Kathleen McCleery

Craig Johnson (Longmire) on Tony Hillerman’s books: “there’s nothing better than reading a great book and finding there are 15 or 16 more of them. That’s money in the bank!” @SantaFeLiterary https://t.co/HVl6TaOMTR

George R. R. Martin’s advice to young writers: “if you’re a person who values security, find another profession” @SantaFeLiterary https://t.co/zwvnrVX8Wf

George R. R. Martin introduced by biographer James McGrath Morris and interviewed by authir Douglas Preston @SantaFeLiterary https://t.co/svVc58LpuR

George R. R. Martin: on an early attraction to books: “I bought my books on the spinner rack at the candy store…I found mystery books with scantily clad women with a knife on the cover, who wouldn’t want that?” @SantaFeLiterary

Lawrence Wright on the character he call the donkey in his books: “a beast of burden , he can carry a lot of info and take the reader into a world he doesn’t know. … I can take a ride on that donkey” @SantaFeLiterary

Lawrence Wright, author of The Plague Year, on believing the science: “science is the discovery of what you got wrong” @SantaFeLiterary

Lawrence Wright on the question that led to his latest book, The Plague Year: “how did civilization come to an end?” @SantaFeLiterary https://t.co/q98Rt9Vd3m

John Grisham: on why he doesn’t write about sex: “I promised my mother I would never write a book she couldn’t read” @SantaFeLiterary

Author John Grisham in conversation with narrative historian Hampton Sides @SantaFeLiterary https://t.co/1zZ3hU85yn

John Grisham: on the innocence project: “there are tens of thousands of people wrongfully in prison, and you don’t believe that because you’re white”@SantaFeLiterary

Emily St. John Mandel: “in apocalyptic times, art can remind us of our humanity” @SantaFeLiterary https://t.co/DakSHtTQFY

Emily St. John Mandel:”some cliches exist for a reason, art does have the ability to save us.” https://t.co/G3sey266uY

Ashley Ford: “Santa Fe, this is your first literary festival. It is not your last!” @SantaFeLiterary

Margaret Atwood on hope: “hope is part of the human tool box. If you give up hope, things get inevitably worse “ @SantaFeLiterary

Margaret Atwood on writing a “utopia”: hard to write because it’s boring.

Margaret Atwood: on wise optimism “I’m counting on the orneriness of Americans … you can’t get them to line up” https://t.co/PMPwrYgENA

Don Winslow on politics: “democrats are bringing spoons to a knife fight” “ @SantaFeLiterary