History OneOfUs / WritingWonks

* Jennifer Rowe, aka Creator/EmilyRodda, is best known for writing the ''Literature/DeltoraQuest'' series. As an interview with Creator/TheABC [[http://www.abc.net.au/sundayprofile/stories/s1226076.htm reveals]], she and her children are also die-hard anime fans. That and Creator/OLMIncorporated promising to keep the books' storylines fully intact were the primary reasons why she gave the go-ahead for adapting her books into an anime series.

* Creator/CharlesBukowski was an enthusiastic user of an UsefulNotes/AppleMacintosh [=IIsi=] he received from his wife Linda as a Christmas present in 1990. [[http://realitystudio.org/bibliographic-bunker/charles-bukowski-william-burroughs-and-the-computer/ The productivity in the last few years of his life was attributed to his use of word processing on the machine.]] He also wrote a poem that outlined the differences between computing platforms in the '80s.

* Columnist David P. Goldman has read and liked ''Literature/TheLordOfTheRings''. He also cites elements from Creator/MontyPython and Creator/MelBrooks movies in his articles. He also knows ''Literature/HarryPotter'' and ''WesternAnimation/KungFuPanda'', but doesn't like them too much.

* Ryohgo Narita, creator of ''LightNovel/{{Baccano}}'' and ''LightNovel/{{Durarara}}'', was once asked how he felt about fans {{shipping}} and [[SlashFic slashing]] his characters together in fanfic and doujins. His response? "[[YuriFan Well, I ship]] [[Manga/SayonaraZetsubouSensei Harumi/Chiri]]."

* Creator/GeorgeRRMartin, author of ''Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire,'' is a definite fantasy nerd. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4hJhmxc3Arw Listen to this]]. Preach on, brother...oh, uh, no, there's just [[SandInMyEyes something in my eye...]]

* Daniel Suarez gets so many of the technical details right in his novel ''Literature/{{Daemon}}'' that he's obviously an accomplished hacker in his own right. So much so that you have to wonder how much [[UsefulNotes/ConspiracyTheories practical research]] he may have done on how to write a Daemon like the one in the book...

* The Reverend Awdry, author of ''Literature/TheRailwaySeries'', was a fan of ''Film/CampbellsKingdom'', ''Series/LastOfTheSummerWine'', and surprisingly enough for a seemingly stuffy guy, ''WesternAnimation/TomAndJerry''.

** Any given Stephen King work name-checks Creator/JRRTolkien, Creator/HPLovecraft, even ''Literature/WatershipDown''.
** On top of it all, he names Creator/JKRowling as his favorite writer, and just to solidify home much JustForFun/OneOfUs he was, said that Creator/StephenieMeyer "[[SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome ...can't]] [[Literature/{{Twilight}} write]] [[TakeThat/{{Literature}} worth a damn!]]"
*** He was willing to risk ''[[SeriousBusiness death threats]]'' after saying that publicly.

** And he only allowed a movie adaptation of his novel ''Literature/PetSemetary'' if Music/TheRamones would write the soundtrack. They did!

* Andrzej Sapkowski, creator of the ''[[Literature/TheWitcher Witcher]]'' books, is a huge fan of Myth/KingArthur and everything related to it. Once he and another writer took over a panel at a convention and turned it into a duel who can prove to have greater knowledge about ''Literature/SienkiewiczTrilogy''. He also has a recommendation list of fantasy novels he thinks every true fan of the genre should give a try. Said list consisted of one hundred positions at this point and all series, even the long-running ones like ''Literature/{{Discworld}}'', are listed as just one position. And that's just books he liked.

* Creator/GabrielGarciaMarquez once said in an interview: ''To me, the music of Music/TheRollingStones, the 1959 Cuban revolution, and my friends are the things that interest me the most in the world.''