Rule Breaker

What authors particularly inspire you? Do you read them when you are working on a book? BY RM 
An author who inspired me some years ago, when I was looking for representation, is Louise Penny. Along with enjoying her Gamache series, it was also a matter of the permission she gave me to break some rules, or what I thought were rules.
Louise Penny proved:
            Yes, I can set my stories in Canada, where I live.
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