

“I read across a lot of genres and I have favourite authors in a lot of genres. His ideas are really large.” Alison Goodman He was a short fiction writer and he will write a massive idea with so much world-building in two pages, and then that’s the end of the story. “My favourite author is Jorge Luis Borges. But I’ve been a massive fan of Shea Serrano for years and I just love his work.” Alison Evans I find myself returning to a lot of his work over and over again, which might be surprising for some people considering that I write fiction and he mainly writes non-fiction. He’s an amazing Latino writer who just has an incredible ability to talk about pop culture and the way it intersects with our everyday lives in a way that’s really hilarious but engaging and meaningful, and really sticks with me. He also did this incredible book called Movies (and Other Things), Basketball (and Other Things), and The Rap Yearbook. He’s best known for a lot of articles he did at The Ringer, which is an American sports and pop culture website. “My favourite author is this man called Shea Serrano. The Witch Who Courted Death, The Wailing Woman The magic he spins in stories is what I aspire to do, what I try to do as well.” Maria Lewis He probably influenced my work more than anyone else.

There are so many different authors I dig and that I’ve been inspired by, but Clive Barker is my favourite. Served Cold, Devouring Dark, the Alex Caine series Do you have an author whose work you can read over and over? At Supanova in Melbourne, this March, we asked our amazing Literary Legends who their favourite authors are.
