by travis bickle on August 12th, 2006

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Who is your favorite author?

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  • by anonymous on November 14th, 2006

    anonymous

    George Orwell

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  • by AntigoneRising on November 14th, 2006

    AntigoneRising

    JK Rowling is my favorite author of fictional prose. This is a fairly recent change. Before that, my favorite author was Barbara Michaels (Barbara Mertz).

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  • by jangobean on August 18th, 2006

    jangobean

    Arthur Conan Doyle

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  • by Halskiisaklink on December 17th, 2006

    Halskiisaklink

    Fyodor Dostoevsky.

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  • by teknimage on December 17th, 2006

    teknimage

    I used to love Anne Rice. She could take 2 pages to tell you how humid the air was outside the door the protagonist would never open. I loved the way she built up settings and gave feeling to her stories this way. The are others that I have valued at one point or another and for various reasons, but lately I have been reading a lot of non-fiction and biographies, so I don't really have a favorite right now.

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  • by poke64 on September 27th, 2006

    poke64

    Charles Bukowski, Boris Vian, Albert Camus, Tennesee Williams, Jack Kerouac, John Steinbeck...i can't choose between them

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  • by RFlagg on August 26th, 2006

    RFlagg

    Stephen King. The way he evokes his characters is amazingly detailed, and yet he manages not to go off on tyrades about it.

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  • by Yarnlady is happy every day on July 17th, 2007

    Yarnlady is happy every day

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  • by Hieronymus_Bosch on July 17th, 2007

    Hieronymus_Bosch

    Jane Austen......insightful, witty and such a light touch. I read her novels over and over again.

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  • by pam i am on July 1st, 2007

    pam i am

    My lovely mother-in-law, Jacqueline Marten:) A wonderful writer of historical romance (concentrating mainly on the American Revolution). Her heroines are strong-willed, smart, sassy and self-possessed. Her knowledge of colonial times/costumes/customs shines in her books.

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  • by Firebrand on December 17th, 2006

    Firebrand

    Too many great authors for favoritism but I do love the Story telling of Jean Auel her research is brilliant it really takes something to make Neanderthal man attractive and interesting

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  • by go_to_hellas on August 21st, 2006

    go_to_hellas

    Vladimir Nabokov. The way that man plays with words... it's mind boggling.

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  • by Nightwatchdog on November 9th, 2009

    Nightwatchdog

    Mark Twain.

    Following the equator.

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  • by Suspira on July 10th, 2009

    Suspira

    Mine is Terry Pratchett, author of the satirical Discworld series. He has such lovable characters,and he has the exact sense of humor I do. My favorite genre is satirical pieces, and he is my writing hero. I have my own voice, but there are flecks of Terry Pratchett in there. I also really love Jim Butcher and the Dresden files, if only because that is what reading my journal is like.

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  • by -NUNYA-- on July 10th, 2009

    -NUNYA--

    Barbara Parks
    She is the author of Junie B. Jones Books. I use to read them to my son. They are just cutsie books! Get a laugh out of 'em. +5

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  • by Symbeline on March 10th, 2008

    Symbeline

    Trainspotting, written by Irvine Welsh. To me, it deserves to sell more copies then The Bible, as stated by the praise on the book itself.

    It's instant philosophy, fun, with a dose of disturbance and sorrow. I love it, it's better then drugs. XD

    I also like Stephen King. I know his books are harmless, but I love the double meanings in them, and how they relate to very human elements, masked behind killer clowns, undead animals and crazy fan girls. That last sentence lists my three favourite books he wrote.

    Also, Dracula by Bram Stoker is a sweet story, and I love the concept of describing the vampire through the fear of the protagonists present in the book, coupled by the neat letter and diary narrative format it has.

    James Reece's Book of Shadows is completely fantastic and a real journey into magic. I've never read anything so charming and vibrant.

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  • by unknown on July 1st, 2007

    unknown

    I really have a few writers that I like to read. I like mystery/thriller writers the most. Dean Koontz, Michael Connelly, Michael Crichton, Stephen King, Agatha Christy. I also liked Anne Rice but I don't like her new stuff. She's not the same writer she once was.

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  • by garnorche on May 9th, 2007

    garnorche

    John Kennedy Toole.

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  • by gamergirl on March 28th, 2007

    gamergirl

    Dean Koontz

    He has this way of painting a BEAUTIFUL picture of his stories, he always has some intelligent advice, and his stories are just so captivating...

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  • by Friartuck on March 28th, 2007

    Friartuck

    Oh dear, I have a few. Probably the out-and-out favourite though would be Terry Pratchett for his Discworld series. Very, very intelligent humour - 25 books and I've never grown tired of them!

    Michael Scott Rohan wrote the most magnificent fantasy trilogy I've ever read (Winter of the World - The Anvil of Ice, The Forge in the Forest and The Hammer of the Sun). Just awesomely epic.

    Barbara Hambly has written my favourite vampire books (Those who hunt the night and Travelling with the dead), and also 3 fabulous novels revolving around witchcraft (Ladies of Mandrigyn, The Witches of Wenshar and The Dark Hand of Magic). Her worlds and characters are so intimately imagined.

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  • by Aelfward on January 9th, 2007

    Aelfward

    Terry Pratchett
    Jayne Ann Krentz
    Laurell K. Hamilton
    Christopher Stasheff
    David Weber
    Hisaya Nakajo
    Jude Devereaux
    Patricia Wrede
    Diana Wynne Jones
    Ellen G. White
    Elizbeth Lowell
    John Ringo
    Robert Asprin
    (etc., etc., etc.)^Not in any particular order.

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  • by msummers10 on January 8th, 2007

    msummers10

    Stephen Spielberg

    Dean Koontz

    William W. Johnstone

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  • by BrokeDog on January 1st, 2007

    BrokeDog

    Dean R. Koontz.

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  • by anonymous on January 1st, 2007

    anonymous

    George Orwell

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  • by EL1 2 on January 1st, 2007

    EL1 2

    Kurt Vonnegut Jr.

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  • by singloud43 on December 17th, 2006

    singloud43

    Dean Koontz

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  • by Im Alec has abandoned this account on December 17th, 2006

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    Terry Pratchett

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  • by Drublic on December 17th, 2006

    Drublic

    Ken Kesey or Kurt Vonnegut

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  • by mangotree on December 17th, 2006

    mangotree

    J.K.Rowling, Ray Bradbury, Harper Lee, Frank Mcourt, Louis Sacher, Mitch Albom, William Golding, Arthur Miller, Aldous Huxley, Lois Lowry, John Steinbeck. etc....

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  • by xosder on November 14th, 2006

    xosder

    Stephen King

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  • by guizmo40 on August 13th, 2006

    guizmo40

    My favorite fiction writer is Sydney Sheldon.

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  • by Anonymous on August 13th, 2006

    Anonymous

    jose saramago

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  • by SandraSandboxes Has a Loony Cat on November 12th, 2010

    SandraSandboxes Has a Loony Cat

    Male: Joseph Finder. Female: Joy Fielding. (I didn't plan the same initials thing...it just happened.)

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  • by AB is an asylum run by the inmates, ciao! on November 12th, 2010

    AB is an asylum run by the inmates, ciao!

    J.R.R. Tolkien has to be my favorite of all.

    Others that I have particularly enjoyed are Ray Bradbury, Arthur C. Clarke, Isaac Asimov, Robert Heinlein, Stephen R. Donaldson, Michael Crichton, and John Grisham.

    There are numerous others as well, and it is likely that I have omitted some that I really think should be included, but to me these are the 'crème de la crème'.

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  • by Shauna on November 12th, 2010

    Shauna

    I like Grisham too, but I started with Agatha Christie and moved on to John Saul and Robin Cook...but, yes - Grisham is good! I liked The Confession and the Last Juror.

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  • by celticmoonlight on November 12th, 2010

    celticmoonlight

    Flann o'brein and terry pratchett

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  • by msebans3 on November 11th, 2009

    msebans3

    Nazrul Islam

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  • by Symbeline on November 11th, 2009

    Symbeline

    In between Stephen King and Irvine welsh. And Les Daniels. And James Reece. Ah denno.

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  • by JulesB on November 9th, 2009

    JulesB

    I like Robert Jordan. He wrote The Wheel of Time series. If I try to explain all that is great about the series I'll run out of room and get myself in a lather. He ROCKS!

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  • by JanZizka on November 9th, 2009

    JanZizka

    Hard to pick just one. Probably in terms of fiction Robert Heinlein is my favorite, loved Farnham's Freehold. Close second might be Ayn Rand's writings generally and Atlas Shrugged particularly.

    In terms of nonfiction its hard to say, I'm currently plowing through some of Dr. Armen Alchian's work and I find it quite fascinating.

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  • by Patrick on October 26th, 2009

    Patrick

    John Ajvide Lindqvist, J.K Rowling and Jonathan Stroud... All because they write great books!

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  • by Holmeboy on October 26th, 2009

    Holmeboy

    I love a lot of different writers, my 2 faves at the moment though ( i can't choose between them - they're both totally different - but i like them both a lot) are:

    Robert Edric - reading his Swan Cycle trilogy, very gritty, film noir style detective novels, really, really well written, good page turners.

    John Birmingham - have read his Axis of Time Trilogy - pure fantasy fun, a great escape and page turner, all action fun.

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  • by begger on October 26th, 2009

    begger

    leo tolstoy. he wrote my favorite book of all time, Anna Karenina. i couldn't put the book down. i read it all of my waking moments until it was completed. i thought it was brilliant. therefore, i think HE is brilliant.

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  • by Ailsa on October 26th, 2009

    Ailsa

    Stephen King
    That guy must have a twisted mind to think up the things he does

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  • by Thriftymaid on October 26th, 2009

    Thriftymaid

    I like southern authors and my favorite is Pat Conroy (Prince of Tides, Beach Music, Conrack, and others)

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  • by Bowen on July 10th, 2009

    Bowen

    Hmm, that's a difficult choice. Over all, I would have to say William Gibson. I think his dark vision of the technological future is probably more accurate than the scientific Utopia so many people seem to be hoping for.

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  • by zwatcher on July 10th, 2009

    zwatcher

    R. A. Salvatore
    I can Identify with the lead character in one of his series' Drizzt Do'urden
    an outcast, living among the people but not full WITH the people,

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  • by Confuscious on October 26th, 2009

    Confuscious

    Stephen King. Grew up with his books. My 2nd favourite is without a doubt Dean Koontz. Both excellent writers who have you hooked until the very last page.

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  • by Evanfris25 on July 10th, 2009

    Evanfris25

    you! you are very talented.

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  • by Hereandthere on July 10th, 2009

    Hereandthere

    I would say Agatha Christie, I just love the way how she grabs you into the scenes
    And a link, just in case if you haven't heard about her, but I doubt of that.
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agatha_Christie

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