- Anne McCaffrey
- Wilbur Smith
- Piers Anthony
- Mercedes Lackey
- Frank Herbert
- Terry Brooks
- Larry McMurtry
- James A. Michener
- Patrick O'Brian
- Terry C. Johnston
- David Eddings
- Kathleen O'Neal Gear
- W. Michael Gear
- Larry Niven
- John Jakes
- Marion Zimmer Bradley
- Robert McCammon
- James Clavell
- S.M. Stirling
- William Sarabande