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This essay describes the authors of Wikipedia (also called Wiki-authors) and how articles are developed. For the majority of articles, Wikipedia has become an immense "pot-luck dinner". [1] The articles are, mostly, a somewhat random collection of information that many people thought to be worthy of interest.
Canadian author, poet, journalist and publisher [120] Claire Martin: 1914–2014: 100: Canadian novelist [121] Lambert Mascarenhas: 1914–2021: 106: Indian journalist (The Navhind Times and Goa Today), independence activist and writer [122] Mildred Shapley Matthews: 1915–2016: 101: American book editor and writer, best known for her ...
Janet Miriam Caldwell (September 7, 1900 – August 30, 1985) was a British-born American novelist and prolific author of popular fiction under the pen names Taylor Caldwell, Marcus Holland and Max Reiner. She was also known by a variation of her married name, J. Miriam Reback. In her fiction, she often used real historical events or persons.
This is a list of best-selling fiction authors to date, in any language. While finding precise sales numbers for any given author is nearly impossible, the list is based on approximate numbers provided or repeated by reliable sources. "Best selling" refers to the estimated number of copies sold of all fiction books written or co-written by an ...
Daniel Lewis James Jr. (January 14, 1911 – May 18, 1988), was an American writer, best known for his novel, Famous All Over Town, about Mexican-Americans in Los Angeles. . He published the novel under his pseudonym, Danny Santiago, and during most of his professional career, he kept his identity a secr
Stephen Michael Stirling (born September 30, 1953) is a Canadian-American [1] science fiction and fantasy author who was born in France. Stirling is the author of the Draka series of alternate history novels, the later time travel /alternate history Nantucket series and the Emberverse series .
Styron was born in the Hilton Village historic district [2] of Newport News, Virginia, the son of Pauline Margaret (Abraham) and William Clark Styron. [1] His birthplace was less than a hundred miles from the site of Nat Turner's slave rebellion, the inspiration for Styron's most famous and controversial novel.
This is a list of novelists from England writing for adults and young adults. Please add only one novel title or comment on fiction per name. Other genres appear in other lists and on subject's page. References appear on the individual pages.