Order of Blessings Books
The Blessings series is a series of contemporary romance/romantic suspense novels by American novelist Beverly Jenkins. The series is set in Henry Adams, Kansas – a charming small town that always feels like home. The stories are about family, friendship, love and the little surprises hidden in life. (more…)
Order of Beverly Jenkins Books
Beverly Jenkins is an American author of historical and contemporary romance novels. Her novels feature African-American characters and are often set in periods that are often overlooked. This didn’t make it any easy for her to get published, as publishers were only looking for historical African-American novels to be set during slavery. She writes the Blessings series. Beverly was born in Detroit, Michigan and graduated from Cass Technical High School and then majored in Journalism and English Literature at Michigan State University. She lives with her family in Southeastern Michigan. (more…)
Order of Symphony Of Ages Books
The Symphony of Ages is a series of fantasy/romance novels by American novelist Elizabeth Haydon. The series follows Rhapsody, a young talented singer who travels through time to a new land that was foretold in prophecy. Alongside her companions, she will fight to bring a kingdom back together that has been ravaged by war and prejudice. The series is linked to Haydon’s Lost Journals of Ven Polypheme YA series. (more…)
Order of Elizabeth Haydon Books
Elizabeth Haydon is an American author of fantasy novels. She writes the Symphony of Ages and the Lost Journals of Ven Polypheme (YA) series. The two series are set in the same universe. Immediately after debuting, she was compared to some of the greatest fantasy novelists of all time. Aside from being a writer, Haydon is also a herbalist, harpist and madrigal singer. She also enjoys anthropology and folklore. (more…)
Order of Iceberg Slim Books
Iceberg Slim was the pseudonym of Robert Beck (1918-1992), who wrote crime fiction and non-fiction books. Slim was a pimp who took his real-life experiences and parlayed them into a writing career. His name comes from his calm demeanor in intense situations, as well as his body type. He was successful in part due to his ability to conceal his emotions. He retired from pimping after a stint in jail, believing he was too old for the job and his competition was more ruthless. His common-law wife, Betty Shue, convinced him to write his life story as a novel (even helping him write it). Apparently, Slim made himself two promises in writing his memoirs – not to glamourize the life he left behind and not to snitch. (more…)
Order of Jonathan Franzen Books
Jonathan Franzen is an American author of literary fiction and non-fiction books. He was born near Chicago and grew up outside of St. Louis, Missouri. After graduating from Swarthmore College in 1981, he studied at the Freie Universitat in Berlin as a Fulbright scholar and later worked in a seismology lab at Harvard University’s Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences. (more…)
Order of Amanda Carmack Books
Amanda Carmack is an American author of historical mystery novels. She writes the Kate Haywood Elziabethan Mysteries series. She also writes as Amanda McCabe and Laurel McKee. Amanda became interested in the Tudors after happening upon “Anne of the Thousand Days” on TV as a kid. She wishes she could live with them, but writing about them is a close second. When not writing or reading, Amanda enjoys yoga, collecting souvenirs from travelling and watching the Food Network (while not actually cooking). She lives in Oklahoma with a menagerie of pets. (more…)
Order of Daniel Clowes Books
Daniel Clowes is an American author, screenwriter and cartoonist. He finished high school at the University of Chicago Laboratory Schools and attended the Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, New York, earning his BFA in 1984. When Daniel was four years old, he had an emotional response to a Strange Adventures comic where a family died of heat. His first professional work was for Cracked, which he worked for from 1985 until 1989. That same year, he began his comic book
Order of Irving Wallace Books
Irving Wallace (1916-1990) was an American author and screenwriter. He was born in Chicago, Illinois and grew up in Kenosha, Wisconsin. Wallace began selling stories to magazines when he was a teenager. During World II, he served alongside Theodor Seuss Geisel (better known as Dr. Seuss) – all the while still writing for magazines. After the war, Wallace became a Hollywood screenwriter. He collaborated on such films as The West Point Story, Split Second, and Meet Me at the Fair. Following several years in Hollywood, he became a full-time author. Wallace is the father of Olympic historian David Wallechinsky and author Amy Wallace. (more…)
Order of David Walliams Books
David Walliams is an English author of children’s novels, in addition to being a television writer, actor and comedian. He has partnered with Matt Lucas on BBC One sketch comedy shows such as Little Britain. David’s children’s books have caused him to be proclaimed “the fastest growing children’s author in the UK” and his writing style has been compared to Roald Dahl’s. (more…)