Carlos Hernandez is the author behind the spooky collection The Cursed Carnival and Other Calamities. If you enjoy tales that blend the unsettling with the strange, you'll find a lot to like here.
Catherynne M. Valente is an American speculative fiction writer and poet, born May 5, 1979, in Seattle, Washington. She writes fiction that blends fairy tales and myth, in a style she has termed "mythpunk," and is known for the Fairyland series, along with novels including Deathless, Palimpsest, and Space Opera.
C.S.E. Cooney writes fantasy, with stories appearing in Clockwork Phoenix 5 and Year's Best Fantasy. She is also the author of the collections Corvidae and A Sinister Quartet.
E. Lily Yu is an American author and narrative designer raised in New Jersey and educated at Princeton and Cornell. She won the John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer in 2012 for her short story "The Cartographer Wasps and the Anarchist Bees," and has since published the novel On Fragile Waves and the collection Jewel Box, alongside narrative design work for video games including Destiny.
Elizabeth Bear is a Hugo and Nebula Award-winning author whose stories often explore science fiction and fantasy. You might know her work from The Best of Uncanny, a collection showcasing some of her fantastic short fiction. She's a writer who consistently delivers imaginative and thought-provoking tales.
Isabel Yap was born and raised in Manila and has lived in the United States since 2010, holding a BS in marketing from Santa Clara University and an MBA from Harvard Business School; she works as a product manager alongside her writing. Her Filipino speculative fiction and poetry have appeared in Nightmare, Tor.com, and multiple award-nominated anthologies. Her debut collection, Never Have I Ever, portrays Filipino girlhood and queerness through folklore-infused stories and won the British Fanta...
Karen Joy Fowler is the editor behind The New Wave Fabulists and McSweeney's Mammoth Treasury of Thrilling Tales. She's a fantastic curator of imaginative fiction.
Karen Russell is a leading author in science fiction and fantasy. Her stories have been selected for major anthologies like The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2022 and Year's Best Fantasy.
Kathleen Jennings writes fantasy novels such as Honeyeater and Flyaway, and her work appears in the Year's Best Fantasy series. She also has an interest in local history, including Louisville's first families.
Marika Bailey is a writer who focuses on the fantasy genre. She is recognized for her contributions to the Year's Best Fantasy collection.
Paula Guran is the editor behind The Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror. She's a trusted voice for readers looking for the best in dark fantasy and horror.
P. Djèlí Clark is the pen name of Phenderson Djèlí Clark, an American writer of speculative fiction and a historian who teaches at the University of Connecticut. Born in Queens, New York, he was raised largely in Houston, Texas, and spent formative early years in Trinidad and Tobago, his parents' homeland. He holds a doctorate in history from Stony Brook University, where his research focused on emancipation and abolition, and he chose the pen name to keep his fiction apart from his academic wor...
Richard Parks is the author of A Quest-Lover's Treasury of the Fantastic, a collection that explores the best of fantasy adventures. He's a writer who knows his way around a good quest.
Roshani Chokshi is an American author of fantasy for young adult, middle grade and adult readers, drawing on Hindu mythology, Filipino folklore and fairy tales. She was born in St. Louis, Missouri, to a Gujarati father and a Filipino mother, and left law school to write after selling her first novel. Her debut, The Star-Touched Queen (2016), was followed by A Crown of Wishes, the Gilded Wolves trilogy (2019 to 2021) and the middle-grade Pandava Quintet that begins with Aru Shah and the End of Ti...
Somali-American professor, editor and writer
Tobias S. Buckell is the author of Dead Man's Hand and the editor of Wastelands--Stories of the Apocalypse. He writes science fiction and fantasy, often exploring themes of survival and societal collapse.
Tobi Ogundiran writes speculative fiction and fantasy, with stories appearing in several notable anthologies. Their work can be found in The Year’s Best African Speculative Fiction (2021, 2022), Year's Best Fantasy, The Dark Issue 40, and In the Shadow of the Fall.
Varsha Dinesh is a writer who focuses on fantasy fiction. She contributed to the anthology Year's Best Fantasy.
Yukimi Ogawa is a writer whose work appears in major science fiction and fantasy collections. You'll find her stories in Best of World SF, Year's Best Fantasy, and Clarkesworld magazine, including issues 151 and 123. She's a great author to check out if you enjoy speculative fiction.
