15 authors in 15 mintues

A social-media game devised by St. Petersburg Times feature writer Jeff Klinkenberg for those of a bookish persuasion . . .

The Rules: Don't take too long to think about it. Fifteen authors (poets included) who've influenced you and that will always stick with you. List the first fifteen you can recall in no more than fifteen minutes.

Here's mine:

1. Dave Eggers

2. Bret Easton Ellis

3. Jonathan Sanfran Foer

4. David Sedaris

5. Milan Kundera

6. Cormac McCarthy

7. J. D. Salinger

8. Pete Dexter

9. Khaled Hosseini

10. Charles Bukowski

11. Hunter S. Thompson

12. Ned Vizzini

13. Nawal El Saadawi

14. Carl Hiassen

15. Tim Dorsey