Who's Your Favorite Author?

mel1422 · Post by **mel1422** » 12 May 2010, 09:00

Right now it is MARIA RIHTE, because I just finished reading her debut novel VILLAGE OF SYCAMORE.
Anybody else out there, who has read her book?
Here is a quick synopsis;
When thirty-two-year-old woodworker and designer Jacqueline Callaghan arrives in the small village of Sycamore on a windswept island, she has just sold her apartment in the city, lost her job, left her boyfriend, and buried her grandmother. She's ready to begin a new life in her grandmother's old cottage in this picturesque village of lush gardens and wild waterfront.
Jackie opens her own studio and gallery and finds that life is perfect -- except for the bills. In a desperate attempt to save the life she now loves, Jackie organizes a studio tour, rallying together the island's many artists and crafts people, in hopes of bringing more visitors to the island.
The idea is popular, but Jackie is almost defeated. How to persuade these fiercely independent artists to work together without disrupting the delicate balance of their daily lives?
The whole village falls into chaos as artistic personalities clash and long-hidden skeletons come out of the closet. Secret trysts, nude portraits, love and inconsolable broken hearts, mistaken death, and resurrection slowly unravel Jackie's carefully crafted tour plans.

Vagoo · Post by **Vagoo** » 13 May 2010, 23:11

I have been a SF fan since picking up "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" by Douglas Adams and have continued reading great books by the likes of Ray Bradbury, Issac Asimov, Kim Stanley Robinson, Dan Simmons, David Weber, Harry Turtledove, Orson Scott Card, Michael Crichton, Charles Stross, Robert J. Sawyer, Peter F. Hamilton and more.

Mickytto · Post by **Mickytto** » 18 May 2010, 12:43

I just joined this site-- have been looking for an outlet for my desire to constantly talk about books

Favorite author-- the first name that pops into mind is Terry Pratchett- I practically own every single book in English and in translation in Bulgarian- and along with him J.R.R.Tolkien (of course).
Other than that in other genres: Tracy Chevalier (especially Burning Bright), David Sedaris (pretty much anything except Holidays on Ice- I know, but it was too dark for me), Terry Goodkind, Pablo Neruda, Billy Collins, J.K. Rowling, Roger Zelazni, Jane Austen, Kir Bulychev, and a number of Bulgarian authors (I am Bulgarian myself)- Valeri Petrov, Ivan Vazov (for Under the Yoke/ Pod Igoto, nothing else), Stefan Tsanev... and so so many more! So difficult to narrow this down...

PhotonicGuy · Post by **PhotonicGuy** » 20 May 2010, 10:53

My favorite writer is Milan Kundera. Why? For his style of fiction, interlaced with philosophical digression.

smellymonkey · Post by **smellymonkey** » 20 May 2010, 15:10

At the moment im completely in love with Khaled Hosseini

smellincoffee · Post by **smellincoffee** » 02 Jun 2010, 20:43

Isaac Asimov. Before I discovered him, I considering having a "favorite author" tantamount to sacrilege...but in 2007, I picked up a collection of his short stories and I was hooked. He wrote over 500 books in science, history, science fiction, and other genres, so there's a wide variety to choose from. He's...genteel, eccentric, and oh-so-lovable.

laci_baby · Post by **laci_baby** » 03 Jun 2010, 00:38

First off i have several favorites, and i know it sounds bad, but i dont really know why...these are the ones that just irritably interest me, it keeps me hooked.

Oscar Wilde.
Poe.
Nabokov.
Emily Bronte.
Jane Austen.
Henry Fielding.
Patrick Suskind.

CGiver2010 · Post by **CGiver2010** » 04 Jun 2010, 22:59

I am new to this site so forgive me if my greatest list pales in comparison to the ones listed previously. I like Hemingway, King, and Austin but my favorites are more contemporary. My absolute favorite must have whatever they write are JD Robb, Christine Feehan, Beverly Jenkins, Amanda Quick, and Carla Neggers. A classic author for me is Beverly Neeley.
These authors capture and hold my attention with the wonderful stories they weave. They each create characters that seem like friends that I have to revisit again and again.

Isadorabowles · Post by **Isadorabowles** » 06 Jun 2010, 00:35

Charlotte Bronte
Paul Bowles
Camus
Kate Chopin
Edith Wharton
George Eliot

09JACKO · Post by **09JACKO** » 06 Jun 2010, 17:28

Im into historical fiction, I like Michener and McCullough

fairytalebec · Post by **fairytalebec** » 07 Jun 2010, 06:32

it's almost impossble to pick just one author - there are many who I keep comng back to, and I read for so many different reasons.. at the moment,my favourites include:
Haruki Murakami
John Irving
Charles Dickens
Paul Theroux
Jack London
Peter Hoeg
Annie Proulx
Jose Saramago
AS Byatt
Wilkie Collins
HG Wells

if I had to choose just one of these, I'm not sure I could do it, and even if I could, the choice would probably be different tomorrow

Orca · Post by **Orca** » 08 Jun 2010, 23:06

I think that I would have to select J.R.R. Tolkien as my favorite author right now.

almasulejmanagic · Post by **almasulejmanagic** » 09 Jun 2010, 19:49

my favorite author is Malcolm Gladwell! The Tipping Point, Outliers, and Blink are amazing books. I am currently reading The Tipping Point again. Yes, its that good.

nicky · Post by **nicky** » 15 Jun 2010, 09:11

My fave author right now is SAIRA VIOLA - SLIDE she is a poet as well as a fiction writer and has pioneered a new style of prose SCATTER SCRIPT where she uses song, musical beats , art and cultural references to tell the story . I like the way the writer uses sound to refer to character traits and the way she plays with words and rhythmns that set the pace of the narrative .

Some of the most memorable quotes:

"She was a frills and thrills kind of girl"
"He was a pulping mass of puss and wounded flesh a requiem of gore"
"A mix of Courtney love and Winona Ryder she was smutty cool...."
"He was a boom boom shake the room kind of man"
"They spliffed the day away everything was Janice Joplin cool"

Sarafina · Post by **Sarafina** » 16 Jun 2010, 04:31

This is such a loaded question ! My favourite right now is SAIRA VIOLA because I like experiencing new authors and enjoy cultural observations of society I think the book SLIDE - MODERN SATIRE ON THE EXCESS OF GREED does show us all the classes of society in a really funny way but I have to put Dickens and Nabokov and Kundera on there too!