David, seriously, please identify 15-20 authors who've influenced you. It would be an aid. Paaaalllllllllleeeeeeeeeessssssssseeeee?
I suspect the following isn't what you want, but....
Moses Job David Solomon Isaiah Jeremiah Ezekiel Daniel Hosea Joel Amos Obadiah Micah Nahum Habakkuk Zephaniah Haggai Zachariah Malachi Matthew Mark Luke John Paul Peter James Jude
I'm not posting the authors above to be funny. They have had the greatest impact upon me.
Some more modern authors would include Henry Mushinsky, Glen Wolfenden, Earl McCoy, J.W. Cliburn, Carl Gans, Harry Greene, Karl Popper, Thomas Kuhn, John Platt, Stephen Gould, Douglas Futuyma, Phillip Johnson, Robert Gentry, Philip Schaff, Henry Sheldon, Alfred Edersheim, J.B. Lightfoot, John Lightfoot, John Gill, John Wesley, Adam Clark, Charles Finney, Jonathan Edwards, James Arminius, John Calvin, Martin Luther, ... oops, I think I went over 20. There are many more, of course. I'm not sure how this list would help you.
By the way, why are you interested only in authors? Some of the most influential people in my life were not authors so I did not put them on the list. Come to think of it, Jesus was not an author. :-)
Peace be with you.
David Miller.
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