Renee

I read, write, and sell books.

Interests: travel, computers, oceans, maps, libraries, Asian pop culture, driving fast, films (esp. indie, romcom, & foreign), strong female characters, French & Spanish language and culture, food & cooking, funny people, & good design.

Movies/T.V. series I can watch over and over: Jeeves & Wooster, The Piano,Antique, Mostly Martha, Strictly Ballroom, NCIS, History of Violence, anything with Gael Garcia Bernal or Cary Grant, anything by Pixar. I'm also a sucker for creative special effects and cinematography (Amelie, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, City of God).

Music & musicians I like: M.I.A., OutKast, Gnarls Barkley, The Weepies, Pizzicato 5, Amy Winehouse, A. R. Rahman, Ella Fitzgerald, Death Cab for Cutie, John Legend, Liz Phair, Rufus Wainwright, Mozart's Don Giovanni.

Authors I like: Neil Gaiman, Diana Wynne Jones, E.B. White, Jane Austen, P.G. Wodehouse, George Orwell, Anthony Bourdain, George Saunders.

Favorite manga: Skip Beat!, Eyeshield 21, High School Debut, anything by Fumi Yoshinaga, GTO, After School Nightmare, Goong, Maison Ikkoku, Majin Tantei Nougami Neuro, One Piece,One Thousand & One Nights, Saint Young Men.

Favorite dramas: Nodame Cantabile, Koi no Chikara, Dal Ja's Spring, My Lovely Sam Soon, Coffee Prince.