Do Authors Always Read The Same Genres They Write?

I think it can vary quite a lot from author to author. I won’t deny reading a lot of fantasy, but I don’t actually read a lot of humour. In fact, growing up, I read a lot of military fiction and thrillers. For example, my father read a lot of Tom Clancy, Robert Ludlum, Colin Forbes, and WEB Griffin. Since he had those books around the house, I read them too.

My mother read a lot of different genres too, everything from legal thrillers to romance. I read all of those as well. Did I particularly l...