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SABATINI, Rafael
Rafael Sabatini (1875-1950) was an Italian/British writer of novels of romance and adventure. |
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SAGE, William
William Sage (1864-?) wrote several historical romances. |
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SAINSBURY, Jr., Noel
Lt. Noel Sainsbury, Jr. (1884-?) wrote a series of adventure novels for boys featuring Bill Bolton. |
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SAINT-ELME, Ida
Born Maria Johanna Elselina Versfelt (17761845), Ida Saint-Elme was a Dutch writer and actress. |
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SAINTINE, X.B.
Xavier Boniface Saintine (born Joseph Xavier Boniface) (1798-1865) was a French playwright and novelist. |
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SAKI (H.H. Munro)
Hector Hugh Munro (1870-1916), better known by his pen name Saki, was a British writer. |
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SALLIS, James
James Sallis (born 1944) is an American crime writer, poet and musician. |
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SALTUS, Edgar
Edgar Evertson Saltus (1855-1921) was an American novelist. |
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SAND, George
Amantine Lucile Aurore Dupin (1804-1876), better known by her pseudonym George Sand, was a French feminist and writer. |
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SANDEAU, Jules
Leonard Sylvain Julien (Jules) Sandeau (1811-1883) was a French novelist. |
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SAVAGE, Blake
Harold Leland Goodwin (1914-1990) was an American author who wrote under several pseudonyms, including Blake Savage. |
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SAYERS, Dorothy L.
Dorothy Leigh Sayers (18931957) was a renowned English crime writer, poet, playwright, essayist, translator, and Christian humanist. |
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SCHAUSS, Hayyim
Hayyim Schauss taught for more than twenty-five years at the Jewish Teachers Seminary in New York and at the College of Jewish Studies and the University of Judaism in Los Angeles. |
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SCHILLER, Frederick
Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller (1759-1805) was a German poet, philosopher, historian, and playwright. |
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SCHNITZLER, Arthur
Dr. Arthur Schnitzler (1862-1931) was an Austrian author and dramatist. |
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SCHOOLCRAFT, Henry R.
Henry Rowe Schoolcraft (17931864) was an American geographer, geologist, and ethnologist. |
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SCHURZ, Carl
Carl Schurz (1829-1906) a Union general, U.S. senator from Missouri, and finally Secretary of the Interior. |
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SCHWEITZER, Darrell
Darrell Charles Schweitzer (born 1952) is an American writer, editor, and essayist. |
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SCITHERS, George
George H. Scithers (19292010) was a science fiction fan, author, and Hugo Award winning editor. |
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SCOTT, John Reed
John Reed Scott (1869-?) was the author of many adventure novels. |
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SCOTT, Sir Walter
Sir Walter Scott (1771-1832) was a prolific Scottish historical novelist and poet. |
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SEABROOKE, John Paul
John Paul Seabrooke was a house pseudonym used by the publishing house Chelsea House (Street & Smith). |
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SERGEANT, Philip W.
Philip W. Sergeant (1872-1952) wrote about chess and popular British history. |
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SERVICE, Robert W.
Robert William Service (1874-1958) was a poet and writer best known for his work on the Canadian North. |
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SERVISS, Garrett P.
Garrett Putnam Serviss (18511929) was an astronomer and early science fiction writer. |
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SETOUN, Gabriel
Thomas Nicoll Hepburn (18611930) was a Scottish poet and author who wrote under the pseudonym Gabriel Setoun. |
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SEWELL, Anna
Anna Sewell (18201878) was an English novelist. |
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SHANKS, Edward
Edward Richard Buxton Shanks (1892-1953) was known as the war poet of WWI. |
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SHECKLEY, Robert
Robert Sheckley (19282005) was a Hugo- and Nebula-nominated American science fiction author. |
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SHELLEY, Mary
Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley (17971851) was an English novelist, short story writer, dramatist, essayist, biographer, and travel writer. |
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SHERIDAN, P.H.
Philip Henry Sheridan (18311888) was a Union general in the American Civil War. |
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SHERIDAN, Richard Brinsley
Richard Brinsley Sheridan (1751-1816) was an Irish-born playwright, poet, and owner of the Drury Lane Theatre. |
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SHERMAN, Harold M.
Harold M. Sherman (1898-1987) wrote numerous books and magazine articles on a variety of subjects ranging from sports stories for boys to self-help books to books dealing with psychic phenomena and ESP. |
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SHERWOOD, J. Robert
J. Robert Sherwood (1904-1987) was former president and CEO of the Suburban Trust Company. |
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SHIEL, M. P.
Matthew Phipps Shiel (18651947) was a prolific British writer. |
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SHUTE, Henry A.
Henry Augustus Shute (18561943) was a lawyer, judge, and author. |
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SIDGWICK, Cecily
Cecily Sidgwick (?-1934) wrote under the name Mrs. Alfred Sidgwick and the pen-name Mrs. Andrew Dean. |
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SIENKIEWICZ, Henryk
Henryk Adam Aleksander Pius Sienkiewicz (1846-1916) was a prominent Polish historical novelist. |
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SIMAK, Clifford D.
Clifford Donald Simak (19041988) was an American science fiction writer. |
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SINCLAIR, May
Mary Amelia St. Clair (18631946), who wrote under the pseudonym May Sinclair, was a popular British writer and suffragist. |
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SINCLAIR, Upton
Upton Sinclair, Jr. (1878-1968) was a Pulitzer Prize-winning American author. |
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SINGLETON, Sarah
Sarah Singleton (born 1966) is a British journalist and author. |
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SITTING BULL
Sitting Bull (c. 18311890) was a Lakota Sioux chief who led his people to resist United States government policies. |
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SLADEK, John
John Thomas Sladek (19372000) was an American science fiction author. |
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SLOUT, William L.
William L. Slout was a professor of theater at California State University, San Bernardino. |
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SMEDS, Dave
Dave Smeds (born 1955) is an American science fiction writer. |
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SMITH, Adam
Adam Smith (17231790) was a Scottish social philosopher and a pioneer of political economy. |
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SMITH, Clark Ashton
Clark Ashton Smith (18931961) was an American poet, sculptor, painter, and author of fantasy, horror and science fiction short stories. |
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SMITH, Cordwainer
Cordwainer Smith was the pseudonym used by Paul Myron Anthony Linebarger (1913-1966) for his science fiction works. Linebarger was a noted East Asia scholar and expert in psychological warfare. |
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SMITH, E.E.
Edward Elmer Smith, also known as E. E. "Doc" Smith (18901965), was a food engineer and early science fiction author. He is sometimes referred to as the father of space opera. |
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SMITH, F.E.
Frederick Edwin Smith, 1st Earl of Birkenhead (1872-1930) was a lawyer and Conservative politician. |
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SMITH, George H.
George Henry Smith (19221996) was an American science fiction author. |
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SMITH, George O.
George Oliver Smith (1911-1981), who also wrote under the pseudonym Wesley Long, was an American science fiction author. |
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SMITH, Walter Chalmers
Walter Chalmers Smith (1824-1908) was a hymnist, poet, and minister of the Free Church of Scotland. |
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SMITH, Winifred
Winifred Smith (1897-1967) was a professor at Vassar College, founding its drama department, and an advocate for women's suffrage. |
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SMOLLETT, Tobias
Tobias George Smollett (1721-1771) was a Scottish poet and author. |
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SNAITH, J. C.
John Collis Snaith (1876-1936) wrote a variety of books. |
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SOMERVILLE, E.
Edith Anna none Somerville (1858-1949) was an Irish novelist who wrote in collaboration with her cousin "Martin Ross" (Violet Martin) under the pseudonym Somerville and Ross. |
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SOMTOW, S.P.
Somtow Papinian Sucharitkul (born 1952) is a Thai-American musical composer. Using his pseudonym of S. P. Somtow, he writes science fiction, fantasy, and horror. |
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SOPHOCLES
Sophocles (c. 497/6 BC406/5 BC) was an ancient Greek tragedian. |
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SOUKUP, Martha
Martha Soukup is a Nebula award-winning and Hugo award-nominated science fiction author and playwright. |
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SOUTHEY, Robert
Robert Southey (1774-1843) was an English poet of the Romantic school. |
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SOUTHWORTH, E.D.E.N.
Emma Dorothy Eliza Nevitte Southworth (1819-1899) was a prolific American writer. |
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SOUVESTRE, Pierre
Pierre Souvestre (1874-1914) was a French lawyer, journalist, writer, and organizer of motor races. He is mostly remembered today for his co-creation with Marcel Allain of the fictional arch-villain and master criminal Fantτmas. |
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SPARHAWK, Bud
John C. "Bud" Sparhawk (born 1937) is an American science fiction author. |
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SPARKS, Cat
Catriona (Cat) Sparks (born 1965) is an Australian science fiction writer, editor, and publisher. |
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SPEARMAN, Frank H.
Frank Hamilton Spearman (1859-1937) was an American author, best known for his Western fiction and his fiction and nonfiction writing about railroads. |
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SPENCE, Lewis
James Lewis Thomas Chalmbers Spence (18741955) was a Scottish journalist and collector of myths and legends. |
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SPENSER, Edmund
Edmund Spenser (c. 15521599) was an English poet, best known for his epic poem The Faerie Queene. |
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SPYRI, Johanna
Johanna Spyri (18271901) was a Swiss author of children's stories. |
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ST. CLAIR, Margaret
Margaret St. Clair (19111995) was an American science fiction writer, who also wrote under the pseudonyms Idris Seabright and Wilton Hazzard. |
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STABLEFORD, Brian
Brian Michael Stableford (born 1948) is a British science fiction writer. |
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STACPOOLE, H. De Vere
Henry De Vere Stacpoole (1863-1951) was an Irish doctor, author, and expert on the South Pacific islands. |
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STALEY, Edgcumbe
Edgcumbe Staley was an early twentieth-century historian and author. |
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STALIN, Joseph V.
Joseph Vissarionovich Stalin (18781953) was the Premier of the Soviet Union from 6 May 1941 until his death in 5 March 1953. |
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STANDISH, Burt L.
William George "Gilbert" Patten (1866-1945) is best known, under his pen name Burt L. Standish, for the Frank Merriwell stories. |
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STANHOPE, Philip Dormer
Philip Dormer Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield PC KG (1694-1773), was a British statesman and man of letters. |
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STAPLEDON, Olaf
William Olaf Stapledon (18861950) was a British philosopher and author of several influential works of science fiction. |
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STARRETT, Vincent
Charles Vincent Emerson Starrett (18861974) was an American writer and newspaperman. |
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STEELE, Curtis
Curtis Steele was a house name for Operator #5 writers Frederick C. Davis (#1-20), Emile C. Tepperman (#21-39), and Wayne Rogers (#40-48). |
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STENDHAL
Marie-Henri Beyle (17831842), known by his pen name Stendhal, was a 19th-century French writer. |
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STEPHEN, Leslie
Sir Leslie Stephen (18321904) was an English author, critic and mountaineer, and the father of Virginia Woolf and Vanessa Bell. |
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STEVENS, George T.
George Thomas Stevens (1832-1921) was a Civil War surgeon on the Union side. |
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STEVENSON, Robert Louis
Robert Louis Balfour Stevenson (18501894) was a Scottish novelist, poet, essayist, and travel writer. |
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STILES, Steve
Steve Stiles (born 1943) is an American cartoonist and writer. |
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STIRLING, M.W.
Matthew Williams Stirling (1896-1975) was an American ethnologist and archaeologist who made discoveries relating to the Olmec civilization. |
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STIRLING, Yates
Lieutenant Commander Yates Stirling Jr. (1872-1948) wrote a series of novels chronicling the adventures of two Naval Academy graduates. |
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STITH, John E.
John E. Stith (b. 1947) is a Nebula-nominated American science-fiction author. |
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STOCKLEY, Cynthia
Cynthia Stockley (1863-1936) was well-known in the early 20th century for her stories of colonial southern Africa. |
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STODDARD, John L.
John Lawson Stoddard (1850-1931) was an American hymn writer, writer, and lecturer, best known for his travelogues. |
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STOKER, Bram
Abraham "Bram" Stoker (18471912) was an Irish novelist, short story writer, and business manager of the Lyceum Theatre in London. |
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STOUT, Rex
Rex Todhunter Stout (18861975) was a popular American detective writer. |
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STRAHAN, Jonathan
Jonathan Strahan (born in 1964) is an Australian science fiction editor and publisher. |
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STRANG, Herbert
Herbert Strang was the pseudonym of two English authors, George Herbert Ely (1866-1958) and Charles James L'Estrange (1867-1947). |
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STRATTON-PORTER, Gene
Gene Stratton-Porter (1863-1924) was an American author, amateur naturalist, wildlife photographer, and one of the earliest women to form a movie studio and production company. |
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STRICKLAND, Agnes
Agnes Strickland (1796-1874) was an English historical writer and poet. |
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STRINGER, Arthur
Arthur John Arbuthnott Stringer (1874-1950) was a Canadian writer, primarily for films. |
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STUART, Ruth McEnery
Ruth McEnery Stuart (1852-1917) published more than seventy-five stories, which appeared in major magazines of her day. |
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STURGEON, Theodore
Theodore Sturgeon (born Edward Hamilton Waldo) (19181985) was a popular American science fiction and horror author. |
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STURGIS, Julian
Julian Russell Sturgis (18481904) was an American-born novelist, poet, librettist, and lyricist who lived and worked in Britain. |
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SUE, Eugene
Joseph Marie Eugθne Sue (1804-1857) was a French novelist. |
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SUETONIUS
Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus, aka Suetonius (c. 69c. 122), was a Roman historian. |
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SULLIVAN, T.R.
Thomas Russell Sullivan (1849-1916) was the great-grandson of Revolutionary War General John Langdon Sullivan and tutor to Henry Cabot Lodge. |
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SUTTON, Jeff
Jefferson Howard Sutton (19131979) was an American science fiction author. |
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SWAIN, Dwight V.
Dwight Vreeland Swain (19151992) was an American science fiction writer. |
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SWAN, Annie S.
Annie Shepherd Swan (18591943) was a Scottish writer, journalist, novelist and short story writer. She also wrote under the names David Lyall and Mrs. Burnett-Smith. |
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SWEETSER, Kate Dickinson
Kate Dickinson Sweetser (?-1939) was an American author known for writing juvenile fiction and compilations. |
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SWIFT, Jonathan
Jonathan Swift (16671745) was a satirist, essayist, poet, and cleric who was Dean of St. Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin. |
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SWINNERTON, Frank
Frank Arthur Swinnerton (1884-1982) was an English novelist, critic, biographer and essayist. |
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SYMONDS, J. A.
John Addington Symonds (1840-1893) was an English poet and literary critic. |
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