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:
... Scriptures, statements
about the uses of adversity, advice for submission
to authority, warnings against temptation and how
to resist it, reflections about death and ...