I'll start with A, next poster B, etc. Include the title of a work if you like.
Douglas Adams. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.
James Battye Cyclopedia of Western Australia 1912
I cheated.
Charles Dickens - Oliver Twist
George Ebers An Egyptian Princess
Carrie Fisher - Postcards from the Edge
John Gunther - Death Be Not Proud
Alex Haley Roots
Eowyn Ivey --- The Snow Child
Robert Jordan - The Wheel of Time (series)
Stephen King -- author of books you've likely read or movies you've seen
Louis L'Amor
Frank McCourt -- author of Angela's Ashes
No, Henry, you blew it!
Connie Anne McEntee
Author of Waking For Hours (http://doubleinvert.wordpress.com/waking-for-hours/)
Quote from: Devlyn Marie on November 13, 2013, 10:22:14 PM
No, Henry, you blew it!
Connie Anne McEntee
Author of Waking For Hours (http://doubleinvert.wordpress.com/waking-for-hours/)
*blush* I considered letting someone else post an L author just so I could post my own name for M. :D
Larry
Niven -- author of the Ringworld books (among many others)
I was watching the thread, but Henry snuck in!
Quote from: Devlyn Marie on November 13, 2013, 10:43:46 PM
I was watching the thread, but Henry snuck in!
Dev, will you marry me?
A life of jetsetting and book signing parties, of course I'll marry you! Hugs, Devlyn
Darn! Sorry I screwed up. :(
Catherine O'Flynn - What Was Lost
Julie Anne Peters -- Author of Luna, one of the most important novels I've ever read.
Julia Quinn - Splendid
J K Rowling - 'Arry Po'er
Upton Sinclair - The Jungle
Abigail Tarttelin -- author of Golden Boy, the second most important novel I've ever read.
Leon Uris - Battle Cry
A. E. van Vogt -- author of The Rull and many other short stories as well as novels.
E B White - Charlotte's Web
Xue Xinran - The Good Women of China
Thanks, Wikipedia! :laugh:
Philip Yancey - Finding God in Unexpected Places
Jamie Zeppa -- Beyond the Sky and the Earth: A Journey Into Bhutan
Douglas Adams - The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Ray Bradbury
Henry Curwen--Zit and Xoe
Charles Darwin - On the Origin of Species
Desiderius Erasmus--In Praise of Folly
Philip Jose Farmer -- author of To Your Scattered Bodies Go
David Gerrold--When HARLIE Was One
Mohsin Hamid -- The Reluctant Fundamentalist (which was recently made into a movie)
Henrik Ibsen (playwrights are authors, too...)--A Doll's House (which, I'm ashamed to admit, I have neither seen nor read)