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  • Sait Faik Abasıyanık (1906–1954) (A–B)

  • Mazhar Abro (born 1971) (A–B)

  • Chinua Achebe (1930–2013) (A–B)

  • Mirza Adeeb (1914–1999) (A–B)

  • Stan Ageira (born 1961) (A–B)

  • Ama Ata Aidoo (born 1942) (A–B)

  • Ryūnosuke Akutagawa (1892–1927) (A–B)

  • Sholem Aleichem (1859–1916) (A–B)

  • Sherman Alexie (born 1966) (A–B)

  • Steve Almond (born 1966) (A–B)

  • Martin Amis (born 1949) (A–B)

  • Poul Anderson (1926–2001) (A–B)

  • Sherwood Anderson (1876–1941) (A–B)

  • Leonid Andreyev (born 1919) (A–B)

  • Núria Añó (born 1973) (A–B)

  • Jacob M. Appel (born 1973) (A–B)

  • Max Apple (born 1941) (A–B)

  • Helena Araújo Ortiz (born 1934) (A–B)

  • Isaac Asimov (1920–1992) (A–B)

  • Michael "Atters" Attree (1965) (A–B)

  • Margaret Atwood (born 1939) (A–B)

  • Isaac Babel (1894–1940) (A–B)

  • Latifa Baka (born 1964) (A–B)

  • Julia K. Wetherill Baker (1858–1931) (A–B)

  • Manik Bandopadhyay (1908-1956) (A–B)

  • Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni (born 1956) (A–B)

  • Andrea Barrett (born 1964) (A–B)

  • Lynne Barrett (A–B)

  • John Barth (born 1930) (A–B)

  • Donald Barthelme (1931–1989) (A–B)

  • Subimal Basak (A–B)

  • Charles Baxter (born 1947) (A–B)

  • Ann Beattie (born 1947) (A–B)

  • Pinckney Benedict (born 1964) (A–B)

  • Aimee Bender (born 1969) (A–B)

  • Abdelmajid Benjelloun (1919–1981) (A–B)

  • Arnold Bennett (1867–1931) (A–B)

  • Stefano Benni (born 1947) (A–B)

  • Mohammed Berrada (born 1938) (A–B)

  • Wendell Berry (born 1934) (A–B)

  • Ambrose Bierce (1842–c. 1914) (A–B)

  • Michael Bishop (born 1945) (A–B)

  • Terry Bisson (born 1942) (A–B)

  • Korban Blake (A–B)

  • Robert Bloch (1917–1994) (A–B)

  • Ruskin Bond (born 1934) (A–B)

  • Leslie Bonnet (1902–1985) (A–B)

  • Jorge Luis Borges (1899–1986) (A–B)

  • Ahmed Bouzfour (A–B)

  • Ben Bova (born 1932) (A–B)

  • T. C. Boyle (born 1948) (A–B)

  • Leigh Brackett (1915–1978) (A–B)

  • Ray Bradbury (1920–2012) (A–B)

  • Radovan Brenkus (born 1974) (A–B)

  • Maeve Brennan (1917–1993) (A–B)

  • Richard Brautigan (1935–1984) (A–B)

  • Kevin Brockmeier (born 1974) (A–B)

  • Fredric Brown (1906–1972) (A–B)

  • Lois McMaster Bujold (born 1949) (A–B)

  • Charles Bukowski (1920–1994) (A–B)

  • Ivan Bunin (1870–1953) (A–B)

  • Robert Olen Butler (born 1945) (A–B)

  • Dino Buzzati (1906–1972) (A–B)

  • Morley Callaghan (1903–1990) (C–D)

  • Italo Calvino (1923–1985) (C–D)

  • Ramsey Campbell (born 1946) (C–D)

  • Albert Camus (1913–1960) (C–D)

  • Kevin Canty (born 1953) (C–D)

  • Ron Carlson (born 1947) (C–D)

  • Angela Carter (1940–1992) (C–D)

  • Raymond Carver (1938–1988) (C–D)

  • Michael Chabon (born 1963) (C–D)

  • John Cheever (1912–1982) (C–D)

  • Anton Chekhov (1860–1904) (C–D)

  • Ted Chiang (born 1967) (C–D)

  • Agatha Christie (1890-1976) (C–D)

  • Brian Cleeve (1921–2003) (C–D)

  • Dan Chaon (born 1964) (C–D)

  • Kate Chopin (1850–1904) (C–D)

  • Mohamed Choukri (C–D)

  • Wanda Coleman (born 1946) (C–D)

  • John Collier (1901–1980) (C–D)

  • Aaron Cometbus (born 1968) (C–D)

  • Richard Connell (born 1893) (C–D)

  • Frank Conroy (1936–2005) (C–D)

  • Carolyn Cooke (born 1964) (C–D)

  • J. California Cooper (born 19??) (C–D)

  • Robert Coover (born 1932) (C–D)

  • Stephen Crane (1871–1900) (C–D)

  • Catherine Crowe (1800–1876) (C–D)

  • Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1859–1930) (C–D)

  • Julio Cortázar (1914–1984) (C–D)

  • A. J. Cronin (1896–1981) (C–D)

  • Roald Dahl (1916–1990) (C–D)

  • Edwidge Danticat (born 1969) (C–D)

  • Manoj Das (born 1934) (C–D)

  • Avram Davidson (1923–1993) (C–D)

  • Peter Ho Davies (born 1966) (C–D)

  • Lydia Davis (born 1947) (C–D)

  • Arnab Jan Deka (born 1967) (C–D)

  • Nalini Prava Deka (1944–2014) (C–D)

  • Leoncio P. Deriada (C–D)

  • Tibor Déry (1894–1977) (C–D)

  • Paul Di Filippo (born 1954) (C–D)

  • Junot Díaz (born 1968) (C–D)

  • Philip K. Dick (1928–1982) (C–D)

  • Isak Dinesen (1885–1962) (C–D)

  • Arthur Conan Doyle (1859–1930) (C–D)

  • Andre Dubus (1936–1999) (C–D)

  • Andy Duncan (born 1964) (C–D)

  • Stuart Dybek (born 1942) (C–D)

  • C. M. Eddy, Jr. (E–F)

  • Dave Eggers (born 1970) (E–F)

  • Deborah Eisenberg (born 1945) (E–F)

  • Youssouf Amine Elalamy (E–F)

  • Harlan Ellison (born 1934) (E–F)

  • Louise Erdrich (born 1954) (E–F)

  • Jeffrey Eugenides (born 1960) (E–F)

  • Emaan Zahra Ijaz (born 2003) (E–F)

  • F. Scott Fitzgerald (1896–1940) (E–F)

  • Rubem Fonseca (born 1925) (E–F)

  • John M. Ford (1957–2006) (E–F)

  • Richard Ford (born 1944) (E–F)

  • Thelma Forshaw (1923–1995) (E–F)

  • Eugie Foster (born 1971) (E–F)

  • Janet Frame (born 1924) (E–F)

  • Golda Fried (born 1972) (E–F)

  • Jacques Futrelle (1875–1912) (E–F)

  • Neil Gaiman (born 1960) (G–H)

  • Mary Gaitskill (born 1954) (G–H)

  • Stephen Gallagher (born 1954) (G–H)

  • Mavis Gallant (1922–2014) (G–H)

  • Paul Gallico (1897–1976) (G–H)

  • John Galt (1779–1839) (G–H)

  • Gabriel García Márquez (1928–2014) (G–H)

  • Helen Garner (born 1942) (G–H)

  • William H. Gass (born 1924) (G–H)

  • Tim Gautreaux (born 1947) (G–H)

  • William Gibson (born 1948) (G–H)

  • Nikolai Gogol (1809–1852) (G–H)

  • Nadine Gordimer (born 1923) (G–H)

  • Elizabeth Graver (born 1964) (G–H)

  • Ben K. Green (died 1974) (G–H)

  • Graham Greene (1904–1991) (G–H)

  • Davis Grubb (1919–1980) (G–H)

  • Richard Guest (born 1967) (G–H)

  • Aaron Gwyn (born 1972) (G–H)

  • Hubert Haddad (born 1947) (G–H)

  • Per Hallström (1866–1960) (G–H)

  • Edmond Hamilton (1904–1977) (G–H)

  • Barry Hannah (1942–2010) (G–H)

  • Peter Härtling (born 1933) (G–H)

  • Bret Harte (1836–1902) (G–H)

  • Nathaniel Hawthorne (1804–1864) (G–H)

  • Victor Heck (born 1967) (G–H)

  • Robert A. Heinlein, (1907–1988) (G–H)

  • Ernest Hemingway (1899–1961) (G–H)

  • Amy Hempel (born 1951) (G–H)

  • O. Henry (1862–1910) (G–H)

  • Hans Herbjørnsrud (born 1938) (G–H)

  • Patricia Highsmith (1921–1995) (G–H)

  • Tobias Hill (born 1970) (G–H)

  • E. T. A. Hoffmann (1776–1822) (G–H)

  • Hugh Hood (1928–2000) (G–H)

  • Rhys Hughes (born 1966) (G–H)

  • Zora Neale Hurston (1891–1960) (G–H)

  • Aldous Huxley (1894–1963) (G–H)

  • Aamer Hussein (born 1955) (G–H)

  • Hwang Sun-wŏn (1915–2000) (G–H)

  • Yusuf Idris (1927–1991) (I–J)

  • Washington Irving (1783–1859) (I–J)

  • Mazhar ul Islam (born 1949) (I–J)

  • Shirley Jackson (1916–1965) (I–J)

  • M. R. James (1862–1936) (I–J)

  • Barbara Jenkins (I–J)

  • Sarah Orne Jewett (1849–1909) (I–J)

  • Denis Johnson (born 1949) (I–J)

  • Edward P. Jones (born 1951) (I–J)

  • Thom Jones (born 1945) (I–J)

  • James Joyce (1882–1941) (I–J)

  • Franz Kafka (1883–1924) (K–L)

  • Wladimir Kaminer (born 1967) (K–L)

  • Driss El Khouri (K–L)

  • Stephen King (born 1947) (K–L)

  • Rudyard Kipling (1865–1936) (K–L)

  • Phil Klay (born 1983) (K–L)

  • Heinrich von Kleist (1777–1811) (K–L)

  • R. A. Lafferty (1914–2002) (K–L)

  • Geoffrey A. Landis (born 1955) (K–L)

  • Jhumpa Lahiri (born 1967) (K–L)

  • Lori L. Lake (born 1960) (K–L)

  • Joe R. Lansdale (born 1951) (K–L)

  • Ring Lardner (1885–1933) (K–L)

  • D. H. Lawrence (1885–1930) (K–L)

  • Henry Lawson (1867–1922) (K–L)

  • Ursula K. Le Guin (born 1929) (K–L)

  • Murray Leinster (born 1896) (K–L)

  • Doris Lessing (1919–2013) (K–L)

  • Primo Levi (1919–1987) (K–L)

  • Norman Levine (1923–2005) (K–L)

  • William Levy (born 1939) (K–L)

  • Luis López Nieves (born 1950) (K–L)

  • Thomas Ligotti (born 1951) (K–L)

  • Tao Lin (born 1983) (K–L)

  • Kelly Link (born 1969) (K–L)

  • Jack London (1876–1916) (K–L)

  • Earl Lovelace (born 1935) (K–L)

  • H. P. Lovecraft (1890–1937) (K–L)

  • Fitz Hugh Ludlow (1836–1870) (K–L)

  • Darko Macan (born 1966) (M–N)

  • John D. MacDonald (1916–1986) (M–N)

  • Ian R. MacLeod (born 1956) (M–N)

  • Angel Leigh McCoy (born 1962) (M–N)

  • Bernard Malamud (1914–1986) (M–N)

  • Naguib Mahfouz (1911–2006) (M–N)

  • Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi (M–N)

  • Barry N. Malzberg (born 1939) (M–N)

  • Andreas Mand (born 1959) (M–N)

  • Katherine Mansfield (1888–1923) (M–N)

  • Valerie Martin (born 1948) (M–N)

  • Bobbie Ann Mason (born 1942) (M–N)

  • W. Somerset Maugham (1874–1965) (M–N)

  • Guy de Maupassant (1850–1893) (M–N)

  • Julian May (born 1931) (M–N)

  • John McGahern (1934–2006) (M–N)

  • Reginald McKnight (M–N)

  • Cormac McCarthy (born 1933) (M–N)

  • Thomas McGuane (born 1939) (M–N)

  • Herman Melville (1819–1891) (M–N)

  • Holdemar Menezes (1921–1996) (M–N)

  • William Michaelian (born 1956) (M–N)

  • Steven Millhauser (born 1943) (M–N)

  • Edward Page Mitchell (1852–1927) (M–N)

  • Lorrie Moore (born 1957) (M–N)

  • Mary McGarry Morris (born 1943) (M–N)

  • Bharati Mukherjee (born 1940) (M–N)

  • Alice Munro (born 1931) (M–N)

  • H. H. Munro ('Saki') (1870–1916) (M–N)

  • Beverle Graves Myers (born 1951) (M–N)

  • R. K. Narayan (1906–2001) (M–N)

  • John Neal (1793-1876) (M–N)

  • Joyce Carol Oates (born 1938) (O–R)

  • Patrick O'Brian (1914–2000), born Richard Patrick Russ (O–R)

  • Tim O'Brien (born 1946) (O–R)

  • Joe M. O'Connell (born 1959) (O–R)

  • Flannery O'Connor (1925–1964) (O–R)

  • Frank O'Connor (1903–1966) (O–R)

  • Liam O'Flaherty (1896–1984) (O–R)

  • John O'Hara (1905–1970) (O–R)

  • Brian O'Nolan (1911–1966) (O–R)

  • Rabindranath Tagore (1861–1941) (O–R)

  • Rodrigues Ottolengui (1861–1937) (O–R)

  • Grace Paley (born 1922) (O–R)

  • Dorothy Parker (1893–1967) (O–R)

  • Dave Pelzer (born 1960) (O–R)

  • Lyudmila Petrushevskaya (born 1938) (O–R)

  • Jayne Anne Phillips (born 1952) (O–R)

  • Luigi Pirandello (1867–1936) (O–R)

  • James Plunkett (1920–2003) (O–R)

  • Edgar Allan Poe (1809–1849) (O–R)

  • Eileen Pollack (born 1956) (O–R)

  • Neal Pollack (born 1970) (O–R)

  • Katherine Anne Porter (1890–1980) (O–R)

  • William Sydney Porter, pen name O. Henry (1862–1910) (O–R)

  • Erin Pringle (born 1981) (O–R)

  • Annie Proulx (born 1935) (O–R)

  • Bolesław Prus (1847–1912) (O–R)

  • Indra Bahadur Rai (1927) (O–R)

  • James Robison (born 1946) (O–R)

  • José Luis Rodríguez Pittí (born 1971) (O–R)

  • Philip Roth (born 1933) (O–R)

  • Judi Rohrig (O–R)

  • Malay Roy Choudhury (born 1939) (O–R)

  • Samir Roychoudhury (born 1933) (O–R)

  • Damon Runyon (1884–1947) (O–R)

  • Karen Russell (born 1981) (O–R)

  • Indra Bahadur Rai (1927) (S–T)

  • James Robison (born 1946) (S–T)

  • José Luis Rodríguez Pittí (born 1971) (S–T)

  • Philip Roth (born 1933) (S–T)

  • Damon Runyon (1884–1947) (S–T)

  • J. D. Salinger (1919–2010) (S–T)

  • James Salter (born 1925) (S–T)

  • "Saki" (H. H. Munro) (S–T)

  • Sérgio Sant'Anna (S–T)

  • Sarojini Sahoo (born 1956) (S–T)

  • Widad Sakakini (1913–1991) (S–T)

  • Jean-Paul Sartre (1905–1980) (S–T)

  • John L. Saul born 1948) (S–T)

  • George Saunders (born 1958) (S–T)

  • Daniel Scott (born 1963) (S–T)

  • Robert Sheckley (born 1928) (S–T)

  • Lucius Shepard (born 1947) (S–T)

  • Mary Shelley (1797–1851) (S–T)

  • Robert Silverberg (born 1935) (S–T)

  • Mona Simpson (born 1957) (S–T)

  • Isaac Bashevis Singer (1902–1991) (S–T)

  • Will Scott (1893−1964) (S–T)

  • Jaspreet Singh (S–T)

  • George Singleton (born 1958) (S–T)

  • Clark Ashton Smith (1893–1961) (S–T)

  • Dag Solstad (born 1941) (S–T)

  • Gary Soto (born 1952) (S–T)

  • Robin Spriggs (S–T)

  • Jean Stafford (1915–1979) (S–T)

  • Wallace Stegner (1909–1993) (S–T)

  • Bruce Sterling (born 1954) (S–T)

  • Frank R. Stockton (1834–1902) (S–T)

  • Charles Stross (born 1964) (S–T)

  • Theodore Sturgeon (1918–1985) (S–T)

  • Michael Swanwick (born 1950) (S–T)

  • Zakaria Tamer (born 1931) (S–T)

  • Peter Taylor (1917–1994) (S–T)

  • William Tenn (pseudonym of Philip Klass) (born 1920) (S–T)

  • Melanie Rae Thon (born 1957) (S–T)

  • Lisa Tolliver (S–T)

  • Aleksey Nikolayevich Tolstoy (1883–1945) (S–T)

  • Leo Tolstoy (1828–1910) (S–T)

  • William Trevor (born 1928) (S–T)

  • Sergio Troncoso (born 1961) (S–T)

  • Judy Troy (born 1951) (S–T)

  • Ivan Turgenev (1818–1883) (S–T)

  • Harry Turtledove (born 1949) (S–T)

  • Mark Twain (1835–1910) (S–T)

  • Rabindranath Tagore (1861–1941) (S–T)

  • Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay (1876–1938) (S–T)

  • Tarasankar Bandyopadhyay (1898–1971) (S–T)

  • Syed Mujtaba Ali (1904–1974) (S–T)

  • Kavisekhara Dr Umar Alisha (1885–1945) (U–Z)

  • John Updike (born 1932) (U–Z)

  • Andrew Vachss (born 1942) (U–Z)

  • Anne Valente (born 1982) (U–Z)

  • Jeff VanderMeer (born 1968) (U–Z)

  • Voltaire (1694–1778) (U–Z)

  • Kurt Vonnegut (1922–2007) (U–Z)

  • Howard Waldrop (born 1946) (U–Z)

  • Eli Waldron (1916–1980) (U–Z)

  • Robert Walser (1878–1956) (U–Z)

  • Manly Wade Wellman (1903–1986) (U–Z)

  • Eudora Welty (1909–2001) (U–Z)

  • Jessamyn West (1902–1984) (U–Z)

  • Edith Wharton (1862–1937) (U–Z)

  • Edmund White (born 1940) (U–Z)

  • Christopher Willard (born 1960) (U–Z)

  • D. Harlan Wilson (born 1971) (U–Z)

  • P. G. Wodehouse (1881–1975) (U–Z)

  • Gene Wolfe (born 1931) (U–Z)

  • Tobias Wolff (born 1945) (U–Z)

  • Kirby Wright (U–Z)

  • Mary Tappan Wright (1851–1917) (U–Z)

  • Richard Yates (1926–1992) (U–Z)

  • Marguerite Yourcenar (1903–1987) (U–Z)

  • Mohamed Zafzaf (1942–2001) (U–Z)

  • Gul M. Zhowandai(1905–1988) (U–Z)

  • Aleksandar Žiljak (born 1963) (U–Z)

  • Stefan Zweig (1881–1942) (U–Z)

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In the various styles of contemporary literature, the novel is in the most prominent position, but this does not mean that as long as the novel has a position. In fact, short stories are relatively ignored. In 2013, for the first time in the history of world literature, the Nobel Prize in Literature awarded a short story to a writer, which attracted the attention of people all over the world. We should take short stories seriously. In this random tool is a list of 356 very good short story writers whose work you must have been exposed to.

The authors of these short stories come from different countries and different times and have made indelible contributions to the social and historical development at that time. Throughout the whole history of Chinese and Western literature, the achievements of short stories are obvious, and a large number of important short story writers have emerged. Chekhov, Maupassant, Henry, Ring Lardner, Henry Lawson, Pirandello, Yasunari Kawabata, Lu Xun, Shen Congwen and others are the representatives of short story writers. A more complete list of short story authors can be found in this generator.

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