What writers would you like to have written more?

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Isaac Asimov. If only he could have lived long enough to write a sequel to Foundation and Earth. And Jean Plaidy. If only she had written about the Romanovs as well as other royals.

Agatha Christie. I love her novels. She's a great writer.

Seth Grahame-Smith, author of "Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter" and "Pride and Prejudice and Zombies". It'd be cool if he did something with Alice in Wonderland or Jane Eyre.

H. P. Lovecraft and George Orwell. I'm pissed that they died quite young.

Nassim Taleb

Anne Rice is going to write more vampire stories as she announced, so one of my wishes expressed in my first post here gets fulfilled.

Harper Lee!

The woman writes ONE book, immortalizes herself among the legends, and then her brain turns to goo!

Don't wear out your precious little fingers on that second novel. It's only been 54 years. Take your time, sweetheart.

Killing a Mockingbird is greatly overrated - I read it, it was so boring that I have no idea what the whole fuss about this book is actually about.

I agree I was forced to read it in school three times (thus contributing to my dislike for school projects on the civil rights era).
To me I wish JRR Tolkien was still writing, though he lived a long life (and would be nearly as old as Bilbo Baggins).

Trevanian

Jane Austen. Only four of her novels were published in her lifetime; two of her earliest works were also published posthumously. It would have been great to see how her writing style would have developed had she lived longer (she died at age 41).

I was reading something recently that explained a lot about preferences in fiction. There is plot driven and character driven and those who favor plot driven over character driven are not going to enjoy books like "To Kill a Mockingbird". I enjoy both but I think character driven has done more to help me understand how people tick.

But anyway, I wish Philip Pullman (His Dark Materials) would finish that book he's working on about "dust".
I think Stieg Larrson (The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo etc) may have brought in the twin sister if he hadn't died.
John Lindqvist (Let The right One In) because I can't get enough. I've read everything translated into English.

Carson McCullers.

Douglas Adams.

Terry Pratchett.

(Yes, yes, I know he has writen at least twenty books, but I want MORE!)

Pat O'Shea, author of 'The Hounds of the Morrigan, one of THE best books ever!

Brian Lumley

Bill Watterson, if he counts as a writer.
Ian Fleming.
Richard Mitchell.
Erika Holzer ? two great thrillers, then no more fiction, grr.
Will and Ariel Durant ? yes, they wrote millions of words, but I wish they'd finished their grand history.

Which would be an interesting plot device. An ASpie goes back in time to the 1930's Rhode Island USA and brings an ill Lovecraft forward into the present where his cancer is treated and cured. He is astounded to learn of his popularity. He is dismayed at people's attitudes. But does he write any more stories? Even when provided with an antique typewriter, and comfortable surroundings.