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Highest Ranked Non-Fiction Authors of the 2010s

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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
1 457 Alexandra Pierce
2 406 Farah Mendlesohn
3 319 Ursula K. Le Guin
4 310 Jeff VanderMeer
5 307 Alisa Krasnostein
6 277 John Fleskes
7 251 Adam Roberts
8 237 Cathy Fenner
9 219 Damien Broderick
10 207 Ebony Elizabeth Thomas
11 202 Arnie Fenner
12 197 Stephen Jones
13 192 Paul Kincaid
14 190 Daniel Falconer
15 186 S. T. Joshi
16 162 Catherine McIlwaine
17 158 Edward James
18 155 Joe Mynhardt
19 150 Mimi Mondal
20 140 Selena Chambers
21 136 Gary K. Wolfe
22 135 Verlyn Flieger
23 135 Michael M. Levy
24 130 Kameron Hurley
25 128 Michael Saler
26 125 Paul Tobin (N. Z.)
27 120 Dimitra Fimi
28 120 Jason Fisher
29 120 Robert Boenig
30 116 William H. Patterson, Jr.
31 113 Julie Dillon
32 111 Jo Walton
33 110 Shaun Tan
34 108 Donato Giancola
35 105 Mark J. P. Wolf
36 105 John D. Rateliff
37 105 Charul Palmer-Patel
38 105 Lisa Coutras
39 101
Lisa Kröger?Lisa Kroger
Lisa Kroeger
40 101 Melanie R. Anderson
41 100 Fernando Ángel Moreno
42 100 Jean-Marc Lainé
43 96 Robert Weinberg
44 96 Doug Ellis
45 91 Mike Ashley
46 91 Gwyneth Jones
47 86 Natacha Vas-Deyres
48 86 Will Errickson
49 86 Grady Hendrix
50 85 Philip K. Dick
51 85 Robert Silverberg
52 85 Eugene Johnson
53 85 David J. Skal
54 85 Jack Zipes
55 85 F. T. Barbini
56 85 Joseph Altairac
57 85 Marc Atallah
58 85 David Naimon
59 85
水玉螢之丞?みずたま けいのじょう
Mizutama Keinojō
Mizutama Keinojou
Mizutama Keinojo
60 84 Malcolm R. Phifer
61 84 Michael C. Phifer
62 81 Lynne M. Thomas
63 80 J. David Spurlock
64 79 Ruth Franklin
65 78 Jared Shurin
66 78 Justin Landon
67 73 Brian Attebery
68 72 uncredited
69 70 Emma Audsley
70 70 Hélène Machinal
71 70 Thomas Ligotti
72 70 David Sandner
73 70 Gary William Crawford
74 70 Steve Walker (I)
75 70 Jane Chance
76 70 Danel Olson
77 70
藤元登四郎?ふじもととしろう
Fujimoto Toshirō
Fujimoto Toshirou
78 70 Corey Olsen
79 70 Elizabeth M. Sanders
80 70 Daniel Gabelman
81 70 Aisling Byrne
82 70 Alister E. McGrath
83 70 John C. Tibbetts
84 70 Étienne Barillier
85 70 Bonnie Gaarden
86 65 Mallory O'Meara
87 65 J. R. R. Tolkien
88 65 Hannes Bok
89 65 Wayne G. Hammond
90 65 Christina Scull
91 65 Stefan Ekman
92 65 Joseph Wrzos
93 64 Jonathan R. Eller
94 63 Fred Nadis
95 63 Liz Bourke
96 63 Bob Eggleton
97 63 Karen Burnham
98 62 Robert H. Waugh
99 62 Alec Nevala-Lee
100 61 Marc Aramini
101 60 Jon Peterson
102 60 Sergi Grau
103 60 Michael Witwer
104 60 Sam Witwer
105 60 Kyle Newman
106 59 Neil Gaiman
107 59 Sigrid Ellis
108 58 Jeffrey Shanks
109 58 Justin Everett
110 58 Ron Miller
111 58 Maria Sachiko Cecire
112 58 Wendy Froud
113 58 Brian Froud
114 56 Russell Blackford
115 56 Carlos Abraham
116 54 John Clute
117 54 Vox Day
118 54 Alvaro Zinos-Amaro
119 53 Jim C. Hines
120 53 Nat Segaloff
121 53
天野喜孝?あまのよしたか
Amano Yoshitaka
122 52 Michael Moorcock
123 52 Frank Frazetta
124 51 Richard Comballot
125 51 William Gibson
126 51 Barry N. Malzberg
127 51 Gerry Canavan
128 51 Mary Anne Mohanraj
129 51 David Schecter
130 51 Steve Kronenberg
131 51 Stephan Martiniere
132 51 Tom Weaver
133 50 Jason Sizemore
134 50 Katherine Chu
135 50 Anna Vaninskaya
136 50 Tara O'Shea
137 50 Claire Fitzpatrick
138 50 Grevel Lindop
139 50 John Edgar Browning
140 50 Caroline Joan Picart
141 50
鹿野司?しかのつかさ
Shikano Tsukasa
142 50
穴沢優子?あなざわゆうこ
Anazawa Yūko
Anazawa Yuuko
143 50
後藤真孝?ごとうまさたか
Gotō Masataka
Gotou Masataka
Goto Masataka
144 50
あさりよしとお?Asakari Yoshito
145 50 Sorcha Ní Fhlainn
146 50 John Toon
147 50 Rodolfo Martínez
148 50 Margot Adler
149 50 Kate Forsyth
150 50 Jesús Alonso Burgos
151 50 Tansy Rayner Roberts
152 50 Philip Zaleski
153 50 Carol Zaleski
154 50 Michel Jeury
155 50 Brian Sibley
156 50 Carl Phelpstead
157 50
池澤春菜?いけざわはるな
Ikezawa Haruna
158 50 Alysa Hornick
159 50 Jamie Williamson
160 50 J. Gordon Melton
161 50 John M. Bowers
162 50 William F. Nolan
163 50 Benoît Grison
164 50
大森望?Ohmori Nozomi
おおもりのぞみ
Ōmori Nozomi
Oomori Nozomi
Omori Nozomi
165 50 James Gifford
166 50 Maria Lindgren Leavenworth
167 50 Vincent Chong
168 50 G. Ronald Murphy
169 50 Charles Vess
170 50 Lisa Morton
171 50 Grant Morrison
172 50
牧眞司?まきしんじ
Maki Shinji
173 50 Xavier Fournier
174 50 Gary A. Braunbeck
175 50 Pascal Pinteau
176 50
くられ?Kurare
177 50
Francis Valéry?Francis Valery
178 50 Sergio Mars
179 50 Amy J. Ransom
180 50 Patrice Lajoye
181 50 Sørina Higgins
182 50 Michael R. Page
183 50 Malin Isaksson
184 50 Arnaud Huftier
185 50 Ed Hulse
186 50 Nancy Marie Brown
187 50 Richard Firth Green
188 50 Ïan Larue
189 50 Clare Burgess
190 50 Susannah Clements
191 50
筒井康隆?Tsutsui Yasutaka
つつい やすたか
192 50 Sébastien Carletti
193 50 Stephen Jacobs
194 50 Frédéric Jaccaud
195 50 Lola Robles
196 50 Víctor Miguel Gallardo Barragán
197 50 Huw Lewis-Jones
198 50
横田順彌?よこたじゅんや
Yokota Junya
Yokota Jun'ya
199 50 Lucy A. Snyder
200 50 Amy Amendt-Raduege
201 50 Guy Costes
202 50 Rocky Wood
203 50 Elisa G. McCausland
204 50 Viktoriya Lajoye
205 49 Brom
206 48 Vincent Zhao
207 47 Algis Budrys
208 47 Bud Webster
209 46 Samuel R. Delany
210 46 Robert T. Garcia
211 45 Rob Latham
212 42 Gary Westfahl
213 36 Karen Joy Fowler
214 36 Harriet McDougal
215 36 Maria Simons
216 36 Debbie Notkin
217 36 Matt Cardin
218 36 Diana Wynne Jones
219 36 Hayley Campbell
220 36 Patrick Bergeron
221 36 Patrick Guay
222 36 Robert Jordan
223 36 Michael Whelan
224 36 Paul Di Filippo
225 36 Kendall R. Phillips
226 36 Jill Lepore
227 36 Alan Romanczuk
228 36 Anne Besson
229 36 Karen Haber
230 36 W. Scott Poole
231 36 Daniel Sangsue
232 36 Deborah Stanish
233 36 Rob Hansen
234 35 Simone Caroti
235 35 Nicolas Labarre
236 35 John Landis
237 35 Michael R. Collings
238 35 Frank G. Gerigk
239 35 Heather O'Donoghue
240 35 Kim Newman
241 35 Umberto Eco
242 35 Leslie A. Donovan
243 35 Jean-Pierre Laigle
244 35 Yannick Rumpala
245 35 Gabrielle Lissauer
246 35 Nicolas Stanzick
247 35 Hal Duncan
248 35 Michael Partridge
249 35 Elaine Després
250 35 Alain Musset
251 35
Raphaël Colson?Raphael Colson
252 35
Rafael Marín?Rafael Marin
253 35 Oronzo Cilli
254 35 Maxime Coulombe
255 35 Carrie Fisher
256 35 Van Ikin
257 35 Dietmar Dath
258 35 Arthur Morgan (I)
259 35 Gareth L. Powell
260 35 Brian J. Robb
261 35 Stephen Volk
262 35 Maura McHugh
263 35 Joseph Rex Young
264 35 Glyn Morgan
265 35 Paul Scoones
266 35 Thomas Honegger
267 35 Ramin Zahed
268 35 Leonard S. Marcus
269 35 Juan A. Pedrero Santos
270 35 Jean-Pierre Andrevon
271 35 Nick Mamatas
272 35 Jean-Louis Trudel
273 35 Keely Van Order
274 35 John Connolly
275 35 Cristina Martínez
276 35 Sandra J. Lindow
277 35 Johnny Bruck
278 35 Roseanne Montillo
279 35 Brian J. Showers
280 35 Lee Gambin
281 35 Howard David Ingham
282 35 Dominik Vallet
283 35 Florence Plet-Nicolas
284 35 Simon Bradshaw
285 35 Quentin Deluermoz
286 35 Pierre Singaravélou
287 35 Pacôme Thiellement
288 35 Melanie Keene
289 35 Graham Sleight
290 35 Guy Haley
291 35 John Howard
292 35 Joel Lane
293 35 Mark Morris
294 35 L. M. Myles
295 35 Kirstin Jeffrey Johnson
296 35
Xavier Mauméjean?Xavier Maumejean
297 35
Danièle André?Daniele Andre
298 35 Robin Anne Reid
299 35 Michele Brittany
300 35
Frédéric Landragin?Frederic Landragin
301 35 Nisi Shawl
302 35 Michel Caen
303 35 John B. Kachuba
304 35 Harold Billings
305 35 Kinitra D. Brooks
306 35 Tony Keen
307 35 Jonathan Green
308 35 Patrice Louinet
309 35 John William Houghton
310 35 Leo Braudy
311 35 Jonathan S. McIntosh
312 35 Jonas Wellendorf
313 35 Carlos Díaz Maroto
314 35 Christian Humberg
315 35 Steven Savile
316 35 Johnny Mains
317 35 Gilles Menegaldo
318 35 Claude Fierobe
319 35 Jason V. Brock
320 35 Helen Young
321 35 Valérie Tritter
322 35 Alain Pozzuoli
323 35 Mark Atherton
324 35 Clément Dessy
325 35 Valérie Stiénon
326 35 Barbara Brodman
327 35 James E. Doan
328 35 Dominique Kunz Westerhoff
329 35 Jarkko Toikkanen
330 35 Jim Rockhill
331 35 Andrea Bottlinger
332 35 Adrienne Mayor
333 35
岡和田晃?おかわだあきら
Okawada Akira
334 35 John W. Morehead
335 35 Abigail Santamaria
336 35 Kristen Stirling
337 35 John Bremer
338 35 Jo Eldridge Carney
339 35 John Garth
340 35 Bradford Lee Eden
341 35 Lesley Pratt Bannatyne
342 35 Matt Mogk
343 35 Sam Weller
344 35 Kim Paffenroth
345 35 Roberto García Álvarez
346 35 Nancy Martsch
347 35 Zoe Quinn
348 35 Hardy Kettlitz
349 35 Jeff Greenfield
350 35 Jonathan Maberry
351 35 Sylvie Kirkman
352 35 Luke Hawker
353 35 Jean-Clet Martin
354 35 Kevin Wetmore
355 35 Janice Gable Bashman
356 35 Janet Brennan Croft
357 35 Pollux Hernúñez
358 35 Simon Bréan
359 35 Rebecca J. Holden
360 35 Jonathan Rigby
361 35 Darrell Buxton
362 35 Eleanor Beal
363 35 Jonathan Greenaway
364 35 Christophe Gelly
365 33 John Scalzi
366 31 Paul Kidby
367 31 Neal Stephenson
368 30 Mike Resnick
369 30 Steven Heller
370 30 Joan Renter
371 30 Lluís Vilanova
372 30 Javier Jiménez Barco
373 30 Margaret Atwood
374 30 David Seed
375 30 Jordi Ardid
376 30 Álex Barba
377 30 Ytasha L. Womack
378 30 Edward Gorey
379 30 Tomás Fernández Valentí
380 29 Linda Antonsson
381 29 Elio M. Garcia, Jr.
382 29 Michael Damian Thomas
383 29 George R. R. Martin
384 29 Cor Blok
385 29 José Manuel Uría
386 29 Carlos Ripoll
387 29 Luis Martínez Vallés
388 29 Stephen D. Korshak
389 29 John C. Wright
390 29 J. Aurelio Sanz-Arranz
391 29 Desirina Boskovich
392 29 David Roas
393 29 J. Michael Straczynski
394 29 Francisco Jota-Pérez
395 29 Margaret Brundage
396 28 Harry Harrison
397 28 Brian W. Aldiss
398 28 David Mandel
399 28 David Day
400 28 Jeff Jones
401 28 Niall Harrison
402 28 Cliff Biggers
403 28 Lou Antonelli
404 28 José Joaquín Rodríguez
405 28 Daniel M. Kimmel
406 28 John Howe
407 28 Brandon Alinger
408 28 Wade Lageose
409 28 Daniel Aguilar
410 28 James E. Gunn
411 28 Brit Mandelo
412 28 Nnedi Okorafor
413 28 Michael Benson
414 28 John Helfers
415 28 Scott Tracy Griffin
416 28 Ralph McQuarrie
417 28 Jim Burns
418 28 Tonio L. Alarcón
419 28 Miquel Barceló
420 27 Ed Emshwiller
421 27 Katharine Cox
422 27 Jesse Pires
423 27 Florent Gorges
424 27 Virgil Finlay
425 27 Chris Foss
426 27 Pedro L. López
427 27 Irene Antón
428 27 Rubén Hernández
429 27 Rian Hughes
430 27 Michael Z. Williamson
431 27 Rudy Rucker
432 27 Sarah Cole
433 27 Frank Frazetta, Jr.
434 27 Martyn Colebrook
435 27 Imogene Foss
436 27 Tom Kidd
437 26 Gardner Dozois
438 26 Mariela González
439 26 Jack Gaughan
440 26 J. W. Rinzler
441 26 John Crowley
442 26 John Harris
443 26 Allan Kausch
444 26 Luis Ortiz
445 26 Craig Hodgetts
446 26 Syd Mead
447 26 Robert Markley
448 26 Patrick Wilshire
449 25 Eric Klopfer
450 25 Benjamin J. Robertson
451 25 Arantxa Acosta
452 25 Manu Argüelles
453 25 Toño Carballal
454 25 José M. Rodríguez
455 25 Lluís Rueda
456 25 Martín Cuesta
457 25 Pablo González
458 25 Marc Gras
459 25 Brannon Costello
460 25 John Grant
461 25 Michael Dirda
462 25 Gary Spencer Millidge
463 25 Stephanie Pui-Mun Law
464 25 James Gleick
465 25 D. Harlan Wilson
466 25 Wendy Pini
467 25 Richard Pini
468 25 Tran Nguyen
469 25 David Hidalgo
470 25 Boris Vallejo
471 25 Julie Bell
472 25 Daniel Wade
473 24 Bruce Shaw
474 24 Edmund Gordon
475 24 Joe Sanders
476 24 Sonya Andermahr
477 24 Lawrence Phillips
478 24 Ian Miller
479 24 David Langford
480 24 David Pizarro
481 24 Jason Heller
482 24 Kinuko Y. Craft
483 24 James Wyatt
484 24 Diego López
485 24 Rebecca Guay
486 24 Paul Guinan
487 24 Anina Bennett
488 24 André M. Carrington
489 24 Thomas D. Clareson
490 24 Mark A. Nelson
491 24 Alexis Lothian
492 23 Iain McCaig
493 23 Lynette Clee
494 23 Android Jones
495 23 Stephen Hickman
496 23 Teresa Nielsen Hayden
497 23 Jorge Martínez Lucena
498 23 Phil Hale
499 23 Ericka Hoagland
500 23 Reema Sarwal
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