I've been a fan of Jack Vance since before I was in high school.
I'm looking forward to writing more novels for young adults.
Amanda Ashley is a master storyteller.
There can be nothing more humiliating for a writer of fiction to have to do than restate a case that has already been made.
Terry Pratchett's right up my alley ... give him a try!
I definitely want to act and I want to sing. If those two fall through, I want to become a writer, probably, like a songwriter for other people, or a novel writer. I write a lot, and I read a lot. I like reading fiction.
I write adult fiction, but a good 40 to 50 per cent of my readers are teenagers. I love that if they have to grow up and move past JK Rowling they can move to me. From Jo to Jodi!
Celeste Ng is such a gifted writer.
All best-of lists should close with the amazing Kelly Link.
Anything I've ever read by John Irving has been really well written.
I wrote two novels about a yoga studio in Los Angeles published by Penguin under the pen name Rain Mitchell.
I'm a huge Cormac McCarthy fan and have read every book of his.
I used to be a freelance journalist, so I had to write fast, but I always found writing nonfiction constraining. I like the freedom of fiction, where I get to invent everything, and tidy, conclusive endings are within my control.
Before Arthur, I'd dismissed altogether writing fiction. You only have so many semi-sharp arrows in your quiver, I'd told myself, and I was not going to be able to write a novel.
