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100 of the Best Fantasy Authors From the Past Century - Page 2

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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Lev Grossman
Lev Grossman
41
Elizabeth Haydon
Elizabeth Haydon
42
Lian Hearn
Lian Hearn
43
Kevin Hearne
Kevin Hearne
44
Robin Hobb
Robin Hobb
45
Tom Holt
Tom Holt
46
Robert E. Howard
Robert E. Howard
47
Brian Jacques
Brian Jacques
48
N. K. Jemisin
N. K. Jemisin
49
Diana Wynne Jones
Diana Wynne Jones
50
JV Jones
JV Jones
51
Robert Jordan
Robert Jordan
52
Richard Kadrey
Richard Kadrey
53
Guy Gavriel Kay
Guy Gavriel Kay
54
Paul S. Kemp
Paul S. Kemp
55
Greg Keyes
Greg Keyes
56
Stephen King
Stephen King
57
Mercedes Lackey
Mercedes Lackey
58
Mark Lawrence
Mark Lawrence
59
Ursula K Leguin
Ursula K Leguin
60
Fritz Leiber
Fritz Leiber
61
C.S. Lewis
C.S. Lewis
62
Sergei Lukyanenko
Sergei Lukyanenko
63
Scott Lynch
Scott Lynch
64
Juliet Marillier
Juliet Marillier
65
George R.R. Martin
George R.R. Martin
66
Anne McCaffery
Anne McCaffery
67
Robin McKinley
Robin McKinley
68
China Mieville
China Mieville
69
Martin Millar
Martin Millar
70
L. E. Modesitt, Jr.
L. E. Modesitt, Jr.
71
Elizabeth Moon
Elizabeth Moon
72
Richard K Morgan
Richard K Morgan
73
Garth Nix
Garth Nix
74
Naomi Novik
Naomi Novik
75
Christopher Paolini
Christopher Paolini
76
Mervyn Peake
Mervyn Peake
77
Tamora Pierce
Tamora Pierce
78
Tim Powers
Tim Powers
79
Terry Pratchett
Terry Pratchett
80
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