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Barbara Ellen Kingsolver (born April 8, 1955) is a Pulitzer Prize-winning American novelist, essayist, and poet. Her widely known works include The Poisonwood Bible, the tale of a missionary family in the Congo, and Animal, Vegetable, Miracle, a nonfiction account of her family's attempts to eat locally.
By 1983, she rated the longest entry in Who's Who (though most of that article was a list of her books), and she was named the top-selling author in the world by the Guinness Book of Records. [17] Additionally, in 1976, Cartland wrote 23 novels, earning her the Guinness World Record for the most novels written in a single year. [ 18 ]
Barbara Taylor was born on 10 May 1933 in Armley, Leeds, to Freda and Winston Taylor. [2] [3] Her father was an engineer who had lost a leg while serving in the First World War. [4] She attended Christ Church Upper Armley CofE Primary School in the Leeds suburb of Upper Armley alongside the writer Alan Bennett. [4]
The following is a List of authors by name whose last names begin with B: ... Barbara Baynton (1857–1929, ... (fl. first half of 9th c., Iceland, p)
Goldmark was then a musician whose day job was in book publicity. [4] Through this, she met many prolific authors. [4] One day while driving one of the authors around, she hit upon the idea of starting a band with them. It stuck. [4] The Remainders' first performance was in 1992 at the American Booksellers Association convention in Anaheim ...
Barbara Jean Spillman (May 12, 1927 – October 20, 2024), known professionally as Barbara Dane, was an American folk, blues, and jazz singer, guitarist, record producer, and political activist. She co-founded Paredon Records with Irwin Silber .
Lewis's first single release, the uptempo "My Heart Went Do Dat Da" in 1962, did not chart nationally, but was a local hit in the Detroit, Michigan area. She wrote all of the songs on her debut LP, including the hit " Hello Stranger " which reached No. 3 on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart , and featured extensive use of the Hammond organ .
Barbara Louise Mertz (September 29, 1927 – August 8, 2013) was an American author who wrote under her own name as well as under the pseudonyms Elizabeth Peters and Barbara Michaels. In 1952, she received a PhD in Egyptology from the University of Chicago. She was best known for her mystery and suspense novels, including the Amelia Peabody ...