Authors I have read books from - ( I am sure I missed some author names... and the queue of the list has no meaning how dear I hold an author)J. V. Jones, G. R. R. Martin, Susan Dexter, Lois McMaster Bujold, David Eddings, R. Zelazny, R. Jordan, Le Guin, Maggie Furey, Anne McCaffrey, Marion Zimmer-Bradley, Stephen King, Piers Anthony , R. Asprin, L.E.Modesitt, Tracy Hickman, Terry Brooks, Terry Pratchett, Allan Cole, Michael Moorcock, Tolkien, Andrzej Sapkowski, RA Salvatore, Garth Nix, Alice Croggon, Philip José Farmer, James p. Hogan, Doris Egan, William H. Keith jr. (Battle Tech Grey Death Legion Triology), the first 20 "Das Schwarze Auge/The Black Eye" books, and practically the first 45 Shadowrun books..... and plenty more lonely books...My favorite German author is Franz Kafka... did I mention I am weird?