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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)
 - 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)
 - 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

J. H. E. Partington: Ambrose Bierce (painting)
- 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, US)
 - 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
 
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