List of horror fiction writers
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This is a list of some (not all) notable writers in the horror fiction genre.
Note that some writers listed below have also written in other genres, especially fantasy and science fiction.
A
- Linda Addison (born 1952, US)
- Robert Aickman (1914–1981, England)
- Gemma Amor (living, British)
- V. C. Andrews (1923–1986, US), also Cleo Virginia Andrews
- Leonid Andreyev (1871–1919, Russia)
- Johann August Apel (1771–1816, Germany)
- Hirohiko Araki (born 1960, Japan)
- Michael Arnzen (born 1967, US)
- Lady Cynthia Asquith (1887–1960, England)
- Joe Augustyn (living, US)
- Jonathan Aycliffe (1949–2022, N Ireland), pseudonym of Denis MacEoin
B
- J. G. Ballard (1930–2009, China/England)
- Nathan Ballingrud (born 1970, US)
- Leslie Esdaile Banks (1959–2011, US)
- René Barjavel (1911–1985, France)
- Clive Barker (born 1952, England)
- J. D. Barker (born 1971, US)
- Laird Barron (born 1970, US)
- Jeremy Bates (born 1978, Canada/US)
- Charles Beaumont (1929–1967, US)
- William Beckford (1760–1844, England)
- Edo van Belkom (born 1962, Canada)
- John Bellairs (1938–1991, US)
- A. C. Benson (1862–1925, England)
- E. F. Benson (1867–1940, England)
- Robert Hugh Benson (1871–1914, England)
- Ambrose Bierce (1842 – c. 1914, US)
- Charles Birkin (1907–1986, England)
- Jerome Bixby (1923–1998, US)
- John Blackburn (1923–1993, England)
- Leigh Blackmore (born 1959, Australia)
- Algernon Blackwood (1869–1951, England)
- Korban Blake (living, England)
- William Peter Blatty (1928–2017, US)
- Robert Bloch (1917–1994, US)
- Roy C. Booth (born 1965, US)
- Guy Boothby (1867–1905, Australia/England)
- Jorge Luis Borges (1899–1986, Argentina/Switzerland)
- Bruce Boston (born 1943, US)
- Marjorie Bowen (1885–1952, England)
- Ray Bradbury (1920–2012, US)
- Walter Brandorff (1943–1996, Germany/Austria)
- Gary Brandner (1933–2013, US)
- Gary A. Braunbeck (born 1960, US)
- Joseph Payne Brennan (1918–1990, US)
- Poppy Z. Brite (born 1967, US)
- Jason V. Brock (born 1970, US)
- Kealan Patrick Burke (born 1976, Ireland)
- A. M. Burrage (1889–1956, England)
C
- P. D. Cacek (born 1951, US)
- Ramsey Campbell (born 1946, England)
- Peter Cannon (born 1951, US)
- C. J. Carter-Stephenson (born 1977, England)
- Abelardo Castillo (1935–2017, Argentina)
- Mort Castle (born 1946, US)
- Brian Catling (1948-2022, England)
- Hugh B. Cave (1910–2004, England/US)
- Robert W. Chambers (1865–1933, US)
- Fred Chappell (born 1936, US)
- Erckmann-Chatrian (Émile Erckmann (1822–1899) and Alexandre Chatrian, 1826–1890, France)
- Lincoln Child (born 1957, US)
- Richard Chizmar (born 1965, US)
- Autumn Christian (living, US)
- M. Christian (living, US)
- Michael Cisco (born 1970, US)
- Joseph A. Citro (living, US)
- Alan M. Clark (born 1957, US)
- Simon Clark (born 1958, England)
- Douglas Clegg (born 1958, US)
- Nancy A. Collins (born 1959, US)
- Brendan Connell (born 1970, US)
- David Conyers (born 1971, Australia)
- Caroline B. Cooney (born 1947, US)
- Basil Copper (1924–2013, England)
- Larry Correia (born 1977, US)
- Julio Cortázar (1914–1984, Argentina/France)
- Francis Marion Crawford (1854–1909, Italy/US)
- Linda Crockett (born 1943, Canada/US)
- Bithia Mary Croker (c. 1848/1849–1920, Ireland/England)
- Géza Csáth (1887–1919, Hungary)
- Chris Curry (born 1957, US)
D
- Roald Dahl (1916–1990, Wales/England)
- Les Daniels (1943–2011, US)
- Jason Dark (born 1945, Germany), pseudonym of Helmut Rellergerd
- L. P. Davies (1914–1988, England)
- Stephen Dedman (born 1959, Australia)
- Ted Dekker (born 1962, US)
- Marcelo Del Debbio (born 1974, Brazil)
- Guy Anthony De Marco (born 1963, US)
- Arinn Dembo (born 1970, US/Canada)
- August Derleth (1909–1971, US)
- Narayan Dharap (1925–2008, India)
- Philip K. Dick (1928–1982, US)
- Cherie Dimaline (born 1975, Metis Nation, Canada)
- Keith Donohue (born 1959, US)
- Tananarive Due (born 1966, US)
- Lord Dunsany (1878–1957, England/Ireland)
- Brian Lee Durfee (living, US)
E
- Harlan Ellison (1934–2018, US)
- Guy Endore (1901–1970, US)
- Andreas Eschbach (born 1959, Germany)
- Dennis Etchison (1943–2019, US)
- Benjamin Kane Ethridge (born 1977, US)
- C. M. Eddy, Jr. (1896–1967, US)
- Elizabeth Engstrom (born 1951, US)
- Walter Ernsting (1920–2005, Germany)
- Brian Evenson (born 1966, US)
- John Everson (born 1966, US)
- Hanns Heinz Ewers (1871–1943, Germany)
F
- JG Faherty (born 1961, US)
- Amber Fallon (born 1983, US)
- Henry Farrell (1920–2006, US)
- John Farris (born 1936, US)
- Robert Faulcon (1948–2009, England)
- Julian Osgood Field (1852–1925, US)
- Gemma Files (born 1968, Canada)
- Paul Finch (living, England)
- Hart D. Fisher (living, US)
- Sebastian Fitzek (born 1971, Germany)
- Robert Fleming (living, US)
- Jeffrey Ford (born 1955, US)
- Christopher Fowler (born 1953, England)
- Andrew Fox (living, US)
- Gary Frank (born 1969, England)
- Brian James Freeman (born 1979, US)
- Patrick Freivald (born 1976, US)
- Fran Friel (living, US)
- Gayleen Froese (born 1972, Canada)
- Polly Frost (living, US)
G
- Neil Gaiman (born 1960, England)
- Stephen Gallagher (born 1954, England)
- Mick Garris (born 1951, US)
- Ray Garton (born 1962, US)
- Elizabeth Gaskell (1810–1865, England)
- Stephen R. George (born 1959, Scotland/Canada)
- Greg F. Gifune (born 1963, US)
- Robert Murray Gilchrist (1867–1917, England)
- Charlotte Perkins Gilman (1860–1935, US)
- Owl Goingback (born 1959, US)
- Christie Golden (born 1963, US)
- Christopher Golden (born 1967, US)
- Jennifer Anne Gordon (US)
- Ed Gorman ( 1941–2016, US)
- Stefan Grabiński (1887–1936, Poland)
- Nicholas Grabowsky (born 1966, US)
- Charles Gramlich (born 1958, US)
- Charles L. Grant (1942–2006, US)
- Mira Grant (born 1978, US)
- Rain Graves (born 1974, US)
- Peter Van Greenaway (1929–1988, England)
- Eric J. Guignard (born 1975, US)
- George Guthridge (born 1948, US)
H
- Mary Downing Hahn (born 1937, US)
- Alex Hall (born 1990, US)
- Laurell K. Hamilton (born 1963, US)
- Thomas Harris (born 1940, US)
- Kim Harrison (born 1966, US)
- L. P. Hartley (1895–1972, England)
- David G. Hartwell (1941–2016, US)
- W. F. Harvey (1885–1937, England)
- Nathaniel Hawthorne (1804–1864, US)
- Ronald Chetwynd-Hayes (1919–2001, England)
- RR Haywood (born 1975, England)
- Lafcadio Hearn (小泉八雲, 1850–1904, Greece/Japan)
- Victor Heck (born 1967, US)
- James Herbert (1943–2013, England)
- Gyula Hernádi (1926–2005, Hungary)
- Joe Hill (born 1972, US)
- Glen Hirshberg (born 1966, US)
- Brian Hodge (born 1960, US)
- William Hope Hodgson (1877–1918, England/Belgium)
- E. T. A. Hoffmann (1776–1825, Germany)
- Diane Hoh (living, US)
- Nancy Holder (born 1953, US)
- Brian A. Hopkins (born 1960, US)
- Nalo Hopkinson (born 1960, Jamaica/Canada)
- Anthony Horowitz (born 1955, England)
- Ron Horsley (born 1977, US)
- Gerard Daniel Houarner (born 1955, US)
- Robert E. Howard (1906–1936, US)
- Del Howison (born 1953, US)
- Tanya Huff (born 1957, Canada)
- Charlie Huston (living, US)
- Shaun Hutson (born 1958, England)
I
- Stephen M. Irwin (born 1966, Australia)
J
- Shirley Jackson (1916–1965, US)
- Charlee Jacob (1952–2019, US)
- W. W. Jacobs (1863–1943, England)
- Carl Jacobi (1908–1997, US)
- Henry James (1843–1916, US/England)
- L. Dean James (1947–2018, US)
- M. R. James (1862–1936, England)
- Trent Jamieson (living, Australia)
- Ruby Jean Jensen (1927–2010, US)
- K. W. Jeter (born 1950, US)
- Robert Barbour Johnson (1907–1987, US)
- Stephen Graham Jones (born 1972, US)
- Stephen Jones (born 1953, England)
K
- Franz Kafka (1883–1924, Austrian E/Austria)
- James Kahn (born 1947, US)
- Jeanne Kalogridis (born 1954, US)
- Brian Keene (born 1967, US)
- Ronald Kelly (born 1959, US)
- Rick Kennett (born 1956, Australia)
- Jasper Kent (born 1968, England)
- Jack Ketchum (1946–2018, US)
- Jenny Kiefer (living, US)
- Caitlín R. Kiernan (born 1964, Ireland/US)
- Stephen King (born 1947, US)
- Russell Kirk (1918–1994, US)
- T. E. D. Klein (born 1947, US)
- Kathe Koja (born 1960, US)
- Dean R. Koontz (born 1945, US)
- M. F. Korn (living, US)
- Alfred Kubin (1877–1959, Austrian E/Austria)
- Henry Kuttner (1915–1958, US)
L
- Marc Laidlaw (born 1960, US)
- John Langan (born 1969, US)
- Sarah Langan (born 1974, US)
- Roberta Lannes (born 1948, US)
- Joe R. Lansdale (born 1951, US)
- Victor LaValle (born 1972, US)
- Margery Lawrence (1889–1969, England)
- Richard Laymon (1947–2001, US)
- Deborah LeBlanc (living, US)
- Tim Lebbon (born 1969, England/Wales)
- Edward Lee (born 1957, US)
- Tanith Lee (1947–2015, England)
- Vernon Lee (1856–1935, France/Italy)
- J. Sheridan Le Fanu (1814–1873, Ireland)
- Fritz Leiber (1910–1992, US)
- Ira Levin (1929–2007, US)
- Edward Levy (living, US)
- Matthew Lewis (1775–1818, England)
- Thomas Ligotti (born 1953, US)
- John Ajvide Lindqvist (born 1968, Sweden)
- Bentley Little (born 1960, US)
- John R. Little (born 1955, Canada)
- Martin Livings (born 1970, Australia)
- Frank Belknap Long (1901–1994, US)
- László L. Lőrincz (born 1939, Hungary)
- H. P. Lovecraft (1890–1937, US)
- Tim Lucas (born 1956, US)
- Brian Lumley (born 1937, England)
M
- Jonathan Maberry (born 1958, US)
- Arthur Machen (1863–1947, Wales)
- Ronald Malfi (born 1977, US)
- Nick Mamatas (born 1972, US)
- H. A. Manhood (1904–1991, England)
- Walter de la Mare (1873–1956, England)
- Richard Marsh (1857–1915, England)
- George R. R. Martin (born 1948, US)
- Brandon Massey (born 1973, US)
- Elizabeth Massie (born 1953, US)
- Graham Masterton (born 1946, Scotland/England)
- Richard Matheson (1926–2013, US)
- Richard Christian Matheson (born 1953, US)
- Charles Maturin (1782–1824, Ireland)
- Daphne du Maurier (1907–1989, England)
- Brett McBean (born 1978, Australia)
- F. M. Mayor (1872–1932, England)
- Robert McCammon (born 1952, US)
- Angel Leigh McCoy (born 1962, US)
- Michael McDowell (1950–1999, US)
- Brian McNaughton (1935-2004, US)
- Carlton Mellick III (born 1977, US)
- A. Merritt (1884–1943, US)
- John Metcalfe (1891–1965, England)
- Gustav Meyrink (1868–1932, Austrian E/Austria)
- China Miéville (born 1972, England)
- Rex Miller (1939–2004, US)
- Susie Moloney (born 1962, Canada)
- Joseph M. Monks (born 1967, US)
- David Moody (born 1970, England)
- James A. Moore (born 1965, US)
- Michael Moorcock (born 1939, England)
- Silvia Moreno-Garcia (born 1981, Mexico)
- A. R. Morlan (1958-2016)
- David Morrell (born 1943, Canada/US)
- W. C. Morrow (1854–1923, US)
- Lisa Morton (born 1958, US)
- Gary Myers (born 1952, US)
N
- Joseph Nassise (born 1968, US)
- Yvonne Navarro (born 1957, US)
- Adam Nevill (born 1969, England)
- Kim Newman (born 1959, England)
- Scott Nicholson (born 1963, US)
- William F. Nolan (1928–2021, US)
- Ingrid Noll (born 1935, Germany)
O
- Joyce Carol Oates (born 1938, US)
- Weston Ochse (born 1965, US)
- Elliott O'Donnell (1872–1965, England)
- Gene O'Neill (born 1938, US)
- Nuzo Onoh (born 1962, living England, UK)
- Michael Oliveri (living, US)
- Oliver Onions (1873–1961, England/Wales)
- Otsuichi (乙一, born 1978, Japan)
- Julya Oui (living, Malaysia)
P
- Barry Pain (1864–1928, England)
- Chuck Palahniuk (born 1962, US)
- Eliza Parsons (1739–1811, England)
- Norman Partridge (born 1958, US)
- James Patterson (born 1947, US)
- Mervyn Peake (1911–1968, China/England)
- John Pelan (1957–2021, US)
- Frank E. Peretti (born 1951, Canada/US)
- András Petőcz (born 1959, Hungary)
- Thomas Piccirilli (1965–2015, US)
- Sarah Pinborough (born 1972, England)
- Christopher Pike (born 1955, US)
- Edgar Allan Poe (1809–1849, US)
- Thomas Peckett Prest (c. 1810 – c. 1859, England)
- Douglas Preston (born 1956, US)
- Cherie Priest (born 1975, US)
- W. H. Pugmire (1951–2019, US)
Q
- Horacio Quiroga (1878–1937, Uruguay)
R
- Ann Radcliffe (1764–1823, England)
- Gary Raisor (living, US)
- Herman Raucher (born 1928, US)
- Jean Ray (1887–1964, Belgium)
- Jenő Rejtő (1905–1943, Hungary)
- Loren Rhoads (born 1963, US)
- Anne Rice (1941–2021, US)
- Jeff Rice (1944–2015, US)
- Charlotte Riddell (1832–1906, Ireland/England)
- Tod Robbins (1888–1949, US)
- Ormond Robbins (1910–1984, US)
- Wayne Robbins (1914–1958, US)
- Regina Maria Roche (1764–1845, Ireland/England)
- Alan Rodgers (1959–2014, US)
- Don Roff (born 1966, US)
- Ian Rogers (born 1976, Canada)
- L. T. C. Rolt (1910–1974, England)
- Ray Russell (1924–1999, US)
- Joanna Russ (1937–2011, US)
- John Russo (born 1939, US)
- Alan Ryan (1943–2011, US)
- R. R. Ryan (1882–1950, England)
- James Malcolm Rymer (1814–1888, England)
S
- Saki (1870–1916, pseudonym of H. H. Munro, England)
- Joan Samson (1937 - 1976), USA
- Al Sarrantonio (born 1952, US)
- Andrzej Sarwa (born 1953, Poland)
- John Saul (born 1942, US)
- William Schoell (born 1958, US)
- David J. Schow (born 1955, Germany/US)
- Bruno Schulz (1892–1942, Poland)
- Darrell Schweitzer (born 1952, US)
- M. R. Sellars (born 1962, US)
- Darren Shan (born 1972, England/Ireland)
- Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley (1797–1851, England)
- Michael Shea (1946–2014, US)
- John Shirley (born 1953, US)
- Anne Rivers Siddons (1936-2019, US)
- Sigma (1849–1925, US)
- Dan Simmons (born 1948, US)
- May Sinclair (1863–1946, England)
- John Skipp (born 1957, US)
- Michael Slade (born 1947, Canada)
- Clark Ashton Smith (1893–1961, US)
- Guy N. Smith (1939–2020, UK)
- Lucy A. Snyder (born 1971, US)
- S. P. Somtow (born 1952, Thailand)
- William Browning Spencer (born 1946, US)
- Robin Spriggs (born 1974, US)
- Anna Starobinets (born 1978, Russia)
- Bryce J. Stevens (born 1957, N Zealand/Australia)
- Francis Stevens (1884–1948, US)
- R. L. Stine (born 1943, US)
- Bram Stoker (1847–1912, Ireland/England)
- Sam Stone (living, England)
- Simon Strantzas (born 1972, Canada)
- Peter Straub (1943-2022, US)
- Whitley Strieber (born 1945, US)
- Karl Hans Strobl (1877–1946, Austrian E/Czechoslovakia)
- Joel A. Sutherland (born 1980, Canada)
- E. G. Swain (1861–1938, England)
- Robert Swindells (born 1939, US)
- Koji Suzuki (鈴木光司, born 1957, Japan)
- Mitzi Szereto (living, England)
T
- Karen E. Taylor (living, US)
- Lucy Taylor (born 1950, US)
- Melanie Tem (1949–2015, US)
- Steve Rasnic Tem (born 1950, US)
- Thomas Tessier (born 1947, US)
- Rosemary Timperley (1920–1988, England)
- Jeffrey Thomas (born 1957, US)
- Richard Thomas (born 1967, US)
- Christine Campbell Thomson (1897–1985, England)
- Tamara Thorne (born 1957, US)
- Paul G. Tremblay (born 1971, US)
- Tom Tryon (1926–1991, US)
- Lisa Tuttle (born 1952, US)
V
- Jeff VanderMeer (born 1968, US)
- Jane de La Vaudère (1857–1908, France)
W
- Tim Waggoner (born 1964, US)
- Karl Edward Wagner (1945–1994, US)
- Kaaron Warren (living, Australia)
- H. Russell Wakefield (1888–1964, England)
- Horace Walpole (1717–1797, England)
- Elizabeth Walter (1927–2006, England)
- Ron Weighell (1950–2020, England)
- Robert Weinberg (1946–2016, US)
- David Wellington (born 1971, US)
- Manly Wade Wellman (1903–1986, US)
- Edith Wharton (1862–1937, US)
- Dennis Wheatley (1897–1977, England)
- Henry S. Whitehead (1882–1932, US)
- Les Whitten (1928–2017, US)
- Don Webb (born 1960, US)
- Dan Wells (born 1977, US)
- H. G. Wells (1866–1946, England)
- Sidney Williams (born 1962, US)
- Chet Williamson (born 1948, US)
- J. N. Williamson (1932–2005, US), also Julian Shock
- Colin Wilson (1931–2013, England)
- David Niall Wilson (born 1959, US)
- F. Paul Wilson (born 1946, US)
- Gahan Wilson (1930–2019, US)
- Douglas E. Winter (born 1950, US)
- Donald A. Wollheim (1914–1990, US)
- Bari Wood (born 1935, US)
- Rocky Wood (1959–2014, New Zealand/Australia)
- Douglas E. Wright (born 1955, Canada)
- T. M. Wright (1947–2015, US)
Y
- Chelsea Quinn Yarbro (born 1942, US)
Z
- Alexander Zelenyj (living, Canada)
- Péter Zsoldos (1930–1997, Hungary)
See also
Subgenres:
- Body horror
- Cthulhu Mythos
- Dark fantasy
- Erotic horror
- Fantastique
- Ghost story
- Lovecraftian horror
- Psychological horror
- Splatterpunk
- Vampire fiction
- Werewolf fiction
- Weird fiction
Author lists:
- List of fantasy authors
- List of Clarion South Writers Workshop Instructors
- List of Clarion West Writers Workshop Alumni
- List of Clarion West Writers Workshop Instructors
- List of Clarion Writers Workshop Alumni
- List of Clarion Writers Workshop Instructors
- List of notable 20th-century writers
- List of science fiction authors
- Lists of writers
External links
- Horror Authors at Curlie
- Horror Writers Association
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