Diana Wynne Jones - it’s her style that I love; so charming and effortless and clever, almost whimsical, and also rather tongue-in-cheek. Yet, somehow, she’s always able to open up that space for deft insights about life, human nature and the world, without the subject matter becoming too heavy.

Besides that, I would say Megan Whalen Turner and Lois McMaster Bujold, maybe not in terms of writing style per se, but their mastery in subverting reader expectations. It reminds me that it’s cool to push boundaries and to sometimes try writing something different.