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euclid

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I have been reading Benjamin Black (Christine Falls). This is a penname of a famous Irish writer called John Banville.

He is a BRILLIANT writer. Absolutely fantastic. It's such a joy to find a truly great, original, stylish writer.

If you're out there listening, John, please never stop writing.

Who would you put on a list of true writing Olympians, anybody?
 

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HP Lovecraft.

Robert R. McCammon, for writing the first book that scared me enough to give me nightmares (Swan Song) that I could absolutely not put down. And A Boy's Life is quite simply one of the best books ever.

Stephen Donaldson - Thomas Covenant and Linden Avery captured my imagination when I was fifteen and have not let go since.

Armisted Maupin - Michael Tolliver Lives and I am so glad. I read Tales of the City back when they did the PBS series to see what all the fuss was about and I was hooked.

Madeline L'Engle - The lady who made me want to write.

Dr. Seuess - One of the men who made me love to read, which is the beginnings of wanting to be a writer. :)

Charles Schultz - maybe not a writer in the traditional sense, but I grew up loving Peanuts anthologies - possibly the first books I ever picked up and read by myself. I stll have quite a few of my old Peanuts books, and looking back at them I can still see where a lot of my writing style and timing came from. And to this day, I love being able to come up with something that makes people laugh. Because sometimes you have to learn to laugh at your problems before you can solve them...
 

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In case no one else mentions them, here are some more great writers:

Cormac McCarthy
Douglas Adams
Robert Sheckley (for his first anthology, published when he was 18: "Untouched by Human Hands")
James Joyce of course
 

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Probably Mercedes Lackey.

She has a cool writing style, and I have collected quite a few of her books. Still working on reading all of them. I especially like the Last Herald-Mage trilogy.
 

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Ray Carver
Jane Austen
Edith Wharton
Henry James
Marion Zimmer Bradley: The Mists of Avalon inspired me
Pearl S. Buck
Toni Morrison
 

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Andre Dubus III
Barbara Kingsolver
Patricia McKillip
Raymond Carver
 

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I love me some George Orwell.