Authors whose first name starts with Z

Z.L. Arkadie writes romance and paranormal fiction. The catalogue holds 53 books published between 2011 and 2025, opening with the vampire novel Parched and reaching Your Perfect Match. LOVE in the USA splits into family sequences for the Lords and the Hesters, and billionaire romance carries the Christmas brothers duets, Lords of Manhattan and Romancing the Boss and Billionaire. Novels average 278 pages, and Arkadie continues to publish.

Zach Jenkins wrote 14 books between 2015 and 2018, spread across four series: Firefighters on the Fox, Love and Gridiron, On the Strip and Fox River Romance. Chance for the Win (2015) is the earliest title, followed by Game Changing Drive. Love on Fire, Truth on Fire and Choice on Fire appear in 2016 and 2017. It's Complicated (2018) is the newest book, and the catalogue treats the work as likely complete.

Zach Weinersmith

12 books• 2 series

Zach Weinersmith, born on March 5, 1982, is an American cartoonist and writer best known for the webcomic Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal (SMBC). Weinersmith and Kelly Weinersmith co-authored Soonish (2017) and A City on Mars (2023). Weinersmith illustrated Open Borders (2019) by economist Bryan Caplan and wrote Bea Wolf (2023), a children's book loosely adapted from Beowulf. The catalogue lists 12 books from Save Yourself, Mammal! (2011) to Bea Wolf, including SCIENCE: Ruining Everything Since 1543 (2013) and Augie and the Green Knight (2014).

Zacharias Tanee Fomum wrote Christian books on prayer, evangelism, spiritual leadership and marriage. Fomum lived from 1945 to 2009 and founded the Christian Missionary Fellowship International. He took a first class Bachelor of Science degree from Fourah Bay College at the University of Sierra Leone in 1969 and held a doctorate by the age of 28. 81 catalogued books run from The Art of Intercession (1990) to Are You Still a Disciple of The Lord Jesus? (2019). The median book runs 261 pages.

Zack Loran Clark writes children's fantasy and adventure fiction. Three series stand under the Clark name: Adventurers Guild, Doomsday Archives and Bleakwatch Chronicles. The Adventurers Guild (2017) is the first of eight catalogued books, followed by Twilight of the Elves (2018), Night of Dangers (2019), The Lock-Eater (2022), The Heart-Stealer Mask (2024), The Wandering Hour (2024) and Tinker Bell and the Lost City (2024). Shadowglass (2026) is the newest entry, and the catalogue marks the run as ongoing.

Zadie Smith

19 books• 1 series

Zadie Smith is an English novelist and essayist. The debut novel White Teeth (2000) opens a catalogue of 19 books running to 2025, which takes in The Autograph Man (2002), On Beauty (2005), NW (2012), Swing Time (2016) and the essay collections Changing My Mind (2009) and Feel Free (2018). Immigration, ethnic relations, male friendship and social isolation recur as subjects. Smith remains actively publishing.

Zander Bingham writes children's fiction for grades 1 to 3. Eight catalogued books appeared between 2018 and 2021: The Haunted Lighthouse, The Lost Temple and The Pirate Treasure in 2018, Train To Nowhere in 2019, Castle on the Cliff in 2020, and The Desert Quest, The Ghost Ship and The Mysterious Light in 2021. The books are short, at a median of 103 pages.

Zane writes erotic fiction centred on African American women and their relationships. The catalogue holds 29 books published between The Hot Box (1996) and Vengeance in 2015, among them Addicted (1998), The Sex Chronicles (2000) and the Chocolate Flava anthologies. Sisters, college life and sexual behaviour run through the subjects, and nothing later than 2015 is catalogued.

Zane Grey

144 books• 13 series

Zane Grey, born Pearl Zane Grey (January 31, 1872 – October 23, 1939), was an American author of adventure novels and stories in the Western genre who presented an idealised American frontier. Riders of the Purple Sage (1912) was Grey's best-selling book. Adaptations of Grey's novels and stories number 112 films, two television episodes and the television series Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre. The catalogue opens with Betty Zane (1903), followed by The Spirit of the Border (1906), The Last of the Plainsmen (1908), The Last Trail (1909) and The Heritage of the Desert (1910). Outlaws, cattle stealing, Mormons and fishing appear among the subjects, and series include the Ohio River Trilogy, Ken Ward and Jim Traft.

Zane Michaelson writes short romance and dark fiction. The catalogue holds 58 books published between 2018 and 2025, opening with Angel Of Mine (2018) and reaching Whisper In The Breeze (2025). Michaelson's series include the Eliza Bailey Diaries, Selling My Soul, An Angel of Mine, Vampyre Romance, I Know What You're Doing and Coming Out of the Dark. At a median of 84 pages, these are among the shortest books in the catalogue.

The catalogue records one series heading for Zane Mitchell: Misadventures of a Drunk in Paradise. Mitchell's 8 books open with Drunk on a Plane (2018) and run through Drunk Driving, Drunk on a Boat and Drunk on the Job (2019), Meet the Drunks (2020), Drunk Overboard (2021), Drunk in Recovery (2022) and Drunk Gets Wild (2025). Mitchell is the sole credit on all 8, and the listing marks the run ongoing.

Zanib Mian writes children's fiction graded for Grades 1-3. Muslims, family life, schools, friendship and humorous stories are the recorded subjects across 24 catalogued books published between 2014 and 2024. My Dad's Beard (2014) opens the list and The Emerald Emergency (2024) is the newest entry. Planet Omar and Meet the Maliks Twin Detectives are the two series listed under Mian's name. England and Great Britain appear among the recorded settings. The books are short, with a median recorded length of 164 pages, and the 2020s are the busiest decade.

Zara Cox writes erotica. Twenty-eight books are catalogued between 2013 and 2026, from High (2013) to The Savage (2026). Five series divide them: the Indigo Lounge, Mortimers: Wealthy & Wicked, the Mile High Club, Mafia Rivals and Five Blood Thrones. Wreckless (2013), Higher (2014), Soar (2014), Spin (2014), Spiral (2014), Freefall (2015), Indigo Velvet (2015), Beautiful Liar (2016) and I, Porn Star (2016) fill out the early run. Cox is still publishing.

Zara Zenia's 65 catalogued books run from Benzen (2016) to Alien Prince Defender (2025). Titles from 2016 and 2017 include Jarick, Voland, The Blue Alien's Mate, Alien Gladiator's Mate and Blue Alien Prince's Captive Bride. Series include Trilyn Alien Fairy Tales, Aliens Of Dragselis, Warriors Of Orba, Sleepy Hollow Academy, Space Knights MC, Alien Auction House and Matched to an Alien Mate.

Zecharia Sitchin wrote the Earth Chronicles, a non-fiction sequence arguing extraterrestrial influence on ancient civilisation. The 12th Planet (1976) opens the run, followed by The Stairway to Heaven (1980), The Wars of Gods and Men (1985), Genesis Revisited (1990) and The Lost Book of Enki (2001). Ancient history, the Bible, cosmogony and human-alien encounters are the subjects. Sixteen titles are catalogued through 2015.

Zen Cho is a Malaysian fantasy author based in Birmingham in the United Kingdom, known for the Sorcerer to the Crown books. Spirits Abroad (2014), a short story collection, took a joint Crawford Award in 2015. Ten books are catalogued between 2011 and 2025, from The Terracotta Bride (2011) to Behind Frenemy Lines (2025), and the Sorcerer Royal series carries the Cho credit. Historical fantasy, magic, magicians, the Regency and romance run through the subject headings, and The True Queen (2019), Black Water Sister (2021) and The Friend Zone Experiment (2024) sit in the run.

Zenna Henderson (1917-1983) taught elementary school and wrote science fiction and fantasy, publishing her first story in The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction in 1951. Many of the stories concern The People, human aliens with special powers, and The People names a series in the catalogue. Pilgrimage (1961) opens the 8 catalogued books, with The Anything Box (1965), No Different Flesh (1967) and Holding Wonder (1971) after it. Three collections carry a 1991 date, among them Ingathering, and Believing is catalogued for 2020. A 1959 Hugo nomination went to the novelette Captivity.

Zepphora is the author of the Bastards of Grove Hill and When You Leave series, with 11 books catalogued from 2021 to 2025. Reckless (2021) is the earliest title. Careless, Restless and The Catalyst all appeared in 2023, and The Consequence followed in 2024. Heartless (2025) is the newest book, and the catalogue marks the name as ongoing.

Zile Elliven has 16 catalogued books published between 2018 and 2026. Five series stand under the name: Enchanted University, Dreamwalker Chronicles, Guardians of Boston, Reality Storm Trilogy and A Really Gay Villain Christmas. Maiden (2018) is the earliest title in the listing and Stray Magic (2026) the newest, with Soulcleaver (2019), Psync (2021), Sleepwalker (2021) and Missiletoe (2023) in between. Elliven publishes at roughly two titles a year and remains active.

Zina Abbott has 70 books catalogued between 2015 and 2026, beginning with Too Old for Christmas (2015) and reaching Ardith Yosemite Bride (2026). Series include Zina Abbott's Sweethearts of Jubilee Springs, Atwell Kin, Gold Mountain, Gamble on Judgment, Too Old in Columbia and Kerr's Ferry Mill. Titles from 2017 include The Bavarian Jeweler, Aaron's Annulment Bride and Dead Set Delphinia.

Zoe Blake has 60 books in the catalogue, from Daddy's Home (2017) to Cruel Protector (2026), with Ashes of Austen scheduled for 2027. Series include Ruthless Obsession, Ivanov Crime Family, Gilded Decadence, Cavalieri Billionaire Legacy, Diamanti Billionaire Dynasty, Dangerous Daddy, Bad Babygirls, Dark Fantasy and Shadows of Pemberley. Titles from 2017 and 2018 include Fight Me, Daddy, Papa's Prey, Broken Doll, Damaged Doll and Red and the Wolves.

Zoe Chant has 271 books catalogued between 2015 and 2026, and shapeshifters give their name to many of the series: Virtue Shifters, Fire & Rescue Shifters, Bodyguard Shifters, Green Valley Shifters and Gray's Hollow Dragon Shifters among them. Bears of Pinerock County, Glacier Leopards, Shifting Sands Resort and Protection, Inc. are other series. Bear Down, Bear Watching and Alpha Lion date from 2015, and Bear My Heart (2026) is the newest title.

Zoe Dawson's catalogue runs to 85 books, from A Perfect Mess (2012) to Breakneck (2026). Early titles include Groomed, Leashed, Collared and Fetched, alongside A Perfect Mistake (2013) and A Perfect Dilemma (2014). Series credited to Zoe Dawson include SEAL Team Alpha, SEAL Team Tier 1, SEAL Team EAST, Going to the Dogs, Hope Parish, Laurel Falls and Forbidden Plays. New titles continue to appear.

Mail-order brides recur across four of Zoe Matthews's seven series: Mail-Order Brides of America, Mail Order Bride Time Travel Romances, Millennial Mail-Order Bride and Frontier Mail-Order Brides Romance. Majestic Mountain Ranch, Harvey Girls Romance and Time Travel Guardians complete the list. Matthews has 40 catalogued books published between 2014 and 2024, from An Unexpected Family to Hazel's Hope, at a median of 213 pages. The Big Spring Ranch Brides and Colorado titles of 2014 and 2015 fill the early run.

Zoe Saadia writes historical fiction set in the pre-Columbian Americas. Six series divide the catalogue: Rise of the Aztecs, the Aztec Chronicles, Pre-Aztec, People of the Longhouse, the Great Peacemaker and Mound Builders. Eight titles carry a 2012 date, The Jaguar Warrior and The Young Jaguar among them, and the run reaches 30 books before closing with Raven of the North in 2019. The whole catalogue falls inside the 2010s, at a median 276 pages.

Charlie Fox, a bodyguard, is Zoe Sharp's recurring character, and the thrillers built around Fox run from Killer Instinct (2001) through First Drop (2004), Third Strike (2008) and Fourth Day (2010). Thirty books are catalogued to The Girl in the Dark (2024), taking in the Lakes Crime Thrillers, the Blake & Byron Thrillers, standalone novels and two runs of short stories. Kidnapping, missing persons, undercover operations and women private investigators are the recurring subjects.

Zoe Whittall

11 books

Zoe Whittall is a Canadian poet, novelist and television writer, born on February 16, 1976. The catalogue records poetry, LGBTQ novels, coming of age, Montreal and the Stonewall Book Awards among the subjects. The Best Ten Minutes of Your Life (2001) and The Emily Valentine Poems (2006) are early titles. Bottle Rocket Hearts (2007) and Holding Still For As Long As Possible (2009) come next, then The Best Kind of People (2016). Wild Failure: Stories (2024) is the newest.

Zoe York has 60 catalogued books, from Between Then and Now (2013) to Lucky Haven (2026), with Rebel Grace scheduled for 2027. Series credited to York include SEALs Undone, Wardham, Pine Harbour, Kincaids of Pine Harbour, Hot Caribbean Nights, Vikings in Space and Dragonfly Creek. What Once Was Perfect (2013), A Viking's Peace (2014) and Love in a Small Town (2014) are among the other titles. Gwen Hayes shares the credit on 1 book.

Zoey Draven writes alien romance, and the titles name the pairing: The Alien's Lover (2017), The Alien's Mate (2017), Captive of the Horde King (2019). The Alien's Prize (2017) opens 28 catalogued books that reach A Wolfe in the Woods (2026). Six series divide the run: Warriors of Luxiria, Horde Kings of Dakkar, Brides of the Kylorr, Krave of Everton, Warrior of Rozun and Hordes of the Elthika.

Zogarth is a LitRPG author whose 24 catalogued books all belong to the Primal Hunter franchise. The Primal Hunter (2022) opens the main sequence, and the numbered novels have continued steadily through 2026. Alongside the core series, Zogarth's catalogue lists a Primal Hunter light novel edition and a Primal Hunter graphic novel. The franchise is ongoing.

Zoje Stage is an American writer from Pittsburgh who came to fiction from screenwriting, holding fellowships from the Independent Filmmaker Project and the New York Foundation for the Arts. The debut novel, Baby Teeth (2018), also issued as Bad Apple, has been optioned for film. Seven books are catalogued to 2026, among them Wonderland (2020), Getaway (2021), Mothered (2023) and Dear Hanna (2024). Mothers and daughters, suspense and horror are the recurring subjects.

Zora Neale Hurston

50 books• 1 series

Zora Neale Hurston (January 7, 1891 to January 28, 1960) was an American writer, anthropologist, folklorist and documentary filmmaker. Hurston depicted racial struggle in the early 20th-century American South and published research on Hoodoo and Caribbean Vodou. Their Eyes Were Watching God (1937) is the most popular of the four novels. Hurston also wrote more than 50 short stories, plays, the autobiography, ethnographies and essays. Catalogued titles include Jonah's Gourd Vine (1934), Mules and Men (1935), Tell My Horse and Dust Tracks on a Road (1942), among 50 books.

Zoraida Córdova writes children's books and romance, and the Brooklyn Brujas series is the work Córdova is best known for. Córdova is Ecuadorian-American and publishes romance under the name Zoey Castile. The catalogue holds 23 books from The Vicious Deep (2012) to Beware the Nameless (2024), with The Savage Blue (2013), The Vast and Brutal Sea (2014), Labyrinth Lost (2016), Bruja Born (2018) and Galaxy's Edge: A Crash of Fate (2019) among them. Vicious Deep, On the Verge, Brooklyn Brujas, Hollow Crown and Wicked Holidays are the series recorded, and the subjects cover fantasy and paranormal fiction, witches, magic, mermaids and mermen, families and Hispanic Americans.

Zuri Day writes contemporary romance featuring African American characters, with California and New Orleans among the recorded settings. The catalogue holds 35 books from Lies Lovers Tell (2008) to Champagne Taste on a Bad Boy Budget (2025), all credited to Zuri Day. Series recorded under the name are Drakes of California, Morgan Men, Eddington Heirs, Sin City Secrets, Blue-Collar Lover and Love in the Big Easy. Wine and wine making, family life and African American women singers appear among the subjects.