One of the top authors for love stories is Jojo Moyes. Her novel 'Me Before You' is a beautiful and heart - wrenching love story. She has a way of creating characters that you can't help but fall in love with. Also, Emily Brontë with 'Wuthering Heights'. It's a story full of intense, almost wild love that endures through many difficulties. The complex relationship between Heathcliff and Catherine is a classic example of love in literature.
Nicholas Sparks. His novels are known for their emotional depth. For example, in 'A Walk to Remember', he tells a story of young love that is both tender and tragic. His writing style is simple yet effective in tugging at the heartstrings of readers, making him a great author for love stories.
One of the well - known Indian authors of love stories is Rabindranath Tagore. His works often contain elements of deep love and human emotions. For example, in 'Gitanjali', his poems touch on themes of love for the divine and love for humanity in a very profound way.
Rainbow Rowell has written some great contemporary love stories like 'Eleanor & Park' and 'Attachments'. John Green is the author behind 'The Fault in Our Stars'. Diana Gabaldon wrote 'Outlander' which has a great love story element in it. Casey McQuiston is the author of 'Red, White & Royal Blue' which is also a great contemporary love story.
Perhaps they are written by a group of local authors who are trying to share their unique perspectives. It could also be that a single author has created these 23 stories, each with a different theme but still part of a cohesive collection. Without more details, it's hard to tell.
Arundhati Roy. In her novel 'The God of Small Things', she weaves a complex love story. The love between the characters is deeply intertwined with themes of caste, family secrets and social norms. Her writing is very vivid and the love story she presents is both tragic and beautiful, exploring the forbidden and unspoken aspects of love in a traditional Indian society.
As I mentioned before, E.L. James. She became very popular with 'Fifty Shades of Grey' series which has a lot of erotic elements in the love story. Her writing brought BDSM - related love stories into the mainstream.
Well, E. M. Forster wrote 'A Room with a View', which contains a beautiful love story set against different cultural backgrounds. His writing explores the different aspects of love and relationships. Judith McNaught is known for her romantic novels like 'Whitney, My Love'. Her stories are often filled with intense passion and complex plotlines. And we can't forget Emily Brontë. 'Wuthering Heights' is a dark and passionate love story that has left a lasting mark on literature.
Jane Austen is one. Her works like 'Pride and Prejudice' are classic love best novels. Austen is great at portraying the social and romantic relationships of her time.
The collection 'the best shadow stories' might have been compiled by an editor who sourced stories from different places. So the authors could be anyone from local folklore tellers whose stories have been passed down through generations and finally made it into this collection, to contemporary writers who are experimenting with the idea of shadows in a more fictional or even psychological context.