Author Index

Genre(s) in which an author writes appear in parentheses after the author's name. If the author is most known for one or two "main" genres, those appear in boldface.

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• Ucko, Barbara (Ties That Bind: Sisters) (Ties That Bind: Spouses)
  
• Udall, Brady (Coming of Age) (Modern Westerns) (Native American Interest) (Notable Short Stories)
  
• Ueda, Miwa (Manga)
  
• Ugresic, Dubravka (Euro & Euro-American Interest: Croatian)
  
• Uhm, Jae Kyung (Anime/Manga)
  
• Uhnak, Dorothy (Courtroom Mysteries) (Police Procedurals)
  
• Ullman, Ellen (Computer Thrillers) (Obsessions)
  
• Ulmer, Mari (Regional Mysteries: New Mexico)
  
• Umeza, Kazuo (Anime/Manga)
  
• Umrigar, Thrity (Indian & Indian-American Interest)
  
• Undset, Sigrid (Historical Ficiton: Middle Ages)
  
• Unger, Lisa (Contemporary Women's Psychological Suspense)
  
• Unsworth, Barry (Historical Fiction: Ancient Greece, Middle Ages, 1900-1919) (Humorous Historical Fiction) (Novels of Character) (Slavery)
  
• Unsworth, Cathi (Musical Mysteries) (Past & Present Mysteries)
  
• Upadhyay, Samrat (Multicultural: Nepalese)
  
• Upcher, Caroline (Comedies of Manners) (Contemporary Romances) (Sex & the Single [or Married] Person) (Ties That Bind: Sisters)
  
• Upchurch, Michael (Gay Male Interest)
  
• Updike, John (Big Names) (Classics Revisited) (Future Fiction) (Great American Novels) (Historical Fiction: 1960s, 20th Century) (Magical Realism) (Multicultural: African, Brazilian) (Notable Short Stories) (Novels of Character) (Paintings & Artists) (Satire) (Ties That Bind: Extramarital Affairs) (Women's Stories)
  
• Uppal, Priscila (Past & Present)
  
• The Urban Griot [pseudonym of Omar Tyree] (Street Lit)
  
• Ure, Louise (Amateur Sleuths) (Courtroom Mysteries) (The Disabled) (Regional Mysteries: Arizona)
  
• Uris, Leon (Epic Sagas) (Euro & Euro-American Interest: Irish) (Historical Fiction: 1800s, 1900-1919, 1940s, 20th Century) (Islamic Interest) (Jewish Interest) (Political Thrillers) (War/Military)
  
• Urquhart, Jane (Paintings & Artists) (Notable Past & Present)
  
• Urrea, Luis Alberto (Hispanic Interest) (Magical Realism)
  
• Ursu, Anne (Psychological Fiction)
  
• Usui, Yoshito (Manga)
  

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• Vachani, Nilita (Indian & Indian-American Interest)
  
• Vachon, Dana (Urban Professionals)
  
• Vachss, Andrew (Abused Children) (Children in Jeopardy) (Conspiracy Thrillers) (Mean Streets) (Psycho-Killer Thrillers) (Rogues)
  
• Vadino, Diane (Fashion Industry) (Historical Fiction: 1990s) (Sex & the Single [or Married] Person) (Writers/Publishing Industry)
  
• Valdes-Rodriguez, Alisa (Hispanic Interest) (Sex & the Single [or Married] Person) (Women's Stories)
  
• Valente, Catherynne M. (Erotic Fantasy) (Folk & Fairy Tales Retold) (Unreal Cities)
  
• Valentine, James (Young Adult SF)
  
• Valentine, Katherine (Occult/Supernatural Horror) (Pastoral Fiction)
  
• Vallgren, Carl-Johan (Circus/Carnival) (Historical Fiction: 1800s) (Starcrossed Lovers)
  
• Valtos, William M. (Paranormal Mysteries)
  
• Vámos, Miklós (Epic Sagas) (Euro & Euro-American Interest: Hungarian) (Family Sagas)
  
• Van Belkom, Edo (Horror: Monsters) (SF/Fantasy Small Press) (Splatterpunk)
  
• Van Booy, Simon (Notable Short Stories)
  
• Van Cauwelaert, Didier (International Bestsellers) (Psychological Fiction)
  
• Vance, Jack (Adventure SF) (Alien Beings) (Dragons) (The Dying Earth) (Fantasy Short Stories) (Galactic Empires) (Immortals & Immortality) (Psychological/Sociological SF) (SF: Traders & Smugglers) (Science Fantasy) (SF Short Stories) (SF Small Press)
  
• Vance, Steve (Psycho-Killer Thrillers)
  
• Vanderbes, Jennifer (Notable Past & Present)
  
• Vanderbilt, Gloria (Erotica)
  
• Vanderhaeghe, Guy (Historical Fiction: 1800s)
  
• VanderMeer, Jeff (Biological SF) (Fantasy Short Stories) (Far Future/Clarke's Law) (The New Weird) (Otherworld Historical Fantasy) (SF Small Press)
  
• Vande Velde, Vivian (Children's Fantasy) (King Arthur & Camelot) (SF: Games & Gaming) (Young Adult SF)
  
• Vandever, Jennifer (The Brontës and Friends)
  
• van de Wetering, Janwillem (Regional Mysteries: Netherlands)
  
• Van Dyke, Henry (Christmas Tales)
  
• Van Gieson, Judith (Regional Mysteries: New Mexico)
  
• VanLiere, Donna (Christmas Tales)
  
• Van Name, Mark L. (Military/War SF)
  
• Vanneman, Alan (Sherlock Holmes & Friends)
  
• Van Patten, Vince (Gambling Mysteries)
  
• Van Slyke, Helen (Rich & Famous: Power & Revenge) (Ties That Bind: Sisters)
  
• Van Tine, Stuart M. (Technothrillers) (Terrorism Thrillers)
  
• Vantrease, Brenda Rickman (Historical Fiction: Middle Ages)
  
• van Vogt, A.E. (Far Future/Clarke's Law) (Future Worlds) (Galactic Empires) (Immortals & Immortality) (Psychological/Sociological SF) (Religious/Philosophical SF) (Superman/Superwoman)
  
• Van Wormer, Laura (Rich & Famous: Power & Revenge) (Spunky Women Sleuths)
  
• Vapnyar, Lara (Food Fiction) (Immigrant Experience) (Jewish Interest) (Nazi Holocaust) (Notable Short Stories)
  
• Vargas, Fred (The New Plague)
  
• Vargas Llosa, Mario (Hispanic Interest) (Historical Fiction: Biographical)
  
• Varley, John (Adventure SF) (Impact Events) (Mars: The Red Planet) (Trips in Space)
  
• Vartio, Marja-Liisa (Obsessions)
  
• Vasquez, Ian (Regional Mysteries: Caribbean)
  
• Vassanji, M.G. (Multicultural: African) (Indian & Indian-American Interest)
  
• Vaughan, Brian K. (Graphic Novels)
  
• Vaughan, Elizabeth (Romantic Fantasy)
  
• Vaughan, Robert (Christian Historical Fiction) (Clerical/Church Thrillers) (Conspiracy Thrillers) (Hired Man on Horseback) (Historical Fiction: 1800s) (Long-Lost Manuscripts & Other Antiquities)
  
• Vaughan, Vivian (Native American Romance)
  
• Vaughn, Ellen (Apocalyptic Fiction) (Christian Thrillers)
  
• Vaught, Susan (Children's Fantasy)
  

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• Vea, Alfredo (Race Relations) (Vietnam War)
  
• Veciana-Suarez, Ana (Hispanic Interest)
  
• Vega Yunqué, Edgardo (Music Fiction) (Past & Present)
  
• Venezia, Mariolina (Family Sagas)
  
• Veitch, Kate (Ties That Bind: Unhappy Families)
  
• Veitch, Rick (Graphic Novels) (September 11, 2001)
  
• Ventre-Auerfeld, Edna (Non-Christian Inspirational)
  
• Verhaeghen, Paul (Nazi Holocaust)
  
• Verne, Jules (Adventure SF) (Classics Revisited) (High Seas) (Science Fantasy) (Science Thrillers) (Underground Worlds) (Utopias)
  
• Vernon, Claire (Doctor & Nurse Romances)
  
• Vernon, John (Historical Fiction: Biographical, 1800s) (Historical Westerns) (Survival & Deliverance)
  
• Vernon, Olympia (African-American Interest) (Serious Southern Fiction)
  
• Veron, J. Michael (Legal Thrillers) (Sports Fiction)
  
• Veryan, Patricia (Historical Romances) (Regency Romances)
  

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• Vicars, Angie (Lesbian Interest)
  
• Vickers, Salley (Angels) (Novels of Character) (Psychological Fiction) (Theological Fiction) (Writers/Publishing Industry)
  
• Victor, Cynthia (Romantic Suspense)
  
• Vida, Nina (Historical Fiction: 1800s) (Ties That Bind: Adoption, Sisters, Unhappy Families)
  
• Vida, Vendela (Journey of Disccovery/Search for Home) (Psychological Fiction)
  
• Vidal, Gore (Epic Sagas) (Great American Novels) (Historical: Ancient Near East, Biographical, 1700s, 1800s, 1900-1919, 1920s, 1930s, 1940s, 1950s) (Humorous Historical) (Satire)
  
• Vidler, Ellis (Paranormal Mysteries)
  
• Viehl, S.L. (Alien Beings) (Biological SF) (Undersea/On the Sea SF)
  
• Viets, Elaine (Humorous Mysteries)
  
• Vigorito, Tony (Comic/Absurd) (Satire)
  
• Vijayaraghavan, Vineeta (Indian & Indian-American Interest)
  
• Villasenor, Daniel (Journey of Discovery/Search for Home) (Psychological Fiction)
  
• Villatoro, Marcos McPeek (Hispanic Interest) (Regional Mysteries: Tennessee)
  
• Villegas, Anna Tuttle (Contemporary Women's Friendships)
  
• Vincenzi, Penny (Adoption) (Comedies of Manners) (Contemporary Melodrama) (Family Sagas: English/Scottish/Irish) (Psychological Fiction) (Rich & Famous: Power & Shopping)
  
• Vincent, E. Duke (Mafia Thrillers)
  
• Vine, Barbara (Alter Egos/New Identities) (Past & Present Mysteries) (Psychological Suspense)
  
• Vinge, Joan (Far Future/Clarke's Law) (SF: ESP and Psionics)
  
• Vinge, Vernor (Alien Beings) (Cyberpunk) (Far Future/Clarke's Law) (Future Worlds) (Hard SF) (Man & Machine) (SF For Those Who Hate SF) (Short SF)
  
• Vining, Dan (Paranormal Mysteries)
  
• Viorst, Judith (Humorous Thrillers)
  
• Virtue, Noel (Gay Male Interest) (Lesbian Interest) (Odd Families, Quirky Characters) (Tragicomedy)
  
• Visman, Janni (Obsessions) (Psychological Fiction)
  
• Viswanathan, Kaavya (Academic Satire)
  
• Vittachi, Nury (Amateur Sleuths)
  
• Vlautin, Willy (Novels of Character) (Women's Stories)
  
• Voake, Steve (Children's Fantasy)
  
• Vogt, M. Diane (Spunky Women Sleuths)
  
• Voigt, Cynthia (Coming of Age) (Rich & Famous: Power & Revenge) (Ties That Bind)
  
• Voinovich, Vladimir (Euro & Euro-American Interest: Russian)
  
• Volk, Patricia (Contemporary Women's Friendships)
  
• Volland, Susan (Food Fiction) (Sex & the Single [or Married] Person)
  
• Vollmann, William T. (Historical Fiction: 1600s) (World War II)
  
• Volpi, Jorge (Espionage) (International Bestsellers) (Notable Historical Mysteries)
  
• Volsky, Paula (Mostly Magical) (Otherworld Historical Fantasy)
  
• von Ditfurth, Christian (Regional Mysteries: Germany)
  
• Vonnegut, Kurt (Notable Short Stories) (Satire)
  
• Vonnegut, Norb (Corporate Thrillers)
  
• Vreeland, Susan (Meaning of LIfe/Nature of Existence) (Paintings & Artists)
  
• Vukcevich, Ray (Comic/Absurd) (Notable Short Stories) (SF/Fantasy Small Press)
  
• Vyleta, Dan (Espionage)