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.		Kim Stanley Robinson	59	19	53	10
2.		Stephen King	97	36	52	12
3.		Gene Wolfe	88	23	51	9
4.		China Miéville	16	9	42	16
5.		Robert J. Sawyer	30	22	41	11
6.		Ken MacLeod	31	15	38	5
7.		Ursula K. Le Guin	95	21	36	14
8.		Ian McDonald	53	18	35	6
9.		Lois McMaster Bujold	44	15	34	10
10.		William Gibson	28	10	34	5
11.		Charles Stross	49	17	32	3
12.		Greg Bear	59	14	31	2
13.		Dan Simmons	31	15	31	13
14.		Robert Charles Wilson	29	14	31	5
15.		Guy Gavriel Kay	15	13	30	3
16.		Orson Scott Card	76	14	29	10
17.		N. K. Jemisin	27	7	28	8
18.		Tim Powers	34	10	28	8
19.		Neal Stephenson	19	8	28	8
20.		C. J. Cherryh	93	20	27	4
21.		Terry Pratchett	67	21	27	8
22.		Robert Silverberg	217	12	27	2
23.		Poul Anderson	166	19	26	4
24.		Neil Gaiman	57	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	88	13	22	4
30.		Graham Joyce	16	14	22	7
31.		George R. R. Martin	101	9	22	4
32.		Jo Walton	25	11	22	8
33.		Ann Leckie	14	5	21	9
34.		Paul J. McAuley	54	14	20	3
35.		Jack McDevitt	39	15	20	3
36.		Vernor Vinge	23	6	20	7
37.		Ramsey Campbell	45	18	19	7
38.		Charles de Lint	64	11	19	1
39.		Cory Doctorow	40	11	19	5
40.		Robert A. Heinlein	54	10	19	5
41.		Gwyneth Jones	35	12	19	3
42.		James Morrow	28	7	19	2
43.		Alastair Reynolds	60	15	19	2
44.		Peter Straub	30	12	19	7
45.		Frederik Pohl	119	7	18	6
46.		Christopher Priest	24	9	18	7
47.		Bruce Sterling	52	7	18	2
48.		Michael Swanwick	89	8	18	1
49.		Jeff VanderMeer	41	9	18	2
50.		Sean Williams	40	17	18	4
51.		M. John Harrison	20	7	17	3
52.		Garth Nix	30	12	17	4
53.		Geoff Ryman	26	9	17	6
54.		Sheri S. Tepper	40	11	17	1
55.		John Varley	38	9	17	2
56.		Nnedi Okorafor	24	7	16	2
57.		Catherynne M. Valente	46	8	16	5
58.		Roger Zelazny	79	13	16	3
59.		Michael Bishop	56	8	15	3
60.		Susanna Clarke	4	3	15	5
61.		John Crowley	22	6	15	3
62.		Joe Haldeman	51	7	15	8
63.		Elizabeth Hand	32	10	15	3
64.		Nalo Hopkinson	19	6	15	3
65.		Silvia Moreno-Garcia	16	4	15	3
66.		Adam Roberts	43	9	15	2
67.		Joe Abercrombie	17	8	14	1
68.		Iain M. Banks	18	9	14	2
69.		Clive Barker	36	11	14	0
70.		Jonathan Carroll	27	8	14	1
71.		Philip K. Dick	64	9	14	3
72.		Kameron Hurley	21	5	14	1
73.		Nancy Kress	86	7	14	1
74.		Jay Kristoff	16	11	14	6
75.		John Scalzi	32	8	14	3
76.		Paolo Bacigalupi	21	7	13	5
77.		Julie E. Czerneda	29	12	13	4
78.		Naomi Novik	20	4	13	7
79.		Juliet Marillier	23	12	13	4
80.		Tade Thompson	10	6	13	3
81.		Lavie Tidhar	45	6	13	2
82.		Margaret Atwood	15	7	12	2
83.		Gregory Benford	83	8	12	3
84.		Arthur C. Clarke	56	4	12	7
85.		Samuel R. Delany	45	7	12	2
86.		Stephen Graham Jones	15	3	12	5
87.		Mary Robinette Kowal	29	5	12	3
88.		Yoon Ha Lee	32	4	12	2
89.		Michael Moorcock	108	9	12	6
90.		Isaac Asimov	152	7	12	5
91.		L. Neil Smith	21	12	12	3
92.		Sean Stewart	9	6	12	3
93.		Scott Westerfeld	25	9	12	1
94.		F. Paul Wilson	46	12	12	2
95.		John Barnes	40	6	11	0
96.		Becky Chambers	7	4	11	1
97.		Adrian Tchaikovsky	43	9	11	4
98.		Stephen R. Donaldson	24	6	11	1
99.		Mary Gentle	19	5	11	1
100.		Daryl Gregory	19	6	11	0
101.		Jon Courtenay Grimwood	14	7	11	2
102.		Caitlín R. Kiernan	37	3	11	2
103.		Fonda Lee	8	6	11	4
104.		R. A. MacAvoy	13	7	11	1
105.		Justina Robson	16	5	11	0
106.		Brandon Sanderson	41	10	11	2
107.		Sara Douglass	20	11	11	3
108.		Peter Watts	19	5	11	0
109.		Elizabeth Bear	63	10	11	1
110.		Jane Yolen	61	7	11	3
111.		Brian W. Aldiss	83	5	10	4
112.		Eleanor Arnason	30	7	10	2
113.		Peter S. Beagle	36	6	10	3
114.		Robert Jackson Bennett	13	7	10	2
115.		Emma Bull	14	4	10	1
116.		Michael Flynn	25	9	10	3
117.		Amie Kaufman	15	9	10	3
118.		Maureen F. McHugh	28	6	10	2
119.		Glenda Larke	12	10	10	0
120.		Jerry Pournelle	43	6	10	1
121.		Tricia Sullivan	10	5	10	1
122.		Paul Tremblay	9	4	10	4