List of fantasy authors
List of notable fantasy authors Lynn Abbey[?] Lloyd Alexander, (born 1924) Piers Anthony, (born 1934) Robert Lynn Asprin, (born 1946) John Bellairs, (1938-1991) Carol Berg[?] Anne Bishop[?] James P. Blaylock, (born 1950) Hannes Bok, (1914-1964) Marion Zimmer Bradley, (1930-1999) Terry Brooks, (born 1944) Steven Brust, (born 1955) Jim Butcher[?] James Branch Cabell, (1879-1958) Jonathan Carroll[?] Lewis Carroll, (1832-1898) G. K. Chesterton, (1874-1936) Rick Cook Louise Cooper[?] Susan Cooper, (born 1935) Avram Davidson[?] Stephen Donaldson, (born 1947) Lord Dunsany, (1878-1957) David Eddings, (born 1931) E. R. Eddison[?] Raymond E. Feist[?] Philip Jose Farmer, (born 1918) Alan Dean Foster, (born 1946) C. S. Friedman[?] Neil Gaiman Alan Garner David Gemmell, (born 1948) Mary Gentle[?] Terry Goodkind, (born 1948) Barbara Hambly[?] Laurell K. Hamilton[?] Geraldine Harris[?] M. John Harrison, (born 1945) Tracy Hickman[?] Tom Holt, (born 1961) Robert E. Howard, (1906-1936) P. C. Hodgell[?] William Hope Hodgson Barry Hughart[?] Brian Jacques[?] Tove Jansson, (1914-2001) Robert Jordan, (born 1948) Diana Wynne Jones, (born 1934) Feliks W. Kres[?] Katherine Kurtz[?] Ellen Kushner[?] Mercedes Lackey, (born 1950) R.A. Lafferty, (1914-2002) Tanith Lee[?] Ursula K. Le Guin, (born 1929) Fritz Leiber, (1910-1992) Madeleine L'Engle[?] C.S. Lewis, (1898-1963) Astrid Lindgren, (1907-2002) H. P. Lovecraft, (1890-1937) Dave Luckett[?] Anne McCaffrey George MacDonald, (1824-1905) Arthur Machen, (1863-1947) Patricia A. McKillip[?] Robin McKinley[?] George R. R. Martin Gustav Meyrink China Miéville, (born 1972) Elizabeth Moon Michael Moorcock, (born 1939) Christopher Moore William Morris, (1834-1896) Pat Murphy[?] John Norman, (born 1931) Garth Nix[?] Mervyn Peake, (1911-1968) Anne Perry[?] Meredith Ann Pierce[?] Tamora Pierce, (born 1954) Tim Powers, (born 1952) Terry Pratchett Philip Pullman, (born 1946) Joel Rosenberg, (born 1954) J. K. Rowling, (born 1965) Andrzej Sapkowski, (born 1948) Will Shetterly[?] Robert Silverberg, (born 1935) Johanna Sinisalo, (born 1958) Clark Ashton Smith, (1893-1961) Thorne Smith, (1892-1934) Caroline Stevermer[?] Thomas Burnett Swann[?] Judith Tarr[?] J. R. R. Tolkien, (1892-1973) Harry Turtledove, (born 1949) Jack Vance, (born 1916) Margaret Weis[?] Tad Williams[?] Gene Wolfe Patricia Wrede[?] Nicholas Yermakov, (born 1951) Roger Zelazny, (1937-1995)