Top Ten Tuesday (13): Top Ten Authors I REALLY Want to Meet

Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly meme hosted by The Broke and the Bookish in which bloggers post their "Top Ten" of whatever that week's theme is! This week's theme:

TOP TEN* AUTHORS I *REALLY* WANT TO MEET

*(I cheated. There's eleven)

Okay all, disclaimer here: there's a LOT of authors I want to meet. Like, A LOT. I've been lucky enough to have some opportunities to meet fabulous authors (and be super awkward around them) and am meeting more at BEA this year. So! I'm only feature authors I probably won't be meeting in the next little while (SAD FACE) even though there's a bunch going to BEA that I really want to meet! Here is my list in no particular order:

Jodi Meadows

(Incarnate, Asunder, Infinite, The Orphan Queen)

- Besides being a fabulous author, Jodi Meadows seems like just an incredible human. We've Skyped a couple times for book club but I'd love to be able to chat in person!

Nova Ren Suma

(Dani Noir, Imaginary Girls, 17 & Gone, The Walls Around Us) 

- I absolutely admire Nova Ren Suma. She is such a phenomenal writer! It would be so great to meet her.

Kiersten White

(Paranormalcy trilogy, Mind Games duology, The Chaos of Stars, Illusions of Fate, In the Shadows (with Jim DiBartolo)

- Kiersten White is one of the first writers I read when I first got into YA. And, all these books later, she continues to wow me. She also kind of seems like the most adorable human on the planet.

Rachel Vincent

(Soul Screamers series, Shifters series, Unbound trilogy, The Stars Never Rise)

- The Shifters series was my first foray into adult books and is still one of my favourites series around. I've wanted to meet Rachel Vincent since I was 15, and I hope one day I'll be able to!

John Green

(Looking for Alaska, Paper Towns, An Abundance of Katherines, The Fault in Out Stars, Will Grayson, Will Grayson (with David Levithan))

- Oh man, if I ever met JG, it wouldn't be a pretty sight. There would be tears and attempts to tell him the impact Paper Towns had on me and more tears. So, I both want to meet him and question if I should ever be allowed to.

Gayle Forman

(If I Stay, Where She Went, Just One Day, Just One Year, I Was Here)

- Absolutely incredible author on so many levels! Also, she apparently knows how to pronounce my name properly (she signed it in my book last year at BEA) which makes me extra want to meet her.

Stephanie Perkins

(Anna and the French Kiss, Lola and the Boy Next Door, Isla and the Happily Ever After)

- I love her books and I love how open she's been about discussing mental health. Seriously admire her for that.

Rachel Hawkins

(Hex Hall, Demonglass, Spell Bound, School Spirits, Rebel Belle, Miss Mayhem)

- My best friend and I have deemed Rachel Hawkins "Sass Master" because her tweets are hilarious and sassy. I would LOVE to meet her to hear it in person!

Melina Marchetta

(Looking for Alibrandi, Jellicoe Road, Saving Francesca, The Piper's Son, Lumatere Chronicles)

- Melina Marchetta is up there with Courtney Summers* as authors whose books have had a huge impact on me. I would probably cry if I ever met her. Like a lot.

*I have met Courtney Summers before and it was pretty hilarious (as in I was so awkward my friend cried laughing). I would love to meet her again so I could try and be less awkward (although I doubt that would happen).

Victoria Schwab

(The Near Witch, The Archived, The Unbound, Vicious*, A Darker Shade of Magic*)

*as V.E. Schwab 

- Although I've only read The Archived (I KNOW), Victoria Schwab has seriously impressed me, both with her book and with her tweets. She tweets some really inspiring things and I'm just astounded by how she manages to do it all!

Sophie Kinsella

(Shopaholic series, Can You Keep a Secret?, The Undomestic Goddess, Remember Me?, I've Got Your Number, Twenties Girl, Wedding Night, Finding Audrey)

- I was 11 when I first read a Sophie Kinsella book. I wasn't a huge reader then, but I devoured her books. And I've been a fan ever since. I would love to meet the author that really got 11 year old me into reading!

What are the authors you'd most like to meet?

- Ciara (Lost at Midnight)