Twitterature: 14 Connected Authors Worth Your Follow

1. Anthony Bourdain

On Travel Channel's No Reservations, Anthony Bourdain is brash, opinionated, foul-mouthed and memorable. On Twitter, as @Bourdain, his personality is prominent much like in his memoir, Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly, which is being reissued in October.Bourdain's frequent tweets shed insight into his daily life and adventures with his wife, .After all, we know you're itching for more pictures of edible sheep testicles.

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You're probably used to seeing 80,000-word novels in book or tablet form. But on Twitter, authors can directly connect with readers 140 characters at a time.

Whether self-published or a New York Times bestseller, writers use Twitter as a blank slate, an opportunity to publicize their work, discuss technique and share expertise.

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Click through the gallery above to see our 14 favorite authors you can follow on Twitter it'll tide you over until you find another great book.

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