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Which author (still living or deceased) would you love to meet?

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Michelle

Anton Chekhov

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Marcy

Pat Conroy

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Lori

Maya Angelou

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Kari

I got to meet her! She was wonderful!

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Mishelle

Stephen King, Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child

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Amanda

Mark Twain

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Ann

Robert B. Parker

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Nicole

C.S. Lewis

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Helen

H.P. Lovecraft and Stephen KIng

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Suzanne

Pat Conroy or Nelson Demille. Or John Irving.

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Kristen

Salman Rushdie.

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Beth

Julia Child. Didn’t even have to think about that.

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Kate

Elie Wiesel

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James

Hemmingway

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Joy

Shakespeare…I’d love to know if he wrote everything

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Goldfinch

Alice Walker and Viktor Frankl. <3 And I almost forgot JK Rowling!!!

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Kelly

Harper Lee

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Paul

Two please…. Toni Morrison and John Irving

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Kenneth

Mark Twain

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Suzanne

Joyce Carol Oates.

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Christine

Somerset Maugham.

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Christine

He was extremely important in the 30’s but he didn’t believe in God. I would love to debate with him knowing the history of WW1, the 20’s, 30’s, and beyond.

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Lee

Pat Conroy

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Ellen

Nietzsche or Salinger…I’d love to be able to ask them questions about writing, bringing about truth and love of life through character and plot. I feel they’re my top two favourite authors.

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Kathy

Austen and Tolkien

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Mary

David Sadaris

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Ann

Just take a book along to one of his readings and stand in line. Make sure to check out what’s in his f***-it-bucket.

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Chris

Well, since I already met Wally Lamb, I’d like to meet Elizabeth Berg

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Joy

I love Elizabeth Berg books

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Chris

@Joy Me too! She will be in New England in August. Working on taking a few days off for a road trip

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Joy

Take notes 📝.. I’ve read about 10 of her books.. so interesting

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Kerryn

Diana Gabaldon, and E.E. Holmes

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Margaret

John Irving and Margaret Atwood

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Sylvia

Michael Connelly

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Marie

Adrianna Trigiani

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Kate

She went to my college!

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Marie

@Kate did you read her Shoemakers Wife?

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Kate

@Marie I have not.

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Lynne

So many, but I would especially like to meet Jane Austen and Sharon Creech.

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Darla

Stephen King!

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Suzanne

Michael Connolley

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Darla

And Salinger

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Kathleen

Maeve Binchy ~

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Kathleen

Oh and Nick Hornsby and Anita Shreve 😢

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Lise

Shakespeare and Chaucer…and Dante….and Marilynne Robinson…and maybe…David McCullough…and ….oh, gee, I’d better stop now! LOL

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Pamela

Truman Capote

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Mary

I met Truman Capote by coincidence at JFK airport . I was escorting my brother to a flight and he wanted a drink. We sat at the bar and my brother turns to the man sitting next to him and says, “Aren’t you Truman Capote”…then my brother introduces me and starts a casual conversation. This was many years ago and my teenaged brother is the type of character Truman would write about.

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Pamela

@Mary Wow!!!

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Karen

Daphne du Maurier and Tara Westover

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Tim

Too many to name. Tolkien, Toole, Wilde …

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Julie

Stephen King Barbara Kingsolver Zora N” Hurston. Sorry to break the rules.

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Tammy

Stephen King!!

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Joy

Belva Plain, Naomi Regan..

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Debbie

Edith Wharton, Mark Twain, E.M. Forster.

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June

Wow- what a hard question! David Baldacci or John Grisham or ….

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Maria

Harper Lee and Willa Cather

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Sara

Virginia Woolf or James Joyce – ironically they were best friends, until she and her husband wouldn’t publish Ulysses. I would try to get them back together again.

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Beth

I did not know that!

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Milan

That’s a really good one if you get to go to their time and place to meet them – would be so amazing to hang in a literary community

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Sara

Milan Saha All those Lost Generation folks are my favs.

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Milan

@Sara mine too! Do u know of any good non-fiction books about them ?

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Ryan

Ken Follett, Elizabeth Strout, and Hillary Clinton.

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Tabitha

J.R. Ward!!! I love all of her books! They are so well written!

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Billy

Mark Twain and any of the Inklings.

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Cynthia

Paulo Coelho & Stephej King, i can just imagine that conversation

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Sophia

Margaret Atwood

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Patti

Maya Angelou, Agatha Christie

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Shannon

Kurt Vonnegut.

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Gerry

Louise Penny

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Robyn

Mark Twain, J.R.R. Tolkien

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Kay

John Grisham

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Melissa

Kurt Vonnegut

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Kerry

Laura ingalls wilder!

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Jacqueline

Ruth Rendell (aka, Barbara Vine)

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Jill

Rainbow Rowell because she is also from the Midwest like me and I think that is why I feel such a strong kinship with her novels, short stories, and comics.

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Karan

Dick Francis.

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Erin

James Patterson, Nora Roberts, Elin Hilderbrand, and Agatha Christie

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Adelle

Maya Angelou, Frank McCourt.

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Sherri

John Sanford as I have already had the great pleasure of meeting Kwame Alexander. I only picked from living as it would have been too difficult otherwise.

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Marie

I agree with many of your favorites. Jane Hamilton’s “Map of the World” and “Book of Ruth” both made me bawl. That’s power.

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Emily

Stephen King

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Steve-Kristen

Judy Blume and Janet Evanovich.

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Margaret

Charlotte Brontë or Jane Austen

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Gayle

Kristin Hannah, Kelly Corrigan

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Shannon

Maeve Binchy.

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Karan

george Bernard Shaw

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Pamela

Mark Twain

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Sharon

Mitch Albom Tuesday with Morrie

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Kathleen

Wallace Stegner or Michael Connelly.

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Melanie

Laura Ingalls Wilder.

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Beth

Margaret Atwood!!!

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Laurie

Madeleine L’Engle

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Christine

Judy Blume.

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Christina

Virginia Woolf! ❤️

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Kathleen

C. S. Lewis

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Cathy

Jane Austin

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Barbara

Diana Gabaldon

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Michele

Dorothy Parker 💖

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Aimee

Diana Gabaldon!

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Cheri

Erma Bombeck

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Lisa

John Irving

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EN

Barbara Kingsolver

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Kathy

C. S. Lewis

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Jessica

C.S. Lewis. First, because he wrote my favorite books of all time, the Chronicles of Narnia. Second, because he seems like a very wise and analytical person with a Christian viewpoint, and I feel like I could get some wise guidance/advice from him.

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Polly

Robert A Heinlein

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Cyndi

J.R.R Tolkien

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Rick

Stephen King.

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Pamela

I would also say Ken Kesey but I had met him several times. My late husband was very good friends with him and Ed McClanahan. I could listen to Ken talk for hours. What a great story teller.

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Robin

J K Rowling

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Janet

JK Rowling, Louisa May Alcott, Maya Angelou, CS Lewis, Tolkein and Janet Evonovich

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Goldfinch

JK Rowling!!! I am editing mine to add her, too. 🙂

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Sandee

Toni Morrison and Octavia Butler for starters.

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Beth

Yes! Can I come?

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Sandee

@Beth we can have a party! 😁

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Beth

@Sandee, I’ll bring Alice Walker as my guest!

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Barb

Pat Conroy

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Robert

Great question. Fulfilled for me as I met Louise Penny. God, so lovely and gracious.

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Kim

Pearl S. Buck

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Cassie

Gillian Flynn so I can beg her to write more twisted books

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Dayna

Where did she go?!

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Cassie

She’s been adapting her current stuff to television and movies, plus she’s working on an Amazon series. It sounds like she’s keeping busy, but she is writing a new book 😊

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Chere

JK Rowling, Jane Austen, CS Lewis, the Bronte sisters. Zora Neal Hurston, Louisa May Alcott, Lucy Maude Montgomery.

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Chere

I also would. AA Milne. And Tolkien

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Myra

Diana Gabaldon

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Linda

Try to get to a book signing one day. She’s very good with her fans.

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Dayna

Fred Rogers 💙

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EN

I wrote to him as a grown-up, thanking him for his show.
He wrote back after a couple of months. True to form, the letter began “you sound like a very special person.”

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Marjorie

May Sarton

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Chris

Neil Gaiman, Tom Robbins, Stephen King

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Marie

Deceased- Leonard Cohen. I was in deep mourning when he died, having read his books, poetry and listened to his music for 50 years.

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Elaine

now I have Suzanne in my head-thank you

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Heidi

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and William Saroyan.

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Mary

Agatha Christie

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Angie

Maya Angelou 💖

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Laurie

Wilkie Collins or Oscar Wilde or Jane Austen

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Eliza

Oh yes on all three!!!

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Diane

Louisa May Alcott, Stephen King, Jasper Fforde, Brad Meltzer

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Molly

Ken Follett

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Debborah

David Sedaris. I have heard him in concert and I love to laugh.

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EN

i have had the opportunity to have several intimate book reads, when I lived in Raleigh, NC (his home town).
True story: I was in traffic in Raleigh and saw a white van that said “Sedaris Flooring.” My mind went…..brother Paul? Seems in line. Then I saw smaller lettering that said “Silly P.”
Bingo!

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Debborah

Love listen to his audio books when he does Paul’s voice. He is a treasure.

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EN

I just googled to find a picture of the van:

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EN

@Debborah I know!

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Debborah

So is it his brother’s company.

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EN

Debborah Peschang Connery yes. after i recognized the van to be Paul’s, I seemed to see it everywhere around town.

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Debborah

Very cool.

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Ariana

I’ve had the pleasure of meeting him several times. He is wonderful.

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Steven

Aldous Huxley, Voltaire, Chuck Palahniuk

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Patty

Pat Conroy

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Daniel

Hubert Selby Jr., William S. Burroughs, Flannery O’Connor, Poe, Hunter S. Thompson, Jack Kerouac.

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Milan

Tom Stoppard – what’s he like to be able to come up with stuff ?

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Tabrizia

Jane Austen

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Angela

Sylvia Plath

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Glenn

Francine Rivers

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Tammy

Maya Angelou

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Debborah

Yes…loved her.

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Elaine

I got to sit up front at presentations by Doris Lessing and another by Toni Morrison-very inspiring-2 powerful and brillant writers.

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Laura

Mark Twain

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Dee

Rowling

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Charlene

Neil Gaiman.

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Charlene

and Ray Bradbury.

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Elaine

@Charlene He lectured at my high school, I loved his work so it was great.

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Sonya

Doris Kearns Goodwin

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Dee

Her too.

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Elaine

I love when she talks about her wrtiting in interviews

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Sonya

I’m a lifelong Dodgers fan. Her “Wait Till Next Year” is one of my two favorite non-fiction books of all time. I was fortunate to attend one of her appearances several years ago & get a signed copy (actually two signed copies!).

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Stacey

She’s a great lady. And told me not to get Westies. 😂

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Sharon

Judy Blume

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Sue

Francine Rivers
Ted Dekker

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Hilary

Anne Rice

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Rolanda

Maya Angelou

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Margaret

Harper Lee

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Ann

Margaret Mitchell

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Sharon

Maya Angelou and Alice Walker

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Barbara

Suetonius

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Roberta

Mark Twain and my husband wants Arthur C Clark.

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Amanda

V.C. Andrews

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Alison

Jane Austen, Lucy Maude Montgomery, Charles Dickens

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Linda

Stephen King & Susanna Kearsley since I’ve already met Diana Gabaldon several times.

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Julie

Maya Angelou

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Kathryn

Arthur Clark

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Charon

Anne Lamott

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Linda

Fred Rogers

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Beth

I met him twice and he was exactly like his on-screen personality.

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Kim

Dr. Seuss

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Melissa

Beverly Cleary

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Connie

James Michener

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Laura

Maya Angelou or Toni Morrison

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Angela

Rachel Carson

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Marna

No doubt, Joseph Campbell.

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Lisa

Mark Twain, John Steinbeck, Maya Angelou, Dr. Seuss, John Grisham

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Becky

Beverly Cleary

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Stacey

Scott Fitzgerald

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EN

Two I met that were delightful in person: John Elder Robison (woof), Rick Bragg.

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Cat

Tolstoy

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Theresa

May Sarton

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Theresa

I was fortunate to hear May speak at the Boston Public Library in the mid 70’s. It was fascinating to listen to her process of creation, her character creation and particularly the physical and mental toll it takes on an invested writer to produce a novel. I love all her works from her Journals through her fiction. Highly underrated and not that well known which I find baffling.

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Sandy

Gayle Brandeis

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Lori

I have one pending. Glad it isn’t just me.

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Mary

Shirley Jackson; she used to live near where I live now in Upstate NY; she was in Vermont in a close by town and wrote about her children as well as the House on the Hill and other scary stories. She reminds me of my mother who was very creative, and funny, but could be pretty scary too!

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Eliza

Yes!!! Yes!!! Oh yes!!!

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Lori

Kurt Vonnegut and Terry Pratchett.

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Eliza

Shirley Jackson

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Andrea

I’ve met Jeffery Deaver (Wonderful person!), Sara Paretsky and heard talks from Diana Gabaldon and Stephen King. I would LOVE to have the chance to sit and chat with Charles Dickens, but of course that is not possible…

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Janis

Gabriel Garcia Marquez

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Jim

London, Melville or Steinbeck. Or Dumas!

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EN

Steinbeck!
I have a related regret: I was in the Salinas valley area for a job interview a fews year back. After the interview I knew I didn’t want the job, so saw no reason to be going back to the area. On the way to the airport I saw a sign for the John Steinbeck museum and pondered paying to change my ticket. The regret is that I didn’t change my travel plans.

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Holly

Stephen King, Harper Lee, Chinua Achebe

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Eliza

I kind of want to meet Edgar Allen Poe and then I think….maybe not….

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Miles

Hemingway of course

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Brenda

Maeve Binchy

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Becky

Stephen King.

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Debbie

Sue Monk Kidd

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Annette

James Patterson

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Heather

Charles Dickens. <3 He is my literary boyfriend.

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Eliza

But for real the one I want most to meet is an author no one has heard of- Charles Williams. He was a member of the Inklings and wrote 7 incredible supernatural thrillers no one reads.

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Joy

You’re right..just looked him him. Very few readers and not great reviews..so what do find about his books that appeal to you?

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Eliza

Joy Kravetz Berger his writing is turgid which is why he will never have a great following. It is the Christian mysticism in his stories that changed my life. He was a theologian. He literally taught me about the nature of reality, Grace, evil, etc.

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Jody

Toni Morrison

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Tracy

Christopher Moore

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Nancy

Louise Penny

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Andrea

Me too.

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Mary

Charlotte Bronte

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Janis

Oh yes. One of mine and my daughter’s favorite authors. We went to England to the Bronte parsonage and walked up on the moors to hear the wuthering. It was one of my favorite days with her when she was a teen, sharing our love of literature.

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Elaine

@Janis When my daughter was 10 we both read The Golden Compass and it bonded us in a new way.

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Mary

Oh my! What a great experience for You! Lucky you, I love all about this novelist, Jane Eyre is terrific !

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Janis

Genesis Mary MC we traveled to DeSmet, South Dakota, Laura Ingells Wilder, Giverrne France after reading Linea in Monet’s Garden, Atlanta to MLK’s home after she read about him in 2nd grade and later to Margaret Mitchell’s home. Oh and Williamsburg after reading the American Girls series. We were not rich in money but wealthy in words. Needless to say she majored in English.

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Mary

@Janis amazing😍

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Janis

@Mary I thought a few years ago about writing a book about book travels with children, it’s been done.

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Andrea

John Steinbeck

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Elizabeth

F.Scott @Kelly

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Nan

@Kurt

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Andrea

Stephen King.

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Patty

c.s.lewis for tea and conversation. leif enger so I can punch him for the way peace like a river ended

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Kathleen

Loved that book.

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Patty

@Kathleen I did too, but I hated the end! tell me how you felt about it

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Kathleen

@Patty I agree with you.

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Patty

@Kathleen when I finished I was so angry I threw the book down and went to my basement to stomp around till I cooled down, my husband thought it was hilarious that I was so upset!

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Kathleen

@Patty I know, then you fume for a few days.

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Char

E.B. White

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Maria

Kate @Atkinson

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Donna

Maya Angelou

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Debra

I would want to meet Edgar Allen Poe. And one of the first things that I would want to tell him is that over 100 years after his death, the city in which he died (which is also my hometown) named their football team after his most famous poem. Because I think that would make him laugh.

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Jennifer

Mark Twain, I think, but I’m not sure I’m smart enough to keep up with him.

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Jennifer

Hitchens

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Jessica

Jane Austen and Emily Bronte

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Cindy

Tough choice! Can I bend the rules?! Margaret Mitchell and John Steinbeck. And thrillingly..Stephen King!!

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John

There are three: Armistead Maupin (Tales of the City), Fannie Flagg (Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistlestop Cafe), and Frances Maye (Under the Tuscan Sun)

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Patty

that’s an eclectic group!

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Andrea

Anne Rice. Or Edgar Allen Poe.

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Mary

Pat Conroy.

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EN

agreed

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Elaine

I wonder if he looks as insightful and observant as his writing

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Brandon

Both Stephen King and Agatha Christie.

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Donna

Jack London and John Steinbeck

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Donna

Elizabeth Berg

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Michele

I’ve met her at book signings years ago. Very enjoyable!

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Jaymi

Cathy Lamb

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Peggy

Hemingway and Stephen King

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Michael

Zelda and Scott Fitzgerald….Oh Wait, That Was Midnight In Paris….

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Gretchen

Zelda was a talented writer, too. Check out her novel Save Me The Waltz. F. Scott and her mental issues derailed a possible career on her own.

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Michael

Scott actually plagiarized some of his work….He used to carry a note pad around and write down all the crazy stuff that Zelda said….then he would incorporate those quotes into his novels verbatim….one favorite quote from The Great Gatsby is attributed to Zelda….”I’m glad it’s a girl. And I hope she’ll be a fool – that’s the best thing a girl can be in this world, a beautiful little fool”….

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Gretchen

@Michael Yes, all true!

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Jolie

Rowling

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Judy

Michael Crichton.

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Bridget

Jane Austin!

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Kathy

Kurt Vonnegutt Jr.

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Sophia

Margaret Atwood, again. I have more questions.

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Bonita

Mr. Rogers.

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Elyse

Stephen King and Jonathan Kellerman.

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Tracey

John F. Kennedy

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Pat

Hemingway

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Gwendolyn

Margaret Attwood

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Leah

God and JK Rawling…
Obviously they are not anywhere near the same level but I would love to meet both.

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Linda

Elie Wiesel… & Give him the warmest hug ❤️

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Janis

I was just wondering why Night is not on the list. Surely one of the most influential books in my life at a young age.

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Linda

@Janis that’s so true 💚

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Heidi

Night was left off the list. Unfortunately. So sad.

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Linda

It was worthy… Better than 50 shades or others that are on there lol

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Janis

@Linda or The Notebook! Yikes.

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Sheena

Agatha Christie

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Roberta

Will you ask where she was when she went missing?😉

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Christine

I think there was a giant bee involved. =)

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Mysti

I think that is my favorite episode of Dr Who.

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Nicole

Cassandra Clare

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Vicki

Pat Conroy!!!!!

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Micky

Yep! Me too.

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Dottie

Me too. Although I did hear him talk at an event in NC. He was so funny.

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Debbie

How could I have forgotten Charles Dickens!

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Sue

I think sitting in a pub with Douglas Adams would be a blast 🍺

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Lucinda

Amor Towles, J. K. Rowling, Leon Uris, Ken Follet, Amy Tan, Phillipa Gregory, Maeve Blinchy, Robert Ludlum, J.R.R. Tolkien, John Irving, Harper Lee. Just to name a few. Oh, and of course, Jane Austin.

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Cindy

C.S. Lewis and Titus Coan

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Jennifer

Anne Frank

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Shaun

Grace Livingston Hill

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Ardelle

James Patterson

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Rachel

Me too

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Jenn

Jane Austen

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Linda

I really admire J. K, Rowling having not yet started reading any of her books. She would be high on my list. Nora Ephron, Alice Walker, Barak Obama, Colin Powell, Mark Twain…..the list is too long to complete. I have already had the honor of meeting J. A. Jance and Elmore Leonard and several other favorite contemporary authors at book signings.

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Elaine

Definitely Alice, and I had forgotten about including @Nora

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Linda

I loved Hunter S Thompson, but I am not sure spending time with him would have been as fun as reading him.😂😂

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Linda

@Elaine There are just too many to choose. I finish a reply and then think of three more names.

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Elaine

@Linda I know then I read what others wrote and I want to include those as well!

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Donna

Rick Bragg

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Elaine

I hope you’ve seen him interviewed, its a kick

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Maria

Definitely!!!

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Wendy

Still living Ken Follett…deceased Louisa May Alcott or Charles Dickens or CS Lewis.

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Erin

JK Rowling
Ernest Cline

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Cynthia

Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.

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Renata

Stephen King

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Amanda

Living JK Rowling
Dead Shakespeare

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Leonbergerving

Patty Doane Cormack McCarthy

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Pat

Pete hamill

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John

I would love to have a drink with Kurt Vonnegut.

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Lori

Barbara Kingsolver,Isabel Allende, Amy Tan, Mike Dooley, Dr. Seuss, Shakespeare, Hemingway, the list is endless!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ❤️

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Elaine

There is an audio book of Kingsolver’s Prodigal Summer that is read in the southern accent of the state, so lovely.

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Lori

Wow, interesting!!! 😊

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Edie

Maya Angelou, JK Rowling, Stephen King, Dr. Seuss, Jodi Piccoult, Roald Dahl

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Jennifer

Maya Angelou

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Fredia

Maya Angelou, Diane Gabaldon, James Baldwin and President Obama

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Marna

I’m reading my first James Baldwin now. It has been in my bookcase for a while but when I saw Another Country on the GAR list I remembered that I hadn’t read it yet.

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Michele

Donna Tartt

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Debbie

So love The Goldfinch!

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Tammy

Margaret Mitchell

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Glynda

Pearl S. Buck

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Lori

Jose Saramago and Fernando Pessoa

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Lisa

Laura Ingalls Wilder. I read one of her books when I was a little girl and loved it. Somehow I never discovered the little house on the prairie series as a child. But, I love the tv show. Also, I have read her biography off and on. It is good.

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Cindy

You need to read the series! They are all so good!

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Lisa

Hi, I have the first five books of the little house series now. But I have not read them yet. It is on my list of things to do.

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Beth

@Lisa Please do! You will be delighted! I would love to have met Laura, too.

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Lisa

@Beth hi, I really want to read them. I remember reading Little House in the Big Woods as a child and loving it.

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Cheryl

Diane Galbadon, James Michener, Dr. Seuss, Dan Brown

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Amy

Stephen King, Augusten Burroughs, Harlan Coben

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Vicki

Tolkien, Vonnegut, Bradbury, McCaffrey

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Linda

I also forgot Isaac Asimov

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Barbara

Vonnegut~ agreed.

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Linda

Robin Lee Hatcher!!

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Linda

E Eugenia Price; Wanda Brunstetter, Jan Karon, LaVyrle Spencer.

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Beverly

St. Paul. The author of The Letters to the Corinthians and Letters to the Galatians. I have many questions I would like to ask. I would like to meet Moses, too.

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Patty

James Michner, Wally Lamb, Tolkien, Dr. Suess

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Ann

Did you ever read Lamb’s Wishin’ and Hopin’? I love that book so much.

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Chris

@Ann Have you seen the movie? It was hysterical!

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Patty

@Ann No, but I will put it on my list.

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Ann

@Chris I didn’t know there was a movie. Does it go by the same title?

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Chris

@Ann Yes! It was a Lifetime movie in 2014. Some of it was filmed in my hometown.

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Ann

@Chris Thanks, I’ll try finding it.

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Christine

Jack Kerouac

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Cynthia

And Heinlein

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Catherine

Abraham Lincoln

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Toni

Diana Gabbledon

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Barbara

Come to a signing in Phoenix/Scottsdale! 😀

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Natalie

James Herriot

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Barbara

Love him

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Nicki

charles bukowski <3

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Jill

Patricia Cornwell from the Kay Scarpetta series

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Laura

Ernest Hemingway,even though we would have had our disagreements.

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Natalie

I want to go to Florida to see his cats!

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Laura

I have been there. Beautiful Place and the cats are delightful.

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Renee

@Natalie yes! go to Key West and tour his house – and cats.

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Natalie

I was so concerned when the employees and cats rode out Hurricane Irma in Hemingway’s home, but everyone came out okay.

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Marge

Pete Hamill

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Kari

TONI MORRISON!!!!

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Stacey

Oh yes!

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Sara

Yep, yep, yep.

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Barbara

Charles Dickens; JK Rowling; L. Frank Baum; Franz Kafka; Ernest Hemingway; John Steinbeck, James Baldwin…

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Barbara

The amazing Alice Walker!!!

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Renee

JK Rowling 😊

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Renee

Judy Blume, Beverly Cleary, EB White, Victor Hugo, Toni Morrison – just a few others 😊

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Mysti

Judy Blume’s books were a major part of my childhood (much like many other girls I know).

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Lois

Margaret Atwood

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Evelyn

Hemingway, hands down. And Samuel Beckett. Oh and Louisa May Alcott! 🙂

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Stacey

I almost mentioned Louisa May Alcott in my list, but just saw a documentary on her, she wasn’t very gracious to her fans. So, I didn’t include her in my list.

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Evelyn

Well I would just love to tell her how much I loved Little Women… maybe if I buttered her up she’d be nice to me… 😂😂

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Deborah

Dorothy Sayers, Jane Austen, Lady Murasaki

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Cat

Orwell and Verne would be interesting to chat with in these times!

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Stacey

JK Rowling, Kate Serady, Jim Kjelgaard, Barbara Kingsolver, Isabel Allende, Nicholas Sparks.
I was due to meet Diana Gabaldon this week on an Outlander cruise, unfortunately had to cancel due to injury…so bummed
🙁

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Esther

Garcia Marquez, Isabel Allende, Thomas Verghese.

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Ann

Nora Ephron. Because she was so sly and witty. And, she always knew about the best food at the best restaurants.

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Mysti

F. Scott Fitzgerald and Michael Bond.
I first read Fitzgerald’s books when I was 13 and “the Great Gatsby” is still my all time favorite. Bond because Paddington Bear has always been my friend no matter what was going on in the world.

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Jo

Michael Connelly

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Lisa

Neil Gaiman

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Noe

Jane Austen, definitely!

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Vicki

I got to meet the author of one of my favorite childhood books, TIME AT THE TOP by Edward Ormondroyd in upstate New York in HIS home for over an hour. I felt so blessed. It wasn’t planned, I was visiting a friend and another’s friend mother, the author Ruth Stiles Gannett who wrote MY FATHER’S DRAGON was at an event. I saw all of her adoring fans lined up to speak with her, and I thought, who would I want to meet. I happened to ask one of Ruth’s daughters if she’d heard of TIME AT THE TOP, and she said, “Oh, Ed lives around the corner from Mother.” I was visiting from NEW MEXICO, and I just got chills, realizing I was so close to “Ed.” Needless to say, I was at his front door the next day.

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Barbara

Dahli Lama 14th

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Erika

Stephenie Meyer

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Christine

Michael Crichton

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Laurie

I have met the ones I love they reveal themselves in their writing!!!

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Debbie

Margaret Mitchell

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Wendy

Jane Austen

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Kerry

Jk rowling

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Vickie

Shakespeare William of course💖

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Susan

Stephen King

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Jessica

I would love to learn his process on writing.

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@Jessica He has a book called On Writing which is fabulous!

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Pamela

Diana Gabaldon

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Charlotte

Daniel Silva

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Cathy

Louise Penny.

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Barbara

Ernest Hemingway.

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Orla

Laura Ingalls Wilder

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Jeneane

@Clive

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Michelle

Harper Lee

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Charlie

Mark Twain

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Carolyn

Madeline L’Engle

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MaryQuestion author

She would be at the top of my list too!!!

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Vicki

Maeve Binchy

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Marie

Pat Conroy

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Jane

Truman Capote

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Lee

Robert Louis Stevenson

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Emily

Allen Ginsberg, Jane Austen, & Langston Hughes

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Gillian

Flannery 0’Connor

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Eunice

Sue Grafton

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Kathleen

Rachel Carson

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Michele

Elmore Leonard

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Terry

Ed McBain , the author who introduced me to police procedurals. <3

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Susie

Beverly Cleary

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MaryQuestion author

There are so many favs. I would love to have met Barbara Michaels. I would love to have lunch with Alice Hoffman.

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Frank

Kurt Vonnegut.

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Lina

Patricia Polacco

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Katrina

William Shakespeare and Stephen King

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Janet

WOW! That would make for an interesting evening.

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Susan

Lisa Genova

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Sarah

L. Frank Baum.

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Marti

Doris Kearns Goodwin

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John

I have and she’s a joy to talk to!

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Anna

Laura Ingalls Wilder

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Sue

Celeste Ng

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Tammy

Only one?? Maybe I could narrow it down to five. E.Hemingway, V.Wolfe, Jack Kerouac, Pearl S. Buck and Alice Hoffman.

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Jennifer

Rosamunde Pilcher

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Lisa

Margaret Atwood.

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Kathy

Mark Twain

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Debrah

Emily Bronte

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Jo

Lois Lenski.

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Christine

Easy question. Drinks in Key West with Ernest Hemingway.

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Kathy

Harper Lee, Flannery O’Connor

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Shelley

Mark Twain, Gabriel Garcia-Marquez, Eudora Welty

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Patricia

Oscar Wilde

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Chrismae

Pearl S Buck

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Katie

JD Salinger

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Mariam

CS Lewis

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Angie

Diana Gabaldon

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Jennifer

Have met her at The Decatur Book Festival book signings. She is engaging and fun.

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Mary

Diana Gabaldon

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Jamie

Can I just say “The School of Night” and have it count as one person?🤔🤔

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Anne

Ken Follett

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Shelley

George RR Martian so I can stand over him until he finishes the last book. I

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Noelle

I’ll help you ….. very long wait with him.

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Bobbie

Be right there with you ladies, I am actually to the point of being a bit angry that he is not finishing this…but, it is being finished on HBO. I did get their channel to see the ending, but will cancel when it is over. Ticked off!😡

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Shelley

@Bobbie I won’t watch the HBO series. I want the book.

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Georgia

Isaac Asimov

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Patti

James Michener

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Jettye

Maya Angelou

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Robin

Maya Angelou

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Janet

Doris Lessing

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Pat

Pat Conroy and Maeve Binchy

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Jennifer

Met Conroy at a book signing and would have loved to meet Maeve Binchy.

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Donna

Some of my favorite books are by these two authors.

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Kathleen

Ray Bradbury

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Susie

Harper Lee

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Shelley

Thomas Pynchon

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Carole

James Patterson

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Susie

Also Toni Morrison

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Lora

Boris Pasternak

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Erin

Maeve Binchy

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Barbara

James Michener

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Susan

Pat Conroy

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Janet

Yes. I have so many questions.

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Merri

Jane Austen

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Margaret

Stephen King

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Amy

Alan Bradley

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Kay

John Steinbeck

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Sara

Isaac Asimov

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Kate

Maxine Hong Kingston <3

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Deborah

Ruth Rendell, also known as Barbara Vine

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Beth

Stephen King

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Joy

Maurice Sendak

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Kathy

Stephen King

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Jacqueline

Joyce Carol Oates

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Mary

Marg. Atwood and Kurt Vonnegut.

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Joy

CS Lewis

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David

Robert Anton Wilson,

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Lillian

J.R.R. Tolkien

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Dominic

Twain or Poe

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Kammiesue

Joyce Carol oates

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Nancy

Bronte sisters

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