Philip Latham (1902–1981) (pseudonym of Robert S. Richardson)
Yulia Latynina (born 1966)
Keith Laumer (1925–1993)
Stephen R. Lawhead (born 1950)
W. H. C. Lawrence (fl. 1889)
Ursula K. Le Guin (1929–2018)
Ann Leckie (born 1966)
Gentry Lee (born 1942)
Mary Soon Lee (born 1965)
Sharon Lee (born 1952)
Stan Lee (1922–2018)
Tanith Lee (1947–2015)
Yoon Ha Lee (born 1979)
Fritz Leiber (1910–1992)
Murray Leinster (1896–1975) (pseudonym of Will F. Jenkins)
Stanisław Lem (1921–2006)
Edward M. Lerner (born 1949)
Milton Lesser (1928–2008) (pseudonym of Stephen Marlowe)
Doris Lessing (1919–2013)
Jonathan Lethem (born 1964)
David D. Levine (born 1961)
Paul Levinson (born 1947)
Roger Levy (fl. 2001–2018)
C. S. Lewis (1898–1963)
Shariann Lewitt (born 1954)
Jacqueline Lichtenberg (born 1942)
Jean-Marc Ligny (born 1956)
Brad Linaweaver (1952–2019)
Dénis Lindbohm (1927–2005)
David Lindsay (1876–1945)
Liu Cixin (born 1963)
Ken Liu (born 1976)
John Uri Lloyd (1849–1936)
Jack London (1876–1916)
Amelia Reynolds Long (1904–1978)
Frank Belknap Long (1901–1994)
Barry B. Longyear (born 1942)
Jean Lorrah (born 1938)
H. P. Lovecraft (1890–1937)
Archibald Low (1888–1956)
Nathan Lowell (born 1952)
Robert A. W. Lowndes (1916–1998)
Lois Lowry (born 1937)
George Lucas (born 1944)
Lucian (120–after 180)
Nicole Luiken (born 1971)
Sergey Lukyanenko (born 1968)
Duncan Lunan (born 1945)
Sam Lundwall (born 1941)
Richard A. Lupoff (1935–2020)
John Lymington (1911–1983)
Elizabeth A. Lynn (born 1946)
Edward Bulwer-Lytton (1803–1873)
M
Darko Macan (born 1966)
Paul J. McAuley (born 1955)
Ed McBain (1926–2005)
Anne McCaffrey (1926–2011)
Wil McCarthy (born 1966)
David McDaniel (1944–1977)
Jack McDevitt (born 1935)
Ian McDonald (born 1960)
James D. Macdonald (born 1954)
John D. MacDonald (1916–1986)
William P. McGivern (1918–1982)
Maureen F. McHugh (born 1959)
J. T. McIntosh (1925–2008)
Will McIntosh (born 1962)
F. Gwynplaine MacIntyre (c. 1948–2010)
Vonda N. McIntyre (1948–2019)
R. W. Mackelworth (1930–2000)
Richard McKenna (1913–1964)
Katherine MacLean (1925–2019)
Ian R. MacLeod (born 1956)
Ken MacLeod (born 1954)
Neil McMahon (born 1949)
Sean McMullen (born 1948)
Mike McQuay (1949–1995)
Angus MacVicar (1908–2001)
Tom Maddox (born 1945)
Charles Eric Maine (1921–1981) (pseudonym of David McIlwain)
Donald Malcolm (1930–1975)
Daryl F. Mallett (born 1969)
Barry N. Malzberg (born 1939)
George Mann (born 1978)
Laurence Manning (1899–1972)
Leo Margulies (1900–1975)
Stephen Marley (born 1946)
Paul Marlowe (fl. 2000–2014)
George R. R. Martin (born 1948)
Arkady Martine (born 1985)
David Marusek (born 1951)
Richard Matheson (1926–2013)
Susan R. Matthews (born 1952)
Julian May (1931–2017)
Ged Maybury (born 1953)
John Meaney (born 1957)
S. P. Meek (1894–1972)
R. M. Meluch (born 1956)
Miguel Mendonça (born 1973)
Richard C. Meredith (1937–1979)
Robert Merle (1908–2004)
Judith Merril (1923–1997)
A. Merritt (1884–1943)
Sam Merwin Jr. (1910–1996)
Régis Messac (1893–1945)
John Metcalfe (1891–1965)
Melinda Metz (born 1962)
Robert A. Metzger (born 1956)
Stephenie Meyer (born 1973)
John B. Michel (1917–1969)
China Miéville (born 1972)
Victor Milán (1954–2018)
John J. Miller (1954–2022)
P. Schuyler Miller (1912–1974)
R. DeWitt Miller (1910–1958)
Walter M. Miller, Jr. (1923–1996)
Edward Page Mitchell (1852–1927)
Kirk Mitchell (born 1950)
Syne Mitchell (born 1970)
Naomi Mitchison (1897–1999)
Premendra Mitra (1904–1988)
L. E. Modesitt, Jr. (born 1943)
Judith Moffett (born 1942)
Donald Moffitt (1936–2014)
Thomas F. Monteleone (born 1946)
Elizabeth Moon (born 1945)
Michael Moorcock (born 1939)
Alan Moore (born 1953)
C. L. Moore (1911–1987)
Patrick Moore (1923–2012)
Ward Moore (1903–1978)
Daniel Keys Moran (born 1962)
Dan Morgan (1925–2011)
Richard K. Morgan (born 1965)
Chris Moriarty (born 1968)
A. R. Morlan (1958–2016)
John Morressy (1930–2006)
Chris Morris (born 1946)
Janet Morris (born 1946)
William Morrison (1906–1982) (pseudonym of Joseph Samachson)
James Morrow (born 1947)
Sam Moskowitz (1920–1997)
Pat Murphy (born 1955)
N
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
Robert C. O'Brien (1918–1973)
Kevin O'Donnell, Jr. (1950–2012)
Patrick O'Leary (born 1952)
Raven Oak (born 1977)
Vladimir Obruchev (1863–1956)
Edwin Vincent Odle (1890–1942)
Andrew J. Offutt (1934–2013)
Nnedi Okorafor (born 1974)
Chad Oliver (1928–1993)
Bob Olsen (1884–1956)
Jerry Oltion (born 1957)
Marek Oramus (born 1952)
Jerry Ordway (born 1957)
Rebecca Ore (born 1948)
George Orwell (1903–1950) (pseudonym of Eric Arthur Blair)
Karen Osborne (born 1980)
John Ostrander (born 1949)
A. K. Otterness (fl. 1992–2012)
P
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
Ayn Rand (1905–1982)
Bill Ransom (born 1945)
Carlos Rasch (1932–2021)
Hannu Rajaniemi (born 1978)
Marta Randall (born 1948)
Melanie Rawn (born 1954)
Satyajit Ray (1921–1992)
Francis G. Rayer (1921–1981)
Tom Reamy (1935–1977)
Robert Reed (born 1956)
Philip Reeve (born 1966)
Miha Remec (1928–2020)
Maurice Renard (1875–1939)
Ed Earl Repp (1901–1979)
Laura Resnick (born 1962)
Mike Resnick (1942–2020)
Lester del Rey (1915–1993)
Alastair Reynolds (born 1966)
Mack Reynolds (1917–1983)
Christopher Rice (born 1978)
Christopher Ride (born 1965)
John Ringo (born 1963)
Adam Roberts (born 1965)
Keith Roberts (1935–2000)
Shauna S. Roberts (born 1956)
Stephen Robinett (1941–2004)
Frank M. Robinson (1926–2014)
Jeanne Robinson (1948–2010)
Kim Stanley Robinson (born 1952)
Spider Robinson (born 1948)
Justina Robson (born 1968)
Esther Rochon (born 1948)
Ross Rocklynne (1913–1988)
Gene Roddenberry (1921–1991)
Simon Rose (born 1961)
Joel Rosenberg (1954–2011)
Mary Rosenblum (1952–2018)
J.-H. Rosny (joint pseudonym of Joseph (1856–1940) and Séraphin (1859–1948) Boex)
Patrick Rothfuss (born 1973)
M. A. Rothman
Milton A. Rothman (1919–2001)
Tony Rothman (born 1953)
William Rotsler (1926–1997)
Gustave Le Rouge (1867–1938)
Christopher Rowley (born 1948)
Rudy Rucker (born 1946)
Anthony M. Rud (1893–1942)
Christopher Ruocchio
Kristine Kathryn Rusch (born 1960)
Joanna Russ (1937–2011)
Eric Frank Russell (1905–1978)
Mary Doria Russell (born 1950)
Richard Paul Russo (born 1954)
A. Merc Rustad (born 1986)
S
Fred Saberhagen (1930–2007)
Carl Sagan (1934–1996)
Nick Sagan (born 1970)
Margaret St. Clair (1911–1995) (also known as Idris Seabright)
Don Sakers (1958–2021)
Emilio Salgari (1862–1911)
Ramiro Sanchiz (born 1978)
Cathal Ó Sándair (1922–1996)
Brandon Sanderson (born 1975)
Domingo Santos (1941–2018) (pseudonym of Pedro Domingo Mutiñó)
Pamela Sargent (born 1948)
Al Sarrantonio (born 1952)
Robert J. Sawyer (born 1960)
John Scalzi (born 1969)
Nat Schachner (1895–1955)
K. H. Scheer (1928–1991)
Paul Scheerbart (1863–1915)
Herman George Scheffauer (1876–1927)
Joseph Schlossel (1902–1977)
Bryan Thomas Schmidt (born 1969)
Stanley Schmidt (born 1944)
James H. Schmitz (1911–1974)
Lawrence M. Schoen (born 1959)
Karl Schroeder (born 1962)
J. Neil Schulman (1953–2019)
George H. Scithers (1929–2010)
Thomas N. Scortia (1926–1986)
Józef Sękowski (1800–1858)
Arthur Sellings (1911–1968)
Rod Serling (1924–1975)
Garrett P. Serviss (1851–1929)
Michael Shaara (1928–1988)
William Shatner (born 1931)
Richard S. Shaver (1907–1975)
Bob Shaw (1931–1996)
Larry Shaw (1924–1985)
Nisi Shawl (born 1955)
Michael Shea (1946–2014)
Robert Sheckley (1928–2005)
Charles Sheffield (1935–2002)
Mary Shelley (1797–1851)
Lucius Shepard (1947–2014)
Joel Shepherd (born 1974)
David Sherman (born 1958)
T. L. Sherred (1915–1985)
R. C. Sherriff (1896–1975)
M. P. Shiel (1865–1947)
Lewis Shiner (born 1950)
Sharon Shinn (born 1957)
Wilmar H. Shiras (1908–1990)
John Shirley (born 1953)
Shumil (born 1957)
William Shunn (born 1967)
Luís Filipe Silva (born 1969)
Robert Silverberg (born 1935)
Clifford D. Simak (1904–1988)
Dan Simmons (born 1948)
Johanna Sinisalo (born 1958)
Curt Siodmak (1902–2000)
Jack Skillingstead (born 1955)
John Sladek (1937–2000)
William Sleator (1945–2011)
Henry Slesar (1927–2002)
William Milligan Sloane III (1906–1974)
Joan Slonczewski (born 1956)
George Edgar Slusser (1939–2014)
Clark Ashton Smith (1893–1961)
Cordwainer Smith (1913–1966) (pseudonym of Paul M.A. Linebarger)
E. E. Smith (1890–1965)
Evelyn E. Smith (1922–2000)
George H. Smith (1922–1996)
George O. Smith (1911–1981)
L. Neil Smith (1946–2021)
Michael Marshall Smith (born 1965)
Melinda Snodgrass (born 1951)
Jerry Sohl (1913–2002)
Martha Soukup (born 1959)
Steven Spielberg (born 1946)
Norman Spinrad (born 1940)
Jacques Spitz (1896–1963)
Nancy Springer (born 1948)
Dana Stabenow (born 1952)
Brian Stableford (born 1948)
Michael Stackpole (born 1957)
Robert Stallman (1930–1980)
Olaf Stapledon (1886–1950)
Roman Frederick Starzl (1899–1976)
Christopher Stasheff (1944–2018)
John Steakley (1951–2010)
Simon Stålenhag (born 1984)
Allen Steele (born 1958)
Angela Steinmüller (born 1941)
Karlheinz Steinmüller (born 1950)
Neal Stephenson (born 1959)
Bruce Sterling (born 1954)
Jacques Sternberg (1923–2006)
Francis Stevens (1883–1948) (pseudonym of Gertrude Barrows Bennett)
Marc Stiegler (born 1954)
G. Harry Stine (1928–1997) (also known as Lee Correy)
S. M. Stirling (born 1953)
John E. Stith (born 1947)
Giampietro Stocco (born 1961)
Manning Lee Stokes (1911–1976)
Sam Stone (fl. 2010–present)
J. Michael Straczynski (born 1954), Babylon 5
Charles Stross (born 1964)
Arkady and Boris Strugatsky ((1925–1991) and (1933–2012) respectively) (in Russian, Аркадий и Борис Стругацкие)
Theodore Sturgeon (1918–1985) (pseudonym of Edward Hamilton Waldo)
Somtow Sucharitkul (also known as S. P. Somtow) (born 1952)
Sujatha (1935–2008)
Tricia Sullivan (born 1968)
Michael Swanwick (born 1950)
Jonathan Swift (1667–1745)
Michael Szameit (1950–2014)
T
John Taine (1883–1960) (pseudonym of Eric Temple Bell)
Stephen Tall (1908–1981) (pseudonym of Compton Newby Crook)
Yoshiki Tanaka (born 1952)
Charles R. Tanner (1896–1974)
Andrius Tapinas (born 1977)
Howard Tayler (born 1968)
Dennis E. Taylor (fl. 2015–present)
Travis S. Taylor (born 1968)
Adrian Tchaikovsky (born 1972)
Steve Rasnic Tem (born 1950)
William F. Temple (1914–1989)
Tais Teng (born 1952) (nom de plume of Thijs van Ebbenhorst Tengbergen)
William Tenn (1920–2010) (pseudonym of Philip Klass)
Sheri S. Tepper (1929–2016)
Tom Terry (born 1963)
Walter Tevis (1928–1984)
Felix Thijssen (1933–2022)
Theodore L. Thomas (1920–2005)
Tade Thompson (fl. 2005–present)
Robert Thurston (1936–2021)
Lavie Tidhar (born 1976)
Mark W. Tiedemann (born 1954)
Patrick Tilley (1928–2020)
James Tiptree Jr. (1915–1987) (pseudonym of Alice Sheldon)
Arthur Tofte (1902–1980)
Brad R. Torgersen (born 1974)
Karen Traviss (fl. 2002–2017)
F. Orlin Tremaine (1899–1956)
Aleksei Nikolaevich Tolstoy (1882/3–1945) (in Russian Алексей Николаевич Толстой)
Edwin Charles Tubb (1919–2010)
George Tucker (1775–1861)
Wilson Tucker (1914–2006)
George Turner (1916–1997)
Harry Turtledove (born 1949)
Mary Turzillo (born 1940)
Lisa Tuttle (born 1952)
John Twelve Hawks (fl. 2005–2014)
Kathy Tyers (born 1952)
U
Steven Utley (1948–2013)
V
Catherynne M. Valente (born 1979)
James Van Pelt (born 1954)
Sydney J. Van Scyoc (born 1939)
A. E. van Vogt (1912–2000)
Jack Vance (1916–2013)
Jeff VanderMeer (born 1968)
Robert E. Vardeman (born 1947)
John Varley (born 1947)
Vladimir Vasilyev (born 1967)
Vercors (1902–1991) (pseudonym of Jean Bruller)
Jules Verne (1828–1905)
Alpheus Hyatt Verrill (1871–1954)
Pierre Versins (1923–2001)
Harl Vincent (1893–1968)
Joan D. Vinge (born 1948)
Vernor Vinge (1944–2024)
Julius Vogel (1835–1899)
Voltaire (1694–1778)
Elisabeth Vonarburg (born 1947)
Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. (1922–2007)
W
Karl Edward Wagner (1945–1994)
Roland C. Wagner (1960–2012)
Howard Waldrop (1946–2024)
Edgar Wallace (1875–1932)
F. L. Wallace (1915–2004) (also known as Floyd Wallace)
Ian Wallace (1912–1998)
Hugh Walters (1910–1993)
Bryce Walton (1918–1988)
Jo Walton (born 1964)
Donald Wandrei (1908–1987)
Ian Watson (born 1943)
Lawrence Watt-Evans (born 1954)
Peter Watts (born 1958)
Don Webb (born 1960)
David Weber (born 1952)
Stanley G. Weinbaum (1902–1935)
Richard M. Weiner (1930–2020)
Andy Weir (born 1972)
Jan Weiss (1892–1972)
Manly Wade Wellman (1903–1986)
Angus Wells (1943–2006)
Basil Wells (1912–2003)
Dan Wells (born 1977)
H. G. Wells (1866–1946)
Martha Wells (born 1964)
Chuck Wendig (born 1976)
K. D. Wentworth (1951–2012)
Bernard Werber (born 1961)
Wallace West (1900–1980)
Scott Westerfeld (born 1963)
Suzanne Weyn (born 1955)
Dennis Wheatley (1897–1977)
Alex White (born 1981)
James White (1928–1999)
Steve White (born 1946)
Ted White (born 1938)
Sonny Whitelaw (born 1956)
Cherry Wilder (1930–2002)
Kate Wilhelm (1928–2018)
Liz Williams (born 1965)
Lynda Williams (born 1958)
Rob Williams
Robert Moore Williams (1907–1977)
Sean Williams (born 1967)
Tad Williams (born 1957)
Walter Jon Williams (born 1953)
Jack Williamson (1908–2006)
Michael Z. Williamson (born 1967)
Connie Willis (born 1945)
Colin Wilson (1931–2013)
D. Harlan Wilson (born 1971)
F. Paul Wilson (born 1946)
Richard Wilson (1920–1987)
Robert Anton Wilson (1932–2007)
Robert Charles Wilson (born 1953)
David Wingrove (born 1954)
Adam Wiśniewski-Snerg (1937–1995)
Otto Witt (1875–1923)
Edmund Wnuk-Lipinski (1944–2015)
Bernard Wolfe (1915–1985)
Gene Wolfe (1931–2019)
Donald A. Wollheim (1914–1990) (various pseudonyms)
Jack Womack (born 1956)
John C. Wright (born 1961)
S. Fowler Wright (1874–1965)
Stefan Wul (1922–2003) (pseudonym of Pierre Pairault)
James Wylder (born 1989)
Philip Wylie (1902–1971)
John Wyndham (1903–1969) (pseudonym of John Wyndham Parkes Lucas Beynon Harris)
Y
Neon Yang
Nir Yaniv (born 1972)
Tetsu Yano (1923–2004)
Chelsea Quinn Yarbro (born 1942)
Jun'ya Yokota (1945–2019)
Jane Yolen (born 1939)
Robert Franklin Young (1915–1986)
Charles Yu (born 1976)
Z
Arthur Leo Zagat (1896–1949)
Timothy Zahn (born 1951)
Janusz Zajdel (1938–1985)
Yevgeny Zamyatin (1884–1937)
George Zebrowski (born 1945)
Roger Zelazny (1937–1995)
Alexander Zelenyj (fl. 2005–present)
Tully Zetford (pseudonym of Kenneth Bulmer)
Sarah Zettel (born 1966)
Andrzej Ziemiański (born 1960)
Rafal A. Ziemkiewicz (born 1964)
Aleksandar Ziljak (born 1963)
Werner Zillig (born 1949)
David Zindell (born 1952)
Zoran Živković (born 1948)
Pamela Zoline (born 1941)
Alexander Zorich (born 1973) (joint pseudonym of Yana Botsman and Dmitry Gordevsky)
Joseph Zornado (fl. 2000–2019)
Jerzy Żuławski (1874–1915)
See also
Black science fiction
Category:Science fiction writers by nationality
Internet Speculative Fiction DataBase
List of Clarion South Writers Workshop Instructors
List of Clarion West Writers Workshop alumni
List of Clarion West Writers Workshop instructors
List of Clarion Writers Workshop Alumni
List of Clarion Writers Workshop Instructors
List of fantasy authors
List of horror fiction authors
List of military science fiction works and authors
List of Romanian science fiction writers
List of science fiction editors
Lists of authors
Novelists
Timeline of science fiction
Women science fiction authors
References
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).
External links
Official website for "Russian Science Fiction and Fantasy"
Official website for the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America