List of fantasy authors

This is a list of fantasy authors, authors known for writing works of fantasy, fantasy literature, or related genres of magic realism, horror fiction, science fantasy. Many of the authors are known for work outside the fantasy genres.

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 Katherine 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 (1945–2021) Robert Asprin (1946–2008), author of the MythAdventures 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

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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 Ivan Baran (born 1996), author of The Black Books Cycle 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 (born 1958), 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 (born 1948) 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 Algernon Blackwood (1869–1951), author of "The Willows", "The Wendigo" and The Centaur James 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 (born 1967), 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, Barsoom, Pellucidar and Amtor novels Jim Butcher (born 1971), author of Dresden Files and Codex Alera novels

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Rachel Caine (1962–2020), author of the Weather Warden and The 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's Adventures 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 Genevieve Cogman (born ???), author of the Invisible Library series and the Scarlett series 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), author of His Monkey Wife and Fancies and Goodnights 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 Gordon Dahlquist, author of the Glass Books series Henry Darger (1892–1973), author and illustrator of In the Realms of the Unreal 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 & pasticheur of the 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 Tracy Deonn, author of the Legendborn series 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 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 (1945–2023), 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