authors you've met

[ericjarvis]

Alan Moore, Geoff Ryman, Neil Gaiman, Ian Watson, John Brunner, Ramsey Campbell, Clive Barker, Harry Harrison, Mary Gentle, Iain Banks, Lisa Tuttle, Storm Constantine, Terry Pratchett, Helen Fielding, Iain Sinclair, Patricia Wrede, Charlie Stross, David Friedman, Jules Jones, Diane Duane, Peter Morwood, Alma Alexander, Douglas Adams, Nick Revell, Gary Webber, Lisa Williams, NM Browne. Plus a fair number of playwrights, comic writers, and writers of non-fiction.

 

[twistedAM]

Larry Brown (RIP) in Oxfprd, MS
James Crumley (RIP you legend) in Missoula, MT though I didn't realise it at the time. I thought he was just an old pisshead in the bar.

Used to hang out with Magnus Mills in Brady's all the time.

 

[Hocus Eye.]

Jeff Nuttall, rather more than an author. He was an artist a jazz musician and major cultural figure. He was an inspiration to many, myself included. But I bet no-one on here knows who he was. He died in 2004.

 

[Johnny Canuck3]

Elizabeth Smart

 

[Stigmata]

Terry Pratchett, Terry Deary, David Starkey

 

[DotCommunist]

oh, none of you cocks will know him but I met Adrian Plass once and got him to sign my copy of 'Alien at St Wilfreds'

Which is a fucking great book about aliens, alienation and the weariness of christian faith for anyone who thinks beyond 'Praise Jesus!'

 

[Hocus Eye.]

I suppose the problem with 'authors you have met' is book signings. I am not sure that having an author sign a book really counts as meeting them properly.

Not that is matters at all.

 

[Cheesypoof]

couldnt give a shit about meeting anyone famous, whose written a book, or climbed a mountain.

its not cos im ignorant, dont feel any need to 'connect.'

 

[twistedAM]

couldnt give a shit about meeting anyone famous, whose written a book, or climbed a mountain.

its not cos im ignorant, dont feel any need to 'connect.'

what if you were talking to them and then found out they were a famous author or fisherman?

 

[Cheesypoof]

what if you were talking to them and then found out they were a famous author or fisherman?

i wouldnt give one single shit. I meet authors all the time anyway in my job so its nothing new. All my main contacts have written books, and my main chap today in Brussels has just written a book. I think everyone should write a book, but in business, if they havent written one, its odd.

 

[mentalchik]

Alan Moore, Geoff Ryman, Neil Gaiman, Ian Watson, John Brunner, Ramsey Campbell, Clive Barker, Harry Harrison, Mary Gentle, Iain Banks, Lisa Tuttle, Storm Constantine, Terry Pratchett, Helen Fielding, Iain Sinclair, Patricia Wrede, Charlie Stross, David Friedman, Jules Jones, Diane Duane, Peter Morwood, Alma Alexander, Douglas Adams, Nick Revell, Gary Webber, Lisa Williams, NM Browne. Plus a fair number of playwrights, comic writers, and writers of non-fiction.

Cor....i've met Ian Watson(he was a bit pissed)..and kinda Ian M Banks, smiled at Alan Moore a few times...

 

[mentalchik]

couldnt give a shit about meeting anyone famous, whose written a book, or climbed a mountain.

its not cos im ignorant, dont feel any need to 'connect.'

What even Pete or Amy or Prince ?

 

[ebonics]

Jamaica Kincaid, Walter Mosley, Adam Roberts, Cherrie Moraga. All of them were absolutely lovely. Pretty sure I served Neil Gaiman at a coffeeshop I used to work at in Minneapolis, but that's probably wishful thinking.

 

[Dirty Martini]

I used to help run a literary society, so: David Lodge (grumpy), Jeremy Reed (weird), Michele Roberts, Lawrence Sail, Barry Hines (a gent), David Gascoyne (fascinating, very old), Jeanette Winterson, Miles Kington, some others I've forgotten.

 

[Fedayn]

Irvine Welsh
Paul Reekie
Kevin Sampson

 

[upsidedownwalrus]

Oh, and I've met Iain Sinclair, as he was my mate from primary school's dad

He wasn't famous then though

 

[upsidedownwalrus]

Oh, and I've met the well known author of a book regarding a small country which is part of/occupied by (depending on your view) a larger one, called The Road To Freedom

 

[blossie33]

I've met plenty of authors as I work for a small book publisher but no one ultra famous.

 

[Brockway]

Iris Murdoch not long before she went doolally.

 

[fogbat]

Terry Pratchett at a book signing. I brought my camera, asked for a photo, and he did that "oh, I'll take a photo of you" thing that would have been funnier if a) I hadn't heard of him doing it a number of times already and b) he was able to get the lenscap off.

An old uni mate has recently had his book published. It's a novel about vampires and dogging. Not sure whether it's some sort of vanity publishing thing

 

[rutabowa]

i met china mieville too and zadie smith, ali smith, toby litt, jonathan coe well loads really but who knows if they would remember that they met me.

 

[Blagsta]

Ian Bone
Fern Elsdon-Baker
Sadie Plant
my dad

 

[twistedAM]

What even Pete or Amy or Prince ?

Yeah Doherty is an esteemed man of printed word.

 

[ViolentPanda]

Martin Millar (in local bookshop) He saw me taking a copy of "Milk, Sulphate and Alby Starvation" up to the counter, came up to me and said "you're buying my book. Brilliant!".

The rest of the authors I've met, I've only "met" at signings.

 

[Upchuck]

Lindford Christie author of To be Honest with You

 

[Sadken]

Alexi Sayle - good, good man.

 

[fogbat]

Alexi Sayle - good, good man.

Have you read his books of short stories?

 

[rapattaque]

Alan Garner
Bill Bryson
My Dad.

 

[Infidel Castro]

I met that Graham Hancock feller what believes in ancient civilisations, etc. I bumped into him and stared at him. He's brilliant.

 

[Idris2002]

Michael Dibdin and Ken Macleod.