Passion Quote by Robert Boswell

Only a great genius like the Victorian novelist Elizabeth Gaskell can be mother, wife and novelist without solitude. I couldn't write until my youngest…

— Jane Gardam

I'm a huge Elizabeth Berg fan. Her novels are always charming, thoughtful, and filled with lively, three-dimensional characters.

— Emily Giffin

I've always liked the classic "young adult" writers like Mark Twain, Jack London, Roald Dahl, Charles Dickens. They write so clearly, and they know…

— Arthur Bradford

Elizabeth Hay has intelligence coming out of her fingertips - integrity, insight, and wonder in every paragraph of her writing.She connects. She stirs and…

— Timothy Findley

Writers, however mature and wise and eminent, are children at heart.

— Edna O'Brien

There are many writers who have influenced me and who I enjoy reading, but Lucille Clifton and Gwendolyn Brooks are at the top of…

— Renee Watson

Kate Atkinson is an absolute must-read. I love everything she writes.

— Harlan Coben

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

— Michael Cunningham

Fiona McCrae is a really amazing editor. Really smart and very astute about what a story needs.

— Ru Freeman

I think Lena Dunham is a very bright and very interesting writer, and what she's accomplished at such a young age absolutely impresses me.

— Roxane Gay

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

— Tanith Lee

Celeste Ng is such a gifted writer.

— Lexi Underwood