As a "sister-topic" to that in GD, this is for authors outside of the BZP world. My favorite are:For Thrillers: [*]Vince Flynn[*]Tom Clancy[*]Brad Thor[*]Stephen Hunter[*]Chuck Hogan[*]Brian Haig[*]Ben Coes[*]Andrew Peterson[*]Alex Berenson[*]W.E.B. Griffin[*]David BaldacciFor Mystery/Suspense: [*]Edgar Allen Poe[*]Sir Aurthur Conan Doyle[*]Alfred Hitchcock[*]Agatha Christie[*]Ed McBainFor Fantasy: [*]Jim Butcher[*]J.R.R. Tolkien[*]C.S. LewisFor Poetry: [*]Edgar Allen Poe[*]Others that I am forgetting...Other: [*]J.D. Salinger[*]George Orwell[*]Oscar Wilde[*]Flannery O'ConnerMy very favorite authors would be Vince Flynn, Jim Butcher, Tom Clancy, Brad Thor, Ben Coes, Stephen Hunter, Andrew Peterson, Brian Haig, Chuck Hogan, and Edgar Allen Poe, but all of the aforementioned are some favorites of mine in the specific genres above.I'm probably forgetting some others, but there we go. Make whatever "categories" you'd like, or just one list or whatever.