Kristen Caven's Reading Interests
Favorite Books
Some of my memorable "turning point" books: The Book of Laughter & Forgetting, Jitterbug Perfume, Lamb, Eat Pray Love, Perfume, Good Omens, Thursday Next, Harry Potter, The Anybodies...many more on Goodreads!
Favorite Authors
Christopher Moore, Tom Robbins, Kurt Vonnegut, A.A. Milne, C.S. Lewis, J.K. Rowling, Jasper Fforde, Nicholson Baker, Italo Calvino, Lucretius, Epictetus, Gregory Maguire, Dr. Seuss, Shel Silverstein, Edward Gorey, Jorge Luis Borges (just getting started...)
Influences
An early reader and a later latchkey kid, books have always been at the center of my life. I specialized in horse books until they ran out, then read my way through the Great Books in college.
Kristen Caven’s Bookmarks
"Kristen Caven brings the disciplined imagination of a thousand ballerinas and the incisive wit of a Gary Larson to her [works] on life, love, education, and the real meaning of everything. Hers is a decidedly woman's vision and voice - a woman who has come of age, with full awareness of how she got there."”
—Libby Comeaux
About Kristen
Kristen Caven is a prolific multidisciplinary, or "liberal” artist and author living in Oakland, CA. She has published a memoir, a graphic novel collection, and an award-winning cartoon collection. She co-writes psychology books with author Louise Hart, and...
Causes Kristen Caven Supports
350.org, IdleFreeOakland.org, Public Education, Public Radio, Department of Peace (ThePeaceAlliance.org), Planned Parenthood, Room to Read.
Kristen’s Favorite Books
Some of my memorable "turning point" books: The Book of Laughter & Forgetting, Jitterbug Perfume, Lamb, Eat Pray Love, Perfume, Good Omens, Thursday Next,...
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