There are some writers who have such a gift with words that I find myself occasionally pausing to back over passages just to admire how they are put together. Some of those authors are Edward Abbey, Louise Erdrich (she will take your breath away), Shana Alexander. An eclectic list, I know, and not all fiction writers, but these are a few I can think of.

Mark Twain had the same ability. Louis Owens. Leslie Silko. Edith Wharton. Harper Lee. William Faulkner. Charlotte Bronte. As I said, eclectic!

SRS