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Habitual Reader Profiles - Page 1
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Name: Kay Cornelius |
| City & State: Huntsville, Alabama | |
| Vocation / Avocation: Retired teacher and freelance writer |
Why I'm a Habitual Reader:
l was read to as a baby, very ill as a child, and books came to be my only companions at times. Majoring in English in college shaped my taste in fiction as a writer and continual reader.
My List of Ten: Fiction for Historical Writers
1. A Tale of Two Cities
Author: Charles Dickens
No one tops Dickens for bringing characters to life and putting them in unique
situations.
2. Pride and Prejudice
Author: Jane Austen
Austen is the model for 18th-19th c. romantic intrigue and Regency social manners.
3. Outlander
Author: Diana Gabaldon
This was the first time-travel romance l ever read, and it is still worth re-reading
as a writer.
4. Gone With the Wind
Author: Margaret Mitchell
Scarlett O'Hara and her world are presented in an indelible portrait of a South
that is no more
5. The Scarlet Letter
Author: Nathaniel Hawthorne
The structure is flawless; the moral dilemmas are timeless, as are the characters.
6. Came a Cavalier
Author: Frances P. Keyes
This book made me want to write good historical fiction and apprecite French
and Creole characters.
7. When the Legends Die
Author: Hal Borland
The clash of white and Native American cultures has rarely been done so well
8. The Dark and Bloody River
Author: Allen Eckert
Like his The Frontiersman, this book makes historical figures come alive and
teach writers unforgettable "lessons."
9. The Wizard of Oz series
Author: Frank L. Baum
The Oz books are fantasies which read almost like history, and the characters
live on forever.
10. The Heidi books
Author: Johanna Spyri
This author took me from my sickbed to the pure Alpine air and all but taught
me to yodel.
Have you read any of these titles? Review one now.
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