![]() She also wrote and illustrated The Ordinary Princess, a children's book and authored a dozen detective novels, including Death in Kashmir and Death in Zanzibar. This was followed by Shadow of the Moon and Trade Wind. Kaye won worldwide fame for The Far Pavilions, which became a worldwide best-seller on publication in 1978. Kaye followed the drum to Kenya, Zanzibar, Egypt, Cyprus and Germany. After India's independence, her husband, Major-General Goff Hamilton of Queen Victoria's Own Corps of Guides (the famous Indian Army regiment featured in The Far Pavilions), joined the British Army and for the next nineteen years M. ![]() ![]() Her family ties with the country are strong: her grandfather, father, brother and husband all served the British Raj. ![]() Kaye (Mary Margaret) was born in India and spent her early childhood and much of her early-married life there. ![]()
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![]() ![]() And I asked him how his career as a writer began. We spoke with Black on yesterday's program, and now we turn to the real Robert Lawrence Stine, as he known to the IRS. Now, more than two decades since the start of the series, "Goosebumps" has finally been adapted for the big-screen, starring Jack Black playing a fictionalized version of Stine. Stine has inspired countless shivers and maybe a nightmare or two in children around the world, what with some 400 million copies of children's books in print.Įspecially popular has been the "Goosebumps" series, with its iconic neon cover art. With titles like "The Beast From The East," "The Abominable Snowman Of Pasadena," and "The Werewolf Of Fever Swamp," R.L. Stine to a couple of young producers - talk about goosebumps. So I walked around the office and mentioned the name R.L. ![]() ![]() ![]() The batching of hard but important intellectual work into long, uninterrupted stretches is key to high productivity. Hard things are complex and you need to give them all of your attention and focus. To become one, you need to develop two skills: the ability to quickly master hard things and the ability to produce at an elite level, in terms of both quality and speed.ĭeep Work is the concept that interlinks these two skills.
![]() There is some violence during the fight scenes, and there is implied murder, but no blood is show, and characters are more or less incapacitated instead of show bloody or bruised. ![]() While this isn't part of the DC Zoom line, it probably should be, because this is a perfect middle grade story. ![]() The back cover description says Ashley is 16, but within the story, she is in middle school. The use of color is beautiful throughout the book, and not just when the art from Ashley is involved (although her graffiti works are dazzling!).ĭC rates this as a "graphic novel for kids". This story has a ton of funny moments, especially with the banter between Kitch and Ashley because they have nearly the same humor style. Ashley's experimentation with the body paints is fascinating, and there are so many combinations to try that no action sequence is ever the same. Ashley is a great lead character, and I sincerely wish all foster children would find a family as perfect for them as the Nolans are for Ashley. ![]() ![]() ![]() As the frames went on and the strikes continued, he felt the nerves, but some advice from his father, who made his 40th Open Championships appearance, helped him get through it. Marc McDowell of Monona, Wis., and Mike Shady of Fairview, Pa., lead Regular Doubles with 1,474.Īfter his eighth consecutive strike, Jeff started to think about the possibility of a 300 game. Jeff finished doubles with games of 196, 213 and 300 for a 709 series, while Thomas contributed 208, 182 and 153 for 543 and a 1,252 doubles total. The two paired up for doubles at Cashman Center on Thursday, and Thomas was there with words of encouragement as his son closed out the event with 12 consecutive strikes. They spend a week each year bowling, golfing and catching up since they live three hours apart. The USBC Open Championships has become an annual destination for Hart and his father, Thomas Hart of Morgantown, W.Va. Jeff Hart (pictured) of Columbus, Ohio, had his father by his side when he made his United States Bowling Congress Open Championships debut 18 years ago, and the two were together on the lanes again Thursday when Hart rolled the 22nd perfect game of this year's event. ![]() ![]() ![]() He received the Presidential Medal of Freedom twice: one in 1946 from President Truman, and another in 2000 from President Clinton. He served as US Ambassador to India under John F. He was active in politics, serving in the administrations of Franklin Roosevelt, Harry Truman, John Kennedy, and Lyndon Johnson. He taught at Harvard University for many years. Among his most famous works was his economics trilogy: American Capitalism (1952), The Affluent Society (1958) & The New Industrial State (1967). ![]() A prolific author, he produced four dozen books & over a 1000 articles on many subjects. His books on economic topics were bestsellers in the 1950s and 1960s. ![]() He was a Keynesian and an institutionalist, a leading proponent of 20th-century American liberalism and democratic socialism. John Kenneth Galbraith was a Canadian-American economist. ![]() ![]() ![]() She soon learned that it was harder than she expected to carve out time from her schedule in order to write. Hyzy attended Loyola University in Chicago, beginning as an English major but eventually switching to the more practical choice of business administration on the advice of friends and family. Her father would make copies for her at work, which she would then staple together and sell for a nickel apiece. As a child growing up on the southwest side of Chicago, she copied down the dialogue from her favorite television shows onto notebook paper in order to make books, and by the time she was ten years old, she was producing a handmade newspaper for the neighborhood. Hyzy wanted to be a writer from a very young age. ![]() JAMES" MYSTERY SERIESĭeadly Blessings, Five Star (Waterville, ME), 2005.ĭeadly Interest, Five Star (Waterville, ME), 2006. ![]() State of the Onion (novel), Berkeley Prime Crime ( New York, NY), 2008.Ĭontributor of short stories to books and periodicals, including Star Trek: Strange New Worlds. Peoples' Choice Award for best first novel, Love Is Murder Mystery Conference, 2004, for Artistic License, and for best traditional mystery, 2007, for Deadly Interest Derringer Award for best short story, Short Mystery Fiction Society, 2007, for "Strictly Business." WRITINGS:Īrtistic License (novel), Five Star (Waterville, ME), 2004. ![]() Education: Loyola University, Chicago, B.A. ![]() ![]() Sapphire’s father told her that story when she was little. He swam down into the sea to be with her, and was never seen again… Once there was a man who fell in love with a mermaid. 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![]() I was a Semifinalist for Best Author in the 20 Goodreads Choice Awards. I am honoured to have had my novels appear on the New York Times and USAToday Bestseller lists. The second book in that series, "The Raven," was nominated by RT Magazine as Best Paranormal Romance Suspense novel of 2015. Each paperback edition has additional content. My latest book, "The Man in the Black Suit, (#TMitBS), is a contemporary romance/suspense standalone novel, set in Paris: Huffington Post Books ranked "Gabriel's Inferno" as the best teacher/student romance novel. You can view the trailer to the third and final part of "Gabriel's Inferno" here. You can meet the cast, read the most recent update, and learn how to sign up for Passionflix here. ![]() "Gabriel's Redemption" wrapped filming on March 5th. ![]() "Gabriel's Inferno" is available in its entirety on, as is "Gabriel's Rapture." My New York Times Best Selling Gabriel Series has been acquired by Passionflix. "Gabriel's Promise" has been released and is now available across platforms: ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Scarred for a lifetime so that I can never forget. A line for Dornan Ross and a line for each of his six older sons. ![]() And I’ll see the marks they branded on my right hip – seven horizontal lines, each stacked on top of each other, made by casting the blunt edge of a butcher’s knife into fire and then pressing it into my flesh. My truth.Īnd I’ll get home from my dead-end job in this dead-end fucking town in the asshole of Nebraska, and I’ll have almost made it through a whole day of not thinking about it, about my father and Dornan Ross and his sons.īut then I’ll do something without thinking, like undress to go to bed, or slide under the covers of my bed. Sometimes, a whole day will pass, and it’ll be there, under the surface, burning my insides with the brutality of its truth. Sometimes I don’t think about it for hours at a time. Any resemblance it bears to reality is entirely coincidental.Ĭonfucius said, “Before embarking upon a journey of revenge, dig two graves.” ![]() |