Great author. What's your favorite book? Did you enjoy One Hundred Years of Solitude?
One Hundred Years of Solitude was one of my favorite books by him. I also liked Chronicles of a Death Foretold.
What did you think about all the killing of Santiago? Were you surprised?
Well, the book goes over his killing over and over, so it wasn't much of a surprise. But the structure of the book was really unusual and original.
Well, as you said, he writes in the "magical realism" genre. I have wondered if he uses hallucinogens because the writings often seem like a stream of consciousness
That's a good question. I never heard of any evidence of that, but he did write about how America's drug war negatively affected his native Colombia.
Being one of 12 children makes you think and think I bet. I wonder if that influenced his thought process?
He was the oldest, so at least he got a little bit of peace before his younger siblings were born!
 His works were a blend of history, mystery and politics. Apparently his maternal grandmother with whom he lived as a child believed in magic and influenced his thoughts and writings
That's fascinating! I didn't know that about his grandmother.