> > Jasper Fforde _The Eyre Affair_ and Garth Nix _Sabriel_, > _Lirael_, and _Abhorsen_ are quite good too (look for Nix in > Young Adult). Not deep, but fun. > > Better stop before I run out of punctuation............... Do I count? I published my first book last year? ;-) I agree with Jo Walton. Good writing. John DeLancie "Q" wrote an interesting near future fantasy I read a while back that was very good.