• R.A. Salvatore
• George R.R. Martin
• Anne Rice
• Cassandra Clare
• (and I'm going to cheat...) Robert Heinlein

I have a short sword (that used to have a twin before I moved to Alabama) that I feel I could protect myself with... but logically, one should not get within melee range of a zombie, so I'd probably hit up an arsenal/gun store of some sort and stock up with some ranged weaponry. :)