Sentences with phrase «own debut novel»
Fitzgerald's less famous debut novel follows a privileged young man as he begins college at Princeton, which makes it the perfect book for the back - to - school season, claim Wang and Wolfson.
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He had just released his debut novel, The Almost True Story of Ryan Fisher (Zondervan), a brilliantly satirical romp in which a non-theistic real estate agent ends up the pastor of a megachurch.
Kayla Rae Whitaker's debut novel about two cartoonists, The Animators, asks whether the overexamined life is worth living.
In Christopher Beha's excellent debut novel, What Happened to Sophie Wilder?
Author: Rob ChidleyThis debut novel by Rob Chidley is a tale of raw hope overcoming the bleakest of realities.
Stephanie Danler insists her debut novel, Sweetbitter, isn't autobiographical.
Patrick Rothfuss's debut novel about Kvothe, a young boy who grows to be a legend, is compelling and beautifully written.
Stanford student and author Kiley Roache comes to Kepler's to talk about her debut novel, Frat Girl, that centers around fraternity life, feminism, and finding your own truth.
November 9: Isabel Quintero discusses her novel Gabi, a Girl in Pieces, winner of the William C. Morris Award for YA Debut Novel (Boston)
Alice's debut novel, Open My Eyes, That I May See Marvellous Things, will be published by Pinter and Martin in March 2017.
If Dark Matter is your jam, you will absolutely love this fantastic debut novel that is filled with humor, heart, and adventure.
Holly Rizzuto Palker Interviews Jessica Strawser on her debut novel, Almost Missed You.
Her heart - breaking, riveting and poignantly honest memoir, Some Girls, has now been topped by her debut novel, Pretty a heart - wrenching story of of Bebe Baker, a heroine on a street - level search for salvation.
Mysterious characters from the city surrounding the hospital will be crucial in determining the baby's fate, as will a workaholic British doctor with whom Mariam finds herself falling in love... Alice Allan's debut novel is an original, vivid and moving story about attachment and loss.
Set on both sides of the Atlantic, Iain Duncan Smith's debut novel is an ingenious fast - paced thriller with an intriguing cast of characters reaching the highest level of office.
A Manchester - based author whose debut novel was initially rejected by British publishers has won one of the world's richest literary prizes.
Makumbi's debut novel Kintu was first published in Kenya four years ago after British publishers rejected it for being «too African».
Long Island Rep. Steve Israel «reveals his inner Jon Stewart» in his debut novel, «The Global War on Morris.»
◆ Mary Barton, the debut novel by North and South author Elizabeth Gaskell, published in 1848.
Though Wang doubtlessly does not intend her debut novel as a treatise on the ills and failings of scientific training at high - powered research universities, she poignantly highlights many of the issues that make that process so trying for so many ambitious and earnest young people.
Written in the meticulous voice of an autistic boy and mathematical savant, this moving debut novel traces its hero's travails as he tracks down the killer of his neighbor's poodle.
In his debut novel, Gibson coined the term «cyberspace» and described the Internet and virtual reality long before they were part of the cultural landscape.
Journalist Peter Heller's debut novel, The Dog Stars, follows Hig, a Cessna pilot who flies the lonely skies of the southwestern U.S. after a flu pandemic kills 99 percent of the world's population.
Science spoke with director Ridley Scott; Andy Weir, whose debut novel provided the tale; and Jim Green, NASA's director of planetary science and an adviser on the film, to find out how they made movie magic while staying largely faithful to the science — leaving out a raging dust storm and a few other moments of implausibility.
As you know, Harper Voyager (an imprint of HarperCollins) published my debut novel earlier this year.
Chris Pavone's debut novel, The Expats, isn't quite a classic spy novel, but it's not chick - lit either.
Her debut novel, Between Land and Sea (a paranormal romance about a middle - aged mermaid) is available on Amazon.
Finally realizing that she wants to be a writer when she grows up, Caroline has released her bestselling debut novel, It's Just a Little Crush.
I'm excited about this new author, too — it's her debut novel.
Learning To Fly is her debut novel.
No matter what your summer destination is or isn't this year Stacey Lender's debut novel, CITY MOUSE is a guilty pleasure read with depth and heart that is sure to spark conversation and is perfect for summer reading.
READ: Try Zadie Smith's debut novel White Teeth to explore 1970s London, or wander about the English countryside with a classic British novel by Jane Austen, Charles Dickens, Virginia Woolf, or one of the Brontë sisters.
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My debut novel, In Bitter Chill, was described by the Daily Mail as a «tense, well - told story of loss and family secrets».
Jessica's debut novel Her Daughter's Eyes was a final nominee for the YALSA Award, and many of her novels have been published in several languages.
The new Salinger biopic from writer / director Danny Strong («The Hunger Games: Mockingjay») makes it clear that the celebrated author practiced an aggressive form of self - isolation in response to the acclaim and public scrutiny that followed his hugely influential debut novel, «Catcher in the Rye.»
The only fantasies Fifty Shades Freed convincingly fulfill are those of boutique publishers who would like to believe that a debut novel can acquire 250,000 preorders and that a local glossy can employ upwards of fifty full - time staffers, both of which occur in this film.
Longer review: Marc Forster respects Khaled Hosseini's brilliant debut novel, but something does get lost in the adaptation process.
The former music video director's first feature film since 2004's Birth is based on the satirical debut novel by Michel Faber, which centers on an extraterrestrial who comes to Scotland to pick up unsuspecting hitchhikers and bring them to her corporate bosses for use as meat.
Jack Ryan, introduced by Clancy his debut novel, The Hunt For Red October, has been memorably played by Harrison Ford and Alec Baldwin, and less memorably by Ben Affleck and Chris Pine.
Wilson's debut novel centers around a couple of performance artists who regularly incorporate their unwilling children into their bizarre acts.
Based on the best selling debut novel from Steve Watson, BEFORE I GO TO SLEEP, takes that classic plot device of amnesia in order...
DVD Review by Kam Williams Headline: Assistant DA Admits to Killing in Self - Defense in Unoriginal Whodunit Based on the debut novel of the same name by Euro - Filipina Sabina Murray, Slow Burn is an intriguing whodunit about a big city Assistant DA, Nora Timmer (Jolene Blalock), who admits that she's just confessed to killing a man (Mekhi Phifer) she claims raped her.
One day, when Hutton is away on a trip, Susan receives a manuscript of the debut novel of her ex-husband Edward (Jake Gyllenhaal).
John Green's debut novel, Looking for Alaska, is also set to be adapted into a film with Sarah Polley (Away from Her, Take This Waltz) set as director.
Adapted from Fanboys screenwriter Ernie Cline's debut novel of the same name, this dystopian sci - fi is absolutely jam - packed with»80s pop culture references, making it one of our most anticipated films of next year.
The pair play mother and daughter in Sharp Objects, the much - anticipated HBO adaptation of Flynn's 2006 debut novel, but the suggestion that they resemble their characters makes the actresses understandably uneasy.
Adapted by Rees and co-writer Virgil Williams from Hillary Jordan's remarkable debut novel, «Mudbound» captures more than the usual amount of detail from its source material, including much of the language itself.
Based on the Oprah promoted, debut novel from author Allison Pearson, this movie falls far short of being an exceptional film.