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