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Highest Ranked Novel Authors of the 1990s

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Scoring: Wins are worth 50 points, nominations and second places are worth 35 points. For polls, third and lower places are worth (33-poll position) points.
Place Score Author
1 1364 Robert J. Sawyer
2 1060 Lois McMaster Bujold
3 1052 Kim Stanley Robinson
4 1040 Dan Simmons
5 968 Neal Stephenson
6 939 Greg Bear
7 931 Greg Egan
8 885 Connie Willis
9 845 Stephen Baxter
10 675 Orson Scott Card
11 614 Stephen King
12 601 Vernor Vinge
13 591 Ian McDonald
14 569 Anne McCaffrey
15 569 Charles de Lint
16 555 Graham Joyce
17 549 Paul J. McAuley
18 540 Robert Charles Wilson
19 540 Andreas Eschbach
20 538 Iain M. Banks
21 513 Ken MacLeod
22 505 James Morrow
23 498 Clive Barker
24 488 Bruce Sterling
25 483 Nancy Kress
26 476 Michael Swanwick
27 468 John Barnes
28 461 Mary Gentle
29 449 C. J. Cherryh
30 443 Guy Gavriel Kay
31 442 Tim Powers
32 431 Sean Stewart
33 419 Michael F. Flynn
34 410 Poppy Z. Brite
35 409 Terry Pratchett
36 402 William Gibson
37 400 David Brin
38 396
Élisabeth Vonarburg?Elisabeth Vonarburg
39 395 Joe Haldeman
40 389 Maureen F. McHugh
41 383 Peter Straub
42 381 Patricia A. McKillip
43 373 Mercedes Lackey
44 357 Kim Newman
45 353 Elizabeth Hand
46 349 Mary Doria Russell
47 347 Sara Douglass
48 347 Jonathan Carroll
49 338 Neil Gaiman
50 337 James P. Blaylock
51 328 Ramsey Campbell
52 311 J. K. Rowling
53 308 Larry Niven
54 308 George R. R. Martin
55 306 Robert Jordan
56 298 Robin Hobb
57 295 Nicola Griffith
58 292 Michael Bishop
59 289 Sean McMullen
60 280 Melissa Scott
61 278 Christopher Priest
62 277 Kathe Koja
63 277 Michael Marshall Smith
64 275 Damien Broderick
65 275 Bruce Coville
66 271 Sheri S. Tepper
67 269 S. P. Somtow
68 269 Nina Kiriki Hoffman
69 266 Poul Anderson
70 265 Peter S. Beagle
71 260 George Turner
72 260 Valerio Evangelisti
73 256 Jack McDevitt
74 255 Robert Silverberg
75 255 Robert Holdstock
76 255 James P. Hogan
77 245 Victor Kelleher
78 245 Rory Barnes
79 242 Barbara Hambly
80 242 Colin Greenland
81 242 Rachel Pollack
82 240 Garth Nix
83 240 Sean Williams
84 240 Dave Luckett
85 237 Lisa Tuttle
86 234 John Varley
87 225 Daniel Sernine
88 225
Joël Champetier?Joel Champetier
89 222 Anne Rice
90 217 Octavia E. Butler
91 216 Walter Jon Williams
92 207 Eleanor Arnason
93 207 Patrick O'Leary
94 207 Robert R. McCammon
95 206 Jane Yolen
96 200 Jerry Pournelle
97 197 Pat Cadigan
98 196 Patricia Anthony
99 194 Dean R. Koontz
100 194 Steven Gould
101 193 Jonathan Lethem
102 192 Emma Bull
103 192 Nalo Hopkinson
104 186
神林長平?Chōhei Kanbayashi
Chohei Kambayashi
Chouhei Kambayashi
Chōhei Kambayashi
Chouhei Kanbayashi
Chohei Kanbayashi
かんばやしちょうへい
105 184 Vonda N. McIntyre
106 183 Tanya Huff
107 181 Catherine Asaro
108 180 Suzy McKee Charnas
109 178 Greg Keyes
110 177 Diana Wynne Jones
111 176 Terence M. Green
112 176 John E. Stith
113 175 Harry Turtledove
114 175 Gudule
115 175 Esther Rochon
116 173 Gene Wolfe
117 170 Ursula K. Le Guin
118 168 William Browning Spencer
119 165 Melanie Tem
120 163 Nancy Springer
121 162 Tanith Lee
122 161 Michael P. Kube-McDowell
123 159 Gwyneth Jones
124 158 Bradley Denton
125 155 Gert Heidenreich
126 155 Pierre Bordage
127 155 Jane Routley
128 155 Isobelle Carmody
129 151 Charles Sheffield
130 150 Jeff Noon
131 150 Rodolfo Martínez
132 150 Martine Leavitt
133 150 Lucy Taylor
134 149 Geoff Ryman
135 145 Sarah Zettel
136 143 Susan R. Matthews
137 142 Nancy Kilpatrick
138 142 Severna Park
139 140 Lisa Goldstein
140 140 Ronald M. Hahn
141 138 Arthur C. Clarke
142 136 Gregory Benford
143 135 Herbert Rosendorfer
144 135 Kate Elliott
145 135 Hans Joachim Alpers
146 135 Pierre Pelot
147 135 Norman Spinrad
148 135 Lois Lowry
149 135 James Gurney
150 133 Algis Budrys
151 133
China Miéville?China Mieville
152 133 Stephen Dedman
153 133 Thomas M. Disch
154 130 Candas Jane Dorsey
155 129 Tad Williams
156 129 Juan Miguel Aguilera
157 128 Ellen Kushner
158 125 Elizabeth Moon
159 125 Michael Marano
160 124 Bentley Little
161 122 Kathleen Ann Goonan
162 122 Chaz Brenchley
163 121 Brian Stableford
164 121 Owl Goingback
165 121 Lucy Sussex
166 120 Francine Pelletier
167 120 Marge Piercy
168 120
René Reouven?Rene Reouven
169 120 Jean-Marc Ligny
170 120 Alain Grousset
171 119 Tananarive Due
172 118 Robin McKinley
173 117 Peter F. Hamilton
174 117 Tricia Sullivan
175 115 Marc Laidlaw
176 115 Jack Womack
177 114 Martha Wells
178 113 Alexander Jablokov
179 112 Mike Resnick
180 112
Caitlín R. Kiernan?Caitlin R. Kiernan
181 111 Pat Murphy
182 110 Kevin J. Anderson
183 110 Roger MacBride Allen
184 110 Nancy A. Collins
185 110 Thomas Tessier
186 109 Mary Rosenblum
187 108 James Stoddard
188 108 Simon Clark
189 107 Spider Robinson
190 107 Frederik Pohl
191 107 M. John Harrison
192 106 Ian Watson
193 106 Stephen R. Donaldson
194 106 Simon Ings
195 106 Kirsten Bakis
196 105 Will Shetterly
197 105 Brian Jacques
198 105 Paul Park
199 105 Konrad Schaef
200 105 Richard Canal
201 105 P. M.
202 105 Jacques Brossard
203 105 Uwe Anton
204 105 Kate Orman
205 105 John Marsden
206 105 Peter Terrid
207 105 Richard Harland
208 105 Simon Brown
209 103 Steven Brust
210 102 Kate Wilhelm
211 102 Pamela Dean
212 100 Jack Vance
213 100 David Weber
214 100
Rafael Marín?Rafael Marin
215 100 Kim Wilkins
216 100 Michael A. Arnzen
217 100
柾悟郎?Goro Masaki
Gorō Masaki
まさきごろう
218 100 Theresa Breslin
219 100
Christian Mähr?Christian Maehr
220 100 Francis Berthelot
221 100
瀬名秀明?せな ひであき
Hideaki Sena
222 100 Carl Amery
223 99 N. Lee Wood
224 99 Amy Thomson
225 99 Lisa Mason
226 98 Frank M. Robinson
227 97 Doug Beason
228 97 Ben Bova
229 97 Valerie Martin
230 96 Robert Reed
231 96 Alan Rodgers
232 95 David Eddings
233 94 Terry Goodkind
234 93 Holly Lisle
235 92 Dorothy J. Heydt
236 92 Greer Gilman
237 92 Justina Robson
238 92 Nancy Holder
239 92 Raymond E. Feist
240 91 A. A. Attanasio
241 91 Philip Pullman
242 90
小川洋子?おがわようこ
Yōko Ogawa
243 90 Karen Joy Fowler
244 89 Yvonne Navarro
245 88 Steven Erikson
246 87 Jamil Nasir
247 87 Jack Dann
248 87 Kate Forsyth
249 87 Richard Bowes
250 86 Theodore Roszak
251 86
高野史緒?たかのふみお
Takano Fumio
252 86 Del Stone, Jr.
253 86 Andre Norton
254 86 Stephen Fry
255 85 Gillian Cross
256 85 Yves Meynard
257 85 Javier Negrete
258 85 L. Neil Smith
259 85 Catherine Jinks
260 85 Ann Marston
261 85 Joseph Gangemi
262 85 Robert Feldhoff
263 85 Kerry Greenwood
264 85
谷甲州?たにこうしゅう
Kōshū Tani
265 85 Lewis Shiner
266 85 Gisbert Haefs
267 85 Serge Lehman
268 85 Bernhard Kegel
269 85 John Passarella
270 85 Matthias Robold
271 85 Ayerdhal
272 85 David Almond
273 85 Mary Ann Mitchell
274 85 Alison Goodman
275 85 Maurice G. Dantec
276 81 Michael Moorcock
277 81 Sean Russell
278 80 Richard Garfinkle
279 79 Allen Steele
280 78 F. Paul Wilson
281 78 William Barton
282 78 Katie Waitman
283 77 Melanie Rawn
284 76 Garfield Reeves-Stevens
285 75 Terri Windling
286 75 Janny Wurts
287 74 Douglas Clegg
288 74 Joan D. Vinge
289 74 Mark Chadbourn
290 74 Stepan Chapman
291 73 Dave Duncan
292 73 Caroline Stevermer
293 73 Linda Nagata
294 72 Michael Cisco
295 72 George Zebrowski
296 72 Delia Sherman
297 71 Valerie J. Freireich
298 71 Steven Barnes
299 71 Leigh Eddings
300 71 Tom Piccirilli
301 71
小野不由美?Fuyumi Ono
おのふゆみ
302 71 Matthew J. Costello
303 71 Barry Hoffman
304 70 Timothy Zahn
305 70 Harry Harrison
306 70 Larry Dixon
307 70 John M. Ford
308 70 Chris Archer
309 70 Ernst Petz
310 70 Alexander Besher
311 70 Charlee Jacob
312 70 Perry Brass
313 70 Susan Cooper
314 70 Shane Dix
315 70
鈴木光司?Kōji Suzuki
Koji Suzuki
316 70 Paul Voermans
317 70
梅原克文?Umehara Katsufumi
318 70 Patricia Bernard
319 70 Thomas T. Thomas
320 70 Jean Stewart
321 70 Phyllis Gotlieb
322 70 Martin Eisele
323 70 Kai Meyer
324 70
Victor Milán?Victor Milan
325 70 Camarin Grae
326 70 Jay B. Laws
327 70 Eric Brown
328 70 Harvey Jacobs
329 70 Simon R. Green
330 70 Gail Carson Levine
331 70
矢作俊彦?やはぎとしひこ
Yahagi Toshihiko
332 70 Uschi Zietsch
333 70 Sybil Claiborne
334 70 Ellen Steiber
335 70 David Brooks
336 70 Peni R. Griffin
337 70 Michael Cadnum
338 70 César Mallorquí
339 70 Carolyn Ives Gilman
340 70 Marvin Minsky
341 70 Horst Pukallus
342 68 Mark Helprin
343 68 Gael Baudino
344 67 K. W. Jeter
345 66 Peter Watts
346 66 Charles Platt
347 66 Midori Snyder
348 65 Kage Baker
349 65 Wilhelmina Baird
350 65 Carlos Saiz Cidoncha
351 65 Elizabeth Ann Scarborough
352 64 Kristine Smith
353 63 Isaac Asimov
354 63 David Feintuch
355 63 John Crowley
356 63 Robert Harris
357 63
天野喜孝?あまのよしたか
Amano Yoshitaka
358 62 Juliet Marillier
359 61 Wm. Mark Simmons
360 61 Amitav Ghosh
361 60 Michael Crichton
362 60 David Morse
363 59 Robert Devereaux
364 59 Jane S. Fancher
365 59 Sherry Gottlieb
366 59 Julie E. Czerneda
367 59 Judith Tarr
368 59
Ángel Torres Quesada?Angel Torres Quesada
369 58 Douglas Bell
370 58 Elizabeth A. Lynn
371 58 Paul Witcover
372 55 Denise Lopes Heald
373 55 Patricia C. Wrede
374 54 Andrzej Sapkowski
375 54 Alan Brennert
376 53 Bruce Bethke
377 53 Thomas F. Monteleone
378 53 Storm Constantine
379 51 Rebecca Ore
380 51 Dennis Danvers
381 51 Elizabeth Massie
382 51 Kristine Kathryn Rusch
383 51 Chelsea Quinn Yarbro
384 51 Victor Koman
385 51 Stewart O'Nan
386 51 Debra Doyle
387 51 James D. Macdonald
388 51 Paul Levinson
389 51 Carol Severance
390 51 Janet Berliner
391 51 Sage Walker
392 51 George Guthridge
393 51 Judith Moffett
394 51 Alan Moore
395 50 Dirk C. Fleck
396 50 Tim Bowler
397 50 Pamela F. Service
398 50 Lucius Shepard
399 50 Salman Rushdie
400 50 Daniel Graham, Jr.
401 50
菅浩江?すが ひろえ
Hiroe Suga
402 50 Mark Leyland
403 50 K. A. Applegate
404 50 Jewelle Gomez
405 50 Starhawk
406 50 Laurent Genefort
407 50 Roland C. Wagner
408 50 Richard Grant
409 50 Kara Dalkey
410 50 Christine Harris
411 50 Martha Brooks
412 50 Jean-Pierre Guillet
413 50 Neal Shusterman
414 50 Doranna Durgin
415 50 Yves Coppens
416 50 François Coupry
417 50
Raymond Milési?Raymond Milesi
418 50
董啟章?Dung Kai-cheung
419 50 Gabriel Bermúdez Castillo
420 50 Brendan DuBois
421 50
宇月原晴明?うつきばらはるあき
Utsukibara Haruaki
永原孝道
422 50 Larry Segriff
423 50 Toby Johnson
424 50 David Lloyd
425 50 Dona Sussan
426 50 Patrice Kindl
427 50 Christopher Evans
428 50
椎名誠?しいなまこと
Makoto Shiina
429 50 Louis Sachar
430 50 Javier Redal
431 50 Peg Kerr
432 50 Martin Millar
433 50 O. R. Melling
434 50 Brian Caswell
435 50
新井素子?Motoko Arai
あらいもとこ
436 50 Bill Crider
437 50
梶尾真治?Shinji Kajio
かじおしんじ
438 50 Herbert W. Franke
439 50
Эдуард Геворкян?Eduard Gevorkyan
440 50 Monica Hughes
441 50 Margaret Bechard
442 50
池上永一?いけがみえいいち
Ikegami Eiichi
443 50
佐藤哲也?さとうてつや
Satō Tetsuya
Satou Tetsuya
Sato Tetsuya
444 50 Susanne Kaiser
445 50 P. N. Elrod
446 50 Hansjörg Schneider
447 50 Joyce Carol Oates
448 50 Jonathan Nasaw
449 50 Welwyn Wilton Katz
450 50 Kit Pearson
451 50
井村恭一?いむらきょういち
Imura Kyōichi
Imura Kyouichi
452 50 Ian R. MacLeod
453 50 H. M. Hoover
454 50 Jeffrey Ford
455 50
Joël Houssin?Joel Houssin
456 50
山之口洋?やまのぐちよう
Yamanoguchi Yō
Yamanoguchi You
457 50
大原まり子?Ōhara Mariko
おおはらまりこ
Ohara Mariko
Oohara Mariko
458 50 Jean-Michel Truong
459 50 Maureen Exter
460 50 Tanino Liberatore
461 50
筒井康隆?Tsutsui Yasutaka
つつい やすたか
462 50 Franny Billingsley
463 50 Kenneth Oppel
464 50 Stephen L. Burns
465 50
銀林みのる?ぎんばやしみのる
Ginbayashi Minoru
466 50 Hilary Bell
467 50
夢枕獏?ゆめまくらばく
Yumemakura Baku
468 50 Harald Gerlach
469 50 Louise Erdrich
470 50
佐藤亜紀?さとうあき
Satō Aki
Satou Aki
471 50 Christopher Pike
472 50 Alban Nikolai Herbst
473 48 Gentry Lee
474 48 Jennifer Roberson
475 47 Susan Palwick
476 45 Joan Slonczewski
477 45 Stephan Grundy
478 44 Michaela Roessner
479 44 Paul Preuss
480 44 Charles Pellegrino
481 44 Molly Gloss
482 43 R. A. MacAvoy
483 42 Terry Bisson
484 42 Jane Lindskold
485 41 Allan Cole
486 41 Chris Bunch
487 40 Jay Russell
488 40 Joe R. Lansdale
489 39 Maggie Furey
490 39 James Alan Gardner
491 38 Freda Warrington
492 38 Jonathan Aycliffe
493 38 Greg Kihn
494 38 Richard Paul Russo
495 38 Stephen Laws
496 37 Mark Sumner
497 37 Susan Shwartz
498 37 Louise Marley
499 37 Steve Erickson
500 37 Jeanne Robinson
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