I gave this a lot of thought and although I don't have a strict favourite... Mervyn Peake - he was a master
I came to realize fairly recently that, in every way possible, my absolute favourite authour is Neil Gaiman. I love everything from him that I've read, or in the case of screenplays, seen, and of all famous people in the world, he's the one I'd like most to meet. His is the only blog I regularly check in on outside my friend's, and when I saw him speak at MIT this past spring, I was...enraptured. He's an incredible man, an incredible authour with a man like Mary Poppin's carpetbag, and filled with just as many wonderful things...especially if Mary Poppins were an impulsive time/space-traveler with a case of Magpie Syndrome. So yup, Neil Gaiman. Favourite authour. Ever.
Mine would have to be a mix-up between J.K. Rowling and Neil Gaiman. I really value creativity in a novel, and those two really stand out the most. Rowling delivers an absolutely engaging series with interesting characters, stand-out humor, and a mysterious, suspenseful plot. Gaiman, though, explores both the realms of creativity and originality, turning even a run-of-the-mill cliched story into a fascinating and colorful tale.
One name: JRR Tolkien I could read anything about Arda, I love the history of his world, how everything that is mentioned in passing has its own story behind it, he inspires my main project
Corneila Funke, her style is similar to mine which helps she is amazing!! I would consider it a huge achievement to someday be half as good as her. the Inkheart series by her are some of the best books I have ever read
My favorite auther is John Grisham, exspecially The Street Lower, but I love all the books I've read of his. I Like J.K Rowlings as well and C.S. Lewis for Harry Potter and Nania.
*starts frothing at the mouth* Terry Pratchett...is...SO AWESOME. By far my favorite writer of all time. Second to Pratchett would probably be King. But the only King novel I really like is The Stand. The Stand is so awesome that it easily makes him my second favorite author though Third favorite...hmmm...maybe Tolkien or Frank Herbert. LOTR and The Hobbit are, of course, amazing. And the Dune series is equally awesome, especially God Emperor of Dune.
Horror: Joe Hill, Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child, Dean Koontz, Chelsea Cain Fantasy: Kelley Armstrong, Patricia Briggs, Jeaniene Frost, Yasmine Galenorn I can never pick just one, and there are a lot more wonderful writers showing up each month, it seems. And don't get me wrong for the horror authors. I like Stephen King, but he's not on the list just because he tends to drawl on and on in some of his books until the good action really begins. Irritating when you're really trying to get into a book, yet there's nothing really exciting happening. Oi!
I seem to have more than one, Anton Chekhov, Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, Hemingway, and a few more. I like Anton Chekhov because of his style and Solzhenitsyn for his experiences and Hemingway just because I love his stories.
Probably Dante or Euripides. I also love Laurence Sterne. Of contemporary writers, Brandon Sanderson.
Tim O'Brien, Dan Brown, Mary Higgins Clark... But most of my favourite authors are un- or underpublished.
I think, overall, it's Kurt Vonnegut. I think the man was such a brilliant genius. His writing really gets me thinking.
For me it's a tossup between C.S.Lewis and G.K.Chesterton, but since it was Lewis who was inspired by Chesterton, I think I'll have to go with Chesterton.
Ernest Hemmingway! I forgot him. He is on my own top 10 list. His novel For Whom the Bell Tolls was amazing!
Michael Crichton is my all time favorite But i like Ken Folett as well. Pillars of the Earth was an amazing book.
Neil Gaiman is my favorite. I picked up a copy of Neverwhere one day on a whim (had never heard of the guy) and was fascinated with the imagery of an Underground London. other favorites: Flannery O'Conner Ernest Hemmingway Stephen Baxter
