nytimes May 30, 2021 12:00am Lionel Shriver Warns Readers Not to Meet Their Favorite Authors #booksandliterature #writingandwriters #contenttypepersonalprofile #shriverlionel #news Lionel Shriver Warns Readers Not to Meet Their Favorite Authors “The warts-and-all version is almost always a disappointment, and they risk a retroactive taint.”