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Stephen King
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.
Kurt Vonnegut
American author (1922–2007)

H. P. Lovecraft
American writer and editor (1890–1937)
Ursula K. Le Guin
American fantasy and science fiction author (1929–2018)
Philip K. Dick
American science fiction author (1928–1982)

Eric S. Raymond
American programmer & open source advocate (1957-)

Fredric Jameson
American academic and literary critic (1934–2024)

Fritz Leiber
American writer of fantasy, horror, and science fiction (1910–1992)
Theodore Sturgeon
American speculative fiction writer (1918–1985)

Bruce Sterling
American author, speaker and futurist (born 1954)
Gregory Benford
science fiction author and astrophysicist

Jack Williamson
American science fiction writer (1908–2006)

James Blish
American science fiction and fantasy author (1921–1975)

Joanna Russ
American author (1937-2011)

Samuel R. Delany
American author and literary critic (born 1942)

L. Sprague de Camp
American non- and speculative fiction writer
Ben Bova
American writer (1932–2020)
Lester del Rey
American science fiction author (1915–1993)
Damon Knight
American science fiction writer, editor and critic (1922–2002)
Jeff VanderMeer
American writer (born 1968)
Thomas M. Disch
American science fiction author and poet (1940–2008)
James Gunn
American science fiction author (1923–2020)
Michael Swanwick
American science fiction author
William Tenn
British-American science fiction author (1920–2010)
Anthony Boucher
American author, critic, and editor (1911–1968)

Michael Bishop
American writer (1945–2023)
Elizabeth Hand
American writer
Judith Merril
American science fiction writer and editor (1923-1997)
Alexei Panshin
American writer and critic (1940–2022)
Sunand Tryambak Joshi
American writer
Barry N. Malzberg
American novelist, short story writer
David G. Hartwell
American fantasy and science fiction publisher, editor, and critic (1941–2016)

P. Schuyler Miller
American novelist (1912–1974)
Darrell Schweitzer
American writer, editor, and critic (born 1952)
Teresa Nielsen Hayden
American science fiction editor and essayist (1956-)
Sam Moskowitz
American science fiction fan (1920-1997)
Gary K. Wolfe
science fiction scholar, critic and editor
Jack Dann
American writer
Robert Scholes
American academic (1929–2016)
Patrick Nielsen Hayden
American science fiction editor, fanzine publisher, essayist, reviewer, anthologist, and teacher
John Joseph Adams
American science fiction critic
Groff Conklin
American science fiction editor (1904–1968)

Greg Cox
American writer
Charles Michael Platt
UK-American writer (1945-)
Gordon Van Gelder
American speculative fiction editor
Alan N. Shapiro
American science fiction and media theorist
E. F. Bleiler
American writer, speculative fiction bibliographer (1920-2010)

Paul Williams
American magazine founder and editor (1948-2013)
John Kenneth Muir
American literary critic
Lance Olsen
metamodern writer, Professor of Literature & Creative Writing, University of Utah