Any more fans out there?

I absolutely adore her writing.
Oranges Aren't the Only Fruit is my favourite novel ever.
I'm currently re-reading Written On The Body, I was 16 when I first read it and failing to understand alot of it, so it's really good to revisit it.
I wanted to go see her at Hay Festival, but it sold out before I got chance.

Any recommendations as to other writers in the same vein as Winterson that I may enjoy?

the powerbook.

i had to read it for my english class (along with parts of art objects) but the powerbook is such an easy read. and very good.

I always figured she was like super, super pretentious. A Kathy Acker for the bourgeois.

I've only ever read The Passion and I thought it was amazing. I've been recommended Oranges Are Not The Only Fruit though and I'm keen to read it.

I really want to check her stuff out, but I have been unable to find it used in the local bookstores.

Someone told me she is the best writer of the English language right now.

I thought that before I ever read any of her books, but she's actually pretty good. Although it does verge on pretentiousness from time to time. One of my friends was really disparaging of Oranges, but she doesn't 'get' anything. I don't even know why she's doing English, she's so shallow. Ok, it doesn't sound like I'm her friend from what I say there! Haha.

I did Oranges... with my English tutor this year for my A level and it's made me want to read some more of her writing. I really like how she mixes everything up, like how in Oranges she puts in all the storybook elements, Winnet, the Winter Palace and so on. This thread has reminded me how I need to re-read that book and all my notes for my exam on it, which is very soon...I have to compare it with The Color Purple; is anyone else doing the same exam? I don't much like the Color Purple. Well, I like some of it, but it pales in comparison to Oranges. That's not to say I don't like Alice Walker, because I read some of her short stories (In Love and Trouble) and thought they were really good. I just think the ending is so neat and tidy, it's unrealistic and frustrating. My tutor says it's supposed to be in the same vein as folk tales, so it's ok to have an unrealistic ending. But she's just saying that so I remember to put in two sides of the argument rather than just saying how much better Oranges is. She doesn't much care for The Color Purple either.

Oops. Sorry for taking up half this thread complaining about a completely different book and author.

I had to compare the same two books for A-level. I compared the characters of sophia and elsie. I got told to remember the patchwork quilt as the key emblem in The Color Purple.
I initially thought she was incredibly pretentious, but her humour strikes a chord with me, especially in Oranges. I love how she presents the absurdity of the pastor, especially when he is leading the congregation in a parade with his bongos and his wife tells him to calm down, and I was originally highly frustrated at how she fails to see her mother as a nutjob, but I think it winds itself up really well, when she is serving the icecream at elsie's funeral.
I aim to read the powerbook next.