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- Melanie Rawn, (born 1954) author of Dragon Prince
- Mickey Zucker Reichert, (pseudonym of Miriam Susan Zucker Reichert, born 1962)
- Anne Rice, author of The Vampire Chronicles
- Rick Riordan, (bron 1964) author of the Percy Jackson and the Olympians series
- Jennifer Roberson
- Katherine Roberts, (born 1962) author of The Echorium Sequence trilogy
- Kenneth Robeson, (pseudonym of Lester Dent among others) Doc Savage stories
- Mark Robson,
- Michael Scott Rohan
- Joel Rosenberg, (born 1954)
- Patrick Rothfuss, (born 1973) author of The Name of the Wind
- J. K. Rowling, (born 1965) author of the Harry Potter books
- Don Roff, (born 1966)
- Matt Ruff
- Kristine Kathryn Rusch, (born 1960) Fey series and others, former editor of F&SF
- Sean Russell
- Jessica Rydill, (born 1959)
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