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For me its…🤔
For me it's Attica Locke/S.A Cosby/Akwaeke Emezi/Joe Abercrombie/Ken Liu/Becky Chambers/Sarah Winman, I refuse to pick just one 😊
Fonda Lee, Shannon Chakraborty, S.T Gibson, Olivie Blake, Alix E. Harrow's
Love the new intro art
For me – Akwaeke Emezi or Mieko Kawakami
Zadie Smith
Olivie Blake
NK Jemisin
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Ta-Nehisi Coates (fiction or nonfiction, he just keeps getting better), RF Kuang (and I haven't read the Poppy War Trilogy yet), Brit Bennett, Sally Rooney. Want to read a few of the folks mentioned here though including Ms. Shannon soon.
Heather O'Neil. She's not very well known outside Canada probably but she has the rare combination of amazing prose + characterization + plot.
Brandon Sanderson
N.K Jemisin, Tamsin Muir, Katherine Arden, and S.A Chakraborty are probably my favourite current writers
Neil Gaiman, Alice Hoffman, Kate DiCamillo, & Eiichiro Oda
I love Melina Marchetta and I’m so excited she was mentioned. My absolute favorite
Becky Chambers is mine, no contest ☺️
I'm mostly an indie author reader and Serena Akeroyd is phenomenal.
I haven't tried RF Kuang so can't comment there. I agree with Chakraborty but I just didn't click with both books I've tried reading by her. Absolutely agree on NK Jemisin and ML Wang. I can definitely see Robin Hobbs but gonna say she is the reverse of Sanderson FOR ME. Excellent writing but I did not care for the storytelling. Oh forgot about Madeline Miller! Loved Achilles, was bored with Circe but really want to give it another try cause the time I read it was not conducive to reading.
My favs are Katherine Arden, Ava Reid, Naomi Novik, and Silvia Moreno-Garcia.
Juliet Marillier and Katherine Arden were the first who came to mind. Also Roshani Chokshi, Deanna Raybourn, and Susanna Kearsley.
My favorite author currently writing is probably Rick Riordan, but if we're talking who's the best strictly on quality of writing, I'd like to suggest Andrew Joseph White.
for me it's: Han Kang, Claire Keegan, Danez Smith, Erin Entrada Kelly (children), Kate DiCamillo (children) and Beverly Jenkins (romance)
Lev Grossman
Elizabeth Acevedo IF she is writing in verse. Her prose writing is mid but her verse writing is something special.
10:23 R.F Kuang for my guess
Carmen Maria Machado
Sayaka Murata
Stephen King
Fredrik Backman
Agustina Bazterrica
Bora Chung
(all of the translated authors include their translators as well)😊
I would like to lift up: Elif Shafak, Lucy Holland and my fave Tamsyn Muir!
For me so many authors aren't appreciated. So many struggle to get seen. It's a shame. I do what I can to help authors. Write reviews. Talk about underrated books I enjoyed or am looking forward to reading.
For me, I personally don't have any desire to read anything CoHo or SJM. The writing styles don't sound for me. I've heard endless reasons people love their work but it's those exact reasons that I know they're not for me.
It's great you asked the public.
Glad more unique names came up.
Currently enjoying the storytelling of Mark J Engels, Amanda Auler, Luis Falcao De Magalhaes, & Moriah Chavis.
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Rose Apothecary!
Anyway. N. K. Jemisin.
Oh and Jenn Lyons, Arkady Martine. Maybe not in writing style so much as just the entire craft altogether. Talia Hibbert's pretty great too.
Ted Chiang is just. I. He's brilliant.
Definitely not Brando Sando sorry not sorry.
Gotta admit, I haven't read that many books lately where I've been like oh my lorde the Writing! (as in style, not craft)
N K Jemisin, everyone else is wrong
Authors not mentioned that I've loved include Martha Wells, Becky Chambers and Naomi Novik.
I’m surprised no one mentioned Leigh Bardugo. She’s not for me but people ride or die for her grishaverse books.
Some of my faves that didn’t get mentioned – Maggie O’Farell and Carmen Maria Machado
The answer is M.L. Wang (I am being cheeky, I love many of the authors in this vid :))
N.K. Jemisin, Susana Clarke, China Mieville, Ted Chiang for SFF.
For general fiction I am not sure, I am very confused by people winning prizes nowadays. K. Ishiguro is up there for sure but all people I was very impressed by their writing skills lately are kind of dead now or are hit and miss.
I like Adrienne Young, Rebecca Ross, Fredrik Backman, Angeline Boulley. Still love Cassandra Clare.
Sword of Kaigen! I used to try to read at least a couple books before declaring a favorite, M.L. Wang changed that for me❤❤❤
Seanan McGuire, Nicki Pau Preto, Adalyn Grace, Saara El-SaArifi.
May I put forward both Martha Wells (Murderbot)and Lois McMaster Bujold(World of the Five Gods)? Let’s not forget the older ladies!
RF Kuang❤❤
nice intro!!
RF right now
Louise Erdrich, Percival Everett, James McBride, Walter Mosley, Tananarive Due, Ken Liu, Christopher Ruocchio, John Gwynne, and Claire Keegan.
These authors are just killing it!!!
I don’t like him but surprised no one said Stephen King
saara el-arifi is definitely up there for me. also tamsyn muir. both have written the most amazing, mindblowing series that i can never stop thinking about.
i also agree with the people who said nk jemisin and andrew joseph white. i def need to read more nk jemisin, i was so blown away by the broken earth trilogy.
i would probably have expected someone to say rick riordan in terms of his storytelling and, dare i say, cultural impact. also a little surprised samantha shannon wasn’t mentioned, i know a lot of people in the bookish community who adore her books
Kingfisher is for me a fun Reading
Andrew joseph wright
Nghi vo
Aliette de Bodard
Mark oshiro
Anna marie mclemore
N.k jemison
I will say R. F. Kuang has my heart, but I still think she has so much room for growth. So she’s one of my favorites and one of the bests and so talented, but I also don’t think I can quite say that she is the best yet, you know?