Novelist Jane Hamilton: Friend of Jane
The Chicago Sun-Times has a profile on Jane Hamilton, author of The Book of Ruth and The Map of the World, in which she mentions that she enjoys Jane Austen’s work.
With little to do at night, (Must be nice! –Ed.) Hamilton reads a book a week. Among her favorite authors are Henry James, Alice Walker, Jane Austen, Alice Munro, Louis Moore, John Updike and John Cheever.












