Garry Kilworth, probably. He is the first author I discovered who mastered the skill of description, using just enough words, not too many, not too little. He never wastes a word.
He also did Welkin Weasels.
David and Leigh Eddings. All the cool kids love George R.R Martin but I can't read any more of his stuff for pleasure. The Eddings stuff? Anything except The Dreamers - that cosmic retcon at the end of the last book ruined the whole series for me.
The Belgariad, Malloreon, Elenium and Tamuli series books are up there with the best fantasy series ever written. They use just about every trope in the dictionary and they make them fly. The Belgariad is the best gateway drug into the world of fantasy fiction that has ever been written, and I say this having read Harry Potter, the Hobbit and the Lord of the Rings books repeatedly.
Pretty much anyone who writes deserves more love, we can't revere our authors enough. Also, the people who translate literature deserve more love.
Sherwood Anderson definitely does need more love, as does Clarice Lispector, Sigrid Undset, and Mervyn Peake.
Jorge Luis Borges deserves more love too. They should grant him that Nobel prize retroactively.
Michael Ende. Most of his books aside from The Neverending Story aren't well known, and it is a shame, because Momo and The Night Of Wishes are genuinely good reads.
"They say I'm old fashioned, and live in the past, but sometimes I think progress progresses too fast."Jacek Dukaj. My issue is an author that receives much love, but could receive a lot more if more of his works were translated. That certainly counts as not getting enough.
Pretty much Neal Shusterman, his earlier book Mindstorms was at the peak of his creativity and yet his earlier anthology short stories were unheard of (Mindquake and Mindtwister), even though I got a copy of his book...
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In an anime, I'll be the Tsundere Dark Magical Girl who likes purple MY own profile is actually HERE!Matt Ruff. Every book is a different genre/sub-genre and each of them is interesting and fun. Nick Harkaway who builds wonderful worlds with interesting characters and does wonderful Mind Screws
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Trump delenda estThe only book of his I own is The Night Of Wishes, which is a great read itself.
I have yet to find a copy of Momo.
"They say I'm old fashioned, and live in the past, but sometimes I think progress progresses too fast."Tor Seidler. Granted, I'm basing this entirely on The Wainscott Weasel, but not just any children's author can make me feel concerned for a one-eyed weasel.

Title really says it all: Which authors do you think should be read more often than they are?
For me, it would have to be Sinclair Lewis. I've never read a book of his I haven't liked, his books contain a humor that he just puts down, almost seeming oblivious to what he has said and what makes it funny, and the satire in his books still seems relevant to modern society. But now, fewer than half of his books are still in print, and I can't understand why, or why his books that are still in print aren't better known.
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