Fantasy Authors Matthew J. Wellman and David Stewart talk about the top ten fantasy authors, based on several criteria, including contributions to the genre. This video covers the first 5 (in no particular order): JRR Tolkien, Steven Erikson, Michael Moorcock, Mark Lawrence, and Brandon Sanderson
Matthew J. Wellman is the author of Fantasy Novella Cloaked in Darkness, available free for a limited time.
David V. Stewart is the author of the Hard Science Fiction Book Prophet of the Godseed, available free for a limited time, as well as the Author of the Japanese Historical Fantasy epic Muramasa: Blood Drinker and Fantasy Fairy Tale Garamesh and the Farmer, also available as an audiobook.