Sentences with phrase «young fiction writers»

The 2012 «5 Under 35» Honorees For the past seven years The National Book Foundation has honored five young fiction writers with its «5 Under 35» award.

He has been named one of the «twenty best young fiction writers in America» by The New Yorker and one of the «Best of Young American Novelists» by Granta.

In Victor Levin's appealing romance 5 To 7, Anton Yelchin plays Brian Bloom, a young fiction writer who's determined to reach the literary mountaintop by climbing a pile of rejection letters.

Not exact matches

I feel very dispirited when I meet young writers who say, «Oh, I want to write vampire fiction because that's what's in.»

Who: Oscar Isaac, Domhnall Gleeson, Alicia Vikander and Sonoya Mizuno What: A young programmer is selected to participate in a breakthrough experiment in artificial intelligence by evaluating the human qualities of a breathtaking female A.I.. When: April 10th Why: Writer Alex Garland has worked almost exclusively in the science fiction genre, so it comes as no surprise that his directorial debut occupies a similar space.

Cody tends to write characters that are what the science - fiction fans call «a Mary Sue» — meaning an awesomely idealized version of the writer, so brilliant that the other characters sort of gaze in amazement at her.Tully has some of the narcissism seen in Juno and their follow - up, Young Adult, but there's also some unusually raw material, acted by Charlize Theron with barely smothered fury.»

Write regularly, write about what you know, imitate writers you admire, don't be afraid of rejection... — those tips and more from an experienced editor of fiction for young readers!

Granta does a really nice job of focusing on one country and finding young fiction and nonfiction writers from there and dedicating an entire issue to them.

When it comes to fiction versus nonfiction, the new Common Core State Standards (CCSS) for English Language Arts isn't «an either or thing,» says Marfè Ferguson Delano, a nonfiction children's book writer whose books often connect her young readers to novels on the subjects she writes about.

The Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America have announced the winners for the 2017 Nebula awards and the Andre Norton Award for Outstanding Young Adult Science Fiction or Fantasy.

It inspired writers to write similar stories, some craftily and commercially going after it because it is the hot thing — that's why you got a glut of dystopian fiction in Young Adults.

Lisa works with dozens of authors in the US, Canada, Australia and The Netherlands, teaches advanced editing and fiction writing techniques at conferences world - wide, and is the founder of the Lisa Rector Scholarship for Young Writers.

The Art of Fiction: Notes on Craft for Young Writers by John Gardner is a good book for authors just starting out to keep in the back pocket.

Our Young Adult bundle features titles that were finalists for Best Indie Book, Young Adult Fiction in the Kindle Book Review, finalists for various young adult awards including the 2013 PRISM Contest and 2013 Write Touch Reader's awards and a winner of the Webb Weaver 2010 Writer's CompetiYoung Adult bundle features titles that were finalists for Best Indie Book, Young Adult Fiction in the Kindle Book Review, finalists for various young adult awards including the 2013 PRISM Contest and 2013 Write Touch Reader's awards and a winner of the Webb Weaver 2010 Writer's CompetiYoung Adult Fiction in the Kindle Book Review, finalists for various young adult awards including the 2013 PRISM Contest and 2013 Write Touch Reader's awards and a winner of the Webb Weaver 2010 Writer's Competiyoung adult awards including the 2013 PRISM Contest and 2013 Write Touch Reader's awards and a winner of the Webb Weaver 2010 Writer's Competition.

Reynolds» first foray into middle - grade fiction follows the path of other stellar writers like Christopher Paul Curtis and Rita Williams - Garcia, who have brought their young protagonists home to meet the family.

Here's what they have to say: What it's about: The story follows the life of an acclaimed young writer, Joan Ashby, as she falls in love, marries and raises two sons - all the while struggling to find a space in her busy life for her passion: writing fiction (Nancy L).

Crime writer James Patterson is a close second with earnings of $ 91 million, while Suzanne Collins, writer of young adult fiction, is at the third spot with earnings of $ 55.

In the IndieReCon class above, she also discusses her own brand — the Ninja Writer icons, Writer's Dojo community etc, that she is better known for in the writing world, rather than discussing her Young Adult reader base for her fiction.

I know some writers in [young adult fiction] who have had a much easier time continuing their series in digital than getting a print contract for the fourth or fifth book.»

The founders were largely authors who wrote traditional Western fiction, but the organization swiftly expanded to include historians and other nonfiction authors, young adult and romance writers, and writers interested in regional history.

WRITERS IN THE SCHOOLS RESIDENCY Writers in the Schools (WITS), a program of Seattle Arts & Lectures, is looking for creative writers — poets, fiction writers, creative nonfiction writers, cartoonists / graphic novelists, and playwrights — who are passionate about teaching the power and pleasure of writing to young people and who are excited to collaborate with public school teWRITERS IN THE SCHOOLS RESIDENCY Writers in the Schools (WITS), a program of Seattle Arts & Lectures, is looking for creative writers — poets, fiction writers, creative nonfiction writers, cartoonists / graphic novelists, and playwrights — who are passionate about teaching the power and pleasure of writing to young people and who are excited to collaborate with public school teWRITERS IN THE SCHOOLS RESIDENCY Writers in the Schools (WITS), a program of Seattle Arts & Lectures, is looking for creative writers — poets, fiction writers, creative nonfiction writers, cartoonists / graphic novelists, and playwrights — who are passionate about teaching the power and pleasure of writing to young people and who are excited to collaborate with public school teWriters in the Schools (WITS), a program of Seattle Arts & Lectures, is looking for creative writers — poets, fiction writers, creative nonfiction writers, cartoonists / graphic novelists, and playwrights — who are passionate about teaching the power and pleasure of writing to young people and who are excited to collaborate with public school teWriters in the Schools (WITS), a program of Seattle Arts & Lectures, is looking for creative writers — poets, fiction writers, creative nonfiction writers, cartoonists / graphic novelists, and playwrights — who are passionate about teaching the power and pleasure of writing to young people and who are excited to collaborate with public school tewriters — poets, fiction writers, creative nonfiction writers, cartoonists / graphic novelists, and playwrights — who are passionate about teaching the power and pleasure of writing to young people and who are excited to collaborate with public school tewriters — poets, fiction writers, creative nonfiction writers, cartoonists / graphic novelists, and playwrights — who are passionate about teaching the power and pleasure of writing to young people and who are excited to collaborate with public school tewriters, creative nonfiction writers, cartoonists / graphic novelists, and playwrights — who are passionate about teaching the power and pleasure of writing to young people and who are excited to collaborate with public school tewriters, creative nonfiction writers, cartoonists / graphic novelists, and playwrights — who are passionate about teaching the power and pleasure of writing to young people and who are excited to collaborate with public school tewriters, cartoonists / graphic novelists, and playwrights — who are passionate about teaching the power and pleasure of writing to young people and who are excited to collaborate with public school tewriters, cartoonists / graphic novelists, and playwrights — who are passionate about teaching the power and pleasure of writing to young people and who are excited to collaborate with public school teachers.

Simon is a senior agent at Writers House, where he represents a wide range of authors in literary and commercial fiction, narrative nonfiction and young adult fiction.

If you're writing young adult fiction and you find writers» literary agents that specialize in young adult fiction, you'll be better off with those book agents 9 times out of 10.

Tracy Marchini Literary Agent is on our list of New Book Agents (new publishing agents looking for writers), Book Agents USA (publishing agents in the United States), Fiction Book Agents (publishing agents who represent fiction authors), Nonfiction Book Agents (publishing agents who represent nonfiction, not just novels), Children's Book Agents (publishing agents who represent books for younger readers), Young Adult Book Agents (publishing agents who represent YA books for teens), Middle Grade Book Agents (publishing agents who represent books for middle grade tween readers), and Picture Book Agents (publishing agents who represent picture books forFiction Book Agents (publishing agents who represent fiction authors), Nonfiction Book Agents (publishing agents who represent nonfiction, not just novels), Children's Book Agents (publishing agents who represent books for younger readers), Young Adult Book Agents (publishing agents who represent YA books for teens), Middle Grade Book Agents (publishing agents who represent books for middle grade tween readers), and Picture Book Agents (publishing agents who represent picture books forfiction authors), Nonfiction Book Agents (publishing agents who represent nonfiction, not just novels), Children's Book Agents (publishing agents who represent books for younger readers), Young Adult Book Agents (publishing agents who represent YA books for teens), Middle Grade Book Agents (publishing agents who represent books for middle grade tween readers), and Picture Book Agents (publishing agents who represent picture books for kids).

Renee Fountain Literary Agent is on our list of New Book Agents (new publishing agents looking for writers), Book Agents New York (publishing agents in New York State), Book Agents NYC (publishing agents in NYC), Book Agents USA (publishing agents in the United States), Fiction Book Agents (publishing agents who represent fiction authors), Nonfiction Book Agents (publishing agents who represent nonfiction, not just novels), Children's Book Agents (publishing agents who represent books for younger readers), and Young Adult Book Agents (publishing agents who represent YA books for Fiction Book Agents (publishing agents who represent fiction authors), Nonfiction Book Agents (publishing agents who represent nonfiction, not just novels), Children's Book Agents (publishing agents who represent books for younger readers), and Young Adult Book Agents (publishing agents who represent YA books for fiction authors), Nonfiction Book Agents (publishing agents who represent nonfiction, not just novels), Children's Book Agents (publishing agents who represent books for younger readers), and Young Adult Book Agents (publishing agents who represent YA books for teens).

She teaches Creative Nonfiction at the Hamline Young Writers Workshop, Fiction and Introduction to Literary Publishing at Hamline University.

An early love of science fiction took him to the Clarion Writers Workshop in 1986, where he was the youngest attendee in the workshop's history.

With contributions from fiction writers teens will recognize, this fine collection focuses on young black people who struggle to define themselves as they learn the truth about their family stories.

Spanning over a century, dreamlike and yet impossibly real, profound and playful, The Shore is a breathtakingly ambitious and accomplished work of fiction by a young writer of remarkable promise.

She has also been the recipient an Alex Award from the Young Adult Library Services Association, sponsored by the Margaret Alexander Edwards Trust and Booklist, one of ten books written for adults that have special appeal for young adults; the BookBrowse Diamond Award for novel of the year; a lifetime achievement award for mainstream fiction from the Romance Writers of America; Cosmopolitan magazine's «Fearless Fiction» Award 2007; Waterstone's Author of the Year in the UK, a Vermont Green Mountain Book Award, a NH Granite State Book Award, a Virginia Reader's Choice Award, the Abraham Lincoln Illinois High School Book Award, and a Maryland Black - Eyed Susan AYoung Adult Library Services Association, sponsored by the Margaret Alexander Edwards Trust and Booklist, one of ten books written for adults that have special appeal for young adults; the BookBrowse Diamond Award for novel of the year; a lifetime achievement award for mainstream fiction from the Romance Writers of America; Cosmopolitan magazine's «Fearless Fiction» Award 2007; Waterstone's Author of the Year in the UK, a Vermont Green Mountain Book Award, a NH Granite State Book Award, a Virginia Reader's Choice Award, the Abraham Lincoln Illinois High School Book Award, and a Maryland Black - Eyed Susan Ayoung adults; the BookBrowse Diamond Award for novel of the year; a lifetime achievement award for mainstream fiction from the Romance Writers of America; Cosmopolitan magazine's «Fearless Fiction» Award 2007; Waterstone's Author of the Year in the UK, a Vermont Green Mountain Book Award, a NH Granite State Book Award, a Virginia Reader's Choice Award, the Abraham Lincoln Illinois High School Book Award, and a Maryland Black - Eyed Susanfiction from the Romance Writers of America; Cosmopolitan magazine's «Fearless Fiction» Award 2007; Waterstone's Author of the Year in the UK, a Vermont Green Mountain Book Award, a NH Granite State Book Award, a Virginia Reader's Choice Award, the Abraham Lincoln Illinois High School Book Award, and a Maryland Black - Eyed SusanFiction» Award 2007; Waterstone's Author of the Year in the UK, a Vermont Green Mountain Book Award, a NH Granite State Book Award, a Virginia Reader's Choice Award, the Abraham Lincoln Illinois High School Book Award, and a Maryland Black - Eyed Susan Award.

This outstanding anthology of poems, essays, and fiction groups together 35 African American writers, all 40 years old or younger.

Emily Jenkins, who also writes under the name E. Lockhart, is a writer of children's picture books, young adult novels, and adult fiction.

Matt Gartland: As a young adult fiction writer, what have you learned about the craft of storytelling that's imperative to a narrative's identity, likeability and success?

The Sunday Times / Peters Fraser & Dunlop Young Writer of the Year Award, in association with Warwick University, is awarded for a full - length published or self - published (in book or ebook formats) work of fiction, non-fiction or poetry, by an author aged 18 — 35 years.

Posted by Victoria Strauss for Writer Beware On May 20, Publishers Lunch broke the news that Month9Books, a well - regarded and apparently successful publisher of young adult and middle - grade fiction, was scaling back its list and reverting rights to «40... -LSB-...]

We Need Diverse Middle Grade Short Story Contest We Need Diverse Books ™, a grassroots organisation dedicated to promoting literature that reflects the lives of all young people, is inviting entries from unpublished writers for its middle grade short fiction contest.

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We are both members of YA - RWA, the Young Adult chapter of Romance Writers, who also support the emerging New Adult fiction category, featuring characters in early adulthood.

First of all, as Susanne Alleyn points out in her clever and very readable book, Medieval Underpants and Other Blunders: A Writer's (and Editor's) Guide to Keeping Historical Fiction Free of Common Anachronisms, Errors, and Myth, an author of historical fiction needs to recognize that the city of today can be vastly different from the city of whatever time period you are writing about, and this is true even when you are talking about a relatively young city like San Francisco and a time period that is only 132 years in thFiction Free of Common Anachronisms, Errors, and Myth, an author of historical fiction needs to recognize that the city of today can be vastly different from the city of whatever time period you are writing about, and this is true even when you are talking about a relatively young city like San Francisco and a time period that is only 132 years in thfiction needs to recognize that the city of today can be vastly different from the city of whatever time period you are writing about, and this is true even when you are talking about a relatively young city like San Francisco and a time period that is only 132 years in the past.

Topics include: Young Adult fiction themes, voice, and characteristics; how to create characters editors look for & give them a unique voice; plot structure that even a non-plotter can love; how to hook your book; the writer's life, goal setting, editing, book promotion and more.

There's a trend this year of award - winning writers for young people — like Robin Wasserman, Gayle Forman, and Meg Rosoff — publishing significant literary fiction for an adult audience.

It was conducted under the supervision of writer Jamaica Kincaid, and won numerous awards including the John Llwellyn Rhys Prize for Best First Novel, the American Academy of Arts and Letters Sue Kaufman Prize, the Barnes & Noble Discover New Writers Award, the New York Public Library Young Lions Fiction Award, and the Los Angeles Times First Book Award.

Finally, it's a major departure from what Van Eyck normally writers, which is young adult fiction that contains themes that even the author herself considers to be fairly moral.

But souls are complicated, as are the bodies that house them... Sexy, romantic, and oh - so - true to life, this is an unforgettable look at first love from one of young adult fiction's greatest writers.

WattPad is the undisputed leader when it comes to young writers self - publishing fan fiction.

Serena Frome is a young Cambridge grad who works at MI5 in the «Sweet Tooth» program, surreptitiously encouraging writers to produce anti-Soviet fiction, only to fall in love with her assignment, novelist Tom Haley.

I couldn't be much more bullish on American fiction, especially the young writers in the pipeline, the ones just beginning to make names for themselves.

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.

Sexy, romantic, and oh - so - true to life, this is an unforgettable look at first love from one of young adult fiction's greatest writers.

· Prolific science fiction and fantasy writer Dave Duncan's «Against the Light» tells the story of a young, magical missionary's arrest for heresy and treason in the land of Albi.