Dec 22, 2017 | Non-Fiction, Writing |
James Michener was an American novelist and short story writer. He wrote epic and detailed works of fiction which have been classified as fictional documentaries. Through his writing, he made foreign environments accessible to Americans. In 1948, he won the Pulitzer...
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Dec 16, 2017 | Non-Fiction, Writing |
Junot Diaz is an award-winning writer who was born in the Dominican Republic and raised in New Jersey. In 2008, he won the Pulitzer Prize and National Book Critics Circle Award for his novel, The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao. He is currently a creative writing...
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Dec 9, 2017 | Non-Fiction, Writing |
William Makepeace Thackeray was an English novelist known for his satirical works. Vanity Fair, which was one of his most popular novels, was the first novel published under his name. He published Vanity Fair in serial monthly parts, a method used by Charles...
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Sep 23, 2017 | Non-Fiction, Writing |
Michael Chabon is a Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist and short story writer. His best-known works include his first novel, The Mysteries of Pittsburg, The Adventures of Kavalier and Clay and Wonder Boys, which was made into a movie (2000), starring Michael Douglas. On...
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Aug 26, 2017 | Non-Fiction, Writing |
Judith “Judy” Krantz is a Jewish-American romance novelist. She is also the “third-largest-selling female novelist in history.” Some of her most popular books are Princess Daisy and Scruples. On writing, Judy Krantz says: Thousands of people...
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Aug 12, 2017 | Non-Fiction, Writing |
Anthony Trollope was an English novelist who lived from 1815 – 1882, i.e. during the Victorian Era. Some of his most notable works include The Barsetshire novels, The Way We Live Now and Phineas Finn (the 2nd of the Palliser novels). Trollope was known for...
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Jul 29, 2017 | Non-Fiction, Writing |
Ann Patchett is an American author who received both the PEN/Faulker award and Orange Prize for Fiction in the same year for Bel Canto, her fourth novel. On writing and afternoon tea, she says: Writing is the imaginary friend you drink your tea with in the afternoon....
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Hello, there! My name is Sharon and I am a Nigerian Fiction Writer, Taker of Pictures and Lover of Humor. Feel free to look around or say hello. I don't bite. Usually. :-) Thanks for stopping by.
