- Barker, Trey R. (fl. 1994-2011) (stories)
- See www.treyrbarker.com
- Barnard, Leslie Gordon (1890-1961) (stories)
- Writer. Born and died in Montreal, Canada.
- Barnes, Julian (Patrick) (1946- ) (stories)
- See www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/barnes_julian
- Barns, Charles Edward (1862-1937) (stories)
- See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Edward_Barns
- Baron, Stanley (Wade) (1922- ) (stories)
- Born in Philadelphia; in U.S. government service for many years.
- Barrett, Alfred Walter (1869-?) (stories)
- See bearalley.blogspot.co.uk/2009/01/alfred-walter-barrett.html
- Barrett, Neal (Patrick), Jr. (1929-2014) (stories)
- Born in San Antonio, Texas; died in Austin, Texas; also known for his fantasy and science fiction.
See also www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/barrett_neal_jr
- Barrett, William E(dmund) (1900-1986) (stories)
- Writer. Born in New York City; died in Denver, Colorado.
See also www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/barrett_william_e
- Barry, Dave (1947- ) (stories)
- Miami Herald columnist.
- Barry, Lynda (Jean) (1956- ) (stories)
- Cartoonist and playwright.
- Barth, John (Simmons) (1930- ) (stories)
- See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Barth
- Barthelme, Donald (1931-1989) (stories)
- See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Barthelme
- Bartlett, Frederick Orin (1876-1945) (stories)
- Born in Haverhill, Massachusetts; author and magazine writer.
See also www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/bartlett_frederick_orin
- Bateman, Robert (Moyes Carruthers) (1922-1973) (stories)
- See bearalley.blogspot.co.uk/2013/04/robert-bateman.html
- Bates, Harry [i.e., Hiram Gilmore Bates, III] (1900-1981) (stories)
- See www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/bates_harry
- Baum, L(yman) Frank (1856-1919) (stories)
- See www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/baum_l_frank
- Baumbach, Rudolf (1840-1905) (stories)
- See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rudolf_Baumbach
- Baume, Eric [i.e., Frederick Ehrenfried Baume] (1900-1967) (stories)
- Born and educated in New Zealand; lived elsewhere, mostly in Australia, beginning in 1923.
- Bax, Clifford (1886-1962) (stories)
- Born in Streatham.
- Baxter, Stephen (Michael) (1957- ) (stories)
- See www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/baxter_stephen
- Beach, Rex (Ellingwood) (1877-1949) (stories)
- Born in Atwood, Michigan; educated in law.
- Beagle, Peter S(oyer) (1939- ) (stories)
- See www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/beagle_peter_s
- Beaumont, Charles [legalized from Charles Leroy Nutt] (1929-1967) (books) (stories)
- See www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/beaumont_charles
- Bechdolt, Frederick R(itchie) (1874-1950) (stories)
- Author of western fiction. Born in Mercersburg, Pennsylvania; died in Carmel, California.
- Bechdolt, Jack [i.e., John Ernest Bechdolt] (1884-1954) (stories)
- Journalist and prolific short story writer using many pseudonyms; it is possible that some of the unidentified authors in this index are really names used by Bechdolt. Died in Southern Pines, North Carolina.
See also www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/bechdolt_jack
- Becke, (George) Louis (1855-1913) (stories)
- Born in Port Macquarie, New South Wales; son of an English trader; went to sea at 14; returned to Australia and worked as a journalist in Sydney; came to Britain in 1896 and became a literary celebrity; returned to Australia and died destitute in Sydney.
- Bedford, (George) Randolph (1868-1941) (stories)
- Born in Sydney, Australia; author and legislator.
- Bedford-Jones, H(enry James OBrien) (1887-1949) (stories)
- An adventurer who spent at least a portion of his life in the Philippines and lived in Honduras. One of the foremost writers of adventure stories and an expert on military history and battles. Born in Napanee, Ontario, Canada; naturalized as an American citizen; died in Beverly Hills, California.
See also www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/bedford-jones_h
- Beeler, Charles Richard (1888-1961) (stories)
- Born in LaFayette, Kansas, died in Mena, Arkansas. Prolific writer of short fiction. According to the one biographical sketch available, he was born in the Oklahoma Panhandle.
- Beith, [Sir] John Hay (1876-1952) (stories)
- Born in Manchester of Scots descent; educated in Edinburgh and Cambridge; schoolmaster turned writer and playwright.
- Bell, Neil; pseudonym of Stephen Southwold (1887-1964) (stories)
- See www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/bell_neil
- Bellah, James (1930- ) (stories)
- Son of James Warner Bellah.
- Bellah, James Warner (1899-1976) (stories)
- Father of James Bellah.
- Bellamy, Francis R(ufus) (1886-1972) (stories)
- See www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/bellamy_francis_rufus
- Belloc, (Joseph) Hilaire (Pierre Rene) (1870-1953) (stories)
- Father of Peter Belloc.
See also en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hilaire_Belloc
- Belloc, Peter (Gilbert Marie Sebastian) (1904-1941) (stories)
- Born in Chelsea, London; Captain in Royal Marines, died of pneumonia while in military service. Son of (Joseph) Hilaire (Pierre Rene) Belloc.
- Bellow, Saul (1915-2005) (stories)
- See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saul_Bellow
- Benchley, Robert (Charles) (1889-1945) (stories)
- See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Benchley
- Bender, Aimee (1969- ) (stories)
- See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aimee_Bender
- Benét, William Rose (1886-1950) (stories)
- Born in Fort Hamilton, New York; brother of poet Stephen Vincent Benét; poet, literary columnist and critic; editor of periodicals including Century Magazine, Literary Review of New York Times and Saturday Review of Literature; died in New York City.
- Benford, Gregory (Albert) (1941- ) (stories)
- See www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/benford_gregory
- Bennett, (Enoch) Arnold (1867-1931) (stories)
- Byline also: E. A. Bennett.
- Bennett, Eric (Oswald) (1909-1985) (stories)
- Born in London; newspaper journalist.
- Bennett, James W(illiam) (1891-1973) (stories)
- Born in Mitchell, Indiana; poet, journalist and writer; worked in legal department of U.S. Food Administration, 1918; vice consul to Shanghai, China, 1918-1919, and to Sydney, Australia, 1919; lecturer on short story writing at university in Shanghai, 1922-23; lived in Redlands, California.
- Bennett, Kem(ys Deverell) (1919-1986) (stories)
- SOE agent during WWII.
- Bennett, Margot (Mitchell) (1912-1980) (stories)
- Married to Richard Bennett.
See also www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/bennett_margot
- Bennett, Richard (Lawrence) (1912-1999?) (stories)
- Born in London; spent first seven years of life in Egypt, then came to England for education; studied law, but became a journalist and for five years was editor of Lilliput magazine. Married to Margot Bennett.
- Bennett, (William) Rolf (1882-1971) (stories)
- Author. Born in London, England; lived in Essex, England.
- Benson, E(dward) F(rederic) (1867-1940) (stories)
- See www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/benson_e_f
- Bercovici, Konrad (1882-1961) (stories)
- Rumanian-born author, resident in U.S. from 1916. Born in Bralia, Rumania; died in New York City.
- Beresford, Elisabeth (1926-2010) (stories)
- Daughter of J(ohn) D(avys) Beresford.
- Beresford, J(ohn) D(avys) (1873-1947) (stories)
- Father of Elisabeth Beresford.
See also www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/beresford_j_d
- Beresford, Leslie [born Charles Beresford Painter, name assumed in 1910] (1878-1946) (stories)
- See www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/beresford_leslie
- Berger, Arthur Asa (1933- ) (stories)
- Professor of communication arts at San Francisco State Univ.
- Berger, Thomas (Louis) (1924-2014) (stories)
- See www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/berger_thomas
- Bernard, Christine (1926-2000) (books)
- See bearalley.blogspot.co.uk/2006/10/christine-bernard.html
- [i.e., Georgianna Berriault] (1926-1999) (stories)
- See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gina_Berriault
- Bessie, Alvah (Cecil) (1904-1985) (stories)
- Born in New York City; graduate of Columbia University.
- Bester, Alfred (1913-1987) (stories)
- See www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/bester_alfred
- Beverley, Jo (1947- ) (stories)
- Living in Ottawa.
See also en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jo_Beverley
- Bibby, Geoffrey (1917-2001) (stories)
- See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geoffrey_Bibby
- Bierce, Ambrose (Gwinnett) (1842-1914?) (stories)
- See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ambrose_Bierce
- Biggle, Lloyd, Jr. (1923-2002) (stories)
- See www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/biggle_lloyd_jr
- Bird, Carmel (1940- ) (stories)
- Grew up in Tasmania; living in Melbourne.
- Birmingham, George A.; pseudonym of James Owen Hannay (1865-1950) (stories)
- Father of J. F. W. Hannay.
- Birmingham, John (1964- ) (stories)
- See www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/birmingham_john
- Bishop, Farnham (1886-1930) (stories)
- Educator and writer. Born in New York City; died in San Rafael, California.
See also pulpflakes.blogspot.com/2012/08/farnham-bishop-educator-writer.html
- Bishop, Michael (Lawson) (1945- ) (stories)
- See www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/bishop_michael
- Blackburn, Thomas (Wakefield) (1913-1992) (stories)
- Born in Raton, New Mexico; died in Glenwood Springs, Colorado; author, screenwriter and lyricist.
- Blackburn, Tom W. [i.e., Thomas Wakefield Blackburn, II] (1913-1992) (books) (stories)
- Author of western novels and resident in Burbank, California. Not to be confused with the English poet Thomas Blackburn.
- Blackmore, R(ichard) D(oddridge) (1825-1900) (stories)
- Born in Longworth, Berkshire; lived for some years in Wales; called to the bar in 1852 but gave up the law for teaching and writing.
- Blackwood, Algernon (Henry) (1869-1951) (stories)
- See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Algernon_Blackwood
- Bleiler, Everett F(ranklin) (1920-2010) (books) (stories)
- See www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/bleiler_everett_f
- Blish, James (Benjamin) (1921-1975) (books) (stories)
- See www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/blish_james
- Bloch, Robert (Albert) (1917-1994) (books) (stories)
- Author best known for his blackly humorous fantasy and horror fiction and the novel Psycho (1959). Born in Chicago, Illinois; lived in Los Angeles, California.
See also www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/bloch_robert
- Block, Lawrence (1938- ) (stories)
- Freelance New York writer; graduate of University of Michigan; author of numerous magazine articles and short stories under various names, ghosted several books, wrote paperback novels.
- Bloom, Harold (1930- ) (stories)
- See www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/bloom_harold
- Bloomfield, Howard V(an) L(ieu) (1900-1998) (stories)
- American specialist in U.S. Coast Guard and military history, editor. Editor of Adventure from September 1934 until December 1940. Born in Plainfield, New Jersey. Born in Bayonne, New Jersey; died in Maryland; reporter for various papers, then editor of Detective Fiction Weekly and Adventure magazine.
- Bogart, William (Gibson, Jr.) (1903-1977) (stories)
- See www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/bogart_william_g
- Boggs, Johnny D. (1962- ) (stories)
- See www.johnnydboggs.com
- Boles, Paul Darcy (1916-1984) (stories)
- Author. Born in Ashley-Hudson, Indiana (one source says he was born in 1919 in Auburn, Indiana); died in Atlanta, Georgia.
- Bond, Nelson S(lade) (1908-2006) (stories)
- See www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/bond_nelson_s
- Bonham, Frank [i.e., Cecil Francis Bonham] (1914-1988) (stories)
- Author best known for adolescent novels and western novels. Born in Los Angeles, California; died in Arizona.
See also www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/bonham_frank
- Bonham, Margaret [i.e., Margaret Edith Bonham Griffiths Bazalgette Kimber] (1913-1991) (stories)
- Born in Wimbledon, England; died in Colyton, Devonshire.
- Bonner, Geraldine (May) (1863-1930) (stories)
- Born in Staten Island, N.Y.
- Booth, Frederick (1882-1948) (stories)
- Indiana author.
- Boothby, Ben(jamin) (1870-1956) (stories)
- Born in Glen Osmond, Australia, the brother of Guy (Newell) Boothby; came to England with his mother and brother in 1874; died in Christchurch, Hampshire, England.
- Boothby, Guy (Newell) (1867-1905) (stories)
- Born in Adelaide; educated in England, and after some years in Australia he settled in England; died in Boscombe, England. Brother of Ben Boothby.
See also www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/boothby_guy