Carol Berg's Reading Interests
Favorite Books
The Heaven Tree, The Green Branch, and The Scarlet Seed (Edith Pargeter aka Ellis Peters), Price and Prejudice, Thomas the Rhymer (Ellen Kushner), The King Must Die, The Bull from the Sea, Fire from Heaven, and The Persian Boy (Renault), The Crystal Cave, The Hollow Hills, The Last Enchantment (Stewart), Odds Against(Francis), The Moonstone, Ender's Game, Doomsday Book
What I'm Reading
Lord of Light by Roger Zelazny
Favorite Authors
Jane Austen, Edith Pargeter, Mary Stewart, Mary Renault, Ellen Kushner, Dick Francis, Tony Hillerman, Charles Todd, Roger Zelazny, Guy Gavriel Kay, John LeCarre, Charles Dickens, Len Deighton, Edith Pargeter
Influences
Mythology.
Mysteries - from Nancy Drew to Dick Francis - and science fiction.
Alice and her wonderland.
Tolkien, without a doubt, the master of building complete fantasy world.
Jane Austen wonderful characters with faults, and luscious conversation, and the other writers of classic British novels.
Edith Pargeter for the epitome of the magnificent villain - Isambard, wholly despicable, but by the end, you weep for him.
Spy novels - non-stop action, double agents, twists and turns.
Ellen Kushner and Guy Kay, for lyrical language and sheer beauty of detail.
The Rocky Mountains and other soul-filling landscapes.
Rachmaninoff, Chopin, and the unnamed musicians who have sung, played, composed, and illuminated the unspoken language of the heart.
Teachers, who exposed me to all of the above.
About Carol
Since her first novel Transformation was published in 2000, Carol Berg's twelve mythic fantasy novels have earned national and international acclaim, including the Geffen, the Prism, and multiple Colorado Book Awards. Her duology, Flesh and...
Causes Carol Berg Supports
CARE, the Clinton Foundation, American Cancer Society, Larimer County Food Bank, the ACLU
Carol’s Favorite Books
The Heaven Tree, The Green Branch, and The Scarlet Seed (Edith Pargeter aka Ellis Peters), Price and Prejudice, Thomas the Rhymer (Ellen Kushner), The King...