List of short-story authors

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

## A–B

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* 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)
* 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 (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 (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 (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)
* 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

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* 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)
* Faustin Charles (born 1944)
* John Cheever (1912–1982)
* Anton Chekhov (1860–1904)
* Ted Chiang (born 1967)
* Emelie C. S. Chilton (1838–1864)
* Agatha Christie (1890–1976)
* Felicia Buttz Clark (1862-1931)
* 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 (1932–2024)
* 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

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* 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 (living)
* 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

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* 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 (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)
* Aldous Huxley (1894–1963)
* Aamer Hussein (born 1955)
* Hwang Sun-wŏn (1915–2000)

## I–J

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* 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

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* 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

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* 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)
* Angel Leigh McCoy (born 1962)
* John McGahern (1934–2006)
* Reginald McKnight (born 1956)
* Cormac McCarthy (1933–2023)
* 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)
* George McMichael Moyer (born 1988)
* 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

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* 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)
* 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)
* 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 (1939–2023)
* Samir Roychoudhury (1933–2016)
* Damon Runyon (1884–1947)
* Karen Russell (born 1981)

## S–T

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* 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)
* Mary Stebbins Savage (1850-1915)
* 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 (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)
* Sergio Troncoso (born 1961)
* Judy Troy (born 1951)
* Ivan Turgenev (1818–1883)
* Harry Turtledove (born 1949)
* Mark Twain (1835–1910)

## U–Z

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* 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 (1946–2024)
* 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 (1940–2025)
* 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)

## References

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