coldcazzie
Ice Queen
I'll second that.for consistent excellency it has to be Terry Pratchett.
I've just finished A Feast for Crows, the fourth book in the Song of Ice and Fire series. Waiting for A Dance with Dragons to come out in paperback then I'll read that too. Going to be a long time waiting for the last two though... he's not even written them yet! thoroughly enjoying them though, and have inspired 3 people round me to read them too!