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Authors: H. Mattern
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Saving Katie Baker Playlist
H. Mattern’s Reading List
Six Interesting Facts about H. Mattern
SAVING KATIE BAKER PLAYLIST
I am a lover of music and wanted to share with you, my sweet readers the songs that were played during the writing of this novel. Sometimes, I would sit with one song set on repeat yet other times I relied on variety.
For those that are interested, here’s the list:
- Colbie Caillat- “One Fine Wire”
- Priscilla Ahn- “Dream”
- Sara Bairilles- “Brave”
- Bridgit Mendler- “Hurricane”
- P!nk- “Just Give Me A Reason”
- Maroon 5- “She Will Be Loved”
- Norah Jones- “Come Away With Me”
- Metric- “Help I’m Alive”
- Katy Perry- “Wide Awake”
- Adele- “Set Fire To The Rain”
- First Aid Kit- “Ghost Town”
- Ani DiFranco- “Grey”
- Priscilla Ahn- “Wallflower”
- Norah Jones- “Don’t Know Why”
- Christina Perri- “A Thousand Years”
- Avril Lavigne- “Wish You Were Here”
- Maroon 5- “Love Somebody”
- Adele- “Someone Like You”
- Demi Lovato- “Catch Me/Don’t Forget”
- P!nk- “Perfect”
- Rihanna- “Stay/We Found Love”
- Alicia Keys- “Girl On Fire”
- Christina Perri- “Arms”
- Demi Lovato- “Skyscraper”
- Priscilla Ahn- “Torch Song”
- Sara Bareilles- “Love Song”
- Colbie Caillat- “Brighter Than The Sun”
- One Republic- “Good Life”
- Fun- “Carry On”
- The Lumineers- “Stubborn Love”
- Mumford & Sons- “I Will Wait”
- Sarah Mclachlan- “I Will Remember You”
- Bryan Adams- “Please Forgive Me”
HEATHER MATTERN’S READING LIST
These are just a few of the books that have inspired my writing over the years and keep me coming back to the written word for more adventures:
My Favorite Author:
Ray Bradbury- His novel
Fahrenheit 451
is my favorite but all of his books inspire me. His short story collection,
The Illustrated Man
is amazing.
A Few Of My Favorite Classics:
Silas Marner-
George Eliot
Persuasion
- Jane Austen
Emily Of New Moon Series
- L.M. Montgomery
A Christmas Carol
- Charles Dickens
A Tree Grows In Brooklyn
- Betty Smith
A Few Of My Favorite Poets:
Mary Oliver
Pablo Neruda
Adrienne Rich
Books That Empowered Me As A Woman:
Women Who Run With The Wolves
- Clarissa Pinkola Estes
When Women Were Birds
- Terry Tempest Williams
The Dance Of The Dissident Daughter
- Sue Monk Kidd
The Fire Starter Sessions
- Danielle LaPorte
Other Books I Really Enjoyed:
Sisterhood Of The Traveling Pants Series
- Ann Brashares
The Hunger Games
- Suzanne Collins
The Notebook
- Nicholas Sparks
Dreamland
- Sarah Dessen
PS, I Love You
- Cecelia Ahern
My Favorite Books On Writing:
Bird By Bird-
Anne Lamott
Writing Down The Bones-
Natalie Goldberg
Zen In The Art Of Writing-
Ray Bradbury
SIX INTERESTING FACTS ABOUT H. MATTERN
- I hate unloading the dishwasher. I know it’s silly but I’d rather wash each dish by hand than have to unload them.
- I have an obsession with tattoos. I have five and am always pondering what the next one will be. I was warned they are addicting but didn’t listen when I went to get my first one. I feel each tattoo on a person’s skin tells a story, and I love asking about them.
- I met my husband when I was fourteen years old. He taught me how to drive and still to this day has been my one and only date. I’m a little bit obsessed with him.
- I homeschool my kids. I know, yikes. I love it. It’s one great big adventure after another. We love to travel and not be tied down to a schedule. (The N.C. Mountains are my favorite).
- I don’t like icecream but adore dark chocolate with sea salt.
- The first story I ever wrote was about two fighting elephants. I buried it after writing it so that when the Indians came back they’d find it and I’d be famous.
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ABOUT THE AUTHOR
H. MATTERN, who also goes by Heather
:)
was born in Alabama, raised in Florida and bloomed in North Carolina. She lives with her high school sweetheart and three children in Raleigh, NC. When she’s not writing, she’s riding motorcycles with her husband, traveling with her kids and dabbling in art.
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