Sentences with phrase «favorite women authors»

In her «Reading Women» series, Carrie Schneider photographs and films women artists reading works by their favorite women authors.

Not exact matches

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In honor of International Women's Day, I wanted to share some of my favorite contemporary female authors.

I always imagined my typical reader to be a woman in her mid 40s - 60s, a high school / university graduate, in full - time employment or retired, a homeowner, on a median income, someone who liked shopping online, loved reading complex thrillers, and probably counted James Patterson, Dan Brown, James Rollins, and Clive Cussler among her favorite authors.

, Shriver goes on to admit that she sometimes has trouble including female writers when asked to name her favorites, in part because «The big names in the literary pantheon are repeated over and over again... [I] n the glare of a spotlight and frantic to remember any author's name at all, even women like me are going to remember Philip Roth — just as, asked to name a soft drink, I'm going to remember Coca - Cola.

I have done some approximation of the study Miller suggests — asking men and women to list favorite authors or books — and I have to say that I agree with her results.

Based on your favorite authors and novels, I have a feeling that you love books that are about women's lives — page - turners, but still substantive and written beautifully.

Among my favorites are Olive Wellwood, a complicated woman whose writing for children supports her large family (she's based on one of my favorite childhood authors, the writer E. Nesbit); her eldest daughter, Dorothy, whose desire to become a doctor is verbally but not always materially supported by her permissive, counter-cultural family; and Phillip, a boy with the drive and genius to become a great potter who is discovered living in the basement of the brand - new South Kensington (soon to be Victoria & Albert) Museum.

Alcott was a favorite author of mine before I even knew how to read; my mom read Little Women to me out loud.

Another of my favorite authors, Julia Quinn, says «Woodiwiss made women want to read.

Three reader favorites also return next month: Elizabeth Strout is back with Anything Is Possible, out in late April; A Man Called Ove author Fredrik Backman publishes Beartown late in the month; and Anita Shreve will share her tale of a woman in a small 1940s town, The Stars Are Fire, on April 18.

One of our favorites of the anthology is this letter to Velma Wallis, the Native American author of Two Old Women.

Women's History Month brings one of our favorite lists of the year: the annual selection of female authors to keep an eye on in 2017 and beyond.

Past presenters include Leigh Cunningham - Executive Director of the Association of Independent Authors (AiA), Dete Meserve - president of Wind Dancer films (Home Improvement, What Women Want with Mel Gibson), Steven Spatz - President of BookBaby (industry leader in author services), Burke Allen - CEO of Allen Media Strategies (industry leading P.R. and media firm for authors), Eddie Price - marketing expert and successful self - published author, Darlene Chan - Hollywood publicist that specilizes in promoting independent authors, and Mark Wayne Adams - multiple award - winning illustrator, Readers» Favorite Illustration Award Judge, former Disney artist, and former president of the Florida Authors and Publishers AssocAuthors (AiA), Dete Meserve - president of Wind Dancer films (Home Improvement, What Women Want with Mel Gibson), Steven Spatz - President of BookBaby (industry leader in author services), Burke Allen - CEO of Allen Media Strategies (industry leading P.R. and media firm for authors), Eddie Price - marketing expert and successful self - published author, Darlene Chan - Hollywood publicist that specilizes in promoting independent authors, and Mark Wayne Adams - multiple award - winning illustrator, Readers» Favorite Illustration Award Judge, former Disney artist, and former president of the Florida Authors and Publishers Assocauthors), Eddie Price - marketing expert and successful self - published author, Darlene Chan - Hollywood publicist that specilizes in promoting independent authors, and Mark Wayne Adams - multiple award - winning illustrator, Readers» Favorite Illustration Award Judge, former Disney artist, and former president of the Florida Authors and Publishers Assocauthors, and Mark Wayne Adams - multiple award - winning illustrator, Readers» Favorite Illustration Award Judge, former Disney artist, and former president of the Florida Authors and Publishers AssocAuthors and Publishers Association.

Miss Kopp's Midnight Confessions on KHSU's Through the Eyes of Women, October 2017 Miss Kopp's Midnight Confessions on the Larry Meiller Show, Wisconsin Public Radio, September 2017 Lady Cop Makes Trouble on WBUR Radio Boston September 2016 Creating Memorable Characters on KERA's Think May 2016 Girl Waits with Gun on Good Life Project with Jonathan Fields, October 2015 Girl Waits with Gun on The Mike Nowak Show on WCPT, September 2015 Girl Waits with Gun on The Avid Reader on WCHE, September 2015 Girl Waits with Gun on Book Talk with DJ Kory on BreakThru Radio, September 2015 Girl Waits with Gun on Writers LIVE at Enoch Pratt Free Library, September 2015 Girl Waits with Gun on Mysterypod Book Talk with Stephen Usery, September 2015 «Cocktails with «The Drunken Botanist»» on The Kojo Nnamdi Show, October 2013 The Drunken Botanist: «The Herbs and Shrubs That Make Up Your Gin and Tonic» on KCRW's Good Food, August 2013» «The Drunken Botanist» and the Plants Behind Your Favorite Drinks» on KPCC's Take Two, May 2013 The Drunken Botanist: «Agave: A Botanist's Perspective on Tequila, Mezcal and Pulque» on KCRW's Good Food (MP3), May 2013 The Drunken Botanist: «The Botany in Our Booze with Author Amy Stewart» on Radio Times with Marty Moss - Coane, April 2013 The Drunken Botanist on Wisconsin Public Radio with Larry Meiller (MP3, WMP), April 2013 The Drunken Botanist on The Jefferson Exchange, April 2013 The Drunken Botanist: «A Plant Walks into a Bar» on Garden Confidential with Andrew Keys, March 2013 The Drunken Botanist: «Where Botany and Alcohol Mix» on KCUR's Up to Date, March 2013 The Drunken Botanist: «Botany and the Bar» on Think with Krys Boyd, March 2013 The Drunken Botanist on NPR's The Salt December 2012

Oprah's Book Club 2.0 is turning famous authors into readers» advisors, giving them a platform to suggest titles well worth seeking out in «15 Women Writers Discuss Their Favorite Overlooked Books.»

My most recent FAVORITE thriller is «The Persian Woman» by Thomas Booker (awesome indie author!).

As a college senior, I realized that my favorite mystery authors were all women.

Since March is «Women's History Month,» I thought I'd re-visit one of my favorite stories about the famous children's book author.