Sentences with phrase «written debut novel»

A mesmerizing, moving, and elegantly written debut novel, The Language of Flowers beautifully weaves past and present, creating a vivid portrait of an unforgettable woman whose gift for flowers helps her change the lives of others even as she struggles to overcome her own troubled past.

The Mortifications, Derek Palacio's beautifully written debut novel, begins in 1980, during the Mariel boatlift that...

I read it in some of its earliest forms, and I sat across a coffee - shop table from its author for years as we both wrote our debut novels, but I just finished reading the actual book and was totally floored by how the story has grown and evolved while still retaining its shimmering heart.

Austin Aslan was inspired to write his debut novel, The Islands at the End of the World, while living on the Big Island of Hawaii.

I wrote my debut novel close to 10 years ago, butted heads with the stone gates of traditional publishing industry (with just enough interest to string me along for a while), put it aside for several years, and now with the changes I have pulled it out.

Not exact matches

Patrick Rothfuss's debut novel about Kvothe, a young boy who grows to be a legend, is compelling and beautifully written.

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.

Actress turned author Celia Imrie on her writing debut, a comic novel set among English expats in the south of France

«Ex Machina» marks the directing debut of British writer Alex Garland, who wrote the Danny Boyle films «28 Days Later» and «Sunshine» and — at age 26 — wrote the novel that was the basis of Boyle's film «The Beach.»

Dominik himself wrote the screenplay, choosing for his second project after the acclaimed debut Chopper to adapt Ron Hansen's 1983 novel of the same name.

However, when it comes to the much - anticipated «Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them,» she is making her screenwriting debut, and it is clear that she still has much to learn about writing a script versus writing a novel.

Designer Tom Ford made his writing - directing debut (based on the novel by Christopher Isherwood) with the film that somehow turns the above scene of domestic bliss into one of the most romantic in cinema.

Lorene Scafaria made her writing debut with the agreeable 2008 teen romantic comedy Nick & Norah's Infinite Playlist, adapted from Rachel Cohn and David Levithan's novel.

This sounds very much like the sort of thing adapted from a novel, and yet the fact that's actually not (debut screenwriter Albert Torres gets the credit) makes me feel as though it was written as a «statement» by a frustrated and / or unpublished novelist, and thus downgrade it accordingly.

Yet if Carruth's debut was a work of poetry (or a textbook, if you don't find much to appreciate in Carruth's visuals), then Byrkit's film is like a graduate student's bluntly written genre novel.

Rosalie Morales Kearns» debut novel, Kingdom of Women, imagines a future where «women are not only armed and dangerous but also rising up to kill those who assault, rape, and murder women and children,» writes BUST.

Though she wrote the screenplay with Ms. Hale, whose 2007 novel inspired a 2012 sequel, the results are comparable to the Hesses» original films and not their endearing, overexposed debut.

Meg Rosoff's debut novel, «How I Live Now,» is a brilliant piece of writing in its own right.

Beatrix Potter wrote around 30 novels, 24 of which were stories for children focused on talking animals, and she'll always be best known for her debut: The Tale of Peter Rabbit.

She published two women's fiction novels with St. Martin's Press and edited multiple compilations for the Chicken Soup for the Soul series before writing her debut psychological thriller, All is Not Forgotten.

This stunning second novel from Philipp Meyer (following his critically praised debut, American Rust) combines epic storytelling, Texas tragedy and raw, powerful writing.

How did the experience of writing this novel compare to that of your debut?

I couldn't include all of the great content in my print interview, so here's the dish on Giffin's writing process, how she balances a full - time writing career with raising three young children and — gasp — some then «off - the - record» (and now public) details on the upcoming movie version of her debut novel, Something Borrowed.

She's published several best - selling novels — her debut, P.S. I Love You [read our review], written when she was just 21, became a successful film — she created the ABC series «Samantha Who?»

Ever since Dolen Perkins - Valdez wrote a behind - the - book essay for BookPage.com, I've been curious about her debut novel, Wench.

As with her award - winning debut novel, The Weight of Blood, Laura McHugh has written a thrilling novel in which nothing is as it seems, and in which our longing for the past can take hold of the present in insidious and haunting ways.

«Since I have spent the vast majority of my time writing and editing — preparing my novel for its debut — I have had little time to think about or plan for marketing.

Action fans can dive into the debut of the new RESIDENT EVIL series from the VIZ Signature imprint, as well as two exciting new Shonen Jump series, teen - friendly WORLD TRIGGER and Takeshi Obata's ALL YOU NEED IS KILL, the stunning manga realization of the popular Japanese sci - fi novel written by Hiroshi Sakurazaka that also inspired the blockbuster Edge of Tomorrow film that starred Tom Cruise.

By Sunday night I had written fifty pages of what would have become my debut novel and the beginning of a trilogy.

The Birth of a Novel Part 7: Publishing Avenues for the Debut Novelist The writing gift comes with a couple of price tags.

With all of this in mind, I tell my writing students to aim for a 55,000 word novel for their debut book.

It is arguably the best debut novel I have ever written.

I've only just begun writing fiction with my debut novel in September, In The Shadow of The Water Tower.

Since this is your debut novel, what were the greatest challenges you encountered in the writing or editing process that you might not have encountered in writing workshops or during school?

This powerful debut novel, which took Irishman O'Neill 10 years to write, is the story of two boys and their tragic involvement in the 1916 Easter Uprising.

Written in a series of personal letters, Jennifer Ryan's debut novel, The Chilbury Ladies» Choir, follows a diverse cast of women characters as they navigate village life, love, friendship and dangerous family secrets.

Robin Roe has written one helluva young adult debut novel.

Editor's note: In BookPage, mystery columnist Bruce Tierney writes that The Poacher's Son is «easily one of the best debut novels in recent memory.»

She wrote her compelling debut YA novel, When I Was Joe, in five months while taking a course in Writing for Children at City University.

Three and a half years ago I had the idea to convert my debut epic fantasy — The Written — into a graphic novel.

As a writer I'm pursuing the traditional route with my debut novel (to begin with, at least — for the feedback and «writing muscle development» that comes with useful rejection, and I do mean USEFUL rejection, not the pointless or destructive kind), but I'm working on self - pubbing several others.

I write middle grade fiction and my debut novel, «Fly a Little Higher, Piper Lee,» will be out from Harcourt next fall.

After writing a collection of short stories (El esquinista, 2014), Jufresa published this debut novel with Penguin Random House Grupo Editorial in 2015.

Back in 2016, I was going through a usual journey of uncertainty, marketing (or rather wondering about marketing) my debut novel Abhaya and getting stuck at multiple places while writing Avishi.

He fulfilled his lifelong passion for writing with his debut novel, Kojiki.

The Lives We Lead is her debut novel which was inspired by her love of writing.

Last year we spoke with author Natalie Barelli about striking a big item off her bucket list: writing and publishing her debut novel, Until I Met Her.

Lost Men amplifies the best qualities of his short fiction and about which Publisher's Weekly writes «Leung gingerly reacquaints an estranged father and son who travel through China in this sagacious and lyrical debut novel.»

An interview with Adam Ross about debut novel Mr. Peanut Ross spent 13 years writing his first novel, Mr. Peanut, in which an apparently loving husband fantasizes about the death of his wife, only to see his horrific dreams come true.

A Rising Man, his debut novel, won the Harvill Secker / Daily Telegraph crime writing competition and is the first in a new series starring Captain Sam Wyndham and «Surrender - Not» Banerjee.