My favorite authors are James W. Hall, Robert Crais  and Lee Child. They write novels that keep me turning pages. I also learn a lot about writing fiction from these authors.

James W. Hall creates compelling stories about a loner named Thorn. For Thorn trouble seems to crop up at any moment. But he always finds a way out of the fix.

Robert Crais writes compelling stories about a private investigator named Elvis Cole. Cole had a sidekick named Joe Pike. Talk about your yin/yang characters. Crais writes stories that grab you by the throat in the first chapter and have enough twists and turns to keep you turning the pages.

Lee Child writes about another larger than like character, Reacher. Reacher’s ex-military and a drifter. Reacher sees something wrong when he arrives in a new place and does his best to make it right.