Welcome to the Ladies of Horror Fiction Directory section K-M! We can’t promise it’s a comprehensive list (though we do promise we’re trying our hardest to make it so!), but if you are looking to read more female authors in horror fiction and don’t know where to start, this should give you a great jumping-off point.
Listed (last, first) alphabetically. Click on the word “Website” to be taken to their personal websites if they have one or their Goodreads author page if they do not.
As time goes, we will slowly be adding profiles on the site about each of the women. When that happens, their names will be clickable.
This list will continue to develop over time. If there is a name we are missing, please let us know in the comments below.
NOTE: A (D) beside a person’s name indicates deceased. A * indicates that this is a pseudonym (of a female writer).
Gentle reminder: We are not perfect. We may get your name wrong. If we do, feel free to let us know what we did. However, remember the golden rule and treat people how you, yourself, expect to be treated.
*K*
Karsak, Melanie – Website
Kassa, Naching T. – Website
Katsu, Alma – Website
Kemper, Erinn L. – Website
Khaw, Cassandra – Website
Kiernan, Caitlin R – Website
Killjoy, Margaret – Website
Kilmer, Michelle – Website
Kilpatrick, Nancy – Website
Kinney, Pamela K. – Website
Kipphorn, Tawny – Website
Kiste, Gwendolyn – Review | Review | Spotlight | Website
Knightsbridge, Ellie – Website
Knippling, DeAnna – Website
Koike, Mariko – Website
Koja, Kathe – Website
Kroger, Lisa – Website
Kuebler, Monica S. – Website
Kurtagich, Dawn – Website
*L*
La Spina, Greya (D) – Website
Laben, Carrie – Website
Langan, Sarah – Website
Langley, Charity – Website
Larner, S.G. – Website
Lason, Melissa – Website
Lawrence, Shannon – Website
Leach, Janice – Website
LeBlanc, Deborah – Website
Leanne, Amanda – Website
Lee, Beverley – LOHF Review | Website
Lee, Izzy – Website
Lee, Tanith (D) – Website
Leen, Gerri – Website
Leonard Preston, Kendra – Website
Lepovetsky, Lisa – Website
Leslie, V.H. – Website
Liburd, Tonya – Website
Ligget, Kim – Website
Littlewood, Alison – Website
Llewellyn, Livia – Website
Lloyd-Jones, Emily – Website
Logan, Kirsty – Website
Lucas, Christine – Website
Lukavics, Amy – Review | Website
Lyons, Amanda M. – Website
*M*
Machado, Carmen Maria – Website
Macomber, Patricia Lee – Website
Madron, Suzanne – Website
Makepeace, Christine – Website
Marshall, Kate Alice – Website
Martin, Anya – Website
Mason, Rena – Website
Massie, Elizabeth – Website
Matsuura, Thersa – Website
Mauro, Laura – Website (she/her, they/them)
Mayes, Jan L. – Website
McBain, Alison – Website
McBride, Tracie – Website
McCarthy, Catherine – Facebook
McCloud, Ellen – Website
McCray – Carolyn – Website
McDermott, Kirstyn – Website
McGuire, Jamie – Website
McHugh, Mandy – Website
McKee Charnas, Suzy – Website
McKenzie, J.L. – Website
McKinney, Kira – Website
McMahon, Jennifer – Website
McQueen, Magda – Website
Merritt, Stephanie (also S.J. Parris) – Review | Website
Miller, Christa M. – Website
Miller, Renee – Review | Website
Minagawa, Hiroko – Website
Miskowski, S.P. – Website
Mitchell, Mary Ann – Website
Mitchell, Regina Garza – Twitter
Miyabe, Miyuki – Website
Moloney, Susan – Website
Moncrieff, J.H. – Website
Monette, Sarah – Website
Moore, Alison – Website
Moore, C.L. (D) – Website
Moore, Lindsay – Website
Moreno-Garcia, Silvia – Website
Morey, Fallon (Stoeffler) – Website
Morgan, Christine – Website
Morgan, Kate – Website
Morgan, Vanessa – Website
Morris, Pamela – Website
Morton, Lisa – Website
Mosiman, Billie Sue (D) – Website
Muir, Tamsyn – Website
Murray, Lee – Review | Spotlight | Website
Here you will find K-M, but click on any of the following links to be taken to the relevant sections. A-D, E-J, N-S, T-Z
9 Comments
Catherine MacLeod
I don’t have a website. Could you put my name on this list anyway, please? -Catherine
Bark At The Ghouls (@BarksBooks)
Can you please provide a link to your Goodreads page or a link to one of your works of horror fiction? Thank you.
Pamela K. Kinney
https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/990035.Pamela_K_Kinney
Pamela K. Kinney
https://PamelaKKinney If need Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/990035.Pamela_K_Kinney I write horror and dark fantasy, plus regional ghost books. Member of Horror Writers Association, too.
Laurie | Bark
So sorry for the delay! I’ve added you to the directory.
Matt Gleason
Katie Metcalfe would be a great addition to this list. http://www.katiemetcalfewriting.com/
Laurie | Bark
Thank you for the addition! We couldn’t do this without all of you.
A. P. Howell
T. Kingfisher (aka Ursula Vernon) would be a good addition, particularly for last year’s Twisted Ones.
Laurie | Bark
You are so right! She’s on there now 🙂