Olivia Rosestone
SOTRB co-writer, Olivia Rosestone, shares some of the most influential books and authors she has read:
The Giant Golden Book of Elves and Fairies by Jan Werner & Garth Williams
Fairy Tales by Hans Christian Andersen
Grimm’s Fairy Tales by the Brothers Grimm
Little House on the Prairie series by Laura Ingalls Wilder
Nancy Drew books by Carolyn Keene
Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing by Judy Blume, and other books by her
The Mists of Avalon by Marion Zimmer Bradley
Gates of Fire by Steven Pressfield
Elfland by Freda Warrington
The Alphabet vs. the Goddess and Art and Science by Leonard Shlain
I like fantasy, science fiction, historical novels, self-help/personal growth, cutting edge books about science and human nature, & mythology. The list is way too long to mention! But, I have to mention a few more:
The Wizard of Oz and most of the other books by Frank Baum (I loved them when I was a kid!)
The Martian Chronicles & The Halloween Tree by Ray Bradbury
Animal Farm by George Orwell
Catcher in the Rye by J. D. Salinger
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
Gone With the Wind by Margaret Mitchell
Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll
Dune by Frank Herbert
Stranger in a Strange Land by Robert Heinlein
There are so many more!
Thank you, Olivia for sharing these authors and titles with us.
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