Favorite visual artist Hayao Miyazak, Pen Ward, Arnold Lobel, Garth Williams, Harry Clarke, Beatrix Potter, Gustav Dore Favorite movies Spirited Away, Howl's Moving Castle, Ponyo, Sense and Sensibility,The Candidates, Spring Awakening, La Traviata, Le Nozze di Figaro, Anna Karenina, Mean Girls Favorite TV shows Bones, Dexter, 30 Rock, Key & Peele, South Park, Modern Family, The Middle, Downton Abbey Favorite bands / musical artists Eric Whitacre, Alban Berg, Menotti, The Beatles, Daft Punk, Nickel Creek, The Real Group, Afterlife, Led Zeppelin, Steely Dan, Shiina Ringo, Diana Krall, Gogol Bordello, Plasticine, Jovanotti, Lady Gaga Favorite books Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close, The Hunger Games, Good Omens, Game of Thrones, Miss Peregrine Series, Catch 22, Heart of Darkness, Catcher in the Rye, Sarah's Key, Ant Farm, Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Immortal Series, Water for Elephants, Miss Suzy Favorite writers J.K. Rowling, Sarah Teasdale, Simon Rich, Stephen King, Neil Gaiman, Dean Koontz, Tina Fey, Charles Dickens, Jonathan Safran Foer Tools of the Trade multi-media Other Interests opera, cooking, gardening, yoga