Sentences with phrase «author of the novel big»

«Liane [Moriarty, author of the novel Big Little Lies] wrote a novella of [new] stories, and most of them we're using.

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He is the author of two books: BIG LIKE: CASCADE INTO AN ODYSSEY, a travel memoir of an almost regular guy who gets totally unstuck in Tokyo — a «funny as hell non-fiction book about wanderlust and traveling abroad»; and TESTOSTERONE PIT, a short, edgy, humorous novel about car salesmen, their customers, managers, and shenanigans at a large Ford dealership.

Legend has it that author Ken Kesey hated the big - screen adaptation of his beloved novel so much that he refused to watch it.

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 Mesopotamia.

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.

This week, he's joined by author Andy Weir to explore the fascinating intersection of science and science fiction, delving into the biggest surprises about Mars and the Moon, and how Weir's novel, The Martian.

The author's 2010 novel «Our Kind of Traitor» is the latest to receive the big screen treatment, but unfortunately, it's mired in mediocrity.

When: September 21st Why: It's not every day that the author of a critically acclaimed novel gets the chance to not only adapt their book for the big screen, but direct it as well, so consider Stephen Chbosky a very lucky man.

Author Dennis Lehane has had many of his novels grace the big screen like Mystic River, Shutter Island, and the Ben Affleck - directed Gone Baby Gone.

It's not every day that the author of a critically acclaimed novel gets the chance to adapt their book for the big screen, let alone direct it, but after watching Stephen Chbosky's «The Perks of Being a Wallflower,» it's hard to imagine anyone else doing a better job.

Despite an upcoming appearance at this years Film4 Frightfest, the future still looks bleak for Stephen Sommers» big - screen adaptation of the first of horror author Dean Koontz» ODD THOMAS series of novels.

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.

With exactly a week to go until Ready Player One arrives in cinemas, IMAX has released a behind the scenes featurette for the upcoming big screen adaptation of Ernest Cline's cult novel which includes interviews with director Steven Spielberg, author Cline, stars Lena Waithe, Tye Sheridan, Olivia Cooke, and Ben Mendelsohn, producers Kristie Macosko Krieger, Donald -LSB-...]

James Dashner, author of The Maze Runner books, says he'd «give anything» to see the series» prequel novels get the big screen treatment.

Irish author Emma Donoghue has also been announced as a contender in the Best Adapted Screenplay category for her screenplay for Room, the big screen adaptation of her best - selling novel.

Despite the number of Nicholas Sparks» novels that have been tailored for the big screen, this is the first time the author has penned the screenplay as well.

After self - publishing her first two novels, this author shares what she sees as the biggest advantages and disadvantages of self - publishing.

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The author F. Scott Fitzgerald whose novel, The Great Gatsby was one of the defining publishing events of the decade, labeled the Jazz Age so because jazz as a music form became increasingly popular during this time especially in big cities like New York and Chicago.

THERE»S NO PLACE LIKE HOME A bigger switch comes from New York Times best - selling author Connie Brockway, who offers her first contemporary with Hot Dish, a novel that turns out to be that rarest of breeds, a contemporary romance that isn't chick lit or divorce lit or even (much) of a romantic suspense, but a hot main dish for the savvy reader who knows pure romance can be a hearty meal in itself.

By the way, on Monday there was an interesting piece in Salon asserting that the reasons Americans are not strong contenders for the Prize is because our great authors are writers of «self - enforced isolation» and not «novel [s] of big ideas.»

Big Little Lies By Liane Moriarty Berkley • $ 16 • ISBN 9780425274866 Attention, book clubs: The latest novel from the author of The Husband's Secret is out in paperback, with a page - turning plot and a juicy satire of suburban scandal.

No discussion of chick lit would be complete without mentioning the long - awaited novel from the genre's biggest star Bridget Jones's Diary author Helen Fielding.

Even if you're not a big follower of industry news, you probably know that huge advances for literary novels are few and far between these days, so this is major news — particularly in the wake of a Wall Street Journal article about low advances for literary authors in the e-book market.

The # 1 New York Times bestselling author of A Man Called Ove returns with a dazzling, profound novel about a small town with a big dream - and the price required to make it come true.

Her upcoming novel is set in her home state of Texas, and it's a big leap forward for the author — history-wise, at least.

Traditional press gives more of a name brand backing to your novels, but often even the big five publishers depend on the authors to market their own books.

She is the author of two collections of short stories, Big World (Short Flight / Long Drive Books, 2009), and Always Happy Hour (Liveright / Norton, 2017), as well as a novel, The Last Days of California (Liveright / Norton, 2014).

The first titles from the publisher include The Cat's Pajamas (Nov. 14, 2014), a children's book by Daniel Wallace, also the author of Big Fish: A Novel of Mythic Proportions, and Slim and The Beast (Feb. 3, 2015), by debut novelist Samuel L. Barrantes.

What they mean is, «big name» authors, with well - known publishers stamped on the side of their novels; I am treated with disdain for just stepping into their store, as though I'm going to poison it with my presence.

A horrific story emerged this week from a debut author who was «fired» by a Big Six publisher just before her novel's launch, because she self - epubbed a collection of previously published short stories.

~ Lionel Shriver, author of Big Brother: A Novel and We Need to Talk about Kevin, winner of the Orange Prize.

I also heard from an author negotiating with one of the then Big Six that the publisher was interested but wanted the YA novel pulled out of YA and wanted a rape scene added.

- David Liss, author of Whiskey Rebels «Evison bravely sets out to conquer big stories and big themes, and the result is a daring, gorgeously structured and deeply satisfying expedition of a novel.»

Or is it strictly a matter of good luck and word of mouth when a novel becomes the novel everyone is talking about, making the possibility of this happening the same for a Big Five author as it is for even a self - published author?

Kristen: Authors published by a Big Five publisher are often responsible for much of their own marketing and publicity, and chances are slim that their novel will be the one that takes off and veritably markets itself.

However, two of her neighbors and acquaintances are big - name TV people who have interviewed authors in the past, and the subject matter / themes in my novel are ones they're interested in.

b) I had just finished An Object of Beauty and was on a novels - about - art kick and c) there's a big honkin» blurb from Emma Donoghue, one of my favorite authors, on the cover.The story is about the...

When She Woke by Hilary Jordan This novel from the author of Mudbound is sure to be big; it's a re-telling of The Scarlet Letter set in the not - too - distant future.

Winner of the 2017 BookBrowse Debut Novel Award A small town hides big secrets in The Dry, an atmospheric, page - turning debut mystery by award - winning author Jane Harper.

b) I had just finished An Object of Beauty and was on a novels - about - art kick and c) there's a big honkin» blurb from Emma Donoghue, one of my favorite authors, on the cover.

Yesterday we posted about a big deal for a post-apocalyptic novel — today I wanted to mention this deal for writer Benjamin Percy, whose first novel The Wilding «speaks of an author with many more tricks up his sleeve,» according to BookPage reviewer Jillian Quint.

This is a big - hearted novel, and fans of its beloved author will savor every page.

It's clear from the outset that author and character alike are taken with Lily, the dachshund at the center of this emotional, big - hearted novel.

Tayari Jones, author of the newest Oprah Book Club selection, An American Marriage, as well as the novels Leaving Atlanta, The UntellingandSilver Sparrow, which the National Endowment for the Arts added to the Big Read Library of classics in 2016.

This novel (which is apparently the first installment in a new series) isn't as elegantly written or constructed as the authors» popular Special Agent Pendergast novels, but it does — once you get past the backstory — hold the reader's interest, and Gideon is undeniably a big - shouldered character, capable of supporting a series.

* December 7, 2011: I'm interviewed by author Pat Bertram about HUNTER and a wide range of related topics, including: how my background influenced the story; what I want readers to take away from the novel; how much of me is in the book and in the character of Dylan Hunter; my research methods; my biggest challenges in the writing; and which famous author gave me the best writing advice I've ever received.

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All in all, Langley is doing just what Harlan Coben (a favourite big - name author of mine) does on his author website: drawing his readers into the stories he's written, sharing a little of his own history, and making it as easy as possible for book lovers to engage with him and his novels — and all within a framework of recognisable, accessible and professional branding.

Because they have less regard for the traditional way of doing things, and because they tend to be more experimental and bigger risk - takers, many indie novelists have started incorporate keywords into the novel subtitles in the way that memoirists and self - help authors are encouraged to do.