favorite author

[skip101]

Does anyone know any good authors or reading material they would recommend?

[damasa]

ahhh, good question. I have many a favorite author.

F. Scott Fitzgerald
Willa Cather
Sherman Alexie
James Baldwin
Ambrose Bierce
James Hall

there are a few others, but I will refrain from typing a whole freaking list LOL

[KSigkid]

Fitzgerald and Hemmingway are my two favorites. I have a pretty broad range though as far as reading goes.

Collin

[Miami1839]

Its been a long time since my american lit class in college but I would have to say that my list would be

Robert Frost
F.Scott Fitzgerald
Thoreau
There was a women writer from the late 1800s I liked too but I
cant remember her name.

When I did European Lit in H.S. I enjoyed reading Caterbury Tales, Macbeth, and Homer.

[matthewg]

Kurt Vonnegut,
Jack Kerrouac

and

Bill Bryson who writes extremely funny travel literature

[TechAPhi]

Ivan Turgenev. I was an English major and didn't encounter Turgenev until I started working on my master's degree. What a shame! His writing is so beautiful and poetic. He's generally lesser-known than Russian literary giants Tolstoy and Dostoyevsky, so I think he gets overlooked.

Jane Austen and Margaret Atwood

Some of the classes I've taken at UH have exposed me to a lot of Asian-American and local Hawaii authors. Y'all probably haven't heard of these two authors, but I'd definitely recommend them:

Lois-Ann Yamanaka & Chris McKinney

My favorite Yamanaka book is "Blu's Hanging", a novel about a 13 year old girl growing up in poverty, dealing with growing up in the darker side of Hawaii.

McKinney's "Tattoo" and "Queen of Tears" show a struggle with finding one's own identity. Hawaii's definitely a "melting pot", but McKinney illustrates some of the racial and class tensions that take place here.

[tridelta4ever]

Hey Y'all

I love to read -

Favorite authors are:

Rebecca Wells
Alice Munro
Hemingway
JD Salinger
Thomas Pynchon
Wally Lamb
John Irving
David Sedaris is hysterical - try reading Holidays on Ice or Naked

I like a mix of contemporary and classic authors. Again, I love to read!!!! If you've read any good books lately, please PM me because I'm always looking for interesting new finds!

Thanks,
TriDelta4ever

[KillarneyRose]

Originally posted by Miami1839
There was a women writer from the late 1800s I liked too but I
cant remember her name.

Well, THAT's really helpful! lol (I only bother picking on people I like, Kevin )

My all-time favorite is F. Scott Fitzgerald. NOBODY writes like he can, IMHO. On a more contemporary note, I have become a fan of Coerte Felske (Millennium Girl) and I love Jay McInerney (Story of my Life, Brightness Falls, Bright Lights - Big City). Although the latter might appeal most to people of "my" generation who were out and about during the '80's. Otherwise, a lot of the references might be lost on the reader.

[SigmaChiCard]

Another vote for F. Scott, and he is one of the best writers of all time (get his collective short-stories, they're amazing, yet insane)


but far better is JD Salinger. I've got everything he's ever written including every magazine piece and it's just brilliant. He's not the pyscho-'f'-up the everyone who cannot comprehend literature thinks he is.

Read "Zooey" & "Teddy" that's two of his greater ones.

Also Marlo Morgan's "Mutant Message from Down Under"...it's one of the best reads I've ever had...I had to finish it in a day because I couldn't stop reading it.

Robert M. Persigs "Zen & the art of Motercycle Maintenance" is phenominal as well...it could very well change your outlook on life...it has mine.

have fun....

[KarenC725]

Not classics, but I like them...

James Patterson
John Sanford
Leon Uris
Gregory Maguire

[valkyrie]

Two words: Dave Eggers. Aside from that, of course JD Salinger is the most amazing writer, ever. For poetry, I like A.R. Ammons. Also, The Pillow Book by Sei Shonagon is great. Of course, it's my dream that someday when people are sitting around discussing authors, *I* will be someone's favorite.

[dzrose93]

Stephen King
James Patterson
Patricia Cornwell

[Siobhan]

Ray Bradbury and John Steinbeck are my faves.