5 Favourite Living Authors

Ed Carroll · **Joined:** Wed Nov 25, 2009 1:51 pm **Posts:** 65

Well I will take a look at Fortress Draconis earlier then. You should have stuck with Bag of Bones, it got really, really good.

horrordude · **Posted:** Sat Jan 23, 2010 1:55 am

johng · **Posted:** Sat Jan 23, 2010 1:58 am

Maybe this isn't exactly what the thread calls for, but any anthology that Ellen Datlow edits I buy. I'm slowly going through The Best Horror of the Year 1 and Lovecraft Unbound(both Christmas presents), and when I get my taxes back I'm going to pick up her Poe anthology.

And while I'm on anthologies,
I never read an antho or collection straight through. Here are the authors I read first(the ones who currently make regular appearances)
Conrad Williams
Tim Lebbon
Joe R. Lansdale
Caitlin R. Kiernan
Laird Barron
Michael Marshall
Glen Hirshberg
Christopher Golden
John Langan
Kealan Patrick Burke

johng · **Posted:** Sat Jan 23, 2010 2:09 am

And since I can't stop at 5:
6. Caitlin R. Kiernan
7. Joe Hill
8. Patrick McGrath
9. Gene Wolfe
10.Jeff J. Marriotte

horrordude · **Posted:** Sat Jan 23, 2010 2:22 am

Matt Cowan · **Posted:** Sat Jan 23, 2010 2:11 pm

Ed Carroll · **Joined:** Wed Nov 25, 2009 1:51 pm **Posts:** 65

Matt Cowan · **Posted:** Sat Jan 23, 2010 4:39 pm

LisaMannetti · **Joined:** Thu Oct 09, 2008 1:31 pm **Posts:** 28

Son of Darkness · **Joined:** Thu Jan 14, 2010 12:24 am **Posts:** 2

Monica J. O'Rourke
Stephen King
Dean Koontz
Michael Palmer
Bentley Little

horrordude · **Posted:** Mon Jan 25, 2010 11:57 pm

ttzuma · **Joined:** Wed Feb 14, 2007 10:15 pm **Posts:** 13517

Michael Palmer? I've never read any of this books. Is he good? (He must be if you put him on your list). Which of his books would you recommend?

Tt

lostcase · **Joined:** Mon Jan 25, 2010 1:55 pm **Posts:** 420

Joe Lansdale,

Willie Meikle

Shaun Jeffrey

Brian Lumley

Robert Rankin

goathunter · **Posted:** Wed Jan 27, 2010 12:23 pm

Robert McCammon - Anything, but Boy's Life is my favorite
Stephen Hunter - Pale Horse Coming may well be his best, but Point of Impact is the book to read first
Gregg Hurwitz - The Kill Clause
Michael Slade - Headhunter
Mark Billingham - Sleepyhead

Hunter

Nanci · **Joined:** Sun Oct 31, 2004 11:48 am **Posts:** 4992

shadogrrrl · **Posted:** Thu Feb 18, 2010 12:17 pm

Robert McCammon
Clive Barker
Stephen King
A.R. Morlan (while I've only read 3 of her books, I keep goin' back to them.)
Mark E. Rogers (only read the Samurai Cat books, but I love 'em.)

horrordude · **Posted:** Mon Jan 24, 2011 7:41 am

I forgot when this thread was made to ask about Glen Hirshberg. I saw his name up there, and it reminded me that I read The Snowman's Children way back when it came out and really liked it. After that, I don't remember hearing too much about him. Then I just saw he has a story in the new Shivers anthology, and it made me want to check out more of his work this year.

If anyone's read more of his books, let me know how they are.

KealanPatrick · **Posted:** Mon Jan 24, 2011 8:53 am

THE SNOWMAN'S CHILDREN was achingly good. So was THE TWO SAMS. Haven't read his latest, but I will.

KealanPatrick · **Posted:** Mon Jan 24, 2011 8:53 am

And thanks for the mentions, folks!

LeeThompson · **Joined:** Fri Dec 17, 2010 11:55 am **Posts:** 148

Tom Piccirilli: The Dead Letters
Greg Gifune: The Bleeding Season
Jack Ketchum: The Girl Next Door
Jack Cady: The Street
Douglas Clegg: Neverland.

Craig Cook · **Joined:** Fri Mar 14, 2008 4:25 pm **Posts:** 5637

horrordude · **Posted:** Mon Jan 24, 2011 6:56 pm

LeeThompson · **Joined:** Fri Dec 17, 2010 11:55 am **Posts:** 148

Oops. Cady's dead. I'll replace him with Peter Straub: Shadowland.

Ronald Damien Malfi · **Posted:** Mon Jan 24, 2011 8:35 pm

Octobernight · **Posted:** Mon Jan 24, 2011 8:39 pm

Stephen Hunter

Lee Child

Greg Iles

Kevin O'Brien

Dennis Lehane

John Copeland · **Posted:** Wed Jan 26, 2011 6:05 am

John Copeland · **Posted:** Wed Jan 26, 2011 6:06 am

ttzuma · **Joined:** Wed Feb 14, 2007 10:15 pm **Posts:** 13517

John Copeland · **Posted:** Wed Jan 26, 2011 9:54 am

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