There's a list I have of a few favorite authors, but one that's always stuck out in my mind is Cormac McCarthy, author of books like No Country For Old Men, and The Road, both of which have been turned into major motion pictures. His writing style is definitely odd and different, for example, no use of quotation marks when people are speaking... Sounds weird, I know, but you get used to it after a little while. He definitely writes the coolest books though.