Why did I become a writer? I blame my mother. She bribed me to read "Gone with the Wind" when I was in fourth grade. She paid me a nickel a chapter, and it took me a year. My days of Nancy Drew were over. (No hard feelings, Nancy; thanks, Mom.)
A Completely Random Sampling of My Favorite Books
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Gone with the Wind Margaret Mitchell
Beloved Toni Morrison The Sparrow Mary Doria Russell The Stand Stephen King Hannibal Thomas Harris The Three Musketeers Alexander Dumas The Poisonwood Bible Barbara Kingsolver The Handmaid's Tale Margaret Atwood The Secret Place Tana French |
A Game of Thrones George R.R. Martin
The Bell Jar Sylvia Plath Doc Mary Doria Russell Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy Douglas Adams Sirens of Titan Kurt Vonnegut Stranger in a Strange Land Robert Heinlein Me Talk Pretty One Day David Sedaris Les Miserables Victor Hugo Walking in the Woods Bill Bryson |
A Prayer for Owen Meany John Irving
The Night Circus Erin Morgenstern The Starless Sea Erin Morgenstern Twentieth Century Ghosts Joe Hill Harry Hole series Jo Nesbo Interview with the Vampire Anne Rice Appalachian Patterns Bo Ball Imajica Clive Barker Good Omens Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman |
Of course, I also like my own a lot: Small Change, Misery's Child and Something Blue.
