If you owned a bookstore, what authors (up to five) would you like to have at store readings or events?
Dennis
Andrew Vachss
Stephen King
John D. Macdonald
Stephen Hawking
Ray Bradbury
Shirley Barrett
Michael Connelly
Nelson DeMille
Daniel Silva
Elizabeth George
James Patterson
Maureen
Jodi Picoult, Stephen King, Philippa Gregory, Anna Quindlen, Adriana Trigiani
Lisa Richland
Peter May, Charles Todd (mother and son),
Archer Mayor, Janet Evanovich (she'd bring in the crowds!), Mary Kay Andrews (another great sense of the absurd)
Susan Helene Gottfried
Ben Sherwood
India Edghill
J. A. Konrath
Rebecca Drake
Lavonne Morrell
Henry James
Gore Vidal
P.D. James
John Dunning
Bill Bryson
Fran Schroeder
Nelson DeMille
Ken Follett
Lincoln Child
Donald Westlake
Carl Hiassen
Jane Haase
1. David Sedaris
2. Carl Hiaasen
3. Stephen King
4. Pat Conroy
5. Jim Kokoris
Malvina Yock
Linda Howard
Jennifer Crusie
Nora Roberts
Suzanne Brockmann
Janet Evanovich
Freda
Randy Wayne White
Nelson DeMille
Steven Womack
Archer Mayor
Thomas H. Cook
Ray Palen
You did not qualify living or dead:
1. Charles Dickens
2. Edgar Allen Poe
3. H. P. Lovecraft
4. Stephen King
5. J.D. Salinger
Sue Vogan
Hmm...John Grisham for sure. He is a terrific storyteller, his voice just oozes with Southern charm, and let's face it, he's sexy! Also, if she were living, it would be fascinating to hear Margaret Mitchell explain how she went about writing GONE WITH THE WIND, of course, how she felt her characters ultimately fared. Stephen King, whether you like the genre or not, is a terrific storyteller. He's one of the few who have made me afraid to turn out the lights. And hey, let's invite Oprah also (who would probably be way too busy to come) because her insights on life and living are right on target.
Lisa Erdmier
Without a doubt, Sarah Dessen! Anyone who has ever been a teenager, who lives with a teenager, or who IS a teenager, should start at the beginning and read every one of her books. She understands teenage life so unbelievably well and passes it along to us like a gift. I can't wait for her next book!
Lisa Marie Garrison
My selections would be:
Betty Smith (A TREE GROWS IN BROOKLYN)
Maya Angelou
Barry Manilow (SWEET LIFE)
Ann Rule
Patty Blackwell
James Patterson
Patricia Cornwell
Kathy Reichs
Mary Higgins Clark
Carol Higgins Clark
Carol
J. K. Rowling
John Irving
John Grisham
Amy Tan
David Halberstam
Edward Garea
Gore Vidal
Michael Nelson
Stephen Ambrose
Robert C. Solomon
Robert A. Herrera
Charlene Barron
Harlan Coben
James Patterson
Alexander McCall Smith
Sue Grafton
Tami Hoag
Michelle Miller
Stephen King, Anne Rice, Edward Rutherfurd, J. K. Rowling, and Terry Brooks
Laura McLendon
Sue Grafton, John Grisham, Janet Evanovich, J. K. Rowling, Dr. Mehmet Oz and Michael F. Roizen
Bonnie Szul
James Patterson
Joy Fielding
Iris Johansen
Lisa Jackson
Heather Graham
I could name more, but 5 is the limit.
Lea Ann Morris
Joan Medlicott
Jody Picoult
Margaret Atwood
Jay Parini
Madeleine L'Engle
PJ Apostle
Richard Mahler
Jack Canfield
Peter Jenkins
Kellie Smith
Nicolas Sparks - I just went to his signing at Barnes and Noble and waited in line for almost 2 hours. The store must have made a fortune on him.
Janet Evanovich
Mary Higgins Clark
James Patterson
John Grisham
Rosalie
Maeve Binchey, Dorothea Benton Frank, Belva Plain, Rosamunde Pilcher and Adriana Trigiani.
Jen Deja
Jasper Fforde, author of THE EYRE AFFAIR; in that same vein, Charlotte Bronte; also Daphne Du Maurier and David Hewson.
Linda Fausel
I would have author Kris Radish.
She is creative, vibrant, and very inspiring.
Noreen
Sue Grafton, John Grisham, Rachael Ray, Kim Edwards, and Mitch Albom
Lee
Janet Evanovich
Sue Monk Kidd
John Grisham
James Patterson
Dianne Gordonn
John Sandford - Crime Fiction
Carl Hiaasen - Hilarious Mysteries
Jamie Lee Curtis - Children's
David Sedaris - Wonderful Storyteller
Augusten Burroughs - Self-Help :)~
john
Daniel Silva
John Grisham
Steve Berry
Karen Townsend
I would host authors not widely known, local authors, to get them exposure.
Jean Mess
1. Erin Grady
2. Carla Neggers
3. Brenda Novak
4. Sandra Brown
5. Sharon Sala
Merrilee
Harlan Coben
Steve Hamilton
Janet Evanovich
Laurell K. Hamilton
Michael Connelly
Alexis Cotterell
Anne Tyler
Jodi Picoult
John Grisham
P. D. James
Paulo Coelho
Merrry Waldrip
Nora Roberts
Janet Evanovich
Stephen King
Nevada Barr
J. K. Rowling
Cathy Doyle
Charles De Lint, Dean Koontz, Clive Cussler, James Rollins and my friend, Elaine Haygood, who just self published! Having them visit all at the same time would be pretty exciting, it would be my own little 'con'.
Zena Schulman
John Grisham, Mark Haddon, Augusten Burroughs
tami
Alice Munro, hands down.
Jana Harver
Mitch Albom, Elizabeth Berg, Jimmy Carter, Patricia Cornwell and Brad Meltzer
Donna Kokolis
Vince Flynn
Lee Child
Robert B. Parker
Brian Haig
Matthew Reilly
Linda M. Williams
James Patterson
Daniel Silva
Dean Koontz
Wilbur Smith
Richard North Patterson
Nunu In Niagara Canada
The authors I would like to host at my bookstore would be:
1. Tess Gerritsen
2. Greg Iles
3. Mary Kay Andrews
4. Tami Hoag
5. Adriana Trigiani
Alice MacDonald
Barbara Kingsolver
Ann Patchett
Joanne Harris
Jane Smiley
Annie Proulx
Maureen Hoffman-Wehmeier
I would invite the authors whose books I eagerly await, such as John Grisham, James Patterson, Diane Mott Davidson, Nelson DeMille, and Joseph Finder.
veewall
Adriana Trigiani
Janet Evanovich
Eileen Goudge
James Patterson
Nicholas Sparks
Merna Zimmerman
Our local author is Byrd Baylor. She writes children's books but adults love them too.
Kathy Reel
1. Stephenie Meyer
2. Stephen King
3. Anna Quinlen
4. Neil Gaiman
5. Sue Monk Kidd
Sharron Coletta
It would be hard to pick just five but I have seen these 5 at other events and they are fabulous!
Jodi Picoult, Nelson DeMille, Elizabeth Berg, Ernest J. Gaines,
Elizabeth Strout
Rita Carter
Tim Russert, Clive Cussler, Jack Higgins, Robert Ludlum, Barack Obama
Jeanine L'Esperance
If I owned a book store, I would love to have the following authors come for readings:
- Nora Roberts, because she is a great speaker
- Stephen King, since I am unlikely to meet him otherwise
- Dean Koontz
- Mary Kay Andrews, for her great sense of humor
- MaryJanice Davidson
Beth Cummings
Amy Tan
Barbara Kingslolver
Maya Angelou
Lorna Landvik
Anita Diamant
Nancy Venters
Jimmy Buffett
Mary Kay Andrews
Perri O'Shaughnessy
Martha Grimes
James Patterson
Noreen Brown
Dan Brown
Naomi Ragen
Adriana Trigiani
Fr. Andrew M. Greeley
Frank McCourt
Karin
Adam McGrath
Sarah Thorn
Jodi Picoult, Larry McMurtry, Lois Lowry, Dean Koontz, Pat Conroy
Barbara Goettler
Sandra Brown
Nelson DeMille
Mary Higgins Clark
John Grisham
Michael Connelly
Anne Edwards
Lescroart
Freedman
Evanovich
Grisham
Marcia
Anita Shreve
Alice Hoffman
Elizabeth Berg
Anna Quindlen
Trish Thomas
Do they have to be living? If not, Mark Twain, Jane Austen, Aphra Behn, Raymond Carver and Henry Fielding. Living? Toni Morrison, Annie Lamott, Lisa Scottoline, Marcia Muller, Thomas Pynchon.
Sheila Kahn
Barbara Kingsolver
Dick Francis
Margaret Maron
Michael Connelly
John Irving
Eileen Quinn Knight
Zadie Smith
Alice McDermott
Yiyun Li
Arundhati Roy
Marcel Proust (deceased)
Judith williams
Laurie King
Anne Perry
Elizabeth George
Simon Brett
Colin Dexter
Bobbe Banks Salkowitz
1. Stephen King
2. The Kellermans
3. Kate Atkinson
4. Elizabeth George
5. Jodi Picoult
Peggy
Michael Connelly
David Morrell
Stephen White
Janet Evanovich
Jon Krakauer
Vicky
Christine Feehan
Nora Roberts
James Patterson
Nicholas Sparks
Mary Higgins Clark
Melissa
Charles De Lint
Dennis L. McKiernan
Stephen King
Lee Child
Jeffery Deaver
Doris from British Columbia
Nora Roberts
Mary Kay Andrews
Lisa Jackson
Adriana Trigiani
Dorthea Benton Frank
Gisele Courville
Erica Spindler
Debbie Macomber
Patti Berg
Maeve Binchy
LaVyrle Spencer
Betty Smith
Stephen King
Lee Child
Dean Koontz
Barbara Delinsky
John Grisham
Mary Angela Young
I would want the following authors. John Grisham, Fern Michaels, Debbie Macomber, Janet Evanovich, and James Patterson.
Patricia Cantrell
Stephen King, Dean Koontz, John Saul, Anne Rice, Mary Higgins Clark
Tina Hathcock
Patricia Cornwell
Neil Gaiman
John Connolly
Ray Bradbury
Janet Evonovich
Julie Desmond
At my store, I would like: Charles Martin, to discuss WHEN CRICKETS CRY to find out how he did his research, whether he has medical training, etc., and to discuss the religious symbolism throughout the novel.
Philippa Gregory, to discuss any or all of her historical novels of famous women. One of our favorites was THE OTHER BOLEYN GIRL, and after discussing the novel, we had a mock beheading of King Henry VIII using a cardboard semblance of him.
Peggy
Would love to have Janet Evanovich,
Adriana Trigiani, Anna Quindlen and Jane Hamilton
Lindy
James Patterson
Kay Hooper
Bertrice Small
Lisa Jackson
Julie Garwood
Suzanne
Only five?? It's awfully difficult to pick only five, but among the many, I would choose Sandra Brown, Barbara Delinsky, Nicholas Sparks, Les Roberts, and Stuart Woods. I could go on and on!!!!
Suzanne
Nelson DeMille
Nora Roberts
Janet Evanovich
Sandra Brown
Nevada Barr
Ellen Whitney
James Lee Burke, John Grisham, Michael Connolly, Jasper Fford, Lee Child .... I could name a whole lot more!
Linda Bedell
Vince Flynn
Erik Larsen
James Patterson
Carl Hiassen
Janet Evanovich
Rose DiFante
Dan Brown, Khaled Hosseini, David McCullough, Lisa See, Sarah Dunant
Jon
Rick Bass
Philip Pullman
George Pelecanos
Ken Bruen
Henning Mankell
Jennifer
Stephenie Mayer
Janet Evanovich
Ann Brashares
Meg Cabot
Ally Carter
David
Stephen King
Jan Karon
J. K. Rowling
Bob Costas
David McCullough
Lynn
James Frey, Jennifer Crusie, Jennifer Weiner, Elizabeth Berg and Jodi Picoult
Lesa
Anne Rivers Siddons
David Ball
Rosamunde Pilcher
Dominick Dunne
Dorothy Dunnett (unfortunately deceased, though)
K.Lucas
If money were no object,
I'd have the following visit my library, not bookstore.
Janet Evanovich
Bill Bryson
Mitch Albom
and Jennifer Crusie and Bob Mayer.
Of these, we've actually had Crusie/Mayer and they were great!
Harriet Stay
Michael Robotham
P. J. Tracy (mom & daughter)
David Ellis
Craig Johnson
P. D. James
Rita Lazarus
P. D. James
Elizabeth George
David McCullough
Penelope Lively
Donald Spoto
Steven Simons
Dennis Lehane
George Pelecanos
Carol O'Connell
John Connolly
Michael Connelly
F Tessa Bartels
Sandra Dallas
Kaye Gibbons
Alexander McCall Smith
John Dunning
Erik Larson
Randi Odierno
Supposing they can't be deceased (although I could wish for some that are long gone), I would have to have J.K. Rowling, Robert Sabuda and Kurt Vonnegut as my top three. For deceased authors, Tolstoy, Sophocles, Rand, Hemingway and Steinbeck would be my top five. Then again, any author that would visit my humble bookstore would be wholeheartedly welcomed!
April Jones
Michael Connelly
Elizabeth George
Jan Burke
Mary Kay Andrews
Rosamunde Pilcher
Suzi Skutley
Charles de Lint, Ray Bradbury, Robert B. Parker, Byrd Baylor, Dick Francis
Bev Fairwood
1. Mitch Albom, the most brilliant writer EVER!)
2. Jackie C. (You know who i mean.)
3. Dr. Willard J Domacil, author of QUANTUM ACTION IN ECOEMIA STATES --- yah, a science guy! Why not? Sometimes we forget that without science profesionals, we would not have such things as cellphones)
4. Jesus Christ, author of The Bible!
5. Melissa Lansing (You go girl!)
Amy L.E.
Janet Evanovich, Nora Roberts (J. D. Robb), Sue Grafton, J. K. Rowling, or Dan Brown
Janet Stewart
Jodi Picoult
Christopher Moore
James Patterson
MaryJanice Davidson
Robin Cook
Dia
Pat Conroy, John Irving, Anne Tyler, Wally Lamb, and Ken Follett
Kathy Church
James Patterson
Mary Kay Andrews
Elizabeth Berg
J. K. Rowling
Perri O'Shaughnessy
Jodi
Stephen King, Jodi Picoult, Tom Robbins, Christopher Moore, Carl Haissen.
Deborah
Anne Rice, Jeffery Deaver, Margaret Atwood, Antonia Fraser, Susan Howatch
Corinna
Obviously, I would have all of my favorite authors such as James Patterson, Sue Monk Kidd, Jodi Picoult, J. K. Rowling, etc. But, I also would LOVE to give all of the local writers a chance to showcase their books and give their life stories. I would want to feature that weekly and have a theme in order to get more people involved.
Julia
Geraldine Brooks
Wally Lamb
Janet Fitch
Garrison Keilor
Kaye
Pat Conroy
Margaret Maron
Michael Malone
P. J. Tracy
Carol O'Connell
Amy W.
Debbie Macomber
Richard Paul Evans
Nicholas Sparks
LaVyrl Spencer
Janette Oke
Polly
Barbara Kingsolver,
Jared Diamond,
Mitch Albom,
Carlos Ruiz Zafón,
A. S. Byatt
Anne Knaack
Franz Wisner (HONEYMOON WITH MY BROTHER)
Pat Conroy
Philippa Gregory
Debbie Schroh
Nelson DeMille, Nicholas Sparks, Dan Brown
Gloria Buchanan
Nora Roberts
Janet Evanovich
Sue Grafton
Dean Koontz
Tami Hoag
Harry D. Ruffin
Nelson DeMille
Greg Iles
John Grisham
David Baldacci
Harlan Coben
Judy Zubriski
Margaret Atwood
Yann Martel
Vincent Lam
David Bergen
Ian Rankin
Sandi
I would like to have Mitch Albom, Andrew M. Greeley, Diane Mott Davidson, Anne LaMott and A. Manette Ansay
Ruth
Mitch Albom
Jodi Picoult
Mary Higgins Clark
Becky Freeman
Jennifer Buhr
Janet Evanovich
John Grisham
Nicolas Sparks
Jennifer Crusie
J. K. Rowling
Monica Kelly
Garth Nix
Philippa Gregory
Allison Weir
Patricia Lewin
Allison Brennan
Linda Cassidy
Linda Howard, James Patterson, Stephen King, Jonathan Kellerman, Faye Kellerman
Virginia Santos
- Guy Hunter, author of WEST OF BRAZOS and NORTH OF RIO BRAVO
- Nora Roberts
- Debbie Macomber
- Nicholas Sparks
- Fern Michaels
Sunny
Elie Wiesel
Stephen King
Nelson DeMille
Philip Roth
Susan Isaacs
Freda
Steven Womack, Nelson DeMille, Randy Wayne White, Michael Connelly, Tony Hillerman
J R De Wood Jr
William Gibson
Umberto Eco
Alvaro Mutis
Isabel Allende
Mario Vargas Llosa
Sue Howard
Tara Taylor Quinn
Kay Hooper
Janet Evanovich
Nora Roberts
Susan Wiggs
Marlyn E. Myers
Nora Roberts
Jonathan Kellerman
Laura Lippman
James Patterson
Olga Purgavie
Nelson DeMille
John Grisham
Janet Evanovich
Cynthia C Burnham
Charles Frazier, Dorothea Benton Frank, Anne Rivers Siddons, Mark Bowden, and Nicholas Sparks. They would or already have received a great response here in Fayetteville, NC.
Sylvia McGrath
Patricia Cornwell
Minette Walters
Dan Brown
Julia Cameron
Louis Hay
Theresa Elliott
John Grisham
Nora Roberts
Sidney Sheldon
J.K. Rowling
Stephen King
Jane Dwyer
David Sedaris
Elizabeth Berg
Isabel Allende
Barbara Kingsolver
Jodi Picoult
Denise Miller
Mary Higgins Clark
Sandra Brown
Nora Roberts
Darlene Arden
Susan Conant
Darlene Arden
Jill McCorkle
Jeffery Deaver
Stephen McCauley
GingerLevine
Pat Conroy
Nelson DeMille
Kurt Vonnegut
Janet Evanowich
Ian McEwan
Marion Miller
Philip Roth
Michael Chabon
Jim Fergus
Karen LeClerc
Nicholas Sparks, Richard Paul Evans, James Patterson, Jodi Picoult, Jan Karon
Linda Estrin
Toni Morrison, Alice Walker, Margaret Atwood, Doris Lessing
Anna Robinson
Jodi Picoult
Rosamunde Pilcher
Maeve Binchy
Pat Conroy
Marcia Willett
Jeanette F. Milliner
J. K. Rowling
J. California Cooper
Lemony Snicket
Christopher Paolini
Alexander McCall Smith
Jim Walker
Larry L. King
Roger Kahn
John Grisham
Isaac Asimov
Norman Mailer
Todd McCurdy
Stephen King
Anne Rice
Dean Koontz
Larry McMurtry
Donald Westlake
Whitney
Carl Hiaasen, Lee Child, Patricia Cornwell, Richard Montanari, Barry Eisler
Adrienne Lippard
Charles Frasier, William Gay, Louise Erdrich, Joanne Harris and Randy Wayne White
Jamille Krupa
I would love to host:
Jane Kirkpatrick
Nelson Demille
David Baldacci
Debbie Maccomber
Frances Mayes
Marlys Davis
Marcia Muller
Khaled Hosseini
Dick Francis
Anne McCaffrey
Mercedes Lackey
Rada Ivanov
Nick Flynn, Kevin Brooks, John Bemrose
cburnsides
Nelson DeMille
Marilyn Ward
Elizabeth Berg
Anne Tyler
Joanna Trollope
Elizabeth George
Bill Bryson
Vin Costanzo
1) John Grisham
2) John Feinstein
3) David Baldacci
4) Nelson DeMille
5) Patricia Cornwell
mia jacobs
I would like to have Isabel Allende, Janet Evanovich, David Sedaris, Jay McInerny, and Rick Steves
Melissa Hunt
Jodi Picoult
Dean Koontz
Ann Patchett
Christopher Moore
Harlen Coben
Jerry Morris
Nelson DeMille
Tony Hillerman
Janet Evanovich
Dean Koontz
Jan Karon
Michele Rioli
James Patterson, Janet Evanovich, J. K. Rowling, Vicki Lewis Thompson, Sue Monk Kidd
Arianna Hawkins
If I owned a bookstore, I think I would like to have Billie Letts, Dean Koontz, Alice Sebold, Johnathan Safran Foer, and George R. R. Martin at readings and events.
Bev Whitcomb
I would love to have a bookstore of my own! I would have a panel of the following five fave authors. Just imagining makes my "Literature Gland" salivate! :)
1. Mitch Albom, author of TUESDAYS WITH MORRIE and other great works
2.James Frey, author of the unsettling A MILLION LITTLE PIECES
3. Christopher Paolini, author of the brilliant Inheritancefantasies
4. Kip Asbury, author of the inspiring autobiography, THIS HELMET CAN'T STOP ALL HURTS: REACHING HIGH WITH DOWN SYNDROME
5. J. K. Rowling, author of the exciting and original Harry Potternovels.
Lynn Ketelsen
Lorna Landvik
Eoin Colfer
Patricia Cornwell
Jodi Picoult
J. K. Rowling
George Mathews
Michael Connelly, Robert B. Parker, Robert Crais, George Pelecanos and Carl Hiassen
