Richard Powers John Barth Louise Erdich Laurence Sterne Elizabeth Strout Doris Lessing Kathryn Kramer William T Vollmann Lou A. Probsthayn Ruth Ozeki Probsthayn Colson Whitehead Patrick Mcgrath Peter Matthiessen Monica Ali Francine Prose Barry Lopez Karel Capek Pat Barker Jim Crace Nadine Gordimer Torey Hayden Kureshi Barbara Tuchman Rabelais Jonathan Carroll Moliere Richard Price Jonathan Coe Doug Copeland William Gass Gabriel Garcia John Crowley Virgina Woolf Lee Smith William Kennedy Jonathan Franzan Harry Mulisch Mark Danielewski Russell Banks Dellilo Doctorow Debbie Macomber Stephen Ambrose A.S. Byatt Mark Helprin Harry Mathews Douglas Hofstadter