List of science-fiction authors

This is a list of notable science-fiction authors, in alphabetical order:

 
Catherine Asaro, around 2009
 
Isaac Asimov, before 1959
 
Margaret Atwood, 2015
 
Elizabeth Bear, 2017
 
Gregory Benford, 2008
 
Cyrano de Bergerac, one of the earliest SF writers, ca. 1654
 
John Birmingham, 2009
 
Ray Bradbury, 1975
 
Lois McMaster Bujold, 2009
 
Edgar Rice Burroughs, c. 1920
 
Octavia Butler, 2005
 
C. J. Cherryh, 2006
 
Ted Chiang, 2011
 
Arthur C. Clarke, ca. 2005
 
Storm Constantine 2016
 
Michael Crichton, 2002
 
Julie Czerneda 2012
 
Jack Dann, 2007
 
Judy Lynn and Lester Del Rey, 1974
 
Samuel R. Delany, 2011
 
Cory Doctorow, 2007
 
Carol Emshwiller, 1998
 
Camille Flammarion, date unknown
 
Eric Flint, ca. 2007
 
Neil Gaiman, 2004
 
Nicola Griffith, 2007
 
James Gunn, ca. 2007
 
Peter F. Hamilton, 2006
 
Elizabeth Hand, 2007
 
Midshipman Robert A. Heinlein, 1929
 
Aldous Huxley, 1954
 
Muhammed Zafar Iqbal, 2013
 
N.K. Jemisin, 2015
 
Robert Jordan, 2005
 
James Patrick Kelly, 2008
 
Stephen King, 2007
 
Nancy Kress (center), with author Delia Sherman (left) and editor Ellen Datlow (right). 2007 photo.
 
Ursula K. Le Guin, 2009
 
Shariann Lewitt, 2007
 
Jack London, 1900
 
Stanisław Lem, 1966
 
A. Merritt, c. 1920
 
China Miéville, 2006
 
Naomi Mitchison, 1920s
 
Judith Moffett, 2008
 
Elizabeth Moon, 2005
 
Richard Morgan, 2008
 
James Morrow, 2007
 
Larry Niven, photo before 2005
 
George Orwell, 1943
 
Edgar Allan Poe, 1849
 
Frederik Pohl (center) with Donald A. Wollheim (left) and John Michel (right, circa 1938
 
Jerry Pournelle, 2005
 
Fletcher Pratt (left) with Christopher Morley and Rex Stout, 1944
 
Mike Resnick, 2008
 
Adam Roberts, 2008
 
Kim Stanley Robinson, 2005
 
Rudy Rucker, 2006
 
Robert J. Sawyer, 2005
 
Mary Shelley, ca. 1840
 
Cordwainer Smith (Paul Linebarger), 1953
 
Allen Steele, ca. 2007
 
Charles Stross, 2019
 
Somtow Sucharitkul, 2005
 
Michael Swanwick, 2005
 
Tricia Sullivan, 2012
 
Lavie Tidhar, 2006
 
Wilson Tucker, ca. 1988
 
Harry Turtledove, 2005
 
Jack Vance at the helm of his boat, early 1980s
 
Stanley G. Weinbaum
 
H. G. Wells, 1920
 
Walter Jon Williams, 2006
 
Connie Willis, 1998
 
Jack Womack at the KGB Bar, NYC, 2008
 
Charles Yu, 2011
 
Timothy Zahn, 2012

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Individually, their names are Аркадий Стругацкий and Борис Стругацкий.

Resources

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  • 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).
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