List of authors by name: S
List of authors by name:
A – B –
C – D –
E – F –
G – H –
I – J –
K – L –
M – N –
O – P –
Q – R –
S – T –
U – V –
W – X –
Y – Z
Contents
1 Sa
2 Sc
3 Se
4 Sh
5 Si
6 Sk–Sn
7 So–Sr
8 St
9 Su–Sz
Sa
Saadat Hasan Manto (1912–1955)
Fred Saberhagen (1930–2007)
Louis Sachar (born 1954)
Nelly Sachs (1891–1970)
Peter Sagal (born 1965)
Carl Sagan (1934–1996)
Nick Sagan (born 1970)
Sarojini Sahoo (born 1956)
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry (1900–1944)
Sait Faik (1906–1954)
Pedro Salinas (1891–1951)
Jerome David Salinger (1919–2010)
Andrew Salkey (1928–1995)
R.A. Salvatore (born 1959)
Wolfgang W.E. Samuel (born 1935)
Alex Sánchez (born 1957)
Michal Šanda (born 1965)
Brandon Sanderson (born 1975)
Dan Santat (born 1975)
José Saramago (1922–2010)
Pamela Sargent (born 1948)
William Saroyan (1908–1981)
Al Sarrantonio (born 1952)
Jean-Paul Sartre (1905–1980)
Margaret Marshall Saunders (1861–1947)
Fernando Savater (born 1947)
Malcolm Saville (1901–1982)
John Sawyer (1919–1992)
Robert J. Sawyer (born 1960)
Allen Say (born 1937)
Sachchidananda Hirananda Vatsyayana (1911–1987), pen name "Agyeya"
Sc
Richard Scarry (1919–1994)
Nat Schachner (1895–1955)
Peter Schechter (born 1959)
Jonathan Schell (1943–2014)
Eric Schlosser (born 1959)
James H. Schmitz (1911–1974)
Stanley Schmidt (born 1944)
Arthur Schnitzler (1862–1931)
Karel Schoeman (born 1939)
Robin Schone (born 1954)
Arthur Schopenhauer (1788–1860)
Levin Ludwig Schücking (1878–1964)
Peter Schweizer (born 1964)
Sandra Scofield (born 1943)
Thomas N. Scortia (1926–1986)
Alicia Scott (pseudonym of Lisa Gardner) (born 1956)
Ann Scott (born 1965)
Andrew Murray Scott (born 1955)- Cathy Scott
Lawrence Scott (born 1943)
Robyn Scott (born 1981)
Sir Walter Scott (1771–1832)
Se
William Bueller Seabrook (1886–1945)
Alice Sebold (1963)
Mac Sebree (1932–2010)
David Sedaris David Raymond Sedaris (born December 26, 1956)
Catharine Sedgwick (1789–1867)
Lisa See (born 1955)
Benjamin Sehene (born 1959)
Hubert Selby Jr. (1928–2004)
Amartya Sen (born 1933)
Maurice Sendak (1928–2012)
Luis Sepúlveda (born 1949)
Rod Serling (1924–1975)
Anya Seton (1906–1990)- Theodor "Dr. Seuss" Geisel (1904–1991)
Anna Sewell (1820–1878)
Sh
Ram Sharan Sharma (born 1919)
Michael Shaara (1928–1988)- Ruchoma Shain
- Lawrence Shainberg
William Shakespeare (1564–1616)
David Shannon (born 1960)
Robin Sharma (born 1965)
Tom Sharpe (born 1928)
William Shatner (born 1931)
Richard S. Shaver (1907–1975)
George Bernard Shaw (1856–1950)
Bob Shaw (1931–1996)
Robert Shaw (1927–1978)
Scott Shaw (born 1958)- Maggie Shayne
Charles Sheffield (1935–2002)
Robert Sheckley (born 1928)
Kirit Shelat (born 1946)
Sidney Sheldon (1917–2007)
Mary Shelley (1797–1851)
Lucius Shepard (born 1947)- Sara Shepard
Joel Shepherd (born 1974)- Barbara Sher
T.L. Sherred (1915–1985)
Moyle Sherer (1789–1869)
Will Shetterly (born 1955)
Gary Shipman (born 1966)
Rhoda Shipman (born 1968)
John Shirley (born 1953)
Alexander Shirvanzade (1858–1935)
Izya Shlosberg (born 1950)
William Shunn (born 1967)
Neal Shusterman (born 1962)
Nevil Shute (1899–1960) (pseudonym of Nevil Shute Norway)
Si
Charles E. Silberman (1925–2011)
Ron Silliman (born 1946)
Daniel Silva (born 1960)- Burton Silver
Robert Silverberg (born 1935)
Shel Silverstein (1930–1999)
Clifford D. Simak (1904–1988)
Georges Simenon (1903–1989)
Simeon Simev (born 1949)
Dan Simmons (born 1948)
Francesca Simon (born 1955)- Les Simons (pseudonym of Kathryn Ptacek)
Clive Sinclair (born 1948)- Rebecca Sinclair
Isaac Bashevis Singer (1902–1991)
Marilyn Singer (born 1948)
Jaspreet Singh (born 1969)
Sarah Singleton (born 1966)
Johanna Sinisalo (born 1958)
James Sites (born 1924)- Susan Sizemore
Sk–Sn
Rebecca Skloot (born 1972)- John Skoyles
Christina Skye (1950-2018)
John Sladek (1937–2000)
Karin Slaughter (born January 6, 1971)
Eugene Sledge (1923–2001)
William Sleator (1945–2001)
Eric Sloane (1905-1985)
Joan Slonczewski (born 1956)
Adam Small (born 1936)
Bertrice Small (born 1937)
Adam Smith (1723–1790)
Alexander McCall Smith (born 1948)- Barbara Dawson Smith
Clark Ashton Smith (1893–1961)
Cordwainer Smith (1913–1966) (pseudonym of Paul M.A. Lindebarger)
Jean Edward Smith (born 1932)
Jeff Smith (born 1960)
E.E. Smith (1890–1965) (Edward E. "Doc" Smith)
Edwin E. Smith (born 1968)
George O. Smith (1911–1981)- Karen Rose Smith
- L.J. Smith
Mark Smith (born 1935)
Patti Smith (born 1946)- Anthony Neil Smith
L. Neil Smith (born 1946)
O. F. Snelling (1916–2001)
Lemony Snicket (pen name of Daniel Handler)
Lucy A. Snyder (born 1971)
Zilpha Keatley Snyder (born 1927)
So–Sr
Donald J. Sobol (born 1924)
Jerry Sohl (1913–2002)- Alexandra Sokoloff
Walid Soliman (born 1975)
Dag Solstad (born 1941)
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn (1918–2008)
Suzanne Somers (born 1946)- Justin Somper
Maris Soule (born 1939)
Michael Soussan (born 1973)
Ivan Southall (1921–2008)
Terry Southern (1924–1995)
Wole Soyinka (born 1934)- Jon Spaihts
Tom Spanbauer (born 1941)
Muriel Spark (1918–2006)
Nicholas Sparks (born 1965)
Albert Speer (1905–1981)
Eleanor Spence (1928–2008)
Lee Spence (Dr. E. Lee Spence) (born 1947), pen name Charles King
LaVyrle Spencer (born 1943)
Armstrong Sperry (1897–1976)
Nadja Spiegelman (born 1987)- Jerry Spinelli
Norman Spinrad (born 1940)
Srđan Srdić (born 1977)
St
- Matthew Stadler
Rebecca St. James (born 1977)
Michael A. Stackpole (born 1957)- Ian Stafford
Olaf Stapledon (1886–1950)
Christopher Stasheff (born 1944)
Danielle Steel (born 1947)
Allen Steele (born 1958)
Jessica Steele (born 1933)
John Steinbeck (1902–1968)
Stendhal (1783–1842)
Joanne Stepaniak (born 1954)
Neal Stephenson (born 1959)
Bruce Sterling (born 1954)
Laurence Sterne (1713–1768)
Fisher Stevens (born 1963)
W. Richard Stevens (1951–1999)
Robert Louis Stevenson (1850–1894)
William Bennet Stevenson (c. 1787 – after 1830)
Fred Mustard Stewart (1932–2007)- Mariah Stewart
- J.I.M. Stewart
Mary Stewart (born 1916)
Michael Stewart (born 1946)- Trenton Lee Stewart
R. L. Stine (born 1943)
S. M. Stirling (born 1953)- Kathryn Stockett
Frank R. Stockton (1834–1902)
Dejan Stojanović (born 1959), Serbian-American poet, writer, essayist, philosopher, businessman, and former journalist
Bram Stoker (1847–1912)
Katherine Stone (born 1949)
Walter Scott Story (1879–1955)
Lytton Strachey (1880–1932)
J. Michael Straczynski (born 1954)
Edward Stratemeyer (1862–1930)
Darin Strauss (born 1970)
Jeremy Strong (born 1949)
Charles Stross (born 1964)
John Stroud (born 1969)
Boris and Arkady Strugatsky (sometimes listed contrariwise), a.k.a. the Strugatsky brothers (1925–1991) (born 1933)
Alex Stuart (1914–1986) (pseudonym of Violet Vivian Finlay Stuart Mann)
Andrea Stuart (born 1962)
Robyn Stuart (1914–1986) (pseudonym of Violet Vivian Finlay Stuart Mann)
V.A. Stuart (1914–1986) (pseudonym of Violet Vivian Finlay Stuart Mann)
Vivian Stuart (1914–1986) (pseudonym of Violet Vivian Finlay Stuart Mann)
Theodore Sturgeon (1918–1985)
William Styron (1925–2006)
Su–Sz
Daniel Suarez (born 1964)
Somtow Sucharitkul (pseudonym S. P. Somtow)
Andrew Sullivan (born 1963)- Mark T. Sullivan
- Thomas Sullivan
Essie Summers (1912–1998)
Montague Summers (1880–1948), English writer on the theatre and the occult
Patrick Süskind (born 1949)
Alexander Süsskind of Grodno (died 1794)
Katherine Sutcliffe (born 1952)
Thomas Sutcliffe (c.1790–1849)
Efua Sutherland (1924–1996)
Nathaniel Walter Swan (1834–1884), Australian writer
Michael Swanwick (born 1950)
Jonathan Swift (1667–1745)
Michael Szameit (born 1950), German science fiction writer
Vikas Swarup, Indian diplomat and author