susan vanhecke
My blogs
| Gender | Female |
|---|---|
| Industry | Publishing |
| Occupation | Author |
| Location | Virginia, United States |
| Introduction | I write books. I also help others with their own books by ghostwriting, cowriting, editing, copyediting, and proofreading. |
| Interests | Renovating historic homes, organic gardening, Great Danes, English Tudor architecture, all things UK, genealogy, the detective work of any sort of research |
| Favorite movies | The Godfather (I & II; III not so much), Goodfellas, Edward Scissorhands, The Outsiders, The Birds, most anything with Al Pacino, most anything with Jeremy Irons, Breakfast Club, Fast Times at Ridgemont High (aloha Mr. Hand), anything with James Dean, early Marlon Brando, Amadeus, Airplane (what's your vector Victor?), most anything with Peter Sellers |
| Favorite music | Bach, Tony Bennett, David Bowie, Pink Floyd, Nick Cave, Billy Childs, Swingle Singers, Chopin, Police (esp. early), Nat King Cole, Bryan Ferry/Roxy Music, Patsy Cline, Ella Fitzgerald, Wendy Carlos' Switched-On Bach, Chris Isaak, Depeche Mode, Dean Martin, Mozart, Elvis, XTC, Stravinsky, Tchaikovsky, Sarah Vaughan, Gene Vincent, pre-Joshua Tree U2, Stranglers, Waterboys, Icicle Works, Style Council, Split Enz, Talk Talk, Tears For Fears (esp. early), Ultravox/Midge Ure (can you tell I'm a child of the '80s?) |
| Favorite books | Too many to list but definitely anything by Roald Dahl, "Hellfire" and "Dino" by Nick Tosches, "In Cold Blood" by Truman Capote, "Beloved" by Toni Morrison, John Steinbeck's "The Grapes Of Wrath," Tim O'Brien's "The Things They Carried" which makes me weep every time I read it, "Nightjohn" by Gary Paulsen |