New Mexico Authors

Pen name of Las Cruces author Robert Boswell. Under this name, author of the cyberpunk novel Virtual Death.

Science fiction and fantasy. Writer in the Wild Cards universe. Known for the Long Price Quartet and the Dagger and the Coin series. Also writes as M.L.N. Hanover and (with Ty Franck) as James S.A. Corey.
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Pen name of Albuquerque author Kathlena L. Contreras

Often co-authors with Kevin J. Anderson. Noted titles: Ignition and Ill Wind. Also author of The E-bomb : how America's new directed energy weapons will change the way future wars will be fought.

Albuquerque. Author of fantasy novels.

Pen name of author Melinda Snodgrass.

Pen name of Suzy McKee Charnas

Author of the Green Rider fantasy series.

(1906-1972) Mystery and science fiction author who lived in New Mexico in the 1940s and 50s, first in Albuquerque (where he worked for the Santa Fe Railroad) then in Taos where he lived in the Governor Bent House. Working primarily in short form, he is perhaps best known for the crime thriller The Screaming Mimi which was made into a film, and the novel Martians, Go Home.

Also writes as VW Massie and Natalie Bennett. Longtime journalist; writer of articles and poetry for numerous periodicals. Writer of Erotica, Fantasy, Mystery, Romance, Paranormal Romance and Science Fiction including The Rustle of Leaves and the science fiction Desert Willow series.

Author of the Young Adult fantasy series Gobbled and many books for children including the Math Pirates series. Writes adult time travel romance; author of the dystopian science fiction novel A Singular Second.

(1939-2023) Albuquerque author, instructor at UNM. Winner of 1994 Mythopoeic Fantasy Award for Children's Literature & both the Hugo & Nebula Awards; author of science fiction, adult fantasy and young adult fantasy novels, including The Vampire Tapestry (set partially in Albuquerque & at the Santa Fe Opera). She is included in A Very Large Array: New Mexico Science Fiction and Fantasy and has written a memoir, My Father's Ghost: the Return of My Old Man & Other Second Chances. Also writes as Rebecca Brand.

Albuquerque author of fantasy short stories. Contributor to Pandora's Closet.

Albuquerque. Author of numerous novels, mostly for Young Adults, mostly fantasy, including Blackthorne and Familiar Magic. Also writes as K. Lynn Bay.

Pen name of writing team Daniel Abraham and Ty Franck. Known for The Expanse series, which is the basis for the television series of the same name. New York Times bestselling author.
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Albuquerque area author of science fiction and political thrillers including the WIngs of Earth series.

Born in Santa Fe. Actor, playwright. Author of the science fiction novel This Wild Earth.

Albuquerque. Freelance creative writer. Founder of the Women's Thriller Writers Association. Articles in numerous periodicals including Aviation magazine and New Mexico Entertainment Magazine. Writes adventure, science fiction, fantasy, occult horror. Author of the supernatural thriller Idol Makers series. Author of The 5-Minute Author: How to Write a Novel.

Albuquerque. Editor, including business and copy editing. Degree in creative writing from UNM. Author of a post-apocalyptic science fiction novel, Telekinetic.

Albuquerque area. Author of several books including the fantasy Blood Worthy.

Albuquerque author, best known for the Thomas Covenant series. Also writes the Mick Axbrewder mystery series. New York Times bestselling author.

Willis Duff. Tijeras. Author of several science fiction novels including A Reluctant God and LUCAS 2.0: Nothing Will Ever Be The Same Again.

Central New Mexico. Author of fantasy, romance, and mystery novels including A Feral Darkness.

Silver City. Writer of science fiction, fantasy, poetry, and children's books. Award winner; co-founder of the Borderlands Writing Co-op. Short works in several anthologies. Author of the poetry collection The Mermaid Lucia. Author of the Hungry science fiction series for young children, and the fantasy novel Heron's Path.

Santa Fe. Degrees in sculpture and law. Teacher of creative writing and legal research & writing. Author of a prize-winning fantasy series for Young Adults, the Wild And Ruin series set in New Mexico.

Writer in the Wild Cards universe. Writes, (with Daniel Abraham) as James S.A. Corey, the Expanse series, basis for the television series of the same name.

Northern New Mexico. Professional speaker and reviewer. Author of a mystery set in New Mexico, Handful of Dirt, and several books in the fantasy Bowdancer Saga.

Albuquerque. Author of several works of fantasy in the Rienspel series.

Lives part of the time in Santa Fe. Best known for the time-traveling romance Outlander Series and the Lord John series. New York Times bestselling author.

Degree in Applied Mathematics at UNM, worked at Sandia Labs. Author of several works, including The Witch Narratives : Reincarnation, a horror novel set in New Mexico and Return of the Bones, a fantasy about a Pueblo family using dream guidance to recover an ancestor's remains.

Creativity catalyst and workshop facilitator. Author/screenwriter and creator of The Q'ntana Trilogy of fantasy novels. Author of several memoirs and books on writing including The Voice of the Muse : answering the call to write and Writer's Block Unblocked: Seven Surefire Ways to Free Up Your Writing and Creative Flow.

Writer in the Wild Cards universe. Wife to author John Jos. Miller.

Best known for the Jumper books, basis for the movie of the same name. Also writes the 7th Sigma series. New York Times bestseller. Husband to author Laura J. Mixon. In 2012, elected President of the Science Fiction Writers of America.

Albuquerque area. Author of science fiction romance, fantasy, time-travel, and historical novels.

(1954-2021) Albuquerque area, lived "in a handmade house off the grid". Author of science fiction and historical short stories and the novel Wind Out of Canaan.

Carlsbad, Las Cruces. Newspaper reporter, medical writer. Has won many state and several national awards for news, feature, and column writing. Author / co-author of mysteries set in New Mexico, including the Salt Flat Murders mystery series. Author of the science fiction novel Ten Crescent Moons.

Pen name of Albuquerque author Daniel Abraham, who also writes as James S.A. Corey. Noted for the Black Sun's Daughter series.

Albuquerque. Author of the Young Adult Crystal Odyssey series and several other fantasy novels for young people.

Rio Rancho. Author of science fiction and thrillers including The Deadliest Echo and Shrouded Loyalties.

E. Wylie James. Albuquerque. Author/illustrator of numerous works for young people, including The Mud Family and Listening at the Gate. Fantasy series: The Seeker Chronicles.

Portales author of the series about paranormal investigator Charley Davidson, set in Albuquerque, and the young adult Darklight series. New York Times bestseller.

Los Alamos. Archeologist, journalist, poet, essayist. Author of several science fiction short stories and several books including The Gaean Enchantment.

Author of the New Frontiers, Wizards, and Darwin's World science fiction series, and Western novels.

Albuquerque author of paranormal romance and fantasy. Author of numerous novels and series, including the 19th Century Werewolf series. New York Times bestselling author.

Albuquerque author, best known for her Through Wolf's Eyes series.

Pen name of Albuquerque science fiction author Laura J. Mixon, with titles including Up Against It.

Science fiction, Fantasy, Occult Horror. Author of several short works including the Hunter Origins series and the Christian Fantasy Alma de Santa Fe.

AKA: E.M. Tippetts. Grew up in and resident of northern New Mexico. Author of the urban fantasy Sunrise Prophecy series; writes Chick Lit as Tippetts.

Native of New Mexico and Colorado. Award-winning mystery, science fiction, and romance writer. Longtime fiction editor. Co-editor of All You Can Eat: A Buffet of Lesbian Romance and Erotica and Order Up: A Menu of Lesbian Romance and Erotica. Author of romance novels including The Bureau of Holiday Affairs.

AKA: GRRM. Santa Fe. Creator, editor, writer in the Wild Cards universe. Noted for the series A Song of Ice and Fire, basis for the "Game of Thrones" television series. Numerous awards, including Hugo and World Fantasy awards. New York Times bestseller.

Pen name of AnnaLinden Weller. Santa Fe. Historian and city planner. Writer of speculative fiction; recipient of Hugo Awards for the novels A Memory Called Empire and A Desolation Called Peace.

Albuquerque. Author of fantasy short stories; co-author with Andre Norton of On Wings of Magic; writes in Marion Zimmer Bradley's Darkover universe.

Portales. Author of the supernatural thriller Verity Rising, first in the Gods of Deceit series.

(1954-2018) Writer in the Wild Cards universe. Also wrote as Alex Archer (in the Rogue Angel series) and as James Axler (in the Deathlands series); also wrote in the Jake Logan western series. Author of a novel in the Star Trek universe. Author of the Dinosaur Lords series.

(1954-2022) AKA: John Miller, John J. Miller, John Joseph Miller. Writer in the Wild Cards universe and the Ray Bradbury Presents series. Husband to author Gail Gerstner-Miller.

Lives in the Middle Rio Grande valley; retired high school teacher. Author of The Rio Grande Parallax series about a man and his young cousin in an alternative New Mexico. Author of the middle elementary book Trixie Finds Her People.

Born in Roswell, resident of Albuquerque. Engineer. Writer in the Wild Cards universe. Author of several short stories, and novels including Burning the Ice andProxies. Also writes as M.J. Locke. Wife to author Steve Gould.

Born and raised in northern New Mexico; resident of Albuquerque East Mountains area. Author of numerous short stories for national magazines. Author of numerous fantasy works, including the Immortal series and the Blood of the Kindred series. Also writes as P.G. Nagle.

Silver City. Online writing teacher for the UCLA Extension School. Author of the Tracy Eaton mystery series, the Samantha Brennan and Annabelle Haggerty Magical Mystery series, and stand-alone novels.

Born in Roswell. Graduate of West Point. Degree in physics; completed his thesis work at Los Alamos National Laboratory. Author of several science fiction and fantasy series, including several Rho Agenda series and the Endarian Prophecy series.

Albuquerque area. Filmmaker, screenwriter for several movies including Drive (1998). Author of numerous short stories for national magazines. Author of several novels, including a book in the Friday the 13th franchise, Church of the Divine Psychopath. Author of a book of film reviews, Unsafe on any screen . Co-editor of A Career Guide to Your Job in Hell. Author of the urban fantasy Pete, Drinker of Blood series.

Albuquerque, raised near White Sands, studied at New Mexico Tech. Author of numerous books on a wide range of subjects, including the novel Murder by Starlight : a mystery in New Mexico.

Las Cruces. Assistant chemistry professor at NMSU. Hearts of the Missing, first book in the mystery series about Bernalillo-based Police Sergeant Nicky Matthews, won the 2017 Tony Hillerman Prize. Author of the science fiction De-Extinct Zoo mystery series. Co-author of Demystifying the Beats: How to Write a Killer Book.

Divides his time between New Mexico and Maine. Writer of articles for national periodicals. Author, with Lincoln Child, of many popular suspense thrillers incorporating archeology, science, science fiction, and occult themes; two of these books, Mount Dragon and Tyrannosaur Canyon, are set in New Mexico. Author of a book about Coronado's expedition, Cities of gold : a journey across the American Southwest. New York Times bestselling author.

Kathryn Ptacek; also writes as Les Simons, Kathryn Atwood, Anne Mayfield, Kathleen Maxwell, Kathryn Grant. Albuquerque-raised UNM graduate. Married to writer Charles Grant. Author of many historical fantasy, dark fantasy, and horror novels, some of them set in New Mexico.

Southwest New Mexico. Short works in several anthologies. Author of A Very Short Writing Manual For The Utterly Clueless By Someone Who Has Been There. Author of Young Adult novels including the Federation Diplomat space opera series and several children's books including Call Me Tony.

Silver City. Volunteer firefighter. Writes science fiction and scientific poetry. Author of Rhyme and Reason: Poetry Inspired by Science. Author of several short story collections and a novel; author of the Colony on Mars series and the Colonizing Saturn's Moon series.

Gila area. Aerospace industry, producer of wildlife documentaries, literary agent. Author of the Mbuno & Pero Safari Thriller series and A Tribal Rumble: a safari campfire tale. Author of The Tag science fiction series.

Santa Fe. JD degree from UNM School of Law, specializing in Federal Indian Law. Writer of speculative fiction. Winner of numerous awards including the Hugo and Nebula Awards. Noted for the Sixth World series, a work of indigenous futurism involving Navajo monster-slayer Maggie Hoskie, and the Between Earth and Sky series.

Estancia. Science fiction / fantasy / historical fiction. Best known for the SPQR series set in ancient Rome.

Albuquerque. Degree in English Language and Literature/Letters from UNM. Writer of Adult Romance and Young Adult Urban Fantasy. Author of the Young Adult paranormal romance Shadow Spell series.

Albuquerque. Author of The Legend of Dreamland, the story of a 14-year-old Santa Fe girl getting drawn into a fantasy world. The author published this work when she was 10 years old.

(1930-2007) Albuquerque. Science fiction and fantasy author. Creator of the Berserkers, a relentless machine race dedicated to destroying all life in the universe. Noted for the Swords series, the Books of the Gods series that re-envisions Greek mythology, and the series told from the viewpoint of the character Dracula.

Joan Spicci Saberhagen. Albuquerque author; editor of Golden Reflections, a story collection in tribute to her husband Fred Saberhagen. Also writes as Joan Spicci.

Taos. Archaeologist. Past President and Program Chair of the Taos Archaeology Society, several roles with the Archaeological Society of New Mexico including serving as President. Author of several novels including the mystery Walking Earth and the science fantasy novel Skeleton Mesa.

Santa Fe. Editor and proofreader. Writes science fiction, fantasy, and horror with stories in several periodicals. Author of the Dr. Greta Helsing contemporary fantasy series.

Albuquerque. Author of a vampire novel, Primordial.

Albuquerque. Degrees in theater and secondary education; teacher of middle and high school drama. Writer of urban fantasy and historical fantasy including the Skye of the Damned series, and Young Adult urban fantasy including the Windfire series.

Santa Fe author. Writer and editor in the Wild Cards universe. Author of the Edge series. Served as story editor and executive script consultant for Star Trek: The Next Generation.
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Internet Speculative Fiction Database page on Melinda Snodgrass

Raised in Albuquerque, student at New Mexico Tech. Author of the science fiction novel The War of Three Empires which he published at the age of 16.

Mountainair. Retired printing consultant. Author of numerous novels including fantasy works. Author of several short story collection series including the Shared Short Stories series and the Sunset Full of Mysteries series.

Santa Fe. Author of numerous science fiction and alternative history books, including the Draka series and the Shadowspawn series. Best known for the Change series (also known as the "Emberverse" series), a medievalized world which has new physics preventing modern technology from working. New York Times bestseller.
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Pen name of Portales science fiction author Jack Williamson. Another pseudonym was Nils O. Sonderlund.

Southern New Mexico. Works at Kit Peak National Observatory in Arizona. Author of numerous short stories and novels, primarily science fiction and fantasy and also paranormal romance and historical fiction. Science fiction series: Old Star/New Earth.

Los Alamos. Retired nuclear scientist with a doctorate in chemical physics. Author of short fiction and poetry, and several novels including the fantasy Too Far to Cry.

Author of the cyberpunk science fiction novel Implanted.

(1929-2016) Operated a guest ranch near Santa Fe. Writer of science fiction and horror, and several mystery series including those under the pseudonyms A.J. Orde and B.J. Oliphant. Under her own name author of numerous science fiction works (often considered "feminist" SF) including The Fresco and Singer from the Sea.

Corrales wife & husband writing team, with numerous series & novels. Best known for their mystery series set in New Mexico: the series about Navajo FBI Agent Ella Clah, a series about Navajo "vampire" Lee Nez, and the series about nun Sister Agatha.

Los Alamos Labs scientist, Santa Fe author. Writer in the Wild Cards universe. Author of the Milkweed Triptych books, involving an alternate WWII where Nazi scientifically-created supersoldiers battle supernatural forces raised by the warlocks of England. Author of the Alchemy Wars series, beginning with The Mechanical, and Something More Than Night about a fallen angel who perceives humans through the lens of a noir detective.

Albuquerque. MFA in Creative Writing from the University of Colorado-Boulder and a degree in English from UNM. Writes science fiction & fantasy. Editor-in-Chief of World Weaver Press. Short stories in numerous periodicals and anthologies including Lightspeed and Weirdbook.

Albuquerque. Author of numerous novels; some gay/lesbian interest, primarily science fiction including Star Girl. Also writes as Alex VanDamn.

Albuquerque. Degrees in Physics and Materials Engineering from UNM, worked at Sandia Labs. Prolific science fiction and fantasy author. Writes under a variety of pen names, including westerns as Karl Lassiter and Jackson Lowry. Author / co-author of numerous science fiction, fantasy, and mystery series including the Cenotaph Road series and the BioWarriors series; many stand-alone novels, some for young people. Writer in several franchises including Star Trek, God of War, and BattleTech. Co-founder in 1969 of Bubonicon, Albuquerque's annual science fiction convention.

Science fiction author. Won the Locus Award for her first novel, Whiteout.

Albuquerque. Author of Young Adult novels including Transient, slated to be developed into a movie, and the Max and the Multiverse series.

South Central New Mexico.Treasure hunter, historian. Author / co-author of several collections of treasure tales and folklore from New Mexico including Tales of the Caballos and More Treasure Stories and Folklore of the Caballo Mountains and True Treasure Stories of the Southwest. Author of several adventure novels involving treasure in New Mexico including The Pancho Villa Treasure of the Guadalupe Mountains . Author of a first-contact science fiction novel set in New Mexico, Reaching for the Stars.

Albuquerque. Author of the science fiction Chesan Legacy series.

AKA: Walter J. Williams, Jon Williams. Science fiction, author of many titles including Implied Spaces. Nebula award winner. Writes in the Wild Cards universe.

(1908-2006) John Stewart Williamson. Also wrote as Will Stewart, and Nils O. Sonderlund. Came to New Mexico at the age of 7 in a horse-drawn wagon with his homesteading family, wrote science fiction until shortly before his death at 98. Known for many works that influenced later writers. Credited with coining the terms "genetic engineering" and "terraforming". Many awards, including being named a Grand Master of Science Fiction in 1998. Teacher at Eastern New Mexico University in Portales, the library of which houses the Jack Williamson Special Collection, one of the finer collections of science fiction materials in the world. An annual event discussing science fiction, The Williamson Lectureship series, is hosted by ENMU.

(1932-2010) Albuquerque author, co-founder (with wife Adela Amador) of Amador Press. Satirist, wrote works of fiction, social commentary and philosophy. Taught Bible as History at Albuquerque Academy and Sandia Preparatory School. Served as Vice-President and Program Chairman for the Humanist Society of New Mexico. Noted works: Duke City Tales and A World for the Meek : a fantasy novel.

Albuquerque. Author of the Young Adult science fiction / fantasy novel Katy Cooper in the Thunder Pit.

Albuquerque. Artist, teacher. Author of several fantasy books in the Faltheon series.

(1937-1995) Santa Fe. Fantasy and science fiction author and poet, often working in short form and examining mythologies of several cultures. Multiple winner of both Hugo and Nebula awards. Best known for the Chronicles of Amber series and the novel Lord of Light. Writer in the Wild Cards universe. Collaborated on several works with Albuquerque authors including Fred Saberhagen and Jane Lindskold. Father to Trent Zelazny.