Men- Dallas Willard, John Ortberg, Francis Chan.
I also think Bill Hybels is great too! Courageous Leadership & Axiom are both great reads.

Women- Beth Moore no doubt. Never had any other author inspire me to pursue Jesus as much as her.

All time BEST- C.S. Lewis

I didn't get a chance to read this post till now, but thank you so much for this post. I just finished reading "The War of Art" a few weeks ago and it (and this post) was pretty much a slap in the face. I get so hung up on whether or not my writing is good that it keeps me from doing it. Gotta change that.