I'm a big reader, so I have a lot of favorite authors.
-Philip Pullman, His Dark Materials (Series, includes Golden Compass).
-S.E. Hinton, The Outsiders, Tex, any of her other books, I have read.
-Ray Bradury, Fahrenheit 451.
-J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter Series.
-Gary Paulson (Hatchet, The River, Brian's Return).
-Christopher Paolini- Eragon, Eldest.
-J.D Salinger- Catcher in the Rye.
-Orson Scott Card- Ender's Game
-Ian Lawrence- Ghost Boy
-Roald Dahl- James and the Giant Peach, BFG, Witches, and so many more.
-John Steinbeck- Of Mice and Men
-Daniel Keys- Flowers for Algernon
-To Kill a Mockingbird- Harper Lee
-Mark Twain- The Adventures of Huckleberry Fin
-Irene Hunt- Across Five Aprils
-Yoko Kawachima Watkins- So Far From the Bamboo Grove
Probably more that I forgot. But yeah some of the best books I've ever read.