I recently when to an author signing (where I met the amazing Tamora Pierce) and it got me thinking about signed books. So I wrote a short signed book meme! Here it is ( Read more... )

Stephen King, our favourite prolific writer of discomfiting squirmities, is writing a sequel to The Shining, (entitled Dr. Sleep). As a way of passing the time between now and when I go insane from impatience, I give you this early Hallowe’en present… a Stephen King meme.

( this cut is an opportunity for non-king-fans to move on. Do not simply answer every question negatively just to mess with my mind, because I actually read the answers to these, and I will beat you with a copy of The Stand. )

( prolific author poll )

Name five authors that you would invite to a tea-party.
Name four authors that you would you want with you on a long sea voyage.
Name three authors that you would you want to spend a day at the zoo with.
Name two authors you would like to put against a wall and shoot (or if you're non-violent even in memeland, two authors you'd like to narrow your ( Read more... )

For those of you wondering ‘who decides these things?’, the list below is from the book The Literary 100: A Ranking of the Most Influential Novelists, Playwrights, and Poets of All Time (Checkmark Books/Facts On File, Inc.: New York, 2001), written by Daniel S. Burt ( Read more... )

Recommend your favourite author and title ( Read more... )

You meet your favourite (living or deceased) author in a bookstore ( Read more... )

1. Who is your all-time favourite author, and why ( Read more... )