh B. Cave (1910–2004)
  • Franci Cerar (fl. 1979)
  • Jack L. Chalker (1944–2005)
  • Joël Champetier ( 1957–2015)
  • A. Bertram Chandler (1912–1984)
  • Suzy McKee Charnas (born 1939)
  • Daína Chaviano (born 1960)
  • J. Kathleen Cheney (born 1964)
  • C. J. Cherryh (born 1942)
  • Ted Chiang (born 1967)
  • Charles Chilton (1917–2013)
  • John Christopher (1922–2012) (pseudonym of Samuel Youd)
  • Richard Chwedyk (born 1955)
  • Massimo Citi (born 1955)
  • Charles Heber Clark (1841–1915) (also known as Max Adeler and John Quill)
  • Arthur C. Clarke (1917–2008)
  • Jo Clayton (1939–1998)
  • Hal Clement (1922–2003) (pseudonym of Harry Clement Stubbs)
  • John Cleve (1934–2013) (pseudonym of Andrew J. Offutt)
  • Mark Clifton (1906–1963)
  • Ernest Cline (born 1972)
  • Mildred Clingerman (1918–1997)
  • Brenda Clough (born 1955)
  • Martha deMey Clow (1932–2010)
  • John Clute (born 1940)
  • Stanton A. Coblentz (1896–1982)
  • Robbie Coburn (born 1994)
  • Theodore Cogswell (1918–1987)
  • Frona Eunice Wait Colburn (1859–1946)
  • Allan Cole (1943–2019)
  • Robert William Cole (1869–1937)
  • Eoin Colfer (born 1965)
  • Erroll Collins (1906–1991) (pseudonym of Ellen Edith Hannah Redknap)
  • Suzanne Collins (born 1962)
  • David G. Compton (born 1930)
  • Michael Coney (1932–2005)
  • Groff Conklin (1904–1968)
  • Storm Constantine (1956–2021)
  • Glen Cook (born 1944)
  • Hugh Cook (1956–2008)
  • Paul Cook (born 1950)
  • Rick Cook (1944–2022)
  • Brenda Cooper (born 1960)
  • Edmund Cooper (1926–1982)
  • Alfred Coppel (1921–2004)
  • James S. A. Corey (joint pseudonym of Daniel Abraham and Ty Franck)
  • Larry Correia (born 1977)
  • Juanita Coulson (born 1933)
  • Richard Cowper (1926–2002) (pseudonym John Middleton Murry, Jr. used when writing science fiction)
  • Erle Cox (1873–1950)
  • John G. Cramer (born 1934)
  • Michael Crichton (1942–2008)
  • Robert Cromie (1855–1907)
  • John Crowley (born 1942)
  • Andrew Crumey (born 1961)
  • Ray Cummings (1887–1957)
  • Philippe Curval (born 1929)
  • Julie E. Czerneda (born 1955)

D

Jack Dann, 2007
Judy Lynn and Lester Del Rey, 1974

E

F

Camille Flammarion, date unknown
Eric Flint, ca. 2007

G

James Gunn, ca. 2007

H

I

J

  • Muriel Jaeger (1892–1969)
  • John Jakes (born 1932)
  • Malcolm Jameson (1891–1945)
  • Phil Janes (fl. 1993–present)
  • Laurence Janifer (1933–2002)
  • N.K. Jemisin (born 1972)
  • P. C. Jersild (born 1935)
  • Wolfgang Jeschke (1936–2015)
  • K. W. Jeter (born 1950)
  • Michel Jeury (1934–2015)
  • Xia Jia (born 1984)
  • George Clayton Johnson (1929–2015)
  • D. F. Jones (1917–1981)
  • Gwyneth Jones (born 1952)
  • Neil R. Jones (1909–1988)
  • Raymond F. Jones (1915–1994)
  • Diana Wynne Jones (1934–2011)
  • Robert Jordan (1948–2007)
  • M. K. Joseph (1914–1981)
  • Emmanuel Jouanne (1960–2008)
  • Theodore Judson (born 1951)
  • Unno Juza (1897–1949)

K

Nancy Kress (center), with author Delia Sherman (left) and editor Ellen Datlow (right). 2007 photo.

L

Shariann Lewitt, 2007

M

A. Merritt, c.1920
Judith Moffett, 2008
James Morrow, 2007

N

Larry Niven, photo before 2005
  • Linda Nagata (born 1960)
  • Jayant Narlikar (born 1938) (Marathi: जयंत विष्णू नारळीकर)
  • Grant Naylor (joint pseudonym of Rob Grant and Doug Naylor)
  • Ondrej Neff (born 1945)
  • Geoff Nelder (born 1947)
  • Ray Nelson (1931-2022)
  • István Nemere (born 1944)
  • Josef Nesvadba (1926–2005)
  • Kris Neville (1925–1980)
  • Eirik Newth (born 1964)
  • Yuri Nikitin (in Russian Юрий Никитин) (born 1939)
  • Larry Niven (born 1938)
  • William F. Nolan (1928–2021)
  • Jeff Noon (born 1957)
  • John Norman (born 1931)
  • Lisanne Norman (born 1951)
  • Eric North (1884–1968) (pseudonym of Bernard Cronin)
  • Andre Norton (1912–2005) (pseudonym of Alice Mary Norton)
  • Philip Francis Nowlan (1888–1940)
  • Alan E. Nourse (1928–1992)
  • Eric S. Nylund (born 1964)

O

P

Frederik Pohl (center) with Donald A. Wollheim (left) and John Michel (right, circa 1938
  • Lewis Padgett (joint pseudonym of Henry Kuttner and C. L. Moore)
  • Michel Pagel (born 1961)
  • George Pal (1908–1980)
  • Ada Palmer (born 1981)
  • David R. Palmer (born 1941)
  • Jane Palmer (born 1946)
  • Philip Palmer (born 1960)
  • Raymond A. Palmer (1910–1977)
  • Edgar Pangborn (1909–1976)
  • Alexei Panshin (1940–2022)
  • Cory Panshin (born 1947)
  • Christopher Paolini (born 1980)
  • Richard Parks (born 1955)
  • James Patterson (born 1947)
  • Stel Pavlou (born 1970)
  • Donald G. Payne (1924–2018) (also known as James Vance Marshall, Ian Cameron, and Donald Gordon)
  • Hayford Peirce (1942–2020)
  • Charles Pellegrino (born 1953)
  • Dalibor Perković (born 1974)
  • Leslie Perri (1920-1970)
  • Steve Perry (born 1947)
  • Lawrence Person (born 1965)
  • Emil Petaja (1915–2000)
  • Wildy Petoud (born 1957)
  • John T. Phillifent (1916–1976)
  • Mark Phillips (joint pseudonym used by Laurence Janifer (1933–2002) and Randall Garrett (1927–1987))
  • Peter Phillips (1920–2012)
  • Rog Phillips (1909–1965) (pseudonym of Roger P. Graham)
  • Eden Phillpotts (1862–1960)
  • Bal Phondke (born 1939) (Marathi: डॉ. बाळ फोंडके)
  • John R. Pierce (1910–2002) (also known as J.J. Coupling)
  • Marge Piercy (born 1936)
  • H. Beam Piper (1904–1964)
  • Doris Piserchia (1928–2021)
  • Brian Plante (born 1956)
  • Charles Platt (born 1945)
  • P. J. Plauger (born 1944)
  • Van Allen Plexico (born 1968)
  • Edgar Allan Poe (1809–1849)
  • Frederik Pohl (1919–2013)
  • Arthur Porges (1915–2006)
  • Jerry Pournelle (1933–2017)
  • Gareth L. Powell (born 1970)
  • Tim Powers (born 1952)
  • Terry Pratchett (1948–2015)
  • Fletcher Pratt (1897–1956)
  • Robert Presslie (1920–2002)
  • Paul Preuss (born 1942)
  • Cherie Priest (born 1975)
  • Christopher Priest (1943–2024)
  • Philip Pullman (born 1946)

Q

  • Roberto Quaglia (born 1962)
  • William Thomas Quick (born 1946)
  • Daniel Quinn (1935–2018)

R

S

Mary Shelley, ca. 1840
Cordwainer Smith (Paul Linebarger), 1953
Allen Steele, ca. 2007
Tricia Sullivan, 2012

T

Lavie Tidhar, 2006
Wilson Tucker, ca. 1988

U

  • Steven Utley (1948–2013)

V

Jack Vance at the helm of his boat, early 1980s

W

Jack Womack at the KGB Bar, NYC, 2008

Y

Z

See also


References

  1. Individually, their names are Аркадий Стругацкий and Борис Стругацкий.

Resources

  • A useful book for looking up authors is A Reader's Guide to Science Fiction, by Baird Searles, Martin Last, Beth Meacham, and Michael Franklin (1979). It also tells you whom else you might like if you like one author.
  • Other invaluable works include The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction, edited by John Clute and Peter Nicholls (2nd. Ed. 1991), The Mammoth Encyclopedia of Science Fiction, edited by George Mann (1999) (ISBN 0-7867-0887-5 or ISBN 1-84119-177-9), and Twentieth-Century Science-Fiction Writers, edited by Curtis C. Smith (1981) (ISBN 0-312-82420-3).
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