Favorite Books

• Tolkien's Trilogy, The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver, Housekeeping by Marilynne Robinson, Peace Like a River by Leif Unger, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time by Mark Haddon, The Grapes of Wrath, Of Mice and Men and The Red Pony by John Steinbeck, Like Water for Chocolate, Water for Elephants, The Kite Runner, The Life of Pi, many others....

Favorite Authors

• Mary Oliver, Sylvia Plath, John Steinbeck, Barbara Kingsolver, Joan Didion, lots more...

What I'm Reading

• Mostly memoir and nonfiction. Just started The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz and Out Stealing Horses by Per Petterson.

Web Links

• Marcia Meier
• Santa Barbara Writers Conference