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Hmm, hard to say. I love David Eddings, Piers Anthony, and R.A. Salvatore. I suppose I would have to say David Eddings would be my favorite most of all.

i agree c.s. lewis is AWESOME!

Stephanie Meyer! heart heart heart

There are simply too many great artists to single one out .. but I would like to personally thank Piers Anthony and Arthur C. Clarke for lighting up my imagination when I was younger. They brought me into fantasy and science fiction like no author ever has since.

For my analytical mind, I would have to say thank you to Issac Asimov. He made me really think deeply into social and hot topics growing up. Now I take the time to look into technology and social trends more thanks to his writings.

Props to my fellow canonical writers of ancient years for relighting the fires of my historical and sociological readings.. The "bible", while probably the worst written book, certainly has given me insight to our forefathers of long long ago.

And finally to the author of my utmost fantasies.. my wife. She has written stories from her heart and has reinvested her energies into my imagination, so that now I am deeply interested in reading and writing again as though I were young again. heart

Nancy Farmer

I'll have to look into the first two authors, but Isaac asimov is actually one of my favorite writers, if not for his informative books, then for his science fiction - though sometimes it got a bit dry and the foundation series made me thirst for description when I was done reading them.


Douglas adams who does something of a spoof on the foundation series in his Hitchhikers guide to the Galaxy books happens to be my second favorite author, just for his wit.

Curiously, my favorite author is actually Daniel handler whom, incase you didn't know, is lemony snickets real name. After the first four books in his series of unfortunate event books he really started writing well, it was almost hypnotic. He is by far the best childrens writer I have ever had the pleasure to read. I highly suggest reading the books again if you only read them when you were younger, because it's wonderful to read them as something meant to be childrens literature, and therefore supposed to sound simple in nature, as opposed to something that sounds condesending to young readers who apparently don't see that he's only using the explinations for effect.

You know I like Paolini at the moment. He writes so that you can read leisurely and follow the story without thinking too much. I am looking forward to seeing him progress as a writer too.
I also like Pullman for the same reasons. Although, i'm not sure if he will continue to write books that apeal to me.
Aside from the popular ones I particularly enjoyed Mathew Skeltons Endymion Spring. I look forward to reading some other works of his in the future. 3nodding

I lve Anne McCaffery's stories but her style is hard to follow if you aren't sitting down just to read in a relaxed enviroment. I feel like she writes the longest possible sentences without making it a run-on, and she puts a lot of side thoughts in every paragraph. I suppose it's necessary sometimes it just throws me off. I have only read the Pern series though, it may different in her other books.