Well, she's not really a "classics" author, but I think Alice Hoffman has a really similar style in terms of her wording. When I read her books, I can really "feel" what she is writing & I feel that way about Stevie's lyrics too. Alice is a very descriptive writer, you feel as if you are in the novel with the characters. Lots of "love & loss" going on, just like Stevie's songs.
And, like Stevie, her words don't always make sense to everyone. I mean, in one book, she kept describing how a drowned man's friend kept finding tiny little fish in his coat pocket (alive.) No matter how bizarre it sounds, I was like "oh, well of course, it makes sense, that can really happen" & she had me totally believing this was possible - very "magical" writing, lots of fantasy, but it's taking place in reality. Sorry if I rambled, hope this makes some sense!
If anyone's interested, here are some of her better novels:

Here On Earth
Blue Diary
Illumination Night
The River King
Practical Magic (yes, THAT Practical Magic! Great book!)

Paula

thats a really interesting question, but i think im gonna have to think about it for awhile...:shrug:
but~whenever i read any kind of fantasy books~i always picture stevie as the princess, or the heroine or the whatever. :laugh:

Newbery winning author Susan Cooper comes to mind. Her Dark is Rising series cries out for a Stevie soundtrack, and Rhiannon is a character in her book Seaward. The last lines of The Grey King remind me of my favorite demo, Lady from the Mountain.

- Jake

I would say Taylor Caldwell and Anne Rice. No surprise, as Stevie likes both of them.