I'm fond of Alan Dean Foster, Anne McCaffrey, Elizabeth Ann Scarborough, Barbara Hambly, Sue Grafton, Ellis Peters, P. G. Wodehouse, Isaac Asimov, Robert Lyn Asprin, David Brin, Gordon R. Dickson, J.K. Rowling and I'm sure there are others I left out. I tend to prefer lighter reading, especially with humor in it. I don't know that I have a 'favorites' list, it often depends on what mood I'm in. Lin