About the Author The Passionate Reader's Guide to the Authors You Love, Including Things You Never Knew, Juicy Bits You'll Want to Know, and Hundreds of Ideas for What to Read Next

Name: About the Author The Passionate Reader's Guide to the Authors You Love, Including Things You Never Knew, Juicy Bits You'll Want to Know, and Hundreds of Ideas for What to Read Next
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ISBN: 9780156013024

ISBN-10: 0156013029

ISBN-13: 9780156013024

Edition: 2000

Authors: Alfred Glossbrenner, Emily Glossbrenner

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A trivia guide for passionate readers, About the Author offers insider information on America's favorite writers, from Margery Allingham to Evelyn Waugh, from Michael Crichton to Charles Dickens. It gives background on the lives of the writers, what they did before becoming writers, facts about their fans, quirky tidbits, and recommendations for what to read next. Chosen for their popularity, their staying power, and the intensity of their following, this amazing range of writers will appeal to all types of readers. Find out what movies and television shows were adapted from their novels, how they decided to become writers, what the Nobel Prize for literature did for some, and what being an…

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List price: $16.00
Copyright year: 2000
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company
Publication date: 6/8/2000
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 320
Size: 7.50" wide x 9.25" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 1.188
Language: English



Acknowledgments


Introduction


The Authors: 125 of the best-loved fiction writers


What Else to Read


Major Literary Fiction Awards: The Book Sense Book of the Year, Booker Prize, Nobel Prize, PEN/Faulkner Award, Hemingway Foundation/PEN Award, National Book Award, National Book Critics Circle Award, and the Pulitzer Prize


Genre Fiction: The best of horror, mystery, romance, science fiction and santasy, and the Western


Best of the "Best": From the Modern Library and the New York Public Library to Oprah's Book Club and the bestseller lists


Readers' Resources: Reading groups, audiobooks, catalogs and references, out-of-print and used books, and book reviews


Special Events and Publishers: National and international events, regional events, and publisher and author contacts


Index