title pretty much says it. post who your favorite author.

can't decide, so I'll post who my favorites in certain genres are.
Fantasy: R.A. Salvatore
Fantasy: Eoin Colfer
Sci-fi: Jules Verne
Sci-fi: John Van Stry
Adventure: Dan Brown

Rachel Hawkins

Neil Gaiman

Dan Abnett

Maggie Steifvater, Neal Shusterman (whom I met!!), and Alice Sebold are my top three. I have a thousand more, though.

HOLY SH*T. you met Neal Shusterman?

My list is quite extensive and could go on and on and on.

A few off the top of my head?

Sherrilyn Kenyon
Christine Feehan
Maggie Shayne
J.R. Ward
J.D. Robb/Nora Roberts
Amanda Ashley
Larissa Ione
Gena Showalter
Shayla Black
E.L. James
Kerrelyn Sparks
Kresley Cole
Karen Marie Moning
Alyssa Day
Alexandra Ivy
Lynsay Sands

Countless others

I have many favorite Authors, some already listed. But there is one I doubt most of you would know of even list as a favorite, tho she is one of mine.

Zane

Fyodor Dostoevsky.

Garth Nix, and Edgar Rice Buroughs

Both of which, jormungand suggested the books.

Elizabeth Haydon, Mercedes Lackey, R.A. Salvatore, Neil Gaiman, and Wendy and Richard Pini.

Robert Jordan, hands down.

Kim Harrison- The Hollows series
Anne Rice
Stephen King
Darren Shane

-J.K. Rowling (I am a Harry Potter nerd!)
-Cynthia Leitich Smith
- Ayn Rand
- James Patterson
- Rick Riordan
- P.C. And Kristin Cast
- Rachel Hawkins
- Cassandra Clare
- L. J. Smith
- William Faulkner


And so many more that I can't think of them! I love to read...could go on with this list forever!

Phillip K. Dick
David Brin
Stephen Baxter
Peter F. Hamilton
John Crowley

and about 1000 more..lol

J.R.R. Tolkien
Stephen King
Isaac Asimov

Lobsang Rampa

Morgan Rice (Vampire Journal series)
Lauren Kate (Fallen series)
Rachel Caine (The Morganville Vampire series)
Richelle Mead (Vampire Academy series)

Anne Rice
Stephen King
Dean Koontz
Sherrilyn Kenyon
Michael Crichton

Gracen Miller (Road to Hell series)
Maggie Shayne
P.C. and Kristen Cast
Kay Hooper
J.K. Rowling
Lindy Zart

I have quite a few more. Most of them are Indie Authors.

C. S. Friedman: Black Sun Rising
See wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Sun_Rising

Rowling (Harry Potter)

J. R. R. Tolkien

Eoin Colfer (Artemis Fowl)

R.A. Salvatore
C. S. Lewis
Edgar Allan Poe
Mark Twain
Michael Savage
Anne Rice
J.R.R. Tolkien

I quite enjoy Veronica Roth and Kathy Reichs.

roald dahl
nora roberts
stephen king
jodi piccoult

those are just a few of my favourite authors.

Martin Cruz Smith (for the 'Renko' series)

Sheridan le Fanu (for the Gothic Horror stuff)

Dennis Lehane (for 'Shutter Island')