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SF Authors by Period Lists
This list shouldn't be considered complete nor is it strictly limited to influential SF authors & editors. I tried to list some of their best known & most influential works, contributions, &/or description. Basically, it's a quick cheat sheet to help recognize authors common to this group, although not every entry can be nominated for a group read.

Don't take the dates as gospel. They're roughly accurate for the majority of their SF works & you may find one or two outside them. In front of their names, I put how many books &/or short stories we've read by them in this group as of Jan2019.

Pay attention to death dates. Many authors have works repackaged, so the first publishing date is long after their deaths. For the purposes of group reads, we try to use the period in which the work was written even though we often rely on publishing dates.

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group read --- Author's name --- Writing period --- Comments

A

- Dan Abnett (1990s & up) - mostly writes comics & gaming fiction including Warhammer & Dr. Who franchise novels.

-J.K. Accinni- wrote the Alien Species Intervention series.

-I.O. Adler- writes SF and is known for The Old Chrome Box Set.

- Ann Aguirre (2000s & up) - UF, PNR, YA, fantasy & SF. Best known for Enclave, the first in her Razor series which is YA SF dystopian.


- Roger MacBride Allen (1980s & up) - best known for his Star Wars franchise novels, he's also written the 'Chronicles of Solace' trilogy which starts with The Depths of Time.

- Steve Alten (1990s & up) - best known for his Meg series. He also writes horror & thrillers.

- Charlie Jane Anders (2000s & up) (aka Charles Anders) - SF & fantasy short stories & novels. All the Birds in the Sky & The City in the Middle of the Night are their most popular. (Pronoun usage is gender neutral as the author self-identifies as genderqueer.) They are an editor of io9 website, as is their partner Annalee Newitz.

- Kevin J. Anderson (1980s & up) - SF, fantasy, & horror genres. He's written several Star Wars & Dune books.

- Piers Anthony (1960s & up) - Macroscope & others

- K.A. Applegate (1990s & up) - best known for her Animorphs series, starting with The Invasion, & other YA books. Wife of Michael Grant, another YA author best known for his Gone series YA dystopia.

- Eleanor Arnason (1970s & up) - SF novels & short stories, best known for her omnibus A Woman of the Iron People & short story collection Hidden Folk.

- Nathan Archer (1980s & up) Pseudonym for Lawrence Watt-Evans) Predator & Star Trek franchise novels as well as others.

- Catherine Asaro (1990s & up) - Skolian Empire

- Neal Asher (1990s & up) - Best known for his Agent Cormac series starting with Gridlinked, many other series. Also short stories.


- A.A. Attanasio (1980s & up) - mostly writes horror, but his Radix is SF.

1 - Margaret Atwood (1980s & up) - The Handmaid's Tale, MaddAddam series, & more


B

1 - Paolo Bacigalupi (2000s & up) - YA - The Windup Girl, Ship Breaker series & more.

- John Barnes (1980s & up) - artist & author in several genres, best known for Directive 51, the first of his Daybreak series.

- Steven Barnes (1980s & up) - SF, horror, scripts. He has written several books with Larry Niven & Jerry Pournelle. Also written Star Wars, Star Trek, & an Assassins Creed novel. Best known for his Lion's Blood series.

1 - Laird Barron (2000 & up) - Horror/weird only?

- William Barton (1970s & up) - Best known for his Starover series starting with Iris. Has written quite a few novels with Michael Capobianco

- Stephen Baxter (1990s & up)

- Elizabeth Bear (2000s & up) - SF, fantasy, & historical. Best known for Karen Memory & New Amsterdam series.

-T.S. Beier-writes SF, including the Burnt Ship Trilogy

-K.T. Belt- SF wrote the Monster of the Dark which is the first in the Mirrors in the Dark series.

1 - Gregory Benford (1970s & up)

- Tony Bertauski (2010s & up) - best known for his The Annihilation of Foreverland & Claus: Legend of the Fat Man series.

- John Gregory Betancourt (1980s & up)

- John Birmingham (2000s & up) - best known for his "Axis of Time" series which starts with Weapons of Choice. His "Dave vs. the Monsters" series (monsters through dimensional portal, humor) starts with Emergence.
- David Bischoff (1970s & up)

- Terry Bisson (1980s & up) - SF, YA, short stories, & alternate history. Bears Discover Fire and Other Stories is short stories, Fire on the Mountain best known alternate history. Wrote franchise novels such as Star Wars & novelizations of several movies. He also wrote the "Real Adventures of Jonny Quest" with David Bischoff as Brad Quentin.

- Michael Bishop (1970s & up) - short stories & his most popular novel is No Enemy But Time.

- Malorie Blackman (1990s & up) - Best known for her Noughts & Crosses series, YA dystopian romance.

- David Brin (1980s & up) - 'Uplift' series, The Postman, & more.

- Terry Brooks (1970s & up) - mostly fantasy (Shannara, 'Word & Void') with SF elements. Street Freaks is YA SF.

- Pierce Brown (2010 & up) "Red Rising" series.

-T.A. Bruno- known for his The Song of Kamaria: the Complete Trilogy.

- Tobias S. Buckell (2000s & up) - SF & fantasy. Best known for his Xenowealth series which starts with Crystal Rain & his Arctic Rising series. He's also written quite a number of HALO franchise books.

2 - Lois McMaster Bujold (1980s & up) - 'Vorkosigan' series. Also writes fantasy.

- Chris Bunch (1980s & up) - best known for the 'Sten' series & several others with Allan Cole, but he's also written on his own & some fantasy. Mostly action/military.

C

- Pat Cadigan (1980s & up) - Mindplayers, Synners, & more. Cyberpunk?

- Michael Capobianco (1990s & up) - mostly known for his novels with William Barton. He also wrote Burster.

1 - Orson Scott Card (1970s & up) - Ender's Game series & many others. Also fantasy.

- Jeffrey A. Carver (1970s & up) - SF, fantasy, & YA. He's best known for his Chaos Chronicles series that starts with Neptune Crossing & the Star Rigger series that starts with Panglor.

-M.R. Carey- writes novels and screenplays, wrote Marvel's X-Men.

- Becky Chambers (2010s & up) (died in 2023)- best known for The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet.

- Suzy McKee Charnas (1970s & up) - Best known for her Holdfast Chronicles series which starts with Walk to the End of the World. (Fems caused the apocalypse.)

1 - C.J. Cherryh (1970s & up) - Downbelow Station, Foreigner series, & many more.

1 - Ted Chiang (1990s & up) - mostly shorter SF, The Lifecycle of Software Objects, Stories of Your Life and Others, & more.

-P. Djèlí Clark- writes fantasy and SF

1 - Ernest Cline (2010 & up) - Ready Player One & Armada so far.

- Adrian Cole (Christopher Synnot) (1970s & up) - mostly fantasy with SF elements.

- Suzanne Collins (2000s & up) - The Hunger Games trilogy is SF. "Underland" series are YA fantasy.


- Glen Cook (1970s & up) fantasy only?

- Brenda Cooper (2000s & up) - SF, fantasy, & YA. Often writes short stories with Larry Niven. Best known novel is Edge of Dark, the first of her Glittering Edge series.

-Cameron Coral-writes SF, known for Steel Guardian, part of the Rusted Wasteland Series.

1 - James S.A. Corey (2010 & up) - Expanse series. SF pseudonym for Daniel Abraham fantasy author who also usesM.L.N. Hanover for UF books.

1 - Blake Crouch (2000s & up) - Dark Matter & more usually horror with SF & fantastic elements.

Malcolm F. Cross-writes SF, known for Dog Country
- John Crowley (1970s & up) - Engine Summer is SF, but most of his works are fantasy.

- Andrew Crumey (1990s & up) - mostly speculative literature. Mobius Dick, Music, in a Foreign Language, & Sputnik Caledonia are SF.

-Rebecca Crunden-writes fantasy, SF, and paranormal

- Julie E. Czerneda (1990s & up) - best known for her debut SF novel A Thousand Words for Stranger.


D

- Peter David (aka David Peters) (1980s & up) - SF in books, comic books, movies, & TV. He's written several Star Trek books.

- John DeChancie (1980s & up) - Skyway trilogy, but best known for the Castle Perilous series, comedic fantasy. Also wrote the Dr. Dimension comedic SF books with David Bischoff.

1 - Samuel R. Delany (1960s & up) - Dhalgren, Babel-17, The Einstein Intersection

- Marianne de Pierres (2000s & up) - Best known for her Night Creatures series which is SF/UF/Dystopia & her SF Parrish Plessis series that starts with Nylon Angel.

Dave Dobson- writes fantasy, SF and computer games.

- Cory Doctorow (1990s & up) - SF, fantasy, & YA both novels & short stories. Little Brother is his most popular book.

- Stephen R. Donaldson (1970s & up) - best known for his Thomas Covenant & other fantasy, but also wrote the Gap series which is SF.

- Debra Doyle (1990s & up) - often writes with her husband James D. Macdonald. 2 Tom Swift novels & their Mage Worlds series is space opera with magic in it. Writes a lot of fantasy.

- David Drake (1970s & up) - Best known for "Hammer's Slammers", a military SF series, he's written a lot of SF & fantasy.

-Karl Drinkwater- writes dystopian SF and dark suspense.


E

- Greg Egan (1990s & up) - many hard SF books.

-Kate Elliott- writes fantasy and SF. Most recently has written Unconquerable Sun, part of The Sun Chronicles.

- Harlan Ellison (1950s-2018 died) - many short stories & scripts. Also edited anthologies including Partners in Wonder where he collaborated writing short stories with many of the greats.

- Andreas Eschbach (1990s & up) - best known in English for The Carpet Makers. Most of his works are in German.



F

- Michel Faber (2000s & up) - SF, fantasy, horror, & historical. Best known for The Book of Strange New Things.

- Paul Di Filippo (1980s & up) - best known for The Steampunk Trilogy.

-E.J. Fisch, writes SF including The Ziva Payvan Collection.

-Patrice Fitzgerald- writes SF, known for Captain Wu.

- Eric Flint (1990s & up)(died 2022)- best known for alternate time line histories such as 1632.

- Michael F. Flynn (1990s & up) - Hard SF possibly best known for his Firestar series.

- William R. Forstchen (1980s & up) - best known for his current One Second After trilogy, realistic post apocalyptic.

- Robert L. Forward (1980-1990s) - Best known for his Cheela & Rocheworld series plus standalones like Camelot 30K. Hard SF, physicist & aerospace engineer.

- Alan Dean Foster (1970s & up) - Best known for novelizations of popular movies (Alien, The Black Hole, The Chronicles of Riddick) he also has several popular series such as 'Pip & Flinx', starts with The Tar-Aiym Krang. Also writes fantasy & other genres.

- Karen Joy Fowler (1980s & up) - literature, historical, fantasy, & SF both novels & short stories. Sarah Canary is her most popular SF novel. What I Didn't See and Other Stories has some SF stories in it.

- James Frey (2000s & up) - best known for his fiction book A Million Little Pieces which he passed off as nonfiction to Oprah. As Pittacus Lore, he & Jobie Hughes have written the Lorien Legacies, YA SF best known for I Am Number Four. He has also written other YA SF/fantasy, literature, & thrillers.

- C.S. Friedman (1980s & up) - Writes SF (This Alien Shore & the In Conquest Born series) plus fantasy.

- Esther M. Friesner (1980s & up) - mostly writes fantasy, but has written several Star Trek tie-in books & one in McCaffery's Dragonflight series.

G

1 - Neil Gaiman (1990s & up) - fantasy/speculative fiction. We read American Gods in 2016.

- James Alan Gardner (1990s & up) - Short SF stories, "League of People" series, & a couple of NF books on computer programming languages.

- W. Michael Gear (1980s & up) - SF & historical fiction. Best known for his Spider trilogy. Often collaborates with his wife, Kathleen O'Neal Gear.

- David Gerrold (1970s & up) - The Man Who Folded Himself & Star Trek novels plus many others. A Matter for Men is the first of the Chtorr series.

-Andrew Gillsmith, writes SF, known for Our Lady of the Artilects.

3 - William Gibson (1980s & up) - best known as the father of the Cyberpunk subgenre with Neuromancer, the first of his Sprawl novels.

- James Goss (2000s & up) - best known for writing Dr. Who novels.

- Ron Goulart (1960s & up) (died in 2022)- Writes SF & other genres including franchise books like Battlestar Galactica & Flash Gordon. He's also a comic book guru. Possibly best known for ghost/cowriting William Shatner TekWar.

- Michael Grant (2000s & up) YA author best known for his Gone series YA dystopia. Husband of K.A. Applegate (1990s & up) - best known for her Animorphs series, starting with The Invasion, & other YA books.

- Rob Grant (1990s & up) - writes with Doug Naylor as Grant Naylor in the Red Dwarf franchise. Also popular for his SF books Incompetence, Fat, Colony, & more.

- Simon R. Green (1990s & up) - Best known SF is the space opera Deathstalker series & its spin-offs. Also writes fantasy, S&S.

- James E. Gunn (1950s & up) (died in 2020)- many short stories & dozens of books such as The Joy Machine & Gift From The Stars.



H

- Karen Haber (1980s & up) - best known for The Mutant Season which she wrote with her husband Robert Silverberg, she continued the series on her own. Together they edited Universe 1 & Universe 2 anthologies.

- Joe Haldeman (1970s & up), best known for The Forever War, a rebuttal to Starship Troopers. Many other good SF novels such as Mindbridge & All My Sins Remembered.

- Barbara Hambly (1980s & up) - mostly an excellent fantasy author, but has written Star Wars & Star Trek franchise novels. Wife of George Alec Effinger.

- Peter F. Hamilton (1980s & up) - SF & YA fantasy. Probably best known for his Commonwealth Saga (Pandora's Star) & Night's Dawn (The Reality Dysfunction) series.

- Elizabeth Hand (1990s & up) - mostly horror/fantasy, although she has written some franchise novels: Star Wars Boba Fett & X-Files.

- Simon Hawke (1980s & up) - SF & fantasy author. Time Wars & Wizards (fantasy) series. Also wrote some Star Trek novels such as The Romulan Prize.

-Al Hess, writes SF and romance.

- Tracy Hickman (1980s & up) - mostly fantasy & YA, also writes some magical SF space opera with Margaret Weis . They have an SF series, Starshield, that starts with The Mantle of Kendis-Dai. He also writes with his wife Laura Hickman who writes fantasy, horror, & YA.

- Hugh Howey (2000s & up) - best known for his Wool series which changed him from a self-published author into an International success.

- Tanya Huff (1980s & up) - writes mostly UF & fantasy, but the "Confederation" series is SF & starts with Valor's Choice.

- Ryan Hughes (1980s & up) - pseudonym of Jerry Oltion for SF novels such as Hard Crash. Under his real name, he is a prolific short story author, he's also written novels including Star Trek & Asimov's Robot City franchise novels.


I

- Dean Ing (1980s & up) (died in 2020)- SF thrillers like his Quantrill trilogy that starts with Systemic Shock.

- Kazuo Ishiguro (1990s & up) - Best known for his SF novel Never Let Me Go.



J

- Xia Jia (2010s & up) - Chinese, short stories only?

-G.S. Jennsen- writes SF and romance

KSimon Kewin- writes fantasy and SF, known for Dead Star.

- Drew Karpyshyn (2000s & up) - video game scripts & franchise novel tie-ins for Star Wars, Mass Effect, & others both in SF & fantasy.

- James Patrick Kelly (1980s & up) - Hugo & Nebula award winner, writes novels & short stories. Also has 2 podcasts & started an ezine.

- Stephen King (1970s & up) - mostly horror & fantasy, some of his books have an SF basis, most notably The Stand.

- E.E. Knight (2000s & up) - best known for his Vampire Earth series in which aliens invade our world through dimensional portals. Also writes a YA dragon fantasy series & has written a Tomb Raider book.

- Nancy Kress (1980s & up) - Hugo & Nebula award winner. SF & fantasy, best known for Beggars in Spain. Wife of Charles Sheffield, another SF author.

- Mike Kupari (2010s & up) - best known for military adventures, he's also written 2 SF books in Her Brother's Keeper series.

L

- Mercedes Lackey (1980s & up) - mostly fantasy, UF, & YA with only a few SF works including a Brainship novel with Anne McCaffrey The Ship Who Searched, the Shipscat series, & a novella or two. VERY prolific.

- Ann Leckie (2000s & up) best known for Ancillary Justice & it's sequels. Current secretary for the SFWA.

- Gentry Lee (1980s & up) - wrote a few SF novels on his own, but mostly wrote with Arthur C. Clarke. Worked with Carl Sagan creating Cosmos, the TV show


- Edward M. Lerner (1990s & up) - science & SF short stories & novels, some coauthored with Larry Niven.

1 - Jonathan Lethem (1990s & up) - primarily a mystery & 'literary' novelist, we read Amnesia Moon which is post apocalyptic SF similar to PKD's work.

1 - Cixin Liu (1990s & up) - one of the leading Chinese SF authors. We read The Three-Body Problem in this group.

- Ken Liu (2010s & up) - we read The Paper Menagerie and Other Stories in this group. He's also written a Star Wars novel & fantasy.

- Barry B. Longyear (1980s & up) - also writes mysteries. Best known for Enemy Mine, part of a trilogy that was made into a movie in 1985.

- Pittacus Lore (2010s & up) - 2 authors who write the Lorien Legacies & other series, YA SF best known for I Am Number Four. James Frey (see his entry) & Jobie Hughes (has written only one other book At Dawn in the 'literary' genre.)

- Jean Lorrah (1970s & up) - Star Trek novels & Savage Empire series (more fantasy than SF), as well as other fantasy & franchise works.

- Lois Lowry (1980s & up) - YA author, best known for The Giver, a dystopian novel, the first of a quartet.

- George Lucas (1970s & up) - best known for Star Wars.

- Richard A. Lupoff (1960s & up) - mystery & SF author of novels, short stories & screenplays. book:Circumpolar!|2522944], Sun's End, & more.

M

-Kyoko M.-writes urban fantasy and SF with dragons, Of Cinder and Bone.

- James D. Macdonald (1990s & up) - often writes with his wife Debra Doyle. 2 Tom Swift novels & their Mage Worlds series is space opera with magic in it. Writes a lot of fantasy.

- Katherine Anne MacLean (1950s & up) (died in 2019)- mostly short stories during the Golden & New Age, also wrote some novels. Missing Man lengthened from a short story. Married for 6 years around 1960 to David Mason, an SF & fantasy author.

-Kathleen McFall, writes with Clark Hays, known for Gates of Mars, part of the Halo Trilogy.

- Tom Maddox (1980s-1990s)

- Barry N. Malzberg (1960s & up) - Won the first John W Campbell award, wrote 30 books & over 200 stories in mystery & SF genres.

- George R.R. Martin (1970s & up) - Best known for Game of Thrones, Dying of the Light is SF. Also writes horror Fevre Dream.

-Arkady Martine- writes SF, known for her Teixcalaan Series.

-Neve Maslakovic-writes SF and mystery, wrote Regarding Ducks and Universes.

- Susan R. Matthews (1990s & up) - best known for her "Juristiction" series starting with An Exchange of Hostages.

- Julian May - (1980s-2010s, died 2017) - Best known for her first SF novel, The Many-Coloured Land. Also wrote fantasy & some horror.

- Jack McDevitt (1980s & up) - Best known for his Academy & Alex Benedict series.

- Ian McDonald (1980s & up) - SF & YA.

- Maureen F. McHugh (1990s & up) - best known for China Mountain Zhang & After the Apocalypse (SS).

- Vonda N. McIntyre (1970s & up)(died in 2019) - best known for Dreamsnake & Star Trek movie novelizations.

1 - China Miéville (2000s & up) - SF, fantasy, & YA. Best known for Perdido Street Station. We read The City & the City.

- Victor Milán (1980s-2010s, died 2018) - SF, fantasy, & thrillers.

- Syne Mitchell (2000s & up) - Murphy's Gambit was her first SF book & series.

- L.E. Modesitt Jr. (1980s & up) - first 8 books were SF starting with The Fires of Paratime, but in 1991 he published his first fantasy in the Recluce series & is best known for it. He still writes both SF & fantasy, usually novels, but has 2 SS collections, a steampunk series, & a mystery-thriller, The Green Progression.

- Travis Mohrman (2010s & up) - best known for his post apocalyptic Down The Path series & Singular Points.

- Thomas F. Monteleone (1970s & up) - SF & horror author & editor.

- Elizabeth Moon (1980s & up) SF & fantasy, best known for Vatta's War SF series, as well as the Planet Pirates series with Anne McCaffrey.

- Michael Moorcock (1960s & up) - very influential author & editor best known for his Elric fantasy series. Best known SF is probably Behold the Man. Married to Hilary Bailey, editor of New Worlds anthologies.

1 - Richard K. Morgan (2000s & up) - best known SF is his Takeshi Kovacs series that starts with Altered Carbon which we read. Also writes fantasy.

- Janet E. Morris (1970s & up) - SF & fantasy author. Dream Dancer is SF/fantasy.

-Tamsyn Muir-writes SF/fantasy, known for Harrow the Ninth and the Locked Tomb Series.

-Deston J. Munden- writes SF and fantasy.

- Pat Murphy (1980s & up) - The City, Not Long After is SF, also writes fantasy & YA.



N

1 - Ramez Naam (2010s & up) - known for his Nexus trilogy.

- Linda Nagata (1990s & up) - Best known for her Red trilogy.

-G.M. Nair-writes SF, mystery, and comedy.

- Doug Naylor (1980s & up) - mostly known for writing Red Dwarf, a British SF-comedy TV show. Last Human is his most popular book & in that franchise. Writes with Rob Grant as Grant Naylor

- Grant Naylor (1990s & up) - Doug Naylor & Rob Grant writing together in the Red Dwarf franchise.

- Annalee Newitz (2010s & up) - SF & nonfiction. Autonomous is her most popular SF book. They are an editor of io9 website, as is their partner Charlie Jane Anders.

-Sylvain Neuvel-writes SF, known for The Themis Files.

- Larry Niven (1960s & up) - best known for his Ringworld & Known Space series. The latter contains many short stories & novels. Often writes with other authors such as Jerry Pournelle, Edward M. Lerner, & Steven Barnes.

2 - Larry Niven & Jerry Pournelle - often write together. We've read The Mote in God's Eye & Lucifer's Hammer by the duo.

- William F. Nolan (1960s & up) - Best known for Logan's Run which he wrote with George Clayton Johnson. Many other novels & short stories including the humorous SF detective novel Space for Hire.

- Jeff Noon (1990s & up) - best known for the Vurt trilogy.

- Lisanne Norman (1990s & up) - best known for her Sholan Alliance series that starts with Turning Point.

- John Norman (1960s & up) - Best known for his Gor series which is fantasy/erotica. His Telnarian series is more SF. Not for feminists!

-Julian North-writes SF, Age of Order.

- Andre Norton (1950s-2000s, died 2015) - many SF & fantasy novels. Possibly best known for her Witch World series, but very popular for the Time Traders, Hosteen Storm, & others. Many were shelved as 'Juveniles', but featured adult main characters.

-Max Nowaz- write SF, first novel is The Arbitrator.

- Eric S. Nylund (1990s & up) - Video games, also writes SF, fantasy, & YA. Best known for Halo: The Fall of Reach & other books in that franchise.

O

- Kevin O'Donnell Jr. (1970s & up) - best known for his series "Journeys of McGill Feighan" which starts with Caverns which are SF/fantasy. Mayflies & War Of Omission are SF.

- Andrew J. Offutt (1960s-2000s, died 2013) (aka John Cleve) mostly S&S under his real name & SF as John Cleve. Also published a lot of porn under other names.

- Nnedi Okorafor (2000s & up) - best known for Binti. SF, fantasy, & YA.

-R.M. Olson, writes SF, known for The Ungovernable Series.

- Jerry Oltion (1980s & up) - prolific short story author, he's also written novels including Star Trek & Asimov's Robot City franchise novels. He's also written SF novels such as Hard Crash as Ryan Hughes.

-Tochi Onyebuchi-writes dystopian SF, known for War Girls and Riot Baby.

- Rebecca Ore (1980s & up) - best known for her Becoming Alien series.



P

- David R. Palmer (1980s & up) - best known for Emergence both short story & novel.

- James Patterson (2000s & up) - Best known for his mystery-thrillers, he also writes the Maximum Ride YA SF series that starts with The Angel Experiment.

- Stel Pavlou (2000s & up) - SF thrillers such asDecipher & Gene

- Charles Pellegrino (1990s & up) - Dust & Flying to Valhalla. Dyson Sphere & The Killing Star with George Zebrowski.

- Steve Perry (1980s & up) - mostly thrillers & adventure in various genres including Star Wars, Aliens, & other franchises.

- Daniel Pinkwater (1970s & up) - Children's books, some are SF.

- Hannu Rajaniemi (2000s & up) - best known for The Quantum Thief.

- Robert Reed (1980s & up) - best known for his Marrow series.

- Philip Reeve (2000s & up) - best known for his Mortal Engines series.

- Mike Resnick (1960s & up) - Prolific author including the Starship series which starts with Starship: Mutiny & many others. He's also edited Galaxy's Edge & Jim Baen's Universe magazines. Father of Laura Resnick, a UF author.

- Alastair Reynolds (1990s & up) - best known for his Revelation Space series.

- John Ringo (2000 & up) - Military SF, horror, & UF. Empire of Man series with David Weber.

- Adam Roberts (2000 & up) - SF, historical, & fantasy. His most popular novels are Jack Glass & Yellow Blue Tibia. He's also written quite a few short stories.

1 - Kim Stanley Robinson (1970s & up) - best known for his Red Mars trilogy. We read the first book.

- Spider Robinson (1970s & up) - Best known for his Callahan's Crosstime Saloon series & Stardance trilogy which he wrote with his wife, Jeanne Robinson (1948-2010). He is a Robert A. Heinlein fanboy & finished up 2 of his novels posthumously.

- Justina Robson (1990s & up) - best known for her Quantum Gravity series starting with Keeping It Real which is a blend of UF & SF.

- Joel Rosenberg (1980s-2000s, died 2011) - SF seems limited to his Metsada Mercenary Corps series which starts with Ties of Blood and Silver. Best known for his fantasy D&D series, Guardians of the Flame.

-Luca Rossi-native of Italy, writes SF, known for Rewind.

- Christopher Rowley (1980s & up) - best known for his fantasy series Bazil Broketail, he's also written SF the Vang series which begins with Starhammer & others including the Heavy Metal Pulp: Pleasure Model.

- Rudy Rucker (1980s & up) - best known for his cyberpunk 'Ware' series which starts with Software.

- Kristine Kathryn Rusch (1980s & up) - writes in multiple genres including YA books. She's also written in the Star Wars universe. The Disappeared is her most popular SF book & the first of her Retrieval series. She's also written the Tenth Planet series & other books with her husband, Dean Wesley Smith.


1 - Mary Doria Russell (1990s & up) - best known for The Sparrow which we read.

- Richard Paul Russo (1980s & up) - SF short stories & novels. Ship of Fools & The Rosetta Codex are standalones. Destroying Angel is the first of his 'Lt. Frank Carlucci' series.

- Geoff Ryman (1980s & up) - best known for Air & The Child Garden.

S

- Nick Sagan (2000s & up) - best known for his Idlewild series, he's also written several Star Trek episodes.

- Pamela Sargent (1970s & up) - best known for her short stories, The Best of Pamela Sargent, & The Shore of Women as well as her Earthseed trilogy.

1 - John Scalzi (2000s & up) - best known for Old Man's War which we read as a group. Lock In & Redshirts are also popular. He wrote an update to H. Beam Piper's Little Fuzzy titled Fuzzy Nation.

- Lawrence M. Schoen (1990s & up) - best known for his Barsk series which begins with Barsk: The Elephants' Graveyard & his "Tales of the Amazing Conroy" series which begins with Buffalogic, Inc.

- Karl Schroeder (1990s & up) - best known for his Virga series that starts with Sun of Suns & his standalone novel Lockstep.

- William Shatner (1980s & up) - Best known in SF circles as Captain Kirk from the original Star Trek. His best known SF is the TekWar series which is often attributed more to Ron Goulart. He is associated with many Star Trek novels & other books, although there is some doubt as to how much he actually has written or contributed.

- Nisi Shawl (1990s & up) - mostly short stories many collected in Filter House & one SF novel Everfair which is alternate history/steampunk.


- Joel Shepherd (2000s & up) - best known for his Cassandra Kresnov series that starts with Crossover.

- Lucius Shepard (1980s-2000s, died 2014) - Many short stories that often mix SF, fantasy, & horror as do some of his novels such as Green Eyes. His most popular book is Life During Wartime.

- John Shirley (1970s & up) - Sf & horror, he's also contributed to many franchises, BioShock: Rapture. Eclipse is the first of his "Song Called Youth" series. In Extremis: The Most Extreme Short Stories of John Shirley

- Robert Silverberg (1950s & up) - Extremely prolific author & the editor of many anthologies, his ISFDB page is the longest I've read. He writes SF, mystery, & fantasy as well as nonfiction & more. His most popular SF novel is Dying Inside. He also wrote erotic novels under the pseudonym Don Elliott such as The Flesh Peddlers. He is married to Karen Haber.

1 - Dan Simmons (1980s & up) - best known for the Hyperion books in SF. Writes in many other genres, too.

- Johanna Sinisalo (2000s & up in English translations) - fantasy & SF. Best known for The Core of the Sun.

- Joan Slonczewski (1980s & up) - Best known for the first book in her Elysium Cycle, A Door Into Ocean, she is also popular for The Highest Frontier & other novels.

- Dean Wesley Smith (1980s & up) - best known for his Star Trek novelizations, She's also written the Tenth Planet series & other books with his wife, Kristine Kathryn Rusch.

- L. Neil Smith (1980s & up) (died in 2021)- Best known for hisThe Adventures of Lando Calrissian Star Wars novels, he's also written The Probability Broach which is the first of his North American Confederacy series.

- Norman Spinrad (1960s & up) - best known for The Iron Dream & Bug Jack Barron. Also writes horror.

- Dana Stabenow (1990s & up) - best known for her mystery-thrillers, her SF Star Svensdotter series starts with Second Star.

- Brian Stableford (1960s & up) - SF, fantasy, horror, YA, & nonfiction, his work is often a blend of genres. His Hooded Swan & Asgard series are probably his most popular SF.

- Michael A. Stackpole (1980s & up) - has written a lot of franchise novels in the Star Wars & Battle Tech universe. Also writes fantasy & horror.

- Christopher Stasheff (1960s-2000s, died 2018) - SF & fantasy, often a blend such as in his best known & first novel, The Warlock in Spite of Himself.

- Allen M. Steele (1980s & up) - best known for Arkwright & his Coyote series. Awarded the Heinlein Award for promoting space exploration with Orbital Decay.

2 - Neal Stephenson (1980s & up) - well known author of SF & fantasy. We've read Snow Crash & The Diamond Age: Or, A Young Lady's Illustrated Primer.

- Bruce Sterling (1970s & up) - Schismatrix Plus is a compilation of all his works in his Mechanist Shapers series. Islands in the Net is his most popular novel. His work is often classified as cyberpunk. He's also written The Difference Engine with William Gibson, the father of cyberpunk.

- S.M. Stirling (1980s & up) - best known for the first of his Change series, Dies the Fire, he also writes fantasy & UF.

- Charles Stross (1980s & up) - best known for The Atrocity Archives, the first of his Laundry Files series. He's written a lot of others.

- Daniel Suarez (2000s & up) - best known for hisDaemon series.

- Michael Swanwick (1980s & up) - fantasy & SF, best known for Stations of the Tide.

-Jeremy Szal- writes SF and short stories, known for Stormblood.



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1 - Adrian Tchaikovsky (2000s & up) - fantasy, horror, & SF. Best known for Children of Time which we have read.

-Tade Thompson-psychiatrist and writer, known for Rosewater and Far from the Light of Heaven.

-S.A. Tholin-writes SF, known for her book Iron Truth, part of the Primaterre series.

-Brian G. Turner, writes fantasy, SF, and historical novels.

- Harry Turtledove (1980s & up) - SF (subgenre alternate-histories) & fantasy. His most popular books are The Guns of the South & In the Balance. (aka Eric G. Iverson)


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- Jean-Christophe Valtat (2010s & up) - Steampunk novels Aurorarama & Luminous Chaos are his best known.

- Steve Vance (1970s & up) - SF, fantasy, horror. I'm particularly fond of his first novel Planet of the Gawfs.

1 - Jeff VanderMeer (1980s & up) - We've read his best known book Annihilation, the first of his Southern Reach trilogy.

- Robert E. Vardeman (1970s & up) - Sf & fantasy, often a blend. He's written several franchise books including Star Trek & BattleTech. The Sandcats of Rhyl is one of his SF standalone novels.

- James Van Pelt (1990s & up) - Summer of the Apocalypse (post apocalyptic) & Pandora's Gun (YA) are 2 of his most popular SF novels. He's also written short stories.

- John Varley (1970s & up) - SF, both short stories & novels. He's best known for his Gaea trilogy which starts with Titan & his first novel The Ophiuchi Hotline which is the first of the Eight Worlds series.

- Joan D. Vinge (1970s & up) - best known for herThe Snow Queen series & Cat series that starts with Psion. She's also written novelizations of popular films.

1 - Vernor Vinge (1960s & up) - Best known for A Fire Upon the Deep, the second in his Queng Ho series, which we have read.

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-Dave Walsh-writes SF and fiction, known for Broken Ascension and Cydonia Rising.

- Jo Walton (2000s & up) - fantasy & SF. Her two best known SF novels are My Real Children & The Just City.

- Ian Watson (1970s & up) - many SF novels & short stories. His most popular are short story compilations & the novels The Embedding & Space Marine.

- Lawrence Watt-Evans (1980s & up) - SF & fantasy, often a blend such as in The Cyborg and the Sorcerers. Also writes as Nathan Archer under which he's written Predator & Star Trek franchise novels as well as others.

- Peter Watts (1990s & up) - best known for Blindsight & Starfish.

- David Weber (1990s & up) - best known for his Honor Harrington series that starts with On Basilisk Station. Other authors have also written in the 'Honorverse' which has several spin-off series & books. He's written a lot of other SF, fantasy, & YA books & series.

1 - Andy Weir (2010s & up) - Best known for The Martian which became a popular film in 2015 & we have read.

- Margaret Weis (1980s & up) - mostly fantasy & YA, also writes some magical SF space opera such as the Star of the Guardians which starts with The Lost King. Often co-authors with Tracy Hickman. They have an SF series, Starshield, that starts with The Mantle of Kendis-Dai.

- Martha Wells (1990s & up) - SF & fantasy. Her Murderbot Diaries starting with All Systems Red are popular SF.

- Chuck Wendig (2000 & up) - SF, fantasy, & UF. Aftermath, a Star Wars novel, is his most popular.

- Scott Westerfeld (1990s & up) - SF & YA. Uglies is the first of his "Uglies" series which is YA SF.

- Suzanne Weyn (1980s & up) - YA SF, fantasy, & thrillers. The Bar Code Tattoo is her most popular book.

- G. Willow Wilson (2010s & up) - mostly fantasy & comics. Alif the Unseen is her most popular SF novel.

- Steve White (1990s & up) - action SF & space opera. Best known for co-authoring the Starfire series which starts with Insurrection.

- Sonny Whitelaw (2000s & up) - SF, best known for her Stargate books, she has also written The Rhesus Factor & Ark Ship.

- Kate Wilhelm (1950s - 2018 died) - very influential SF author & editor with many novels & short stories. Wife of Damon Knight, another very influential SF author & editor. They helped create the Clarion Writers Workshop & helped many aspiring authors.

- Liz Williams (2000s & up) - SF, fantasy, & horror, often a blend such as in her novel The Poison Master.

- Sean Williams (1990s & up) - SF, fantasy, & YA - His most popular books are Star Wars, but he has written others such as the SF YA novel Twinmaker.

- Tad Williams (1980s & up) - Fantasy, YA, UF, & SF. He has only written a few SF books including City of Golden Shadow & River of Blue Fire.

- Walter Jon Williams (1980s & up) - SF & fantasy. His most popular book is Destiny's Way, a Star Wars novel. The next is Hardwired, the first of a series by the same name, followed by This is Not a Game, the first of his Dagmar Shaw series.

- Michael Z. Williamson (2000s & up) - military SF. His most popular book is Freehold, the first of his series by the same name.

1 - Connie Willis (1970s & up) - her most popular book is Doomsday Book which we have read.

- F. Paul Wilson (1970s & up) - Best known for fantasy, conspiracies, & horror such as in The Tomb, the first of his Repairman Jack series. His ICE Sequence series, which starts with Panacea, is SF.

- Robert Charles Wilson (1980s & up) - Best known for the Spin trilogy, he's written many other SF & fantasy novels plus a dozen or so short stories.

- David Wingrove (1980s & up) - SF & fantasy, his most popular book is The Middle Kingdom, the first of his Chung Kuo series (Chinese in the future.)

1 - Gene Wolfe (1960s & up)(died in 2019) - Fantasy & SF, his most popular book is The Shadow of the Torturer which is pretty much fantasy except for references to space travel. We read it. The Fifth Head of Cerberus is SF.

- Jack Womack (1980s & up) - SF, cyberpunk. Ambient is one of his most popular & the first book in a series of the same name. Random Acts of Senseless Violence is the 5th of the same series. (GR uses "Dryco" for the series name.)

- John C. Wright (2000s & up) - SF & fantasy. The Golden Age is the first book in a series of the same name & his most popular book.



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-David Yoon-writes SF and romance, wrote City of Orange.

- Yoss (2000s & up) (pen name of José Miguel Sánchez Gómez) - Best known for A Planet for Rent & Super Extra Grande.

- Charles Yu (2000s & up) - SF, best known for his short stories & his novel How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe.



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- Timothy Zahn (1980s & up) - best known for his Star Wars novels, he's also written other SF series & books. Dragon and Thief is the first of his Dragonback series while The Icarus Hunt is a standalone.

- George Zebrowski (1970s & up) - Macrolife: A Mobile Utopia,Brute Orbits, Stranger Suns, & theOmega Point Trilogy are his most popular books. He's also written some Star Trek novels.

- David Zindell (1980s & up) - Neverness is his most popular book & might be a prequel to his "A Requiem for Homo Sapiens" starting with The Broken God.