Regina Dalton
snapped awake the instant the coffin lid closed.
Jennifer Blake, Kane
She figured it came
down to a choice between going to work or committing murder.
Aileen Schumacher, Affirmative
Reaction
Standing in front of
his dresser mirror, the young man pointed the revolver at his reflection.
James W. Hall, Under
Cover of Daylight
When and where the
heart can celebrate each awakening day - that becomes home.
Priscilla Cogan,
Winona's Web
...then read what
these authors say about their openers.
Here is the cast:
Poul Anderson
Janet Jeppson Asimov
E.C. Ayres
Mary Balough
Martha Bayless
Greg Bear
Nina Beaumont
Jennifer Blake
David Brin
Terry Brooks
Harlen Campbell
Robert Chase
B.A. Chepaitis
C. J. Cherryh
Margaret (Meg) Chittenden
Sir Arthur C. Clarke
Priscilla Cogan
Michael Connelly
L. Sprague deCamp
Claire Delacroix
Carol Dennis
William C. Dietz
Patricia Eakins
Earl Emerson
Lynn Erickson
Loren D. Estleman
Sheila Finch
Charles L. Fontenay
Alan Dean Foster
Kate Freiman
Valerie J. Freireich
Sara Hoskinson Frommer
Nina Gettler
Voyle A. Glover
Ron Goulart
Jean Hager
Joe Haldeman
James W. Hall
Tara K. Harper
Lee Harris
Brian Herbert
Edward D. Hoch
Joan Hall Hovey
Dean Ing
Jonnie Jacobs
Russell James
Phyllis Ann Karr
Eileen Kernaghan
Nancy Kress
Ellen Kushner
Peter Lance
Joe R. Lansdale
J.A. Lawrence
Martha C. Lawrence
Laura Lynn Leffers
John Legg
Justin Leiber
Paul Levinson
Scott Mackay
Anne McCaffrey
Dennis L. McKiernan
Marilyn Meredith
Fern Michaels
Sasha Miller
John Moore
Deborah Morgan
Shirley Rousseau Murphy
Yvonne Navarro
Larry Niven
G. David Nordley
Barbara Paul
Michael H. Payne
Carla Peltonen
Joanne Pence
Frederik Pohl
Eileen Putman
Mary Jo Putney
Jaclyn Reding
Martha Kay Renfroe/ M.K. Wren
Lora Roberts
Peter Robinson
Mary Rosenblum
William Sanders
Walter Satterthwait
Robert J. Sawyer
Aileen Schumacher
Laurence Shames
John Paxton Sheriff
Sarah Smith
Ralph A. Sperry
Dana Stabenow
Les Standiford
Janice Steinberg
H.G. Stratmann
Mark Sumner
Molly Swanton
Frank Thompson
Jane Toombs
Denise Turney
Edo van Belkom
Mark L. Van Name
Joan Van Nuys
Lawrence Watt-Evans
Robert Weinberg
K. D. Wentworth
Carolyn Wheat
Jack Williamson
Charles Wilson
Gene Wolfe
Valerie Wolzien
Steven Womack
Stuart Woods
Courtni Wright
Jane Yolen
This exciting book includes more
than one hundred best-selling and otherwise well-known authors’ original material
about their own openers, processes, and stories behind their opening lines. It provides
readers entertainment and writers hints to improve their work.
