Random Things
1. I have a huge vocabulary but can't spell, my grammar is weak, and English was my weakest subject in school. So, for such obvious reasons, I sold my company and became an author.
2. I have been...
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Authors
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Author John Osborne discusses a year spent in radioland as well as revealing the subject matter of his next book in our exclusve podcast
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Meet debut author Tara Hyland, who talks about writing, getting published, and imagining a fashion dynasty at war.
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Watch 'Author Revealed - Tara Hyland'
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Chris Carter reveals his inspiration for writing
THE CRUCIFIX KILLER, and gives us a
sneak preview of the sequel, THE EXECUTIONER.Read Chris Carter's post on writing a thriller
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Author Voices
Susie Bright FAQ
Susie Bright FAQIs Susie Bright your real name?Yes, it really is. I was born in 1958, when "Susie" was very popular. The Bright part is my paternal family name.How many books have you written?I've...
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Bring on the night!
Hi guys,
Talk about an exciting time! VAMPIRATES: EMPIRE OF NIGHT is officially published and I’m thrilled that so many of you have got your mitts on it already and are enjoying it....
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More a god than a man
There's a Monty Python sketch in which a fawning television presenter addresses a celebrity as "more a god than a man". That might seem an attitude to fame that is very much of modern times. Ever since...
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Who is Robert Hunter?
Readers frequently fall in love with a character and want to know more about him or her, and I can say that’s the same for authors.
Not long ago an interviewer asked me – “I know Robert Hunter...
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Authors Revealed
Craig Robertson
Q. What’s your best quality?
A. So difficult to choose only one. Modesty, perhaps.
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N. J. Cooper
Q. What is your favorite television show?
A. I can't drag myself away from The Wire
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Michael Foley
Q. If you could be anywhere in the world right now, where would you choose to be?
A. Just where I am
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Authors in the News
Washington Post, March 20, 2010
...and Galactic wrath. COURAGE & CONSEQUENCE: MY LIFE AS A CONSERVATIVE IN THE FIGHT (Threshold Editions, $30). By Karl Rove CHELSEA CHELSEA BANG BANG (Grand Central, $25.99). By Chelsea Handler A new...
Yorkshire Post, March 20, 2010
...now Ian McEwan's widely-acclaimed novel Atonement is to get the opera treatment. The best-selling author and two friends are working on an adaptation which would bring the doomed love story, starring...
Yorkshire Post, March 20, 2010
...It has already been transformed into an Oscar-winning movie, and now Ian McEwan's widely-acclaimed novel Atonement is to get the opera treatment. The best-selling author and two friends are working...
Cherokee Tribune, March 20, 2010
...book. Spenser, the seven-year-old son of Mike and Tracy Smith of Canton, received 'Chicka Chicka, Boom Boom' by Bill Martin, Jr. and John Archambault and 'Froggy's First Kiss' by Jonathan London from...
Seattle Times, March 20, 2010
...paintbrushes, instead providing the rollicking text for "Hip Hop Dog" (Harper, $16.99), whose illustrations are done by Vladimir Radunsky. Raschka's story tells of a mutt who's the "saddest and the...
Seattle Times, March 20, 2010
...Young readers will enjoy this baker's dozen of new picture books: • Author-artist Kevin Henkes has created an exquisitely illustrated new picture book titled "My Garden" (Greenwillow, $17.99)....
Seattle Times, March 20, 2010
...the Cyclops and other larger-than-life Greek characters. (Ages 4-8.) • In "The Bicklebys' Birdbath" (Atheneum, $16.99), author Andrea Perry joins with illustrator Roberta Angaramo to tell a rowdy...
Authors from the Blogs
a thousand beautiful things, March 20, 2010
...is her name. soooo weird/cool), ‘Opihi Baby, by J. Lovins, and Oh My Oh My Oh Dinosaurs!, by Sandra Boynton (actually, we love just about every single Sandra Boynton book). A Day on Safari is a...
The Common Room, March 20, 2010
...I'm rereading How To Read a Book by Mortimer J. Adler and Charles Van Doren and I would strongly suggest that other parents read it as well. You want to take a special look at chapter 14 as there are...
SF Signal, March 20, 2010
...Martinez on The Semantics of Fantasy Fans . Ross E. Lockhart on Genre Fiction is Going to the Dogs . Lori Devoti on Writing a book? This better be personal! @ Wired: Swift, canny book scanner bodes...
SF Signal, March 20, 2010
...a movie . Madeleine L'Engle's A Wrinkle in Time heads to the screen . The 2010 Arthur C Clarke Long List . The 2010 British Fantasy Awards Longlist . Hey look! We're on that list...Go us! Articles...
Future Changes, March 20, 2010
...Mandy Brown : A single book struggles to balance on its spine; it pines for neighbors. Keep as many books as you have room for...
BlogDance: The best film / movie blog posts from a, March 20, 2010
...Chris Evans Offered Captain America Role post from Film School Rejects on 20 March 2010 01:46:00 AM. © Film School Rejects As any comic book shop loitering chubby guy...
Becky's Book Reviews, March 20, 2010
...2009. Simon & Schuster. 320 pages. Gone. Lisa McMann. 2010. Simon & Schuster. 214 pages. Hush, Hush by Becca Fitzpatrick. 2009. Simon & Schuster. 400 pages. Bleeding Violet by Dia Reeves....
My Life in 8 Words
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Paul Magrs "Reading, writing, encouraging others to read and write" -
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Tony DiTerlizzi "A dream come true. (Did it in four!)" -
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Melissa Mayhue "Crazy-busy, oh-so-blessed, wife, mother, daughter, friend, writer, totally-happy." -
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Brad Thor "The result of hard work and taking chances."
