Who is your favorite author and why?

Today I posed the question, Who is your favorite author and why? Many mentioned Erick Jerome Dickey, Mary Monroe, Wahida Clark, Zane, Maya Angelou, Nikki Turner and many more. The reasons ranged from inspiration, quality entertainment, spoken words can be tasted, master of imagery...etc. We all face difficulties in our daily lives. Many of us are avid readers for so many reasons. We can connect with many characters, become someone else, and live out our fantasies all from reading a good book. First, we connect deeply with certain authors that are able to fulfil desires within us. We then follow them and support every book that they publish because we know that a different need will be meant through a good read. After a survey, I must say that Maya Angelou is one of those many authors that everyone can connect with through her poetry on many levels. Also, knowing why we love certain authors and the reasons why helps us to discover what it is that we love about ourselves or what fascinates us in not so normal ways. So who is your favorite author? Why?