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	77	22	50	9
2.		Kim Stanley Robinson	57	17	49	10
3.		China Miéville	16	9	42	16
4.		Stephen King	90	29	40	10
5.		Robert J. Sawyer	27	21	40	11
6.		Ken MacLeod	27	15	38	5
7.		Ursula K. Le Guin	88	21	36	14
8.		Lois McMaster Bujold	38	15	34	10
9.		William Gibson	25	9	33	5
10.		Charles Stross	43	17	32	3
11.		Greg Bear	57	14	31	2
12.		Ian McDonald	50	16	31	6
13.		Robert Charles Wilson	28	14	31	5
14.		Orson Scott Card	70	13	28	10
15.		Guy Gavriel Kay	13	12	28	3
16.		Neal Stephenson	16	8	28	8
17.		Tim Powers	26	10	27	7
18.		Terry Pratchett	65	21	27	8
19.		Robert Silverberg	206	12	27	2
20.		Dan Simmons	30	14	27	9
21.		Poul Anderson	150	19	26	4
22.		C. J. Cherryh	83	19	26	3
23.		Neil Gaiman	53	8	26	12
24.		Patricia A. McKillip	27	18	26	7
25.		David Brin	29	10	24	7
26.		Larry Niven	88	13	23	5
27.		Connie Willis	50	7	23	10
28.		Stephen Baxter	73	13	22	4
29.		N. K. Jemisin	24	6	22	6
30.		George R. R. Martin	97	9	22	4
31.		Graham Joyce	16	14	20	7
32.		Jack McDevitt	34	15	20	3
33.		Vernor Vinge	19	6	20	7
34.		Jo Walton	23	9	20	7
35.		Charles de Lint	58	11	19	1
36.		Robert A. Heinlein	52	10	19	5
37.		Gwyneth Jones	31	12	19	3
38.		Ann Leckie	13	4	19	9
39.		Paul J. McAuley	50	13	19	3
40.		James Morrow	25	7	19	2
41.		Ramsey Campbell	42	17	18	7
42.		Cory Doctorow	26	10	18	5
43.		Frederik Pohl	117	7	18	6
44.		Christopher Priest	21	9	18	7
45.		Bruce Sterling	47	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	78	7	17	1
50.		Sheri S. Tepper	40	11	17	1
51.		John Varley	37	9	17	2
52.		M. John Harrison	17	6	16	3
53.		Alastair Reynolds	51	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	47	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	18	6	14	2
63.		Adam Roberts	35	8	14	2
64.		Jeff VanderMeer	34	6	14	2
65.		Joe Abercrombie	14	7	13	1
66.		Paolo Bacigalupi	20	7	13	5
67.		Elizabeth Hand	28	9	13	3
68.		Nancy Kress	76	6	13	1
69.		John Scalzi	26	7	13	3
70.		Catherynne M. Valente	44	7	13	5
71.		Gregory Benford	69	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	104	9	12	6
76.		Isaac Asimov	112	7	12	5
77.		Juliet Marillier	19	11	12	4
78.		L. Neil Smith	18	12	12	3
79.		Sean Stewart	9	6	12	3
80.		F. Paul Wilson	43	12	12	2
81.		John Barnes	39	6	11	0
82.		Stephen R. Donaldson	23	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	14	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	78	5	10	4
92.		Eleanor Arnason	30	7	10	2
93.		Margaret Atwood	14	6	10	2
94.		Peter S. Beagle	31	6	10	3
95.		Emma Bull	13	4	10	1
96.		Michael Flynn	23	9	10	3
97.		Daryl Gregory	17	5	10	0
98.		Kameron Hurley	16	3	10	1
99.		Maureen F. McHugh	26	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	17	4	10	0
105.		Jane Yolen	54	6	10	3