List of fantasy authors
This list includes authors who primarily write in the field of the fantasy genre or who have made an important contribution to the genre with individual works. It should be noted that several of these authors are also active in other genres - horror , science fiction or period novels - and it is not possible to clearly define an author on a single genre.
A.
- Ben Aaronovitch (* 1964)
- Curt Abel-Musgrave (1860-1938)
- Joe Abercrombie (* 1974)
- Daniel Abraham (* 1969)
- Tim Akers (* 1972)
- Lloyd Alexander (1924-2007)
- Hans Joachim Alpers (1943–2011)
- Poul Anderson (1926-2001)
- Ilona Andrews (* 1976)
- Mark Anthony (born 1966)
- Piers Anthony (born 1934)
- Tom Arden (1961-2015)
- Mike Ashley (* 1948)
- Robert Asprin (1946-2008)
B.
- R. Scott Bakker (* 1967)
- Cherith Baldry (* 1947)
- Catherine Banner (* 1989)
- James Barclay (born 1965)
- Carina Bargmann (* 1991)
- Clive Barker (born 1952)
- JM Barrie (1860-1937)
- Thomas A. Barron (* 1952)
- Samit Basu (* 1979)
- Lyman Frank Baum (1856-1919)
- Peter S. Beagle (* 1939)
- Jason N. Beil
- Alfred Bekker (* 1964)
- Stephan R. Bellem (* 1981)
- Isabella Benz (* 1990)
- Carol Berg (* 1948)
- Anne Bishop (* 1955)
- Holly Black (born 1971)
- James Blaylock (born 1950)
- Nina Blazon (* 1969)
- Alex Bledsoe
- Nelson Slade Bond (1908-2006)
- Katja Brandis (* 1970)
- Herbie Brennan (born 1940)
- Peter V. Brett (* 1973)
- Patricia Briggs (* 1965)
- Kristen Britain (* 1965)
- Terry Brooks (born 1944)
- Steven Brust (* 1955)
- Col Buchanan (* 1973)
- Michael H. Buchholz (1957-2017)
- Barbara Büchner (* 1950)
- Andreas Bull-Hansen (* 1972)
- Kenneth Bulmer (1921-2005)
- Edgar Rice Burroughs (1875-1950)
- Jim Butcher (born 1971)
C.
- Alan Campbell (* 1971)
- Lyon Sprague de Camp (1907-2000)
- Trudi Canavan (* 1969)
- Jacqueline Carey (* 1964)
- Lewis Carroll (1832-1898)
- Aimée Carter (* 1986)
- Lin Carter (1930–1988)
- Robert Carter (1955-2015)
- Blake Charlton (born 1979)
- Maxime Chattam (* 1976)
- CJ Cherryh (born 1942)
- Susanna Clarke (* 1959)
- James Clemens (* 1961)
- Eoin Colfer (born 1965)
- Fabrice Colin (* 1972)
- Suzanne Collins (* 1962)
- Storm Constantine (born 1956)
- Dawn Cook (born 1966)
- Glen Cook (born 1944)
- Hugh Cook (born 1956)
- Elspeth Cooper (* 1968)
- Susan Cooper (born 1935)
- DM Cornish (* 1972)
- Robert Corvus / Bernard Craw (* 1972)
- Thilo Corzilius (* 1986)
- Alison Croggon (born 1962)
- John Crowley (born 1942)
D.
- Cecilia Dart-Thornton
- Stephen Deas (* 1968)
- Joseph Delaney (* 1945)
- Troy Denning (born 1958)
- Susan Dexter (born 1955)
- Gordon R. Dickson (1923-2001)
- Tony DiTerlizzi (* 1969)
- Stephen R. Donaldson (* 1947)
- Sara Douglass (1957-2011)
- Arthur Conan Doyle (1859-1930)
- Diane Duane (born 1952)
- Kathleen Duey
- Dave Duncan (1933-2018)
- Hal Duncan (born 1971)
- Lord Dunsany (1878-1957)
- David Anthony Durham (* 1969)
E.
- Marc-Alastor E.-E. (* 1971)
- David Eddings (1931-2009)
- Leigh Eddings (1937-2007)
- Eric Rucker Eddison (1882-1945)
- Kate Elliott (born 1958)
- Michael Ende (1929–1995)
- Steven Erikson (* 1959)
- Dennis Etchison (1943-2019)
- Harald Evers (1957-2006)
- Chris Evans (* 1971)
F.
- Kristin Falck (* 1966)
- David Falk (* 1972)
- Jennifer Fallon (* 1959)
- David Farland (* 1957)
- Nancy Farmer (* 1941)
- Philip José Farmer (1918-2009)
- Raymond Feist (* 1945)
- Monika Felten (* 1965)
- Jean-Louis Fetjaine (* 1956)
- Jasper Fforde (born 1961)
- Sam Feuerbach (* 1962)
- Charles Coleman Finlay (born 1964)
- Thomas Finn (* 1967)
- Lynn Flewelling (* 1958)
- Sandra Florean (* 1974)
- Kate Forsyth (born 1966)
- Alan Dean Foster (* 1946)
- Esther Friesner (* 1951)
- Lorna Freeman
- Bernd Frenz (* 1964)
- Cornelia Funke (* 1958)
- Maggie Furey (1955-2016)
G
- Neil Gaiman (* 1960)
- Jane Gaskell (born 1941)
- David Gemmell (1948-2006)
- Mary Gentle (* 1956)
- Susanne Gerdom (* 1958)
- Mechthild glasses (* 1986)
- Parke Godwin (1929-2013)
- Terry Goodkind (born 1948)
- Ed Greenwood (born 1959)
- Pierre Grimbert (* 1970)
- Jeff Grubb (born 1957)
- Gary Gygax (1938-2008)
H
- Henry Rider Haggard (1856-1925)
- David Hair (???)
- Barbara Hambly (* 1951)
- Christoph Hardebusch (* 1974)
- Richard Harland (* 1947)
- Geraldine Harris (* 1951)
- Kim Harrison (born 1966)
- Petra Hartmann (* 1970)
- John Twelve Hawks
- Elizabeth Haydon (* 1965)
- Kevin Hearne (* 1970)
- Tanja Heitmann (* 1975)
- Markus Heitz (* 1971)
- Bernhard Hennen (* 1966)
- Mary H. Herbert (* 1957)
- Tracy Hickman (born 1955)
- Stuart Hill (born 1958)
- Jim C. Hines (* 1974)
- Robin Hobb (* 1952)
- PC Hodgell (* 1951)
- Nina Kiriki Hoffman (* 1955)
- Paul Hoffman (born 1953)
- Markolf Hoffmann (* 1975)
- Heike Hohlbein (* 1954)
- Wolfgang Hohlbein (* 1953)
- Tom Holt (* 1961)
- Nalo Hopkinson (* 1960)
- William Horwood (* 1944)
- Robert E. Howard (1906-1936)
- Morgan Howell
- Tanya Huff (born 1957)
- Barry Hughart (1934-2019)
- Alexander Huiskes (* 1968)
- Stephen Hunt
- Faith Hunter
I.
- Ian Irvine (born 1950)
- Ralf Isau (* 1956)
J
- Jean-Philippe Jaworski (* 1969)
- NK Jemisin (* 1972)
- Daniel Jödemann (* 1978)
- Jane Johnson (* 1960)
- Diana Wynne Jones (1934-2011)
- JV Jones (born 1963)
- Robert Jordan (1948-2007)
K
- Drew Karpyshyn (* 1971)
- Phyllis Ann Karr (* 1944)
- Ann-Kathrin Karschnick (* 1985)
- Guy Gavriel Kay (* 1954)
- Paul Kearney (* 1967)
- Katharine Kerr (* 1944)
- Greg Keyes (born 1963)
- Ulrich Kiesow (1949–1997)
- J. Robert King
- Stephen King (* 1947)
- William King (born 1959)
- Richard A. Knaak (* 1961)
- Daniela Knor (* 1972)
- Sigrid Kraft (* 1970)
- Ina Kramer (* 1948)
- Tommy Krappweis (* 1972)
- Katherine Kurtz (born 1944)
- Ellen Kushner (* 1955)
L.
- Mercedes Lackey (born 1950)
- Raphael Aloysius Lafferty (1914-2002)
- Hendrik Lambertus (* 1979)
- Derek Landy (born 1974)
- Stephen R. Lawhead (born 1950)
- Julianne Lee (* 1956)
- Tanith Lee (1947-2015)
- Ursula K. Le Guin (1929-2018)
- Fritz Leiber (1910–1992)
- Valery Leith (* 1968)
- Clive Staples Lewis (1898-1963)
- Jane Lindskold (born 1962)
- Holly Lisle (* 1960)
- Henri Loevenbruck (* 1972)
- Alexander Lohmann (* 1968)
- Jean Lorrah (* 1948)
- Sergei Wassiljewitsch Lukyanenko (* 1968)
- Eric Van Lustbader (* 1946)
- Scott Lynch (* 1978)
- Elizabeth A. Lynn (* 1946)
M.
- Attorney MacAvoy (* 1949)
- George MacDonald (1824-1905)
- Arthur Make (1863-1947)
- DJ MacHale (born 1956)
- Ian R. MacLeod (* 1956)
- Juliet Marillier (* 1948)
- Laurie J. Marks (born 1957)
- Gail Z. Martin (* 1962)
- George RR Martin (* 1948)
- Christoph Marzi (* 1970)
- Anne McCaffrey (1926-2011)
- Suzy McKee Charnas (* 1939)
- Fiona McIntosh (* 1960)
- Juliet E. McKenna (born 1965)
- Dennis L. McKiernan (* 1932)
- Patricia A. McKillip (* 1948)
- Robin McKinley (born 1952)
- Lois McMaster Bujold (born 1949)
- Richelle Mead (born 1976)
- Kai Meyer (* 1969)
- China Miéville (* 1972)
- Martin Millar (* 1956)
- LE Modesitt (* 1943)
- Walter Moers (* 1957)
- Sarah Monette (* 1974)
- Karen Marie Moning (* 1964)
- Elizabeth Moon (* 1945)
- Michael Moorcock (* 1939)
- William Morris (1834-1896)
- Peter Morwood (born 1956)
- John Myers Myers (1906-1988)
N
- Chloe Neill (* 1975)
- Horst Neißer (* 1943)
- Edith Nesbit (1858-1924)
- Stan Nicholls (* 1949)
- William Nicholson (* 1948)
- Jenny Nimmo (* 1944)
- Garth Nix (born 1963)
- Martina Nöth (* 1974)
- John Norman (born 1931)
- Naomi Novik (* 1973)
- Jenny-Mai Nuyen (* 1988)
O
P
- Micha Pansi (* 1964)
- Christopher Paolini (* 1983)
- Fiona Patton (born 1962)
- Diana L. Paxson (* 1943)
- Mervyn Peake (1911-1968)
- Michael Peinkofer (* 1969)
- Bernd Perplies (* 1977)
- Nik Perumov (* 1963)
- Helmut W. Pesch (* 1952)
- Siri Pettersen (* 1971)
- Meredith Ann Pierce (* 1958)
- Tamora Pierce (born 1954)
- Ricardo Pinto (* 1961)
- Oliver Plaschka (* 1975)
- Thomas Plischke (* 1975)
- Tim Powers (born 1952)
- JH Praßl (* 1979)
- Terry Pratchett (1948-2015)
- Fletcher Pratt (1897-1956)
- Dietmar Preuss (* 1969)
- Philip Pullman (born 1946)
R.
- Claudia Rath (* 1964)
- Melanie Rawn (* 1954)
- Sandra Regnier (* 1974)
- Frank Rehfeld (* 1962)
- Anne Rice (born 1941)
- Rick Riordan (born 1964)
- Jennifer Roberson (* 1953)
- Michel Robert (* 1964)
- Aileen P. Roberts (1975-2015)
- John Maddox Roberts (* 1947)
- Mark Robson (born 1966)
- Petra Röder (1969-2018)
- Bruce Holland Rogers (* 1958)
- Michael Scott Rohan (1951-2018)
- Alexander Rossa (* 1967)
- Patrick Rothfuss (* 1973)
- Joanne K. Rowling (* 1965)
- Matt Ruff (born 1965)
- Kristine K. Rusch (* 1960)
- Sean Russell (born 1952)
S.
- Angie Sage (* 1952)
- RA Salvatore (* 1959)
- Brandon Sanderson (* 1975)
- Andrzej Sapkowski (* 1948)
- Elizabeth Ann Scarborough (* 1947)
- Christel Scheja (* 1965)
- Richard Schwartz (* 1958)
- Peter Schwindt (* 1964)
- Katharina Seck (* 1987)
- Melissa Scott (* 1960)
- Michael Scott (born 1959)
- Michael Shea (1946-2014)
- Bernard Simonay (* 1951)
- Sharon Shinn (born 1957)
- Lisa Smedman (* 1959)
- Thorne Smith (1892-1934)
- Michael A. Stackpole (* 1957)
- Jonathan Stroud (* 1970)
- Andreas Suchanek (* 1982)
- James Sullivan (* 1974)
- Michael J. Sullivan (born 1961)
- Thomas Burnett Swann (1928-1976)
T
- Judith Tarr (* 1955)
- Markus Tillmanns (* 1975)
- JRR Tolkien (1892–1973)
- Licia Troisi (* 1980)
- Alexander R. Trost (* 1973)
- Harry Turtledove (* 1949)
V
- Jack Vance (1916-2013)
- Jeff VanderMeer (* 1968)
- Judith C. Vogt (* 1981)
- Christian Vogt (* 1979)
W.
- Mark Wachholz (* 1976)
- Karl Edward Wagner (1945–1994)
- Hugh Walker (born 1941)
- Evangeline Walton (1907-1996)
- James M. Ward (born 1951)
- Freda Warrington (born 1956)
- Thabita Waters (* 1966)
- Brent Weeks (born 1977)
- Margaret Weis (* 1948)
- Jane Welch (* 1964)
- Terence Hanbury White (1906–1964)
- Alexander Wichert (* 1975)
- Hadmar von Wieser (* 1963)
- André Wiesler (1974-2017)
- Charles Williams (1886-1945)
- Tad Williams (born 1957)
- G. Willow Wilson (* 1982)
- Karl-Heinz Witzko (* 1953)
- Gene Wolfe (1931-2019)
- Marah Woolf (born 1971)
- Janny Wurts (* 1953)
Z
- Roger Zelazny (1937-1995)
- Uschi Zietsch (* 1961)
- Marion Zimmer Bradley (1930-1999)