Amy Green asked Cheryl Bolen:

Dear Ms. Bolen, I’m a Texas Longhorns fan too! My question for you is: Who was the first female writer that either inspired you or that you took notice of?

Cheryl Bolen Amy, go Horns! My first popular fiction author who blew me away was Mary Stewart, who I started reading in the 1970s. Her early works--my favorites--featured young British women in jeopardy and were set in stunning locations like Greece or the Pyrenees. What made her stand out from her contemporaries such as Victoria Holt, Dorothy Eden and Phyllis Whitney, imo, was her stunning prose.

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