SFF Authors - Part 1
If you're a new writer starting to engage with the SFF community or just want to find out great people making great art, this pack will help you! (This list is far from complete and I intend to make other ones)
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@renanbernardo.com
@ecatherine.com
writer/editor | she/her | SFWA | EIC @thedeadlands.com | senior editor @psychopomp.bsky.social | Folley & Mallory Adventures | Jackson's Unreal Circus & Mobile Marmalade | Rep: @jenniegoloboy.bsky.social DMLA | #BroncosCountry | ecatherine.com
@benjaminckinney.com
SFF writer, neuroscientist, Hugo finalist. Escape Pod 2017-2023. Short stories in Analog, Lightspeed, Sunday Morning Transport, etc. He/him. Rep: Marisa Cleveland. Neuroscience (not under pen name): rehabilitation, neuroimaging, handedness
@brentclambert.bsky.social
Writer. Black SFF always! Hugo Award Winner. One of the co-hosts for Just Keep Writing. he/him http://brentclambert.com
@naominovik.bsky.social
author, coder, fangirl, geek. 🌕🌖🌗🌑 Author of Spinning Silver, Uprooted, Temeraire, & The Scholomance. BURIED DEEP arrives Sept 17, 2024 & now available for pre-order. https://lnk.bio/naominovik
@acwise.bsky.social
Author and reviewer. Novels Wendy, Darling and Hooked. Collection The Ghost Sequences. Sunburst Award winner. Nebula, World Fantasy, Stoker, Locus, Shirley Jackson, British Fantasy, Lamba, and Ignyte finalist. She/her. www.acwise.net.
@sbdivya.bsky.social
author | editor | engineer (she/any) 📚 science fiction & fantasy 🎙️ former editor at Escape Pod 💻 machine learning & DSP 🦼 Long COVID / MECFS sbdivya.com
@kurellian.bsky.social
Trans queerdo. Nebula Finalist author. Wrote I NEVER LIKED YOU ANYWAY (Lethe Press), WHEN I WAS LOST (Trepidatio), and THE DEATH OF MOUNTAINS (Lethe Press). Got more stories, essays, and poems at JordanKurella.com. He/Him. GenAI is right out.
@aijiang.bsky.social
🇨🇳🇨🇦 || she/her || Changle -> Toronto ||Ignyte, Bram Stoker, Nebula Winner || Hugo, Astounding, Locus nominee || Odyssey ‘23 || BA,MSc || rep: UTA & The Tobias Literary Agency || A PALACE NEAR THE WIND (Titan Books ‘25) https://aijiang.carrd.co/
@slhuang.com
THE WATER OUTLAWS is out now! Queer feminist bandits rising up against a tyrannical Empire. Lots of sword fighting. "Breakneck, adrenaline-filled pace" - Booklist (starred review) Not here very much. Mailing list: slhuang.com
@alanbaxter.bsky.social
Author of horror and weird fiction. Martial Artist. Britstralian. Whisky drinker. Dog lover. Metalhead. He/him. https://alanbaxter.com.au/contact/ (Banner image by Dean Rankine)
@franwilde.bsky.social
Author & Battle Poet (she/her) hoarder of pens and journals. Teacher. novels, poetry, short fiction, shenanigans More at https://www.patreon.com/franwilde
@bogiperson.bsky.social
Writer, editor, critic, scholar. Lambda + Hugo winner. Hungarian / Jewish / agender / neuroatypical. E/em/eir/emself or they. טומטום. Intersex. 100% migráncs in Lawrence, Kansas. Metroidbrainia enjoyer. Opinions my own & do not represent anyone else
@wtalabi.bsky.social
Engineer | Writer | Editor Enjoyer of Equations, Ideas & Assorted Nonsenses Hugo, Nebula, Locus & Caine Prize finalist My novel Shigidi out now: http://tinyurl.com/Shigidi
@sillysyntax.bsky.social
Nebula, Aurora, WFA finalist, Ignyte Co Founder "SKIN THIEF STORIES" Neon Hemlock. COUNTESS out now ECW Press. Goth, plant grower, music enthusiast. She/They, Queer, 🇹🇹 🇨🇦 rep by Michael Curry. Banner: Matt Griffin suzanpalumbo.carrd.co
@effies.bsky.social
SFF/middle-grade fiction writer. Strategy/marketing consultant. Bagel the Dog's human. Dadjoke teller. Sentence-fragment lover. Disabled with #MECFS She/her effieseiberg.com/stories
@jendiagammon.bsky.social
Nebula & BSFA Finalist Author. “Jen-DEE-a”. Science writer. Artist. Explorer. Producer/EIC: @starsandsabers.bsky.social Also J. Dianne Dotson. https://jendiagammon.com 📍Los Angeles
@indrapramitdas.bsky.social
aka Indra Das, author of THE DEVOURERS and THE LAST DRAGONERS OF BOWBAZAR, Lambda, Shirley Jackson & British Fantasy Award winner, Crawford Award finalist. he/they/she indradas.com
@jasonsanford.bsky.social
Archaeologist turned author with a science fiction take on life. Author of Plague Birds, member of SFWA and SPJ. He/His. Represented by Lucienne Diver. www.jasonsanford.com
@wnwagner.bsky.social
Horror writer (GIRL IN THE CREEK due out 2025, Tor Nightfire); editor-in-chief of NIGHTMARE MAGAZINE, senior editor, LIGHTSPEED. Rep'd by Lane Heymont. 🏳️🌈 Portland, OR - plant nerd, foot traveler - she/her, they/them https://linktr.ee/wendynwagner
@mariahaskins.com
Swedish-Canadian SFFH writer. Editor at Ruadán Books. Part of Many Worlds. She/her. Work in Best Horror of the Year, Lightspeed, Deadlands & more. 📚: WOLVES & GIRLS+SIX DREAMS ABOUT THE TRAIN🔗 http://linktr.ee/MariaHaskins Rep: Eric Showers.
@vajra.me
Writer. Revenant. Wrote THE SAINT OF BRIGHT DOORS (2023 Nebula, Ignyte, Crawford, and Locus first novel winner) & RAKESFALL (2024 Nebula finalist) http://vajra.me/books Colombo, Sri Lanka. https://vajra.me
@ldlewiswrites.com
SFF writer/editor in Atlanta. Literary nonprofit person. Ignytes mother. Awards doer. Hugo Winner. Conrunner. Lego builder. Joy enthusiast. 77% Cake. Bi. Grumpy. She/her/chef. Read at Ldlewiswrites.com. 🏳️🌈 YEAR OF THE MER (Saga Press, 2026)
@tobiasbuckell.bsky.social
Grenadian-born, Virgin Island raised, Ohio settled, SF/F author. I also teach creative writing as a prof. Views my own. More at http://www.tobiasbuckell.com
@naomikritzer.bsky.social
Writer of SF/F and Minneapolis/St. Paul election guides. she/her. Website: www.naomikritzer.com
@jonathanstrahan.bsky.social
Freelance anthologist. Consulting Editor, Tor.com. Reviews Editor, Locus www.locusmag.com. Co-host, The Coode Street Podcast jonathanstrahan.podbean.com. Hugo and World Fantasy Award recipient.
@sarahpinsker.bsky.social
Hugo & Nebula winning SFF Writer, singer/songwriter, dog person, horse person, queer, Baltimorean by choice, mediocre but enthusiastic gardener and artist. New book HAUNT SWEET HOME out September 2024 from Macmillan/Tordotcom. She/her.
@catrambo.bsky.social
They/she. My cats' names are Bruce, Clark, & BabyBear. Nebula award winning F&SF writer/editor/teacher. Mansplain at your own risk. Located in South Bend, IN. Sometimes I swear. linktr.ee/catrambo
@johnchu.bsky.social
The writer who won the Hugo, Nebula, and Locus Awards. Not the movie director. (He/him/his) Mastodon: @john_chu@wandering.shop
@wiswell.bsky.social
Nebula Award & Locus Award winner. Novels: SOMEONE YOU CAN BUILD A NEST IN (2024), WEARING THE LION (2025). Disabled. Ace/aro. He/him. https://linktr.ee/johnwiswell
@matociquala.bsky.social
Multiple award winning science fiction author. Cat furniture. Horse patsy. Almost certainly two ornimegalonyxes in a trenchcoat. Newsletter: https://buttondown.email/matociquala Next book: THE FOLDED SKY June 2025 https://books2read.com/u/mBB0QZ
@rfkuang.bsky.social
author, marshall scholar, phd @ Yale sinophone + asian american lit BABEL, YELLOWFACE, etc... https://linktr.ee/kuangrf
@clpolk.com
I write stuff. I knit stuff. I cook stuff. Ask me about my weird little books. https://www.clpolk.com/
@byzantienne.bsky.social
speculative fiction (Teixcalaan series, ROSE/HOUSE), climate & energy policy (New Mexico, all statements my own), Byzantinist (nonpracticing but never not true). unfortunately, I care about power lines now she/her. halfway between Santa Fe and NYC.
@sarahgailey.bsky.social
Author / Up to no good / theythem essays and recipes @ https://stone-soup.ghost.io/
@older.bsky.social
nerd with narrative disorder • humanitarian • sociopunk • evidence-based creativity • speculative resistance • predictive fictions • INFOMOCRACY • THE MIMICKING OF KNOWN SUCCESSES • …AND OTHER DISASTERS • GlobalVoices.org • ASU-CSI • opinions my own
@aliettedebodard.com
Engineer. SFF Writer. Triple Nebula Award winner. Việt/French. Asian auntie. Weird. She/Her. Queer. 🏳️🌈 Loves tea. Profile: @yendraws @readatmidnight
@garethlpowell.bsky.social
Award-winning science fiction author. FUTURE’S EDGE out now. Editor at Stars and Sabers Publishing. Also wrote a Doctor Who novel. Rep: Lucienne Diver. https://linktr.ee/garethlpowell
@nalohop.bsky.social
Award-winning author of prose & comics, maker of food and small objects she/her/hers http://nalohopkinson.com
@scalzi.com
I enjoy pie. Social Media FAQ: https://whatever.scalzi.com/2025/04/16/the-official-john-scalzi-social-media-faq/
@annaleen.bsky.social
bestselling author * Hugo winner * nerd latest books: Stories Are Weapons, The Terraformers bylines: New Scientist, Washington Post, etc. pod: www.ouropinionsarecorrect.com pronouns: they/them all the stuff: www.techsploitation.com
@pronounced-ing.bsky.social
Fiction writer (EVERYTHING I NEVER TOLD YOU, LITTLE FIRES EVERYWHERE, OUR MISSING HEARTS). Science nerd, ex-Clevelander, embarrassingly sincere. Blue canary in the outlet by the light switch who watches over you. she/her. celesteng.com
@seananmcguire.bsky.social
I write books and post too many cat pictures. She/her, only.
@aptshadow.bsky.social
Author: Children of Time, Shadows of the Apt, Final Architecture, City of Last Chances and others. adriantchaikovsky.com
@premeemohamed.com
Writer, scientist, bug. she/her. #yeg. 🇨🇦 🇬🇾 Winner of a Nebula, World Fantasy, Ignyte, and Aurora award! Hugo, BSFA, BFA, Locus, Crawford award finalist. 📚🪲 Rep: Michael Curry. www.premeemohamed.com
@maryrobinettekowal.com
Hugo-award winning author, narrator, and professional puppeteer. Also has a talking cat. The Martian Contingency is available where books are sold.
@amalelmohtar.com
Wrote half of This Is How You Lose the Time War. Next book: The River Has Roots, March 4, 2025. I have a newsletter you can sign up for at amalelmohtar.com
@marthawells.com
SF/F Writer - The Books of the Raksura, The Murderbot Diaries, Witch King, and more. Nebula and Hugo Award winner. NYT and Sunday Times Bestseller. (She/her) Agent: Jennifer Jackson
@renanbernardo.com
Nebula and Ignyte Finalist • Reactor, Clarkesworld, Apex • DISGRACED RETURN OF THE KAP'S NEEDLE - NOW OUT! • DIFFERENT KINDS OF DEFIANCE also OUT! • Codex • He/him • Brazilian author More: https://linktr.ee/renanbernardo1