List of science fiction authors

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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):

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A

Dafydd ab Hugh, (born 1960)

Edwin Abbott, (1838-1926), (Flatland)

Humayun Ahmed, (born 1948)

Kobo Abe, (1924-1993)

Robert Abernathy, (1924-1990)

Forrest J. Ackerman, (born 1916)

Douglas Adams, (1952-2001)

Robert Adams, (1932-1990)

Jerry Ahern, (born 1946)

Jim Aikin, (born 1948)

Alan Burt Akers (pseudonym of Kenneth Bulmer)

Brian Aldiss, (born 1925)

David M. Alexander, (born 1945), not to be confused with the David Alexander who wrote some Star Trek novelizations

Lloyd Alexander, (born 1924)

Roger MacBride Allen, (born 1957)

Genrich Altshuller, (1926-1998)

Kingsley Amis, (1922-1995)

Colin Anderson

Kevin J. Anderson, (born 1962)

Poul Anderson, (1926-2001)

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)

Eleanor Arnason, (born 1942)

Robert Arthur, (1909-1969)

Catherine Asaro, (born 1955)

Neal Asher, (born 1961)

Isaac Asimov, (1920-1992)

Janet Asimov, (born 1926)

Robert Asprin, (born 1946)

A. A. Attanasio, (born 1951)

Margaret Atwood, (born 1939)

Ayerdhal, (born 1959)

B

Kage Baker, (born 1952)

J. G. Ballard, (born 1930)

Gertrude Barrows Bennett (Francis Stevens, 1883 to 1948)

Iain M. Banks, (born 1954)

Raymond E. Banks, (1918-1996)

Marek Baraniecki, (born 1954)

Miquel Barceló, (born 1948)

René Barjavel, (1911-1985)

Arthur K. Barnes, (1911-1969)

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)

L. Frank Baum, (1856-1919)

Stephen Baxter, (born 1957)

Barrington J. Bayley, (born 1937)

Elizabeth Bear, (born 1971)

Greg Bear, (born 1951)

Jerome Beatty Jr, (1918–2002)

Charles Beaumont, (1929-1967)

Alexander Beliaev, (1884-1942)

Edward Bellamy, (1850-1898)

Don Bendell, (born 1947) (pseudonym of Ron Stillman)

Gregory Benford, (born 1941)

J. D. Beresford, (1873–1947)

Alfred Bester, (1913-1987)

Bruce Bethke

Ambrose Bierce, (1842-1914?)

Lloyd Biggle, Jr., (1923-2002)

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)

James Blish, (1921-1975)

Robert Bloch, (1917-1994)

Maya Kaathryn Bohnhoff, (born 1954)

Nelson S. Bond, (1908-2006)

Pierre Bordage, (born 1955)

Anthony Boucher, (1911-1968) (pseudonym of William A.P. White)

Mark Bourne

Ben Bova, (born 1932)

Leigh Brackett, (1915-1978)

Ray Bradbury, (born 1920)

Marion Zimmer Bradley, (1930-1999)

Gillian Bradshaw, (born 1956) (also writes historical fiction and fantasy novels)

Reginald Bretnor, (1911-1992)

David Brin, (born 1950)

Damien Broderick, (born 1944)

Kristi Brooks, (born 1980)

Eric Brown, (born 1960)

Fredric Brown, (1906-1972)

Rosel George Brown, (1926-1967)

Simon Brown

John Brunner, (1934-1995)

Steven Brust, (born 1955)

Edward Bryant, (born 1945)

Valery Bryusov, (1873-1924)

Tobias S. Buckell, (born 1979)

Algis Budrys, (born 1931)

Lois McMaster Bujold, (born 1949)

Kenneth Bulmer, (1921-2005)

Kir Bulychev, (1934-2003)

Chris Bunch, (1943-2005)

David R. Bunch, (1925-2000)

Anthony Burgess, (1917-1993)

Edgar Rice Burroughs, (1875-1950)

Michael A. Burstein, (born 1970)

F. M. Busby, (1921-2005)

Octavia E. Butler, (1947-2006)

C

Pat Cadigan, (born 1953)

Jack Cady, (1932-2004)

Martin Caidin, (1927-1997)

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)

Cleve Cartmill, (1908-1964)

Jeffrey Carver, (born 1949)

Gabriel Bermudez Castillo

Jack L. Chalker, (1944-2005)

A. Bertram Chandler, (1912-1984)

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)

Arthur C. Clarke, (born 1917)

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)

John Clute

Stephen Euin Cobb, (born 1955)

Stanton A. Coblentz, (1896-1982)

Theodore Cogswell, (1918-1987)

Alberto Cola, (born 1967)

James Coltrane

David G. Compton, (born 1930)

Michael Coney, (1932-2005)

Groff Conklin, (1904-1968)

Storm Constantine

Glen Cook, (born 1944)

Hugh Cook, (born 1956)

Edmund Cooper, (1926-1982)

Richard Cowper, (1926-2002), (pseudonym John Middleton Murry, Jr. used when writing science fiction)

Erle Cox, (1873-1950)

Michael Crichton, (born 1942)

Compton N. Crook, (1908-1981) (also known as Stephen Tall)

John Crowley, (born 1942)

Ray Cummings, (1887-1957)

Vittorio Curtoni, (born 1949)

Julie E. Czerneda, (born 1955)

D

Roald Dahl, (1916-1990)

Brian Daley, (1947-1996)

John Dalmas

Tony Daniel (science fiction writer)

Jack Dann, (born 1945)

Maurice Georges Dantec, (born 1959)

Clark Darlton, (1920-2005) (pseudonym of Walter Ernsting)

Avram Davidson, (1923-1993)

Chan Davis, (born 1926) (pseudonym of Dr. Chandler Davis)

L. Sprague de Camp, (1907-2000)

Stephen Dedman

Samuel R. Delany, (born 1942)

Lester del Rey, (1915-1993)

JC De La Torre, (born 1973)

Bradley Denton, (born 1958)

August Derleth, (1909-1971)

A.J. Deutsch, (1918-1969)

Philip K. Dick, (1928-1982)

Gordon R. Dickson, (1923-2001)

Thomas M. Disch, (born 1940)

Cory Doctorow, (born 1971)

Candas Dorsey, (born 1952)

Arthur Conan Doyle, (1859-1930)

Gardner Dozois, (born 1947)

David Drake, (born 1945)

Jacek Dukaj, (born 1974)

Jean-Claude Dunyach, (born 1957)

E

David Eckert, (born 1987)

G. C. Edmondson, (1922-1995)

Dolton Edwards

George Alec Effinger, (1947-2002)

Ivan Antonovich Efremov, (in Russian Иван Антонович Ефремов), (1907-1972)

Greg Egan, (born 1961)

Suzette Haden Elgin, (born 1936)

William B. Ellern, (born 1933)

Harlan Ellison, (born 1934)

Roger Elwood, (born 1933)

Carol Emshwiller, (born 1921)

Walter Ernsting, (1920-2005)

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)

John Russell Fearn, (1908-1960)

Brad Ferguson, (born 1953)

Sheila Finch

Jack Finney, (1911-1995)

Nicholas Fisk, (born 1923) (pseudonym of David Higginbottom)

Camille Flammarion, (1842-1925)

Eric Flint, (born 1947)

Michael Flynn, (born 1947)

Charles L. Fontenay, (1917-2007)

Jeffrey Ford, (born 1955)

John M. Ford, (1957-2006)

William R. Forstchen, (born 1950)

E(dward) M(organ) Forster, (1879-1970)

Robert L. Forward, (1932-2002)

Richard Foss

Alan Dean Foster, (born 1946)

M. A. Foster, (born 1939)

Karen Joy Fowler, (born 1950)

José Frajtag, (born 1943)

Randall Frakes

Herbert W. Franke, (born 1927)

Yves Fremion, (born 1940)

C. S. Friedman, (born 1957)

Oscar J. Friend, (1897-1963)

Esther Friesner, (born 1951)

Jerry Furland, (born 1954)

G

Neil Gaiman, (born 1960)

Raymond Z. Gallun, (1911-1994)

Daniel F. Galouye, (1920-1976)

James Alan Gardner

Martin Gardner, (born 1914)

Richard Garfinkle

Randall Garrett, (1927-1987)

Mary Gentle, (born 1956)

Alistair Gentry

Hugo Gernsback, (1884-1967), (namesake of the Hugo Award)

David Gerrold, (born 1944)

Mark S. Geston, (born 1946)

Edward Gibson, (born 1936)

Gary Gibson

William Gibson, (born 1948)

Alexis A. Gilliland, (born 1931)

Molly Gloss, (born 1944)

Tom Godwin, (1915-1980)

H. L. Gold, (1914-1996)

Lisa Goldstein

Kathleen Ann Goonan

Richard Gordon, (born 1947)

Phyllis Gotlieb, (born 1926)

Ron Goulart, (born 1933)

Charles L. Grant, (born 1942)

Nicholas Grabowsky

Roland J. Green, (born 1944)

Colin Greenland, (born 1954)

Edward Grendon, (born 1920) (pseudonym of Lawrence L. LeShan)

George Griffith, (1857-1906)

Nicola Griffith, (born 1960)

Jon Courtenay Grimwood

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)

H. Rider Haggard, (1856-1925)

Jack C. Haldeman II, (1941-2002)

Joe Haldeman, (born 1943)

Barbara Hambly, (born 1951)

Edmond Hamilton, (1904-1977)

Peter F. Hamilton, (born 1960)

Elizabeth Hand, (born 1957)

N. D. Hansen-Hill

Charles L. Harness, (1915-2005)

Clare Winger Harris, (1891-1968)

Harry Harrison, (born 1925)

M. John Harrison, (born 1945)

Henry Hasse, (1913-1977)

R. Hatman, born 1972

Simon Hawke, (born 1951)

Willard Hawkins

Simon Haynes, (born 1967)

Peter Heck

Robert A. Heinlein, (1907-1988)

Zenna Henderson, (1917-1983)

Brian Herbert, (born 1947)

Frank Herbert, (1920-1986), (Dune)

Philip E. High, (1914-2006)

L Mad Hildebrandt, (born 1961)

Douglas Hill, (born 1935)

Christopher Hinz, (born 1951)

Morioka Hiroyuki, (森岡浩之: born 1962)

P. C. Hodgell, (born 1951)

William Hope Hodgson, (1877-1918)

E. T. A. Hoffman, (1776-1822)

Lee Hoffman, (born 1932)

Paul Hofrichter

H. H. Hollis, (1921-1977) (pseudonym of Ben Neal Ramey)

James P. Hogan, (born 1941)

Robert L. Holt & Frank L. Holt

Holden, Elizabeth, (born 1943)

Nalo Hopkinson, (born 1960)

Shinichi Hoshi, (1926-1997)

Robert J. Howe, (born 1957)

Fred Hoyle, (1915-2001)

L. Ron Hubbard, (1911-1986)

Marek Huberath, (born 1954)

Matt Hughes

Monica Hughes, (1925-2003)

Stephen Hunt

Matthew Hunter

Aldous Huxley, (1884-1963)

I

Dean Ing, (born 1931)

Muhammed Zafar Iqbal, (born