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. [edit] A to B - Luis G. Abbadie, (born 1968)
- Robert Aickman, (1914-1981)
- V.C. Andrews, (1923-1986) also Cleo Virginia Andrews
- Michael Arnzen
- Cynthia Asquith, (1887-1960)
- 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)
- Charles Birkin, (1907-1986)
- John Blackburn, (1923-1993)
- Leigh Blackmore (born 1959)
- Algernon Blackwood, (1869-1951)
- William Peter Blatty, (born 1928)
- Robert Bloch, (1917-1994)
- Ambrose Bierce, (1842-1914?)
- Walter Brandorff, (1943-1996)
- Gary Brandner, (born 1933)
- Gary A. Braunbeck, (born 1960)
- Joseph Payne Brennan, (1918-1990)
- Poppy Z. Brite, (born 1967)
- Kealan Patrick Burke
[edit] C to E - P. D. Cacek, (born 1951)
- Ramsey Campbell, (born 1946)
- Peter Cannon, (born 1951)
- Mort Castle, (born 1946)
- Hugh B. Cave, (1910-2004)
- Robert W. Chambers, (1865–1933)
- Lincoln Child, (born 1957)
- M. Christian
- Richard Chizmar, (born 1965)
- Michael Cisco, (born 1970)
- Joseph A. Citro
- Alan M. Clark, (born 1957)
- Douglas Clegg, (born 1958)
- Nancy A. Collins, (born 1959)
- David Conyers, (born 1971)
- Caroline B. Cooney, (born 1947)
- Ciaran Corby, (born 1977)
- Lincoln Crisler, (born 1982)
- Linda Crockett, (born 1943)
- Chris Curry, (born 1957)
- Les Daniels, (born 1943)
- L. P. Davies, (1914-1988)
- Chet Day, (born 1948)
- Stephen Dedman
- Ted Dekker,
- Marcelo Del Debbio, (born 1974)
- August Derleth, (1909-1971)
- C. M. Eddy, Jr., (1896-1967)
- Tom Elliott, (born 1953)
- Elizabeth Engstrom
- Hanns Heinz Ewers (1871-1943)
[edit] F to H - Daniel Fabiani, (born 1987)
- Henry Farrell, (1920-2006)
- John Farris
- Julian Osgood Field, (1849-1925)
- Robert Fleming
- Christopher Fowler, (born 1953)
- Andrew Fox
- Gary Frank
- Brian Freeman, (born 1979)
- Fran Friel
- Gayleen Froese, (born 1972)
- Polly Frost
- Neil Gaiman, (born 1960)
- Stephen Gallagher, (born 1954)
- Mick Garris, (born 1951)
- Ray Garton
- Elizabeth Gaskell, (1810-1865)
- Stephen R. George, (born 1959)
- Greg F. Gifune, ( born 1963)
- Nikolai Gogol (1809-1852)
- Owl Goingback
- Christie Golden
- Christopher Golden, (born 1967)
- Ed Gorman, (born 1941)
- Stefan Grabiński, (1887-1936)
- Charles Gramlich, (born 1958)
- Charles L. Grant, (1942-2006)
- Rain Graves
- Justin Gustainis, (born 1951)
- Laurell K. Hamilton, (born 1963)
- Aleister Hanek, (born 1986)
- Daniel Harms
- Kim Harrison,
- David G. Hartwell, (born 1941)
- Nathaniel Hawthorne, (1804-1864)
- Lafacadio Hearn, (1850-1904)
- Victor Heck, (born 1967)
- James Herbert, (born 1943)
- Joe Hill (writer)
- William Hope Hodgson, (1877–1918)
- Diane Hoh
- Nancy Holder
- Nalo Hopkinson
- Anthony Horowitz
- Gerard Daniel Houarner
- Robert E. Howard, (1906-1936)
- Del Howison
- Charlie Huston
- Shaun Hutson, (born 1958)
[edit] I to L [edit] M to Q - Brandon Maberry, (born 1958)
- Arthur Machen, (1863-1947)
- Nick Mamatas, (born 1972)
- 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)
- Robert McCammon
- Michael McDowell, (1950-1999)
- Gustav Meyrink, (1868-1932)
- China Miéville, (born 1972)
- Rex Miller, (1939-2004)
- C. A. Milson, (born 1969)
- Susie Moloney, (born 1962)
- Brent Monahan, (born 1948)
- James A. Moore, (born 1965)
- David Morrell (born 1943)
- W. C. Morrow, (1854-1923)
- Gary L. Morton, (born 1954)
- Joseph Nassise
- Kim Newman, (born 1959)
- Scott Nicholson
- Gene O'Neill (born 1938)
- Michael Oliveri
- Oliver Onions, (1873-1961)
- Chuck Palahniuk (born 1962)
- Norman Partridge
- Roy Patten (born 1966)
- James Patterson (born 1947)
- John Pelan, (born 1957)
- Frank E. Peretti
- Thomas Piccirilli
- Jim G. Payne
- Edgar Allan Poe, (1809-1849)
- Thomas Peckett Prest, (1810-1859)
- Douglas Preston, (born 1956)
- Cherie Priest, (born 1975)
- Horacio Quiroga, (1878-1937)
[edit] R to T - Ann Radcliffe, (1764-1823)
- Stephen Mark Rainey, (born 1959)
- Thomas Rengstorff, (born 1970)
- Anne Rice, (born 1941)
- Stephen W. Roberts, (Born 1988)
- Tod Robbins, (1888-1949)
- Ormond Robbins, (1910-1984)
- Wayne Robbins, (1914-1958)
- Regina Maria Roche, (1764-1845)
- Alan Rodgers, (born 1959)
- Don Roff, (born 1966)
- Ray Russell, (1924-1999)
- John Russo
- James Malcolm Rymer, (1814-1888)
- Mary Sangiovanni
- 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)
- Eric Shapiro, (born 1978)
- 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)
- S.P. Somtow, (born 1952)
- Craig Spector
- William Browning Spencer, (born 1946)
- Bryce J. Stevens (born 1957)
- R. L. Stine, (born 1943) (Robert Lawrence Stine)
- Bram Stoker, (1847-1912)
- Peter Straub, (born 1943)
- Paul M. Strickler
- Whitley Strieber, (born 1945)
- Koji Suzuki
- Karen E. Taylor
- Lucy Taylor
- Melanie Tem
- Steve Rasnic Tem
- Thomas Tessier, (born 1947)
- Jeffrey Thomas
- Christine Campbell Thomson, (1897-1985)
- Tamara Thorne, (born 1957)
[edit] U to Z - Peter Van Greenaway, (1929-1988)
- James Viscosi
- Tim Waggoner
- Karl Edward Wagner, (1945-1994)
- H. Russell Wakefield, (1888-1964)
- Robert Weinberg, (born 1947)
- Dennis Wheatley, (1897-1977)
- Dan Wells, (born 1977)
- Timothy Willard, (born 1969)
- Chet Williamson, (born 1948)
- David Niall Wilson, (born 1959)
- F. Paul Wilson, (born 1946)
- Douglas E. Winter, (born 1950)
- Douglas E. Wright, (born 1955)
- X.L., (1849-1925)
- Chelsea Quinn Yarbro (born 1942)
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