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Al Sarrantonio is the author of Laughing Space, a collection that explores the darker corners of humor. He's known for his work in horror and speculative fiction.

Carolyn Parkhurst is an American novelist. She holds a B.A. from Wesleyan University and an M.F.A. in creative writing from American University. Her first novel, The Dogs of Babel (2003), published in the United Kingdom as Lorelei's Secret, was a bestseller, as was Lost and Found (2006). She has also written The Nobodies Album (2010) and Harmony (2016), along with the children's book Cooking with Henry and Elliebelly (2010). Her short story "Unwell" appeared in the anthology Stories: All-New Tal...

Charles Michael "Chuck" Palahniuk is an American novelist and freelance journalist known for the transgressive fiction genre. He is best known for the novel Fight Club (1996), later adapted into the 1999 film directed by David Fincher. He lives near Vancouver, Washington.

Diana Wynne Jones (16 August 1934 – 26 March 2011) was an English writer of fantasy novels, principally for children and young adults, though she also wrote for adults and a small amount of non-fiction. She is best known for the Chrestomanci series and for Howl's Moving Castle, which was adapted into an animated film by Studio Ghibli. She won the Guardian Children's Fiction Prize in 1978 and the World Fantasy Award for Life Achievement in 2007.

Elizabeth Hand (born March 29, 1957) is an American writer.

Jeffery Deaver (born May 6, 1950, in Glen Ellyn, Illinois) is an American author of crime and suspense novels, best known for the Lincoln Rhyme series that began with The Bone Collector (1997), later adapted into a 1999 film starring Denzel Washington and Angelina Jolie. He holds a journalism degree from the University of Missouri and a law degree from Fordham University, and worked as a journalist and attorney before writing full time. He has served as president of the Mystery Writers of Americ...

Jeffrey Ford is the author of the gripping Western novel Dead Man's Hand. His work often explores the darker corners of human nature and the American West.

Joanne Harris is the author of the popular novel Chocolat. Her stories often explore themes of magic and the everyday.

Jodi Picoult (born May 19, 1966, in Nesconset, New York) is an American novelist known for fiction that explores controversial social and ethical issues, including My Sister's Keeper, Nineteen Minutes, Small Great Things, and the more recent Mad Honey and By Any Other Name. She graduated from Princeton University with a degree in English and holds a master's degree in education from Harvard University. She lives in Hanover, New Hampshire, with her husband and their three children.

Hill is the second child of authors Stephen and Tabitha King. He grew up in Bangor, Maine. His younger brother Owen is also a writer. Hill has three sons. Hill chose to use an abbreviated form of his given name (a reference to executed labor leader Joe Hill, for whom he was named) in 1997, out of a desire to succeed based solely on his own merits instead of as the son of Stephen King. After achieving a degree of independent success, Hill publicly confirmed his identity in 2007 after an articl...

Joe R. Lansdale is an American author of horror, crime, western and science fiction, born in Gladewater, Texas, and long based in Nacogdoches. He has written more than forty novels and many short stories, comics and screenplays, all steeped in the East Texas setting. He is best known for the Hap and Leonard crime series, the novella Bubba Ho-Tep and the novel The Bottoms, which won the Edgar Award. He has also won multiple Bram Stoker Awards.

Jonathan Carroll writes stories that explore the human condition. His work often touches on themes of faith and doubt.

Joyce Carol Oates is the author of Prentice Hall Literature--Timeless Voices, Timeless Themes--The American Experience. Her work often explores the American experience.

Kat Howard is the editor behind The Best of Uncanny, a collection showcasing fantastic speculative fiction. She has a knack for finding stories that will stick with you long after you've turned the last page.

Kurt Andersen is an American novelist, journalist and broadcaster, born in Nebraska. He co-founded the satirical magazine Spy and edited it for seven years, and later served as editor-in-chief of New York magazine. From 2000 to 2020 he created and hosted the public radio programme Studio 360, which won two Peabody Awards. His novels include Turn of the Century (1999), Heyday (2007) and True Believers (2012); his non-fiction includes Fantasyland: How America Went Haywire (2017) and Evil Geniuses:...

American crime and mystery novelist, born June 24, 1938, in Buffalo, New York. Best known for the Matthew Scudder detective novels and the Bernie Rhodenbarr burglar series, he has also written the Evan Tanner and Keller series across a career spanning more than five decades. Named a Grand Master by the Mystery Writers of America in 1994, and a four-time winner of both the Edgar and Shamus Awards.

Michael Marshall Smith is a writer whose work often explores dark fantasy and horror. He's the editor of The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, a collection that showcases some of the most compelling stories in those genres.

Michael John Moorcock is an English writer, primarily of science fiction and fantasy, who has also published literary novels. He is best known for his novels about the character Elric of Melniboné, a seminal influence on the field of fantasy in the 1960s and 1970s. As editor of the controversial British science fiction magazine New Worlds, from May 1964 until March 1971 and then again from 1976 to 1996, Moorcock fostered the development of the science fiction "New Wave" in the UK and indirect...

Michael Swanwick is the author of The End of the World, a collection of stories exploring apocalyptic themes. He's a writer who knows how to craft a compelling narrative.

Peter Straub (1943-2022) was an American novelist and poet who wrote horror and supernatural fiction with a literary bent. Born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, he studied at the University of Wisconsin and Columbia University and broke through with Julia (1975) and Ghost Story (1979). His Blue Rose novels, Koko, Mystery and The Throat, follow a group of Vietnam veterans and a series of murders. He co-wrote The Talisman (1984) and its sequel Black House (2001) with Stephen King. He also edited the Libra...

Richard Adams was born in Berkshire, England, in 1920, and studied history at Bradfield and Worcester College, Oxford. He is the author of nineteen books, including the bestselling and award-winning Watership Down, his first book.

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Stewart O’Nan’s award-winning fiction includes Snow Angels, A Prayer for the Dying, Last Night at the Lobster, and Emily, Alone. Granta named him one of America’s Best Young Novelists. He lives in Pittsburgh. ([source][1]) [1]: https://stewart-onan.com/bio/

Tim Powers is the author of fourteen novels, including The Anubis Gates, Declare, Hide Me Among the Graves, and On Stranger Tides, which was adapted for the fourth Pirates of the Caribbean movie of the same title. His novels have twice won the Philip K. Dick Award and the World Fantasy Award for Best Novel, and three times won Locus Awards. Powers lives with his wife, Serena, in San Bernardino, California.

American novelist