Tag: author spotlight
Virginia Woolf: The modernist, feminist author renowned for her groundbreaking writing throughout the 20s and 30s such as Mrs. Dalloway and To The Lighthouse. She is also, in my …
Jack London: I’ve always known the name, but I’ve never read the books. Why? Because, with titles like White Fang and Call of the Wild, I thought he wrote …
A new biography of Shirley Jackson, author of beloved ghost story The Haunting of Hill House, seeks to dismiss the standard relegation of the writer to middlebrow spookiness and …
Edward Gorey, sometimes also known as Ogdred Weary, is well known for writing and illustrating books with Victorian style illustrations and dark humor. If you do a quick google, …
As a writer, I am impressed by anyone who sits down and pens any content they decide to put out into the world. Just finishing up with the last …
When I was 16 years old, I wrote two things on my New Year’s Resolution List. Number One was to pass my GCSEs. Number Two was to publish my …
Rebecca Ogle
October 22, 2016
Author Spotlight, Book Lists, Fantasy, Feminism, Literary Fiction, Philosophy, Poetry, Politics, Science Fiction, Short Story, Spirituality, Young Adult
Few authors have mastered several genres. Some dabble in several or master a couple, but 86-year-old Ursula K. Le Guin has produced masterpieces that shine in every section of …
Christianna Marks
September 25, 2016
Author Spotlight, Authors, Contemporary, Ebooks, Human Interest, Music, New Adult, Performing Arts, Reviews, Romance, Young Adult
Do you enjoy a good coming of age story? Do you squeal at cute romances? Do you love to delve into the world of musicians and people who love …
P.G. Wodehouse, a prolific 20th century humorist, is well-known for mixing comical characters and preposterous plots, a combination that results more often than not in absolute hilarity. Check out …
Not to be outdone by the original, Katherine Neville’s sequel to The Eight, The Fire, takes the reader on another ride across continents, cultures, religions, and centuries. The page count …
Unlike many of my esteemed colleagues here at #AmReading, I am not American. I’m an Irish gal born and bred and it’s only through the internet I am discovering …
Toni Morrison is one of the most inspiring and inspirational writers of our time. A powerhouse of wisdom, the world has been captivated by her words since her first …
When it comes to talent, we always here about the child prodigies and the people that bedazzle the masses at a young age. They enthrall us simply because they …
Few woods, both fictional and non-fictional, come close to creating the magic surrounding The Hundred Acre Woods in The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh. The sweet, honey-devouring yellow bear …
A week ago I was enjoying brunch with an old friend when, out of the blue, she asked, “What do great writers – you know like Shakespeare, Austen, Dickens – …
Everyone needs a good piece of advice every once in a while, and what better place to look for it than in a book? Here are 12 of the …
It is the task of the writer to enthrall his or her readers, to evoke a sense of place or occasion so powerfully, so successfully, that readers visualize themselves …
Writing is not an easy career to sink ones teeth into. It takes loads of rejection and years of minimal to no pay to get anywhere as a writer. …
For many people, the mention of Sylvia Plath’s name conjures the image of a woman steeped in bitter sadness, whose life was tragically cut short by her own hand. …
Donna Tartt has all the makings of a literary enigma: a shyness towards publicity, gushing praise and sniffling naysayers, and a killer look consisting of black trousers, some kind …