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Patricia Aakhus (1952–2012), The Voyage of Mael Duin's Curragh Rachel Aaron, Fortune's Pawn Atia Abawi Edward Abbey (1927–1989), The Monkey Wrench Gang Lynn Abbey (born 1948), Daughter of the Bright Moon Laura Abbot, My Name is Nell Belle Kendrick Abbott (1842–1893), Leah Mordecai Eleanor Hallowell Abbott (1872–1958), poet, novelist and short story writer Hailey Abbott, Summer Boys ...
Harold Robbins (May 21, 1916 – October 14, 1997) was an American author of popular novels. One of the best-selling writers of all time , he wrote over 25 best-sellers, selling over 750 million copies in 32 languages.
A Way of Life, Like Any Other: 1977 John O'Hara: Hope of Heaven: 1938 John O'Hara: The Big Laugh: 1962 Stewart O'Nan: West of Sunset: 2015 James Patterson: Mary, Mary: 2006 Tim Powers: Medusa's Web: 2016 Taylor Jenkins Reid: The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo: 2017 Harold Robbins: The Carpetbaggers: 1961 Harold Robbins: The Dream Merchants: 1949 ...
Like Valley, the book was considered a roman à clef, with Robin reportedly based on former CBS president James Aubrey. [ 47 ] Published by Simon & Schuster on May 14, 1969, the book was an immediate success: it spent 32 weeks (13 weeks at #1) on The New York Times Best Seller list , [ 48 ] and was the third highest-selling novel of its year ...
By the 1970s Collins was a peer of successful male airport novel authors like Sidney Sheldon and Harold Robbins. [15]. Her third novel, Sunday Simmons & Charlie Brick (first published under the title The Hollywood Zoo in the UK and then retitled Sinners worldwide in 1984) was published in 1971 and again made the best-seller lists. This was ...
Kathy Acker (April 18, 1947 [2] [disputed] – November 30, 1997) was an American experimental novelist, playwright, essayist, and postmodernist writer, known for her idiosyncratic and transgressive writing that dealt with themes such as childhood trauma, sexuality and rebellion.
Thomas Eugene Robbins (born July 22, 1932) [1] is an American novelist. His most notable works are "seriocomedies" (also known as "comedy drama"). [2] Tom Robbins has lived in La Conner, Washington since 1970, where he has written nine books. [3] His 1976 novel Even Cowgirls Get the Blues was adapted into the 1993 film version by Gus Van Sant. [4]
In Another Life: A Memoir of Other People describes the process of book publishing from the acquisition of a book or author through editing and publication of a manuscript. Korda shares anecdotes about the publishing lunch and anecdotes about working with celebrities like Joan Crawford, Ronald Reagan and agent Irving Lazar. Korda also shares ...