Celebrating Women’s History Month 2025 with Monster Complex female authors!
To join in Women’s History Month, Monster Complex wants to share several of the women authors we’ve talked about on the site. Find out more about these ladies—plus links to find them online.
Urban Fantasy: 32 Notable Women Authors
Here at Monster Complex, lots of our readers are regularly checking in for the next great urban fantasy series. Check out a list of notable female authors whose fiction combines a realistic urban setting with far-out elements like vampires, werewolves, and faeries.
14 Great Women Comic Book Writers
Celebrating Women’s History Month with some great comic book writers. Whether you’re talking about those who write for the major comics publishers or an indie publisher, any list of great comic book writers would include several women.
Cyberpunk? Best books, movies, more exploring a dystopian future with “high tech and low life”
Cyberpunk science fiction shows high tech and low life—including cyborg stuff, nano tech, and jumping into cyberspace. We show how fans of Blade Runner, Cyberpunk 2077, or Akira can find more great cyberpunk science fiction.
Nalo Hopkinson on House of Whispers: “I represent a lot to people who didn’t think they could do what I’m doing.”
Looking at Nalo Hopkinson’s comic book series House of Whispers. Find out more about the series, how it fits into the bigger Sandman picture, and how Hopkinson’s unique background as an author made her the ideal writer for the series.
30+ Black Authors for fans of Horror, Urban Fantasy, and Paranormal Fiction
There are many great Black writers that readers of horror, urban fantasy and paranormal fiction should get to know. Our list includes Helen Oyeyemi, Linda D. Addison, Tananarive Due, and lots more!
Black Stars focus on Black SciFi Authors including Nnedi Okorafor, Nalo Hopkinson, and Nisi Shawl
The Black Stars project explores futures set in a variety of locales, from an alley in New York to an interstellar wormhole. This includes influential Black authors Nnedi Okorafor, Nalo Hopkinson, Nisi Shawl, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, C.T. Rwizi, and Victor LaValle. Find out more about each story!
Discover Urban Fantasy: 101 Must-Know Authors and Their Best Works
Meet some of the most popular authors who combine the supernatural with the world out your window! Their fiction mashes together the complexities of modern life with vampires, werewolves, and other magic details.
Top 61 Monster Complex posts in 2022 about authors and books
Here at Monster Complex we explore the pages of urban fantasy, horror, supernatural thrillers, paranormal, zombie, vampire, magic and other kinds of monster fiction. Here are the most popular articles about horror fiction that folks were reading on Monster Complex last year…
Part 3: 200 Authors Every Horror Reader Should Know (F-H)
Here’s part three of our massive list of authors for fans of horror fiction, urban fantasy, vampires, zombies, ghost stories, magic, science fiction, dark fantasy, and other monster fiction.
75+ Urban Fantasy Writers Who Aren’t White UPATED
Including L.A. Banks, Maurice Broaddus, Jessica Cage, Zoraida Córdova, Owl Goingback, Nalo Hopkinson, N. K. Jemisin, Silvia Moreno-Garcia, Shweta Taneja, Kenesha Williams, and more.
Wizard Writers: Jim Butcher + 31 More
Here are more than two-dozen authors who write about magic, magic practitioners, and those who live in a world of magic.
If You Like Neil Gaiman: 25 More Authors
Prolific storyteller Neil Gaiman writes fantasy stories across different media. Want to find some more authors who occupy the same genre territory? Check out the list below.