List of horror fiction writers

This is a list of some (not all) notable writers 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

• Luis G. Abbadie, (born 1968)
• Robert Aickman, (1914–1981)
• V.C. Andrews, (1923–1986) also Cleo Virginia Andrews
• Michael Arnzen
• Cynthia Asquith, (1887–1960)
• Jonathan Aycliffe, (1949-)
• L. A. Banks, (1959-2011)
• René Barjavel, (1911–1985)
• Clive Barker, (born 1952)
• Laird Barron, (born 1970)
• William Thomas Beckford, (1760–1844)
• Edo van Belkom, (born 1962)
• John Bellairs, (1938–1991)
• E.F. Benson, (1867–1940)
• Charles Birkin, (1907–1986)
• John Blackburn, (1923–1993)
• Leigh Blackmore (born 1959)
• Algernon Blackwood, (1869–1951)
• Vernon Blake, (1888–1937)
• William Peter Blatty, (born 1928)
• Robert Bloch, (1917–1994)
• Ambrose Bierce, (1842–1914?)
• Ray Bradbury, (1920- )
• Walter Brandorff, (1943–1996)
• Gary Brandner, (born 1933)
• Gary A. Braunbeck, (born 1960)
• Joseph Payne Brennan, (1918–1990)
• Poppy Z. Brite, (born 1967)
• Bruce Boston, (born 1943)
• Marjorie Bowen (1885–1952)
• Kealan Patrick Burke

C to E

• P. D. Cacek, (born 1951)
• Ramsey Campbell, (born 1946)
• Peter Cannon, (born 1951)
• Mort Castle, (born 1946)
• Hugh B. Cave, (1910–2004)
• Robert W. Chambers, (1865–1933)
• Lincoln Child, (born 1957)
• M. Christian
• Richard Chizmar, (born 1965)
• Winston Churchill, (1974-1965)
• Michael Cisco, (born 1970)
• Joseph A. Citro
• Alan M. Clark, (born 1957)
• Douglas Clegg, (born 1958)
• Nancy A. Collins, (born 1959)
• David Conyers, (born 1971)
• Caroline B. Cooney, (born 1947)
• Linda Crockett, (born 1943)
• Chris Curry, (born 1957)
• Roald Dahl, (1916-1990)
• Les Daniels, (born 1943)
• L. P. Davies, (1914–1988)
• Stephen Dedman
• Ted Dekker,
• Marcelo Del Debbio, (born 1974)
• August Derleth, (1909–1971)
• Charles Dickens, (1812-1870)
• A. M. Esmonde, (born 1977)
• C. M. Eddy, Jr., (1896–1967)
• Tom Elliott, (born 1953)
• Elizabeth Engstrom
• Brian Evenson, (born 1966)
• John Everson, (born 1966)
• Hanns Heinz Ewers (1871–1943)

F to H

• Henry Farrell, (1920–2006)
• John Farris
• William Faulkner, (1897-1962)
• Julian Osgood Field, (1849–1925)
• Robert Fleming
• Christopher Fowler, (born 1953)
• Andrew Fox
• Gary Frank
• Brian Freeman, (born 1979)
• Fran Friel
• Gayleen Froese, (born 1972)
• Polly Frost
• Neil Gaiman, (born 1960)
• Stephen Gallagher, (born 1954)
• Mick Garris, (born 1951)
• Ray Garton
• Elizabeth Gaskell, (1810–1865)
• Stephen R. George, (born 1959)
• Greg F. Gifune, ( born 1963)
• Nikolai Gogol (1809–1852)
• Owl Goingback
• Christie Golden
• Christopher Golden, (born 1967)
• Ed Gorman, (born 1941)
• Stefan Grabiński, (1887–1936)
• Charles Gramlich, (born 1958)
• Charles L. Grant, (1942–2006)
• Rain Graves
• Justin Gustainis, (born 1951)
• Laurell K. Hamilton, (born 1963)
• Daniel Harms
• Kim Harrison,
• L. P. Hartley (1895–1972)
• David G. Hartwell, (born 1941)
• Nathaniel Hawthorne, (1804–1864)
• Lafacadio Hearn, (1850–1904)
• Victor Heck, (born 1967)
• James Herbert, (born 1943)
• Joe Hill (writer)
• William Hope Hodgson, (1877–1918)
• Diane Hoh
• Nancy Holder
• Nalo Hopkinson
• Anthony Horowitz
• Gerard Daniel Houarner
• Robert E. Howard, (1906–1936)
• Del Howison
• Charlie Huston
• Shaun Hutson, (born 1958)

I to L

• Stephen M. Irwin (born 1966)
• Shirley Jackson (1916–1965)
• Charlee Jacob (born 1952)
• W. W. Jacobs (1863–1943)
• Carl Jacobi (1908–1997)
• Henry James, (1843-1916)
• L. Dean James (born 1947)
• M. R. James (1862–1936)
• K. W. Jeter (born 1950)
• Scott A. Johnson (born 1971)
• Stephen Jones
• Jeanne Kalogridis (born 1954)
• Brian Keene (born 1967)
• Ronald Kelly (born 1959)
• Rick Kennett (born 1956)
• Jack Ketchum (born 1946)
• Stephen King (born 1947)
• Russell Kirk (1918–1994)
• T. E. D. Klein (born 1947)
• Kathe Koja (born 1960)
• Dean R. Koontz (born 1945)
• M. F. Korn
• Henry Kuttner (1915–1958)
• Joe R. Lansdale (born 1951)
• Christian A. Larsen (born 1974)
• Richard Laymon (1947–2001)
• Deborah LeBlanc
• Tim Lebbon (born 1969)
• Edward Lee (born 1957)
• Tanith Lee
• Vernon Lee (1856–1935)
• J. Sheridan Le Fanu (1814–1873)
• Fritz Leiber (1910–1992)
• Ira Levin (1929–2007)
• Edward Levy
• Matthew Gregory Lewis (1775–1818)
• Thomas Ligotti (born 1953)
• John Ajvide Lindqvist (born 1968)
• Bentley Little (born 1960)
• John R. Little (born 1955)
• Frank Belknap Long (1901–1994)
• H. P. Lovecraft (1890–1937)
• Brian Lumley (born 1937)

M to Q

• Jonathan Maberry, (born 1958)
• Arthur Machen, (1863–1947)
• Nick Mamatas, (born 1972)
• Brandon Massey, (born 1973)
• Elizabeth Massie, (born 1953)
• Graham Masterton, (born 1946)
• Richard Matheson, (born 1926)
• Richard Christian Matheson, (born 1953)
• Araminta Star Matthews
• Charles Maturin, (1782–1824)
• Robert McCammon
• Michael McDowell, (1950–1999)
• John Metcalfe (1891–1965)
• Gustav Meyrink, (1868–1932)
• China Miéville, (born 1972)
• Rex Miller, (1939–2004)
• Susie Moloney, (born 1962)
• James A. Moore, (born 1965)
• David Morrell (born 1943)
• W. C. Morrow, (1854–1923)
• Lisa Morton, (born 1958)
• Gary Myers (born 1952)
• Joseph Nassise
• Yvonne Navarro
• Kim Newman, (born 1959)
• William F. Nolan (born 1928)
• Weston Ochse, (born 1965)
• Gene O'Neill (born 1938)
• Michael Oliveri
• Oliver Onions, (1873–1961)
• Chuck Palahniuk (born 1962)
• Paul Parducci
• Norman Partridge
• James Patterson (born 1947)
• John Pelan, (born 1957)
• Frank E. Peretti
• Thomas Piccirilli
• Sarah Pinborough
• Edgar Allan Poe, (1809–1849)
• Thomas Peckett Prest, (1810–1859)
• Douglas Preston, (born 1956)
• Cherie Priest, (born 1975)
• Horacio Quiroga, (1878–1937)

R to T

• Ann Radcliffe, (1764–1823)
• Gary Raisor
• Stephen Mark Rainey, (born 1959)
• Anne Rice, (born 1941)
• Tod Robbins, (1888–1949)
• Ormond Robbins, (1910–1984)
• Wayne Robbins, (1914–1958)
• John Reeves, (1979)
• Regina Maria Roche, (1764–1845)
• Alan Rodgers, (born 1959)
• Don Roff, (born 1966)
• Ray Russell, (1924–1999)
• John Russo
• James Malcolm Rymer, (1814–1888)
• Al Sarrantonio, (born 1952)
• John Saul, (born 1942)
• William Schoell, (born 1958)
• David J. Schow, (born 1955)
• Darrell Schweitzer, (born 1952)
• M. R. Sellars, (born 1962)
• Darren Shan, (born 1972)
• Eric Shapiro, (born 1978)
• Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, (1797–1851)
• John Shirley, (born 1953)
• Sigma, (1849–1925)
• Dan Simmons, (born 1948)
• John Skipp
• Michael Slade, (born 1947)
• Clark Ashton Smith, (1893–1961)
• Guy N. Smith, (born 1939)
• S.P. Somtow, (born 1952)
• Craig Spector
• William Browning Spencer, (born 1946)
• Robin Spriggs
• Bryce J. Stevens (born 1957)
• R. L. Stine, (born 1943) (Robert Lawrence Stein)
• Bram Stoker, (1847–1912)
• Peter Straub, (born 1943)
• Whitley Strieber, (born 1945)
• Joel A. Sutherland, (born 1980)
• Koji Suzuki
• Karen E. Taylor
• Lucy Taylor
• Melanie Tem
• Steve Rasnic Tem
• Thomas Tessier, (born 1947)
• Rosemary Timperley, (1920-1988)
• Jeffrey Thomas
• Christine Campbell Thomson, (1897–1985)
• Tamara Thorne, (born 1957)
• Tom Tryon, (1926–1991)

U to Z

• Peter Van Greenaway, (1929–1988)
• Tim Waggoner
• Karl Edward Wagner, (1945–1994)
• H. Russell Wakefield, (1888–1964)
• Robert Weinberg, (1947– )
• David Wellington, (1971– )
• Dennis Wheatley, (1897–1977)
• Dan Wells, (1977– )
• Sidney Williams, (1962– )
• Chet Williamson, (1948– )
• David Niall Wilson, (1959– )
• F. Paul Wilson, (1946– )
• Gahan Wilson, (1930– )
• Douglas E. Winter, (1950– )
• Douglas E. Wright, (1955– )
• X.L., (1849–1925)
• Chelsea Quinn Yarbro (1942– )

See also

List of horror fiction sub-genres

• Body horror
• Cthulhu Mythos
• Dark fantasy
• Erotic horror
• Fantastique
• Ghost story
• Lovecraftian horror
• Psychological horror
• Splatterpunk
• Vampire fiction
• Werewolf fiction

See also:

• List of science fiction authors
• List of fantasy authors
• Lists of writers
• List of notable 20th-century writers
• List of Clarion South Writers Workshop Alumni
• List of Clarion South Writers Workshop Instructors
• List of Clarion West Writers Workshop Alumni
• List of Clarion West Writers Workshop Instructors
• List of Clarion Writers Workshop Alumni
• List of Clarion Writers Workshop Instructors

External links

• Horror Writers Association
• Horror Authors at the Open Directory Project