J. D. Robb
J. D. Robb is the pseudonym of Nora Roberts, used primarily for the futuristic suspense In Death series.
73 works1 series
Author index
Authors beginning with J
J. D. Salinger
American writer best known for The Catcher in the Rye and his interconnected stories about the Glass family.
5 works1 series
J. David Jackson
Canadian-American theoretical physicist, professor, and influential author of graduate physics textbooks.
6 works0 series
J. J. Abrams
American filmmaker, screenwriter, producer, and co-author known for S. and Spider-Man: Bloodline.
2 works1 series
J. M. Coetzee
South African-born Australian novelist, essayist, memoirist, and literary critic, twice a Booker Prize winner and recipient of the 2003 Nobel Prize in Literature.
32 works2 series
J. R. R. Tolkien
English writer, philologist, medievalist, poet, and academic best known for The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings.
62 works3 series
J. R. Ward
American romance and suspense novelist best known for the Black Dagger Brotherhood paranormal-romance series.
64 works12 series
J. Sheridan Le Fanu
Irish novelist, short-story writer, poet, journalist, and editor best known for Victorian Gothic, supernatural, mystery, and sensation fiction, including Uncle Silas and In a Glass Darkly.
21 works0 series
J.D. Barker
J.D. Barker is a New York Times and international bestselling American author of suspense thrillers incorporating horror, crime, mystery, science fiction, and the supernatural.
20 works2 series
J.D. Vance
American author, memoirist, lawyer, investor, and politician known for writing about working-class life, social mobility, and religious faith.
2 works0 series
J.G. Ballard
English novelist, short-story writer, essayist, and satirist known for psychologically provocative science fiction, dystopian fiction, and explorations of technology, media, sexuality, and social breakdown.
39 works0 series
J.H. Williams III
American comics writer, artist, penciller, inker, and colorist known for Batwoman, Echolands, Promethea, and The Sandman: Overture.
6 works2 series
J.K. Rowling
British author and screenwriter, creator of the Harry Potter series and the Cormoran Strike novels written as Robert Galbraith.
31 works5 series
J.M. Miro
J.M. Miro is the pseudonym of Canadian novelist Steven Price and the author of The Talents historical-fantasy series.
2 works1 series
J.R. Moehringer
American journalist, memoirist, novelist, and biographical ghostwriter.
6 works1 series
J.T. Geissinger
J.T. Geissinger is an award-winning bestselling author of contemporary romance, dark romance, paranormal romance, romantic suspense, and erotic romance.
35 works9 series
Jack Campbell
Jack Campbell is the pen name of retired U.S. Navy officer and science-fiction author John G. Hemry. He writes military science fiction, space opera, and science fantasy.
54 works16 series
Jack Ketchum
American horror writer and filmmaker Dallas William Mayr (1946–2018), best known by his pen name Jack Ketchum.
46 works1 series
Jack London
American novelist, short-story writer, journalist, essayist, memoirist, playwright, and socialist writer best known for adventure fiction shaped by the Klondike and Pacific worlds.
53 works0 series
Jack McDevitt
Jack McDevitt is an American science fiction author known for first-contact, xenoarchaeological, space-opera, and science-fiction mystery stories.
33 works3 series
Jack Thorne
British playwright and screenwriter whose work spans theatre, film, television, and radio.
20 works1 series
Jack Vance
American science-fiction, fantasy, mystery, and travel writer best known for The Dying Earth, Lyonesse, the Demon Princes, and the Cadwal Chronicles.
63 works11 series
Jacob Grimm
German philologist, linguist, jurist, mythologist, and folklorist whose work helped establish modern Germanic philology and folklore studies.
26 works0 series
Jacqueline Carey
American fantasy novelist best known for the Kushiel's Legacy series.
21 works7 series
Jacqueline Harpman
Belgian novelist, short-story writer, playwright, essayist, and psychoanalyst whose fiction explores identity, gender, memory, myth, and desire.
30 works1 series
Jacqueline Woodson
American author of novels, memoirs, poetry, and picture books for children, young adults, and adults.
39 works4 series
Jake Knapp
Jake Knapp is an American designer, entrepreneur, and New York Times bestselling nonfiction author.
3 works0 series
James A. Robinson
British-American economist and political scientist specializing in comparative political economy and economic development.
3 works0 series
James Baldwin
James Baldwin (1924–1987) was an American novelist, essayist, playwright, poet, short-story writer, and social critic whose work explored race, sexuality, religion, identity, and American society.
25 works0 series
James C. Collins
American researcher, author, speaker, and consultant focused on leadership, management, and organizational growth.
8 works0 series
James Clavell
Australian-born British-American novelist, screenwriter, director, and producer best known for the Asian Saga.
10 works1 series
James Clear
James Clear is a writer and speaker focused on habits, decision making, and continuous improvement.
2 works0 series
James D. Hardy Jr.
American historian, author, and longtime Louisiana State University professor specializing in early modern European history, baseball history, geopolitics, and higher education.
10 works0 series
James Dashner
American author of speculative fiction for young adults, best known for The Maze Runner and The Mortality Doctrine series.
25 works7 series
James Ellroy
American crime novelist, memoirist, essayist, and journalist known for hard-boiled fiction about Los Angeles and American political history.
25 works5 series
James Franco
American actor, filmmaker, visual artist, and writer whose books include literary fiction, poetry, memoir, nonfiction, and hybrid art works.
13 works0 series
James Gleick
American science writer, historian, biographer, and essayist known for narrative nonfiction about science, technology, and their cultural impact.
8 works0 series
James Joyce
Irish modernist writer whose innovative fiction, poetry, drama, criticism, and correspondence reshaped twentieth-century literature.
15 works1 series
James Luceno
American author best known for science fiction, franchise fiction, and reference works, especially Star Wars and Robotech.
55 works7 series
James Marsters
American actor, musician, and comic-book writer best known for playing Spike in Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Angel.
2 works1 series
James McBride
James McBride is an American novelist, memoirist, biographer, journalist, musician, and screenwriter known for richly humane books about race, family, history, faith, and American life.
8 works0 series
James Nestor
American science journalist and nonfiction author known for books about human physiology, breathing, consciousness, and extreme environments.
5 works0 series
James Patterson
American author and former advertising executive known for crime thrillers, suspense novels, young-adult fiction, children's books, nonfiction, and extensive collaborations.
214 works30 series
James Rollins
American veterinarian and bestselling author of international adventure thrillers, science-based suspense, fantasy, and middle-grade fiction.
48 works5 series
James S. A. Corey
Pseudonym of Daniel Abraham and Ty Franck, best known for the science-fiction series The Expanse.
22 works3 series
James Tynion IV
Eisner Award-winning American comic-book writer known for horror, superhero, science-fiction, and fantasy comics.
48 works41 series
James Warhola
American artist, illustrator, and children's-book author known for science-fiction and fantasy cover art and picture books about his uncle Andy Warhol.
2 works0 series
James Wood
English literary critic, essayist, novelist, and professor of literary criticism at Harvard University.
8 works0 series
Jamie McGuire
Jamie McGuire is an American bestselling author known for contemporary romance, new adult romance, paranormal romance, dystopian fiction, and science fiction.
28 works7 series
Jamie McKelvie
British comic-book artist and writer best known for creator-owned series including Phonogram, The Wicked + The Divine, and One for Sorrow.
8 works6 series
Janci Patterson
American author of young adult contemporary fiction, science fiction, fantasy, and romance.
37 works8 series
Jandy Nelson
Jandy Nelson is an American writer of young adult fiction known for lyrical, emotionally intense novels about love, grief, family, identity, and artistic expression.
3 works0 series
Jane Austen
English novelist celebrated for six completed novels marked by irony, social observation, and psychological insight.
12 works0 series
Jane Harper
British-Australian crime novelist known for atmospheric mysteries set in rural and regional Australia.
6 works1 series
Jane Smiley
Jane Smiley is an American novelist and essayist whose work spans literary fiction, historical fiction, nonfiction, young-adult fiction, and children's literature.
36 works3 series
Jane Yolen
Jane Yolen was an American author of more than 400 books for children and adults, including fantasy, science fiction, poetry, picture books, folklore retellings, historical fiction, and nonfiction.
346 works18 series
Janet Evanovich
American author best known for the Stephanie Plum mystery series and comic romantic adventure novels.
76 works10 series
Janice Hallett
British crime novelist, journalist, playwright, and screenwriter known for inventive document-based mysteries.
8 works2 series
Janny Wurts
American fantasy author and artist known for epic fantasy, collaborative worldbuilding, and richly illustrated fiction.
27 works9 series
Jared Diamond
American geographer, biologist, physiologist, and author known for interdisciplinary works on human societies, evolution, ecology, and New Guinea ornithology.
10 works0 series
Jarrod Shusterman
Jarrod Shusterman is a New York Times bestselling young adult author and UCLA writing instructor known for collaborative thrillers.
3 works0 series
Jasmine Guillory
Jasmine Guillory is a New York Times bestselling American romance novelist from Oakland, California.
14 works3 series
Jason Aaron
American comic-book writer known for creator-owned crime, horror, science-fiction, and fantasy comics, along with major runs for Marvel and DC.
127 works50 series
Jason Bradley Thompson
American comics creator, manga critic, editor, illustrator, and game designer.
7 works1 series
Jason Fried
Entrepreneur, writer, and co-founder and CEO of 37signals, the company behind Basecamp.
4 works0 series
Jason Pargin
American novelist and humorist formerly known by the pseudonym David Wong.
9 works2 series
Jason Rekulak
Jason Rekulak is an American novelist and author of nonfiction and children's picture books, known for suspense, thriller, horror, and mystery fiction.
13 works1 series
Jason Reynolds
American author of poetry, novels, verse novels, nonfiction, memoir, and illustrated books for young readers.
27 works3 series
Jason Reynolds
Jason Reynolds is an American author and poet best known for acclaimed fiction, poetry, nonfiction, picture books, and graphic works for young people.
25 works3 series
Jason Schreier
American journalist and nonfiction author known for investigative reporting on the video game industry.
3 works0 series
Jasper Fforde
British novelist known for comic speculative fiction, literary satire, mystery, and fantasy.
18 works4 series
Jay Aaseng
American voice actor, audiobook narrator, and co-author of a nonfiction book for young readers.
1 works0 series
Jay Asher
American author best known for young adult fiction, including Thirteen Reasons Why.
5 works0 series
Jay Kristoff
Australian author of internationally bestselling adult and young adult fantasy and science fiction, including solo and co-authored series.
21 works7 series
Jay Rubin
American translator, scholar, and Japanologist specializing in modern Japanese literature.
5 works0 series
Jean Hanff Korelitz
American novelist, poet, essayist, and playwright known for literary fiction, psychological suspense, mystery, children's fiction, poetry, and drama.
12 works1 series
Jean M. Auel
American novelist best known for the Earth's Children series, a prehistoric historical-fiction saga set in Ice Age Europe.
6 works1 series
Jean Rhys
Jean Rhys (1890–1979) was a Dominica-born British novelist and short-story writer known for psychologically intense fiction about displacement, colonialism, gender, and marginalization.
11 works0 series
Jean Selz
French art historian, critic, and author (1904–1997), known for monographs on modern and nineteenth-century artists.
22 works3 series
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Genevan philosopher, writer, composer, and political thinker of the Enlightenment whose works shaped modern ideas of education, political legitimacy, autobiography, and the relationship between nature and society.
27 works0 series
Jean-Paul Sartre
French philosopher, novelist, playwright, essayist, and public intellectual best known as a leading figure of existentialism.
63 works3 series
Jeanette Winterson
British novelist, essayist, memoirist, and playwright known for inventive literary fiction, queer themes, retellings, and speculative narratives.
28 works3 series
Jeanine Cummins
Jeanine Cummins is an American author of Irish and Puerto Rican heritage, known for memoir and literary fiction.
5 works0 series
Jeanne DuPrau
American author, teacher, editor, and technical writer best known for The Books of Ember and Project F.
15 works2 series
Jeannette Walls
American author and journalist best known for memoir and fiction about family, resilience, and unconventional lives.
5 works0 series
Jeff Kinney
American author, cartoonist, and illustrator best known for the Diary of a Wimpy Kid series.
26 works2 series
Jeff Lemire
Canadian comic-book writer, artist, cartoonist, and memoirist known for creator-owned graphic novels and major superhero runs.
89 works65 series
Jeff Lindsay
American crime novelist, playwright, and screenwriter best known for the Dexter and Riley Wolfe series.
20 works5 series
Jeff Smith
American cartoonist best known as the writer-artist and creator of the fantasy-comedy graphic-novel series Bone.
30 works5 series
Jeff VanderMeer
American novelist, short-story writer, poet, essayist, and editor known for weird fiction, speculative fiction, fantasy, and ecological horror.
38 works4 series
Jeff Wheeler
Jeff Wheeler is a Wall Street Journal bestselling author of epic fantasy and thriller novels.
54 works13 series
Jefferson Mays
American actor and theatre artist, Tony Award winner, and co-adapter of the solo stage version of A Christmas Carol.
1 works0 series
Jeffery Deaver
American thriller and mystery novelist known for forensic, psychological, and suspense fiction.
90 works10 series
Jeffrey Archer
British novelist, short-story writer, playwright, memoirist, and author of children's books.
59 works7 series
Jeffrey Cranor
American author, playwright, and podcast creator best known as co-creator of Welcome to Night Vale.
8 works2 series
Jeffrey Ford
Jeffrey Ford is an American writer of literary speculative fiction, fantasy, horror, science fiction, and mystery.
19 works1 series
Jeffrey Zaslow
American journalist and nonfiction author known for bestselling books about life transitions, friendship, courage, and family.
8 works0 series
Jen Sincero
Jen Sincero is an American author, success coach, and motivational speaker known for humorous self-development books.
6 works1 series
Jen Wang
Jen Wang is an American cartoonist, writer, and illustrator known for award-winning graphic novels for young readers.
5 works0 series
Jen Williams
British fantasy, horror, and crime novelist from London, now living in Bristol.
16 works4 series
Jeneva Rose
Jeneva Rose is a #1 New York Times bestselling American author of thrillers, suspense novels, romantic fiction, and horror.
12 works2 series
Jenn Lyons
Jenn Lyons is an American fantasy and science-fiction author best known for the epic-fantasy series A Chorus of Dragons.
12 works4 series
Jennifer E. Smith
American bestselling author of young adult, adult, and children's fiction.
15 works2 series
Jennifer Egan
Jennifer Egan is an American novelist, short-story writer, and journalist whose formally inventive fiction explores memory, identity, technology, time, and social change. She won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction for A Visit from the Goon Squad.
7 works1 series
Jennifer Finney Boylan
Jennifer Finney Boylan is an American author, professor, and transgender rights advocate whose books include novels, memoirs, young adult fiction, and essayistic nonfiction.
20 works2 series
Jennifer Hillier
Jennifer Hillier is a Filipino-Canadian author of psychological thrillers and crime fiction.
7 works0 series
Jennifer L. Armentrout
Jennifer L. Armentrout is an American novelist of young adult paranormal, science fiction, fantasy, and contemporary romance. She also writes adult and new-adult romance as J. Lynn.
73 works17 series
Jennifer Lynn Barnes
Jennifer Lynn Barnes is an American author of young adult mystery, thriller, fantasy, and science-fiction fiction, best known for The Inheritance Games and The Naturals.
30 works10 series
Jennifer McMahon
American novelist known for suspense, psychological thrillers, supernatural horror, and young adult fiction.
14 works0 series
Jennifer Niven
Jennifer Niven is an American author of bestselling young adult and adult fiction, narrative nonfiction, and memoir.
13 works1 series
Jennifer Thorne
Jennifer Thorne is an American author of young adult fiction, adult horror, historical fiction, romance, and picture books. She also publishes younger-reader fiction under the name Jenn Marie Thorne.
11 works0 series
Jennifer Weiner
American novelist and nonfiction writer known for witty, emotionally candid fiction about women, relationships, family, friendship, body image, and contemporary social life.
32 works2 series
Jenny Colgan
Jenny Colgan is a Scottish novelist known for romantic comedy, contemporary fiction, science fiction, and children's books.
54 works9 series
Jenny Han
Jenny Han is an American author of children's and young adult fiction, best known for The Summer I Turned Pretty and To All the Boys I've Loved Before series. She is also the coauthor of the Burn for Burn trilogy.
12 works4 series
Jenny Lawson
Jenny Lawson is an American humorist, blogger, memoirist, and author known for candid, darkly comic writing about mental illness, family, creativity, and everyday absurdity.
5 works0 series
Jenny Odell
American multidisciplinary artist, writer, and educator based in Oakland, California.
12 works2 series
Jeph Loeb
American comic-book writer, film and television writer, and producer known for Batman: The Long Halloween, Batman: Hush, and Marvel's color series.
45 works7 series
Jeremy Tambling
British writer, literary critic, and scholar of comparative literature, literary theory, Dante, Dickens, psychoanalysis, and urban literary studies.
32 works4 series
Jerome K. Jerome
English humorist, novelist, essayist, playwright, editor, and memoirist best known for Three Men in a Boat.
41 works2 series
Jerry Pournelle
American science-fiction author, essayist, editor, journalist, and computer writer best known for military science fiction and collaborations with Larry Niven.
82 works16 series
Jerry Spinelli
American author of children's and young-adult fiction, best known for Maniac Magee, Stargirl, and Wringer.
38 works7 series
Jesmyn Ward
American novelist, memoirist, essayist, and editor whose work explores Black life, family, grief, race, and resilience in the American South.
8 works1 series
Jessamine Chan
American novelist whose debut novel explores motherhood, surveillance, and institutional judgment.
1 works0 series
Jesse Q. Sutanto
Jesse Q. Sutanto is a USA Today bestselling author known for the Vera Wong novels and the Dial A for Aunties series. She has won an Edgar Award, a Libby Award, an Audies Award, and the Comedy Women in Print Award.
18 works5 series
Jessica Knoll
Jessica Knoll is an American novelist, screenwriter, and producer known for psychological thrillers.
4 works0 series
Jessie Burton
English novelist and author of books for young readers, known for historical and literary fiction.
7 works1 series
Jhumpa Lahiri
British-American author and translator known for literary fiction, short stories, essays, memoir, and poetry written in English and Italian.
10 works0 series
Jia Tolentino
Jia Tolentino is a staff writer at The New Yorker and the author of the essay collection Trick Mirror.
1 works0 series
Jill Thompson
American comic-book writer, artist, and illustrator known for Scary Godmother, Magic Trixie, The Little Endless Storybook, Death: At Death's Door, Wonder Woman: The True Amazon, and Beasts of Burden.
21 works4 series
Jillian Tamaki
Canadian illustrator, cartoonist, and author known for graphic novels, comics, and picture books.
9 works0 series
Jim Butcher
American fantasy author best known for The Dresden Files, Codex Alera, and The Cinder Spires.
49 works4 series
Jim Kay
British illustrator, printmaker, and editor best known for his atmospheric children’s-book artwork.
1 works0 series
Jim Rion
American nonfiction author and Japanese-to-English translator based in Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan.
1 works0 series
Jo Nesbø
Norwegian novelist and musician best known for the Harry Hole crime novels and Doctor Proctor children's books.
32 works5 series
Joan Didion
American novelist, essayist, memoirist, journalist, and screenwriter (1934–2021).
19 works0 series
Joan He
Joan He is a Chinese American young adult novelist known for fantasy and science fiction.
4 works1 series
Joanna Macy
Joanna Macy was an American scholar of Buddhism, systems thinking, and deep ecology, as well as an environmental activist and author.
9 works0 series
Joanne Harris
Anglo-French British author of novels, fantasy, gothic fiction, short stories, novellas, cookbooks, and nonfiction.
32 works4 series
Joaquim Maria Machado de Assis
Brazilian novelist, short-story writer, poet, dramatist, critic, essayist, and chronicler; founding president of the Academia Brasileira de Letras.
31 works0 series
Jock
Jock, pseudonym of Mark Simpson, is a Scottish comic-book artist, writer, and graphic novelist known for dynamic work in superhero, horror, science-fiction, and crime comics.
18 works2 series
Jocko Willink
Retired U.S. Navy SEAL officer, leadership instructor, entrepreneur, and author of nonfiction, fiction, and children's books.
16 works2 series
Jodi Meadows
Jodi Meadows is an American author of young adult fantasy and middle-grade fiction, including the Incarnate, Orphan Queen, Fallen Isles, and Salvation Cycle series.
23 works7 series
Jodi Picoult
American author of contemporary and young-adult fiction, known for novels addressing family relationships, ethical dilemmas, and difficult social issues.
38 works2 series
Jodi Taylor
English author of humorous historical fiction, science fiction, historical romance, paranormal thrillers, and romance.
54 works5 series
Joe Abercrombie
English fantasy novelist best known for The First Law, Age of Madness, Shattered Sea, and The Devils.
16 works6 series
Joe Haldeman
American science-fiction novelist, short-story writer, poet, and Vietnam veteran known especially for military science fiction.
42 works7 series
Joe Hill
Joseph Hillstrom King, known professionally as Joe Hill, is an American novelist, short-story writer, and comic-book writer.
49 works2 series
Joe Mantegna
American actor and playwright who co-conceived and co-wrote the collaborative play Bleacher Bums.
2 works0 series
Joe R. Lansdale
American author known for crime, horror, western, science fiction, dark humor, and comic-book fiction.
147 works7 series
Joel de la Fuente
American actor and writer known for stage, film, and television work.
1 works0 series
Joël Dicker
Swiss French-language novelist known for internationally successful mystery and thriller novels.
9 works1 series
Johann Hari
British journalist and bestselling author of investigative nonfiction about addiction, mental health, attention, and weight-loss drugs.
7 works0 series
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
German poet, playwright, novelist, essayist, autobiographer, and natural philosopher whose work spans the Enlightenment, Sturm und Drang, Weimar Classicism, and early Romanticism.
50 works2 series
John Ajvide Lindqvist
Swedish horror writer known for psychologically rich supernatural fiction, crime novels, short stories, plays, and nonfiction.
33 works2 series
John Andrew Sutherland
British literary critic, academic, columnist, biographer, and author specializing in Victorian fiction, twentieth-century literature, and publishing history.
49 works2 series
John Bayley
British literary critic, novelist, essayist, and memoirist (1925–2015), and Oxford literary scholar.
22 works2 series
John Berendt
American author and journalist known for literary nonfiction centered on distinctive places and eccentric communities.
4 works0 series
John Berger
English writer, art critic, novelist, essayist, poet, playwright, screenwriter, and artist.
57 works1 series
John Boyne
Irish novelist and writer known for literary and historical fiction for adults and younger readers.
29 works2 series
John Brunner
British science-fiction author, novelist, poet, and translator (1934–1995), best known for Stand on Zanzibar, The Jagged Orbit, The Sheep Look Up, and The Shockwave Rider.
90 works3 series
John Byrne
British-born American comic-book writer and artist known for influential work on X-Men, Fantastic Four, Superman, and creator-owned science-fiction comics.
69 works19 series
John Carreyrou
John Carreyrou is a two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative journalist and nonfiction author.
1 works0 series
John Connolly
Irish author of crime, supernatural, fantasy, science-fiction, young-adult, and nonfiction works, best known for the Charlie Parker thrillers.
43 works5 series
John Crowley
American novelist and essayist known for literary science fiction, fantasy, historical fiction, and speculative nonfiction.
25 works1 series
John D. MacDonald
American novelist and short-story writer best known for crime fiction, suspense novels, and the Travis McGee series.
80 works1 series
John Darnielle
American novelist, songwriter, and musician best known as the principal member of The Mountain Goats.
5 works1 series
John E. Douglas
John E. Douglas is a former FBI special agent, criminal profiler, and author known for pioneering behavioral profiling of violent offenders.
19 works1 series
John E. Woods
John Edwin Woods (1942–2023) was an American literary translator specializing in German literature.
38 works1 series
John Flanagan
Australian author best known for the Ranger's Apprentice and Brotherband adventure series.
34 works5 series
John Fowles
John Fowles (1926–2005) was an English novelist, essayist, poet, and translator, best known for The Collector, The Magus, and The French Lieutenant's Woman.
27 works0 series
John Green
John Green is an American author best known for contemporary young adult fiction, including Looking for Alaska and The Fault in Our Stars, as well as nonfiction essays and medical history.
15 works0 series
John Grisham
American novelist and former lawyer known for legal thrillers, crime fiction, young-adult fiction, and nonfiction about wrongful convictions.
55 works6 series
John Gwynne
John Gwynne is an author of epic fantasy novels, including The Faithful and the Fallen, Of Blood and Bone, and The Bloodsworn Saga.
10 works3 series
John Hale
John Barry Hale (1926–1997) was an English novelist, playwright, screenwriter, and television director.
9 works0 series
John Higgins
English comics artist, writer, colorist, and autobiographical art-book author, best known for Razorjack and his color work on Watchmen.
2 works1 series
John Howe
Canadian fantasy artist, author, and concept designer best known for his Tolkien-inspired work and film design.
17 works0 series
John Irving
American-Canadian novelist, short-story writer, memoirist, and screenwriter known for comic, dramatic literary fiction about unconventional families, sexuality, morality, and social justice.
21 works0 series
John Jackson Miller
American science-fiction author, comic-book writer, game writer, and comics-industry historian known especially for Star Wars and Star Trek fiction.
49 works10 series
John Joseph Adams
American editor, anthologist, publisher, critic, and essayist known for science fiction, fantasy, horror, and speculative-fiction anthologies.
47 works6 series
John Kennedy Toole
American novelist best known for the posthumously published novels A Confederacy of Dunces and The Neon Bible.
2 works0 series
John Langan
American horror writer known for literary, weird, and cosmic horror, including The Fisherman and House of Windows.
10 works0 series
John le Carré
British novelist and former MI5 and MI6 officer best known for morally complex espionage fiction.
31 works2 series
John Leonard
American literary and cultural critic, novelist, essayist, and television critic.
11 works0 series
John Marrs
British author and former journalist known for psychological thrillers and near-future speculative fiction.
14 works1 series
John McGahern
Irish novelist, short-story writer, memoirist, essayist, and dramatist known for spare, deeply observed fiction about rural and urban Irish life.
16 works0 series
John Milton
English poet, polemicist, dramatist, historian, and civil servant, best known for Paradise Lost.
36 works0 series
John Nathan
American writer, translator, scholar, and Emmy Award-winning documentary filmmaker specializing in modern Japanese literature and culture.
7 works1 series
John Randolph Jones
American stage, film, and television actor who also wrote a memoir.
1 works0 series
John Rocco
American children's author and illustrator known for picture books, young adult fiction, and illustrated nonfiction.
9 works0 series
John Sandford
John Sandford is the pseudonym of Pulitzer Prize-winning American journalist and novelist John Roswell Camp. He writes crime thrillers, young-adult thrillers, science fiction, and nonfiction.
62 works5 series
John Scalzi
American science-fiction novelist and nonfiction author known for humorous, idea-driven speculative fiction.
47 works8 series
John Seelye
American scholar, novelist, and film critic known for writing on American literature, cultural history, and film.
10 works0 series
John Shirley
American novelist, short-story writer, poet, screenwriter, essayist, and musician known for cyberpunk, horror, dark fantasy, thrillers, and westerns.
64 works2 series
John Steinbeck
John Steinbeck (1902–1968) was an American novelist, short-story writer, journalist, memoirist, and playwright known for his socially engaged fiction about working people and California.
33 works0 series
John Tenniel
British illustrator, graphic humorist, and political cartoonist best known for his work for Punch and his illustrations for Lewis Carroll's Alice books.
6 works1 series
John Tiffany
British theatre director and co-creator of the story for Harry Potter and the Cursed Child.
1 works1 series
John Updike
American novelist, short-story writer, poet, essayist, critic, memoirist, and playwright best known for the Rabbit novels.
99 works4 series
John Watkiss
British comic artist, painter, and visual development artist known for graphic novels, comics, animation, and fine-art collections.
5 works3 series
John Williams
American novelist, poet, editor, and professor (1922–1994), best known for Stoner, Butcher’s Crossing, and Augustus.
6 works0 series
John Wiswell
John Wiswell is an American science fiction and fantasy author whose fiction explores disability, monstrosity, humor, horror, and compassion.
7 works0 series
John Wyndham
English science-fiction novelist and short-story writer, best known for The Day of the Triffids and other postwar speculative fiction.
22 works0 series
Jojo Moyes
British novelist, journalist, and screenwriter best known for contemporary and historical women's fiction, including the Me Before You trilogy.
20 works2 series
Jon Kabat-Zinn
American molecular biologist, professor emeritus of medicine, and pioneering author on mindfulness, meditation, stress reduction, pain, and healing.
14 works1 series
Jon Krakauer
American nonfiction writer and mountaineer known for investigative journalism, adventure narratives, memoir, and essays.
10 works0 series
Jon Ronson
British-American journalist, author, and filmmaker known for humorous investigative nonfiction.
11 works0 series
Jonas Jonasson
Swedish journalist and novelist known for comic, picaresque fiction and social satire.
8 works1 series
Jonathan Davis
British author, editor, investor, and financial journalist specializing in investment writing.
13 works1 series
Jonathan Franzen
American novelist, essayist, and memoirist known for expansive literary fiction about American family and social life.
11 works1 series
Jonathan Haidt
Social psychologist and author known for research on morality, politics, technology, and human flourishing.
5 works0 series
Jonathan Hickman
American comic-book writer and artist known for ambitious science-fiction, superhero, and creator-owned graphic works.
56 works21 series
Jonathan Lethem
American novelist, short-story writer, essayist, memoirist, and graphic-novel author known for blending literary fiction with science fiction, detective fiction, comics, and popular culture.
30 works1 series
Jonathan Maberry
Jonathan Maberry is an American bestselling author, anthology editor, comic-book writer, playwright, poet, and writing teacher known for horror, suspense, science fiction, fantasy, and young-adult fiction.
110 works18 series
Jonathan Safran Foer
American novelist and nonfiction writer known for innovative literary fiction and books addressing animal ethics and climate change.
6 works0 series
Jonathan Star
Translator, editor, and author known for accessible presentations of Rumi, Taoist writings, and Christian and other mystical texts.
7 works0 series
Jonathan Strahan
Northern Irish-born Australian editor, anthologist, critic, publisher, and podcaster specializing in science fiction and fantasy.
124 works12 series
Jonathan Stroud
British fantasy author best known for the Bartimaeus Sequence, Lockwood & Co., and Scarlett & Browne.
29 works3 series
Jonathan Swift
Anglo-Irish satirist, poet, essayist, political pamphleteer, and Anglican clergyman, best known for Gulliver's Travels, A Tale of a Tub, and A Modest Proposal.
66 works2 series
Joost Elffers
Dutch-born author, artist, and book producer known for visual nonfiction, design books, puzzles, and collaborative children's books.
25 works2 series
Jordan B. Peterson
Canadian clinical psychologist, author, professor emeritus, and public intellectual known for writing on psychology, mythology, religion, personality, responsibility, and meaning.
5 works1 series
Jordie Bellaire
American comic-book writer and Eisner Award-winning colorist known for Redlands, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Vampirella/Red Sonja, and Wonder Woman: The Adventures of Young Diana.
7 works5 series
Jorge Luis Borges
Argentine writer, poet, essayist, and translator (1899–1986), renowned for labyrinthine fiction, metaphysical essays, and influential poetry.
64 works0 series
José Marzán Jr.
American comic-book artist, inker, penciller, and writer known for his work on Y: The Last Man, The Flash, and other major comics titles.
1 works0 series
José Saramago
Portuguese novelist, poet, essayist, playwright, journalist, and Nobel Prize laureate whose allegorical fiction combines political critique, historical imagination, compassion, and irony.
50 works1 series
José Villarrubia
Spanish-American artist, photographer, comics colorist, editor, and educator known for graphic collaborations and fine-art photography.
3 works0 series
Joseph Campbell
American mythologist, writer, and teacher best known for comparative mythology and the study of mythic symbolism.
34 works2 series
Joseph Conrad
Polish-born British novelist, short-story writer, memoirist, essayist, and dramatist who wrote in English.
56 works0 series
Joseph Fink
American writer, podcaster, and co-creator of Welcome to Night Vale and Alice Isn't Dead.
12 works2 series
Joseph Grenny
American author, speaker, and social scientist known for coauthoring books on leadership, communication, accountability, and behavior change.
7 works1 series
Joseph Heller
American novelist, satirist, playwright, and memoirist best known for Catch-22.
13 works1 series
Joseph T. Shipley
American drama critic, author, editor, translator, and English professor (1893–1988).
15 works0 series
Josh Malerman
Josh Malerman is an American horror novelist, short-story writer, nonfiction author, and singer-songwriter for the rock band The High Strung.
17 works1 series
Joshua Foer
American nonfiction author and journalist known for writing about memory, science, travel, and the world's hidden wonders.
3 works1 series
Josiah Bancroft
American fantasy author and poet best known for The Books of Babel and The Hexologists.
9 works2 series
Josie Silver
Josie Silver is a British romance novelist known for warm, emotionally driven love stories.
8 works1 series
Joss Whedon
American screenwriter, filmmaker, television creator, comic-book writer, and composer known for Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Angel, Firefly, Dollhouse, Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog, and Marvel's Avengers films.
25 works10 series
Jostein Gaarder
Norwegian author known for philosophical fiction, children's literature, young-adult novels, short stories, and popular philosophy.
29 works1 series
Joyce Carol Oates
American novelist, short-story writer, poet, playwright, essayist, and memoirist whose career began with By the North Gate in 1963.
198 works2 series
Juan Rulfo
Mexican writer and photographer whose concise fiction transformed twentieth-century Spanish-language literature.
17 works0 series
Judith Butler
American philosopher and gender theorist whose work transformed feminist, queer, critical, and political theory.
27 works0 series
Judy Blume
American author known for candid, influential fiction for children, young adults, and adults.
30 works3 series
Judy I. Lin
Judy I. Lin is a Taiwanese Canadian, #1 New York Times-bestselling author of young adult fantasy and horror.
6 works3 series
Jules Feiffer
American cartoonist, playwright, screenwriter, author, and illustrator known for satirical cartoons, graphic novels, children's books, novels, memoir, and political commentary.
47 works1 series
Jules Verne
French novelist, playwright, poet, essayist, and travel writer whose adventure fiction helped establish modern science fiction.
88 works5 series
Julia Armfield
British fiction writer known for gothic, horror, speculative, and queer literature.
3 works0 series
Julia Cameron
Julia Cameron is an American author, poet, playwright, novelist, filmmaker, songwriter, and teacher best known for The Artist's Way.
44 works1 series
Julia Quinn
Julia Quinn is an American author of historical romance, best known for the Bridgerton novels.
38 works10 series
Julia Whelan
American novelist, actor, screenwriter, audiobook narrator, and founder of Audiobrary.
4 works0 series
Julian Barnes
English novelist, essayist, short-story writer, memoirist, and translator.
32 works2 series
Julie Murphy
American author of young adult, middle-grade, children's, and adult romance fiction.
34 works9 series
Julie Smith
American mystery novelist and former newspaper reporter, best known for the Edgar Award-winning New Orleans Mourning and her Rebecca Schwartz, Paul MacDonald, Skip Langdon, and Talba Wallis series.
28 works4 series
Julie Soto
American author, playwright, and actress from Sacramento, California, known for romance, romantic fantasy, and young adult thriller fiction.
6 works1 series
Juliet Marillier
New Zealand-born Australian writer of historical fantasy, young adult fantasy, fairy-tale retellings, and short fiction.
28 works8 series
Julio Cortázar
Argentine-born novelist, short-story writer, poet, essayist, playwright, and translator, celebrated for experimental fiction and his central role in the Latin American Boom.
42 works0 series
Julius Gopez
Filipino comic-book artist known for interior sequential art in superhero, science-fiction, fantasy, and licensed graphic novels.
15 works11 series
Jun'ichirō Tanizaki
Japanese novelist, short-story writer, essayist, playwright, memoirist, and translator, known for exploring desire, beauty, modernity, and Japanese tradition.
36 works0 series
June Hur
Korean-Canadian author of historical young adult mystery and romance novels, primarily set in Joseon-era Korea.
5 works0 series
Junji Ito
Japanese manga artist and writer best known for psychological, supernatural, body, and cosmic horror.
40 works10 series
Juno Dawson
Juno Dawson is a British transgender novelist, screenwriter, journalist, and author of young adult fiction and nonfiction.
26 works5 series
Junot Díaz
Dominican American fiction writer known for literary fiction about Dominican diaspora, immigration, family, and identity.
4 works0 series
Justin Cronin
American author of literary, speculative, horror, and science fiction, including The Passage Trilogy.
7 works1 series
Justin O'Brien
American French professor, literary critic, biographer of André Gide, and translator of French literature.
6 works0 series
Justina Ireland
Justina Ireland is an American science-fiction, fantasy, and young adult author known for historical fantasy, horror, middle-grade fiction, Star Wars novels, and comics.
33 works9 series