I'm Victoria Strauss,
author of novels for adults and young adults.
She is
the author of novels for middle - graders and teens, including The Truth About My Bat Mitzvah and... (more)
She is
the author of novels for middle - graders and teens, including The Truth About My Bat Mitzvah and Anything But Typical, which won the ALA Schneider Family Award.
She is also
the author of a novel for young readers, The Fingertips of Duncan Dorfman.
Three
authors of novels for middle - grade / middle school students discuss the value of including fiction in teaching various curriculum areas — and not just designating novels as «extra-credit!»
Not exact matches
The adaptation
of author E.L. James» erotic
novel won worst screenplay, worst actor
for Jamie Dornan and worst actress
for Dakota Johnson during Saturday's 36th annual Golden Raspberry Awards, according to the Associated Press.
The
author of three
novels and a memoir on his parents» romantic life, Lanchester is a layman writing
for laymen.
His biography contains elements
of an epic
novel: growing up the son
of a jailed Trotskyist labor leader in whose Chicago home he met Rosa Luxembourg's and Karl Liebknecht's colleagues; serving as a young balance
of payments analyst
for David Rockefeller whose Chase Manhattan Bank was calculating how much interest the bank could extract on loans to South American countries; touring America on Vatican - sponsored economics lectures; turning after a riot at a UN Third World debt meeting in Mexico to the study of ancient debt cancellation practices through Harvard's Babylonian Archeology department; authoring many books about finance from Super Imperialism: The Economic Strategy of American Empire [1972] to J is For Junk Economics: A Guide to Reality in an Age of Deception [2017]; and lately, among many other ventures, commuting from his Queens home to lecture at Peking University in Beijing where he hopes to convince the Chinese to avoid the debt - fuelled economic model off which Western big bankers feast and apply lessons he and his colleagues have learned about the debt relief practices of the ancient civilizations of Mesopotam
for David Rockefeller whose Chase Manhattan Bank was calculating how much interest the bank could extract on loans to South American countries; touring America on Vatican - sponsored economics lectures; turning after a riot at a UN Third World debt meeting in Mexico to the study
of ancient debt cancellation practices through Harvard's Babylonian Archeology department;
authoring many books about finance from Super Imperialism: The Economic Strategy
of American Empire [1972] to J is
For Junk Economics: A Guide to Reality in an Age of Deception [2017]; and lately, among many other ventures, commuting from his Queens home to lecture at Peking University in Beijing where he hopes to convince the Chinese to avoid the debt - fuelled economic model off which Western big bankers feast and apply lessons he and his colleagues have learned about the debt relief practices of the ancient civilizations of Mesopotam
For Junk Economics: A Guide to Reality in an Age
of Deception [2017]; and lately, among many other ventures, commuting from his Queens home to lecture at Peking University in Beijing where he hopes to convince the Chinese to avoid the debt - fuelled economic model off which Western big bankers feast and apply lessons he and his colleagues have learned about the debt relief practices
of the ancient civilizations
of Mesopotamia.
A former columnist
for the National Post, Anne is also the
author of two
novels and has edited a book
of writing advice.
Reading
novels can improve empathy and understanding
of social cues, allowing a leader to better work with and understand others — traits that
author Anne Kreamer persuasively linked to increased organizational effectiveness, and to pay raises and promotions
for the leaders who possessed these qualities.
William Goldman, the
author of the beloved Princess Bride
novel that became the beloved Princess Bride movie, told fans that he'd love to write a sequel to his book, but has not been able to think
of an idea
for it.»
There can be no doubt that the
author of these words also had in mind the purpose
of a
novel, perhaps one that would help break the spell
of current assumptions in order to surprise us with the complicated truth about ourselves — with more dreams than we have dared to dream in what passes
for our philosophy.
Borg is the
author of nineteen books, including the bestselling «The Heart
of Christianity», «Meeting Jesus Again
for the First Time», «Reading the Bible Again
for the First Time», and the
novel «Putting Away Childish Things.»
gave me a chance to rediscover Jane Austen, not least because she is my mother's favorite
author:
For not only does the Oakesian matriarch own all six
of the Austen
novels in the elegant Oxford edition, but Park Honan's marvelous biography, Jane Austen: Her Life, occupies a prominent place on her bookshelf as well ¯ which I gobbled up (naturally) even more avidly than I did the
novels.
Today's guest post comes all the way from Laos, where my friend Lisa McKay —
author of the highly acclaimed
novel, My Hands Came Away Red — lives with her husband Mike, who works
for a humanitarian organization in the region.
Then, Julia conjures the spirit
of the William Peter Blatty, who died earlier this month, and discusses The Exorcist — that very Catholic work
of horror,
for which he
authored both
novel and screenplay.
Author Dan Brown also used the idea
of Jesus being married as a jumping off point
for the fictional
novel «The Da Vinci Code.»
Almost two decades ago,
authors Tim LaHaye and Jerry B Jenkins chose a similar premise
for their Left Behind series
of novels, which sold more than 65 million copies and has now spawned a big screen adaptation starring (almost unthinkably) Nicolas Cage.
International experts in other disciplines joined them including novelist Laura Esquivel,
author of the hugely popular
novel Like Water
for Chocolate; Kirmen Uribe, one
of the most widely read and translated Basque language
authors; Cristina Franchini, an expert on International Law; Matthew Goldfarb, organic farmer, rural sociologist and expert in sustainable production; and María Fernanda di Giacobbe, winner
of the 2016 Basque Culinary World Prize.
Susan Peterson is the
author of five books, including «Western Herbs
for Martial Artists and Contact Athletes» and «Clare: A
Novel.»
Cecil Castellucci is the
author of books and graphic
novels for young adults and the young at heart.
It shows that Dorries — who is the
author of novels such as The Four Streets, Ruby Flynn and The Angels
of Lovely Lane - has just pocketed a # 50,000 advance payment
for her next book.
Author Robert Harris turns to the mysteries
of the papal conclave
for his new
novel — ambition and intrigues are familiar ground to a former political journalist
«Complex models are needed to effectively evaluate PMed study designs, and this proof -
of - concept trial validates the dog with cancer as a model
for clinical evaluation
of novel PMed approaches,» said Dr. Melissa Paoloni, the study's lead
author and former director
of the COTC.
«What's new here is we figured out how to deliver a drug into the inner ear so it actually stays put and does what it's supposed to do, and that's
novel,» said Charles E. McKenna, a corresponding
author for the study and chemistry professor at USC Dornsife College
of Letters, Arts and Sciences.
Polly Shulman is a contributing editor
for Science and the
author of Enthusiasm, a
novel for teenagers.
«The discovery introduces —
for the first time — stem cell - based «biological resynchronization» as a
novel means to treat cardiac dyssynchrony,» says Andre Terzic, M.D., Ph.D., senior
author of the study.
«One area we are focused on is the identification and characterization
of novel viruses,» said the paper's senior
author Gustavo Palacios, Ph.D., who directs USAMRIID's Center
for Genome Sciences.
«These new breathing techniques could represent a breakthrough
for athletes seeking help with breathing during training and competition,» said J. Tod Olin, MD, senior
author of the study, developer
of the
novel breathing techniques and Associate Professor
of medicine at National Jewish Health in Denver, CO..
Dr Toby Pillinger, first
author of the study from the Institute
of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience (IoPPN) at King's College London, said: «The mortality gap between people with schizophrenia and the general population is growing, and there is a need
for novel approaches to halt this trend.
Publishing their findings this week in the academic journal Nature Communications,
author Dr Nick Aldred says the findings could pave the way
for the development
of novel synthetic bioadhesives
for use in medical implants and micro-electronics.
Mark Poznansky, MD, PhD, director
of the MGH - VIC and senior
author of the Wound Repair and Regeneration report adds, «Having a
novel therapeutic that is based on the immediate isolation
of a patient's own cells, with minimal manipulation, will represent an attractive option
for the wound care field; and a successful option that accelerates healing would greatly benefit patients, as diabetic ulcers typically need up to a year or more heal.
«These
novel luminescent nanoparticles, called upconversion nanoparticles, have become promising candidates
for a whole variety
of ultra-high tech applications such as biological sensing, biomedical imaging and 3D volumetric displays,» says lead
author Dr Tim Zhao, from the University
of Adelaide's School
of Physical Sciences and Institute
for Photonics and Advanced Sensing (IPAS).
«Because we found changes in the brain as a consequence
of binge eating that were predictive
of decreased myelination, therapeutically promoting remyelination may represent a
novel treatment avenue
for promoting recovery from negative feeding behaviors in eating disorders,» explained corresponding
author Camron Bryant, PhD, assistant professor
of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics & Psychiatry at BUSM.
«As a powerful model system
for studying adult stem cells, Drosophila female GSCs have revealed many
novel regulatory strategies which have been later confirmed to be generally true,» adds Su Wang, a co-first
author of the paper and also a graduate student in Department
of Anatomy and Cell Biology at University
of Kansas Medical Center.
Regardless, understanding the conditions under which productivity enhancing innovation occurs is critical
for economic development and can provide
novel insights into the arise
of new inventions, according to the
authors.
Professor Sean Connolly from the ARC Centre
of Excellence
for Coral Reef Studies (Coral CoE) at James Cook University (JCU) is the lead
author of the international study, which he says overturns the long - used theory by employing a
novel mathematical method.
Multiple mesh - based procedures
for SUI are a
novel risk factor associated with an almost 5-fold higher rate
of mesh removal or revision, and the safety
of this practice should be studied further,» the
authors write.
Anthropologist Shara Bailey, an expert in ancient human teeth at New York University in New York City, says that «the barium method is
novel and appears to be even more powerful» than previous approaches, adding that despite small sample sizes, «the
authors present a strong argument
for the utility
of this method
for extrapolating weaning history.»
Our findings provide
novel evidence suggesting that certain fruits may be especially beneficial
for lowering diabetes risk,» said senior
author Qi Sun, assistant professor in the Department
of Nutrition at HSPH and assistant professor at the Channing Division
of Network Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital.
Coupled with a review
of these results by experts on a molecular tumor board, the opportunity exists to identify
novel therapies that would target specific abnormalities,» notes senior
author of the work, Shridar Ganesan, MD, PhD, associate director
for translational science at Rutgers Cancer Institute and associate professor
of medicine and pharmacology at Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School.
«This is very
novel information that begs
for more research,» said cardiologist Richard G. Bach, MD, the study's senior
author and an associate professor
of medicine at Washington University.
«Further understanding
of the mechanisms
of [the improvement found in this study] could provide
novel insights
for the elimination
of racial differences in survival
for other conditions,» the
authors write.
A recent study led by Alice Lam, MD, PhD, also
of the MGH Epilepsy Service and lead
author of the current study demonstrated a
novel tool
for detecting hippocampal seizures not detectible by scalp EEGs in patients with epilepsy, Cole adds, and his team is working to refine this tool and apply it to Alzheimer's disease.
«I think this paper is
novel in that we're presenting some
of the first indirect effects
of sea ice loss
for an Arctic whale species,» said lead
author Donna Hauser, a postdoctoral researcher at the UW's Polar Science Center and former doctoral student at the School
of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences.
The findings «highlight the need
for novel strategies to inhibit EGFR even in the presence
of this [C797S] mutation,» the
authors said.
«Our
novel results indicate that impulsivity may be a risk factor
for uncontrolled eating and excessive weight gain,» said lead study
author Christian L. Roth, M.D., professor
of pediatrics at the Seattle Children's Research Institute in Washington.
«There have been few studies on fruiting cherry trees with respect to
novel irrigation strategies such as partial and deficit irrigation, which have been intensively researched worldwide
for several other tree fruits,» said Gerry Neilsen, lead
author of the study.
«In this study, we developed a
novel method
for controlled crumpling
of graphene and graphite via heat - induced contractile deformation
of the underlying substrate,» explained Michael Cai Wang, a graduate student and first
author of the paper, «Heterogeneous, Three - Dimensional Texturing
of Graphene,» which appeared in the journal Nano Letters.
«This study, done using a mouse model, expands our understanding
of how associative fear memory
for a relevant context is encoded in the brain,» said Cho, the lead
author of the study and a member
of the UCR School
of Medicine's Center
for Glial - Neuronal Interactions, «and could inform the development
of novel therapeutics to reduce pathological fear in PTSD.»