Word of the day : extemperaneous : composed, performed, or uttered on the spur of the moment ; impromptu ; makeshift
What a great day yesterday at the Savannah Book Festival! Perfect weather, authors walking right by us. Julia got to meet Jamie Ford, I got to listen to and meet Peter Abrahams, and all three of us met Pat Conroy. Can't wait for next year.
Which got me thinking...
There are loads of book festivals all over the U.S. Hopefully, Julia and I will get to attend some of them. And here are 50 authors I would like to meet at some point:
(Call it a life list)
Sherman Alexie
Benjamin Black (aka John Banville)
James Lee Burke
Harlan Coben
J.M. Coetzee
Michael Connelly
Jonathan Dee
E.L. Doctorow
Jennifer Egan
Aaron Elkins
Jeffrey Eugenides
Ken Follett
Jonathan Franzen
Elizabeth George
Tess Gerritsen
Joanne Harris
Carl Hiassen
Oscar Hijuelos
Arnaldur Indridason
John Irving
Kazuo Ishiguro
William Kennedy
Barbara Kingsolver
Jhumpa Lahiri
Erik Larson
Dennis Lehane
Cormac McCarthy
David McCullough
Larry McMurtry
Claire Messud
Toni Morrison
Kate Morton
Stewart O'Nan
Ann Patchett
Tom Perrotta
Arthur Phillips
Annie Proulx
Ruth Rendell
Marilynne Robinson
Phillip Roth
Richard Russo
Lionel Shriver
Scott Smith
Zadie Smith
Michael Stanley
Elizabeth Strout
Donna Tartt
Brady Udall
Daniel Woodrell
Carlos Ruiz Zafon
Oh, well, that's it for today.
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