American Science Fiction Writer
1. Jack Williamson (1908)
American Science Fiction Writer
An influential science fiction writer of the 20th Century, he explored, in works such as The Humanoids (1949), the dark side of technological development. His other notable works include the...
2. Frederik Pohl (1919)
American Science Fiction Writer
An American science fiction writer, he is best known for his Heechee saga. Gateway, the first novel in the series, was published in 1977.
3. Keith Laumer (1925)
American Science Fiction Writer
An American science fiction author, he created such colorful characters as Bolo the Self-Aware Tank and Retief the Galactic Diplomat. He is also known for his Imperium and Lafayette O'Leary...
4. Poul Anderson (1926)
American Science Fiction Writer
A prolific science-fiction and fantasy writer, he grounded his books in real-world science and won seven Hugo Awards and three Nebula Awards. His popular works include the Time Patrol books,...
5. Gene Wolfe (1931)
American Science Fiction Writer
American science fiction and fantasy writer who is best known for his four-volume work, The Book of the New Sun (1980-83). For works such as The Death of Doctor Island,...
6. Harlan Ellison (1934)
American Science Fiction Writer
Prolific writer and editor who is known for his highly popular science fiction anthology, Dangerous Visions. An author in the genre of speculative fiction, he wrote many other works, including...
7. Scott Westerfeld (1963)
American Science Fiction Writer
American young adult and science fiction author best known for the Uglies series. He is also famous for his novels The Killing of Worlds and The Risen Empire.
8. Neal Stephenson (1959)
American Science Fiction Writer
An American writer of speculative fiction, he is best known for novels such as Snow Crash (which was nominated for both the British Science Fiction Award and the Arthur C. Clarke Award)...
9. Joe Haldeman (1943)
American Science Fiction Writer
An American science fiction author, he is best known for The Forever War, a novel that focuses on an interstellar conflict. His other award-winning works include Forever Peace and The...
10. Connie Willis (1945)
American Science Fiction Writer
An American science fiction writer, she received a Hugo Award in 2011 for Black Out/All Clear, a two-volume, time-travel-themed series. Her other popular novels include Doomsday Book (1992) and To...
11. Theodore Judson (1951)
American Science Fiction Writer
An American science fiction writer, he is best known for such novels as Tom Wedderburn's Life, Fitzpatrick's War, and Hell Can Wait. His other notable works include The Martian General's...
12. Ann C. Crispin (1950)
American Science Fiction Writer
Ann Carol Crispin was an American science fiction writer the author of twenty-three published novels. Her writing career began in 1983. She wrote several Star Trek novels and created her...
13. Stephen Leigh (1951)
American Science Fiction Writer
Stephen W. Leigh is an American science fiction and fantasy writer artist and musician. He also works as a lecturer at Northern Kentucky University teaching creative writing. He has published...
14. Marc Scott Zicree (Unknow)
American Science Fiction Writer
Marc Scott Zicree is an American science fiction author television writer and screenwriter.
15. Rebecca M. Meluch (1956)
American Science Fiction Writer
Rebecca M. Meluch published as R. M. Meluch is an American writer of science fiction. From 1979 to 1992 Meluch wrote several novels treating a variety of subjects followed by...
16. Alexander C. Irvine (1969)
American Science Fiction Writer
Alexander Christian Irvine is an American fantasy and science fiction writer. Many of his works have appeared under the simpler moniker Alex Irvine.
17. Duane Ackerson (1942)
American Science Fiction Writer
Duane Ackerson is an American writer of speculative poetry and fiction. He currently lives in Salem Oregon. Duane Ackerson's work has appeared in anthologies that include The Year's Best SF...
18. Paolo Bacigalupi (1972)
American Science Fiction Writer
Paolo Tadini Bacigalupi is an American science fiction and fantasy writer. He has won the Hugo Nebula Compton Crook Theodore Sturgeon and Michael L. Printz awards and was nominated for...
19. Dayton Ward (1967)
American Science Fiction Writer
Dayton Ward is a science fiction author primarily known for his Star Trek novels and short stories which began with publication in the Strange New Worlds anthology series. He published...
