After reading a couple of my stories in Eh-77 (a comp class emphasizing fiction) , Professor Holmes asked Crain if he would look at a selection of my work.
To paraphrase, it is a style of writing fiction that is deeply rooted in reality, describing it in such detail that the overwhelmed readers don't question supernatural things that casually enter the mix.
The writers who affect me the most were novelists who were writing in Africa: Chinua Achebe, Things Fall Apart was a major education for me, she told the Associated Press in 1998.
The easy answer is that someone who has sold as many books of fiction as I have must have something worthwhile to say about writing it, but the easy answer isn't always the truth.
The remoteness of Barnhill worked to Orwell's advantage by giving him the time he needed to rest and focus on his novel-writing, although it made it extremely difficult for him to keep in touch with his friends in London.