WRITER FRIENDS

Clive Coleman: My brother Clive is a radio host, comedy writer and after-dinner speaker in London.
Amy Benson: Amy teaches writing at Columbia University and is the author of the lyrical, prize-winning memoir The Sparkling-Eyed Boy.
Rachel Pastan: Rachel’s beautiful second novel, an academic mystery story called Lady of the Snakes, comes out in early 2008.
Lisa Selin Davis: Lisa’s first novel, Belly, was published in 2005. She also writes very entertaining journalism.
Chris Belden: Fiction writing is only the tip of the iceberg for Chris; he’s also a wonderful songwriter, playwright and sometime actor.

PHOTOGRAPHER FRIENDS

Julie Brown: Julie is a wonderful photojournalist and wedding photographer.
Hillary Harvey: Hillary is also a wonderful photojournalist and wedding photographer!
Maki Kawakita: Maki specializes in cutting edge fashion photography and portraiture.
Tom Ashe: Tom is a great photographer and educator who specializes in color management.
Cheryl Himmelstein: Beautiful editorial photography by Cheryl, who’s based in L.A.
John Isaac: Former head of photography at the U.N., John Isaac is a humanitarian photographer par excellence.
Anne Day: Anne does editorial photography and also captures wonderful images of her children and neighbors in Connecticut.
Paolo Pellegrin: Paolo’s photojournalism has extraordinary depth and power, and highlights the human condition around the globe.
Scully & Osterman: Mark Osterman and France Scully Osterman know everything you could possibly want to know about photographic processes, from glass plate to digital.
Judy Herrmann and Mike Starke: As well as doing great advertising and conceptual photography, Judy and Mike are digital pioneers and experts in all areas of the photo industry.

Nick Hornby: High Fidelity remains one of my favorite contemporary novels. I also loved How to be Good – but I don’t recommend A Long Way Down.
Lorrie Moore: No-one does the combination of humor and pathos as well as Ms. Moore.
Lionel Shriver: We Need to Talk About Kevin is one of the most terrifying novels you’ll ever read. Not for anyone who’s contemplating starting a family.
Jon Krakauer: I haven’t read his adventure books, but I found Under the Banner of Heaven an utterly compelling read and very informative about religion in general, and Mormonism in particular.
Daniel Handler: Better known as the famous children’s author Lemony Snicket, Daniel Handler also writes great novels for grown-ups.
Helen Humphreys: Loved her novel Afterimage, about a relationship between a Victorian lady photographer and her maid, inspired by photographs by Julia Margaret Cameron.

Bill Henson: The closest you’ll get to Rembrandt in contemporary photography.
Kristen Ashburn: Kristen is a really gutsy and talented photojournalist.
Marc Asnin: Great editorial photography.
Gillian Laub: Gillian’s book Testimony is a fascinating look at Israelis and Palestinians whose lives have been affected by violence.
Robert Polidori: Polidori specializes in photographing empty rooms that have seen great drama, from Cuba to Chernobyl to New Orleans.
Teun Voeten: Another gutsy photojournalist who’s done great work in Liberia, Sierra Leone and beyond.