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	83	22	50	9
2.		Kim Stanley Robinson	58	17	49	10
3.		China Miéville	16	9	42	16
4.		Stephen King	91	29	40	10
5.		Robert J. Sawyer	27	21	40	11
6.		Ken MacLeod	29	15	38	5
7.		Ursula K. Le Guin	90	21	36	14
8.		Lois McMaster Bujold	38	15	34	10
9.		William Gibson	24	9	33	5
10.		Ian McDonald	51	17	32	6
11.		Charles Stross	43	17	32	3
12.		Greg Bear	58	14	31	2
13.		Robert Charles Wilson	29	14	31	5
14.		Orson Scott Card	70	13	28	10
15.		Guy Gavriel Kay	14	12	28	3
16.		Neal Stephenson	17	8	28	8
17.		Tim Powers	26	10	27	7
18.		Terry Pratchett	65	21	27	8
19.		Robert Silverberg	208	12	27	2
20.		Dan Simmons	31	14	27	9
21.		Poul Anderson	150	19	26	4
22.		C. J. Cherryh	84	19	26	3
23.		Neil Gaiman	54	8	26	12
24.		Patricia A. McKillip	28	18	26	7
25.		David Brin	30	10	24	7
26.		Larry Niven	89	13	23	5
27.		Connie Willis	50	7	23	10
28.		Stephen Baxter	81	13	22	4
29.		N. K. Jemisin	24	6	22	6
30.		George R. R. Martin	98	9	22	4
31.		Graham Joyce	16	14	20	7
32.		Jack McDevitt	39	15	20	3
33.		Vernor Vinge	20	6	20	7
34.		Jo Walton	23	9	20	7
35.		Charles de Lint	61	11	19	1
36.		Robert A. Heinlein	53	10	19	5
37.		Gwyneth Jones	33	12	19	3
38.		Ann Leckie	14	4	19	9
39.		Paul J. McAuley	52	13	19	3
40.		James Morrow	25	7	19	2
41.		Ramsey Campbell	43	17	18	7
42.		Cory Doctorow	32	10	18	5
43.		Frederik Pohl	118	7	18	6
44.		Christopher Priest	21	9	18	7
45.		Bruce Sterling	50	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	84	7	17	1
50.		Sheri S. Tepper	40	11	17	1
51.		John Varley	38	9	17	2
52.		M. John Harrison	17	6	16	3
53.		Alastair Reynolds	56	12	16	2
54.		Roger Zelazny	76	13	16	3
55.		Michael Bishop	53	8	15	3
56.		John Crowley	17	6	15	3
57.		Joe Haldeman	48	7	15	8
58.		Nalo Hopkinson	19	6	15	3
59.		Iain M. Banks	17	9	14	2
60.		Jonathan Carroll	25	8	14	1
61.		Philip K. Dick	61	9	14	3
62.		Nnedi Okorafor	19	6	14	2
63.		Adam Roberts	36	8	14	2
64.		Jeff VanderMeer	34	6	14	2
65.		Joe Abercrombie	14	7	13	1
66.		Paolo Bacigalupi	21	7	13	5
67.		Elizabeth Hand	28	9	13	3
68.		Nancy Kress	79	6	13	1
69.		John Scalzi	26	7	13	3
70.		Catherynne M. Valente	44	7	13	5
71.		Gregory Benford	76	8	12	3
72.		Arthur C. Clarke	52	4	12	7
73.		Julie E. Czerneda	21	11	12	3
74.		Samuel R. Delany	45	7	12	2
75.		Michael Moorcock	105	9	12	6
76.		Isaac Asimov	112	7	12	5
77.		Juliet Marillier	19	11	12	4
78.		L. Neil Smith	21	12	12	3
79.		Sean Stewart	9	6	12	3
80.		F. Paul Wilson	43	12	12	2
81.		John Barnes	40	6	11	0
82.		Stephen R. Donaldson	24	6	11	1
83.		Mary Gentle	18	5	11	1
84.		Jon Courtenay Grimwood	14	7	11	2
85.		Caitlín R. Kiernan	32	3	11	2
86.		R. A. MacAvoy	13	7	11	1
87.		Justina Robson	15	5	11	0
88.		Brandon Sanderson	36	10	11	2
89.		Sara Douglass	20	11	11	3
90.		Scott Westerfeld	24	8	11	1
91.		Brian W. Aldiss	81	5	10	4
92.		Eleanor Arnason	30	7	10	2
93.		Margaret Atwood	15	6	10	2
94.		Peter S. Beagle	33	6	10	3
95.		Emma Bull	13	4	10	1
96.		Michael Flynn	24	9	10	3
97.		Daryl Gregory	17	5	10	0
98.		Kameron Hurley	18	3	10	1
99.		Maureen F. McHugh	27	6	10	2
100.		Garth Nix	27	9	10	2
101.		Glenda Larke	12	10	10	0
102.		Jerry Pournelle	40	6	10	1
103.		Tricia Sullivan	10	5	10	1
104.		Peter Watts	18	4	10	0
105.		Jane Yolen	55	6	10	3