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