Where Does Your Favorite SFF Author Hang Out?

In this world of Social Media your favorite author may be more accessible then you think. With the "experts" extolling the virtue of Blogs, Twitter and Facebook for getting you "noticed" more and more authors are setting up accounts. However finding them can be a lesson in futility as the search options for these venues are often limited. So, I am going to start a list, but to do it right I will need your help.

Below will be a clickable table of some authors and where they can be found. It is a very limited list and mainly focused on Twitter because I think it is the coolest thing out here. (I mean seriously, how cool is it to chat with an author in realtime about what he/she had for lunch?) Now I know about some through the research I do on every author I review, while others I have discovered through word of mouth. (Little birdies tell me...) Urban Fantasy authors, for example, I will need help with since I am not familiar with who they are. Science Fiction authors also though some will be present. (I mean, even I know who Tobias Buckell is!)

So, back to how you can help. Add to my list! Comment, or email me (I have email info hidden somewhere on this blog). You give me the info, I'll add it to the table and together we will come up with the best ever SFF author Blog, Twitter and Facebook list in the known universe! (Who wouldn't want to be a part of that!)

This is just a start. I have an evil plan to dominate the world of lists and if this one flies I'll follow it up with a Publishers, Agents, and SFF bloggers list. (Notice this thing I seem to have about doing things as a series?)

I do want to restrict this to SFF because that is the focus of my blogs. If you want to take this idea and run with it for other genres (Horror, Thriller, Romance for example) let me know and I'll add the info/link to it in a separate post. Something like, if you want the best Horror list - Zombies, Vampires and Werewolves has one ongoing here (Link.) Anyway, on to my genre selective but very interesting list!

Note: I have moved the twitter portion of this list to Squidoo for easier maintenance, and because it allows people to add to the lists themselves. If you want to find authors in other venues you will still need to check back here. The Squidoo list only covers Twitter but does include ALL of the twitter lists in one place.

Updated 05/23/09!
Since list is getting really long I put them in alphabetical order. This however will make it difficult to tell which are new entries. So I'll add an "added" date next to the new name. After a week the date will go poof!

Science-Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Authors on Twitter, Facebook, Blogs and Forums

Author	Facebook	Blog	Twitter	Forum
Kevin J. Anderson	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
Catherine Asaro	Yes	No	Yes	No
Elizabeth Bear	No	Yes	Yes	Yes
Clare Bell	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Peter V. Brett	Yes	Yes	No	Yes
Tobias Buckell	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
Tim Byrd (Added 05/22)	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
David B. Coe	No	Yes	Yes	Yes
Eoin Colfer	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Cory Doctorow	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
Diane Duane	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Warren Ellis	No	Yes	Yes	Yes
Jennifer Fallon	No	Yes	Yes	No
David Farland	No	No	Yes	Yes
Gregory Frost	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
Neil Gaiman	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
P J Haarsma	Yes	No	Yes	Yes
Chris Howard	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
Alison Goodman	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
Steven Gould	No	Yes	Yes	No
Susan Gourley/Kelley	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
A. J. Hartley	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
Simon Haynes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
Stephen Hunt	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
J. V. Jones	No	Yes	Yes	Yes
Ellen Kushner	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
Holly Lisle	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Tom Lloyd	No	Yes	No	Yes
JM McDermott	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes (as Badducky)
Sarah Monette	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Brandon Mull	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Pati Nagle	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
Vera Nazarian	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Terry Pratchett	No	No	Yes	Yes
Patrick Rothfuss	Yes	Yes	No	No
Michelle Sagara (West)	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
Brandon Sanderson	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
John Scalzi	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Karl Schroeder	No	Yes	Yes	No
Erik Scott de Bie	No	Yes	Yes	Yes
William Shunn	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
Michael A Stackpole	No	Yes	Yes	No
Matthew Sturges	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Judith Tarr	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
Brent Weeks	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Jaye Wells	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
Wil Wheaton	Yes	Yes	Yes	No

Urban Fantasy Authors on Twitter, Facebook, Blogs and Forums

Author	Facebook	Blog	Twitter	Forum
Ann Aguirre	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Toni Andrews	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
Kelley Armstrong	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Jedediah Berry	Yes	No	Yes	No
Holly Black	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
Jenna Black	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
Alex Bledsoe	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
Rachel Caine	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
S. J. Day	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Leopoldo Gout	Yes	Yes	No	No
Laurel K. Hamilton	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Mark Henry	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
Sherrilyn Kenyon	Yes	Yes	yes	Yes
Caitlin Kittredge	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
Suzanne McLeod	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
Richelle Mead	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
Justine Musk	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
Patti O’Shea	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
Tim (T.A.) Pratt	No	Yes	Yes	No
Jeri-Smith Ready	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
Lilith Saintcrow	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
Lisa Shearin	No	Yes	Yes	No
Janni Lee Simner	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
Nalini Singh Added 05/23	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Maggie Stiefvater	Yes	Yes	Yes	No

Ok so maybe Wil Wheaton doesn't technically belong on there but it is Wesley Crusher from Star Trek! And he did write some books....

*Disclaimer* As with anything on the internet, in some cases it is impossible to tell if the person behind the name is real or a fraud. I try my best to confirm the validity of these links but I can not guarantee them. Facebook is by far the worse. Take for example, Brent Weeks. When I looked up that name I came up with 4-5 entries. If I can not determine which one is the one I am looking for, I'll err on the side of listing none. (Very few have the info I am looking for in their profile. Sometimes all I have to go on is place of residence and their photo.) For example, Brent Weeks was kind enough to let me know on Twitter that one of those profiles on Facebook is really his....now I am trying to get him to tell me which one!

If I can't find a profile I am sure of but I do find a page I'll link to that instead. Alot of authors control or are atleast active on their pages. I am also going to add a forum column. Now forums are problematic also. Some authors are very active in their forums, others are not. I am not going to have the time to determine which is the case so you will have to visit the forums and discover this for yourself. Oh and one other thing, I'll lump Sci-fi and Fantasy authors together, mainly because alot of them crossover in their writing, but if you are giving me a tip to an Urban Fantasy author, let me know because I am going to group them separately for you die-hard Urban Fantasy fans. And, one other thing, a No in the column does not mean it does not exist, it means I did not find it. Corrections are not only welcome but encouraged!