20th-century American short story writers

American author and humorist (1835–1910)

American author and journalist (1899–1961)

American deafblind author, political activist, lecturer, scholar (1880-1968)

American writer and biochemist (1920–1992)

Lebanese-American writer, poet, and painter (1883–1931)

American writer (1902–1968)

American writer (1897-1962)

Stephen Edwin King is an American author. Dubbed the "King of Horror", he is widely known for his horror fiction and has also explored other genres, among them suspense, crime, science-fiction, fantasy, and mystery. He has written approximately 200 short stories, most of which have been published in collections.

American author, journalist and social activist (1876–1916)

American poet, author, and civil rights activist (1928–2014)

American writer (1896–1940)

Canadian-American writer (1915–2005)

American author and screenwriter (1920–2012)

American author (1922–2007)

American writer and editor (1890–1937)

American author (1919–2010)

Polish-American writer (1904–1991)

American playwright and essayist (1915–2005)

George Raymond Richard Martin, also known by the initials G.R.R.M., is an American author, screenwriter, and television producer. Martin is best known as the author of the epic fantasy novel series A Song of Ice and Fire, which was adapted by HBO into the Primetime Emmy Award–winning television series Game of Thrones (2011–2019) and its prequel series House of the Dragon (2022–present). Martin also wrote a related series of novellas, Tales of Dunk and Egg, which have been adapted by HBO as A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms (2026–present). Outside of A Song of Ice and Fire and its related media, Martin helped create the Wild Cards anthology series and contributed worldbuilding for the video game Elden Ring (2022).

American poet and writer (1932–1963)

German-American writer (1920–1994)

American playwright (1911–1983)

American author (1924-1984)

American author and aeronautical engineer (1907–1988)

American editorialist, journalist, short story writer, fabulist, and satirist (1842–1914)

American science fiction author (1928–1982)

American short story writer (1862–1910)

American novelist, poet (1932–2009)

American writer (1920–1986)

American writer and designer (1862–1937)

American writer and social activist (1901–1967)

American writer (1925–2012)

American writer (1924–1987)

American novelist and journalist (1871–1945)

American novelist, short story writer, essayist, painter, and spoken word performer (1914–1997)

Armenian-American novelist, playwright, and short story writer (1908-1981)

American novelist, playwright, and screenwriter (1933–2023)

American writer

American writer (1894–1961)

American poet, short story writer, critic and satirist (1893-1967)

American author of Indian origin (born 1967)

American novelist (1935–2001)

American-Canadian speculative fiction writer (born 1948)

American writer

American writer (1876–1941)

African American folklorist, novelist, short story writer, and Civic Rights advocate (1891–1960)

Austrian-Bohemian novelist, playwright and poet (1890-1945)

American writer (1873–1947)

American author (1906–1936)

American author (born 1938)

American fiction writer (1926–2013)

American novelist and screenwriter

American novelist and short story writer (1921–1995)

American feminist, writer, artist, and lecturer (1860–1935)

American fiction writer and essayist (1962–2008)

U.S. science fiction and fantasy writer and poet (1937–1995)

American writer (1925–1964)

American novelist, playwright and essayist (born 1936)

penman, poet, screenwriter, novelist, prose writer, teacher, short story writer (1938-1988)

American writer, journalist (1904–1988)