note: these are people i haven't tried yet
- ..take these with a grain of salt because some people actually said Veronica Roth was well-written
- Rick Riordan
- Jonathan Maberry
- Sherri L Smith
- John Green
- William Joyce
- Scott Westerfeld
- Neil Gaiman
- Lauren Oliver
- Aprilynne Pike
- Rainbow Rowell
- Laini Taylor
- Sarah Rees Brennan
- Maggie Stiefvater
- Kristin Cashore
- Brandon Mull
- Wendy Mass
- D.J. MacHale
- Diana Wyne Jones
- Mildred Taylor
- Patricia C. Wrede
- Kristin Cashore
- Maureen Johnson
- David Levithan
- Tess Hilmo
- Megan Whalen Turner
- Robert Muchamore
- John Christopher
- Lisa Burnstein
- Sarah Dessen
- Meg Cabot
- Alan Snow
- China Mieville
lovely person said this and why: "Susan Dennard (Something Strange and Deadly), Sarah J Maas (Throne of Glass), Trish Doller (Something Like Normal), Amy Plum (Until I Die), Gina Rosati (Auracle) are just some of the few authors that I completely respect. They don't just write fantastic books, they ineract with fans like they were friends, and they help budding authors with a kindness that I find is rare in some people."