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The first name that jumped to my mind was Vladimir Nabokov.
For non-fictionk it would have to be Thorstein Veblen.
How come nobody has said J D Salinger yet? And the enigmatic B. Traven, whoever he was.
The great pioneer writers, O E Rolvaag and Willa Cather. Herman Melville, too.
I think I am most intrigued by the life of marjoie kinnan rawlings . I think she was ahead of her time in the fact that she got a divoce when divorce was virtually unheard of . I think she is fascinating .
Harper Lee - how can such a talented author have only one book in them? Did she not write another novel after To Kill a Mockingbird because she was afraid it wouldn't be as well received? Or was she simply satisified?
Stephen King - especially after he was hit by the car.
And I'd really like to learn more about Tom Robbins. Apparently he lives up in the Mt. Vernon area and I'd really love to have a cup of coffee and just shoot the breeze with this creative genius.
Two thumbs up for Stephen King!!! I read his Stephen King On Writing...great book, too, besides his fiction.
I must also add a second current writer: J.K. Rowling (Harry Potter)
Clive Cussler and would love to meet the fictional hero from his novels, Dirk Pitt.
Grace Metalious
John Grisham
The Bronte Sisters
Larry McMurtry
Louis L'Amour
Dave Barry & Lewis Grizzard
And as already mention: Edgar Allen Poe, Mark Twain, Harper Lee & Stephen King.
My first thought was Hemingway. Then Poe. Then I was running around with Douglas Adams, Tom Robbins and then I was left with 50 or so others. How about Homer or Ovid? Shakespere perhaps?
This is a hard question because how could an author of science fiction, murder or spy novels, for example, have a life that could compete with their stories? For a fiction author's life to intrigue me, they'd probably have to write about everyday life so their own life could seem less dull in comparison.
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Stephen King, Two Thumbs Up
