Ultimate Guide to Modern Writers of Fantastic Literature

Avi Abrams, over at Dark Roasted Blend has compiled a HUGE list of Science Fiction and Fantasy writers. Provided as a Google document, the list covers thousands of artists, links to the authors' websites, a brief description of the kind of work they produce (e.g. - 'Recommended epic fantasy' and 'alternate history, many stories', and awards that the author has won.

The list is big, concise, and the best of it's kind that I have found online.

Avi gives a description of the rating system on DRB:

"'Read' simply means if I personally read the work of this writer - my time is limited, but I try to follow the most promising books and stories. Obviously, the color-coded recommendations will correspond to my own tastes (if I have read this writer), but also will reflect how this writer fares with critics and reviewers (based on information published in "year's best" and Locus, among other sources). A bright red square means highly recommended, a pink square means also recommended, a grey square is reserved for all other fiction, and it simply means "not rated yet".

If you read fantasy, you should give this a look.

The List