Biographies Quote by Julie Salamon

I'm such an admirer of Wendy Davis.

— Nell Scovell

I learned to be a regional writer by reading people like Flannery O'Connor. She was a huge influence.

— David Almond

I was going to get the Carolyn Bessette story out of her one way or another.

— Michael Bergin

I didn't know I was really a writer until I read it in the New York Times. And then I thought, "Oh my god,…

— Judy Blume

Margot [Hentoff] used to write regularly for The Voice, for The New York Review of Books, for Harper's Bazaar, and she really had the…

— Nat Hentoff

I'm crazy about Diane Von Furstenberg. It's a relationship that's very different; I don't see Diane a lot. So when I saw the article…

— Diana Ross

She is not a writer at all, really; she is merely a gifted eccentric.

— Michael Cunningham

I think I want to write a biography, something with broad appeal, but I haven't figured out about whom.

— Richard Rhodes

I've published many biographies over the years and enjoyed working with writers on their research, discussing it, thinking about it and how it revealed…

— Victoria Wilson

I was told that the fact that I had nothing but good things to say about Judith Regan distinguished me. I enjoyed writing for…

— Mick Foley

Denise Mina is probably one of the most gifted writers out there, whether it's mystery or literary or whatever label you want to give…

— Karin Slaughter

I love writers all across the board, but one who influenced me very directly at the beginning was Mary Renault.

— Tanith Lee