Conversation so far:
Did Ferguson write anything?
Ferguson's novel Between the Bridge and the River was published on 10 April 2006.
Did either book win an award?
He appeared at the Los Angeles Festival of Books, as well as other author literary events.
What was The river about?
The sex, the violence, the dream sequences and the iconoclasm.

Question: What influences his writing?
Self-contained rewrite: What influences Ferguson's writing?