HIT: Favorite Fantasy Writers

[Mary Ann Bell <mbell@main.com>]

I enjoyed the messages I received in response to my question about
favorite YA fantasy writers. These are the names that were suggested in
addition to the original ones I named as my personal favorites (Lloyd
Alexander, J.R.R. Tolkein, Susan Cooper, Brian Jacques, Roald Dahl, C.S.
Lewis and Madeleine L'Engle). Incidentally, this is not intended as an
exhaustive list but rather a list of people's absolute favorites in this
genre. Needless to say, some of the names below were mentioned several
times. I enjoyed all the messages very much, and got some definite
reminders about good writers, some of whom I need to revisit. Thanks
again! Mary Ann P.S. Of course J.K. Rowling was mentioned in my original
post also.

Ursula Le Guin
Robin McKinley
Robert Jordan
Piers Anthony
Diana Wynne Jones
Anne Macaffrey,
Patricia Wrede
Jody Lynn Nye
Christopher Stasheff
Jane Yolen
Andre Norton
Terry Pratchett
Tamora Pierce
Sherwood Smith
Jane Yolen
Bruce Coville
Robert O'Brien
Diane Duane
Alan Garner
Avi
Rachel Field (for Hitty-Her First Hundred Years)


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"Try curiosity!"  --Dorothy Parker
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Mary Ann Bell, Librarian
York Junior High School
Conroe ISD, TX
Adjunct Reference Librarian
Montgomery College TX
mbell@main.com
mbell@conroe.isd.tenet.edu
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