List of short-story authors

This is a partial list of published short-story authors:

Contents

• 
  1 A–B
  


• 
  2 C–D
  


• 
  3 E–F
  


• 
  4 G–H
  


• 
  5 I–J
  


• 
  6 K–L
  


• 
  7 M–N
  


• 
  8 O–R
  


• 
  9 S–T
  


• 
  10 U–Z
  


• 
  11 References
  

A–B

• 
  Sait Faik Abasıyanık (1906–1954)


• 
  Mazhar Abro (born 1971)


• 
  Chinua Achebe (1930–2013)


• 
  Mirza Adeeb (1914–1999)


• 
  Stan Ageira (born 1961)


• 
  Ama Ata Aidoo (born 1942)


• 
  Ryūnosuke Akutagawa (1892–1927)


• 
  Sholem Aleichem (1859–1916)


• 
  Catherine Alexander (born 1940)


• 
  Sherman Alexie (born 1966)


• 
  Steve Almond (born 1966)


• 
  Martin Amis (born 1949)


• 
  Poul Anderson (1926–2001)


• 
  Sherwood Anderson (1876–1941)


• 
  Leonid Andreyev (born 1919)


• 
  Jacob M. Appel (born 1973)


• 
  Max Apple (born 1941)


• 
  Helena Araújo Ortiz (born 1934)


• 
  Isaac Asimov (1920–1992)


• 
  Michael "Atters" Attree (1965)


• 
  Margaret Atwood (born 1939)


• 
  Isaac Babel (1894–1940)


• 
  Latifa Baka (born 1964)


• 
  Julia K. Wetherill Baker (1858–1931)


• 
  Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni (born 1956)


• 
  Andrea Barrett (born 1964)


• Lynne Barrett


• 
  John Barth (born 1930)


• 
  Donald Barthelme (1931–1989)


• Subimal Basak


• 
  Charles Baxter (born 1947)


• 
  Ann Beattie (born 1947)


• 
  Pinckney Benedict (born 1964)


• 
  Aimee Bender (born 1969)


• 
  Abdelmajid Benjelloun (1919–1981)


• 
  Arnold Bennett (1867–1931)


• 
  Stefano Benni (born 1947)


• 
  Mohammed Berrada (born 1938)


• 
  Wendell Berry (born 1934)


• 
  Ambrose Bierce (1842–c. 1914)


• 
  Michael Bishop (born 1945)


• 
  Terry Bisson (born 1942)


• Korban Blake


• 
  Robert Bloch (1917–1994)


• 
  Ruskin Bond (born 1934)


• 
  Leslie Bonnet (1902–1985)


• 
  Jorge Luis Borges (1899–1986)


• Ahmed Bouzfour


• 
  Ben Bova (born 1932)


• 
  T. C. Boyle (born 1948)


• 
  Leigh Brackett (1915–1978)


• 
  Ray Bradbury (1920–2012)


• 
  Radovan Brenkus (born 1974)


• 
  Maeve Brennan (1917–1993)


• 
  Richard Brautigan (1935–1984)


• 
  Kevin Brockmeier (born 1974)


• 
  Fredric Brown (1906–1972)


• 
  Lois McMaster Bujold (born 1949)


• 
  Charles Bukowski (1920–1994)


• 
  Ivan Bunin (1870–1953)


• 
  Robert Olen Butler (born 1945)


• 
  Dino Buzzati (1906–1972)

C–D

• 
  Morley Callaghan (1903–1990)


• 
  Italo Calvino (1923–1985)


• 
  Ramsey Campbell (born 1946)


• 
  Albert Camus (1913–1960)


• 
  Kevin Canty (born 1953)


• 
  Ron Carlson (born 1947)


• 
  Angela Carter (1940–1992)


• 
  Raymond Carver (1938–1988)


• 
  Michael Chabon (born 1963)


• 
  John Cheever (1912–1982)


• 
  Anton Chekhov (1860–1904)


• 
  Ted Chiang (born 1967)


• 
  Agatha Christie (1890-1976)


• 
  Brian Cleeve (1921–2003)


• 
  Dan Chaon (born 1964)


• 
  Kate Chopin (1850–1904)


• Mohamed Choukri


• 
  Wanda Coleman (born 1946)


• 
  John Collier (1901–1980)


• 
  Aaron Cometbus (born 1968)


• 
  Frank Conroy (1936–2005)


• 
  Carolyn Cooke (born 1964)


• 
  J. California Cooper (born 19??)


• 
  Robert Coover (born 1932)


• 
  Stephen Crane (1871–1900)


• 
  Catherine Crowe (1800–1876)


• 
  Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1859–1930)


• 
  Julio Cortázar (1914–1984)


• 
  A. J. Cronin (1896–1981)


• 
  Roald Dahl (1916–1990)


• 
  Edwidge Danticat (born 1969)


• 
  Manoj Das (born 1934)


• 
  Avram Davidson (1923–1993)


• 
  Peter Ho Davies (born 1966)


• 
  Lydia Davis (born 1947)


• 
  Arnab Jan Deka (born 1967)


• 
  Nalini Prava Deka (1944–2014)


• Leoncio P. Deriada


• 
  Tibor Déry (1894–1977)


• 
  Paul Di Filippo (born 1954)


• 
  Junot Díaz (born 1968)


• 
  Philip K. Dick (1928–1982)


• 
  Isak Dinesen (1885–1962)


• 
  Arthur Conan Doyle (1859–1930)


• 
  Andre Dubus (1936–1999)


• 
  Andy Duncan (born 1964)


• 
  Stuart Dybek (born 1942)

E–F

• C. M. Eddy, Jr.


• 
  Dave Eggers (born 1970)


• 
  Deborah Eisenberg (born 1945)


• Youssouf Amine Elalamy


• 
  Harlan Ellison (born 1934)


• 
  Louise Erdrich (born 1954)


• 
  Jeffrey Eugenides (born 1960)


• 
  F. Scott Fitzgerald (1896–1940)


• 
  Rubem Fonseca (born 1925)


• 
  John M. Ford (1957–2006)


• 
  Richard Ford (born 1944)


• 
  Thelma Forshaw (1923–1995)


• 
  Eugie Foster (born 1971)


• 
  Janet Frame (born 1924)


• 
  Golda Fried (born 1972)


• 
  Jacques Futrelle (1875–1912)

G–H

• 
  Neil Gaiman (born 1960)


• 
  Mary Gaitskill (born 1954)


• 
  Stephen Gallagher (born 1954)


• 
  Mavis Gallant (1922-2014)


• 
  Paul Gallico (1897–1976)


• 
  John Galt (1779–1839)


• 
  Gabriel García Márquez (1928–2014)


• 
  Helen Garner (born 1942)


• 
  William H. Gass (born 1924)


• 
  Tim Gautreaux (born 1947)


• 
  William Gibson (born 1948)


• 
  Nikolai Gogol (1809–1852)


• 
  Nadine Gordimer (born 1923)


• 
  Elizabeth Graver (born 1964)


• 
  Ben K. Green (died 1974)


• 
  Graham Greene (1904–1991)


• 
  Davis Grubb (1919–1980)


• 
  Richard Guest (born 1967)


• 
  Aaron Gwyn (born 1972)


• 
  Hubert Haddad (born 1947)


• 
  Per Hallström (1866-1960)


• 
  Edmond Hamilton (1904–1977)


• 
  Barry Hannah (1942–2010)


• 
  Peter Härtling (born 1933)


• 
  Bret Harte (1836–1902)


• 
  Nathaniel Hawthorne (1804–1864)


• 
  Victor Heck (born 1967)


• 
  Robert A. Heinlein, (1907–1988)


• 
  Ernest Hemingway (1899–1961)


• 
  Amy Hempel (born 1951)


• 
  O. Henry (1862–1910)


• 
  Hans Herbjørnsrud (born 1938)


• 
  Patricia Highsmith (1921–1995)


• 
  Tobias Hill (born 1970)


• 
  E. T. A. Hoffmann (1776–1822)


• 
  Hugh Hood (1928–2000)


• 
  Rhys Hughes (born 1966)


• 
  Zora Neale Hurston (1891–1960)


• 
  Aldous Huxley (1894–1963)


• 
  Aamer Hussein (born 1955)


• 
  Hwang Sun-wŏn (1915–2000)

I–J

• 
  Yusuf Idris (1927–1991)


• 
  Washington Irving (1783–1859)


• 
  Mazhar ul Islam (born 1949)


• 
  Shirley Jackson (1916–1965)


• 
  M. R. James (1862–1936)


• Barbara Jenkins


• 
  Sarah Orne Jewett (1849–1909)


• 
  Denis Johnson (born 1949)


• 
  Edward P. Jones (born 1951)


• 
  Thom Jones (born 1945)


• 
  James Joyce (1882–1941)

K–L

• 
  Franz Kafka (1883–1924)


• 
  Wladimir Kaminer (born 1967)


• Abdelaziz Khourdifi


• Driss El Khouri


• 
  Stephen King (born 1947)


• 
  Rudyard Kipling (1865–1936)


• 
  Phil Klay (born 1983)


• 
  Heinrich von Kleist (1777–1811)


• 
  R. A. Lafferty (1914–2002)


• 
  Geoffrey A. Landis (born 1955)


• 
  Jhumpa Lahiri (born 1967)


• 
  Lori L. Lake (born 1960)


• 
  Joe R. Lansdale (born 1951)


• 
  Ring Lardner (1885–1933)


• 
  D. H. Lawrence (1885–1930)


• 
  Henry Lawson (1867–1922)


• 
  Ursula K. Le Guin (born 1929)


• 
  Murray Leinster (born 1896)


• 
  Doris Lessing (1919-2013)


• 
  Primo Levi (1919–1987)


• 
  Norman Levine (1923–2005)


• 
  William Levy (born 1939)


• 
  Luis López Nieves (born 1950)


• 
  Thomas Ligotti (born 1951)


• 
  Tao Lin (born 1983)


• 
  Kelly Link (born 1969)


• 
  Jack London (1876–1916)


• 
  Earl Lovelace (born 1935)


• 
  H. P. Lovecraft (1890–1937)


• 
  Fitz Hugh Ludlow (1836–1870)

M–N

• 
  Darko Macan (born 1966)


• 
  John D. MacDonald (1916–1986)


• 
  Ian R. MacLeod (born 1956)


• 
  Angel Leigh McCoy (born 1962)


• 
  Bernard Malamud (1914–1986)


• 
  Naguib Mahfouz (1911–2006)


• Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi


• 
  Barry N. Malzberg (born 1939)


• 
  Andreas Mand (born 1959)


• 
  Katherine Mansfield (1888–1923)


• 
  Valerie Martin (born 1948)


• 
  Bobbie Ann Mason (born 1942)


• 
  W. Somerset Maugham (1874–1965)


• 
  Guy de Maupassant (1850–1893)


• 
  Julian May (born 1931)


• 
  John McGahern (1934–2006)


• Reginald McKnight


• 
  Cormac McCarthy (born 1933)


• 
  Thomas McGuane (born 1939)


• 
  Herman Melville (1819–1891)


• 
  Holdemar Menezes (1921–1996)


• 
  William Michaelian (born 1956)


• 
  Steven Millhauser (born 1943)


• 
  Edward Page Mitchell (1852–1927)


• 
  Lorrie Moore (born 1957)


• 
  Mary McGarry Morris (born 1943)


• 
  Bharati Mukherjee (born 1940)


• 
  Alice Munro (born 1931)


• 
  H. H. Munro ('Saki') (1870–1916)


• 
  Beverle Graves Myers (born 1951)


• 
  R. K. Narayan (1906–2001)


• 
  Manik Bandopadhyay (1908-1956)

O–R

• 
  Joyce Carol Oates (born 1938)


• 
  Patrick O'Brian (1914–2000), born Richard Patrick Russ


• 
  Tim O'Brien (born 1946)


• 
  Joe M. O'Connell (born 1959)


• 
  Flannery O'Connor (1925–1964)


• 
  Frank O'Connor (1903–1966)


• 
  Liam O'Flaherty (1896–1984)


• 
  John O'Hara (1905–1970)


• 
  Brian O'Nolan (1911–1966)


• 
  Rabindranath Tagore (1861–1941)


• 
  Rodrigues Ottolengui (1861–1937)


• 
  Grace Paley (born 1922)


• 
  Dorothy Parker (1893–1967)


• 
  Dave Pelzer (born 1960)


• 
  Lyudmila Petrushevskaya (born 1938)


• 
  Jayne Anne Phillips (born 1952)


• 
  Luigi Pirandello (1867–1936)


• 
  James Plunkett (1920–2003)


• 
  Edgar Allan Poe (1809–1849)


• 
  Eileen Pollack (born 1956)


• 
  Neal Pollack (born 1970)


• 
  Katherine Anne Porter (1890–1980)


• 
  William Sydney Porter, pen name O. Henry (1862–1910)


• 
  Erin Pringle (born 1981)


• 
  Annie Proulx (born 1935)


• 
  Bolesław Prus (1847–1912)


• 
  Indra Bahadur Rai (1927)


• 
  James Robison (born 1946)


• 
  José Luis Rodríguez Pittí (born 1971)


• 
  Philip Roth (born 1933)


• 
  Malay Roy Choudhury (born 1939)


• 
  Samir Roychoudhury (born 1933)


• 
  Damon Runyon (1884–1947)


• 
  Karen Russell (born 1981)

S–T

• 
  Indra Bahadur Rai (1927)


• 
  James Robison (born 1946)


• 
  José Luis Rodríguez Pittí (born 1971)


• 
  Philip Roth (born 1933)


• 
  Damon Runyon (1884–1947)


• 
  J. D. Salinger (1919–2010)


• 
  James Salter (born 1925)


• "Saki" (H. H. Munro)


• Sérgio Sant'Anna


• 
  Sarojini Sahoo (born 1956)


• 
  Widad Sakakini (1913–1991)


• 
  Jean-Paul Sartre (1905–1980)


• 
  John L. Saul born 1948)


• 
  George Saunders (born 1958)


• 
  Daniel Scott (born 1963)


• 
  Robert Sheckley (born 1928)


• 
  Lucius Shepard (born 1947)


• 
  Mary Shelley (1797–1851)


• 
  Robert Silverberg (born 1935)


• 
  Mona Simpson (born 1957)


• 
  Isaac Bashevis Singer (1902–1991)


• 
  Will Scott (1893−1964)


• Jaspreet Singh


• 
  George Singleton (born 1958)


• 
  Clark Ashton Smith (1893–1961)


• 
  Dag Solstad (born 1941)


• 
  Gary Soto (born 1952)


• Robin Spriggs


• 
  Jean Stafford (1915–1979)


• 
  Wallace Stegner (1909–1993)


• 
  Bruce Sterling (born 1954)


• 
  Frank R. Stockton (1834–1902)


• 
  Charles Stross (born 1964)


• 
  Theodore Sturgeon (1918–1985)


• 
  Michael Swanwick (born 1950)


• 
  Zakaria Tamer (born 1931)


• 
  Peter Taylor (1917–1994)


• 
  William Tenn (pseudonym of Philip Klass) (born 1920)


• 
  Melanie Rae Thon (born 1957)


• Lisa Tolliver


• 
  Aleksey Nikolayevich Tolstoy (1883–1945)


• 
  Leo Tolstoy (1828–1910)


• 
  William Trevor (born 1928)


• 
  Sergio Troncoso (born 1961)


• 
  Judy Troy (born 1951)


• 
  Ivan Turgenev (1818–1883)


• 
  Harry Turtledove (born 1949)


• 
  Mark Twain (1835–1910)


• 
  Rabindranath Tagore (1861–1941)


• 
  Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay (1876–1938)


• 
  Tarasankar Bandyopadhyay (1898–1971)


• 
  Syed Mujtaba Ali (1904–1974)

U–Z

• 
  Kavisekhara Dr Umar Alisha (1885–1945)


• 
  John Updike (born 1932)


• 
  Andrew Vachss (born 1942)


• 
  Anne Valente (born 1982)


• 
  Jeff VanderMeer (born 1968)


• 
  Voltaire (1694–1778)


• 
  Kurt Vonnegut (1922–2007)


• 
  Howard Waldrop (born 1946)


• 
  Eli Waldron (1916–1980)


• 
  Robert Walser (1878–1956)


• 
  Manly Wade Wellman (1903–1986)


• 
  Eudora Welty (1909–2001)


• 
  Jessamyn West (1902–1984)


• 
  Edith Wharton (1862–1937)


• 
  Edmund White (born 1940)


• 
  Christopher Willard (born 1960)


• 
  D. Harlan Wilson (born 1971)


• 
  P. G. Wodehouse (1881–1975)


• 
  Gene Wolfe (born 1931)


• 
  Tobias Wolff (born 1945)


• Kirby Wright


• 
  Mary Tappan Wright (1851–1917)


• 
  Richard Yates (1926–1992)


• 
  Marguerite Yourcenar (1903–1987)


• 
  Mohamed Zafzaf (1942–2001)


• 
  Gul M. Zhowandai(1905–1988)


• 
  Aleksandar Žiljak (born 1963)


• 
  Stefan Zweig (1881–1942)

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