who is YOUR favorite Author?

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  • sillygoose1977
    sillygoose1977 Posts: 2,151 Member
    Tom Perotta- Wrote Little Children, Election, The Wishbones
    Christopher Moore-warped and hilarious
    Yann Martel-has only written 2 so far but they are both fantastic
    Wally Lamb-he rips my heart out and throws it across the room
    Dennis LeHane-a master at the twist ending

    Edited to add Jon Krakauer. He writes the best nonfiction. I highly recommend Where Men Win Glory about Pat Tillman.
  • Sh1tsRainbows
    Sh1tsRainbows Posts: 1,227 Member
    Lisa Gardner, Lisa Scottoline,

    maybe i have a "Lisa" fetish...:wink:
  • ♥Faerie♥
    ♥Faerie♥ Posts: 14,053 Member
    Could never pick just one:ohwell:

    Stephen King- I am a collector of his, and aim to own EVERYTHING he has done...one day....
    Sylvia Plath
    Edgar Allan Poe
    Dorthy Parker
    Anne Sexton
    Chuck Palahniuk
    Hunter S Thompson
    JK Rowling
    JRR Tolkien
    Dean Koontz (His old stuff, hate the new stuff)
    Stephanie Meyer (Books were awesome, movies REALLY suck)
    Lemony Snicket
    Lewis Carroll
    Anne Rice (except for her new ones about Christianity)
    Susanna Kaysen

    I could seriously go on and on...but will stop there♥
  • Ashley_Panda
    Ashley_Panda Posts: 1,404 Member
    Jodi Picoult <3
  • BAMA66
    BAMA66 Posts: 240
    James Rollins
    Daniel Sylva
    Lee Child
    David Baldacci
    Brad Meltzer
    Terry Goodkind
    Colleen McCullough
  • BAMA66
    BAMA66 Posts: 240
    Stephen King for sure
  • kateistoned
    kateistoned Posts: 116
    Ayn Rand
  • bigislandgrrl
    bigislandgrrl Posts: 196 Member
    My current favorite is Christopher Moore. Man is a GENIUS. I actually got to meet him, too. He's as funny in person as he is on paper.

    My absolute favorite is Ray Bradbury. He's been a strong influence in my own writing over the years.

    gonna have to friend you. Chris is a genius, "Lamb" is in my top 5, and I met Mr Bradbury, :)

    Ill have to be friends with both of you! Christopher Moore is by far the most brilliant writers ever! A guy that can write a book that makes me chuckle or bust up laughing ALL the way through the book! And yes, I LOVE every book, but Lamb is by far his best!
  • flutterqueen04
    flutterqueen04 Posts: 278
    Sandra Brown....and of course J.K. Rowling will always have my :heart:
  • flutterqueen04
    flutterqueen04 Posts: 278
    double post...gah.
  • angelew
    angelew Posts: 133 Member
    Barbara Kingsolver
  • FitnessElle
    FitnessElle Posts: 109
    William Faulkner <3
  • Marjorielk
    Marjorielk Posts: 202 Member
    Very hard question, how about my top 100 or so:
    Rosamunde Pilcher, Elizabeth Elgin, Nevile Shute, Joy Fielding, Michael Crichton, Dean Koontz, Jodi Piccoult, James Rollins,Greg Bear, Minnette Walters, Diana Gabaldon, Barbara Delinsky, Kathy Reichs, Greg Iles,Audrey Niffenegger,
  • avalonms
    avalonms Posts: 2,468 Member
    F. Scott Fitzgerald
  • MasterXelcas
    MasterXelcas Posts: 130 Member
    Drew Karpyshn
  • Tiggerrick
    Tiggerrick Posts: 1,078 Member
    Orson Scott Card, Stephen King, Jean M. Auel

    yes, yes, I am a kid at heart even now.
  • oliviaforever
    oliviaforever Posts: 36 Member
    J.K. Rowling of course. The best author to ever exist!
  • minisumo
    minisumo Posts: 301 Member
    There are books I can read over and over, usually once a year: all of Terry Pratchett's Discworld series (I ADORE him) and Jane Austen's P&P and S&S (not keen on the others).

    Plus authors I always buy/borrow: Ben Elton, Bill Bryson, Nick Hornby

    And those I always buy for comfort reads: Marian Keyes, Sophie Kinsella, Lauren Weisberger

    I also recently read Nora Ephron's Heartburn which was brilliant so I'd like to see what else she's written.
  • Eats_With_A_Fist
    Eats_With_A_Fist Posts: 181
    Jeanette Winterson, Chuck Palahniuk, Carolyn Forche, Anthony Burgess, Dostoyevsky, Robert Creely, John Piper, I could go for days. It's really hard to pick just one author out of so many greats throughout history!
  • sallycinnamon1
    sallycinnamon1 Posts: 26
    Jane Austen if I couldn't read anybody else ever. My kindle is full of Kate Atkinson and CJ Sansom books so i reckon they must be my favoruites right now.
  • TheRoadDog
    TheRoadDog Posts: 11,788 Member
    Michael Connelly
    Robert McCammon
    John Sanford
    Stephen Hunter
  • Qarol
    Qarol Posts: 6,171 Member
    Sophie Kinsella

    I also love Janet Evanovich and Lauren Willig
  • lizlee8
    lizlee8 Posts: 92 Member
    There are books I can read over and over, usually once a year: all of Terry Pratchett's Discworld series (I ADORE him) and Jane Austen's P&P and S&S (not keen on the others).

    Plus authors I always buy/borrow: Ben Elton, Bill Bryson, Nick Hornby

    And those I always buy for comfort reads: Marian Keyes, Sophie Kinsella, Lauren Weisberger

    I also recently read Nora Ephron's Heartburn which was brilliant so I'd like to see what else she's written.

    I LOVE LOVE LOVE Terry Pratchett's Discworld!!! - working my way through them currently on Lords and Ladies :)
    x
  • twistedsista0408
    twistedsista0408 Posts: 71
    I love the Harry Potter novels...much better than the movies :). I'm also into motivational books from Zig Ziglar...SEE YOU AT THE TOP...my favorite :)
  • diplomad
    diplomad Posts: 51
    Richard Dawkins & Sam Harris. If you ever want to understand science but are afraid you lack the mental capacity, Dawkins explains stuff in simplistic excellence. Harris also puts alot of things in perspective.

    Otherwise, Richard Bach, Cormac McCarthy, and Stephen Ambrose.
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