Without a doubt,

my favorite writer is Aldous Huxley.
Upon reading Brave New World last year, my world (temporarily, at least) was altered. I became fervently intrigued by Huxley's work, and was opened to an entire "new world"(haha) of thought. Huxley challenges the very fundamental structure of society, and hypothesizes the state of the human race in centuries, or even mellenias, to come. His mind is not bound to the chokeholds of societal structure, and neither is his writing. He portrays post-modern utopian hysteria through a story of personable characters. It's truly remarkable.
Rare is it to find a writer who can truly inspire the masses, incite a break from mainstream original thought, and analyze where the hell the human race is headed. Huxley does so with such an accessibility that makes his writing nothing less than remarkable.