When you are not writing, what other 'hats" to you wear? I don’t think any one particular writer has inspired me, although there is one thing that all my favourite writers have in common: great storytelling.ģ. I like to read a wide variety of authors-from 19th century writers such as Jane Austen and Charles Dickens to modern writers such as Isaac Bashevis Singer and S. What authors do you enjoy? Do these authors inspire your own writing? I guess I did pursue a career in art after all-just not visual art, but the art of crafting words on paper!Ģ. It was only after teaching literature at the University of Toronto for many years that I realized that I wanted to write my own works of fiction, rather than merely teach the works of others. But as I grew older, I was increasingly drawn to reading serious literature and ended up pursuing an academic career. What did you want to be when you grew up? Did becoming an author ever cross your mind?Īs a child, I was always drawing and painting, and I assumed that I would become an artist one day.
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