Favourite authors

My list of favourite authors varies over time, but my current list is below (in alphabetical order). Some of the authors are among my favourites because of a single book.

• Douglas Adams
• Michael Bond
• Lewis Carroll
• Miguel de Cervantes
• Agatha Christie
• Arthur C Clarke
• Susan Coolidge
• Charles Dickens
• Daphne du Maurier
• George Grossmith
• Thomas Hardy
• Laurie Lee
• Patrick O'Brian
• Terry Pratchett
• Arthur Ransome
• Jonathan Swift
• Leo Tolstoy
• Mark Twain
• Oscar Wilde
• Pelham Grenville Wodehouse