Overall a good list. As others have pointed out, it does disservice to some brilliant writers who arguably are as good as the writers in the list except for Laxmi Prsad Devkota-my personal opinion,Devkota is head and shoulder above of distant (redundant) runner up- many people put Devkota on top understanding him or lack of it and I don't know which case I represent.

To accommodate other literary geniuses, maybe the best thing would be to change the bone of contention 'fifteen tara' to 'nakshyatra' :) I have read a few books from aforementioned writers, I will definitely add Shanker Lamichhane, B.P. Koirala, Bhairav Aryal,Siddhicharan Shrestha, Diamond Shumsher, Bhimnidhi Tiwari, Indra Bahadur Rai, Bijay Malla, Govinda Bahadur Malla to the list as well.

I always think Laxmi Prasad Devkota, Shanker Lamichhane and Bhairav Aryal were ahead of time . Although, I was shocked to find out Shanker Lamichhane plagiarized some of his works, his subsequent apology and his distinctive writing carves out a niche among countless Nepali writers, and of course his foreword in Parijat's 'Sirishko Phool'.

Shanker Lamichhane on Devkota http://shankarsmriti.blogspot.com/2011/05/blog-post_11.html