List of authors by name: S

List of authors by name:

A – B – C – D – E – F – G – H – I – J – K – L – M – N – O – P – Q – R – S – T – U – V – W – X – Y – Z

Sa

• Saadat Hasan Manto (1912–1955)
• Fred Saberhagen (1930–2007)
• Louis Sachar (born 1954)
• Nelly Sachs (1891–1970)
• Peter Sagal (born 1965)
• Carl Sagan (1934–1996)
• Nick Sagan (born 1970)
• Sarojini Sahoo (born 1956)
• Antoine de Saint-Exupéry (1900–1944)
• Sait Faik (1906–1954)
• Pedro Salinas (1891–1951)
• Jerome David Salinger (1919–2010)
• Andrew Salkey (1928–1995)
• R.A. Salvatore (born 1959)
• Wolfgang W.E. Samuel (born 1935)
• Alex Sánchez (born 1957)
• Michal Šanda (born 1965)
• Brandon Sanderson (born 1975)
• Dan Santat (born 1975)
• José Saramago (1922–2010)
• Pamela Sargent (born 1948)
• William Saroyan (1908–1981)
• Al Sarrantonio (born 1952)
• Jean-Paul Sartre (1905–1980)
• Margaret Marshall Saunders (1861–1947)
• Fernando Savater (born 1947)
• Malcolm Saville (1901–1982)
• John Sawyer (1919–1992)
• Robert J. Sawyer (born 1960)
• Allen Say (born 1937)
• Sachchidananda Hirananda Vatsyayana (1911–1987), pen name "Agyeya"

Sc

• Richard Scarry (1919–1994)
• Nat Schachner (1895–1955)
• Peter Schechter (born 1959)
• Jonathan Schell (1943–2014)
• Eric Schlosser (born 1959)
• James H. Schmitz (1911–1974)
• Stanley Schmidt (born 1944)
• Arthur Schnitzler (1862–1931)
• Karel Schoeman (born 1939)
• Robin Schone (born 1954)
• Arthur Schopenhauer (1788–1860)
• Levin Ludwig Schücking (1878–1964)
• Peter Schweizer (born 1964)
• Sandra Scofield (born 1943)
• Thomas N. Scortia (1926–1986)
• Alicia Scott (pseudonym of Lisa Gardner) (born 1956)
• Ann Scott (born 1965)
• Andrew Murray Scott (born 1955)
• Cathy Scott
• Lawrence Scott (born 1943)
• Robyn Scott (born 1981)
• Sir Walter Scott (1771–1832)

Se

• William Bueller Seabrook (1886–1945)
• Alice Sebold (1963)
• W.G. Sebald (1944-2001)
• Mac Sebree (1932–2010)
• David Sedaris David Raymond Sedaris (born December 26, 1956)
• Catharine Sedgwick (1789–1867)
• Lisa See (born 1955)
• Benjamin Sehene (born 1959)
• Hubert Selby Jr. (1928–2004)
• Amartya Sen (born 1933)
• Maurice Sendak (1928–2012)
• Luis Sepúlveda (born 1949)
• Rod Serling (1924–1975)
• Anya Seton (1906–1990)
• Theodor "Dr. Seuss" Geisel (1904–1991)
• Anna Sewell (1820–1878)
• Elizabeth Sewell (1919–2001)

Sh

• Ram Sharan Sharma (born 1919)
• Michael Shaara (1928–1988)
• Ruchoma Shain
• Lawrence Shainberg
• William Shakespeare (1564–1616)
• David Shannon (born 1960)
• Robin Sharma (born 1965)
• Tom Sharpe (born 1928)
• William Shatner (born 1931)
• Richard S. Shaver (1907–1975)
• George Bernard Shaw (1856–1950)
• Bob Shaw (1931–1996)
• Robert Shaw (1927–1978)
• Scott Shaw (born 1958)
• Maggie Shayne
• Charles Sheffield (1935–2002)
• Robert Sheckley (born 1928)
• Kirit Shelat (born 1946)
• Sidney Sheldon (1917–2007)
• Mary Shelley (1797–1851)
• Lucius Shepard (born 1947)
• Sara Shepard
• Joel Shepherd (born 1974)
• Barbara Sher
• T.L. Sherred (1915–1985)
• Moyle Sherer (1789–1869)
• Will Shetterly (born 1955)
• Gary Shipman (born 1966)
• Rhoda Shipman (born 1968)
• John Shirley (born 1953)
• Alexander Shirvanzade (1858–1935)
• Izya Shlosberg (born 1950)
• William Shunn (born 1967)
• Neal Shusterman (born 1962)
• Nevil Shute (1899–1960) (pseudonym of Nevil Shute Norway)

Si

• Charles E. Silberman (1925–2011)
• Ron Silliman (born 1946)
• Daniel Silva (born 1960)
• Burton Silver
• Adam Silvera (born 1990)
• Robert Silverberg (born 1935)
• Shel Silverstein (1930–1999)
• Clifford D. Simak (1904–1988)
• Georges Simenon (1903–1989)
• Simeon Simev (born 1949)
• Dan Simmons (born 1948)
• Francesca Simon (born 1955)
• Les Simons (pseudonym of Kathryn Ptacek)
• Clive Sinclair (born 1948)
• Rebecca Sinclair
• Isaac Bashevis Singer (1902–1991)
• Marilyn Singer (born 1948)
• Jaspreet Singh (born 1969)
• Sarah Singleton (born 1966)
• Johanna Sinisalo (born 1958)
• Susan Sizemore

Sk–Sn

• Rebecca Skloot (born 1972)
• John Skoyles
• Christina Skye (1950-2018)
• John Sladek (1937–2000)
• Karin Slaughter (born January 6, 1971)
• Eugene Sledge (1923–2001)
• William Sleator (1945–2001)
• Eric Sloane (1905-1985)
• Joan Slonczewski (born 1956)
• Adam Small (born 1936)
• Bertrice Small (born 1937)
• Adam Smith (1723–1790)
• Alexander McCall Smith (born 1948)
• Barbara Dawson Smith
• Clark Ashton Smith (1893–1961)
• Cordwainer Smith (1913–1966) (pseudonym of Paul M.A. Lindebarger)
• Jean Edward Smith (born 1932)
• Jeff Smith (born 1960)
• E.E. Smith (1890–1965) (Edward E. "Doc" Smith)
• George O. Smith (1911–1981)
• Karen Rose Smith
• L.J. Smith
• Mark Smith (born 1935)
• Patti Smith (born 1946)
• Anthony Neil Smith
• L. Neil Smith (born 1946)
• O. F. Snelling (1916–2001)
• Lemony Snicket (pen name of Daniel Handler)
• Lucy A. Snyder (born 1971)
• Zilpha Keatley Snyder (born 1927)

So–Sr

• Donald J. Sobol (born 1924)
• Jerry Sohl (1913–2002)
• Alexandra Sokoloff
• Walid Soliman (born 1975)
• Dag Solstad (born 1941)
• Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn (1918–2008)
• Suzanne Somers (born 1946)
• Justin Somper
• Maris Soule (born 1939)
• Michael Soussan (born 1973)
• Ivan Southall (1921–2008)
• Terry Southern (1924–1995)
• Wole Soyinka (born 1934)
• Jon Spaihts
• Tom Spanbauer (born 1941)
• Muriel Spark (1918–2006)
• Nicholas Sparks (born 1965)
• Albert Speer (1905–1981)
• Eleanor Spence (1928–2008)
• Lee Spence (Dr. E. Lee Spence) (born 1947), pen name Charles King
• LaVyrle Spencer (born 1943)
• Edmund Spenser (1552/1553–1599)
• Armstrong Sperry (1897–1976)
• Nadja Spiegelman (born 1987)
• Jerry Spinelli
• Norman Spinrad (born 1940)
• Srđan Srdić (born 1977)

St

• Matthew Stadler
• Rebecca St. James (born 1977)
• Michael A. Stackpole (born 1957)
• Ian Stafford
• Olaf Stapledon (1886–1950)
• Christopher Stasheff (born 1944)
• Danielle Steel (born 1947)
• Allen Steele (born 1958)
• Jessica Steele (born 1933)
• John Steinbeck (1902–1968)
• Stendhal (1783–1842)
• Joanne Stepaniak (born 1954)
• Neal Stephenson (born 1959)
• Bruce Sterling (born 1954)
• Laurence Sterne (1713–1768)
• Fisher Stevens (born 1963)
• W. Richard Stevens (1951–1999)
• Robert Louis Stevenson (1850–1894)
• William Bennet Stevenson (c. 1787 – after 1830)
• Fred Mustard Stewart (1932–2007)
• Mariah Stewart
• J.I.M. Stewart
• Mary Stewart (born 1916)
• Michael Stewart (born 1946)
• Trenton Lee Stewart
• R. L. Stine (born 1943)
• S. M. Stirling (born 1953)
• Kathryn Stockett
• Frank R. Stockton (1834–1902)
• Dejan Stojanović (born 1959), Serbian-American poet, writer, essayist, philosopher, businessman, and former journalist
• Bram Stoker (1847–1912)
• Katherine Stone (born 1949)
• Walter Scott Story (1879–1955)
• Lytton Strachey (1880–1932)
• J. Michael Straczynski (born 1954)
• Edward Stratemeyer (1862–1930)
• Linda Stratmann (born 1948)
• Darin Strauss (born 1970)
• Jeremy Strong (born 1949)
• Charles Stross (born 1964)
• John Stroud (born 1969)
• Boris and Arkady Strugatsky (sometimes listed contrariwise), a.k.a. the Strugatsky brothers (1925–1991) (born 1933)
• Alex Stuart (1914–1986) (pseudonym of Violet Vivian Finlay Stuart Mann)
• Andrea Stuart (born 1962)
• Robyn Stuart (1914–1986) (pseudonym of Violet Vivian Finlay Stuart Mann)
• V.A. Stuart (1914–1986) (pseudonym of Violet Vivian Finlay Stuart Mann)
• Vivian Stuart (1914–1986) (pseudonym of Violet Vivian Finlay Stuart Mann)
• Theodore Sturgeon (1918–1985)
• William Styron (1925–2006)

Su–Sz

• Daniel Suarez (born 1964)
• Somtow Sucharitkul (pseudonym S. P. Somtow)
• Andrew Sullivan (born 1963)
• Mark T. Sullivan
• Thomas Sullivan
• Essie Summers (1912–1998)
• Montague Summers (1880–1948), English writer on the theatre and the occult
• Patrick Süskind (born 1949)
• Alexander Süsskind of Grodno (died 1794)
• Katherine Sutcliffe (born 1952)
• Thomas Sutcliffe (c.1790–1849)
• Efua Sutherland (1924–1996)
• Nathaniel Walter Swan (1834–1884), Australian writer
• Michael Swanwick (born 1950)
• George Szanto (born 1940)
• Jonathan Swift (1667–1745)
• Michael Szameit (born 1950), German science fiction writer
• Vikas Swarup, Indian diplomat and author