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08-19-2008, 01:13 PM
| | |  J.K. Rowling on Favourite Authors list
To celebrate the 2008 Costa Book Awards 2,000 adults were polled about who their favourite authors were. J.K. Rowling came third on the list, beaten only by Roald Dahl and Enid Blyton. 
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08-19-2008, 01:18 PM
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Congratulations to Jo.
And it's nice to see Roald Dahl up there. 
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Actually, the whole list isn't too bad. I'm amazed to find Isaac Asimov on #23. On the other hand, Philip Pullman is missing, and CS Lewis is in. 
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08-19-2008, 01:30 PM
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wHOA!Nice Jo
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08-19-2008, 01:37 PM
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Way to go Joo !~
Congrats !~
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08-19-2008, 01:43 PM
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Philip Pullman IS missing....and he is brilliant.
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08-19-2008, 02:15 PM
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Nice!!!
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08-19-2008, 02:25 PM
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Very nice indeed! And Agatha Christie is on there too! Hurray! 
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08-19-2008, 02:30 PM
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Well done Jo, its good to see C.S Lewis up there as well. But wheres Philip Pullman?!
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08-19-2008, 02:40 PM
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I'm very surprised that Philip Pullman is absent from the list. And I'm also very surprised to see that Charles Dickens is on the list.
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08-19-2008, 02:46 PM
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Yay, congrats Jo!
But yeah, Philip Pullman.. Where are you?!
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08-19-2008, 03:09 PM
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Great job Jo!
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08-19-2008, 03:43 PM
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Congratz Jo!
Haha, Jaqueline Wilson is on the list too 
I trly think HP, LotR and Narnia belong together as great fantasy series.
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08-19-2008, 04:27 PM
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Congrats to Jo!!!
That's was very tough, she's number 3!!!
And some very good authors are on that list, it just shows that she is the best!
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08-19-2008, 04:31 PM
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That list is full of amazing writers I'm so glad that Jo came in 3rd ^^ She really deserves it.
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08-19-2008, 06:18 PM
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Congrats to Jo!
The whole list is surprising. I was expecting Nora Roberts, Janet Evanovich, people like that. And given some of the authors are more...traditional, like Agatha Christie, I'm surprised at their placements. Mark Twain at 40? How did Shakespeare not get first? Geoffrey Chaucer was last. :buggeyes: And no Phillip Pullman, Terry Pratchett, or Neil Gaiman.
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08-19-2008, 06:55 PM
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Congrats Jo! ... I'd have her be #1, but #3 isn't so bad.
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08-19-2008, 07:35 PM
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Originally Posted by Egyptian_Blue  Congrats to Jo!
The whole list is surprising. I was expecting Nora Roberts, Janet Evanovich, people like that. And given some of the authors are more...traditional, like Agatha Christie, I'm surprised at their placements. Mark Twain at 40? How did Shakespeare not get first? Geoffrey Chaucer was last. :buggeyes: And no Phillip Pullman, Terry Pratchett, or Neil Gaiman. LMAO!!! Nora Roberts and Janet Evanovich...that is too funny. I can see the list panning out the way it did if the adults interviewed did not consider the "classics," only more recent stuff....Neil Gaiman definitely...
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08-19-2008, 08:15 PM
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Congratz Jo!!!
I actually like very much the whole list
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08-19-2008, 08:29 PM
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Not a surprise. :]
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08-19-2008, 09:06 PM
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Extra Congrats to Jo. She is just awesome.
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08-19-2008, 09:56 PM
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A few people missing from that list I would have liked to have seen on it, but then we get Jo, followed by Shakespeare, Harry days!
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08-20-2008, 01:16 AM
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Awesome!! Congrats Jo!
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Just noticed Dan Brown on the list. I loved his books...all of them. His new one is due out later this year, or so i have read.
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Congrats Jo!
Rauld Dahl! My best friend calls him Ronald Dahl and now they all do it just to annoy me!! LOL. Roald Dahl!!!
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