15 Authors...
The Rules: Don't take too long to think about it. Fifteen authors (poets included) who've influenced you and that will always stick with you. List the first fifteen you can recall in no more than fifteen minutes.

In no particular order:
1. Madeline L'Engle
2. Robert Jordan
3. Jim Butcher
4. Shakespeare
5. David Eddings
6. James Clemens
7. Cornelia Funke
8. Jane Austen
9. Charlotte Bronte
10.Juliet Marillier
11. Michael Chriton
12. Diana Wynne Jones
13. Robin McKinley
14. Patricia McKillip
15. Raymond Feist