Favorite Author after King

[TheHelgo]

Just curious about what everyone else enjoys outside of King works. So, who is everyone's favorite author after King? As an additional question, who does everyone think is similar in style to King? I ask this out of curiosity for other authors I can check out.

To answer my own first question, I like the works of Ken Follett

[Matthew.Degnan]

Ian Rankin- Both SK and Ian are the reason why i became a writer.

[Charms7]

There are many authors I like after Stephen King. Dean Koontz, Ann Rice and Scott Smith among others.

[Craig Zadow]

Cormac Mccarthy, maybe the greatest author alive

[Felipe]

After SK I like the works of current writer Dan Brown.

[Ubasti]

Edgar Allan Poe, Clive Barker, Robert McCammon

[morefutility]

I like John Irving, Hai Jin, Anchee Min, Fyodor Dostoevsky, Steinbeck, Jennifer Weiner, Wally Lamb (who doesn't write enough books), and many more.

[phidgt]

I bounce around quite a bit and am not really settled on one particular author. I like me a good serial killer murder mystery type novel and anyone who can pull off a good one of those could be my next favorite.

[michal]

John Irving, , Kurt Vonnegut, Charles Bukowski, Douglas Adams, Dorothy Parker (strictly poems though), Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Isabel Allende... Man, I'm just getting started!!!

[thymeoperator]

tons - at the very top, though, are dostoevsky and margaret atwood