Literarily speaking my best buddy is...

Diana Wynne Jones. She is, as you may have guessed, a fiction writer. She's no ordinary fiction writer though; no, she is a FANTASY-FICTION writer. She has this incredible way of building up the plot. She usually introduces her main characters as perfectly normal people but then suddenly, BAM! The main character will find himself or herself in a major problem, and then fact after fact are shot at the reader until their brains go into overdrive. While your mind is still in a numb-paralyzed condition, truths are revealed, and before you know it the book is over. You don't even realize the book is over until you have been staring at the blank back pages for a few minutes. Then with a startle you wake from your stupor and connect what you read in the book and then everything suddenly makes sense and you realize how wonderful the book truly was! A personal favorite of mine is Homeward Bounders. It is one of numerous mind-boggling books written by Diana Wynne Jones.