Author Influence

So there’s been a facebook meme going around where you list 15 authors who’ve influenced you in 15 minutes. I was tagged four different notes of on facebook, all asking for my response. So here’s my list of 15 (actually 17) authors that have influenced me, or at least left an impression

1. Elizabeth Gaskell
2. William Shakespeare
3. Jane Austen
4. Virginia Woolf
5. Chris Wooding
6. Oscar Wilde
7. Emily Dickenson
8. Lewis Carrol
9. Roald Dahl
10. Frank Herbert
11. Carolyn Keene
12. Tom Stoppard
13. Neil Simon
14. Douglas Adams
15. Tamora Pierce
16. Martin Luther
17. George Herman

I know, I cheated. But after listing the first 15, these two came immediately to mind and I couldn’t deny their influence on me. I also couldn’t replace them with any of the first fifteen.

When I first looked at this list, I was surprised to find discover that there is not really any philosophy here, considering that I’m a philosophy student, but part of me wonders if it’s a good thing, I mean, I’m only 19 years old. It’s probably a good idea not to be so taken in by one way of viewing the world. I should note that Martin Luther’s presence on this list is not a philosophical or really even a theological one, but reading Luther helped me go through a huge religious breakthrough in my personal faith last year, so he has to stay on the list

Looking through other people’s lists, I’m noticing that they’ve put lots of musicians and songwriters. I think for me, that this might have to be a completely different list, as I can probably list 15 of those on my own. But that’s a post for a different time.

I’m in crazy exam mode, but hopefully I’ll have another update by next week. I have one that’s half-done, but I have to find the words to finish it.

Cheers!
~Nice Girl