Sentences with phrase «great writers of»

It confirms Kate Atkinson's position as one of the great writers of our time.

It is a treasury of fiction by great writers of the past two centuries: Charles Dickens, Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Leo Tolstoy, Willa Cather, Beatrix Potter, Louisa May Alcott, Lucy Maud Montgomery, Hans Christian Andersen, E.T.A. Hoffmann, O. Henry, Mark Twain and many more!

You may think of the great writers of previous generations who just seemed to sit in their studies and produce great books.

Clarice Lispector is undoubtedly one of the great writers of the past century.

The extraordinary moment — being privy to such a casual observation coming from one of the great writers of speculative fiction in our time — was not lost on me then, and has stayed with me for 20 years.

From Salman Rushdie, one of the great writers of our time, comes a spellbinding work of fiction that blends history, mythology, and a timeless love story.

Rocky Mountain Fiction Writers has opened up two selection committees for great Writers of the Year this year.

Many, many of the great writers of the past that we still read and enjoy were pulp writers.

I like how you indies always have to reference some great writers of yore.

He spent a fair amount of time laughing, since Wallace was an incredibly funny guy, though he still feels stunned by this sudden loss of one of the great writers of our generation.

It happens to all of us, even to great writers of our history.

And as we know from the great writers of every age, the revolt against convention can be a sort of faith, a conviction as deep as what it tries to overthrow.

But I can't help but wonder about excellent authors like Sara Miles who write about faith, but who break a few «Christian» rules while doing so... or about the many great writers of faith who published before there was a «Christian» category.

«A great writer of software code is worth 10,000 times the price of an average software writer,» Bock quotes Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates as saying.

The greatest writer of English prose in the last century, P. G. Wodehouse excepted, was not Lytton Strachey or Logan Pearsall Smith or the E. M. Forster of Pharos and Pharillon or Hugh Trevor - Roper.

Tis not accusatory on the part of these exegetes to conclude that there was no resurrection and that Paul was a great writer of embellished facts and myths possibly for his own gain but he could not convert enough Romans and therefore did not achieve his economic goals.

In the middle of the century just past, Mayne Reid was the great writer of books of out - of - door adventure.

Tagore was, of course, one of the greatest writers of poetry in English — winner of the Nobel Prize in 1913, though himself one of the most illustrious of India's sons.

One of the greatest writers of the past 30 years and certainly one of the most imaginative people working today didn't see that ending coming?

Considered to be the greatest writer of the English language, learn Shakespeare with this play.

Considered to be the greatest writer of the English language, learn about William Shakespeare with this play.

This bundle includes three worksheets related to the life and work of one of the greatest writers of all time, William Shakespeare.

Considered to be the greatest writer of the English language, learn about William Shakespeare with this fun / informative play.

On Friday 22nd April Discovery Education celebrated the life and legacy of the greatest writer of English language and literature, with a broadcast for teachers and students across the globe.

The vast majority of indie authors don't contribute anything good to the literary world and often incur the ire of many of the greatest writers of our time.

Short - listed for the Man Booker Prize three times, Sarah Waters has earned a reputation as one of our greatest writers of historical fiction, and here she has delivered again.

Manhattan Beach is a spectacular novel by one of the greatest writers of our time.

From Bernard Cornwell, the New York Times bestselling author whom the Washington Post calls «perhaps the greatest writer of historical adventure novels today,» comes a saga of blood, rage, fidelity, and betrayal that brings to center stage King Alfred the Great, one of the most crucial (but oft - forgotten) figures in English history.

And what would you recommend to a great writer of literary / women's fiction who Indie publishes?

«From one of the greatest writers of our time...» Amazon explains in their product description, «written between 1979 and 2011, chronicling — and foretelling — three decades of American life.»

Suddenly, many of the barriers to text access were torn down, and anyone with a Kindle and an internet connection could download and read the complete works of Shakespeare, Mark Twain, or any other of the greatest writers of our culture.

Here, it said, is an overlooked genre that has been practiced by some of the greatest writers of the 20th century.

Artist Statement «A nation's strength is reflected in its literature, and the United States has given birth to some of the greatest writers of our time.

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There's a great line [from writer Robert Benchley]: «Anyone can do any amount of work, provided it isn't the work he's supposed to be doing at that moment.»

He gives some tips on pitching your story to a writer and shares info on the growing trend of private wine parties, which is a great experience.

I listened to and chatted with a great range of people across the whole spectrum of the industry, from writers and programmers to executives and even recruiters.

The quota has even driven theft on a massive scale, such as a 2012 incident involving millions of dollars worth of contraband syrup stolen from the federation's stockpile — as covered in Canadian Business by writer Tim Shufelt in his feature The Great Canadian Maple Syrup Heist.

Making the case that greater openness is good for both company culture and society at large was Ijeoma Oluo, a Seattle - based writer, and Dan Price, CEO of Gravity Payments.

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There can be no talent strategy without a compelling business strategy,» says Bill Taylor, an HBR writer, cofounder of Fast Company and the author, most recently, of Simply Brilliant: How Great Organizations Do Ordinary Things in Extraordinary Ways.

Sales and marketing writer Preston Clark explored this notion in a great piece, «The Rise of the Silent Sales Floor,» in which he discussed how the «soundless» sales floor makes CEOs nervous because: «They aren't hearing the confrontation, the tension, the hard conversations that literally must happen in order to get the biggest, baddest deals across the finish line... The really big, complex, disruptive deals... those aren't closing on the silent floor.»

In it he rounds up a diverse selection of creative greats — from fine artists to celebrated writers — all of whom have expressed, one way or another, that a healthy dose of messiness is an essential ingredient in their creative processes.

For those who don't often discuss characterization and story world over dinner, Weinschenk's post kicks off with a great primer on storytelling theory, explaining the basics of Campbell's thinking (famously exemplified by the journey of Star Wars» Luke Skywalker), as well as the roughly bell - shaped story diagram every writer learns in her first class on structure.

The offerings vary from technical writing positions to writing about recipes, photography and healthcare, making it a great site for writers interested in testing their hand at different types of professional writing.

This is the writer who famously called Goldman Sachs «a great vampire squid, wrapped around the face of humanity, relentlessly jamming its blood funnel into anything that smells like money.»

I love that about the show, but what I also love is that I get the opportunity to meet great people: Cohosts, contestants, producers and editors and writers and all the other people that make the show... it's a great group of people.

Whether you're a beginner or a seasoned professional we've built a large portfolio of websites in a variety of niches that need great writers.

Previously, Mr. Isaac was a senior editor reporting on social media companies for Re / Code and AllThingsD, and covered the decline and fall of once great technology giants like Hewlett - Packard and BlackBerry as a staff writer for WIRED.

A couple of years ago, the film writer David Thomson, a great fan of Hoffman, suggested the actor was not stretching himself.

Financial writer Alex Green, the Oxford Club's chief strategist, told me during my recent interview with him that he thought out - of - control spending posed a greater threat to our country than even North Korea.