Who is your favourite contemporary author?

Question: Who is your favourite contemporary author!?
Best Answer - Chosen by Asker:

Books about Teen Issues:
A Child Called "IT" by David Pelzer (Abuse)
The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold (Rape/murder of a teen)
Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher (Suicide)
Crank and Glass (Drugs), Burned (Abuse), and Impulse (Suicide, drugs, etc!.) by Ellen Hopkins
The Pact (Suicide Pact), Nineteen Minutes (Columbine-Like), and My Sister's Keeper (Being a donor for a sick sister) by Jodi Picoult
Prom, Twisted, Speak (Rape), and Catalyst by Laurie Halse Anderson
Catcher in the Rye by JD Salinger
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith
A Separate Peace by John Knowles

Historical Fiction:
In Country by Bobbie Ann Mason - It's about the VietnamWar
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry and Let the Circle Be Unbroken by Mildred Taylor - about blacks in America
Catch-22 by Joseph Heller - Pilots in WWII
The Book Thief by Markus Zusak - WWII
Girl With a Pearl Earring by Tracy Chevalier
The Other Boleyn Girl (and others) by Philippa Gregory

Romance:
Anything by Sarah Dessen, Ann Brashares, Meg Cabot, Nicholas Sparks, or Ellen Giffin

Books to Make You Think:
The Five People You Meet in Heaven; Tuesdays With Morrie; and For One More Day by Mitch Albom
Anything by Hermann Hesse
Slaughterhouse Five and Cat's Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut

Fantasy:
Eragon and Eldest by Christopher Paolini (Brisingr in 9/2008)
Dragonsong, Dragonsinger, and Dragondrums by Anne McCaffrey
Discworld Series by Terry Pratchett
The Sword of Shanarra Series by Terry Brooks
His Dark Materials Series by Philip Pullman
Mediator and 1-800 Series by Meg Cabot
Maximum Ride Series by James Patterson
Odd Thomas Series by Dean Koontz
Anything by Tamora Pierce or Donita K!. Paul
A Great and Terrible Beauty, Rebel Angels and The Sweet Far Thing by Libba Bray
Twilight, New Moon, Eclipse, and Breaking Dawn by Stephenie Meyer
The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger
Wake by Lisa McMann

Science Fiction:
Michael Crichton, or Orson Scott Card
Uglies, Pretties, Specials, and Extras by Scott Westerfeld

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Haruki Murakami !.
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Carly Phillips, Katie MacAlister, Janet Evanoch, Kay Hooper,
Lori Wilde, and many, many more!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

Jodi Picoult or Nora Roberts Or Meg Cabot Or J!.D!. Robb or Stepahnie Meyer or Robert w!. Walker

P!.S!. I sound like more of a nerd than I really am :) Www@QuestionHome@Com

Zadie Smith, Lionel Shriver, Neil Gaiman!.!.!.!.the other authors I love write mostly stuff on current affairs, science and philosophy!. Can they be lumped into this category!?Www@QuestionHome@Com

It's a tie between Janet Evanovich, James Patterson, and Mary Higgins Clark!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

I really like Jodi Picoult!. also one my favorites is Terry Pratchet!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

Jodi Picoult is a brilliant writer!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

James Purdy!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

Eh, maybe Chuck Palahniuk!. Keeps changing!. Www@QuestionHome@Com