1. Who is your all-time favourite author, and why?
Stephen King. He writes fabulous dialogue, good characters, great suspense, he can be chilling, moving and amusing in the same paragraph and he's prolific enough that (Dark Tower series aside) I never get that frustrated 'when will the next book by X be coming out?' feeling. Every new book is a foray into some different aspect of storytelling. He's a smart writer who is also easy to read.
2. Who was your first favourite author, and why? Do you still consider him or her among your favourites?
Agatha Christie. My Mum had most of her books and I discovered her very early on in my reading years (one of the first non-childish books I remember reading was Murder on the Orient Express). I still regard her a favourite because her work is at once delightfully dated and timeless.
3. Who is the most recent addition to your list of favourite authors, and why?
Alexander McCall Smith, of The No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency fame. His writing is evocative and thoughtful but also very simple
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1. Who is your all-time favourite author, and why?
Probably Anne Bishop, as her books just draw me in and make me crave for more. I love her characters and the fantasy elements, as well as the structure of her societies. My favourite series would be the Black Jewels Trilogy, but the House of Gaian books are just as good.
2. Who was your first favourite author, and why? Do you still consider him or her among your favourites?
Dianna Wynne Jones. If there was anyone before her, I don't remember. I do consider her as one of my favourites. Her books are interesting, but short though that doesn't cut into her stories, and each are compelling and unique. I have yet to read some of her works for teenagers, but am getting there. My favourite book would be The Homeward Bounders, or Dogsbody.
3. Who is the most recent addition to your list of favourite authors, and why?Richelle Mead. Once again, I like the world she has designed, its complex but not overly so. The way she portrays her characters and the struggles they go through is, I find,
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1) I can't choose one! Off the top of my head: Kazuo Ishiguro, Shirley Jackson, and others
2) I really don't remember, but I remember really enjoying Running Out of Time by Margaret Peterson Haddix when I was around 9 years old
3) probably China Mieville. His imagination twists in such fascinating ways, and the worlds he creates are fantasy but feel real with all the details of industry and so on. Plus, there were evil unbrellas in Un Lun Dun. I'm thinking that Thomas Ligotti will soon join my list.
4) The above, probably with Philip K. Dick, Neil Gaiman, Terry Pratchett, and crazy H.P. Lovecraft. I also like Francesca Lia Block's prose, although her dialogue can be atrocious.
1. Who is your all-time favourite author, and why?
Sarah Waters. She's the one who stopped me from saying "Hmm, I'm not sure who my favourite author is, there's so many!" She writes about lesbians, first of all, which is awesome for me. She made me like historical fiction, which I have never previously been interested in. Her writing makes you want to never reach the end of the book, her plots are incredible and twisty (especially Fingersmith! Read Affinity first and follow it up with Fingersmith to go when step beyond). And the end of Tipping the Velvet made me pledge my undying love for her storytelling. I mean, that's what love looks like. That's how to tell a love story.
2. Who was your first favourite author, and why? Do you still consider him or her among your favourites?My first was probably... I was thinking the author of the Baby-Sitters' Club, but then I thought the author of Berenstain Bears would be before that, and I guess Jon Scieszka way before I could spell or pronounce his name... I can't say they'd make my short
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Stephen King. He writes fabulous dialogue, good characters, great suspense, he can be chilling, moving and amusing in the same paragraph and he's prolific enough that (Dark Tower series aside) I never get that frustrated 'when will the next book by X be coming out?' feeling. Every new book is a foray into some different aspect of storytelling. He's a smart writer who is also easy to read.
2. Who was your first favourite author, and why? Do you still consider him or her among your favourites?
Agatha Christie. My Mum had most of her books and I discovered her very early on in my reading years (one of the first non-childish books I remember reading was Murder on the Orient Express). I still regard her a favourite because her work is at once delightfully dated and timeless.
3. Who is the most recent addition to your list of favourite authors, and why?
Alexander McCall Smith, of The No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency fame. His writing is evocative and thoughtful but also very simple ( ... )
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Probably Anne Bishop, as her books just draw me in and make me crave for more. I love her characters and the fantasy elements, as well as the structure of her societies. My favourite series would be the Black Jewels Trilogy, but the House of Gaian books are just as good.
2. Who was your first favourite author, and why? Do you still consider him or her among your favourites?
Dianna Wynne Jones. If there was anyone before her, I don't remember. I do consider her as one of my favourites. Her books are interesting, but short though that doesn't cut into her stories, and each are compelling and unique. I have yet to read some of her works for teenagers, but am getting there. My favourite book would be The Homeward Bounders, or Dogsbody.
3. Who is the most recent addition to your list of favourite authors, and why?Richelle Mead. Once again, I like the world she has designed, its complex but not overly so. The way she portrays her characters and the struggles they go through is, I find, ( ... )
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2) I really don't remember, but I remember really enjoying Running Out of Time by Margaret Peterson Haddix when I was around 9 years old
3) probably China Mieville. His imagination twists in such fascinating ways, and the worlds he creates are fantasy but feel real with all the details of industry and so on. Plus, there were evil unbrellas in Un Lun Dun. I'm thinking that Thomas Ligotti will soon join my list.
4) The above, probably with Philip K. Dick, Neil Gaiman, Terry Pratchett, and crazy H.P. Lovecraft. I also like Francesca Lia Block's prose, although her dialogue can be atrocious.
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Sarah Waters. She's the one who stopped me from saying "Hmm, I'm not sure who my favourite author is, there's so many!" She writes about lesbians, first of all, which is awesome for me. She made me like historical fiction, which I have never previously been interested in. Her writing makes you want to never reach the end of the book, her plots are incredible and twisty (especially Fingersmith! Read Affinity first and follow it up with Fingersmith to go when step beyond). And the end of Tipping the Velvet made me pledge my undying love for her storytelling. I mean, that's what love looks like. That's how to tell a love story.
2. Who was your first favourite author, and why? Do you still consider him or her among your favourites?My first was probably... I was thinking the author of the Baby-Sitters' Club, but then I thought the author of Berenstain Bears would be before that, and I guess Jon Scieszka way before I could spell or pronounce his name... I can't say they'd make my short ( ... )
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