Influences

• F. Scott Fitzgerald, Joss Whedon, Ann Patchett, Andrew Sean Greer

Favorite Books

• The Great Gatsby, The Confessions of Max Tivoli, Bel Canto, Carter Beats the Devil, The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay, The Lovely Bones, White Oleander, Waterland, Songs For a Teenage Nomad, The Keep, What You Have Left, Slaughterhouse Five, Crazy in Alabama, The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao, Pride and Prejudice, The Crying of Lot 49, The Name of the Rose, Special Topics in Calamity Physics, How to Breathe Underwater, Specimen Days, The Time Traveler's Wife

Favorite Authors

• F. Scott Fitzgerald, Jennifer Egan, Ann Patchett, Michael Chabon, Andrew Sean Greer, Mark Childress, Glen David Gold, Raymond Carver, Janet Fitch, Alice Sebold, Lorrie Moore, Will Allison, Kim Culbertson, Jane Austen, Laurie R. King, Michael Cunningham

Web Links

• How To Buy a Love of Reading website