List of short-story authors

This is a partial list of short story authors:

• Lee K. Abbott (born 1947)
• Chinua Achebe (born 1930)
• Ahkmed (1522-1589)
• Sherman Alexie (born 1966)
• Henry Allen (born 1982)
• Steve Almond
• Martin Amis (born 1949)
• Sherwood Anderson (1876-1941)
• Isaac Asimov (1920-1992)
• Isaac Babel (1894-1940)
• Andrea Barrett (born 1964)
• Lynne Barrett
• John Barth (born 1930)
• Donald Barthelme (1931-1989)
• Charles Baxter (born 1947)
• Ann Beattie (born 1947)
• Arnold Bennett (1867-1931)
• Stefano Benni (born 1947)
• Ambrose Bierce (1842-c.1914)
• Michael Bishop (born 1945)
• Terry Bisson (born 1942)
• Robert Bloch (1917-1994)
• Jorge Luis Borges (1899-1986)
• T.C. Boyle (born 1948)
• Leigh Brackett (1915-1978)
• Ray Bradbury (born 1920)
• Stan Ageira (Born 1961)
• Scott Bradfield (born 1955)
• Maeve Brennan (1917-1993)
• Fredric Brown (1906-1972)
• Charles Bukowski (1920-1994)
• Dino Buzzati (1906-1972)
• Morley Callaghan (1903-1990)
• Italo Calvino (1923-1985)
• Ramsey Campbell (born 1946)
• Albert Camus (1913-1960)
• Kevin Canty
• Angela Carter (1940-1992)
• Raymond Carver (1938-1988)
• Michael Chabon (born 1963)
• John Cheever (1912-1982)
• Anton Chekhov (1860-1904)
• Ted Chiang (born 1967)
• Brian Cleeve (1921-2003)
• Kate Chopin (1850-1904)
• John Collier (1901-1980)
• Brendan Connell (born 1970)
• Frank Conroy (1936-2005)
• Robert Coover (born 1932)
• Stephen Crane (1871-1900)
• Catherine Crowe (1800-1876)
• Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1859-1930)
• Julio Cortazar (1914-1984)
• Roald Dahl (1916-1990)
• Avram Davidson (1923-1993)
• Peter Ho Davies (born 1966)
• Lydia Davis (born 1947)
• Rick DeMarinis (born 1934)
• Philip K. Dick (1928-1982)
• Paul Di Filippo (born 1954)
• Jeff Doyle (born 1955)
• Andre Dubus (1936-1999)
• Andy Duncan (born 1964)
• Stuart Dybek (born 1942)
• Dave Eggers (born 1970)
• Aaron Elliot (born 1969?)
• Harlan Ellison (born 1934)
• F. Scott Fitzgerald (1896-1940)
• Tom Flanders (born 1961)
• Rubem Fonseca (born 1925)
• John M. Ford (1957-2006)
• Richard Ford (born 1944)
• Thelma forshaw (1923-1995)
• Jacques Futrelle (1875-1912)
• Neil Gaiman (born 1960)
• Mavis Gallant (born 1922)
• Paul Gallico (1897-1976)
• Gabriel García Márquez (born 1928)
• Larry Mike Garmon (born1955)
• William H. Gass (born 1924)
• Tim Gautreaux
• William Gibson (born 1948)
• Nikolai Gogol (1809-1852)
• Ben K. Green (died 1974)
• Graham Greene (1904-1991)
• Davis Grubb (1919-1980)
• Richard Guest (born 1967)
• Edmond Hamilton (1904-1977)
• Barry Hannah (born 1942)
• Wayne Arthur Harris (born 1952)
• Nathaniel Hawthorne (1804-1864)
• Victor Heck (born 1967)
• Ernest Hemingway (1899-1961)
• Amy Hempel (born 1951)
• O. Henry (1862-1910)
• Hans Herbjørnsrud (born 1938)
• Patricia Highsmith (1921-1995)
• Hugh Hood (1928-2000)
• Rhys Hughes (born 1966)
• Aamer Hussein (born 1955)
• Hwang Sun-wŏn (born 1915)
• Yusuf Idris (1927-1991)
• Washington Irving (1783-1859)
• Shirley Jackson (1916-1965)
• Tatjana Jambrisak
• M.R. James (1862-1936)
• Denis Johnson (born 1949)
• Edward P. Jones (born 1951)
• Thom Jones (born 1945)
• Enrique Jaramillo Levi (born 1944)
• Franz Kafka (1883-1924)
• Wladimir Kaminer (born 1967)
• Stephen King (born 1947)
• Laurence Klinger (born 1951)
• Monika Kochhar (born 1980)
• Hanif Kureishi (born 1954)
• R. A. Lafferty (1914-2002)
• Jhumpa Lahiri (born 1967)
• 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)
• Kelly Link (born 1969)
• Jack London (1876-1916)
• H. P. Lovecraft (1890-1937)
• Fitz Hugh Ludlow (1836-1870)
• Darko Macan (born 1966)
• John D. MacDonald (1916-1986)
• Ian R, MacLeod (born 1956)
• Naguib Mahfouz (1911-2006)
• Barry N. Malzberg (born 1939)
• 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)
• Cassidy McKay (born 1966)
• Reginald McKnight
• Herman Melville (1819-1891)
• Holdemar Menezes (1921-1996)
• Steven Millhauser (born 1943)
• Lorrie Moore (born 1957)
• Bharati Mukherjee (born 1940)
• Alice Munro (born 1931)
• H.H. Munro ('Saki') (1870-1916)
• R.K. Narayan (1906-2001)
• Vinay J (born 1978)
• Joyce Carol Oates (born 1938)
• 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)
• Dalibor Perkovic (born 1974)
• Luigi Pirandello (1867-1936)
• Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849)
• Eileen Pollack
• Neal Pollack (born 1970)
• Meghna Prasad (born 1979)
• Annie Proulx (born 1935)
• Bolesław Prus (1847-1912)
• Stacey Richter
• Mario Augusto Rodriguez (born 1919)
• José Luis Rodríguez Pittí (born 1971)
• Philip Roth (born 1933)
• Damon Runyon (1884-1947)
• J. D. Salinger (born 1919)
• James Salter (born 1925)
• José María Sánchez (1918-1973)
• "Saki", see H. H. Munro
• Sérgio Sant'anna
• George Saunders (born 1958)
• 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)
• Jaspreet Singh
• George Singleton (born 1958)
• Bruce Sterling (born 1954)
• Steve Stern (born 1947)
• 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)
• Aleksei Nikolaevich Tolstoy (1883–1945)
• Leo Tolstoy (1828-1910)
• William Trevor (born 1928)
• Sergio Troncoso (born 1961)
• Harry Turtledove (born 1949)
• Mark Twain (1835-1910)
• John Updike (born 1932)
• Andrew Vachss (born 1942)
• Jeff Vandermeer (born 1968)
• Voltaire (1694-1778)
• Kurt Vonnegut (1922-2007)
• Howard Waldrop (born 1946)
• Manly Wade Wellman (1903-1986)
• Eudora Welty (1909-2001)
• Edith Wharton (1862-1937)
• Edmund White (born 1940)
• P. G. Wodehouse (1881-1975)
• Gene Wolfe (born 1931)
• Tobias Wolff (born 1945)
• Richard Yates (1926-1992)
• Gul M. Zhowandai (1905-1988)
• Aleksandar Ziljak (born 1963)