List of short story authors
This is a partial list of short story authors:
- Sherwood Anderson (1876-1941)
- Isaac Asimov (1920-1992)
- Donald Barthelme (1931-1989)
- Charles Baxter (born 1947)
- Arnold Bennett (1867-1931)
- Stefano Benni (born 1947)
- Ambrose Bierce (1842-c.1914)
- Jorge Luis Borges (1899-1986)
- T.C. Boyle (born 1948)
- Leigh Brackett (1915-1978)
- Ray Bradbury (born 1920)
- Fredric Brown (1906-1972)
- Charles Bukowski (1920-1994)
- Dino Buzzati (1906-1972)
- Morley Callaghan (1903-1990)
- Angela Carter (1940-1992)
- Raymond Carver (1938-1988)
- John Cheever (1912-1982)
- Anton Chekhov (1860-1904)
- Ted Chiang (born 1967)
- Kate Chopin (1850-1904)
- John Collier (1901-1980)
- Stephen Crane (1871-1900)
- Catherine Crowe (1800-1876)
- Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1859-1930)
- Julio Cortazar (1914-1984)
- Roald Dahl (1916-1990)
- Peter Ho Davies
- Lydia Davis (born 1947)
- Philip K. Dick (1928-1982)
- Andre Dubus (1936-1999)
- Harlan Ellison (born 1934)
- F. Scott Fitzgerald (1896-1940)
- Rubem Fonseca (born 1925)
- Richard Ford (born 1944)
- Jacques Futrelle (1875-1912)
- Neil Gaiman (born 1960)
- Mavis Gallant (born 1922)
- Paul Gallico (1897-1976)
- Larry Mike Garmon (born1955)
- William H. Gass (born 1924)
- William Gibson (born 1948)
- 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)
- Nathaniel Hawthorne (1804-1864)
- Ernest Hemingway (1899-1961)
- O. Henry (1862-1910)
- Hugh Hood (1928-2000)
- Rhys Hughes (born 1966)
- Hwang Sun-wŏn (born 1915)
- Washington Irving (1783-1859)
- Shirley Jackson (1916-1965)
- Tatjana Jambrisak
- M.R. James (1862-1936)
- Thom Jones
- Franz Kafka (1883-1924)
- Stephen King (born 1947)
- R. A. Lafferty (1914-2002)
- Jhumpa Lahiri
- Ring Lardner (1885-1933)
- Henry Lawson (1867-1922)
- Murray Leinster (born 1896)
- Doris Lessing (born 1919)
- Primo Levi (1919-1987)
- William Levy (born 1939)
- Thomas Ligotti (born 1951)
- Jack London (1876-1916)
- H. P. Lovecraft (1890-1937)
- Fitz Hugh Ludlow (1836-1870)
- Darko Macan (born 1966)
- John D. MacDonald (1916-1986)
- Katherine Mansfield (1888-1923)
- Bobbie Ann Mason
- Somerset Maugham (1874-1965)
- Guy de Maupassant (1850-1893)
- Julian May (born 1931)
- Reginald McKnight
- Herman Melville (1819-1891)
- Holdemar Menezes (1921-1996)
- Steven Millhauser (born 1943)
- Lorrie Moore (born 1957)
- Alice Munro (born 1931)
- H.H. Munro ('Saki') (1870-1916)
- Joyce Carol Oates (born 1938)
- Flannery O'Connor (1925-1964)
- Frank O'Connor (1903-1966)
- Liam O'Flaherty (1896-1984)
- John O'Hara (1905-1970)
- Rodrigues Ottolengui (1861-1937)
- Dorothy Parker (1893-1967)
- Dalibor Perkovic (born 1974)
- Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849)
- Eileen Pollack
- Neal Pollack
- Bolesław Prus (1847-1912)
- Damon Runyon (1884-1947)
- J. D. Salinger (born 1919)
- James Salter (born 1925)
- "Saki," see H. H. Munro
- Sérgio Sant'anna
- Mona Simpson
- Bruce Sterling
- Frank R. Stockton (1834-1902)
- Peter Taylor
- Sergio Troncoso (born 1961)
- Harry Turtledove (born 1949)
- Mark Twain (1835-1910)
- John Updike
- Eudora Welty (1909-2001)
- P. G. Wodehouse
- Tobias Wolff
- Gul M. Zhowandai (1905-1988)
- Aleksandar Ziljak (born 1963)
- Thomas Cherian {Born 1966}
See also: Lists of authors, List of Canadian short story writers