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- Buchan, William (James de L’Aigle) (1916-2008) (stories)
- Son of John Buchan.
- Buchanan, Robert (Williams) (1841-1901) (stories)
- Brother-in-law of Harriett Jay.
See also en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Williams_Buchanan
- Budrys, Algis [working name of Algirdas Jonas Budrys] (1931-2008) (books) (stories)
- See www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/budrys_algis
- Bullett, Gerald (William) (1893-1958) (stories)
- See bearalley.blogspot.co.uk/2006/10/gerald-bullett.html
- Bulmer, (Henry) Kenneth (1921-2005) (books) (stories)
- Born in London, England, is best known for his science fiction books.
See also www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/bulmer_kenneth
- Bulwer-Lytton, [Sir] Edward (George Earle) (1803-1873) (stories)
- See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Bulwer-Lytton
- Bulychev, Kirill; pseudonym of Igor Vsevelodovich Mozheiko (1934-2003) (books) (stories)
- See www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/bulychev_kir
- Bunch, David R. (1925-2000) (books) (stories)
- See www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/bunch_david_r
- Burgess, Anthony; pseudonym of John Anthony Burgess Wilson (1917-1993) (stories)
- See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthony_Burgess
- Burke, John (Frederick) (1922-2011) (books) (stories)
- See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Burke_(author)
- Burke, Jonathan; pseudonym of John Burke (1922-2011) (books) (stories)
- See www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/burke_jonathan
- Burke, Ralph; pseudonym of Robert Silverberg (1935- )
- See www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/burke_ralph
- Burks, Arthur J. (1898-1974) (books) (stories)
- Extremely prolific pulp writer; professional soldier for a time; Marine Corps officer. Born in Douglas County, Washington; died in Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
See also www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/burks_arthur_j
- Burroughs, Edgar Rice (1875-1950) (books) (stories)
- See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edgar_Rice_Burroughs
- Burroughs, William S(eward) (1914-1997) (stories)
- See www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/burroughs_william_s
- Busby, F(rancis) M(arion, Jr.) (1921-2005) (books) (stories)
- See www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/busby_f_m
- Butler, Bill [i.e., William Huxford Butler] (1934-1977) (stories)
- See hqinfo.blogspot.co.uk/2012/05/bill-butler-unicorn-bookshop-better.html
- Butler, Ellis Parker (1869-1937) (stories)
- Born in Muscatine, Iowa; lived in New York and died in Williamsville, Massachusetts; was a full-time banker while authoring around 30 books and over 2000 short stories and devoting much time to the local community.
See also en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ellis_Parker_Butler
- Butler, Octavia E(stelle) (1947-2006) (stories)
- See www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/butler_octavia
- Butler, Samuel (1835-1902) (stories)
- See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Butler_(novelist)
- Butterworth, Michael (1947- ) (books) (stories)
- See www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/butterworth_michael
- Byron, George Gordon, Lord (1788-1824) (stories)
- See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Byron
- Cabell, James Branch (1879-1958) (books) (stories)
- See www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/cabell_james_branch
- Cabral, O(lga) M(arie) (1909-1997) (stories)
- See tellersofweirdtales.blogspot.com/2013/11/om-cabral-1887-1955.html
- Cadigan, Pat(ricia Oren Kearney) (1953- ) (stories)
- See www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/cadigan_pat
- Cain, James M(allahan) (1892-1977) (stories)
- See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_M._Cain
- Calisher, Hortense (1911-2009) (stories)
- See www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/calisher_hortense
- Calvino, Italo (1923-1985) (books) (stories)
- See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italo_Calvino
- Campanella, Tommaso [i.e., Giovanni Domenico Campanella] (1568-1639) (stories)
- See www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/campanella_tommaso
- Campbell, H(erbert) J(ames) (1925-1983) (books)
- See www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/campbell_h_j
- Campbell, John W(ood, Jr.) (1910-1971) (books) (stories)
- See www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/campbell_john_w_jr
- Campbell Thomson, Christine (1897-1985) (stories)
- Born in London; educated in Queen’s College; literary agent and author.
- Capek, Josef (1887-1945) (stories)
- See www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/capek_josef
- ČAPEK, KAREL (1890-1938) (books) (stories)
- See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karel_%C4%8Capek
- Card, Orson Scott (1951- ) (books) (stories)
- See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orson_Scott_Card
- Carey, Peter (Philip) (1943- ) (stories)
- See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Carey_(novelist)
- Carleton, William (1794-1869) (stories)
- Born in Prillisk, County Tyrone, Ireland. Early career working as clerk for local Sunday School Society, teaching and writing on the side; active in the then booming Dublin magazine world of the 1830s and early 1840s.
- Carnell, (Edward) John “Ted” (1912-1972) (books) (stories)
- See www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/carnell_john
- Caro, Dennis R. (1944- ) (stories)
- See www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/caro_dennis_r
- Carr, Jayge; pseudonym of Margery Krueger (1940-2006) (stories)
- See www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/carr_jayge
- Carr, John Dickson (1906-1977) (stories)
- See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Dickson_Carr
- Carr, John F(rancis) (1944- ) (books) (stories)
- See www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/carr_john_f
- Carr, Robert Spencer (1909-1994) (books) (stories)
- See tellersofweirdtales.blogspot.co.uk/2014/11/robert-s-carr-1909-1994-part-1.html
- Carr, Terry (Gene) (1937-1987) (books) (stories)
- See www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/carr_terry
- Carrington, Grant (Clark) (1938- ) (stories)
- See www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/carrington_grant
- Carroll, Lewis; pseudonym of Charles Lutwidge Dodgson (1832-1898) (stories)
- See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lewis_Carroll
- Carter, Angela (Olive, née Stalker) (1940-1992) (stories)
- See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angela_Carter
- Carter, Lin [i.e., Linwood Vrooman Carter] (1930-1988) (books) (stories)
- See www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/carter_lin
- Carter, Paul A(llen) (1926- ) (stories)
- See www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/carter_paul_a
- Carter, (Philip) Youngman (1904-1969) (stories)
- Husband of Margery Allingham.
- Cartier, Edd [i.e., Edward Daniel Cartier] (1914-2008)
- See pulpartists.com/Cartier.html
- Cartmill, Cleve (E.) (1908-1964) (books) (stories)
- See www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/cartmill_cleve
- Carver, Jeffrey A(llan) (1949- ) (stories)
- See www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/carver_jeffrey_a
- Case, Robert Ormond (1895-1964) (stories)
- Born in Dallas, TX; moved to Oregon as a child; graduate of University of Oregon; served in the U.S Army in WWI; spent most of his life in Portland;
author of 14 books and over 200 novelettes, mostly westerns; received a Peabody award for radio scripts of Song of Columbia; died in Oakland, California.
- Casper, Susan (1947- ) (stories)
- See www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/casper_susan
- Cassutt, Michael (Joseph) (1954- ) (stories)
- TV writer and producer.
See also www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/cassutt_michael
- Castier, Jules (1888-1956) (stories)
- Born in Calais.
- Cave, Hugh B(arnett) (1910-2004) (stories)
- Prolific writer for pulp magazines; plantation owner in Haiti. Born in Chester, England; lived in Florida.
- Cave, Peter (Leslie) (1940- ) (stories)
- See www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/cave_peter
- Cawthorn, James (Philip) (1929-2008)
- See www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/cawthorn_james
- Chalker, Jack L(aurence) (1944-2005) (books) (stories)
- See www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/chalker_jack_l
- Chambers, Robert W(illiam) (1865-1933) (stories)
- See www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/chambers_robert_w
- Chance, John Newton [born John Richard Henry Chance] (1911-1983) (books) (stories)
- Born in Streatham Hill, England.
- Chandler, A(rthur) Bertram (1912-1984) (books) (stories)
- See www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/chandler_a_bertram
- Chapdelaine, Perry A(nthony Sr.) (1925- ) (stories)
- See www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/chapdelaine_perry_a
- Charnas, Suzy McKee (1939- ) (stories)
- See www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/charnas_suzy_mckee
- Charteris, Leslie [born Leslie Charles Bowyer-Yin] (1907-1993) (books) (stories)
- See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leslie_Charteris
- Chatterton, Ruth (1893-1961) (stories)
- Born in New York; actress with first stage appearance in 1909.
- Cherryh, C. J. [i.e., Carolyn Janice Cherry] (1942- ) (books) (stories)
- See www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/cherryh_c_j
- Chesbro, George C(lark) (1940-2008) (stories)
- See www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/chesbro_george_c
- Chesney, [Sir] George Tomkyns (1830-1895) (stories)
- See www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/chesney_george_t
- Chester, William L. (1907-1960?) (stories)
- American writer, probably best known for his fantastic adventure series featuring “Kioga, Hawk of the Wilderness,” which appeared in the Blue Book magazine. He lived in New York, at least during the 1930s, and he may have survived into the 1970s.
See also www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/chester_william_l
- Chesterton, G(ilbert) K(eith) (1874-1936) (stories)
- See www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/chesterton_g_k
- Chetwynd-Hayes, R(onald Henry Glynn) (1919-2001) (books) (stories)
- See www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/chetwynd-hayes_r
- Chilson, Rob(ert Dean) (1945- ) (stories)
- See www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/chilson_rob
- Christie, Agatha (Mary Clarissa, née Miller) (1890-1976) (stories)
- See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agatha_Christie
- Christopher, John; pseudonym of C. S. Youd (1922-2012) (books) (stories)
- See www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/christopher_john
- Churchill, [Sir] Winston (Leonard) S(pencer) (1874-1965) (stories)
- See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winston_Churchill
- Clareson, Thomas D(ean) (1926-1993) (books) (stories)
- See www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/clareson_thomas_d
- Clarke, Arthur C(harles) (1917-2008) (books) (stories)
- Renowned science fiction writer. Born in Minehead, Somerset, England; long resident in Sri Lanka. Knighthood granted in 1998.
See also en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_C._Clarke
- Clarke, I(gnatius) F(rederic) “Ian” (1918-2009) (stories)
- See www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/clarke_i_f
- Clarke, Marcus (Andrew Hislop) (1846-1881) (stories)
- Born in London; went to Australia in 1863; journalist, drama critic and playwright there.
- Claudy, Carl H(arry) (1879-1957) (stories)
- Author. Born in Washington, D.C.
See also www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/claudy_carl_h
- Clayton, (Patricia) Jo (1939-1998) (stories)
- See www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/clayton_jo
- Clement, Hal; pseudonym of Harry Clement Stubbs (1922-2003) (books) (stories)
- See www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/clement_hal
- Clifford, [Sir] Hugh (Charles) (1866-1941) (stories)
- Born in London, son of an army general; joined Malay States Civil Service in 1883; was a colonel governor, became a High Commissioner in 1927; knighted in 1900.
- Clifton, Mark (Irvin) (1906-1963) (books) (stories)
- See www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/clifton_mark
- Clingerman, Mildred (née McElroy) (1918- ) (books) (stories)
- See www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/clingerman_mildred
- Clinton, Ed(win) M., Jr. (1926-2006) (stories)
- Born in Los Angeles, CA; died in Livingston, Wyoming.
- Cloete, (Edward Fairly) Stuart (Graham) (1897-1976) (stories)
- Rancher and novelist. Born in Paris, France; died in Cape Town, South Africa.
- Clute, John (Frederick) (1940- ) (stories)
- See www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/clute_john
- Coates, Robert M(yron) (1897-1973) (stories)
- See www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/coates_robert_m
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