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Highest Ranked Non-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
1 607 Arnie Fenner
2 607 Cathy Fenner
3 488 Farah Mendlesohn
4 260 Verlyn Flieger
5 230 Julie Phillips
6 220 J. R. R. Tolkien
7 209 John Clute
8 207 Tom Shippey
9 190 S. T. Joshi
10 185 Andrew M. Butler
11 170 John D. Rateliff
12 165 Edward James
13 164 Paul Kincaid
14 155
François Rouiller?Francois Rouiller
15 155 Mike Ashley
16 152 Bill Sheehan
17 151 Ramsey Campbell
18 150
笹本祐一?ささもとゆういち
Sasamoto Yūichi
Sasamoto Yuuichi
Sasamoto Yuichi
19 144 uncredited
20 141 Michael Swanwick
21 140 Don W. King
22 136 Stephen King
23 135 Stephen Jones
24 135 Fernando Eguidazu
25 123 Damien Broderick
26 121 Ursula K. Le Guin
27 120 William Patrick Day
28 120 Michael Ward
29 120 Mark Morris
30 120 Charles Butler
31 114 Gary K. Wolfe
32 114 Helen Merrick
33 110 Jane Frank
34 105 Jerry Griswold
35 105 George Clark
36 105 Daniel Timmons
37 105 Patrick J. Gyger
38 105 Marjorie J. Burns
39 102 John Grant
40 100
最相葉月?さいしょうはづき
Saishō Hazuki
Saishou Hazuki
41 100
長山靖生?ながやまやすお
Nagayama Yasuo
42 100 Wayne G. Hammond
43 100 Christina Scull
44 100 G. Ronald Murphy
45 100 Elizabeth Miller
46 98 Douglas E. Winter
47 96 Richard Bleiler
48 93 Justine Larbalestier
49 90 Mike Resnick
50 86 Jack Zipes
51 85 Caroline Sumpter
52 85 Kim Newman
53 85 Chesley Bonestell
54 85 Marek Oziewicz
55 85 Frederick C. Durant, III
56 85 Carl F. Hostetter
57 85 Graham Anderson
58 85 Ron Miller
59 85 Kim Paffenroth
60 85 Jonathan Maberry
61 85 Michael Largo
62 80 Judith Merril
63 80 Bob Eggleton
64 80 Emily Pohl-Weary
65 80 Nigel Suckling
66 80 Diana Pavlac Glyer
67 79 Miquel Barceló
68 78 Jack Vance
69 78 David Langford
70 75 Pamela D. Scoville
71 75 Elizabeth Humphrey
72 70 Bruce Campbell
73 70 Douglas Charles Kane
74 70 Arturo Villarrubia
75 70 Klaus Geus
76 70 Gavin Ashenden
77 70 Jennifer Schacker
78 70 Joseph McCabe
79 70 Peter Gilliver
80 70 Jeremy Marshall
81 70 Edmund Weiner
82 70 Milly Williamson
83 70 C. W. Sullivan, III
84 70 Elizabeth A. Whittingham
85 70 Douglas A. Anderson
86 70 James Gifford
87 70 Francis Bridger
88 70 Jane Chance
89 70 Lauric Guillaud
90 70 Donald E. Palumbo
91 70 Arnaud Huftier
92 70 Leslie A. Sconduto
93 70 Richard Tuerk
94 70 Matthew T. Dickerson
95 70 Rocky Wood
96 69 J. David Spurlock
97 65 Jerry Weist
98 64 Carlos Aguilar
99 64 Karen Haber
100 63 M. J. Simpson
101 61 E. Hoffmann Price
102 59 Antonio José Navarro
103 58 Miguel Ángel Parra
104 58 David G. Panadero
105 58 José Manuel Serrano Cueto
106 58 Richard Powers
107 57 George Beahm
108 56 J. G. Ballard
109 56 Richard A. Lupoff
110 56 Stanley Wiater
111 56 Brian Herbert
112 55 Lillian Stewart Carl
113 55 John Helfers
114 55 Beth Gwinn
115 53 Gary Westfahl
116 53 Darrell Schweitzer
117 51 G. Peter Winnington
118 50 Kate Wilhelm
119 50
増山久明?Masuyama Hisaaki
ますやまひさあき
120 50 Pilar Pedraza
121 50 Óscar Cuevas Vera
122 50 Julián Díez
123 50
小松左京?Komatsu Sakyou
Komatsu Sakyō
こまつさきょう
Komatsu Sakyo
124 50
Rafael Marín?Rafael Marin
125 50 Nisi Shawl
126 50 Bruce Sterling
127 50 Stefan Dziemianowicz
128 50 Robert Eighteen-Bisang
129 50
長谷川裕一?Hasegawa Yūichi
Hasegawa Yuuichi
Hasegawa Yuichi
はせがわゆういち
130 50 Corinne Fournier Kiss
131 50 John Scalzi
132 50 Hans-Peter Neumann
133 50 Michael E. Bell
134 50 David Keyworth
135 50 Bruce A. McClelland
136 50 D. M. Mitchell
137 50 Martin Grams, Jr.
138 50 Jean-Jacques Barloy
139 50
巽孝之?たつみたかゆき
Tatsumi Takayuki
140 50 Dimitra Fimi
141 50 Michael Knost
142 50 Fabrice Tortey
143 50
前田建設工業?Maeda Kensetsu Kōgyō
Maeda Kensetsu Kougyou
Maeda Kensetsu Kogyo
まえだけんせつこうぎょう
144 50 Jeff Prucher
145 50 Jean-Claude Forest
146 50 Renan Polles
147 50 William Hughes
148 50 Wolfgang Both
149 50 Ugo Bellagamba
150 50
Éric Picholle?Eric Picholle
151 50 Sergio Gaut vel Hartman
152 50
Jörg Waltje?Jorg Waltje
153 50 Kerry Gammill
154 50 Robert Jewett
155 50 John Shelton Lawrence
156 50 Mary Y. Hallab
157 50 Erik Larson
158 50 Jean Marigny
159 50 John Garth
160 50 David J. Schow
161 50 Michèle Riot-Sarcey
162 50 Thomas Bouchet
163 50 Antoine Picon
164 50 James B. South
165 50 Tish Farrell
166 50 David F. Kramer
167 50 Jacques Baudou
168 50
日本SF作家クラブ?にほんSFさっかクラブ
Nihon SF Sakka Kurabu
Nihon Esu Efu Sakka Kurabu
169 50 Janet Brennan Croft
170 50 Cynthia Ward
171 50 Richard Dalby
172 50 Alfonso Merelo Solá
173 50 Philippe Lefèvre-Vakana
174 50 Stephen Knight (I)
175 50 José Miguel Pallarés
176 50
Marie-Louise Ténèze?Marie-Louise Teneze
177 46 David A. Hardy
178 44 Stephen D. Korshak
179 36 Frank Kelly Freas
180 36 Benjamin Cook
181 36 Russell T. Davies
182 36 Del Howison
183 36 Scott Bradley
184 36 Fred Smith
185 36 Amy Wallace
186 36 Laura Brodian Freas
187 36 Edo van Belkom
188 35 Ellen R. Weil
189 35 Allen Ashley
190 35 David R. Loy
191 35 Teya Rosenberg
192 35 Alan Jacobs
193 35 Jason Marc Harris
194 35 Simon Blaxland-de Lange
195 35 Donna Maree Hanson
196 35 Jean-Marie Seillan
197 35 H. P. Lovecraft
198 35 Nicolas Stanzick
199 35 Alberto García-Teresa
200 35 David Rawsthorne
201 35 Norma Blackburn
202 35
三崎亜記?みさきあき
Misaki Aki
203 35 Thomas F. Monteleone
204 35 Peter Weston
205 35 Jack Morgan
206 35 Jean-Michel Margot
207 35 Susan Tyler Hitchcock
208 35 Roz Kaveney
209 35 Gilbert Hottois
210 35 Lucas H. Harriman
211 35 Alan M. Clark
212 35 Andy Murray
213 35 Barry N. Malzberg
214 35 Tony Magistrale
215 35 Ulrike Nolte
216 35 Patrick Marcel
217 35 Sam Weller
218 35 Linda Goodhew
219 35 Denis Bousch
220 35 Brian A. Hopkins
221 35 Justin Brooks
222 35 Paul Kane
223 35 Jean-Claude Heudin
224 35
André-François Ruaud?Andre-Francois Ruaud
225 35 Clark Ashton Smith
226 35 Roland Lehoucq
227 35 Joseph Altairac
228 35 Lois H. Gresh
229 35
Daniel Compère?Daniel Compere
230 35 Peter J. Schakel
231 35 Pierre Dubois
232 35 Jean-Pierre Deloux
233 35 Donna R. White
234 35 Rosemary Pardoe
235 35 Doris T. Myers
236 35 Axelle Carolyn
237 35 Juan M. Corral
238 35 Peter Straub
239 35 Alexandre Mare
240 35
Jean-Daniel Brèque?Jean-Daniel Breque
241 35 Stephen M. Dunning
242 35 Candice Fredrick
243 35 Sam McBride
244 35 Elizabeth Wanning Harries
245 35 Garrett Peck
246 35 Mitch Le Blanc
247 35 Oliver Morton
248 35 Thomas C. Peters
249 35 Gary Spencer Millidge
250 35 Smoky Man
251 35 Daniel Keyes
252 35 Gary A. Braunbeck
253 35 Anne C. Petty
254 35 Christopher Frayling
255 35 Claude Fierobe
256 35
金子隆一?かねこりゅういち
Kaneko Ryūichi
Kaneko Ryuuichi
257 35
奥泉光?おくいずみひかる
Okuizumi Hikaru
258 35 Thomas P. Weber
259 35 Anna C. Long
260 35 Ruth B. Bottigheimer
261 35 Anne Besson
262 35 Gianni Haver
263 35 Robert Weinberg
264 35 Daniel H. Wilson
265 35 Roberto Casati
266 35 Odile Joguin
267 35 Martha P. Hixon
268 35 Sharon M. Scapple
269 35 Scott Connors
270 35 Sanford Schwartz
271 35 Pablo Capanna
272 35 Sophie Beaulé
273 35 Joe Siclari
274 35 Jennifer Ennis
275 35 Gregory Lamberson
276 35 Rhonda V. Wilcox
277 35 Michael McCarty
278 35 Chantal Foucrier
279 35 Heather O'Donoghue
280 35
Vincent Ferré?Vincent Ferre
281 35 Milt Thomas
282 35 Roger Bozzetto
283 35 Deborah O'Keefe
284 35 José Carlos Canalda
285 35 Simon Sanahujas
286 35 Stephen Thrower
287 35 Brian Froud
288 35 Joshua Gee
289 35 Pierre Vidal-Naquet
290 35 Colin Odell
291 35 Jess Nevins
292 35 Bev Vincent
293 31 Stephen Baxter
294 31 Mark Rich
295 30 Philip K. Dick
296 30 Patrick Moore
297 30 Julián María Clemente
298 30 Joseph T. Major
299 30 John Berlyne
300 30 Gwen Lee
301 30 Lorenzo F. Díaz
302 30 Doris Elaine Sauter
303 30 Charles Vess
304 30 Jesús Palacios
305 30 Fernando Ángel Moreno
306 30 Ángel Sala
307 30 Conseula Francis
308 30 Teresa López Pellisa
309 29 Samuel R. Delany
310 29 Javier Martín Lalanda
311 29 Eduardo Segura Fernández
312 29 Toshiyuki Shigeta
313 29 David Palumbo
314 29 Antonio Altarriba
315 29 Luis Royo
316 29 William Tenn
317 29 Ed Emshwiller
318 29 Julie Bell
319 29 A. E. Cunningham
320 29 Luis Ortiz
321 29 Anthony Palumbo
322 29 Manuel Á. González
323 29 Daniel Aguilar
324 29 Ángel Gómez Rivero
325 29 Vincent Di Fate
326 29 Jim Burns
327 29 Boris Vallejo
328 28 John Jude Palencar
329 28 Jeff Jones
330 28 John Picacio
331 28 Ron Goulart
332 28 Rubén Lardín
333 28 Jeff Gardiner
334 28 Pat Lupoff
335 27 Stephen R. Bissette
336 27 Christopher Golden
337 27 William J. Widder
338 27 Randy Broecker
339 27 Jaime Noguera
340 27 Hank Wagner
341 27 Gahan Wilson
342 27 Frank Frazetta
343 26 Brian M. Thomsen
344 26 Eric Solstein
345 26 Ron Walotsky
346 26 Julius Schwartz
347 25 Brom
348 25 Doris Vallejo
349 25 Frank R. Paul
350 25 Dick Jude
351 25 Stephen Youll
352 25 John F. Carr
353 25 Rowena Morrill
354 24 Malcolm Yorke
355 24 Jerad Walters
356 24 William H. Patterson, Jr.
357 24 Andrew Thornton
358 24 Karen Hellekson
359 24 Robin Furth
360 23 Mavis Haut
361 23 Tom Kidd
362 22 Peter Haining
363 22 Katharine Rogers
364 22 Richard Hescox
365 22 Alisa Kwitney
366 22 Randy M. Dannenfelser
367 22 Terry Brooks
368 22 Alexander Theroux
369 21 John Berkey
370 21 Neil Wilson
371 21 Carl Freedman
372 20 Michael Kaluta
373 20 Alice K. Turner
374 20 Adam Roberts
375 20 Michael Andre-Driussi
376 20 Chris Moore
377 20 Mark Bould
378 20 Jean-Marc Lofficier
379 20 Randy Lofficier
380 20 H. L. Drake
381 20 Stephen Gallagher
382 20 Sherryl Vint
383 19 J. Allen St. John
384 19 Gwyneth Jones
385 18 Laura Miller
386 18 Nick Bantock
387 17 Stephen Holland
388 17 Fred Gambino
389 17 Robert Reginald
390 17 Jeffrey Marks
391 17 Lisa R. Bartle
392 16 Chris Morgan
393 16 James Gurney
394 16 Donald E. Morse
395 13 Claus Brusen
396 3 Tom Weaver
397 1 Robert Silverberg
398 1 David J. Skal
399 1 Poppy Z. Brite
400 1 Stewart O'Nan
401 1 Ray Harryhausen
402 1 David Ho
403 1 Paul Stuve
404 1 Istvan Csicsery-Ronay, Jr.
405 1 Matthew R. Bradley
406 1 Ron Tiner
407 1 Emily Rodda
408 1 Marc McBride
409 1 John Harris
410 1 Jeff VanderMeer
411 1 Hy Bender
412 1 Norman Brosterman
413 1 Jael
414 1 Rob Kitchin
415 1 Tim Lucas
416 1 Paul T. Riddell
417 1 Patrick Lucanio
418 1 Gary Coville
419 1 Jorge Luis Borges
420 1 Tony Earnshaw
421 1 Dennis O'Neil
422 1 Tony Dalton
423 1 Stanley Schmidt
424 1 Sergey Poyarkov
425 1 Phil Hale
426 1 James Kneale
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