Below you’ll find a list of non-cis authors, who write adult science fiction and fantasy. (The list is currently a work in progress)
Pronouns are listed as they appeared on twitter / in the author’s bio at the time of adding the author the list.
Authors marked with a single ✦ are authors of color, those marked with two ✦ are Black authors.
Stories marked with an asterisk are available for free online.
Alex Acks / ALEX WELLS (they/them)
Murder on the Titania and Other Steam-Powered Adventures
steampunk
Hunger Makes the Wolf
scifi/fantasy
Paige S. Allen (she/they)
From Dusk to Dying Sun
scifi/fantasy, anthology
Charlie Jane Anders (she/her)
All the Birds in the Sky
scifi/fantasy
The City in the Middle of the Night
scifi
L.X. Beckett / A.M. Dellamonica (they/them)
Gamechanger
scifi
Child of A Hidden Sea
(portal) fantasy
Robyn Bennis (she/her)
The Guns Above
steampunk
BROOKE BOLANDER (she/her/they)
The Only Harmless Great Thing
alternate history, scifi
Kacen Callender (they/them) ✦✦
Queen of the Conquered
high fantasy
Nino Cipri (they/them)
Finna
high fantasy
The Shape of my Name*
high fantasy
Sara Codair (they/she)
Death Marked
scifi/fantasy, anthology
Indrapramit/Indra Das (he/they) ✦
The devourers
fantasy, horror
Akwaeke Emezi (they/them) ✦✦
Freshwater
magical realism
J.S. Fields (they/them)
Ardulum: First Don
scifi
A.J. Fitzwater (she/they)
The Voyages of Cinrak the Dapper
fantasy. Stories about Cinrak the “Dapper. Lesbian. Capybara. Pirate”
Sarah Gailey (they/them)
Magic for Liars
fantasy/crime. Basically murder at queer Hogwarts.
The Fisher of Bones*
fantasy
Alex Harrow (they/them)
Empire of Light
scifi, space opera
Ada Hoffmann (she/her/they/them)
The Outside
scifi, space opera
TAMARA JERÉE (They/them) ✦✦
The Future in Saltwater*
fantasy
Margaret Killjoy (she/they)
The Lamb Will Slaughter the Lion
fantasy, horror
Yoon Ha Lee (he/him) ✦
Ninefox Gambit
scifi, space opera
Phoenix Extravagant
fantasy
R.B. LEMBERG (they/them)
The Four Profound Weaves
fantasy
LINDEN LEWIS (she/they)
The First Sister
scifi, space opera (Aug 2020)
S. QIOUYI LU (they) ✦
The Shapeshifter Unraveled*
scifi
Foz Meadows (“Jack of all pronouns”)
An Accident of Stars
fantasy
Emmet Nahil (he/him)
Hologium
scifi
When the Man Comes Around*
ghost story
Annalee Newitz (they/them)
Alexandra Rowland (they/them)
A Conspiracy of Truths
fantasy
Nisi Shawl (they/them) ✦✦
Everfair
steampunk
Rivers Solomon (they/them) ✦✦
The Deep
fantasy
An Unkindness of Ghosts
scifi
k.M. Szpara (he/him)
Docile
scifi / dystopia
R J Theodore (she/they)
Flotsam
steampunk
K.B. Wagers (they/them)
A Pale Light in the Black
scifi, space opera
Alex White (they/them)
A big Ship at the Edge of the Universe
scifi, space opera
JY Neon Yang (they/them) ✦
The Black Tides of Heaven
fantasy
Waiting on a Bright Moon*
scifi / fantasy
Updates
06/15/2020: BROOKLYN RAY has been deleted from the list after their abusive and racist behavior has come to my attention.