# Who's the hottest writer out there? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 8, 2005, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-the-hottest-writer-out-there/334618 "2005-12-08T04:12:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![bordelond](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bordelond/32/150_2.png) [@bordelond](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bordelond)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2005, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-the-hottest-writer-out-there/334618/41 "2005-12-09T22:32:44Z")
> [@bordelond](#): > > Dowd’s pictures just get more exposure than those of the others listed in this thread. Many Dopers read the editorial pages of their papers, and Dowd’s editorials are carried by many newpapers nationwide. Among the other nationaly-syndicated opinion columnists, see [Cynthia](http://www.georgiatrend.com/6/images/12980.jpg) [Tucker](http://www2.gsu.edu/~wwwnms/initiatives/index_clip_image001.jpg) (_Atlanta Journal-Constitution_). I’d chat her up at a party. ---
**Author:** ![Hamlet](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hamlet/32/2818_2.png) [@Hamlet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hamlet)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2005, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-the-hottest-writer-out-there/334618/42 "2005-12-09T22:40:32Z")
[Brent Runyon](http://www.randomhouse.com/vintage/catalog/display.pperl?isbn=9781400096428) [sub]I am so going to hell…[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![OtakuLoki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ac8455/32.png) [@OtakuLoki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OtakuLoki)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2005, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-the-hottest-writer-out-there/334618/43 "2005-12-09T23:29:12Z")
Since no one’s flamed **Hamlet** for nominating Brent Runyon, I guess it’s safe to nominate [Iris Chang](http://www.irischang.net/), too. (Suicide is such a waste. Why won’t anyone think of all the lonely nebbishes who’ve lost a fantasy object?) ---
**Author:** ![Lamar\_Mundane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/85f322/32.png) [@Lamar\_Mundane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamar_Mundane)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2005, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-the-hottest-writer-out-there/334618/44 "2005-12-10T00:13:17Z")
Keeping up with the list of good looking Indians, here is [Manil](http://www.manilsuri.com/biography.htm) [Suri](http://www.math.umbc.edu/~suri/). His last novel, The Death of Vishnu, is really good. ---
**Author:** ![Airblairxxx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Airblairxxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Airblairxxx)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2005, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-the-hottest-writer-out-there/334618/45 "2005-12-10T00:45:56Z")
> [@OtakuLoki](#): > > Since no one’s flamed **Hamlet** for nominating Brent Runyon, I guess it’s safe to nominate [Iris Chang](http://www.irischang.net/), too. > > (Suicide is such a waste. It’s truly icky to see Iris Chang’s website has a section labeled “Speaking Schedule”. ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2005, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-the-hottest-writer-out-there/334618/46 "2005-12-10T04:32:17Z")
> [@sjc](#): > > …and [Maureen Dowd](http://www.yankeepotroast.org/images/maureenpeel2.gif),… Damn! And not every woman can pull off that look. ---
**Author:** ![NicePete](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ee7513/32.png) [@NicePete](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NicePete)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2005, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-the-hottest-writer-out-there/334618/47 "2005-12-10T04:35:05Z")
Eve. ---
**Author:** ![Talon\_Karrde](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Talon\_Karrde](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Talon_Karrde)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2005, 8:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-the-hottest-writer-out-there/334618/48 "2005-12-10T08:19:58Z")
[Louise](http://www.theatlantic.com/unbound/interviews/images/int2001-01-17pic.jpg) [Erdrich](http://www.english.uiuc.edu/maps/poets/a_f/erdrich/erdrichport.jpg)- not only hot, but a great writer. ---
**Author:** ![Kythereia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e8c25b/32.png) [@Kythereia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kythereia)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2005, 5:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-the-hottest-writer-out-there/334618/49 "2005-12-11T05:58:11Z")
Dropping in quickly before I go to bed: has anyone nominated [Kenneth Oppel](http://redcedar.swifty.com/1999/images/Authour_Pics/oppel.jpg)? Yow! 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Glassy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ea666f/32.png) [@Glassy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Glassy)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2005, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-the-hottest-writer-out-there/334618/50 "2005-12-11T16:53:11Z")
I think that [Sebastian Junger](http://literati.net/Junger/) is approximately as hot as the core of the sun. ---
**Author:** ![Brynda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e79b87/32.png) [@Brynda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brynda)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2005, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-the-hottest-writer-out-there/334618/51 "2005-12-11T17:12:32Z")
I sat in the front row to see/hear John Irving read a chapter from Cider House Rules when it was first released. Yum, yum, yum. I am not surprised to see him mentioned several times in this thread. He is gorgeous, and has a beautiful speaking voice as well. ---
**Author:** ![ITR\_champion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c67d28/32.png) [@ITR\_champion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ITR_champion)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2005, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-the-hottest-writer-out-there/334618/52 "2005-12-11T20:25:21Z")
[J. V. Jones](http://jvj.com/) is hot and writes terrible, terrible novels. By contrast, most good fantasy authors are fairly ugly. [Gene Wolfe](http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/w/gene-wolfe/), for instance. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-the-hottest-writer-out-there/334618.md?page=2)