The Author Award Index
A ranking of every author by how often their books have won, been shortlisted for, or longlisted for one of the tracked awards. Authors are ranked first by wins, then by shortlists.
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- 1
Stephen King
11
wins
180
score
- 2
Gene Wolfe
8
wins
171
score
- 3
Kim Stanley Robinson
8
wins
154
score
- 4
China Miéville
13
wins
143
score
- 5
Lois McMaster Bujold
10
wins
135
score
- 6
Orson Scott Card
10
wins
123
score
- 7
Ken MacLeod
5
wins
122
score
- 8
Ursula K. Le Guin
10
wins
121
score
- 9
C. J. Cherryh
3
wins
114
score
- 10
Patricia A. McKillip
7
wins
112
score
- 11
Dan Simmons
9
wins
105
score
- 12
N. K. Jemisin
7
wins
105
score
- 13
Neil Gaiman
12
wins
101
score
- 14
Christopher Priest
7
wins
101
score
- 15
Tim Powers
7
wins
99
score
- 16
Stephen Graham Jones
9
wins
97
score
- 17
Ian McDonald
4
wins
97
score
- 18
Neal Stephenson
8
wins
94
score
- 19
Philip Roth
4
wins
94
score
- 20
Ann Leckie
7
wins
93
score
- 21
Connie Willis
9
wins
92
score
- 22
Stephen Baxter
3
wins
90
score
- 23
Terry Pratchett
5
wins
89
score
- 24
Greg Bear
2
wins
89
score
- 25
John Updike
5
wins
88
score
- 26
Poul Anderson
3
wins
86
score
- 27
Margaret Atwood
3
wins
85
score
- 28
Adrian Tchaikovsky
5
wins
84
score
- 29
T. Kingfisher
7
wins
83
score
- 30
Robert A. Heinlein
5
wins
83
score
- 31
Peter Straub
7
wins
82
score
- 32
Colson Whitehead
5
wins
81
score
- 33
Charles Stross
3
wins
81
score
- 34
Joe Haldeman
5
wins
80
score
- 35
David Brin
6
wins
79
score
- 36
John Scalzi
6
wins
78
score
- 37
Robert Silverberg
2
wins
78
score
- 38
Naomi Novik
8
wins
77
score
- 39
Jo Walton
7
wins
77
score
- 40
Louise Erdrich
5
wins
76
score
- 41
Frederik Pohl
4
wins
75
score
- 42
Marilynne Robinson
4
wins
74
score
- 43
William Gibson
3
wins
73
score
- 44
E. L. Doctorow
4
wins
71
score
- 45
Vernor Vinge
6
wins
70
score
- 46
Joyce Carol Oates
2
wins
70
score
- 47
Jack McDevitt
1
win
70
score
- 48
Graham Joyce
6
wins
69
score
- 49
Susanna Clarke
4
wins
69
score
- 50
Zadie Smith
2
wins
68
score
Recent Standouts (2020+)
- 1Stephen Graham Jones90 score
- 2T. Kingfisher78 score
- 3Percival Everett64 score
- 4Adrian Tchaikovsky61 score
- 5Martha Wells51 score
- 6Silvia Moreno-Garcia49 score
- 7Darcie Little Badger44 score
- 8Alix E. Harrow42 score
- 9Charlie Jane Anders40 score
- 10R. F. Kuang37 score
Most Prolific Authors
- 1C. J. Cherryh39 books
- 2Stephen King38 books
- 3Gene Wolfe28 books
- 4Terry Pratchett25 books
- 5Stephen Baxter24 books
- 6Orson Scott Card22 books
- 7Poul Anderson22 books
- 8Sheri S. Tepper21 books
- 9Greg Bear20 books
- 10Hardcover20 books