15 authors

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A Meme courtesy of Cheshire and I think Urocyon as well.

Name 15 authors that have affected you in 15 minutes or less.

Diane Duane
J. R. R. Tolkien
Frank Herbert
Temple Grandin  (Even though we've got lots of different ideas - the first author that made me realize, yes this is me - I couldn't deny it anymore)
Arthur C. Clarke/Carl Sagan
Anne Morrow Lindberg
Terry Pratchett
Walt Whitman
Allan Ginsberg (also kept me sane while being an aide at a very frustrating and "normalizing" high school)
Carol Berg (Valen from Flesh and Spirit.  Beautiful story, "He who is without words, yet perfect")
Leslie Feinberg  (Taught me what solidarity means in much deeper ways than anyone else)
Dawn Prince-Huges
Tom Brown
Clive Barker  (the opposite of black-and-white)
Patrick Califa

Anyone who wants to do this can take it and run with it.