15 Influential Authors
Another list! This time, list fifteen authors (poets included) who've influenced you and that will always stick with you. List the first fifteen you can recall in no more than fifteen minutes. Tag at least fifteen friends, including me, because I'm interested in seeing what authors my friends choose. (To do this, go to your Notes tab on your profile page, paste rules in a new note, cast your fifteen picks, and tag people in the note.)
1. Madeleine L'Engle (I love her fantastical/sci-fi elements in many of her books and I love her style of Christianity and philosophy)
2. Fyodor Dostoyevsky (I identify with a lot of his characters and their inner turmoil and development)
3. Philip Pullman (His Dark Materials are some of my favorite books and even though his books are more atheist in tone, I related to a lot of the underlying feelings of the characters and what drives them)
4. Peter Beagle (The Last Unicorn -- Need I say more?)
5. Lloyd Alexander (I've been entranced by his Prydain Chronicles since I first read them in middle school and had some spiritual experiences inspired by them and developed a greater interest in Celtic/Welsh mythology)
6. Emily Dickinson (I identify with her lifestyle and her poems really affect me)
7 Soren Kierkegaard (I identify with a lot of his beliefs and philosophy and feel inspired by them)
8. C.S. Lewis (I also identify with a lot of his spiritual quest and beliefs)
9. Jane Mendelsohn (The book Innocence inspired how I want to write books and I identified a lot with the protagonist's tribulations -- albeit, at a later age)
10. Neil Gaiman (One of my favorite authors and author of my favorite book -- Stardust)
11. Angela Carter (I love dark fairy tale retellings)
12. Carl Jung (his psychology and philosophizing I really relate to and feel applies to me)
13. Joseph Campbell (I love studying archetypes and stories)
14. William Blake (I am inspired by his spiritual experiences, the beauty of his words, and his equally beautiful art)
15. Marie-Louis Von Franz (a Jungian psychologist who writes a lot about archetypes in fairy tales -- one of my favorite topics to read about since I was about 14-15 years old)
1. Madeleine L'Engle (I love her fantastical/sci-fi elements in many of her books and I love her style of Christianity and philosophy)
2. Fyodor Dostoyevsky (I identify with a lot of his characters and their inner turmoil and development)
3. Philip Pullman (His Dark Materials are some of my favorite books and even though his books are more atheist in tone, I related to a lot of the underlying feelings of the characters and what drives them)
4. Peter Beagle (The Last Unicorn -- Need I say more?)
5. Lloyd Alexander (I've been entranced by his Prydain Chronicles since I first read them in middle school and had some spiritual experiences inspired by them and developed a greater interest in Celtic/Welsh mythology)
6. Emily Dickinson (I identify with her lifestyle and her poems really affect me)
7 Soren Kierkegaard (I identify with a lot of his beliefs and philosophy and feel inspired by them)
8. C.S. Lewis (I also identify with a lot of his spiritual quest and beliefs)
9. Jane Mendelsohn (The book Innocence inspired how I want to write books and I identified a lot with the protagonist's tribulations -- albeit, at a later age)
10. Neil Gaiman (One of my favorite authors and author of my favorite book -- Stardust)
11. Angela Carter (I love dark fairy tale retellings)
12. Carl Jung (his psychology and philosophizing I really relate to and feel applies to me)
13. Joseph Campbell (I love studying archetypes and stories)
14. William Blake (I am inspired by his spiritual experiences, the beauty of his words, and his equally beautiful art)
15. Marie-Louis Von Franz (a Jungian psychologist who writes a lot about archetypes in fairy tales -- one of my favorite topics to read about since I was about 14-15 years old)