List of horror fiction writers
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
- Mari Adkins, (born 1969)
- Robert Aickman, (1914-1981)
- Joseph Armstead, (born 1956)
- Michael Arnzen
- Cynthia Asquith, (1887-1960)
- Michael Bailey, (born 1979)
- Clive Barker, (born 1952)
- Jessica Barone, (born 1977)
- David-Matthew Barnes, (born 1970)
- Laird Barron, (born 1970)
- Edo van Belkom
- John Bellairs, (1938-1991)
- E.F. Benson, (1867-1940)
- Ambrose Bierce, (1842-1914)
- Charles Birkin, (1907-1986)
- John Blackburn, (born 1923)
- Algernon Blackwood, (1869-1951)
- William Peter Blatty, (born 1928)
- Robert Bloch, (1917-1994)
- Maggie Bonilla-Thompson
- Gary Brandner, (born 1933)
- Gary A. Braunbeck, (born 1960)
- Poppy Z. Brite, (born 1967)
- Kealan Patrick Burke
- A.M. Burrage
C to E
- P. D. Cacek, (born 1951)
- Ramsey Campbell, (born 1946)
- Jonathan Carroll, (born 1949)
- Adam-Troy Castro
- Hugh B. Cave, (1910-2004)
- Lincoln Child, (born 1957)
- Richard Chizmar, (born 1965)
- Douglas Clegg
- Nancy A. Collins, (born 1959)
- Caroline B. Cooney, (born 1947)
- F. Marion Crawford, (1854-1909)
- Linda Crockett, (born 1943)
- Les Daniels, (born 1943)
- Dennis Danvers, (born 1947)
- Chet Day
- Walter de la Mare, (1873-1956)
- August Derleth, (1909-1971)
- Thomas M. Disch, (born 1940)
- C. E. Dorsett, (born 1976)
- Tananarive Due, (born 1966)
- Lord Dunsany (1878-1957)
- Bret Easton Ellis, (born 1964)
- Harlan Ellison, (born 1934)
- Dennis Etchison, (born 1943)
F to H
- J. Sheridan le Fanu, (1814-1873)
- Henry Farrell, (1920-2006)
- Julian Osgood Field, (1849-1925)
- Robert Fleming
- Andrew Fox
- Brian Freeman, (born 1979)
- Polly Frost
- Neil Gaiman, (born 1960)
- S.J. Gaither
- Stephen Gallagher, (born 1954)
- Larry Mike Garmon, (born 1955)
- Ray Garton
- Elizabeth Gaskell, (1810-1865)
- Greg F. Gifune, ( born 1963)
- Stefan Grabiński, (1887-1936)
- Charles Gramlich, (born 1958)
- Charles L. Grant, (born 1942)
- Amy Grech, (born 1972)
- Laurell K. Hamilton, (born 1963)
- Nathaniel Hawthorne, (1804-1864)
- Lafacadio Hearn, (1850-1904)
- James Herbert, (born 1943)
- Joe Hill (writer)
- Brian Hodge
- William Hope Hodgson, (1877–1918)
- Gerard Daniel Houarner
I to L
- Bowie Ibarra
- Washington Irving, (1783-1859)
- Shirley Jackson, (1916-1965)
- Carl Jacobi, (1908-1997)
- Henry James, (1843-1916)
- M.R. James, (1862-1936)
- K. W. Jeter, (born 1950)
- Scott A. Johnson, (born 1971)
- Jeanne Kalogridis, (born 1954)
- Brian Keene
- Caitlin R. Kiernan, (born 1964)
- 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)
- Stephen Laws
- Richard Laymon, (1947-2001)
- Tim Lebbon
- Deborah LeBlanc
- Edward Lee, (born 1957)
- Fritz Leiber, (1910-1992)
- Ira Levin, (born 1929)
- Thomas Ligotti, (born 1953)
- Bentley Little, (born 1960)
- Frank Belknap Long, (1901-1994)
- 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, (born 1926)
- Robert R. McCammon
- Nicholas S. Mounts (1987)
- Guy de Maupassant, (1850-1893)
- Carlton Mellick III, (born 1977)
- Prosper Merimee, (1803-1870)
- Gustav Meyrink, (1868-1932)
- Richard Middleton, (1882-1911)
- Rex Miller, (?-2004)
- Alan Nayes
- Stuart Neild, (born 1970)
- Kim Newman, (born 1959)
- Edith Nesbit, (1858-1924)
- Joyce Carol Oates, (born 1938)
- Fitz-James O'Brien, (1828-1862)
- Łukasz Orbitowski
- Chuck Palahniuk, (born 1962)
- 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, (born 1956)
- Robert M. Price
R to T
- Stephen Mark Rainey, (born 1959)
- Rebecca K. Rhodes, (born 1966)
- Anne Rice, (born 1941)
- Phil Rickman
- David Rix, (born 1978)
- Ray Russell, (1924-1999)
- John Russo
- S.P. Somtow, (born 1952)
- Fred Saberhagen, (born 1930)
- Saki, (1870-1916)
- Al Sarrantonio, (born 1952)
- John Saul, (born 1942)
- David J. Schow, (born 1955)
- Sir Walter Scott, (1771-1832)
- Darren Shan, (born 1972)
- Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, (1797-1851)
- Mary Shelley,
- Lucius Shepard, (born 1947)
- John Shirley, (born 1953)
- Sigma, (1849-1925)
- Dan Simmons, (born 1948)
- John Skipp
- Clark Ashton Smith, (1893-1961)
- Guy N. Smith, (born 1939)
- L.J. Smith
- Craig Spector
- 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)
- Steve Rasnic Tem
- Melanie Tem
- Christine Campbell Thomson & Not At Night, (1897-1985)
- Cate Tiernan, (born 1961)
- John Tynes
V to Z
- James Viscosi
- Tim Waggoner
- H. Russell Wakefield, (1888-1964)
- Manly Wade Wellman, (1903-1986)
- Herbert George Wells, (1866-1946)
- Edith Wharton, (1862-1937)
- Cherry Wilder, (1930-2002)
- Colin Wilson, (born 1931)
- F. Paul Wilson, (born 1946)
- T.M. Wright, (born 1947)
- Macey Baggett Wuesthoff, (1975)
- X.L., (1849-1925)
- Chelsea Quinn Yarbo, (born 1942)
- Steve Zell, (born 1955)
See also
List of horror fiction sub-genres
See also: