Favorite Author?

[crydun]

I'm a big Janette Oke fan. Also, Joseph Cirzone and Grace Livingston Hill

Non-Christian author favorites are: Danielle Steele, Sandra Brown, Lavyrle Spencer and Nora Roberts

 

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George R.R. Martin

 

[Rab Tull]

I'd have to say Alexander Solzhenitsyn and J.R.R. Tolkien. The former spoke truth to power, most powerfully, and the latter spoke truth about power as a corrupting and destructive force.

Grace & Peace, Rab

 

[HiredGoon]

Kenneth Roberts, my favorites are Northwest Passage and Arundel.

Robert Louis Stevenson, my favorites are The Black Arrow, Kidnapped, and Treasure Island.

Joseph Conrad is excellent, Youth is short but very good, another good one is Victory.

Jack London is another favorite with The Sea Wolf.

And of course James Fenimore Cooper, The Last of the Mohicans and The Spy.

 

[jidujiao]

Not quite the same as Fenimore Cooper, but on the same subject...
Mark Twain's essay, "Fenimore Cooper's Literary Offenses" is one of the funniest things I have read in a long time. You can read it here.

 

[wildthing]

C.S Lewis and Tom Clancy. Tim Lahay is milking it for all it's worth.

 

[Jeremiah the Bullfrog]

Robert Aspirin is also one of my favorites.

One of his books has a religion based on Elvis.

 

[LadyDJ]

I have to go with JRR Tolkien, JK Rowling, Chelsea Quinn Yarbro, Michael Slade for starters...

 

[PaladinValer]

Tolkien hands down

 

[jewels_cs]

C.S. Lewis

 

[Skip Lively]

Yay for Haleyvictoria and the support for Douglas Adams. And others. Generally a fabulous list you have. And I agree with Loki that Rivers has excellent books. HiredGood, I agree, Stevenson is excellent. And I just finished Conrad's Heart of Darkness; what did you think of it?

My favorites would be Douglas Adams, Dorothy Dunnett, Alexandre Dumas, Ted Dekker, and Dr. Seuss.

 

[HiredGoon]

"Heart of Darkness" was good, it was my first exsposure to Conrad. Like most people, I read it as required reading in high school english. Conrad was an amazing author, and the fact that English was his second language is even more amazing. It's too bad that most people only read "Heart of Darkness," as Conrad wrote so many great stories.

 

[American Gopher]

If I had to narrow my choice down to just one, I would have to say Roald Dahl. From Charlie and the Chocolate Factory to The BFG, the total depth of that man's imagination has never failed to astound me. In general, I have a preference for nonsensical fantasy like that of Dahl, Lewis Carroll, Theodor "Seuss" Geisel, and Brian Jacques, but I'm also a big fan of J.R.R. Tolkien's work. And although I don't care for his political views or his language, Michael Crichton's verisimilitude has always appealed to me (Eaters of the Dead is a real treat if you're a fan of Beowulf).

 

[nick_da_dude98]

My favorite author is definitely Louis L'amour... He's an awesome writer... That is if you like western type books...but yeah he has a way of bringing you right into it...

 

[Dyrwen]

Chuck Palahniuk. His best book so far may be "Fight Club" and it is what he is most known for too. Although "Survivor" and "Choke" were simply brilliant works of his. "Diary" was an odd change and I'm working on reading his "Invisible Monsters" book soon.

All in all, he writes great nihilistic reflection on life itself. I love the books..

 

[Glorianna]

Ted Dekker, amazing Christian author who I'd highly recommend to anyone. If anyone knows of any other good Christian authors, can you please PM me? I'm a huge reading freak!

 

[Jmm32088]

I love John Grisham! His books are awesome. I've read everyone I can get a hold of!

 

[Pope Gonzo]

CS Lewis and Orson Scott Card are by far my favorite authors.

 

[Roo6339]

frank peretti (hangman's curse is just brilliant!)
he's about the only author i can actually say i really like all (most i should say) of his books...

 

[pegatha]

For Christian authors I like CS Lewis, Dave Hunt, and Matthew Henry. For general fiction it's Rumer Godden, Jane Austen, the Bronte sisters; for sf, I like Joan D. Vinge and Connie Willis. I'd like to read more Mark Twain because I think he could quickly become a favorite too.