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.		Stephen King	98	37	53	12
2.		Kim Stanley Robinson	59	19	53	10
3.		Gene Wolfe	89	23	51	9
4.		China Miéville	16	9	42	16
5.		Robert J. Sawyer	30	22	41	11
6.		Ken MacLeod	32	15	38	5
7.		Ursula K. Le Guin	95	21	36	14
8.		Ian McDonald	54	18	35	6
9.		Lois McMaster Bujold	44	15	34	10
10.		William Gibson	28	10	34	5
11.		Charles Stross	50	17	32	3
12.		Greg Bear	59	14	31	2
13.		Guy Gavriel Kay	15	14	31	3
14.		Dan Simmons	31	15	31	13
15.		Robert Charles Wilson	29	14	31	5
16.		Orson Scott Card	76	14	29	10
17.		N. K. Jemisin	27	8	29	8
18.		Tim Powers	36	10	28	8
19.		Neal Stephenson	19	8	28	8
20.		C. J. Cherryh	94	20	27	4
21.		Terry Pratchett	67	21	27	8
22.		Robert Silverberg	218	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	52	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	16	5	21	9
34.		Paul J. McAuley	54	15	21	3
35.		Jack McDevitt	40	15	20	3
36.		Alastair Reynolds	61	16	20	2
37.		Vernor Vinge	23	6	20	7
38.		Ramsey Campbell	46	18	19	7
39.		Charles de Lint	64	11	19	1
40.		Cory Doctorow	42	11	19	5
41.		Robert A. Heinlein	57	10	19	5
42.		Gwyneth Jones	35	12	19	3
43.		James Morrow	29	7	19	2
44.		Peter Straub	30	12	19	7
45.		Sean Williams	41	18	19	4
46.		Silvia Moreno-Garcia	17	5	18	3
47.		Frederik Pohl	119	7	18	6
48.		Christopher Priest	24	9	18	7
49.		Bruce Sterling	52	7	18	2
50.		Michael Swanwick	89	8	18	1
51.		Jeff VanderMeer	42	9	18	2
52.		M. John Harrison	21	7	17	3
53.		Garth Nix	32	12	17	4
54.		Geoff Ryman	26	9	17	6
55.		Sheri S. Tepper	40	11	17	1
56.		John Varley	38	9	17	2
57.		Nnedi Okorafor	27	7	16	2
58.		Adam Roberts	43	10	16	2
59.		John Scalzi	34	9	16	4
60.		Catherynne M. Valente	47	8	16	5
61.		Roger Zelazny	79	13	16	3
62.		Michael Bishop	56	8	15	3
63.		Susanna Clarke	4	3	15	5
64.		John Crowley	22	6	15	3
65.		Joe Haldeman	51	7	15	8
66.		Elizabeth Hand	33	10	15	3
67.		Nalo Hopkinson	19	6	15	3
68.		Joe Abercrombie	17	8	14	1
69.		Iain M. Banks	18	9	14	2
70.		Clive Barker	37	11	14	0
71.		Jonathan Carroll	28	8	14	1
72.		Philip K. Dick	65	9	14	3
73.		Kameron Hurley	21	5	14	1
74.		Mary Robinette Kowal	29	6	14	3
75.		Nancy Kress	86	7	14	1
76.		Jay Kristoff	16	11	14	6
77.		Naomi Novik	20	5	14	7
78.		Lavie Tidhar	46	7	14	2
79.		Paolo Bacigalupi	21	7	13	5
80.		Adrian Tchaikovsky	45	11	13	5
81.		Julie E. Czerneda	29	12	13	4
82.		Juliet Marillier	23	12	13	4
83.		Tade Thompson	10	6	13	3
84.		Margaret Atwood	15	7	12	2
85.		Gregory Benford	83	8	12	3
86.		Arthur C. Clarke	56	4	12	7
87.		Samuel R. Delany	45	7	12	2
88.		Stephen Graham Jones	15	3	12	5
89.		Yoon Ha Lee	34	4	12	2
90.		Michael Moorcock	108	9	12	6
91.		Isaac Asimov	157	7	12	5
92.		L. Neil Smith	21	12	12	3
93.		Sean Stewart	9	6	12	3
94.		T. Kingfisher	26	7	12	4
95.		Scott Westerfeld	25	9	12	1
96.		F. Paul Wilson	46	12	12	2
97.		John Barnes	40	6	11	0
98.		Becky Chambers	7	4	11	1
99.		Stephen R. Donaldson	25	6	11	1
100.		Mary Gentle	19	5	11	1
101.		Daryl Gregory	19	6	11	0
102.		Nicola Griffith	13	4	11	2
103.		Jon Courtenay Grimwood	14	7	11	2
104.		Caitlín R. Kiernan	39	3	11	2
105.		Fonda Lee	10	6	11	4
106.		R. A. MacAvoy	13	7	11	1
107.		Justina Robson	16	5	11	0
108.		Brandon Sanderson	46	10	11	2
109.		Paul Tremblay	10	5	11	4
110.		Sara Douglass	20	11	11	3
111.		Peter Watts	19	5	11	0
112.		Elizabeth Bear	63	10	11	1
113.		Jane Yolen	62	7	11	3
114.		Brian W. Aldiss	84	5	10	4
115.		Charlie Jane Anders	28	5	10	5
116.		Eleanor Arnason	30	7	10	2
117.		Peter S. Beagle	37	6	10	3
118.		Robert Jackson Bennett	14	7	10	2
119.		Emma Bull	14	4	10	1
120.		Michael Flynn	25	9	10	3
121.		Amie Kaufman	15	9	10	3
122.		Maureen F. McHugh	28	6	10	2
123.		Glenda Larke	12	10	10	0
124.		Jerry Pournelle	43	6	10	1
125.		Rebecca Roanhorse	10	5	10	1
126.		Tricia Sullivan	10	5	10	1