Note that some writers listed below have also written in other genres, especially Fantasy and Science Fiction , and some of the best authors are missing from the list.
- Robert Aickman , (1914-1981)
- Michael Arnzen
- Cynthia Asquith , (1887-1960)
- Clive Barker , (born 1952)
- Jessica Barone , (born 1977)
- 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 , (born 1923)
- Leigh Blackmore (born 1959)
- Algernon Blackwood , (1869-1951)
- William Peter Blatty , (born 1928)
- Robert Bloch , (1917-1994)
- 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
- P. D. Cacek , (born 1951)
- Ramsey Campbell , (born 1946)
- Peter Cannon , (born 1951)
- Mort Castle , (born 1946)
- Hugh B. Cave , (1910-2004)
- 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)
- Caroline B. Cooney , (born 1947)
- Linda Crockett , (born 1943)
- Chris Curry , (born 1957)
- Les Daniels , (born 1943)
- L. P. Davies , (born 1914)
- Stephen Dedman
- August Derleth , (1909-1971)
- Hanns Heinz Ewers (1871-1943)
- Henry Farrell , (1920-2006)
- John Farris
- Julian Osgood Field , (1849-1925)
- Robert Fleming
- Christopher Fowler , (born 1953)
- Andrew Fox
- Brian Freeman , (born 1979)
- Fran Friel
- Gayleen Froese , (born 1972 )
- Polly Frost
- Neil Gaiman , (born 1960)
- Stephen Gallagher , (born 1954)
- Mick Garris , (born 1951)
- Larry Mike Garmon , (born 1955)
- Ray Garton
- Elizabeth Gaskell , (1810-1865)
- Jeff Gelb
- Stephen R. George , (born 1959)
- Steve Gerlach
- Greg F. Gifune , ( born 1963)
- Sèphera Girón
- Nikolai Gogol (1809-1852)
- Owl Goingback
- Christie Golden
- Christopher Golden , (born 1967)
- Ed Gorman
- Stefan Grabiński , (1887-1936)
- Charles Gramlich , (born 1958)
- Charles L. Grant , (1942-2006)
- Rain Graves
- Amy Grech , (born 1972)
- Laurell K. Hamilton , (born 1963)
- Daniel Harms
- Kim Harrison ,
- David G. Hartwell , (born 1941)
- Mccaulley Haas , (born 1964)
- Angeline Hawkes
- Nathaniel Hawthorne , (1804-1864)
- Lafacadio Hearn , (1850-1904)
- Victor Heck , (born 1967)
- James Herbert , (born 1943)
- Joe Hill (writer)
- Brian Hodge
- William Hope Hodgson , (1877–1918)
- Diane Hoh
- Nancy Holder
- Brian A. Hopkins
- Nalo Hopkinson
- Ron Horsley , (born 1977)
- Gerard Daniel Houarner
- Robert E. Howard , (1906-1936)
- Del Howison
- Charlie Huston
- Shaun Hutson , (born 1958)
- Charlee Jacob , (born 1952)
- Carl Jacobi , (1908-1997)
- L. Dean James , (born 1947)
- K. W. Jeter , (born 1950)
- Scott A. Johnson , (born 1971)
- Stephen Jones
- Jeanne Kalogridis , (born 1954)
- Brian Keene
- Rick Kennett (born 1956)
- Jack Ketchum , (born 1946)
- Stephen King , (born 1947)
- T. E. D. Klein , (born 1947)
- Karen Koehler , (born 1973)
- Kathe Koja , (born 1960)
- Dean R. Koontz , (born 1945)
- M. F. Korn
- Henry Kuttner , (1915-1958)
- Joe R. Lansdale , (born 1951)
- Richard Laymon , (1947-2001)
- Tim Lebbon
- Deborah LeBlanc
- Edward Lee , (born 1957)
- J. Sheridan Le Fanu , (1814-1873)
- Mark Leslie , (born 1969)
- Ira Levin , (born 1929)
- Edward Levy
- Matthew Gregory Lewis , (1775-1818)
- Thomas Ligotti , (born 1953)
- John Ajvide Lindqvist , (born 1968)
- Bentley Little , (born 1960)
- Frank Belknap Long , (1901-1994)
- H. P. Lovecraft , (1890-1937)
- Brian Lumley , (born 1937)
- Nick Mamatas , (born 1972)
- Brandon Massey , (born 1973)
- Elizabeth Massie , (born 1953)
- Graham Masterton , (born 1946)
- Richard Matheson , (born 1926)
- China Miéville , (born 1972)
- Richard Christian Matheson , (born 1953)
- Charles Maturin , (1782-1824)
- Michael McDowell , (1950-1999)
- Gustav Meyrink , (1868-1932)
- Rex Miller , (1939-2004)
- Susie Moloney , (born 1962)
- James A. Moore , (born 1965)
- A. R. Morlan , (born 1958)
- David Morrell (born 1943)
- W. C. Morrow , (1854-1923)
- Joseph Nassise
- Kim Newman , (born 1959)
- Scott Nicholson
- Michael Oliveri
- Oliver Onions , (1873-1961)
- Chuck Palahniuk (born 1962)
- Norman Partridge
- John Pelan , (born 1957)
- Thomas Piccirilli
- Edgar Allan Poe , (1809-1849)
- Thomas Peckett Prest , (1810-1859)
- Douglas Preston , (born 1956)
- Cherie Priest , (born 1975)
- Ann Radcliffe , (1764-1823)
- Stephen Mark Rainey , (born 1959)
- Anne Rice , (born 1941)
- Tod Robbins , (1888-1949)
- Regina Maria Roche , (1764-1845)
- Alan Rodgers , (born 1959)
- Ray Russell , (1924-1999)
- John Russo
- James Malcolm Rymer , (1814-1888)
- Al Sarrantonio , (born 1952)
- John Saul , (born 1942)
- William Schoell
- David J. Schow , (born 1955)
- Darrell Schweitzer , (born 1952)
- Darren Shan , (born 1972)
- Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley , (1797-1851)
- John Shirley , (born 1953)
- Sigma , (1849-1925)
- Dan Simmons , (born 1948)
- John Skipp
- 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)
List of horror fiction sub-genres
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