Favorite Authors
Librarians from the St. Johns County Public Library System have developed this list of our community’s most sought fiction authors. We will receive all new hardcover titles from these authors, so there’s no need for a purchase recommendation.
To help us provide better, more efficient service, we request that library users watch the online catalog for new titles by these authors to appear.
These titles are cataloged approximately three months prior to release.
| Adult Fiction Authors | Adult Fiction Authors, Large Print | Children's and Young Adult Authors |
|---|---|---|
| Abbott, Jeff Adams, Jane A. Adler-Olsen, Jussi Albert, Susan Wittig Albom, Mitch Alexander, Tasha Allende, Isabel Andrews, Donna Andrews, Ilona Andrews, Mary Kay Andrews, V. C. Archer, Jeffrey Armstrong, Kelley Atherton, Nancy Atkins, Ace Atkinson, Kate Atwood, Margaret Backman, Fredrik Bailey, Tessa Baker, Chandler Baker, Jo Baldacci, David Balogh, Mary Bannister, Jo Barclay, Linwood Bauermeister, Erica Beaton, M. C. Bell, Ted Benedict, Marie Benford, Gregory Benjamin, Melanie Bennett, Brit Bentley, Don Berenson, Laurien Berg, Elizabeth Berry, Steve Billingham, Mark Black, Benjamin Black, Cara Black, Lisa Bohjalian, Chris A. Bowen, Rhys Box, C. J. Boyle, T. Coraghessan Bradford, Barbara Taylor Brandman, Michael Brennan, Allison Brett, Simon Briggs, Patricia Brody, Frances Brooks, Geraldine Brown, Dale Brown, Graham Brown, Pierce Brown, Rita Mae Brown, Sandra Bunn, T. Davis Burke, Alafair Burke, James Lee Bush, Nancy Cabot, Meg Cameron, Marc Cameron, Stella Cameron, W. Bruce Card, Orson Scott Carr, Jack Carr, Robyn Castillo, Linda Center, Katherine Chamberlain, Diane Chambers, Becky Chevalier, Tracy Chiaverini, Jennifer Child, Lee Child, Lincoln Childs, Laura Clark, Mary Higgins Cleeton, Chanel Cleeves, Ann Coben, Harlan Coes, Ben Coleman, Reed Farrel Connelly, Michael Connolly, John Cook, Robin Coonts, Stephen Corey, James S. A. Cornwell, Bernard Cornwell, Patricia Cosby, S.A. Cotterill, Colin Coulter, Catherine Coyle, Cleo Crais, Robert Crawford, Isis Crombie, Deborah Cronin, Justin Crosby, Ellen Cumming, Charles Cussler, Clive Cussler, Dirk Dailey, Janet Dallas, Sandra Dams, Jeanne M. Davis, Fiona De Los Santos, Marisa Deaver, Jeffery Demille, Nelson Deutermann, P. T. Deveraux, Jude Dodd, Christina Doiron, Paul Dolan, Harry Donati, Sara Donoghue, Emma Dorsey, Tim Dugoni, Robert Egan, Jennifer Eisler, Barry Erdrich, Louise Estleman, Loren D. Evanovich, Janet Evans, Mary Anna Evans, Richard Paul Fairstein, Linda Faye, Lyndsay Feehan, Christine Fielding, Joy Fluke, Joanne Follett, Ken Ford, Jamie Ford, Richard Forstchen, William R. Franzen, Jonathan Freeman, Brian French, Nicci French, Tana Gabaldon, Diana Galbraith, Robert Gardiner, Meg Gardner, Lisa Garwood, Julie George, Elizabeth Gerritsen, Tess Giffin, Emily Glass, Julia Graham, Heather Graves, Sarah Greaney, Mark Green, Jane Greenwood, Kerry Gregory, Philippa Griffiths, Elly Grippando, James Grisham, John Groff, Lauren Gudenkauf, Heather Guillory, Jasmine Hagberg, David Haig, Matt Haines, Carolyn Hallinan, Timothy Hamilton, Laurell K. Hamilton, Steve Handler, David Hannah, Kristin Hannah, Sophie Harkness, Deborah Harmel, Kristin Harper, Jane Harris, C. S. Harris, Charlaine Harris, Joanne Harris, Robert Harrison, Kim Harrod-Eagles, Cynthia Hawkins, Rachel Hendricks, Greer Hendrix, Grady Henry, Emily Hewson, David Hiaasen, Carl Higgins, Kristan Hilderbrand, Elin Hill, Susan Hillerman, Anne Hoag, Tami Hoffman, Alice Hood, Joshua Hooper, Kay Hoover, Colleen Horowitz, Anthony Housewright, David Hunter, Stephen Hurwitz, Gregg Ide, Joe Iggulden, Conn Iles, Greg Jackson, Joshilyn Jackson, Lisa Jance, J. A. Jemisin, N. K. Jenoff, Pam Jewell, Lisa Jiles, Paulette Jimenez, Abby Johansen, Iris Johnson, Craig Jonasson, Ragnar Jones, Darynda Jones, Sandie Joshi, Alka Kadrey, Richard Kane, Andrea Kanon, Joseph Kava, Alex Keller, Julia Kellerman, Faye Kellerman, Jonathan Kelly, Erin Kelly, Martha Hall Kenyon, Sherrilyn Kepnes, Caroline King, Laurie R. King, Stephen Kingsbury, Karen Kingsolver, Barbara Kinsella, Sophie Kleypas, Lisa Koontz, Dean Koryta, Michael Krentz, Jayne Ann Krueger, William Kent Kubica, Mary Kwan, Kevin Lackberg, Camilla Lackey, Mercedes Lagercrantz, David Lapena, Shari Lauren, Christina Lawrence, Mark Lawson, Mike Lehane, Dennis Leon, Donna Lescroart, John Lewis, Beverly Lipman, Elinor Lippman, Laura Lloyd, Catherine Loigman, Lynda Cohen Lovesey, Peter Lustbader, Eric Lutz, Lisa Mackintosh, Clare Macomber, Debbie Maden, Mike Maguire, Gregory Mallery, Susan Mandel, Emily St. John Mantel, Hilary Margolin, Phillip Martin, Charles Martin, George R. R. Mathews, Francine May, Peter Maynard, Joyce Mayor, Archer Mccall Smith, Alexander Mccreight, Kimberly Mcdermid, Val Mcewan, Ian Mcgarrity, Michael Mckevett, G. A. Mclain, Paula Mcpherson, Catriona Meacham, Leila Meier, Leslie Meltzer, Brad Messud, Claire Michaels, Fern Miller, Linda Lael Miller, Madeline Mills, Kyle Mina, Denise Miranda, Megan Moning, Karen Marie Monroe, Mary Monroe, Mary Alice Moore, Christopher Moriarty, Liane Morris, Heather Morton, Kate Mosley, Walter Mosse, Kate Moyes, Jojo Muller, Marcia Nesbo, Jo Neville, Stuart Newman, T.J. Ng, Celeste Oates, Joyce Carol O'nan, Stewart Osman, Richard Page, Katherine Hall Palahniuk, Chuck Palmer, Diana Paretsky, Sara Paris, B. A. Parker, T. Jefferson Parks, Brad Patchett, Ann Patterson, James Pavone, Chris Pearson, Ridley Pekkanen, Sarah Pelecanos, George Penny, Louise Perrotta, Tom Perry, Anne Perry, Thomas Peterson, Tracie Phillips, Susan Elizabeth Picoult, Jodi Poyer, David Preston, Douglas Pronzini, Bill Putney, Mary Jo Quick, Amanda Quindlen, Anna Quinn, Julia Quinn, Kate Quinn, Spencer Quirk, Matthew Rankin, Ian Raybourn, Deanna Reich, Christopher Reichs, Kathy Reid, Taylor Jenkins Reilly, Matthew Rice, Luanne Richards, Emilie Rimington, Stella Rivers, Francine Robards, Karen Robb, J. D. Roberts, Nora Robinson, Peter Robotham, Michael Rollins, James Rose, Karen Rosenberg, Joel C. Rosenfelt, David Ross, Ann B. Sager, Riley Sanderson, Brandon Sandford, John Scalzi, John Schine, Cathleen Schwab, V. E. Scottoline, Lisa See, Lisa Shaara, Jeff Shannon, Samantha Shipman, Viola Silva, Daniel Sittenfeld, Curtis Slaughter, Karin Smiley, Jane Smith, Martin Cruz Smith, Wilbur Smith, Zadie Sparks, Nicholas Spencer, Sally Spiegelman, Peter St. James, Simone Stabenow, Dana Steadman, Catherine Steel, Danielle Stephenson, Neal Stevens, Chevy Stewart, Mariah Stradal, J. Ryan Straub, Emma Strout, Elizabeth Swain, James Swanson, Peter Tanenbaum, Robert Taylor, Brad Thayer, Nancy Thompson, Victoria Thor, Brad Todd, Charles Toibin, Colm Towles, Amor Tracy, P. J. Trigiani, Adriana Trollope, Joanna Turow, Scott Tyler, Anne Unger, Lisa Verdon, John Viets, Elaine Walker, Martin Ward, J. R. Ware, Ruth Weber, David Weiner, Jennifer Weir, Alison White, Karen White, Kate White, Randy Wayne Whitehead, Colson Wiggs, Susan Williams, Beatriz Willig, Lauren Wilson, F. Paul Winslow, Don Winspear, Jacqueline Wolitzer, Meg Woods, Sherryl Woods, Stuart Woodson, Jacqueline Yanagihara, Hanya | Albert, Susan Wittig Andrews, Mary Kay Archer, Jeffrey Atkins, Ace Backman, Frederik Baldacci, David Balogh, Mary Beaton, M. C. Benedict, Marie Bowen, Rhys Box, C. J. Bradford, Barbara Taylor Brown, Sandra Burke, James Lee Carr, Robyn Child, Lee Child, Lincoln Clancy, Tom Clark, Mary Higgins Coben, Harlan Connelly, Michael Cook, Robin Cornwell, Bernard Cornwell, Patricia Coulter, Catherine Crais, Robert Cussler, Clive Dailey, Janet Deaver, Jeffery Delinsky, Barbara Demille, Nelson Deveraux, Jude Dorsey, Tim Evanovich, Janet Evans, Richard Paul Fairstein, Linda Finder, Joseph Fluke, Joanne Flynn, Gillian Follett, Ken Frank, Dorothea Benton Galbraith, Robert Gardner, Lisa Garlock, Dorothy Garwood, Julie George, Elizabeth Gerritsen, Tess Giffin, Emily Grisham, John Hannah, Kristin Harper, Jane Harper, Karen Hart, Carolyn G. Hendricks, Greer Hiaasen, Carl Hilderbrand, Elin Hill, Joe Hoag, Tami Hooper, Kay Howard, Linda Ide, Joe Iles, Greg Jackson, Lisa Jance, J. A. Jewell, Lisa Johansen, Iris Karon, Jan Kellerman, Faye Kellerman, Jonathan Kidd, Sue Monk King, Laurie R. King, Stephen Kingsbury, Karen Kline, Christina Baker Knott, Robert Koontz, Dean Krentz, Jayne Ann Lapena, Shari Laurens, Stephanie Lehane, Dennis Leon, Donna Lescroart, John Lewis, Beverly Lindsey, Johanna Lowell, Elizabeth Macomber, Debbie Mallery, Susan Martin, Charles Martini, Steve Mccall Smith, Alexander Mclain, Paula Messud, Claire Michaels, Fern Miller, Linda Lael Monroe, Mary Alice Moriarty, Liane Moyes, Jojo Neggers, Carla Nesbo, Jo Paris, B. A. Patterson, James Patterson, Richard North Penny, Louise Perry, Anne Picoult, Jodi Preston, Douglas Quick, Amanda Reichs, Kathy Rivers, Francine Robards, Karen Robb, J. D. Roberts, Nora Rollins, James Sandford, John Scottoline, Lisa See, Lisa Shaara, Jeff Shreve, Anita Siddons, Anne Rivers Silva, Daniel Slaughter, Karin Sparks, Nicholas Steel, Danielle Stevens, Chevy Thayer, Nancy Thor, Brad Towles, Amor Trigiani, Adriana Turow, Scott Unger, Lisa Ware, Ruth Weir, Andy White, Randy Wayne Wiggs, Susan Woods, Sherryl Woods, Stuart | Acevedo, Elizabeth Adler, David A. Agee, Jon Ahdieh, Renee Alexander, Kwame Andreae, Giles Angleberger, Tom Applegate, Katherine Archer, Micha Arnold, Tedd Aveyard, Victoria Bardugo, Leigh Barnes, Derrick D. Barnes, Jennifer Lynn Barnett, Mac Barrows, Annie Bauer, Marion Dane Beatty, Robert Benton, Jim Berenstain, Michael Bishop, Nic Black, Holly Blackall, Sophie Blake, Kendare Bowling, Dusti Boyer, Crispin Bradley, Kimberly Brubaker Brallier, Max Brett, Jan Brown, Don Brown, Marc Tolon Brown, Peter Bruel, Nick Buckley, Michael Bunting, Eve Butler, M. Christina Cabot, Meg Cabrera, Jane Calonita, Jen Capucilli, Alyssa Satin Carle, Eric Carter, Ally Cass, Kierra Cepeda, Joe Chin, Jason Chokshi, Roshani Clare, Cassandra Colfer, Chris Colfer, Eoin Cordell, Matthew Cousins, Lucy Cowell, Cressida, Cronin, Doreen Dashner, James Daywalt, Drew De La Cruz, Melissa De La Pena, Matt Dean, James Depaola, Tomie Derting, Kimberly Dicamillo, Kate Dipucchio, Kelly Dodd, Emma Ellis, Carson Esperanza, C.G. Fan, Terry & Eric Flanagan, John Fleming, Candace Fox, Mem Frazee, Marla Funke, Cornelia Caroline Gaiman, Neil Garland, Michael Garber, Stephanie Gibbons, Gail Gibbs, Stuart Gidwitz, Adam Giles, Lamar Grabenstein, Chris Graff, Lisa Gratz, Alan Gravel, Elise Gravett, Emily Green, Tim Gutman, Dan Haddix, Margaret Peterson Hale, Bruce Hale, Shannon Harper, Charise Mericle Harris, Shawn Harrison, Vashti Haughton, Chris Henkes, Kevin Hiaasen, Carl Hicks, Faith Erin Higgins, Ryan T Hills, Tad Holm, Jennifer L Hopkinson, Deborah Hunter, Erin Idle, Molly Jamieson,Victoria Jeffers, Oliver Jenkins, Emily Jeter, Derek John, Jory Kann, Victoria Katz, Alan Katz, Karen Kessler, Liz Kinney, Jeff Klassen, Jon Korman, Gordon Krosoczka, Jarrett J. Krull, Kathleen Larochelle, David Lasky, Kathryn Lee, Stacey Levithan, David Lichtenheld, Tom Lin, Grace Lloyd, Natalie Lockhart, E London, Jonathan Lu, Marie Lupica, Mike Maas, Sarah J Mcdonald, Megan Maclachlan, Patricia Magoon, Kekla Markle, Sandra Martinez-Neal, Juana Mass, Wendy Martin, Ann M. Mayer, Mercer Mccaughrean, Geraldine Mcdonald, Megan Mcmann, Lisa Mcmanus, Karen M. Mcmullan, Kate Mcphail, David Menon, Sandhya Messner, Kate Meyer, Marissa Miller, Kaya Mlynowski, Sarah Morales, Yuyi Morpurgo, Michael Mull, Brandon Muth, Jon J. Nelson, Kadir O'connor, Jane Oliver, Lauren Oliver, Lin Oppel, Kenneth Osborne, Mary Pope Ostertag, Molly Knox Oswald, Pete Palacio, Rj Parish, Herman Park, Linda Sue Parr, Todd Patricelli, Leslie Patterson, James Pearson, Ridley Peirce, Lincoln Pennypacker, Sara Pham, Leuyen Phelan, Matt Pilkey, Dav Pizzoli, Greg Polacco, Patricia Quackenbush, Robert Raczka, Bob Raschka, Christopher Reynolds, Aaron Reynolds, Jason Reynolds, Peter H Riordan, Rick Robinson, Christian Rockwell, Anne Rohmann, Eric Root, Phyllis Rowell, Rainbow Russell, Rachel Renee Ruzzier, Sergio Rylant, Cynthia Sanderson, Brandon San Souci, Daniel Santat, Dan Sattler, Jannifer Sayre, April Pully Scieszka, Jon Scotton, Rob Schwab, Victoria Schmidt, Gary D Seeger, Laura Vaccaro Selfors, Suzanne Shannon, David Shaw, Nancy Shea, Bob Shusterman, Neal Sierra, Judy Soontornvat, Christina Soman, David Spooner, Meagan Stiefvater, Maggie Stine. R. L. Stone, Nic Sutherland, Tui Tabor, Corey R Tahir, Sabaa Tankard, Jeremy Tarshis, Lauren Teague, Mark Telgemeier, Raina Thomas, Jan Tullet, Herve Verde, Susan Voake, Charlotte Wallace, Adam Wang, Andrea Warner, Gertrude Chandler Weatherford, Carole Boston Weeks, Sarah Wells, Rosemary Wenzel, Brendan Westerfeld, Scott Wheeler, Lisa Willems, Mo Wilson, Karma Woodson, Jacqueline Yaccarino, Dan Yolen, Jane Yoon, Salina Young, Suzanne |