Pachelbel asked Wendy Orr:

What books and/or authors do you feel have influenced your writing the most?

Wendy Orr Rosemary Sutcliff was probably the biggest influence on my love of historical fiction, especially with The Eagle of the Ninth, which I spent a year or so following up with research and writing my own sequel, when I was 12-13. I think Rumer Godden and Elizabeth Goudge both influenced my style - I don't know if that's still true, but I felt it when I first started writing. But to some extent I think every story we love influences our writing in some way!

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