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Alex Brown is a No.1 bestselling British author and columnist, of eleven books including the hugely popular Carrington's series, The Great Christmas Knit Off, The Great Village Show, The Secret of Orchard Cottage and A Postcard from Italy. Her uplifting books are published worldwide and have been translated into seven languages.
The quartet is set predominantly in 1950s Auckland, New Zealand. [1] The main character, Alex Archer, is a strong-willed fifteen-year-old competitive swimmer. In the first book, Alex (1987, also published as In Lane Three, Alex Archer in the United States in 1989) [2] she is competing with her rival and friend, Maggie Benton, to qualify for the 1960 Olympics in Rome.
The Big Blue Book of Beginner Books: 1994 B-76 Stop, Train, Stop! A Thomas the Tank Engine Story: 1995 The Big Red Book of Beginner Books: 1995 B-77 New Tricks I Can Do! 1996 B-78 Anthony the Perfect Monster: 1996 The Big Book of Berenstain Bears Beginner Books: 1996 B-79 4 Pups and a Worm: 1996 B-80 Honey Bunny Funnybunny: 1997 B-81 Come Down ...
Alex Rider is a series of spy novels by the English author Anthony Horowitz. The novels revolve around a teenaged spy named Alex Rider and are primarily aimed towards young adults . The series currently comprises 14 novels, as well as seven graphic novels , seven short stories , and a supplementary book.
His first book was a collection of short stories: Facing the Music (1988), followed the next year by his first novel Dirty Work (1989). After 1990, Brown turned to writing full-time and increasingly turned to the novel as his primary form. Brown's novels include Joe (1991), Father and Son (1996), Fay (2000), and The Rabbit Factory (2003).
Beastly is a 2007 novel by Alex Flinn.It is a retelling of the fairytale Beauty and the Beast set in modern-day New York City from the view of the beast. Flinn researched many versions of the Beauty and the Beast story to write her book.
Steve Hamilton is an American mystery writer who is known for the series of novels featuring private investigator Alex McKnight . Apart from his Alex McKnight books, Hamilton has written Night Work (2007) and The Lock Artist (2010).
While growing up in Erie, Pennsylvania, with his three sisters, Brown was told many stories by his grandmother Thora. This inspired Brown to write stories of his own in the later years of his life. An example of this was the "borrowing" of his 7th grade algebra teacher's name Mr. Rathbun for the character Mr. Ratburn. [1]