My favorite is Ilona Andrews. Her vampires aren't the smooth suave sophisticated type. They harken back to the original myths of them. She also brings up little known monsters.
2007-07-21 05:27:53 · 9 answers · asked by growlymomma 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Mythology & Folklore
I love Stephen King & Anne Rice with what she does with the Vampire Cronicles. I would love to be bitten by Lestat anytime of any hour :)
2007-07-21 05:36:57 · answer #1 · answered by Tifa 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My favorite isn't considered a monster. It's the Pythia, the priestess who is one step above an Oracle. Pythias were rumored to get their powers from Apollo, the mythological god of light and sun, truth and prophecy. As such pythias were very powerful female prophets with the ability to predict future events. In more modern fantasy stories pythias are humans with very strong magical powers that are able to shift in time. Karen Chance has written a series of fictional books about a modern day Pythia in her Cassie Palmer series. The first book, "Touch the Dark", introduces the pythia character. The second book, "Claimed by Shadow" tells us even more about the powers of pythias.
2016-05-19 03:26:32 · answer #2 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Laurell K Hamilton.
2007-07-21 08:52:40 · answer #3 · answered by iwill 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Writing *about* myths is not the same as writing myths.
My favorite author who writes *about* myths is Joseph Campbell.
Terry is right on about Lovecraft. One MUST read Lovecraft!
2007-07-21 06:27:08 · answer #4 · answered by Raven's Voice 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I suggest Frank Peretti:
"The Oath" - about a dragon
"Monster" - Bigfoot type creature
Both are a good horror / suspense type books
2007-07-21 05:39:59 · answer #5 · answered by James K 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you haven't read the books of H. P. Lovecraft you have no ruler to guide your measuring of the lack of all others that might be mentioned in this forum.
2007-07-21 06:12:11 · answer #6 · answered by Terry 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Joseph Campbell ... his work is all 'non-fiction' but it's also very 'magical' ... and yes, there are plenty of 'monsters' in his mythology ... real Earthen mythology.
2007-07-21 05:32:07 · answer #7 · answered by Kris L 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
One of my faves is Neil Gaiman.
2007-07-21 06:33:23 · answer #8 · answered by dru 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
sherrilyn kenyon
kelley armstrong
christine feehan
2007-07-21 07:17:30 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋