Esther Escott
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| Gender | Female |
|---|---|
| Industry | Education |
| Occupation | Art teacher, retired, now a writer |
| Location | Walnut Creek, CA, United States |
| Introduction | I grew up in a small town in Pennsylvania, USA, in a lowland area called Plum Bottom, which became the setting for my novel with the same title. A wide valley bordered by a creek and a river, it was a beautiful place to grow up; it was also a flood plain. In writing Plum Bottom, I also used another setting drawn from my life—having spent two summers as a waitress, in two different resorts, I drew from both experiences for the setting of the "Vernal Springs Hotel Resort" in Plum Bottom. |
| Interests | Writing both poetry and prose, Art - pastel painting, once lead a hiking club in the Sierras with my husband Charlie, our four grandchildren |
| Favorite movies | "Secrets and Lies", "African Queen", "Moonstruck", "Baghdad Cafe", "Spotlight", "Roman Holiday", "Casa Blanca", "The Good the Bad and the Ugly" |
| Favorite music | Grieg's "Peer Gynt Suite", Beethoven's "Sixteenth Symphony", Gershwin's "Porgy and Bess", Bach's "Sheep Shall Safely Graze" |
| Favorite books | "Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver, "People of Darkness" by Tony Hillerman, "Vanity Fair" by Thackeray, "A Noble Radiance" by Donna Leon, "The Secret Life of Bees" by Sue Monk Kidd, "Zorro" by Isabel Allende, "Cannery Row" by John Steinbeck |