Favourite Authors

[willowstar]

Ian Rankin
Anne Tyler
Kate Atkinson
Christopher Brookmyer
Alexander McCall Smith (but only the Isabelle Dalhousie series)

they are the authors that I rush out to buy when I hear they have published something new. So sad that the final Rebus has been written but looking forward to whatever else Ian Rankin does next

[bluemoon]

Ian McEwan
Umberto Eco
Sebastian Faulks
Terry Pratchett (odd this one as I don't read anyone else in this genre)
Can't stand John le Carre, but loved The Constant Gardener,
There are probably hundreds of other authors though whose books I have read and whose work I would buy if I came across them. And one (Dan Brown) who I would avoid like the plague.

[OverWyreGrower]

Terry Pratchett
Tom Holt
Anne Rice
Poppy Z Brite
Wilbur Smith (love his 4 "warlock" books)
Karin Slaughter
Patricia Cornwell
Kathy Reichs
Tess Gerritsen
Alexander McCall Smith
Mo Hayder
John Grisham

[SarzWix]

Enid Blyton was/is the Queen!! I love her farm stories - Mistletoe Farm, Cherry Tree Farm etc, makes you want a smallholding And The Famous Five/St Clares/Mallory Towers of course!

Also, so called 'Children's Authors'
JK Rowling
Diana Wynn Jones
Noel Streatfeild
Joan Lingard

And a small selection of 'grown-up' ones;

Dick Francis
Leon Uris
Jane Austen
Georgette Heyer
Marcia Willet
Penny Vincenzi
Susan Howatch

Could go on, but won't bore you

[snuffer]

Authors

Wow, we are a varied bunch aren't we. Thanks for sharing that. I just love books. There are so many in the house that loads have to go up into the loft. It is a bit of a pain when you realise that the book you are looking for isn't on the shelves and you have to go ferreting about in the loft. Must make good insulation though.

[Two_Sheds]

I'm too promiscuous to have a constant list of favourites.
When I was a teenager I loved Jilly Cooper (not Jackie Collins) and James Herbert/Stephen King: I did Eng.Lit A Level and still loathe Jane Austen.

[muckdiva]

Bill Bryson's books make me laugh out loud!

Me too Polly - I loved Kerry Shale reading Notes from a Small Island for Radio 4. Priceless

[borage]

Katie Fforde
Julie Highmore
Eirca James
JK Rowling
Wendy Holden
Alexander McCall Smith
J.R.R. Tolkien
Jill Mansell

[fiveravens]

As a children's author, I think Dan Kissane is unbeatable!

[HeyWayne]

Just ordered Jasper Fforde's new book.

[FROSTYFRECKLE]

My favourite authors are Bill Bryson, Terry Pratchett, and Chaim Potok, but not necessarily in that order.

[coreopsis]

Children ones:

Lucy Maud Montgomery
Astrid Lindgren

Adult ones:

Mary Wesley
Diana Gabaldon
Ken Follett
Michael Connelly
Alison Weir

Never read Pratchett but it's on my list for aaaaages

[Pumpkin Becki]

Nicely resurrected thread dude!

1) Terry Pratchett
2) Judith M Berrisford (wrote the 'Jackie' series of pony books for teenagers - I still read them)
3) Phillipa Gregory
4) Agatha Christie

[Rhona]

Kazuo Ishiguro
Donna Tartt
Sarah Waters
Lisa See
Xinran Xue

Not faves but still enjoy;
Stephen King (the ones I've read have really surprised me - very good)
Bill Bryson

As a kid I worshipped the Magic Faraway Tree books and all the various school series by Enid Blyton

I seem to be in a bit of a minority of not liking Terry Pratchett - don't like that genre at all. I disliked Jane Austen at school too, and still (maybe unfairly) avoid her.

Oh and Janeyo, I also confess to loving a bit of Sophie Kinsella on holiday.

[HeyWayne]

I seem to be in a bit of a minority of not liking Terry Pratchett

There's at least two of us.