Margaret Peterson Haddix
c.s.lewis
J.K.Rowling
Jane Austen
Shannon Hale
Gail Levine
Grace Lin

William Shakespear, for his obra maestra, Romeo and Juliet.

C. S. Lewis
Dougles Bond
Sherlock Holmes Novels (new and old writen by different people)
John Bunyan
Agatha Christie
Almost any Mystery writers

I am now officially adding John Marsden to my list! I love the way he writes!

J.R.R. Tolkien,
C.S. Lewis,
G.A. Henty
and Jack London

C. S. Lewis, Janette Oke, Laura Ingalls Wilder, Beverly Lewis, Louisa May Alcott, Cornelia Funke

C.S. Lewis
Louisa May Alcott
Anna Swell
Leo Tolstoy

Jose Rizal. The best Filipino Author!

My fave authors are... Blue Balliett, C.S.Lewis, Erin Hunter, Margret Peterson Haddix, Elise Broach, J.K. Rowling and thats it.

In no particular order -

God - Have you read His bestseller?

C.S. Lewis - I love his way of explaining things. Often when i'm reading one of his books, i'll be thinking something like Exactly! Why did i never think of that/think of it like that before?. A very readable writer, too.

J.R.R. Tolkien - I don't know what it is, but he managed to write in a "high-sounding" sort of way without being irritating. He had a great sense of humor as well. Add to this great writing style a bunch of fascinating stories, and how could he not be a favorite author? Of mine, at least.

Agatha Christie - I find it hard to re-read mysteries once i know the solution, but she makes me at least want to try. She didn't focus so much on the mystery that you weren't interested in the characters, nor so much on the characters that you wondered where the mystery was.

Diana Wynne Jones - Howl's Moving Castle and Dark Lord of Derkholm are probably my favorite books by her. Very imaginative writer, and in each re-read i find something i've missed.

Richard Adams - Few people can invent a whole civilization and make it interesting, particularly when it's a civilization of rabbits, but he did. Whenever i put down Watership Down or Shardik (not as well-known as WD, just as good and not about rabbits incidentally), i could go back to the beginning and start right over.

Suzanne Collins - I loved both The Underland Chronicles and The Hunger Games trilogy. Her style of writing is not as "classic" as some of the other people on my list, but it pulled me in. Her characters are probably the best part of her books, though her plots are very inventive as well.

Frank Peretti - His method of switching character viewpoints repeatedly during tense moments is a bad mix with my tendency to skim faster when i'm engaged in reading, but it just means there's more for me to find the next time i read.

I am adding Suzanne Collins to my list. I really like the Hunger Games.
Also, I like Blue Balliet. The Wright Three series is brilliant.

God - Have you read His bestseller?

This.

Lewis, Tolkien, The Bronte Sisters, Alison Weir, G.R.R. Martin... Well, lots!

Dee Henderson and Deeanne Gist...

Yay, some of my favorite authors have been mentioned.

C.S. Lewis - Of course

J.R.R. Tolkien - Though, going to have to reread LotR

John Flanagan - The only secular author I've stuck with.

O Henry - Love his short stories . . .okay, and second only secular author I've stuck with.

Terri Blackstock - Double Minds is my favorite.

Bryan Davis - This guy has an amazing imagination

Stephen Lawhead - His version of Robin Hood (Hood, Scarlet, Tuck) is excellent . . but I'd not recommend his other books so far.

Frank Peretti - I love his Veritas series

Martha Finely - Only read the modern ones

That's all I can think of now.