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Attn: Trek authors - Who are your favorite authors?

Octavia Butler, Tad Williams, Ursula LeGuin, Greg Bear, Alex Dumas, Steven King, Lloyd Alexander, William Joyce, Steven Barnes, Frank Herbert, Neil Gaiman and Douglas Adams.
 
Have any of you ever read Chaim Potok? What do you think of his work?


A friend gave me Davita's Harp and I liked it hugely. (Same friend also gave me My Name is Asher Lev but I haven't read it yet - oh lord that to-be-read pile...). I don't think Potok's as well known on this side of the Pond.
 
In no particular order....

Glenda Larke (all, but especially the Isles of Glory trilogy)
Octavia Butler
Janette Turner Hospital
Audrey Niffenegger (I am stoked for her upcoming second novel!)
Mary Doria Russell
Julie Czerneda (specifically the Web Shifters trilogy)
Robert Charles Wilson (specifically The Chronoliths)
Andreas Eschbach (specifically The Carpet Makers)
Ken Grimwood (specifically Replay)
Philip Pullman (specifically the His Dark Materials trilogy)
George Orwell
Ted Chiang (short stories in Stories of Your Life and Others)
Wil McCarthy
 
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