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

[RosiegrantWalker]

Wow, this question takes me way back. I graduated from high school in 1987. Yeah, I'm old! Anyway, during my senior year, we had to come up with a senior thesis. I compared the righting of Edgar Allen Poe with that of Ray Bradbury. At that time in my life, I was going through a dark phase. When most people were looking to the prospects of college and careers, I was lost and confused about what I should do with my life. I was in a melancholy state of mind with fantasy of science fiction. Anyway, in order to compare the two, I had to read a lot of books by them. Just about everything! Although I am much better with age, these two authors will always hold a special place in my literary heart.

[hkachelmeier]

Stephen King. I was given 3 of his books for Christmas when I was in the 7th grade and I was hooked. I think the first one I read was Firestarter. After that I couldn't stop buying them. The bookstore I would go to didn't carry many King novels so I would make requests and they would order them for me so that I could keep going.

[Mia Couture]

Judy Blume. I remember reading Forever probably way to young. Lol

[AnnAarseth]

It was J. K. Rowling, I couldn't wait for all the books to be translated in my language so I can read them, so I read the last 2 in English.

[skizarefun09]

I guess J.k. Rowling, but that's inevitable if you're a HP fan.

Sarah Dessen books always captivated me in my teen years. Now my 14 yo sister enjoys them!

[BrittAtwell]

Jodi Picoult

[Momma137]

V.C. Andrews was one of my very first favorites.

[Shelle]

Right now? It's Alexander McCall Smith. His books are delightful. I have a smile on my face the entire time I'm reading one of his books!

-- 27 Jan 2016, 22:14 --

Jane Austen. I fell in love with Austen's storylines the first time I saw the BBC Pride and Prejudice. My sister gave me a huge binding of all Jane Austen's novels the following Christmas. It took me a long time because I had to take my time to fully grasp the story, but I read all of them.

Me too! I actually read the entire Austen collection when I was pregnant with our oldest daughter. All these years later, she's certainly the most Austen-esque of all of us. I think she absorbed the culture in-utero

[the_rural_juror]

Carolyn Keene! Though I only recently learned that Keene was the pen name for a number of different writers who created the Nancy Drew series. As a kid, I made it through the entire series reading one per day.

Nowadays, I'm making my way through Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's books. So far my favorite is Americanah.

[taylorgad]

Carolyn Keene! My grandma bought me the box set of the first six Nancy Drew books for my sixth birthday present. I immediately devoured them. I set it as my mission to finish the entire Nancy Drew series. I read them all in order, and I still remember the exact moment when I finished the last book. It was such a bittersweet feeling.

[Jemmagurl]

The Nancy drew series, was my favorite childhood series growing up. I had to get my hands on every single book.

[Kate_Lewis]

I have to read all of Cassandra Clare's books! I have so far read them all, and I am really close to owning all of her books that involve the Shadow World. She is still writing and publishing books so I am here waiting for more!

[Avid_Reader18]

Hello,
My first author that I had to read 'everything' by was V.C. Andrews growing up (not an easy thing to do when this author(s) has written over 90+ books!) I never did read them all, but I did go through quite a lot of them, some of my favorite still reside on my shelves! The next author I felt this way about was Amelia Atwater-Rhodes- who built such lovely worlds to reside in. I could not get my hands on the rest of her books fast enough! I am still captivated by them today and lie in wait for 4/12/16 when her next book "Bloodtraitor" comes out!

--Katie T.

[Sarah_Khan]

I read a couple of books by Cecelia Ahern and ended up loving all of them so I quickly realized I HAD to read all her books and I did and I liked all of them.
Cecelia Ahern writes books about everyday things like relationships but she also adds a little magic to them.

[rainyday]

It's cliche, but I have say J.K. Rowling. Harry Potter captivated me.