FAQ: My Top 25 Favorite Writers of All Time

This is something I get asked all the time, so I decided to create a definitive list. Now, whenever someone asks, I can just give them this link.

My Top 25 Favorite Writers of All Time (in no particular order):

1. Hunter S. Thompson

2. Stephen King

3. Richard Laymon

4. Joe R. Lansdale

5. William Hope Hodgson

6. Steve Gerber

7. J.M. DeMatteis

8. F. Paul Wilson

9. Tom Piccirilli

10. Brian Hodge

11. Karl Edward Wagner

12. Robert E. Howard

13. Arthur C. Clarke

14. Warren Ellis

15. Alan Moore

16. Michael Marshall Smith

17. John Skipp & Craig Spector

18. Edward Lee

19. H.P. Lovecraft

20. Jack Ketchum

21. Larry McMurty

22. Jack Kirby

23. Carlton Mellick III

24. Manly Wade Wellman

25. Neil Gaiman