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The Favorite Books Of America’s Best Authors

by Bryan Thomas Schmidt

It’s almost an industry cliche when it comes to writing advice: to write well, you must read a lot. No one loves books more than authors themselves, after all, storytelling is a passion that often derives from a love of hearing good stories told. So what books have influenced your favorite author? What about the likes of Ernest Hemingway, Mark Twain, John Steinbeck, Joyce Carol Oates, Stephen King, Alice Walker, Ray Bradbury, Edgar Allan Poe? Literary giants all.

Like most authors, even these couldn’t limit themselves to just one. But from the lists offered, The Online Education Database has assembled a list of of 20 legendary authors’ favorite books and how they influenced their writing, choosing the most representative or fitting selection from each author’s list.

The Favorite Books of America’s Best Authors

http://oedb.org/library/beginning-online-learning/the-favorite-books-of-americas-best-authors


Bryan Thomas Schmidt is an author and editor of adult and children’s science fiction, fantasy and humor books, short stories and articles. A frequent contributor to blogs like SFSignal, Adventures In SF Publishing, Grasping For The Wind and To Be Read, he also hosts Science Fiction and Fantasy Writer’s Chat under the hashtag #sffwrtcht on Twitter and blogs about writing and creativity on his own blog at www.bryanthomasschmidt.net/blog. Connect With Bryan On Google+

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