New Authors for Me

Usually once a year I will list the authors that I've read that are new to me.  Here they are so far in 2015, with my ratings (local authors are designated by L):

Alan Jacobson (L) - Spectrum - 3.0
Andy Weir (L) - The Martian - 3.25
Julian Rubinstein - Ballad of the Whiskey Robber - 2.5
e. lockhart - We Were Liars - 2.0
Christina Baker Kline - Orphan Train - 4.0
Susan Sloat - Forward to Camelot - 3.25
Paula Hawkins - The Girl on the Train - 2.5
Nicci Carerra (L) - Love Caters All - 3.0
Tracy K. Smith - Ordinary Light - 3.0
Elizabeth Rosner (L) - Electric City - 2.25
Linda Abbott - Ten Days in Paradise - 3.0
David Levithan - Every Day - 3.0
Jenny Offill - Dep't. of Speculation - 2.0
Dennis Lehane - The Given Day - 3.5
Ann Packer (L) - The Children's Crusade - 2.5
Joy Brighton (L) - Deadly Secret - 2.0
John Billheimer (L) - Dismal Mountain - 3.25
Lisa Genova - Still Alice - 3.25
Killian McRae (L) - Pure & Sinful - 3.0
Wm. Paul Young - Cross Roads - 3.0
Matthew Pearl - The Lost Bookaneer - 2.5
Graeme Simsion - The Rosie Project - 3.25
Ann Bridges (L) - Private Offerings - 2.75
Ruth Ozeki - A Tale for the Time Being - 3.0
Sarah Jio - Goodnight June - 4.0+
Vendela Vita - The Diver's Clothes Lie Empty - 2.5
Kristin Hannah - The Nightingale - 3.5
Alice Hoffman - The Museum of Extraordinary Things - 2.75
Elizabeth Collison (L) - Some Other Town - 2.5
Dinah Lin (L) - Daring to Dream Once Again - 2.5
Marian Lindner (L) - San Francisco - 2.0
Dick Yaeger (L) - Niki's Discovery - 2.5
Harper Lee - To Kill A Mockingbird - 3.0
Lauren Groff - The Monsters of Templeton - 2.75

Out of 34, I've got 18 that are 3.0 or higher, including 2-3.5s, 1-4.0, and 1-4.0+ (yep, a 4.0+).  Considering I had no track record with any of these authors, I think that's a pretty good percentage for high level reading.  And of the 34, 13 were written by local authors.  If you add another 953 to that list (okay, that's probably a slight exaggeration), then I have read/currently read a lot of locals.  I like that.