my ten favorite authors for comfort reading

[cimorene]

in no particular order

+lois mcmaster bujold (the vorkosigan saga)
+c.j. cherryh (the foreigner series)
+roger zelazny (the amber 'trilogy,' any short story, a night in the lonesome october, bring me the head of prince charming)
+samuel r. delany (the weirder the better)
+diana wynne jones (archer's goon, the sudden, wild magic universe, the chrestomanci chronicles)
+patricia c. wrede (the enchanted forest chronicles, sorcery and cecilia)
+connie willis (most anything, the earlier the better)
+georgette heyer (regencies or mysteries)
+jane austen (duh)