This is a list of some (not all) notable writers in the horror fiction genre.
Note that some writers listed below have also written in other genres, especially fantasy and science fiction.
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- Barry Pain (1864–1928, England)
- Chuck Palahniuk (born 1962, US)
- Eliza Parsons (1739–1811, England)
- Norman Partridge (born 1958, US)
- James Patterson (born 1947, US)
- Mervyn Peake (1911–1968, China/England)
- John Pelan (1957–2021, US)
- Frank E. Peretti (born 1951, Canada/US)
- András Petőcz (born 1959, Hungary)
- Thomas Piccirilli (1965–2015, US)
- Sarah Pinborough (born 1972, England)
- Christopher Pike (born 1955, US)
- Edgar Allan Poe (1809–1849, US)
- Thomas Peckett Prest (c. 1810 – c. 1859, England)
- Douglas Preston (born 1956, US)
- Cherie Priest (born 1975, US)
- W. H. Pugmire (1951–2019, US)