Because I think it necessary at this time, after so much self-promotion, to promote some people who aren’t me, I’d like to take this opportunity to lead you toward some (just some — listing them all would take an incredibly long time) of my favorite writers. Some of these are my friends, and others I have never met and will likely never meet. All of these names are people whose work I seek out and enjoy, whether it be mostly through their creative work, their blog posts, or (for some of them) their social media updates. Most of these, I’ll admit, are short story writers, as short stories are what I read most. Regardless, they are all highly worth checking out.

Favorite Writers

• Karen Joy Fowler
• Brooke Bolander
• Aimee Bender
• Brooke Wonders
• Helena Bell
• Etgar Keret
• Kelly Link
• Peter S. Beagle
• Bruce Bond
• W.S. Merwin
• Theodora Goss
• Elizabeth Hand
• James Patrick Kelly
• Genevieve Valentine
• Mur Lafferty
• Michael Swanwick
• Jeff Vandermeer
• Gabriel Garcia Marquez
• Jose Saramago
• Zachary Jernigan
• Caspian Gray
• Julie Day
• Michael J Deluca
• Carrie Cuinn
• Ursula K. LeGuin
• Karen Russell
• Jeffrey Ford
• Daniel Clowes
• Alison Bechdel
• Jennifer Egan
• Jonathan Lethem

I should certainly stress that the only reason I end this post here is because I am tired, and it is late, and there is a bed very, very close to me.