AboutSusan Rand Expertise I'm primarily interested in people who want to write fantasy and can answer questions about what makes a fantasy, how well the writing works, techniques, characters, setting, etc. Check my stats before deciding!
Experience I am in the process of writing a fantasy in the Harry Potter genre, but different from those works in many aspects (first, unsold LOL!) I've had one book published and several more in the works. I have been writing, editing, proofing, teaching, and mentoring emerging writers for 40 years.
Expert: Susan Rand Date: 12/19/2006 Subject: authors
Question Hi
Now that I am semi retired I have more time to read.
I enjoy historical fiction,action adventure,but not the pulp fiction types.
can you rrecommend some authors?
Answer Hello Brent:
Some of my favorite action-adventure books are:
TRAPPED! The Story of Floyd Collins, by Roger W. Brucker
ENDURANCE, by Alfred Lansing
SHACKLETON'S FORGOTTEN MEN, by Lennard Bickel
FISH, A Memoir of a Boy in a Man's Prison by T. J. Parsell
YOU GOT NOTHING COMING, by Jimmy Lerner
HUNT FOR THE SKINWALKER, by Colm A. Kelleher
FRIED TWINKIES, BUCKLE BUNNIERS AND BULL RIDERS, by Josh Peter
SEABISCUIT, by Laura Hillenbrand
TWO AGAINST THE ICE, Ejnar Mikkelsen
A MEASURE OF ENDURANCE, by William Mishler
THE GREATEST ESCAPE STORIES EVER TOLD, Darren Brown
117 DAYS ADRIFT, by Maurice Bailey
THE TWENTIETH TRAIN, by Marion Schreiber
THE GRIZZLY MAZE, by Nick Jans
MIRACLES IN THE ANDES, by Nando Parrado
These books are all non-fiction - that is mostly all I read.
If the first two don't keep you up at night, I'll walk down Main Street naked except for a flea collar.
