RECOMMENDED READING 10 Australian Authors 10 Overseas Authors     Occasionally I am asked a very silly question in regard to these lists. It goes something like this: "Why aren't the books by [insert author name] in your recommended reading list?". Now, the answer to that is quite logical. Either: a) I haven't read books by that author, or b) I've read and liked them, but didn't like them as much as those in my top ten, or c) I didn't like them and have the good manners to not put down another author's work in public. Sometimes this question is posed with a great deal of moral outrage. How dare I not like a book as much as the person emailing me! Well, for that I don't apologise. Tastes are as varied as people. I respect that others have their own individual preferences in books and expect everyone else to treat me with the same respect. I do welcome book recommendations, though I don't usually get the chance to follow them up. These days I don't get to read as much as I'd like. Too much time spend writing means when I rest I want a break from words, so I'm more likely to spend spare time on something visually creative - like painting or knitting. If I do read it tends to be non ficton books, mostly research for the books I'm writing. In fact, at some point I'd like to put up my top ten favourite non-fiction books I've read and found great information and inspiration within. Now there's another project for the endless list of things I wish I had time to do on my website...