R.J. Anderson

About me

Industry Arts
Occupation MG/YA Fantasy Author
Location Stratford, Ontario, Canada
Introduction I'm a professional author of fantasy and SF novels for children and teens. My latest book is A Little Taste of Poison (available now from Atheneum Books for Young Readers). Want to know more? Check out my official site or Twitter.
Interests apologetics, art, british actors, chocolate, christianity, computers, cooking, england, fanfic, fantasy, fiction, indian food, intelligent conversation, INTJ, judaica, literature, music, mystery, New Testament churches, parenting, philosophy, plymouth brethren, reading, saffron cake, science fiction, smart romance, synaesthesia, theology, unreliable narrators, victorian england, writing
Favorite Movies A Room With A View, Buckaroo Banzai, Emma (1996), Labyrinth, Much Ado About Nothing, The Hunt for Red October, The Princess Bride, The Remains of the Day, The Secret of NIMH, Truly Madly Deeply, Twelfth Night, WarGames
Favorite Music a-ha, Aqualung, Aztec Camera, Bach, Big Country, Cock Robin, Crowded House, David Sylvian, Handel, Japan, Keane, Michael Card, Mozart, Talk Talk, traditional folk, Vivaldi, Wild Swans
Favorite Books Lloyd Alexander, Margery Allingham, Laurie Halse Anderson, Lois McMaster Bujold, Emma Bull, G.K. Chesterton, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, D.M. Cornish, Pamela Dean, Dorothy Dunnett, Edward Eager, Catherine Fisher, Shannon Hale, Georgette Heyer, Gerard Manley Hopkins, Tove Jansson, Laurie R. King, Adrienne Kress, C.S. Lewis, George McDonald, Patricia A. McKillip, Robin McKinley, E. Nesbit, Naomi Novik, Kenneth Oppel, Sarah Prineas, Philip Reeve, J.K. Rowling, Dorothy Sayers, Mary Stewart, Maggie Stiefvater, Laini Taylor, J.R.R. Tolkien, Elizabeth Wein, Megan Whalen Turner, Elizabeth E. Wein, Connie Willis, Patricia C. Wrede, Lisa Yee