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	70	22	50	9
2.		Kim Stanley Robinson	51	16	46	10
3.		China Miéville	16	9	42	16
4.		Stephen King	80	28	39	10
5.		Robert J. Sawyer	27	20	39	10
6.		Ken MacLeod	20	14	37	5
7.		Ursula K. Le Guin	78	21	36	14
8.		Lois McMaster Bujold	35	15	34	10
9.		William Gibson	18	9	33	5
10.		Greg Bear	43	14	31	2
11.		Charles Stross	37	16	31	3
12.		Robert Charles Wilson	25	14	31	5
13.		Ian McDonald	33	15	30	6
14.		Orson Scott Card	66	13	28	10
15.		Neal Stephenson	16	8	28	8
16.		Guy Gavriel Kay	13	12	27	3
17.		Tim Powers	23	10	27	7
18.		Terry Pratchett	65	21	27	8
19.		Robert Silverberg	169	12	27	2
20.		Dan Simmons	26	14	27	9
21.		Poul Anderson	140	19	26	4
22.		C. J. Cherryh	72	19	26	3
23.		Neil Gaiman	44	8	26	12
24.		Patricia A. McKillip	27	18	26	6
25.		David Brin	27	10	24	7
26.		Larry Niven	87	13	23	5
27.		Connie Willis	46	7	23	10
28.		Stephen Baxter	58	13	22	4
29.		George R. R. Martin	86	9	22	4
30.		Graham Joyce	16	14	20	7
31.		Jack McDevitt	32	15	20	3
32.		Vernor Vinge	15	6	20	7
33.		Jo Walton	20	9	20	7
34.		Charles de Lint	54	11	19	1
35.		Robert A. Heinlein	52	10	19	5
36.		Gwyneth Jones	23	12	19	3
37.		James Morrow	24	7	19	2
38.		N. K. Jemisin	16	5	18	2
39.		Paul J. McAuley	30	12	18	3
40.		Frederik Pohl	112	7	18	6
41.		Christopher Priest	17	9	18	7
42.		Bruce Sterling	37	7	18	2
43.		Peter Straub	27	12	18	7
44.		Sean Williams	37	17	18	4
45.		Ramsey Campbell	35	16	17	7
46.		Cory Doctorow	21	9	17	5
47.		Geoff Ryman	18	9	17	6
48.		Michael Swanwick	61	7	17	1
49.		Sheri S. Tepper	40	11	17	1
50.		John Varley	35	9	17	2
51.		M. John Harrison	13	6	16	3
52.		Ann Leckie	8	3	16	9
53.		Roger Zelazny	74	13	16	3
54.		Michael Bishop	46	8	15	3
55.		Joe Haldeman	40	7	15	8
56.		Nalo Hopkinson	15	6	15	3
57.		Alastair Reynolds	28	12	15	1
58.		Iain M. Banks	17	9	14	2
59.		Jonathan Carroll	21	8	14	1
60.		Philip K. Dick	60	9	14	3
61.		Adam Roberts	19	8	14	2
62.		Joe Abercrombie	12	7	13	1
63.		Elizabeth Hand	25	9	13	3
64.		Nancy Kress	57	6	13	1
65.		Nnedi Okorafor	14	5	13	1
66.		Catherynne M. Valente	31	7	13	5
67.		Paolo Bacigalupi	14	6	12	5
68.		Gregory Benford	60	8	12	3
69.		Arthur C. Clarke	50	4	12	7
70.		John Crowley	14	5	12	2
71.		Samuel R. Delany	40	7	12	2
72.		Michael Moorcock	101	9	12	6
73.		Juliet Marillier	19	11	12	4
74.		L. Neil Smith	18	12	12	3
75.		Sean Stewart	7	6	12	3
76.		F. Paul Wilson	41	12	12	2
77.		John Barnes	34	6	11	0
78.		Julie E. Czerneda	20	10	11	3
79.		Stephen R. Donaldson	21	6	11	1
80.		Mary Gentle	18	5	11	1
81.		Jon Courtenay Grimwood	14	7	11	2
82.		Caitlín R. Kiernan	21	3	11	2
83.		R. A. MacAvoy	13	7	11	1
84.		Isaac Asimov	109	6	11	5
85.		Justina Robson	13	5	11	0
86.		John Scalzi	24	6	11	2
87.		Jeff VanderMeer	30	5	11	2
88.		Sara Douglass	20	11	11	3
89.		Scott Westerfeld	22	8	11	1
90.		Brian W. Aldiss	69	5	10	4
91.		Eleanor Arnason	22	7	10	2
92.		Margaret Atwood	14	6	10	2
93.		Peter S. Beagle	22	6	10	3
94.		Emma Bull	13	4	10	1
95.		Michael Flynn	21	9	10	3
96.		Maureen F. McHugh	22	6	10	2
97.		Glenda Larke	12	10	10	0
98.		Jerry Pournelle	40	6	10	1
99.		Brandon Sanderson	31	9	10	2
100.		Tricia Sullivan	9	5	10	1
101.		Peter Watts	11	4	10	0
102.		Jane Yolen	47	6	10	3