anyone know any amazing modern authors?

Question

especially ones that are from this era.

Answer 1

Leslie Marmon Silko (Ceremony), Keri Hulme (The Bone People), Caryl Phillips (The Nature of Blood), Alexie Sherman (Indian Killer), Jonathan Safran-Foer (Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close), Irvine Welsh (Trainspotting), Ralph Ellison (The Invisible Man), Gabriel Garcia Marquez (Memories of my Melancholy Whores)

If you're looking for a light, comic read check out "Good Omens" by Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaimon - it's funny, but it's not so stupid as to waste you're brain cells. Also, all of Terry Pratchett's Disc World series are really funny - satirical. And Neil Gaimon's "Underworld" is a good, intriguing read.

And I almost forgot Christopher Moore - I'm enjoying his "Lamb: the gospel according to Biff, Christ's childhood pal" right now

Answer 2

I love Sci-fi / fantasy, so my favorites are Piers Anthony (prolific writer with a diverse set of series and stand alone novels to choose from, not all are sci-fi but all are good), Robert Heinlein (excellent sci-fi writer, my favorite being Stranger in a Strange Land), Aldous Huxley's Brave New World is an amazing read, though too brief, it left me wanting more, Patricia Cornwell is an excellent murder mystery writer, Dan Brown (author of the Da Vinci code) is not well known for his other novels, but his best one is called "Deception Point" and is so action packed and thrilling that I wouldn't recommend starting it if you have a busy day ahead. You won't want to put it down. His book Angels and Demons was a quest book similar to the Da Vinci code, but MUCH better I think. I loved the Da Vinci code, but don't understand why it caught on the way it did when his other works were superior efforts in my opinion. Another fine writer is Tom Wolfe. Don't expect big flourishing finishes to his stories, but his books are always interesting because he bases them on his own personal social research and observances and what he sees and experiences and discovers is always an interesting insight into today's society. His most recent effort is "I am Charlotte Simmons" and is a real eye opener about college campus life, especially in the Ivy Leagues.

Happy reading!

Answer 3

Zadie Smith, Jonathan Safran Foer, Carol Shields, Michael Cunningham.

Answer 4

A great author from this era (I'm sure he's not even older than 50) is Andre Dubus III. He wrote "House of Sand & Fog," which was then turned into a movie starring Jennifer Connelly & Ben Kingsley. A collection of his short stories, "The Cage Keeper," is a wonderful and insightful read.

Answer 5

Penelope Stokes, Richard Paul Evans,Dorothy Gilman, Ann Tatlock

Answer 6

Alice Hoffman, Eric Jerome Dickey, Danielle Steele.

Answer 7

Check out the new books section of your local library or bookstore, or (assuming you're in the US) look at foreign books. For them to get over here at all, they usually have to be really good.

I like John Crowley myself. If by "modern" you mean the last 100 years or so, try Tolkien, Steinbeck, Harper Lee, F. Scott Fitzgerald, and George Orwell, just to name a few.

Any books they make you read in high school are generally a good bet.

Answer 8

Tony Morrison, Philip Roth, Jorge Luis Borges, Cormac McCarthy, Kurt Vonnegut, Alice Walker.

These are pretty heavy ready but considered classics.

Answer 9

Sure. Jonathan Franzen, Jonathan Safran Foer, Jeffrey Eugenides, Zadie Smith, Ian McEwan, Monica Ali.

Just a few fairly young writers (except McEwan, he's older) with plenty of good books ahead of them, I hope.

Answer 10

Douglas Adams, Steve Perry.