Jack Vance
American mystery, fantasy, and science fiction writer
pulp fiction writers
Rafael Sabatini
Italian-English writer of romance and adventure novels.He is best known for his worldwide bestsellers: The Sea Hawk , Scaramouche , Captain Blood , and Bellarion the Fortunate .
In all, Sabatini produced 34 novels, eight short story collections, six non-fiction books, numerous uncollected short stories, and several plays.
Michael Moorcock
English writer, best-known for science fiction and fantasy, who has published a number of well-received literary novels as well as comic thrillers, graphic novels and non-fiction
H. P. Lovecraft
American writer of weird, science, fantasy, and horror fiction
Fritz Leiber
American writer of fantasy, horror, and science fiction
Dashiell Hammett
American author of hard-boiled detective novels and short stories
Robert A. Heinlein
American science fiction author, aeronautical engineer, and naval officer
Philip K. Dick
American science fiction writer
Arthur C. Clarke
English science-fiction writer, science writer, futurist, inventor, undersea explorer, and television series host
Raymond Chandler
American-British novelist and screenwriter