The defining aspects of westerns are still pretty much in place - namely landscape and conflict. In other books the conflict can… — Elizabeth Crook Aspect Copy Share Image
I'm halfway through a novel set in two time frames - Austin in the 1960's and Alpine (Texas) in present day. It… — Elizabeth Crook 1960s Copy Share Image
Angle of Repose is one of my favorite books. I fell in love with it in college. When I submitted The Night… — Elizabeth Crook Agents Copy Share Image
I think when you're a writer most of what you read influences you. The rhythms get into your head. — Elizabeth Crook Books Copy Share Image
The author with the greatest influence on me is my friend Stephen Harrigan, who critiques everything I write before I even bother… — Elizabeth Crook Agents Copy Share Image
I changed my hopes to being a singer [when I was a child] and sat around with my hair in my face… — Elizabeth Crook Changed Copy Share Image
When I started escaping to a neighbor's house to watch what I darn well pleased, it turned out to be The Big… — Elizabeth Crook Afternoon Copy Share Image
It seems like the Western genre has crept out of its casings during the last few years, and expanded to include books… — Elizabeth Crook Book Copy Share Image
I got hooked on TV westerns back in the early sixties when I was about five, mostly because my brother was addicted… — Elizabeth Crook Brother Copy Share Image
When I was six I wanted to be a ballerina. By the time I was eight I was fairly sure this plan… — Elizabeth Crook Audience Copy Share Image
It took me ten years to write The Night Journal, so that was a big ordeal. — Elizabeth Crook Bigs Copy Share Image
I love the writers in Austin. We stick together. We all like each other and go to each other's book signings in… — Elizabeth Crook Austin Copy Share Image
[My brother] was older, and since the law of the west was fairly entrenched in our household, whoever was bigger got control… — Elizabeth Crook Bigger Copy Share Image
I grew up thirty miles down the highway in San Marcos, and I've still got family there, so I guess I'm pretty… — Elizabeth Crook Grew Copy Share Image
As for whether genre considerations influence what I write, they don't at all, but I might sell more books if they did.… — Elizabeth Crook Book Copy Share Image
Promised Lands was a better book in my opinion, and it's still my mother's favorite of the three I've done, but I… — Elizabeth Crook Blood Copy Share Image
I wrote a paper [in school] on [William] Faulkner and no one could tell what the sentences meant. — Elizabeth Crook Paper Copy Share Image
The Night Journal received two awards that I'm terribly proud of - -the Spur from Western Writers of America, and the Willa… — Elizabeth Crook America Copy Share Image
I knew from previous books not to count on anything in terms of sales. My first novel - -The Raven's Bride, about… — Elizabeth Crook Attention Copy Share Image
When Larry Wright won the Pulitzer for The Looming Tower we all strutted around for weeks, until some sourpuss among us noted… — Elizabeth Crook Larry Copy Share Image
I love the mystery, the reconstruction of history, and the way past and future define each other. — Elizabeth Crook History Copy Share Image
As for anticipation, you never know what to expect of a book. They're like kids: you bring them into the world, fret… — Elizabeth Crook Anticipation Copy Share Image
In middle school I wrote a paper on Hemingway and none of the sentences had more than five words. — Elizabeth Crook Five Copy Share Image
I'd be a dope to compare my writing with Wallace Stegner's, but that book probably influenced me in ways I didn't even… — Elizabeth Crook Book Copy Share Image
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