14 Authors Reveal Their Favorite Childhood Books | The Write Project

On this episode of Write Project, fourteen authors dig deep and reveal their favorite books they read as children. Will these shine a mirror onto how they write as adults? Featuring, from Engen Books Ltd.: Yasmine Dalloul, poet contributor to Mythology from the RockMatthew Daniels, author of Diary of KnivesJennifer Shelby, author of Plague of the DreamlessLisa M Daly, author of Navigating StoriesSarah Thompson, author of The Love of SummerLauralana Dunne, author of AshesFrom Breakwater Books Ltd.:Tracey Waddleton,  author of Send More Tourists, the Last Ones were DeliciousMorgan Murray, author of Dirty BirdsFrom House of Zolo:JE Solo, author of PhreakFrom Marvel Comics:Jed MacKay, author of The Death of Doctor Strange, Avengers, X-Men, Blood Hunt, Moon Knight, Black Cat, and more!From Independent Publishers: BC Laybolt, author of To Drown in AshKayla Krantz, author of Dead by Morning, and more!And featuring:Alisha Morrissey - copywriter for Rouge Penguin CreativeOriginally broadcast on May 17, 2021 on CHMR 93.5 FM in St. John's, and on other great stations across the country.  Check out As Loved Our Fathers, the latest book from Write Project host Matthew LeDrew: https://amzn.to/3HB7BABIt's a hunt for the Holy Grail taken on by an American Anthropologist and a Newfoundland History professor that unveils hidden secrets within Newfoundland history! Support the showProduced and recorded at CHMR 93.5 FM in St. John's, Newfoundland. Listen on CHMR online at http://www.chmr.ca/​This program is sponsored by:Engen Books: Checkout Engen titles at http://www.engenbooks.com/​Or sign up for their newsletters at: The Write Project signup for FREE book: http://eepurl.com/c8W9OTEngen Horror Society Signup for FREE book: http://eepurl.com/c8YemrFantasy Files signup for FREE book: http://eepurl.com/c8X4zLEngen's Science-Fiction Newsletter for FREE book: http://eepurl.com/ir5JmgThis recording copyright © 2026 Matthew LeDrew