List of fantasy authors

A

• Rafael Ábalos, 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
• Alexandra Adornetto, author of The Strangest Adventures series
• Joan Aiken, author of The Wolves of Willoughby Chase
• 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
• K.A. Applegate, author of Everworld
• Katherine Arden, author of the Winternight trilogy
• Tom Arden,
• Kelley Armstrong, author of the Women of the Otherworld
• Danilo Arona,
• Catherine Asaro,
• Sarah Ash,
• Mike Ashley,
• Nancy Asire,
• Robert Lynn Asprin, author of the Myth Adventures and contributing author to Thieves World
• A. A. Attanasio, author of Radix
• Amelia Atwater-Rhodes, author of In the Forests of the Night
• Anselm Audley, author of the Aquasilva series
• 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
• 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 and Arthur Spiderwick's Field Guide to the Fantastical World Around You
• James P. 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
• 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
• Terry Brooks, author of the Shannara novels, Magic Kingdom of Landover novels and Word & Void series
• 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 novels
• Jim Butcher, author of Dresden Files and Codex Alera'' novels

  C

• Rachel Caine, author of the Weather Warden and 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 Black Magician Trilogy and 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 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,
• 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,
• Massimo Citi,
• Cassandra Clare,, author of The Mortal Instruments
• Susanna Clarke, author of Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell
• 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

  D

• Roald Dahl, author of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and James and the Giant Peach
• James Dashner, author of The Maze Runner
• Avram Davidson, author of The Phoenix and the Mirror
• Sylvia Day, author of Bared to You
• Adam James Dalton, author of the Flesh & Bone Trilogy
• Pamela Dean, author of Tam Lin
• John DeChancie, author of the Castle Perilous series
• L. Sprague de Camp, author of The Compleat Enchanter & Conan stories
• Alessandro Defilippi
• Michael de Larrabeiti, author of The Borrible Trilogy
• Charles de Lint, author of The Borderland Series
• Kathryn Deans, author of Shimmer
• Tom Deitz, author of the David Sullivan series
• Joseph Delaney, author of The Wardstone Chronicles
• Troy Denning, author of Dark Sun and Star Wars books
• Graham Diamond, author of The Haven
• Seth Dickinson, author of The Traitor Baru Cormorant
• Tony DiTerlizzi, co-author of The Spiderwick Chronicles and Arthur Spiderwick's Field Guide to the Fantastical World Around You
• Stephen Donaldson, author of The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant
• Kevin Donoghue, author of From The Devil We Came, The Adventures of Robyn Nudd, The Rise of Germania and Svengali Junior
• Carole Nelson Douglas, author of the Sword and Circlet, Taliswoman, and Delilah Street series as well as Irene Adler Sherlockian suspense novels
• Sara Douglass, author of Wayfarer Redemption
• Ann Downer, author of the Spellkey series
• David Drake, author of the Lord of the Isles series
• Tobias Druitt, author of Corydon and the Island of Monsters
• Diane Duane, author of the Young Wizards novels
• Dave Duncan, author of West of January
• Lord Dunsany, author of The King of Elfland's Daughter
• Jeanne DuPrau, author of The City of Ember
• David Anthony Durham, author of

  E

• David Eddings, author of Belgariad, Malloreon, Elenium, Tamuli and The Dreamers novels
• E. R. Eddison, author of The Worm Ouroboros
• C. M. Eddy, Jr., author of Exit Into Eternity: Tales of the Bizarre and Supernatural
• Graham Edwards, writer of the Dragoncharm and Stone and Sky trilogies
• Phyllis Eisenstein,, author of Shadow of Earth and Born to Exile
• Mircea Eliade, author of Bengal Nights
• Kate Elliott, author of the Crown of Stars series
• Harlan Ellison, anthologist and author of Mefisto in Onyx
• Ernest Elmore, author of The Lumpton Gobbelings
• Michael Ende, author of The Neverending Story
• Steven Erikson, author of the Malazan Book of the Fallen
• Lloyd Arthur Eshbach, author and proprietor of Fantasy Press
• Javier Abril Espinoza,
• Ian Cameron Esslemont, author of the Novels of the Malazan Empire series
• Jennifer Estep, author of Elemental Assassin series and Crown of Shard series
• Rose Estes, creator of the Endless Quest gamebook series

  F

• Karina Fabian,
• Jennifer Fallon, author of Medalon
• Nancy Yi Fan, author of Swordbird
• David Farland, author of The Runelords series
• Nancy Farmer, author of The Sea of Trolls
• Philip Jose Farmer, author of the Riverworld saga
• Christine Feehan, author of the Dark series
• Raymond E. Feist, author of the Riftwar Saga
• Jean-Louis Fetjaine,
• Jasper Fforde, author of the Thursday Next series
• Charles G. Finney, author of The Circus of Dr. Lao
• John Flanagan, author of the Ranger's Apprentice series
• Lynn Flewelling, author of The Nightrunner Series
• Eric Flint, author of the Belisarius series and creator of "1632 series"
• John M. Ford, author of The Dragon Waiting
• Kate Forsyth, author of The Witches of Eileanan series
• Alan Dean Foster, author of the Humanx Commonwealth novels, particularly those involving Flinx
• Laura Frankos,
• Steven Frankos, author of The Wheel Trilogy
• Jackie French, author of Somewhere Around the Corner and Tajore Arkle
• C. S. Friedman, author of Black Sun Rising
• Cornelia Funke, author of the Inkheart trilogy, The Thief Lord, and Dragon Rider
• Maggie Furey, author of The Artefacts of Power series

  G

• Diana Gabaldon, author of the Outlander series
• Neil Gaiman, author of novels, short stories, The Books of Magic and other graphic novels
• Sara Gallardo, author of Enero and El País del Humo
• Craig Shaw Gardner, author of the Dragon Circle series and film novelizations
• Richard Garfinkle author of All of an Instant
• Alan Garner, author of Elidor and The Weirdstone of Brisingamen
• Richard Garnett, author of The Twilight of the Gods and Other Tales
• Randall Garrett, author of the Lord Darcy novels
• David Gemmell, author of the Drenai novels
• Mary Gentle, author of Rats and Gargoyles
• ElizaBeth Gilligan, author of Magic's Silken Snare and The Silken Shroud
• Laura Anne Gilman, author of the VineArt trilogy, the Cosa Nostradamus series and the Devil's West series
• Heather Gladney, author of Teot's War and others
• Parke Godwin, author of The Last Rainbow, Sherwood, Firelord
• Christie Golden, author of Vampire of the Mists and books set in the universes of Star Trek, Warcraft, Star Wars and others
• Christopher Golden, co-author of Baltimore, or The Steadfast Tin Soldier and the Vampire; books set in the Buffy the Vampire Slayer universe; and non-Buffy novels in the Ghosts of Albion series with Buffy actress Amber Benson
• Julia Golding, author of the Companions Quartet and the Cat Royal series
• Terry Goodkind, author of The Sword of Truth novels
• Gayle Greeno, author of Finders Seekers
• Ed Greenwood, author of The Elminster Series
• Jim Grimsley, author of the high fantasy novel Kirith Kirin
• Lev Grossman, author of The Magicians
• Jeff Grubb, author of the Finder's Stone trilogy with Kate Novak
• Gary Gygax, author of Dungeons and Dragons, other game rules, and fantasy books

  H

• Barbara Hambly, author of Those Who Hunt the Night
• Greg Hamerton, author of the Tale of the Lifesong series
• Laurell K. Hamilton, author of the series
• Traci Harding, author of The Ancient Future Trilogy
• Lyndon Hardy, author of Master of the Five Magics
• Charlaine Harris, author of The Southern Vampire Mysteries series, which HBO adapted as the TV series True Blood
• Geraldine Harris, Egyptologist and author of Prince of the Godborn
• Edith Ogden Harrison, author of Prince Silverwings
• Kim Harrison, author of the Rachel Morgan / The Hollows series
• M. John Harrison, author of works set in the fictional city of Viriconium; literary editor of the New Wave science fiction magazine New Worlds
• Petra Hartmann,
• Simon Hawke, author of The Wizard of 4th Street
• Hayami Yuji,
• Elizabeth Haydon, author of the Symphony of Ages series
• Bernhard Hennen,
• Frank Herda, author of The Cup of Death: Chronicles of the Dragons of the Magi
• Tracy Hickman, author of the Dragonlance novels
• Jim C. Hines, author of The Goblin Master's Grimoire
• Robin Hobb, pseudonym of Margaret Astrid Lindholm Ogden who also writes as Megan Lindholm; author of Assassin's Apprentice
• John C. Hocking, author of Conan and the Emerald Lotus
• P. C. Hodgell, author of God Stalk
• William Hope Hodgson, author of The House on the Borderland
• E. T. A. Hoffmann, author of "The Nutcracker" and other fantastic stories
• Wolfgang Hohlbein, author of Magic Moon
• Robert Holdstock, author of Mythago Wood
• Tom Holt, writes mostly humorous fantasy, such as Who's Afraid of Beowulf?; also writes as K. J. Parker
• Nina Kiriki Hoffman, author of The Thread That Binds the Bones
• Anthony Horowitz, author of The Power of Five series and Groosham Grange
• Elaine Horseman, author of Hubble's Bubble, The Hubbles' Treasure Hunt and The Hubbles and the Robot
• Robert E. Howard, creator of Conan the Barbarian
• Tanya Huff, author of Blood Price
• Barry Hughart, author of Chinese historical fantasies such as Bridge of Birds
• Robert Don Hughes,
• Stephen Hunt, author of the Jackelian novels
• Faith Hunter, author of the Rogue Mage series, the Jane Yellowrock series, and the Soulwood trilogy
• Kameron Hurley, author of the Worldbreaker Saga

  I

• Eva Ibbotson, Which Witch? and The Secret of Platform 13
• Ian Irvine, The View from the Mirror
• Ralf Isau,
• James Islington, author of The Shadow of What Was Lost and sequels
• Francisco Javier Illán Vivas

  J

• Benedict Jacka, author of the Alex Verus series
• Steve Jackson, co-author of many Fighting Fantasy books
• Brian Jacques, author of the Redwall series
• L. Dean James, author of Sorcerer's Stone
• Tove Jansson, author of the Moomin novels
• N. K. Jemisin, author of The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms and The Fifth Season, along with their sequels
• K. V. Johansen, author of Torrie and the Dragon
• Carrie Jones, author of the Need series and After Obsession
• Diana Wynne Jones, author of the Chrestomanci series and Howl's Moving Castle
• Ivan Jones, author of The Ghost Hunter series
• J. V. Jones, author of Sword of Shadows series
• Robert Jordan, author of The Wheel of Time series
• Graham Joyce,

  K

• Lene Kaaberbøl, author of The Shamer Chronicles
• Lauren Kate, author of The Fallen series
• Guy Gavriel Kay, author of The Fionavar Tapestry and Tigana
• Paul Kearney, author of the Monarchies of God series
• David Keck, author of the Durand Col series
• Sylvia Kelso, author of The Rihannar Chronicles
• Debra A. Kemp, author of Arthurian novels The Firebrand and The Recruit
• Paul S. Kemp, author of Twilight Falling
• Katharine Kerr, author of the Deverry novels and others
• Greg Keyes, author of The Kingdoms of Thorn and Bone series
• Caitlín R. Kiernan, author of Tales of Pain and Wonder
• Stephen King, author of The Eyes of the Dragon and The Dark Tower Series
• Russell Kirkpatrick, author of Fire of Heaven trilogy
• Mindy L. Klasky, author of The Glasswrights' Apprentice
• Annette Curtis Klause, author of The Silver Kiss
• Richard A. Knaak, contributor of books to the series Dragonlance, Warcraft, and others
• Mary Robinette Kowal, author of Shades of Milk and Honey
• Feliks W. Kres,
• R.F. Kuang, author of The Poppy War
• Michael Kurland, author of The Unicorn Girl
• Katherine Kurtz, author of the Deryni novels
• Ellen Kushner, author of Thomas the Rhymer
• Henry Kuttner,

  L

• Mercedes Lackey, author of the Velgarth/Valdemar novels
• R. A. Lafferty, author of Fourth Mansions
• Sterling E. Lanier, editor; author of The Peculiar Exploits of Brigadier Ffellowes
• Stephen R. Lawhead, author of In the Hall of the Dragon King
• Mark Lawrence, author of The Broken Empire Trilogy
• Mary Soon Lee, author of The Sign of the Dragon
• Tanith Lee, author of the Tales from the Flat Earth series
• Lee Yeongdo, author of the Dragon Raja
• Ursula K. Le Guin, author of the Earthsea novels
• Fritz Leiber, author of the Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser stories
• Valery Leith, pseudonym of Tricia Sullivan
• Madeleine L'Engle, author of A Wrinkle in Time
• C.S. Lewis, author of The Chronicles of Narnia series, The Space Trilogy, and The Screwtape Letters
• Ash Lieb, author of The Secret well
• Astrid Lindgren,, author of Pippi Longstocking
• Megan Lindholm, pseudonym of Margaret Astrid Lindholm Ogden who also writes as Robin Hobb
• David Lindsay, author of A Voyage to Arcturus
• Jane Lindskold, author of the Firekeeper saga
• Holly Lisle, author of The Secret Texts and Korre series
• Ken Liu,
• Ian Livingstone, co-author of many Fighting Fantasy books
• Massimo Lo Jacono
• H. P. Lovecraft, author of the Cthulhu Mythos
• Ruth Frances Long, author of The Treachery of Beautiful Things
• James Lowder, author of Prince of Lies and Knight of the Black Rose
• Helen Lowe, author of the Heir of Night series
• Lois Lowry, author of The Giver and Gathering Blue
• Elizabeth A. Lynn, author of The Chronicles of Tornor
• Patricia Lynch, author of The Turf-cutter's Donkey
• Scott Lynch, author of The Gentleman Bastard sequence

  M

• Sarah J. Maas,, author of Throne of Glass series
• Julian May,
• R. A. MacAvoy, author of Tea with the Black Dragon
• George MacDonald, author of Lilith
• D. J. MacHale, author of the Pendragon series
• Arthur Machen, author of The Great God Pan
• Violette Malan, author of The Mirror Prince
• Lisa Mantchev, author of Eyes Like Stars
• Juliet Marillier, author of the Sevenwaters Trilogy
• Stephen Marley, author of the Chia Black Dragon series
• George R. R. Martin, author of A Song of Ice and Fire
• Thomas K. Martin,
• John Masefield,
• Anne McCaffrey, author of the Dragonriders of Pern series
• Brian McClellan, author of The Powder Mage trilogy
• Seanan McGuire, author of Rosemary and Rue; also writes as Mira Grant
• Fiona McIntosh, author of The Quickening series
• Juliet E. McKenna, author of The Thief's Gamble
• Dennis L. McKiernan, author of The Iron Tower
• Patricia A. McKillip, author of The Riddle-Master of Hed
• Richelle Mead, author of the Vampire Academy and the Bloodlines series
• Robin McKinley, author of the Damar stories
• Virginia G. McMorrow
• John Meaney, author of Bone Song
• O. R. Melling, author of The Hunter's Moon
• Abraham Merritt, author of The Moon Pool
• Gustav Meyrink, author of The Golem
• Marissa Meyer, author of The Lunar Chronicles series
• Stephenie Meyer, author of the Twilight series
• China Miéville, author of Perdido Street Station
• Karen Miller, author of The Innocent Mage
• A.A. Milne, author of Winnie-the-Pooh and The House at Pooh Corner
• Hope Mirrlees, author of Lud-in-the-Mist
• L. E. Modesitt, Jr., author of the Recluce novels
• Elizabeth Moon, author of The Deed of Paksenarrion
• Michael Moorcock, author of Eternal Champion sequence
• Christopher Moore, author of Practical Demonkeeping
• Caiseal Mór, author of 12 novels including The Wanderers and The Watchers trilogies.
• John Morressy, author of The Domesticated Wizard
• Chris Morris,
• Janet Morris,
• William Morris, author of The Wood Beyond the World and The Well at the World's End
• Tamsyn Muir, author of Gideon the Ninth
• H. Warner Munn, author of Merlin's Ring
• C. E. Murphy, author of Coyote Dreams
• Pat Murphy, author of The Falling Woman
• Gary Myers, author of The House of the Worm
• John Myers Myers, author of Silverlock

  N

• Robert Nathan, author of Portrait of Jennie
• Geoff Nelder, author of Exit, Pursued by a Bee
• Robert Newcomb, author of A March into Darkness
• William Nicholson, author of The Wind Singer
• Douglas Niles, author of the Watershed trilogy and other series
• Jenny Nimmo, author of Children of the Red King and The Magician Trilogy
• Larry Niven, author of The Magic May Return
• Garth Nix, author of Sabriel and sequels
• Charles Nodier,
• Alyson Noël, author of Evermore
• John Norman, author of the Gor series
• Claire North, pseudonym for Catherine Webb, author of The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August
• Andre Norton, author of High Sorcery
• Kate Novak, author of the Finder's Stone trilogy with Jeff Grubb
• Naomi Novik, author of the Temeraire series
• Jody Lynn Nye, author of the Mythology 101 series and co author of the MythAdventures series with Robert Asprin.
• Eric S. Nylund,

  O

• Raven Oak, author of the Boahim Series
• Andrew Offutt,
• Noriko Ogiwara
• Nnedi Okorafor, author of Akata Witch and Who Fears Death
• Thomas Owen

  P

• Norvell W. Page,
• Christopher Paolini, author of the Inheritance Cycle
• Richard Parks,
• Michelle Paver, author of The Chronicles of Ancient Darkness series
• Diana L. Paxson, author of Brísingamen
• Mervyn Peake, author of the Gormenghast series
• Frank E. Peretti, author of This Present Darkness and The Oath
• Anne Perry, author of Tathea
• Nick Perumov, author of Ring of Darkness, Chronicles of Hjorward and Keeper of Swords series
• Uroš Petrović,
• Eden Philpotts, author of Lycanthrope: The Mystery of Sir William Wolf
• Meredith Ann Pierce, author of The Darkangel Trilogy
• Tamora Pierce, author of the Tortall books, The Song of the Lioness series and the Circle of Magic books
• Ricardo Pinto, author of The Stone Dance of the Chameleon series
• Tim Powers, author of The Anubis Gates
• Anne Plichota, author of Oksa Pollock
• Terry Pratchett, author of Discworld
• Fletcher Pratt, author of The Well of the Unicorn
• Philip Pullman, author of His Dark Materials trilogy

  R

• Jean Ray, pseudonym of Raymundus Joannes de Kremer, Belgian fantasist
• Melanie Rawn, author of Dragon Prince
• Philip Reeve, author of Mortal Engines quartet and Fever Crumb Series
• Mickey Zucker Reichert, author of the Renshai series, based on Norse mythology
• Anne Rice, author of The Vampire Chronicles
• Rick Riordan, author of the Percy Jackson and the Olympians and Heroes of Olympus series
• Jennifer Roberson, author of the Sword-Dancer Saga
• Katherine Roberts, author of The Echorium Sequence trilogy
• Nora Roberts, author of The Circle Trilogy
• Kenneth Robeson, Doc Savage stories
• Michael Scott Rohan, author of the Winter of the World series
• Joel Rosenberg, author of the Guardians of the Flame series
• Patrick Rothfuss, author of The Name of the Wind
• Veronica Roth, author of Divergent series
• J. K. Rowling, author of the Harry Potter series
• Don Roff, author of
• Kristine Kathryn Rusch, Fey series and others, former editor of F&SF
• Sean Russell, author of Moontide and Magic Rise
• A. Merc Rustad,
• Anthony Ryan, author of the Raven's Shadow series
• Jessica Rydill, author of Children of the Shaman

  S

• Fred Saberhagen, author of the Empire of the East series
• Michelle Sagara, author of the Sundered series
• Angie Sage, author of the Septimus Heap series
• R.A. Salvatore, author of the Drizzt novels
• Margit Sandemo,
• Brandon Sanderson, author of the Mistborn and The Stormlight Archive series
• Andrzej Sapkowski, author of Witcher short stories and novels
• Charles R. Saunders, author of Imaro
• Lawrence M. Schoen, author of the Conroyverse series
• V.E. Schwab, pseudonym for Victoria Schwab, author of Shades of Magic trilogy
• Darrell Schweitzer,
• Michael Scott, author of The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel series
• Martin Scott, author of "Thraxas"
• Darren Shan, author of The Saga of Darren Shan, The Demonata and short stories
• Samantha Shannon, author of The Priory of the Orange Tree
• Robert Sheckley,
• Mary Shelley, author of Frankenstein and short stories
• Will Shetterly, author of Dogland
• Tony Shillitoe, author of The Andrakis Trilogy
• Sharon Shinn, author of The Twelve Houses series
• Gary Shipman, author of Pakkins' Land
• Rhoda Shipman, author of Pakkins' Land
• Robert Silverberg, author of the Majipoor series
• William Mark Simmons,
• Johanna Sinisalo,
• Isaac Bashevis Singer,
• Clark Ashton Smith, one of "the big three of Weird Tales, along with Robert E. Howard and H. P. Lovecraft"; author of Out of Space and Time
• Guy Smith,
• L.J. Smith, author of the Night World, The Vampire Diaries and The Secret Circle series
• Mark Andrew Smith, author of The New Brighton Archeological Society
• Sherwood Smith, author of Inda and Wren to the Rescue
• Thorne Smith, author of Topper, on which a 1937 comedy film was based
• S. P. Somtow, author of Vampire Junction
• Alison Spedding, author of The Road and the Hills
• Wen Spencer, author of Elfhome
• Nancy Springer, author of The White Hart
• Jon Sprunk
• Michael A. Stackpole, author of A Secret Atlas; best known for his Star Wars and BattleTech books
• Christopher Stasheff, author of The Warlock in Spite of Himself
• Brian Staveley, author of the Chronicles of the Unhewn Throne
• Brooke Stevens, author of The Circus of the Earth and the Air
• Mary Stewart, author of The Crystal Cave
• Paul Stewart, author of The Edge Chronicles
• Caroline Stevermer, author of The Serpent's Egg
• Maggie Stiefvater, author of The Raven Cycle
• Frank R. Stockton, author of "The Lady, or the Tiger?"
• James Stoddard, author of The High House
• David Lee Stone, author of The Illmoor Chronicles
• Charles Stross,
• Jonathan Stroud, author of The Bartimaeus Trilogy
• Tricia Sullivan, writes fantasy as Valery Leith
• Michael J. Sullivan, author of The Riyria Chronicles
• Thomas Burnett Swann, author of The Day of the Minotaur
• Jonathan Swift, author of Gulliver's Travels
• Mitzi Szereto, author of In Sleeping Beauty's Bed: Erotic Fairy Tales and editor of Thrones of Desire: Erotic Tales of Swords, Mist and Fire

  T

• Graeme K. Talboys, author of Stealing into Winter
• Yoshiki Tanaka, author of The Heroic Legend of Arslan
• Charles R. Tanner, author of Angus MacAuliffe and the Gowden Tooch
• Judith Tarr, author of The Hound and the Falcon
• Roger Taylor, author of the Chronicles of Hawklan
• Adrian Tchaikovsky, author of the Shadows of the Apt series
• Tais Teng, author of "Palimpsests"
• Sheri S. Tepper, author of The True Game series
• Karin Tidbeck, author of Jagannath
• Lavie Tidhar, author of A Man Lies Dreaming
• Patrick Tilley, author of The Amtrak Wars series
• Eldon Thompson, author of The Legend of Asahiel series
• Kate Thompson, author of Switchers
• Tade Thompson, author of the Wormwood Trilogy
• J. R. R. Tolkien, author of The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings and The Silmarillion
• Robin Trent,, author of Moonshine
• Megan Whalen Turner,, author of The Thief
• Harry Turtledove, author of the Videssos series and Darkness series

  U

• Unno Juza,

  V

• Eric van Lustbader, author of The Pearl Saga
• Jack Vance, author of the Dying Earth series and the Lyonesse Trilogy
• Jules Verne, author of Around the World in Eighty Days and Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea

  W

• Tim Waggoner, author of Thieves of Blood
• Karl Edward Wagner, author of Kane
• Mervyn Wall, author of The Unfortunate Fursey
• Evangeline Walton, author of Prince of Annwn
• Jo Walton, author of Among Others
• Freda Warrington, author of Elfland, A Taste of Blood Wine, the Blackbird sequence, Dracula the Undead, Dark Cathedral, and others
• Lawrence Watt-Evans, author of Out of This World
• Catherine Webb, author of Mirror Dreams
• David Weber, author of Oath of Swords
• Brent Weeks, author of The Way of Shadows
• Margaret Weis, co-author of several Dragonlance books
• Manly Wade Wellman, author of Worse Things Waiting
• Angus Wells, author of Forbidden Magic
• Martha Wells, author of City of Bones and The Books of the Raksura
• Django Wexler, author of The Shadow Campaigns
• Suzanne Weyn, author of children's and young adult science fiction and fantasy novels and numerous film novelizations
• Chuck Whelon, cartoonist and creator of the humorous fantasy webcomic serial "Pewfell"
• E. B. White, author of Charlotte's Web and Stuart Little
• T.H. White, author of The Once and Future King
• Jack Whyte, author of Arthurian novels such as The Skystone
• Cherry Wilder, author of The Wanderer
• Paul O. Williams,
• Tad Williams, author of the Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn trilogy
• Terri Windling, author of The Borderland Series
• Evan Winter, author of The Rage of Dragons
• Cendrine Wolf, author of Oksa Pollock
• Gene Wolfe, author of The Shadow of the Torturer
• Chris Wooding, author of Poison, and The Storm Thief
• Patricia Wrede, author of the Lyra books
• John C. Wright, author of the Orphans of Chaos and Last Guardian of Everness series
• Kirby Wright, author of The End, My Friend
• Janny Wurts, author of the Wars of Light and Shadow and the Empire Trilogy

  Y

• Yamamura Bocho
• Nicholas Yermakov,
• Jane Yolen, author of Briar Rose

  Z

• Roger Zelazny, author of The Chronicles of Amber
• Alexander Zelenyj
• Sarah Zettel, author of A Sorcerer's Treason