A Few Pulp Authors ...

This is a list of some of the most famous and prestigious pulp writers (which I've taken to mean anyone who ever wrote for the pulps). If I think that I should add an entry, or change any of the entries below, please tell me through email.  (I realize now that these entries are full of errors, so any corrections you might offer will certainly be appreciated.)

• Isaac Asimov. Began publishing science fiction in the pulp era in Astounding Science Fiction. Would go on to write the Foundation series, among other works.
• Dwight Babcock. Author of the "Smashing G-Men" stories.
• Robert Leslie Bellem. So-called King of the Spicys. Wrote the Dan Turner detective stories for Spicy Detective and Hollywood Detective.
• Robert Bloch. A disciple of H.P Lovecraft's, and a regular contributor to Weird Tales. Went on to write the Psycho novels.
• Leigh Brackett. Science fiction author and accomplished screenwriter.
• Ray Bradbury. Renowned science fiction author, author of The Martian Chronicles and other works, got his start in the pulps.
• Max Brand. Real name Frederick Faust. The most popular author of pulp Westerns. Also wrote the Doctor Kildare stories.
• Edgar Rice Burroughs. Author of Tarzan, Mars and Pellicidar novels. One of the most popular contributors to the pulps.
• Paul Cain. Real name George Sims. Considered the "hardest" of the hard-boiled authors in Black Mask.
• L. Sprague de Camp. Fantasy and science-fiction author.
• Hugh Cave. A prolific writer for the pulps. Wrote horror stories, "spicy" stories, other works.
• Raymond Chandler. Began his hard-boiled work in the pulps before writing the Phillip Marlowe novels.
• Arthur C. Clarke. Another great discovery of Astounding magazine. Would go on to write 2001, Childhood's End and other works.
• William Wallace Cook. "Wrote for Argosy in 1903, and is the earliest American SF writer for the pulps and had the FIRST SF paperbacks -- unless you consider H. G. Wells editions in paper."  -- Caz Brooks.
• Stephen Crane. Great American author. Wrote stories for Argosy at the dawn of the pulp era.
• Agatha Cristie. A few of her great detective novels were serialized in the general-interest pulps.
• Carroll John Daly. Author of the first "hard-boiled" detective stories. A huge influence on Mickey Spillane and the Mike Hammer novels.
• Norbert Davis. Author of the tongue-in-cheek Max Latin stories. A favorite of Ludwig Wittgenstein, of all people.
• Lester Dent. Primary author of the Doc Savage stories (as Kenneth Robeson). Also wrote for Black Mask and other magazines.
• Arthur Empey. Author of the Terrence X. O'Leary war stories. Terrible writer, the Ed Wood of the pulp era.
• George Allen England. A popular fantasy author in the early pulps.
• Bruno Fischer. Specialized in "Weird Menace" stories.
• Steve Fisher. Author of "tough but tender" detective stories.
• Erle Stanley Gardner. A very popular and astoundingly productive writer, went on to write the Perry Mason novels.
• Walter Gibson. Primary author of the Shadow novels (as Maxwell Grant), among other stories.
• Zane Grey. Pioneer Western author; many novels were serialized in the early pulps.
• Edmond Hamilton. A pioneer in "Space Opera." Author of Interstellar Patrol and Captain Future stories.
• Dashiell Hammett. Author of The Maltese Falcon and The Thin Man; most of his work was originally published in Black Mask.
• Robert Heinlein. Another Astounding alumna, later author of Starship Troopers, Stranger in a Strange Land, other works.
• Robert J. Hogan. Author of the very popular G-8 and His Battle Aces novels, as well as the Mysterious Wu Fang series.
• Robert E. Howard. Published most of his work (including the Conan stories) in Weird Tales, but also wrote in other genres.
• L. Ron Hubbard. Contributor to Western and science fiction magazines, later founded the Church of Scientology.
• Henry Kuttner. Horror and fantasy author, another protege of H.P.Lovecraft.
• Louis L'Amour.  Author of popular Western novels, got his start in the pulps.
• Harold Lamb. Author of the Klimt the Cossack stories in Adventure.
• Fritz Leiber. Fantasy author, early Fafrd and Grey Mouser stories serialized in Unknown magazine.
• Elmore Leonard. Renowned author. Began contributing at the tail end of the pulp era, largely to Western magazines.
• Sinclair Lewis. Renowned author. Worked as assistant editor of Adventure magazine and wrote detective stories for the pulps.
• H.P. Lovecraft. Inventor of the Cthulhu Mythos and author of other horror stories, wrote largely for Weird Tales and a few science-fiction magazines.
• John D. MacDonald. Another late contributor to the pulps. Markets were science fiction as well as mystery magazines. Later to write popular Travis Mcgee novels.
• Horace McCoy. Wrote the Jack Frost stories for Black Mask; later wrote the "existentialist" novel, They Shoot Horses, Don't They?
• Johnson McCulley. Author of the Zorro stories, among others.
• Abraham Merritt. Specialized in exotic fantasy: The Moon Pool, People of the Pit, other works.
• C.L. Moore. One of the most popular contributors to Weird Tales, author of the Northwest Smith stories.
• Clarence Mulford. Author of the Hopalong Cassidy stories.
• Talbot Mundy. Author of the Jimgrin and Tros stories, published in Adventure magazine.
• Frederick Nebel. Wrote the tongue-and-cheek Kennedy and McBride stories for Black Mask magazine.
• Phillip Francis Nowlan. Author of the Buck Rodgers stories (in Amazing Stories) and early comic strips.
• Frank L. Packard. Author of the Gray Seal stories in the early pulps.
• Norvell Page. Author of most Spider novels (as Grant Stockbridge), in addition to other material.
• Seabury Quinn. Wrote the enormously popular Jules de Grandin stories for Weird Tales.
• Arthur Reeve. Author of the Paul Kennedy "scientific detective" stories in early pulps. Considered "the American Conan Doyle" at the time. (His reputation has slipped over the years.)
• Rafael Sabatini. Author of the Captain Blood pirate stories for Adventure magazine.
• Richard Sale. Author of the Joe Dill stories, later a television director.
• Upton Sinclair. Wrote extensively for The Popular Magazine and other early pulps before writing The Jungle and other muckraking novels.
• Richard Shaver. Deranged author responsible for the notorious "Shaver Mysteries" in Amazing Stories.
• Clark Ashton Smith. Highly esteemed author of horror and fantasy stories in Weird Tales.
• E.E. "Doc" Smith. One of the pioneers of space opera. Wrote the "Skylark" stories and (later) the Lensmen series.
• Theodore Sturgeon. Science fiction author.
• Jim Thompson.  One of the later masters of noir, wrote for the detective pulps.
• Armitage Trail. A popular author of gangster stories.
• Lawrence Treat. Wrote for the detective pulps before creating the police procedural novel.
• A.E. van Vogt. Science fiction author.
• Stanley Weinbaum. Contributor to romance and science fiction pulps, a pioneer in stories about "realistic" aliens: A Martian Odyssey, Poison Planet, others.
• Manly Wade Wellman.  Fantasy author.
• Raoul Whitfield. Author of the Jo Gar stories in Black mask.
• Tennessee Williams. Renowned playwright. His first published work was in Weird Tales.
• Jack Williamson. A pioneer science-fiction author.
• Cornell Woolrich. One of the pioneers of Noir; wrote Rear Window, The Bride Wore Black, other stories.