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, author of Peter Grant
- Rafael Ábalos is author of Grimpow
- Lynn Abbey
- Joe Abercrombie, author of The First Law series
- Daniel Abraham, author of The Dagger and the Coin series
- Douglas Adams, author of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy series
- Richard Adams, author of Watership Down
- Katherine Addison, pen name for Sarah Monette, author of The Goblin Emperor
- Tomi Adeyemi, author of the Legacy of Orïsha trilogy
- Alexandra Adornetto, author of The Strangest Adventures series
- Joan Aiken, author of The Wolves of Willoughby Chase
- Tim Akers
- Wendy Alec, author of the Chronicles of Brothers series
- Lloyd Alexander, author of The Chronicles of Prydain
- Alan Burt Akers, pseudonym of Kenneth Bulmer
- Hans Christian Andersen, authored fairy tales, including The Little Mermaid
- Poul Anderson, author of The Broken Sword
- Ilona Andrews, husband and wife writing team, author of the Kate Daniels series and The Edge series
- F. Anstey, author of Vice Versa
- Piers Anthony, author of Xanth
- Katherine Applegate, author of Everworld
- Katherine Arden, author of the Winternight trilogy
- Tom Arden
- Kelley Armstrong, author of the Women of the Otherworld
- Jennifer L. Armentrout, author of From Blood and Ash
- Danilo Arona
- Catherine Asaro
- Mike Ashley
- Nancy Asire
- Robert Asprin, author of the MythAdventures and contributing author to Thieves' World
- Tomi Adeyemi, author of Children of Blood and Bone
- A. A. Attanasio, author of Radix
- Amelia Atwater-Rhodes, author of In the Forests of the Night
- Anselm Audley, author of the Aquasilva series
- Jean M. Auel, author of the Earth's Children books
- Fiona Avery
- Victoria Aveyard, author of the Red Queen series
B
- Robin Wayne Bailey, author of the Frost trilogy, Brothers of the Dragon trilogy, Dragonkin trilogy, Shadowdance, etc.
- Keith Baker freelance author of Dungeons & Dragons
- R. Scott Bakker, author of the Prince of Nothing series
- Josiah Bancroft, author of Senlin Ascends
- Catherine Banner, author of The Last Descendants series
- Ivan Baran, author of The Black Books Cycle
- James Barclay, author of Chronicles of the Raven and Legends of the Raven, both trilogies
- Leigh Bardugo, author of Six of Crows
- Clive Barker, author of The Books of Abarat series
- M. A. R. Barker, author of the Tékumel series
- William Barnwell, author of the Blessing Papers series
- J. M. Barrie, author of Peter Pan
- T. A. Barron, author of Merlin Effect and The Lost Years of Merlin
- Samit Basu, author of The Simoqin Prophecies and The Manticore's Secret
- Gael Baudino, author of Dragonsword and Duel of Dragons
- L. Frank Baum, author of the Land of Oz series
- Peter S. Beagle, author of The Last Unicorn and A Fine and Private Place
- Elizabeth Bear, author of Hammered
- Bradley Beaulieu, author of The Lays of Anuskaya and The Song of the Shattered Sands series
- Frank Beddor, author of The Looking Glass Wars
- John Bellairs, author of The Face in the Frost and The House with a Clock in Its Walls
- Hans Bemmann, author of The Stone and the Flute and Erwins Badezimmer
- Robert Jackson Bennett, author of The Divine Cities series
- Stella Benson, author of Living Alone
- Carol Berg
- Ari Berk, author of the Undertaken Trilogy
- Steve Berman, editor in the field of queer speculative fiction
- Julie Bertagna, author of the Spark Gap series
- Anne Bishop, author of the Black Jewels Trilogy
- Holly Black co-author of The Spiderwick Chronicles
- Algernon Blackwood, author of "The Willows", "The Wendigo" and The Centaur
- James Blaylock
- Enid Blyton, author of The Enchanted Wood and The Magic Faraway Tree
- Aliette de Bodard, author of Obsidian and Blood series
- Maya Kaathryn Bohnhoff, author of The Meri
- Pseudonymous Bosch, author of The Secret Series of books
- Hannes Bok 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, author of Fahrenheit 451 and Something Wicked This Way Comes
- Marion Zimmer Bradley, 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, author of Hawk of May
- Ernest Bramah, author of the Kai Lung stories
- Libba Bray, author of the Gemma Doyle Trilogy
- Marie Brennan, author of Doppelganger
- Peter V. Brett, 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, author of Moon Called and sequels
- Kristen Britain, author of the Green Rider novels
- C. Dale Brittain, author of the Yurt novels
- Maurice Broaddus, author of The Knights of Breton Court trilogy
- Terry Brooks, author of the Shannara novels, Magic Kingdom of Landover novels and Word & Void series
- Roseanne A. Brown, author of A Song of Wraiths and Ruin
- Howard Browne
- Steven Brust, author of the Dragaera novels
- Col Buchanan, author of Farlander and Stands a Shadow
- Michael Buckley, author of The Sisters Grimm series
- Lela E. Buis
- Lois McMaster Bujold, author of The Curse of Chalion and its sequels
- Emma Bull, author of War for the Oaks
- Kenneth Bulmer, author of the Dray Prescot series
- Chris Bunch, author of Dragon Master Trilogy
- Arthur J. Burks
- Edgar Rice Burroughs, author of the Tarzan, Barsoom, Pellucidar and Amtor novels
- Jim Butcher, author of Dresden Files and Codex Alera novels
C
- Rachel Caine, author of the Weather Warden and The Morganville Vampires novels
- James Branch Cabell, author of Biography of the Life of Manuel
- Miles Cameron, author of the Traitor Son Cycle
- Trudi Canavan, author of the Age of the Five novels
- Orson Scott Card, author of Ender's Game and Hart's Hope
- Jacqueline Carey, author of Kushiel's Legacy and The Sundering
- Isobelle Carmody, author of the Obernewtyn Chronicles and The Gathering
- Jonathan Carroll, author of The Land of Laughs and Bones of the Moon
- Lewis Carroll, author of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
- Angela Carter, author of Shadow Dance
- Lin Carter 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
- Beth Cato
- Juraj Červenák
- Mark Chadbourn, author of The Age of Misrule series
- Soman Chainani, author of The School for Good and Evil series
- Jack L. Chalker, author of Midnight at the Well of Souls
- S. A. Chakraborty, author of The City of Brass
- Robert W. Chambers, author of The King in Yellow
- Karen Chance, author of the Cassandra Palmer and Dorina Basarab novels
- Joy Chant, author of Red Moon and Black Mountain
- J. Kathleen Cheney
- C. J. Cherryh, author of The Fortress Series
- G. K. Chesterton, author of The Man Who Was Thursday
- Cinda Williams Chima, author of The Heir Chronicles
- Zen Cho, author of Sorcerer Royal series
- Massimo Citi
- Cassandra Clare, author of The Mortal Instruments
- C. L. Clark, author of The Unbroken
- P. Djèlí Clark, author of A Master of Djinn
- Susanna Clarke, author of Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell
- Genevieve Cogman, author of the Invisible Library series and the Scarlett series
- Adrian Cole, author of the Dream Lords series
- Myke Cole, author of The Sacred Throne series
- Sara Coleridge, author of Phantasmion
- Eoin Colfer, author of the Artemis Fowl series
- John Collier
- Suzanne Collins, author of The Hunger Games, Catching Fire and Mockingjay
- Brendan Connell
- Storm Constantine, author of the Wraeththu series
- Glen Cook, author of The Black Company novels and Garrett P.I. novels
- Hugh Cook, author of the Chronicles of an Age of Darkness
- Rick Cook, author of the Wizardry series
- Louise Cooper, author of The Book of Paradox
- Susan Cooper, author of The Dark Is Rising Sequence
- Larry Correia, author of the Monster Hunter series and founder of the Sad Puppies movement
- John Crowley, author of Little, Big
- Lilith Saintcrow Strange Angels series
- Elaine Cunningham, author of the Songs & Swords series
- Jane Louise Curry, author of the Abaloc series