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The following is a List of authors by name whose last names begin with J ... pseudonym of Nancy Buckingham and John Sawyer; John of the Cross (1542–1591 ...
John Henry O'Hara (January 31, 1905 – April 11, 1970) was an American writer. He was one of America's most prolific writers of short stories, credited with helping to invent The New Yorker magazine short story style. [1] He became a best-selling novelist before the age of 30 with Appointment in Samarra and BUtterfield 8.
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 ...
John Grisham has written dozens of books across his career, beginning with 1989's "A Time to Kill," which was later turned into a film starring Samuel L. Jackson, Sandra Bullock, and Matthew ...
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 ...
John Ray Grisham Jr. (/ ˈ ɡ r ɪ ʃ ə m /; born February 8, 1955) [1] [2] is an American novelist, lawyer, and former member of the Mississippi House of Representatives, known for his best-selling legal thrillers.
While a student at Exeter, Irving was taught by author and Christian theologian Frederick Buechner, whom he quoted in an epigraph in A Prayer for Owen Meany. Irving has dyslexia. [6] [7] Irving never met his biological father, who was a pilot in the Army Air Forces during World War II. In July 1943, [8] John Blunt Sr. was shot down over Burma ...
John Hoyer Updike (March 18, 1932 – January 27, 2009) was an American novelist, poet, short-story writer, art critic, and literary critic.One of only four writers to win the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction more than once (the others being Booth Tarkington, William Faulkner, and Colson Whitehead), Updike published more than twenty novels, more than a dozen short-story collections, as well as ...