Sentences with phrase «author of novels featuring»

Author of novels featuring the relief pitcher detective Johnny Adcock.

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The idea of featuring the justice secretary in novels and plays came from Australian author Kathy Lette, who inserted a character called Chris Grayling into her book Courting Trouble, about a mother - daughter feminist law firm.

«This species description of Ilomantis ginsburgae is novel since it relied heavily on the features of the female genitalia,» said lead author Sydney Brannoch, a Case Western Reserve University Ph.D. candidate working under the direction of Svenson at the Museum.

The authors unveil a novel mouse model of chromosome Xq22.1 deletion syndrome, a human disease characterized by developmental delay, intellectual disability, epilepsy, dysmorphic features, and an X-linked pattern of inheritance.

Moving away from the cruel halls of high school, McAdams next appeared opposite Ryan Gosling in The Notebook, the feature adaptation of author Nicholas Sparks» top - selling novel.

Although the film's title and a minimal amount of story come from author Michael Faber's 2000 novel, this is Glazer's most hyperstylized and unnerving film since Ben Kingsley got on the wrong side of Ray Winstone and Amanda Redman in the director's utterly self - assured feature debut, Sexy Beast.

A baker's dozen of books featuring the character of Ezekiel «Easy» Rawlins were penned by author Walter Mosley, and it's a shame the box office failure of Devil in a Blue Dress, the screen adaptation of the first Rawlins novel, prevented any more mysteries from making the leap from page to screen.

Instead, Cronenberg cleverly combines elements of the novel with pieces from Burroughs» more straightforward work, as well as events from the author's real life, to construct a feature that captures the essence of Naked Lunch, if not the literal plot.

Special Features • Trapped in Love: The Story of Everything, Everything (5:03)-- This segment introduces the novel's author and shows how the book was turned into a movie.

An adaptation of the Nobel Prize - winning author José Saramago's novel «The Double» (and not the thematically similar Dostoyevsky book of the same name which confusingly, features elsewhere on this list) this psychological thriller sounds a little bit more damaged and arthouse than Villeneuve's aforementioned studio film and given uncompromising nature of that picture, we're rather psyched to see how «Enemy» turns out.

A cult favorite for fans of author Clive Barker, but just plain silly (and very gory) schlock for just about everyone else, Hellraiser marked the first feature film as a director, adapting his own novel, «The Hellbound Heart».

Stephen King has taken to Twitter to share the poster for Mike Flanagan's upcoming adaptation of the author's 1992 novel Gerald's Game featuring Carla Gugino and Bruce Greenwood; take a look at the poster here... SEE ALSO: Watch the trailer for Gerald's Game here While trying to spice up their marriage in their remote lake house, Jessie must fight -LSB-...]

The new special features include an audio commentary by renowned director Ridley Scott, writer / executive producer Drew Goddard and author of the novel Andy Weir.

Synopsis: The second half of the final Harry Potter adventure comes to the big screen in this feature adaptation of the popular novel by children's fantasy author J.K. Rowling, with series veterans Steve Kloves and David Yates writing and directing, respectively.

Complete List of NAACP Image Award Winners Film Categories Best Picture - «The Secret Life of Bees» Best Director - Gina Prince - Bythewood, «The Secret Life of Bees» Best Actor - Will Smith, «Seven Pounds» Best Actress - Rosario Dawson, «Seven Pounds Supporting Actor - Columbus Short, «Cadillac Records» Supporting Actress - Taraji P. Henson, «The Curious Case of Benjamin Button» Independent Film - «Slumdog Millionaire» Documentary - «The Black List» Foreign Film - «The Class» Best Screenplay - Jenny Lumet, «Rachel Getting Married» Television Categories Best Comedy Series - «Tyler Perry's House of Payne» Best Actor in a Comedy Series - LaVan Davis, «Tyler Perry's House of Payne» Best Actress in a Comedy Series - Tracee Ellis Ross, «Girlfriends» Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series - Lance Gross, «Tyler Perry's House of Payne» Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series - Keshia Knight Pulliam, «Tyler Perry's House of Payne» Best Dramatic Series - «Grey's Anatomy» Best Actor in a Dramatic Series - Hill Harper, «CSI: NY» Best Actress in a Dramatic Series - Chandra Wilson, «Grey's Anatomy» Supporting Actor in a Dramatic Series - Taye Diggs, «Private Practice» Supporting Actress in a Dramatic Series - Angela Bassett, «ER» Made - for - TV Movie, Miniseries or Dramatic Special - «A Raisin in The Sun» Best Actor in a Made - for - TV Movie, Miniseries or Dramatic Special - Sean Combs, «A Raisin in the Sun» Best Actress in a Made - for - TV Movie, Miniseries or Dramatic Special - Phylicia Rashad, «A Raisin in the Sun» Best Actor in a Sopa Opera - Bryton McClure, «The Young and the Restless» Best Actress in a Sopa Opera - Debbi Morgan, «All My Children» Best Director in a Dramatic Series - Ernest Dickerson, «Lincoln Heights - The Day Before Tomorrow» Best Director in a Comedy Series - Kevin Sullivan, «30 Rock - MILF Island» Best Screenplay for a Dramatic Series - Shonda Rhimes, «Grey's Anatomy: Freedom Part 1 & 2» Best Screenplay for a Comedy Series - Erica D. Montolfo, «The Game: White Coats and White Lies» News / Information Series or Special - «In Conversation: Michelle Obama Interview» Talk Series - «The View» Reality Series - «American Idol 7» Variety Series or Special - «An Evening of Stars: Tribute to Smokey Robinson» Children's Program - «Dora The Explorer» Best Performance in a Children's Series or Special - Keke Palmer, «True Jackson» Music Categories Best Male Artist - Jamie Foxx Best Female Artist - Beyonce» Best New Artist - Jennifer Hudson Best Duo, Group or Collaboration - Jennifer Hudson, featuring Fantasia - «I'm His Only Woman» Best Jazz Artist - Natalie Cole - «Still Unforgettable» Best Gospel Artist - Mary Mary Best World Music Album - Cheryl Keyes - «Let Me Take You There» Best Music Video - «Yes We Can» - Will.i.am Best Song - «Yes We Can» - Will.i.am Best Album - Jennifer Hudson - «Jennifer Hudson» Literary Categories Fiction - «In the Night of the Heat: A Tennyson Hardwick Novel,» Blair Underwood, Tananarive Due, Steven Barnes Nonfiction - «Letter to My Daughter,» Maya Angelou Debut Author - «Barack, Race, and the Media: Drawing My Own Conclusion,» David Glenn Brown Biography / Autobiography - «The Legs are the Last to Go,» Diahann Carroll Instructional - «32 Ways to Be a Champion in Business,» Earvin «Magic» Johnson Poetry - «Hip Hop Speaks to Children: A Celebration of «Poetry With a Beat»» Nikki Giovanni Children - «Barack Obama: Son of Promise, Child of Hope,» Nikki Grimes (illustrator - Bryan Collier) Youth / Teens - «Letters to a Young Sister: Define Your Destiny,» Hill Harper

Featuring readings from his new novel A Legacy of Spies, and a rare question and answer session, this will be an unmissable opportunity to experience the author direct and in his own words.

«I have found that my Premium Membership of Author Marketing Club gives me access to a wealth of features and information that greatly assist me in promoting my novels online.

It was a cross post from Tumblr, reblogging a tumble from author Eric M. Esquivel, announcing he would be launching of a new graphic novel series with Papercutz featuring Rabbids.

Martins; Macmillan audio) is a standalone novel set in a small town microbrewery, featuring out - of - work, just - separated Kate Appleton, and is a collaboration between the bestselling author and the president of the Romance Writers of America.

About as unlike Hairy London as it's possible to get and still feature here, Kit Reed's Little Sisters of the Apocalypse is a novel that treads the indistinct boundaries between fantasy, science fiction and realism, as befits an author who describes her work as «transgenred».

American By Day is the second novel by award winning American - born author Derek B. Miller which features Chief Inspector Sigrid Ødegård of the Oslo Politi.

A former features editor for Essence magazine, Asha is the author of two collections of poems, the award - winning memoir The Prisoner's Wife, and the novel Daughter.

Donna Leon is the author of the international best - selling novels featuring Commissario Guido Brunetti, all of which have been critically acclaimed.

Heather Webb is the author of historical novels BECOMING JOSEPHINE and RODIN»S LOVER, which have been featured in the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Cosmopolitan, Elle, France Magazine, and more, as well as received national starred reviews.

Carly Phillips is the N.Y. Times and USA Today Bestselling Author of over 50 sexy contemporary romance novels featuring hot men, strong women and the emotionally compelling stories her readers have come to expect and love.

Heather Webb is the author of historical novels BECOMING JOSEPHINE and RODIN»S LOVER, which have sold in six countries and have been featured in the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Cosmopolitan, Elle, France Magazine, and more, as well as received national starred reviews.

Oprah has been an integral part of book promotion since, well, since Jacquelyn Mitchard's novel, The Deep End of the Ocean, was selected to be Oprah's first Book Club pick — and, undoubtedly, since her show began featuring authors as experts.

Instead of a regular special feature today, I'm helping out a fellow author by announcing his new book, Viral Spark, a retelling of his original novella trilogy, combined and threaded into a novel.

Locke is author of a series of action novels featuring a former CIA operative known as Donovan Creed.

For instance, I know that my novel will not be featured in the Kindle First monthly offerings (what surely is the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow of self - published authors on Amazon), because it's a re-published book and therefore doesn't qualify.

The next - generation Jin Yong Reader, named after China's best - selling living author, comes preloaded with Jin Yong's acclaimed 15 novel set (compiled in 36 volumes) and includes access to Koobe's content libraries, which features thousands of novels, comics, interactive e-books, animated picture books and magazines.

What I liked primarily about this novel is the author chose to feature her protagonist as someone who is, in a sense, completely ahead of her time.

Check out our Meet the Author feature with Kate Jacobs for Knit the Season, or our review of her standalone novel, Comfort Food.

While mystery author Sue Grafton is not on the Kobo Book Report's Bestseller List as featured below, three of her novels make the Most Completed Book List, meaning that hers were more often read from start to finish.

Brian Morton is the author of five novels, including Starting Out in the Evening, which was a finalist for the PEN / Faulkner Award and was made into an acclaimed feature film, and A Window Across the River, which was a Book... (more)

Described as an «international thriller» set in the world of finance, it sounds like a change of pace for the author, whose previous novels, despite varied settings and tones, have featured Russian immigrants.

He is the author of numerous books for adults and children, including five novels featuring Anglo - American journalist John Russell.

* August 16, 2013: British thriller author Simon Jenner devoted a page of his «Killer Thriller» blog feature to HUNTER, including background on the novel, his effusive and generous review, and also interview questions for me... and for Dylan Hunter!

As for authors with large novels, they could publish a free eBook sampler of their work, featuring some of the best portions of their story in a coherent manner.

Susan is the author of the Alpine Grove Romantic Comedies, a series of novels that feature residents of the small town of Alpine Grove and their various quirky dogs and cats.

The gripping release from the Haikasoru imprint offers a single - volume retelling of the acclaimed ALL YOU NEED IS KILL novel, and is written by Haikasoru editor and noted sci - fi author, Nick Mamatas featuring full - color artwork by popular comic book artist Lee Ferguson (Green Arrow, Miranda Mercury).

We're pleased to announce that Camden Park Press author Lauryn Christopher's suspense novel «Conflict of Interest» has been selected as one of the featured titles in the August 2011 issue of the All Mystery!

Readers, apparently, also ignore the «Look Inside» feature where they can read for free a minimum of 20 % of the entire novel, and the authors can push that up to even 50 % of it.

As the author of the Flores Girl: The Children God Forgot novel, my eBook is now a featured work at Wattpad.com, which is a free competitor to Stanza, and I have to say that the reader response has been overwhelming.

Brave authors summit the first page of their novels; I think the feature runs every Saturday and Sunday.

Featured in The Wall Street Journal, The Times, and The Chicago Tribune, Russell Blake is The New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of around fifty action / adventure and mystery novels.

Among her many experiments (apart from creating a website, Facebook author page, and Twitter account), Chan paid a small fee to have her novel featured on industry blogs — Ereader News Today, Kindle Nation, Pixel of Ink.

Sue Grafton is the author of the immensely popular «alphabet series» — detective novels featuring the private investigator, Kinsey Millhone.

-- His novel featured on the cover of our January 2015 magazine issue, as well as a two page spread, book review, and interview with the author featured inside.

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