Susan Elizabeth Phillips Why do I read? Seriously? I’m supposed to provide an intelligent answer? More Susan Elizabeth Phillips
Diana Palmer The first romance novel I ever read was Margaret Way’s Red Cliffs of Malpara. More Diana Palmer
Jane Eyre Brontë’s masterpiece of Gothic romance; a milestone title in the history of British feminist literature. More
Dorothea Benton Frank You’ve asked me to tell you why I write but I think the answer might be longer than the fifty or one hundred words you’ve allotted me. More Dorothea Benton Frank
The Other Boleyn Girl The Tudor court seen as never before; this take on the Boleyn sisters reinvented the historical novel. More
Lauren Weisberger A book that influenced me and why . . . Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret by Judy Blume was incredibly influential to me as a child. More Lauren Weisberger
Barbara Taylor Bradford When I say I have the need to write, I do mean need. More Barbara Taylor Bradford
Cally Taylor When I get an idea for a novel the fizz of excitement I feel is electrifying. More Cally Taylor
Meg Cabot I write because of readers like Diana Moreno, who handed me a letter recently telling me that, as the firstborn daughter of immigrants, she felt lonely and shy when she arrived here in 2004 . . . until she found my books. More Meg Cabot