I'm limiting myself to writers who have influenced my writing, exactly as the meme says. My writing, of course, is both fiction and non, so there is a variety.
1. Robin McKinley
2. Louisa May Alcott
3. Richard Lischer
4. Madeline L'Engle
5. Margaret Atwood
6.Charlotte Brontë
7. Tamora Pierce
8. Jasper Fforde
9.Suzette Haden Elgin
10. bell hooks
11. Dr. Seuss
12. Elizabeth Moltmann-Wendel
13. Wendy & Richard Pini
14. William Shakespeare (presumably)
15. M.M. Kaye
16. Julie Campbell
17. Karen Russell
18. Adrienne Rich
19. Precie S.
20. Tess Thompson
21. Mercer Mayer
22. Harold Kushner
23.Julia Cameron
24. Anthony Minghella/Jim Henson
25. Catherine Marshall