I like to think I'm pretty widely read. Before, I used to be almost exclusiively horror novels. I constantly bounced back and forth between Stephen King, Clive Barker, Stephen King, Gillian Flynn, Stephen King, something without horror elements, Stephen King, Dracula, Stephen King, Frankenstein, Stephen King, etc. But now, I've gotten so interested in many other writers across different genres, styles, and subject matters.
If I had to narrow down my top writers, I'd have to say:
Stephen King
Wally Lamb
Clive Barker
Dennis Lehane
Michael Crichton
Brett Easton Ellis
Gillian Flynn
Ransom Riggs
Now King, Barker, Flynn, and Riggs all either write flat-out horror, or at least have horror elements to their stories. But Wally Lamb? Totally out of left field, but I love his work to bits and I steal from him every day when I sit down to the computer. And Ellis is a whole different brand altogether. I'm discovering new authors all the time and I think that as I get older, growing, maturing, learning and understanding, I find that I have a lot to take from writers cover more than monsters, vampires, ghosts, serial killers, and other types of ooglie-booglies.