K. Ancrum
K. Ancrum is a Chicago-based author of speculative contemporary young adult fiction, including thrillers and science fiction.
7 works3 series
Author index
Authors beginning with K
K. O'Neill
New Zealand author and illustrator of inclusive fantasy graphic novels for children and young readers.
8 works1 series
K.A. Tucker
K.A. Tucker is a Canadian USA Today bestselling author of romance, fantasy, romantic suspense, and young adult fiction.
40 works9 series
K.F. Breene
Wall Street Journal, USA Today, Washington Post, and Amazon Charts bestselling author of paranormal romance, urban fantasy, and fantasy novels.
67 works9 series
Kacen Callender
Kacen Callender is a Saint Thomian, award-winning author of middle-grade, young adult, and adult fiction.
12 works2 series
Kahlil Gibran
Kahlil Gibran (1883–1931) was a Lebanese-American poet, writer, and artist who wrote in Arabic and English and became a leading figure of Mahjar and modern Arabic literature.
21 works1 series
Kalynn Bayron
Kalynn Bayron is a New York Times and Indie bestselling author of young adult fantasy and horror, middle-grade fiction, and graphic novels.
16 works3 series
Kameron Hurley
Kameron Hurley is an award-winning American science fiction and fantasy author known for fiction about war, resistance, gender, and power.
20 works2 series
Kami Garcia
American bestselling author and comic book writer known for young adult novels, graphic novels, and comics.
31 works9 series
Kamila Shamsie
Pakistani-British novelist and writer whose literary fiction explores history, migration, identity, politics, and belonging.
12 works1 series
Kanae Minato
Japanese novelist and essayist known for psychologically focused mystery and literary fiction.
35 works1 series
Karen Chilton
New York-based writer, actor, playwright, librettist, and audiobook narrator. She is the author of Hazel Scott and co-author of I Wish You Love with jazz vocalist Gloria Lynne.
5 works1 series
Karen Joy Fowler
American novelist and short-story writer known for literary, historical, speculative, and science-fiction fiction.
13 works0 series
Karen M. McManus
Bestselling author of young adult mystery, thriller, and suspense novels.
8 works1 series
Karen Marie Moning
American author of paranormal romance, urban fantasy, and historical romance, best known for the Highlander and Fever series.
21 works4 series
Karen Russell
American novelist and short-story writer known for literary speculative fiction.
6 works0 series
Karin Slaughter
Karin Slaughter is an American crime novelist known for the Grant County and Will Trent series and her standalone psychological thrillers.
37 works4 series
Karl Marx
German philosopher, economist, historian, and revolutionary socialist best known for his critique of political economy and analysis of capitalism.
32 works1 series
Karl Ove Knausgård
Norwegian novelist, essayist, memoirist, and art writer born in 1968.
30 works3 series
Kat Dunn
Kat Dunn is a British author of historical fantasy and gothic fiction for young adult and adult readers.
6 works1 series
Kate Alice Marshall
American author of thrillers, horror, young adult fiction, and middle-grade fiction.
16 works1 series
Kate Atkinson
English novelist, short-story writer, and playwright known for literary fiction, historical fiction, and the Jackson Brodie crime novels.
17 works2 series
Kate Chopin
American novelist and short-story writer known for realist and regionalist fiction about women’s lives, marriage, race, and personal autonomy in Louisiana.
5 works0 series
Kate DiCamillo
American children's author known for emotionally resonant novels, early chapter books, picture books, and fairy tales.
41 works6 series
Kate Elizabeth Russell
American novelist known for literary and psychologically focused fiction.
1 works0 series
Kate Elliott
Kate Elliott is an American science fiction and fantasy author known for immersive worldbuilding, epic fantasy, space opera, and historical alternate-world fiction.
41 works9 series
Kate Moore
British author and ghostwriter known for narrative nonfiction, memoir, true crime, children's books, and gift books.
11 works1 series
Kate Stewart
Texas-born American romance author known for contemporary romance, romantic suspense, and romantic comedy.
33 works8 series
Katee Robert
Katee Robert is a New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of spicy romance, dark romance, and fantasy.
3 works3 series
Katharine McGee
American author of young adult and adult speculative, romantic, and historical fiction.
13 works3 series
Kathe Koja
American author of horror, speculative, historical, weird, and young adult fiction.
22 works2 series
Katherine Addison
Katherine Addison is the pen name of American fantasy and horror author Sarah Monette.
17 works5 series
Katherine Applegate
American author of children's and young adult fiction, best known for Animorphs, Everworld, Remnants, The One and Only Ivan, and Endling.
160 works15 series
Katherine Arden
American novelist and picture-book author best known for the Winternight trilogy and Small Spaces quartet.
10 works2 series
Katherine Center
Katherine Center is a New York Times bestselling author of hopeful, bittersweet romantic comedies and contemporary women's fiction.
15 works0 series
Katherine Dunn
American novelist, journalist, poet, and nonfiction writer best known for Geek Love and her boxing journalism.
11 works0 series
Katherine Paterson
American author of children's and young adult fiction, picture books, memoirs, nonfiction, essays, short-story collections, and plays.
51 works2 series
Katherine Tiernan O'Connor
American scholar of Russian literature and literary translator, emerita professor at Boston University.
1 works0 series
Kathleen Glasgow
American bestselling author of young adult fiction exploring mental health, grief, addiction, and recovery.
6 works1 series
Kathleen Norris
American poet, essayist, and spiritual memoirist known for accessible writing on faith, place, monasticism, and ordinary life.
13 works0 series
Kathryn Stockett
American novelist known for historical and literary fiction set in the American South.
2 works0 series
Kathryn Sutherland
British scholar of bibliography, textual criticism, book history, and Jane Austen.
16 works0 series
Kathy Reichs
Kathy Reichs is an American forensic anthropologist, academic, and author of forensic crime fiction. She is best known for the Temperance Brennan novels and the co-authored Virals young-adult series.
44 works3 series
Kaveh Akbar
Iranian-American poet, novelist, and editor known for lyrical poetry about addiction, spirituality, identity, and belonging.
6 works0 series
Kaylie Smith
Kaylie Smith is a bestselling author of romantic fantasy and young adult fantasy novels.
5 works2 series
Kazuo Ishiguro
British novelist and screenwriter of Japanese birth, known for restrained prose, unreliable narrators, and themes of memory, loss, and self-deception.
14 works0 series
KC Davis
KC Davis is a licensed professional counselor and author of compassionate, practical guides to self-care, home care, and relationships.
2 works0 series
Keigo Higashino
Japanese novelist known for mystery, crime, psychological suspense, literary fiction, essays, and children’s books.
108 works10 series
Keith Gessen
Keith Gessen is a Russian-born American novelist, journalist, translator, and founding editor of n+1.
4 works0 series
Kelley Armstrong
Canadian author of paranormal fantasy, mystery, thriller, horror, romance, and speculative fiction for adults, young adults, and middle-grade readers.
98 works15 series
Kelley Jones
American comics artist and creator known for horror-oriented graphic storytelling, especially Batman, Deadman, and creator-owned work such as The Hammer.
22 works5 series
Kelly Barnhill
American author of fantasy, science fiction, children's literature, and juvenile nonfiction.
22 works0 series
Kelly Link
American author of speculative fiction, including fantasy, horror, science fiction, and weird fiction.
8 works0 series
Ken Follett
Welsh author best known for epic historical fiction and espionage thrillers.
38 works4 series
Ken Kesey
American novelist, essayist, and counterculture figure best known for One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest and Sometimes a Great Notion.
15 works0 series
Ken Liu
American author of speculative fiction, including the Dandelion Dynasty and acclaimed short-fiction collections.
11 works4 series
Kendare Blake
Kendare Blake is an American author of dark young-adult fantasy, horror, and contemporary fiction.
20 works5 series
Kennedy Ryan
Kennedy Ryan is a New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of contemporary romance and women's fiction.
24 works7 series
Kenneth Grahame
Scottish-born English writer best known for The Wind in the Willows, whose essays and childhood stories helped shape modern children's literature.
8 works0 series
Kennilworthy Whisp
Fictional wizarding author, Quidditch expert, and historian best known for Quidditch Through the Ages.
4 works0 series
Kent Williams
American painter, draftsman, illustrator, and graphic-novel artist known for figurative painting, artist books, and co-created graphic novels.
18 works3 series
Keri Lake
Keri Lake is a New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of dark, gothic romance featuring vengeance, obsession, forbidden love, and beautifully brutal desire.
26 works8 series
Kerri Maniscalco
American #1 New York Times bestselling author of gothic historical mysteries and fantasy romance.
12 works3 series
Kerry Patterson
American organizational-performance author, consultant, and cofounder of VitalSmarts, known for coauthoring practical books on communication, accountability, influence, and behavior change.
6 works1 series
Kerstin Gier
German author of humorous adult novels and fantasy fiction for young adults, also published under the pseudonyms Jule Brand and Sophie Bérard.
46 works7 series
Kevin Behr
Kevin Behr is an IT management author, advisor, and co-author of The Phoenix Project and The Visible Ops Handbook.
5 works2 series
Kevin D. Mitnick
American computer security consultant, hacker, and bestselling author known for books on social engineering, cybersecurity, privacy, and his life as a fugitive hacker.
4 works0 series
Kevin Hearne
American fantasy and science-fiction author best known for The Iron Druid Chronicles.
37 works5 series
Kevin J. Anderson
American science-fiction, fantasy, horror, and graphic-novel author known for original space opera, Star Wars, Dune, and collaborative genre fiction.
17 works2 series
Kevin Kelly
American technology writer, futurist, photographer, editor, and co-founder of Wired magazine, known for optimistic writing about technology, networks, culture, and the future.
22 works1 series
Kevin Kwan
Singaporean-born American novelist known for satirical comedies about wealth, class, identity, and elite social worlds.
5 works2 series
Kevin Wilson
American novelist and short-story writer known for imaginative, darkly comic fiction about family, identity, art, and unconventional human relationships.
7 works0 series
Khaled Hosseini
Afghan-American novelist and UNHCR goodwill ambassador known for literary fiction about Afghanistan, displacement, family, and resilience.
5 works0 series
Kiera Cass
Kiera Cass is an American young adult author best known for The Selection series.
14 works2 series
Kieron Gillen
British comic-book writer and former video-game and music journalist, known for creator-owned series and major Marvel and Star Wars runs.
96 works24 series
Kiersten White
Kiersten White is a #1 New York Times bestselling and Bram Stoker Award-winning author of fantasy, horror, and speculative fiction for readers of all ages.
32 works6 series
Kiley Reid
American novelist and short-fiction writer known for literary fiction about race, class, privilege, money, and social relationships.
3 works0 series
Kim Harrison
Kim Harrison is the pen name of American fantasy author Dawn Cook, best known for the Hollows urban-fantasy series.
40 works6 series
Kim Liggett
American young adult novelist known for horror, speculative fiction, and suspense.
5 works1 series
Kim Malone Scott
American author and workplace leadership expert known for management books and three independently published novels.
5 works0 series
Kim Stanley Robinson
American science-fiction writer best known for the Mars trilogy and environmentally focused novels about science, politics, exploration, and possible futures.
36 works3 series
Kimberly Lemming
Kimberly Lemming is a USA Today bestselling author of diverse fantasy romance.
10 works3 series
Kiran Millwood Hargrave
British poet, playwright, and novelist writing for children, young adults, and adults.
20 works1 series
Kirsten Miller
American novelist and children's author known for feminist fiction, young adult novels, and middle-grade books.
21 works5 series
KJ Charles
KJ Charles is a British author and former editor who writes historical, fantasy, mystery, and contemporary romance, predominantly featuring LGBTQ+ characters.
56 works11 series
Knut Hamsun
Norwegian novelist, poet, dramatist, essayist, and travel writer whose psychologically focused fiction helped pioneer literary modernism.
47 works5 series
Kōbō Abe
Japanese novelist, playwright, poet, essayist, and avant-garde theater director known for surreal, existential works about alienation, identity, and social confinement.
37 works0 series
Koushun Takami
Japanese novelist and former newspaper journalist best known for the dystopian thriller Battle Royale.
6 works1 series
Kris Anka
Los Angeles-based American comics artist and graphic-work creator known for Marvel and Image Comics projects.
2 works2 series
Kristen Ciccarelli
Kristen Ciccarelli is a Canadian author of young adult fantasy and romantic fantasy.
6 works2 series
Kristen Perrin
American author of middle-grade fantasy and cozy mystery novels, originally from Seattle and now living in Surrey, England.
5 works1 series
Kristin Cashore
American author of young adult fantasy and speculative fiction, best known for the Graceling Realm novels.
8 works1 series
Kristin Cast
American author known for young adult fantasy, science fiction, paranormal romance, and contemporary thrillers.
42 works7 series
Kristin Hannah
American novelist and former attorney known for emotionally driven historical and contemporary fiction.
26 works1 series
Kristin Harmel
American novelist and journalist known for historical fiction, women's fiction, contemporary romance, and young adult novels.
17 works0 series
Kristine Kathryn Rusch
American author and editor known for science fiction, fantasy, mystery, romance, horror, and writing-business nonfiction.
261 works29 series
Krystal Sutherland
Australian novelist known for young adult contemporary, speculative, gothic, and fantasy fiction.
5 works1 series
Kurt Vonnegut
American novelist, short-story writer, essayist, memoirist, playwright, and artist known for satirical science fiction, dark humor, humanist themes, and formally inventive storytelling.
41 works0 series
Kylie Lee Baker
Kylie Lee Baker is a USA Today and Sunday Times bestselling author of dark fantasy, horror, and young adult novels.
7 works2 series