Greatest Fantasy Authors of All Time
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. Tolkien is the best fantasy author in history. All other books compared to his are nothing. I never loved reading any other book than I loved reading his. I am lucky to ever do so.
The best. Consider that he invented orcs, Gandalf, Balrogs etc, etc. A must read and not the films first., the book should be savored first
The great story to the side, he has written the only fantasy books that were meaningful to me. For example the one ring is a treasure that can help people in many ways but it corrupts the user because that's the nature of power, if you give power to someone after a while the others will be destroyed because the user will only care for himself and that's why Gandalf chooses a hobbit to take it to mount doom because hobbits don't want power so they will not be corrupted fast unlike elves and men. Smaug is a great example to because it represents dictators. you see he takes erebor only to sleep on the gold as dictators do in rich countries. In my opinion these books are second to none in every aspect.
The father of the modern fantasy genre, Professor Tolkien's world of Middle-Earth is the best fictional world ever created and will never be surpassed. He gave us not one but several new languages (and all with proper rules and history), a multitude of memorable characters, and the greatest, most epic of tales ever told. JK Rowling's Harry Potter is nothing compared to this magnificent masterpiece of literature.
One of the hardest working Authors out there today. He is a master or creating a world but his true strength is developing characters with depth that readers can't help but be invested in. If you are looking up any list of great authors his name should be on it regardless of genre. The length of his stories may be intimidating to some but the ease of which you will flow through his work will amaze you. If you haven't read any of his work yet, stop reading this and go start. Mistborn is a great place to start!
Author of the highest rated novel on Goodreads, Sanderson is one of the best up and coming writers today. He is already prolific in his work, and he doesn't leave his fans in the dark for years for new series installments as is common in the fantasy genre. Most of his books are long, but once you start reading you'll never want them to end.
This man is a diabolical genius. It's criminal how good his writing is. I can't read anything else now; he's spoiled the rest of the world of books for me.
Number 1 fantasy writer in 20 years at his current pace he will leave all other authors in this genre in the dust.
This author am closest to in writing style according to some test from a while ago. I never seen anything wrong with Harry Potter so then good for J.K. Rowling for the cool adventures in Science Fiction.
She gives the kids every thing the want even a book with wizardy and magic and goblins and every fantasy creature a child can think of even better she gives here characters a spakle that no one can interpret she brings the characters to life
Pejay. Rayz
I've been reading Harry Potter since I was 9 and have probably read the whole series 10times now.
I love you JK Rowling. How dare you write some awesome books and make me cry
George Raymond Richard Martin (born George Raymond Martin), also known as George R. R. Martin, is an American author known for his epic fantasy series A Song of Ice and Fire, which was later adapted into the famous HBO series Game of Thrones. Still have a deck of cards lying around from Game of Thrones. Good game from the tales of 'A Song of Ice and Fire'. It is fun and interesting though kind of odd in appearance it has heart and magic or something. Great!
The Genius who came up with Game of Thrones...no one can beat this man
I love historical fantasy (fantastorical fiction) and G. R. R. Martin is my greatest inspiration.
Asoiaf, greatest series ever written
One of the 20th century founders along with Tolkien. Don't just try Narnia though
,there are others like 'Perelandra' and ' The Screwtape letters.
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.
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
Never read the books, but I've seen 2 of the movies. Maybe I should check him out.
Richard Russell Riordan Jr. (born June 5, 1964) is an American author. He is known for writing the Percy Jackson & the Olympians series. His books have been translated into 42 languages and sold more than 30 million copies in the US. 20th Century Fox has adapted the first two books of his Percy Jackson ...read more. He is great and PJATO is classic especially with the new spinoffs Heroes of Olympus and the Trails of Apollo! Yeet go Percabeth!
I love the books and the movies. He also should be higher.
Amazing author. Why isn't he higher on the list?
He should be number one on this list. The Best!
Sir Terence David John "Terry" Pratchett (1948-2015) was an English author of fantasy novels, especially comical works. He is best known for writing the comic fantasy book series Discworld. So much wisdom hidden in his humor. If you don't like being told off. Just enjoy the ride.
There is much to learn from the Turtle and Discworld unwinds nearly the whole advantage. Well thought out!
Terry Prachett is one of gems in literature.
He is just great
James Oliver Rigney Jr. (1948-2007), better known by his pen name Robert Jordan, was an American author known for writing the epic fantasy series The Wheel of Time. He was also known for writing stories about Conan the Barbarian, and for writing other books with different pseudonyms. He died from cardiac ...read more. Jordan at #16...really!? Jordan has made such an impact on the genre and has left such a legacy behind, which that alone should place him higher. Jordan is #1 in my opinion, but at the very least should be in the top 5! He is easily better than Lewis, Rowling, Pratchett, Hobb, Anthony, Salvatore (though I love the Dark Elf series), Feist, Riordan, and Moorcock.!
Jordan deserves to be much higher on the list! The impact he had on the genre cannot be measured.
Should be top 2. No more needs to be said. Its criminal that he is this low on the list!
Epic fantasy and best ending to an epic fantasy I babe ever seen
Anyone who thinks Rick Riordan is better than Patrick Rothfuss only cares about quantity and not quality
One of my favorite authors of all time and I am as they say late to the party. His ability to capture the imagination while keeping a dark undertone is incredible. Not to mention his ability to keep continuity with his book series that span several time skips is impressive to say the least.
He is by far the best fantasy Author of all time.
Magician is just awesome.
'Magician' is one of the all time great fantasy novels
Far better than Tolkien
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. Have read the Novel name as 'The Golden Volcano' write of Jules Verne which is neat but kind of drastic at the end their prize goes to the ocean. Also another of classic towards modern is 'White Fang' written of Jack London. These encompass a lot of key points in nature of imagination and somewhat hold relevance despite time passages supposing. A good read, yeah could be.
The series about Fitz and the Fool is one of the best. Outstanding writer that captivates the reader from beginning to end,
Should be in top 5. Fantastic author and recognised widely as one of the greats.
A really good author. Should be higher on the list.
Conan the Barbarian is a staple of modern times television, the collection of the stories have charm within - possible why is in second rank. Uncertain of the other novels but Conan can be recognizable right away, good work from that.
Most visceral, gripping fiction ever! Especially for boys and men- no 'chick lit' here!
Created characters that are still being copied today
He was the first author my youngest son read for enjoyment. I was relieved as I read everything my kids did and I enjoyed his works as well.
Love and have read everything he has written
Stephen Edwin King is an American author of contemporary horror, supernatural fiction, suspense, science fiction, and fantasy. Many of his most well-known novels include Carrie, It, The Shinning, The Stand, Misery, The Dark Tower series, and Rita Hayworth and the Shawshank Redemption, which was later ...read more.Joe outstanding. He visits the dark side of characters like no other.
R u kidding? he is the best, for a normal person, not babies that read the other crap
Roald Dahl (13 September 1916 – 23 November 1990) was a British novelist, short story writer, poet, screenwriter, and fighter pilot. His books have sold more than 250 million copies worldwide. 15. The Enormous Crocodile
14. Charlie And The Great Glass Elevator
13. The Minpins
12. The Magic Finger
11. The Giraffe And The Pelly And Me
10. Georges Marvelous Medicine
9. Esio Trot
8. The Twits
7. The BFG
6. James And The Giant Peach
5. The Witches
4. Fantastic Mr. Fox
3. Danny The Champion Of The World
2. Matilda
1. Charlie And The Chocolate Factory
Remember, this is my opinion! Don't hat on my opinion!
Love Gemmell, so underrated, should be in the top three,
The best by far.
Michael John Moorcock is an English author of science fiction and fantasy. He is best known for his series of books centering around the fictional character Elric of Melniboné. Elric, Corum, Hawkmoon...all aspects of the Eternal Hero. One can find echoes of his "multi-verse" and the depiction of the struggle between chaos and order in many other works including in the gaming industry.
Told beautiful stories that were individual masterpieces linked together
Love the running with the demon series wish he had written more books.
The inheritance cycle is one of my favorite series of all time and was perhaps THE series that got me into fantasy.
Not only a phenomenal author but writes several books at a time in different series. Must be brilliant. Would love to spend an afternoon just chatting.
A Wizard of Earthsea is influential and still astounding to find. Wish there is more courage to familiarize with it, this author does good with it. Normal can find as the top fantasy authors list from searching. Has a nice surprise in that segment of writing.
If you haven't read Left Hand of Darkness consider yourself under educated.
Funniest fantasy books ever I dare you to read the Eleniun or Tamuli series and not laugh out loud many many times