List of fantasy authors
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This partial list of fantasy authors, perhaps unsurprisingly, contains many overlaps with the list of science fiction authors. Category:Fantasy writers will eventually be more complete than this list.
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[edit] 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, (born 1946) 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
[edit] 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
- Gael Baudino
- L. Frank Baum, (1856-1919) author of the Land of Oz series
- Peter S. Beagle, (born 1939)
- 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)
- Hannes Bok, (1914-1964)
- Ray Bradbury
- 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
- 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
[edit] C
- Rachel Caine, author of the Weather Warden and Morganville Vampires novels
- James Branch Cabell, (1879-1958)
- Trudi Canavan
- 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
- Susanna Clarke
- David B. Coe
- Ronan Coghlan, author of Sherlockian fantasy.
- Adrian Cole
- Eoin Colfer, (born 1965), author of the "Artemis Fowl Stories"
- 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
- Susan Cooper, (born 1935) author of the The Dark Is Rising Sequence
- Drew J. Cormack, (born 1980) author of The Alefin Warlock (Book One of The War of Wills).
- Elaine Corvidae
- John Crowley, (born 1942)
- Elaine Cunningham
- Jane Louise Curry
[edit] D
- Avram Davidson, (1923-1993)
- 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
- 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
[edit] E
- David Eddings, (born 1931) 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
- Lloyd Arthur Eshbach, (1910–2003) author and proprietor of Fantasy Press
- Rose Estes
[edit] F
- 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)
- 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 Inkheart, Inkspell, The Thief Lord, and Dragon Rider
- Maggie Furey
[edit] 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
[edit] 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)
- 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)
[edit] I
- Francisco Javier Illán Vivas, (born 1958)
- Ian Irvine, (born 1950)
- Eva Ibbotson,
[edit] 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
- J. V. Jones
- Robert Jordan (pseudonym of James Oliver Rigney, Jr.), (1948-2007) author of The Wheel of Time series
[edit] 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)
- 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 Eyes of The Dragon and The Dark Tower Series
- Russell Kirkpatrick, (born 1961) author of Fire of Heaven trilogy
- Annette Curtis Klause
- Richard A. Knaak, (born 1961)
- Feliks W. Kres
- Katherine Kurtz, (born 1944) author the Deryni novels
- Ellen Kushner
[edit] 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
[edit] M
- Julian May author of Boreal Moon Tale
- R. A. MacAvoy, (born 1949)
- Anne McCaffrey, (born 1926) author of the Dragonriders of Pern novels and the Brainship stories
- 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)
- 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
- Abraham Merritt, (1884-1943)
- Stephenie Meyer, (born 1973) author of Twilight
- Gustav Meyrink, (1868-1932)
- China Miéville, (born 1972)
- 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 Mor, 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)
[edit] N
- Robert Nathan, (1894–1985) author of Portrait of Jennie
- 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
[edit] O
[edit] P
- Christopher Paolini (born 1983) author of the Inheritance cycle
- 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
[edit] 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
- Katherine Roberts, (born 1962) author of The Echorium Sequence trilogy
- Kenneth Robeson, (pseudonym of Lester Dent among others) Doc Savage stories
- 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
[edit] S
- Fred Saberhagen, (1930-2007)
- Michelle Sagara West
- Angie Sage, author of the Septimus Heap series
- R.A. Salvatore, (born 1959)
- 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
- Lisa Shearin
- 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) author of the Dreamland Chronicles series and the Halflife Chronicles series
- Johanna Sinisalo, (born 1958)
- Isaac Bashevis Singer, (1902-1991)
- Clark Ashton Smith, (1893-1961)
- Sherwood Smith
- Thorne Smith, (1892-1934)
- S.P. Somtow, pseudonym of Somtow Sucharitkul
- Alison Spedding
- Wen Spencer, (born 1963)
- Michael A. Stackpole, (born 1957)
- Christopher Stasheff, (born 1944) author of the Warlock of Gramarye series and the Wizard in Rhyme series
- Mary Stewart, (born 1916)
- Paul Stewart, author of The Edge Chronicles
- Caroline Stevermer
- Frank R. Stockton, (1834-1902)
- David Lee Stone, author of The Illmoor Chronicles
- Jonathan Stroud, author of The Bartimaeus Trilogy
- Michael J. Sullivan, (born 1961)
- Tricia Sullivan, (born 1968) writes as Valery Leith
- Thomas Burnett Swann, (1928-1976)
- Jonathan Swift, (1667-1745)
[edit] T
- Judith Tarr
- Tais Teng
- Patrick Tilley, (born 1928) author of The Amtrak Wars series
- Sheri S. Tepper
- 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
[edit] U
- Unno Juza, (1897-1949)
[edit] V
- Jack Vance, (born 1916) (John Holbrook Vance) author of the Dying Earth series, the Lyonesse Trilogy and the Demon Princes series
[edit] 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)
- 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
- Gene Wolfe, (born 1931)
- Patricia Wrede, author of the Lyra books
- Janny Wurts, author of the Wars of Light and Shadow and the Empire Trilogy (with Raymond E. Feist)
- James Wyatt (game designer) and author
[edit] Y
- Yamamura Bocho
- Nicholas Yermakov, (born 1951)
- Jane Yolen
[edit] Z
- Roger Zelazny, (1937-1995) author of The Chronicles of Amber
- Sarah Zettel
[edit] 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
