List of science-fiction authors

This is a list of notable science-fiction authors, in alphabetical order:

Catherine Asaro , around 2009
Isaac Asimov , before 1959
Margaret Atwood , 2015
Elizabeth Bear , 2017
Gregory Benford , 2008
Cyrano de Bergerac , one of the earliest SF writers, ca. 1654
John Birmingham , 2009
Ray Bradbury , 1975
Lois McMaster Bujold , 2009
Edgar Rice Burroughs , c. 1920
Octavia Butler , 2005
C. J. Cherryh , 2006
Ted Chiang , 2011
Arthur C. Clarke , ca. 2005
Storm Constantine 2016
Michael Crichton , 2002
Julie Czerneda 2012
Jack Dann , 2007
Judy Lynn and Lester Del Rey , 1974
Samuel R. Delany , 2011
Cory Doctorow , 2007
Carol Emshwiller , 1998
Camille Flammarion, date unknown
Eric Flint , ca. 2007
Neil Gaiman , 2004
Nicola Griffith , 2007
James Gunn , ca. 2007
Peter F. Hamilton , 2006
Elizabeth Hand , 2007
Midshipman Robert A. Heinlein , 1929
Aldous Huxley , 1954
Muhammed Zafar Iqbal , 2013
N. K. Jemisin , 2015
Robert Jordan , 2005
James Patrick Kelly , 2008
Stephen King , 2007
Nancy Kress (center), with author Delia Sherman (left) and editor Ellen Datlow (right). 2007 photo.
Ursula K. Le Guin , 2009
Shariann Lewitt , 2007
Jack London , 1900
Stanisław Lem , 1966
A. Merritt , c. 1920
China Miéville , 2006
Naomi Mitchison , 1920s
Judith Moffett , 2008
Elizabeth Moon , 2005
Richard Morgan , 2008
James Morrow, 2007
Larry Niven , photo before 2005
George Orwell , 1943
Edgar Allan Poe , 1849
Frederik Pohl (center) with Donald A. Wollheim (left) and John Michel (right, circa 1938
Jerry Pournelle , 2005
Fletcher Pratt (left) with Christopher Morley and Rex Stout , 1944
Mike Resnick , 2008
Adam Roberts , 2008
Kim Stanley Robinson , 2005
Rudy Rucker , 2006
Robert J. Sawyer , 2005
Mary Shelley , ca. 1840
Cordwainer Smith (Paul Linebarger), 1953
Allen Steele , ca. 2007
Charles Stross , 2019
Somtow Sucharitkul , 2005
Michael Swanwick , 2005
Tricia Sullivan , 2012
Lavie Tidhar , 2006
Wilson Tucker , ca. 1988
Harry Turtledove , 2005
Jack Vance at the helm of his boat, early 1980s
Stanley G. Weinbaum
H. G. Wells , 1920
Walter Jon Williams , 2006
Connie Willis , 1998
Jack Womack at the KGB Bar , NYC, 2008
Charles Yu , 2011
Timothy Zahn , 2012