Bestselling author who enjoyed overnight success with her debut novel A Woman of SubstanceIt was Graham Greene who inadvertently launched Barbara Taylor Bradford, who has died aged 91, on the road that would lead, in 2003, to her induction into the Writers Hall of Fame of America, alongside Mark Twain, Robert Frost and Ernest Hemingway. Character is plot, he had explained in an article – and suddenly Bradford understood what fiction was really about.It was the mid-1970s, and BTB, as she came to be known, was already a successful journalist, with more than a dozen columns syndicated throughout the US. But as an author she had succeeded only with books on decorating and design, having abandoned several attempts at a novel. “If I hated them, then the reader would hate them,” she acknowledged. Continue reading... Continue reading at 'The Guardian'
[ The Guardian | 2024-11-25 16:52:30 UTC ]
While all fiction writers can pull characters from their imaginations and commit them to the page, most readers can’t do what Charley Sutherland can: pull characters from the page and commit them to the real world. Sutherland’s fantastical ability is at the center of H.G. Parry’s debut novel The... Continue reading at Literrary Hub
[ Literrary Hub | 2019-10-25 08:46:30 UTC ]
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Few are able to plunge the depths of familial complexity like Jami Attenberg, and even fewer are able to reflect the nesting doll of desires, secrets, and contradictions the individual becomes when put into the context of family. In her seventh novel, All This Could Be Yours, the New York Times... Continue reading at Electric Literature
[ Electric Literature | 2019-10-23 11:00:35 UTC ]
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Granta Books has snapped up the debut poetry collection and debut novel of Betty Trask and Eric Gregory award-winning poet and writer Daisy Lafarge. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-10-23 10:48:08 UTC ]
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Legend Press has bagged a “warm and poignant” debut novel exploring identity, race and mental illness by writer and painter Alex Morrall. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-10-22 16:25:02 UTC ]
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Bestselling author and historian Karen Armstrong gives the world’s major religions a fresh look; an account of C. S. Lewis’s early years; and a guide to activism that incorporates witchcraft, are some of the notable religion and spirituality books publishing in November. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2019-10-22 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Patricia Cornwell’s ‘Quantum’ is the curtain-raiser for a series that takes the bestselling author into a new realm of exploration and storytelling. By Porter Anderson, Editor-in-Chief | @Porter_Anderson ‘I’m Doing It To Put a Face on Space’ ou don’t expect an author with more than 100 million... Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2019-10-21 05:30:10 UTC ]
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Patricia Cornwell's 'Quantum' is the curtain-raiser for a series that takes the bestselling author into a new realm of exploration and storytelling. The post Patricia Cornwell’s New Spacewalk: ‘Not Just About Putting a Flag on the Moon’ appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2019-10-21 05:30:10 UTC ]
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‘A Wild Child’s Guide to Endangered Animals’ tells the story of European eels, tiger tail shrimp, and pangolins so kids can learn about conservation. Millie Marotta, a New York Times bestselling author of wildlife-focused coloring books, has been “obsessed with animals of every kind” since she... Continue reading at Fast Company
[ Fast Company | 2019-10-19 06:00:12 UTC ]
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W&N has landed the "virtuoso" debut novel from poet Sam Riviere in a multi-publisher auction. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-10-18 05:10:37 UTC ]
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Bestselling author Pérez-Reverte discusses his new novel, adapting his work for television, and why you should read his books, not his author interviews. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2019-10-11 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Bestselling author Nathan Englander opens up about religion, the creepiness of Instagram, and why it doesn’t make any sense to be a writer. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2019-10-11 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Head of Zeus imprint Zephyr has pre-empted the debut novel from Aardman Animations creative director Finbar Hawkins in a two-book deal. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-10-11 03:38:34 UTC ]
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The debut novel ‘A Kindness,’ which literary agent Helen Heller received a little over a week ago after responding to an unsolicited pitch letter, is gaining pre-Frankfurt Book Fair buzz after being preempted in the U.S. by Pamela Dorman for high six figures. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2019-10-10 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Transworld has scooped the debut novel from performer, writer and Faber Academy alumna Helen Paris in a two-book deal. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-10-09 13:58:41 UTC ]
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Indie press Louise Walters Books has signed a "very British" novel by debut author S J Norbury in a one-book deal. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-10-09 13:20:19 UTC ]
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AN ADOLESCENT NAMED Adam Gordon is the protagonist of Ben Lerner’s new novel, The Topeka School. He shares this name with the narrator of Leaving the Atocha Station, Lerner’s debut novel from 2011. Leaving the Atocha Station was about the quarter-life crisis of a talented misanthrope;... Continue reading at Los Angeles Review of Books
[ Los Angeles Review of Books | 2019-10-09 12:30:44 UTC ]
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Pan Mac imprint Mantle has landed the Shipping Forecast-inspired debut novel from Sue Teddern in a two-book deal. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-10-09 03:27:54 UTC ]
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The Older Brother in Mahir Guven’s debut novel drives for a ride-sharing service in Paris while his Syrian-born father is an old-school taxi driver. Their Uber politics conflict is further sullied by their religious divergence. Into this, Guven adds a Younger Brother, a talented nurse who could... Continue reading at Electric Literature
[ Electric Literature | 2019-10-08 11:00:58 UTC ]
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Doubleday has made a “substantial” six-figure pre-empt on a debut novel by academic and comedian Marianne Cronin about two women who meet at an art class. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-10-04 09:03:45 UTC ]
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Headline Review has pre-empted world rights to the debut novel from Ruth Druart, with 11 international rights deals following for the "remarkable read". Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-10-04 05:26:17 UTC ]
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