“My parents were very supportive and always encouraged us. My father was a gentle, nice man. My mother was quite a colourful character and a keen reader who encouraged me to write.” MenWritingCharacterMotherFatherParentNiceReaderGentleSupportiveColorfulNice Man Author:Alexander McCall Smith
“I was a big reader as a child. My father is a great book lover and a librarian, but he forbid me to read bad literature. I was not allowed to read Nancy Drew or books like that. I often say to him that me becoming a crime author is both a way of pleasing him and annoying him.” WayChildrenBookBigsFatherLiteratureCrimeReaderBecomingLoversAnnoyingLibrarianGreat BookNancyBook LoverNancy Drew Author:Asa Larsson
“From early on there were two things that filled my life - music and storytelling, both of them provoked by my father. He was a jazz pianist and also a very good storyteller, an avid reader. He passed both those interests on to me.” TwoFatherInterestReaderFilledJazzVery GoodStorytellingTwo ThingsStorytellerPianistProvokedAvid Author:Athol Fugard