I love stories about girls who kick butt. Girl with sword, girl with wolf, girl with dragon, girl with talking cat, girl with sword and wolf and dragon and… You get the idea.
My all-time favorite author is Tamora Pierce. She writes books where with every scene, you think, “That’s the perfect thing to have happened!” Plus they include girls with swords, talking wolves and cats, and dragons.
My all-time favorite book is Beauty by Robin McKinley. It’s a retelling of Beauty and the Beast. It’s one of my “comfort books” that I reread on rainy days.
Other favorites include Deep Wizardry by Diane Duane, Jack the Giant-Killer by Charles de Lint, and Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen (okay, yes, there’s no sword and no dragon, but there is Darcy!).
I read almost exclusively YA fantasy these days. I’d like to pretend it’s for “research” (because those are the kinds of books that I write), but the truth is I read them because I love them… not-so-coincidentally, that’s the same reason that I write them.
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Hi Sarah :)
My favorite authors are too numerous to mention.
I follow a lot of them on Twitter though.
Thanks for the great post.
All the best,
RKCharron
xoxo
I feel the same way that you do about Girls/women who kick butt. I have too many authors that I like to name only one. I follow on my twitter: Kelley Armstrong, Jeri Ready-Smith, Richelle Mead (Vampire Academy rocks!). I like that they are real people too!!
*Beauty* is one of my comfort books, too. And I love Tamora Pierce!