Greatest Fantasy Authors of All Time

BKAllmighty

The Top Ten

1 J. R. R. Tolkien J. R. R. Tolkien John Ronald Reuel Tolkien (3 January 1892 – 2 September 1973), known by his pen name J. R. R. Tolkien, was an English writer, poet, philologist, and university professor who is best known as the author of the classic high-fantasy works The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings, and The Silmarillion.

I'm one of the biggest Lord of the Rings fans of all time. No joke. Tolkien is amazing! - Alpha101

Tolkien is father of fantasy modern

I've heard that when he was a child he was bitten by a large Baboon Spider in his garden, but later said he had no memory of the event and no hatred of spiders.

J.R.R. Tolkien is the best fantasy author of all time.He's actually invented genre fantasy and his books are the best, for example:"Lord of the rings","Hobbit","Silmarillion" and others.He's the best writer in this genre!

V 7 Comments
2 J. K. Rowling

She is the best author ever known to history

Rowling = next Tolkien

Really, TheRedstone Wiz, you thought she was a man?!

SHE'S A GIRL?!?!?!? - TheRedstoneWiz

V 4 Comments
3 C. S. Lewis

I don't know what we would be without The Chronicles of Narnia. Seriously. We wouldn't be looking for worlds behind the wardrobe; we wouldn't be entranced by paintings of the sea, we would never have tried on the magic rings, we never would have met Aslan.

Never read the books, but I've seen 2 of the movies. Maybe I should check him out. - Alpha101

Books were good but movies were terrible

Narnia is a place no common mine can think of! It clears that sir Lewis wasnt some common man. He was extraordinary because extraordinary things happen to extraordinary people

4 George R. R. Martin

The Genius who came up with Game of Thrones...no one can beat this man

5 Terry Pratchett Terry Pratchett Sir Terence David John "Terry" Pratchett was an English author of fantasy novels, especially comical works.

He is just great - Aleksei

The greatest

6 Brandon Sanderson

New, but he will soon eclipse the greatest

He is above them all.

Phenomenal

7 Rick Riordan

Only thing that I can say is : he's amazing he is amazing he IS amazing and perfect and perfect and perfect

Amazing author. Why isn't he higher on the list?

He is great and PJATO is classic especially with the new spinoffs Heroes of Olympus and the Trails of Apollo! Yeet go Percabeth!

He my bae. I wish I was him. I was so close to meeting him, but then HE HAD TO MOVE!
He is still my favorite author.

Post by M.B Despain

V 1 Comment
8 Robert E. Howard
9 Jules Verne Jules Verne Jules Gabriel Verne was a French novelist, poet, and playwright best known for his adventure novels and his profound influence on the literary genre of science fiction.
10 Michael Moorcock

Told beautiful stories that were individual masterpieces linked together

The Contenders

11 Piers Anthony
12 Robert Jordan

The Wheel of Time: Long, Engaging, and Epic.

Why he's all the way down here?! He wrote Wot which better than pj and harry pottr combined - Themattster12

13 Stephen King Stephen King Stephen Edwin King is an American author of contemporary horror, supernatural fiction, suspense, science fiction, and fantasy.
14 Fritz Leiber
15 Raymond Feist
16 Terry Brooks
17 Robin Hobb
18 Christopher Paolini
19 Wolfgang Hohlbein
20 R.A. Salvatore
PSearch List
712349

Recommended Lists

P