List of horror fiction authors
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This is a list of some (not all notable) authors in the horror fiction genre.
Note that some writers listed below have also written in other genres, especially fantasy and science fiction, and some of the best authors are missing from the list.
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[edit] A to B
- Forrest J Ackerman
- Mari Adkins, (born 1969)
- Robert Aickman, (1914-1981)
- Michael Arnzen
- Cynthia Asquith, (1887-1960)
- Clive Barker, (born 1952)
- Jessica Barone, (born 1977)
- Laird Barron, (born 1970)
- William Thomas Beckford, (1760-1844)
- Edo van Belkom, (born 1962)
- John Bellairs, (1938-1991)
- E.F. Benson, (1867-1940)
- Ambrose Bierce, (1842-1914)
- Charles Birkin, (1907-1986)
- David Bischoff
- John Blackburn, (born 1923)
- Algernon Blackwood, (1869-1951)
- William Peter Blatty, (born 1928)
- Robert Bloch, (1917-1994)
- Jay R. Bonansinga
- Ray Bradbury
- Walter Brandorff, (1943-1996)
- Gary Brandner, (born 1933)
- Gary A. Braunbeck, (born 1960)
- Joseph Payne Brennan, (1918-1990)
- Poppy Z. Brite, (born 1967)
- Kristi Brooks, (born 1980)
- Kealan Patrick Burke
[edit] C to E
- P. D. Cacek, (born 1951)
- Jack Cady, (1933-2004)
- Ramsey Campbell, (born 1946)
- Peter Cannon, (born 1951)
- Caleb Carr
- Jonathan Carroll, (born 1949)
- Mort Castle
- Adam-Troy Castro
- Hugh B. Cave, (1910-2004)
- Lincoln Child, (born 1957)
- M. Christian
- Richard Chizmar, (born 1965)
- Michael Cisco, (born 1970)
- Joseph A. Citro
- Simon Clark
- Douglas Clegg
- Nancy A. Collins, (born 1959)
- Brendan Connell
- Lawrence C. Connolly
- Caroline B. Cooney, (born 1947)
- Matthew Costello
- F. Marion Crawford, (1854-1909)
- Linda Crockett, (born 1943)
- Chris Curry, (born 1957)
- Nick Cvjetkovich, (born 1973)
- Brian D'Amato
- Mark Z. Danielewski
- Les Daniels, (born 1943)
- Dennis Danvers, (born 1947)
- L. P. Davies, (born 1914)
- Julie Ann Dawson, (born 1971)
- Chet Day
- Walter de la Mare, (1873-1956)
- August Derleth, (1909-1971)
- Thomas M. Disch, (born 1940)
- Stephen Dobyns
- Tananarive Due, (born 1966)
- Bret Easton Ellis, (born 1964)
- Carol Ellis
- Harlan Ellison, (born 1934)
- Nancy Ectemendy
- Dennis Etchison, (born 1943)
- John Everson
- Hanns Heinz Ewers (1871-1943)
[edit] F to H
- Henry Farrell, (1920-2006)
- John Farris
- Julian Osgood Field, (1849-1925)
- Robert Fleming
- Christopher Fowler, (born 1953)
- Andrew Fox
- Brian Freeman, (born 1979)
- Gayleen Froese, (born 1972)
- Polly Frost
- Neil Gaiman, (born 1960)
- Stephen Gallagher, (born 1954)
- Mick Garris, (born 1951)
- Larry Mike Garmon, (born 1955)
- Ray Garton
- Elizabeth Gaskell, (1810-1865)
- Stephen R. George, (born 1959)
- Steve Gerlach
- Greg F. Gifune, ( born 1963)
- Sèphera Girón
- Nikolai Gogol (1809-1852)
- Owl Goingback
- Christie Golden
- Christopher Golden, (born 1967)
- Ed Gorman
- Stefan Grabiński, (1887-1936)
- Charles Gramlich, (born 1958)
- Charles L. Grant, (born 1942)
- Rain Graves
- Amy Grech, (born 1972)
- Laurell K. Hamilton, (born 1963)
- Daniel Harms
- Kim Harrison,
- David G. Hartwell, (born 1941)
- Mccaulley Haas, (born 1964)
- Angeline Hawkes
- Nathaniel Hawthorne, (1804-1864)
- Lafacadio Hearn, (1850-1904)
- Victor Heck, (born 1967)
- James Herbert, (born 1943)
- Joe Hill (writer)
- Brian Hodge
- William Hope Hodgson, (1877–1918)
- Diane Hoh
- Nancy Holder
- Brian A. Hopkins
- Nalo Hopkinson
- Ron Horsley, (born 1977)
- Gerard Daniel Houarner
- Robert E. Howard, (1906-1936)
- Charlie Huston
- Shaun Hutson, (born 1958)
[edit] I to L
- Washington Irving, (1783-1859)
- Shirley Jackson, (1916-1965)
- Charlee Jacob
- Carl Jacobi, (1908-1997)
- Teri A. Jacobs
- Henry James, (1843-1916)
- L. Dean James, (born 1947)
- M.R. James, (1862-1936)
- Tina L. Jens
- K. W. Jeter, (born 1950)
- Scott A. Johnson, (born 1971)
- Stephen Jones
- Franz Kafka, (1883–1924)
- Jeanne Kalogridis, (born 1954)
- Brian Keene
- Gerald Kersh, (1911-1968)
- Jack Ketchum, (born 1946)
- Uel Key, (1847-?)
- Caitlin R. Kiernan, (born 1964)
- Nancy Kilpatrick
- Stephen King, (born 1947)
- David Barr Kirtley, (born 1977)
- T. E. D. Klein, (born 1947)
- Karen Koehler, (born 1973)
- Kathe Koja, (born 1960)
- Dean R. Koontz, (born 1945)
- M. F. Korn
- Henry Kuttner, (1915-1958)
- Michael Laimo
- Joe R. Lansdale, (born 1951)
- Richard Laymon, (1947-2001)
- Stephen Laws
- Tim Lebbon
- Deborah LeBlanc
- Edward Lee, (born 1957)
- Tanith Lee, (born 1947)
- Vernon Lee, (1856-1935)
- J. Sheridan Le Fanu, (1814-1873)
- Fritz Leiber, (1910-1992)
- Ira Levin, (born 1929)
- Edward Levy
- Matthew Gregory Lewis, (1775-1818)
- Thomas Ligotti, (born 1953)
- John Ajvide Lindqvist, (born 1968)
- Lael Littke
- Bentley Little, (born 1960)
- Frank Belknap Long, (1901-1994)
- H. P. Lovecraft, (1890-1937)
- James Lowder, (born 1963)
- Tim Lucas, (born 1956)
- Brian Lumley, (born 1937)
[edit] M to Q
- Arthur Machen, (1863-1947)
- F. Gwynplaine MacIntyre (born circa 1948)
- George R. R. Martin (born 1948)
- Nick Mamatas, (born 1972)
- Brandon Massey, (born 1973)
- Elizabeth Massie, (born 1953)
- Walter S. Masterman, (1876-1946)
- Graham Masterton, (born 1946)
- Richard Matheson, (born 1926)
- Richard Christian Matheson, (born 1953)
- Charles Maturin, (1782-1824)
- Guy de Maupassant, (1850-1893)
- Robert R. McCammon
- Michael McDowell, (1950-1999)
- Carlton Mellick III, (born 1977)
- Prosper Merimee, (1803-1870)
- Gustav Meyrink, (1868-1932)
- Richard Middleton, (1882-1911)
- China Miéville, (born 1972)
- Rex Miller, (?-2004)
- Mary Ann Mitchell
- Susie Moloney, (born 1962)
- Thomas F. Monteleone, (born 1946)
- Alan Moore, (born 1953)
- James A. Moore
- A. R. Morlan, (born 1958)
- David Morrell
- W. C. Morrow, (1854-1923)
- Martin Mundt
- Joseph Nassise
- Alan Nayes
- Stuart Neild, (born 1970)
- Kim Newman, (born 1959)
- Edith Nesbit, (1858-1924)
- Scott Nicholson
- Joyce Carol Oates, (born 1938)
- Fitz-James O'Brien, (1828-1862)
- Weston Ochse, (born 1965)
- Michael Oliveri
- Gene O'Neill
- Oliver Onions, (1873-1961)
- Chuck Palahniuk, (born 1962)
- Norman Partridge
- John Passarella
- Garrett Peck
- John Pelan, (born 1957)
- Frank E. Peretti, (born 1951)
- Mike Philbin, (born 1966)
- Thomas Piccirilli
- Christopher Pike, (born 1954) (pseudonym of Kevin McFadden)
- David Pirie, (born 1953)
- Edgar Allan Poe, (1809-1849)
- Tim Powers
- Thomas Peckett Prest, (1810-1859)
- Douglas Preston, (born 1956)
- Robert M. Price
- Cherie Priest, (born 1975)
- Kathryn Ptacek
[edit] R to T
- Ann Radcliffe, (1764-1823)
- Stephen Mark Rainey, (born 1959)
- Celia Rees
- Aleksey Remizov (1877-1957)
- Anne Rice, (born 1941)
- Phil Rickman
- Tod Robbins, (1888-1949)
- Regina Maria Roche, (1764-1845)
- Alan Rodgers, (born 1959)
- Bruce Holland Rogers
- Ray Russell, (1924-1999)
- John Russo
- James Malcolm Rymer, (1814-1888)
- Fred Saberhagen, (born 1930)
- Saki, (1870-1916)
- David R. Saliba
- Lawrence Santoro, (born 1942)
- Al Sarrantonio, (born 1952)
- John Saul, (born 1942)
- William Schoell
- David J. Schow, (born 1955)
- Darrell Schweitzer, (born 1952)
- Sir Walter Scott, (1771-1832)
- Ronald Sering, (born 1951)
- Rod Serling, (1924-1975)
- Darren Shan, (born 1972)
- Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, (1797-1851)
- Lucius Shepard, (born 1947)
- John Shirley, (born 1953)
- Scott Sigler
- Sigma, (1849-1925)
- David Silva
- Dan Simmons, (born 1948)
- John Skipp
- Clark Ashton Smith, (1893-1961)
- Guy N. Smith, (born 1939)
- Jack Snow, (1907-1956)
- S.P. Somtow, (born 1952)
- Craig Spector
- William Browning Spencer, (born 1946)
- John Steakley, (born 1951)
- Robert Louis Stevenson, (1850-1894)
- R.L. Stine, (born 1943) (Robert Lawrence Stine)
- Bram Stoker, (1847-1912)
- Peter Straub, (born 1943)
- Whitley Strieber, (born 1945)
- Koji Suzuki
- Karen E. Taylor
- Lucy Taylor
- Melanie Tem
- Steve Rasnic Tem
- Sheri S. Tepper, (born 1929)
- Thomas Tessier, (born 1947)
- Jeffrey Thomas
- Lee Thomas
- Christine Campbell Thomson , (1897-1985)
- Tamara Thorne, (born 1957)
- Cate Tiernan, (born 1961)
- Nathan Tyree, (born 1973)
[edit] U to Z
- Vivian Vande Velde
- Peter Van Greenaway, (1929-1988)
- James Viscosi
- Tim Waggoner
- Karl Edward Wagner, (1945-1994)
- H. Russell Wakefield, (1888-1964)
- Donald Wandrei, (1908-1987)
- John Webster, (1580-1634)
- Robert Weinberg, (born 1947)
- Manly Wade Wellman, (1903-1986)
- Herbert George Wells, (1866-1946)
- Edith Wharton, (1862-1937)
- Dennis Wheatley, (1897-1977)
- Cherry Wilder, (1930-2002)
- Chet Williamson, (born 1948)
- Jerry Williamson
- Colin Wilson, (born 1931)
- David Niall Wilson, (born 1959)
- F. Paul Wilson, (born 1946)
- Gahan Wilson
- Douglass E. Winter
- T.M. Wright, (born 1947)
- X.L., (1849-1925)
- Chelsea Quinn Yarbro
[edit] See also
List of horror fiction sub-genres
- Body horror
- Cthulhu Mythos
- Dark Fantasy
- Erotic horror
- Fantastique
- Ghost story
- Lovecraftian horror
- Serial killer fiction
- Splatterpunk
- Vampire fiction
- Werewolf fiction
See also:
