Editing List of science-fiction authors

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This is a list of [[Wikipedia:Notability|notable]] [[science-fiction]] authors, in alphabetical order:
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==A==
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[[File:CatherineAsaro2009.jpg|thumb|[[Catherine Asaro]], around 2009|upright]]
[[File:Isaac.Asimov01.jpg|thumb|[[Isaac Asimov]], before 1959|upright]]
[[File:Margaret Atwood 2015.jpg|thumb|[[Margaret Atwood]], 2015|upright]]
*[[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 (author)|Daniel Abraham]] (born 1969)
*[[Forrest J Ackerman]] (1916–2008)
*[[Douglas Adams]] (1952–2001)
*[[Robert Adams (science fiction writer)|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)
*[[Rachel Cosgrove Payes|E.L. Arch]] (1922–1988) (pseudonym of Rachel Cosgrove Payes)
*[[Eleanor Arnason]] (born 1942)
*[[Robert Arthur (writer)|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)

==B==
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[[File:Elizabeth Bear by Gage Skidmore.jpg|thumb|upright|[[Elizabeth Bear]], 2017]]
[[File:GB UTOPIALES 2008.jpg|thumb|[[Gregory Benford]], 2008]]
[[File:Savinien de Cyrano de Bergerac.JPG|thumb|upright|[[Cyrano de Bergerac]], one of the earliest SF writers, ca. 1654]]
[[File:John Birmingham.jpg|thumb|[[John Birmingham]], 2009|upright]]
[[File:Ray Bradbury (1975) -cropped-.jpg|thumb|upright|[[Ray Bradbury]], 1975]]
[[File:Lois-mcmaster-bujold-by-kyle-cassidy.jpg|thumb|[[Lois McMaster Bujold]], 2009|upright]]
[[File:BurroughsEdgarRice.jpg|thumb|upright|[[Edgar Rice Burroughs]], c. 1920]]
[[File:Butler signing.jpg|thumb|[[Octavia Butler]], 2005]]
*[[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 (writer)|Scott Baker]] (born 1947)
*[[J. G. Ballard]] (1930–2009)
*[[Edwin Balmer]] (1883–1959)
*[[Iain M. Banks]] (1954–2013)
*[[Michael A. Banks]] (1951–2023)
*[[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 (writer)|Miquel Barceló]] (1948–2021)
*[[René Barjavel]] (1911–1985)
*[[Wayne Barlowe]] (born 1958)
*[[Arthur K. Barnes]] (1911–1969)
*[[John Barnes (author)|John Barnes]] (born 1957)
*[[Steven Barnes]] (born 1952)
*[[William Barnwell]] (born 1943)
*[[Donald Barr (novelist)|Donald Barr]] (1921–2004)
*[[João Barreiros]] (born 1952)
*[[Max Barry]] (born 1973)
*[[William Barton (writer)|William Barton]] (born 1950)
*[[T. J. Bass (author)|T. J. Bass]] (1932–2011) (pseudonym of Thomas J. Bassler)
*[[Harry Bates (author)|Harry Bates]] (1900–1981)
*[[L. Frank Baum]] (1856–1919)
*[[John Baxter (author)|John Baxter]] (born 1939)
*[[Stephen Baxter (author)|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 (writer)|Cyrano de Bergerac]] (1619–1655)
*[[Peter B. Germano|Jack Bertin]] (1913–1983) (pseudonym of Peter B. Germano)
*[[Alfred Bester (author)|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 Binder|Otto]] (1911–1974) Binder)
*[[John Birmingham]] (born 1964)
*[[David Bischoff]] (1951–2018)
*[[Michael Bishop (author)|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 (author)|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]] (1944–2025)
*[[Max Brooks]] (born 1972)
*[[Terry Brooks]] (born 1944)
*[[John Brosnan]] (1947–2005)
*[[Eric Brown (writer)|Eric Brown]] (born 1960)
*[[Fredric Brown]] (1906–1972)
*[[James Cooke Brown]] (1921–2000)
*[[Rosel George Brown]] (1926–1967)
*[[Simon Brown (author)|Simon Brown]] (born 1956)
*[[John Brunner (novelist)|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]] ([[Floruit|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)

==C==
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[[File:Carolyn Janice Cherry.jpg|thumb|upright|[[C. J. Cherryh]], 2006]]
[[File:Chiang, Ted (Villarrubia) (cropped).jpg|thumb|upright|[[Ted Chiang]], 2011]]
[[File:Clarke sm.jpg|thumb|upright|[[Arthur C. Clarke]], ca. 2005]]
[[File:Storm constantine portrait 2016.jpg|thumb|[[Storm Constantine]] 2016|upright]]
[[File:MichaelCrichton.jpg|thumb|[[Michael Crichton]], 2002]]
[[File:Julie Czerneda 2012 (cropped).png|thumb|[[Julie Czerneda]] 2012 ]]

*[[Pat Cadigan]] (born 1953)
*[[Jack Cady]] (1932–2004)
*[[Martin Caidin]] (1927–1997)
*[[Italo Calvino]] (1923–1985)
*[[John G. Hemry|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]] ([[Floruit|fl.]] 1979)
*[[Jack L. Chalker]] (1944–2005)
*[[Becky Chambers]] (born 1985)
*[[Joël Champetier]] (1957–2015)
*[[A. Bertram Chandler]] (1912–1984)
*[[Suzy McKee Charnas]] (1939–2023)
*[[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)
*[[Andrew J. Offutt|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)
*[[David G. Compton|D. G. Compton]] (1930–2023)
*[[Michael Coney]] (1932–2005)
*[[Groff Conklin]] (1904–1968)
*[[Storm Constantine]] (1956–2021)
*[[Glen Cook]] (born 1944)
*[[Hugh Cook (science fiction author)|Hugh Cook]] (1956–2008)
*[[Paul Cook (author)|Paul Cook]] (born 1950)
*[[Rick Cook (writer)|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 (author)|John Crowley]] (born 1942)
*[[Andrew Crumey]] (born 1961)
*[[Ray Cummings]] (1887–1957)
*[[Philippe Curval]] (1929–2023)
*[[Julie E. Czerneda]] (born 1955)

==D==
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[[File:Jack Dann.jpg|thumb|[[Jack Dann]], 2007]]
[[File:Judy Lynn and Lester Del Rey at Minicon 8 (1974).jpg|thumb|Judy Lynn and [[Lester Del Rey]], 1974]]
[[File:Delany encyc headcrop.png|thumb|[[Samuel R. Delany]], 2011|upright]]
[[File:Doctorow medium.jpg|thumb|[[Cory Doctorow]], 2007]]
*[[Roald Dahl]] (1916–1990)
*[[Brian Daley]] (1947–1996)
*[[John Dalmas]] (1926–2017)
*[[Tony Daniel (science fiction writer)|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 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)
*[[William H. Keith Jr.|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==
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[[File:CarolEmshwillerCW98 wb.jpg|thumb|[[Carol Emshwiller]], 1998]]
*[[C. M. Eddy, Jr.]] (1896–1967)
*[[G. C. Edmondson]] (1922–1995)
*[[George Alec Effinger]] (1947–2002)
*[[Ivan Antonovich Efremov]] (1907–1972) (in [[Russian language|Russian]] Иван Антонович Ефремов)
*[[Greg Egan]] (born 1961)
*[[Phyllis Eisenstein]] (1946–2020)
*[[Gordon Eklund]] (born 1945)
*[[Suzette Haden Elgin]] (1936–2015)
*[[Reginald Alec Martin|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]] (1933–2024)
*[[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 (author)|Christopher Evans]] (born 1951)
*[[E. Everett Evans]] (1893–1958)

==F==
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[[File:Camille Flammarion.003.jpg|thumb|upright|Camille Flammarion, date unknown]]
[[File:Eric Flint.jpg|thumb|upright|[[Eric Flint]], ca. 2007]]
*[[Paul W. Fairman]] (1916–1977)
*[[Jane Fancher]] (born 1952)
*[[Lionel Fanthorpe]] (born 1935)
*[[Roger Sherman Hoar|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) [http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?Cynthia_Felice ISFDB]
*[[Brad Ferguson]] (born 1953)
*[[Paul Di Filippo]] (born 1954)
*[[Sheila Finch]] (born 1935)
*[[Jack Finney]] (1911–1995)
*[[Eliot Fintushel]] (born 1948)
*[[Nicholas Fisk (author)|Nicholas Fisk]] (1923–2016) (pseudonym of David Higginbottom)
*[[George Henry Weiss|Francis Flagg]] (1898–1946) (pseudonym of George Henry Weiss)
*[[Camille Flammarion]] (1842–1925)
*[[Eric Flint]] (1947–2022)
*[[Homer Eon Flint]] (1888–1924)
*[[Michael Flynn (writer)|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) [http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?Randall_Frakes ISFDB]
*[[Leo Frankowski]] (1943-2008)
*[[Herbert W. Franke]] (1927–2022)
*[[Yves Fremion]] (born 1940)
*[[C. S. Friedman]] (born 1957)
*[[Oscar J. Friend]] (1897–1963)
*[[Esther Friesner]] (born 1951)

==G==
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[[File:NeilGaimanNov04.jpg|thumb|upright| [[Neil Gaiman]], 2004]]
[[File:NicolaGriffith.png|thumb|[[Nicola Griffith]], 2007|upright]]
[[File:James Gunn writer.jpg|thumb|upright|[[James E. Gunn|James Gunn]], ca. 2007]]
*[[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 (author)|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 (author)|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)
*[[Stanley Bennett Hough|Rex Gordon]] (1917–1998) (pseudonym of Stanley Bennett Hough)
*[[Richard Gordon (Scottish author)|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 (science fiction writer)|Dominic Green]] (born 1967)
*[[Nunsowe Green]] ({{fl.|1882}}, pseudonymous)
*[[Roland J. Green]] (1944–2021)
*[[Simon R. Green]] (born 1955)
*[[A. T. Greenblatt]] ([[Floruit|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 language|Russian]] Алекса́ндр Никола́евич Грóмов)
*[[Martin Grzimek]] (born 1950)
*[[Wyman Guin]] (1915–1989)
*[[Eileen Gunn]] (born 1945)
*[[James Gunn (author)|James E. Gunn]] (1923–2020)

==H==
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[[File:Peter F. Hamilton.jpg|thumb|[[Peter F. Hamilton]], 2006]]
[[File:Elizabeth Hand Finncon2007 cropped.jpg|thumb|[[Elizabeth Hand]], 2007]]
[[File:RAH 1929 Yearbook.png|thumb|[[Midshipman]] [[Robert A. Heinlein]], 1929]]
[[File:Aldous Huxley psychical researcher.png|thumb|[[Aldous Huxley]], 1954|upright]]
*[[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 (writer)|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 (writer)|Lee Harding]] (1937–2023)
*[[Charles L. Harness]] (1915–2005)
*[[Clare Winger Harris]] (1891–1968)
*[[Harry Harrison (writer)|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 (author)|Ernest Hill]] (1915–2003)
*[[Matt Hill (writer)|Matt Hill]] (born 1984)
*[[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 (writer)|James P. Hogan]] (1941–2010)
*[[Ludvig Holberg]] (1684–1754)
*[[Louise Lawrence (author)|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)
*[[Begum Rokeya|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 (writer)|Matt Hughes]] (born 1949)
*[[Monica Hughes]] (1925–2003)
*[[Edna Mayne Hull]] (1905–1975)
*[[Cyril Hume]] (1900–1966)
*[[Stephen Hunt (author)|Stephen Hunt]] (born 1966)
*[[Kameron Hurley]] (born 1980)
*[[Dave Hutchinson]] (born 1960)
*[[Aldous Huxley]] (1894–1963)

==I==
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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)

==J==
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[[File:N. K. Jemisin (cropped).jpg|thumb|upright|[[N. K. Jemisin]], 2015]]
[[File:Robert Jordan.jpg|thumb|[[Robert Jordan]], 2005]]
*[[Alexander Jablokov]] (born 1956)
*[[Muriel Jaeger]] (1892–1969)
*[[John Jakes]] (1932–2023)
*[[Malcolm Jameson]] (1891–1945)
*[[Phil Janes]] ([[Floruit|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 (novelist)|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)

==K==
[[File:James Patrick Kelly.jpg|thumb|upright|[[James Patrick Kelly]], 2008]]
[[File:Stephen King, Comicon.jpg|thumb|upright|[[Stephen King]], 2007]]
[[File:Delia Sherman-Nancy Kress-Ellen-Datlow.jpg|thumb|[[Nancy Kress]] (center), with author [[Delia Sherman]] (left) and editor [[Ellen Datlow]] (right). 2007 photo.]]
*[[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 (author)|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]] ([[Floruit|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)

==L==
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[[File:Ursula Le Guin (3551195631) (cropped).jpg|thumb|upright|[[Ursula K. Le Guin]], 2009]]
[[File:ShariannLewitt.png|thumb|upright|[[Shariann Lewitt]], 2007]]
[[File:JackLondon02.jpeg|thumb|upright|[[Jack London]], 1900]]
[[File:Stanisław Lem.jpg|thumb|upright|[[Stanisław Lem]], 1966]]
*[[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)
*[[Robert S. Richardson|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]] ([[Floruit|fl.]] 1889)
*[[Ursula K. Le Guin]] (1929–2018)
*[[Ann Leckie]] (born 1966)
*[[Gentry Lee]] (born 1942)
*[[Mary Soon Lee]] (born 1965)
*[[Sharon Lee (writer)|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)
*[[Stephen Marlowe|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]] ([[Floruit|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 (novelist)|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)

==M==
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[[File:Abraham-merritt.jpg|thumb|upright|[[A. Merritt]], {{Circa|1920}}]]
[[File:China Miéville side.jpg|thumb|upright|[[China Miéville]], 2006]]
[[File:Naomi Mitchison young.jpg|thumb|[[Naomi Mitchison]], 1920s]]
[[File:JudithMoffett.jpg|thumb|[[Judith Moffett]], 2008]]
[[File:Elizabeth Moon 2005 (cropped).JPG|thumb|upright|[[Elizabeth Moon]], 2005]]
[[File:Richard Morgan 270408.jpg|thumb|[[Richard K. Morgan|Richard Morgan]], 2008|upright]]
[[File:James Morrow South Street Seaport 2007-04-10.jpg|thumb|James Morrow, 2007]]
*[[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 (author)|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]] (1945–2022)
*[[Charles Eric Maine]] (1921–1981) (pseudonym of David McIlwain)
*[[Donald Malcolm]] (1930–1975)
*[[Daryl F. Mallett]] (born 1969)
*[[Barry N. Malzberg]] (1939–2024)
*[[George Mann (writer)|George Mann]] (born 1978)
*[[Laurence Manning]] (1899–1972)
*[[Leo Margulies]] (1900–1975)
*[[Stephen Marley (writer)|Stephen Marley]] (born 1946)
*[[Paul Marlowe]] ([[Floruit|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 (writer)|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 (author)|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 (writer)|Dan Morgan]] (1925–2011)
*[[Richard K. Morgan]] (born 1965)
*[[Chris Moriarty]] (born 1968)
*[[A. R. Morlan]] (1958–2016)
*[[John Morressy]] (1930–2006)
*[[Chris Morris (author)|Chris Morris]] (born 1946)
*[[Janet Morris]] (1946–2024)
*[[Joseph Samachson|William Morrison]] (1906–1982) (pseudonym of Joseph Samachson)
*[[James Morrow]] (born 1947)
*[[Sam Moskowitz]] (1920–1997)
*[[Pat Murphy (writer)|Pat Murphy]] (born 1955)
*[[Øyvind Myhre]] (born 1945)

==N ==
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[[File:LarryNiven.jpg|thumb|upright|[[Larry Niven]], photo before 2005]]
*[[Linda Nagata]] (born 1960)
*[[Jayant Narlikar]] (born 1938) ([[Marathi language|Marathi]]: जयंत विष्णू नारळीकर)
*[[Grant Naylor]] (joint pseudonym of [[Rob Grant]] and [[Doug Naylor]])
*[[Ondrej Neff]] (born 1945)
*[[Geoff Nelder]] (born 1947)
*[[Ray Nelson (author)|Ray Nelson]] (1931–2022)
*[[István Nemere]] (1944–2024)
*[[Josef Nesvadba]] (1926–2005)
*[[Kris Neville]] (1925–1980)
*[[Eirik Newth]] (born 1964)
*[[Yuri Nikitin (author)|Yuri Nikitin]] (in [[Russian language|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)
*[[Bernard Cronin|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==
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[[File:George Orwell press photo.jpg|thumb|upright|[[George Orwell]], 1943]]
*[[Robert C. O'Brien (author)|Robert C. O'Brien]] (1918–1973)
*[[Kevin O'Donnell, Jr.]] (1950–2012)
*[[Patrick O'Leary (writer)|Patrick O'Leary]] (born 1952)
*[[Raven Oak]] (born 1977)
*[[Vladimir Obruchev]] (1863–1956)
*[[Alan Odle|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]] ([[Floruit|fl.]] 1992–2012)

==P==
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[[File:Edgar Allan Poe, circa 1849, restored, squared off.jpg|thumb|upright|[[Edgar Allan Poe]], 1849]]
[[File:Wollheim Pohl & Michel c. 1938.jpg|thumb|[[Frederik Pohl]] (center) with [[Donald A. Wollheim]] (left) and [[John Michel]] (right, circa 1938]] 
[[File:Jerry Pournelle in a tux small (cropped).jpg|thumb|upright|[[Jerry Pournelle]], 2005]]
[[File:BSI-Pratt-Morley-Stout-1944.jpg|thumb|[[Fletcher Pratt]] (left) with [[Christopher Morley]] and [[Rex Stout]], 1944|upright]]
*[[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 (author)|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 (author)|Steve Perry]] (born 1947)
*[[Lawrence Person]] (born 1965)
*[[Emil Petaja]] (1915–2000)
*[[Wildy Petoud]] (born 1957)
*[[John T. Phillifent]] (1916–1976)
*[[Mark Phillips (author)|Mark Phillips]] (joint pseudonym used by [[Laurence Janifer]] (1933–2002) and [[Randall Garrett]] (1927–1987))
*[[Peter Phillips (author)|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 (science-fiction author)|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 (author)|Paul Preuss]] (born 1942)
*[[Cherie Priest]] (born 1975)
*[[Christopher Priest (novelist)|Christopher Priest]] (1943–2024)
*[[Philip Pullman]] (born 1946)

==Q==
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*[[Roberto Quaglia]] (born 1962)
*[[William Thomas Quick]] (born 1946)
*[[Daniel Quinn]] (1935–2018)

==R==
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[[File:Mike Resnick.jpg|thumb|upright|[[Mike Resnick]], 2008]]
[[File:Adam Roberts 20080315 Salon du livre 1.jpg|thumb|upright|[[Adam Roberts (British writer)|Adam Roberts]], 2008]]
[[File:Kim Stanley Robinson 2005.JPG|thumb|upright|[[Kim Stanley Robinson]], 2005]]
[[File:Rudyrucker.jpg|thumb|upright|[[Rudy Rucker]], 2006]]
*[[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 (author)|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 (British writer)|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 (author)|Simon Rose]] (born 1961)
*[[Joel Rosenberg (science fiction author)|Joel Rosenberg]] (1954–2011)
*[[Mary Rosenblum]] (1952–2018)
*[[J.-H. Rosny]] (joint pseudonym of [[J.-H. Rosny aîné|Joseph]] (1856–1940) and [[J.-H. Rosny jeune|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)
*[[Merc Fenn Wolfmoor|A. Merc Rustad]] (born 1986)

==S==
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[[File:Robert j sawyer in 2005.jpg|thumb|upright|[[Robert J. Sawyer]], 2005]]
[[File:Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley Rothwell.tif|thumb|upright|[[Mary Shelley]], ca. 1840]]
[[File:Cordwainer-Smith 1.jpg|thumb|upright|[[Cordwainer Smith]] (Paul Linebarger), 1953]]
[[File:Allen Steele.jpg|thumb|upright|[[Allen Steele]], ca. 2007]]
[[File:Finncon_2019_17.jpg|thumb|upright|[[Charles Stross]], 2019]]
[[File:S. P. Somtow, in a tuxedo.jpg|thumb|[[Somtow Sucharitkul]], 2005|upright]]
[[File:Michael Swanwick 2005.JPG|thumb|upright|[[Michael Swanwick]], 2005]]
[[File:Tricia Sullivan - IMG 0960.jpg|thumb|[[Tricia Sullivan]], 2012|upright]]
*[[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]] (1952–2025)
*[[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 (editor)|Larry Shaw]] (1924–1985)
*[[Nisi Shawl]] (born 1955)
*[[Michael Shea (author)|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]] (18990–1960) (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 (fiction author)|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]] (1948–2024)
*[[Michael Stackpole]] (born 1957)
*[[Robert Lester Stallman|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)
*[[Gertrude Barrows Bennett|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)
*[[Samantha Lee Howe|Sam Stone]] ([[Floruit|fl.]] 2010–present)
*[[J. Michael Straczynski]] (born 1954)
*[[Charles Stross]] (born 1964)
*[[Arkady and Boris Strugatsky]] (1925–1991 and 1933–2012, respectively) (in [[Russian language|Russian]], Аркадий и Борис Стругацкие<ref>Individually, their names are Аркадий Стругацкий and Борис Стругацкий.</ref>)
*[[Theodore Sturgeon]] (1918–1985) (pseudonym of Edward Hamilton Waldo)
*[[Somtow Sucharitkul]] (also known as S. P. Somtow) (born 1952)
*[[Sujatha (writer)|Sujatha]] (1935–2008)
*[[Tricia Sullivan]] (born 1968)
*[[Michael Swanwick]] (born 1950)
*[[Jonathan Swift]] (1667–1745)
*[[Michael Szameit]] (1950–2014)

==T==
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[[File:Wilsontucker.jpg|thumb|[[Wilson Tucker (writer)|Wilson Tucker]], ca. 1988]]
[[File:Harry Turtledove 2005.jpg|thumb|upright|[[Harry Turtledove]], 2005]]
*[[Eric Temple Bell|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]] ([[Floruit|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 (author)|Tom Terry]] (born 1963)
*[[Walter Tevis]] (1928–1984)
*[[Felix Thijssen]] (1933–2022)
*[[Theodore L. Thomas]] (1920–2005)
*[[Tade Thompson]] ([[Floruit|fl.]] 2005–present)
*[[Robert Thurston (novelist)|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]] ([[Floruit|fl.]] 2002–2017)
*[[F. Orlin Tremaine]] (1899–1956)
*[[Aleksei Nikolaevich Tolstoy]] (1882/3–1945) (in [[Russian language|Russian]] Алексей Николаевич Толстой)
*[[Edwin Charles Tubb]] (1919–2010)
*[[George Tucker (author)|George Tucker]] (1775–1861)
*[[Wilson Tucker (writer)|Wilson Tucker]] (1914–2006)
*[[George Turner (writer)|George Turner]] (1916–1997)
*[[Harry Turtledove]] (born 1949)
*[[Mary Turzillo]] (born 1940)
*[[Lisa Tuttle]] (born 1952)
*[[John Twelve Hawks]] ([[Floruit|fl.]] 2005–2014)
*[[Kathy Tyers]] (born 1952)

==U==
*[[Steven Utley]] (1948–2013)

==V==
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*[[Catherynne M. Valente]] (born 1979)
*[[James Van Pelt]] (born 1954)
*[[Sydney J. Van Scyoc]] (1939–2023)
*[[A. E. van Vogt]] (1912–2000)
*[[Jack Vance]] (1916–2013)
*[[Jeff VanderMeer]] (born 1968)
*[[Robert E. Vardeman]] (born 1947)
*[[John Varley (author)|John Varley]] (born 1947)
*[[Vladimir Vasilyev (writer)|Vladimir Vasilyev]] (born 1967)
*[[Jean Bruller|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)

==W==
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[[File:H.G. Wells by Beresford.jpg|thumb|upright|[[H. G. Wells]], 1920]]
[[File:Walter Jon Williams.jpg|thumb|[[Walter Jon Williams]], 2006]]
[[File:ConnieWillisCW98 wb.jpg|thumb|upright|[[Connie Willis]], 1998]]
[[File:Jack Womack at the Shirley Jackson Award Benefit, KGB bar, New York City - 20080723.jpg|thumb|[[Jack Womack]] at the [[KGB (bar)|KGB Bar]], NYC, 2008]]
*[[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 (author)|Ian Wallace]] (1912–1998)
*[[Hugh Walters (author)|Hugh Walters]] (1910–1993)
*[[Bryce Walton]] (1918–1988)
*[[Jo Walton]] (born 1964)
*[[Donald Wandrei]] (1908–1987)
*[[Ian Watson (author)|Ian Watson]] (born 1943)
*[[Lawrence Watt-Evans]] (born 1954)
*[[Peter Watts (author)|Peter Watts]] (born 1958)
*[[Don Webb (writer)|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 (author)|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 (author)|Alex White]] (born 1981)
*[[James White (author)|James White]] (1928–1999) 
*[[Steve White (science fiction)|Steve White]] (born 1946)
*[[Ted White (author)|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 (comics)|Rob Williams]] 
*[[Robert Moore Williams]] (1907–1977)
*[[Sean Williams (author)|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 (author)|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 (author)|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)

==Y==
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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)

==Z==
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*[[Arthur Leo Zagat]] (1896–1949)
*[[Timothy Zahn]] (born 1951)
*[[Janusz Zajdel]] (1938–1985)
*[[Yevgeny Zamyatin]] (1884–1937)
*[[George Zebrowski]] (1945–2024)
*[[Roger Zelazny]] (1937–1995)
*[[Alexander Zelenyj]] ([[Floruit|fl.]] 2005–present)
*[[Kenneth Bulmer|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 (writer)|Zoran Živković]] (born 1948)
*[[Pamela Zoline]] (born 1941)
*[[Alexander Zorich]] (born 1973) (joint pseudonym of Yana Botsman and Dmitry Gordevsky)
*[[Joseph Zornado]] ([[Floruit|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]]

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==References==
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===Resources===
*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}}).

==External links==
*[http://rusf.ru/english/ Official website] for "Russian Science Fiction and Fantasy"
*[http://www.sfwa.org Official website] for the [[Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America]]

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