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Originally Posted by theducks
My favorite author: Subject to change without notice  |
I find that the two things that make an author good to me is 1) Great characters and character development and 2) A good story, with twists and turns.
But ones I find myself going back to or anxiously awaiting new titles:
Robert Heinlein
Isaac Asimov
David Drake
Lee Child
W.E.B. Griffin
Clive Cussler
Tom Clancy (except Executive Orders
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David Baldacci (most)
Jeffrey Deaver
Nelson DeMille
Vince Flynn
Brad Thor
Ken Follett
Dick Francis
Tony Hillerman
James P. Hogan
J. A. Jance
Alistair MacLean
Larry Niven and/or Jerry Pournelle
John Sandford
Jefferson Bass
Stephen Coonts
Richard Herman
Michael Crichton
John D. MacDonald
Donald Hamilton
Martin Caiden
Others that I really enjoy, but not in the top group:
James Rollins
Matthew Reilly
Douglas Preston and/or Lincoln Child
Stuart Woods
Alex Berenson
C.J. Box
Michael Connelly
Ian Douglas
Janet Evanovich
Laura Lippman
Robert Ludlum
Sara Peretsky
Perri O'Shaughnessy
Sue Grafton
Elane Viets
John Grisham
Harry Harrison
Arthur Clarke
Stephen Hunter
Keith Laumer
John R. Maxim
Robin Cook
Dale Brown
Jack DuBrul
Ed MacBain
Brad Meltzer
Kyle Mills
David Morrell
Michael Palmer
James Patterson (Alex Cross and Women's Murder Club)
Tami Hoag (her not quite romance books)
E.E. "Doc" Smith
David Sherman and Daniel Cragg
Martin Cruz Smith
Eric van Lustbader
James White
Stephen White