Have you met your favourite author?

I have met Laurell K Hamilton twice. She is one of my favorite authors even though I am not terribly excited about the direction her new books have taken. She had book signings in Long Beach and I waited hours to see her and get my book signed. They did personalize my book and she even asked me about T-shirt ideas for my favorite character. She and I share a similar background, we are both from Arkansas and we both have biology degrees. When I met her the second time she actually remembered me from the first time which I thought was extremely cool.

My favorite author is Stephen King. Unfortunately, I have never met him and I doubt that I ever will. Which is a shame because I would really like to meet him if I could. And of course, if I wouldn't end up embarrassing myself which I somehow always end up doing lol. But yeah, I have never met him.

I haven't met my favourite authors, but I have written them letters (back before there were computers) and I got hand-written letters back from them. I have also emailed a couple who have emailed me back. As far as meeting, I have met several authors, all new to me. Just last night I went to a forum where 3 different authors spoke about how they started into writing, how they got the idea for the book they are currently promoting, and then read from their books. All three authors were hilariously funny. I bought one book and went up to that author and had him sign in. I told him I was enchanted because the family he wrote about in that book has the same surname as my last name. He was surprised. I told him I was actually writing under that name. He was so cute and so friendly. This is the 3rd year I have attended this event so have met several authors over the past few years. I have also met some through a library where they did one-on-one critiquing of my own writing. And attended their seminars as well. Because I am hoping to be a published author myself it has been great meeting published authors and finding out what they did and how many drafts they took to do it. These people take years to write just one book, so I don't feel so bad. LOL! I think meeting authors is more exciting than meeting any other kind of celebrity (except maybe John Travolta ). And the letters and autographs I have are priceless.

Thats a memorable moment for you i think .. i had met a gold medal winner of our country by name Abhinav Bindra , i had no chance to speak to him but then it was real col experience for me , he was sports person ,i like some of Sydney's novel but he is no longer alive now

Personally, i love to read. My favorite write is Dean Koontz. I love his books. I wish that it were possible to met him. He was kinf enough to send me an autographed picture of himself and his dog. I had it framed.

No I haven't met my favorite author- Vladimir Nabokov and the book is Lolita.

I used to see one of my favorite authors every year at the Texas Book Festival. Steven Saylor was always approachable. I saw him once sitting at a booth just talking and he included me in the conversation. Austin is home for him, so I guess he figured everyone was neighbors. Very friendly and always open about his books and what he is doing next. I moved so I can't get to that book festival anymore.