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Post by Amber on Jul 12, 2007 0:19:42 GMT 10
D.J. MacHale has become a favourite author of mine recently.
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Post by Allan on Jul 12, 2007 23:22:40 GMT 10
I'd like to toss in a shameless plug for Neil Gaiman I suggest reading his novels if you like fairytales that surprise your or if you like graphic novels that make you think. His series of graphic novels "The Sandman Library" really made me change my perspective on life. Maybe I'm just weird :-p but I think it has that effect. Neil Gaiman is a brilliant author. And as long as we're talking his graphic novels, everyone should also read his Death stuff. Simply beautiful. Ooh, and Stardust (which will also be a movie very shortly).
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Post by shred on Jul 14, 2007 0:38:21 GMT 10
I have new found love for author Scott Westerfeld. All his stories are so creative and original and goes by his own formula, which I love.
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Post by Dani on Jul 14, 2007 7:31:04 GMT 10
I have way to many of them.
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Post by Lizzie on Jul 14, 2007 9:53:47 GMT 10
Name some! That's the point of the thread.
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Post by Beck on Jul 16, 2007 12:31:44 GMT 10
Hehe I have about 10 favourite authors too
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Post by Lizzie on Sept 9, 2007 14:07:16 GMT 10
One of my favourite authors, Madeleine L'Engle died on Friday. She wrote brilliant books.
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Post by Loz on Sept 9, 2007 17:28:13 GMT 10
My two favourite authors are Jane Austen and Clive Cussler. Very different ends of the spectrum Others are Russell Andrews (who wrote one of my all time favourite books Gideon ), J.K.Rowling, James Patterson and Patricia Cornwell.
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Post by shred on Sept 14, 2007 15:08:15 GMT 10
My favourite author of all time has to be Francine Pascal (who wrote the Sweet Valley series). I read the Sweet Valley books when I was in secondary school and I love them. Some might think that it's cheesey and melodrama but I love the style of her writing. I learnt how to write from her. I still read Sweet Valley (I have the whole Senior Year collection) and I never get tired of the stories. ;D
She's now writing the Fearless series which is awesome!
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Post by Allan on Sept 14, 2007 22:09:10 GMT 10
Out of interest, is the "Fearless" series geared toward the same market, or is it in a completely different style?
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Post by shred on Sept 14, 2007 23:54:37 GMT 10
Fearless is a different series from Sweet Valley altogether. It's set in New York City and tells the story of 17-year-old girl, Gaia Moore, born without the fear gene. This series is very different from Sweet Valley as it moves away completely from the melodrama high school love story. There's a lot of action and drama (of the FBI, CIA, terrorist kind) in Fearless. The series continues with Fearless FBI where Gaia Moore goes and trains as an FBI agent.
There was actually a television series based loosely starring Rachel Leigh Cook as Gaia but the show never made it to air.
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Post by Allan on Sept 15, 2007 19:13:52 GMT 10
I heard about the TV pilot, but didn't connect the dots, there. Would you say the books are aimed at an older ager group than SVH?
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Post by Lizzie on Sept 15, 2007 21:09:03 GMT 10
My favourite author of all time has to be Francine Pascal (who wrote the Sweet Valley series). I read the Sweet Valley books when I was in secondary school and I love them. Some might think that it's cheesey and melodrama but I love the style of her writing. I learnt how to write from her. I still read Sweet Valley (I have the whole Senior Year collection) and I never get tired of the stories. ;D She's now writing the Fearless series which is awesome! I looooooooooove Sweet Valley! So wonderfully over the top. I didn't think Fearless was still going? I thought it ended a few years ago?
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Post by shred on Sept 16, 2007 23:14:36 GMT 10
Allan - yes, it's definitely aimed at people much older than the SVH age group. Liz - Yeah, the Fearless series has ended. I didn't know that the Fearless FBI series ended as well until recently.
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Post by Allan on May 4, 2008 14:30:18 GMT 10
I'd like to toss in a shameless plug for Neil Gaiman I suggest reading his novels if you like fairytales that surprise your or if you like graphic novels that make you think. His series of graphic novels "The Sandman Library" really made me change my perspective on life. Maybe I'm just weird :-p but I think it has that effect. Sandman has that affect on a lot of people, and I will second the motion for Neil Gaiman. He's been a huge influence on a lot of talented people, and no matter what medium he's writing in (novels, comics, film), he is a brilliant fantasy author.
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Post by shred on May 27, 2008 20:21:25 GMT 10
I've been reading a lot of Meg Cabot lately and I'm going to add her to my least of favourite writers. I love her humour and her style of writing. So far I've read 3 of her books and I'm hooked on her stuff.
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Post by Lizzie on May 27, 2008 21:42:43 GMT 10
I love Meg Cabot, I've read heaps of her books, even though some are a little young. Princess Diaries, Mediator series, Missing series, Queen of Babble series, Boy series..
Gosh, she's fond of writing series!
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Post by shred on May 28, 2008 12:39:12 GMT 10
I read the Missing series but that was a long time ago so I can't remember much of it. Didn't read the Princess Diaries series as I think it's a bit too young for me.
But I'll definitely be reading the Queen of Babble series (just finished the first book) and the Heather Wells series (looking for the third one now). I haven't seen the Boy series in the library. Might check out the bookstores.
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Post by RebeccaR on Oct 3, 2008 13:26:43 GMT 10
I'll say my favourite authors are Traci Harding, Jaqueline Carey, Dean Koontz and Kathy Reichs
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Post by shred on Mar 28, 2010 15:06:43 GMT 10
Any new authors you've discovered recently that are now your favourites?
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