Loading ...2009 Favorite Paranormal Fiction Author of the Year - FINAL VOTE
Congratulations to Candace Havens and Tonya Hurley in taking the top two spots and moving into the 2009 FPAY finals!
We now have the finalists from the first 4 weeks that YOU the readers have chosen, and they have been entered into the last poll for the ultimate nomination of Favorite Paranormal Author of the Year Award! The 2009 FPAY winner will receive a $50.00 Gift Card to the online store of their choice and some serious love amongst other things. 
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Recap of week’s 1-4 finalists are:
Week 1: Kim Harrison and Charlaine Harris
Week 2: Richelle Mead and Karen Marie Moning
Week 3: Stephenie Meyer and Michelle Rowen
Week 4: Candace Havens and Tonya Hurley
(12 votes, average: 4.67 out of 5)
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Go Richelle Mead!!
It was a toss up between Richelle Mead and Kim Harrison.
I ended up voting for Richelle Mead.
Kim Harrison rocks!!! Go Kim!!!
Its was between Richelle Mead and Charlaine Harris….This is hard!!!Okay my vote is Richelle Mead.
KIM HARRISON!! I will not be swayed by author-induced blackmail!!!! : )
Ugh — that was the hardest decision I’ve ever had to make — well, almost!
I was stuck on three authors. Candace Havens, Michelle Rowen and Charlaine Harris.
I eventually picked Charlaine Harris but feel really guilty for not choosing the other two, now!
had to vote for my girl, Kim Harrison, but I see Candace is kicking some butt, big time!
My pick is Charlaine Harris. The Sookie Stackhouse books are so good…and so original.
Richelle Mead all the way!!
Gosh, I love Charlene Harris’s “Sookie” books so much and I just read the first 3 books in Richelle Mead’s “Vampire Academy” and they were awesome.Okay, I will have to go with—–ahhh damn- Harris it is!!!
Go Richelle and Chalene! Love both of their works.
Fallon H.
What a great group for the final vote! My vote went to Kim Harrison. =)
I Love All These Fine Women Stephanie Meyer,Richelle Mead,And Charlaine Harris. I Voted For Stephanie Meyer Because She Began My True Love Of The Vampires And In Turn Got Me Acquainted With Those Other Fine Autors.
A great list of authors buy I have to go with Charlaine Harris.
Its so hard to choose but I went with KMM.
I had to go for Kim Harrison. I have been reading her books for years. She was one of the first Paranormal authors I ever read!!
Kim Harrison and The Hollows series introduced me to Urban Fantasy last year.
My vote goes to Kim.
Richelle Mead, no question. I love all her books, but the Vampire Academy ones are one of my two top fave series ever.
Go Stephanie Meyer and Charlaine Harris!!!!
I have to go with Richelle Mead all the way!
So DIFFICULT! But Kim Harrison FTW!
Love all of the authors and choosing just one or two is very difficult!
Kim Harrison - NO CONTEST!!!!!!!! Go Kim!! Woot!!!!!!!!
It was a tough one for me between Charlaine Harris and Kim Harrison. But I went with Kim. I totally devourer every book either of them write.
My vote was for Kim Harrison. You should vote for her too!
Its a tough choice but I had to go with
Richelle Mead
Kim Harrison
Had to go with Richelle. All three of her series are strong.
Richelle Mead!!!!!
Charlaine Harris I love the Sookie Stackhouse series!
I voted for Michelle Rowen–LOVE her books.
I would vote for Charlaine Harris I am listening to her now. And I would vote for Kim Harrison
Let’s go Team Richelle!
So many GREAT authors to choose from but Richelle Meade created Dimetri who has my heart. (Plus I met Richelle and she’s awesome.)
Voted
Kim Harrison and Michelle Rowen
I cant decide between Michelle Rowan and Richelle Mead..
Vampire Academy and Reign or shine are both such awesome books *sigh* =)
Very hard choice. Ended up voting for Richelle Mead.
Go Kim! Go Richelle!
I Voted for Stephenie Meyer!!!
I love Richelle and Charlaine!!!!!!!! Good luck
Candace Havens rocks vote for her for number one! She’s got an awesome talent.
Tough choice. 3 authors made it to this round. I voted for Kim Harrison because she was one of the first urban fantasy authors I started reading. So was Charlaine Harris, can’t remember whose book I read first. Same time, I also love Richelle Mead’s VA series. So if one of those 3 win, I’ll be happy!
Tough choices all around, it’s a great selection of authors. I voted for Candace - more people need to discover her terrific books!
Love these authors, but will have to with KMM!!!!
Go Kim Harrison!!
Hard to choose, decided on KMM.
Go Karen Marie Moning!
I cast my vote for Charlaine Harris.
I voted Stephenie Meyers
I love them all, but I choose Charlaine Harris - her Sookie Stackhouse series is the best!
Found myself in a quandry..Charlaine,Kim,Kim,Charlaine…KIM,( Sorry Ms. Harris I do Love you so!)
I vote Richelle Mead!!!
Charlaine or Kim? Charlaine has hotter male characters, sorry Kim!
I really like Michelle Rowen so I voted for her
This was so hard… I love Charlaine… and Stephenie’s writing is fabulous - she got me hooked on vamps.
But… I’ve got to go with Richelle Mead. Her Vampire Academy series is so hot…
Team Charlaine!
That was really hard, but I had to vote for Charlaine Harris… I love her Southern Vampire series and Harper Connolly series.
*anguish* im seriously torn btwn Charlaine- her books have it all: mystery, romance, and hot vampires, Stephenie- Twilight is what started it all for me,and Richelle- i absolutely love Georgina & he VA series…
I voted Charlaine Harris! tough call but I had to vote for her b/c she has the most series (3) that have been addictive for me!
I’m rooting for Karen Marie Moning! Her books are ammmaaazzziiinnggg!!
It’s close, but I have to go with Kim Harrison! Good luck to everyone!
Love them all. I voted Charlaine Harris but it was a tough call
Karen Marie Moning till the end!
That was easy. Richelle Mead rocks.
Candace is tops on my list. I know there are awesome authors in the running, but Candance gives so much to my writing experience, I had to return the love.
I have only read Stephenie Meyer on that list so far which means lots of good authors for me to experience being adding to TBR list.
Candace Havens!She totally rocks!
I voted for Kim Harrison.
I have to vote for Stephanie Meyer.
I was torn between Stephenie and Charlaine, but had to go with Charlaine if forced to pick one!
I vote for KMM - one of my very favorites!
I voted for CHarris. tough choice. I love KH (adore her) and don’t throw stuff at me but I love SMeyers too. Whenever I see a pic of the books I get the warm fuzzies. But, CH has put out more (that sounded bad) so she gets my vote.
I was shocked at the results so far. I need to move CHavens up my list.
Go Richelle…. I love her books so much, she got me into writing my own… hehehe I’m now up to chapter 44! I don’t know how to stop!!!
LOL!
Had to go with Richelle since I love all 3 series…
Woo! Kim Harrison all the way!
Wow.. most of my absolute faves are gone… but go KMM! I both hate you and love you for your books *sigh*
lol *hugs*!
Kim Harrison all they way!
Richelle Mead.
Because I love Dimitri….and yeah.
That’s about all there is to it.
I kid =P
Mead is the only author I’ve voted for who has made it through to this round. And even though I like Rachel Morgan, I knew and loved Rose first.
OMG.. your killing me here.. I have to pick between 3 of my all time favorites.. Have to be a Moning Maniac who’s not that far from the Hallows..lol
I voted!
Richelle Mead got my vote. Oh it was so difficult - so many of my favorites! I wish I could give my favorite authors an award.
Or just thank them for the entertainment, worlds and characters they have created!!! <3
I voted for Kim Harrison. Her books take place in Cincinnati, my hometown, which I think is totally awesome! It was tough choosing between Kim, Charlaine and Karen Marie. They are all my favorites.
Ivy Tamwood. Love her. Love her and Rachel’s relationship. So yeah…Kim Harrison for me!
I voted for Kim Harrison. No other series has had me up at 4 in the morning because I just could not bear to put the book down like hers has.
I Voted it was hard so many good authers.I Voted for Karen Marie Moning it was a hard choice I realy love all those Authors.
sasluvbooks@yahoo.com
From Stacey S
Still thinking but gotta say…Go Jackie U….stick to your guns
This is a very tough call, so much talent. But I went with Stephanie Meyer, just can’t get enough of Edward Cullen:)
i have to vote for tonya hurley
My vote was for Kim Harrison. She is not my favorite author, but she is my favorite on this list. I do love the Hollows books. I tried to read Charlaine Harris, but just could not get into them. I am sick of hearing about Twilight, so I am ready for anyone but Stephenie Meyer.
My vote is for Michelle Rowen!
Tonya Hurley hands down!
It was a difficult choice that came down to Charlaine Harris and Stephenie Meyers. I love the Sookie Stackhouse world and don’t know what I would do without Eric. So Charlaine Harris won for me.
congrats to Candace Havens and Tonya Hurley.
Candace Havens
Tonya Hurley!
Tonya Hurley gets my vote!! Her book is the all time best book I ever read. Go Tonya!!!!!
KMM all the way for me. I love her books.
Carol L.
Lucky4750@aol.com
Michelle Rowen gets my vote!
Wow! K Harrison,Charlaine,and Richelle are three of my favorites, but i’m going to have to go with…KIM HARRISON.
Going with Kim Harrison here too!
WOW, what a great line up of authors. My vote went to… Kim Harrison!
I voted for Karen Marie Moning. I love her books, she is an amazing author. good luck to all the fine authors on the poll. but I really hope Karen wins.
I voted for Richelle Mead, because the Vampire Sub-Genre desperately needed injections of spines and hot-bloodedness, if you ask me!
Although, if Darren Shan were on there, he would have had my vote, for the most part, really!
TONYA HURLEY!!!! She is so original and witty. There’s nothing out there like her! Long live ghostgirl!
Karen Marie Moning all the way!!!!
This was so hard because they all are excellent writers but in the end, I had to vote for Kim Harrison. My next choice is between Karen Marie Moning, Charlaine Harris and Stephenie Meyer. But…they are all great!
Candace Haven all the way!!
I voted for Kim Harrison. I love her books! Go KIM Go!
They all rock but if I have to choose Charlaine Harris is the one I’d have to choose.
Kim Harrison, definitely!
Oh this was so hard! I love Kim Harrison! I’ve read and reread her Rachel Morgan series and the short novella’s that have been published. I also enjoyed her newest YA novel. But, I also really like the Sookie Stakhouse series by Charlaine Harris…In the end I went with Kim Harrison, because I reread her books more than Charlaine Harris’s.
Go Charlaine Harris :}
Since none of my personal favorites made it into the final vote, I’m voting for Kim Harrison because I do read all her work and she rocks!
Among those who made it to the final round Charlaine Harris is definitely my favourite. I love how things turned out in her latest Sookie novel…
Gotta go with Kim Harrison AND Charlaine Harris…but I cast my vote for Kim!
Go KIm Harrison!!!!!!!
Go Tonya, you are great and on your way, go girl go!!!!!
it was a toss-up between Kim Harrison and Stephanie Meyer… but ultimately I voted for Kim Harrison, I have been reading her books since i first found Dead Witch Walking back i think in 2005… i only started readying Stephanie Meyers this year…
Kim Harrison!!
Charlaine Harris.
Candace Haven all the way!!
Michelle Rowen is my pick
Mm, guess I’m gonna vote for Karen Marie Monings..
Kim Harrison every time and she is in the lead now, yeah Miss Kim…….
Kim Harrison for the best of the best!!! She Rocks! Go Kim!
Kim Harrison!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! The Hollows series is totally the best, I hope it never ends.
Ya’ll know that Candy Havens ROCKS the darkness!!!
I voted for Charlaine Harris.
A great bunch of authors- difficult to choose. But I have to vote for Kim- she never lets me down!
Kim Harrison!!!!!
Kim Harrison, hands down! My favorite author out of all my favorite authors!
Tough choice, but voted for Kim Harrison. Love the Hollows!
Wow!! What a tough choice. For me, it was between Charlaine Harris and Kim Harrison. I really love Jenks and his family and that is what tipped the vote into Kim’s favor. But, I feel so guilty. Why couldn’t we have two votes?
I dropped to support my fellow Leaguers: Go Richelle and Michelle. And Michelle and Richelle. Woot!
Dude’s, it’s the Chelle’s all the way!
Goooooooooooooo, Richelle and Michelle!
Dakota
voted! Karen Marie Moning! I ♥ Adam Black!
My vote goes to Richelle Mead.
Come on fans, lets get her moving up the list !
This was the toughest one yet! I eventually went with Karen Marie Moning…
But I have serious guilt issues now…
had to drop in a vote for Richelle Mead. Iluv the Vampire Academy series even if I am a “mature” adult. And the Georgia Kincaid series is good too!The Dark Swan series is in my TBR mountain of books! I may scale that mt anyday….LOL! Thanks for letting me vote!
jo
Richelle Mead is one of my favorite authors amongst a few that do vampire and paranormal works. Her Vampire Academy Series is amazing and Her Succubus Blues books are too. Love Ya Richelle
Congratulations to all to making it this far! Candace Havens was my choice. I had a blast reading ‘Dragons Prefer Blondes’ this summer.
Voted! Love them all!
Voted for Michelle Rowan. Just began to read her stuff… ’tis awesome.
Kim Harrison Rocks! Vote for her
Richelle ♥
I voted for Candance Havens…her books are great!
Richelle. Hands down. I wait eagerly for the release dates of all three of her books!
There were a couple I liked but I just had to vote for Michelle Rowen! I was bored one day, headed to the library, and randomly picked up Bitten & Smitten. I fell in love.
Richelle how do you do that heart thingY??? /heart ??
TONYA, TONYA, TONYA!
Tonya Hurley FTW!
I love the Ghostgirl books! Charlotte Usher, despite being dead, is a positive role model for young adult readers. The problems she faces in the afterlife are relatable to what many teenagers go through on a daily basis (the crushes, the popularity contests… school and work trials and tribulations). I hope Tonya Hurley wins this poll!
Richelle Mead all the way!!!
had to go for kim harrison… such original and funny books!!
Hard Choice !!!!
Kim Harrison
I voted for Michelle Rowen.
Charlaine Harris for me. I am also tired of hearing about Twilight, so anyone else would be okay, too.
I voted for Charlaine Harris I love her books, I’m not sure if I’ve read any of the other authors. Since this contest started there are so many books I’m going to have to find to read.
Kim Harrison all the way baby!
What an awesome collection of authors to choose from!
Had to vote for Michelle, she’s a fellow Torontonian…lol
Richelle Mead
Go Kim!
I voted for Charlaine Harris.
I vote for Michelle Rowen! I loved the book “Bitten & Smitten”!!!!
Kim
I’m surprised to see how well Kim Harrison is doing against Charlaine Harris and Stephanie Meyer. Not that I’m saying they’re better authors, but Ms. Harris has the True Blood series on HBO and Ms. Meyer has the Twilight series of films (with the next one coming out Nov.). I would have expected them to fair better simply due to more exposure. I LOVE Ms. Harrison’s work. I’ve read everything of hers, including her short stories (as well as all the works of Ms. Harris and Ms. Meyers). They all have their own merits. I love Sookie Stackhouse and her world is not much different from the one we live in, except that a human woman is discovering a world full of things that she never new were there and reacting to that world. It’s also chock full social commentary. Bella and Edward transfer to film quite well, and it’s tame enough that I can allow my kids to see it, though I didn’t like the Twilight series until the middle of the final book. I loved HOST, though. The world of Rachel Morgan is complex and incredibly well thought out. I had a hard time choosing between Ms. Harris and Ms. Harrison. I finally chose Ms. Harrison because her books have more complexity to them. It was a hard choice, though.
I definately vote for Richelle Mead!
Go Richelle Mead!!!
Voted for Kim Harrison. An awesome author who hasn’t let her fame go to her head. A winner in any book.
I vote Richelle Mead.
richelle mead, vampire academy is an asweome book and series
Richelle Mead all the way!
Richelle Mead
Richelle Mead all the way
Richelle for me too!
Kim Harrison. I love some of the other arthurs: Richelle Mead and Stephnie Myer, but kim harrison’s books are still my favorites.
RICHELLE MEAD.
Richelle Mead got my vote. Her Succubus, Vamp Academy and Dark Swan series are my absolute favorite. I love the fact that they are all so unique. If you haven’t read them, I highly recommend!
This was a very hard vote….but, I truly believe Kim Harrison is soooo talented and her series is exceptional!
Thank you,
Sue
omg richelle mead got my vote my first paranormal book was vampire academy love you richelle mead !!!!!!!!!!!!!!
RICHELLE MEAD ALL THE WAY!
I voted for Bound to Shadows.. love me some Jenks
Richelle Mead obviously!!
I voted for Stephenie Meyer
okay I have never heard of Tonya Hurley? It doesn’t even have her name on the list of authors at the top of the page on this site??
Always, always, always Richelle Mead!!!
Richelle Mead all the way!
Her books are amazing!
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Richelle Mead!!!! YOU ARE THE BEST!!!
Richelle Mead!
Tonya Hurley! Love her work!
Such a tough decision! I finally decided on Karen Marie Moning, but I’m glad to see that Kim Harrison is doing good also!
Richelle Mead
I voted for: Richelle Mead
Yep! damn good winner!!! Comon’!!!!!!! up the Hurly!!!!!!!
Well Done Babe!!! !
All the best to you! and im going to buy your book!
send my regards 2 Vince and Oscar! Hey, better pass on a hi to Andy while am here!!!! LOL
Hard to choose. I love Charlaine Harris and Kim Harrison, and Richelle Mead is not far behind. I love re-reading Charlaine Harris’ books, but I look forward more to Kim Harrison’s. Oh which to choose the one I read more often, or the one I look forward too. Eeny, Meeny, Miney, Mo. Kim Harrison it is.
Definitely Richelle Mead! (Especially since she’s a former English teacher… a writer after my own heart.)
Richelle Mead. I got the chance to meet her and she is such a sweet person. Love everything she writes. If she could make me like Dorian in Thorn Queen, she definitely deserves my vote. Is it time for Succubus Shadows yet? I need to know if I love or hate Seth, I’m currently in limbo.
Richelle Mead all the way!! =)
Richelle Mead!
I love richelle great author the whole vampire Academy series is such a cliff hanger can’t wait fot the last two
RICHELLE MEAD!!!!
wooot woooot Richelle all the way!!!!!!!! Vampire Academy is my favorite series! Blows Twilight into oblivion!
So i guess Mead wins the vote, and the victory goes to her, this year…but next year, if i join, i will go and vote for Darren Shan, right there!
Richelle Mead for the win……yessssssssss…
Richelle is the ONLY choice!
Voted :]
GO RIchelle Mead!
RICHELLE MEAD ALL THE WAY!
I wanted to say Stephenie but I love Richelle to so I’m gonna agree with what appears to be the majority this time and go with RICHELLE MEAD.
Go Charlaine Harris!
Bit of a tough choice, but I have to go with Richelle, all three of her series are so incredibly addictive and well written, can’t wait for the new ones next year!
Plus I met her a bit over a month ago and she is such a nice person, really funny too
<3 Richelle
Hey the BEATLES want Michelle cause they wrote a song about her…seriously, are you gonna go against the BEATLES!
“Michelle (Rowen) ma-bell, these are words that go to-gether well, you’re so swell”
“Michelle (Rowen) don’t tell, we the BEATLES love you oh so well, ma-Michelle”…I’m pretty sure they don’t want you to tell cause, you know, it’s four guys and one girl…guess Yoko didn’t tear them apart after all.
Well, this is all according to their song so don’t be haters…ohhh! Here’s a little cheer for you M.R.!
“Go go Rowen your no hag!”
“Kick the other authors in their book bags.” Hey, I didn’t say it was good - I’m just trying to pump it up a notch.
Gina Growe in Springfield, IL where she absolutely loves all the authors in this contest and has their books to show it…you two Dakota Cassidy and Mark Henry.
I voted for Michelle Rowen.
Which I thought I already posted but dont see above.
Richelle Mead is amazing!
RICHELLE MEAD!!!!!
That’s a tough list to pick from, that’s for sure. I ended up choosing Charlaine Harris because I *love* the Sookie book she released in May.
The Beatles were REALLY singing:
“Richelle ma belle
These are words that go together well,
My Richelle
Richelle ma belle,
Sont les mots qui vont tres bien ensemble
Tres bien ensemble…”
Charlaine Harris!
go Richelle!!! xD
OMG so far Richelle Mead is in the lead! YAY!!!
richelle mead is awesome!!!!!
Woot woot, go Richelle Mead!
I have read Kim, Richelle, and Stephenie… Just started reading Kim and I am really loving her book Dead Witch Walking… but I love the flexibility that Richelle Mead has with both her Succubus books being more geared to adults, and then her VA books that appeal to the younger more modest crowd.
She creates an awesome world with her words. Love it! Had to go with Richelle.
RICHELLE MEAD!!!!!
all for Richelle Mead!
all for Richelle! (L) !!
Richelle Mead
…why? 3 words Vampires and Succubi
Richelle Mead all the way!!
I cannot get over her vampire academy books
I’m dying for the next one to come out!
RICHELLE MEAD
RICHELLE MEAD YOU ROCK WOMEN.
HOPE YOU WIN, RICHELLE ALL THE WAY.
xoxo Nas!
RICHELLE MEAD 4EVER !!!!!! ♥
Defintely Richelle Mead.
i love ghost girl by tonya hurley
Go, go Richelle Mead!
Voted for Karen Marie Moning - love her books.
Tamsyn
I am with Richelle on this one!
OMG - hardest decision of my life……love love love Sookie Stackhouse…..Love love love Vampire Academy….So immensely proud of Michelle Rowen’s stuff….love that series too. But my vote is Karen Marie Moning….Loved your Highlanders but swear to God - you have me tied in knots over Mac and JZB…..it’s obsessive. I have thrown books against the wall this year getting so into them - you all have revived my youth! Thank you. What immense talent! Candace too - you and Michelle Bardsley and Angie Fox and Shelley Laurenston and Candance Havens - have definitely got the funny and HAWT down pat….I think you all need to you that you have enriched lives, made us laugh and believe again which is the greatest gift of all…..
That sure was rough… but I went with Richelle Mead…
Kim Harrison by Lisa D.
Tonya Hurley all the WAY!!
Richelle Mead!
Richelle Mead !!!
Go Richelle Mead!
Definitely had to vote for Richelle Mead!!!
go richelle mead!
Kudos to hometown girl, Tonya!!
Tonya Hurley got starred reviews from all the top literary publications and is a bestseller. I think she is the most original out of them all! My vote goes to her! Congrats to everyone who made the final list!!!
I love Stephenie Meyer and her Twilight series, but I have to say…Go Richelle Mead!!
I like the twilight series, but I have to choose Richelle Mead.
Definitely Kim Harrison is my fave. I have read all of the finalists but Kim stands out to me as one of the most innovated authors of the paranormal in recent years.
i <3 richelle mead & stephenie meyer!!!
I can’t get enough of Karen Marie Moning’s books! I just wish they never ended! But I enjoy reading them over and over anyway! Good luck Karen.
KMM!
Forever a Moning Maniac!
I’ve got to give it up for Karen Marie Moning! Since first discovering her, I’ve read everthing she’s written. I’ve love Kim Harrison’s Rachel Morgan, read Candace Havens Charmed series (now starting the Demon series), and have all of the Sookie books; KMM’s Highlanders and Fae just rock!
I’ve read a lot of paranormal books, but Karen Marie Moning’s Fever series is in a class all it’s own. Good luck Karen.
RICHELLE MEAD!!!!!!!! OMG! She’s the best
Karen Marie Moning is the best author of all time!!!
Had to go with Richelle!
KIM HARRISON ALL THE WAY!!!!! (yes, that deserved to be in all caps…)
Jess S.
I have to go with Karen Marie Moning!!!! I devour her books
I voted for Karen Marie Moning!! I love all her books but am absolutely HOOKED on the Fever series!! Love You KMM!!!!
OMG Kim Harrison or Karen Marie Moning, who do i want to win more??? Can we choose 2?? I wish but i have to choose Kim!!
KAREN MARIE MONING!!!
Had to go for Richelle Mead of course
She’s my girl lol
Love Vampire Academy and Georgina Kincaid. Go Richelle!
Go Richelle Mead! I mean I love Harris’s Sookie books too, but writing wise (and plotting too) Richelle is better!
Charlaine Harris for me.
Richelle mead!!!!!!!!!!! her vampire academy series is awsome
Love Love the FEVER series so had to go with my Girl KAREN MARIE MONING
Richelle Mead is not only an awesome writer, she also appreciates her fans, she communicates with them regularly via blog, etc. Even when she was on tour just recently for a whole month in a different city almost every day, she was always smiling and making her fans feel appreciated.
I chose Richelle Mead and she’s in the lead. Yay!
Deidre
deidre_durance at hotmail dot com
WOOHOO! Go Richelle!
Go Candace Havens!
I have to go with Kim Harrison. The Hollows series just draws me in and makes me wish this world was real. Plus it easily could have happened with just a couple history tweaks. So yeah, Kim Harrison rocks.
I would have to choose Kim Harrison for sure.
I voted for Richelle Mead, Love her work
Karen Moning, I love all her books
KMM forever!!!
For me, it was a real toss up between Karen Marie Moning and Kim Harrison. GAH! You made me choose.
I love Kim Harrison’s playful tone. Also I can really relate to her characters. They’re wonderful, screwy, and insecure.
Karen Marie Moning….woah. Her Fever series is just EPIC. And the guy who narrates the audiobooks is just….woo.
I ended up going with KMM but that decision tore me up (well, as much as an online poll can tear a person up. I didn’t cry or anything, no worries. Maybe on a metaphysical level though. Just a little.)
Stephenie Meyer
OK did it….tough but it is done
Karen Marie Moning is going to own this year and next - - - Feel the Fever!!!
Stephenie Meyer - my first love in paranormal genre
Tough choice but I have to go with Charlaine Harris- Ive been reading her for years- way back when she was writing Aurora Teagarden. I met her once and she is just a fabulous person, plus she just nails the whole Louisiana/Southern life thing. I so love Sookie.
Kim Harrison is also so fabulous. So many great books, so little time…..
This is a really tough choice with all the talented authors to select from, but I am going to have to pick Karen Marie Moning. Love the Fever and her Highlanders!!
Go Richelle!! Vampire Academy Rocks!!
Richelle Mead. I’m loving her VA series.
Kim Harrison!!!!
Love her book and the worlds she creates!!!!
Michelle Rowen!!!!
Charlaine Harris. It was a tough choice between her and Kim Harrison. Both authors are fantastic.
i vote for michelle rowen!! i love her books!! it’s full of humour and very witty.
Michelle Rowen all the way!!!
By Far Karen Marie Moning is the Best Author of all time. If you haven’t read her books I suggest doing so. You wont be disappointed. The highlander series and the Fever series are so good, you cant put the books down once you start them.
Richelle Mead
Definitely Richelle! I love her georgina kincaid and vampire academy series. I love Georgina, Seth, Carter, Adrian, Rose, Dimitri, Christian, Lissa!!! Way to go, Richelle!!!
I voted for Charlene Harris because, I know you will all be surprised, but her and Stephanie Meyer are the only two I recognize the name from stuff I have actually read and I don’t care for Stephanie Meyer.
karen marie moning.
KMM all the way. 100% hooked me with Mac and JZB and I’m now addicted to the Highlanders. Sitting on pins and needles waiting for the next release on Mac.
I love all the authors nominated and some that deserved to be nominated but were not. Oh well, maybe next year for J.R. Ward. I voted for KMM for making me want to pull my hair out because I have to wait another year for the next installment and she always keep us hanging on to edge of our seats with her endings to each of her Mac Fae books. I would have to say next would be Charlaine Harris and Stephanie Meyers. I think the readers will agree we have a love hate relationship with all of the great authors because we can’t wait to get the next great book, and believe me its a long Wait!!!!!
I like Charlaine Harris. I read her grave surprise books and I liked them. I just started Sookie Series. My friend turned me onto them.
Jennifer B.
Difficult choice but ultimately I went with KMM. Some of her books are on my Never Ever Get Rid of shelf.
Kim Harrison!
Come on Kim Harrison!!!
RICHELLE FOR THE WIN.
Karen Marie Moning !!
Voted for Candace Havens
I voted for Charlaine Harris. I love her for bringing Eric into my world!!!!
I also tweeted this http://twitter.com/ssbookclub/statuses/5297414039
Touch choice, but I will pick Kim Harrison.
Have to go with Kim Harrison!
Richelle all the way.
I voted for Rachelle Mead!!! Team Romitri!!!
That was a tough choice.
I picked Kim Harrison but they’re all great authors.
Kim Harrison FTW! Everybody vote Kim! w00T!
What a great bunch. I have to say, Richelle’s topped my list for awhile, so she won my vote this round.
God what a hard choice I love Harris ,Harrison, and Moning but in the end I Voted for Charlaine Harris gotta love that Sookie Stackhouse. Angela H
Oh goody Richelle and Karen, hmm…
Charlaine Harris!!!! I love Richelle Mead too but if I can only have one…
Stephenie Meyer is still my choice
It was hard for me to choose Stephanie Meyer or Karen Marie Moning over each other. I decided to stick with KMM because I’ve been reading her books for so much longer than Meyers.
So many great writers to choose from, I decided to go beyond talent and voted for Candace Havens. She’s got talent in spades, but she’s also generous in helping other writers. Gotta admire that!
GO TONYA!!!!!
Go Karen Moning count me as one of Mac’s followers
I voted for Karen Marie Moning!!!
I’ve read the majority of all these writers. I liked them all. But I love Candace Haven’s way of writing and making me feel an “uneasiness.” She gets my vote.
Tonya Hurley and her Ghost Girl -y make my twisted soul go all swirly!!!
Go Candace! Yes all the author are fine writers, but Candace Havens is consistently #1 for me. It’s about the whole package, who she is and what she does to help others. I’m rooting for you, Candace!
Karen Marie Moning all the way! I’m addicted to the Fever series. I’m on my third read. What are you, JZB?
Karen Marie Moning absolutely! Not just her fever series, but her highlander series as well. And she connected the two series which is amazing. She is also going to write 2 more series that will be interconnected with those. That takes some awesome talent. I can’t wait to read the final book in the fever series. But, then I will just be anxious for the first in the next series. I am a definite fan of the Fae and love all the writings of Karen Marie Moning.
Candace Havens.
B Chai
even though my vote went to Kim Harrison and I am sad to see her in third place, I AM very happy to see another of my faves in first (Richelle Mead). Good luck to all of thos ewho made it to the final round!!!
Go Richelle!
Richelle Mead all the way!
Woohoo! She’s coming first. Go Richelle Mead!
I love Karen Marie Moning, Mac, Barrons and all things Fae! Her series is fantastic and I can’t wait to see how it ends (Boo Hoo).
richelle mead. cant wait for the next vampire academy book 5 to come out!!!!!!!!
Tough choices because I read and love many of these writers, but Richelle Mead for the win. She has three series ongoing, and each one is a solid fascinating read. Succubus, Vampires, Elves, three distinctly different worlds each fully fledged with characters, intrigues, mysteries and power plays. I genuinely like her main characters and am always rooting for them in each book. If you haven’t already read Richelle Mead, I highly recommend all her series. Read them, Love them!
Richelle Mead
Richelle Mead !!!
We love your books <3
Richelle Mead, can’t wait for Spirit Bound !!!
Richelle Mead, obviously.