

And I'm willing to say in public who that author is! Of course I can always change my mind but I have given it a lot of thought and I have recently acknowledged to myself that there's one author who I would choose. I'm at the point in my life where I'm willing to make that statement. Recently I decided that I do have a favorite living author. Then there's the toughest question of all for me "who is your favorite author?" I have never been able to answer that question. Also, "what was your favorite interview?" That's another difficult one.

Here are some common questions that I cannot answer: "What is your favorite book?" I have too many favorites to choose just one. Then there are the other questions the ones I find it difficult to answer. The most common one is: "have you read any good books lately?" Fortunately, that's easy to answer because I can always reply in the affirmative, "yes, I have read a lot of good ones." Then we usually chat about some of the recent titles that I have enjoyed. For interviewers there can be a fine line between doing our jobs and being intrusive.Īlmost every day I am approached by people who listen to this show. He's a rather private man and I could tell that he wasn't thrilled to be the one under the microscope having to answer my questions. He seemed slightly uncomfortable with having that role reversed. Like me, he's accustomed to being the one who is asking the questions. As the host of that network's Book TV program Lamb has distinguished himself as one of the best prepared author interviewers around. A number of years ago I interviewed C-Span's Brian Lamb. I want to keep things fresh and that can be a challenge. As I am interviewing authors I am always trying to think of the best questions to ask them.
