Who is your favorite author?

[BeeCrest]

Simple as what the title says :p
My favorite has to be David Clement-Davies. He's written The Fire Bringer, The Sight, and The Telling Pool (all fantasy). I'm reading The Telling Pool now and I simply love his work.

[Nomadic Dragon]

I would have to say my favorite author is..hmm..J.R.R Tolkien I guess..it's a hard choice between him and Terry Goodkind both of them are fantastic authors.

[Insight]

my favorite author is Terry Prachett written over 50 books and his discworld series is brilliant. writes satirical fantasy novels that are very funny.

[Byakuya7]

Stephen king because he writes such good horror and suspense novels.

[MooL]

Diana Wynne Jones and Meg Cabot ROCK as my favorites. I'm also a big fan of J.K. Rowling (who isn't!), C.S. Lewis, and a little Jane Austen.

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[Ren Höek]

mine is Stephen King and Dean Koontz

[Ethanol]

J. R. R. Tolkien

or

Dan Brown

[Azalea]

J.R.R Tolkein, Dan Brown and J.K. Rowling :D

[SLVR]

Carlos Castaneda

[yumisan]

J.R.R Tolkein and Dan Brown.:)

[jemz09]

Dan Brown and J.K. Rowling ^^;

[Z_Blitz]

Hmm... Lots of them really. Stephen King, Dan Brown, J.J. Tolkein, Wilbur Smith, Dean Koontz, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (his novels are ancient lol) and many others that my memory fails to mention them all. Dan Brown has impressed me the most though and is currently my favourite novelist :).

[Shinji]

Dan Brown, Lian Hearn and Lennart Hellsing. I love them all.
They're very different authors but the best in their respective genre.

[The_Supervisor]

Dean R Koontz wrote some of the rare books that have interested me

[Dark Fire]

Dan Brown or Steven King

Dan Brown: his books are suspenseful and informative

Steven King: his books are juss damn scarry

Im going to get some Tom Clancy books soon

[Hakuoro]

J.R.R Tolkien (I cant remeber how to spell his name)

J.K Rowling

And many other authors.

[Sanzora]

Garht Nix for a deffinate!

[Injektilo]

Terry Pratchett. My name on some forums is Binky, after Death's horse. Pratchett is just a class act and every time you go to the book store he's got a new one out. :redbiggri

[Chobi]

David Eddings and Douglas Adams are my 2 favourite author

[SoundWave]

Eddings...

[M-50]

mine is Stephen King and Dean Koontz
I love Dean Koontz his books are sick! Especially Odd Thomas and Frankestein.

[Neve]

hmmm...Robert Harris or John Grisham

[Joe Black]

well, right now i'm into the science fiction (mainly dealing with robotics), so generally my favorite auther is Issac Asimov, but not the only author I read.

[unwaken]

Sydney Sheldon, Mercedes Lackley (awesome fantasy writer), John Grisham, James Patterson, Dan Brown, J.R.R Tolkein, J.K. Rowling.

heh.. all awesome writers imo. :D

[Micro_Shorty]

robert jordan, david eddings, and david gemmell...

yes i like fantasy books...

[riamu]

terry Pratchett all the way

[HackEye]

Stephen King and S.D. Perry

[Tsukei]

I actually have a ton but at the moment Stephenie Meyers and Herbie Brennan are at the top of my list.

[Princess Tofu]

Dane Brown I think was the name. Well the Guy that wrote Angels and Demons and the Da Vinchi Code

[Allicat]

Anne Rice ee i love vampires

[novastar]

piers anthony, terry goodkind, and orson scott card

[Merovingian]

Definitely Stephen King, with Tolkien and Ray Bradbury not far behind.

[Lan]

Robert Jordan
hes just great and theseries WOt is awesome

[kaede822]

Dan Brown, JRR Tolkien, Robert Ludlum, John Grisham

[beware_the_strawberry18]

It's a tie between Mark Twain and Edgar Allan Poe. Perhaps if they fought to the death.....

[Toasty]

I doubt many people like her, but I'll post her anyways. I love her work.

Laurell Hamilton. She writes the Anita Blake vampire hunter series. Some think it's kinda trashy, but like her writing style and characters.

[YuRiPaWings]

Stephen King, J.K. Rowling, and the dude that wrote 'Wicked.' I love him soOo much that I can't even remember his name, teehee!

[alieraisu]

TAMORA PIERCE baby! I love her writing style,a nd her characters.

[Elelith]

God!!! I LOVE TAMORA PIERCE. I just got Trickster's Choice, and I can't read it yet, because I'm revising. I thought Alanna was such an original charcter. but Thom, will always be my fave!

[odanion]

margaret weiss

[MooL]

and the dude that wrote 'Wicked.' I love him soOo much that I can't even remember his name, teehee!Gregory Macguire.

He's ok, but I have to admit I still haven't finished Wicked--for some reason, I got involved with other books XD

Another one of my favorites is: Jennifer Cruisie. Her books never stop making me laugh.

[Elelith]

Also, Jostein Gaarder. Fantastic, but loads of the stuff is lost in translation (Norway.)

[Icestorm]

Robert Jordan, Terry Goodkind

[mrmyz]

Anne Rice .

[odanion]

Also, Jostein Gaarder. Fantastic, but loads of the stuff is lost in translation (Norway.)

what kind of books are they?

[Elelith]

Philosophical ones. The ones that you read, then read again, then have to re-read bits, then say "I'm sorry what, oh right....... I see." Then you go off for about an hour and think about it. They are really cool books. But like I said, kinda thick and most of the meaning is lost in translation.

Read Sophie's world. That was his most popular book. It's about a book, inside a book, inside a book.

[odanion]

woah...maybe I will try one out...just hope they have one at the library here...

[beautifulrandomness]

Haruki Murakami - his books are just so surreal, but at the same time utterly and unquestionably believeable. I've Read Kafka on the Shore, The Wind Up Bird Chroncile, Norwegian Wood and Dance Dance Dance so far. I'd love to read them all, and the rate I'm buying (bye-bye student loan) I will have done soon :winking56

Just started to read Banana Yoshimoto recently, but I wasn't that impressed, although in fairness I've only read the short story ones so far... about to start Amrita in the next week or so, so I'm reserving judgement!

Oh yeh and in agreement with everyone above, Tamora Pierce rocks!!!

[Akiha]

i like Edgar Allen Poe....the Raven (inspiration for my name) and the pit and the pendualum were good....also the bells

[Luso Clemens]

Fred Saberhagen
Terry Prachett
Diana Wynne Jones

Mwar yeah, man... those are the authors I like.

[Ruk]

It's funny for as much as I read I really have no favorite author. There is no one person's work I rush to read.

For awhile I was on a big Stephen King kick reading the Dark Tower series does that count as a favorite?

[Akiha]

It's funny for as much as I read I really have no favorite author. There is no one person's work I rush to read.

For awhile I was on a big Stephen King kick reading the Dark Tower series does that count as a favorite?
well tecjnically, its not an author, but you could count it as a favorite series...

[Ruk]

well tecjnically, its not an author, but you could count it as a favorite series...

Ok then I stand by I have no favorite author.

[MatsumotoRangiku]

Mine would have to be JK Rowling , CS Lewis and Cornilea Funk as they wrote highly sucessfull books like Harry Potter, The Chronicals of Narina and Inkheart.

[blueice760]

hmm i like Terry Brooks, Ann Rice, David Brin, HG Wells(He's good), anne Mcaffrey, Michael Crichton, Douglas Preston oh an Asimov is ok.

[Ruk]

CS Lewis makes my list of all time worst Authors, odd I have no favorites but there are some I can not stand.

I am not going to derail this thread anymore then I have. So if someone starts a worst author thread I can explain my hate of CS Lewis there.

[Daeruke]

Guys! Guys! We Are On Cb. We Should All Say Kubo

[bakatan]

a lot.
some mentioned here..isaac asimov for his Foundation series, douglas adams for his hilarious hitchhiker series, john ronald reuel tolkien for the Hobbit and LOTR series, J.K. Rowling for the HP series. Robert Fulghum for his bite-sized day-to-day philosophies (all I really need to know I learned in Kindergarten, Uh-oh, It was on fire...)

And oh yeah the classics of j.d. salinger, harper lee (to kill a mockingbird), mark twain etc.

More serious themed authors--jostein gaarder (sophies world, the solitaire mystery), paulo coelho (veronika decides to die), carl sagan (Contact, Dragons of eden, Comet) Daniel dennet (darwin's dangerous idea), Jared Diamond (Guns, Germs and Steel, Why sex is fun, etc.)

a lot more! haha

throw in some John Updike, Sue Miller..and other short story writers.

[summer_faerie]

My fav author would hve to be Robert Jordan. I love his books!

[Daeruke]

u guys suck! say kubo! he's the author of bleach

[Ruk]

My fav author would hve to be Robert Jordan. I love his books!
It's too bad that he won't finish that series of his. And it's also too bad he is not the sole author on it anymore. I forget when it started but he has been letting his wife write the female parts for awhile. I should go dig that info up again.

[Halbard]

Gary Paulsen

[greeneyes]

Peter Tremayne

[M-50]

Now my favourite author is Tom Clancy.

[Shinigami_Josh]

to many i rekon tad williams is real good i have read memory sorrow and thorn so many times

[Koanashi]

Douglas Adams, Terry Prachet, and Tolkien currently.

[Lolable]

jodi piccoult

[Ryuujin Massatsu]

Raymond E. Feist

Margaret Weis & Tracy Hickmann (Dragonlance)

CS Friedman

[Vampyrelord]

Gary Paulsen

Is he the guy who wrote that book called "the hatchet" or something? I think I have that book somewhere...

My favourite author is probably Paul Stewart.

[Halbard]

Is he the guy who wrote that book called "the hatchet" or something? I think I have that book somewhere...
My favourite author is probably Paul Stewart.

Yep did Dogsong, The River, Brian's Winter, and Guts that I know of <.< good adventure novelist, I suggest him to anyone who likes the genre

[tankhunter253]

my favourite author is michael crichton, i think he's excellent. he wrote jurassic park and lost world, congo, and a whole bunch of other books that also have been turned into movies.lol.

[Mega Wings]

R.L.stain becuse i gorw up with it!

[Qc0Jh1axT]

Harlen Coben. John Grisham. Roald Dahl. He writes really really excellent books for adults, too. Erh. Does Kubo Tite count?? :D

[Aboroth]

I guess that my favourite author would be Friedrich Nietzsche his books are really interesting and I found them really worth of the time I spend with them.

[Exodus]

My favorite author is Jules Verne.

Some of his books are:
- Journey to the center of the Earth
- 20,000 leagues under the sea
- Around the world in 80 days

[izza]

Alexandre Dumas
- The Three Musketeers
- The Count of Mounte Cristo

Louisa May Alcott
-Little Women

Jane Austen
-Pride and Prejudice

[~black butterfly~]

yaaay! izza! same here

Alexandre Dumas - Count of Monte Cristo

Danielle Steel

JK Rowling

[Shinigami_Josh]

feist tolkien williams jordan rice theres more but not off the top of my head i think

[Undying]

Hmm....
Sir Arthur Konan Doile (or is it Conan?) - the Sherlock Holmes stuff.
R.A. Salvatore: None may equal this person's writing. NONE.
Robert Jordan: The Wheel of Time. Need I say more?
J.R.R. Tolkien: well... he's pretty well known so I guess saying his name is enough.
Alexander Dumas: almsot everything he wrote.
Jack London: White Fang...

'K this is what I can remember... I really like reading...

[hitsugaya131]

I like meg cabot
The princess daries and the mediator series are cool…
They’re so suspenseful and I keep goin to the bookstore for the next book in the series

[Osoheil]

Terry Goodkind. He is the only guy that can write stuff that can keep my attention.

[Reefern86]

R.A. Salvator-hes the one that inspired me to start writing my own novel. I got almost every book he's written and i got his autograph on the special edition of Spearwielders Tales.

And i got to add J.R.R Tolkien- the man that inspired my favorite genre.

[ashiin]

Agatha Christie, one of the best authors in the world. I read her books starting from 7th grade, and my favorite out of all of them is "And then there was none" My first agatha christie book, and the best one too :D

[Zinedine Zidane]

Shel Silverstein.

[Ichi-Zoro 3]

dan brown because i like his fictional works based on history

[sherenetms]

1) Tolkien. Best author i've ever seen. his works inspire me to be an author myself.
2) Alexandre Dumas. Classy works.
3) Meg Cabot. I love the Princess Diaries :)

Alot more but i cant think of their names at the moment.

[Mikuru]

Orson Scott Card- The Ender series is really good.

[jaramiewright]

dan brown, oh ya some jordan fans here hes great david eddings chrispher pallioni? sp? terry brooks sword of shanharra any one?

[Pon]

I'm going to be a bit childish and say - Tove Jansson (author of the Moomin books). I also love Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's and Agatha Christie's crime novels, Alexandre Dumas and Jules Verne. Amongst many others. ^^;

[Seilin]

I like J.K. Rowling only because of the Harry Potter book and since, I don't read much books, the only author I like th most is Andrew Clement. The book I read from him was all kind of like children chapter books, but I always enjoy reading his books and it always seem to end good to me.

[Cococookiez]

Isaac Asimov - awesome sicence fiction books

[S.J.Shinigami]

kurt vonnegut, hes the best satirical writer ever

[Shinomori]

Stephen King - for the off-the-wall-crazy shit that I just can't help but read.

Steven Erikson, George Martin, R. Scott Bakker, Robert Jordan, John Marco, and oh-so-many more - fantasy writers. The best I've ever read (and there's a lot of them I've read :D)

John Hodgman - because he's ****ing HILARIOUS. Get his book. Now.

If you're still reading this, you are disobeying. I'm not kidding. Go get it NOW.



Don't read this until you already have it.







Are you still reading?




Stop.

Ok. There.

And...uh....who else...that's about it, actually. James Patterson. There we go.

[~*StÓÑy RèL0ÂÐeD™]

R.A. Salvotore... best fantasy writer in forgottan realms!!

[izzuru]

Diana Wynne Jones...
Love her books...

[Delta]

I've looked through the whole thread and I dont see China Mieville anywhere! Am I alone? D:

[nikuwadoko]

Amy Tan............

[ajames]

Ernest Hemingway and JRR Tolkien.

[Micker]

hmm ra salvatore is way up there with kevin anderson but my all time favorite has to be timothy zan.

[Tennyo Hakumei]

Hmmm, let's see...my favorite authors, well Gaston Leroux will be one because he wrote POTO and I love that book with all my heart.

Others will be: Anne Rice, Stephen King, Dan Brown and Paulo Coelho.

[SentByGod]

my top fav is tolkein..because he rules..and i love his books.

most think it's boring..but i enjoy reading them. the rest of my favs are:

sarah dessen..even though i'm not into teen books that much..seems like she writes good ones that i can read without thinking it's too mushy mushy.

stephen king, because i love reading something with drama and leaves me thinking.

rowling..not exactly my fav fav, but i still keep up with her books when it comes to hp.

scott westerfield because i love the series of the midnighters.

[mad one]

Mine are:

Tolkien
David Eddings
Terry Pratchett
Raymond E. Feist

All authors of fairly large series. I like stories that go on for a long time.:p

[Z-man]

My fav Author is definatly P.B Ker who wrote The children of the Lamp.

I love the book. Especially Nimrod because he is the Tutor and has all these powers :toocool:

[Fearful Shino]

Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll. I love this book, it's so original. ^^ But i think Disney wrecked it a bit.

Roald Dahl, the childrens books.. OMG!! he's soo good! my fav story will have to be 'fantastic Mr Fox!'

I don't know if you overseas guys know this, but John Mardens. He writes great stories and i am currently reading one in English class, Tomorrow, when the war began.

[DestinyBlade]

(lol) I wasn't expecting this thread 'cause a very small number of people read these days...(sigh) but anyway, I have a lot of favorite authors, but my #1 favorite is Orson Scott Card. Ender Wiggin is my Idol.

[Chrono Detector]

When I was younger I use to like Paul Jennings, his novels are mainly aimed for young teenagers and older children. I found this stories amusing.

Right now, I don't have a favourite authour.

[Evanesque]

Anne Rice...she's the author of Queen of the Damned, The witching hour, Lasher and Taltos...

[Baby-Pie]

i love Sidney Sheldon author of Tell me your dreams and If tomorrow comes and i also like Anne Rice and stephan King and a few more...

[Miss M]

I like Sophie Kinsella, author of Confessions of a Shopaholic, Shopaholic Takes Manhattan, Shopaholic Ties the Knot, Shopaholic and Sister and Can You Keep a Secret?.... it's fun reading her books coz it's fillled with comedy and romance....

[adorkable]

One of my favourite authors is Ryu Murakami. What I like about his books is that they have a more realistic and dark tone to them.

[Dexter]

My fav authour: David Gemmell

[C.Payne]

Stephen King.

Dark Tower is a masterpiece, though I was disapointed when they killed of J--e

[blackrican]

steven king of course

[Miyata]

Definitely, Stephen King. His books combine horror and thrills perfectly for an excellent book and a good film. My favourite book of his has to be The Running Man. The film was alright but the book was definitely better by miles.

[ravenx]

My favorite authour is: Orson Scott Card

[Sado Yasutora]

J.R.R. Tolkien I love LOTR

[Alienor]

Orson Scott Card is great!
But in my opinion, not all the books are as good. I like most of them, but I've never found any as powerful as Ender's Game. That was probably the book I read that shook me the most in my entire life.

my favourite author... Hum, good question...
I like Terry Pratchet, he has a way of saying random things that are painfully true...
Otherwise, Tolkien, and Webb (can't remember her name, she wrote Mirror Dreams, Mirror Wakes and Waywalkers).

Oh, and one I shouldn't have forgotten... Tamora pierce. Yay for Kel!!!

[Elise Lenne Fevout]

I heart Christopher Moore and Anne Rice.

[chipp zanuff]

Alexander Dumas, I like his novels, I read the three musketeers 5 times, I think it’s a great novel

[dragoneyes001]

Isaac Asimov also David Weber , Lois Mcmaster Bujold , Elizabeth Moon , W.E.B. Griffith, Tad Williams, Tom Clancy ....etc....

[deto]

that would be Tolkien, salvatore and Clancy.

Tolkien since he created a whole universe with tons of characters around
the lord of the rings.

Clancy because i like rainbow six, altho that book is kinda .... big...

Salvatore i added because i like the Drizzt Series, interesting read for all fantasy fans

[candyb3ar]

Brothers Grimm ( if you dun know them they are the ones whom wrote all the childern stories...but before they were change to fit society and their "norm"

believe me CHECK these out, anything from cinderella, snow white and so on some of these are pretty greusom so be warned

[Joe Black]

Isaac Asimov also David Weber , Lois Mcmaster Bujold , Elizabeth Moon , W.E.B. Griffith, Tad Williams, Tom Clancy ....etc....

Isaac Asimov for the win! I've read some of his short stories, and "Night." Oh man, I need to get more of his books! :P

[toxxin]

Either Schildt, O'Rielly, or Steven Hawking

...yes I'm a nerd I know! But the truth is I only like reading fact books, was never much into fiction :/

[Lonyar]

My favorites are Christopher Paolini who wrote the Eragon trilogy. Chris D'Lacey who wrote the "The Fire Within" series.

[*~Bankai_Beauty~*]

I am Absolutly in love with Dan Brown, he is an amazing author and i've read all but one of his books.

[zaffy04]

Brian Jacques - The Redwall Series

[TenkiStar Owns You]

I'm probably missing a lot of writers, as I'm a little bit drowsy right now, but I really enjoy Terry Goodkind, Douglass Adams, Tom Robbins, and Neil Gaiman. I used to be a huge Robert Jordan fan (I'm really excited to see so many of them here!) but the last 2 books were kinda disappointing. The last one, I coudn't even make myself finish... I just read the parts with Perrin and Mat. And I ALWAYS finish a book if it's half decent.

[rei]

i'm a hopeless romantic so aside from j.k. rowling and dan brown i also like judith mcnaught, johanna lindsey, julie garwood and susan elizabeth philips

[M_A]

George R.R. Martin. A Song of Ice and Fire is a glorious series.

[Mighty Aramir]

Agatha Christie, George Orwell, Anne Rice, JRR Tolkien, Orson Scott Card, Paulo Coelho, Isabel Allende, Cervantes, Shakespeare (yes, this guy kicks ass), Gustavo Adolfo Becquer(great name, and writer), Isaac Asimov, Carlos Luis Fallas, Joaquin Gutierrez.... And thats about it. =)

[d_angel]

I don't really have one favourite author. ^^'' The ones I do like:

Margaret Atwood - Her writing style is appealing, and her writing makes you think. She has a tendency, especially in her earlier novels, to abuse the male characters she creates, but overall she does a fine job of balancing plot and emotion.

Yann Martel - He wrote Life of Pi. No other reason is needed.

David and Leigh Eddings - For writing the Belgariad and Mallorean cycles. *Bows down low and worships*

[Lady Ushio]

I don't have my favorite author; but, I choose Elaine Viets at the moment.

[Felijan]

My favorite author is Stephen King. I liked all of the Castle Rock stories, the Dark Tower books and his stand-alones too. Good author- scary and unique plots, memorable characters.

I also really liked the Ender saga by Orson Scott Card. ^^

[angelicdesire]

my favorite is steven king as well. i just love how his writing and stories can scare the readers. it gets my imagination going really well.

[Melochus]

My absolute favorite is Peter F. Hammilton (Reality Dysfunction, Neutronium Alchemist, The Naked God, The Greg Mandel Trilogy, Pandoras Star, and his latest Judas Unchained.)

I also like Orson Scott Card and Douglass Adams. Dave Berry is funny as hell.

[Lady1]

Steve Cash and V.C Andrews

[Reefern86]

There are so many great athurs to choose from...but I'll go with Tolkien, and Phillip Pullman

[minori]

Tolkien cos he's... well Tolkien. He just has the best imagination ever. ^^ And then Leena Lehtolainen who writes the best detective stories that are so realistic and Finnish...

[Aristocrat]

steven king...he's good at imagining things..i wonder where he gets his ideas frm..

[Sweeney]

Stephen King, no one else comes close IMO. The Dark Tower series....so good.

[slave_car]

Tolkien... he is the king of epic fantasy...but as for sci-fi deffinitely Frank Herbert (wrote Dune)... best sci-fi i ever read... 2.-3. best book

[zaffy04]

my favourite author is matthew reilly he has at least 1 swear word in 4 pages

[Miss M]

Sophie Kinsella...
her books are really funny...
and I really like "Can You Keep A Secret"

also like Arthur Golden... the author of "Memoirs of a Geisha".... n_n

[blackfox]

Fav author is George R. R. Martin. Writes great books.

[Anarchy]

My favorite authors are Homer and Steven King

[zaffy04]

matt reilly and john marsden

[Toutaku Chuuei]

R.A. Salvatore is teh best

[Alerane]

Agatha Christie, Phillip Pullman, J. R. Tolkien, and maybe Eoin Colfer or Lemony Snicket(Daniel Handler) ((those two for only writing style))

[Undying]

Tolkien - LOTR. Need I say more? The best original fantasy work around, IMO. Truly inspiring.

Issac Asimov: I haven't read a whole lot of his books, but I Robot and a couple others I forgot the name inspired me greatly.

Salvatore: the Drizzt series. Period. The rest of his works simply lack that element of the black skinned, purple eyed elf.

Terry Pratchett: that is one super awesome writer. I devour his books.

Robert Jordan: although he did dissapoint me with his last book (Knife of Dreams is a goddamn failure! Robert, what's going on?!?), the rest of the Wheel of Time are awesome and I hope his next book will bring my interest in it back to where it was before (come on, I devoured his books!).

[Sakura_Drops]

Though not anymore, when I was younger it used to be Jacqueline Wilson. Her stories were very simple, yet interesting.

[Guy]

Jules Verne and Alexander Dumas.

Jules Verne for writing "20,000 Leagues Under the Sea" (Captain Nemo is the most awesome character)

Alexandre Dumas for writing "The Count of Monte Cristo"

[Asuka]

R.A. Salvatore for his Dark Elf Series.

[Alerane]

I'm adding Tamora Pierce, I love the characters she creates. Great depth.

[DreamAngel]

Currently that would be Doreen Virtue - Very empowering author indeed ^_^

[Lrrr]

Oooh I have many fav authors as I read ALOT! :D

Fantasy/Sci-Fi
Terry Pratchett - LOVE all his books
Phillip Pullman - His Dark Materials
William Nicholson - The Wind on Fire Trilogy
Cliff McNish - Doomspell Trilogy - He really knows how to suck you into a story.
Stuart Hill - The Cry of The Icemark - A must read, I say!
Tolkien - 'Nuff sed.
Brian Jacques - The Redwall series

Chick Lit/Comedy
Sophie Kinsella
Jill Mansell
Louise Rennison
Melinda Metz - Fingerprints Series (Read them)
Meg Cabot

This hasn't even scratched the surface of my favourite authors! But I think it's more than enough for this thread. ^__^

[MiniMog]

Kurt Vonnegut. He makes me laugh &Timequake is one of my favorite books.

Other Authors I <333
~J.K. Rowling
~C.S. Lewis
~J.R.R. Tolkien


~MiniMog

[Sunshine]

I have to say Robin Hobb and Raymond E Feist... Their style of writing is just wonderful and detailed. =)

[Roastbeef]

I agree with most of the recurrent names that keep popping up. Stephen King's "The Dark Tower" series is beautiful. But i remain an eternal discworld fan.

[Sunshine]

Discworld (by Terry Pratchet) is wonderful! ;)
I love Renswind and the librarian :P

[Makai_Dranix]

wow, the 11th page is the first time i hear Robin Hobb!!!
my favorite authors are... James Clemens, Kate Elliott, Robin Hobb (that woman got me into reading again after not picking up a book for over 6 years!!!!) Robert Jordan and David and Leigh Eddings.
all have had great fantasy series/trilogies, and James Clemens new series is even better than the Wit'ch series!!!! (which i loved!!!)

[sweeter]

Louis Sachar - There's a Boy in the Girl's Bathroom, Holes

Ray Bradbury - The Illustrated Man, Fahrenheit 451

Vladimir Nabokov - Lolita

Bob Ong - ABNKKBSNPLK?, Ang Paboritong Libro ni Hudas

Gabriel Garcia Marquez - Love in the Time of Cholera

Chuck Palahniuk - Fight Club

Truman Capote - Breakfast at Tiffany's

Anthony Burgess - A Clockwork Orange

Of course Douglas Adams, Terry Pratchett, and Neil Gaiman, too...


I am a nerd. I know.

(:

[Shezmu]

J.R.R. Tolkien, the hobbit and the trilogy are truly masterpieces.

I also think Stephen King and Terry Pratchett are great authors =D

[Seff vi Britannia]

Hmm, Wilbur Smith and Terry Pratchett for me.

[ku-chan]

I would have to choose Kristen Britain, she's not very well known, but she has written Green Rider and First Riders call, her third book is coming out in November. I cant wait~! I also love Traci Harding and Anne Bishop.

[DJ_Ryoma]

Dante, Boccaccio, Virgil, Cervantes, Verne, Paolini, C.S. Lewis, Umberto Eco, Stefano Benni, Marco Travaglio, Dean Koontz, Dan Brown, Tolkien, Rowling, Stephen King, Noam Chomsky and many others...

[sweeter]

^^ Boccaccio! Day 3, 10th Story of the Decameron FTW.

(:

[DJ_Ryoma]

^^ Boccaccio! Day 3, 10th Story of the Decameron FTW.

(:
A classic. How could I not cite the Decameron...I am Italian and of top of that from Tuscany...it was obligatory. Glad you read the decameron or that you even heard of it. Most people here in the US do not know what it is....heck, this may sound absurd but is true...my english 9 teacher in HS did not even know what the Divine Comedy was, much less the Decamerone or who Petrarch was...(hello, just the guy that invented the sonnet???)
:whatevah:

[5th of April]

Amy Tan, Paolo Coelho, Og Mandino, Pablo Neruda, JK Rowling, Anne Rice

[mr. bleach]

J.R.R Tolkien..no doubt about it. it seems there are some other Tolkien fans here.........

[granamonkey]

R.A. Salvatore. He is an amazing author and can create some truly amazing characters and make equally amazing stories.

Edit- I also like Richard Lee Byers, JRR Tolkien (of course, and his son for good editing), and Timothy Zahn.

[zen]

I like Lois lowry, and c.s lewis, I love their work.

[M I Z U]

Shakespeare ,Maya Angelou, Dan Brown, JK Rowlings.

[Velham]

I like Gav Thorpe reading his novels got me more and more interested in books and i'm currently reading one of his books entitled "The Last Chancers".

[vividcolour]

JK Rowling, Tolkien, CS Lewis, Katie DiCamillo, Agatha Christie.
They rock.

[Gnave]

Jane Lindskold. (http://www.janelindskold.com/)

Her Firekeeper saga are my favorite books.

[Ichi-Zoro 3]

My favorite is Dan Brown for his amazing fictional books.

[Pyramus]

For me, its between Lian hearn and Phillip Reeve!

Lian Hearn: Tales of the Otori - This series is so incrdibly detailed, I just hope an anime is made of it!!!

Phillip Reeve: Mortal engines series - Some of the best adventure books ever! the last book had me in tears!

[Artemis]

J.R.R Tolkien, a classic.

C.S Lewis, but more for his non-Narnia related books. Like 'Problems with pain' and 'Mere Christianity'.

Eoin Colfer, for his series 'Artemis Fowl'. Which is actually going to be made into a movie next year.

and a tiny bit...

William Nicholson, for his work on the series of 'The Wind on Fire'

:)

[BeMused]

There are a few...

J.R.R. Tolkien
Brian Lumley, for his Necromancer series
Garth Nix, for his Old Kingdom series
Anne Rice, for her vampire chronicles