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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. |  |
China Miéville | 16 | 9 | 42 | 16 |
| 2. |  |
Ursula K. Le Guin | 91 | 21 | 36 | 14 |
| 3. |  |
Neil Gaiman | 56 | 8 | 26 | 12 |
| 4. |  |
Robert J. Sawyer | 28 | 21 | 40 | 11 |
| 5. |  |
Lois McMaster Bujold | 40 | 15 | 34 | 10 |
| 6. |  |
Orson Scott Card | 74 | 13 | 28 | 10 |
| 7. |  |
Stephen King | 92 | 29 | 40 | 10 |
| 8. |  |
Kim Stanley Robinson | 58 | 18 | 50 | 10 |
| 9. |  |
Connie Willis | 50 | 7 | 23 | 10 |
| 10. |  |
Ann Leckie | 14 | 4 | 19 | 9 |
| 11. |  |
Dan Simmons | 31 | 14 | 27 | 9 |
| 12. |  |
Gene Wolfe | 86 | 22 | 50 | 9 |
| 13. |  |
Joe Haldeman | 48 | 7 | 15 | 8 |
| 14. |  |
Terry Pratchett | 66 | 21 | 27 | 8 |
| 15. |  |
Neal Stephenson | 18 | 8 | 28 | 8 |
| 16. |  |
David Brin | 32 | 10 | 24 | 7 |
| 17. |  |
Ramsey Campbell | 43 | 18 | 19 | 7 |
| 18. |  |
Arthur C. Clarke | 52 | 4 | 12 | 7 |
| 19. |  |
Graham Joyce | 16 | 14 | 20 | 7 |
| 20. |  |
Patricia A. McKillip | 29 | 18 | 26 | 7 |
| 21. |  |
Naomi Novik | 17 | 3 | 12 | 7 |
| 22. |  |
Tim Powers | 27 | 10 | 27 | 7 |
| 23. |  |
Christopher Priest | 21 | 9 | 18 | 7 |
| 24. |  |
Peter Straub | 30 | 12 | 18 | 7 |
| 25. |  |
Vernor Vinge | 20 | 6 | 20 | 7 |
| 26. |  |
Jo Walton | 25 | 9 | 20 | 7 |
| 27. |  |
N. K. Jemisin | 25 | 6 | 22 | 6 |
| 28. |  |
Ian McDonald | 52 | 17 | 33 | 6 |
| 29. |  |
Michael Moorcock | 107 | 9 | 12 | 6 |
| 30. |  |
Frederik Pohl | 118 | 7 | 18 | 6 |
| 31. |  |
Geoff Ryman | 26 | 9 | 17 | 6 |
| 32. |  |
Paolo Bacigalupi | 21 | 7 | 13 | 5 |
| 33. |  |
Cory Doctorow | 38 | 10 | 18 | 5 |
| 34. |  |
William Gibson | 25 | 9 | 33 | 5 |
| 35. |  |
Robert A. Heinlein | 53 | 10 | 19 | 5 |
| 36. |  |
Jay Kristoff | 11 | 7 | 10 | 5 |
| 37. |  |
Ken MacLeod | 29 | 15 | 38 | 5 |
| 38. |  |
Larry Niven | 91 | 13 | 23 | 5 |
| 39. |  |
Isaac Asimov | 141 | 7 | 12 | 5 |
| 40. |  |
Catherynne M. Valente | 44 | 8 | 16 | 5 |
| 41. |  |
Robert Charles Wilson | 29 | 14 | 31 | 5 |
| 42. |  |
Brian W. Aldiss | 82 | 5 | 10 | 4 |
| 43. |  |
Poul Anderson | 151 | 19 | 26 | 4 |
| 44. |  |
Stephen Baxter | 84 | 13 | 22 | 4 |
| 45. |  |
George R. R. Martin | 98 | 9 | 22 | 4 |
| 46. |  |
Juliet Marillier | 20 | 11 | 12 | 4 |
| 47. |  |
Sean Williams | 40 | 17 | 18 | 4 |
| 48. |  |
Peter S. Beagle | 34 | 6 | 10 | 3 |
| 49. |  |
Gregory Benford | 80 | 8 | 12 | 3 |
| 50. |  |
Michael Bishop | 56 | 8 | 15 | 3 |
| 51. |  |
C. J. Cherryh | 91 | 19 | 26 | 3 |
| 52. |  |
John Crowley | 18 | 6 | 15 | 3 |
| 53. |  |
Julie E. Czerneda | 22 | 11 | 12 | 3 |
| 54. |  |
Philip K. Dick | 62 | 9 | 14 | 3 |
| 55. |  |
Michael Flynn | 25 | 9 | 10 | 3 |
| 56. |  |
Elizabeth Hand | 28 | 9 | 13 | 3 |
| 57. |  |
M. John Harrison | 19 | 6 | 16 | 3 |
| 58. |  |
Nalo Hopkinson | 19 | 6 | 15 | 3 |
| 59. |  |
Gwyneth Jones | 35 | 12 | 19 | 3 |
| 60. |  |
Guy Gavriel Kay | 14 | 12 | 28 | 3 |
| 61. |  |
Paul J. McAuley | 52 | 13 | 19 | 3 |
| 62. |  |
Jack McDevitt | 39 | 15 | 20 | 3 |
| 63. |  |
John Scalzi | 28 | 7 | 13 | 3 |
| 64. |  |
L. Neil Smith | 21 | 12 | 12 | 3 |
| 65. |  |
Sean Stewart | 9 | 6 | 12 | 3 |
| 66. |  |
Charles Stross | 44 | 17 | 32 | 3 |
| 67. |  |
Sara Douglass | 20 | 11 | 11 | 3 |
| 68. |  |
Jane Yolen | 59 | 7 | 11 | 3 |
| 69. |  |
Roger Zelazny | 77 | 13 | 16 | 3 |
| 70. |  |
Eleanor Arnason | 30 | 7 | 10 | 2 |
| 71. |  |
Margaret Atwood | 15 | 6 | 10 | 2 |
| 72. |  |
Iain M. Banks | 17 | 9 | 14 | 2 |
| 73. |  |
Greg Bear | 58 | 14 | 31 | 2 |
| 74. |  |
Robert Jackson Bennett | 11 | 7 | 10 | 2 |
| 75. |  |
Samuel R. Delany | 45 | 7 | 12 | 2 |
| 76. |  |
Jon Courtenay Grimwood | 14 | 7 | 11 | 2 |
| 77. |  |
Caitlín R. Kiernan | 35 | 3 | 11 | 2 |
| 78. |  |
Maureen F. McHugh | 28 | 6 | 10 | 2 |
| 79. |  |
James Morrow | 27 | 7 | 19 | 2 |
| 80. |  |
Garth Nix | 28 | 9 | 10 | 2 |
| 81. |  |
Nnedi Okorafor | 20 | 6 | 14 | 2 |
| 82. |  |
Alastair Reynolds | 57 | 13 | 17 | 2 |
| 83. |  |
Adam Roberts | 37 | 8 | 14 | 2 |
| 84. |  |
Brandon Sanderson | 37 | 10 | 11 | 2 |
| 85. |  |
Robert Silverberg | 212 | 12 | 27 | 2 |
| 86. |  |
Bruce Sterling | 50 | 7 | 18 | 2 |
| 87. |  |
Lavie Tidhar | 39 | 4 | 11 | 2 |
| 88. |  |
Jeff VanderMeer | 36 | 6 | 14 | 2 |
| 89. |  |
John Varley | 38 | 9 | 17 | 2 |
| 90. |  |
F. Paul Wilson | 43 | 12 | 12 | 2 |
| 91. |  |
Joe Abercrombie | 15 | 7 | 13 | 1 |
| 92. |  |
Emma Bull | 13 | 4 | 10 | 1 |
| 93. |  |
Jonathan Carroll | 27 | 8 | 14 | 1 |
| 94. |  |
Charles de Lint | 61 | 11 | 19 | 1 |
| 95. |  |
Stephen R. Donaldson | 24 | 6 | 11 | 1 |
| 96. |  |
Mary Gentle | 18 | 5 | 11 | 1 |
| 97. |  |
Kameron Hurley | 20 | 3 | 10 | 1 |
| 98. |  |
Nancy Kress | 81 | 7 | 14 | 1 |
| 99. |  |
Yoon Ha Lee | 29 | 3 | 10 | 1 |
| 100. |  |
R. A. MacAvoy | 13 | 7 | 11 | 1 |
| 101. |  |
Jerry Pournelle | 40 | 6 | 10 | 1 |
| 102. |  |
Tricia Sullivan | 10 | 5 | 10 | 1 |
| 103. |  |
Michael Swanwick | 87 | 7 | 17 | 1 |
| 104. |  |
Sheri S. Tepper | 40 | 11 | 17 | 1 |
| 105. |  |
Scott Westerfeld | 24 | 9 | 12 | 1 |
| 106. |  |
John Barnes | 40 | 6 | 11 | 0 |
| 107. |  |
Daryl Gregory | 17 | 5 | 10 | 0 |
| 108. |  |
Glenda Larke | 12 | 10 | 10 | 0 |
| 109. |  |
Justina Robson | 15 | 5 | 11 | 0 |
| 110. |  |
Peter Watts | 19 | 5 | 11 | 0 |
