Top 10 - Favorite Authors in X Genre

Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly post hosted by The Broke and the Bookish.  

This week's topic is Top Ten Favorite Authors in X Genre. 

As I was thinking about what genre I would pick I kept coming back to the 

Paranormal genre - whether YA or A.

1. Richelle Mead - author of Vampire Academy, Bloodlines and Georgina Kincaid series and more.

2. Stephenie Meyer - author of Twilight series and Host.

3. J.R. Ward - author of The Black Dagger Brotherhood series and The Fallen Angels series.

4. Cassandra Clare - author of The Mortal Instruments and The Infernal Devices series.

5. Sherrilyn Kenyon - author of The Dark-Hunters series, Chronicles of Nick series and more.

6. Jennifer L. Armentrout - author of  Lux series and Covenant series.

7. Maggie Stiefvater - author of Shiver series and more.

To finish off my list I'm switching to my fave Dystopian/Post Apocalyptic Authors:

8. Carrie Ryan - author of The Forest of Hands and Teeth series.

9. Veronica Roth - author of Divergent series

10. Suzanne Collins - author of Hunger Games series and more.

I found this Top Ten a bit more difficult.  After reading the number of books I have over the years, it's hard to remember all the series I've ever read and only a handful still stick out in my mind.  Thankfully I can now track my books through Goodreads so that I'm not limited to what my not-so-great memory can recall.

What are your favorite authors?  Leave me a comment and a link!