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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.
Nevil Shute (1899–1960), A Town Like Alice; Gareth Sibson (born 1977) Una Lucy Silberrad (1872–1955) Alan Sillitoe (1928–2010), Saturday Night and Sunday Morning; Dorothy Simpson (born 1933), mystery novels; Helen Simpson (born 1957) Clive Sinclair (1948–2018) Sarah Singleton (born 1966) Indra Sinha (born 1950) Eleanor Sleath (1770 ...
Wilson is the author of Beautiful Shadow: A Life of Patricia Highsmith (Bloomsbury, 2003), [3] The Man Who Invented Sex: A Life of Harold Robbins (Bloomsbury, 2007), [4] The Lying Tongue (Canongate in UK, Atria in US, 2007), [5] Shadow of the Titanic: The Extraordinary Stories of Those Who Survived (Simon & Schuster, 2012), [6] Mad Girl's Love Song: Sylvia Plath and Life Before Ted (Simon ...
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 ...
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 ...
See also B Charles Babbage (1791–1871), polymath Gervase Babington (1549/1550–1610), theologian and bishop David Baddiel (born 1964), novelist and comedian Robert Baden-Powell (1857–1941), writer and army officer, Scouting for Boys Edmund Backhouse (1873–1944), orientalist and autobiographer Anne Bacon (c. 1528–1610), translator and correspondent Francis Bacon (1561–1626), essayist ...
This list includes notable authors, poets, playwrights, philosophers, artists, scientists and other important and noteworthy contributors to literature. Literature (from Latin litterae (plural); letters) is the art of written works. Literally translated, the word literature means "acquaintance with letters" (as in the "arts and letters").