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for suspence writting, I have always liked three main authors: Stephen King, Dean Koontz, and Robin Cook. All three for different reasons.
Stephen King is obviously one of the main suspense writers of our time, but I have found that I really like his stories that are outside of his normal writing type. Books like The Green Mile, The Stand, The Dark Tower Series, Dreamcatcher, and the Shawshank Redemption. When reading the books you cant help but notice his writting style throughout it, but it just seems so different then what he writes
Dean Koontz I like specifically for his stories. His writing style is lacking in my opinion, but his stories are great and imaginative.
Robin Cook has some great medical thrillers. He uses his knowlege and skills as a PhD to write great medical thrillers. Like the book Acceptable Risk where a man finds an ancient mold under a house In Salem he inheireted which has great medical advantages but later proves to be personality altering and the cause for the Salem which hunts. He uses enough truth to make it sounds believeable, but with a great story behind it.
For Classic writers, Rudyard Kipling and his traditional writting with East Indian folk tales has always captured me. Rikki Tikki Tavi has been my favorite since I was little. His stories are short and full of life and excitement, and are very easy to read.
And another one I will throw out there is Jacquelyn Mitchard. Now being a male, I didnt think I would like her stories directed at a female audience, but I read the Deep End of the Ocean and really loved it. The emotion portrayed in the book was almost tangible and it was a saddness and happines and life trials all in one book. Very well written.
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