Authors who started their careers in the 21st century.
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Afghanistani
- Khaled Hosseini (Afghani-American writer, best known for writing about the evil of the Taliban and The War on Terror)
American
- Saladin Ahmed
- Ryuunosuke Akiyama
- Madeleine Albright
- Eric Chase Anderson
- Lou Antonelli
- Josephine Angelini
- Daniel Arenson
- Ari Bach
- E. D. Baker
- Isaac Baranoff
- Leigh Bardugo
- Laird Barron
- Mario Batali
- Bryan Batt
- Ken Baumann
- Elizabeth Bear
- Joy Behar
- Hilari Bell
- W. Kamau Bell
- Robert Jackson Bennett
- Carol Berg
- Jim Bernheimer
- Michael Ian Black
- Lawrence Block
- Chaz Bono
- Anthony Bourdain
- Libba Bray: Young adult literature.
- Melissa Brayden: Adult lesbian romance.
- David L. Bradley: Southern author dabbling in speculative and historical fiction.
- Max Brooks: Author of World War Z.
- Vera Brosgol (Russian Immigrant)
- Eric S Brown
- Alafair Burke
- Bo Burnham: Author of the humorous poetry book Egghead.
- Catherine Lloyd Burns
- Eric Burns-White: Webcomics critic and writer of speculative fiction.
- Hilarie Burton
- Jacqueline Carey
- E. G. Castle
- Laura Cayouette
- Soman Chainani
- Becky Chambers: Science fiction.
- Clay McLeod Chapman
- Cinda Williams Chima
- Rose Christo
- Cassandra Clare
- P. Djèlí Clark
- Brian Clevinger
- Ernest Cline
- Ta-Nehisi Coates
- Rachel Cohn
- Chris Colfer
- David Crosby
- William Dalphin
- Edwin Dantes
- Eileen Davidson
- Bryan Davis
- Hanz DeBartolo
- Alex de Campi
- Ted Dekker: Author of over 20 novels. He most famous works are The Books Of History Chronicles, Adam, Thr3e, and The Bride Collector.
- Melissa De La Cruz
- Susan Dennard
- Jenna Dewan
- Amanda Downum
- Sharon Draper
- Karen Duffy
- Lena Dunham
- Ross Eberle
- Elizabeth Einspanier: Author of cross-genre fiction and hater of sparkly vampires.
- Michael Eisner
- Song W Eretson
- Ryan Estrada: Writer/artist of webcomics and other works.
- Eve Ewing
- Diane Farr
- Peter Fenton
- Jenna Fischer
- Carrie Fisher
- Gillian Flynn
- Nikki Flynn
- James Franco
- Rhiannon Frater
- Sarah Gailey
- Nicole Galland
- Eugene Galt
- Stephanie Garber: Author of the best-selling Caraval series.
- Isabel Gillies
- Max Gladstone
- Kyell Gold
- Amanda Gorman
- Savannah Guthrie
- Lionel Suggs
- Stephen Graham Jones
- Jesse Graves: Web Fiction author.
- Claudia Gray
- Danai Gurira
- John Green: Author of several books, including Paper Towns.
- Marianne Hagan
- Jenna Bush Hager
- Jesse Hajicek: Author of The God Eaters.
- Shannon Hale
- Ethan Hawke
- Rachel Hawkins
- Grady Hendrix
- Helen Hoang
- Ellen Hopkins
- Erin Hunter: Pseudonym created by American company HarperCollins used by seven women, two of whom are American; author of the Warrior Cats, Seeker Bears, and Survivor Dogs series.
- J.A. Jance
- N. K. Jemisin
- Jean Johnson: Primarily a Paranormal Romance author, she's branched off into Military Science Fiction.
- Maureen Johnson
- S. Douglas Johnson
- Cleolinda Jones
- Van Jones
- Julie Kagawa
- Morgan Kalka
- Lauren Kate
- Steven Kellogg
- Caroline Kepnes
- Jeff Kinney
- Chuck Klosterman
- TJ Klune
- Hoda Kotb
- Mary Robinette Kowal: Sci-fi/fantasy author, puppeteer, blogger. friend of John Scalzi, Cory Doctorow, and many others (she has served in several leadership capacities in the SFWA). Author of Shades of Milk and Honey and its sequels, as well as The Transfigured Lady.
- Tom Kratman: Writes fairly hard Military Science Fiction, usually with politics rather prominently featured in them. Has started to play in contemporary military fiction, with his Countdown series.
- Rebecca F. Kuang
- James Howard Kunstler
- Mur Lafferty
- Lisa Lampanelli
- ML Lanzillotta: author of Eighteen Days To Graduation, The Girl In the Tower, Ugly Memories, If I Go It Will Be Double, and countless short stories.
- Ann Leckie
- A.J. Lee
- Dinah Lenney
- David Levithan
- Tao Lin
- Ken Liu
- Malinda Lo
- Lisa Loeb
- Loni Love
- Marie Lu
- Mario Lucero
- Barry Lyga
- Sarah J. Maas
- D. J. MacHale
- Josh Malerman
- Ana Mardoll
- Melissa Marr
- Gail Z. Martin: Epic Fantasy and Urban Fantasy, mainly. Co-wrote the Jack Desmet Adventures with husband Larry N. Martin.
- A. Lee Martinez
- Michele Matheson
- Danica McKellar
- John Langan
- Ron McLarty
- Tim McLaughlin: Urban Fantasy and Webcomics
- Seanan McGuire: Urban fantasy.
- Emily McIntire: Author of Never After novels Hooked, Scarred, and Wretched (2022)
- Karen M. McManus: Young adult mysteries.
- Casey McQuiston
- Richelle Mead: Young adult and adult urban fantasy.
- Carlton Mellick III: Author of Satan Burger, which inspired the Bizarro Fiction literary movement
- Liane Merciel
- Marissa Meyer
- Scott Meyer
- Stephenie Meyer: Creator of The Twilight Saga.
- Sav R. Miller
- Sarah Monette
- Julianne Moore
- Perry Moore
- Jenna Moreci
- Zack Morrison
- Hannah Moskowitz
- Randall Munroe
- Paul Naughton
- Naomi Novik
- Michelle Obama
- Tawni O'Dell
- Nnedi Okorafor: Born and raised in America, though both her parents are Nigerian and she often writes about Nigerian characters.
- Tatum O'Neal
- Tommy Orange
- Mark Oshiro
- Maulik Pancholy
- Christopher Paolini: Inheritance Cycle.
- Jason Pargin, aka David Wong
- Jameson Parker
- Robert B. Parker: Spenser (started in the 1970's); Jesse Stone (in 1997); Sunny Randall (in 1999).
- Karyn Parsons
- Tom Perrotta
- Personalias: ABDL Web Original Fiction writer
- C.T. Phipps
- Eric Pierpoint
- Patricia Polacco: Author of Pink And Say, among other books.
- D.P. Prior
- Steven H Propp
- Markham Shaw Pyle: Historian, critic, and (for our purposes) annotator of literary classics.
- Mike Quackenbush: Biographies and stories about Professional Wrestling.
- Nathan Rabin: Film critic and head writer for The AV Club
- Jason Reynolds
- Rebecca Roanhorse
- Richard Roberts
- Al Roker
- Rainbow Rowell
- Ruthanne Reid
- Taylor Jenkins Reid
- Jennifer Diane Reitz
- Leah Remini
- Haley Riordan: Son Of Magic.
- Mo Rocca
- Veronica Roth
- Patrick Rothfuss
- Lilith Saintcrow
- Roselyn Sánchez
- Brandon Sanderson: Epic fantasy.
- John Scalzi
- V. E. Schwab
- Lisa Shearin
- Tori Spelling
- Wen Spencer
- Brady Smith
- Jessica Spotswood
- Ryk E. Spoor
- Rebecca Stead
- Kent J. Starrett
- Maggie Stiefvater
- Ira Tabankin
- Jake Tapper
- Quentin Tarantino debuted as a novelist in 2021, following an already successful filmmaking career.
- Corey Taylor
- Laini Taylor
- Travis S. Taylor: Super science genius with two doctorates, three master's, and one bachelor's degree, all in hard science and engineering. Also writes Sci-Fi.
- Gloria Tesch
- Thuktun Flishithy
- Chuck Tingle: Writer of niche erotica.
- Jonathan Tweet
- Catherynne M. Valente: Trope Namer of Mythpunk.
- Jeff VanderMeer
- Ursula Vernon
- Nghi Vo
- C.K. Walker
- Nicolle Wallace
- Anne B. Walsh
- Andy Weir
- Dan Wells
- Will Wight
- Mo Willems
- Kai Ashante Wilson
- Eric Winter
- Scarlet Winters
- T.F. Wright
- XXX Perimental Linguist XXX Traordinary: Genreless Auteur: Tales of the Space South
- Twitchtip the Gnawer: Writer of fanfiction and original fiction on Archive of Our Own, specializing in fantasy.
Australian
British (United Kingdom)
- Ben Aaronovitch
- Alastair Campbell
- Cathy Cassidy: A children's/young adult author
- Sara Crowe
- Ben Croshaw
- Shana Festa
- Norman Eshley
- Jasper Fforde
- Ricky Gervais
- Alexis Hall
- Frances Hardinge
- Miranda Hart
- Ralph Hayes, Jr.
- Erin Hunter: Pseudonym used by seven women, most of whom are from the UK; author of the Warrior Cats, Seeker Bears, and Survivors Dogs series.
- E. L. James: author of Fifty Shades of Grey, which started out as Twilight fanfiction (the fanfic was originally uploaded in 2009; the first book was formally published in 2011).
- Mark Kermode: film critic, published a memoir in 2010.
- Jennifer Kirk
- George Knight: English author of Ghost Fiction.
- Lynda La Plante
- George Mann: British Steampunk writer.
- Tim Marquitz
- Tucker Max
- Graham McNeill
- Elle McNicoll
- China Miéville
- Mei Lin Miranda
- Gavin Mitchell
- Sandy Mitchell: Pseudonym used by author of the Ciaphas Cain Hero of the Imperium novels.
- Richard K. Morgan: Sci-fi and fantasy writer. Also known for his work on the 2012 Syndicate reboot and Crysis 2.
- Emma Newman
- Maureen O'Brien
- Ryan O Hara: writer of the 5 part Family saga, as well as The Fallen Arises.
- Alice Oseman
- Linda Regan
- Michael J Ritchie
- Jonathan Sims
- Alexander Gordon Smith
- Wen Spencer
- Sara Stockbridge
- Charles Stross: writer of Accelerando and other works concerning posthumanism (as well as James Bond crossed with the Cthulhu Mythos).
- James Swallow
- Adrian Tchaikovsky
- Karen Traviss
- Jo Walton
- Matthew Waterhouse
- Catherine Webb
- GMW Wemyss: British critic, essayist, historian, and novelist.
Bulgarian
- Elena May: Young adult fantasy, written and published in English
Canadian
- RJ Anderson
- Erin Bow
- Alex Zandra Van Chestein
- Rebecca Maye Holiday
- Danielle L. Jensen
- Scott Keith
- Amelie C. Langlois
- John C. McCrae (wildbow)
- Ryan North
- Plonq
- Harma-Mae Smit
- Silvia Moreno-Garcia, speculative fiction novelist, short story writer, editor, and publisher.
- Mariko Tamaki
- Mélanie Watt (Author and illustrator of numerous children's picture books)
- Xiran Jay Zhao
Chinese
French
German
Grenadian
Indonesian
Irish
- Derek Landy, author of the Skulduggery Pleasant series.
- Pauline McLynn
- Sally Rooney
- Paul Anthony Shortt, urban fantasy author.
Icelandic
- Asi Hart, science fiction/horror author.
Japanese
Malaysia
New Zealand
Nigeria
Norwegian
Peruvian
Swedish
