Who are your favourite contemporary and traditional authors. One contemporary and one traditional from each country of your choice.
UK. Jane Austen - Michael Morpurgo
USA. Nathaniel Hawthorne - Sharon Creech
I struggle to think of pairs of authors from other countries.
Actually Patrick Ness is American-born, so I'll shoot for him. Margaret Atwood and Yann Martel would make my Canadian list
It has been said that Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain is the father of American fiction, but I don't agree.
Simon, you must know the names of some Pulitzer Prize or Newbery Medal Winners, that you admire.
Make that G. K Chesterton.