Quote of the day
Bring me men to match my mountains,
Bring me men to match my plains,
Men with empires in their purpose,
And new eras in their brains.
Janette Turner Hospital

Born: November 12, 1942 (age 82)
Bio: Janette Turner Hospital is an Australian-born novelist and short story writer who has lived most of her adult life in Canada or the US, principally Boston, Kingston and Columbia.
Known for:
- Orpheus Lost (2007)
- Due preparations for the plague (2003)
- The Ivory Swing (1982)
- The Last Magician (1992)
- The Tiger in the Tiger Pit (1983)