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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 |
|||
| 1. |  |
Gene Wolfe | 88 | 22 | 50 | 9 |
| 2. |  |
Kim Stanley Robinson | 58 | 17 | 49 | 10 |
| 3. |  |
China Miéville | 16 | 9 | 42 | 16 |
| 4. |  |
Stephen King | 93 | 29 | 40 | 10 |
| 5. |  |
Robert J. Sawyer | 28 | 21 | 40 | 11 |
| 6. |  |
Ken MacLeod | 29 | 15 | 38 | 5 |
| 7. |  |
Ursula K. Le Guin | 92 | 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 | 60 | 14 | 31 | 2 |
| 13. |  |
Robert Charles Wilson | 29 | 14 | 31 | 5 |
| 14. |  |
Orson Scott Card | 72 | 13 | 28 | 10 |
| 15. |  |
Guy Gavriel Kay | 14 | 12 | 28 | 3 |
| 16. |  |
Neal Stephenson | 17 | 8 | 28 | 8 |
| 17. |  |
Tim Powers | 27 | 10 | 27 | 7 |
| 18. |  |
Terry Pratchett | 65 | 21 | 27 | 8 |
| 19. |  |
Robert Silverberg | 218 | 12 | 27 | 2 |
| 20. |  |
Dan Simmons | 31 | 14 | 27 | 9 |
| 21. |  |
Poul Anderson | 151 | 19 | 26 | 4 |
| 22. |  |
C. J. Cherryh | 88 | 19 | 26 | 3 |
| 23. |  |
Neil Gaiman | 55 | 8 | 26 | 12 |
| 24. |  |
Patricia A. McKillip | 29 | 18 | 26 | 7 |
| 25. |  |
David Brin | 31 | 10 | 24 | 7 |
| 26. |  |
Larry Niven | 92 | 13 | 23 | 5 |
| 27. |  |
Connie Willis | 51 | 7 | 23 | 10 |
| 28. |  |
Stephen Baxter | 83 | 13 | 22 | 4 |
| 29. |  |
N. K. Jemisin | 24 | 6 | 22 | 6 |
| 30. |  |
George R. R. Martin | 99 | 9 | 22 | 4 |
| 31. |  |
Graham Joyce | 16 | 14 | 20 | 7 |
| 32. |  |
Jack McDevitt | 39 | 15 | 20 | 3 |
| 33. |  |
Vernor Vinge | 21 | 6 | 20 | 7 |
| 34. |  |
Jo Walton | 24 | 9 | 20 | 7 |
| 35. |  |
Charles de Lint | 61 | 11 | 19 | 1 |
| 36. |  |
Robert A. Heinlein | 53 | 10 | 19 | 5 |
| 37. |  |
Gwyneth Jones | 34 | 12 | 19 | 3 |
| 38. |  |
Ann Leckie | 14 | 4 | 19 | 9 |
| 39. |  |
Paul J. McAuley | 52 | 13 | 19 | 3 |
| 40. |  |
James Morrow | 27 | 7 | 19 | 2 |
| 41. |  |
Ramsey Campbell | 43 | 17 | 18 | 7 |
| 42. |  |
Cory Doctorow | 34 | 10 | 18 | 5 |
| 43. |  |
Frederik Pohl | 121 | 7 | 18 | 6 |
| 44. |  |
Christopher Priest | 23 | 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 | 86 | 7 | 17 | 1 |
| 50. |  |
Sheri S. Tepper | 40 | 11 | 17 | 1 |
| 51. |  |
John Varley | 41 | 9 | 17 | 2 |
| 52. |  |
M. John Harrison | 17 | 6 | 16 | 3 |
| 53. |  |
Alastair Reynolds | 56 | 12 | 16 | 2 |
| 54. |  |
Roger Zelazny | 80 | 13 | 16 | 3 |
| 55. |  |
Michael Bishop | 56 | 8 | 15 | 3 |
| 56. |  |
John Crowley | 17 | 6 | 15 | 3 |
| 57. |  |
Joe Haldeman | 49 | 7 | 15 | 8 |
| 58. |  |
Nalo Hopkinson | 19 | 6 | 15 | 3 |
| 59. |  |
Iain M. Banks | 17 | 9 | 14 | 2 |
| 60. |  |
Jonathan Carroll | 26 | 8 | 14 | 1 |
| 61. |  |
Philip K. Dick | 66 | 9 | 14 | 3 |
| 62. |  |
Nnedi Okorafor | 19 | 6 | 14 | 2 |
| 63. |  |
Adam Roberts | 37 | 8 | 14 | 2 |
| 64. |  |
Catherynne M. Valente | 44 | 8 | 14 | 5 |
| 65. |  |
Jeff VanderMeer | 34 | 6 | 14 | 2 |
| 66. |  |
Joe Abercrombie | 14 | 7 | 13 | 1 |
| 67. |  |
Paolo Bacigalupi | 21 | 7 | 13 | 5 |
| 68. |  |
Elizabeth Hand | 28 | 9 | 13 | 3 |
| 69. |  |
Nancy Kress | 82 | 6 | 13 | 1 |
| 70. |  |
John Scalzi | 26 | 7 | 13 | 3 |
| 71. |  |
Gregory Benford | 84 | 8 | 12 | 3 |
| 72. |  |
Arthur C. Clarke | 54 | 4 | 12 | 7 |
| 73. |  |
Julie E. Czerneda | 21 | 11 | 12 | 3 |
| 74. |  |
Samuel R. Delany | 45 | 7 | 12 | 2 |
| 75. |  |
Michael Moorcock | 107 | 9 | 12 | 6 |
| 76. |  |
Isaac Asimov | 117 | 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 | 25 | 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 | 85 | 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 | 25 | 9 | 10 | 3 |
| 97. |  |
Daryl Gregory | 17 | 5 | 10 | 0 |
| 98. |  |
Kameron Hurley | 18 | 3 | 10 | 1 |
| 99. |  |
Jay Kristoff | 10 | 7 | 10 | 4 |
| 100. |  |
Maureen F. McHugh | 27 | 6 | 10 | 2 |
| 101. |  |
Garth Nix | 27 | 9 | 10 | 2 |
| 102. |  |
Glenda Larke | 12 | 10 | 10 | 0 |
| 103. |  |
Naomi Novik | 17 | 3 | 10 | 5 |
| 104. |  |
Jerry Pournelle | 40 | 6 | 10 | 1 |
| 105. |  |
Tricia Sullivan | 10 | 5 | 10 | 1 |
| 106. |  |
Peter Watts | 18 | 4 | 10 | 0 |
| 107. |  |
Jane Yolen | 55 | 6 | 10 | 3 |
