When he picks up the pistol from the counter, he notices beside it a paperback romance by Gabby's favorite novelist, Nora Roberts.

Warder was listed among South Africa's top seven "favorite novelists" by Dagbreek-Boekkring, a South African book publisher.

García Márquez was astounded because he had long regarded Coetzee as one of his favorite contemporary novelists.

They interview Reed's ex-wife, now a member of a radical cult, His favorite novelist, Simon Blaine, and the members of Chalker's mosque.

His favorite novelist was Jane Austen Mr. McGahern said he was "not a believer" and did not go to church.

B.B.: Who are your favorite novelists?

Marcel Proust is his favorite novelist.

"When I heard his act, it was like discovering a novel you hadn't read by your favorite novelist," he said.

One of his favorite novelists is the late Ayn Rand, champion of unfettered capitalism and the triumph of individualism over conformity.