C. L. Moore
American science fiction and fantasy writer, who first came to prominence in the 1930s writing as C. L. Moore
weird fiction writers
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
George R. R. Martin
American novelist, screenwriter, television producer and short story writer
H. P. Lovecraft
American writer of weird, science, fantasy, and horror fiction
Fritz Leiber
American writer of fantasy, horror, and science fiction
Rudyard Kipling
English journalist, short-story writer, poet, and novelist
Stephen King
American author of horror, supernatural fiction, suspense, crime, science-fiction, and fantasy novels
Franz Kafka
German-speaking Bohemian novelist and short-story writer, widely regarded as one of the major figures of 20th-century literature
M. R. James
English author, medievalist scholar and provost of King’s College, Cambridge , and of Eton College . He was Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cambridge .
James’s work as a medievalist and scholar is still highly regarded, but he is best remembered for his ghost stories, which some consider among the best in the genre
Henry James
American-British author