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"One-eyed weasel"... yeah, yeah, I know, That Came Out Wrong.
Heh heh, I said "came".
edited 13th Jan '14 12:11:54 PM by Twentington
I second Neal Shusterman just for The Dark Side Of Nowhere.
Tamora Pierce creates a medieval world with knights and magic and royalty like I haven't seen anywhere else.
I like a good number of authors who are not terribly well-known outside of their fields but very well-respected: Elizabeth Hand, Thomas Ligotti, Arthur Machen, Angela Carter, T.E.D. Klein, etc. But there are a handful that I could name who really do not get much attention at all outside of tiny niches. Stepan Chapman's novella "The Revenge of the Calico Cat" stunned me, but I don't exactly see his name much even in fantasy circles; meanwhile, among the postmodernists John Hawkes is rarely referenced despite being a great visionary author. Then there are those authors who have written very little but still left a serious impression, such as Joan Bernott with "The Test Tube Creature, Afterward", a striking little vignette about the nature of love that is one of but five published tales by the same author.
I'll hide your name inside a word and paint your eyes with false perception.This is either a complaint thread or a recommendations thread. Either way it ain't don't done belong here.
"It's Occam's Shuriken! If the answer is elusive, never rule out ninjas!"

Jack Vance and Gene Wolfe. Sure they're highly respected by people who are a bit deeper into the fantasy genre than the average person, but you don't see them talked about them as much as Martin, Sanderson, Gaiman, etc. I don't remember seeing to many R.I.P threads around the web when Vance died either.
For we shall slay evil with logic...