To satisfy my frustration, Robert Jordan. As an all-time favorite who maybe could have given us even more genius, Tolkien- although he may have needed another 50 years to write another book. And as a hopeful writer of erotica, how about A.N. Roquelaure.
What's that you say? She's not dead? She's turned all Bible thumper- er, I mean, had a religious awakening? Oh. Damn. Anaïs Nin, then.
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