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I met Jan Brett once. When I was in second grade I wrote letters to her, telling her how much I loved her books. She sent me book templates and a customized bookmark.

Then I went to a book signing at Borders, a few years later. She was really nice. I'm sure it's really stressful for authors to meet so many people/fans in a day, but I was thrilled at how friendly and nice she was.

So what's your experience?

I took several workshops with Chuck Paluhniuk, and exchanged emails with Jane Yolen back in high school. The only author I've really gotten to know is Lidia Yuknavitch, an author few people have heard of.

@ Celesi: Wow! He's pretty well known, isn't he? How did you get into one of his workshops?

@CaughtThemAll: haha If you ever publish a book, make sure to make a thread about it! wink I think it would be so interesting to have coffee or something with J.K. Rowling. She just seems so smart and interesting.

And it would be crazy to meet John Green! I've seen youtube videos of him at book signings, and they're so funny. xd

Wow, that's so cool! I love Tamora Pierce. She's like, the queen of fantasy.

I've met two fairly well-known authors. The first is Brandon Sanderson, and that was pure coincidence. I was stopping by Borders and he happened to just be there because he was in the area and had some spare time. He'd just kind of shown up randomly, no announcement or anything. This was right after it had been announced that he was going to continue The Wheel of Time series, and meeting him got rid of my doubts I'd had about him. He was such a fantasy fanboy and seemed so enthusiastic about the whole thing, and I got a signed copy of Mistborn from him.

I've also met Charlaine Harris, who writes the Southern Vampire Mysteries. She was giving a talk about being a southern female writer. Overall she was pretty fun and friendly, but she came off as being a little bit fake in some of her friendliness. Not to say that she was unfriendly, just that it seemed liked she wasn't being natural. Anyways, got her to sign a book for me and one for me mom, who follows her series much more than I do.

I would love to meet Philip K. d**k. Of course he's dead... and his android has been stolen so I can't even hope for that.

I'm actually not that big a fan of her series, I just follow it because everyone else I know does and I'm tired of not having books to discuss with them. They're kind of fun to read once in a while though as a guilty read. Anyways, it was just this past spring that I met her, so after True Blood.

I like the Charlaine Harris books, since they're such a light read and she uses various folklore, like the maenad.

Infinity Outlaw, did she mention Flannery O'Connor or other authors from her region? It sounds like an interesting discussion, even if she wasn't completely herself.

I love when books line up like that!