​     Contemporary writing giants who have broadened my vision are:

William Kent Krueger with Ordinary Grace,
​a rich coming-of-age novel.

Philip Yancey in his ​nonfiction
​probes into the human psyche.

Jamie Ford with Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet,
a tender multicultural love story.

Margaret Coel with her Wind River series
​that is sensitive to Native American culture.​

I wish I'd known the man named Seuss
Whose rhymes could not be called obtuse.
He inspired me to write like he,
Now Hooty McTooty is history.

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