List of authors by name:

A – B – C – D – E – F – G – H – I – J – K – L – M – N – O – P – Q – R – S – T – U – V – W – X – Y – Z

Sa

• Fred Saberhagen, (born 1930)
• Louis Sachar
• Carl Sagan, (1934–1996)
• Antoine de Saint-Exupery, (1900–1944)
• Patty Salier
• Jerome David Salinger (born 1919)
• Susan Sallis
• Barbara Samuel
• David Saperstein
• Pamela Sargent , (born 1948)
• Al Sarrantonio
• Jeanne Savery
• Meryl Sawyer
• Robert J. Sawyer, (born 1960)

Sc-Se

• Patricia Scanlan
• Richard Scarry – (1919–1994)
• Nat Schachner
• James H. Schmitz , (1911–1974)
• Stanley Schmidt, (born 1944)
• Arthur Schnitzler, (1862–1931)
• Eric Schomburg, (1980)
• Robin Schone
• Sharon Schulze
• Thomas N. Scortia, (1926–1986)
• Alicia Scott
• Amanda Scott
• Theresa Scott
• William Seabrook , (1886-1945)
• Ouida Sebestyen (born 1924)
• Catharine Sedgwick (1789-1867)
• Amartya Sen (born 1933)
• Maurice Sendak, (born 1928)
• Luis Sepúlveda, (born 1949)
• Rod Serling, (1924–1975)
• Anya Seton, (1906–1990)
• Theodor "Dr. Seuss" Geisel (1904–1991)
• Anna Sewell, (1820–1878)

Sh

• Michael Shaara, (1928–1988)
• William Shatner, (born 1931)
• Richard S. Shaver, (1907–1975)
• Bob Shaw, (1931–1996)
• Charles Sheffield, (1935–2002)
• Robert Sheckley, (born 1928)
• Mary Shelley, (1797–1851)
• Lucius Shepard
• Joel Shepherd, (born 1974)
• T.L. Sherred
• June Lund Shiplett
• Gary Shipman, (born 1966)
• Rhoda Shipman, (born 1968)
• John Shirley, (born 1953)
• Nevil Shute, (1899–1960) (Pseudonym of Nevil Shute Norway)

Si-Sm

• Charles E. Silberman
• Robert Silverberg, (born 1935)
• Shel Silverstein, (1930–1999)
• Clifford D. Simak, (1904–1988)
• Dan Simmons, (born 1948)
• Charlie May Simon, (1897–1977)
• Francesca Simon, (born 1955)
• Rebecca Sinclair
• Johanna Sinisalo, (born 1958)
• Christina Skye
• John Sladek, (1937–2000)
• William Sleator
• Joan Slonczewski
• Bertrice Small
• Adam Smith
• Barbara Dawson Smith
• Clark Ashton Smith, (1893–1961)
• Cordwainer Smith, (1913–1966) (Pseudonym of Paul M.A. Lindebarger)
• Deborah Smith
• E. E. Smith, (1890–1965), (Edward E. "Doc" Smith)
• Edwin E. Smith
• Karen Rose Smith
• George O. Smith, (1911–1981)
• L. Neil Smith

Sn-Sp

• Lemony Snicket – (pen name of Daniel Handler)
• Zilpha Keatley Snyder
• Don Sobol
• Jerry Sohl, (1913–2002)
• Alexander Solzhenitsyn, (born 1918)
• Karin Snelson, (born 1964)
• Maris Soule
• Albert Speer, (1905–1981)
• Lavyrle Spencer
• Mary Spencer
• Norman Spinrad, (born 1940)
• James Spix, (born 1974)
• Lysander Spooner (1808–1887)
• Johanna Spyri, (1827–1901)

St

Sta-Sto

• Michael A. Stackpole, (born 1957)
• Olaf Stapledon, (1886–1950)
• Mary Jane Staples
• Christopher Stasheff
• Danielle Steel, (born 1947)
• Allen Steele
• Neal Stephenson, (born 1959)
• Bruce Sterling, (born 1954)
• W. Richard Stevens, (1951–1999)
• Robert Louis Stevenson, (1850–1894)
• Sally Steward
• Mariah Stewart
• Mary Stewart, (born 1916)
• R. L. Stine, (born 1943)
• Jessica Stirling
• S. M. Stirling, (born 1953)
• Frank R. Stockton, (1834–1902)
• Katherine Stone
• Sir Walter Scott, (1771–1832)
• Walter Scott Story, (1879–1955)
• Deb Stover

Str-Stu

• Lytton Strachey, (1880–1932)
• J. Michael Straczynski, (born 1954)
• Edward L. Stratemeyer – (see Victor Appleton, Jr. , Carolyn Keene, Franklin Dixon )
• Lawrence M. Stratton
• Laurence Sterne, (1713–1768)
• Charles Stross, (born 1964)
• Boris and Arkady Strugatsky (sometimes listed contrariwise), a.k.a. the Strugatsky brothers (1925–1991) (born 1933)
• Theodore Sturgeon, (1918–1985)

Su-Sw

• Somtow Sucharitkul, (Pseudonym, S. P. Somtow)
• Montague Summers (1880-1948), English writer on the theatre and the occult
• Katherine Sutcliffe
• Michael Swanwick, (born 1950)
• Jonathan Swift, (1667–1745)
• Madge Swindells