Who's Your Favorite Author?
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Patricia Cornwell, the best crime drama writer her best works happens to be the "Kay Scarpetta" series with her sidekicks Dan Marino, a police detective since Kay Scarpetta is a forensic specialist along with her niece, an international detective. Her series is an A-List of novels from Blowfly to Bone Bed. Never a dull read, regardless of the book you choose all are riveting from start to finish. Definitely edge of your seat reading from the finding of a body to the autopsy report findings. She pulls you right into her story setting making it so realistic. Definitely never disappointing.
Sidney Sheldon, another prolific writer, however, his is all about drama drama drama. From lusty affairs to off-road romances. From finding love to escaping bad relationships, including family dramas. Always good reads another writer that draws you into the storyline.
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First, Anne Rice. She is a great historian. I Always walk away from one of her books with a clear picture of what a certain time was like, or place. She is also wonderfully descriptive. Lots of people are bored by that but, it is very important to me to be able to close my eyes and literally see what she is describing. She is romantic and old worldly. She flows so beautifully. With Anne's works, it is that easy. Re-reading Taltos right now!
Isabel Allende is my number 2. Only because I discovered her much later in life. Aphrodite is a great book. Very entertaining. I know lots of people who are not into authors who write about where they live all the time. Anne Rice and Isabel Allende do but, it never seems to bother me. It helps me to understand the writers, as well as the places they describe. Isabel has a way of making a simple story sound fantastical without seeming to embellish too much. There are some moments when I actually believe an event took place in her fictional books. I'm drawn in and just can't put them down! Her daughter's story melted me completely. Paula.
Nicholas Sparks. I know, I know, he is a bit sappy And sometimes predictable. But, its so nice to find a hopeless romantic, even if its only on paper. Yes, he is predictable. He always writes about North Carolina. But, it's not a bother, especially when he shows you the parts you wouldn't normally see. The places only the locals would know. His formula has gotten him this far because of girls like me, who need to imagine the once-in-a-lifetime kind of love he provides in his books. I was also very moved by his book about his siblings, Three Weeks With My Brother. These stories always remind me time is precious, never waste it.
Anne Tyler. I came across one of her books many years ago. It belonged to a brief friend who died of cancer at the age of 19. Hadn't experienced the world yet and already gone. His mom let me have the last book he was reading. Ladder of Years. What made this book so special was that it wasn't. It was life as usual. No gimmicks, no over the top romantic gestures or unbelievable plots. Just the thoughts and movements of real people doing every day things. And still, I was moved. I read a few more books by Anne. Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant. A Patchwork Planet. Accidental Marriage. Her ability to tell a story is casual, normal and relatable. She is an every day author. She is comfort. She reminds us that life moves forward for all of us, and gives us a small window into other people's lives. Lives similar to our own. No one is alone.
For a few years I was on a vampire/supernatural kick. I loved the usual stuff; melodrama, suspense, forbidden love, a dark secret or two. Those authors are easy.
Charlaine Harris (action and passion)
Mary Janice Davidson (funny)
Laurell K. Hamilton (super sexy and raunchy)
Stephanie Meyers (teenage love)
I do not count Anne Rice among these fine authors. She is more traditional, romantic, gothic. These authors are more modern and up to date. I have read every single one of their books...twice! I love them! But, I am over that phase. I can re-read any Anne Rice, Anne Tyler or Isabel Agende a million times over, and never get tired of them.
These are my stand outs. I have loads that I really enjoy.
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Number 2 would be Brandon Sanderson, because although he is now emerging as one of the epic fantasy greats, his writing is so complex and wonderful, above all, his Kvothe series.
Rowling, for obvious reasons.
Lastly, Dostoevsky, because Crime and Punishment was genius until the end. The way Dostoevsky ingeniously draws the reader in until you are side by side Raskolnikov bludgeoning someone, because it is the only logical course of action, is chilling.
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Iain Rob Wright
Alden Bell
Emma Donoghue
Stephen King
I could go on for ages!
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Christopher Paolini has to be mentioned here too, because his book Eragon was the book that got me reading and interested in books in the fourth grade and I've been reading since.
I should also note J.D Robb (Nora Roberts pen name for her crime mystery series) because they always entrap me in the best way.
Last, but not least, Terry Goodkind, because his Sword of Truth series held my attention through high school, and I've read that series more than once as well.
There are countless other books and series that have impacted me, but these are always my go to's.
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Jasper Fforde is another favorite. I don't always love his writing style, but I love the story he tells.
Rainbow Rowell is my current favorite YA author. Her books are all lighthearted, easy reads.
Alicia Michaels is another good one. She creates such vivid worlds!
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