Neil Gaiman Terry Pratchett
Scripts: Tarrintino The Coens Charlie Kaufman
Don’t forget that Neil Gaiman writes scripts too. Some episodes of Dr. Who, Nevwrwhere, Good Omens, American Goods, Lucifer, Sandman
Books-
Lovecraft
Edgar Rice Burroughs
Stephen King
Brandon Sanderson
Scripts-
Meh, I don’t really like films all that much tbh.
Douglas Adams for Comedy
Chuck Palahniuk for odd novels
Hunter S. Thompson for Gonzo
George Orwell - Animal Farm, Nineteen Eighty-Four Adam Kay - Kay’s Anatomy Carl Sagan - Contact
Isaac Asimov
David Mamet - his scripts are outstanding because they are written just as actual real life conversations.
- Patrick O’Brian
- Hilary Mantel
- Shirley Jackson
- Peter Straub
- Donna Tartt
- Douglas Adams
- Jane Austen
- Mary Shelley
- Sylvia Plath (poetry, fiction not so much)
- Richard Matheson
- Ursula K Le Guin
- Connie Willis
This is a top tier list! The few I don’t recognize I’ll check out based on your rec.
Roger Zelazny
Neil Gaiman
Gregory Bateson
Dan O’Brien
Terrence McKenna
Alan Moore
Ken Kesey
Albert Camus
Books: Craig Alanson, Isaac Asimov, Douglas Adams, Brandon Sanderson, and so many more.
Scripts: Aaron Sorkin, Brett Goldstein