High Noon: Questions For An Author?

“So,” posts Cindy on her Facebook wall, “I and 6 other people are having lunch today with one of my favorite authors, Elizabeth Berg. Her book on writing ‘Escaping into the Open: the Art of Writing True’ is inspirational and her novels are wonderful. But … I kinda feel pressured to ask her some ‘writerly, impressive questions.’”

Question: Which author would you want to have lunch with? And/or: What would you ask a famous author over lunch?