My bad. Guess I'm only ALMOST perfect.

C.S. Lewis, Dostoevsky, Hudson Taylor, A.W. Tozer, and the Apostle Paul. (Is it cheating to bring up Paul?)

Also, J.S. Bach and Joe Pass (though they are musicians, not authors).

And in humor, the Dick van Dyke Show, 100 years of Jewish comedians, and my dad (who thankfully is still living).

I loved to read popular level novelist Helen McInnes. She saw first hand the devastation of Communism and wrote a disturbing suspense novel *While We Still Live.*

I'm going to give you a running list.

Psst, Jason . . . read my comment again. ;-)

Yes Ellen, you are a woman after Gina's heart even if your husband hates coffee.

Give that boy/duck a cigar.

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Hit it, Regis! (I give that boy no rest):

“In the case of dead mentors, ‘rigor is out in front of mortis by a head.’” (® Patent Pending).

Also, Gina, I’d’ve sworn (don’t you love contractions that have TWO apostrophes?) – I’d’ve sworn that when you finally chimed in here with your own input you’d refer not to your “mentor” but to your “Wo.Mentor”. ;-)

Quack quack quack.

Ah, Karen, you're a woman after my own heart. Sayers is way up at the top of my list, and "Man Born to Be King" is one of the reasons.

And Lewis too, of course!

That's easy: Jane Austen

Whoever constructed that query really ought to reword it, and quickly!

I'd be *loathe* to call expired, inspirational (sic) believers 'dead mentors'. Why? "God is not the God of the dead, but of the living!" Compare Matthew 22:31-32

George Mueller (see new book w/ Mueller's writings paraphrased: Simple Trust, Simple Prayers), Bonhoeffer

C S Lewis. I suppose that's a little to obvious but it is true in my case.

Alfred the Great

There are plenty of dead heroes and heroines I have but C S Lewis is the closest to being a mentor.

CS Lewis and Dorothy Sayers. Lewis is obvious. Sayers not as well known. I especially recommend "The Man Who was King", her drama for BBC radio during WWII. The play is great, but her notes on casting and direction are great theology!