byrds, love, neil young, velvets, incredible string band, walter wanderley, glen campbell, fred neil, bob dylan, smog, louvin brothers, america, bert jansch, steve reich, fleetwood mac, the cros, donald byrd, mongo santamaria, perez prado, leonard cohen, jessie mae hemphill, sonny boy williamson, charles trenet, silver jews, beechwood sparks, lovin spoonful, bill monroe, bobbie gentry,the loved ones
Movies
foxes, dogs in space, suburbia, desperately seeking susan, mi vida loca, goodbye gemini, valley girl, girls from pleasure island, valley of the dolls, chinatown, petulia, woodstock, the best of everything, how to marry a millionaire, gentlemen prefer blondes, gilda, all about eve, night of the hunter, over the edge, times square, to kill a mockingbird, spinal tap, gas food lodging, reservoir dogs, pulp fiction, king of comedy, wanda, cockfighter, ghost world, eating raoul, sunset boulevarde, in a lonely place, north by northwest, laura, rear window, the secret garden
Television
skins, veronica mars, six feet under, entourage, paddington, trumpton,moomins, department s, arrested development
Books
charles willeford, barry gifford, gavin lambert, f. scott fitzgerald, faulkner, nathaneal west, david goodis, charles bukowski, richard brautigan, denis johnson, jack kerouac, john fante, joyce johnson, ellen gilchrist, joyce carol oates, dawn powell, dorothy parker, anita loos, pamela des barres, eve babitz, beth nugent, tc boyle, horace mccoy, raymond chandler, william burroughs, alexander trocchi, patricia highsmith, carson mccullers, harper lee, jd salinger, raymond carver, jim thompson, seth morgan
About me: I am the author of YA books NOTES FROM THE TEENAGE UNDERGROUND and EVERYTHING BEAUTIFUL. NFTU won the 2007 Victorian Premier's Prize and the inaugural Gold Inky Award (via www.insideadog.com.au). It's about three girls whose attempt to make an underground movie wrecks their friendship ... EB was published in November through Pan Macmillan (OZ/NZ) and Bloomsbury (US/UK). It's about the unlikely romance between an angry atheist girl and a despondant wheelchair boy at a Christian holiday camp. For more guff on me and my books visit- www.simmonehowell.com
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everything beautiful just became my favourite book. i'm going to beg my mum to give me some money for notes from the teenage underground. i'm actually excited.
Yeah he definatly lives on in my mind too..trying to find my own Dylan at the moment, but having no luck finding a guy as amazingly cool and perfect as him..you have now set my standards very very high! :)
I'm loving Notes from the teenage underground, I'm a hugeeee Edie fan so I found it really easy to get into!
Come on you at least have to give us a film of Everything Beautiful!! I must say Mitch Hewer came to mind for craig, he's a British actor but he just reminded me of him so much! Moreeee Boooks I can't get enough!! :D
Hi Simmone, I'd love to be your friend! Your books sound wonderful, and I love that trailer for Everything Beautiful. Hope you are having a great 2009 so far.
I loved 'Everything Beautiful' so much, I've read it four times in a row!! I can't get enough of it, plus the fact that I'm totally in love with Dylan (he is gorgeous!) So I went out and bought 'Notes from a Teenage Underground', just started it and I'm hooked already! You are such an amazing author, I love all your characters and keep the books comming, because my friends and I are enjoying them so, so much! P.S Please let there be a sequel to 'Everything Beautiful', I think I'm in love! :) Maeve x
Hi Simmone-- Congratulations on your books! The video was great. Thanks for befriending me and Paint It Black! Hope you like it. Wish you inspiration and success in your work! Many delights, Janet F.
woohoo!! Thank you so much! I think i am about to reach the pinnacle of coolness because i will be the proud owner of TWO signed copies of Everything Beautiful =) I will email my address asap. xx
Hi Just letting you know how much i loved the new book! Technically i havent finished it yet, i have a few pages to go, but sometimes i get weird when i get to the end of a good book and stop reading because i don't want it to end. I started reading it on the bus on the way home as per your suggestion, and apart from a break to party/sleep/go to work, i have been reading it ever since =] I have also been dreaming about those cupcakes, which i'm pretty sure were the best cupcakes i have ever eaten. anyway, thank you for writing such a fabulous book! Georgia
ARGH!!!!!! that was awesome i have emailed you the photos you rock! the book is excellent, if anyway says otherwise give me their number and i'll thump them :D ♥ the girl at MWF ps who is technically a woman at 20 years old, hehe
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