(Some of) My Favorite Authors:

Sci-Fi / Fantasy

Tad Williams

Otherland Series

Orson Scott Card

Ender Series

Nancy Kress

Sleepless Trilogy

William Gibson

Everything Cyberpunk

John Steakley

Vampire$ and Armor

James Alan Gardner

Festina Ramos Novels

Frank Herbert

Dune Series

William C. Dietz

Military Sci-Fi

David Sherman & Dan Cragg

Starfist Series

Kristine Smith

Jani Kilian Novels

Neal Stephenson

Snow Crash and The Diamond Age (so far)

Fiction / Literature

Tim F. LaHaye & Jerry B. Jenkins

Left Behind Series

James Patterson

Alex Cross Series

John Sandford

Prey Series

Horror

Laurel K. Hamilton

Anita Blake Novels

Steven Spruill

Darkness Novels (so far)

Tanya Huff

Victory Nelson Series

Susan Sizemore

Laws of the Blood Series

Brian Lumley

Necroscope Series