Just want to know what others think about authors
2007-01-05 15:59:40 · 38 answers · asked by live_laugh_and learn something 2 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
That's a tough one for me, I guess I don't have a single favorite author. But I do have a few I really love more than others!
Robertson Davies -- for the intelligence in his writing.
Orson Scott Card -- for Enders Game, mostly; the story is fantastic but beyond that, Card's "Ender" is so believable, simultaneously a kid and so very much not like the kids we know....I don't know that I've ever read anyone write a kid like Card did in that series.
Tom Robbins -- the pace and wit are amazing, and what characters! Jitterbug Perfume is one of my all time favorite books.
Gabriel Garcia Marquez -- Love in the Time of Cholera, in particular, really transported me. It's just...beautiful.
Tolkien -- for the best first sentence to a book, ever. (The Hobbit)
2007-01-05 17:16:51 · answer #1 · answered by ljb 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I have two favorite authors. I'm in love with Darren Shan's writing he. The man is a genius. His books are the best I've ever read.
R.L. Stine is also good. Whenever I look at one of his books, I always say "I would never be caught reading this...Thing." But than I get all curious, so I pick up the book and kinda skim through it. Than...I can't put the thing down. Everything he writes is so addictive.
2007-01-05 16:07:26 · answer #2 · answered by Lien 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Bernard Cornwell. In addition to the Sharpe's series, he writes great historical fiction which is easy to read, factual as to dates and places, and the books are fast-paced and not plodding.
Also Stepehen J. Cannell - good detective novels. Yes, this is the person responsible for "The Rockford Files" and other TV programs.
Clive Cussler - excellent writer of adventure novels which are also fast-paced. He's been writing since the '70's and hasn't slowed down yet.
2007-01-05 16:33:26 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I love Margaret Atwood, because her books are literary but very easy to read, as well as throught-provoking.
I also like Mary Jo Putney, who is romance author. However, I think her stories, writing, and plotting are WAY above most other romance authors out there.
2007-01-05 17:23:58 · answer #4 · answered by Sandy Lou 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I love John Steinbeck...East of Eden is the most complete book I have ever ever read...I love Cannery Row and Sweet Thursday...Phillip Pullmans The Amber Spyglass is awesome...Stephanie Meyer's book Twilight is incredibly written...keeping you just on the edge...Carl Hiaasen..Stormy Weather is so so funny..I love Skink....Dan Brown's Angels and Demons is a page turner...and last but not least I believe James Rollins Amazonia is super good and scary
2007-01-05 20:08:12 · answer #5 · answered by Olive 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have a few favorites
C.S. Lewis - Imagination with a purpose
L.Frank Baum - A friend of children everywhere
Mark Twain - I love his sense of humor
Robert Louis Stevenson - I love the swashbuckling adventure
J.R.R. Tolkien - More than just a fairy tale
Laura Ingalls Wilder - Best real life story
Anya Seton - Old fashioned suspense
2007-01-05 17:13:15 · answer #6 · answered by classic_tigger 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
My favorite author is Gabriel Garcia Marquez. He writes beautiful novels, I believe the style he writes in is called magical realism and his books really are magical. Also another wonderful author--Yann Martel. He wrote the novel "Life of Pi" which is my favorite because it is amazing!
2007-01-05 16:54:51 · answer #7 · answered by Core 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It will always be JD Salinger(Catcher in the Rye, Fanny and Zooey, Nine Stories) His work, although sometimes I might not of understood right away what he was getting at, made me pause and go back and re-read lines and even chapters. On a purely entertainment level, I would go with James Patterson and his Alex Cross line of work.
2007-01-05 16:24:11 · answer #8 · answered by Rhody_Man31 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I don't have one favorite author..but I have a favorite book..
The Great Gatsby_ Fitzgerald (the best book i've ever read) and I have read a lot.
2007-01-05 16:09:20 · answer #9 · answered by La Fille Bleue 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Stephen King - I love his story telling skills
JD Robb (Nora Roberts)- I love the setting and the you can not put down the books once you start reading them
Janet Evanovich- Stephanie Plum books fast, easy read and always very funny
Joanne Fluke- She writes culinary mysteries they are excellant stories and the recipes are great
2007-01-05 16:11:29 · answer #10 · answered by bkm_71csi 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋