List of short-story authors

This is a list of published short-story authors.

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A–B

• Sait Faik Abasıyanık (1906–1954)
• Mazhar Abro (born 1971)
• Chinua Achebe (1930–2013)
• Mirza Adeeb (1914–1999)
• Pilar Adón (born 1971)
• Stan Ageira (born 1961)
• Ama Ata Aidoo (1940–2023)
• Ryūnosuke Akutagawa (1892–1927)
• Sholem Aleichem (1859–1916)
• Sherman Alexie (born 1966)
• Syed Mujtaba Ali (1904–1974)
• Steve Almond (born 1966)
• Martin Amis (1949–2023)
• Poul Anderson (1926–2001)
• Sherwood Anderson (1876–1941)
• Leonid Andreyev (1871–1919)
• Núria Añó (born 1973)
• Jacob M. Appel (born 1973)
• Max Apple (born 1941)
• Helena Araújo Ortiz (1934–2015)
• Isaac Asimov (1920–1992)
• Michael "Atters" Attree (born 1965)
• Margaret Atwood (born 1939)
• Isaac Babel (1894–1940)
• Latifa Baka (born 1964)
• Julia K. Wetherill Baker (1858–1931)
• Manik Bandopadhyay (1908–1956)
• Tarasankar Bandyopadhyay (1898–1971)
• Christine Barkhuizen le Roux (1959–2020)
• José Baroja (born 1983)
• Andrea Barrett (born 1964)
• Lynne Barrett (born 1950)
• John Barth (1930–2024)
• Donald Barthelme (1931–1989)
• Subimal Basak (born 1939)
• Charles Baxter (born 1947)
• Ann Beattie (born 1947)
• Elizabeth Whitfield Croom Bellamy (1837–1900)
• Pinckney Benedict (born 1964)
• Aimee Bender (born 1969)
• Abdelmajid Benjelloun (1919–1981)
• Arnold Bennett (1867–1931)
• Stefano Benni (1947–2025)
• Mohammed Berrada (born 1938)
• Wendell Berry (born 1934)
• Eva Best (1851–1925)
• Ambrose Bierce (1842–c. 1914)
• Jennie M. Bingham (1859–1933)
• Michael Bishop (1945–2023)
• Terry Bisson (1942–2024)
• Korban Blake
• Robert Bloch (1917–1994)
• Annie R. Blount (1839–unknown)
• Ruskin Bond (born 1934)
• Leslie Bonnet (1902–1985)
• Jorge Luis Borges (1899–1986)
• Ahmed Bouzfour (born 1945)
• Ben Bova (1932–2020)
• T. C. Boyle (born 1948)
• Leigh Brackett (1915–1978)
• Ray Bradbury (1920–2012)
• Richard Brautigan (1935–1984)
• Radovan Brenkus (born 1974)
• Maeve Brennan (1917–1993)
• Besmilr Brigham (1913–2000)
• Kevin Brockmeier (born 1974)
• Fredric Brown (1906–1972)
• Mary K. Buck (1849–1901)
• 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)
• Dan Chaon (born 1964)
• Katharine Hopkins Chapman (1870/72/73–1930)
• Faustin Charles (born 1944)
• Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay (1876–1938)
• John Cheever (1912–1982)
• Anton Chekhov (1860–1904)
• Ted Chiang (born 1967)
• Emelie C. S. Chilton (1838–1864)
• Kate Chopin (1850–1904)
• Malay Roy Choudhury (1939–2023)
• Mohamed Choukri (1935–2003)
• Agatha Christie (1890–1976)
• Felicia Buttz Clark (1862–1931)
• Brian Cleeve (1921–2003)
• Wanda Coleman (1946–2013)
• John Collier (1901–1980)
• Aaron Cometbus (born 1968)
• Richard Connell (1893–1949)
• Frank Conroy (1936–2005)
• Carolyn Cooke (born 1964)
• J. California Cooper (1931–2014)
• Robert Coover (1932–2024)
• Julio Cortázar (1914–1984)
• Cola Barr Craig (1861–1930)
• Stephen Crane (1871–1900)
• A. J. Cronin (1896–1981)
• Catherine Crowe (1800–1876)
• Anne Virginia Culbertson (1857–1918)
• Roald Dahl (1916–1990)
• Edwidge Danticat (born 1969)
• Manoj Das (1934–2021)
• Avram Davidson (1923–1993)
• Peter Ho Davies (born 1966)
• Amparo Dávila (1928–2020)
• Lydia Davis (born 1947)
• Nalini Prava Deka (1944–2014)
• Leoncio P. Deriada (1938–2019)
• Tibor Déry (1894–1977)
• Paul Di Filippo (born 1954)
• Junot Díaz (born 1968)
• Philip K. Dick (1928–1982)
• Isak Dinesen (1885–1962)
• Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni (born 1956)
• Arthur Conan Doyle (1859–1930)
• Andre Dubus (1936–1999)
• Guadalupe Dueñas (1910–2002)
• Andy Duncan (born 1964)
• Stuart Dybek (born 1942)

E–F

• C. M. Eddy, Jr. (1896–1967)
• Dave Eggers (born 1970)
• Deborah Eisenberg (born 1945)
• Youssouf Amine Elalamy (born 1961)
• Harlan Ellison (1934–2018)
• Louise Erdrich (born 1954)
• Ana Estrella Santos (born 20th century)
• Jeffrey Eugenides (born 1960)
• F. Scott Fitzgerald (1896–1940)
• Rubem Fonseca (1925–2020)
• John M. Ford (1957–2006)
• Richard Ford (born 1944)
• Thelma Forshaw (1923–1995)
• Eugie Foster (born 1971)
• Janet Frame (1924–2004)
• 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 (1924–2017)
• Tim Gautreaux (born 1947)
• Eleanor Churchill Gibbs (1840–1925)
• William Gibson (born 1948)
• Nikolai Gogol (1809–1852)
• Nadine Gordimer (1923–2014)
• Elizabeth Graver (born 1964)
• Ben K. Green (1912–1974)
• Frances Nimmo Greene (1867–1937)
• 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)
• Ethel Hillyer Harris (1859–1931)
• Bret Harte (1836–1902)
• Peter Härtling (1933–2017)
• 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 (1938–2023)
• 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)
• Aamer Hussein (born 1955)
• Aldous Huxley (1894–1963)
• Hwang Sun-wŏn (1915–2000)

I–J

• Yusuf Idris (1927–1991)
• Washington Irving (1783–1859)
• Fríða Ísberg (born 1992)
• Mazhar ul Islam (born 1949)
• Shirley Jackson (1916–1965)
• M. R. James (1862–1936)
• Barbara Jenkins (born 1941)
• Sarah Orne Jewett (1849–1909)
• Denis Johnson (1949–2017)
• Electa Amanda Wright Johnson (1938–1929)
• Edward P. Jones (born 1951)
• Thom Jones (1945–2016)
• James Joyce (1882–1941)

K–L

• Franz Kafka (1883–1924)
• Wladimir Kaminer (born 1967)
• Driss El Khouri (1939–2022)
• Stephen King (born 1947)
• Rudyard Kipling (1865–1936)
• Phil Klay (born 1983)
• Heinrich von Kleist (1777–1811)
• R. A. Lafferty (1914–2002)
• Jhumpa Lahiri (born 1967)
• Lori L. Lake (born 1960)
• Geoffrey A. Landis (born 1955)
• Helen Langworthy (1899–1991)
• Joe R. Lansdale (born 1951)
• Ring Lardner (1885–1933)
• D. H. Lawrence (1885–1930)
• Henry Lawson (1867–1922)
• Ursula K. Le Guin (1929–2018)
• Murray Leinster (1896–1975)
• Doris Lessing (1919–2013)
• Primo Levi (1919–1987)
• Robert Levin (born 1939)
• Norman Levine (1923–2005)
• William Levy (1939–2019)
• Thomas Ligotti (born 1951)
• Tao Lin (born 1983)
• Kelly Link (born 1969)
• Jack London (1876–1916)
• Luis López Nieves (born 1950)
• H. P. Lovecraft (1890–1937)
• Earl Lovelace (born 1935)
• Fitz Hugh Ludlow (1836–1870)
• Anne Bozeman Lyon (1860–1936)

M–N

• Darko Macan (born 1966)
• John D. MacDonald (1916–1986)
• Della Campbell MacLeod (ca. 1884 – ?)
• Ian R. MacLeod (born 1956)
• Naguib Mahfouz (1911–2006)
• Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi (born 1967)
• Bernard Malamud (1914–1986)
• Barry N. Malzberg (1939–2024)
• 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 (1931–2017)
• Cormac McCarthy (1933–2023)
• Angel Leigh McCoy (born 1962)
• Annie Virginia McCracken (1868–1892?)
• John McGahern (1934–2006)
• Thomas McGuane (born 1939)
• Florence Percy McIntyre (1852–1923)
• Reginald McKnight (born 1956)
• Georgie A. Hulse McLeod (1827–1890)
• Herman Melville (1819–1891)
• Holdemar Menezes (1921–1996)
• William Michaelian (born 1956)
• Steven Millhauser (born 1943)
• Marijane Minaberri (1926–2017)
• Edward Page Mitchell (1852–1927)
• Lorrie Moore (born 1957)
• Mary McGarry Morris (born 1943)
• Honoré Willsie Morrow (1880–1940)
• Bharati Mukherjee (1940–2017)
• Alice Munro (1931–2024)
• H. H. Munro ('Saki') (1870–1916)
• Beverle Graves Myers (born 1951)
• R. K. Narayan (1906–2001)
• John Neal (1793–1876)

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)
• Rodrigues Ottolengui (1861–1937)
• Gwendolen Overton (1874/76–1958)
• Grace Paley (1922–2007)
• 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)
• Rebecca N. Porter (1883–1963)
• William Sydney Porter, pen name O. Henry (1862–1910)
• Erin Pringle (born 1981)
• Annie Proulx (born 1935)
• Bolesław Prus (1847–1912)
• James Purdy (1914–2009)
• Indra Bahadur Rai (1927–2018)
• Emma May Alexander Reinertsen (1853–1920)
• Susanne Ringell (born 1955)
• James Robison (born 1946)
• Radoslav Rochallyi (born 1980)
• José Luis Rodríguez Pittí (born 1971)
• Judi Rohrig (born 20th century)
• Philip Roth (1933–2018)
• Samir Roychoudhury (1933–2016)
• Damon Runyon (1884–1947)
• Karen Russell (born 1981)

S–T

• Sarojini Sahoo (born 1956)
• Widad Sakakini (1913–1991)
• "Saki" (H. H. Munro) (1870–1916)
• J. D. Salinger (1919–2010)
• James Salter (1925–2015)
• Sérgio Sant'Anna (1941–2020)
• Jean-Paul Sartre (1905–1980)
• John L. Saul (born 1948)
• George Saunders (born 1958)
• Mary Stebbins Savage (1850–1915)
• Daniel Scott (born 1963)
• Will Scott (1893−1964)
• Sanu Sharma
• Robert Sheckley (1928–2005)
• Mary Shelley (1797–1851)
• Lucius Shepard (1947–2014)
• Hilda Siller (1861–1945)
• Robert Silverberg (born 1935)
• Mona Simpson (born 1957)
• Isaac Bashevis Singer (1902–1991)
• Jaspreet Singh (born 1969)
• George Singleton (born 1958)
• Clark Ashton Smith (1893–1961)
• Dag Solstad (1941–2025)
• Gary Soto (born 1952)
• Robin Spriggs (born 1974)
• Jean Stafford (1915–1979)
• Wallace Stegner (1909–1993)
• Bruce Sterling (born 1954)
• Frank R. Stockton (1834–1902)
• Louise Stockton (1838–1914)
• Charles Stross (born 1964)
• Theodore Sturgeon (1918–1985)
• Michael Swanwick (born 1950)
• Anastasia Syromyatnikova (1915–1997)
• Rabindranath Tagore (1861–1941)
• Zakaria Tamer (born 1931)
• Peter Taylor (1917–1994)
• Angeline Teal (1842–1913)
• William Tenn (pseudonym of Philip Klass) (1920–2010)
• Adeline Margaret Tesky (1855–1924)
• Melanie Rae Thon (born 1957)
• Lisa Tolliver
• Aleksey Nikolayevich Tolstoy (1883–1945)
• Leo Tolstoy (1828–1910)
• William Trevor (1928–2016)
• Eugenia Triantafyllou
• Sergio Troncoso (born 1961)
• Judy Troy (born 1951)
• Ivan Turgenev (1818–1883)
• Harry Turtledove (born 1949)
• Mark Twain (1835–1910)

U–Z

• Kavisekhara Dr Umar Alisha (1885–1945)
• John Updike (1932–2009)
• Andrew Vachss (1942–2021)
• Anne Valente (born 1982)
• Jeff VanderMeer (born 1968)
• Voltaire (1694–1778)
• Kurt Vonnegut (1922–2007)
• Eli Waldron (1916–1980)
• Howard Waldrop (1946–2024)
• David Foster Wallace
• Robert Walser (1878–1956)
• Marion E. Warner (1839–1918)
• Manly Wade Wellman (1903–1986)
• Eudora Welty (1909–2001)
• Jessamyn West (1902–1984)
• Edith Wharton (1862–1937)
• Edmund White (1940–2025)
• Christopher Willard (born 1960)
• D. Harlan Wilson (born 1971)
• Annie Steger Winston (1862–1927)
• P. G. Wodehouse (1881–1975)
• Gene Wolfe (1931–2019)
• Tobias Wolff (born 1945)
• Kirby Wright
• Mary Tappan Wright (1851–1917)
• Richard Yates (1926–1992)
• Marguerite Yourcenar (1903–1987)
• Mohamed Zafzaf (1942–2001)
• Gloria Zamacois (1897–1946)
• Gul M. Zhowandai(1905–1988)
• Aleksandar Žiljak (born 1963)
• Stefan Zweig (1881–1942)

See also

• Lists of writers