Dan Abnett
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Series include Gaunt's Ghosts (an amazing starter book for people getting into the 40k fluff), Eisenhorn (fantastic) and Ravenor (OMGAWESOME-ICRIEDBUKKETS).
Dan is known for fun action writing and for occasional throwing off Warhammer fluff in favor of the rule of Awesome, like Imperial Guardsmen weapon teams toting around Autocannons the size of a howitzer. And Being able to fight anything the 40k Universe can throw at them including killing Tanks with tennis balls. Unlike a certain molester of pen and paper, this is not done flippantly but mostly for the betterment of the work itself.
Suffice to say, his characters are very well developed, and are both distinctive and original; he can write a god-damn action scene better than any; the areas Dan describes sound achingly beautiful; he's a versatile writer and.... Look, he's won tons of awards for his stuff, many believe he's the best Black Library have got, he's written around 20 books for them and each one is brilliant. He even made his own (awesome) Space Marine chapter known as the IRON SNAKES, that comes off looking like the Ultramarines if they were actually intelligent, adapted their battlestyle to suit each enemy, and came across as likeable individuals AND godlike beings.
His graphic novels Imperial Gothic, Damnation Crusade, and Condemned By Fire are pure sex.
TL;DR: Dan Abnett is a godly writer who expresses Humanity, fuck yeah!' in the most epic way possible.
Dan Abnett has also teamed up with another BL author Mike Lee to make the Malus Darkblade Warhammer Fantasy book series. He was also the lead writer for the 40k flim 'Ultramarine'! HOLY FUCKING SHIT!!!!!!
Dan Abnett also wrote the script for the Ultramarines movie. It's a fair assumption that he only wrote for about 45 minutes worth of the (90 minute) movie, as the actions scenes are excellent and the dialogue is solid, but there's a whole lot of silent walks through the desert.
He, along with Sandy Mitchell and Graham McNeil make up the holy trinity of awesome 40k writers. Obviously, Dan takes the role of God. (WHAT DOES THAT MAKE ADB THEN, VIRGIN MARY?)
He also writes some pretty cool comics with his probably-best friend Andy Lanning. Surprisingly, this list includes IDW's ongoing Transformers series. So maybe, just maybe there is a teeny tiny hope of a Transformers-Warhammer 40k crossover somewhere down the line.