The definition of a fantasyauthor is somewhat diffuse, and a matter of opinion - Jules Verne considered H.G. Wells to be a fantasy author - and there is considerable overlap with science fiction authors and horror fiction authors; however some notable part of the output of the following writers leans more to the fantasy end of the spectrum:
... was a 6th century historian. He was an Ostrogoth and was a notary of Gothic kings in Italy. At the time of Justinian, he was a Christian and possibly bishop of Croton. In ...