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Toni Morrison

Charlotte Bronte,Emily Bronte,Dick Frances,and Chinua Achebe.

Have so many favorites. Too many to choose just one.

Toni Morrison Eric Jerome Dickey Alice Walker and that's just to name a few. I, like LaSonya have way too many to choose!

I have several as well. I love Maya Angelou, I felt her form the first moment. I love Anne Rice, I don't kow her as a person but those vamp chronicles will make your skin crawl! I also like Marius Gabriel (original Sin) and Clive Barker (Thief of always)Without being cliche, I have enjoyed some Stephen king as well!

V. wrote: "I have several as well. I love Maya Angelou, I felt her form the first moment. I love Anne Rice, I don't kow her as a person but those vamp chronicles will make your skin crawl! I also like Marius..."

I haven't heard of some of them. Time to do my homework! I love Maya Angelou's poetry.

kisha wrote: "V. wrote: "I have several as well. I love Maya Angelou, I felt her form the first moment. I love Anne Rice, I don't kow her as a person but those vamp chronicles will make your skin crawl! I also ..."

and...Kisha....lol
What do I mean by favorite? I want to clarify. When I say "favorite" am referring to authors whose books I have read more than one of, and it was mostly because the first story was so good. I have gotten into Sci-fi- Clive Barker, Stephen King, and been scared, and ad to put the book down for a couple of weeks. Have anyone ever read Dreamcatcher? IF a book is scary it will scare me! Also, I read a couple of sci-fi/ thrillers by Chuck Palanhuik, the same guy who wrote Fight Club... the BOOK IS THE SHIZNIT (excuse me)! I was in the movie as I read the book, truly...
So favorite means They have a way of gripping my emotions, and essentially effecting my view of the world.... You will like Original sin, Marius Gabriel can paint a very detailed picture, he knows women. He builds suspense...

V. wrote: "kisha wrote: "V. wrote: "I have several as well. I love Maya Angelou, I felt her form the first moment. I love Anne Rice, I don't kow her as a person but those vamp chronicles will make your skin ..."

Omg I know what you mean! I read Voodoo Season by Jewell Parker Rhodes talk about scary! My goodness it was strange because I was so scared that I wanted to put it down but it was so good and well written that I couldn't lol. So I made a vow that I wouldn't read it at night! (imagine being in public reading that book and having to explain to everyone that gives you the raised eyebrow that you aren't in to Voodoo lol!) I'm gonna check out some of those authors you mentioned. I've been reading 11/22/63 by Stephen Kingon and off FOREVER! It's so damn long. I think I'm gonna pick it back up tonight. Why does Stephen King have to be so long winded?

Stephen King , no doubt.

PJ wrote: "Stephen King , no doubt."

Have you read The Stand or 11/22/63? I read 11/22/63 a few months back and I enjoyed it. Though I thought the end was weak and rushed. I want to read the stand.

kisha wrote: "PJ wrote: "Stephen King , no doubt."

Have you read The Stand or 11/22/63? I read 11/22/63 a few months back and I enjoyed it. Though I thought the end was weak and rushed. I want to read the st..."

no, I haven't, but both will be on my "to Read" list. thanks. kisha

haha I totally understand! Good choices btw

I'd have to say Nicolas Sparks which probably isn't surprising since I mentioned him repeatedly on one of the discussion threads yesterday. hahahaha

Beverly Jenkins

John Grisham, Terry McMillian, Lolita Files

I thought I didn't have a favorite author until I discovered Edwidge Danticat. Something about her writing touches something in me.

I just read an article about her Shannon. I'm adding her to my "Want To Read" list.

I don't know what happened to my previous comment, so I'll try again. Alice Walker, Alex Haley, Carl Weber, Mary Monroe, Mary B. Morrison, Skye

Shannon wrote: "I thought I didn't have a favorite author until I discovered Edwidge Danticat. Something about her writing touches something in me."

I also love her writing. I have read all of her fiction and non-fiction work except for the book where she was the editor - Haiti Noir.

Beverly wrote: "Shannon wrote: "I thought I didn't have a favorite author until I discovered Edwidge Danticat. Something about her writing touches something in me."

I also love her writing. I have read all of her..."

I want to visit Haiti because of her writing. What's so crazy is that I just learned about her last summer. I picked up "The Farming of Bones" off of a vendor table at the Harlem Book Fair. The fair was great but for me, that alone made the trip worth it!

Terry McMillan, Bernice McFadden and the late Bebe Moore Campbell

Shannon wrote: "I picked up "The Farming of Bones" off of a vendor table at the Harlem Book Fair. The fair was great but for me, that alone made the trip worth it..."

The Farming of Bones is one of my favorite books. It was my first Danitcat, and although I have read others by her, it still tops them all so far.

Londa wrote: "Shannon wrote: "I picked up "The Farming of Bones" off of a vendor table at the Harlem Book Fair. The fair was great but for me, that alone made the trip worth it..."

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I would have to agree that is my fav of hers also.

I do not have a favorite author.

I do not have a favorite author.

I do not have a favorite author.

Anne Rice, William Shakespeare, James Patterson

1. Octavia Butler
2. Ngugi wa Thiong'o
3. Angela Carter
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Hi! My favorite authors are Gabriel Garcia Marquez (especially: "Love in the Time of Cholera"), William Faulkner (everything--"Light in August" about racial issues is striking), Shakespeare (Macbeth a favorite--very American, could be my father and stepmother). In history, Barbara Tuchman, especially "A Distant Mirror"--don't go to your grave without reading it. In music, Bob Dylan ["All Along the Watchtower"--and everything] and Leonard Cohen (everything).

My favorite author probably remains Franz Kafka, though the more one reads, the more names one finds clamoring in one's head, demanding to be recognized as "best."

I'm fickle, basically. Maybe tomorrow it will be Samuel Beckett, and the day after that, Rabelais.