authors who have influenced me

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The Rules: Don't take too long to think about it. Ten authors who've influenced you and that will always stick with you. List the first ten you can recall in no more than ten minutes.

Roald Dahl
William Goldman
Chuck Paluhniuk
Joseph Conrad
Sherwood Anderson
Sophocles
JRR Tolkien
Robert Fulghum
Ranier Maria Rilke
CJ Cherryh

honorable mentions to...

Hans Christian Anderson, Dennis Schmidt, Sheil Silverstein, Douglas Addams