Victoria Connelly

Writer Top Tens

If you’ve ever wondered what bestselling authors watch on TV or read in the bath, look no further. I’ve been asking some of today’s best-loved authors what their personal Top Tens are.

Deborah Wright’s Top Ten

Book – The English Patient, Michael Ondaatje

Film – Moulin Rouge

TV programme- Peep Show

Actor – John Malkovich

Song – Life On Mars by David Bowie

Quote – “No tears in the writer, no tears in the reader. No surprise in the writer, no surprise in the reader.” Robert Frost

Holiday Destination – India

Animal – Cats, especially mine!

Dessert – Chocolate mousse

Pastime – Watching movies

Celebrity Mother is out now – click the cover to find out more…

Christina Jones’s Top Ten

Book – Great Expectations by Charles Dickens

Film – Rear Window

TV programme- Coronation Street

Actor – Phil Davis

Song – Summer of 69

Quote – “We’ll talk of sunshine and of song and summer days when we were young; Sweet childish days that were as long as twenty days are now.”

Holiday Destination – Jersey

Animal – Cat

Dessert – Pavlova

Pastime – Reading

Moonshine is out now – click the cover to find out more…

Visit Christina’s website.

Mike Gayle’s Top Ten

Book – The Wheels of Chance – HG Wells

Film – Gregory’s Girl

TV Programme – The Shield

Actor – Woody Allen

Song – Please, Please, Please Let Me Get What I Want – The Smiths

Quote – “Sometimes I wish I was a check-out chick. But then again I guess check-out chicks have problems of their own.’ – Kylie Minogue.

Holiday Destination – New York

Animal – Rabbit

Dessert – M&S Melt in the middle Chocolate Pudding (with cream)

Pastime – Talking with good friends

New Book – click the cover to find out more…

Visit Mike’s website.

Matt Dunn’s Top Ten

Book – Great Apes by Will Self

Film – When Harry Met Sally

TV Programme – Have I Got News For You

Actor – Halle Berry – though not for her acting ability

Song – Destiny by Zero 7

Quote – ‘It’s easy to make new friends, but a lot harder to make old ones’. Oscar Wilde

Holiday Destination – Madonna Di Campiglio – skiing

Animal – Baboon

Dessert – Tiramisu

Pastime – Tennis

The Good Bride Guide is out now. Click the cover to find out more…

Visit Matt’s website.

Louise Bagshawe’s Top Ten

Book – Lord of the Rings

Film – Star Wars

TV programme- Inspector Morse

Actor – Tom Baker

Song – Photograph by Def Leppard

Quote – Veni, vidi, vici – Julius Caesar

Holiday destination – Manhattan

Animal – Border Terrier

Dessert – Italian Gelato

Pastime – Reading

Passion is out now. Click the cover to find out more…

Visit Louise’s website.

Tilly Bagshawe’s Top Ten

Book – Rivals by Jilly Cooper

Film – Four Weddings and a Funeral

TV programme- Six Feet Under

Actor – Michael Kitchen

Song – Carolina in My Mind by James Taylor

Quote – On childhood, from The Mill on the Floss (George Eliot), Tom and Maggie remembering the days when they had: ‘clasped their little hands in love, and roamed the daisied fields together’

Holiday destination – Nantucket

Animal – Dog

Dessert – Hazlenut Souffle

Pastime – Sleep

Flawless is out now. Click the cover to find out more…

Visit Tilly’s website.

Katie Fforde’s Top Ten

Book – The Grand Sophy by Georgette Heyer

Film – Shakespeare in Love

TV Programme – Gavin and Stacey

Actor – Alan Rickman

Song – Summertime (Porgi and Bess)

Quote – ‘I have never seen a spade’ (The Importance of Being Ernest)

Holiday Destination – Dominica or Ireland

Animal – Dogs (or cats!)

Dessert – Trifle, made by me without jelly etc.

Pastime – Reading.

Love Letters is out now. Click the cover to find out more…

Visit Katie’s website.

Carole Matthews’s Top Ten

Book – The Time Traveller’s Wife by Audrey Niffenegger

Film – Cabaret

TV Programme – 24

Actor – Keiffer Sutherland

Song – Appetite by Prefab Sprout

Quote – ‘Work as if you don’t need to, love as if you’ve never been hurt, dance as if no one is watching.’

Holiday destination – Maldives

Animal – Cat

Dessert – Chocolate ice-cream

Pastime – Reading.

The Difference a Day Makes is out now. Click the cover to find out more…

Visit Carole’s website.

Kate Harrison’s Top Ten

Book – The Wedding Officer, Anthony Capella

Film – The Commitments

TV programme- Spooks

Actor – Matthew MacFadyen

Song – Anything sung by Dusty Springfield

Quote – Life is the combination of magic and pasta, of fantasy and reality – Federico Fellini

Holiday destination – Italy

Animal – Otter (or, for round the house, a tabby cat)

Dessert – Molten chocolate pudding

Pastime – Baking

The Secret Shopper’s Revenge is out now. Click the cover to find out more…

Visit Kate’s website.

Lisa Jewell’s Top Ten

Book – The Colour of Money by Geoff Dyer

Film – Gregory’s Girl

TV programme- The Shield

Actor – John Cusack

Song – Time Will Pass You By by Tobi Legend

Quote – Youth is wasted on the young

Holiday destination – Italy

Animal – Lemur

Dessert – Chocolate cheesecake

Pastime – Reading

The Truth About Melody Browne is out now. Click the cover to find out more…

Visit Lisa’s website.

More top tens coming soon …

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