Who is your favorite author and why?

Question

Just curious. Who do you think is the best author in your opinion??

Answer 1

jd slainger and john irving

Answer 2

I don't have a favorite author per se, as my tastes change almost from week to week. There are several I've found that I regularly enjoy and will put first before any other reading. The authors I list are accompanied by an example of their works. These include Tad Williams (Otherland), Richard Morgan (Market Forces), and Robert McCammon (Boy's Life). I would also include most of Stephen King's works up to and including Bag of Bones, as well as Shakespeare if you are including playwrights.

Answer 3

I think the best author is Wilson Rawls.Only because the book he wrote called where the red fern grows combines the creativeness and realness from Sheila Burnford's "the incredible journey" with the excitement of "old yeller" and a boy's determination and love of dogs in "shiloh".That book is something out of this world, cause when i neared the end and i read about the tragic event that had befallen his dog, i nearly cried.No joke.

Answer 4

J.K.Rowling.She has an imagination that no other author could possibly have.And I am so thankfull for her to have come up with the Harry Potter books.It's a huge gift that she has given us.Creative in her own way, didn't choose to copy or steal other author's ideas and took the world of fantasy into a whole another level.Love her she is amazing!

Answer 5

With the caution that this is entirely subjective,my favorite author is Stephen King,in spite of the over-hype in some cases,his stories still have the power to chill.Take 'Salem's Lot,for instance or Delores Claiborne

Answer 6

Chuck Palahniuk.
His books are written from a stream of consciousness point of view, and always have an unconventional take to American culture.
Fight Club described the crumbling social nature of American society, using a fight club to bring about male bonding on a national level. He also uses Buddhist monks as a model for his lifestyle.
His other novels deal with other aspects of society and it's way of thinking towards religion, celebrity, etc.
He's also an easy read, using basic vocabulary and short chapters.

Answer 7

I think J.K. Rowling is the best author. She takes you on wonderful adventure in a magical place, and teaches you lessons about life. She lets some experience death for the first time. Once I start reading one of her books I can't put it down until I have finished it.

Answer 8

Kurt Vonegutt

-Cats Cradle-About the end of the world.

-Slapstick-About the end of the American Dream.

-Jailbird-The story of a life told against the backdrop of ninteenth century labor strife, the Holocaust, the McCarthy trials and Watergate.

-Galapagos-About a possible future of the human race that will have you gasp in astonishment, and roll on the floor.

-Hocus Pocus-When brilliance, and learning disabilities collide with PTSD.

-The Sirens of Titan-My introduction to Vonnegut. Pure trash, and I loved it.

-Slaughterhouse Five-Fantasy/SciFi based on Vonneguts own experience of surviving the firebombing of Dresden. He was an American infantryman who was captured by the Germans during the Battle of the Bulge, and held in an abandoned slaughterhouse (#5) on the outskirts of the city.

You have to like satire to truly appreciate it.
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Answer 9

I used to read Jeffrey Archer (I enjoyed Cain and Abel, as well as the Prodigal Daughter) but more recently have gotten into John Grisham (although his book Bleachers was an ordeal to read - not finished yet) and Mitch Albom.

Answer 10

Neil Gaiman

Answer 11

JD Salinger because I relate to the infamous Glass family, Dorothy Parker because I like her outlook on love and romance and Jane Green because it's good, trashy literature that you don't have to think about (guilty pleasure reading).