Who was the first author you had to read "everything" by?

[M_liabelle]

I have to say Carolyn Keene's Nancy Drew series. I used to borrow it from the library during grade school before my Harry Potter years.

[Courtney Whittamore]

There is a playwright by the name of Neil Labute. I went to college for theatre and at the time we were all obsessed with his ability to turn script into a stream of consciousness that any one of us could have been thinking had we been put in the situations in which he created. I quickly collected all of his works and still visit them regularly.

[NotEvenClose]

V.C. Andrews!

When I was in high school ~ we had to do a report on Heaven.
Thirsty for more upon completing it, I devoured the Flowers in the Attic series and counted the days as the rest of the Heaven series was published...one by one. I treasured those books and are still my favorite to this day! I gave them to my daughter when she turned 16 and they now sit atop a desk in her college dorm room because she loved them as much as I did!

[grac952]

I have to admit I read one Sidney Sheldon book that was passed down from my mother when I was a Teen and afterwards read everything by him. Also loved JA Konrath. But now I read I wide variety of genres And love discovering new authors. Recently looking into Canadian authors (being from Canada and all). Just read two books by Newfoundland authors. One male Patrick Collins and the other Female Kathleen J. Farthing and I will be looking to reading more by both of them. Powerful writers.

[aundir13]

When I was younger, I had to read all things Beverly Clearly. I loved the Ramona books, and still read them every now and then for fun. What girl didn't love these books?

Recently, Francine Rivers. I have never been a huge fan of Christian fiction, as it all seems very cheesey (for lack of a better term), but her books changed it all. The Mark of the Lion series is phenomenal, and she has yet to disappoint me with any of her books.

[cyndiha11]

Stephen King. My brother had a few of his books lying around when I was still just a youngin' and I 'borrowed' one and fell in love.

[trephany129]

Dostoevsky. I discovered him while on bed rest during a pregnancy at age 21, 11 years ago. After reading Crime and Punishment, I sent my husband to the library for another stack of his work. I haven't read everything he's written, but I have tried, and hope to in my lifetime. I have never had an author speak so deeply to me.

-- 19 Sep 2014, 13:46 --

As far as more modern authors, though, I would have to say Anne Rice. I started reading her books at 13, and was lucky enough to meet her at a book signing in Chicago when I was 14 and she was in tour for Memnoch the Devil. She is amazing.

[ssloan_13013]

The first author I read EVERYTHING of was Nicholas Sparks. I am a mushy/gushy romance or suspense/romance reader.

[SusanE]

I HAD to read everything by Carolyn Keene, who wrote the original Nancy Drew books. I think my mom had told me that I should try reading them since she liked them when she was young (I was in about 3rd grade at this time) so I went to the school library and picked up the first book and the next day came back for the second and third, and so on. I was in the library every other day it seemed to get another Nancy Drew book.

[5683linda]

Judith McNaught. She can spin a tale like no other. What I like the best about her writing is I completely enter into the world she is describing and never leave until the story is over. That, in my opinion, is a true writer.

[spaceghost]

Kurt Vonnegut. He's like a close uncle to me.

[hpsecrets99]

Laurie Halse Anderson. I read Fever:1793 first, and then several years later, I read Speak, and was hooked on her gorgeous prose and heartfelt stories. I still haven't read EVERYTHING of hers, but I've gotten through a good chunk of her books!

[SharisseEM]

Sherrilyn Kenyon. I mean, I was already reading romance novels from my sister's shelf but it was reading Night Play that really set things off for me. I saved money just to buy her series. Now, I have it up to the most current and I have my own shelf of books!

[Toritho]

I would have to say Scott Westerfeld. When I was in middle school and early high school, I was obsessed, particularly with the "Uglies" series.

[rssllue]

Mine was Stephen King. I first read Cujo in my early twenties, and then I was hooked and read everything from the beginning right on through to Rose Madder, which was the most current book at the time.