If you could be best friends with an author, who would you choose and why?
If you could be best friends with an author, who would you choose and why?
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If you could be best friends with an author, who would you choose and why?
George Eliot. Greatest English language novelist.
Margret Mitchell, love her book.
I’d like to ask her if she really buys into the pastoral depiction of slave society she wrote into the book.
JK Rowling, so we can talk about magic
I’d like to discuss the series’ allusions to literature, mythology, religion, and philosophy. She’s probably one of the most well-read authors I’ve read.
James Herriot. 🙂
Ah, love him.
JD Robb. She writes my FAVORITE series. ?
Neil Gaiman or Kevin Hearne.
Alice Hoffman, because she lives in Mass. Also she writes about mystical things and people
Jenny Colgan, Katie Fforde
Jenny han and brandon sanderson
Beverly Cleary
Khaled hosseni
Laura Levine, because she writes comical mysteries, and I love to laugh!
Lee childs
Kristen Ashley
She is so nice!!
Maeve binchy Lisa see
I LOVE both of these authors!
Laura Ingalls Wilder because we are basically the same.
Erica James. Then I could visit her when she takes trips to Lake Como, Italy.
Enid Blyton for I would love to pick her brain…love every single one of her books!!
Me too!
Caroline Kepnes and/or Jenny Lawson because I know we’d get along great!
SJM because, holy imagination
John Green
judith mcnaught
Mitch Albom and Eric Weiner
Bill Bryson because he is very funny and his writing is insightful and brilliant.
J.K. Rowling
Sandra Owens
Jose saramago
jackie collins-on her emails she would say hi don as opposed to constant reader.
J.K. Rowling
Philippa Gregory.
I’d love to hear her thoughts on A Song of Ice and Fire
Nicholas Sparks
@Anna id love to be friends with her.
Dan Brown or Neil Giaman.
It’s a 3-way tie for me: J.K. Rowling, Chris Colfer, and Erin Morgenstern. I just love their books.
Richard Paul Evans I like his novels
Diana Gabaldon and Matthew Reilly
Satyajit Ray. Because much before Harry Potter he introduced us to the world of magic.
Alan Bradley and Elly Griffiths
God.
Because he’d be the ULTIMATE best friend. You could trust him with your life, and know that he’d always have your back. Oh wait.. he already is my best friend ❤️
Eric Carle- ?
Tim Ferriss. He’d kick my ass into gear. ???
Celeste Ng, based on Twitter
Oh man I have ten can I be besties with all ten?
Belle Brooks Mayra Statham Candace candy Dowes @Marie Nalini singh Susan Mallery Lindsay Mckenna Nora Roberts @Regan to start should I continue lol
And I with you, @V!
Stephanie Garber, hands down!!
I already am
I would have to pick two James Patterson and Janet Evanovich I just love there books there my favorite authors.
J.R Ward
Love her! My favourite author. Xx
Love her.
S.king
J.K. Rowling <3
Lee Child
It’s a tough question to ne answered… Mm.. stephen king, ryan holiday, daniel kahnman etc.. etc..
Agatha christie, her mind fascinates me
Peter Robinson
GRR Martin… Gold. Me wants some ‘o that Westeros gold!!
Janet evanovich i laugh reading.
Glenn Beck
Tim Pat Coogan, because I am interested in Irish history & many of his books are in my library. John Steinbeck, would love to vist his museum in Salinas.
Ta-Nehisi Coates
Stephen King
Paulo Coelho
Jane Austen…I could talk to her endlessly about neighbors, social gatherings ?
Mark Twain just to listen to the man talk
Ernest Hemingway. We could hang out in that bar he loved in the Keys.
Catherine Coulter….. I love her sassy wit and she’s so down to earth in her videos and posts!
John Donne, for his mistress going to bed
Judy Blume
Fyodor Dostoevsky ✔️, Dostoevsky’s literary works explore human psychology in the troubled political, social, and spiritual atmospheres, and engage with a variety of philosophical and religious themes… my favorite book of his is “The brothers karazmov”
Idiot is a great read, however, Notes from the underground makes me feel sick that i hardly think its the sole author
Where do u think Crime & Punishment ranks on the list?
Khaled hosseini or Nicholas sparks ?
Tolkien. We can tour Middle Earth together ?
Where in this world would you like to travel with him?
J.K. Rowling
J.K Rowlng, Nicholas Sparks and Casandra Clarke
Neil Gaiman and Neal Stephenson
I have two, Lynda La Plante and Martina Cole. To me they are both the queens of crime
Steven Erikson and Ian C. Esselmont, perhaps even Brian Jacques (R.I.P Jacques)
Chris carter
Ann Rule
L.M. Montgomery
I would have loved to hang with Lewis Carroll, that cat knew how to grin?. Or H.G.Wells that guy knew what to do with time and when to disappear.
Ian Rankin – he knows Edinburgh, a town I love, and would show me around (if we were friends)
Harlan Cobin
Jk or cassandra. We’d have amazing conversations
Joyce Carol Oates….
What did u think of “Book of American Martyrs”
@Graham sorry didn’t read it. Do u recommend?
Honestly, it’s so long I barely got done with chapter one.But it showed a lot of promise
@Graham thank u
Nic Stone because she’s Nic Stone and she’s super cool and super beautiful. She’s the sweetest. Plus her debut book shares a birthday with me.
Jayne Ann Krentz….she writes so many different genres.
Agatha Christie!
Freya North x
Anne Tyler
I am best friends with an author. 🙂
Who’s that lucky Author ??
Angela Sanders
Stephen king of course
Shari Lapena, & Chevy Stevens
If Richard Laymon were still with us, I would have picked him.
I married my favourite author. ?
Leigh Bardugo. Anyone who can write characters like Kaz Brekker, Alina, Nina, etc, seems like they’d be pretty awesome!
John Sandford love the way he writes
Hemingway… party time
only one? man, that’s a tough one
Joyce Carol Oates. Brilliant prolific writer
She came and did a one week fellowship for a Writer in Residency when I was in grad school. She was gracious and charming.
Brenda Novak, Mary Jo and Sandra Brown awesome authors.
Elif shafak…
Stephen King seems like a pretty chill dude and he is obviously rich as fuck.
Or, perhaps, Hunter Thompson, but I can’t help thinking that he wouldn’t be as fun as he seems.
Francine Rivers
Bill Bryson, his books make me laugh so much! A x
Frank Herbert. Never mind that he’s dead.
Fanny Flagg. Love her homespun humor.
Stephen King is a really nice guy with a lot of great ideas. Also Charles Dickens because I’m a big fan of his work and he’d be so interesting to talk to.
Jayne Ann Krentz because she’s 3 authors in one body!
Leigh Bardugo
Emily Giffin
Jojo Moyes…i love how her characters are relatable
Kahled AlHosseini ❤️ because he is amazing!
David Sedaris he’s the funniest writer ever and I read a recent interview with him and he told the interviewer he never reads anything written about himself so he would never see the story. That’s living authentically.
Stephen King.
Mitch Albom
The Borg
Liane Moriarty or J K Rowlings…i love their sense of humour
J.K.Rowling that’s why ?⚡️
Anne Lamott because she is accepting, kind and funny.
AJ Finn. To find out where he gets his inspiration for twisted endings
Milan condera, I love his way in writing and his ideas ?
Hans Rosling. The way he provides logical facts & gives food for thought.