Someone mentioned Maeve Binchley. I don't really care much for her but I love, love, love Rosamund Pilcher. The first thing I ever read by her was The Shell Seekers. Binchley and Pilcher are similar authors but I just love Pilcher's characters and have never really related to Binchley's.
I saw a lot of others mentioned that I really enjoy and some new ones to me so will have fun with some new authors. I always hate it when I've run through all books by an author I love.