Authors to Know

Stephen King

horror, suspense, sci-fi

It, The Long Walk, The Shining, The Institute

Piers Anthony

sci-fi, fantasy

A Spell for Cameleon, On a Pale Horse, The Source of Magic

Virgina Hamilton

(died) children’s books

liberation literature, realistic fiction, elements of fantasy + scifi

MC Higgens the Great

Phyllis Whitney

(died)

mystery

Thunder Heights, Woman without a Past

Eric Carle

collage artist

The Very Hungry Caterpillar

Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?

Issac Assimove

sci-fi + biochem professor

one of sci-fi’s “big three”

invented the term “robotics”

I, Robot

Louis Lawrence

sci-fi

idk anything else

Andre Norton

sci-fi, fantasy

some historical/contemporary fiction

Witchworld, The Elvenbane

Ray Bradbury

horror, sci-fi, mystery

Fahrenheit 451

Ursula Leguin

sci-fi, fantasy, historical fiction

Earthsea series, Hainish Cycle

Ann McCaffrey

sci-fi

Dragonriders of Pern series