List of short story authors

This is a partial list of published short story authors:

Letters A-E

* Chinua Achebe (born 1930)
* Sherman Alexie (born 1966)
* Henry Allen (born 1982)
* Steve Almond
* Martin Amis (born 1949)
* Sherwood Anderson (1876-1941)
* Jacob M. Appel
* Max Apple (born 1941)
* Isaac Asimov (1920-1992)
* Isaac Babel (1894-1940)
* Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni (born 1956)
* Andrea Barrett (born 1964)
* Lynne Barrett
* John Barth (born 1930)
* Donald Barthelme (1931-1989)
* Charles Baxter (born 1947)
* Ann Beattie (born 1947)
* Pinckney Benedict
* Aimee Bender (born 1969)
* Arnold Bennett (1867-1931)
* Stefano Benni (born 1947)
* Ambrose Bierce (1842-c.1914)
* Michael Bishop (born 1945)
* Terry Bisson (born 1942)
* Robert Bloch (1917-1994)
* Jorge Luis Borges (1899-1986)
* T. C. Boyle (born 1948)
* Leigh Brackett (1915-1978)
* Ray Bradbury (born 1920)
* Stan Ageira (Born 1961)
* Maeve Brennan (1917-1993)
* Fredric Brown (1906-1972)
* Charles Bukowski (1920-1994)
* Dino Buzzati (1906-1972)
* Morley Callaghan (1903-1990)
* Italo Calvino (1923-1985)
* Ramsey Campbell (born 1946)
* Albert Camus (1913-1960)
* Kevin Canty
* Ron Carlson
* Angela Carter (1940-1992)
* Raymond Carver (1938-1988)
* Michael Chabon (born 1963)
* John Cheever (1912-1982)
* Anton Chekhov (1860-1904)
* Ted Chiang (born 1967)
* Brian Cleeve (1921-2003)
* Dan Chaon
* Kate Chopin (1850-1904)
* John Collier (1901-1980)
* Frank Conroy (1936-2005)
* J. California Cooper (born 19??)
* Robert Coover (born 1932)
* Stephen Crane (1871-1900)
* Catherine Crowe (1800-1876)
* Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1859-1930)
* Julio Cortazar (1914-1984)
* A. J. Cronin (1896-1981)
* Roald Dahl (1916-1990)
* Avram Davidson (1923-1993)
* Peter Ho Davies (born 1966)
* Lydia Davis (born 1947)
* Junot Diaz
* Philip K. Dick (1928-1982)
* Paul Di Filippo (born 1954)
* Jeff Doyle (born 1955)
* Andre Dubus (1936-1999)
* Andy Duncan (born 1964)
* Stuart Dybek (born 1942)
* Dave Eggers (born 1970)
* Aaron Elliot (born 1969)
* Harlan Ellison (born 1934)
* Louise Erdrich

Letters F-L

* Jack Finney (1911–1995)
* F. Scott Fitzgerald (1896-1940)
* Rubem Fonseca (born 1925)
* John M. Ford (1957-2006)
* Richard Ford (born 1944)
* Thelma Forshaw (1923-1995)
* Eugie Foster (born 1971)
* Jacques Futrelle (1875-1912)
* Neil Gaiman (born 1960)
* Mavis Gallant (born 1922)
* Paul Gallico (1897-1976)
* Gabriel García Márquez (born 1928)
* Larry Mike Garmon (born1955)
* William H. Gass (born 1924)
* Tim Gautreaux
* William Gibson (born 1948)
* Nikolai Gogol (1809-1852)
* Elizabeth Graver
* Ben K. Green (died 1974)
* Graham Greene (1904-1991)
* Davis Grubb (1919-1980)
* Richard Guest (born 1967)
* Edmond Hamilton (1904-1977)
* Barry Hannah (born 1942)
* Peter Härtling (born 1933}
* Nathaniel Hawthorne (1804-1864)
* Victor Heck (born 1967)
* Ernest Hemingway (1899-1961)
* Amy Hempel (born 1951)
* O. Henry (1862-1910)
* Hans Herbjørnsrud (born 1938)
* Patricia Highsmith (1921-1995)
* Hugh Hood (1928-2000)
* Rhys Hughes (born 1966)
* Aldous Huxley (1894-1963)
* Aamer Hussein (born 1955)
* Hwang Sun-wŏn (born 1915)
* Yusuf Idris (1927-1991)
* Washington Irving (1783-1859)
* Shirley Jackson (1916-1965)
* M. R. James (1862-1936)
* Randy E. Jernigan (born 1961)
* Denis Johnson (born 1949)
* Edward P. Jones (born 1951)
* Thom Jones (born 1945)
* James Joyce
* Franz Kafka (1883-1924)
* Wladimir Kaminer (born 1967)
* Stephen King (born 1947)
* R. A. Lafferty (1914-2002)
* Jhumpa Lahiri (born 1967)
* Joe R. Lansdale (born 1951)
* Ring Lardner (1885-1933)
* D. H. Lawrence (1885-1930)
* Henry Lawson (1867-1922)
* Ursula K. Le Guin (born 1929)
* Murray Leinster (born 1896)
* Doris Lessing (born 1919)
* Primo Levi (1919-1987)
* William Levy (born 1939)
* Luis López Nieves (born 1950)
* Thomas Ligotti (born 1951)
* Kelly Link (born 1969)
* Jack London (1876-1916)
* H. P. Lovecraft (1890-1937)
* Fitz Hugh Ludlow (1836-1870)

Letters M-R

* Darko Macan (born 1966)
* John D. MacDonald (1916-1986)
* Ian R. MacLeod (born 1956)
* Naguib Mahfouz (1911-2006)
* Barry N. Malzberg (born 1939)
* Roychoudhury Malay (born 1939)
* Roychowdhury Samir (born 1939)
* Katherine Mansfield (1888-1923)
* Bobbie Ann Mason (born 1942)
* W. Somerset Maugham (1874-1965)
* Guy de Maupassant (1850-1893)
* Julian May (born 1931)
* John McGahern (1934-2006)
* Reginald McKnight
* Herman Melville (1819-1891)
* Holdemar Menezes (1921-1996)
* William Michaelian (born 1956)
* Steven Millhauser (born 1943)
* Edward Page Mitchell (1852-1927)
* Lorrie Moore (born 1957)
* Mary McGarry Morris (born 1943)
* Bharati Mukherjee (born 1940)
* Alice Munro (born 1931)
* H. H. Munro ('Saki') (1870-1916)
* R. K. Narayan (1906-2001)
* Joyce Carol Oates (born 1938)
* 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)
* Rodrigues Ottolengui (1861-1937)
* Grace Paley (born 1922)
* Dorothy Parker (1893-1967)
* Luigi Pirandello (1867-1936)
* James Plunkett (1920-2003)
* Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849)
* Eileen Pollack
* Neal Pollack (born 1970)
* Annie Proulx (born 1935)
* Bolesław Prus (1847-1912)
* José Luis Rodríguez Pittí (born 1971)
* Philip Roth (born 1933)
* Damon Runyon (1884-1947)

Letters S-T

* J. D. Salinger (born 1919)
* James Salter (born 1925)
* "Saki", see H. H. Munro
* Sérgio Sant'Anna
* Sarojini Sahoo (born 1956)
* George Saunders (born 1958)
* Robert Sheckley (born 1928)
* Lucius Shepard (born 1947)
* Mary Shelley (1797-1851)
* Robert Silverberg (born 1935)
* Mona Simpson (born 1957)
* Isaac Bashevis Singer (1902-1991)
* Jaspreet Singh
* George Singleton (born 1958)
* Bruce Sterling (born 1954)
* Frank R. Stockton (1834-1902)
* Charles Stross (born 1964)
* Theodore Sturgeon (1918-1985)
* Michael Swanwick (born 1950)
* Zakaria Tamer (born 1931)
* Peter Taylor (1917-1994)
* William Tenn (pseudonym of Philip Klass) (born 1920)
* Aleksei Nikolaevich Tolstoy (1883 – 1945)
* Leo Tolstoy (1828-1910)
* William Trevor (born 1928)
* Sergio Troncoso (born 1961)
* Harry Turtledove (born 1949)
* Mark Twain (1835-1910)

Letters U-W

* Kavisekhara Dr Umar Alisha(1885-1945)
* John Updike (born 1932)
* Andrew Vachss (born 1942)
* Jeff Vandermeer (born 1968)
* Voltaire (1694-1778)
* Kurt Vonnegut (1922-2007)
* Howard Waldrop (born 1946)
* Manly Wade Wellman (1903-1986)
* Eudora Welty (1909-2001)
* Edith Wharton (1862-1937)
* Edmund White (born 1940)
* P. G. Wodehouse (1881-1975)
* Gene Wolfe (born 1931)
* Tobias Wolff (born 1945)
* Mary Tappan Wright (1851-1917)

Letters Y-Z

* Richard Yates (1926-1992)
* Marguerite Yourcenar (1903-1987)
* Gul M. Zhowandai(1905-1988)
* Aleksandar Ziljak (born 1963)

References