David Mark Weber is an American science fiction and fantasy author. He was born in Cleveland, Ohio in 1952. In his stories, he creates a consistent and rationally explained technology and society. Even when dealing with fantasy themes, the magical powers are treated like another technology with supporting rational laws and principles. Many of his stories have military, particularly naval, themes, and fit into the military science fiction genre.

John Ringo is an American science fiction and fantasy author, who specializes in the subgenre of military science fiction, concentrating on SF scenarios that have a lot of infantry battles and other types of ground combat. He is published by Baen. He is known for his outspoken views, and can often be found wandering science fiction conventions wearing a Utilikilt. Examples of his works are available on Baen Free Library.

Elizabeth Moon (born March 7, 1945) is an American science fiction and fantasy author. She lives in Florence, Texas (about 40 miles (70 km) northeast of Austin). She attained the rank of 1st Lieutenant during active service with the US Marine Corps, which she joined in 1968 having obtained a Bachelor's degree in History from Rice University. Later she additionally obtained a B.A. in Biology. She is also an experienced paramedic.

David Drake (born September 24, 1945) is a successful author of science fiction and fantasy literature. A Vietnam War veteran who has worked as a lawyer, he is now one of the premier authors of the military science fiction subgenre. Drake graduated Phi Beta Kappa from the University of Iowa, majoring in history (with honors) and Latin. His studies at Duke University School of Law were interrupted for two years by the U.S. Army, …

Tom Kratman is an American science fiction author specializing in the subgenre of military science fiction. He is a retired U.S. Army officer, and an attorney. His works are published by Baen.

Walter Jon Williams (born 15 October 1953) is an American writer, primarily of science fiction. Several of Williams' novels have a distinct cyberpunk feel to them, notably "Hardwired" (also an homage to Roger Zelazny's novel "Damnation Alley") and "Voice of the Whirlwind". However, he has explored a number of different styles and genres, including farce (e.g., the "Majistral" series), postcyberpunk space opera ("Aristoi"), …

James Patrick "Jim" Baen was a noted U.S. science fiction publisher and editor. In 1983 he founded his own publishing house, Baen Books, specializing in the adventure, fantasy, and military science fiction / space opera genres. In late 1999 he started an electronic publishing business called Webscriptions, considered to be the first profitable e-book vendor despite not using encryption or DRM. He was considered a controversial figure during his own lifetime, …

Dan Abnett is a British writer, mainly of comic books and gaming fiction. Primarily Abnett has worked for "2000 AD" and Marvel Comics (including their UK imprint) since the early 1990s, although he has also contributed to DC Comics titles. His Warhammer and Warhammer 40,000 novels and graphic novels for Games Workshop's Black Library now run to several dozen titles. As one of the more prolific 2000AD writers, …

John G. Hemry is an American author of military science fiction novels. Drawing on his experience as a retired United States Navy officer, he has written the "Stark's War" and "Paul Sinclair" series. Under the name Jack Campbell, he has written two volumes of the "Lost Fleet" series, and on his website names two more forthcoming volumes. He has also written over a dozen short stories, many published in "Analog" magazine, …

Walter H. Hunt (b. 1959) is a science-fiction novelist from Massachusetts, United States. His writings currently include the "Dark Wing" series, a military science fiction space opera, as well as numerous role-playing scenarios for various gaming companies. He is a graduate of Bowdoin College. Hunt's work experience has been as a software engineer and technical writer. He also has a deep interest in history (which he studied at college), in science fiction, …

John Francis Carr (born 1944) is a science fiction editor and writer. His novels were included the space operatic The Ophidian Conspiracy and co-wrote a novel set in the "Paratime" universe of H. Beam Piper. He has been known primarily or solely as an editor since 1986. He is known for editing collections or series involving Libertarian science fiction and Military science fiction.

Andrey Lvovich Livadny (born May 27, 1969) is a Russian military science fiction writer. His works have begun to be published in 1998 and include several novels, tales and stories. Most of the works are merged into "The History of the Galaxy" series, which embraces the human development within the next 2,000 years. Many of Livadny's works, like 2000 "Dabog", are pierced by the antiwar sentiments. Livadny resides in Pskov.