During his career he won 6 Hugo Awards, 3 Nebula Awards, 2 Locus Awards. 6. Fritz Leiber Along with Robert E. Howard, Leiber was one of the godfathers of the Swords Sorcery genre. His seminal characters Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser, made their first appearance in the 1939 tale, Sought Adventure Leiber tales of the giant barbarian and the slippery thief would be collected into seven books consisting of some three dozens stories and one novel. Met in Lankhmar which details the pairs first meeting won both the Hugo and Nebula awards.
The stories have gone onto numerous comic book adaptations and even a RPG game. The pair would become the template for rousing adventure heroes for decades to come. If you can find a copy, Leiber 1947 short story collection Night Black jordan 13 bred Agents, is a great read. 5. Michael Moorcock Moorcock is perhaps the most diverse talent on this list, dabbling in music and songwriting in addition to his long literary career. Moorcock most beloved creation is Elric, the Albino Emperorwonder why Feist hasn re-visited the genre. 7. Roger Zelazny Passing
away at just 58 years old, Zelazny left behind one of the most detailed
and engrossing fantasy series ever written, Chronicles of Amber Zelazney
successfully blended science and fantasy into an epic series as the
Princes of Amber battle against the Court of Chaos. In all Zelazny wrote
ten books and several short stories about Amber. After his death, a new
Amber series was started but met with mostly negative reaction from
fans and critics. Besides Amber, he wrote numerous other outstanding
fantasies including his tales of Dilvish the Damned, the descendant of
both Elves and humans who wages war against a powerful sorcerer while
aided by a demon in the form of a metal black horse.