Are these the most influential novelists of 2023?

This week, TIME magazine published its list of the 100 Most Influential People of 2023. And . . . it’s surprisingly literary! I mean, it’s not that literary, but considering that the TIME editors typically limit themselves to a single novelist among the 100, books seem to be coming up in the world: in 2023, four novelists (along with […] Continue reading at 'Literrary Hub'

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[ Los Angeles Times | 2019-02-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Novelist Rosamunde Pilcher dies, aged 94

Bestselling novelist Rosamunde Pilcher, most famous for her hit book The Shell Seekers, has died at the age of 94. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-02-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Late-Night TV Hosts Give Publicity-Starved Novelists the Star Treatment

TV coverage of literary fiction has dwindled, but Trevor Noah and Seth Meyers are exceptions. “Who would have guessed that a 700-page novel would be on national TV?” one publishing executive said. Continue reading at The New York Times

[ The New York Times | 2018-12-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Bartering with the Facts: How a Novelist Solves a Historical Problem

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[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-11-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Marine, novelist, dad: a conversation with Elliot Ackerman

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[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2018-11-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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[ The Bookseller | 2018-10-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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[ Slate | 2018-09-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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[ Los Angeles Times | 2018-08-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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[ The Bookseller | 2018-08-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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[ The Bookseller | 2018-08-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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[ Los Angeles Times | 2018-06-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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[ The Guardian | 2018-06-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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[ BBC World | 2018-04-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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[ The Guardian | 2018-04-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-03-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-03-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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[ The Bookseller | 2018-03-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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[ The Bookseller | 2018-02-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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