These authors have influenced me through their compelling plots and unforgettable characters — writers who understood that great fiction holds a mirror to human nature without flinching.
Ernest Hemingway
The Old Man and the Sea
Herman Wouk
Marjorie Morningstar
Irwin Shaw
Rich Man, Poor Man
Primo Levi
If Not Now, When?
Ayn Rand
The Fountainhead
Chaim Potok
The Chosen
Philip Roth
Goodbye, Columbus
Budd Schulberg
What Makes Sammy Run?
Playwrights
Paddy Chayefsky — Network · The Americanization of Emily · The Hospital