And why?
2007-11-27 06:21:12 · 11 answers · asked by Cleópatra 3 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
Ok, I'm liking it. I want more...
2007-11-27 06:55:39 · update #1
My favorite writer is an author, that is WHAT he is. As far as WHO it is, that is a completely different story.
2007-11-27 07:17:16 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 0⤋
A tie between Andrew Vachss and Adam Hall.
Vachss' Burke books are crime fiction unlike anything made in America. He makes Hammet, Cain and Spillane look like choirboys...and his protagonist...Burke...is a singular invention. The prose is brutal, crisp...and his exploration of the underbelly of a society that lies just underneath our feet...is like an expose of the ninth circle of hell...and all too real.
Adam Hall writes the most realistic espionage with a humanistic bent that no one in his genre comes close to. His character Quiller uses no gadgets...no guns...fosters no pathological hatred towards women...but is the man his Bureau goes to when time is running out and the stakes are high.
Both writers write their signature characters in the first person...Quiller's life lies in being on the edge...Burke has never really left behind the trauma of his childhood...and you follow both men right along with the demons that have pursued them for years.
Adam Hall hits his stride in the Quiller books with these two books
# Northlight/Quiller, 1985
# Quiller's Run, 1988
and Andrew Vachss hits his stride with Strega....then Blue Belle...then Hard Candy.
I just finished the Vachss books from Flood.... to Mass Market...and I am about to start the Quiller series again,,,starting with The 9th Directive on through Quiller Salamander.
Enjoy
2007-11-27 18:45:47 · answer #2 · answered by Zholla 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
James Patterson: He's exciting and a real page turner.
Mary Higgins Clark: Is a classic murder mystery storyteller.
Janet Evanovich: She's funny and suspenseful at the same time.
J.K. Rowling: Is an excellent writer and storyteller.
2007-11-27 14:38:57 · answer #3 · answered by Dave 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Either Glenn Duncan for his absolutely hilarious but very well written book, i,Lucifer.
James Pattison because of his fantastic book The lakehouse or...
Anne Rice for her Vampire Chronicles and also, Vampire Armand, Blackwood farm and The Blood Canticle... which i know arent all of her books but you know... lol
I'm a big reader so..
oh yeh and Gods behaving badly by Maria Phillips which is soo funny and just great... if i'm wrong blame my friend! About the authors name :D
2007-11-27 14:43:05 · answer #4 · answered by molko_vatch 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Robin McKinley
She has an amazing sense of plot, how to make things her own- like preexisting stories or genres, fairytales, vampire novels, etc. Sh also writes in many different styles of book, so she has an upside down fairy tale, a science fiction story I have yet to read *sigh*, a vampire novel, epic dragon killing tales... She leaves her mark on every type of fantasy out there.
2007-11-27 14:42:30 · answer #5 · answered by Angeliss 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Nora Roberts. Her stories are great, excellent characters also. Her books written under the pen name J D Robb are fantastic, if anyone wants to give them a go start with "Naked in Death".
2007-11-27 14:31:03 · answer #6 · answered by farmgirl 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
John Irving, author of "World According to Garp," "Hotel New Hampshire," "A Prayer for Owen Meany," etc. I cannot explain why. He is warped, but brilliant.
2007-11-27 16:43:46 · answer #7 · answered by Ann R. Key 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Stephen King. His books are amazing. As his "constant reader" he always entertains me with his style, wit and tales of suspense and horror. I liken him to Edgar Allen Poe in his mastery of the horror genre although not as morbid as Poe. I really liked Lisey's Story. It showed a different side to King. It reminded me a bit of Rose Madder in how he treated the lead character.
2007-11-27 14:45:59 · answer #8 · answered by Oz 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Anthony Trollope.
Though he wrote in the 1950s, Anthony Trollope is incredibly prescience and his foresightedness is very applicable in today's 21st century world.
2007-11-27 15:41:52 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
The twilight series by Stephenie meyer. If you havent read her books then read it now! Im serious. They are amazing books. And also James patterson. I love the series called "Maximum ride." by him.
2007-11-27 14:58:45 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋