Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly feature hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl. Each week there is a new topic for bloggers to choose and list their top ten. This week is Top Ten Bookish People I’d Like To Meet (These can be authors, book characters, book bloggers/influencers, cover designers, cover models, etc.)
I’m not sure if I’ve done a similar post before but if so, I’m sure it has changed a lot. I’m making a list of authors I would love to meet! Also, I own many, if not all, of their books and would love to have them signed!! They are in no particular order & there might be a few extra.
- Cassandra Clare– I’ve read so many of her books and for YEARS that I just need to meet the lady!
- Deanna Raybourn– She’s been so fun to follow online and I’m loving Veronica Speedwell & Killers of A Certain Age!
- John Gwynne– I just want to ask him.. WHY!? IYKYK.. I’m not giving up complete hope until book 3. lol
- Fredrik Backman– Several of his books are on my all-time favorite’s list. I need to meet him but he lives far away!
- Sarah J. Maas– Okay, you can hate her.. that’s fine.. but I don’t! Sorry, not sorry. I just love so many of her books.
- Brandon Sanderson– He is brilliant and that is all.
- Andrea Stewart– I actually interact with her on Twitter often. She seems like someone I need to meet. 🙂
- Taylor Jenkins Reid– Her books are just too good! I need them all signed.
- V.E. Schwab– She’s also an interesting follow on Twitter but her books are just so good!
- Michelle Obama– She’s amazing!
- Emily Henry– Her books are constant hits for me.
- Christina Lauren– They seem like a lot of fun and they have so many amazing hits!
Happy TTT! Leave your link down below and let’s chat!!
Books Are The New Black 
Love this list. I want to meet all these authors too
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Thank you!! Maybe one day we will get to meet 1 or 2!
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This is a great list. My daughter met Brandon Sanderson at a convention a few years ago and said that he was absolutely lovely.
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That is really cool!! He seems that way from his videos and stuff.
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Great list, I would love to meet Cassandra Clare 😊
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Thank you! Yes, would be so awesome!!
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Great list! SJM would be one I would want to meet too!
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Thank you! Yes, I wouldn’t even know what I would want her to sign! haha… there’s so many to choose from!
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Michelle Obama would be amazing to meet!
My post: https://lydiaschoch.com/top-ten-tuesday-bookish-people-id-like-to-meet/
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Yes!! Would be so awesome and completely starstruck! haha!
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I would LOVE to meet TJR or Obama. I hope you get to meet one of these authors at some point.
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Thank you! I almost got to meet CC but my in-laws showed up at our house the day before her meet and greet (near me) so I had to cancel. Mind you, they didn’t ask to stay with us!! SO bummed. haha.
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I’m bad. I would have gone anyways. lol
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Hahaha!! I ALMOST still went.
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I’m not joking. I would have!
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I should have, I regret it. I would now… bc at that visit we did talk about boundaries and they can’t schedule visits without us approving. It’s worked okay so far.
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That is so hard. We have had to give my MIL some boundaries as well.
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Kind of crazy. I hope I’m not a crazy MIL. LOL
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SAME! I think mothers of sons are worse sometimes.
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It seems to be that way! I just have to be like my mom- she does it so well!
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I’d also love to meet Emily Henry! She lives in my hometown and we have the same favorite indie bookstore there, so sometimes I imagine it could happen one day when I’m home visiting!
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Ohhh!! That would be awesome! I really hope you luck into meeting her!!
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Cassandra Clare would be interesting to meet I think. I never even seen her at a book event – virtual or in person. Great list!
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A few years ago, she was doing one close to me (30 mins) and I was going to go. Then my in-laws showed up the day before, without asking! Like flew from Florida and expected us to just cancel everything for a week. So, I didn’t get to go. I am still so salty about that bc I’ve never seen her come anywhere close to me!
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I probably would have still gone 😮 but I’m not always as nice as I should be 😂
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haha!! I am probably too nice at times. lol
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Brandon Sanderson, yes! i have so many questions about the cosmere and The Rithmatist
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Haha! When I meet authors or musicians, I always freeze and ask the dumbest things! lol
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Deanna Raybourn seems like she’d be fun even though I haven’t read those books yet. They are on my list!
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Yes, I’m finally caught up and it’s been a great time! 🙂
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Yes to Christina Lauren! They seem like you could just go for coffee or cocktails with them and have a blast. Great list!
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Yes, exactly! They seem so down to earth and like a good time!! Thank you
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Absolutely!
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I would love to meet Cassandra Clare too!
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It would be so cool!!
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This is a great list! I wouldn’t mind meeting many of the people on your list, even though there’s some on there who I haven’t read any books from (yet). Hopefully you’ll get to meet some of them someday!
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Thank you! Hopefully, one day! Many used to come to a local bookshop but then after COVID things have never been the same and they don’t have many authors there!
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Christina Lauren made my list too! And I’d also love to meet Sarah J. Maas, VE Schwab and Emily Henry.
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All would be so cool! 🙂
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I’ve been lucky enough to meet VE Schwab a few times and she’s so lovely, she always has a massive signing line and is often signing for 3-4 hours but she’s always so friendly, you’d never know that she’d been doing it for that long! I’ve also met Sarah J Maas once, I think that was the last event that she did where she actually did a signing line because the event I went to after that, all her books were pre-signed and they were doing like a raffle for a meet and greet opportunity where only a certain number of people got to meet her.
My TTT: https://jjbookblog.wordpress.com/2023/03/07/top-ten-tuesday-410/
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That is so cool!! I love when authors have huge lines and they are totally chill. I mean, they have to love the fact that all these people want to meet them. That is such a bummer about SJM. I would be so sad to not get to just stand in line and get my book signed and make a fool of myself for 20 seconds. haha!
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Yeah it definitely is a massive compliment that so many people want to meet you and talk about your work. I was at a book con once and it was the first time there for one of the authors I was seeing, and she swore when she found out her line was so long it was being ticketed and I was like “yup, that would be me”. Yeah it was a shame, but I mean I do understand these huge signing queues can be a bit unsustainable if they’re happening regularly on long book tours!
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Absolutely! I think for the most part they are all impressed and excited about it. I can see how it could be overwhelming if it’s like that at every event though. I wonder now, how things would be, since it’s been all stilted since Covid. Probably insane lines! haha
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Definitely! I’ve been to a couple of events since Covid and the lines have definitely been incredibly long, I think people really missed IRL events!
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OMG! If I had done authors as my topic this week, your list would nearly be identical to mine! 😀
My TTT Post
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That is so cool!! Great minds and I guess.. we have similar reading taste!! 🙂
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That would be so cool to meet some favorite authors, especially SJM.
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I think V.E. Schwab would be fascinating. She’s doing so much, over so many genres, lots to talk about.
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Yes, she’s got her hand a lot of things! Her online presence is fun too.
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Meeting Cassandra Clare would be so surreal in a way since I’ve been reading her books since I was barely a teenager. They’ve been in so much of my life, and it sounds like it’s the same for you! Would you ask things about the books / writing, or just hang out and chat about life?
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Yes, it has been that long for me too and kind of crazy to think about! Haha. Honestly, my past experiences with meet and greets… have had me frozen! Haha. I would absolutely just chat about life or what comes to mind in the moment. 😊
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Great list! I would love to meet so many of these authors too. 🤩
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