oh nice question :) ... someone ask me this in tmbr so i just copy my answer here ;)
i can't just name one person so, I just write my top 10
1- the first place always go to queen yoneda aka“Yoneda Kou”
2- Nitta Youka
3- Natsume Isaku
4- Ogawa Chise
5- Ogeretsu tanaka
6- Nishida higashi
7- Yamada yugi
8- scarlet beriko
9- Yamamoto...... reply
Wow this is such a tough one! All in-all I absolutely LOVE Ogeretsu Tanaka and Ichikawa Kei. For fluffy stuff I like Yamamoto Kotetsuko. And for darker, more meaningful stuff I like Yoneda Kou and Ogawa Chise. reply
aggh this question
i think i don't have favorite novelist as much as my favorite mangakas,that's just sad but true.
starting with asumiko sensei,just let me say this first i'm a huge "m" and i like when the stuff i'm reading fuckes me over dozens of time. i just like it, when i read a story with a miserable ending i just go nuts and start to chew ...... reply
So many of them and everyone is just outstanding...Yoneda Kou and Miyamoto Kano, Ayano Yamane, Takarai Rihito (wish there were more of her works), Kanda Neko, Moegi Yuu, Ogeretsu Tanaka, Sakurai Ryou, Nekota Yonezou, Yamamoto Kotetsuko... tough question.. still discovering new worlds...:) reply