Novelist Quotes and aphorisms about mining Tawni O'Dell Tawni O'Dell Tawni O'Dell ,, I'm a novelist - not an expert on coal mining. I'm not a politician with an agenda to push. I'm not... Ariel Dorfman Lawrence Osborne ,, One winter, I went to Erfoud to research trilobites and got to know the quarries, the dealers, and ... Richard Flanagan