Sentences with phrase «contemporary fiction readers»

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The cloistered world of these thoroughly pre-Vatican II nuns, with their rigid rules, harshly penitential disciplines, and permanent, world - denying vows, must seem more alien to contemporary readers than the futuristic realms of most science fiction novels.

Gooch assumes (and here he has an enormous advantage over Bailey, whose subject few contemporary readers are familiar with) that the reader of the biography already knows the fiction that its subject wrote.

Having avoided contemporary fiction for most of my adult life, I at first could not believe what English prose had been reduced to, let alone that any reader could find the book's substantive claims remotely plausible.

I received many, many messages from readers offering counter-evidence to my complaint in the form of notable contemporary writers who do engage faith matters in their fiction, and indeed Image journal has developed a list of what it calls «the Image Top 50 Contemporary Writers of Faith» in response tcontemporary writers who do engage faith matters in their fiction, and indeed Image journal has developed a list of what it calls «the Image Top 50 Contemporary Writers of Faith» in response tContemporary Writers of Faith» in response to the essay.

Hidden Shadows is a Winner in the Fiction category of the 2016 NABE Pinnacle Book Achievement award; Winner 2016 Global Ebook Awards, Popular Literature Fiction; Short - Listed for the Eric Hoffer Award Grand Prize; finalist for the Eric Hoffer First Horizon Award; Honorable Mention, General Fiction, Eric Hoffer Award; Finalist, da Vinci Eye Award; Finalist, Debut category: WFWA (Women's Fiction Writers Association) Star Award Contest; Finalist, Literary Fiction, NIEA (National Indie Excellence Awards); Finalist for the Will Rogers Medallion Award in the Western Romance category; Finalist in the NERFA contest (National Excellence in Romance Fiction Awards), sponsored by First Coast Romance Writers, for «Novel with Romantic Elements;» Finalist in the Long Contemporary category for the Aspen Gold Reader's Choice Contest (Heart of Denver Romance Writers) and Top Ten finisher, Best Other Novel, Predators & Editors Readers» Poll 2015 as well as other awards and accolades.

Melissa writes emotionally - driven contemporary fiction and suspense with passionate characters that remain with the reader long after they've read the last words.

For instance, in choosing links for the 2007 Michael L. Printz Award book American Born Chinese by Gene Yang, I was able to select graphic novels and books about graphic novels, for readers who are interested in the format, as well as historical fiction about the lives of Chinese immigrants in North America and contemporary novels about teens living with immigrant parents.

Angus, Thongs is a laugh - out - loud contemporary realistic fiction young adult (YA) book; The Night Gardener is a ghost story set in the mid-19th century and written for middle grade readers (ages 9 to 12, or grades 4 to 7).

In this masterpiece of contemporary fiction, Lee gives the reader a wide range of topics, settings and characters: there is enough variety to please almost every reading taste.

Reader name: Nancy Hometown: Champaign, Illinois Favorite genres: contemporary fiction, historical fiction, biographies and suspense Favorite authors: Audrey Niffenegger, Ann Patchett, Stieg Larsson Favorite books: Unbroken, Memoirs of a Geisha, The Time Traveler's Wife, Water for Elephants, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, Three Cups of Tea

Young readers will take the surge of eBook reading from the Children's genre to Young Adult, and eventually to Contemporary Fiction.

WHAT: book contract for a hardcover and a paperback edition of contemporary or historical fiction set in North America, for readers age 9 — 12

What relevance does historical fiction have for contemporary readers?

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Discovering contemporary Catholic fiction was a delight, and I thought, Hey, I could use Catholic elements in my work, too, and there might actually be readers for it!

How can authors of YA historical fiction stay true to historical realities while also presenting the strong, independent female characters that contemporary readers have come to expect?

We're 21 YA authors putting real life in the spotlight and keeping readers up to date on the latest in YA contemporary fiction!

With plenty of geekery, charming repartee, and fairly realistic teen drama, this will have wide appeal among readers of contemporary fiction.

- Publishers Weekly «Readers of contemporary literary fiction should enjoy the subtle dry humor and a story that gains momentum and pitches toward a satisfying, if somewhat ambiguous happy ending.»

- Publishers Weekly «This is a positive novel about hope and strength that should find a market with those who appreciate contemporary women's fiction and readers who either are coping with brain disorders or have family members with these conditions.»

Wilde's Jubilee novels celebrate homespun, small - town love — a treat for readers of the contemporary romance fiction of Sherryl Woods, Susan Wiggs and Susan Mallery — and her sexy cowboy heroes are sure to make Linda Lael Miller fans swoon.

A reader wrote me recently to tell me my job was to write escape fiction, and that by including unpleasant contemporary events in my work, I was betraying my readers.

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The genres that perform the best for their readers are romance, contemporary fiction, historical fiction, mystery, thrillers, and Christian fiction.

I am an avid reader of Christian fiction, and love contemporary / historical western romances and Amish novels.

They're flawed, funny, passionate, and relatable to readers who enjoy new adult romance, contemporary romance, and women's fiction.

Her writing combines all the warmth and humour of contemporary women's fiction with plots that keep readers guessing from page to page.

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A voracious reader of all types of literature, her favorite genres include the classics, contemporary and historical fiction, Christian fiction, and women's «chick - lit.»

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«Serialized fiction is perfect for contemporary book culture,» Pollack added in Amazon's press release, «where writers interact with their readers directly and books can be delivered with an immediacy that the old pulp writers never could have imagined.

Moe Ferrara Agent BookEnds Literary Acquiring: middle grade, young adult, and adult readers in most genres — especially science fiction, fantasy, contemporary, and light horror.

Epic fantasy seems to require prologues, while they bog down most contemporary genre fiction (and annoy readers unless they're really short..)

This richly illustrated catalogue includes essays by Glenn Adamson, author of The Craft Reader and Deputy Head of Research and Head of Graduate Studies, Victoria Albert Museum; Britt Salvesen, Department Head and Curator, Wallis Annenberg Department of Photography, Los Angeles County Museum of Art; science fiction author William Gibson; and Julie Joyce, AICA - USA member and Santa Barbara Museum of Art Curator of Contemporary Art.

She's also an avid reader, favoring contemporary fiction by Junot Díaz and David Mitchell.

Franzen has authored and edited many publications on the subject of contemporary art, including books such as «Die vierte Natur» (2000; out of print) and «Landschaftstheorie» (2005; out of print), as well as catalogues such as «Stephen Willats — Texte zur Architektur» (2008), «Closer than Fiction — Hyper Real Reader» (2012), «Phyllida Barlow — Brink», «Susan Phillipsz: You are not Alone» (2013) and «Nancy Graves Project» (2014).