Top Ten Authors That I'd Put On My Auto-Buy List (basically an auto-buy list is no questions asked... you love this author so much that no matter what they wrote next you'd buy regardless of genre or subject matter)
Tamora Pierce
HELLO LIGHT OF MY LIFE. GET ME EVERYTHING SHE HAS EVER WRITTEN. also, NUMAIRRRRRRRRR.
Favs: EVERYTHING.
Neil Gaiman
ummm. Have you read his prose? everything comes out of his pen like magic.
Favs: American Gods, Stardust
Terry Prachett
I am going to be heartbroken when he dies. SERIOUSLY.
Favs: Night Watch, The Color of Magic
Jasper Fforde
A writer that makes you think about every other book you have ever read. EVER.
Favs: Thursday Next series
Josh Whedon
Cheating! He hasn't actually written any novels. Comic books, movies, TV? ABSO-FREAKING-LUTLEY. And I must own everything he's written. write more Runaways! STAT!
Favs: X-Men run, Runaways, BtVS
Stephen Fry
Again, his most prolific format is not the novel. But I am alllll over everything he has written. Inspiring!
Favs: A Bit of Fry and Laurie
JK Rowling
Okay, so this may just be 10+ of conditioning, but I kinda have to own everything she writes. I haven't READ her not!Harry novel yet but I own it.
Favs: Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
Lemony Snickett
Okay, MORE childhood literature. Seriously, if this guy writes more in this style, I will be owning it.
Favs: A Series of Unfortunate Events
Carolyn Keen
More cheating? Especially since 'Carolyn Keen' is the name for a SLEW of ghostwriters
Favs: Nancy Drew Series
Cynthia Brewer
okay, no one, I mean NO ONE will care that she's on here. But she writes some of the most informative, beautiful, and easy to follow cartographic principles books out there. /nerd.
Favs: Designing Better Maps, Designed Maps
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