Some FAQs About Richard
My favourite authors?
John Irving, James Frey, Chad Harbach
My favourite John Irving novels?
The World According to Garp and A Widow for One Year
My favourite James Frey novel/s?
Bright Shiny Morning
Some of my other favourite authors?
I have a very eclectic reading taste and some of my favourite authors in no particular order are: Nicole Krauss, Nick Hornby, Lauren Weisberger, Ian McEwan, Stieg Larsson, Richard Russo, Stephen Fry, Donna Tartt, Paullina Simons, Daniel Silva, Tom Rob Smith, Carloz Ruiz Zafon, Sebastian Faulks, David Nicholls, David Hosp, John Grisham, Marcus Sakey, Chris Kuzneski, Jhumpa Lahiri, Piers Morgan, James Frey, Khaled Hosseini, Toby Young, Richard North Patterson, Sheldon Siegel, Michael Chabon, Alan Dershowitz, Zadie Smith, Jay McInerney, Bret Easton Ellis, Joel C Rosenberg, Helen Fielding, Bill Bryson, Dave Eggers, Jeffrey Deaver, James Patterson, Tony Parsons, Philip Roth, William Styron, Richard Mason, Jonathan Tropper, Stephenie Meyer, Candace Bushnell, Sophie Kinsella, Jonathan Franzen, Karl Marlantes, David Goodwillie, Chad Harbach, Stephen King and Monica Ali.
Some of my favourite business books?
Liar's Poker by Michael Lewis, Barbarians at the Gate by Bryan Burrough and John Helyar, Too Big to Fail by Andrew Ross Sorkin, FIASCO by Frank Partnoy, Fools Rush In by Nina Munk, Den of Thieves by James B Stewart, Moneyball by Michael Lewis, The Quants by Scott Patterson and The Big Short by Michael Lewis, The Devil's Casino by Vicky Ward, Steve Jobs Biography by Walter Isaacson
Some of my favourite TV shows?
The West Wing, The Inbetweeners, Entourage, Californication, Seinfeld, Huff, Skins, Sex and the City, Mad Men, The Modern Family, Weeds and Gossip Girl.
Some of my favourite films?
Crash, Babel, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, All the Bourne films, Body of Lies, The Departed, Lost in Translation, Vicky Cristina Barcelona, Revolutionary Road, When Harry Met Sally, Four Weddings and a Funeral, The Bridget Jones films, An Education, Gone Baby Gone, Fever Pitch (Red Sox version), Atonement, Michael Clayton, Syriana, The Hurt Locker, Up in the Air, The Green Zone, The Town, The Social Network, Black Swan, The Inside Job, Barney's Version, No Strings Attached, Friends with Benefits, Last Night, The Insider, Black Hawk Down,The Inbetweeners
What was my process for writing First Edition?
First Edition took me nearly 12 months to write. I wrote at night after work between 9pm-1am and would aim to do 20-25 hours per week. I have always written in long hand into a spiral-bound book and then transcribed onto my laptop at the end of each chapter. But for my current book I am just typing straight into my laptop and it seems to be working fine.
Do I re-read books and re-watch films?
Yes
What have I been reading in 2012?
Barbarians at the Gate by Bryan Burrough and John Helyar,
What have I been reading in 2011?
The Guernsey Literary & Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer & Annie Barrows, Liar's Poker by Michael Lewis (Re-read), Matterhorn: A Novel of the Vietnam War by Karl Marlantes, Moonlight Mile by Dennis Lehane, The Inner Circle by Brad Meltzer, City of Thieves by Cyrus Moore, Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand, The Predators' Ball by Connie Bruck, American Subversive by David Goodwillie, Endgame: Bobby Fischer's Remarkable Rise and Fall by Frank Brady, Ice Cold By Tess Gerristen, Seemed Like a Good Idea at the Time by David Goodwillie, The Tiger's Wife by Téa Obreht, The Final Testament of the Holy Bible by James Frey, 2012 by Lisa Flaus, The Shipping News by Annie Proulx, Reading My Father by Alexandra Styron, Bottom of the 33rd by Dan Barry, The Two Deaths of Daniel Hayes by Marcus Sakey, All the Devils are Here by Bethany McLean and Joe Nocera, The Devil's Light by Richard North Patterson, The Secret Speech by Tom Rob Smith, Stories I Only Tell My Friends by Rob Lowe, In the Garden of Beasts by Eric Larsen, Portrait of a Spy by Daniel Silva, Untold Story by Monica Ali, Daughters of Erebus by Paul Holmes, The Devotion of Suspect X by Keigo Higashino, Boomerang by Michael Lewis, What it's Like to Go to War by Karl Marlantes, The End of Normal by Stephanie Madoff Mack, The Art of Fielding by Chad Harbach, Steve Jobs Biography by Walter Isaacson, Scenes from Village Life by Amos Oz, Kill Alex Cross by James Patterson, Home Game by Michael Lewis, 11/22/63 by Stephen King
What I read in 2010
The History of Love by Nicole Krauss, Last Night In Twisted River by John Irving, Pictures at an Exhibition by Sara Houghteling, The Defector by Daniel Silva, Less Than Zero by Bret Easton Ellis, The Lost Throne by Chris Kuzneski, The Girl who Played with Fire by Stieg Larsson, The Privileges by James Dee, The Spire by Richard North Patterson, Among Thieves by David Hosp, Lucky by Alice Sebold, The Trump Card by Ivanka Trump, The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz, This Is Where I Leave You by Jonathan Tropper, Solar by Ian McEwan, The Big Short by Michael Lewis, Plan B by Jonathan Tropper, Twilight by Stephenie Meyer, I Hope They Serve Beer In Hell by Tucker Max, The Carrie Diaries by Candace Bushnell, My Friend Leonard by James Frey, Moneyball by Michael Lewis, Imperial Bedrooms by Bret Easton Ellis, The Quants by Scott Patterson, Bright Shiny Morning by James Frey (Re-read), Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen, Let the Right One In by John Ajvide Lindqvist, The Devil's Casino by Vicky Ward, The Rembrandt Affair by Daniel Silva, The Post-Birthday World by Lionel Shriver, Freedom by Jonathan Franzen, The Finkler Question by Howard Jacobson, The Accidental Billionaires - Facebook by Ben Mezrich, The Fry Chronicles by Stephen Fry, The Men who Would be King - Dreamworks by Nicole LaPorte, Hitch 22 by Christopher Hitchens, Perfect Alibi by Sheldon Siegel, Assholes Finish First by Tucker Max, The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest by Stieg Larsson, I Am Number Four by James Frey, The Twelfth Imam by Joel Rosenberg, Why Should Anyone Be Led by You? by Rob Goffee and Gareth Jones
What's on my Ipod?
Counting Crows, Black Eyed Peas, The Calling, Bruce Springsteen, David Gray, David Cook, Empire of The Sun, Evermore, The Feelers, Junipah, Goo Goo Dolls, Green Day, Hoobastank, Jack Johnson, Jason Mraz, Katy Perry, Keane, Coldplay, Kings of Leon, Lady Gaga, Lifehouse, Lily Allen, Matchbox 20, Rob Thomas, MGMT, Michael Buble, Nathan King, Brooke Fraser, Opshop, Michelle Branch, Snow Patrol, Temper Trap, U2, Westlife, Wilco, Pink, 30 Seconds to Mars, Lee DeWyze
What's my favourite Sports Team?
Boston Red Sox
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