Ahhhh! So many!
As a child and as a teen:
C.S. Lewis
Tolkien
Lloyd Alexander
James Herriot
Madeleine L'Engle
and of course, Laura Ingalls Wilder and Lousia May Alcott... That should serve as indisputable proof of my gender.
As an adult....
Margaret Atwood
Amy Tan
Stephen King (The Stand is my favorite)
Toni Morrision
Alice Walker
Anais Nin
Frank Herbert
Oh, way too many to list!!!!
(further proof of my gender! )
Actually, I have so many books in my home it is not funny. I will be an old lady surrounded by books.... I will have to build shelves in every room!
"I have my books and my poetry to protect me"
Simon and Garfunkel
edit:
Oh heck, SHUXS...
How could I foreget Ray Bradbury and Henry Miller!???