author ? .. is that like people who write books, the stuf that you have to read for yourself ?!??

To be honest, i havent read a book in a decade (except for the lord of the rings, wich i have read twice last decade), so i'd have to say my favourite writer at "the moment" is Tolkien.
And all time favourite (to be a little chauvinistic): Jef Geeraerts, and to name an international one Stephen King (in his younger years)