Sentences with phrase «most acclaimed authors»

A modern masterpiece from one of Italy's most acclaimed authors, My Brilliant Friend is a rich, intense, and generous - hearted story about...
Shin is one of South Korea's most acclaimed authors, and her novel Please Look After Mom was on the New York Times bestseller list in 2011.
On the romance side, she is one of the most acclaimed authors working in the genre today, her books regularly receiving starred reviews and best - of - the - year honors from trade publications.
With an experimental style influenced by Kafka, Krasznahorkai is Hungary's most acclaimed author.
10 years on from his death and 50 years since May 1968, BOZAR is putting on an exhibition devoted to Flanders» most acclaimed author: Hugo Claus.

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The distinguished sociologist of the University of Virginia and author of the acclaimed Culture Wars here undertakes a close examination of what, in theory and practice, «moral education» means in most American schools.
It is possible that our most revered God - searching Protestant author - theologian is suggesting that he would trade all his best sellers and public acclaim for the chance to go back and tell Clarence Wilmot that God is still here and wants to be in touch.
Acclaimed chef, cookbook author and TV host Gerry Garvin (aka G. Garvin) is most widely known for his television series, Turn Up the Heat with G. Garvin, which ran for seven seasons.
The most prominent Ghanaian authors are novelists; J. E. Casely Hayford, Ayi Kwei Armah and Nii Ayikwei Parkes, who gained international acclaim with the books, Ethiopia Unbound (1911), The Beautyful Ones Are Not Yet Born (1968) and Tail of the Blue Bird (2009), respectively.
He is the author of the most acclaimed book on the movie industry, Hollywood Economics: How Extreme Uncertainty Shapes the Film Industry, and of the book on the Evolutionary Fitness diet we are introducing today — The New Evolution Diet.
Dickens (Dan Stevens of «Downton Abbey» and «Beauty and the Beast») is one of the most critically acclaimed and popular authors in the world, touring America to cheering audiences.
In Gathering Blue (Walter Lorraine Books), acclaimed author Lois Lowry presents us with a future world in which only the most rudimentary technologies still exist.
Acclaimed author and one of the world's most extraordinary minds, Daniel Tammet visits the RSA to give us a unique perspective on how mathematics can help us to make sense of the world and our place in it.
The sweeping, intergenerational story of a Vermont family, from WWII to the dawning of the»60s - the most magisterial and moving novel of acclaimed author Jeffrey Lent's career.
Whaley's Where Things Come Back might just be the most acclaimed YA novel that was published in 2011: It won the 2012 Printz Award, the 2012 William C. Morris Debut Fiction Award and Whaley was the first - ever YA author to be selected as a «Top 5 Under 35 Author» by the National Book Foundauthor to be selected as a «Top 5 Under 35 Author» by the National Book FoundAuthor» by the National Book Foundation.
«Some of the most notable fantasy authors create powerful reads with slower beginnings that lead up to a crescendo of gripping action — such as this story... Much like the acclaimed fantasy writer Patrick Rothfuss's productions, In the Company of the Dead evolves slowly for the first few chapters... perfect for the fantasy fan seeking depth, who appreciates a slow build - up before the fiery action begins.
In her most ambitious novel to date, critically acclaimed author Lily King sets her sharply insightful family drama in an upper - middle - class East Coast suburb where she traces a complex and volatile father - daughter relationship from the 1970s to the present day.
From the acclaimed Icelandic author of Absolution, The Journey Home (now about to start filming under Liv Ullmann's direction) and Walking into the Night: a haunting collection of thematically linked stories that encompasses the twelve months of a year, capturing the most candid moments between lovers, husbands and wives, parents and children — when truths and true feelings surge to the surface and everything changes.
With this powerful story, Barbara Delinsky, the bestselling and acclaimed author of Coast Road and Three Wishes, has written her richest and most exciting novel yet.
The author quotes so extensively from external sources that the book's bibliography ends up being its most striking feature; I often found myself wanting to read these sources (primarily memoirs written by Hemingway's relatives and associates) for myself so that I could come to my own conclusions... Ultimately, this book feels like a flawed achievement, one that has already garnered much critical acclaim but will likely prove too daunting for all save the most fanatical Hemingway fans.
The acclaimed author is considered the father of science fiction and wrote many novels, some of the most well - known being Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea, Journey to the Center of the Earth, From the Earth to the Moon, and, of course, Around the World in Eighty Days which plays an important part in Matthew Goodman's Eighty Days.
From the author of the acclaimed She - Wolves, the complex, surprising, and engaging story of one of the most remarkable women of the medieval world - as never told before.
Acclaimed British author Charlie Higson has written a brilliantly crafted tale that reveals the unknown story of a boy who grew up to become one the most iconic figures of our time.
Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for his acclaimed and bestselling novel The Orphan Master's Son, Adam Johnson is one of America's most provocative and powerful authors.
Melvin Burgess was born 25 April 1954, and is a British writer of children's fiction is best known as the author of Junk - one of the most acclaimed and controversial books for young people ever to have been written.
In the streets below, a slew of ordinary lives become extraordinary in bestselling novelist Colum McCann's stunningly intricate portrait of a city and its people Let the Great World Spin is the critically acclaimed author's most ambitious novel yet: a dazzlingly rich vision of the pain, loveliness, mystery, and promise of New York City in the 1970s.
The program gives self - published authors the opportunity to earn critical acclaim from one of the most prestigious reviews in publishing.
J.K. Rowling, author of the highly acclaimed and widely successful Harry Potter series, was one of the most newsworthy holdouts when it came to ebooks.
From Anna Quindlen, acclaimed author of Blessings, Black and Blue, and One True Thing, a superb novel about two sisters, the true meaning of success, and the qualities in life that matter most.
Noah Richler, the acclaimed author who most recently wrote What We Talk About When We Talk About War, recently penned an opinion piece panning the Toronto library's decision.
Granta is one of the world's most respected literary magazines, acclaimed for the quality of its writing and for its mix of established and emerging authors.
He is the author of the acclaimed Easy Rawlins series, including most recently Charcoal Joe.
The Prize is judged by PW reviewers, editors, acclaimed authors, and publishing veterans, and awards are given to finalists in each category, with a grand cash prize of $ 5,000 going to the most outstanding finalist.
Stephen Leather is one of the UK's most successful thriller writers, an eBook and Sunday Times bestseller and author of the critically acclaimed Dan «Spider» Shepherd series and the Jack Nightingale supernatural detective novels.
About Blog Granta is one of the world's most respected literary magazines, acclaimed for the quality of its writing and for its mix of established and emerging authors.
Since 1902, The Sarova Stanley, Nairobi has hosted some of the world's most recognisable names: acclaimed actors, authors, world leaders on royal and state visits to Kenya.
VIBRANT APPEAL Steven Poole, acclaimed columnist at leading British game magazine Edge, and author of one of the most compelling approaches to video games so far, «Trigger Happy - The inner life of video games,» launched a vibrant appeal to developers to take more risks and to be more innovative.
The exhibition presents a selection of contemporary authors, including some of the internationally most acclaimed artists who in their work explore the phenomenon of models and modelling — either constructing 3D models, or using models to create paintings, photographs and videos...
* Knight Science Journalism Fellow at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology * Washington Post's reporter covering energy and the environment * Author of four critically acclaimed books on science * His most recent book was elected as an «Editors» Choice» by the New York Times * and was featured on the cover of the New York Times Book Review
About Blog Granta is one of the world's most respected literary magazines, acclaimed for the quality of its writing and for its mix of established and emerging authors.
One of the most controversial writers in Canada, National Post columnist and acclaimed author Barbara Kay, makes her first foray into fiction with the release of «A Three Day Event,» a murder mystery underscored by sociopolitical tensions in a Quebec horse sport community.
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