One that influenced you or just enjoyed. Movie scripts is writing too. Excluding songwriting and poetry.
2006-09-07 02:09:40 · 26 answers · asked by Perseus 3 in Education & Reference ➔ Other - Education
And why was he or she the best?
2006-09-07 02:50:26 · update #1
Roald Dahl, nothing compares to him!
2006-09-07 02:12:27 · answer #1 · answered by pompeyfc 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
James Herbert
Stephen King
Kate Ellis
Enid Blyton
Betrix Potter
Jackie Wilson
2006-09-10 10:24:55 · answer #2 · answered by jaynie 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Michael Ondaatje. Author of The English Patient, Anil's Ghost, In the Skin of a Lion and many more.
Most beautiful and sensual prose writer I have ever come across. He has an unsurpassed skill at giving real depth and emotion to each and every character. So much so that you feel bereft at the end of every novel, as if the people you have lived with for the duration of reading have died.
2006-09-07 02:17:22 · answer #3 · answered by Nix 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Trudi Canavan
Ben Bova
James Herbert
Jeffery Deaver
2006-09-07 02:19:36 · answer #4 · answered by Tuppence 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
David Eddings - The whole Belgariad series
Robert Jordan - The Wheel of Time series
Anne McAffrey - The Pern series.
2006-09-07 02:15:36 · answer #5 · answered by geegee 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Excluding Songwiting... Hmm...
Dale Brown. His novels, about military battles and covert operations (A bit like Tom Clancy, but better in my view) in the modern age are amazing. Day of the Cheetah has to be his best book. (A thought-controlled fighter plane developed in Area 51 is stolen by a Soviet spy/test pilot. He goes a bit loopy thanks to the mind/aircraft interface and tries to run from both the americans and the soviets to keep the plane for himself)
It's not just about the action (although you can see it as clearly as if it's happening in front of you). Dale manages to get in the minds of the characters, and you can understand both hero and villain alike.
2006-09-07 02:18:39 · answer #6 · answered by genghis41f 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Stephen King
2006-09-07 02:14:22 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Douglas Adams
2006-09-07 02:18:38 · answer #8 · answered by Mark E 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Steven Erikson
2006-09-07 02:19:28 · answer #9 · answered by Kya 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Wilburn Smith
2006-09-07 02:15:00 · answer #10 · answered by Barney B 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Anne McGaffery
2006-09-07 02:14:54 · answer #11 · answered by mysticideas 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋