This is a list of notable science-fiction authors, in alphabetical order:
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- Dafydd ab Hugh (born 1960)
- Alexander Abasheli (1884–1954)
- Edwin Abbott Abbott (1838–1926)
- Kōbō Abe (1924–1993)
- Robert Abernathy (1924–1990)
- Dan Abnett (born 1965)
- Daniel Abraham (born 1969)
- Forrest J Ackerman (1916–2008)
- Douglas Adams (1952–2001)
- Robert Adams (1932–1990)
- Ann Aguirre (born 1970)
- Jerry Ahern (1946–2012)
- Jim Aikin (born 1948)
- Alan Burt Akers (1921–2005) (pseudonym of Kenneth Bulmer)
- Tim Akers (born 1972)
- Brian Aldiss (1925–2017)
- David M. Alexander (born 1945)
- Grant Allen (1848–1899)
- Roger MacBride Allen (born 1957)
- Hans Joachim Alpers (1943–2011)
- Steve Alten (born 1959)
- Genrich Altshuller (1926–1998)
- Kingsley Amis (1922–1995)
- Paul Rafaelovich Amnuél (born 1944)
- Charlie Jane Anders (born 1969)
- Chester Anderson (1932–1991)
- Kevin J. Anderson (born 1962)
- Poul Anderson (1926–2001)
- Jean-Pierre Andrevon (born 1937)
- Arlan Andrews (born 1940)
- Patricia Anthony (1947–2013)
- Piers Anthony (born 1934)
- Christopher Anvil (1925–2009) (pseudonym of Harry C. Crosby)
- K. A. Applegate (born 1956)
- E.L. Arch (1922–1988) (pseudonym of Rachel Cosgrove Payes)
- Eleanor Arnason (born 1942)
- Robert Arthur (1909–1969)
- Catherine Asaro (born 1955)
- Neal Asher (born 1961)
- Francis Leslie Ashton (1904–1994)
- Pauline Ashwell (1928–2015)
- Isaac Asimov (1920–1992)
- Janet Asimov (1926–2019)
- Nancy Asire (1945–2021)
- Robert Asprin (1946–2008)
- Francis Henry Atkins (1847–1927)
- A. A. Attanasio (born 1951)
- Margaret Atwood (born 1939)
- Ayerdhal (1959–2015)
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- Richard Bachman (pseudonym of Stephen King)
- Paolo Bacigalupi (born 1972)
- Hilary Bailey (1936–2017)
- Robin Wayne Bailey (born 1952)
- Kage Baker (1952–2010)
- Scott Baker (born 1947)
- J. G. Ballard (1930–2009)
- Edwin Balmer (1883–1959)
- Iain M. Banks (1954–2013)
- Michael A. Banks (born 1951)
- Raymond E. Banks (1918–1996) (also known as Ray Banks, Ray E. Banks, R.E. Banks, and Fred Freair)
- Marek Baraniecki (born 1954)
- Miquel Barceló (1948–2021)
- René Barjavel (1911–1985)
- Wayne Barlowe (born 1958)
- Arthur K. Barnes (1911–1969)
- John Barnes (born 1957)
- Steven Barnes (born 1952)
- William Barnwell (born 1943)
- Donald Barr (1921–2004)
- João Barreiros (born 1952)
- Max Barry (born 1973)
- William Barton (born 1950)
- T. J. Bass (1932–2011) (pseudonym of Thomas J. Bassler)
- Harry Bates (1900–1981)
- L. Frank Baum (1856–1919)
- John Baxter (born 1939)
- Stephen Baxter (born 1957)
- Georgy Baydukov (1907–1994)
- Barrington J. Bayley (1937–2008)
- Elizabeth Bear (born 1971)
- Greg Bear (1951–2022)
- Jerome Beatty Jr (1918–2002)
- Charles Beaumont (1929–1967)
- Vladimir Beekman (1929–2009)
- Ugo Bellagamba (born 1972)
- Edward Bellamy (1850–1898)
- Alexander Belyaev (1884–1942)
- Andrei Belyanin (born 1967)
- Don Bendell (born 1947) (pseudonym of Ron Stillman)
- Gregory Benford (born 1941)
- Donald R. Bensen (1927–1997)
- J. D. Beresford (1873–1947)
- Fyodor Berezin (born 1960)
- Cyrano de Bergerac (1619–1655)
- Jack Bertin (1913–1983) (pseudonym of Peter B. Germano)
- Alfred Bester (1913–1987)
- Bruce Bethke (born 1955)
- Ambrose Bierce (1842 – c. 1914)
- Lloyd Biggle, Jr. (1923–2002)
- Eando Binder (joint pseudonym of Earl (1904–1966) and Otto (1911–1974) Binder)
- John Birmingham (born 1964)
- David Bischoff (1951–2018)
- Michael Bishop (1945–2023)
- Terry Bisson (1942–2024)
- Jerome Bixby (1923–1998)
- Malorie Blackman (born 1962)
- Jayme Lynn Blaschke (born 1969)
- James Blaylock (born 1950)
- James Blish (1921–1975)
- Robert Bloch (1917–1994)
- Alexander Bogdanov (1873–1928)
- Maya Kaathryn Bohnhoff (born 1954)
- Kevin Bokeili (1963–2014)
- John Boland (1913–1976)
- Nelson S. Bond (1908–2006)
- Pierre Bordage (born 1955)
- François Bordes (1919–1981)
- Anthony Boucher (1911–1968) (pseudonym of William A.P. White)
- Pierre Boulle (1912–1994)
- Sydney James Bounds (1920–2006)
- Louis Henri Boussenard (1847–1910)
- Ben Bova (1932–2020)
- Leigh Brackett (1915–1978)
- Ray Bradbury (1920–2012)
- Marion Zimmer Bradley (1930–1999)
- Gillian Bradshaw (born 1956)
- Johanna Braun (1929–2008)
- Mark Brandis (1931–2000)
- Reginald Bretnor (1911–1992)
- Miles J. Breuer (1889–1945)
- David Brin (born 1950)
- Jason V Brock (born 1970)
- Damien Broderick (born 1944)
- Max Brooks (born 1972)
- Terry Brooks (born 1944)
- John Brosnan (1947–2005)
- Eric Brown (born 1960)
- Fredric Brown (1906–1972)
- James Cooke Brown (1921–2000)
- Rosel George Brown (1926–1967)
- Simon Brown (born 1956)
- John Brunner (1934–1995)
- Steven Brust (born 1955)
- Edward Bryant (1945–2017)
- Valery Bryusov (1873–1924)
- Tobias S. Buckell (born 1979)
- Algis Budrys (1931–2008)
- Vitaly Bugrov (1938–1994)
- Lela E. Buis (fl. 1977–present)
- Lois McMaster Bujold (born 1949)
- Mikhail Bulgakov (1891–1940)
- Faddey Bulgarin (1789–1859)
- Kenneth Bulmer (1921–2005)
- Kir Bulychev (1934–2003)
- Chris Bunch (1943–2005)
- David R. Bunch (1925–2000)
- Anthony Burgess (1917–1993)
- Sue Burke (born 1955)
- Yuli Burkin (born 1960)
- Arthur J. Burks (1898–1974)
- Edgar Rice Burroughs (1875–1950)
- Michael A. Burstein (born 1970)
- F. M. Busby (1921–2005)
- Aleksandr Bushkov (born 1956)
- Alain Le Bussy (1947–2010)
- Jim Butcher (born 1971)
- Octavia E. Butler (1947–2006)
- Stuart J. Byrne (1913–2011)
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- Pat Cadigan (born 1953)
- Jack Cady (1932–2004)
- Martin Caidin (1927–1997)
- Italo Calvino (1923–1985)
- Jack Campbell (born 1956)
- John W. Campbell, Jr. (1910–1971) (also known as Don A. Stuart)
- Karel Čapek (1890–1938)
- Paul Capon (1912–1969)
- Orson Scott Card (born 1951)
- Joseph Carne-Ross (1846–1911)
- Terry Carr (1937–1987)
- Lin Carter (1930–1988)
- Cleve Cartmill (1908–1964)
- Jeffrey Carver (born 1949)
- Jay Caselberg (born 1958)
- Beth Cato (born 1980)
- Hugh B. Cave (1910–2004)
- Franci Cerar (fl. 1979)
- Jack L. Chalker (1944–2005)
- Joël Champetier ( 1957–2015)
- A. Bertram Chandler (1912–1984)
- Suzy McKee Charnas (born 1939)
- Daína Chaviano (born 1960)
- J. Kathleen Cheney (born 1964)
- C. J. Cherryh (born 1942)
- Ted Chiang (born 1967)
- Charles Chilton (1917–2013)
- John Christopher (1922–2012) (pseudonym of Samuel Youd)
- Richard Chwedyk (born 1955)
- Massimo Citi (born 1955)
- Charles Heber Clark (1841–1915) (also known as Max Adeler and John Quill)
- Arthur C. Clarke (1917–2008)
- Jo Clayton (1939–1998)
- Hal Clement (1922–2003) (pseudonym of Harry Clement Stubbs)
- John Cleve (1934–2013) (pseudonym of Andrew J. Offutt)
- Mark Clifton (1906–1963)
- Ernest Cline (born 1972)
- Mildred Clingerman (1918–1997)
- Brenda Clough (born 1955)
- Martha deMey Clow (1932–2010)
- John Clute (born 1940)
- Stanton A. Coblentz (1896–1982)
- Theodore Cogswell (1918–1987)
- Frona Eunice Wait Colburn (1859–1946)
- Allan Cole (1943–2019)
- Robert William Cole (1869–1937)
- Eoin Colfer (born 1965)
- Erroll Collins (1906–1991) (pseudonym of Ellen Edith Hannah Redknap)
- Suzanne Collins (born 1962)
- D. G. Compton (1930–2023)
- Michael Coney (1932–2005)
- Groff Conklin (1904–1968)
- Storm Constantine (1956–2021)
- Glen Cook (born 1944)
- Hugh Cook (1956–2008)
- Paul Cook (born 1950)
- Rick Cook (1944–2022)
- Brenda Cooper (born 1960)
- Edmund Cooper (1926–1982)
- Alfred Coppel (1921–2004)
- James S. A. Corey (joint pseudonym of Daniel Abraham and Ty Franck)
- Larry Correia (born 1977)
- Juanita Coulson (born 1933)
- Richard Cowper (1926–2002) (pseudonym John Middleton Murry, Jr. used when writing science fiction)
- Erle Cox (1873–1950)
- John G. Cramer (born 1934)
- Michael Crichton (1942–2008)
- Robert Cromie (1855–1907)
- John Crowley (born 1942)
- Andrew Crumey (born 1961)
- Ray Cummings (1887–1957)
- Philippe Curval (born 1929)
- Julie E. Czerneda (born 1955)
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- Roald Dahl (1916–1990)
- Brian Daley (1947–1996)
- John Dalmas (1926–2017)
- Tony Daniel (born 1963)
- Jack Dann (born 1945)
- Maurice Georges Dantec (1959–2016)
- Dennis Danvers (born 1947)
- Clark Darlton (1920–2005) (pseudonym of Walter Ernsting)
- James Dashner (born 1972)
- Avram Davidson (1923–1993)
- Chan Davis (1926–2022) (pseudonym of Dr. Chandler Davis)
- Vox Day (born 1968)
- L. Sprague de Camp (1907–2000)
- Antonio de Macedo (1931–2017)
- James De Mille (1833–1880)
- Marianne de Pierres (born 1961)
- Stephen Dedman (born 1959)
- Lester del Rey (1915–1993)
- Miriam Allen deFord (1888–1975)
- Samuel R. Delany (born 1942)
- Bradley Denton (born 1958)
- Charles Derennes (1882–1930)
- August Derleth (1909–1971)
- A.J. Deutsch (1918–1969)
- Graham Diamond (born 1949)
- Philip K. Dick (1928–1982)
- Terrance Dicks (1935-2019)
- Gordon R. Dickson (1923–2001)
- Charles Willard Diffin (1884–1966)
- Lyuben Dilov (1927–2008)
- Dougal Dixon (born 1947)
- William C. Dietz (born 1945)
- Thomas M. Disch (1940–2008)
- Cory Doctorow (born 1971)
- Alfred Döblin (1878–1957)
- Stephen R. Donaldson (born 1947)
- Alain Dorémieux (1933–1998)
- Sonya Dorman (1924–2005)
- Candas Dorsey (born 1952)
- Ian Douglas (born 1950) (pseudonym of William H. Keith, Jr.)
- Terry Dowling (born 1947)
- Arthur Conan Doyle (1859–1930)
- Debra Doyle (1952–2020)
- Gardner Dozois (1947–2018)
- David Drake (1945–2023)
- Tananarive Due (born 1966)
- Catherine Dufour (born 1966)
- Jacek Dukaj (born 1974)
- Jean-Claude Dunyach (born 1957)
- Nictzin Dyalhis (1873–1942)
E
- C. M. Eddy, Jr. (1896–1967)
- G. C. Edmondson (1922–1995)
- George Alec Effinger (1947–2002)
- Ivan Antonovich Efremov (1907–1972) (in Russian Иван Антонович Ефремов)
- Greg Egan (born 1961)
- Phyllis Eisenstein (1946–2020)
- Gordon Eklund (born 1945)
- Suzette Haden Elgin (1936–2015)
- E. C. Eliott (1908–1971) (pseudonym of Reginald Alec Martin)
- William B. Ellern (1933–2023)
- Harlan Ellison (1934–2018)
- Roger Elwood (1933–2007)
- Victor Rousseau Emanuel (1879–1960)
- Carol Emshwiller (1921–2019)
- M. J. Engh (born 1933)
- George Allan England (1877–1936)
- Inge Eriksen (1935–2015)
- Steven Erikson (born 1959) pseudonym of Steve Rune Lundin
- Walter Ernsting (1920–2005)
- Andreas Eschbach (born 1959)
- Kelley Eskridge (born 1960)
- Valerio Evangelisti (1952–2022)
- Christopher Evans (born 1951)
- E. Everett Evans (1893–1958)
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- Paul W. Fairman (1916–1977)
- Jane Fancher (born 1952)
- Lionel Fanthorpe (born 1935)
- Ralph Milne Farley (1887–1963) (pseudonym of Roger Sherman Hoar)
- Philip José Farmer (1918–2009)
- Nabil Farouk (1956–2020)
- Howard Fast (1914–2003)
- John Russell Fearn (1908–1960)
- Cynthia Felice (born 1942) ISFDB
- Brad Ferguson (born 1953)
- Paul Di Filippo (born 1954)
- Sheila Finch (born 1935)
- Jack Finney (1911–1995)
- Eliot Fintushel (born 1948)
- Nicholas Fisk (1923–2016) (pseudonym of David Higginbottom)
- Francis Flagg (1898–1946) (pseudonym of George Henry Weiss)
- Camille Flammarion (1842–1925)
- Eric Flint (1947–2022)
- Homer Eon Flint (1888–1924)
- Michael Flynn (born 1947)
- Charles L. Fontenay (1917–2007)
- Jeffrey Ford (born 1955)
- John M. Ford (1957–2006)
- William R. Forstchen (born 1950)
- E. M. Forster (1879–1970)
- Robert L. Forward (1932–2002)
- Richard Foss (born 1956)
- Alan Dean Foster (born 1946)
- M. A. Foster (1939–2020)
- Karen Joy Fowler (born 1950)
- Gardner Fox (1911–1986)
- Randall Frakes (born 1947) ISFDB
- Herbert W. Franke (1927–2022)
- Yves Fremion (born 1940)
- C. S. Friedman (born 1957)
- Oscar J. Friend (1897–1963)
- Esther Friesner (born 1951)
G
- Neil Gaiman (born 1960)
- Raymond Z. Gallun (1911–1994)
- Arnould Galopin (1865–1934)
- Daniel F. Galouye (1920–1976)
- Charles E. Gannon (born 1960)
- James Alan Gardner (born 1955)
- Martin Gardner (1914–2010)
- Richard Garfinkle (born 1961)
- Randall Garrett (1927–1987)
- Laurent Genefort (born 1968)
- Mary Gentle (born 1956)
- Peter George (1924–1966)
- Hugo Gernsback (1884–1967) (namesake of the Hugo Award)
- David Gerrold (born 1944)
- Mark S. Geston (born 1946)
- Edward Gibson (born 1936)
- Gary Gibson (born 1965)
- William Gibson (born 1948)
- John Ulrich Giesy (1877–1947)
- Alexis A. Gilliland (born 1931)
- John Glasby (1928–2011)
- John Gloag (1896–1981)
- Molly Gloss (born 1944)
- Dmitry Glukhovsky (born 1979)
- Parke Godwin (1929–2013)
- Tom Godwin (1915–1980)
- Jacques Goimard (1934–2012)
- H. L. Gold (1914–1996)
- Lee Gold (born 1942)
- Stephen Goldin (born 1947)
- Lisa Goldstein (born 1953)
- Kathleen Ann Goonan (1952–2021)
- Rex Gordon (1917–1998) (pseudonym of Stanley Bennett Hough)
- Richard Gordon (1947–2009)
- Phyllis Gotlieb (1926–2009)
- Ron Goulart (1933–2022)
- Steven Gould (born 1955)
- Charles L. Grant (1942–2006)
- Claudia Gray (born 1970)
- Dominic Green (born 1967)
- Nunsowe Green (fl. 1882, pseudonymous)
- Roland J. Green (1944–2021)
- Simon R. Green (born 1955)
- A. T. Greenblatt (fl. 2010–present)
- Colin Greenland (born 1954)
- William Greenleaf (born 1948)
- Percy Greg (1836–1889)
- Lois Gresh (born 1965)
- George Griffith (1857–1906)
- Nicola Griffith (born 1960)
- Jon Courtenay Grimwood (born 1953)
- Ken Grimwood (1944–2003)
- Alexander Gromov (in Russian Алекса́ндр Никола́евич Грóмов)
- Martin Grzimek (born 1950)
- Wyman Guin (1915–1989)
- Eileen Gunn (born 1945)
- James E. Gunn (1923–2020)
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- PJ Haarsma (born 1964)
- Karen Haber (born 1955)
- H. Rider Haggard (1856–1925)
- Ronald M. Hahn (born 1948)
- Isidore Haiblum (1935–2012)
- Jack C. Haldeman II (1941–2002)
- Joe Haldeman (born 1943)
- Austin Hall (1885–1933)
- Barbara Hambly (born 1951)
- Edmond Hamilton (1904–1977)
- Peter F. Hamilton (born 1960)
- Elizabeth Hand (born 1957)
- Otfrid von Hanstein (1869–1959)
- Lee Harding (1937–2023)
- Charles L. Harness (1915–2005)
- Clare Winger Harris (1891–1968)
- Harry Harrison (1925–2012)
- M. John Harrison (born 1945)
- Henry Hasse (1913–1977)
- Simon Hawke (born 1951)
- Peter Heck (born 1941)
- Robert A. Heinlein (1907–1988)
- Zenna Henderson (1917–1983)
- Brian Herbert (born 1947)
- Frank Herbert (1920–1986)
- Paul van Herck (1938–1989)
- Philip E. High (1914–2006)
- Douglas Hill (1935–2007)
- Ernest Hill (1915–2003)
- Charles Howard Hinton (1853–1907)
- Christopher Hinz (born 1951)
- Morioka Hiroyuki (born 1962) (in Japanese 森岡浩之)
- Christopher Hodder-Williams (1926–1995)
- P. C. Hodgell (born 1951)
- William Hope Hodgson (1877–1918)
- E. T. A. Hoffmann (1776–1822)
- Lee Hoffman (1932–2007)
- James P. Hogan (1941–2010)
- Ludvig Holberg (1684–1754)
- Elizabeth Holden (1943–2013)
- Robert Holdstock (1948–2009)
- H. H. Hollis (1921–1977) (pseudonym of Ben Neal Ramey)
- Nalo Hopkinson (born 1960)
- Shinichi Hoshi (1926–1997)
- Rokheya Sakhawat Hossain (Begum Rokheya) (1880? – 1932)
- Hayden Howard (1925–2014)
- Robert E. Howard (1906–1936)
- Hugh Howey (born 1975)
- Fred Hoyle (1915–2001)
- L. Ron Hubbard (1911–1986)
- Marek Huberath (born 1954)
- Matt Hughes (born 1949)
- Monica Hughes (1925–2003)
- Edna Mayne Hull (1905–1975)
- Cyril Hume (1900–1966)
- Stephen Hunt (born 1966)
- Kameron Hurley (born 1980)
- Dave Hutchinson (born 1960)
- Aldous Huxley (1894–1963)
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- Dragutin Ilić (1858–1926)
- Dean Ing (1931–2020)
- Simon Ings (born 1965)
- Muhammed Zafar Iqbal (born 1952)
- Kazuo Ishiguro (born 1954)
- Emmi Itäranta (born 1976)
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- Alexander Jablokov (born 1956)
- Muriel Jaeger (1892–1969)
- John Jakes (1932–2023)
- Malcolm Jameson (1891–1945)
- Phil Janes (fl. 1993–present)
- Laurence Janifer (1933–2002)
- N. K. Jemisin (born 1972)
- P. C. Jersild (born 1935)
- Wolfgang Jeschke (1936–2015)
- K. W. Jeter (born 1950)
- Michel Jeury (1934–2015)
- Xia Jia (born 1984)
- George Clayton Johnson (1929–2015)
- D. F. Jones (1917–1981)
- Gwyneth Jones (born 1952)
- Neil R. Jones (1909–1988)
- Raymond F. Jones (1915–1994)
- Diana Wynne Jones (1934–2011)
- Robert Jordan (1948–2007)
- M. K. Joseph (1914–1981)
- Emmanuel Jouanne (1960–2008)
- Theodore Judson (born 1951)
- Unno Juza (1897–1949)
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- Vilma Kadlečková (born 1971)
- Franz Kafka (1883–1924)
- Janet Kagan (1946–2008)
- Michael Kandel (born 1941)
- Colin Kapp (1928–2007)
- Alexander Kazantsev (1906–2002)
- Joseph E. Kelleam (1913–1975)
- David H. Keller (1880–1966)
- James Patrick Kelly (born 1951)
- Rick Kennett (born 1956)
- Steven L. Kent (born 1960)
- Katharine Kerr (born 1944)
- John Kessel (born 1950)
- Roy Kettle (born 1949)
- Alexander Key (1904–1979)
- Daniel Keyes (1927–2014)
- Gregory Keyes (born 1963)
- David Kier (born 1943)
- Caitlín R. Kiernan (born 1964)
- Lee Killough (born 1942)
- Wade A. Kimberlin (born 1970)
- Sara King (born 1982)
- Stephen King (born 1947)
- Vincent King (1935–2000)
- Rudyard Kipling (1865–1936)
- John Kippax (1915–1974)
- Donald Kingsbury (born 1929)
- Hugh Kingsmill (1889–1949)
- David Barr Kirtley (born 1977)
- Annette Curtis Klause (born 1953)
- Gérard Klein (born 1937)
- Otis Adelbert Kline (1891–1946)
- Marko Kloos (fl. 2011–present)
- Nigel Kneale (1922–2006)
- Boban Knežević (born 1959)
- Damon Knight (1922–2002)
- Norman L. Knight (1895–1972)
- Walter Koenig (born 1936)
- Lazar Komarčić (1839–1909)
- Dean R. Koontz (born 1945)
- Cyril M. Kornbluth (1923–1958)
- Mary Robinette Kowal (born 1969)
- Tom Kratman (born 1956)
- Nancy Kress (born 1948)
- Günther Krupkat (1905–1990)
- Zoran Krušvar (born 1977)
- Michael P. Kube-McDowell (born 1954)
- Walter Kubilius (1918–1993)
- Michael Kurland (born 1938)
- Katherine Kurtz (born 1944)
- Henry Kuttner (1915–1958)
- David Kyle (1919–2016)
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- W. S. Lach-Szyrma (1841–1915)
- R. A. Lafferty (1914–2002)
- Jay Lake (1964-2014)
- Louis L'Amour (1908–1988)
- Geoffrey Landis (born 1955)
- David Langford (born 1953)
- Sterling E. Lanier (1927–2007)
- Justine Larbalestier (born 1967)
- Glen A. Larson (1937–2014)
- Kurd Lasswitz (1848–1910)
- 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)
- Ken Lizzi (born 1969)
- 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)
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- 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)
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- 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 (1944–2024)
- 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)
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- 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)
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- Roberto Quaglia (born 1962)
- William Thomas Quick (born 1946)
- Daniel Quinn (1935–2018)
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- 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)
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- 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)
- Saki (1870 – 1916) (pseudonym of Hector Hugh Munro)
- Emilio Salgari (1862–1911)
- Sofia Samatar (born 1971)
- 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)
- Nevil Shute (1899-1960) (pseudonym of Nevil Shute Norway)
- 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[1])
- 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)
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- 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)
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- Steven Utley (1948–2013)
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- 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)
- Paul Voermans (born 1960)
- Julius Vogel (1835–1899)
- Voltaire (1694–1778)
- Elisabeth Vonarburg (born 1947)
- Kurt Vonnegut (1922–2007)
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- 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)
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- 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)
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- 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
External links
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