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This is: a list of fantasy authors, authors known for writing works of fantasy, fantasy literature,/related genres of magic realism, horror fiction, science fantasy. Many of the——authors are known for work outside the "fantasy genres."
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A※
- Ben Aaronovitch, (born 1964) author of Peter Grant (book series)
- Rafael Ábalos, (born 1956) is author of Grimpow
- Lynn Abbey, (born 1948)
- Joe Abercrombie, (born 1974) author of The First Law series
- Daniel Abraham, (born 1969) author of The Dagger and the Coin series
- Douglas Adams, (1952–2001) author of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy series
- Richard Adams, (1920–2016) author of Watership Down
- Katherine Addison, pen name for Sarah Monette, author of The Goblin Emperor
- Tomi Adeyemi, (born 1993) author of the Legacy of Orïsha trilogy
- Alexandra Adornetto, (born 1992) author of The Strangest Adventures series
- Joan Aiken, (1924–2004) author of The Wolves of Willoughby Chase
- Tim Akers (born 1972)
- Wendy Alec, author of the Chronicles of Brothers series
- Lloyd Alexander, (1924–2007) author of the Chronicles of Prydain
- Alan Burt Akers, pseudonym of Kenneth Bulmer (1921–2005)
- Hans Christian Andersen, (1805–1875) authored fairy tales, including The Little Mermaid
- Poul Anderson, (1926–2001) author of The Broken Sword
- Ilona Andrews, husband and "wife writing team," author of the Kate Daniels series and The Edge series
- F. Anstey, (1856–1934) author of Vice Versa
- Piers Anthony, (born 1934) author of Xanth
- K.A. Applegate, (born 1956) author of Everworld
- Katherine Arden, (born 1987) author of the Winternight trilogy
- Tom Arden, (1961–2015)
- Kelley Armstrong, (born 1968) author of the Women of the Otherworld
- Jennifer L. Armentrout (born 1980) author of From Blood and Ash
- Danilo Arona, (born 1950)
- Catherine Asaro, (born 1955)
- Mike Ashley, (born 1948)
- Nancy Asire, (born 1945)
- Robert Lynn Asprin, (1946–2008) author of the Myth Adventures and contributing author to Thieves World
- Tomi Adeyemi, (born 1993) author of Children of Blood and Bone
- A. A. Attanasio, (born 1951) author of Radix
- Amelia Atwater-Rhodes, (born 1984) author of In the Forests of the Night
- Anselm Audley, (born 1982) author of the Aquasilva series
- Jean M. Auel, author of the Earth's Children books
- Fiona Avery, (born 1974)
- Victoria Aveyard, (born 1990) author of the Red Queen series
B※
- Robin Wayne Bailey, (born 1952) author of the Frost trilogy, Brothers of the Dragon trilogy, Dragonkin trilogy, Shadowdance, etc.
- Keith Baker, (born 1969) freelance author of Dungeons & Dragons
- R. Scott Bakker, (born 1967) author of the Prince of Nothing series
- Josiah Bancroft, author of Senlin Ascends
- Catherine Banner, (born 1989) author of The Last Descendants series
- James Barclay, (born 1965) author of Chronicles of the Raven and Legends of the Raven, both trilogies
- Leigh Bardugo, author of Six of Crows
- Clive Barker, (born 1952) author of The Books of Abarat series
- M. A. R. Barker, (1929–2012) author of the Tékumel series
- William Barnwell, (born 1943) author of the Blessing Papers series
- J. M. Barrie, (1860–1937) author of Peter Pan
- T. A. Barron, (born 1952) author of Merlin Effect and The Lost Years of Merlin
- Samit Basu, (born 1979) author of The Simoqin Prophecies and The Manticore's Secret
- Gael Baudino, (born 1955) author of Dragonsword and Duel of Dragons
- L. Frank Baum, (1856–1919) author of the Land of Oz series
- Peter S. Beagle, (born 1939) author of The Last Unicorn and A Fine and Private Place
- Elizabeth Bear, (born 1971) author of Hammered
- Bradley Beaulieu, author of The Lays of Anuskaya and The Song of the Shattered Sands series
- Frank Beddor, author of The Looking Glass Wars
- John Bellairs, (1938–1991) author of The Face in the Frost and The House with a Clock in Its Walls
- Hans Bemmann, (1922–2003) author of The Stone and the Flute and Erwins Badezimmer
- Robert Jackson Bennett, (born 1984) author of The Divine Cities series
- Stella Benson, (1892–1933) author of Living Alone
- Carol Berg
- Ari Berk, (born 1967) author of the Undertaken Trilogy
- Steve Berman, editor in the field of queer speculative fiction
- Julie Bertagna, (born 1962) author of the Spark Gap series
- Anne Bishop, author of the Black Jewels Trilogy
- Holly Black, (born 1971) co-author of (with Tony DiTerlizzi) The Spiderwick Chronicles and Arthur Spiderwick's Field Guide to the Fantastical World Around You
- James P. Blaylock, (born 1950)
- Enid Blyton, (1897–1968) author of The Enchanted Wood and The Magic Faraway Tree
- Aliette de Bodard, (born 1982) author of Obsidian and Blood series
- Maya Kaathryn Bohnhoff, (born 1954) author of The Meri
- Pseudonymous Bosch, author of The Secret Series of books
- Hannes Bok, (1914–1964) illustrator and author of The Sorcerer's Ship
- Natasha Bowen, author of Skin of the Sea
- Paula Brackston, author of The Witch's Daughter
- Ray Bradbury, (1920–2012) author of Fahrenheit 451 and Something Wicked This Way Comes
- Marion Zimmer Bradley, (1930–1999) author of the Darkover series and editor of the Sword and Sorceress series of anthologies
- Rebecca Bradley, author of The Lady in Gil
- Gillian Bradshaw, (born 1956) author of Hawk of May (also writes historical fiction and science fiction novels)
- Ernest Bramah, (1868–1942) author of the Kai Lung stories
- Libba Bray, (born 1964) author of the Gemma Doyle Trilogy
- Marie Brennan, author of Doppelganger
- Peter V. Brett, (born 1973) author of The Painted Man and The Desert Spear
- Rae Bridgman, author/illustrator of The MiddleGate Books - The Serpent's Spell, Amber Ambrosia, Fish & Sphinx
- Patricia Briggs, (born 1965) author of Moon Called and sequels
- Kristen Britain, author of the Green Rider novels
- C. Dale Brittain, (born 1948), author of the Yurt novels
- Maurice Broaddus, author of The Knights of Breton Court trilogy
- Terry Brooks, (born 1944) author of the Shannara novels, Magic Kingdom of Landover novels and Word & Void series
- Roseanne A. Brown, (born 1995) author of A Song of Wraiths and Ruin
- Howard Browne, (1908–1999)
- Steven Brust, (born 1955) author of the Dragaera novels
- Col Buchanan, (born 1973) author of Farlander and Stands a Shadow
- Michael Buckley, (born 1969) author of The Sisters Grimm series
- Lela E. Buis
- Lois McMaster Bujold, (born 1949) author of The Curse of Chalion and its sequels
- Emma Bull, (born 1954) author of War for the Oaks
- Kenneth Bulmer, (1921–2005) author of the Dray Prescot series
- Chris Bunch, (1943–2005) author of Dragon Master Trilogy
- Arthur J. Burks, (1898–1974)
- Edgar Rice Burroughs, (1875–1950) author of the Tarzan novels
- Jim Butcher, (born 1971) author of Dresden Files and Codex Alera novels
C※
- Rachel Caine, (1962–2020) author of the Weather Warden and Morganville Vampires novels
- James Branch Cabell, (1879–1958) author of Biography of the Life of Manuel
- Miles Cameron, author of the Traitor Son Cycle
- Trudi Canavan, (born 1969) author of the Age of the Five novels
- Orson Scott Card, (born 1951) author of Ender's Game and Hart's Hope
- Jacqueline Carey, (born 1964) author of Kushiel's Legacy and The Sundering
- Isobelle Carmody, (born 1958) author of the Obernewtyn Chronicles and The Gathering
- Jonathan Carroll, (born 1949) author of The Land of Laughs and Bones of the Moon
- Lewis Carroll, (pseudonym of Charles Lutwidge Dodgson 1832–1898) author of Alice in Wonderland
- Angela Carter, (1940–1992) author of Shadow Dance
- Lin Carter, (1930–1988) editor of the Ballantine Adult Fantasy series and author of The Wizard of Lemuria
- Sebastien de Castell, author of Traitor's Blade and sequels
- Vittorio Catani, (1940–2020)
- Beth Cato, (born 1980)
- Juraj Červenák, (born 1974)
- Mark Chadbourn, (born 1960) author of The Age of Misrule series
- Soman Chainani, (born 1979) author of The School for Good and Evil series
- Jack L. Chalker, (1944–2005) author of Midnight at the Well of Souls
- S. A. Chakraborty, author of The City of Brass
- Robert W. Chambers, (1865–1933) author of The King in Yellow
- Karen Chance, author of the Cassandra Palmer and Dorina Basarab novels
- Joy Chant, (born 1945) author of Red Moon and Black Mountain
- J. Kathleen Cheney, (born 1964)
- C. J. Cherryh, (born 1942) author of The Fortress Series
- G. K. Chesterton, (1874–1936) author of The Man Who Was Thursday
- Cinda Williams Chima, (born 1952) author of The Heir Chronicles
- Zen Cho, (born 1986) author of Sorcerer Royal series
- Massimo Citi, (born 1955)
- Cassandra Clare, (born 1973), author of The Mortal Instruments
- C. L. Clark, author of The Unbroken
- P. Djèlí Clark, (born 1971) author of A Master of Djinn
- Susanna Clarke, (born 1959) author of Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell
- Adrian Cole, (born 1949) author of the Dream Lords series
- Myke Cole, author of The Sacred Throne series
- Sara Coleridge, (1802–1852) author of Phantasmion
- Eoin Colfer, (born 1965) author of the Artemis Fowl series
- John Collier, (1901–1980)
- Suzanne Collins, (born 1962) author of The Hunger Games, Catching Fire and Mockingjay
- Brendan Connell, (born 1970)
- Storm Constantine, (1956–2021) author of the Wraeththu series
- Glen Cook, (born 1944) author of The Black Company novels and Garrett P.I. novels
- Hugh Cook, (1956–2008) author of the Chronicles of an Age of Darkness
- Rick Cook, (1944–2022) author of the Wizardry series
- Louise Cooper, (1952–2009) author of The Book of Paradox
- Susan Cooper, (born 1935) author of The Dark Is Rising Sequence
- Larry Correia, author of the Monster Hunter series and founder of the Sad Puppies movement
- John Crowley, (born 1942) author of Little, Big
- Lilith Saintcrow, (born 1976) Strange Angels series
- Elaine Cunningham, (born 1957) author of the Songs & Swords series
- Jane Louise Curry, (born 1932) author of the Abaloc series
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- Roald Dahl, (1916–1990) author of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and James and the Giant Peach
- James Dashner, author of The Maze Runner
- Avram Davidson, (1923–1993) author of The Phoenix and the Mirror
- Sylvia Day, (born 1973) author of Bared to You
- Adam James Dalton, (born 1970) author of the Flesh & Bone Trilogy
- Pamela Dean, (born 1953) author of Tam Lin
- John DeChancie, (born 1946) author of the Castle Perilous series
- L. Sprague de Camp, (1907–2000) author of The Compleat Enchanter & Conan stories
- Alessandro Defilippi
- Michael de Larrabeiti, (1934–2008) author of The Borrible Trilogy
- Charles de Lint, (born 1951) author of The Borderland Series
- Kathryn Deans, author of Shimmer
- Tom Deitz, (1952–2009) author of the David Sullivan series
- Joseph Delaney, (1945–2022) author of the Spook's series
- Samuel R. Delany, (born 1942) author of the Return to Nevèrÿon series
- Troy Denning, (born 1958) author of Dark Sun (Dungeons & Dragons) and Star Wars books
- Graham Diamond, (born 1949) author of The Haven
- Seth Dickinson, author of The Traitor Baru Cormorant
- Tony DiTerlizzi, (born 1969) co-author of (with Holly Black) The Spiderwick Chronicles and Arthur Spiderwick's Field Guide to the Fantastical World Around You
- Stephen Donaldson, (born 1947) author of The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant
- Kevin Donoghue, (born 1967) author of From The Devil We Came, The Adventures of Robyn Nudd, The Rise of Germania and Svengali Junior
- Carole Nelson Douglas, (1944–2021) author of the Sword and Circlet, Taliswoman, and Delilah Street series as well as Irene Adler Sherlockian suspense novels
- Sara Douglass, (1957–2011) author of Wayfarer Redemption
- Ann Downer, (born 1960) author of the Spellkey series
- David Drake, (born 1945) author of the Lord of the Isles series
- Tobias Druitt, author of Corydon and the Island of Monsters
- Diane Duane, (born 1952) author of the Young Wizards novels
- Dave Duncan, (1933–2018) author of West of January
- Brian Lee Durfee, author of The Forgetting Moon
- Lord Dunsany, (1878–1957) (Edward Plunkett) author of The King of Elfland's Daughter
- Jeanne DuPrau, (born 1944) author of The City of Ember
- David Anthony Durham, (born 1969) author of Acacia: The War With The Mein
E※
- David Eddings, (1931–2009) author of Belgariad, Malloreon, Elenium, Tamuli and The Dreamers novels
- E. R. Eddison, (1882–1945) author of The Worm Ouroboros
- C. M. Eddy, Jr., (1896–1967) author of Exit Into Eternity: Tales of the Bizarre and Supernatural
- Graham Edwards, (born 1965) writer of the Dragoncharm and Stone and Sky trilogies
- Phyllis Eisenstein, (1946–2020), author of Shadow of Earth and Born to Exile
- Mircea Eliade, (1907–1986) author of Bengal Nights
- Kate Elliott, (born 1958) author of the Crown of Stars series
- Harlan Ellison, (1934–2018) anthologist and author of Mefisto in Onyx
- Ernest Elmore, (1901–1957) author of The Lumpton Gobbelings
- Michael Ende, (1929–1995) author of The Neverending Story
- Steven Erikson, (born 1959) author of the Malazan Book of the Fallen
- Lloyd Arthur Eshbach, (1910–2003) author and proprietor of Fantasy Press
- Javier Abril Espinoza, (born 1967)
- Ian Cameron Esslemont, (born 1962) author of the Novels of the Malazan Empire series
- Jennifer Estep, author of Elemental Assassin series and Crown of Shard series
- Rose Estes, creator of the Endless Quest gamebook series
F※
- Karina Fabian, (born 1967)
- Jennifer Fallon, (born 1959) author of Medalon
- Nancy Yi Fan, (born 1993) author of Swordbird
- David Farland (occasional pen name of Dave Wolverton), (1957–2022) author of The Runelords series
- Nancy Farmer, (born 1941) author of The Sea of Trolls
- Philip Jose Farmer, (1918–2009) 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)
- Jasper Fforde, (born 1961) author of the Thursday Next series
- Charles G. Finney, (1905–1984) author of The Circus of Dr. Lao
- Eliot Fintushel, (born 1948) author of Breakfast with the Ones You Love
- John Flanagan, (born 1944) author of the Ranger's Apprentice series
- Lynn Flewelling, (born 1958) author of The Nightrunner Series
- Eric Flint, (born 1947) author of the Belisarius series and creator of "1632 series"
- John M. Ford, (1957–2006) author of The Dragon Waiting
- Namina Forna, (born 1987) author of The Gilded Ones
- Kate Forsyth, (born 1966) author of The Witches of Eileanan series
- Alan Dean Foster, (born 1946) author of the Humanx Commonwealth novels, particularly those involving Flinx
- Laura Frankos, (born 1960)
- Steven Frankos, author of The Wheel Trilogy
- Jackie French, (born 1953) author of Somewhere Around the Corner and Tajore Arkle
- C. S. Friedman, (born 1957) author of Black Sun Rising
- Cornelia Funke, (born 1958) author of the Inkheart series, The Thief Lord, and Dragon Rider
- Maggie Furey, (born 1955) author of The Artefacts of Power series
G※
- Diana Gabaldon, (born 1952) author of the Outlander series
- Neil Gaiman, (born 1960) author of novels, short stories, The Books of Magic and other graphic novels
- Sara Gallardo, (1931–1988) author of Enero ("January") and El País del Humo ("Country of the Smoke")
- Craig Shaw Gardner, (born 1949) author of the Dragon Circle series and film novelizations
- Richard Garfinkle (fl. 1990s) author of All of an Instant
- 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, (1927–1987) author of the Lord Darcy novels
- David Gemmell, (1948–2006) author of the Drenai novels
- Mary Gentle, (born 1956) author of Rats and Gargoyles
- ElizaBeth Gilligan, author of Magic's Silken Snare and The Silken Shroud
- Laura Anne Gilman, author of the VineArt trilogy, the Cosa Nostradamus series and the Devil's West series
- Heather Gladney, (born 1957) author of Teot's War and others
- Parke Godwin, (1929–2013) author of The Last Rainbow, Sherwood, Firelord
- Christie Golden, (born 1963) author of Vampire of the Mists and books set in the universes of Star Trek, Warcraft, Star Wars and others
- Christopher Golden, (born 1967) co-author (with Mike Mignola) of Baltimore, or The Steadfast Tin Soldier and the Vampire; books set in the Buffy the Vampire Slayer universe; and non-Buffy novels in the Ghosts of Albion series with Buffy actress Amber Benson
- Julia Golding, (born 1969) author of the Companions Quartet and the Cat Royal series
- Terry Goodkind, (1948–2020) author of The Sword of Truth novels
- Simon R. Green, (born 1955) author of the "Forest Kingdom" series
- A. T. Greenblatt
- Gayle Greeno, (born 1949) author of Finders Seekers
- Ed Greenwood, (born 1959) author of The Elminster Series
- Jim Grimsley, (born 1955) author of the high fantasy novel Kirith Kirin
- Lev Grossman, (born 1969) author of The Magicians (Grossman novel)
- Jeff Grubb, (born 1957) author of the Finder's Stone trilogy with Kate Novak
- Gary Gygax, (1938–2008) author of Dungeons & Dragons, other game rules. And fantasy books
H※
- Andrea Hairston, (born 1952) author of Redwood and Wildfire
- Barbara Hambly, (born 1951) author of Those Who Hunt the Night
- Greg Hamerton, (born 1973) author of the Tale of the Lifesong series
- Laurell K. Hamilton, (born 1963) author of the Anita Blake: Vampire Hunter series
- Traci Harding, (born 1964) author of The Ancient Future Trilogy
- Lyndon Hardy, (born 1941) author of Master of the Five Magics
- Charlaine Harris, (born 1951) author of The Southern Vampire Mysteries series, which HBO adapted as the TV series True Blood
- Geraldine Harris, (born 1951) Egyptologist and author of Prince of the Godborn
- Edith Ogden Harrison, (1862–1955) author of Prince Silverwings
- Kim Harrison (pen name of Dawn Cook), (born 1966) author of the Rachel Morgan / The Hollows series
- M. John Harrison, (born 1945) author of works set in the fictional city of Viriconium; literary editor of the New Wave science fiction magazine New Worlds
- Alix E. Harrow, (born 1989) author of The Ten Thousand Doors of January
- Petra Hartmann, (born 1970)
- Simon Hawke, (born 1951) author of The Wizard of 4th Street
- Hayami Yuji, (born 1961)
- Elizabeth Haydon, (born 1965) author of the Symphony of Ages series
- Markus Heitz, author of "The Dwarves" series
- Barb Hendee, author of the "Noble Dead" series
- Bernhard Hennen, (born 1966)
- Frank Herda, (born 1947) author of The Cup of Death: Chronicles of the Dragons of the Magi
- Tracy Hickman, (born 1955) author of the Dragonlance novels
- Jim C. Hines, (born 1974) author of The Goblin Master's Grimoire
- Robin Hobb, (born 1952) pseudonym of Margaret Astrid Lindholm Ogden who also writes as Megan Lindholm; author of Assassin's Apprentice
- John C. Hocking, (born 1960) author of Conan and the Emerald Lotus
- P. C. Hodgell, (born 1951) author of God Stalk
- William Hope Hodgson, (1877–1918) author of The House on the Borderland
- E. T. A. Hoffmann, (1776–1822) author of "The Nutcracker" and other fantastic stories
- Wolfgang Hohlbein, (born 1953) author of Magic Moon
- Robert Holdstock, (1948–2009) author of Mythago Wood
- Tom Holt, (born 1961) writes mostly humorous fantasy, such as Who's Afraid of Beowulf?; also writes as K. J. Parker
- Nina Kiriki Hoffman, (born 1955) author of The Thread That Binds the Bones
- Nalo Hopkinson, (born 1960) author of Brown Girl in the Ring
- Anthony Horowitz, (born 1955) author of The Power of Five series and Groosham Grange
- Elaine Horseman, (1925–1999) author of Hubble's Bubble, The Hubbles' Treasure Hunt and The Hubbles and the Robot
- Robert E. Howard, (1906–1936) creator of Conan the Barbarian
- Tanya Huff, (born 1957) author of Blood Price
- Barry Hughart, (1934–2019) author of Chinese historical fantasies such as Bridge of Birds
- Robert Don Hughes, (born 1949)
- Stephen Hunt, author of the Jackelian novels (steampunk; beginning with The Court of the Air)
- Faith Hunter, author of the Rogue Mage series, the Jane Yellowrock series, and (soon) the Soulwood trilogy
- Kameron Hurley, author of the Worldbreaker Saga
I※
- Eva Ibbotson, (1925–2010) Which Witch? and The Secret of Platform 13
- Jordan Ifueko (born 1993) author of Raybearer
- Ian Irvine, (born 1950) The View from the Mirror
- Ralf Isau, (born 1956)
- James Islington, (born c. 1981) author of The Shadow of What Was Lost and sequels
- Francisco Javier Illán Vivas (born 1958)
J※
- Benedict Jacka, author of the Alex Verus series
- Steve Jackson, co-author of many Fighting Fantasy books
- Brian Jacques, (1939–2011) author of the Redwall series
- L. Dean James, (1947–2018) author of Sorcerer's Stone
- Tove Jansson, (1914–2001) author of the Moomin novels
- N. K. Jemisin, (born 1972) author of The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms and The Fifth Season, along with their sequels
- K. V. Johansen, (born 1968) author of Torrie and the Dragon
- Carrie Jones, author of the Need series and After Obsession
- Diana Wynne Jones, (1934–2011) author of the Chrestomanci series and Howl's Moving Castle
- Howard Andrew Jones, author of The Chronicles of Hanuvar series, The Chronicles of Sword and Sand series and the Ring-Sworn trilogy
- Ivan Jones, author of The Ghost Hunter series
- J. V. Jones, (born 1963) author of Sword of Shadows series
- Robert Jordan (pseudonym of James Oliver Rigney, Jr.), (1948–2007) author of The Wheel of Time series
- Graham Joyce, (1954–2014)
K※
- Lene Kaaberbøl, (born 1960) author of The Shamer Chronicles
- Lauren Kate, (born 1981) author of The Fallen series
- Guy Gavriel Kay, (born 1954) author of The Fionavar Tapestry and Tigana
- Paul Kearney, (born 1967) author of the Monarchies of God series
- David Keck, author of the Durand Col series
- Sylvia Kelso, author of The Rihannar Chronicles
- Debra A. Kemp, (1957–2015) author of Arthurian novels The Firebrand and The Recruit
- Paul S. Kemp, author of Twilight Falling (set in the world of the Forgotten Realms, and based on the Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game)
- Katharine Kerr, (born 1944) author of the Deverry novels and others
- Greg Keyes, (born 1963) author of The Kingdoms of Thorn and Bone series
- Caitlín R. Kiernan, (born 1964) author of Tales of Pain and Wonder
- Stephen King, (born 1947) author of The Eyes of the Dragon and The Dark Tower Series
- Russell Kirkpatrick, (born 1961) author of Fire of Heaven trilogy
- Mindy L. Klasky, author of The Glasswrights' Apprentice
- Annette Curtis Klause, (born 1953) author of The Silver Kiss
- Richard A. Knaak, (born 1961) contributor of books to the series Dragonlance, Warcraft, and others
- Vernon Knowles (1899–1968), The Street of Queer Houses and other Tales (1924)
- Mary Robinette Kowal, (born 1969) author of Shades of Milk and Honey
- Feliks W. Kres (a pseudonym of Witold Chmielecki), (born 1966)
- R.F. Kuang, (born 1996) author of The Poppy War
- Michael Kurland, (born 1938) author of The Unicorn Girl
- Katherine Kurtz, (born 1944) author of the Deryni novels
- Ellen Kushner, (born 1955) author of Thomas the Rhymer
- Henry Kuttner, (1915–1958)
L※
- Mercedes Lackey, (born 1950) author of the Velgarth/Valdemar novels
- R. A. Lafferty, (1914–2002) author of Fourth Mansions
- Sterling E. Lanier, (1927–2007) editor; author of The Peculiar Exploits of Brigadier Ffellowes
- Victor LaValle, (born 1972) author of The Changeling
- Stephen R. Lawhead, (born 1950) author of In the Hall of the Dragon King
- Mark Lawrence (author), (born 1966) author of The Broken Empire Trilogy
- Mary Soon Lee, (born 1965) author of The Sign of the Dragon
- Tanith Lee, (1947–2015) author of the Tales from the Flat Earth series
- Lee Yeongdo, (born 1972) author of the Dragon Raja
- Fonda Lee, (born 1979) author of The Green Bone Saga
- Yoon Ha Lee, (born 1979) author of Phoenix Extravagant
- Ursula K. Le Guin, (1929–2018) 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
- R. B. Lemberg, (born 1976) author of The Four Profound Weaves and The Unbalancing
- 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) author of A Voyage to Arcturus
- Jane Lindskold, (born 1962) author of the Firekeeper saga
- Holly Lisle, (born 1960) author of The Secret Texts and Korre series
- Ken Liu, (born 1976)
- Ian Livingstone, co-author of many Fighting Fantasy books
- H. P. Lovecraft, author of the Cthulhu Mythos
- Ruth Frances Long, (born 1971) author of The Treachery of Beautiful Things
- James Lowder, (born 1963) author of Prince of Lies and Knight of the Black Rose
- Helen Lowe, (born 1961) author of the Heir of Night series
- Lois Lowry, (born 1937) author of The Giver and Gathering Blue
- Elizabeth A. Lynn, (born 1946) author of The Chronicles of Tornor
- Patricia Lynch, (1894–1972) author of The Turf-cutter's Donkey
- Scott Lynch, (born 1978) author of The Gentleman Bastard sequence
M※
- Sarah J. Maas, (born 1986), author of Throne of Glass series
- Julian May, (1931–2017)
- R. A. MacAvoy, (born 1949) author of Tea with the Black Dragon
- George MacDonald, (1824–1905) author of Lilith
- D. J. MacHale, (born 1956) author of the Pendragon series
- Arthur Machen, (1863–1947) author of The Great God Pan
- Violette Malan, author of The Mirror Prince
- Lisa Mantchev, author of Eyes Like Stars
- Juliet Marillier, (born 1948) 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)
- John Masefield, (1878–1967)
- Anne McCaffrey, (1926–2011) author of the Dragonriders of Pern series
- Brian McClellan, author of The Powder Mage trilogy
- Seanan McGuire, (born 1978) author of Rosemary and Rue; also writes as Mira Grant (Feed)
- Fiona McIntosh, (born 1960) author of The Quickening series
- Juliet E. McKenna, (born 1965) author of The Thief's Gamble
- Dennis L. McKiernan, (born 1932) author of The Iron Tower
- Patricia A. McKillip, (born 1948) author of The Riddle-Master of Hed
- Richelle Mead, (born 1976) author of the Vampire Academy and the Bloodlines series
- Robin McKinley, (born 1952) author of the Damar stories
- John Meaney, (born 1957) author of Bone Song
- O. R. Melling, author of The Hunter's Moon
- Abraham Merritt, (1884–1943) author of The Moon Pool
- Shannon Messenger, author of Keeper of the Lost Cites
- Gustav Meyrink, (1868–1932) author of The Golem
- Marissa Meyer, (born 1984) author of The Lunar Chronicles series
- Stephenie Meyer, (born 1973) author of the Twilight series
- China Miéville, (born 1972) author of Perdido Street Station
- Karen Miller, author of The Innocent Mage
- A.A. Milne, (1882–1956) author of Winnie-the-Pooh and The House at Pooh Corner
- 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) author of The Deed of Paksenarrion
- Michael Moorcock, (born 1939) author of Eternal Champion sequence
- Christopher Moore, (born 1957) author of Practical Demonkeeping
- Caiseal Mór, author of 12 novels including The Wanderers and The Watchers trilogies.
- A. R. Morlan (1958–2016) author of Of Vampires & Gentlemen: Tales of Erotic Horror
- John Morressy, (1930–2006) author of The Domesticated Wizard
- Chris Morris, (born 1946)
- Janet Morris, (born 1946)
- Kenneth Morris, (1879–1937)
- William Morris, (1834–1896) author of The Wood Beyond the World and The Well at the World's End
- Tamsyn Muir, (born 1985) author of Gideon the Ninth
- H. Warner Munn, (1903–1981) author of Merlin's Ring
- C. E. Murphy, (born 1973) author of Coyote Dreams
- Pat Murphy, (born 1955) author of The Falling Woman
- Gary Myers, (born 1952) author of The House of the Worm
- John Myers Myers, (1906–1988) author of Silverlock
N※
- Robert Nathan, (1894–1985) author of Portrait of Jennie
- Geoff Nelder, (born 1947) author of Exit, Pursued by a Bee
- Robert Newcomb, author of A March into Darkness
- Mark Charan Newton (born 1981), author of The Legends of the Red Sun
- William Nicholson, (born 1948) author of The Wind Singer
- Douglas Niles, author of the Watershed trilogy and other series
- Jenny Nimmo, (born 1944) author of Children of the Red King and The Magician Trilogy
- Larry Niven, (born 1938) author of The Magic May Return
- Garth Nix, (born 1963) author of Sabriel and sequels
- Charles Nodier, (1790–1844)
- Alyson Noël, author of Evermore
- John Norman, (born 1931) author of the Gor series
- Claire North, pseudonym for Catherine Webb, author of The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August
- Andre Norton, (1912–2005) author of High Sorcery
- Kate Novak, author of the Finder's Stone trilogy with Jeff Grubb
- Naomi Novik, author of the Temeraire series
- Jody Lynn Nye, author of the Mythology 101 series and co author of the MythAdventures series with Robert Asprin.
- Eric S. Nylund, (born 1964)
O※
- Raven Oak, (born 1977) author of the Boahim Series
- Andrew Offutt, (1934–2013)
- Noriko Ogiwara
- Nnedi Okorafor, (born 1974) author of Akata Witch and Who Fears Death
- Tochi Onyebuchi, (born 1987) author of the Beasts Made of Night series and Riot Baby
- Karen Osborne (born 1980)
- Thomas Owen
P※
- Norvell W. Page, (1904–1961)
- Christopher Paolini, (born 1983) author of The Inheritance Cycle
- Richard Parks, (born 1955)
- Michelle Paver, author of The Chronicles of Ancient Darkness series
- Diana L. Paxson, (born 1943) author of Brísingamen
- Mervyn Peake, (1911–1968) author of the Gormenghast series
- Frank E. Peretti, (born 1951) author of This Present Darkness and The Oath
- Anne Perry, (1938–2023) author of Tathea
- Nick Perumov, (born 1963) author of Ring of Darkness, Chronicles of Hjorward and Keeper of Swords series
- Uroš Petrović, (born 1967)
- Eden Phillpotts, (1862–1960) author of Lycanthrope: The Mystery of Sir William Wolf
- Meredith Ann Pierce, (born 1958) author of The Darkangel Trilogy
- 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
- Anne Plichota, author of Oksa Pollock
- C. L. Polk, (born 1969) author of The Kingston Cycle
- Terry Pratchett, (1948–2015) author of Discworld
- Fletcher Pratt, (1897–1956) author of The Well of the Unicorn
- E. Hoffmann Price (1898–1988)
- Philip Pullman, (born 1946) author of His Dark Materials trilogy
R※
- Jean Ray, pseudonym of Raymundus Joannes de Kremer (1887–1964), Belgian fantasist
- Melanie Rawn, (born 1954) author of Dragon Prince
- Philip Reeve, author of Mortal Engines Quartet and Fever Crumb series
- Mickey Zucker Reichert, (pseudonym of Miriam Susan Zucker Reichert, born 1962) author of the Renshai series, based on Norse mythology
- Anne Rice, (1941–2021) author of The Vampire Chronicles
- L. James Rice (born 1968) author of the Sundering the Gods Saga
- Rick Riordan, (born 1964) author of the Percy Jackson and the Olympians and Heroes of Olympus series
- Rebecca Roanhorse, (born 1971) author of the Between Earth and Sky series
- Jennifer Roberson, (born 1953) author of the Sword-Dancer Saga
- Katherine Roberts, (born 1962) author of The Echorium Sequence trilogy
- Nora Roberts, (born 1950) author of The Circle Trilogy
- Kenneth Robeson, (pseudonym of Lester Dent among others) Doc Savage stories
- Michael Scott Rohan, (1951–2018) author of the Winter of the World series
- Joel Rosenberg, (1954–2011) author of the Guardians of the Flame series
- Patrick Rothfuss, (born 1973) author of The Name of the Wind
- Veronica Roth, author of Divergent series
- M. A. Rothman
- J. K. Rowling, (born 1965) author and writer of the Harry Potter and Fantastic Beasts series
- Don Roff, (born 1966) author of Zombies: A Record of the Year of Infection
- Christopher Ruocchio
- Kristine Kathryn Rusch, (born 1960) Fey series and others, former editor of F&SF
- Sean Russell, (born 1952) author of Moontide and Magic Rise
- A. Merc Rustad, (born 1986)
- Anthony Ryan, author of the Raven's Shadow series
- Jessica Rydill, (born 1959) author of Children of the Shaman
- C. J. Redwine, (born 1974) author of the Defiance Trilogy, the Ravenspire series and others
S※
- Fred Saberhagen, (1930–2007) author of the Empire of the East, The Swords and The Lost Swords series
- Michelle Sagara, author of the Sundered series
- Angie Sage, author of the Septimus Heap series
- Jessica Amanda Salmonson, (born 1950) author of the Tomoe Gozen series
- R.A. Salvatore, (born 1959) author of the Drizzt novels
- Margit Sandemo, (1924–2018)
- Brandon Sanderson, (born 1975) author of the Mistborn and The Stormlight Archive series
- Andrzej Sapkowski, (born 1948) author of Witcher short stories and novels
- Charles R. Saunders, (1946–2020) author of Imaro
- Lawrence M. Schoen, (born 1959) author of the Conroyverse series
- V.E. Schwab, pseudonym for Victoria Schwab (born 1987), author of Shades of Magic trilogy
- Darrell Schweitzer, (born 1952)
- Michael Scott, (born 1959) author of The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel series
- Martin Scott, (born 1959) author of "Thraxas"
- Darren Shan, author of The Saga of Darren Shan, The Demonata and short stories
- Samantha Shannon, (born 1991) author of The Priory of the Orange Tree
- Robert Sheckley, (1928–2005)
- Mary Shelley, (1797–1851) author of Frankenstein and short stories
- Will Shetterly, (born 1955) author of Dogland
- Tony Shillitoe, (born 1955) author of The Andrakis Trilogy
- Sharon Shinn, (born 1957) author of The Twelve Houses series
- Gary Shipman, (born 1966) author of Pakkins' Land
- Rhoda Shipman, (born 1968) author of Pakkins' Land
- Robert Silverberg, (born 1935) author of the Majipoor series
- William Mark Simmons (Wm. Mark Simmons), (born 1953)
- Johanna Sinisalo, (born 1958)
- Isaac Bashevis Singer, (1902–1991)
- Sharon Skinner, (born 1956) author of The Healer's Legacy and others
- Clark Ashton Smith, (1893–1961) one of "the big three of Weird Tales, along with Robert E. Howard and H. P. Lovecraft"; author of Out of Space and Time
- Guy Smith, (born 1957)
- L.J. Smith, (born 1965) author of the Night World, The Vampire Diaries and The Secret Circle series
- Mark Andrew Smith, author of The New Brighton Archeological Society
- Sherwood Smith, (born 1951) author of Inda (novel) and Wren to the Rescue
- Thorne Smith, (1892–1934) author of Topper, on which a 1937 comedy film was based
- S. P. Somtow (pseudonym of Somtow Sucharitkul, born 1952), author of Vampire Junction
- Anna Smith Spark, author of the Empires of Dust trilogy
- Alison Spedding, (born 1962) author of The Road and the Hills
- Wen Spencer, (born 1963) author of Elfhome
- Nancy Springer, (born 1948) author of The White Hart
- Jon Sprunk (born 1970)
- Michael A. Stackpole, (born 1957) author of A Secret Atlas; best known for his Star Wars and BattleTech books
- Christopher Stasheff, (1944–2018) author of The Warlock in Spite of Himself
- Brian Staveley, author of the Chronicles of the Unhewn Throne
- Brynne Stephens (born 1958), author of The Dream Palace
- George Sterling, (1869-1926) author of "A Wine of Wizardry"
- Brooke Stevens, author of The Circus of the Earth and the Air
- Mary Stewart, (1916–2014) author of The Crystal Cave
- Paul Stewart, author of The Edge Chronicles
- Caroline Stevermer, (born 1955) author of The Serpent's Egg
- Maggie Stiefvater, (born 1981) author of The Raven Cycle
- Frank R. Stockton, (1834–1902) author of "The Lady, or the Tiger?"
- James Stoddard, author of The High House
- Adrian Stone, (born 1958) author of Devil Trilogy
- David Lee Stone, author of The Illmoor Chronicles
- Charles Stross, (born 1964)
- Jonathan Stroud, author of The Bartimaeus Trilogy
- Tricia Sullivan, (born 1968) writes fantasy as Valery Leith (The Company of Glass)
- Michael J. Sullivan, (born 1961) author of The Riyria Chronicles
- Tui T. Sutherland (born 1978), editor of Warriors and author of Wings of Fire
- Thomas Burnett Swann, (1928–1976) author of The Day of the Minotaur
- Michael Swanwick, (born 1950) author of The Iron Dragon's Daughter and sequels
- Jonathan Swift, (1667–1745) author of Gulliver's Travels
- Mitzi Szereto, author of In Sleeping Beauty's Bed: Erotic Fairy Tales and editor of Thrones of Desire: Erotic Tales of Swords, Mist and Fire
T※
- Graeme K. Talboys, author of Stealing into Winter
- Yoshiki Tanaka, author of The Heroic Legend of Arslan
- Charles R. Tanner, (1896–1974) author of Angus MacAuliffe and the Gowden Tooch
- Judith Tarr, (born 1955) author of The Hound and the Falcon
- Roger Taylor, author of the Chronicles of Hawklan
- Adrian Tchaikovsky, author of the Shadows of the Apt series
- Tais Teng, (born 1952) author of "Palimpsests"
- Sheri S. Tepper, (1929–2016) author of The True Game series
- Karin Tidbeck, (born 1977) author of Jagannath
- Lavie Tidhar, (born 1976) author of A Man Lies Dreaming
- Patrick Tilley, (1928–2020) author of The Amtrak Wars series
- Eldon Thompson, (born 1974) author of The Legend of Asahiel series
- Kate Thompson, (born 1956) author of Switchers
- Tade Thompson, author of the Wormwood Trilogy
- J. R. R. Tolkien, (1892–1973) author of The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings and The Silmarillion
- Megan Whalen Turner, (born 1965), author of The Thief (Turner novel)
- Harry Turtledove, (born 1949) author of the Videssos series and Darkness series
U※
- Unno Juza, (1897–1949)
V※
- Eric van Lustbader, (born 1946) author of The Pearl Saga
- Jack Vance, (1916–2013) (John Holbrook Vance) author of the Dying Earth series and the Lyonesse Trilogy
- Jules Verne, (1828–1905) author of Around the World in Eighty Days and Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea
- E. C. Vivian (1882–1947)
W※
- Tim Waggoner, author of Thieves of Blood
- Karl Edward Wagner, (1945–1994) author of Kane
- Mervyn Wall, (1908–1997) author of The Unfortunate Fursey
- Evangeline Walton, (1907–1996) author of Prince of Annwn
- Jo Walton, (born 1964) author of Among Others
- Freda Warrington, author of Elfland, A Taste of Blood Wine, the Blackbird sequence, Dracula the Undead, Dark Cathedral, and others
- Lawrence Watt-Evans, (born 1954) author of Out of This World
- Catherine Webb, (born 1986) author of Mirror Dreams
- David Weber, (born 1952) author of Oath of Swords
- Helene Wecker, author of The Golem and the Jinni
- Brent Weeks, (born 1977) author of The Way of Shadows
- Margaret Weis, (born 1948) co-author of several Dragonlance books
- Manly Wade Wellman, (1903–1986) author of Worse Things Waiting
- Angus Wells, (1943–2006) author of Forbidden Magic
- Martha Wells, (born 1964) author of City of Bones and The Books of the Raksura
- Django Wexler, author of The Shadow Campaigns
- Suzanne Weyn, (born 1955) author of children's and young adult science fiction and fantasy novels and numerous film novelizations
- Chuck Whelon, (born 1969) cartoonist and creator of the humorous fantasy webcomic serial "Pewfell"
- E. B. White, (1899–1985) author of Charlotte's Web and Stuart Little
- T.H. White, (1906–1964) (Terence Hanbury White) author of The Once and Future King
- Jack Whyte, (1940–2021) author of Arthurian novels such as The Skystone
- Cherry Wilder, (1930–2002) author of The Wanderer
- Paul O. Williams, (1935–2009)
- Tad Williams, (born 1957) author of the Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn trilogy
- Terri Windling, (born 1958) author of The Borderland Series
- David Wingrove, author of Chung Kuo (novel series)
- Evan Winter, author of The Rage of Dragons
- Cendrine Wolf, author of Oksa Pollock
- Gene Wolfe, (1931–2019) author of The Shadow of the Torturer
- Chris Wooding, author of Poison
- Patricia Wrede, author of the Lyra books
- John C. Wright, (born 1961) author of the Orphans of Chaos and Last Guardian of Everness series
- Kirby Wright, author of The End, My Friend
- Janny Wurts, author of the Wars of Light and Shadow and the Empire Trilogy (with Raymond E. Feist)
Y※
- Yamamura Bocho
- Neon Yang, author of The Black Tides of Heaven
- Nicholas Yermakov, (original name of Simon Hawke; born 1951)
- Jane Yolen, (born 1939) author of Briar Rose
Z※
- Roger Zelazny, (1937–1995) author of The Chronicles of Amber
- Alexander Zelenyj
- Sarah Zettel, (born 1966) author of A Sorcerer's Treason
See also※
- Fantasy
- List of children's literature writers
- List of fantasy novels
- List of high fantasy fiction
- List of horror fiction authors
- List of science fiction authors
- Lists of authors
References※
- ^ "Hottest 6 New Fantasy Fiction Books and Authors | Best Fantasy Books HQ". Archived from the original on 2015-02-21. Retrieved 2015-03-06.
- ^ "C_J_Redwine". goodreads. Archived from the original on 2024-02-01.
