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.		Stephen King	102	37	53	12
2.		Kim Stanley Robinson	59	19	53	10
3.		Gene Wolfe	91	23	51	9
4.		China Miéville	17	9	42	16
5.		Robert J. Sawyer	31	22	41	11
6.		Ken MacLeod	34	15	38	5
7.		Ursula K. Le Guin	97	21	36	14
8.		Ian McDonald	55	19	36	6
9.		Lois McMaster Bujold	46	15	34	10
10.		William Gibson	28	10	34	5
11.		Charles Stross	51	17	32	3
12.		Greg Bear	59	14	31	2
13.		Guy Gavriel Kay	16	14	31	3
14.		Dan Simmons	33	15	31	13
15.		Robert Charles Wilson	29	14	31	5
16.		Orson Scott Card	80	14	29	10
17.		N. K. Jemisin	27	8	29	8
18.		Tim Powers	36	11	29	8
19.		C. J. Cherryh	95	21	28	4
20.		Neal Stephenson	20	8	28	8
21.		Terry Pratchett	67	21	27	8
22.		Robert Silverberg	219	12	27	2
23.		Poul Anderson	166	19	26	4
24.		Neil Gaiman	58	8	26	12
25.		Patricia A. McKillip	30	18	26	7
26.		David Brin	32	10	24	7
27.		Ann Leckie	17	6	24	9
28.		Connie Willis	52	8	24	10
29.		Larry Niven	94	13	23	5
30.		Stephen Baxter	90	13	22	4
31.		Graham Joyce	16	14	22	7
32.		George R. R. Martin	101	9	22	4
33.		Jo Walton	24	11	22	8
34.		Adrian Tchaikovsky	55	14	21	5
35.		Cory Doctorow	47	13	21	5
36.		Paul J. McAuley	56	15	21	3
37.		Jack McDevitt	41	15	20	3
38.		Silvia Moreno-Garcia	18	6	20	3
39.		Alastair Reynolds	62	16	20	2
40.		Vernor Vinge	23	6	20	7
41.		Ramsey Campbell	46	18	19	7
42.		Charles de Lint	64	11	19	1
43.		Robert A. Heinlein	59	10	19	5
44.		Gwyneth Jones	35	12	19	3
45.		James Morrow	29	7	19	2
46.		Garth Nix	38	13	19	4
47.		Christopher Priest	26	10	19	7
48.		Peter Straub	30	12	19	7
49.		Jeff VanderMeer	44	10	19	2
50.		Sean Williams	41	18	19	4
51.		Stephen Graham Jones	22	6	18	6
52.		Frederik Pohl	121	7	18	6
53.		Geoff Ryman	28	10	18	6
54.		John Scalzi	37	10	18	4
55.		Bruce Sterling	54	7	18	2
56.		Michael Swanwick	95	8	18	1
57.		T. Kingfisher	33	10	18	6
58.		M. John Harrison	21	7	17	3
59.		Sheri S. Tepper	40	11	17	1
60.		Catherynne M. Valente	50	9	17	5
61.		John Varley	38	9	17	2
62.		Elizabeth Hand	33	11	16	3
63.		Nalo Hopkinson	22	7	16	3
64.		Nnedi Okorafor	31	7	16	2
65.		Adam Roberts	47	10	16	2
66.		Roger Zelazny	80	13	16	3
67.		Michael Bishop	56	8	15	3
68.		Susanna Clarke	5	3	15	5
69.		John Crowley	22	6	15	3
70.		Joe Haldeman	51	7	15	8
71.		Joe Abercrombie	18	8	14	1
72.		Iain M. Banks	18	9	14	2
73.		Clive Barker	37	11	14	0
74.		Jonathan Carroll	30	8	14	1
75.		Philip K. Dick	67	9	14	3
76.		Kameron Hurley	21	5	14	1
77.		Mary Robinette Kowal	31	6	14	3
78.		Nancy Kress	87	7	14	1
79.		Jay Kristoff	18	11	14	6
80.		Yoon Ha Lee	36	5	14	3
81.		Naomi Novik	21	5	14	7
82.		Lavie Tidhar	58	7	14	2
83.		Paolo Bacigalupi	22	7	13	5
84.		Julie E. Czerneda	30	12	13	4
85.		Juliet Marillier	23	12	13	4
86.		Tade Thompson	11	6	13	3
87.		Paul Tremblay	14	6	13	4
88.		Margaret Atwood	15	7	12	2
89.		Gregory Benford	84	8	12	3
90.		Robert Jackson Bennett	15	8	12	2
91.		Becky Chambers	7	5	12	1
92.		Arthur C. Clarke	56	4	12	7
93.		Samuel R. Delany	45	7	12	2
94.		Michael Moorcock	108	9	12	6
95.		Isaac Asimov	161	7	12	5
96.		L. Neil Smith	22	12	12	3
97.		Sean Stewart	9	6	12	3
98.		Scott Westerfeld	25	9	12	1
99.		F. Paul Wilson	49	12	12	2
100.		Charlie Jane Anders	31	6	11	6
101.		John Barnes	40	6	11	0
102.		Peter S. Beagle	40	7	11	3
103.		Stephen R. Donaldson	25	6	11	1
104.		Michael Flynn	26	10	11	3
105.		Mary Gentle	19	5	11	1
106.		Daryl Gregory	21	6	11	0
107.		Nicola Griffith	13	4	11	2
108.		Jon Courtenay Grimwood	14	7	11	2
109.		Alix E. Harrow	11	3	11	1
110.		Caitlín R. Kiernan	41	3	11	2
111.		Fonda Lee	11	6	11	4
112.		R. A. MacAvoy	13	7	11	1
113.		Justina Robson	16	5	11	0
114.		Brandon Sanderson	47	10	11	2
115.		Catriona Ward	5	5	11	4
116.		Sara Douglass	20	11	11	3
117.		Peter Watts	19	5	11	0
118.		Martha Wells	31	5	11	5
119.		Elizabeth Bear	68	10	11	1
120.		Jane Yolen	62	7	11	3
121.		Brian W. Aldiss	84	5	10	4
122.		Eleanor Arnason	30	7	10	2
123.		Emma Bull	14	4	10	1
124.		Amie Kaufman	15	9	10	3
125.		Maureen F. McHugh	30	6	10	2
126.		Glenda Larke	12	10	10	0
127.		Jerry Pournelle	46	6	10	1
128.		Rebecca Roanhorse	11	5	10	1
129.		Tricia Sullivan	10	5	10	1