My favorite artists of the written word are:

Neil Gaiman, Peter Blegvad, Dave Sim, Sylvia Plath, Douglas Adams, Kurt Vonnegut, Dave Mckean, J. R. R. Tolkien, and Roger Bruns.

My favorite written works are:

Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman, Good Omens by Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchet, Mostly Harmless by Douglas Adams, Cages by Dave Mckean, Galapagos; Player Piano; Adam; and Next Door by Kurt Vonnegut, and Lady Lazarus and For a Fatherless Son by Sylvia Plath.