I do want to write about Jane Whitefield again, but only when I have a good enough idea - something I've figured… — Thomas Perry Copy Share Image
It's actually not very hard to re-set between the adult novels and the ones for younger readers. The narrative voices are very… — Carl Hiaasen Copy Share Image
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Which, I wonder, brother reader, is the better lot, to die prosperous and famous, or poor and disappointed? To have, and to… — William Makepeace Thackeray Copy Share Image
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For success, the author must make the reader care about the destiny of the principals, and sustain this anxiety, or suspense, for… — Ken Follett Copy Share Image
Some of the greatest poetry is revealing to the reader the beauty in something that was so simple you had taken it… — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
A newspaper can follow the compulsions, the desires of the readers. Take the English evening newspapers - they are following the readers'… — Umberto Eco Copy Share Image
Marie Calloway has a very specific literary personality that the reader is intrigued by: she's masochistic, loves to experiment, is quickly bored… — Edmund White Copy Share Image
In Land of Milk and Money, Anthony Barcellos mines rich family history to create a full-blooded tale that readers will find insightful,… — John Lescroart Copy Share Image
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