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The Daisy Jones and The Six author on how reading Nick Hornby opened up a new world for her as a teenager and why Octavia Butler made her change her mind about sci-fiMy earliest reading memoryWhen I was around nine, my dad said I was old enough to take on the responsibility of reading bedtime stories to my younger brother. And so, one night at a time, I read him all of The Mouse and the Motorcycle by Beverly Cleary and then Bunnicula, by James and Deborah Howe, a book about a vegetarian vampire rabbit that we both loved. I was so incredibly proud to be the one telling him the story. I felt so grown up.My favourite book growing upLove, Lucy by Lucille Ball. I picked it up when I was about 12, after years of watching I Love Lucy reruns as a kid. I read it voraciously, devouring everything I could about her. She set me on a path of falling in love with classic Hollywood. Continue reading...