Favorite Writers 

Douglas Adams
http://www.douglasadams.com/
Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy  

Laurie Halse Anderson
http://www.writerlady.com/
Speak, Catalyst, Prom

T.A. Barron
http://www.tabarron.com/tab1/index.html
The Lost Years of Merlin, The Great Tree of Avalon

Holly Black
http://www.blackholly.com/
Tithe: A Faerie Story, Valient: a Modern Tale of Faerie

Ann Brashares - Sisterhood Central
http://www.randomhouse.com/teens/sisterhoodcentral/
Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants series

Meg Cabot
http://megcabot.com/
The Princess Diaries, All-American Girl

Chris Crutcher
http://www.aboutcrutcher.com/
Whale Talk, Staying Fat for Sarah Byrnes, King of the Mild Frontier

Sarah Dessen
http://sarahdessen.com/
This Lullaby, The Truth About Forever, Keeping the Moon

Sharon Draper
http://sharondraper.com/
Battle of Jericho, Julio and Romiette

Gail Giles
http://www.gailgiles.com/
Shattering Glass, Dead Girls Don't Write Letters

John Grisham: The Official Web Site
http://www.randomhouse.com/features/grisham/
The Runaway Jury, Bleachers, Skipping Christmas

Tanuja Desai Hidier
http://www.thisistanuja.com/pages/903380/index.htm
Born Confused 

Redwall Abbey: The Official Website of Brian Jacques
http://www.redwall.org/dave/jacques.html
Redwall Series, Castaways of the Flying Dutchman

The Many Worlds of Diana Wynne Jones
http://www.dianawynnejones.com/dwjflash.htm
The Merlin Conspiracy, Wild Robert, The Chrestomanci Chronicles 

Stephen King: The Official Website
http://www.stephenking.com/index_flash.php
Carrie, The Stand, Hearts in Atlantis, The Dark Tower series

Ursula K. Le Guin
http://www.ursulakleguin.com/
The Wizard of Earthsea

David Levithan
http://www.davidlevithan.com/
http://www.thisispush.com/index.htm
"PUSH" Imprint editor, author of Boy Meets Boy

Lurlene McDaniel
http://eclectics.com/lurlenemcdaniel/index.html
Garden of Angels, The Time Capsule, Dawn Rochelle series

Gary Paulsen
http://www.randomhouse.com/features/garypaulsen/index.html
Brian's Hunt, How Angel Peterson Got His Name 

Tamora Pierce
http://www.tamorapierce.com/
Wild Magic, Magic Steps, Cold Fire, Shatterglass 

Phillip Pullman: His Dark Materials
http://www.randomhouse.com/features/garypaulsen/index.html
The Golden Compass, The Subtle Knife, The Amber Spyglass

Anne Rice
http://annerice.com/
Vampire Chronicles, Mayfair Witches

Lemony Snicket: A Series of Unfortunate Events
http://www.lemonysnicket.com/
Series of Unfortunate Events

Gary Soto
http://garysoto.com/index.html
The Afterlife, Buried Onions, Pacific Crossing

J. R. R. Tolkein - The Tolkein Society
http://www.tolkiensociety.org/
The Lord of the Rings

Vivian Van Velde
http://vivianvandevelde.com/books.cfm
Heir Apparent, Being Dead, Magic Can Be Murder

Scott Westerfeld
http://www.scottwesterfeld.com/
Uglies, So Yesterday 

Ellen Wittlinger
www.ellenwittlinger.com
Long Night of Leo and Bree, Dazzle, What's in a Name?

Jacqueline Woodson
http://www.jacquelinewoodson.com/
Locomotion, Hush, Miracle's Boys 

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