Influences

• Oscar Wilde, Scott Spenser

Favorite Books

• It changes, depending on mood. And need. Some of these I have reread many times, some only once but they made a deep impression.
  Wuthering Heights,
  Crime and Punishment,
  The World According to Garp,
  As Meat Loves Salt,
  Brideshead Revisited,
  Bird By Bird,
  Horse Heaven,
  The Picture of Dorian Gray,
  Endless Love,
  The Lymond Chronicles,
  The Wonder Boys

Favorite Authors

• Dorothy Dunnett, Anthony Trollope, Michael Chabon, Oscar Wilde, Maria McCann, Jane Smiley, The Brontes, Alan Bennett, Simon Callow, William Trevor (specifically the short stories).

What I'm Reading

• The Audacity of Hope, Falls the Shadow, A Suitable Vengeance, The Practice of Emotionally Focused Couples Therapy, The Believer Book of Writers Talking to Writers.