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Who is your favorite author?

I don't have just one, so I'll give you my list: Mary Shelley, Emily Bronte, Charlotte Bronte, Diana Gabaldon, Poppy Z. Brite, Caitlin R. Kiernan, Charles Baudelaire, Margaret Atwood, Sylvia Plath, Dorothy Parker, Andrea Adolph, Anthony Rintala, and Melissa Green. I have read everything or almost everything that these authors wrote.

Amy, 23
Baton Rouge,
LA

Stephen King,

Helena, 31
Sydney  AUSTRALIA

Jane Austen. She creates great characters & fun situations.

Lindsay, 21
Harrisonburg,
VA

I'm too well-read for that to be an easy question. Probably Robert Kornwise, but then there's Philip Pullman, Daniel Pinkwater, Bernd Heinrich, Charles de Lint, Heinrich Harrer. . .I could go on for a very long time, but I'm not going to. : )

Karen, 20
Marshelltown/Ames,
IA

My teacher just recently told us how 'bad' we were because we failed to read at least one book a month. It is too bad, but not all of us have the time to read one book a month. But for all you people out there who do not have alot of homework, make yourself read at least one book a month. It's good for you. And your brain. Of the books I've read, I'd have to say that George Orwell is my favorite author. Notably: "Animal Farm" & "1984".

Ray, 17
Toronto CANADA

My favorite author is Ken Kesey.

Ernest, 28
Washington
, DC

Twain.

Alias Irrelevante

J.D. Salinger

Shayna, 28
Somerville,
MA

Hmmm.... James Herriot books are my old reliables... when I don't know what else to read, I pull him off the shelf. Sue Grafton, Jane Haddam, and Tony Hillerman are my choices for mindless reading. Jane Austen, Mark Twain, and Graham Greene are my choices for more serious reading.

Laura, 34
Lowell,
MA

A favorite author? For what occasion? For what mood? I have a garbage can memory, stuffed with tag lines from poets and versifiers that were quoted at me in my childhood. My mother was particularly fond of KIpling and the Transcendentalists. I read a great many fantasy and science fiction novels--ephemeral, but restorative from a world too much with me. Jane Austin and Charles Dickens (skimming the maudlin segments) are also refreshing. At my age, I can no longer claim any individual author as seminal for my thinking--but I humbly thank a library of writers.

Jill, 59
Saylorsburg,
PA

Me.

Anthony, 24
Baton Rouge,
LA

I like Dickens, and Frank Peretti is awesome too. Joseph Heller rocks. Catch-22 is the coolest book ever. Read it, everyone.

Elizabeth, 18
Rochester
, MN

Favorite author? They change as time passes. All I can say is that of late, I am enjoying John Irving and Jane Austen (who I am glad I did not read until I was in my 30s). Mostly, I chuck my head full of non-fiction works around a wide range of topics.

Felicia, 34
Somerville,
MA

Gosh, there's so many...it's hard to choose...I'm a big reader, so I have a number of them. One of my favorites is Armistead Maupin, the author of the Tales of the City series. They're the most intriguing books I've ever read, I think I read an entire 200 page book in one night (from the series). I also really like Wally Lamb, the author of She's Come undone and I Know This Much is True.

Nicole
Elk Grove, CA

This is a toughie. . . .Right this moment, as I stand here, I'd go for Charles Dickens. . . . but I love a lot of guys. . . (women too!!!!). . Contemporary people I'd say Tom Wolfe, John Irving and Stephen King. . .all kinda fun and diverting but (mainly) realistically based. . .  .quite commercial and accesible. . .

mothmc, 35
Pensacola,
FL

Joanna Rose wrote one of the best books I've ever read, "Little Miss Strange". Dave Barry is probably the only person in the world who can make me laugh out loud until I cry, just from reading. I always liked Lois Lowry and Richard Peck books when I was growing up.

Kristin, 20
IA  USA

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