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
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 | |||
TOTAL ![]() ![]() |
NOMINATED ![]() ![]() |
NOMS ![]() ![]() |
WINS ![]() ![]() |
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1. | ![]() |
Stephen King | 93 | 35 | 53 | 12 |
2. | ![]() |
Gene Wolfe | 88 | 22 | 50 | 9 |
3. | ![]() |
Ursula K. Le Guin | 94 | 21 | 36 | 14 |
4. | ![]() |
Terry Pratchett | 66 | 21 | 27 | 8 |
5. | ![]() |
Robert J. Sawyer | 29 | 21 | 40 | 11 |
6. | ![]() |
C. J. Cherryh | 93 | 20 | 27 | 4 |
7. | ![]() |
Poul Anderson | 153 | 19 | 26 | 4 |
8. | ![]() |
Ramsey Campbell | 44 | 19 | 21 | 7 |
9. | ![]() |
Kim Stanley Robinson | 59 | 19 | 51 | 10 |
10. | ![]() |
Ian McDonald | 52 | 18 | 35 | 6 |
11. | ![]() |
Patricia A. McKillip | 30 | 18 | 26 | 7 |
12. | ![]() |
Charles Stross | 45 | 17 | 32 | 3 |
13. | ![]() |
Sean Williams | 40 | 17 | 18 | 4 |
14. | ![]() |
Lois McMaster Bujold | 42 | 15 | 34 | 10 |
15. | ![]() |
Orson Scott Card | 74 | 15 | 30 | 10 |
16. | ![]() |
Ken MacLeod | 30 | 15 | 38 | 5 |
17. | ![]() |
Jack McDevitt | 39 | 15 | 20 | 3 |
18. | ![]() |
Alastair Reynolds | 58 | 15 | 19 | 2 |
19. | ![]() |
Dan Simmons | 31 | 15 | 31 | 13 |
20. | ![]() |
Greg Bear | 58 | 14 | 31 | 2 |
21. | ![]() |
Graham Joyce | 16 | 14 | 22 | 7 |
22. | ![]() |
Peter Straub | 30 | 14 | 21 | 7 |
23. | ![]() |
Robert Charles Wilson | 29 | 14 | 31 | 5 |
24. | ![]() |
Stephen Baxter | 85 | 13 | 22 | 4 |
25. | ![]() |
Guy Gavriel Kay | 14 | 13 | 30 | 3 |
26. | ![]() |
Paul J. McAuley | 53 | 13 | 19 | 3 |
27. | ![]() |
Larry Niven | 92 | 13 | 23 | 5 |
28. | ![]() |
Roger Zelazny | 77 | 13 | 16 | 3 |
29. | ![]() |
Julie E. Czerneda | 25 | 12 | 13 | 4 |
30. | ![]() |
Gwyneth Jones | 35 | 12 | 19 | 3 |
31. | ![]() |
Tanith Lee | 92 | 12 | 13 | 1 |
32. | ![]() |
Juliet Marillier | 22 | 12 | 13 | 4 |
33. | ![]() |
Robert Silverberg | 213 | 12 | 27 | 2 |
34. | ![]() |
L. Neil Smith | 21 | 12 | 12 | 3 |
35. | ![]() |
F. Paul Wilson | 45 | 12 | 12 | 2 |
36. | ![]() |
Clive Barker | 30 | 11 | 14 | 0 |
37. | ![]() |
Charles de Lint | 61 | 11 | 19 | 1 |
38. | ![]() |
Garth Nix | 29 | 11 | 13 | 3 |
39. | ![]() |
Sheri S. Tepper | 40 | 11 | 17 | 1 |
40. | ![]() |
Sara Douglass | 20 | 11 | 11 | 3 |
41. | ![]() |
David Brin | 32 | 10 | 24 | 7 |
42. | ![]() |
Cory Doctorow | 40 | 10 | 18 | 5 |
43. | ![]() |
Elizabeth Hand | 29 | 10 | 15 | 3 |
44. | ![]() |
Robert A. Heinlein | 54 | 10 | 19 | 5 |
45. | ![]() |
Jay Kristoff | 15 | 10 | 13 | 6 |
46. | ![]() |
Glenda Larke | 12 | 10 | 10 | 0 |
47. | ![]() |
Tim Powers | 30 | 10 | 28 | 8 |
48. | ![]() |
Brandon Sanderson | 39 | 10 | 11 | 2 |
49. | ![]() |
Jo Walton | 25 | 10 | 21 | 7 |
50. | ![]() |
Iain M. Banks | 17 | 9 | 14 | 2 |
51. | ![]() |
Philip K. Dick | 63 | 9 | 14 | 3 |
52. | ![]() |
Michael Flynn | 25 | 9 | 10 | 3 |
53. | ![]() |
William Gibson | 25 | 9 | 33 | 5 |
54. | ![]() |
Tanya Huff | 35 | 9 | 11 | 1 |
55. | ![]() |
George R. R. Martin | 99 | 9 | 22 | 4 |
56. | ![]() |
China Miéville | 16 | 9 | 42 | 16 |
57. | ![]() |
Michael Moorcock | 107 | 9 | 12 | 6 |
58. | ![]() |
Anne Rice | 26 | 9 | 11 | 1 |
59. | ![]() |
Christopher Priest | 23 | 9 | 18 | 7 |
60. | ![]() |
Geoff Ryman | 26 | 9 | 17 | 6 |
61. | ![]() |
John Varley | 38 | 9 | 17 | 2 |
62. | ![]() |
Scott Westerfeld | 25 | 9 | 12 | 1 |
63. | ![]() |
Elizabeth Bear | 62 | 9 | 10 | 1 |
64. | ![]() |
Gregory Benford | 81 | 8 | 12 | 3 |
65. | ![]() |
Michael Bishop | 56 | 8 | 15 | 3 |
66. | ![]() |
Jonathan Carroll | 27 | 8 | 15 | 1 |
67. | ![]() |
Neil Gaiman | 56 | 8 | 26 | 12 |
68. | ![]() |
Adam Roberts | 40 | 8 | 14 | 2 |
69. | ![]() |
Neal Stephenson | 18 | 8 | 28 | 8 |
70. | ![]() |
Michael Swanwick | 88 | 8 | 18 | 1 |
71. | ![]() |
Catherynne M. Valente | 45 | 8 | 16 | 5 |
72. | ![]() |
Joe Abercrombie | 16 | 7 | 13 | 1 |
73. | ![]() |
Eleanor Arnason | 30 | 7 | 10 | 2 |
74. | ![]() |
Margaret Atwood | 15 | 7 | 12 | 2 |
75. | ![]() |
Paolo Bacigalupi | 21 | 7 | 13 | 5 |
76. | ![]() |
Robert Jackson Bennett | 12 | 7 | 10 | 2 |
77. | ![]() |
Samuel R. Delany | 45 | 7 | 12 | 2 |
78. | ![]() |
Jon Courtenay Grimwood | 14 | 7 | 11 | 2 |
79. | ![]() |
Joe Haldeman | 48 | 7 | 15 | 8 |
80. | ![]() |
M. John Harrison | 20 | 7 | 17 | 3 |
81. | ![]() |
N. K. Jemisin | 26 | 7 | 24 | 7 |
82. | ![]() |
Nancy Kress | 85 | 7 | 14 | 1 |
83. | ![]() |
R. A. MacAvoy | 13 | 7 | 11 | 1 |
84. | ![]() |
James Morrow | 28 | 7 | 19 | 2 |
85. | ![]() |
Isaac Asimov | 144 | 7 | 12 | 5 |
86. | ![]() |
Frederik Pohl | 118 | 7 | 18 | 6 |
87. | ![]() |
John Scalzi | 29 | 7 | 13 | 3 |
88. | ![]() |
Bruce Sterling | 51 | 7 | 18 | 2 |
89. | ![]() |
Jeff VanderMeer | 39 | 7 | 15 | 2 |
90. | ![]() |
Connie Willis | 51 | 7 | 23 | 10 |
91. | ![]() |
Jane Yolen | 59 | 7 | 11 | 3 |
92. | ![]() |
John Barnes | 40 | 6 | 11 | 0 |
93. | ![]() |
Peter S. Beagle | 36 | 6 | 10 | 3 |
94. | ![]() |
James P. Blaylock | 30 | 6 | 10 | 1 |
95. | ![]() |
John Crowley | 21 | 6 | 15 | 3 |
96. | ![]() |
Stephen R. Donaldson | 24 | 6 | 11 | 1 |
97. | ![]() |
Nalo Hopkinson | 19 | 6 | 15 | 3 |
98. | ![]() |
Robert R. McCammon | 26 | 6 | 11 | 4 |
99. | ![]() |
Maureen F. McHugh | 28 | 6 | 10 | 2 |
100. | ![]() |
Nnedi Okorafor | 22 | 6 | 14 | 2 |
101. | ![]() |
Jerry Pournelle | 40 | 6 | 10 | 1 |
102. | ![]() |
Sean Stewart | 9 | 6 | 12 | 3 |
103. | ![]() |
Vernor Vinge | 23 | 6 | 20 | 7 |
104. | ![]() |
Brian W. Aldiss | 83 | 5 | 10 | 4 |
105. | ![]() |
Thomas M. Disch | 27 | 5 | 10 | 1 |
106. | ![]() |
Mary Gentle | 18 | 5 | 11 | 1 |
107. | ![]() |
Daryl Gregory | 18 | 5 | 10 | 0 |
108. | ![]() |
Kameron Hurley | 20 | 5 | 14 | 1 |
109. | ![]() |
Ann Leckie | 14 | 5 | 21 | 9 |
110. | ![]() |
Justina Robson | 16 | 5 | 11 | 0 |
111. | ![]() |
Tricia Sullivan | 10 | 5 | 10 | 1 |
112. | ![]() |
Peter Watts | 19 | 5 | 11 | 0 |
113. | ![]() |
Emma Bull | 14 | 4 | 10 | 1 |
114. | ![]() |
Arthur C. Clarke | 52 | 4 | 12 | 7 |
115. | ![]() |
Mary Robinette Kowal | 25 | 4 | 10 | 3 |
116. | ![]() |
Yoon Ha Lee | 30 | 4 | 12 | 2 |
117. | ![]() |
Lavie Tidhar | 41 | 4 | 11 | 2 |
118. | ![]() |
Susanna Clarke | 4 | 3 | 10 | 4 |
119. | ![]() |
Caitlín R. Kiernan | 37 | 3 | 11 | 2 |
120. | ![]() |
Naomi Novik | 19 | 3 | 12 | 7 |