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Who would you consider the "experts" in selecting fiction? AUTHORS, of course! We asked some of our favourite authors to pick their favourite novels and tell us why they love them.
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Dennis Bock's first novel, The Ash Garden, was a #1 national bestseller, was shortlisted for the prestigious 2003 IMPAC Dublin Literary Award, and won the Japan-Canada Literary Award.
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Born in Lancashire, Stephen Booth has been a newspaper and magazine journalist for 25 years. Stephen lives in a in the UK with his wife, three cats and three goats.
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Diana Gabaldon is the author of five previous Outlander novels, as well as Lord John and the Private Matter and one work of nonfiction, The Outlandish Companion. She lives in Scottsdale, Arizona.
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Guy Gavriel Kay is the author of nine novels and an acclaimed collection of poetry. He has twice won the Aurora Award, is a three-time World Fantasy Award nominee, and is the recipient of the International Goliardos Award for his contributions to the literature of the fantastic.
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Edward P. Jones has been awarded the Pulitzer Prize for fiction, the National Book Critics Circle Award, the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award, and the Lannan Literary Award for The Known World; he also received a MacArthur Fellowship in 2004.
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Louise Penny has worked for many years for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, with expertise in hard news and current affairs. She lives in Quebec with her husband and their two golden retrievers.
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