I appreciate it when writers step out of their genre boxes and do something a little inventive and out of the ordinary.
Here are a few of my favourite out-of-the-boxers:
Tom Robbins. My first love in fiction, and the one who taught me that rules in writing aren’t really rules at all. Not even guidelines.
Paul Arden. I’ve just read his God Explained in a Taxi Ride and it is a hoot. And really smart. I like the slanted way he looks at life.
Malcolm Gladwell. Anyone who takes the world and picks it apart and then puts it back together again in a totally different way is pretty ingenious, as far as I’m concerned.
Alain de Botton. He takes the most obtuse subjects and turns them comprehensible, and fascinating. I love it!
Jonathan Safran Foer. He’s a bit too complicated at times, but his fiction is undoubtedly unlike anyone else writing at the moment.
Yikes! These are all male authors … That won’t do.
Bridget McNulty is a writer, content strategist and creative director. She is the editor of Sweet Life diabetes lifestyle magazine (www.sweetlifemag.co.za) and...
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