Who is/are your favorite author(s)?

[PMS Solincia]

Who are your favorite authors?

I absolutely love ANYTHING by Margaret Atwood. It's more of a read for women, as the stories are about women.

[Cookie Kwan PMS]

Mine would def be my historical romance authors:. I will usually buy anything they write.

Jane Austen
Jude Deveraux - mostly her earlier work
Julie Garwood
Judith McNaught
Johanna Lindsey

[Oh My Zombie]

I love several authors:

Mercedes Lackey
Jodi Picoult
Marion Zimmer-Bradley

There's a lot more, but those are at the top of my list.

[PMS Goosechecka]

Definitely Neil Gaiman

and in honor of his passing today, I'm giving a shout out to Howard Zinn.

[bunnywink]

I would have to say...

Jean M. Auel
Jane Austen
Neil Gaiman
George R. R. Martin

[PMS HelenofTroy]

George R R Martin
James Patterson

[PMS HelenofTroy]

I would have to say...

Jean M. Auel
Jane Austen
Neil Gaiman
George R. R. Martin


A Song of Ice and Fire?

[H2O Shepherd]

Dave Pelzer
Wally Lamb
Edgar Allen Poe
Nicholas Sparks (yeah, I know lol)

[PMS NJ]

Chuck Palanhiuk
Neil Gaiman
Jostein Gaarder (except Sophie's World)

[PMS Dark Ivory]

I like more darker stories, so my favorite authors are:

Anna Rice
Clive Barker
Stephen King
Lilith Saintcrow
J.R. Ward
Stephenie Meyer
Michael Crichton

and of course classics like:
Mary Shelley
Bram Stoker

[PMS Solincia]

I would have to say...

Jean M. Auel
Jane Austen
Neil Gaiman
George R. R. Martin

Definitely Neil Gaiman

and in honor of his passing today, I'm giving a shout out to Howard Zinn.

Chuck Palanhiuk
Neil Gaiman
Jostein Gaarder (except Sophie's World)

Serious props... I LOVE Mr. Gaiman!!

Have you read "American Gods"? Amazing....

[PMS Silent Jo]

Dean Koontz
George R. R. Martin (Song of Ice and Fire FTW!!)
Stephen King

jo

[G4G Blues]

You guys have amazing taste in authors!

My faves have to be (in no particular order):

Mercedes Lackey
David & Leigh Eddings
Marion Zimmer Bradley
Neil Gaiman
Frank Miller
Alan Moore
Brian Jacques (Redwall <3)
George R. R. Martin

I like several other authors and books as well, but just about anything by those above, I absolutely love. ^^

[PMS MRSMOOSE]

you know i am a total bookworm and i am in love with pretty much anything you put in front of my face that is fantasy based. Just finished all of the Olympians series and I am completely up to date on all of Laurell K. Hamiltons books as well as all of Charlaine Harris's. Now cookie and the book club have me reading jane austen merged with someone else and Im kinda having a difficult time getting into it i shall say. anyways...i am rambling now. i like books.

[H2O Shepherd]

you know i am a total bookworm and i am in love with pretty much anything you put in front of my face that is fantasy based. Just finished all of the Olympians series and I am completely up to date on all of Laurell K. Hamiltons books as well as all of Charlaine Harris's. Now cookie and the book club have me reading jane austen merged with someone else and Im kinda having a difficult time getting into it i shall say. anyways...i am rambling now. i like books.

haha Moosie..I heart you!!!! "I like books":mvsuprisehug:

[punk]

Hmm lets see. I like different styles not everything gets to me. Like i just cant stand to sit and read stephen king books. He is a great author its just meh. Some of my favorites are

David Sedaris
Matthew Woodring Stover
JRR Tolkien
TA Barron (Ya he writes some kids books but The lost years of Merlin were AWESOME)
Tucker Max (I Know im gonna get some crap from this but IHTSBIH Was bloody brilliant and quite Funny!)
Andrzej Sapkowsk, Most of his stuff is in polish but he has some awesome Fiction and Fantasy works.
Tom Clancy

And i cant remember the guys name who wrote hte Medal of Honor series WW2 Books but they are awesome (Nothing to do with the game. The books were named after different medals and Based on the CDT/UDT [What the Navy Seals were before they were Seals] )

[xo TooHot4u xo]

My favorite author is def. : Jodi Picoult <3 :)

[Demented-Angel]

MY one and only favorite author is Stephen King Love Anything By Him

[Kandi]

P.C. Cast
S. Meyer
L.J. Smith
V.C. Andrews (some of the novels..not all. And yes I know she has a ghost writer now :))

[datanully]

I like a lot of authors, but there's only two I can think of where I read more than one book they wrote.

Kate DiCamillo
R.L. Stine (lulz)

[Blitz30]

I like alot of the above mentioned authors. I also like Agatha Christie, Fern Michaels, Dean Koontz, Sandra Brown, and sooo many more. I'm a total book worm! lol.

[PMS Nay]

I'm definately not a book worm. I usually do not read unless something really grabs my attention. With this being said, lol, I would have to say my favorite author is Stephanie Meyer.

I'm "unconditionally and irrevocably in love with"(Bella Swan) Twilight.


Hehe.

[Takata&]

Brian Jacques (Redwall <3)

The Redwall series was the first book series I actually got into, I've read most of them, own almost all of them, missing the newer stuff. Can't go wrong with the rightful battle between cuddly animals and ugly vermin. :mvshakefist:

R.L. Stine (lulz)

Didn't he just write some of the best teen novels? Haha.. another one that's similar but more of a hard read is Christopher Pike, the Chain Letter.. some awesome stuff.

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Favorite Authors:

Brian Jacques
Christopher Pike
Stephen King
J.R.R. Tolkein
Bentley Little
Robert Jordans
Piers Anthony
David Eddings
L.E. Modesitt Jr.
Lois McMaster Bjold
Terry Brooks
William Horwood

And I'm sure there's more. :mvshock:

[Harpy PMS]

Dan Brown! The Da Vinci Code FTW! <3

Some of my favorite authors are honestly on fanfiction.net :mvgiggle:

[Stryder]

Stephen King :mvclap:

[Synthetik1]

Dan Brown! The Da Vinci Code FTW! <3

http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc1/hs017.snc1/2995_81704306427_706761427_2138523_2607148_n.jpg

all i'm saying...

[H2O Obsidian]

I've read so many books I forgot a lot of the authors names but some are:
R.A. Salvatore

J.R.R Tolkien

Christopher Paolini

Paul S. Kemp

J.K. Rowling

[Artistickill]

MY one and only favorite author is Stephen King Love Anything By Him

I LOVE his "On Writing: A Memoir of the craft" book..
one of my favorites. :)

[PMS Mystic]

I love pretty much anything in the fantasy genre. But I'm a big reader anyway. Nuther total book worm here. I have a few favorites though.

R.A. Salvatore
J.R.R. Tolkien
J.K. Rowlings
Tamora Pierce
Rachelle Mead
Sarah Dessen
Brian Jaques
Anne Mcaffrey
P.C. Cast

[PMS hellomayo]

J.K. Rowling. Her books got me to actually like reading for sport. <3

[H2O Fuelrod]

stephenie meyer ftw

[PMS origins]

Jack Kerouac
Hunter S Thompson
De Sade
George Orwell
Rilke

I read some Koontz here lately, the Odd series and it was good.

[H2O disco_reject]

it's a toss up between King James and Anton LeVay:mvgiggle:

[Dark-Symmetry]

Brandon Sanderson, Robin Hobb, Ursula le Guin, Peter Watts, Orson Scott Card, Patrick Rothfuss, oh, and George RR Martin. That last author is the only one I seem to have seen in this thread, but if you like him, consider Rothfuss for sure.

[NIKONI]

Neil Gaiman

[Butty578]

Dan Brown used to be among my top authors but having read the Genghis Kahn series from Conn Igguldon, Conn has my vote all the way.

From picking up the first book to closing the last, I just couldn't put them down.

[H2O Synyster]

James Franco and Charlaine Harris! :D

[H2O SirBubbles]

Jim butcher all the way.

and some more classical people, Mark Twain, Karl Marx, Immanuel Kant, Aldous Huxley, Douglas Adams, oh there's to many :(

[H2O ZeroCool]

HP Lovecraft, Ann Rice, Whitley Strieber, Dan Brown, Michael Crichton, Stephen King, John Grisham, Sun Tzu

[H2O Paladin]

I Love Books. Enough said about that, now..

T.A. Barron (Saw this on the list, I still have one of his books in my collection right now. A truly amazing author!)
Dean Koontz (Wrote the Odd Thomas series, and it's amazing! He also has a LOT of other horror type books, that I have read as well. )
Christopher Paolini (Wrote Eragon, Eldest, and Brisingr. 4th and Final book is releasing this November! I can't wait! :D )

I have a LOT more favorite authors, but I will try and not make my post a massive list lol.

[PMS Agent Coke]

Chuck Palahniuk, hands down. A lot of true story novels I've read are 'one time' authors, but I'll recommend them to anyone who'd like to know! I just started the Halo: Reach novels, also love J.K. Rowling.

[PMS Socks]

Hands down

Gena Showalter
Stephanie Meyer (other than twilight she has the host which is awesome)
Dean Koontz

[Lothiriel]

i really like


J.R.R. Tolkien
Nicholas Sparks
David Clement-Davies- he wrote a two book series about a family of wolves with special powers everyone should defenitly check them out they are awesome ( the sight, Fell)
Stephanie Meyer - The Host

and i recently read a book about assassians creed by oliver bowden it turned out to be really good its called the secret crusade

[PMS F1ux]

Well, I haven't really gotten to read much for pleasure lately (because when I do have time, I've been gaming) but these are some long-time favorite authors of mine:

Stephen King
Orson Scott Card
Brian Jacques
J.R.R. Tolkien
Joe Meno
Ralph Helfer
Tamora Pierce
Alice Sebold
Nancy Farmer
Chuck Palahniuk

[H2O I Lack Tact]

Tracy Hickman (Dragonlance)
Margaret Weis (Dragonlance)
Ayn Rand (The Fountainhead)
Jonah Black (Diary of a Teenage Stud series)
Stephen Chbosky (The Perks of Being a Wallflower)
Anne Rice (Interview with the Vampire)
F. Scott Fitzgerald (The Great Gatsby)

I think Chuck failinuk is overrated. Come at me bros.

[PMS Ruby]

I think Chuck failinuk is overrated. Come at me bros.

Says the man who reads Rand and Rice? I bite my thumb at thee, sir.

[H2O Goldfingers]

James Patterson (The Maximum Ride series)
Suzanne Collins (The Hunger Games series)
C.S. Lewis (The Chronicles of Narnia)
There's more i just can't think of them ATM

[ezinmanachetam]

Mine are below list
Oscar Wilde
Kurt Vonnegut
Fyodor Dostoevsky.

[PMS Dementia]

Would have to say that my all time fav writer would have to be Stephen King, but I also like Patricia Cornwell, R.A. Salvatore and JRR Tolkien

[BlueOrchid01]

Max Brooks
Z.A. Recht
Mercedes Lackey
L.A. Banks
David Eddings

[PMS Skyla]

Steven King
Edgar Allen Poe
Karen Chance
Kim Harrison
Keri Arthur

[PMS Skyla]

Tucker Max (I Know im gonna get some crap from this but IHTSBIH Was bloody brilliant and quite Funny!)


i love that book!

[H2O Myth]

J.R.R Tolkien
Terry Brooks
Jim Butcher
Kim Harrison
Kelly Armstrong
John Ringo
C.S. Forrester

So many to choose from its hard not to list them all.