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Highest Ranked Short Fiction Authors of the 2000s

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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 1362 Michael Swanwick
2 1345 Stephen Baxter
3 1308 Neil Gaiman
4 1225 Margo Lanagan
5 1153 Jeffrey Ford
6 1114 Mike Resnick
7 1051 Charles Stross
8 1038 Kage Baker
9 987 Lucius Shepard
10 981 Kelly Link
11 878 Ted Chiang
12 866 James Patrick Kelly
13 859 Robert Reed
14 850 Nancy Kress
15 825 Paul Haines
16 737 Andy Duncan
17 725 Ian McDonald
18 692 Kristine Kathryn Rusch
19 640 Gene Wolfe
20 631 Allen Steele
21 616 Ursula K. Le Guin
22 603 John Kessel
23 599 Michael A. Burstein
24 587 Cory Doctorow
25 587 Deborah Biancotti
26 533 Greg Egan
27 522 Connie Willis
28 518 Peter S. Beagle
29 513 Laird Barron
30 511 Cat Sparks
31 510 Paul Di Filippo
32 506 Paolo Bacigalupi
33 499 Elizabeth Bear
34 491 Joe Hill
35 486 Stephen Dedman
36 472 Elizabeth Hand
37 448 Ian R. MacLeod
38 442 Kij Johnson
39 418 Robert J. Sawyer
40 415 James Van Pelt
41 414 Alastair Reynolds
42 411 Lucy Sussex
43 402 Carol Emshwiller
44 402 Michael K. Iwoleit
45 400 Douglas Smith
46 395 Lee Battersby
47 391 Catherine Asaro
48 385 Michael F. Flynn
49 376 Tim Lebbon
50 375 Garth Nix
51 370 Steve Rasnic Tem
52 364 Geoff Ryman
53 358 M. Rickert
54 349 Richard A. Lovett
55 347 Kaaron Warren
56 346 Rajnar Vajra
57 340
Thorsten Küper?Thorsten Kueper
58 335
China Miéville?China Mieville
59 331 Richard Bowes
60 328 Daniel Abraham
61 325
Heidrun Jänchen?Heidrun Jaenchen
62 321 Eleanor Arnason
63 317 Terry Bisson
64 314 Brian Plante
65 313 Vernor Vinge
66 313 Terry Dowling
67 312 Glen Hirshberg
68 307 Karen Joy Fowler
69 302 Ken MacLeod
70 302 Paul J. McAuley
71 298 Marcus Hammerschmitt
72 296 Stephen King
73 296 Kim Newman
74 295 Conrad Williams
75 283 Walter Jon Williams
76 281 Adam-Troy Castro
77 279 R. Garcia y Robertson
78 278 Santiago Eximeno
79 277
Caitlín R. Kiernan?Caitlin R. Kiernan
80 274 Jack Dann
81 267 Albert E. Cowdrey
82 262 Benjamin Rosenbaum
83 262 Tim Pratt
84 262 Dirk Flinthart
85 250
Rafael Marín?Rafael Marin
86 250 James Alan Gardner
87 248 Robert Silverberg
88 246 Ramsey Campbell
89 245 Ben Peek
90 244 Stephen L. Burns
91 243 Geoffrey A. Landis
92 242 William Barton
93 242 Simon Brown
94 240 Chris Roberson
95 239 Charles Coleman Finlay
96 234 Bruce Sterling
97 230 Howard Waldrop
98 225 Lisa Tuttle
99 220 Kevin G. Maclean
100 220 Gary A. Braunbeck
101 216 James Morrow
102 215 Melanie Tem
103 213 Jack Williamson
104 211 Robert Hood
105 208 Paul Finch
106 208 David D. Levine
107 207 Will McIntosh
108 205 Sarah Pinborough
109 205 Robert Charles Wilson
110 205 Richard Harland
111 205 Dale Bailey
112 203 Michael Bishop
113 202 Maureen F. McHugh
114 202 Shaun Tan
115 201 Frank W. Haubold
116 200 Alex Irvine
117 199 Brian Stableford
118 198 Barry B. Longyear
119 198 Bradley Denton
120 196 Jeff VanderMeer
121 194 Carl Frederick
122 192 Adam Browne
123 191 George R. R. Martin
124 191 Joel Lane
125 190 Rick Kennett
126 190 Rjurik Davidson
127 189 José Antonio Cotrina
128 188 William Browning Spencer
129 185 Peter Friend
130 185 Eric Brown
131 185 Bud Sparhawk
132 184 Joe Haldeman
133 184 Christopher Rowe
134 181 Helmuth W. Mommers
135 180 Wolfgang Jeschke
136 176 Mort Castle
137 175 Theodora Goss
138 174 Ellen Klages
139 171 Kirstyn McDermott
140 171 Sean McMullen
141 171 Brendan Duffy
142 170 Christopher Fowler
143 170 Eduardo Gallego
144 170 Guillem Sánchez
145 169 Florian F. Marzin
146 167 James P. Blaylock
147 164 Paul Melko
148 164 Rainer Erler
149 164 Richard Chwedyk
150 164 Ramón San Miguel Coca
151 164 Eduardo Vaquerizo
152 162 Gardner Dozois
153 161 Jaap Boekestein
154 160 Mary Rosenblum
155 159 Lois Tilton
156 158 Gregory Frost
157 157 Larry Niven
158 157 Gregory Benford
159 157 Sue Isle
160 155 Paul Meloy
161 155 Hayden Trenholm
162 155 Simon Clark
163 155 Julie E. Czerneda
164 151 John Barnes
165 151 Peter Watts
166 151 Ted Kosmatka
167 150 Matthias Falke
168 149 Andreas Eschbach
169 145
Vladimir Hernández?Vladimir Hernandez
170 145 Tansy Rayner Roberts
171 141 Paul Lewis
172 141 David Conyers
173 140 Steve Lockley
174 140 William Shunn
175 140 Stephen Volk
176 140 John Scalzi
177 140 Niklas Peinecke
178 140 Kim Wilkins
179 140 Kyla Ward
180 140
Michčle Laframboise?Michele Laframboise
181 140 Scott Edelman
182 140 Oliver Henkel
183 138 Brenda W. Clough
184 137 Trent Jamieson
185 137 Frank Hebben
186 136 Don Tumasonis
187 136 Vandana Singh
188 135 Jack Ketchum
189 135 Nancy Etchemendy
190 135 Nalini Singh
191 131 David Brin
192 128 Jack Campbell
193 127 Uwe Post
194 125 Desirée Hoese
195 125 Frank Hoese
196 124 Christien Boomsma
197 122 David Moles
198 122 Shane Tourtellotte
199 121 Lena DeTar
200 121 Nalo Hopkinson
201 120 Gary Crew
202 120 Yves Meynard
203 120 Kim Westwood
204 120 Isaac Szpindel
205 120 Neal Asher
206 120 Arno Behrend
207 120
Mélanie Fazi?Melanie Fazi
208 120 Geoffrey Maloney
209 120 Michael Marshall Smith
210 120 Stephen Gallagher
211 120 Catherine Dufour
212 120
Евгений Лукин?Evgeni Lukin
213 118 Jay Lake
214 117 Joyce Carol Oates
215 116 Ian McHugh
216 113 Ruth Nestvold
217 113 Joaquín Revuelta
218 113 Ramón Muńoz
219 113 Erik Simon
220 112 Eugie Foster
221 111 Eileen Gunn
222 110 Paul Park
223 109 Tim Powers
224 109 Rudy Rucker
225 108 Liz Williams
226 108 Brian A. Hopkins
227 108 Peter M. Ball
228 108
Angela Steinmüller?Angela Steinmueller
229 108
Karlheinz Steinmüller?Karlheinz Steinmueller
230 107 Martin Livings
231 106 Douglas Clegg
232 105 Simon Petrie
233 105 Kevin Veale
234 105 Douglas A. Van Belle
235 105 Chris McMahon
236 105 Nick Mamatas
237 105 Stephen Graham Jones
238 105 Chuck McKenzie
239 105 Molly Gloss
240 105 Gary McMahon
241 105 Robert Shearman
242 105 Barbara Roden
243 104 Harry Turtledove
244 103 G. David Nordley
245 103 Sophia Drenth
246 102 Thomas Ligotti
247 102 Greer Gilman
248 102 Catherynne M. Valente
249 101 Harlan Ellison
250 101 Esther M. Friesner
251 100
梶尾真治?Shinji Kajio
かじおしんじ
252 100 Mark Chadbourn
253 100
野尻抱介?Hōsuke Nojiri
Housuke Nojiri
Hosuke Nojiri
254 100 Lisa Morton
255 100 Tatjana Jambrišak
256 100 Grant Stone
257 99 Charles de Lint
258 99 Shane Jiraiya Cummings
259 99 Amy Bechtel
260 95 Rachel Swirsky
261 94 Jan J. B. Kuipers
262 94 Félix J. Palma
263 93 Bernhard Schneider
264 92 Vera Nazarian
265 92 Marc-Ivo Schubert
266 91 Judith Berman
267 91 William Sanders
268 91 Pat Forde
269 90 Jack McDevitt
270 89 John Varley
271 89 Alejandro Carneiro
272 88 John Langan
273 88 Jack Skillingstead
274 88 Brian Hodge
275 88 Graham Joyce
276 87 Jerry Oltion
277 87 Severna Park
278 86 Ian Watson
279 86 S. P. Somtow
280 86
Élisabeth Vonarburg?Elisabeth Vonarburg
281 86 Damien Broderick
282 86 George Saunders
283 86 Sean Williams
284 85 Alfredo Álamo
285 85 Nathan Ballingrud
286 85 Michael Shea
287 85 Christopher Green
288 85 Javier Negrete
289 85 Sergio Mars
290 85 Jean-Louis Trudel
291 85 David Langford
292 85 Karl Michael Armer
293 85
Éric Gauthier?Eric Gauthier
294 85
Léo Henry?Leo Henry
295 85 Tom Piccirilli
296 85 Rosaleen Love
297 85 José Antonio del Valle
298 85 Ron Collins
299 85 Anna Tambour
300 85 Derwin Mak
301 85 Karla Schmidt
302 84 Peter F. Hamilton
303 84 Thomas Olde Heuvelt
304 84 Mark Bartels
305 83 Jan Gardemann
306 83 Mary Robinette Kowal
307 83 Robin Hobb
308 80 Delia Sherman
309 80 Bernardo Fernández
310 80 Paul Evenblij
311 79 David Bartell
312 78 L. Timmel Duchamp
313 78 Lisa Goldstein
314 77 Kathleen Ann Goonan
315 77
Edgar Güttge?Edgar Guettge
316 75 Tom Purdom
317 75 Simon Bradshaw
318 73 Angela Slatter
319 73 Holly Phillips
320 73 Mike Shepherd
321 73 John Grant
322 72 Weston Ochse
323 72 Paul Tremblay
324 72 Nicholas Kaufmann
325 72 Jason Fischer
326 71 Amy Sterling Casil
327 71 Vonda N. McIntyre
328 71 Greg van Eekhout
329 71 Thomas Seay
330 71 Shane M. Brown
331 71 Paul Collins
332 71 Gemma Files
333 71 Tia V. Travis
334 71 Johanna Sinisalo
335 71 John Shirley
336 71 Ian Whates
337 71 Carolyn Ives Gilman
338 70 Thoraiya Dyer
339 70 Lyn Battersby
340 70 Mark Samuels
341 70 K. D. Wentworth
342 70 Claude Ecken
343 70 Sandra McDonald
344 70 David B. Silva
345 70 Chris Lawson
346 70 Claire McKenna
347 70 Yvonne Navarro
348 70 Robert Edric
349 70 Jim Grimsley
350 70 Barbara Slawig
351 70 Tananarive Due
352 70 Lynne Jamneck
353 70 Nina Allan
354 70 Karin Lowachee
355 70 Lionel Davoust
356 70 Fabrice Colin
357 70 Steve Duffy
358 70 Paul Witcover
359 70 Ugo Bellagamba
360 70 David Soriano Giménez
361 70 Paul Kane
362 70 Duncan Ball
363 70 David J. Schow
364 70 Gene O'Neill
365 70
Xavier Mauméjean?Xavier Maumejean
366 70 Nadine Boos
367 70 Lee Thomas
368 70 Thomas Tessier
369 69 Pat Cadigan
370 68 Dan Simmons
371 68 Dean McLaughlin
372 68 Lezli Robyn
373 65 Kevin J. Anderson
374 65 Juliette Wade
375 65 N. K. Jemisin
376 65 Karin Tidbeck
377 65 Marc R. Soto
378 64 Stanley Schmidt
379 64 Nicola Griffith
380 64 Edward M. Lerner
381 64 Daniel Mares
382 64 Susanna Clarke
383 64 Thor Kunkel
384 63 Fabian Vogt
385 63 Maya Kaathryn Bohnhoff
386 63 David W. Goldman
387 62 Michael Moorcock
388 62 Robert R. Chase
389 62 Andreas Gruber
390 62 Daryl Gregory
391 60 Ben Bova
392 60 A. M. Dellamonica
393 59 Holger Eckhardt
394 59 Robert J. Howe
395 59 Michael Marrak
396 59 Joan Antoni Fernández
397 58 Poul Anderson
398 58 Grey Rollins
399 58 Ralph Doege
400 58 José Carlos Canalda
401 57 Matthew Hughes
402 54
Pasi Jääskeläinen?Pasi Jaaskelainen
403 54 Jason Stoddard
404 54 Scott Westerfeld
405 53 Sarah Monette
406 53
Armin Rößler?Armin Roessler
407 52 Tanith Lee
408 52 Brenda Cooper
409 52 David Niall Wilson
410 52 Patricia A. McKillip
411 52
飛浩隆?Tobi Hirotaka
とびひろたか
412 51 Kealan Patrick Burke
413 51 Ken Liu
414 51 Linda Nagata
415 51 Bruce Holland Rogers
416 51 Sara Genge
417 51 Marie Brennan
418 51 Michael Poore
419 51 Ekaterina Sedia
420 51 Michael Blumlein
421 51 Trudi Canavan
422 50 Sarah Langan
423 50 Nina Kiriki Hoffman
424 50 Jennifer Harwood-Smith
425 50 Marc McBride
426 50 Brian W. Aldiss
427 50 Norman Prentiss
428 50 Julia Leigh
429 50 Gabrielle Wang
430 50
Sylvie Lainé?Sylvie Laine
431 50 Mark Dunn (UK)
432 50 Christopher Priest
433 50 Aleksandar Žiljak
434 50 Julian West
435 50 Simon Haynes
436 50 Chen Qiufan
437 50 Alain Bergeron
438 50 Juan Miguel Aguilera
439 50 Deirdre Ruane
440 50 Mark Jacobsen
441 50 Roberto Malo
442 50 Daniel Sernine
443 50 P. Craig Russell
444 50 Isobelle Carmody
445 50 Louise Katz
446 50
Sylvie Bérard?Sylvie Berard
447 50 Stuart Young
448 50 Elizabeth Hopkinson
449 50 Tracy Canfield
450 50 Auke Pols
451 50 Olivier Paquet
452 50 Ángel Padilla
453 50
Goran Konvični?Goran Konvichni
Goran Konvicni
454 50 David Jasso
455 50 Eileen Bell
456 50 Claire Belmas
457 50 Robert Belmas
458 50 Roberto Quaglia
459 50 Jeanne-A Debats
460 50 Briony Stewart
461 50 Jackie French
462 50
小川一水?Ogawa Issui
おがわいっすい
463 50
田中啓文?たなかひろふみ
Hirofumi Tanaka
464 50 Randy McCharles
465 50 Margaret Wild
466 50 Mark Niemann-Ross
467 50 John R. Little
468 49 Jonathan Lethem
469 49 Ian McDowell
470 49 Christopher Barzak
471 48 Leah Bobet
472 47 John C. Wright
473 46
Jörg Isenberg?Joerg Isenberg
474 45 Ysabeau S. Wilce
475 45 Frederic S. Durbin
476 45 Jane Yolen
477 43 Susan Palwick
478 41 Ray Vukcevich
479 41 Emma Bull
480 41 M. Shayne Bell
481 40 Matthew Jarpe
482 39 Ken Wharton
483 39 James L. Cambias
484 39 Jo Walton
485 38 Gregory Feeley
486 38 Brian Keene
487 38 Jason Sanford
488 38 Simon Ings
489 37 Cat Rambo
490 37 Charlee Jacob
491 37 Karina Sumner-Smith
492 37 Dominic Green
493 37 Sarah Singleton
494 36 Sherwood Smith
495 36 T. L. Morganfield
496 36 Helen Keeble
497 36 Steven Erikson
498 36 Nisi Shawl
499 36 Gwyneth Jones
500 36 George Zebrowski
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