Why Audrey Niffenegger is one of my favourite authors

Audrey Niffenegger was born in 1963 in South Haven, Michigan.

Niffenegger was trained as a visual artist at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, then later receiving her MFA (Master of Fine Arts) from North-western University's Department of Art Theory and Practice in 1991. 

Although Niffenegger has only wrote two novels, she also has visual and graphic novels as well as artist's books. She has such a fine talent within her writing as she has had so much influence from being so creative as a visual artist, when reading her novels you cannot help but visualize everything, as she makes everything crystal clear and so beautiful. 

In 2003 The Time Traveler's Wife was published and received a massive response. It was then later made into a movie, and I could not help but think that it did not do any justice for the book. I went to see the movie at the cinema in 2009 when it was released, and had witnessed people walking out, whilst the crowd I was with did not follow the film so well and were left a little confused. I kept advising them to read the book first as they would have got a full understanding and a great read.  Originally, in 1997 Niffenegger wanted to make this into a graphic novel, but decided against this as she realized that it would be difficult to represent sudden time shifts with still images.   

Her second novel Her Fearful Symmetry was published in 2009, and was as expected a phenomenon, with mirror image twins, terrifyingly similar. This novel is set in London and although I would say this novel is intriguing and contemporary, it has a mysterious twist to it.

I would highly recommend everyone to read up on Niffenegger as she is one talented woman, and I thoroughly hope there will be an appearance of a third novel coming soon!  

                                       "I love films that are intense, creepy, 
                                     beautiful to look at, morally complex.
                                  I want a film to be smarter than me,
                               to leave me with mysteries, to haunt my sleep."

                                                                                   Niffenegger