List of short-story authors

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

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 (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)

• Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni (born 1956)

• Christine Barkhuizen le Roux (1959–2020)

• José Baroja (born 1983)

• Andrea Barrett (born 1964)

• Lynne Barrett (born 1950)

• John Barth (born 1930)

• 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 (born 1947)

• Mohammed Berrada (born 1938)

• Wendell Berry (born 1934)

• Eva Best (1851–1925)

• Ambrose Bierce (1842–c. 1914)

• Jennie M. Bingham (1859–1933)

• Michael Bishop (born 1945)

• Terry Bisson (born 1942)

• 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)

• Radovan Brenkus (born 1974)

• Maeve Brennan (1917–1993)

• Richard Brautigan (1935–1984)

• 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)

• Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay (1876–1938)

• Katharine Hopkins Chapman (1870/72/73-1930)

• John Cheever (1912–1982)

• Anton Chekhov (1860–1904)

• Ted Chiang (born 1967)

• Emelie C. S. Chilton (1838–1864)

• Agatha Christie (1890-1976)

• Brian Cleeve (1921–2003)

• Dan Chaon (born 1964)

• Kate Chopin (1850–1904)

• Mohamed Choukri (1935–2003)

• 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 (born 1932)

• Stephen Crane (1871–1900)

• Catherine Crowe (1800–1876)

• Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1859–1930)

• Julio Cortázar (1914–1984)

• Cola Barr Craig (1861-1930)

• A. J. Cronin (1896–1981)

• 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 (born 1938)

• 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)

• 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)

• 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)

• Peter Härtling (1933–2017)

• 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 (born 1941)

• Sarah Orne Jewett (1849–1909)

• Denis Johnson (1949–2017)

• Electa Amanda Wright Johnson (1938-1929)

• T.D. Johnston (born 1961)

• 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)

• Geoffrey A. Landis (born 1955)

• Jhumpa Lahiri (born 1967)

• Lori L. Lake (born 1960)

• 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)

• Norman Levine (1923–2005)

• William Levy (1939–2019)

• 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)

• 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 (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 (1931–2017)

• Angel Leigh McCoy (born 1962)

• John McGahern (1934–2006)

• Reginald McKnight (born 1956)

• Cormac McCarthy (born 1933)

• Annie Virginia McCracken (1868–1892?)

• Thomas McGuane (born 1939)

• 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)

• Rabindranath Tagore (1861–1941)

• Rodrigues Ottolengui (1861–1937)

• 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)

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

• Erin Pringle (born 1981)

• Annie Proulx (born 1935)

• Bolesław Prus (1847–1912)

• Indra Bahadur Rai (1927–2018)

• James Robison (born 1946)

• José Luis Rodríguez Pittí (born 1971)

• Emma May Alexander Reinertsen (1853–1920)

• Susanne Ringell (born 1955)

• Radoslav Rochallyi (born 1980)

• Philip Roth (1933–2018)

• Judi Rohrig

• Malay Roy Choudhury (born 1939)

• Samir Roychoudhury (1933–2016)

• Damon Runyon (1884–1947)

• Karen Russell (born 1981)

S–T
• J. D. Salinger (1919–2010)

• James Salter (1925–2015)

• "Saki" (H. H. Munro) (1870–1916)

• Sérgio Sant'Anna (1941–2020)

• 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)

• Sanu Sharma

• Robert Sheckley (1928–2005)

• Lucius Shepard (1947–2014)

• Mary Shelley (1797–1851)

• Hilda Siller (1861-1945)

• Robert Silverberg (born 1935)

• Mona Simpson (born 1957)

• Isaac Bashevis Singer (1902–1991)

• Will Scott (1893−1964)

• Jaspreet Singh (born 1969)

• George Singleton (born 1958)

• Clark Ashton Smith (1893–1961)

• Dag Solstad (born 1941)

• 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)

• 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)

• 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)

• 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)

• Howard Waldrop (born 1946)

• Eli Waldron (1916–1980)

• 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 (born 1940)

• Christopher Willard (born 1960)

• D. Harlan Wilson (born 1971)

• 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)

• Gul M. Zhowandai(1905–1988)

• Aleksandar Žiljak (born 1963)

• Charles White Jr. (born 1994)

• Stefan Zweig (1881–1942)