http://bestsellersinfiction.yuku.com/topic/9028/t/-righty---author---like---dinner-coffee--conversation--.html en-us Copyright 2006, Yuku feeds@yuku.com (FeedMaster) webmaster@yuku.com (WebMaster) Wed, 10 Jun 2009 12:15:58 GMT Sat, 01 Aug 2009 09:34:36 GMT Yuku Feeds 1.0 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://static.yuku.com//feed/bypass/images/button-yuku.png http://bestsellersinfiction.yuku.com/topic/9028/t/-righty---author---like---dinner-coffee--conversation--.html Yuku - free hosted forums and profiles 88 31 {pics-1.1 "http://www.icra.org/ratingsv02.html" l gen true for "http://yuku.com" r (nz 1 vz 1 lz 1 oz 1 cz 1 ) "http://www.rsac.org/ratingsv01.html" l gen true for "http://yuku.com" r (n 0 s 0 v 0 l 0 )) Search Domain q http://yuku.com/search/direct/ http://bestsellersinfiction.yuku.com/reply/373554/t/-righty---author---like---dinner-coffee--conversation--.html#reply-373554 Alexander McCall Smith? He would definitely be on my list: funny and smart! Also, Anne Tyler (as Ragamuffin girl suggested) or her inspirational counterpart, Lisa Samson -- both Baltimore girls who have a gift for human insight. Anne Lamott, Francine Rivers...

From the past, the Scottish storyteller, George MacDonald (who CS Lewis considered a mentor, Lewis Carroll counted as friend and Mark Twain as a correspondent... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (Gracewings) http://bestsellersinfiction.yuku.com/sreply/373554 Sat, 01 Aug 2009 09:15:37 GMT http://bestsellersinfiction.yuku.com/reply/373405/t/-righty---author---like---dinner-coffee--conversation--.html#reply-373405

Of those living I would say Michel Houellebecq, though I know I wouldn't have a good time.
]]> feeds@yuku.com (Lila Fowler) http://bestsellersinfiction.yuku.com/sreply/373405 Tue, 28 Jul 2009 19:11:22 GMT http://bestsellersinfiction.yuku.com/reply/373384/t/-righty---author---like---dinner-coffee--conversation--.html#reply-373384 feeds@yuku.com (Ragamuffingirl) http://bestsellersinfiction.yuku.com/sreply/373384 Tue, 28 Jul 2009 09:19:20 GMT http://bestsellersinfiction.yuku.com/reply/373219/t/-righty---author---like---dinner-coffee--conversation--.html#reply-373219 feeds@yuku.com (tabbynera) http://bestsellersinfiction.yuku.com/sreply/373219 Fri, 24 Jul 2009 06:13:13 GMT http://bestsellersinfiction.yuku.com/reply/372277/t/-righty---author---like---dinner-coffee--conversation--.html#reply-372277 feeds@yuku.com (librarylover) http://bestsellersinfiction.yuku.com/sreply/372277 Tue, 07 Jul 2009 18:31:40 GMT http://bestsellersinfiction.yuku.com/reply/372205/t/-righty---author---like---dinner-coffee--conversation--.html#reply-372205 feeds@yuku.com (Somerled) http://bestsellersinfiction.yuku.com/sreply/372205 Tue, 07 Jul 2009 01:40:29 GMT http://bestsellersinfiction.yuku.com/reply/372199/t/-righty---author---like---dinner-coffee--conversation--.html#reply-372199 ]]> feeds@yuku.com (AirPrang) http://bestsellersinfiction.yuku.com/sreply/372199 Mon, 06 Jul 2009 20:24:56 GMT http://bestsellersinfiction.yuku.com/reply/372197/t/-righty---author---like---dinner-coffee--conversation--.html#reply-372197 feeds@yuku.com (Rockthief) http://bestsellersinfiction.yuku.com/sreply/372197 Mon, 06 Jul 2009 16:20:11 GMT http://bestsellersinfiction.yuku.com/reply/372164/t/-righty---author---like---dinner-coffee--conversation--.html#reply-372164 feeds@yuku.com (beautifulsoup) http://bestsellersinfiction.yuku.com/sreply/372164 Mon, 06 Jul 2009 08:08:40 GMT http://bestsellersinfiction.yuku.com/reply/371540/t/-righty---author---like---dinner-coffee--conversation--.html#reply-371540 feeds@yuku.com (Islandgirl81) http://bestsellersinfiction.yuku.com/sreply/371540 Tue, 23 Jun 2009 17:58:08 GMT http://bestsellersinfiction.yuku.com/reply/371230/t/-righty---author---like---dinner-coffee--conversation--.html#reply-371230
Ian Rankin - I had a beer with him years ago and he was a top bloke
Stuart MacBride - Aberdeen crime writer, very funny, even his website makes me laugh aloud
Josephine Tey (Elizabeth McKinnon) - some quite funny and racy elements in her books, particularly in comparison to Dame Agatha.
James McCall Smith - another... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (AirPrang) http://bestsellersinfiction.yuku.com/sreply/371230 Fri, 19 Jun 2009 22:48:55 GMT http://bestsellersinfiction.yuku.com/reply/371007/t/-righty---author---like---dinner-coffee--conversation--.html#reply-371007
Of course, I think Stephen King would make a very interesting dinner companion. ]]> feeds@yuku.com (momluvs) http://bestsellersinfiction.yuku.com/sreply/371007 Tue, 16 Jun 2009 15:16:10 GMT http://bestsellersinfiction.yuku.com/reply/371006/t/-righty---author---like---dinner-coffee--conversation--.html#reply-371006 feeds@yuku.com (Violanthe) http://bestsellersinfiction.yuku.com/sreply/371006 Tue, 16 Jun 2009 14:18:51 GMT http://bestsellersinfiction.yuku.com/reply/370933/t/-righty---author---like---dinner-coffee--conversation--.html#reply-370933
@ Twain... yep... that would be a great one! ]]> feeds@yuku.com (Yadi) http://bestsellersinfiction.yuku.com/sreply/370933 Mon, 15 Jun 2009 02:58:52 GMT http://bestsellersinfiction.yuku.com/reply/370898/t/-righty---author---like---dinner-coffee--conversation--.html#reply-370898
Looking up Jacqueline Pascarl, I'm not familiar I don't think. ]]> feeds@yuku.com (TheNunns) http://bestsellersinfiction.yuku.com/sreply/370898 Sun, 14 Jun 2009 12:24:15 GMT http://bestsellersinfiction.yuku.com/reply/370838/t/-righty---author---like---dinner-coffee--conversation--.html#reply-370838 feeds@yuku.com (Rogmeister) http://bestsellersinfiction.yuku.com/sreply/370838 Sat, 13 Jun 2009 17:39:32 GMT http://bestsellersinfiction.yuku.com/reply/370835/t/-righty---author---like---dinner-coffee--conversation--.html#reply-370835 feeds@yuku.com (Yadi) http://bestsellersinfiction.yuku.com/sreply/370835 Sat, 13 Jun 2009 15:22:25 GMT http://bestsellersinfiction.yuku.com/reply/370820/t/-righty---author---like---dinner-coffee--conversation--.html#reply-370820 I dare say I shall be getting airs about myself now!

Twain, indeed. What a fascinating man. So much of his work I still haven't read

And Ogden was probably the first poet (unless you count Dr. Seuss) to capture my interest...
[u][/The Duck[u][/

Behold the duck.
It does not cluck.
A cluck it lacks.
It quacks.

It is especially fond
of puddle or pond
And when it dines or sups
... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (sublimosa) http://bestsellersinfiction.yuku.com/sreply/370820 Sat, 13 Jun 2009 06:57:24 GMT http://bestsellersinfiction.yuku.com/reply/370800/t/-righty---author---like---dinner-coffee--conversation--.html#reply-370800
(I love it when you ponder Mosa, you sound very southern when you do, I think I'll invite you to my dinner party) ]]> feeds@yuku.com (TheNunns) http://bestsellersinfiction.yuku.com/sreply/370800 Fri, 12 Jun 2009 17:27:46 GMT http://bestsellersinfiction.yuku.com/reply/370731/t/-righty---author---like---dinner-coffee--conversation--.html#reply-370731 feeds@yuku.com (Violanthe) http://bestsellersinfiction.yuku.com/sreply/370731 Thu, 11 Jun 2009 15:32:12 GMT http://bestsellersinfiction.yuku.com/topic/9028/t/-righty---author---like---dinner-coffee--conversation--.html
So, here it is; a thread to do so. State your authors/authoresses, and tell us why!

I actually have my own answer for this. I think I'd like to have conversation with Elizabeth Crane. Why? Because, her writing style is very similar to how I think and speak! That could be a good thing...or a decidedly horrible thing -... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (beautifulsoup) http://bestsellersinfiction.yuku.com/topic/9028 Wed, 10 Jun 2009 12:15:58 GMT