Lynn Flewelling—The Nightrunner series. This quickly became my all time favorite series. Not just because the pairing is m/m—I don't always have june on the brain—but because of the sheer depth of the characters. This series has a plot, and a very original one at that. P.S. The first book in a new trilogy—taking place in the past of 'The Nightrunners' universe—is due out next year. Keep an eye our for it.

J. K. Rowling—Harry Potter. Okay, I'm a self-professed Harry Potter dork. I'm also Harry/Draco shipper, and though I doubt I'll see it in canon ::sniffles::, I'm hoping for something to happen between these two.

Laura Joh Rowland—If you want to get to know the Japanese shogunate better, and read a really good mystery while your at it, check out her stuff. I don't read much general fiction, but her work's amazing.

C. S. Friedmen—The Coldfire Trilogy. It's a little known series, but it's absolutely wonderful to read, blending sci-fi and fantasy extremely well. Plus, it has Gerald Tarrant...

Storm Constantine —Wraeththu how do I love thee? Let me count the ways... Okay, so if tried to count I'd be here till the end of my life, but that's not the point. This is one of the most original trilogies I've read in a long time; I almost wish Ms. Constantine had written more for this universe. ::sigh:: Guess I'll just have to settle for buying her Gregori trilogy next.

Poppy Z. Brite —Lost Souls and Wormwood were amazing, but Drawing Blood simply blew me away. I absolutely love it! If you're a fan of horror novels and unabashed sexuality, Poppy's the one for you. You haven't read horror until you've read her work.

J. R. R. Tolkien—Lord of the Rings, The Hobbit, The Simarillion, etc. The grandmaster of High Fantasy, ladies and gentlemen. A must read, really they are.

C. S. Lewis—Chronicles of Narnia. My favourite from childhood, so I have to promote it here.

Laurell K. Hamilton—Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter. What's not to like about Anita? She's short, she's got attitude, and she's got a gorgeous incubus vampire wrapped around her little finger. Now if only we could do something with Richard... I really like her new series as well...I want a Frost or Doyle of my own.

Mercedes Lackey—The Last Herald-Mage, though I enjoy almost all of her work, including The Heralds of Valdemar series, and the Bardic Voices and Bardic Choices series' as well.

Marion Zimmer Bradley—Nearly anything from her Darkover series. I've heard that at the time this series debuted, the author's stance on acceptable sexuality was very risqué. And since having discovered this series and reading most of it, I can quite easily believe that. It was kind of hard for me to get into this series at first, but once I did, it opened up a whole new, very interesting world of possibilities.

Anne McCaffery—Ms. McCaffery has written many wonderful series. My favourites are The Dragonriders of Pern, The Talents series, the Acorna books, and the Powers That Be series.

Piers Anthony—You want a good laugh? Read the Xanth series. Some of the puns get repetitive, but there's always a couple that'll have you laughing your head off.

David Eddings—I love the books that Mr. Eddings has produced. The Belgariad, The Mallorean, The Ellenium, The Tamuli, and other books that he has written that take place in the world of the first two series.

David Weber—All right, so he's mostly known for his Honor Harrington series, but I happen to prefer his collaboration works with Steve White (alien spiders...squick!) and his Mutineers Moon stuff. Hey, I think it'd be cool if the moon turned out to be a space ship.