Favorite author?

by AdmiralGloom

Posted: 16 years ago 31 replies

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Just wondering if anyone has a favorite author? Personally, I enjoy Hunter S Thompson and his life in general. I find myself reading and visualizing everything word for word. Another interesting thing about him was that he would type out the Great Gatsby to get the rhythm of Scott Fitzgerald

rufusfurman 16 years ago

Yeah!! my favorite author is Shiv Khera. He has written a number of motivational books.
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myeanne 16 years ago

Dan Brown and Paulo Coelho.
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- Rikki_Fawkes 16 years ago
  
  James Bradley, Stephen E. Ambrose, Louis L'Amour
  
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  Bill Farnham 16 years ago
  
  Robert Ringer comes to mind...
  
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Austin john 16 years ago

My favorite author is Anita Desai and her "Cry the Peacock" is my favorite.
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thunderbird 16 years ago

My favorite writer is so obscure that I was just now able to buy a domain name of said author's name. I don't understand why this person is not famous. This is a total character. Frankly, because SERPS here, I'm not even going to say the writer's name. Not just yet.
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- Chris broad 16 years ago
  
  My favorite author is khushwant Singh.
  
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tyler_clarke 16 years ago

My favorite Author is "Abdul Haleem khawaja''.
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- seo.specialists.india 16 years ago
  
  I like reading Paulo Coelho. I read most of his works except few... would like to read them in near future. Apart from this, Shelly, Wordswoth, Vikram Seth, Saki and more.... it depends on the mood and the moment....the brain needs different flavors...
  
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jacktackett 16 years ago

My Favorite is Jack Tackett -he writes some great stuff on Linux and programming in C++. Some killer articles too.

I hear he's working on an international guide to swearing too -should be a hoot.

He hasn't started his sci fi novel - still in the outline/synopsis stage, but I'm sure it'll be Hugo material for sure...
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- rosannAllen 16 years ago
  
  Jude Deveraux and Franscine Pascal
  
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parker12 16 years ago

My favorite author is Shiv khera .I have read his book many a times "you can win".
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nigrilaforever 16 years ago

Stephen King is my favorite! Especially I like his Dark Tower saga
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armandortega 16 years ago

Robert Green Ingersoll.
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HeySal 16 years ago

Kurt Vonnegut --

And Jack Tackett.....if he'll give me a heads up to his publisher. My book in progress is horror fiction.
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Michael Oksa 16 years ago

Bill Bryson. One of the best non-fiction writers around.

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deep12 16 years ago

R.L. Stine and Khushwant Singh
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ButterflyGarden 16 years ago

I don't know that I have a favorite depending on what is going on I jump from author to author, if I had to choose one I'd probably go with Nicholas Sparks
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Mozzyweb 16 years ago

G.Orwell, W.Golding
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hireava 16 years ago

William Shakespear
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C2 16 years ago

hmmm..it depends on what type of book i'm reading...i love Louisa May Alcott's Little Women, inspirational books of Norman Vincent Peale and Og Mandino, Mildred Benson for the Nancy Drew books I loved when I was young...believe it or not, I somehow have taken to Stephanie Meyer's Twilight series (because of my daughter...no chastising please!!!...lol), and yes, Nicholas Sparks!
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foxtrot3 16 years ago

Too many good ones out there to just pick one.
But if you insist - John Steinbeck.
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PeterDunin 16 years ago

I love horrors so Stephen King is my favorite author,and my favorite book is
IT.This was the first horror book to truly scare me!
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rs4 16 years ago

For me Dan Brown
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sarahberra 16 years ago

It changes all the time. I think Caroll Ladd is my favorite author right now. She is awesome!
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mousecalls 16 years ago

I enjoy a good murder mystery. My long time fav has been Patricia Cornwell.
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nonconformist 16 years ago

Two of my favorite authors are Karen Kingsbury and Ted Dekker.
Karen Kingsbury writes inspirational romance.
Ted Dekker writes supense/fantasy/thriller.
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derekwong28 16 years ago

My favorite book was Shogun by James Clavell. The Japanese were depicted as insanely violent and strange which I thought may have been exagerated.

Then I read "Noble House" which was based on real characters in 1960's Hong Kong and I found it pretty offensive then. Hong Kongers were depicted as insatiable sexual maniacs who craved perverted and kinky sex. The amount and quality of dirty language supposedly translated from Chinese to English was just incredible. It is only many years later that I realize a lot of the stuff was correct although there was probably some exageration.

Kudos to him for doing a lot of research on local customs, history and culture before writing his books.
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AlexaRover503 16 years ago

Not actually favorite, i simply like her writings....Dr. Rebecca Brown
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chrisbiz 16 years ago

Paulo Coelho all the way!!!
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dagaul101 16 years ago

Stephen King and his ability to get to you
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