11 Best Programming Authors

[zridling]

David Intersimone over at ComputerWorld lays out his best authors (with links) from a programmer's perspective based on:

• Their body of written and presented work - books, articles and presentations
• Their contributions to programming's state-of-the-art
• Specific books that "stand the test of time"
• Their involvement in our craft and industry
• If I'll read anything they publish
• The person (many that I've met and some I wish I could meet).

They include:

• Kent Beck
• Jon Bentley
• Grady Booch, Ivar Jacobson and Jim Rumbaugh
• Frederick P. Brooks, Jr.
• Tom DeMarco and Timothy Lister
• Edsger W. Dijkstra
• Martin Fowler
• Watts S. Humphrey
• Donald E. Knuth
• Bjarne Stroustrup
• Peter Coad and Ed Yourdon

[mouser]

the article is worth looking through as it has explanations for why he chose each one and links to their written work. 

here's the explicit link from zaine's post in case you didn't notice it:

http://blogs.computerworld.com/16054/the_best_computer_science_and_software_engineering_book_authors?