Wisdom of the Internet, I ask for your help

[jamjar]

Throwing myself on the mercy of the internet: can you give me the names of any living and active writers you particularly like. The writers should be thinky people,* but their books don't have to be Deep Worthy Tomes- middlebrow is ideal, genre is fine. Also preferably female, but this isn't massively important.

*Thinky people is a bit vague, and is kind of "I know them when I meet them/read their work/listen to an interview.", but I mean the people that give the impression of liking to think, liking to know and learn and explore and analyse, whatever field they write in.

ETA sorry, should have mentioned that they should be fiction writers, rather than non-fiction.

Comments

[sarahdotcom.livejournal.com]

True - try Margaret Mahy, a NZ young adult (and children's - but it's her YA books you should read) writer.

[jamjar.livejournal.com]

I love Margaret Mahy. I think I've had this conversation with girl_starfish-- I didn't know she was from New Zealand until then.

[sarahdotcom.livejournal.com]

Oh good, I'm glad you know of her already! I haven't read her in so long, I really need to rediscover her I think!