authors I still like have ** beside them

primary school (5-11)

• jacqueline wilson
• enid blyton (the famous five, the naughtiest girl)
• emily rodda (deltora quest)
• r.l. stine (goosebumps)
• ann m martin (the babysitter’s club)
• annie dalton (angel academy)
• k.a. applegate (animorphs) **
• j.k. rowling (harry potter) **
• christopher paolini (eragon)
• roald dahl
• lemony snicket (ASOUE)

high school (12-17)

• douglas adams (HHGTTG) **
• scott westerfeld (uglies quadrilogy, midnighters, various others)
• jean m auel (earth’s children)
• james patterson (maximum ride)
• stephenie meyer (twilight series, the host - my twilight phase lasted 2 years or less)
• michelle paver (chronicles of ancient darkness) **
• john marsden (the tomorrow series and various others) **
• stephen king (king books I read in high school include carrie; the stand; the dead zone; under the dome; pet sematery; gerald’s game) **
• joseph heller (catch-22) **
• jonathan stroud (bartimaeus trilogy) **
• louise rennison (georgia nicholson) **
• philip pullman (his dark materials) **
• zizou corder (lionboy) **
• tamora pierce (protector of the small)
• cate tiernan (sweep)
• jonathan safran foer **
• malorie blackman
• khaled hosseini
• suzanne collins
• jack london **
• gary paulsen
• david almond
• david hill
• robert swindells
• cornelia funke
• eva ibbotson
• k.m. peyton
• michelle magorian
• eoin colfer
• sharon creech
• adeline yen mah
• louis sachar