OK - so I'm going to limit myself to writers of fiction here, or the list would run well over 5. Even getting it down to 5 novelists isn't that easy, but here's provisional list which might well be different on a different day. Jonathan Swift Leo Tolstoy Norman Mailer Gore Vidal Fyodor Dostoevsky Could easily think of many more.................
Top 5 sci-fi authors: Frank Herbert Michael Moorcock Ursula K.LeGuin Philip K.Dick Jules Verne You could infer from this list that you'd have a higher chance of being in my top 5 if 'K' is you middle initial. :book:
C.S. Lewis, O’ Henry, Katherine Mansfield, Sherwood Anderson, Virginia Wolfe, Hans Christian Anderson, Andre Gide, Somerset Maugham, Sinclair Lewis, Oscar Wilde, Dashiell Hammett, Nietzsche, Schopenhauer, Emanuel Swedenborg, L Frank Baum, Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, Dunsany, Cabell, William Saroyan
Favourite literary authors.... Fyodor Dostoyevsky Rabindranath Tagore Mark Twain Ruskin Bond Paulo Coelho
John Steinbeck- great use of metaphors in minimalistic prose Charles Dickens- great dramatic characters Isaac Asimov- could explain anything and make you think Mark Twain- still the epitome of American humor John Varley- sometimes called the greatest author in America today, he's got it all from brains to style to imagination and finesse and writes whatever he damned well wants.
Jules Verne Edgar Allan Poe Stephen King William Shakespeare Francis Dipietro Of course there are many more but I'm not one of those people to post 10 when it's a top 5 even though those second 5 are just as good
I don't know that I have a favorite author, as much as favorite books. Lately I've been enjoying: William Faulkner, Stephen King & Toni Morrison.
When the Wizard of Oz first came out it was considered decadent, and Ban-the-Baum movement was formed. It didn’t last long however, popular opinion overcame the critics and the wizard of oz was hugely popular.
In terms of sales .... William Shakespeare 2 billion Agatha Christie 2 billion Barbara Cartland 500 million Danielle Steel 500 million Harold Robbins 750 million
Stephen King Dana Fuller Ross Dickens Margaret Mitchell and, yes, The Collection known as Erin Hunter