Author Appreciation Week: The Later Years
I love the way literature allows us to examine life. Here are a few authors who through their words have made my world a little bigger. (Again, I’ll try to only include books I haven’t discussed before).
John Knowles
Annemarie Selinko
Maya Angelou
Isabelle Allende
Arthur Golden
Wallace Stegner
Rosamund Pilcher
Sheldon Vanauken
Betsy James
Edith Pargeter
Marilynne Robinson
Arundhati Roy
Anne Tyler
Amy Tan
Donna Tartt
Annie Proulx
Zadie Smith
What authors helped expand your world later in life?
Great list! I actually haven’t read quite a few of these, but I’m putting them on my list. I need more time!! :)
Oh, man. I have not read a single one of these… Maybe because I’m still reading YA and MG fiction? Yeah, let’s go with that…
I was mostly a Terry Brooks, Guy Gavriel Kay, Orson Scott Card, John Wyndham gal back in high school. I read lots of other stuff too, but those are the ones that I remember best. I actually read lots more YA now, but still tend to lean toward the ones with a slightly sci-fi/fantasy twist.
Tracy, I love Ender!