Steampunk Authors

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Danielle Ackley-McPhail — Author of Baba Ali and the Clockwork Djinn and other steampunk works...

Alex Acks — Author of Murder on the Titania and Other Steam-Powered Adventures from Queen of Swords Press...

Shelley Adina — Author of several steampunk series, including Magnificent Devices...

Tim Akers — Author of the Knight Watch steampunk series...

M.K. Alexander — Author of The Ship, Null Space, and Jekyll’s Daughter...

Kevin J. Anderson — Author of Clockwork Angels, Clockwork Lives, and Clockwork Destiny...

Nicholas Atwater — Co-author of “swashbuckling steampunk fantasy” tales...

Philippa Ballantine — Author of The Ministry of Peculiar Occurrences steampunk series...

Elizabeth Bear — Author of Karen Memory and sequel Stone Mad...

R.S. Belcher — Author of the Golgotha series of Weird West tales set in 19th century Nevada.

Benitez Productions — Creator of Lady Mechanika...

Robyn Bennis — Author of The Guns Above and The Fire Above...

L.J. Black — Author of The Anchor Trilogy, a YA steampunk series...

Moniquill Blackgoose — Author of To Shape a Dragon’s Breath, winner of the Nebula and Lodestar Awards.

James P. Blaylock — One of the pioneers of steampunk literature...

Bill Bodden — Author of short fiction and organizer of a virtual steampunk book club...

Bonsart Bokel — Author and podcaster...

Simon Brading — Author of the Misfit Squadron series...

Steven D. Brewer — Author of the Revin’s Heart series...

Kate Bridges — Author of the Charlotte Sycamore series...

Maurice Broaddus — Author of Pimp My Airship and many other works.

Sarah Brooks — Author of the historical fantasy The Cautious Traveller’s Guide to the Wastelands.

Nimue Brown — Co-creator of the Hopeless, Maine graphic novel series...

Cullen Bunn — Co-creator of the graphic novels The Damned and The Sixth Gun...

Jim Butcher — Author of The Dresden Files and The Cinder Spires series...

Darren Callow — Author of Tales Of New Albion...

Carolina Cardona — Author of Andújar: The Robot Gentleman of San Juan

Karen J. Carlisle — Author of The Adventures of Viola Stewart...

Chris Patrick Carolan — Author of steampunk, horror, fantasy, and science fiction...

Viola Carr — Steampunk fantasy author...

Gail Carriger — Author of the Parasol Protectorate series and related works...

Sharon E. Cathcart — Author of the Seen Through the Phantom’s Eyes series and other works...

Elizabeth Chatsworth — Author of The Brass Queen and its sequel Grand Tour...

Joyce Ch’ng — Science fiction and fantasy author, and co-editor of The Sea Is Ours: Tales of Steampunk Southeast Asia...

Cassandra Clare — Author of The Infernal Devices, a steampunk trilogy...

P. Djéli Clark — Author of The Haunting of Tram Car 015 and A Master of Djinn...

Gareth Clegg — Author of Fogbound: Empire in Flames...

Genevieve Cogman — Author of The Invisible Library and numerous sequels...

Robert Dahlen — Fantasy and steampunk novelist, author of the Peavley Manor series...

Phoebe Darqueling — Author of Riftmaker and No Rest for the Wicked...

Milton J. Davis — Publisher and co-editor of the Steamfunk! and Dieselfunk anthologies...

Ef Deal — An author who specializes in steampunk and horror...

Paul Di Filippo — Author of The Steampunk Trilogy...

Rev DiCerto — Author of Marshal Gallagher and the Aeropede Bandits and other works...

Keith W. Dickinson — Author of Dexter & Sinister and The Dragonfly Delivery Company...

Drake & McTrowell — Authors of steampunk adventures in which they are the main protagonists...

Richard Due — Author of Idiot Genius: Willa Snap and the Clockwerk Boy...

Trevor A. Dutcher — Author of Michael McGillicuddy and the Most Amazing Race...

Paul Eccentric — Author of The Periwinkle Perspective...

eSpec Books — An independent publisher of steampunk fiction...

G.D. Falksen — An author of steampunk fiction and non-fiction...

Mary Fan — Author of Stronger Than a Bronze Dragon...

Jack Fennell — Author and anthology editor...

Jonathan Fesmire — Author of Bodacious Creed: a Steampunk Zombie Western and related works...

Studio Foglio — Creators of Girl Genius...

Dana Fraedrich — Author of the Broken Gears steampunk fantasy series...

Anthony G. Francis — Editor, writer, publisher and “Renaissance engineer...”

Valerie Estelle Frankel — Author of parodies and non-fiction books about science fiction, fantasy, and pop culture...

Shelli Frew — Author of Time Sailors...

J.M. Frey — Author of Triptych, The Skylark’s Song, and The Skylark’s Sacrifice...

Geoff and Michelle Genge — Authors of The Terra Obscura Chronicles...

Shawnee and Shawnelle Gibbs — Creators of the steampunk comic The Invention of E.J. Whitaker. . .

William Gibson — Bestselling author of Neuromancer, The Difference Engine, and many other works...

Jaymee Goh — A "writer, reviewer, editor, and essayist of science fiction and fantasy..."

Jonathan Green — Author of Pax Britannia series and Alice’s Nightmare in Wonderland...

A.D. Griffey — Author(s) of The Heart of Resistance...

Steven Harper Piziks — Author of The Clockwork Empire series and many other works...

Brent A. Harris — Author of science fiction and alternate history...

Montgomery Harris — Author of the Age of The Navigator series and Z105 Outbreak Series...

Jon Hartless — Author of the Poppy Orpington steampunk series...

Leanna Renee Hieber — Author of The Eterna Files trilogy and the Strangely Beautiful series...

Mark Hodder — Author of the Burton & Swinburne series, including The Strange Affair of Spring-Heeled Jack.

Madeleine Holly-Rosing — Creator of Boston Metaphysical Society, described as a “Victorian-era X-Files...”

Lori Alden Holuta — Author of the Brassbright steampunk series, set in the fictional country of Industralia...

Insymmetry Creations — Publisher of the steampunk comic book series Heirs of Isildur...

William J. Jackson — A “writer of steam, diesel and other things ending in punk,” including the Rail Legacy series...

Celine Jeanjean — Author of the 11-book steampunk series The Viper and the Urchin...

K.W. Jeter — A science fiction author who coined the term “steampunk”...

Andrea Jones — Author of the Hook & Jill series, a retelling of Peter Pan...

Kelsey Josephson — Author of “strange steampunk and reinvented fairy tales.”

Stephanie Kato — Author of the steampunk series The Post-Apocalyptic Society...

Brian Kesinger — Author of the Otto and Victoria series...

E.M. Kkoulla — Author of the five-volume steampunk fantasy series Ships of Britannia...

Elise Kova — Author of the Loom Saga steampunk fantasy series...

Joe R. Lansdale — Author of the “Ned the Seal” trilogy...

Mark A. Latham — Author of the Apollonian Casefiles as well as stories featuring Sherlock Holmes...

Corrina Lawson — Author of steampunk mysteries including The Curse of the Brimstone Contract and A Hanging at Lotus Hall...

Suzanne Lazear — Author of the YA steampunk fantasy series The Aether Chronicles...

David D. Levine — Author of Arabella of Mars and its sequels...

Philip Ligon — Author of This Strange Engine, This Mysterious Engine, and This Deadly Engine...

Jeannie Lin — Author of historical fiction, including The Gunpowder Chronicles steampunk series...

Sean Patrick Little — Author of Lord Bobbins and the Romanian Ruckus and Lord Bobbins and the Dome of Light...

Ken Liu — Author of the silkpunk fantasy series The Dandelion Dynasty.

Eddie Louise — Author of The Tales of Sage & Savant steampunk audio drama...

Michelle Lowe — Author of The Legacy series and The Age of the Machine series...

Jessica Lucci — Poet and steampunk author...

Catherine Lundoff — Author, editor, and proprietor of Queens of Swords Press...

M.J. Lyons — Author of Murder at the World’s Fair...

T.E. MacArthur — An author of paranormal mystery and alternate history fiction...

Myrenne Mae — Author of Three Coins from a Dead Man’s Pocket...

Geoffrey Mandragora — Author of The Thunderbolt Affair and Vampyr Lore series...

George Mann — Author of the Newbury and Hobbes steampunk detective series...

Gail Z. Martin — Co-author of the Jake Desmet Adventures and The Storm and Fury Adventures...

Colin Maxwell — Creator of the steampunk adventure comic book series Electromagnetic...

R.A. McCandless — Author of fantasy and historic fiction, including The Clockwork Detective...

Christopher C. Meeker — Author of Hawthorne: Chronicles of the Brass Hand...

Theresa Meyers — Author of the steampunk series The Legend Chronicles...

China Miéville — Author of the acclaimed novel Perdido Street Station and many other works...

Devon Monk — Author of the steampunk Western series The Age of Steam...

Michael Moorcock — Author of The Warlord of the Air among many other works of speculative fiction...

Alan Moore — Writer of The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen and many other acclaimed graphic stories...

Silvia Moreno-Garcia — Author of The Daughter of Doctor Moreau...

Tee Morris — Co-author of The Ministry of Peculiar Occurrences steampunk series with Philippa Ballantine...

Jeannette Ng — Author of the acclaimed alternate history novel Under the Pendulum Sun...

Christine Norris — Author of A Curse of Ash and Iron and A Curse of Time and Vengeance...

Balogun Ojetade — Author of Moses: The Chronicles of Harriet Tubman and co-editor of the anthologies Steamfunk and Dieselfunk...

Dexter Palmer — Critically acclaimed author of The Dream of Perpetual Motion...

Stephen Palmer — Author of the Factory Girl steampunk trilogy...

Diana Pho — Award-winning fiction editor and producer of the Beyond Victoriana! blog...

Sean Platt — Co-author of The Dream Engine YA steampunk series...

Tim Powers — A pioneer of steampunk literature...

Cherie Priest — A pioneer of steampunk literature. Author of the Clockwork Century series...

Matthew W. Quinn — Author of the steampunk-themed military fantasy series Battle for the Wastelands...

Bryce Raffle — Author of Dead London and editor of the steampunk horror anthology Dead Steam...

Cat Rambo — Speculative fiction author and past president of the SFWA...

S.E. Reed — Author of The Darkness of Dying in the Light...

Philip Reeve — Author of Mortal Engines...

Anne Renwick — Author of steampunk romances...

Juli D. Revezzo — Author of Gears, Cogs, and Puppy Dogs...

Michael Rigg — Author of two self-published steampunk novels...

Andrea Robertson — Author of the steampunk series The Inventor’s Secret...

L.G. Rollins — Author of the Steam and Shadow steampunk series.

Rudy Rucker — Author of The Hollow Earth among many other stories...

Kristine Kathryn Rusch — Author of the The Fey and The Qavnerian Protectorate series...

Gary Alan Ruse — Author of Perseverance Triumphant! and many other works...

Charity Saraceni — Author of The Maiden of Lightning: Celia’s Destiny...

Sumiko Saulson — A science-fiction, fantasy, and horror author primarily working in the latter...

Michael Schulkins — Author of the Mark Twain on the Moon series...

Nisi Shawl — Author of Everfair and its sequel Kinning...

Alex Shvartsman — Author of Explaining Cthulhu to Grandma and Other Stories and H. G. Wells, Secret Agent...

BJ Sikes — Author of historical and futuristic fantasy...

Kathryn Smith — Author of the series The Steampunk Chronicles and The Clockwork Agents...

Michelle D. Sonnier — Author of The Clockwork Chronicles series...

Catherine Stein — Steampunk romance author...

Neal Stephenson — Author of Snowcrash, The Diamond Age and many other novels...

Bruce Sterling — Co-author of the acclaimed steampunk novel The Difference Engine...

Laura Strickland — Author of the Buffalo Steampunk Adventures series...

David Lee Summers — Author of the Clockwork Legion steampunk western series...

Joseph W. Svec III — Author of the Missing Authors trilogy featuring Sherlock Holmes...

Shanna Swendson — Author of<the Rebel Mechanics a YA steampunk series...

Ruxandra Tarca — Author of The Cerulean Airship trilogy...

Michael Tefft — Author of The Reluctant Captain, The Reluctant Agent, and The Reluctant Spacefarer...

Lavie Tidhar — Author of The Bookman Histories series...

Michael Tierney — Author of the Airship Flamel steampunk series...

William C. Tracy — Author of Merchants and Maji, The Society of Two Houses, and Journey to the Top of the Nether...

Nick Travers — Author of the dystopian steampunk novels Gaia’s Brood and Darker Skies...

Harry Turtledove — Award-winning author best known for alternate history works...

Ann VanderMeer — Editor of steampunk anthologies...

Jeff VanderMeer — Author of the Southern Reach trilogy, co-author of The Steampunk Bible...

Nils Visser — Author of the Time Flight Chronicles steampunk stories...

Dawn Vogel — Author of the Brass and Glass steampunk series...

Gareth Ward — Author of YA steampunk adventures...

Scott Westerfeld — Author of the Leviathan series...

Dover Whitecliff — Author of She-Wolf in Shorts, The Stolen Songbird, and other works...

Chris Wooding — Author of the steampunk series Tales of the Ketty Jay...

Nikki Woolfolk — Author of Mise en Death: A Delicious Steampunk Mystery and the Riveted series...

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