Who's Your Favorite Author?
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Re: Who's Your Favorite Author?
Both are very strong, independent women that write about strong, independent women in their books. I grew up reading works from both authors and I feel like that had a fundamental role in shaping who I am.
For Anne McCaffrey I loved her Dragon Riders of Pern books, but I do feel that her To Ride Pegasus series went highly under rated for the time period it was published in. The Crystal Singers Trilogy was by far my favorite and I used to have recurring dreams that she had written another book in that series called Crystal Fire. Alas, it wasn't true.
Tamora Pierce wrote a series that began with Wild Magic. I could relate to Diane's relationship with animals and had always wished I could speak with them. I still have that series on my shelf and this past year had to buy new copies of each book. The pages of the other were too worn down to read.
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If I had to choose today, I would say that David Sedaris is one of my all-time favorite authors. He is so observant and keen and I find his writing so enjoyable and enlightening at the same time. He has a beautiful way of bringing humor into the topic while also opening up his reader's eyes to more self-reflection.
I'm currently reading his new piece, Calypso, and I think it's my favorite of his works. He makes me want to live in the moment more and become more self-aware and observant. I highly recommend it!
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John Grisham
Helen Rice. Poetry
Ronald Dahl
Are just a couple of others.
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Heather Graham takes your mind to a certain time keeps you guessing who the killer really was. As for Lisa Jackson she has her own way of capturing the readers and not letting on till close to the end of the book evey author has their own way of writing. These two ladies are the top two i like to read
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He can keep a fiction story down to earth and I always manage to get hooked with every book.
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Both of these authors contributed toward the majority of my childhood reading material. They are both outstanding!Rangerkay wrote: ↑23 Jan 2019, 18:46 Mine would probably be a tie between Anne McCaffrey and Tamora Pierce.
Both are very strong, independent women that write about strong, independent women in their books. I grew up reading works from both authors and I feel like that had a fundamental role in shaping who I am.
For Anne McCaffrey I loved her Dragon Riders of Pern books, but I do feel that her To Ride Pegasus series went highly under rated for the time period it was published in. The Crystal Singers Trilogy was by far my favorite and I used to have recurring dreams that she had written another book in that series called Crystal Fire. Alas, it wasn't true.
Tamora Pierce wrote a series that began with Wild Magic. I could relate to Diane's relationship with animals and had always wished I could speak with them. I still have that series on my shelf and this past year had to buy new copies of each book. The pages of the other were too worn down to read.
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Other authors I greatly admire are Maria V Snyder, who knows how to end a chapter on a cliffhanger possibly better than any other author I have ever read otherwise.
Jim Butcher for gifting me with a Chicago wizard detective who never is a gimmicky, and the realities of hard choices and high stakes never feeling overly grim or unnecessarily cruel.
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Ted Dekker
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Ted Dekker is amazing! If you enjoyed his work, have you read Donita K. Paul or Frank Peretti's work?
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I was so surprised the first time I realized who J.D. Robb was! One of the few authors I can think of that can write so well for so many genres.
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She write fantasy and Adventure books that just suck you in and make you want to read more.
Six of Crows is my favorite book of hers but all of them are just as good just with different plots that intertwine with each other.