We had a script reading, and that's where we met J.K. Rowling, which was really exciting.
I ran into Stephen King once in New York a few years ago and outside the Carlyle and he said, "You're in the pink." Which sounded so Stephen King. He's doing well I think after his accident and all of that, years and years ago.
The first time I saw J.K. Rowling, I was sitting across from her at the 'Fantastic Beasts' table read, and I was just amazed by how wonderful she is in person.
I met William Burroughs in 1971. I got his address through a magazine and went to London to spend time with him.
The first author I met socially was Joyce Cary.
I met Donald Barthelme when I was 30, and it's fair to say that before that moment, I was pre-modern, and after I met him, I was nudged rather forcefully towards this other end of the spectrum.
I stopped by Politics & Prose to sign a few copies of 'Constellation.' A couple days later, I learned that Barack Obama also stopped by and left with one of them.
Meeting authors is kind of the death of the characters. That is always heartbreaking.
I met Eva Ibbotson before I became a writer myself, and was in awe of her then.
