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This is a list of some notable authors in the horror fiction genre.
Note that some writers listed below have also written in other genres, especially fantasy and science fiction.
A to B
- Robert Aickman, (1914-1981)
- Michael Arnzen
- Cynthia Asquith
- Michael Bailey, (born 1979)
- Clive Barker, (born 1952)
- Jessica Barone, (born 1977)
- Laird Barron, (born 1970)
- Edo van Belkom
- John Bellairs
- E.F. Benson
- Ambrose Bierce, (1842-1914)
- Charles Birkin
- John Blackburn, (born 1923)
- Algernon Blackwood, (1869-1951)
- Robert Bloch, (1917-1994)
- Maggie Bonilla-Thompson
- Gary A. Braunbeck, (born 1960)
- Poppy Z. Brite, (born 1967)
- Kealan Patrick Burke
- A.M. Burrage
C to E
- Ramsey Campbell, (born 1946)
- Jonathan Carroll, (born 1949)
- Hugh B. Cave, (1910-2004)
- Lincoln Child
- Richard Chizmar, (born 1965)
- Douglas Clegg
- Nancy A. Collins, (born 1959)
- Caroline B. Cooney, (born 1947)
- F. Marion Crawford
- Walter de la Mare, (1873-1956)
- August Derleth, (1909-1971)
- Tananarive Due, (born 1966)
- Lord Dunsany (1878-1957)
- Dennis Etchison, (born 1943)
F to H
- J. Sheridan le Fanu, (1814-1873)
- Brian Freeman, (born 1979)
- Neil Gaiman, (born 1960)
- S.J. Gaither
- Stephen Gallagher, (born 1954)
- Larry Mike Garmon, (born 1955)
- Ray Garton
- Elizabeth Gaskell
- Stefan Grabiński
- Charles L. Grant, (born 1942)
- Amy Grech, (born 1972)
- Laurell K. Hamilton, (born 1963)
- Nathaniel Hawthorne, (1804-1864)
- Lafacadio Hearn
- James Herbert, (born 1943)
- Brian Hodge
- William Hope Hodgson, (1877–1918)
- Gerard Daniel Houarner
I to L
- Washington Irving
- Henry James
- M.R. James, (1862-1936)
- Brian Keene
- Caitlin R. Kiernan, (born 1964)
- Stephen King, (born 1947)
- T. E. D. Klein, (born 1947)
- Karen Koehler
- Kathe Koja
- Dean R. Koontz, (born 1945)
- M. F. Korn
- Henry Kuttner
- Michael Laimo
- Stephen Laws
- Richard Laymon, (1947-2001)
- Tim Lebbon
- Deborah LeBlanc
- Thomas Ligotti, (born 1953)
- Bentley Little, (born 1960)
- H. P. Lovecraft, (1890-1937)
- Tim Lucas, (born 1956)
- Brian Lumley, (born 1937)
M to Q
- Arthur Machen, (1863-1947)
- George R. R. Martin (born 1948)
- Graham Masterton, (born 1946)
- Richard Matheson
- Robert R. McCammon
- Nicholas S. Mounts (1987)
- Guy de Maupassant, (1850-1893)
- Carlton Mellick III
- Prosper Merimee
- Gustav Meyrink, (1868-1932)
- Richard Middleton
- Stuart Neild, (born 1970)
- Kim Newman, (born 1959)
- Edith Nesbit
- Joyce Carol Oates, (born 1938)
- Fitz-James O'Brien, (1828-1862)
- Łukasz Orbitowski
- Norman Partridge
- John Passarella
- Frank E. Peretti, (born 1951)
- Tom Piccirilli
- Christopher Pike, (born 1954) (pseudonym of Kevin McFadden)
- Edgar Allan Poe, (1809-1849)
- Douglas Preston
- Robert M. Price
R to T
- Stephen Mark Rainey
- Rebecca K. Rhodes, (born 1966)
- Anne Rice, (born 1941)
- David Rix, (born 1978)
- Ray Russell, (1924-1999)
- John Russo
- S.P. Somtow
- Fred Saberhagen
- Saki
- Al Sarrantonio
- John Saul
- David J. Schow
- Sir Walter Scott
- Darren Shan, (born 1972)
- Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, (1797-1851)
- Lucius Shepard
- John Shirley
- Dan Simmons
- Clark Ashton Smith, (1893-1961)
- Guy N. Smith
- L.J. Smith
- Craig Spector
- John Steakley
- Robert Louis Stevenson, (1850-1894)
- R.L. Stine, (born 1943) (Robert Lawrence Stine)
- Bram Stoker, (1847-1912)
- Peter Straub, (born 1943)
- Steve Rasnic Tem
- Melanie Tem
- Christine Campbell Thomson & Not At Night
- Cate Tiernan, (born 1961)
- John Tynes
V to Z
- Tim Waggoner
- H. Russell Wakefield, (1888-1964)
- Manly Wade Wellman, (1903-1986)
- Herbert George Wells
- Edith Wharton
- Cherry Wilder, (1930-2002)
- Colin Wilson
- F. Paul Wilson, (born 1946)
- T.M. Wright, (born 1947)
- Macey Baggett Wuesthoff (1975)
- Chelsea Quinn Yarbo
See also
External links
- Horror Writers Association
- Open Directory Project: Horror Fiction Writers
- Carnival of Wicked Writers
- Crimson Screams
Horror writers | Lists of writers
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