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What 10 book authors would you invite to dinner?

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Karen

Stephen King
Joe Hill
Peter Straub
Mary Higgins Clark
Martina Cole
Clive Barker
Kevin Brooks
Virginia Andrews (yes I know she’s dead but does it matter?)
Lisa Gardner
R.L Stine

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Shweta

Salman Rushdie
P G Wodehouse
Tom Sharpe
Margaret Atwood
Neil Gaiman
Haruki Murakami
Alexander McCall Smith
Donna Tartt
Toni Morrison
Gabriel Garcia Marquez

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Joanne

Can you include non-fiction writers? If I was inviting authors, I would like to include Bill Bryson, Stuart Maconie and Nick Hornby among my ten.

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NicoleQuestion author

It can be any authors you choose

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Sandrine

Agatha Christie
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Victor Hugo
Sylvia Plath
A.J.Jacobs
Joanna Trollope
Maeve Binchy
Amélie Nothomb
J.K.Rowling
Colm Tóibín.

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Sandra

JK Rowling
Margaret Mitchell
Charles Dickens
Helen Hooven Santmyer
David McCullough
Doris Kerns Goodwin
Edna Ferber
Edith Wharton
John van der Kiste
Washington Irving

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Albert

Agatha Christie. And, then there were none. 😉

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Louisa

Stephen King, Dean koontz, Daniel Hecht, Joe hill, Alan Folsom, Lee Child, Lisa Gardner, Lisa jackson, Tess Gerritsen, Nora Roberts, Richard Matheson, i know there are more than 10, but i read a lot all those years, i can give you a lot of names more, but this is enough for right now.

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Glynn

Toni Morrison
James Baldwin
Alice Walker
Ralph Ellison
Walter Mosley
Terry McMillan
Edwidge Danticat
Stephen King
Ivo Andric
Zora Neale Hurston
Yes, many are dead, but their writings are wonderful.

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Moon

Joseph Heller, John D. MacDonald, Bertrand Russell, Douglas Adams, and George Orwell. Then toss in Ayn Rand and watch the feasting…

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Keri

Barbara Delinsky, Harlan Coben, Sue Grafton, Anita Sreve, Jodi Picoult, Sara Gruen, Jennifer Weiner, Michael J. Fox, Wally Lamb and Mary Higgins Cark

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Djihane

Paulo Coelho
J.k Rowling
John green
Edgar Allan Poe
Antoine de Saint Exupery
Shakespeare
Victor Hugo
Rainbow Rowell
Guillaume Musso
Marc Levy
????❤

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Tricia

@Susan .diana chamberlain/@Ann /carolann @Carolann /@Caroline/@Helen /nicholas soarks /melissa hill /jane casey /@Louise

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Stephen

Good question (In my answer, I’ll include authors living and dead–in no particular order): Robert Heinlein, Mark Twain, Daniel Silva, Louise Erdich, Mary Shelley, James Crumley, Stephen King, Tony Hillerman, Edward Abbey, and John Gardner.

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Stacey

Tolkien, CS Lewis, Jane Austen, Charles Dickens, Ransom Riggs, Susan Collins, Philippa Gregory, Alison Weir, Frances Rivers, Max Lucado

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Stephen

And at another dinner: H. P. Lovecraft, Joe R. Lansdale, J.A. Jance, Sara Paretsky, Dean Koontz, Mike Resnick, John Ringo, W.E.B. Griffin, Jack London, and Edgar Rice Burroughs.

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Disa

1. Oscar Wilde, because he was almost as famous for being a good dinner guest as he was for his books, which are great.
2. Kurt Vonnegut, also seems to have been an interesting person and I would have loved to ask him some questions about german batball.
3. Milan Kundera, I’d want to know more about his experiences in communist Czechoslovakia.
4. Steven Pinker because The Better Angels of Our Nature is the most interesting non-fiction I ever read.
Others: 5. Tolstoy, 6. Jane Austen, 7. Astrid Lindgren, 8. Selma Lagerlöf, 9. Raymond E Feist, 10. Julia Quinn.
Edit: Posted to fast.

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Alondra

1.) Suzanne Collins 2.) James Dashner 3.) Brandon Sanderson 4.) Veronica Roth 5.) Rick Riordan 6.) Richard Paul Evans 7.) Erin Hunter 8.) Gaston Leroux 9.) Neal Shusterman 10.) Vicky Alvear Shecter

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Pankaj

Agatha Christi
G G Marquez
Sir A C Doyle
Alexander Dumas
Albert Camus
Graham Green
Haruki Murakami
Roberto Balano
Jose Saramago
Nadine Gardimer
Isabelle Allende
Mario Vergas Losa

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Cortney

Sarah j maas
J. K. Rowling
John green
Brandon mull
Marissa Meyer
Victoria avyard
Harper Lee
Arthur Conan Doyle
William Shakespeare
Sara Shephard

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Stephen

Still more: A. Conan Doyle, H. Rider Haggard, Anne McCaffrey, James Baldwin, Harry Turtledove, Rick Bass, Jim Harrison, Loren D. Estleman, Lincoln Child, and Douglas Preston.

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Pankaj

I am merely lucky to have read Doyle, Haggard and Baldwin amongst your choice.

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Stephen

Please read as much as you can when you’re not busy teaching and doing other things you have to do to make time to read. I taught ESL for thirty years and always made time to read–even if it meant a lack of sleep–there were, after all, papers to grade and essays to read.

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Germaine

Jodi Picoult
Isabel Allende
Jeffery Deaver
Tana French
Rebecca Skloot
Khaled Hosseini
Lisa Genova
Tracy Chevalier
Bryan Stevenson
Kate Morton

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Pankaj

I must invite John Steinbeck, George Orwell, Mark Twain, Chekhov, Joyce, Stevenson RL, Pasternak, Rilke, Jack London, Hemingway, Orhan Pamuk, Issac B Singer.

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Nancy

James Joyce, Umberto Eco, Joseph Campbell, Dorothy Parker, Ernest Hemingway, Mark Twain, Kurt Vonnegut, Virginia Woolf, Richard Matheson and Philip K Dick…a lively bunch…I would probably have it videoed…

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Stephen

This is enjoyable. At least I’m only including ten authors per post. Per Pankaj Kumar, yes! How could I have forgotten John Steinbeck? So he’s just one of my final ten–so far: John Steinbeck, Edgar Allan Poe, Ernest Hemingway, Virginia Woolf, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Jack Kerouac, Gertrude Stein, Philip K. Dick, J.G. Ballard, and Peter S. Beagle.

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Pankaj

Oh, I would like to invite Poe and Twain also.

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Wendy

Charles dickens
Ian Rankin
Janet Evanovich
Alex Kava
Agatha Christie
Mauve Binchy
Patricia Scanlan
J K Rowling
JoannaTrollope
Jonathan Kellerman

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Stephen

Okay. Last ten: Agatha Christie, Charles Dickens, Harlan Ellison, Ralph Ellison, James Doss, Zane Grey, Octavia Butler, Seth Grahame-Smith, Steven Havill, and J.M. Hayes. Okay! That’s it. Five dinners of ten author/guests each. What a hoot it would be to drink wine, dine fine, and talk and talk. Wow!

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Nancy

I would want to be at all of them!

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Kathi

Hemingway, Steinbeck, Rumber Godden, Christoper Bunn, Raymond Chandler, Anya Seton, Pearl S. Buck, Ilona Andrews (both of them!), Faith Hunter, Seanan McGuire, Neil Gaiman…can’t stop!

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Kathi

Oh forgot Dorothy Sayers!!!!!!!!!

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Leon

King,Tolkien,Nesbo,Hill,koonz,Larson,Follet,Ludlum,Sheldon,d.meyer

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Margal

Steinbeck, Asimov, Rand, Hawkings, McCall, Robb, King, Joyce, Michener, and Fitzgerald.

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Bethany

Bronte sisters (3), J.K. Rowling, James Clavell, C.S. Lewis, Christopher Paolini, Roald Dahl, and Dr. Seuss

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Brenda

Jodi Picoult, Tana French, Agatha Christie, Sandra Brown, Pat Conroy, Fannie Flagg, Douglas Kennedy, Mitch Albom, Barbara Kingsolver, Janet Evanovich

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Kayla

Sarah J. Maas, Lauren Oliver, Brandon Sanderson, Victoria Schwab, Diana Gabaldon, Cassandra Clare, and that’s all I can think of…

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Amien

1. Paulo Coelho
2. Ruskin Bond
3. Neil Gaiman
4. Dan Brown
5. Stephen R. Covey
6. Agatha Christie
7. Ayn Rand
Done with 7 only

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Amy

J.K. Rowling, David Sedaris, Amy Tan, Stephen King, Jodi Picoult, Anne Rice, Neil Gaiman, Khaled Hosseini, Paulo Coelho and George R. R. Martin.

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Kathi

Ten is too small a number….

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Cayla

Victoria Aveyard
Julie Kagawa
John green
Lin Manuel Miranda
Sarah J Maas

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Alanna

Jane austen, anne bishop, kelley armstrong, aileen erin, libba bray, harper lee, veronica roth, patricia c. Wrede, philippa gregory, lauren kate.

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Lorena

None of them. Imagine they turn out to be real *beep* and you can’t read their books anymore because you’ll always be reminded how “beep” they were.

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Peter

J.K. Rowling, Mark Twain, Charles Dickens, Louisa May Alcott, William Shakespeare, Steven Crane, Arthur Conan Doyle, Henry David Thoreau, Benjamin Franklin, Jan Caron

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Mojgan

jane austen, charles dickens, toni morrison, emily carr, victor hugo, ernest hemingway, moliere, bertolt brecht, r.etemadi, and gabriel garcia marquez.

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Tasha

To have civilized conversation with or scream at them for their character killing spree decisions?

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NicoleQuestion author

To have civilized conversation with.

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Elizabeth

Tolkien, Dahl, Rowling , Stephen King, Edgar Allen Poe, Dr. Seuss, E.B.White, Harper Lee, and Shel Silverstein

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Andra

Nora Roberts, Neil Gaiman, Stephen King, George R.R. Martin, Anne Rice, Dean Koontz and J. K. Rowling…only 7 but imagine the conversation…

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Joanne

Non-fiction: Stephen Jay Gould. Fiction: J.R.R. Tolkein.

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Shaneka

Jodi Picoult, Sarah Dessen, Tolkien, Shakespeare, Hemingway, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Poe, Toni Morrison, Alice Walker, Henry David Thoreau, Thomas Hardy…….

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Gloria

Diana Gabaldon, JDRobb (Nora Roberts), Sue Grafton, Karen Slaughter, Dixie Cash (Pam Cumble, Jeffery McClanahan),Susan Elizabeth Phillips, Eloisa James,Mary Balogh,Jill Shalvis, Rachael Herron.

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Raymond

Peter V Brett, Anne Rice, Brandon Sanderson, Brent Weeks, Jk Rowling, Raymond E Feist, George RR Martin, Stephen King, Dean Koontz, Charlene Harris, Trudy Canavan,

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Jay

Bram Stoker, Mary Shelley, Enid Blyton, S.E Hinton, James Patterson, V.C Andrews, Anne Rice, Roald Dahl, M.C Beaton, Hans Christian Anderson I could go on…… 🙂

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Alex

David Gerrold, Neil Gaiman, Harlan Ellison, Mike Resnick, Dean McLaughlin, George R.R. Martin, Isaac Asimov, Diana Gabaldon, Dan Greenberg and Garrison Keillor–because I’ve met all of them, and know I’d have a great dinner.

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Deena

William Shakespeare, Pat Conroy, Stephen King, Eckhart Tolle, Deepak Chopra, Charlaine Harris, Jane Austen, Stephenie Meyer, C.S. Lewis and Mark Hyman, MD

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Christine

back, later

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Julie

Oh my God! Whi could linit m

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Julie

Just got so excited I blew up my own post! Mark Twain, Dorothy Parker, Truman Capote, James Thurber, Grocho Marx, Woody Allen, Steve Martin, Gertrude Stein…..

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Siri

Stephen King
Maggie Stiefvater
Mark Twain
Leigh Bardugo
William Shakespeare
Cassandra Clare
Lee Child
Rex Stout
Emile Zola
Alexandre Dumas
Laini Taylor
??????

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Nicola

1. Stephen King
2. Lars Kepler
3. Agatha Christie
4. C J Sansom
5. Matt Haig
6. Mark Hodder
7. Fredrick Backman
8. Andrew Taylor
9. Suzanna Gregory
10. Beth Underdown

These may be subject to change lol

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Siri

Agatha Christie! How could I forget Agatha Christie?! There’s no way to narrow it down to ten, and that’s all there is to it!

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Nicola

Haha I know … I kinda cheated lol … Lars Kepler is 2 people … Shhhh!!

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Tanya

Living or dead in no particular order: 1) Stephen King, 2) Maya Angelou, 3) Langston Hughes, 4) Zora Neale Hurston 5) Dennis Lehane, 6) Robert Parker, 7) Dashiell Hammett, 8)Agatha Christie, 9) Octavia Butler, 10) George RR Martin

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George

Like your list, especially 3, 6 and 7. I would add Raymond Chandler. :):):)

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Robert

Reading Chandler The big Sleep again after I found the sequel Perchance to Dream by Robert parker

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Tanya

@George As soon as I hit post I was like “What about Raymond Chandler and Toni Morrison!?” I’ll have the two of them over for dessert 🙂

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Deena

How could I have forgotten Maya? She would be incredible to talk to ❤️

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Argel

Harper Lee, Cassandra Clare, Jk Rowling, James Dashner, Suzanne Collins, Stephen King, Rick Riordan, aaand I don’t know anymore

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James

Terry brooks. Vince Flynn.

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Nisaar

Naomi Wolf, Naomi Klenn, Norman Flankenstine, Somersat Maugham, Robert Kiyosoki, Brian Tracy, Arundhati Roy, Rajdeep Sardesai, Sunil Gavaskar, Dominique La’Pierre

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Belén

J.K. Rowling
Jodi Picoult
Sarah J Maas
Christopher Paolini
Stephanie Meyer
Nicola Yoon
Ann M. Martin
Brandon Mull
Patrick Rothfuss
Susan Dennard

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Mary

None because I have an irrational dislike (fear isn’t the right word) of meeting people I admire.

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Alita

Cassandra Clare
James Patterson
Christine Feehan
Dale Meyer
Annie Nicholas
Dean Koontz
Iris Johansson
Joan Lowery Nixon
@Siri
P.C. Cast

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Siri

??????

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Alita

Siri you and I had a 3 hr discussion on Lexi. Id love to see how long we talk about other topics and bookish things! ?????????

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Siri

@Alita Let’s do it!?

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Alita

I am down for it, @Siri.

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Cassi

JK Rowling
Jodi Piccoult
Diane Chamberlain
Chevy Stevens
Suzanne Collins
Liane Moriarty
Colleen Hoover
CS Lewis
Kristin Hannah
Ernest Hemingway

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Consuella

Mitch Albom
Maya Angelou
Michael Eric Dyson
JK Rowling
Lisa Genova
Carleen Brice
Amy Tan
Sylvia Plath
Oscar Wilde
Stephen King

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Deena

These are some great lists!

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Sayantan

Stephen King
J.K Rowling
GRRM
Dan Brown
Tolkein
John Green (maybe)
C.S Lewis
H.P Lovecraft
Cassandra Clare

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Alita

I forgot about Dan Brown. I love his books!!!

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Sayantan

Da Vinci Code

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Alita

Angels and Demons

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Sayantan

I love that European art history kind of adventures

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Alita

I like the different view on religion he writes about.

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Sayantan

Exactly

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Steve

Most of these would require a resurrection, but I would invite,

1. Hunter S Thompson
2. Charles Bukowski
3. John Steinbeck
4. Peter Mathieson
5. Alice Walker
6.Nikolia Kazantzakis
7. Truman Capote
8. William S Burroughs
9. Edgar Allen Poe
10. Ernest Hemingway (though him and Steinbeck would probably fight each other once the booze started flowing, lol).

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Vishnupriya

Dan Brown, James Patterson, JKRowling, Agatha Christie, Arthur Conan Doyle, Jane Austen, Wordsworth (If they were alive!), RJ Palacio, Haruki Murakami, Walter Issacson. ?

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Sierra

Sarah J,maar

Jennifer Lynn Barnes

Joe Abercrombie

Pierce brown

Allen Zadoff

Marie lu

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Robin

Daniel Silva, Agatha Christie, Nora Roberts, William Shakespeare, James Patterson. Robert Parker, Mark Twain, Neil Gaiman, John Saul, Raymond Chandler, Arthur Conan Doyle, Alfred Hitchcock, John Le Carre, Tom Clancy, Daphne Du Maurier, Alexander Dumas.

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Len

Mitch Album, Road Dahl, William Shakespear, Stephen King, JK Rowling

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Carolyn

Anne Tyler, John Irving, Pat Conroy, Lillian Smith, Russell Banks, Phillip Roth,Toni Morrison, Alice Walker James Baldwin, Dennis Lehane.

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Carlos

10? why 10? I have a whole library of names I would love to meet 😛

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Carolyn

not enough room. I met Dennis LeHane, I saw John Irving at a book event.

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Keri

Funny, I only came up with 9. ?

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Lucy

Louise Cooper. Patrick Rothfuss. Maria Snyder. CJ Cherryh. Trudi Canavan. Sherri Tepper. Juliet Marillier. Anne McCaffrey. Marion Zimmer Bradley. Charlie Holmberg. CJ Archer

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Laurie

Ann Tyler, Amy Tan, Isaak Dineson, ER Forester, Stephen King, Leo Tolstoy, Emily Dickenson, Neil Gamon,Richard Russo,Roald Dahl

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Hailey

1.Stephen King
2. John Green
3. Brom
4. Nicholas Sparks
5. Shel Silverstein
6. Rick Riordan
7. Lovecraft
8. Dan Brown
9. Jules verne
10. Poe

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Walter

I read so much it so hard to tell which authors. Thinking there is really only one I think:

1. God

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Lori

Stephen King, Lee Child, John Connolly, Gil McNeil, Stephen Hunter, Matthew Reilly, Robert McCammon, Carla Kelly, Nick Cutter, Barbara Metzger.

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Robyn

Jodi Picoult
Khaled Hosseini
Mitch Albom
William Shakespeare
C.S. Lewis
J.R.R. Tolkien
J.K. Rowling
John Milton
L.M. Montgomery
Louisa May Alcott

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Fiona

Can’t answer this or the 10 character question. At the barest minimum I have 27 Authors and 89 characters.. Even if all of Shakespeare is on a desert island I still have an awful lot of books to pack or upload. 🙂

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Ula

father Jan Kaczynski, Pope John Paul II, All Bronte sisters, Ignatius Loyola, Cheryl Strayed, Malgorzata Musierowicz, Bear Grylls, Khaled Hosseini…I wouldn’t dare to cook for them…we will just order pizza and thai or indian or chinese and everybody should be happy!

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Holly

Agatha Christie, Daniel Silva, Craig Johnson, Louis L’Amour, L.M. Montgomery, Laura Ingalls Wilder, Connie Willis, Kat Richardson, Kevin Hearne and Neil Gaiman.

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Ellis

JK Rowling
Richelle Mead
My sister
Becca Fitzpatrick
John Marsden
Lemony Snicket
Claudia Gray
Alyson Noël
LJ Smith
Lauren Oliver

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Andrea

Agatha Christy
Victor Hugo
Michael Bulgakov
Dimfna Kyusaak
Bernard Shaw
Goethe
Leo Tolstoy
Dostoevsky
Omar Hayyam
Farabi

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Mary

Madeleine L’Engle, Octavia Butler, Stephen King, M.C. Beaton, Robert Frost, Shakespeare, J.K. Rowling, Roald Dahl, Ray Bradbury, John Steinbeck.

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