| Female |
| Okahoma |
| Retired newspaper reporter/accounting clerk |
| Fiction, short stories, poetry |
| Jury still out |
| Reading, sewing, gardening, grandchildren, politics |
| Historical fiction, science, politics,sociology |
| "The Source", "Chesapeake", "Centennial" all by James Michener |
| James Michener, John Jakes |
| Edna St. Vincent Millay |
| "Man is born to trouble as the sparks fly upward." From The Holy Bible |
| Easy listening, classical, spiritual |
| Fiddler on the Roof, Places in the Heart |