Top Ten Tuesday is hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl.
Today’s prompt is: Authors You Wish Were Still Writing Today
I only came up with eight authors I wished were still writing, all of them long dead, but I think it’s a good list.
Agatha Christie
The fun she’d have with modern times and modern toys to mix in her plots. The only drawback is that some of her plot points might not work since we now have so many conveniences and cameras and things that could make getting away with murder even more difficult. That might be a challenge Agatha would love to take on, though.
Margery Allingham
Margery would also love to use some of the more modern elements to knock off a few victims, I think. But she would write it in a much more poetic way than Agatha. This woman’s way with words….wow.
Erle Stanley Gardner
Perry Mason on his cellphone telling Burger to stuff it where the sun don’t shine. Also, just more great stories with other characters — Bertha Cool on a podcast, telling everyone stories about her greatest cases.
L.M. Montgomery
I would love to read more sweet, touching stories by her. Whatever she wants to write. Clean, no swearing, just writing about every day life in a beautiful rural setting in Canada.
Donald Bain
Donald was a prolific ghost writer, but I just need him to write more Murder, She Wrote books that feel like authentic Jessica. I love how he makes her so real and fleshed out. He writes it from a first-person point of view and adds in her thoughts about her late husband Frank. She’s always so caring about her friends too. I mean, I really forget it is a man writing it. I feel like he’s truly seeing Jessica’s world through the eyes of a woman. I also love when he adds in history and facts about Maine or whatever city or country Jessica is visiting. He completely immerses you in the story.
Mildred Wirt Benson
I love Mildred’s children’s mystery books. If you don’t know, she was the author who helped create the Nancy Drew books and was the first Carolyn Keene. She later went on to write other children’s books with girl detectives, such as the Penny Parker series
I loved the plots she came up with and always find her plots in the Nancy Drew books so much better than ones written by other authors using the pseudonym.
Mildred wrote 130 books for juveniles and a few for adults. I hope to look up those adult ones soon.
J.R.R. Tolkien
I would love if Tolkien was still writing and would infuse some of his wisdom and purity into fantasy books of today. He would, however, probably find some of his work edited so we don’t have to read so many descriptions of trees.
C.S. Lewis
I would love to particularly read Clive’s theological thoughts in relationship to the unique challenges of our modern world, which really aren’t that unique, but feel like they are. I would love to know what he thinks of the modern church, our crazy leaders, Christians who are so obsessed with politics that they’ve lost sight of Jesus…and so much more. I have a feeling he would anger so many people.
Are there any authors that you wish were still writing today?
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Lisa, thank you for sharing your list. To sit in with any of these distinguished writers would be something to behold. Anything shared would be an enlightened experience. I sometimes think of a teaching golf professional, Harvey Penick. He wrote his Little Red Book about golf and even more about life.
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Oh that sounds very interesting. I will have to find that book someday!
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Some fantastic authors here. I love J.R.R. Tolkien’s work. I also studied him at Uni.
Thanks so much for joining in with #MMBC. Hope to see you again.
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Excellent choices! I agree: I think Agatha and Erle would definitely come up with some great stories in the modern era. I love the idea of Perry Mason with a cellphone 🤣
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He could call Drake a lot faster! 😂
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And you *know* Drake would be King of Social Media! 😂😂
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Absolutely! Ha! So funny.
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Agreed. I would love to read a contemporary novel by L.M. Montgomery that has her trademark clean, uplifting, and gentle style.
Happy TTT (on a Wednesday)!
Susan
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It is a much needed style these days!
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Agatha Christie made quite a few lists. L. M. Montgomery also made a few, as did C.S. Lewis and Tolkien, nice picks!
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I noticed that too.
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I would love to have had Emily Bronte write a few more novels. Dorothea Benton Frank would be very high on that list, too. She wrote books of the Low Country, and her acknowledgements were as fun to read as the novels.
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Those sound like good choices too! I thought of a few others after I published the post too.
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Well, you’ve piqued my interest in Margery Allingham. I’m off to see if my library has any of her books. Are there any particular titles you’d recommend starting with?
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I have only read one so far but really enjoyed it. The Tiger in the Smoke. I’ve heard Look to the Lady is good as well.
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Well, you’ve piqued my interest in Margery Allingham. I’m off to see if my library has any of her books. Are there any particular titles you’d recommend starting with?
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Tiger in the Smoke is a good one so far. I plan to read more this summer.
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Thinking about it, wouldn’t want one of my favorite vintage crime writers still write today. What I enjoy about their books are that they are without all that technology.
I already said on Erin’s post that I would love to have more books by Terry Pratchett.
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That’s what I enjoy about them too but it would be fun to see them try their hand at some of the more modern conveniences. My husband would agree with you on Pratchett.
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