List of fantasy authors

This list includes authors who write primarily in the area of the fantasy genre or have done with individual works an important contribution to the genre. It should be noted that several of these authors in other genres - are active and the clear definition of an author to a single genre is not possible - horror, science fiction or historical novel.

A

• Ben Aaronovitch ( b. 1964 )
• Joe Abercrombie ( b. 1974 )
• Daniel Abraham (* 1969)
• Lloyd Alexander (1924-2007)
• Hans Joachim Alpers (1943-2011)
• Poul Anderson (1926-2001)
• Ilona Andrews ( b. 1976 )
• Mark Anthony ( b. 1966 )
• Piers Anthony ( b. 1934 )
• Tom Arden ( b. 1961 )

B

• R. Scott Bakker (1967 )
• Cherith Baldry ( b. 1947 )
• Catherine Banner (* 1989)
• James Barclay ( b. 1965 )
• Carina Bargmann (* 1991)
• Clive Barker ( b. 1952 )
• J. M. Barrie (1860-1937)
• Thomas A. Barron ( b. 1952 )
• Samit Basu ( b. 1979 )
• Lyman Frank Baum (1856-1919)
• Peter S. Beagle ( b. 1939 )
• Jason N. Beil
• Alfred Bekker ( b. 1964 )
• Stephan R. Bellem (* 1981)
• Carol Berg ( b. 1948 )
• Anne Bishop ( b. 1950 )
• Holly Black ( b. 1971 )
• James Blaylock ( b. 1950 )
• Nina Blazon ( b. 1969 )
• Alex Bledsoe
• Nelson Slade Bond (1908-2006)
• Katja Brandis ( b. 1970 )
• Herbie Brennan ( born 1940 )
• Peter V. Brett ( b. 1973 )
• Patricia Briggs ( b. 1965 )
• Kristen Britain
• Terry Brooks ( b. 1944 )
• Steven Brust ( b. 1955 )
• Col Buchanan (born 1973 )
• Barbara Buchner (* 1950)
• Andreas Bull -Hansen ( b. 1972 )
• Kenneth Bulmer (1921-2005)
• Edgar Rice Burroughs (1875-1950)
• Jim Butcher (born 1971 )

C

• Alan Campbell ( b. 1971 )
• Lyon Sprague de Camp (1907-2000)
• Trudi Canavan (born 1969 )
• Jacqueline Carey (born 1964 )
• Lewis Carroll (1832-1898)
• Lin Carter (1930-1988)
• Robert Carter ( b. 1955 )
• Blake Charlton ( b. 1979 )
• Maxime Chattam ( b. 1976 )
• CJ Cherryh ( b. 1942 )
• Susanna Clarke ( b. 1959 )
• James Clemens ( b. 1961 )
• Eoin Colfer (born 1965 )
• Fabrice Colin ( b. 1972 )
• Suzanne Collins (born 1962 )
• Storm Constantine ( b. 1956 )
• Dawn Cook ( 1966)
• Glen Cook ( born 1944 )
• Hugh Cook ( 1956)
• Susan Cooper ( born 1935 )
• D. M. Cornish ( b. 1972 )
• Thilo Corzilius (* 1986)
• Alison Croggon (born 1962 )
• John Crowley ( b. 1942 )

D

• Cecilia Dart - Thornton
• Stephen Deas ( b. 1968 )
• Troy Denning (born 1958 )
• Susan Dexter ( b. 1955 )
• Gordon R. Dickson (1923-2001)
• Stephen R. Donaldson ( b. 1947 )
• Sara Douglass (1957-2011)
• Arthur Conan Doyle (1859-1930)
• Diane Duane ( b. 1952 )
• Kathleen Duey
• Dave Duncan (* 1933)
• Hal Duncan (born 1971 )
• Lord Dunsany (1878-1957)
• David Anthony Durham ( b. 1969 )

E

• David Eddings (1931-2009)
• Kate Elliott (born 1958 )
• Michael Ende (1929-1995)
• Steven Erikson ( born 1959 )
• Harald Evers (1957-2006)
• Chris Evans ( b. 1971 )

F

• Kristin Falck ( b. 1966 )
• Jennifer Fallon ( b. 1959 )
• David Farland ( b. 1957 )
• Nancy Farmer ( b. 1941 )
• Philip José Farmer (1918-2009)
• Raymond Feist ( b. 1945 )
• Monika Felten ( b. 1965 )
• Jean -Louis Fetjaine ( b. 1956 )
• Jasper Fforde ( b. 1961 )
• Charles Coleman Finlay ( b. 1964 )
• Thomas Finn (1967 )
• Lynn Flewelling ( b. 1958 )
• Kate Forsyth ( b. 1966 )
• Alan Dean Foster ( born 1946 )
• Esther Friesner (* 1951)
• Lorna Freeman
• Bernd Frenz ( b. 1964 )
• Cornelia Funke ( born 1958 )
• Maggie Furey ( b. 1955 )

G

• Neil Gaiman (* 1960)
• Jane Gaskell ( b. 1941 )
• David Gemmell (1948-2006)
• Mary Gentle ( b. 1956 )
• Susanne Gerdom (* 1958)
• Parke Godwin (1929-2013)
• Terry Goodkind ( born 1948 )
• Ed Greenwood ( born 1959 )
• Pierre Grimbert ( b. 1970 )
• Jeff Grubb ( b. 1957 )
• Gary Gygax (1938-2008)

B

• Henry Rider Haggard (1856-1925)
• Barbara Hambly ( b. 1951 )
• Christoph Hardebusch ( b. 1974 )
• Richard Harland ( b. 1947 )
• Geraldine Harris ( b. 1951 )
• Kim Harrison ( b. 1966 )
• Petra Hartmann ( b. 1970 )
• John Twelve Hawks
• Elizabeth Haydon (* 1965)
• Markus Heitz ( b. 1971 )
• Bernhard Hennen ( b. 1966 )
• Mary H. Herbert ( b. 1957 )
• Tracy Hickman ( b. 1955 )
• Stuart Hill ( b. 1958 )
• Jim C. Hines ( born 1974 )
• Robin Hobb ( b. 1952 )
• P. C. Hodgell (* 1951)
• Nina Kiriki Hoffman ( b. 1955 )
• Paul Hoffman ( b. 1953 )
• Markolf Hoffmann ( b. 1975 )
• Heike hollow leg (* 1954)
• Wolfgang hollow leg (* 1953)
• Tom Holt ( b. 1961 )
• Nalo Hopkinson ( b. 1960 )
• William Horwood (1944 )
• Robert E. Howard (1906-1936)
• Morgan Howell
• Tanya Huff ( b. 1957 )
• Barry Hughart ( born 1934 )
• Huiskes Alexander (* 1968)
• Stephen Hunt
• Faith Hunter

I

• Ian Irvine ( born 1950 )
• Ralf Isau ( b. 1956 )

J

• Jean -Philippe Jaworski ( b. 1969 )
• N. K. Jemisin
• Daniel Jödemann (* 1978)
• Jane Johnson ( b. 1960 )
• Diana Wynne Jones (1934-2011)
• J. V. Jones ( b. 1963 )
• Robert Jordan (1948-2007)

K

• Drew Karpyshyn (born 1971 )
• Phyllis Ann Karr ( b. 1944 )
• Guy Gavriel Kay (born 1954 )
• Katharine Kerr ( b. 1944 )
• Greg Keyes ( b. 1963 )
• Ulrich Kiesow (1949-1997)
• J. Robert King
• Stephen King ( born 1947 )
• William King ( born 1959 )
• Richard A. Knaak ( b. 1961 )
• Daniela cartilage (* 1972)
• Ina Kramer ( b. 1953 )
• Katherine Kurtz ( b. 1944 )
• Ellen Kushner ( b. 1955 )

L

• Mercedes Lackey ( b. 1950 )
• Raphael Aloysius Lafferty (1914-2002)
• Stephen R. Lawhead (* 1950)
• Julianne Lee ( b. 1956 )
• Tanith Lee ( b. 1947 )
• Ursula K. Le Guin (* 1929)
• Fritz Leiber (1910-1992)
• Valery Leith ( b. 1968 )
• Clive Staples Lewis (1898-1963)
• Lindskold Jane (* 1962)
• Holly Lisle ( b. 1960 )
• Henri Loevenbruck ( b. 1972 )
• Alexander Lohmann ( b. 1968 )
• Jean Lorrah ( b. 1938 )
• Sergei Vasilievich Lukyanenko ( b. 1968 )
• Eric Van Lustbader ( born 1946 )
• Scott Lynch ( * 1978 )
• Elizabeth A. Lynn ( born 1946 )

M

• R. A. MacAvoy ( b. 1949 )
• George MacDonald (1824-1905)
• Arthur Machen (1863-1947)
• D. J. MacHale ( b. 1956 )
• Ian R. MacLeod ( born 1956 )
• Juliet Marillier ( b. 1948 )
• Laurie J. Marks ( b. 1957 )
• Gail Z. Martin ( b. 1962 )
• George R. R. Martin ( b. 1948 )
• Christoph Marzi ( b. 1970 )
• Anne McCaffrey (1926-2011)
• Suzy McKee Charnas ( born 1939 )
• Fiona McIntosh ( b. 1960 )
• Juliet E. McKenna ( b. 1956 )
• Dennis L. McKiernan (* 1932)
• Patricia A. McKillip ( b. 1948 )
• Robin McKinley ( b. 1952 )
• Lois McMaster Bujold ( b. 1949 )
• Richelle Mead (born 1967 )
• Kai Meyer ( b. 1969 )
• China Miéville ( b. 1972 )
• Martin Millar ( b. 1956 )
• L. E. Modesitt (* 1943)
• Walter Moers ( born 1957 )
• Sarah Monette
• Karen Marie Moning ( b. 1964 )
• Elizabeth Moon (* 1945)
• Michael Moorcock ( b. 1939 )
• William Morris (1834-1896)
• Peter Morwood ( b. 1956 )
• John Myers Myers (1906-1988)

N

• Horst Neisser (* 1943)
• Edith Nesbit (1858-1924)
• Stan Nicholls ( b. 1948 )
• William Nicholson ( b. 1948 )
• Jenny Nimmo (1944 )
• Garth Nix (born in 1963 )
• Martina Nöth ( b. 1975 )
• John Norman (* 1931)
• Naomi Novik (* 1973)
• Jenny -Mai Nuyen (* 1988)

O

• Mel Odom ( born 1957 )

P

• Micha Pansi ( b. 1964 )
• Christopher Paolini ( b. 1983 )
• Fiona Patton ( b. 1962 )
• Diana L. Paxson ( born 1943 )
• Mervyn Peake (1911-1968)
• Michael Peinkofer ( b. 1969 )
• Bernd Perplies ( b. 1977 )
• Nik Perumow ( b. 1963 )
• Helmut W. Pesch ( b. 1952 )
• Meredith Ann Pierce (born 1958 )
• Tamora Pierce (born 1954 )
• Ricardo Pinto ( b. 1961 )
• Oliver Plaschka ( b. 1975 )
• Thomas Plischke ( b. 1975 )
• Tim Powers ( b. 1952 )
• Terry Pratchett ( b. 1948 )
• Fletcher Pratt (1897-1956)
• Dietmar Preuss (born 1969 )
• Philip Pullman ( born 1946 )

R

• Claudia Rath ( b. 1964 )
• Melanie Rawn (born 1954 )
• Frank Rehfeld ( b. 1962 )
• Rick Riordan (born 1964 )
• Jennifer Roberson ( b. 1962 )
• Michel Robert ( b. 1964 )
• Aileen P. Roberts ( b. 1975 )
• John Maddox Roberts ( born 1947 )
• Mark Robson ( b. 1966 )
• Michael Scott Rohan ( born 1951 )
• Patrick Rothfuss (* 1973)
• Matt Ruff ( b. 1965 )
• JK Rowling (born 1965 )
• Kristine K. Rusch ( b. 1960 )
• Sean Russell ( b. 1952 )

S

• Angie Sage ( born 1952 )
• Brandon Sanderson ( born 1975 )
• Andrzej Sapkowski ( b. 1948 )
• R. A. Salvatore ( b. 1959 )
• Elizabeth Ann Scarborough ( b. 1947 )
• Christel Scheja ( b. 1965 )
• Richard Schwartz ( b. 1958 )
• Peter Schwindt ( b. 1964 )
• Melissa Scott ( b. 1960 )
• Michael Scott ( b. 1959 )
• Bernard Simonay (* 1951)
• Sharon Shinn ( b. 1957 )
• Lisa Smedman (* 1959)
• Thorne Smith (1892-1934)
• Michael A. Stackpole ( born 1957 )
• Jonathan Stroud ( b. 1970 )
• James Sullivan ( b. 1974 )
• Thomas Burnett Swann (1928-1976)

T

• Judith Tarr ( born 1955 )
• Markus Tillmann ( b. 1975 )
• J. R. R. Tolkien (1892-1973)
• Licia Troisi (* 1980)
• Harry Turtledove ( b. 1949 )

V

• Jack Vance (1916-2013)
• Jeff Vandermeer ( b. 1968 )
• Judith C. Vogt ( b. 1981 )

W

• Mark Wachholz ( b. 1976 )
• Karl Edward Wagner (1945-1994)
• Hugh Walker ( b. 1941 )
• Evangeline Walton (1907-1996)
• James M. Ward ( b. 1951 )
• Freda Warrington ( b. 1956 )
• Thabita Waters ( b. 1966 )
• Margaret Weis ( born 1948 )
• Jane Welch ( b. 1964 )
• Marcel Weyers (* 1991)
• Terence Hanbury White (1906-1964)
• Alexander Wichert ( b. 1975 )
• Hadmar von Wieser ( b. 1963 )
• Charles Williams (1886-1945)
• Tad Williams ( b. 1957 )
• Karl -Heinz Witzko (* 1953)
• Janny Wurts (* 1953)

Z

• Roger Zelazny (1937-1995)
• Uschi Zietsch ( b. 1961 )
• Marion Zimmer Bradley (1930-1999)