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think authors of novels, especially in some genres, take themselves super seriously and I am so guilty of this I take myself very seriously.
Much of the plot seems so far - fetched that it comes as a surprise to learn that Jason Matthews (
author of the novel on which the film is based) was actually a CIA operative himself whose job was running foreign agents.
«My own royalty income has fallen dramatically over the last decade,» said the award -
winning author of novels including the Booker - shortlisted Umbrella.
First - time screenwriter Lea Carpenter —
author of a novel about a special - ops agent who vanished during the hunt for Osama bin Laden — delivered the script with «Jack Ryan» co-creator Graham Roland.
Kristin Hannah is the New York Times bestselling
author of novels including Night Road, Firefly Lane, True Colors and Winter Garden.
Max Shulman,
author of the novel upon which the film was based, was impressed by Hickman, and recommended that the actor be starred in another Shulman adaptation, the weekly TV series The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis.
Editor's note: Kim Stanley Robinson is a widely acclaimed
author of novels with strong science and scientist characters including the Mars trilogy, Antarctica and The Years of Rice and Salt, and he has won a number of prestigious awards such as the Hugo, the Nebula and the John W. Campbell Memorial Award.
The plot of Metro: Last Light was written by Dmitry Glukhovsky,
acclaimed author of the novel Metro 2033, which inspired the creation of both video games.
Included in the new material is audio commentary by renowned director Ridley Scott, writer / executive producer Drew Goddard and
author of the novel Andy Weir.
Jaclyn Moriarty is the prize - winning, best -
selling author of novels for young adults and adults including Feeling Sorry for Celia and The Year of Secret Assignments.
On organizing your writing From Michele Kimbrough,
romance author of novels Dangerously in Love, Prudence and Wildflower More tips here.
Paula McLain is the New York Times bestselling
author of the novels Circling the Sun, The Paris Wife, and A Ticket to Ride, the memoir Like Family: Growing Up in Other People's Houses, and two collections of poetry.
This year the competition will also introduce the Pete Delohery Award for Best Sports Book, open to fiction and non-fiction sports - related books, in honor of Pete Delohery,
author of the novel Lamb to the Slaughter.
The Scotiabank Giller Prize, or Giller Prize, is a literary award given to a
Canadian author of a novel or short story collection published in English (including translation) the previous year, after an annual juried competition between publishers who submit entries.
«Liane [Moriarty,
author of the novel Big Little Lies] wrote a novella of [new] stories, and most of them we're using.
Umberto Eco, an Italian academic who became an unlikely best - selling
author of novels like 1980's «The Name of the Rose,» died Friday in Milan, according to a spokesperson for his American publisher, Houghton Mifflin.
The film comes from a script by Seth Grahame - Smith,
author of the novels Pride & Prejudice and Zombies and Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter.
She is currently an associate professor of creative writing at Tulane University and
author of the novels Where the Line Bleeds and Salvage the Bones, which won the 2011 National Book Award.
Niel Ostroff,
author of the novels Silent Invasion and Drop Out, has just written a blog post on The Book Marketing Network where he describes the effects of just one tweet from Amazon's Kindle Direct Publishing.
By gathering together more than 40 essays and musings written for various occasions and undertakings between 1984 and 2014, Cisneros,
beloved author of the novels The House on Mango Street (1984) and Caramelo (2002), has created her first work of nonfiction, a patchwork - quilt memoir resplendent with one hundred color photographs.
Our screenplay and adaptation services
help authors of novels, memoirs, and other genres of narrative nonfiction assess and maximize the crossover potential of their manuscripts and include a wide range of support for original screenplays and adapted screenplays based on books.
We're pleased to introduce today's guest Nicole Waggoner,
author of the novel Center Ring, and award - winning teacher of upper - level English and Literary Criticism courses.
Author of the novel ME AGAIN, monthly blogger at Writer Unboxed, and professional rock drummer renowned for making funny faces while he plays.
Author of the novel Veronica's Nap, she's a member of the Director's Circle at Grub Street, Inc., the nation's largest independent writing center, and writes occasionally for the Grub Street Daily.
Michael Kardos is the Pushcart Prize — winning
author of the novel The Three - Day Affair and the story collection One Last Good Time.
During Äppärät's run, a specially commissioned short story by Ned Beauman —
author of the novels Boxer, Beetle (2010), The Teleportation Accident (2012) and Glow (2014)-- will be broadcast on Marfa Public Radio KRTS 93.5 FM during December 2015 and January 2016.
Francine Prose,
author of the novel Hunters and Gatherers, delves into realism and the real act of painting time with figurative painter Catherine Murphy.
One way ticket to Noirville: Viewers of HBO's «Mildred Pierce,» directed by Todd Haynes, may be interested to know about a bus tour of the Los Angeles venues that inspired James M. Cain,
author of the novel on which the series and the 1945 film were based.
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!»
The first, «A Military Mystery», is an interview with gracious subject Joe Finder,
author of the novel upon which the film is based.
Two short stories by David Mitchell,
author of novels including Black Swan Green and Cloud Atlas, have been made available for a translation contest on Douban Read, part of China's 70 - million user cultural networking site, Douban.