User:The Anome/Draft/List of horror writers
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[edit]- L. A. Banks[3][2]
- Iain Banks[4]
- Tracey Baptiste[3]
- Clive Barker[3][4][5][6]
- Laird Barron[3]
- Agustina Bazterrica[4][2][1]
- John Bellairs[3]
- E. F. Benson[7]
- Lauren Beukes[5]
- Ambrose Bierce[8]
- Jerome Bixby[3]
- Algernon Blackwood[3][6][7]
- William Peter Blatty[3][4][2][9][5]
- Robert Bloch[9]
- Ray Bradbury[3][4][2][10][5]
- Poppy Z. Brite[3][4]
- Max Brooks[3][4][5]
- Christopher Buehlman[3][2]
- Chesya Burke[3]
- Octavia E. Butler[3][4][2]
C
[edit]- Rachel Caine[2]
- Ramsey Campbell[3][6]
- M. R. Carey[3]
- Emily Carroll[3]
- Angela Carter[3][2]
- Isabel Cañas[2]
- Robert W. Chambers[3][7]
- Stephen Chbosky[2]
- Jessamine Chen[2]
- Mason Coile[2]
- Joey Comeau[5]
- Christopher Conlon[5]
- Justin Cronin[9]
- Nick Cutter[3][1]
D
[edit]- Roald Dahl[2]
- Mark Z. Danielewski[3][4][5]
- Walter de la Mare[7]
- Joe Donnelly[4]
- Daphne du Maurier[3][2][5]
- Tananarive Due[4]
- Lois Duncan[3]
- Katherine Dunn[4][2][5]
- Lord Dunsany[7]
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[edit]- Neil Gaiman[2][10][5]
- Charlotte Perkins Gilman[3]
- William Golding[3][2]
- Sara Gran[3][4][2]
- Mira Grant[3]
- Ken Greenhall[3]
H
[edit]- Elizabeth Hand[3]
- Thomas Harris[9][5]
- Zakiya Dalila Harris[4]
- Rachel Harrison[4]
- Nathaniel Hawthorne[3]
- Grady Hendrix[2][5]
- James Herbert[6]
- Thomas Olde Heuvelt[1]
- Joe Hill[3][9][5][1]
- Susan Hill[3][2][5]
- Jennifer Hillier[2]
- William Hope Hodgson[7]
- Nalo Hopkinson[3]
- Andrew Michael Hurley[1]
- Shaun Hutson[6]
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[edit]- Shirley Jackson[3][4][2][10][11][5][1]
- W. W. Jacobs[3]
- Henry James[3][11][5][1]
- Simone St. James[2]
- M. R. James[6][7]
- Daisy Johnson[11]
- Stephen Graham Jones[4][2]
K
[edit]- Alma Katsu[3][4][2]
- Jack Ketchum[3][5]
- Cassandra Khaw[10]
- Caitlin R. Kiernan[3][4]
- Stephen King[3][4][2][10][9][5][1]
- T. E. D. Klein[5]
- Marcus Kliewer[2]
- Kathe Koja[3]
- Dean R. Koontz[3]
- Daniel Kraus[3]
- R.F. Kuang[1]
L
[edit]- John Langan[3][4]
- Joe R. Lansdale[3]
- Eric LaRocca[4]
- Victor LaValle[4][11][5]
- Victor Lavalle[3]
- Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu[3]
- Katrina Leno[2]
- Ira Levin[3][5]
- Matthew Lewis[4]
- John Ajvide Lindqvist[3][4][5][1]
- Livia Llewellyn[3]
- H. P. Lovecraft[3][5][1]
- Brian Lumley[1]
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[edit]- Carmen Maria Machado[3]
- Arthur Machen[3][7]
- Josh Malerman[3][4][2][5][1]
- Lee Mandelo[2]
- Robert Marasco[3][5]
- William March[2]
- George R. R. Martin[4]
- Richard Matheson[3][4][5]
- Robert McCammon[3]
- Robert R. McCammon[5]
- Michael McDowell[3][5]
- Jennifer McMahon[2]
- Gary McMahon[6]
- Sarah Monette[3]
- David Moody[6]
- Silvia Moreno-Garcia[2]
- Toni Morrison[3][4][2]
- Ottessa Moshfegh[2]
- Ryu Murakami[5]
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[edit]- Chuck Palahniuk[4]
- Kelly Parsons[2]
- Michelle Paver[1]
- Tom Piccirilli[5]
- Edgar Allan Poe[3]
- Laura Purcell[10]
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[edit]- Riley Sager[2]
- Joan Samson[4]
- Mary Shelley[3][4][2][5][6]
- Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley[3]
- Lionel Shriver[2]
- Anne Rivers Siddons[3][4]
- Dan Simmons[3][4][2][5]
- Scott Smith[3][2]
- Clark Ashton Smith[7]
- Camilla Sten[2]
- R. L. Stine[3]
- Bram Stoker[3][4][2][5][1][12]
- Peter Straub[3][4][2][5]
- Whitley Strieber[3]
- Charles Stross[3]
- Koji Suzuki[4][2][9][5]
- Søren Sveistrup[2]
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[edit]- Sonya Taaffe[3]
- Michael Talbot[5]
- James Tiptree Jr.[3]
- Paul Tremblay[3][4][5][1]
- Thomas Tryon[3][4][2][5][1]
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[edit]- Sarai Walker[2]
- Catriona Ward[4]
- Sarah Waters[4]
- Edith Wharton[2]
- Oscar Wilde[10][9]
- Kai Ashante Wilson[3]
- David Wong[3][5]
- John Wyndham[2]
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