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Re: Who was the first author you had to read "everything" by?

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For me its David Baildacci he write investigative series Like John Puller. what is amazing about him is the way he fix real military operation and command in his books.
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Well it was class four and the author was Enid Blyton. I just had to read everything written by her.
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For me, it was probably J. K. Rowling and the Harry Potter series. The first one came out when I was only 3, so it wasn't until the 3rd book that my mum began to buy and read them with me. As we got through the first few quickly, by the time book 4 came out we had got through the first 3. I was always anticipating the next book and was so excited whenever a new one was announced.

Another author I loved as a child was Lemony Snicket and the Series of Unfortunate Events books. I got the first 4 books from the local library but they didn't have the rest of the series, and I remember hinting to my mum for months that I would love the set for Christmas (which luckily I did get) because I couldn't stop at book 4, I had to read them all!

Also, I had read every Jacqueline Wilson book as a child, but since the age of around 16, I haven't read any of her new books, so I can't say I've read everything of hers anymore!
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Kurt Vonnegut. I found a copy of my dad's "Breakfast of Champions" and was hooked. So different and funny. I would gather up my money and head to the bookstore or flea markets to find the next book.
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The Hary Potter series. And then the Eragon ones. Kind off at the same time.
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Barbara Kimenye.She wrote the famous Mosses series of books.
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Sarah Dessen! I’d mostly read mysteries and fantasy novels in my early teens and she was my kind of my first taste of sort of romantic YA novels. I read one and then immediately read as many of her other books as I could get my hands on.
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Nalini Singh. The only books of hers that I have not read are the ones she hasn't published yet.
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I guess Carolyn Keene and Franklin W. Dixon would count. I was addicted to the Nancy Drew and Hardy Brothers series in elementary school through junior high!
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When I was a kid, my kindergarten teacher read us all of the Junie B. Jones books. I was so obsessed with them that when I got a pet rabbit in second grade, I named her "Junie Bunny Jones"
In middle school, I started reading the Percy Jackson series, and since then I have all of Rick Riordan's books--I insist on buying all of his books, even though I haven't had the time to read the latest three. They are on my bookshelf waiting!
Sometime in High School, I went through a cheesy romance phase, so I have all of Sarah Dessen's novels on my bookshelf, as well. Currently, I am making my way through all of Sarah J. Maas's books.
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Malcolm Gladwell! I love the way he makes trivial things sound so interesting and intellectual.
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I read Isaac Asimov's classic short story, Nightfall, when I was in middle school and it blew my pre-pubescent mind. At that point, I was already a big sci-fi fan but I had no idea sci-fi could be as smart as that that story is. It made me an instant fan. So I sought out other stories from Asimov and found a volume of some of his short robot stories. Those were all exciting, smart and excellent as well, so I started reading every Asimov story I could get my hands on. I had to read all of his work. Little did I know that the man was insanely prolific, and it will probably take another 30 years to read all of it. But I continue to love his work and I will get through it all eventually. I hope.
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Interesting to see what other people's authors are! Mine was Amelie Nothomb. I remember receiving this book from my French teacher as a prize at the end of the year back when I was in high school. It was Sulphuric Acid - I read it all in one day, couldn't put it down. Then I started reading everything I could get my hands on from Nothomb, both online and hard copy. :) I still have a few things to get through from her very prolific collection, but I've never been disappointed by any book I read from her. I love that she likes to experiment with themes and style and form - it really inspired me in my own writing. She approaches genres of all sorts, from auto-biography type books to thriller, mystery and crime. And all of them have this quirky feeling to them. Some of them are outright bizarre! But she's an amazing author and whenever I don't have anything to read, she's my go to.
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Several authors in fact. They were Christine Feehan, Sherrilyn Kenyon, Harper Lee and J.R.R.Tolkien. I'm far from finishing all of Tolkien's works though.
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The first author that I just had to have every book they wrote was Sarah Dessen. Her stories were so relatable and powerful to me when I was younger. I don't follow her works much anymore, but she started me off on following authors as opposed to series only.
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