Lynness: favorite fiction authors

Can anyone/everyone give me some names of their favorite fiction
writers? It's more of a challenge to find well-written, clean,
enjoyable adult fiction these days, so when I find an author I like I
tend to read everything the library has by that author. That said, I
know there are some authors I enjoy who have one or two books that I
will not read (Barbara Kingsolver, Connie Willis, for example) and know
the dangers of giving a blanket recommendation for an author, but it is
a place to start. I don't necessarily want series books, and I'm open
as far as genre. I just want some fresh ideas and I don't want to wade
through a lot of trash to get them.