sorry forgot a few that I remembered because of another post
The Arcana series by Morgan Llywelyn and Micheal Scott
Aurian series by Maggie Furey
The Farseer series by Robin Hobb
Mystara series by Thorarinn Gunnarsson
Anita Blake series by Laurell K Hamilton
books by Tracey Hickman, Margaret Weis, Terry Brooks
Dragon Prince/Star Scrolls by Melanie Rawn

not fantasy
Patricia Cornwell is a very good author

There are sooo many more I liked but I will stop there this time lol
(when it comes to books I could go on for days ^.^)