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List of fantasy authors
This partial list of fantasy authors, perhaps unsurprisingly, contains many overlaps with the list of science fiction authors. Category:Fantasy writers will eventually be more complete than this list.
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- Alexander Baliol
- Gloria Barberi (born 1955)
- James Barclay
- JM Barrie
- T.A. Barron
- Gael Baudino
- L. Frank Baum, (1856-1919), the Land of Oz series
- Peter S. Beagle, (born 1939)
- John Bellairs, (1938-1991)
- Carol Berg
- James Bibby
- Anne Bishop, Black Jewels Trilogy
- James P. Blaylock, (born 1950)
- Hannes Bok, (1914-1964)
- Elizabeth H. Boyer
- Ray Bradbury
- Marion Zimmer Bradley, (1930-1999) Darkover series, Sword and Sorceress series of anthologies
- Rebecca Bradley
- Ernest Braham
- Patricia Briggs
- Kristen Britain, Green Rider novels
- Terry Brooks, (born 1944) Shannara novels, Magic Kingdom of Landover novels, The Word & the Void trilogy
- Steven Brust, (born 1955) Dragaera novels
- Emma Bull
- Kenneth Bulmer
- Chris Bunch
- Edgar Rice Burroughs
- Jim Butcher
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- James Branch Cabell, (1879-1958)
- Trudi Canavan
- Orson Scott Card
- Jacqueline Carey
- Jonathan Carroll
- Lewis Carroll (pseudonym of Charles Lutwidge Dodgson), (1832-1898), Alice in Wonderland
- Lin Carter, (1930-1988)
- Vittorio Catani (born 1940)
- Jack L. Chalker, (1944-2005)
- C. J. Cherryh, (born 1942)
- G. K. Chesterton, (1874-1936)
- Massimo Citi (born 1955)
- David B. Coe
- Storm Constantine (born 1956)
- Glen Cook, (born 1944), Black Company novels, Garrett PI novels
- Rick Cook, Wizardry series
- Louise Cooper Order & Chaos novels
- Susan Cooper, (born 1935) The Dark is Rising sequence
- John Crowley, (born 1942)
- Elaine Cunningham
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- Mercedes Lackey, (born 1950) Velgarth/Valdemar novels
- R.A. Lafferty, (1914-2002)
- Rick Law, (born 1969)
- Stephen R. Lawhead, (born 1950)
- Tanith Lee, (born 1947)
- Ursula K. Le Guin, (born 1929) Earthsea novels
- Fritz Leiber, (1910-1992) Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser stories
- Valery Leith, (born 1968) Everien trilogy; a pseudonym of Tricia Sullivan
- Madeleine L'Engle, (born 1918)
- C.S. Lewis, (1898-1963) Narnia series, The Screwtape Letters
- Astrid Lindgren, (1907-2002)
- Megan Lindholm, (born 1952) pseudonym of Margaret Astrid Lindholm Ogden who also writes as Robin Hobb
- David Lindsay, (1876-1945)
- Massimo Lo Jacono
- H. P. Lovecraft, (1890-1937) Cthulhu mythos stories
- Dave Luckett
- Elizabeth A. Lynn
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- R. A. MacAvoy, (born 1949)
- Anne McCaffrey, (born 1926), Dragonriders of Pern novels and stories, Brainship stories
- George MacDonald, (1824-1905)
- Arthur Machen, (1863-1947)
- Juliet Marillier , the Sevenwaters Trilogy
- George R. R. Martin, (born 1948), A Song of Ice and Fire
- Juliet E. McKenna , The Tales of Einarinn
- Dennis L. McKiernan , (born 1932)
- Patricia A. McKillip, (born 1948), The Riddlemaster of Hed
- Robin McKinley, (born 1952), Damar stories
- Abraham Merritt, (1884-1943)(A. Merritt)
- Gustav Meyrink, (1868-1932)
- China Miéville, (born 1972)
- L. E. Modesitt, Jr., (born 1943), Recluce novels
- Elizabeth Moon, (born 1945)
- Michael Moorcock, (born 1939), The Eternal Champion sequence
- Christopher Moore
- William Morris, (1834-1896), The Wood Between the Worlds
- H. Warner Munn , (1903-1981)
- Pat Murphy
- John Myers Myers , (1906-1988)
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- John Norman, (born 1931) Gor series
- Douglas Niles , Watershed trilogy and other series
- Garth Nix, (born 1963) Sabriel and sequels
- Andre Norton, (born 1912) Witchworld stories
- Kate Novak , Finder's Stone trilogy with Jeff Grubb
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- Mervyn Peake, (1911-1968) Gormenghast
- Frank E. Peretti, (born 1951) This Present Darkness, The Oath
- Anne Perry, (born 1938)
- Meredith Ann Pierce
- Tamora Pierce, (born 1954) Tortall books, Circle of Magic books
- Tim Powers, (born 1952) The Anubis Gates
- Terry Pratchett, (born 1948) Discworld
- Fletcher Pratt, (1897-1956)
- Philip Pullman, (born 1946) His Dark Materials trilogy
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- Fred Saberhagen, (born 1930)
- Michelle Sagara West
- R.A. Salvatore, (born 1959)
- Andrzej Sapkowski, (born 1948)
- Eric Schomburg, (born 1980)
- Robert Sheckley, (born 1928)
- Will Shetterly
- Sharon Shinn
- Gary Shipman, (born 1966),, Pakkins' Land
- Rhoda Shipman, (born 1968),, Pakkins' Land
- Robert Silverberg, (born 1935)
- Johanna Sinisalo, (born 1958)
- Clark Ashton Smith, (1893-1961)
- Thorne Smith, (1892-1934)
- S.P. Somtow pseudonym of Somtow Sucharitkul
- Wen Spencer, (born 1963)
- Michael A. Stackpole, (born 1957) DragonCrown War Cycle (4 novels), others
- Mary Stewart, (born 1916)
- Caroline Stevermer
- Frank R. Stockton, (1834-1902)
- Somtow Sucharitkul, (pseudonym, S. P. Somtow)
- Tricia Sullivan , (born 1968) writes as Valery Leith
- Thomas Burnett Swann, (1928-1976)
- Jonathan Swift, (1667-1745)
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- Karl Edward Wagner, (1945 - 1994) Kane
- Jo Walton
- Lawrence Watt-Evans, (born 1954)
- Margaret Weis, Dragonlance books
- Manly Wade Wellman, (1903-1986)
- T.H. White, (1906-1964) (Terence Hanbury White) The Once and Future King
- Jack Whyte, (born 1939)
- Cherry Wilder, (1930-2002) The Rulers of Hylor trilogy, The Wanderer
- Paul O. Williams, (born 1935)
- Tad Williams, (born 1957) Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn
- Terri Windling , (born 1958) the Bordertown series
- Gene Wolfe, (born 1931)
- Patricia Wrede, Mairelon the Magician , the Lyra books
- Janny Wurts
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