Armistead Maupin - Adored Author

I freaking love Tales of the City.  Originally published in serial form in the SF Chronicle, these six books follow the adventures of a group of friends from the 1970s through the 1980s. Incredibly addictive.  The first book was wonderfully adapted into a tv series, with great casting.  I love the Maupin continues to write about these characters, most recently in Michael Tolliver Lives and Mary Ann in Autumn.  I could read about these characters forever.  I also loved The Night Listener, an excellent novel involving a writer and a sick boy who corresponds with him. Extremely suspenseful and heartrending. (However, not very light.)