Sentences with phrase «fiction novel set»

So please read «Polar City Red,» sci fi writer Jim Laughter's cli - fi fiction novel set in an imagined Alaska in the year 2080.

A really enjoyable historical fiction novel set in the bustling diverse community of Boston in the 1930's.

In this way, The Healing becomes much more than a historical fiction novel set in the antebellum South.

From there, I went on to write two historical fiction novels set in Colombia, then put out MacGregor's Wolf: Lessons of Time.

Not exact matches

That may seem like an explanation from a science fiction novel (and it does in fact resemble the principle of invisibility set out in H. G. Wells's The Invisible Man), but it emerges naturally in the higher - dimensional mathematics of string theory.

And physicist Robert Forward, no stranger to fiction, would use a planetary system around Barnard's Star as the setting for his novel Rocheworld (1984).

Andrea Rothman was a postdoctoral fellow and research associate at the Rockefeller University in New York, where she studied the neurobiology of olfaction; she is a fiction writer and an editor for the journal Hunger Mountain, and her first novel, set in a research lab, is under contract with Janklow & Nesbit Literary Agency.

Based on Orson Scott Card's 1985 science fiction novel (though it departs from the original story in quite a few places), Ender's Game is set in a future where a bug - like alien race has attacked the Earth, and talented children are selected at an early age to train for battle through a series of war games.

Based on the novel by Deborah Ellis, superb animation and endearing dialogue set apart this heartbreaking piece of modern historical fiction.

Ready Player One finds Steven Spielberg retelling Ernest Cline's classic science fiction novel detailing a world set in 2045.

I'm most curious about Nate Parker's Nat Turner biopic, The Birth of a Nation; Clea DuVall's The Intervention; documentarian Asif Kapadia's fiction film, Ali & Nino, set in Azerbaijan at the outbreak of World War I; John Carney's Dublin teen musical, Sing Street; Aaron Brookner's Uncle Howard, a tribute to his uncle, the filmmaker Howard Brookner; Robert Cannan and Ross Adam's The Lovers and the Despot, an investigation of the kidnapping of a South Korean director and his actress ex-wife by movie - mad Kim Jong - il, the crazy but true story that is hilariously retold in David Cronenberg's debut novel, Consumption; and Elite Zexer's Sand Storm, an Israeli - financed film, in Arabic, about two Bedouin women.

If you are looking for a good historical fiction novel, set in Ireland, to use during the month of March, Nory Ryan's Song, by Patricia Reilly Giff is a great choice.

In the adult world, I'm looking for: commercial women's fiction, historical fiction, biography, history, health, and lifestyle — and, especially, thoughtfully written commercial novels, thrillers with international settings, and narrative nonfiction.

Science fiction and fantasy novels need a setting, and your setting needs to live and breathe and feel real.

Lyga is a rising star in the field of teen fiction, with four YA novels under his belt, all set in the town of South Brook, Maryland.

Allende is best known for her memoirs, historical fiction and magical realism, so this novel sounds like a departure — if only because of its contemporary setting.

Powers, whose debut novel, The Yellow Birds, is among the best works of fiction to come out of America's 21st - century wars, has penned a tragic tale of moral corruption set in Virginia.

McCarthy's fiction parallels his movement from the Southeast to the West — the first four novels being set in Tennessee, and his later novels set in the Southwest and Mexico.

Meanwhile, remember you can pre-order Between Mountain and Sea, my coming of age science fiction novel and Butler's Brother, the short story I collaborated on with my daughter, Ashley Angelly — both set in the Paradisi Chronicles universe.

Fiction line editing considers the story's pacing, character development, handling of details and vocabulary of the period and place where the novel is set and the naturalness and effectiveness of dialogue.

When I set about writing my next effort at fiction, I didn't think I had reached a level where I could feel comfortable that my writing was on a close enough par with the thriller novels I was reading.

For instance, if you wrote a crime novel set in the 1700s, you would want your website to appear high on the first page of Google search results when readers search for «crime novels,» «historical fiction crime» or «historical fiction 1700s,» and similar terms.

Writer of the Year finalist Gwen Florio, interviewed by Natasha Watts, talks about her writing influences, the differences and similarities between journalism and writing fiction, her most recent mystery releases and her novel Silent Hearts, set to release in July.

Fiction: Publish final four novels in TSTW series and two companion novellas, place TSTW # 1 in box set with other authors (Total: 7 novels, 2 novellas)

Her first book was a gritty young adult novel set in Durango called Burn Girl, a title that was honored with a 2016 Westchester Fiction Award.

Set in Dublin and Boston in the 1950s, the first novel in the Quirke series brings all the vividness and psychological insight of Booker Prize winner John Banville's fiction to a thrilling, atmospheric crime story.

By critiquing the «marriage plot» in multicultural novels — and also claiming that this subject matter is lost in American fiction — I do think Eugenides has set the bar rather high by naming his own American novel «The Marriage Plot.»

Set in Florence in 1955, the novel is described by our reviewer as «a brilliant blend of historical fiction and a chilling serial killer story.»

His second novel, number9dream (2001), set in modern - day Tokyo, was shortlisted for the 2002 Man Booker Prize for fiction.

Maud's Line By Margaret Verble Mariner • $ 14.95 • ISBN 9780544705241 Set in 1928, Verble's debut novel about young Maud Nail, who yearns to escape her lonely life on an Oklahoma farm, was a finalist for the 2016 Pulitzer Prize in fiction.

-- Specialized training for aspiring romance novelists: How to create romance fiction novels with compelling characters, page - turning plots, exotic settings and a touchingly satisfying «happily ever after» that will leave your readers enchanted and begging for more.

We're setting up a book tour for horror / science fiction novel «An Infinite Sorrow».

Katherine: Gold Mountain Girl is a novel of historical fiction, set in 1901 in Southern California's last Gold Rush days.

One could easily be forgiven for consigning Philip Kerr's Bernie Gunther series to the war novel genre, or perhaps even historical fiction, but the simple fact is that Kerr crafts some of the finest mystery novels in contemporary fiction, noir classics set against the multiple backdrops of WWII's far - reaching stages.

This late Hungarian novelist wrote historical fiction rooted in the politics, manners, and events of the old Austro - Hungarian Empire; the third of his splendid novels to be translated into English is set in a provincial Hungarian town during World War I.

Set during the Dust Bowl, this visually arresting title, a Booklist Top of the List choice for youth fiction as well as the winner of the 2010 Scott O'Dell Award for Historical Fiction, shares American Born Chinese's blend of myth and realism and exemplifies the sophisticated artistry of the best graphic novels published forfiction as well as the winner of the 2010 Scott O'Dell Award for Historical Fiction, shares American Born Chinese's blend of myth and realism and exemplifies the sophisticated artistry of the best graphic novels published forFiction, shares American Born Chinese's blend of myth and realism and exemplifies the sophisticated artistry of the best graphic novels published for youth.

Reader name: Mary - Ann Hometown: Pittsburgh, PA Favorite genres: time - travel fiction, Civil Rights - era fiction, historical fiction set in ancient Egypt or during the time of Christ, novels about real historical women Favorite books: The Summerhouse (Jude Deveraux); Winged Pharoah (Joan Grant); Soul Flame (Barbara Wood); To Kill a Mockingbird (Harper Lee); The Help (Kathryn Stockett)

because the entire novel sprawls with fact and fiction and although in some cases it is easy to tell the two apart (sentient TV sets being a bit of a give - away) in other instances it is more difficult to know where one begins and the other ends, and keeping track of the many characters was a challenge - a list of key characters and how they related to each other would have been a help.

This anticipated debut novel takes place in a contemporary black community in Southern California — a setting that doesn't get much attention in the literary fiction world.

The Water for Elephants author returns to historical fiction in her fifth novel, which is set in 1942.

Herman Melville's great - great - grandaughter makes her fiction debut with an evocative novel set in the 1950s, when two cousins from a wealthy family find that adulthood — and marriage — isn't all it's cracked up to be.

It's been nearly six years since Janice Y.K. Lee made her fiction debut with The Piano Teacher, an «exceptional first novel» set in postwar Hong Kong where Allied occupiers and the native people negotiate an uneasy peace and a brittle, stratified society (read our review).

Set at a Catholic boys» school in Dublin, Paul Murray's second work of fiction is about Daniel «Skippy» Juster, a 14 - year - old whose death occurs early in this comic - ironic novel — a classic tale of adolescence.

YA / Mature Readers: Hosseini has a YA following, and the young characters, vivid settings, and evocative drama in his latest novel will entrance all ardent teen readers who love serious fiction.

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A novel set in Boston written by a Florida - based author should be entered in Northeast Fiction, not Southeast Fiction.

Long hailed as the grand master of adventure fiction, Clive Cussler has continued to astound with the intricate plotting and astonishing set pieces of his novels.

Setterfield's erudite first work of fiction has all the hallmarks of a classic gothic novel, including the creepy ruined house, long - kept secrets, a madwoman in the attic and a dabbling of ghosts, Set in present - day England it has drawn comparisons to novels by the likes of Daphne du Maurier, Wilkie Collins and Charlotte Bronte.

Watkins» first book, the story collection Battleborn (2012), won a string of awards, including the Story Prize and New York Public Library's Young Lions Fiction Award, setting high expectations that are spectacularly exceeded by her purposefully imagined first novel.

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