World Authors 2000-2005: 0

ISBN-13: 9780824210779 / Angielski / Twarda / 2007 / 800 str.

Jennifer Ed Curry; Jennifer Curry

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An all-new collection of biographies in the widely praised World Authors series, World Authors 2000-2005 covers some 300 novelists, poets, dramatists, essayists, scientists, biographers, and other authors whose booksupublished 2000 through 2005urepresent the dawn of a new millennium of great literature. Well-researched, in-depth accounts (averaging 3,000 words), explore writersAE backgrounds, formative experiences, and literary achievements: Many autobiographical accounts, written specifically for this volume Profiles also highlight critical response to authorsAE works Entries include suggested reading lists and bibliographies Photo of the author accompanies many of the entries World Authors contains reliable biographical data, plus candid anecdotes, opinions, and insights: Gregory OrrAEs disclosure that oProbably the pivotal event in my life happened when I was 12 and was responsible for the death of a younger brother, Peter, in a hunting accidento; Martha McPheeAEs explanation that her novels orose from the beautiful wreckage of my childhoodo; James D. HoustonAEs account that ""the very desire to be a writer was seeded in those long ago Sunday morning [church] services where language itself was the primary means for connection with a higher power.""