Not surprisingly, I simply love books (I own way too many! Have you ever heard of books procreating? I believe mine do.) I write Regency-set historical romances, thus I enjoy finding out about everyday life in former times as well as digging up old scandal and gossip. Putting itty-bitty details into my novels is great fun: e.g., the Green Man, whom the heroine of THE LILY BRAND sees in Hyde Park, was a real person. He wore indeed only green clothes, had his hair dyed green, and even his poor poodle had a green tinge. You gotta love these absurdities of the time!
I also got a great love for medieval literature; unfortunately, I was always too lazy to properly learn medieval English or German, so I can't read all that much in the original language.
I love ballett and one of my favourite choreographer is Matthew Bourne. His version of SWAN LAKE is just delicious! And it kept me sane when I was writing my master thesis. There's no better cure against a Hamlet-induced depression than watching white-powdered men in feather trousers, I tell ya! :)
Readers, writers, friends & fans :O)
classical music, Rodgers & Hart musicals, John Denver, Alanis Morissette, Annett Louisan
Matthew Bourne's Swan Lake (lots of gorgeous men in white feather trousers - what more does a girl want? *g*)
Tonari no Totoro
Whispers of the Heart
Howl's Moving Castle
The Wedding Date
Failure to Launch
Das doppelte Lottchen
My three all-time favourite authors are Dorothy Dunnett (Francis Crawford of Lymond will forever be unsurpassed), Rosemary Sutcliff & Terry Pratchett.
Among my favourite romance novels are: Stephanie Laurens's A RAKE'S VOW, Kathleen Givens's KILGANNON, Gaelen Foley's LORD OF FIRE, Teresa Medeiros's THE BRIDE & THE BEAST as well as YOURS UNTIL DAWN, Anita Mills's THE DUKE'S DOUBLE, Julia Ross's WICKED LOVER as well as NIGHT OF SIN, Margaret Moore's THE WASTREL (one of the sweetest romances I've ever read), Christine Feehan's DARK DESIRE, Sophie Kinsella's CAN YOU KEEP A SECRET?, Susan Elizabeth Phillips's THIS HEART OF MINE, Penny Jordan's LOVER BY DECEPTION, Kate Walker's THE TEMPTATION GAME, Janelle Denison's BRIDE INCLUDED, Day Leclaire's LONG-LOST BRIDE, and many more