Has anyone ever written to the author of a book they have just read to tell the author how much they enjoyed the book?
Has anyone ever written to the author of a book they have just read to tell the author how much they enjoyed the book?
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Yes
Yes. And was ecstatic to receive a response!
Yes, and I got a signed book in return actually?
YES. And I’ve gotten replies from them too!!
yes
Many many times if the author has sent me the book.
Yes. And I had a reply. ?
Yes, I wrote to the author asking why their book series was not made into a movie? Too many remakes out there and so many fantastic books to draw from. He was flattered
My dad is an author and he’s always grateful for personal feedback, you never know what people think about the book
Yes i wrote (emailed) to irvin yalom about his book The Schopenhauer cure to tell him how much i enjoyed it (many years ago) and he emailed back to thank me!
Yes and she wrote back saying thanks
Yes
Yes, I have emailed them ?
Yes. I’ve pmd 2 or 3 when I’ve really loved the book and I’ve gotten replies to each which really made my day
Yes Linwood Barclay and he wrote back. Super nice man.
His books are amazing!
All the time on Twitter. I always get replies
Yes i have often written to Rochelle B. Weinstein & she always replies.
Yes
All the time on twitter and get responses 🙂
Wiley Cash. He wrote me back the loveliest email.
As an author, I can say that nothing makes us happier!
What have you written?
@Dorian lots of books! I’m on amazon x
Under a pseudonym or your actual name?
@Dorian this name!
Just looked up some of your books on Goodreads- cannot wait to read them!
All great books by @Rowan x
@Yvonne thank you xx
I’ve never thought about doing this, not sure why but will do now as I appreciate nice feedback!
I’ve read the memory tree & we are all made of stars & loved both of them so thank you. The summer of impossible things is on my kindle ready for my holiday, if not before ?
Yes and had lovely replies.
Yes. I wrote to Ray Bradbury (pre Internet days) and got a lovely two page letter back from him. I still have it.
Yes and received replies all very positive.
I wrote to John O’Farrell and sent him one of his books which he wrote in and I then gave to my husband for his 40th birthday. Lovely man.
Ive tweeted lots, had a few replies and it always feels amazing
Yes N
Yes and got an autograph back!
Yes, several times via email, most write back…
I haven’t written to them, but I tag them on Instagram when it’s one I’ve proper loved, along with a pic of it. Some have replied and said they’re glad I liked it ❤? x
I heard from Kristen Hannah after telling what a great Author she is ?
Her writing is so amazing!!
I have Tweeted them. Had a response and a retweet a couple of times.
always Thought about it but never did it
On Mark Tufo’s page on here, he is very hands on with his fans. I wrote to Joyce Stranger when I was a teenager but never heard anything back.
Yes to say how much I enjoyed their book
Yes
Yes and I’m friends with her on Facebook now ?
I wrote an email to Anne Rice back in 2000 iirc. Got a reply. Also received a bookplate from her when she got on Facebook
I called one once. Liane Moriaty. We had a nice chat.
I called one once. Liane Moriaty. We had a nice chat.
I wrote to Sue Grafton & she wrote me back! A real letter! This was probably 18 years ago but I was excited!
I wrote to two and they both wrote back.
I wrote to Ken Follett about a month ago. I got a response from a member of his staff, and they put my email up on his website. I’ve never written a fan-letter to anyone and I was so excited to get a response. ?
Yes ..to three different authors, had a reply from two of them.
Yes
I can do it on FB with Sarah Strohmeyer!
Yes, on Facebook or email. To lewis buzbee after reading the yellow lighted bookshop.
This post just reminded me of it and that I wrote to him!
Yes
yep
Yes. Have contacted a fave author via FB and she replied. Was a huge buzz ?
Yes
Yes 🙂
I facebook messaged Lynda O’Rourke instead of posting on her page by accident, and i couldnt believe it when i got a lovely reply. Check out her ‘Drug’ series, i loved it and cant wait for the final book in August ❤
I wrote to Mary Wesley years ago when I first read her books and she wrote back to me. I was so pleased and still got her reply. ?
on twitter I do. They usually reply too.
Yes. Usually through social media and they tend to reply. It at keast lets them know people are reading their work.
Annoying when they don’t isn’t it?!
Yes I wrote to Lucy Clarke and she replied too!
I am an Danish author, and every other colleague that I know LOVES to get mails from the readers. So just keep on writing to them. 🙂
But okay, maybe if you are Stephen King or similar they maybe haven’t got so much time as we other not-well-known authors. 😉
Yes. And I got replies!
Yeah and they love it xxx
When Louise Penny had her first book out I emailed her and got a lovely response back within a day. Since then, I have emailed her and one of her staff has replied.
I often use Twitter for this and I have gotten some replies ?
I did – Jenny Ashcroft – she wrote Island in the East. She was lovely and we talked about how we have both lived in Singapore!
Yes
Yes my little boy did and got a reply too!!
I speak to a few authors on Twitter.
I sent an email to an author and received a personal email of thanks back.
Yes! I got a reply to my Email!
I wrote to Jeffrey Archer to point out an error! But also to tell him how much I enjoyed the Clifton Chronicles.
Yes and I got a reply, plus he added me to his friends on FB.
Yes
As a kid I was pen pals with Mabel Esther Allen. Now I just compliment them on Twitter!
I tweet authors all the time!
I also tweet authors frequently! I’ve even gotten a few responses on both instagram and twitter 🙂
Yep, I read all The Babysitter Club books when I was child and I wrote to Ann M. Martin telling her how much I loved them, and she wrote a brilliant letter back that I’ve still got! X
My favourite author as a child
Yes! And he did not write back lol
Yes and I tweet them too.
Yes I wrote to Harlan Coben years ago to ask why I couldn’t get his first two books & he wrote straight back explaining why . I’ve also had interesting conversations with James Oswald & Denzil Meyrick whose books I love.
Yes
Yes I write to Carole Matthews, she’s a brilliant English author.
I have posted on their Facebook page, esp. authors that self publish
Yes years and years ago my sister and I wrote to Elinor M Brent-Dyer who wrote all the Chalet School books only to discover that she had just died! Sad indeed.
Yes and they usually write back.
Indeed they do, Debra.
Yes on their Facebook pages and always gotten replies too
Yes I did Nina Green. Author of grave affairs. She even wrote back. I was well chuffed xxx
Yes
I did ( emailed) and got a personal reply back ❤️
Yes and he was a self-published writer, first book, an English teacher and he replied back.
Done it via Twitter
As an author myself, it’s wonderful when that happens. 🙂
Yes
I have written to one author, and she wrote back. It was really touching.
Always – Facebook and Twitter are great for this !
I did post on Kate mosse’s Facebook once! Absolutely loved labyrinth
Yes Adriana trigiani and she sent me a lovely. Reply.
I talk to W.J May almost everyweek now shes the writer of the Cronicals of Kerrigan books and Queens Alfa series and many more I love her books and can’t get enough of them.
I think it’s lovely to interact with authors – try and get to a library talk even and tell them
In person
I have done via Twitter and always get replies
Several times. I’ve had lovely replies and got quite friendly with some.
Yes. I wrote to Cathy Cash Spellman and she made my day by telling me that they were considering making my fave book, Paint the wind into a movie. 🙂
Yes! And I’ve been answered also !!
Yes
Yes.
Yup
Yes, when I was 10 years old and she wrote me back. Made my month.
Absolutely.
Yes. I wouldn’t call us friends, however two of the authors I’ve contacted and I have regular conversations via messenger.
I sent an author a FB message once.
Sure have 🙂
I wrote to a author regarding the setting of her book and she than agreed to come to speak at the book club we run in our secondary school library.
On Goodreads.
Yes I love Tess Stimson and told her this!
Twitter is good for this. Also Facebook.
I follow several authors on Facebook and have had comments from them frequently when I comment or post
I like to see their personalities. And have them talk about their lives and writing.
I had my 5th grade students do it after we read various books in book clubs. Kate DiCamillo wrote back!!
Yeah I ended up being Facebook friends and learning nore about the story. Book was mummy come home by Oxana Kalemi. It was a hard book to read it made me raw and emotional. But it changed something in me.
All the time.
Yes. And the author used to live down the street from me! Very cool (but had since moved).
I met Roger Hargreaves when I was little too, such a nice man
Yes! And I got a response.
As an author it was amazing to receive one x
Wow, lots of responses to my question. Thank you all. I, too, have received responses from about 3/4 of the authors to whom I have written. They are always greatly appreciative and Erik Larson asked me to look into his other books, which I did and read.
YES I wrote to Graham Masterton and he actually replied. I was so happy ?
Yes. Many times. Three wrote back and forth with me for a while. It was such a thrill.
I tweeted Polly Clark ( Larchfield) this week, she replied.
I also tweeted Claire North (First Fifteen Lives of Harry August) she also replied.
Both excellent debuts , must be great as a writer to get good feedback.
Yes and in person too ?
I receive lots of lovely emails from my readers and they always lift my day. We writers usually work in a vacuum and then send our ‘babies’ out into the world. It’s always lovely to hear from someone that they’re doing well.
Yes I have, twice, and I received responses. Very nice
I wrote to Susan Hill about her books ‘ Springtime of the Year’ and ‘Family,’ after my baby died. .. Both books were about grief and loss, the first was fiction, the second about the loss of her baby. She wrote back and included her phone number, so I rang her and she gave me some advice and support on coping with the grief after losing a child. Shes a l lovely lady.
I wrote to Cathy Glass and she responded and gave me recommendations on her other books. This was on Facebook and I added her as a friend but now she just has a fan page.
Yes i have & he replied back ?