favorite authors
Today I was adding along to a post over at domynoes.network forums and found that what I posted there about my favorite authors was worth bringing up over here.
Let’s see… people who move me and make me drop things to read their stuff….
That’s actually a tough question since a lot of people I like to read are dead… makes it hard for them to put something out I want to get a hand on…
Caryl Phillips
Julian Barnes
Jeanette Winterson
Neil Gaiman
Zadie Smith who has written a great bit about the American book tour
Mark Kurlansky… a man who I see as the best researched writer, something i admire and aspire to.
Ha Jin… someone who reminded me that you could be a good writer, and even write about the Cultural Revolution in China and still write about people.People who I read, but feel less of a need to drop the phone:
Mercedes Lackey
Stephen King
Douglas Whynott (i loved his book on the bluefin… though I didn’t realize he was a Mt Holyoke professor when I had the time to go say hello)
Kate Christiansen
Orson Scott Card
Also, if you find tight harmonies and writers to be your thing, you should check out the song “My Baby Loves a Bunch of Authors” by moxy fruvous.