Whose your favorite author Besides Brian Jacques

[winifred]

Oh wow.... soooo many good authors............ ok

Andrew Clements
Gail Carson Levine
Katherine Paterson
Rats of NIMH-Fther daughter authors
Marguerite Henry
John D. Fitzgerald
James B. Garfield

You may reconize some of these classics 

[Mad Maudie]

James Patterson.
Ally Condie.
L. Filloon.
Juliet Marillier.
Lauren Oliver.
Kate constable.
Breeana puttroff.
Heather Dixon.

[KitrallStreamrippler]

Oh wow.... soooo many good authors............ ok

Andrew Clements
Gail Carson Levine
Katherine Paterson
Rats of NIMH-Fther daughter authors
Marguerite Henry
John D. Fitzgerald
James B. Garfield

You may reconize some of these classics 

Yes! Gail Carson Levine!!! (Hmm. I've only read one book by Katherine Paterson, but I really liked it. It was called The King's Equal.) More authors:
Lewis Caroll
Patricia C. Wrede
Alexandre Dumas (The Three Musketeers is amazing!!)
The author of The Princess Bride

[Lily]

Alexandre Dumas (The Three Musketeers is amazing!!)

Dumas! Yes! Have you read The Count of Monte Cristo?

[KitrallStreamrippler]

Alexandre Dumas (The Three Musketeers is amazing!!)

Dumas! Yes! Have you read The Count of Monte Cristo?

Not yet, but I want to, as soon as I've read- well, let's just say it's on my list. I am currently in the middle of the LOTR books.

[ZaniatheBlack]

Besides Brian? Erin Hunter

[Lily]

Alexandre Dumas (The Three Musketeers is amazing!!)

Dumas! Yes! Have you read The Count of Monte Cristo?

Not yet, but I want to, as soon as I've read- well, let's just say it's on my list. I am currently in the middle of the LOTR books.

I highly recommend it. I know how you feel - I have a reading list that will take me a lifetime to read.

I know I've mentioned this here before, but Isobelle Carmody is my other favourite author. If you like post-apocalyptic fantasy you should check her out.

[Romsca]

Guess I'm alone 

[blindsimeonjtp]

mine is bruce covile

[Ungatt Trunn]

Mines J R R Tolkien.

Same here!

[Buzz_Bumble]

Not necessarily my "favourite" authors, but in the Redwall Collection topic I mentioned a couple of other series I had and one person posted that they hadn't heard of the Dunction Chronicles, so I thought I'd make a list of all the "animal books" which I have got or read which might give others some ideas for more reading to look up in their local library, bookshop / webstores. Some of these are quite old, so may have to be found using second-hand sources. Some are also available as audio books and VHS / DVD movies.

Being on a dial-up connection I don't have the ability to give links for all of these, but as well as webstores like Amazon, BookDepository, etc., a good source for information about books (many genres, but mostly science fiction) is the Internet Book List website - similar to Wikipedia and IMDB (movie / TV website) in that the information is supplied by registered users, but in this case it's actually checked before being made live.

These books cover various age groups. Some are similar to Redwall (talking animals using buildings and tools, etc.), while some are like Watership Down (talking animals, but more natural), and some are real nature stories (the animals don't talk, but they're fictional stories). Some of them I only have or read one book from the series, so I don't know how good the series are.


In no particular order ...

Redwall series by Brian Jacques ... well, duh! 

Welkin Weasels series by Garry Kilworth (two trilogies)

Watership Down by Richard Adams (plus a Tales of sequel)

Duncton Chronicles series by William Horwood

The Woodstock Saga trilogy by Michael Tod

Mammoth series by Stephen Baxter

The Cold Moons by Aeron Clement

Storm Haven by Robert Telford

One for Sorrow, Two for Joy by Clive Woodall

Silverwing Saga by Kenneth Oppel

The Battle for Beaver Lake by Geoffrey Malone

Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame (plus sequels by other authors)

The Rescuers by Margery Sharp

The Rats of NIMH series by Robert C. O'Brien

Frank & the Black Hamster of Narkiz by Livi Michael

Deptford Mice series by Robin Jarvis (plus two other series: Deptford Histories and Deptford Mouselettes)

Mismantle Chronicles by M. I. McAllister

Hermux Tantamoq Adventures series by Michael Hoeye

Geronimo Stilton series by Elisabetta Dami (and second series with a female character)

Stuart Little series by E.B. White

Owls of Ga'Hoole series by Kathryn Lasky (plus a second series about wolves)

Farthing Wood series by Colin Dann

The Wombles series by Elisabeth Beresford (not sure if these really count)

Fledger by Nicholas Barrett

Two's Company by Joyce Stranger

Chia the Wildcat by Joyce Stranger

Finn the Wolfhoud by A. J. Dawson

The Beach Dogs by Colin Dann

Run With the Wind trilogy by Tom McCaughren

Night World by Brian Carter

Beak of the Moon by Philip Temple

Callanish by William Horwood

Tarka the Otter by Henry Williamson

The Incredible Journey by Sheila Burnford


I know there's a lot more I haven't got / read, and of course there's also lots of movies and TV shows, many by Disney and Don Bluth.

[blindsimeonjtp]

BRUCE COVILE  HES AMAZING YOUNG ADULT AUTHOR

[SPSF kodachorm otter7486]

who ever writes the train magzines

[Shadowed One]

J. R. R. Tolkien, C. S. Lewis, Jules Verne, and Mark Twain.

[Rusvul]

Cornelia Funke, Rick Riordan, Brian Jaques, and anybody who took part in The 39 Clues.