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List of science fiction editors

This is a list of science fiction editors, editors working for book and magazine publishing companies who have edited science fiction. Many have also edited works of fantasy and other related genres, all of which have been sometimes grouped under the name speculative fiction.

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, 2006 • John Joseph Adams (born 1976), US, anthologist and editor • Brian W. Aldiss (1925–2017), UK, anthologist, critic, and author • Susan Allison, US, editor-in-chief and vice-president at Ace BooksLou Anders, US, editor of Argosy Magazine (2003–2004); anthologist; editorial director of Pyr, an imprint of Prometheus BooksLou Aronica (born 1958), US, publisher and editor, founded the Bantam Spectra Line • Ellen Asher, US, editor-in-chief of Science Fiction Book Club (1973–2007) • Mike Ashley, (born 1948), UK, author, editor and anthologist • Lady Cynthia Asquith (1887–1960), UK, writer and ghost story anthologist ==B==
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, 1937 - 2009 • Jim Baen (1943–2006), US, editor and publisher; founded Baen Books(1983), Webscriptions (now Baen Ebooks), the Baen Free Library and ''Jim Baen's Universe'' webzine • Hilary Bailey (born 1936), UK, editor of New Worlds anthologies #7-10. • Harry Bates (1900–1981), US, editor of Astounding Science Fiction, Strange Tales, and Weird TalesJeff Berkwits, editor of Amazing Stories, 2005 • John Betancourt (born 1963), US, founded Wildside Press; edited Weird Tales; SF editor for Byron Preiss Books • Sir Charles Lloyd Birkin (1907–1986), UK, editor of the Creeps Library of horror fiction anthologies (1932–1936) • Caitlin Blasdell, US, formerly editor at HarperCollins and Avon Books, now a literary agent • Everett F. Bleiler (1920–2010), US, anthologist, usually with T. E. DiktyKyril Bonfiglioli (1929–1985), UK, editor of Science Fantasy magazine • Anthony Boucher (1911–1968), US, founding editor of The Magazine of Fantasy & Science FictionBen Bova (born 1932), US, writer, editor of Analog Science Fiction and Fact (1971–1978); fiction editor of Omni Magazine (1978–1982) • Stacy Boyd, US, romance editor, Harlequin Luna (2001–present), • Marion Zimmer Bradley (1930–1999), US, writer, founder and editor of ''Marion Zimmer Bradley's Fantasy Magazine'' • Jennifer Brehl, US, senior editor at HarperCollinsKent Brewster, (born 1961), US, editor of SpeculationsDamien Broderick, (1944–2025), Australia/US, SF editor for Australian popular science bi-monthly CosmosKeith Brooke, (born 1966), UK, author, anthologist, publisher of Infinity PlusCharles N. Brown (1937–2009), US, founder and editor of Locus news magazine • Howard Browne (1908–1999), US, editor of Amazing Stories (1950–1956) • Ginjer Buchanan (born 1944), US, editor-in-chief of Berkley-Ace-Roc BooksAlgis Budrys (1931–2008), US, writer, juror and editor of the Writers of the Future contest and anthology series, editor and publisher Tomorrow Speculative Fiction 1993-2000 ==C==
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Pat Cadigan, (born 1953), US, author; editor of Shayol #1-7 (1977–1985); co-editor of Chacal (1977) • Bill Campbell, co-editor of anthology Mothership: Tales from Afrofuturism and Beyond (2013) • John W. Campbell, Jr. (1910–1971), US, Golden Age editor of Astounding Science Fiction (later Analog) magazine, considered the single most important and influential editor in the history of science fiction • E.J. "Ted" Carnell (1912–1972), UK, editor of New Worlds magazine (1949–1963); anthologistTerry Carr (1937–1987), US, editor at Ace Books, founder of Ace Science Fiction Specials line • Lin Carter (1930–1988), US, editor of the Ballantine Adult Fantasy seriesRichard Chizmar (born 1965), publisher and editor of Cemetery Dance PublicationsNeil Clarke (born 1966), US, editor of Clarkesworld Magazine, publisher (Wyrm Publishing) • Keith Clayton, US, editor at Del Rey BooksGroff Conklin (1904–1968), US, anthologist and critic • Kathryn Cramer (born 1962), US, editor and anthologistEdmund Crispin (1921–1978), UK, author and composer, editor of seven volumes of Best Science FictionPeter Crowther (born 1949), UK, editor, publisher (PS Publishing) and anthologist ==D==
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, 2008 , 1998 • Tony Daniel (science fiction writer) (born 1963), US, editor; Baen BooksRichard Dalby (born 1949), UK, supernatural fiction editor and anthologistJack Dann (born 1945), US/Australia, anthologist, consulting editor for Tor BooksPeter Darvill-Evans (born 1954) UK, editor of Doctor Who novels • Ellen Datlow (born 1949), US, anthologist and fiction editor at Omni / Event Horizon and Sci Fiction (2000–2005) • Avram Davidson (1923–1993), US, writer, editor of The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction (1962–1964) • Judy-Lynn del Rey (1943–1986), US, editor, co-founded Del Rey Books, edited Stellar original anthology series (1974–1981); won Hugo Award for Best Professional Editor posthumously (declined) • Lester del Rey (1915–1993), US, author, co-founded Del Rey Books, edited Best Science Fiction Stories of the Year (1972–1976) • Samuel R. Delany (born 1942), US, writer and critic, edited the anthology series Quark with Marilyn HackerAugust Derleth (1909–1971), US, noted anthologist and founder of Arkham HouseT. E. Dikty (1920–1991), US, edited the first "Best of the Year" anthology series (1949–1957); founder, publisher & editor, Starmont Books • Thomas M. Disch (1940–2008), US, edited various New Wave anthologies as Bad Moon Rising: An Anthology of Political ForebodingsTom Doherty (born 1935), US, founder and publisher of Tor BooksCandas Jane Dorsey, (born 1952), Canada, editor/publisher, Tesseracts Books for a number of years • John R. Douglas, US, editor for Pocket Books, Avon, and HarperCollins • Gardner Dozois (1947–2018), US, premier "Best of the Year" anthologist; multiple award-winning editor of ''Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine'' (1984–2004) • L. Timmel Duchamp, (born 1950), US, editor/publisher, Aqueduct Press, Seattle ==E==
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, 1986 • Claire Eddy, US, senior editor at Tor BooksMalcolm Edwards (born 1949), UK, editor at Gollancz, HarperCollins and Orion Publishing GroupHarlan Ellison (1934–2018), US, editor of the Dangerous Visions anthologies • Roger Elwood (1943–2007), US, anthologist 1972–1975 • Andreas Eschbach (born 1959), Germany, editor of prize-winning anthology One Trillion EuroLloyd Arthur Eshbach (1910–2003), US, founder & editor at Fantasy PressRichard Evans (1950–1996), UK, editor at Gollancz, McDonald Futura and Orbit Books ==F==
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, 2005 • Paul W. Fairman (1916–1977), US, editor of Amazing Stories, If and Fantastic in the 1950s • Moshe Feder, US, formerly editor at the Science Fiction Book Club and Tor Books, consulting editor for Tor • Jenna Felice (1976–2001), US, editor at Tor BooksEdward L. Ferman (born 1937), US, editor of the Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction (1964–1991) • Joseph W. Ferman (1906–1974), US, founder, editor of The Magazine of Fantasy and Science FictionJo Fletcher formerly of Gollancz, now Jo Fletcher Books • Eric Flint (born 1947), US, reissue editor at Baen Books, cofounder of Baen Free LibraryJames Frenkel (born 1948), US, editor at Dell Books; founder and publisher of Bluejay Books; editor at Tor Books (1987–2013) • Esther Friesner (born 1951), US, editor & anthologist of the Chicks in Chainmail original-anthology series • Oscar J. Friend (1897–1963), US, anthologist ==G==
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, 2010 • David S. Garnett, (born 1947), UK, editor of the New Worlds, Orbit and Zenith anthology series • Henry Gee, (born 1962), UK, editor of the Nature Futures series of science fiction short stories and the anthology of them • Anna Genoese, US, editor for Tor Books; originated Tor's paranormal romance imprint • Hugo Gernsback (1884–1967), US, (born Luxembourg), pioneer editor of Amazing Stories magazine • Nick Gevers, (born 1965), UK, anthologist and editor for PS PublishingVic Ghidalia, (born 1926), US, collaborated on anthologies with Roger ElwoodSheila Gilbert, US, longtime editor and co-owner of DAW BooksDiana Gill, US, SF and fantasy editor at HarperCollinsLaura Ann Gilman, (born 1967), US, freelance editor; formerly with Berkley, Dutton and New American LibraryRobert Gleason, US, longtime editor at Tor Books; formerly Tor's Editor-in-Chief • H. L. Gold (1914–1996), US, (born Canada), founding editor of Galaxy magazine • Stephen Goldin, (born 1947), US, anthologist and editor of the SFWA BulletinCele Goldsmith Lalli (1933–2002), US, editor of Amazing Stories and Fantastic magazines in the 1960s • Liz Gorinsky, US, editor at Tor BooksCharles L. Grant, (1942–2006), US, horror writer and anthologistMartin Greenberg (1918–2013), US, anthologist and founder of Gnome PressMartin H. Greenberg (1941–2011), US, prolific anthologist • Anne Groell, US, senior editor at Bantam Spectra • Eileen Gunn (born 1945), US, editor & publisher of the Infinite Matrix webzineJames Gunn (born 1923), US, editor of The Road to Science Fiction series of teaching anthologies; professor emeritus of science fiction literature at the University of Kansas and director of the Center for the Study of Science Fiction ==H==
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, 2007 • Karen Haber, (born 1955), US, critic, editor of "Best of the Year" collections (2001–2004) • Marilyn Hacker, (born 1942), US, anthologist (with Samuel R. Delany) • Ronald M. Hahn, born 1948, Germany, writer, translator, anthologist, editor of the German edition of The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction and Nova. • Gabrielle Harbowy, (born 1972), US, anthologist; managing editor at Dragon Moon Press; Copyeditor at PyrLee Harris, (born 1968), UK, Hugo-nominated senior editor at Angry Robot Books, Tor.com Publishing. • Harry Harrison, (1925–2012), US, anthologistDavid G. Hartwell (1941–2016), US, anthologist; senior editor at Tor Books; editor at Signet, Berkley, and Pocket Books; co-founder and editor of The New York Review of Science FictionRaymond J. Healey (1907–1969), US, with J. Francis McComas, edited the pioneer anthology Adventures in Time and Space (1946) and alone two original anthologies in early 1950s • Douglas Hill (1935–2007), UK, editor at Aldus Books, literary editor of TribuneTim Holman, UK, publishing director for Orbit Books worldwide; formerly editor at Orbit UK • John-Henri Holmberg (born 1947), Sweden, editor, translator, critic • Rachel E. Holmen, US, co-editor and art director for ''Marion Zimmer Bradley's Fantasy Magazine'', managing editor at Locus magazine from 1979 to 1984 • Rich Horton, US, critic and editor for three "Years Best" anthology series. • Stuart Hughes (editor) (born 1965), UK, publisher & editor Peeping TomMary-Theresa Hussey, US, executive editor, Luna Books, Harlequin's fantasy imprint ==I==
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(2002) • Van Ikin (born 1951), Australia, anthologist; editor of Science Fiction; English professor ==J==
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Ejler Jakobsson (1911–1986), editor for a number of pulp magazines • Anna Jackson, Orbit books • Toni Jerrman (born 1964), editor of influential Finnish science fiction magazine TähtivaeltajaKarl Johanson (born 1962 in Victoria, Canada), editor of Neo-opsis Science Fiction MagazineJane Johnson (born 1960), HarperVoyager • Oliver Johnson, Hodder & StoughtonStephen Jones (born 1953), British horror anthologist • S. T. Joshi (born 1958 in Pune, India), editor of many collections of short stories ==K==
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Michael Kandel (born 1941), US, part-time editor at Harcourt; edits Ursula K. Le Guin's work • Marvin Kaye (born 1938), US, horror anthologist, editor of ''H. P. Lovecraft's Magazine of Horror'' • Gérard Klein, (born 1937) French book editor • Damon Knight (1922–2002), US, editor of the Orbit series of original anthologies • Jak Koke (born 1964), US, fantasy author and managing editor of Per Aspera PressSean CW Korsgaard (born 1989), US, editor and author, Baen BooksEdward E. Kramer (born 1961), US, anthologist and author • Alisa Krasnostein, (born 1976), Australia, founder and managing editor of Twelfth Planet PressPéter Kuczka (1923–1999), noted Hungarian editor of Galaktika 1972–1995 • David Kyle (born 1919) co-founder of Gnome Press ==L==
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David Langford (born 1953), UK editor of collections by John Sladek, editor of The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction 3rd Edition. • Joel Lane (1963–2013), UK author and editor of several crime and fantasy collections for small press imprints • Warren Lapine (born 1964), US, editor and publisher of Absolute Magnitude and DNA Publications • Denise Little, editor of fantasy anthologies with Martin H. GreenbergPat LoBrutto (born 1948), US, consulting editor for Tor Books, formerly with Bantam Books and Ace BooksRobert A. W. Lowndes (1916–1998), US, editor of Future Science Fiction, Science Fiction, and Science Fiction QuarterlyRichard A. Lupoff (1935–2020) US, anthologist ==M==
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Daryl F. Mallett (born 1969), US, editor at Borgo Press (1989–1999); editor of SFRA Review #203-211 (1993–1994); editorial board of Extrapolation (1994-????); managing editor at Chaos! Comics (1995); associate editor of Other Worlds (1995-????) • Barry N. Malzberg (born 1939), US, magazine editor, anthologistNick Mamatas (born 1972), editor of Clarkesworld Magazine; editor of Haikasoru imprint of Japanese SF in translation • Leo Margulies (1900–1975), US, anthologist, editor of Thrilling Wonder Stories, Captain Future, Startling Stories, and many other pulp magazinesShawna McCarthy (born 1954), US, anthologist, editor of Realms of Fantasy; editor of ''Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine'' (1983–86) • J. Francis McComas (1910–1978), US, co-founding editor of The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction; anthologist • Harriet McDougal (born 1939), US, former editor-in-chief of Tor Books, former Editorial Director of Ace Books; wife of author Robert Jordan. • Beth Meacham (born 1951), US, senior editor at Tor Books, 1984–present; editor at Ace Books 1981–1984 • Judith Merril (1923–1997), Canada (born US), edited "Year's Best" anthologies, (1956–67) • Sam Merwin, Jr. (1910–1996), US, editor of Fantastic Universe and GalaxyRobert P. Mills (1920–1986), US, magazine editor • Samuel Mines (1909–1986), US, editor of Startling Stories and Thrilling Wonder Stories in the 1950s • Jim Minz, US, editor at Baen Books, former editor at Tor Books and Del Rey BooksBetsy Mitchell (editor), US, editor-in-chief of Del Rey Books; former editor at Baen Books, Bantam Books, and Warner AspectMichael Moorcock (born 1939), UK (lives in US), editor of New Worlds magazine in the 1960s • James Morrow (born 1947), US, anthologist, editor of The SFWA European Hall of Fame ==N==
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, 2008 • Darren Nash, UK (born Australia), editor for Orbit Books UK, formerly with Simon & Schuster UK • Gabriella Nemeth, UK, editor for Atom Books division of Little, Brown) • Annalee Newitz (born 1969), editor in chief, io9Patrick Nielsen Hayden (born 1959), US, manager of science fiction at Tor Books; editor of Starlight original anthology series • Teresa Nielsen Hayden (born 1956), US, consulting editor (former managing editor) for Tor BooksRaimo Nikkonen, Finland, editor of major Finnish Science fiction magazine PorttiKate Nintzel, acquisitions editor at Eos books (HarperCollins) • Scot Noel, US, editor in chief of Dreamforge (Dreamforge) • Sharyn November, US, senior editor of Viking Children's Books and editorial director of Firebird Books ==O==
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John O'Neill, founder of SF Site and editor of Black GateJohn Oakes, former editor and publisher for Thunder's Mouth Press and Four Walls Eight WindowsAndrew J. Offutt (1934–2013), anthologist • Jonathan Oliver (publishing), Solaris and Abaddon • John J. Ordover, former editor at Pocket Books, responsible for Star Trek novelizations, now at Phobos Books ==P==
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Bella Pagan, previously editor for Orbit Books UK, now Tor UK • Raymond A. Palmer (1910–1977), US, influential editor of Amazing Stories, 1938–1949 • Anne C. Perry, Hodder & StoughtonRog Peyton (born 1942), UK, Birmingham bookseller who launched the Drunken Dragon imprint and co-edited (with Rod Milner) the Venture SF reprint series • John J. Pierce (born 1941), US, editor of Galaxy Science Fiction, 1977–1979 • Devi Pillai, Tor BooksFrederik Pohl (1919–2013), US, writer, edited Galaxy and If magazines in 1960s and the Star Science Fiction series of original anthologies (1953–1959) • Andrew I. Porter, (born 1946), US, editor of Science Fiction Chronicle for many years • Byron Preiss (1952–2005), American editor, anthologist and publisher of Byron Preiss Visual Publications • David Pringle (born 1950), Scottish editor and publisher of Interzone 1988–2004 • Bill Pronzini (born 1943), American anthologist, often with Barry N. Malzberg and/or Martin H. Greenberg == Q ==
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James L. Quinn, editor of If in the 1950s ==R==
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Eric Raab, editor, Tor BooksCat Rambo (born 1963), co-editor, Fantasy MagazineGillian Redfearn, Gollancz • Mike Resnick (1942–2020), US, anthologistLezli Robyn, Co-editor Heart's Kiss magazine (2017–2018), editor Galaxy's Edge magazine (2020-), anthologistChristopher Ruocchio, editor at Baen BooksKristine Kathryn Rusch (born 1960), US, editor of Pulphouse and The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction (1991–97) ==S==
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Steve Saffel, US, freelance editor, formerly at Del Rey Books and Marvel ComicsArthur W. Saha (1923–1999), US anthologist closely associated with Donald A. WollheimPamela Sargent, edited Women of Wonder series and Nebula Awards Showcase (1995-97) • Robert J. Sawyer, Canada, editor of the Robert J. Sawyer Books imprint of Red Deer Press, a division of Fitzhenry & Whiteside, as well as several anthologies • Karl-Herbert Scheer (1928–1991), Germany, shared editorial direction of the Perry Rhodan series with Walter ErnstingLiz Scheier, editor formerly for Roc and Del Rey • Christopher Schelling, US, literary agent, former editor for Roc Books and HarperPrismChris Schluep, US, editor at Del Rey BooksBryan Thomas Schmidt (born 1969), American science fiction author and editor • Stanley Schmidt (born 1944), US, award-winning editor of Analog Science Fiction and Fact since 1977 • George H. Scithers (1929–2010), US, first editor of ''Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine 1976–1981; editor Amazing Stories'', mid-1980s • Shelly Shapiro, US, acquisitions editor, Ballantine Del ReyLarry Shaw (1924–1985), editor of Infinity Science Fiction, If magazine and Lancer BooksMike Shohl, freelance editor, formerly with HarperCollinsJohn Silbersack, US, literary agent, Trident Media Group. Former publishing director or editor at HarperCollins, Warner Books, Roc and BerkleySteven H Silver (born 1967), American anthologist with Martin H. Greenberg; critic; editor at ISFiC PressRobert Silverberg (born 1935), important American writer and editor of original anthologies and a "The Best of" line from 2001 to 2002. • Janna Silverstein, US, acquisitions editor, Spectra from 1985 to 1994; editor, Kobold Press from 2008–present; critic and reviewer. • Melissa Ann Singer, US, editor, Tor/Forge; primarily known as a horror editor • Jason Sizemore, American founder and former editor of Apex Digest, anthologist, managing editor of Apex Publications • T. O'Conor Sloane (1851–1940), US, editor of Amazing Stories (1929–1938) • George Edgar Slusser, (1938–2014), US, editor of Eaton anthologies of SF studies • Anne Sowards, US, acquisitions editor, Roc Books and Ace BooksSimon Spanton, UK, co-editorial director of Orion Gollancz, UK • Catriona Sparks (born 1965), Australia, founding editor of Agog! PressLou Stathis (1952–1997), editor of Heavy Metal magazine and of DC Comics' Vertigo line • Paul Stevens, US, editor at Tor/Forge BooksAmy Stout, US, editor at Bantam Spectra, consulting editor to Ballantine/Del Rey, author. • Jonathan Strahan (born 1964 Northern Ireland), Australia, anthologist, editor, publisher and critic ==T==
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(left) • Lynne M. Thomas, US, editor of Apex Digest, Chicks Dig...Richard Thomas, US, editor of Gamut Magazine and Dark House Press • Sheree Thomas, US, editor of the Dark Matter anthologies and (since 2020) of The Magazine of Fantasy & Science FictionBrian Thomsen (1959–2008), US, consulting editor for Tor Books, • F. Orlin Tremaine (1899–1956), US, editor of Astounding Science Fiction 1933–1937 • Liza Groen Trombi, US, editor and publisher, Locus PublicationsGary Turner, US, editor and publisher, Golden Gryphon Press ==U==
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