What Nelson Demille Reads:

Folio: The Magazine for Magazine Management, April 1, 2003

"I'm building a house, so I'm reading a lot of Architectural Digests lately. I always read U.S. News & World Report, Newsweek, and Time because the instant reporting in daily newspapers is so inaccurate. If I could read only one of these, it would be Time. It's the gold standard - well-researched, well-written, and I believe what I'm reading. But I like the luxury of comparing all of the news magazines because I can get three takes on every story and then I can synthesize. I also read Publishers Weekly (cover to cover every week), Discover, Archaeology, and Psychology Today. All are intellectually stimulating." Has magazine journalism inspired any of his 12 novels? Word of Honor emerged from several magazine stories he read during the trial of Lt. William Calley in the early seventies.

AND WHAT HE won't READ:

"I tend not to read the men's magazines," even though some publish short stories. "I don't read a lot of fiction [in magazines]. I read magazines to be informed, not entertained."

NELSON DeMILLE is one this country's best-selling novelists. His most recent work, Up Country, reached No. 2 on the New York Times bestseller list. Three of his earlier novels - Word of Honor, Charm School, and Plum Island - are in feature-film development.