As for writers I'm currently working my way through Robert Jordan's (shortly to be posthumously completed) fourteen volume 'Wheel of Time' sequence.

I got the first eight volumes for 50p each from a charity shop. "Lucky me!" thought I, presuming in my innocence that I must have nabbed the entire set for a mere £4!

Since then I learned of course that there are (or will be) a further six volumes to acquire. Still, gladly I'm enjoying it!