If we're going in other directions, Jane Austen, yes. Randall Garrett. Doyle. Georgette Heyer, who at her best approaches Austen and wrote a damn sight more, foresooth, you bet. Diana Wynne Jones, yes. I keep an eye out for Jill Churchill and Diane Mott Davis (mysteries). Mary Monica Pulver (aka Monica Ferris). I neglected to mention Bujold. Madeline L'Engle. etc. etc. Mia