List of horror fiction writers

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 to B

Linda Addison (poet) (1952)
Robert Aickman (1914–1981)
V.C. Andrews (1923–1986), also Cleo Virginia Andrews
Leonid Andreyev (1871–1919)
James Angus (1988–)
Michael Arnzen
Lady Cynthia Asquith (1887–1960)
Joe Augustyn
Jonathan Aycliffe (born 1949)
L. A. Banks (1959–2011)
René Barjavel (1911–1985)
Clive Barker (born 1952)
Laird Barron (born 1970)
William Thomas Beckford (1760–1844)
Edo van Belkom (born 1962)
John Bellairs (1938–1991)
E.F. Benson (1867–1940)
Ambrose Bierce (1842–1914?)
Charles Birkin (1907–1986)
John Blackburn (1923–1993)
Leigh Blackmore (born 1959)
Algernon Blackwood (1869–1951)
Korban Blake
William Peter Blatty (born 1928)
Robert Bloch (1917–1994)
Roy C. Booth (born 1965)
Bruce Boston (born 1943)
Marjorie Bowen (1885–1952)
Walter Brandorff (1943–1996)
Gary Brandner (born 1933)
Gary A. Braunbeck (born 1960)
Joseph Payne Brennan (1918–1990)
Poppy Z. Brite (born 1967)
Jason V Brock (born 1970)
Kealan Patrick Burke
A. M. Burrage (1889–1956)

C to E

P. D. Cacek (born 1951)
Ramsey Campbell (born 1946)
Peter Cannon (born 1951)
C. J. Carter-Stephenson (born 1977)
Mort Castle (born 1946)
Hugh B. Cave (1910–2004)
Robert W. Chambers (1865–1933)
Erckmann-Chatrian (Émile Erckmann (1822–1899) and Alexandre Chatrian (1826–1890))
Lincoln Child (born 1957)
M. Christian
Richard Chizmar (born 1965)
Michael Cisco (born 1970)
Joseph A. Citro
Alan M. Clark (born 1957)
Simon Clark
Douglas Clegg (born 1958)
Nancy A. Collins (born 1959)
David Conyers (born 1971)
Caroline B. Cooney (born 1947)
Linda Crockett (born 1943)
Chris Curry (born 1957)
Roald Dahl (1916-1990)
Les Daniels (born 1943)
L. P. Davies (1914–1988)
Stephen Dedman
Ted Dekker
Marcelo Del Debbio (born 1974)
Guy Anthony De Marco (born 1963)
Arinn Dembo (born 1970)
August Derleth (1909–1971)
Narayan Dharap (1925-2008)
Keith Donohue (born 1959)
Tananarive Due (born 1966)
A. M. Esmonde (born 1977)
Dennis Etchison (born 1943)
Benjamin Kane Ethridge (born 1977)
C. M. Eddy, Jr. (1896–1967)
Elizabeth Engstrom
Brian Evenson (born 1966)
John Everson (born 1966)
Hanns Heinz Ewers (1871–1943)

F to H

I to L

Stephen M. Irwin (born 1966)
Shirley Jackson (1916–1965)
Charlee Jacob (born 1952)
W. W. Jacobs (1863–1943)
Carl Jacobi (1908–1997)
Henry James (1843–1916)
L. Dean James (born 1947)
M. R. James (1862–1936)
K. W. Jeter (born 1950)
Stephen Graham Jones (born 1972)
Stephen Jones (born 1953)
James Kahn (born 1947)
Jeanne Kalogridis (born 1954)
Brian Keene (born 1967)
Ronald Kelly (born 1959)
Rick Kennett (born 1956)
Jasper Kent (born 1968)
Jack Ketchum (born 1946)
Caitlín R. Kiernan (born 1964)
Stephen King (born 1947)
Russell Kirk (1918–1994)
T. E. D. Klein (born 1947)
Kathe Koja (born 1960)
Dean R. Koontz (born 1945)
M. F. Korn
Henry Kuttner (1915–1958)
Sarah Langan
Joe R. Lansdale (born 1951)
Margery Lawrence (1889–1969)
Richard Laymon (1947–2001)
Deborah LeBlanc
Tim Lebbon (born 1969)
Edward Lee (born 1957)
Tanith Lee
Vernon Lee (1856–1935)
J. Sheridan Le Fanu (1814–1873)
Fritz Leiber (1910–1992)
Ira Levin (1929–2007)
Edward Levy
Matthew Gregory Lewis (1775–1818)
Thomas Ligotti (born 1953)
John Ajvide Lindqvist (born 1968)
Bentley Little (born 1960)
John R. Little (born 1955)
Frank Belknap Long (1901–1994)
H. P. Lovecraft (1890–1937)
Tim Lucas (born 1956)
Brian Lumley (born 1937)

M to Q

Jonathan Maberry (born 1958)
Arthur Machen (1863–1947)
Johnny Mains (born 1976)
Ronald Malfi (born 1977)
Nick Mamatas (born 1972)
Richard Marsh (1857–1915)
Brandon Massey (born 1973)
Elizabeth Massie (born 1953)
Graham Masterton (born 1946)
Richard Matheson (born 1926)
Richard Christian Matheson (born 1953)
Charles Maturin (1782–1824)
Brett McBean (born 1978)
Robert McCammon
Michael McDowell (1950–1999)
John Metcalfe (1891–1965)
Gustav Meyrink (1868–1932)
China Miéville (born 1972)
Rex Miller (1939–2004)
Susie Moloney (born 1962)
David Moody (born 1970)
James A. Moore (born 1965)
David Morrell (born 1943)
W. C. Morrow (1854–1923)
Lisa Morton (born 1958)
Gary Myers (born 1952)
Joseph Nassise
Yvonne Navarro
Kim Newman (born 1959)
William F. Nolan (born 1928)
Weston Ochse (born 1965)
Gene O'Neill (born 1938)
Michael Oliveri
Oliver Onions (1873–1961)
Chuck Palahniuk (born 1962)
Norman Partridge
James Patterson (born 1947)
John Pelan (born 1957)
Frank E. Peretti
Thomas Piccirilli
Sarah Pinborough
Edgar Allan Poe (1809–1849)
Thomas Peckett Prest (1810–1859)
Douglas Preston (born 1956)
Cherie Priest (born 1975)
Horacio Quiroga (1878–1937)

R

Ann Radcliffe (1764–1823)
Gary Raisor
Stephen Mark Rainey (born 1959)
Anne Rice (born 1941)
Tod Robbins (1888–1949)
Ormond Robbins (1910–1984)
Wayne Robbins (1914–1958)
Regina Maria Roche (1764–1845)
Alan Rodgers (1959-2014)
Don Roff (born 1966)
Ray Russell (1924–1999)
John Russo
James Malcolm Rymer (1814–1888)

S

Saki (1870–1916) (pseudonym of Hector Hugh Munro, aka H. H. Munro)
Al Sarrantonio (born 1952)
John Saul (born 1942)
William Schoell (born 1958)
David J. Schow (born 1955)
Darrell Schweitzer (born 1952)
M. R. Sellars (born 1962)
Darren Shan (born 1972)
Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley (1797–1851)
John Shirley (born 1953)
Sigma (1849–1925)
Dan Simmons (born 1948)
John Skipp
Michael Slade (born 1947)
Clark Ashton Smith (1893–1961)
Guy N. Smith (born 1939)
Lucy A. Snyder (born 1971)
S.P. Somtow (born 1952)
William Browning Spencer (born 1946)
Robin Spriggs (born 1974)
Bryce J. Stevens (born 1957)
R. L. Stine (born 1943)
Bram Stoker (1847–1912)
Peter Straub (born 1943)
Whitley Strieber (born 1945)
Joel A. Sutherland (born 1980)
Robert Swindells
Koji Suzuki
Mitzi Szereto

T

U to Z

Peter Van Greenaway (1929–1988)
Tim Waggoner
Karl Edward Wagner (1945–1994)
Kaaron Warren
H. Russell Wakefield (1888–1964)
Horace Walpole (1717–1797)
Robert Weinberg (born 1946)
David Wellington (born 1971)
Manly Wade Wellman (1903–1986)
Dennis Wheatley (1897–1977)
Dan Wells (born 1977)
Sidney Williams (born 1962)
Chet Williamson (born 1948)
David Niall Wilson (born 1959)
F. Paul Wilson (born 1946)
Gahan Wilson (born 1930)
Douglas E. Winter (born 1950)
John Winter (born 1973)
Rocky Wood (born 1959)
Douglas E. Wright (born 1955)
"X.L." Julian Osgood Field (1852–1925)
Chelsea Quinn Yarbro (born 1942)

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