Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Authors

Worlds Without End has an author page for every author in our database where you'll find their books, a brief biography, links to web sites and blogs, images and videos etc. That's over 3,200 authors to choose from!

Check out the Author Awards and the Top SF/F/H Authors list below or use the search at the top of the page to find your favorite authors. We even have a special page where you can find all our women authors in one place. Don't forget to check out our Featured Author and the Author Videos page where we have hundreds of interviews, readings and lectures for you to enjoy.

Author Awards

Damon Knight Memorial Grand Master Award

Top SF/F/H Authors

Below is a list of the top SF/F/H authors in the WWEnd database who have received at least 10 nominations across all the awards we cover.

#	AUTHOR		NOVELS IN WWEND		AWARD
#	AUTHOR		TOTAL	NOMINATED	NOMS	WINS
1.		Gene Wolfe	76	22	50	9
2.		Kim Stanley Robinson	55	17	49	10
3.		China Miéville	16	9	42	16
4.		Stephen King	88	29	40	10
5.		Robert J. Sawyer	27	21	40	11
6.		Ken MacLeod	27	15	38	5
7.		Ursula K. Le Guin	88	21	36	14
8.		Lois McMaster Bujold	37	15	34	10
9.		William Gibson	25	9	33	5
10.		Charles Stross	41	17	32	3
11.		Greg Bear	56	14	31	2
12.		Ian McDonald	49	16	31	6
13.		Robert Charles Wilson	27	14	31	5
14.		Orson Scott Card	70	13	28	10
15.		Guy Gavriel Kay	13	12	28	3
16.		Neal Stephenson	16	8	28	8
17.		Tim Powers	26	10	27	7
18.		Terry Pratchett	65	21	27	8
19.		Robert Silverberg	204	12	27	2
20.		Dan Simmons	30	14	27	9
21.		Poul Anderson	146	19	26	4
22.		C. J. Cherryh	83	19	26	3
23.		Neil Gaiman	48	8	26	12
24.		Patricia A. McKillip	27	18	26	7
25.		David Brin	29	10	24	7
26.		Larry Niven	88	13	23	5
27.		Connie Willis	49	7	23	10
28.		Stephen Baxter	72	13	22	4
29.		N. K. Jemisin	21	6	22	4
30.		George R. R. Martin	94	9	22	4
31.		Graham Joyce	16	14	20	7
32.		Jack McDevitt	34	15	20	3
33.		Vernor Vinge	19	6	20	7
34.		Jo Walton	23	9	20	7
35.		Charles de Lint	57	11	19	1
36.		Robert A. Heinlein	52	10	19	5
37.		Gwyneth Jones	31	12	19	3
38.		Ann Leckie	10	4	19	9
39.		Paul J. McAuley	48	13	19	3
40.		James Morrow	24	7	19	2
41.		Ramsey Campbell	41	17	18	7
42.		Cory Doctorow	23	10	18	5
43.		Frederik Pohl	117	7	18	6
44.		Christopher Priest	20	9	18	7
45.		Bruce Sterling	44	7	18	2
46.		Peter Straub	30	12	18	7
47.		Sean Williams	40	17	18	4
48.		Geoff Ryman	26	9	17	6
49.		Michael Swanwick	77	7	17	1
50.		Sheri S. Tepper	40	11	17	1
51.		John Varley	36	9	17	2
52.		M. John Harrison	16	6	16	3
53.		Alastair Reynolds	49	12	16	2
54.		Roger Zelazny	75	13	16	3
55.		Michael Bishop	52	8	15	3
56.		Joe Haldeman	46	7	15	8
57.		Nalo Hopkinson	19	6	15	3
58.		Iain M. Banks	17	9	14	2
59.		Jonathan Carroll	23	8	14	1
60.		John Crowley	17	6	14	2
61.		Philip K. Dick	61	9	14	3
62.		Nnedi Okorafor	18	6	14	1
63.		Adam Roberts	30	8	14	2
64.		Jeff VanderMeer	34	6	14	2
65.		Joe Abercrombie	13	7	13	1
66.		Paolo Bacigalupi	19	7	13	5
67.		Elizabeth Hand	28	9	13	3
68.		Nancy Kress	73	6	13	1
69.		John Scalzi	25	7	13	2
70.		Catherynne M. Valente	42	7	13	5
71.		Gregory Benford	67	8	12	3
72.		Arthur C. Clarke	52	4	12	7
73.		Julie E. Czerneda	20	11	12	3
74.		Samuel R. Delany	42	7	12	2
75.		Michael Moorcock	104	9	12	6
76.		Isaac Asimov	112	7	12	5
77.		Juliet Marillier	19	11	12	4
78.		L. Neil Smith	18	12	12	3
79.		Sean Stewart	9	6	12	3
80.		F. Paul Wilson	42	12	12	2
81.		John Barnes	38	6	11	0
82.		Stephen R. Donaldson	23	6	11	1
83.		Mary Gentle	18	5	11	1
84.		Jon Courtenay Grimwood	14	7	11	2
85.		Caitlín R. Kiernan	27	3	11	2
86.		R. A. MacAvoy	13	7	11	1
87.		Justina Robson	13	5	11	0
88.		Brandon Sanderson	34	10	11	2
89.		Sara Douglass	20	11	11	3
90.		Scott Westerfeld	23	8	11	1
91.		Brian W. Aldiss	78	5	10	4
92.		Eleanor Arnason	29	7	10	2
93.		Margaret Atwood	14	6	10	2
94.		Peter S. Beagle	26	6	10	3
95.		Emma Bull	13	4	10	1
96.		Michael Flynn	23	9	10	3
97.		Kameron Hurley	14	3	10	1
98.		Maureen F. McHugh	24	6	10	2
99.		Garth Nix	25	9	10	2
100.		Glenda Larke	12	10	10	0
101.		Jerry Pournelle	40	6	10	1
102.		Tricia Sullivan	10	5	10	1
103.		Peter Watts	14	4	10	0
104.		Jane Yolen	52	6	10	3