I grew up reading the works of Stephen King, Anne Rice, Clive Barker, Dan Simmons, Sidney Sheldon, Mario Puzo, Dan Brown, J.K. Rowling and J.R.R. Tolkien. But my recent literary revivval has been inflamed by the refreshing prose of Eleanor Catton, Margaret Atwood, Suzzanna Clark, Matthew Pearl, James Clavell and George R. R. Martin. It is therefore, quite difficult to pick favorites, even if it were from each genre, thus I must decline comparing the creative intellect of one author to another, since each is unique in their own splendor. Hence, my inspirations keep evolving with the completi more...