Top Ten Tuesday: Authors I wish would write another book
This week's Top Ten Tuesday asks readers to share 10 authors who they wish would write more books. Here are mine, in no particular order:
1. Jane Austen. Surprise, surprise. She's my favorite author of all time, yet she only completed six novels in her lifetime. Dear Jane, couldn't you have lived about 40 more years and written a ton more books? Or at least finished The Watsons?
2. Robin McKinley. Another of my all-time favorite authors, she hasn't come out with any new books in a few years. I still have Pegasus sitting on my shelves, unread, because apparently it's part one of a two-part story -- but part two won't be published until 2014, alas!
3. Jasper Fforde. I would really love another installment of Thursday Next, please!
4. Georgette Heyer. Sadly, I have read all her magnificent Regency romances...and no one else is as good as her!
5. Juliet Marillier. This one's a bit unfair, as I know she came out with another Sevenwaters book not long ago. But I'd really like to see a book to follow Wildwood Dancing and Cybele's Secret, or at least another standalone from her.
6. Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows. Just because I loved The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society so much!
7. Eva Ibbotson. I absolutely love her YA romances, but, sadly, I believe she has passed away.
8. Kate Ross. I still have two of her Julian Kestrel mysteries left to read, but I'm already putting them off for as long as possible, because after that I won't have any left!
9. Rachel Aaron. Yes, her final two books in the Legend of Eli Monpress series are coming out this year (thank goodness!), but I sure hope she's planning a new series as well, because she's pretty fantastic.
10. Stephanie Perkins. Okay, this one is really unfair, because Isla and the Happily Ever After is coming out sometime this fall. But I want it NOW!
1. Jane Austen. Surprise, surprise. She's my favorite author of all time, yet she only completed six novels in her lifetime. Dear Jane, couldn't you have lived about 40 more years and written a ton more books? Or at least finished The Watsons?
2. Robin McKinley. Another of my all-time favorite authors, she hasn't come out with any new books in a few years. I still have Pegasus sitting on my shelves, unread, because apparently it's part one of a two-part story -- but part two won't be published until 2014, alas!
3. Jasper Fforde. I would really love another installment of Thursday Next, please!
4. Georgette Heyer. Sadly, I have read all her magnificent Regency romances...and no one else is as good as her!
5. Juliet Marillier. This one's a bit unfair, as I know she came out with another Sevenwaters book not long ago. But I'd really like to see a book to follow Wildwood Dancing and Cybele's Secret, or at least another standalone from her.
6. Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows. Just because I loved The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society so much!
7. Eva Ibbotson. I absolutely love her YA romances, but, sadly, I believe she has passed away.
8. Kate Ross. I still have two of her Julian Kestrel mysteries left to read, but I'm already putting them off for as long as possible, because after that I won't have any left!
9. Rachel Aaron. Yes, her final two books in the Legend of Eli Monpress series are coming out this year (thank goodness!), but I sure hope she's planning a new series as well, because she's pretty fantastic.
10. Stephanie Perkins. Okay, this one is really unfair, because Isla and the Happily Ever After is coming out sometime this fall. But I want it NOW!