About Nancy Flynn

Location: Portland, Oregon

Age:51

Website: http://www.nancyflynn.com

Favorite novels: Right now—John Burdett's Bangkok thrillers; Kate Atkinson's Case Histories and One Good Turn; Denis Johnson's Tree of Smoke.

Favorite writers: Charles Baxter, Italo Calvino, Alice Munro, Philip Roth, and Wallace Stegner.

Favorite music: Classical radio. Jazz. The Bob, the Neil, and the Boss. Leonard Cohen and Aimee Mann.

Non-noveling interests: Poetry. Disco. Dental floss. Blue-eyed cats. Neighborhood walking. Movie matinees. Eavesdropping in restaurants. Celebrity gossip. Ten-minute naps. Eight hours of sleep a night. Forgetting about the Joneses. Remembering to smell the roses.