who is your favorite author?

Margery Allingham has always been a good one to follow.

So far, Clive Barker has my vote.

It's hard to say. I like medieval literature. Poetry and stories like Shakespeare, yet there are too many that I like to even mention.

Richard Matheson, Clive Barker, H.P. Lovecraft, J.R.R. Tolkein, Grant Morrison, Alan Moore, Garth Ennis, J. Michael Straszynski, Lewis Carrol, Neil Gaiman, Bill Watterson, and Gary Larson.

I like the Harry Potter books, and Stephen King books.

R.A. Salvatore

I hav a few:
*jk rowling
*dj MacHale
*james patterson
*emily rodda
*jeanne DuPrau
*eoin kolfer (did i spell that right?)

I don't think I could settle on just one, although Terry Pratchett always holds a firm and frequently-read place on my shelves. Recently I've been discovering Louise Rennison and Helen Fielding (yes, finally) and I'm really enjoying their brand of humor.

Jane Austen

If I had to pick just one, it has to be Chuck Palahniuk. I am also very fond of Clive Barkar.

Matthew Woodring Stover for sci-fi

and also, the Authors of any book i enjoy. I go through phases

I don't think I've read enough to pick a favorite yet. But a strong candidate, Jay Asher

I've been following Ted Dekker, who is absolutely amazing. His work is insane! Recommended if you like horror/action/dark vs. light themes.

David Mitchell's first novel, Ghostwritten, is amazing, and each of his books since then has been even better than the last.

Another guy who I always look forward to publishing a new book is Dave Eggers. AHWOSG, You Shall Know Our Velocity, and What Is The What are all great.

Kim Harrison has become my second favorite author.

Orson Scott Card is the greatest.

Also:
Franz Kafka,
Tolkien,
Lewis,
Vonnegut,
Stover (he's light reading)
Asimov,
Nix,
Cynthia Voigt,
Emerson,
Ellison,
Heinlien (only Stranger in a Strange Land)
and Hemmingway

Neil Gaiman, Eugene O'Neill, Alan Moore, J.R.R. Tolkien, Franz Kafka, Aldous Huxley, Richard Dawkins, Dr. Seuss.

Tolkien. God, those epics are amazing.

Lemony Snicket Yes, I know they are for children, but they are rather entertaining.

Tolstoy: Good stuff.

Robert Kane.

Pierce Bysche Shelley.

CS Lewis (yes, narnia was blatantly stupid at times, but its entertaining sometimes and he did write other things.)

Beatrix Potter (talk about reminding one of their childhood and home....)

Robert Jordan
Franz Kafka,
Tolkien,
Lewis,
Shakespeare,
HOMER,
Emerson,
Ellison,
Samuel Langhorne Clemens (Mark Twain)
T.S. Eliot
James Joyce
Algous Huxley
Ernest Hemmingway
Edgar Allen Poe
F Scott, Fitzgerald
Cesaire
Hemmingway
Henry Louis Gates
Dr. Seuss

Margaret Weiss and Tracy Hickman
R.A Salvator
Robert Jordan
Terry Brooks
Stephen King
Clive Barker
Douglas Niles