List of short story authors

This is a partial list of published short story authors:

A-B

• Chinua Achebe (born 1930)
• Ama Ata Aidoo (born 1942)
• Sholem Aleichem (1859-1916)
• Sherman Alexie (born 1966)
• Henry Allen (born 1982)
• Steve Almond
• Martin Amis (born 1949)
• Poul Anderson (1926–2001)
• Sherwood Anderson (1876–1941)
• Max Apple (born 1941)
• Isaac Asimov (1920–1992)
• Michael "Atters" Attree (1965)
• Margaret Atwood (born 1939)
• Isaac Babel (1894–1940)
• Latifa Baka
• Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni (born 1956)
• Andrea Barrett (born 1964)
• Lynne Barrett
• John Barth (born 1930)
• Donald Barthelme (1931–1989)
• Charles Baxter (born 1947)
• Ann Beattie (born 1947)
• Pinckney Benedict
• Aimee Bender (born 1969)
• Abdelmajid Benjelloun
• Arnold Bennett (1867–1931)
• Stefano Benni (born 1947)
• Mohammed Berrada
• Wendell Berry (born 1934)
• Ambrose Bierce (1842-c.1914)
• Michael Bishop (born 1945)
• Terry Bisson (born 1942)
• Robert Bloch (1917–1994)
• Ruskin Bond
• Leslie Bonnet (1902–1985)
• Jorge Luis Borges (1899–1986)
• Ahmed Bouzfour
• Ben Bova (born November 8, 1932)
• T. C. Boyle (born 1948)
• Leigh Brackett (1915–1978)
• Ray Bradbury (born 1920)
• Stan Ageira (born 1961)
• Maeve Brennan (1917–1993)
• Kevin Brockmeier (born 1974)
• Fredric Brown (1906–1972)
• Lois McMaster Bujold (born 1949)
• Charles Bukowski (1920–1994)
• Robert Olen Butler (born 1945)
• Dino Buzzati (1906–1972)

C-D

• Morley Callaghan (1903–1990)
• Italo Calvino (1923–1985)
• Ramsey Campbell (born 1946)
• Albert Camus (1913–1960)
• Kevin Canty
• Ron Carlson
• Angela Carter (1940–1992)
• Raymond Carver (1938–1988)
• Michael Chabon (born 1963)
• John Cheever (1912–1982)
• Anton Chekhov (1860–1904)
• Ted Chiang (born 1967)
• Agatha Chrsitie
• Brian Cleeve (1921–2003)
• Dan Chaon
• Kate Chopin (1850–1904)
• Mohamed Choukri
• Wanda Coleman (1946-)
• John Collier (1901–1980)
• Frank Conroy (1936–2005)
• J. California Cooper (born 19??)
• Robert Coover (born 1932)
• Stephen Crane (1871–1900)
• Catherine Crowe (1800–1876)
• Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1859–1930)
• Julio Cortázar (1914–1984)
• A. J. Cronin (1896–1981)
• Roald Dahl (1916–1990)
• Avram Davidson (1923–1993)
• Peter Ho Davies (born 1966)
• Lydia Davis (born 1947)
• Leoncio P. Deriada
• Junot Diaz (born 1968)
• Philip K. Dick (1928–1982)
• Paul Di Filippo (born 1954)
• George Djuric (born 1954)
• Ray Downs (born 1944)
• Arthur Conan Doyle (1859-1930)
• Jeff Doyle (born 1955)
• Andre Dubus (1936–1999)
• Andy Duncan (born 1964)
• Stuart Dybek (born 1942)

E-F

• Dave Eggers (born 1970)
• Youssouf Amine Elalamy
• Aaron Elliot (born 1969)
• Harlan Ellison (born 1934)
• Louise Erdrich
• F. Scott Fitzgerald (1896–1940)
• Rubem Fonseca (born 1925)
• John M. Ford (1957–2006)
• Richard Ford (born 1944)
• Thelma Forshaw (1923–1995)
• Eugie Foster (born 1971)
• Jacques Futrelle (1875–1912)

G-H

• Neil Gaiman (born 1960)
• Mavis Gallant (born 1922)
• Paul Gallico (1897–1976)
• Gabriel García Márquez (born 1928)
• Larry Mike Garmon (born 1955)
• William H. Gass (born 1924)
• Tim Gautreaux
• William Gibson (born 1948)
• Raj Gill
• Nikolai Gogol (1809–1852)
• Elizabeth Graver
• Ben K. Green (died 1974)
• Graham Greene (1904–1991)
• Davis Grubb (1919–1980)
• Richard Guest (born 1967)
• Aaron Gwyn (born 1972)
• Edmond Hamilton (1904–1977)
• Barry Hannah (1942–2010)
• Peter Härtling (born 1933)
• Bret Harte (1836-1902)
• Nathaniel Hawthorne (1804–1864)
• Victor Heck (born 1967)
• Robert A. Heinlein, (July 7, 1907 – May 8, 1988)
• Ernest Hemingway (1899–1961)
• Amy Hempel (born 1951)
• O. Henry (1862–1910)
• Hans Herbjørnsrud (born 1938)
• Patricia Highsmith (1921–1995)
• Tobias Hill (born 1970)
• Hugh Hood (1928–2000)
• Donald Hook (born 1928)
• Rhys Hughes (born 1966)
• Zora Neale Hurston (1891-1960)
• Aldous Huxley (1894–1963)
• Aamer Hussein (born 1955)
• Hwang Sun-wŏn (born 1915)

I-J

• Yusuf Idris (1927–1991)
• Washington Irving (1783–1859)
• Shirley Jackson (1916–1965)
• M. R. James (1862–1936)
• Denis Johnson (born 1949)
• Edward P. Jones (born 1951)
• Thom Jones (born 1945)
• James Joyce (1882–1941)

K-L

• Franz Kafka (1883–1924)
• Wladimir Kaminer (born 1967)
• Andrew J Keir (born 1970)
• Driss El Khouri
• Stephen King (born 1947)
• Rudyard Kipling (1865–1936)
• R. A. Lafferty (1914–2002)
• Jhumpa Lahiri (born 1967)
• Lori L. Lake (born 1960)
• Joe R. Lansdale (born 1951)
• Ring Lardner (1885–1933)
• D. H. Lawrence (1885–1930)
• Henry Lawson (1867–1922)
• Ursula K. Le Guin (born 1929)
• Murray Leinster (born 1896)
• Doris Lessing (born 1919)
• Primo Levi (1919–1987)
• William Levy (born 1939)
• Luis López Nieves (born 1950)
• Thomas Ligotti (born 1951)
• Tao Lin (born 1983)
• Kelly Link (born 1969)
• Jack London (1876–1916)
• Earl Lovelace (born 1935)
• H. P. Lovecraft (1890–1937)
• Fitz Hugh Ludlow (1836–1870)

M-N

• Darko Macan (born 1966)
• John D. MacDonald (1916–1986)
• Ian R. MacLeod (born 1956)
• Angel Leigh McCoy (born 1962)
• Justin McLachlan (1981)
• Naguib Mahfouz (1911–2006)
• Manoj Das (born 1934)
• Mazhar Abro (born 1971)
• Mazhar ul Islam (born 1949)
• Barry N. Malzberg (born 1939)
• Malay Roy Choudhury (born 1939)
• Andreas Mand (born 1959)
• Samir Roychoudhury (born 1933)
• Katherine Mansfield (1888–1923)
• Bobbie Ann Mason (born 1942)
• W. Somerset Maugham (1874–1965)
• Guy de Maupassant (1850–1893)
• Julian May (born 1931)
• John McGahern (1934–2006)
• Reginald McKnight
• Herman Melville (1819–1891)
• Holdemar Menezes (1921–1996)
• William Michaelian (born 1956)
• Steven Millhauser (born 1943)
• Edward Page Mitchell (1852–1927)
• Lorrie Moore (born 1957)
• Mary McGarry Morris (born 1943)
• Leonard Mullar (born 1949)
• Bharati Mukherjee (born 1940)
• Alice Munro (born 1931)
• H. H. Munro ('Saki') (1870–1916)
• Beverle Graves Myers (born 1951)
• R. K. Narayan (1906–2001)

O-R

• Joyce Carol Oates (born 1938)
• Patrick O'Brian (12 December 1914 – 2 January 2000), born Richard Patrick Russ
• Tim O'Brien (born 1946)
• Joe M. O'Connell (born 1959)
• Flannery O'Connor (1925–1964)
• Frank O'Connor (1903–1966)
• Liam O'Flaherty (1896–1984)
• John O'Hara (1905–1970)
• Rodrigues Ottolengui (1861–1937)
• Grace Paley (born 1922)
• Dorothy Parker (1893–1967)
• Luigi Pirandello (1867–1936)
• James Plunkett (1920–2003)
• Edgar Allan Poe (1809–1849)
• Eileen Pollack (born 1956)
• Neal Pollack (born 1970)
• William Sydney Porter, pen name O. Henry (1862–1910)
• Annie Proulx (born 1935)
• Bolesław Prus (1847–1912)
• Indra Bahadur Rai (1927)
• James Robison (born 1946)
• José Luis Rodríguez Pittí (born 1971)
• Philip Roth (born 1933)
• Damon Runyon (1884–1947)

S-T

• Indra Bahadur Rai (1927)
• James Robison (born 1946)
• José Luis Rodríguez Pittí (born 1971)
• Philip Roth (born 1933)
• Damon Runyon (1884–1947)
• J. D. Salinger (1919–2010)
• James Salter (born 1925)
• "Saki", see H. H. Munro
• Arlene Sanders
• Sérgio Sant'Anna
• Sarojini Sahoo (born 1956)
• Mark Samuels
• John L Saul born 1948)
• George Saunders (born 1958)
• Daniel Scott (born 1963)
• Scott Seibel (born 1985)
• Robert Sheckley (born 1928)
• Lucius Shepard (born 1947)
• Mary Shelley (1797–1851)
• Robert Silverberg (born 1935)*
• Mona Simpson (born 1957)
• Isaac Bashevis Singer (1902–1991)
• Subimal Basak
• Will Scott (1893−1964)
• Jaspreet Singh
• George Singleton (born 1958)
• Clark Ashton Smith (1893–1961)
• Gary Soto (born 1952)
• Robin Spriggs
• Bruce Sterling (born 1954)
• Frank R. Stockton (1834–1902)
• Charles Stross (born 1964)
• Theodore Sturgeon (1918–1985)
• Michael Swanwick (born 1950)
• Zakaria Tamer (born 1931)
• Peter Taylor (1917–1994)
• William Tenn (pseudonym of Philip Klass) (born 1920)
• Melanie Rae Thon
• Aleksei Nikolaevich Tolstoy (1883–1945)
• Leo Tolstoy (1828–1910)
• William Trevor (born 1928)
• Sergio Troncoso (born 1961)
• Judy Troy (born 1951)
• Harry Turtledove (born 1949)
• Mark Twain (1835–1910)
• Sanjay Janagal (2004 to conti...)

U-Z

• Kavisekhara Dr Umar Alisha(1885–1945)
• John Updike (born 1932)
• Andrew Vachss (born 1942)
• Jeff Vandermeer (born 1968)
• Voltaire (1694–1778)
• Kurt Vonnegut (1922–2007)
• M. M. Wake (born 1967)
• Howard Waldrop (born 1946)
• Manly Wade Wellman (1903–1986)
• Eudora Welty (1909–2001)
• Edith Wharton (1862–1937)
• Edmund White (born 1940)
• Christopher Willard (born 1960)
• D. Harlan Wilson (born 1971)
• P. G. Wodehouse (1881–1975)
• Gene Wolfe (born 1931)
• Tobias Wolff (born 1945)
• Kirby Wright
• Mary Tappan Wright (1851–1917)
• Richard Yates (1926–1992)
• Marguerite Yourcenar (1903–1987)
• Hanna Yusuf (2001- )
• Mohamed Zafzaf (1942–2001)
• Gul M. Zhowandai(1905–1988)
• Aleksandar Ziljak (born 1963)
• Zubair Qureshi (born 1978)