SFF Authors - Part 2
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
@tadethompson.bsky.social
Writer: Rosewater, Murders of Molly Southbourne, Far from the Light of Heaven, Making Wolf, Jackdaw, shorts, screenplays. Arthur C. Clarke Award winner. Hugo nominated. Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature. Etcetera Opinions mine. He/him
@paulcornell.bsky.social
Writer of SFF in TV, books, comics, audio and games! (Doctor Who, I Walk With Monsters, Lychford.) He/him. #comics #sciencefiction #doctorwho Free newsletter: https://pauls-newsletter-2914ab.beehiiv.com/ New podcast: https://www.patreon.com/TelefantasyT
@hildur.bsky.social
Icelandic writer. The Night Guest is already out! // Dead Weight coming in 2026!
@ashsmash.bsky.social
Writer, three pep talks in a trench coat • Nightmare, Lightspeed, Ecotone, Apparition, Orion’s Belt • SLF Diverse Worlds Grant ‘22, RWW, Tin House (workshop + current reading fellow), Periplus • Rep: @hel-no-wai.bsky.social • ashsmash.com
@scottedelman.bsky.social
Scott Edelman is a Stoker Award-nominated writer and Hugo Award-nominated editor of SF, fantasy & horror. And host of the Eating the Fantastic podcast! (He/Him)
@elspethcooper.bsky.social
Fantasy author (THE WILD HUNT QUARTET). Sword owner. Tea drinker. MS-haver. Damned scribbling woman. She/her. Find me at www.elspethcooper.com.
@meganflchee.bsky.social
🇸🇬 sci-fi & fantasy writer. Published in Clarkesworld, Uncanny, Strange Horizons, Lightspeed, The Year's Best Fantasy etc. Translated in Science Fiction World. Website: https://meganchee.carrd.co/ Agent: Stevie Finegan at Zeno Agency
@avani.bsky.social
ML/Systems researcher with delusions of neuroscience and cryptography. Currently @Cloudflare and Emory. Dilettante SFF writer. Fellow of Odd Salon. I like to play the drums. #vp2023. https://linktr.ee/circumviso
@megelison.bsky.social
Author, essayist, hot fat monster of appetites. Bi my books and tell me I’m pretty. Rep: Arley Sorg at KT Literary. https://linktr.ee/megelison
@rickandwrite.bsky.social
SFF author from East Yorkshire, England. | BSFA Award Winner | Codexian | Associate Editor for Escape Pod | Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu athlete
@leeuwenhart.bsky.social
🚀 Dutch SF author writing about the Netherlands / East Asia | Star Body (out in China now!), The Gentlemen XVII | Harland Award winner | he/him | Newtype | rep'd by Sebes & Bisseling Website: www.roderickleeuwenhart.nl
@spencerorey.bsky.social
Writer | PhD anthropology | Odyssey '21 | Taos Toolbox '24 | Codexian | mostly SFFH things | Denmark | he/him find my stories here: https://spencerorey.com
@bethgoder.bsky.social
SFF author with stories in Clarkesworld, F&SF, Escape Pod and more. Archivist. Member of Codex Writers Group. Submissions Reader for Fusion Fragment. https://bethgoder.com/
@blammarie.bsky.social
Graphic designer, comic book artist, author of The Blood Prince, Skin Deep & Kalipso. I reblog books with pretty covers She/Her. Follow my Patreon for free stories every week! https://www.patreon.com/BLAM_Marie Also visit my website at blanchetmarie.com/en
@millieabecassis.com
Author of SFFH · French & American · She/Elle · DAUGHTERS OF THE BLUE MOON now out at Anuci Press · 📍 San Jose, California 🌊 @smallpitch.org Founder 🏆 @specawards.bsky.social Co-Founder 🌐 millieabecassis.com/link-in-bio
@jolantru.bsky.social
Werewolves.(Hugo award winner) Strange Horizons Articles Senior Ed. Cold Open Stories Originals ed. IGDN diversity board. KidlitSEA. SEA SFF. FIRE HEART (2024). COLD STEEL and WOLF'S PATH (2025). Giant Oarfish (imprint, 2025). (She/They/Qar)
@ruthjoffre.bsky.social
Author of Night Beast | Instructor at Hugo House, Corporeal Writing, and StoryStudio | Editor at Reckoning | Contributing Editor at Copper Nickel | Queer | Bolivian American | Birder | www.ruthjoffre.org
@danikastone.bsky.social
She/Her. 💗💜💙 Bestselling author; avid hiker; sometimes artist. Living the hobbit life in the Canadian Rockies🇨🇦. Macmillan, Stonehouse & Gust Gallery.
@worrad.bsky.social
Fantasy author. ‘The Keep Within’ and ‘Pennyblade’ available from @titanbooks.bsky.social
@kcgrifant.bsky.social
~Award-winning author of horror, fantasy, scifi & weird west stories in podcasts, magazines & Stoker-nominated anthologies ~Author of Monster Gunslinger series & SHROUDED HORROR ~HWA San Diego co-founder/chair ~SFWA member https://linktr.ee/kcgrifant
@lizbethmyles.bsky.social
Writer of Doctor Who things at Big Finish. Podcaster at Verity! and Hammer House of Podcast. Likes trebuchets.
@starkholborn.bsky.social
Author of the Factus Sequence, Nunslinger & Triggernometry. Games writer on Shadows of Doubt and Cloudpunk follow-up Nivalis. Visiting Lecturer in Narrative at Glasgow School of Art 🏳️🌈 https://linktr.ee/starkholborn
@antonyjohnston.bsky.social
Atomic Blonde, The Dog Sitter Detective, The Exphoria Code, The Organised Writer, Resident Evil Village, etc. I write all the things. Reps: http://antonyjohnston.com/contact
@quantick.bsky.social
WHATEVER HAPPENED TO BABY JANE AUSTEN? (French & Saunders, BBC Radio 4) writer. Author of RICKY'S HAND, NIGHT TRAIN, ALL MY COLORS, ETC. Emmy (Veep). Website: www.davidquantick.com. THE OLD FOOLS podcast: https://tinyurl.com/3vrazkj5
@petemc666.bsky.social
Author. Proud grandfather. Pissed off looking wizard. War For The Rose Throne series. Priest of Crowns out now from Jo Fletcher Books. Rep by Jennie Goloboy and UTA. Talonwraith.com
@khanwong.bsky.social
SFF Author, 2023 Lambda Literary Award Finalist, retired hula hooper & bohemian weirdo 🏳️🌈 DOWN IN THE SEA OF ANGELS out April 22, 2025 from Angry Robot Books. THE CIRCUS INFINITE out now! rep: Ernie Chiara at Fuse Literary khanwong.com
@manylittlewords.bsky.social
Bram Stoker & British Fantasy Award nominated author, illustrator and podcaster from Bristol, UK. Books: ROOTS OF MY FEARS, Titan 2025 ITCH! Hodder & Stoughton 2025 FIRST DATE, Datura Books 2026 HAPPY HOUR, Shortwave 2026 Also NoSleep Podcast.
@voidcricket.bsky.social
SFF writer, writing mentor, editor, reader, fan 🪐 Author of Under Fortunate Stars ⭐️ Forthcoming: An Unbreakable World & The Legend Liminal 💫 Rep: Ernie Chiara @ Fuse Literary 🚀 she/they 🏳️🌈
@helendecruz.net
Philosopher writing on science, religion, SFF, SFWA, Codex, lute music. newsletter: http://helendecruz.substack.com website: https://helendecruz.net/ My book Wonderstruck - https://press.princeton.edu/books/hardcover/9780691232126/wonderstruck
@authorhelengj.bsky.social
She/her. Writes books and other stuff. Rep’d by Laura Bennett at Liverpool Literary Agency. THE LAST RAVEN out now from One More Chapter/Harper Collins UK
@oldschoolevil.bsky.social
80s cartoon fanatic. Author of Old School Evil and Old School Evil: The Rejects inspired by the villains that held our after school and Saturday mornings hostage. www.oldschoolevil.com
@emilyinkpen.bsky.social
Sci-fi and fantasy author, writer of The Dex Legacy BSFA Award-winning audio drama, Social Media Officer @BSFA, gamer, bi, proud epileptic and aspiring grown-up 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
@thomaswrightson.bsky.social
Writer of fiction, currently with Roan & Weatherford. In life and art: Veritas Vincit ("truth prevails"). Current project: The Cluster Cycle. Available now are Starborn Vendetta and Lost Station Circé. Website: https://thomaswrightson.co.uk/
@tejturner.com
he/him. SFF author, travel blogger & vegetarian chef. Published by Elsewhen Press http://linktr.ee/tejturner
@lmanusos.bsky.social
She/Her | Indie Bookseller | 2 x Pushcart Nominee | Fiction in Reactor, F&SF, The Deadlands, Lightspeed, etc. | Senior Contributor for Book Riot | Rep: Eric Showers at Morhaim Literary Debut novella FROM THESE DARK ABODES available now!
@mktighewrites.bsky.social
Australian Shadows Award Winner. Ditmar and Aurealis finalist. AHWA, SFWA. Tired, but trying to be kind. (he/him) https://matttighe.weebly.com/
@detaileddraft.bsky.social
Editor and writer. Résumé specialist (CPRW). Book award judge. Dog hugger. Science fiction, kidlit, and anything else with themes of possibility. she/her #SCBWI #ACES #EFA #IBPA detaileddraft.com
@shannaswendson.bsky.social
Novelist and nerd. Author of the Enchanted, Inc. series and a lot of other stuff. http://shannaswendson.com/
@almaalexander.bsky.social
Duchess of Fantasy (http://www.AlmaAlexander.org) Patreon https://www.patreon.com/AlmaAlexander browse my books: https://shorturl.at/psuOT She/her
@magicrobotcarnival.com
she/they ✨ THE HERESY OF THIEVES coming Fall 2026 from Dark Matter Ink ✨ Queer SFF author, cocktail enjoyer, native plant enthusiast, animal rescuer and snuggler 🏳️🌈 Codex, TLDR Press https://lnk.bio/miavmoss
@yumewrites.bsky.social
🇺🇸&🇯🇵 SFF author | 📚: THE DEEP SKY, THE STARDUST GRAIL, SALTCROP (9.30.25), ENVOY (2026) (Flatiron Books) (http://linktr.ee/yumekitasei)
@lauraannegilman.bsky.social
Award-winning Writer. Freelance Editor. Introvert with an Attitude. Nominal head of a multi-species household. Olam Chesed Yibaneh, but Han shot first. New Book: UNCANNY LIES coming Fall 2025 and yes, it's Laura Anne, please and thank you.
@becca.gomezfarrell.com
Author of fictions and strong leisure-time opinions. My Wings Rising epic fantasy duology is from Meerkat Press. I also write horror, funny sci-fi, and maybe essays soon. Food & Drink Blog @ TheGourmez.com. 📍Bay Area, CA
@spacevalkyries.bsky.social
📝sci-fi/fantasy writer V.M. Ayala (she/they) 🎮streamer, indie games, TTRPGs ✨anxiety/ADHD, chronic pain 🏳️🌈queer biracial Mexican American 🪐🗡️co-founder of @othersidespec.bsky.social 🌈 https://www.spacevalkyries.com/ 💌 spacevalkyries@gmail.com
@lisquercafe.bsky.social
Escritora de fantasia, romance, e ficção científica. Oceanógrafa nos dias úteis. (Ela) Rep: Agência Magh www.lisvilasboas.com.br
@fernandaversa.bsky.social
Escritora, tradutora e preparadora. Autora de Mariposa Vermelha, O Fantasma de Cora e Lágrimas de Carne. Bicho de toca. Mãe de monstros. Finalista do Jabuti. fernandacastro.me rep: romanlit
@thisisguan.bsky.social
SFF Writer. Probably writing about tricksters/heists. Words in Levar Burton Reads, Year’s Best Fantasy and more. Aurelias Nominee. Australian/Chinese. Sentence enthusiast. Dumplingmancer. guanun.com
@kmveohongs.bsky.social
Thai-rish American spec fic author last seen playing corn hole on House Hunters. Writes pants of center. She/her Repped by https://bsky.app/profile/hel-no-wai.bsky.social See what I’ve written at kmveohongs.com
@cjlavigne.com
Canadian SFF writer. Author of IN VERITAS. THE DROWNED MAN'S DAUGHTER coming fall 2025. Short stories in On Spec, Fusion Fragment, Daily Science Fiction, Augur, PodCastle, and other fine publications. I like coffee and cats. www.cjlavigne.com
@ourmankoto.bsky.social
SF/F Writer | Aurora Award winner | World Fantasy Award finalist | Editor, Year's Best Canadian Fantasy and Science Fiction, SFWA Nebula Award Showcase anthologies | Ansible Press | Tesla: The Life & Times Podcast | 🇨🇦+🇺🇦
@vanessafogg.bsky.social
Science fiction and fantasy writer. Also lapsed scientist and freelance medical writer. Website: vanessafogg.com
@straith.ca
D.A. Straith (they/them) - fiction person - nonbinary trans & queer settler in Dish With One Spoon lands - work in FFO, Augur, Inner Worlds - Clarion West Novel Workshop '25 - www.straith.ca
@darthj.uno
SF/F writer & narrator. Hugo-winning podcast editor at Strange Horizons magazine. Lapsed film critic & perennial theatre kid. BSFA's theatre columnist. Team ADHD. Greek! 📍 London, UK ✨ she/her 🏳️🌈❤️💜💙 🌍💌 darthj.uno 🐘📸 etc: linktr.ee/darthjuno
@ianli.bsky.social
Chinese-Canadian writer, poet, economist, and developer (he/him) words in Nightmare Magazine, Orion's Belt, Small Wonders, and much more. Codexian. https://ian-li.com
@dorianhart.bsky.social
Connoisseur of fine dad jokes. Author of the Heroes of Spira epic fantasy series, starting with The Ventifact Colossus. www.amazon.com/dp/B077LBHV92 Game designer: System Shock 1 & 2, Thief, BioShock Dad, husband, board gamer, RPG player, hiker. He/him
@cliffjones.bsky.social
Neurodivergent author/editor of dreampunk: DRECK (2023), MIRRORMAZE (2020), SOMNISCOPE (2024), THE LASTING LANDS. Software developer, linguist, visual/martial artist, INFP-T, 4w5, Scorpio, he/him. 💚
@marcc.bsky.social
I write short stories & drabbles, am a member of Codex and SFWA, carry on about Alabama (especially Huntsville), Fossils, metal detecting, some ill-mannered feline co-residents, and genealogy from my perch on #CedarGapMtn. https://kickin-the-darkness.com/
@chasej.xyz
Writes 🐦🔥, 🏳️⚧️🌕🐺, 🐉, 🦖,and 📡👽 he/they | chasej.xyz/ Gay internet Bird ✧ Digital Storyteller ✧ Bad Taste Haver ✧ Bird Fact Dispenser ✧ Third-Rate Duelist ✧ Zoid-er ✧ Furry Writer's Guildie ✧ Codexian ✧ RIT🐯 ✧ 🐧🖥️✧⚦
@gwenckatz.bsky.social
Lead developer of Nightwell Games. Currently surviving the aftermath of the Eaton Fire. Art-themed deduction game SURRADIA coming soon: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2781420/Surradia_An_Art_Retrospective/
@meghanmccarron.bsky.social
Freelance journalist covering food & culture. Work in NYT, Atlantic, Bon Appetit. Eater alum. Also a science fiction writer. I live in Los Angeles.
@cherylmorgan.bsky.social
Writer, editor, publisher. Science fiction and fantasy, also queer history. Welsh. May rant about rugby.
@derrylm.bsky.social
Author, photographer, football/soccer fan. I've written some books, but good luck finding them.
@ellybangs.bsky.social
Author of the apocalyptic cyberpunk novel UNITY, available in bookstores and libraries near you. Short fiction and more at elbangs.com. Queer and trans. Loneliness elemental. (She/her)
@sophiamweaves.bsky.social
🇬🇷She/her. SFFH writer of whimsical, uncanny terrors. Fiction and Non-Fiction by the Deadlands, Inner Worlds, Brilliant Flash Fiction et all. Slush reader for Apex. Read my work below: https://shorturl.at/tPRU1
@gailsimone.bsky.social
Loves: Comics, Games, Travel, Writing, Greyhounds Cyclops is so great I write lots of comics, animation, games and more. Come join us, won't me?
@charliejane.bsky.social
Author of Lessons in Magic and Disaster (Tor Books, 2025), about a woman who teaches her mother how to do magic — and uncovers a queer scandal hidden in a 300 year old book. SFF book critic @WashingtonPost.com. Co-host @ouropinions.bsky.social.
@cstross.bsky.social
SFF author, triple Hugo award winner, over a million books sold. Mostly on Mastodon: @cstross@wandering.shop Blog: https://www.antipope.org/charlie/blog-static/
@eskaftun.bsky.social
Writer, editor, graphic designer. Irony enthusiast, amateur taxidermist, roller girl. Short story collection LIVING FOREVER & OTHER TERRIBLE IDEAS. Get postcard stories @ www.patreon.com/skaftun.
@lettie-prell.bsky.social
Science fiction & fantasy writer. Stories in Analog, Clarkesworld, Tordotcom, Best American Science Fiction & Fantasy, etc. SFWA/Codex. Foodie and cat lover. Activist. She/her. http://www.lettieprell.com.
@kellylink.bsky.social
unserious moonlight www.kellylink.net Always happy to make book recommendations if you tell me two writers you love & what you’re in the mood for. If you'd like signed copies of my books, you can find them at www.bookmoonbooks.com.
@finoreilly.bsky.social
Irish science fiction writer (possibly the world's slowest). Squid, spaceships, síntí fada -- what's not to like? https://clarkesworldmagazine.com/author/finbarr-oreilly/
@nicolaz.bsky.social
PhD. Novelist (Hild, Spear, Menewood). All things Early Medieval. Here: Cats, crips, queers. Books, beauty, beers. MS ♿️🧪📚 AND NOW: FIGHTING 👊 nicolagriffith.com Banner ID: B&W image—pint of Guinness flanked by 2 books flanked by 2 tabby cat
@greatdismal.bsky.social
Author of Neuromancer and, most recently, Agency (still above from “Kill Switch”, The X-Files, Season 5, Episode 11, co-written with Tom Maddox)
@albertochimal.com
#Writer. Proudly made in #Mexico. 🇲🇽 #Writing, #books, #musings and #findings. Escritor mexicano. #EscrituraCreativa, #libros, pensamientos y hallazgos. #Español and #English. He/Him 🗝 https://linktr.ee/albertochimal
@lesliewhat.bsky.social
Nebula Award–winning writer & Oregon Book Award finalist. New work coming up in @interzone.press Write me: https://www.lesliewhat.com/blog Read me: SundayMorningTransport.com, https://www.khoreomag.com/fiction/wayba
@eileengunn.bsky.social
"You can dream the American Dream, but you sleep with the lights on and wake up with a scream...." –– Warren Zevon Science fiction writer, radarangel, apophenista. www.eileengunn.com
@timpratt.org
Writer and editor. Loser of Nebula, World Fantasy, Dick, and Stoker Awards (won a Hugo tho). Been published in Best American Short Stories AND Best American Erotica. Genderfluid. Any pronouns I publish a new story monthly at www.patreon.com/timpratt (ooh)
@garthnix.bsky.social
Author. Many books, including SABRIEL, the five other Old Kingdom novels; THE LEFT-HANDED BOOKSELLERS OF LONDON and sequels; THE KEYS TO THE KINGDOM series, lots more. And stories. WE DO NOT WELCOME OUR TEN-YEAR-OLD OVERLORD out Oct 2024. www.garthnix.com
@adriabailton.com
Author of SFF/H, published most recently at Pulp Lit Mag, Worlds of Possibility, The Colored Lens, queer, ND, she/they Member of SFWA, Codex See more at www.adriabailton.com
@jordantaylor.bsky.social
World Fantasy Award nominated author with stories in Uncanny, Beneath Ceaseless Skies, The Deadlands, & others. Introverted human. She/they. 🌈 jordantaylorwrites.com
@djstu.art
Published SFF author! Games of all stripes. 🩷💜💙 and disabled. He/Him #NoAI #TransRightsAreHumanRights My website: djstu.art/ My newsletter: buttondown.com/djstuart Buy my novel here: books2read.com/firewindsaccord djstuart.itch.io/firewinds-accord
@muteddragon.bsky.social
Chinese American short fiction writer in Fantasy, Cast of Wonders, Apex, Small Wonders, Worlds of Possibility WenWenWrites.com She/her. Codex, SFWA. Picture of Snow White from Fables: 1001 Nights of Snowfall
@raimalarter.bsky.social
Writer & Scientist. Nonfiction Editor @utopiascifi.bsky.social Author of 3 novels, 2 collections & 1 nonfiction science book. Websites https://raimalarter.com/, raima.substack.com, https://writing.exchange/@raimalarter In Denver & loving it!
@jonolfert.bsky.social
Stories in Analog, On Spec, Lightspeed, Beneath Ceaseless Skies. History's eighth or ninth most prolific writer of speculative paleofiction. Polling and policy by day. http://jonathan-olfert.carrd.co
@cynthiasaysboo.bsky.social
2024 Ignyte nominee for "Lips Like Sugar." Member HWA. "The Nightmare Box and Other Stories" out now from cursedmorselspress.com. Stories in Strange Horizons, Fantasy, Tree & Stone. Rep: Lauren Bajek. http://linktr.ee/cynthiasaysboo
@chelseamueller.bsky.social
Fantasy and horror writer. My books are filled with both murder and kindness. Because we can be more than one thing, y’all. 💀🌸 She/her. https://linktr.ee/chelseavbc
@drkarenlord.bsky.social
Author of THE BLUE, BEAUTIFUL WORLD. Home: Barbados, West Indies 🇧🇧. More info on me and my books at karenlord.wordpress.com
@marofthebooks.bsky.social
SFFH stories in Analog, Escape Pod, Apex’s Robotic Ambitions, and other fantastical places. Human creativity, coffee, petrichor. https://www.marvincent.com/ And I’m writing a novel, because it’s never been done before.
@emilytesh.net
Author. Hugo, Astounding, and World Fantasy Award winner; Clarke and Le Guin finalist. Rep: Kurestin Armada at Root Literary. Preorder THE INCANDESCENT: https://tinyurl.com/theincandescent
@hawkwinglb.bsky.social
Ph.D Classics. Reviews @ Reactor Magazine (ex. Tor.com) and Locus Magazine. Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/hawkwing_lb Wordpress: https://lizbourke.wordpress.com Mastodon: https://mastodon.social/@hawkwing_lb
@kateheartfield.com
Novels: Mercutio (2026). The Tapestry of Time. The Valkyrie. The Chatelaine. The Embroidered Book. Games. Assassin's Creed books. Former journalist. University instructor. Ottawa, Canada. She/her. Trans rights or gtfo 🏳️🌈 https://kateheartfield.com
@kristinaten.bsky.social
Writer, rusalka. TELL ME YOURS, I'LL TELL YOU MINE (Oct ‘25, Stillhouse Press). Stories in McSweeney's, Best American SFF, more. she/her 🌈! kristinaten.com
@briansconverse.bsky.social
Author, Veteran, Father Science Fiction, Fantasy, Horror, Poetry Support Independent Film Opinions are mine. #Colorado https://books2read.com/u/3LdODJ
@addi.social
Ace author of Science Fiction, Fantasy, Horror. Would rather be a fish. 🐠 Fiction in Escape Pod, Fantasy Mag, Cosmic Horror Monthly, and others. Codex member and professional amateur.
@melisfluous.bsky.social
SFF & literary | Chinese-Canadian Tin House | senior editor @augursociety.bsky.social | audio producer @khoreo.bsky.social | publicity @psychopomp.com linktr.ee/MelissaRen melissaren.substack.com