Best selling sci-fi fantasy authors with biography

Science fiction has never been an easy genre to pin down. Space opera, cyberpunk, science fantasy, and hard sci-fi all exist within one overall label.

But which is which?

Best selling sci-fi fantasy authors with biography

And who writes it all?

Still, science fiction is a genre where you know it when you see it—and there are many fantastic authors working in the genre these days.

This article is about modern sci-fi writers, meaning those who are still active and releasing new works.

So even though there are many other big names in science fiction, you won't see them mentioned.

Here are my picks for the best modern sci-fi authors and their various claims to fame as writers of science fiction.

15.

Arkady Martine

Arkady Martine's works range from sweeping short stories to grand sci-fi novels. For the latter, she truly proved her skill as a storyteller with the acclaimed Teixcalaan series.

Her first novel, A Memory Called Empire, introduces the character Mahit Dzmare,