Mister McClure had read several of her stories.

VOA: special.2010.04.25

Some of the novels and stories you read were, it is probable, laid in your own country of America.

你读的东西，也许是美国化的。

耶鲁公开课 - 1945年后的美国小说课程节选

Find stories on topics that you're interested in. Read them.

找一些你感兴趣的话题。去阅读它们。

英语阅读：技巧 - SpeakingMax英语口语达人

Still,she says her books reflect the Nancy Drew stories that she read as a child: "Things that I read as a kid keep cropping up in my own work whether I realize it or not.

VOA: special.2009.08.24