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Advantages: over 70 amazing books to peruse and enjoy
Disadvantages: none to mind

Danielle Steel was born August 14th 1947 in New York City and was named Danielle Fernande Dominique Schuelein-Steel by her parents John Schulein Steel and Norma da Câmara Stone Reis, John was a descendant of the founders of Lowenbrau beer and Norma was the daughter of a Portuguese diplomat. She was an only child and until she was seven she spent most of her time living in France, Her parents divorced when she was 7 and her father then took her ...
...she was around to witness. Danielle had always shown a keen interest in writing literature - in fact she would write stories from a young age, and by the time she had reached her teens she ventured into poetic literature and started writing her own poems. In School she studies Litereature design and Fashion design. From 1963 - 1967 she studied at New York Univeristy. Danielle was known to be very mature for her age and this was probably due to ... Read review

Advantages: Great writer, ability to make me sob.
Disadvantages: Nothing.

Nicholas Sparks got me back into reading again. At age 12/13 I was going through a stage when reading in my english class I would still a cosmo girl magazine in the middle and read that instead but then I got admitted into hospital and this lady offerd me "The Rescue". This is a true peice of romantic liturature. It made me smile, and made cry on one occasion but it's a book you just can't put down. The story reveleas many layers and is quite predicatable ...
...predictable, he does great romance novels but likes to have his readers sobbing by the end. I think "The Resue" was the only one I didn't cry in. He may be predictable, you always know something bad is going to happen, but he delivers them in so many ways. The second book I read was "The Notebook" which is ultimatley my favourite book. I've read all of his books except "Message In A Bottle", I stupidly saw the film first and hated it and have not ... Read review

Advantages: great writing in two genres
Disadvantages: she won't lay off cheap romance

Tami Hoag is a best selling American author of suspense and romance novels. I can only comment on the suspense ones as I never read romance. I first read one of her books, Cry Wolf, last autumn. I was very impressed and decided to read more and do some research on this author. Before publishing her first book, a romance novel in 1988, she held various other jobs. After a number of love stories she moved on to crime writing. Hoag published thirteen ...
...been made into a TV miniseries. Due to her high profile success she also participated in one of Barbara Bush's literary function and was asked to read at it. Here is a quick overview of her work, afterwards I will mention which ones I'm familiar with. Independent crime Novels - Still Waters (1992) - Dark Paradise (1994) - A Thin Dark Line (1997) - Dark Horse (2002) - Kill the Messenger (2004) - Alibi Man (2007) Kovac/Liska Series - Ashes to ... Read review

Advantages: Hard back and paper back. Very good read.
Disadvantages: the need to ensure that the books in a series are read in chronological order.

Val Mcdermid writes about crime, whether it be based on her own Private Eye - Kate Brannigan, or a forensic phychologist-Tony Hill. She writes serials that involves these characters, and another about a lesbian journalist, Lindsay Gordon. (which I have not read.) Some people may already be familiar with Tony Hill, a pyhycologist who suffers from sexual dysfunction, as some of his stories have been dramatised and can be seen on ITV or DVD box sets. ...
...has an unexpected outcome. Val McDermid's writing is contempory, enguaging and suprising until the end. Any of her stories that you choose to read will make you stay up late just tofinish the next chapter, and the next. If you do choose to read any of the books that are in a series, then make sure you do read them in order or you may find that you spoil the suprise in other books. Once you've read one, you will want to read another. ... Read review

Advantages: A great social commentator
Disadvantages: his later books are not as good

I love Douglas Coupland. He is definately one of today's most important and influential authors. His novels include the modern classic Generation X, (1991) Life after God (1994) Girlfriend in a coma, (1997) All families are psychotic, (2001) Hey Nostradamus (2003) and many more. He has also written some non-fiction such as 'Polaroids from the Dead' and 'city of glass'. He is an amazing visionary and there really is no-one else writing like ...
...his books, in the right frame of mind (open that is ha ha) they can be very inspiring and uplifting. (can I point out that I know this is not a review of an audio book but that is the catagory poor Douglas has been stored under on here) ... Read review