Frances Hardinge for sure. Most novels written in the fantasy genre merely tiptoe into the world of fantasy, but her books really fling open the doors and dive into the chasm. I always love how creative and original her works are, with each new book constantly surprising me with its ingenuity. All her books are so unique, yet instantly recognisable because no one could come up with something so fantastical as her. Although her most well-known book is The Lie Tree, my favourites are A Face Like Glass and Twilight Robbery.Totoro wrote: ↑23 Sep 2013, 12:52 As my children are staring to develope their own tastes in reading it is interesting to see what are their "must read" series. My 8th grader plowed through the Warriors books, by Erin Hunter, year ago, but still always knows exactly when the next one is due out. My 5th grader discovered Harry Potter this year and is on Book 7 as we speak. For me Madeline l'Engle was the first Author that I remember going to the library and working through her entire section; however, Anne McCaffrey was the first Author that I ever found myself dying to buy another book from.
I am curious what others just had to read or buy.
Who was the first author you had to read "everything" by?
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Same for me. I was hooked on Sherlock from the beginning. That got me started with Agatha Christie too.