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100 of the Best Fantasy Authors From the Past Century

This list was compiled from votes by the reddit.com/r/Fantasy community, I'm only listing the author, since this site's search engine seems to be able to find these easily, and I limited the list to 100 authors, so you can find the rest of the list with all of the books here: reddit.com/r/Fantasy/comments/11albq/the_big_rfantasy_book_thread/ and here: reddit.com/r/Fantasy/comments/ytumz/rfantasys_condensed_list_of_essential_modern_works/
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Joe Abercrombie
Joe Abercrombie
1
Daniel Abraham
Daniel Abraham
2
Richard Adams
Richard Adams
3
Lloyd Alexander
Lloyd Alexander
4
Poul Anderson
Poul Anderson
5
Piers Anthony
Piers Anthony
6
R. Scott Bakker
R. Scott Bakker
7
T. A. Barron
T. A. Barron
8
Peter S. Beagle
Peter S. Beagle
9
Lauren Beukes
Lauren Beukes
10
Anne Bishop
Anne Bishop
11
Enid Blyton
Enid Blyton
12
Marion Zimmer Bradley
Marion Zimmer Bradley
13
Peter V. Brett
Peter V. Brett
14
Terry Brooks
Terry Brooks
15
Steven Brust
Steven Brust
16
Lois McMaster Bujold
Lois McMaster Bujold
17
Jim Butcher
Jim Butcher
18
Trudi Canavan
Trudi Canavan
19
Orson Scott Card
Orson Scott Card
20
Jacqueline Carey
Jacqueline Carey
21
Susanna Clarke
Susanna Clarke
22
James Clemens
James Clemens
23
Glen Cook
Glen Cook
24
Joseph Delaney
Joseph Delaney
25
Stephen R. Donaldson
Stephen R. Donaldson
26
Sara Douglass
Sara Douglass
27
Dave Duncan
Dave Duncan
28
David Eddings
David Eddings
29
Michael Ende
Michael Ende
30
Steven Erikson
Steven Erikson
31
Raymond Elias Feist
Raymond Elias Feist
32
Jasper Fforde
Jasper Fforde
33
Cornelia Funke
Cornelia Funke
34
Neil Gaiman
Neil Gaiman
35
Alan Garner
Alan Garner
36
David Gemmell
David Gemmell
37
William Goldman
William Goldman
38
Terry Goodkind
Terry Goodkind
39
Simon R. Green
Simon R. Green
40
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