Top Ten Tuesday: Authors I wish would write another book

[christina_reads]

This week's Top Ten Tuesday asks readers to share 10 authors who they wish would write more books. Here are mine, in no particular order:

1. Jane Austen. Surprise, surprise. She's my favorite author of all time, yet she only completed six novels in her lifetime. Dear Jane, couldn't you have lived about 40 more years and written a ton more books? Or

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[christina_reads]

Haha, true! All's fair in book world, says I.

A day late

[shogunsquirrel]

Here's mine

Re: A day late

[christina_reads]

Ooh, nice list! Your comment about the Adams/Pratchett/Gaiman field trip made me laugh. I totally agree re Robin McKinley, obviously, and I'd certainly love to read a sequel to Sunshine!

Also, I quite enjoyed Marissa Doyle's Bewitching Season and Betraying Season. Along similar lines, have you ever read Sorcery and Cecelia by Patricia C. Wrede and Caroline Stevermer? It's also a fun YA fantasy romp set in the Regency era.

[aurillia]

Even worse: I heard that Perkins' next book has been pushed back to 2013!

So true about Heyer. I nearly put her on my list but thought, hey she's written like a hundred books, surely I should give her a break!! ;)

I haven't heard of #8 and #9, but I love your choices!

[christina_reads]

2013? Stephanie Perkins' publisher, are you trying to kill me?!

Haha, good point about Heyer; she's certainly earned a rest. :)

[birdgirl_1107]

YES, YES, YES!!! More Jane and Georgette, please! No one else quite measures up.

[christina_reads]

Alas, so true!