Who wrote the book and presented the recent t.v. series 'The Diamond Queen'?
"The Diamond Queen (TV programme) The Diamond Queen is a BBC documentary series, presented by Andrew Marr, which looks at the life of Queen Elizabeth II. The series focuses on her accession, her daily routine, how she is seen as a role model, and how she coped in her 60th year as monarch. The programme features archive footage of the Queen, as well as in-depth footage of her major engagements since the beginning of 2010 to late 2011. ""The Diamond Queen"" series reached an audience of 7.2 million UK viewers for the first episode and 6.5 and 6.8 million for"
"The Truth About Diamonds The Truth About Diamonds is a 2005 novel written by Nicole Richie. The novel tells the story of Chloe Parker, a woman in her early 20s who had been adopted at the age of seven by a music superstar and his wife, and who now associates with Hollywood celebrities. What had followed was a wild childhood distinguished by parties with movie stars and rock idols, run-ins with the press and the police, and a subsequent stint in rehab. When Chloe shoots to instant fame as a spokesmodel for a national ad campaign, her long-lost birth father"
"that, Harpo called to say they wanted to option the book for a project. In 2014, after a few months from publication by Penguin, the Oprah television network OWN negotiated the deal to turn the book into a television series. It was created, directed and executive produced by Ava DuVernay. Oprah Winfrey served as an executive producer. The series airs on Oprah Winfrey Network and premiered on September 6, 2016. Queen Sugar (novel) Queen Sugar is a novel written by Natalie Baszile, her first published novel. It is a mother-daughter story of reinvention. It tells the story about a woman,"
"His personal website is, GrahamDiamondwriter.com Graham Diamond Graham Diamond (born 18 August 1949, Manchester, England) is a speculative fiction, fantasy and science fiction author. Born in Manchester, England, his family moved to the United States when he was a young child. He was raised in New York City, on the Upper West Side, and graduated from the High School of Music and Art. He attended CCNY in NY, and the Art Students League of New York. A fine arts major, Diamond turned to professional writing in his late twenties and is best known for books such as ""The Haven"", ""Lady"
"Graham Diamond Graham Diamond (born 18 August 1949, Manchester, England) is a speculative fiction, fantasy and science fiction author. Born in Manchester, England, his family moved to the United States when he was a young child. He was raised in New York City, on the Upper West Side, and graduated from the High School of Music and Art. He attended CCNY in NY, and the Art Students League of New York. A fine arts major, Diamond turned to professional writing in his late twenties and is best known for books such as ""The Haven"", ""Lady of the Haven"", ""The Thief"
"to a June 2009 report in ""Variety"", Zoë Green had been hired to write the series, with George Clooney and Grant Heslov of Smokehouse Productions as executive producers on the project. However, , no further news on the project has emerged. The Diamond Age The Diamond Age: Or, A Young Lady's Illustrated Primer is a science fiction novel by American writer Neal Stephenson. It is to some extent a bildungsroman or coming-of-age story, focused on a young girl named Nell, set in a future world in which nanotechnology affects all aspects of life. The novel deals with themes of education,"
"The Rajah's Diamond The Rajah's Diamond is a cycle of four short stories by Robert Louis Stevenson. First published in 1878 in a serial periodical ""London Magazine"", they were republished in the first volume of ""New Arabian Nights"". The stories are: Dramafilms released a movie entitled ""The Tame Cat"" (1921), based on these stories, directed by Will H. Bradley and starring Marion Harding and Ray Irwin. BBC Wales broadcast an operatic adaptation of ""The Rajah's Diamond"" (1979) by Alun Hoddinott, starring Geraint Evans and featuring the BBC National Orchestra of Wales. A Soviet adaptation titled ""The Suicide Club, or the"
"Carol Queen Carol Queen is an American author, editor, sociologist and sexologist active in the sex-positive feminism movement. Queen has written on human sexuality in books such as ""Real Live Nude Girl: Chronicles of Sex-Positive Culture"". She has written a sex tutorial, ""Exhibitionism for the Shy: Show Off, Dress Up and Talk Hot"", as well as erotica, such as the novel ""The Leather Daddy and the Femme"". Queen has produced adult movies, events, workshops and lectures. Queen was featured as an instructor and star in both installments of the ""Bend Over Boyfriend"" series about female-to-male anal sex, or pegging. She"
"Matters)"". Stone has written many other books under his own name, including, ""The Secret of People Who Never Get Sick"", which has been translated into more than 30 languages; and ""Little Girl Fly Away"", which he co-produced as a television movie. Of these books, ten have been New York Times bestsellers. An avid watch collector, Stone appeared on CBS News Sunday Morning (October 29, 2006) discussing his book, ""The Watch"", the definitive book of men's wristwatches. The book was thoroughly updated and published in a new edition in 2018 with a new co-author, Hodinkee.com managing editor Stephen Pulvirent. Stone has"
"The Diamond Age The Diamond Age: Or, A Young Lady's Illustrated Primer is a science fiction novel by American writer Neal Stephenson. It is to some extent a bildungsroman or coming-of-age story, focused on a young girl named Nell, set in a future world in which nanotechnology affects all aspects of life. The novel deals with themes of education, social class, ethnicity, and the nature of artificial intelligence. ""The Diamond Age"" was first published in 1995 by Bantam Books, as a Bantam Spectra hardcover edition. In 1996, it won both the Hugo and Locus Awards, and was shortlisted for the"
"The Moonstone (miniseries) The Moonstone is a daytime drama series produced by King Bert Productions for BBC 1 Daytime. It is an adaptation of the Wilkie Collins novel described by T.S. Eliot as the first and greatest of English detective novels. It stars Joshua Silver and John Thomson. Rachel Verinder, a young English woman, inherits a large Indian diamond on her eighteenth birthday. It is a legacy from her uncle, a corrupt British army officer who served in India. The diamond is of great religious significance as well as being extremely valuable, and three Hindu priests have dedicated their lives"
"Leah Remini Leah Marie Remini (; born June 15, 1970) is an American actress, author, former Scientologist and anti-Scientology activist. She starred as Carrie Heffernan on the long-running CBS comedy series ""The King of Queens"" (1998–2007) and later co-hosted ""The Talk"" in 2010–11. Since 2016 she has co-produced and hosted the Emmy Award–winning A&E documentary series """". Raised as a member of the Church of Scientology from childhood, Remini left the organization in 2013 and began public criticism of Scientology. Two years later, she released """", her memoir about her experience with Scientology and reasons for leaving it. In 2016,"
"Lydia R. Diamond Lydia R. Diamond (born April 14, 1969 in Detroit, Michigan) is an American playwright and professor. Among her most popular plays are The Bluest Eye (2007), an adaptation of Toni Morrison's novel; Stick Fly (2008); Harriet Jacobs (2011); and Smart People (2016). Her plays have received national attention and acclaim, receiving the Lorraine Hansberry Award for Best Writing, an LA Weekly Theater Award, and a Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Award. She has taught playwriting at DePaul University, Loyola University, Columbia College Chicago, and Boston University. She is also a Huntington Playwright Fellow and a Resident Playwright"
"appears out of nowhere, her best friend betrays her, and she has to struggle to keep it all together—her sobriety, her friendships, and her integrity—despite the betrayals of those around her. Ultimately, Chloe comes spectacularly into her own, achieving stardom in her own right and finding true love. The Truth About Diamonds The Truth About Diamonds is a 2005 novel written by Nicole Richie. The novel tells the story of Chloe Parker, a woman in her early 20s who had been adopted at the age of seven by a music superstar and his wife, and who now associates with Hollywood"
"series of books written by Bonnie Bryant. During the show's sporadic run, MacWilliam released several albums with her series co-stars which all have charted in Australia, two of which earned Gold status. MacWilliam and other cast members performed ""The Saddle Club"" Arena Show on horseback during the Sydney Royal Easter Show in 2004 at the Sydney SuperDome. MacWilliam is living in New York and working as an art director and associate producer. Keenan MacWilliam Keenan MacWilliam (born December 26, 1989) is a Canadian actress, singer, dancer, writer, director, fashion designer, producer, art director, graphic designer, and associate producer. She is"
"Lady Colin Campbell Lady Colin Campbell (""née"" Georgia Arianna Ziadie; born 17 August 1949) is a Jamaican-born British writer, socialite, and television and radio personality. She has published three books about the British Royal Family. They include biographies of Diana, Princess of Wales, which was on ""The New York Times"" bestseller list in 1992, and Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother. She has also written two autobiographies, one exploring her mother. Georgia Ziadie was born in Jamaica in 1949, one of four children of department store owner Michael George Ziadie and Gloria Dey (née Smedmore). She had a genital malformation (a"
"the show were positive and did not see where any of the book's negative claims actually occurred on set. Diamond later commented on the book's content in a December 2013 appearance on a ""Where Are They Now"" segment on the OWN Network in which he stated that the book was ghost written by an author who simply interviewed him and compiled the book from his answers. He claimed that many parts of the book, such as allegations of teen sex and drug use, were fabricated from very minor statements he made during the interviews, such as his remark, ""Yeah, there"
"The Diamond Queen (1953 film) The Diamond Queen is a 1953 film directed by John Brahm. It stars Fernando Lamas and Arlene Dahl. Adventurer and gem expert Jean Baptiste Tavernier promises a diamond to cap King Louis XIV's crown for the coronation, but the reckless haste of the king's emissary, Baron Paul de Cabannes, causes the jewel to be cut badly and ruined. Jean volunteers to travel to India to bring back another worthy stone. Cabannes insists on coming along and complicates the journey more than once before saving Jean's life and earning his respect. The men are caught leering"
"Adventures of a Titled Person"" was released in 1981. The Rajah's Diamond The Rajah's Diamond is a cycle of four short stories by Robert Louis Stevenson. First published in 1878 in a serial periodical ""London Magazine"", they were republished in the first volume of ""New Arabian Nights"". The stories are: Dramafilms released a movie entitled ""The Tame Cat"" (1921), based on these stories, directed by Will H. Bradley and starring Marion Harding and Ray Irwin. BBC Wales broadcast an operatic adaptation of ""The Rajah's Diamond"" (1979) by Alun Hoddinott, starring Geraint Evans and featuring the BBC National Orchestra of Wales."
"2009, Diamond published an inside story of the show's cast and crew, from his point of view, titled ""Behind the Bell"". The book paints an unflattering portrait of many of Diamond's colleagues and their alleged, sordid backstage behavior; some of these claims have been refuted by Diamond's colleagues and questioned by critics. Diamond also alleges, in the book, that he has had sex with 2,000 women, one of them NBC's VP of children's programming, Linda Mancuso, who was 18 years his senior. Diamond's former co-stars were highly critical of the book and Mark-Paul Gosselaar stated that his own experiences with"
"The book suggests that some practices of traditional societies could be usefully adopted in the modern industrial world today, either by individuals or else by society as a whole. Diamond is married to Marie Cohen, granddaughter of Polish politician Edward Werner. They have twin sons, born in 1987. ""Zaglossus bartoni diamondi"" was named in honor of Jared Diamond. Jared Diamond Jared Mason Diamond (born September 10, 1937) is an American geographer, historian, and author best known for his popular science books ""The Third Chimpanzee"" (1991); ""Guns, Germs, and Steel"" (1997, awarded a Pulitzer Prize); """" (2005); and ""The World Until"
"Mastered Series, ""Over The Line"" won ""BDSM book of the year 2013"" through BDSM Book Reviews. Her Bonds series debuted in May 2014 starting with the book ""Crave"" which won a Golden Flogger Award in BDSM Light. Book 3, ""Command"" is a Golden Flogger nominee in BDSM Advanced Category. Bonds Series Donovan Dynasty Hawkeye Series Mastered Series Sierra Cartwright Sierra Cartwright (born October 12, 1963) is an International and two time USA Today Best-Selling contemporary romance writer who has published more than 30 books, including the mass market paperback Donovan Dynasty Series: Bind, Brand, and Boss. ""Sierra wrote her first"
"on the book ""South by Southeast"", was broadcast on ITV in 1991. However, it has never been released on DVD, unlike ""Just Ask for Diamond"". Both the series and the film starred Dursley McLinden as Tim and Colin Dale as Nick. The Diamond Brothers The Diamond Brothers is a series of humorous children's detective books by Anthony Horowitz, the first of which was published in 1986. The books tell the adventures of the world's worst private detective, Tim Diamond, and his younger brother, Nick Diamond, who is considerably more intelligent. These books are aimed at young teenagers, slightly younger than"
"Platinum (TV series) Platinum is an American drama which aired on UPN in 2003. Written by John Ridley and Sofia Coppola, the series is a family saga that follows two brothers who own and operate a record company. Brothers and record industry moguls Jackson and Grady Rhames are the archetype of rags-to-riches success after building their company, Platinum Records, from the ground up. Clawing their way up from the streets, the brothers have created a successful record company in the high-stakes hip-hop music business. Though they are deeply trusting of and dependent upon one another, the brothers approach business in"
"Richard Diamond, Private Detective Richard Diamond, Private Detective is an American detective drama, created by Blake Edwards, which aired on radio from 1949 to 1953, and on television from 1957 to 1960. Shortly before his death in 2004, actor/comedian Alan King wrote a pair of short stories about the character set in 1948. They were published posthumously in 2016. Dick Powell starred in the ""Richard Diamond, Private Detective"" radio series as a light-hearted detective who often ended the episodes singing to his girlfriend, Helen Asher (Virginia Gregg). Other regular cast members included Rick's friend and former partner on the police"
"you can't teach. People have it or not. She has good timing without really pushing it."" In 2005, Richie wrote a semi-autobiographical novel, ""The Truth About Diamonds"", which was released by Bharell Jackson Publishing. The novel is loosely based on her life, but is mostly fictional. It chronicles the life of Chloe Parker, a singer's adopted daughter who makes her way through all the popular nightclubs and parties in Hollywood while battling a drug addiction. In early January 2006, ""The Truth About Diamonds"" peaked at number No. 32 in Hardcover Fiction on ""The New York Times"" Best-Seller List. Richie's second"
"Stuart Diamond Stuart Diamond is an American Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, professor, attorney, entrepreneur, and author who has taught negotiation for more than 20 years at the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School of Business. Diamond's widely acclaimed book on negotiation, ""Getting More"", was a 2011 ""New York Times"" best-seller and has been used by Google to train 12,000 employees worldwide. The book has sold 1.4 million copies and has been translated into 26 languages. Diamond's ""Getting More"" negotiation model has been adopted by U.S. Special Operations for the training of U.S. Special Forces, Green Berets, Navy SEALs, U.S. Marines and other"
"Wendy Diamond Wendy E. Diamond is an American author, reality television personality, and founder of pet-related businesses, including ""Animal Fair"" magazine, Paws For Style, a pet fashion show, and Yappy Hour. For her charitable efforts, Wendy was presented with the Ellis Island Medal of Honor on May 7, 2016. She is also the founder of Women's Entrepreneurship Day. Wendy E. Diamond was born in Chagrin Falls, Ohio and in 1992, graduated from Pine Manor College in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts with an associate's degree. While volunteering at the Coalition for the Homeless, she met Peter Jennings and launched two cookbooks which"
"for television by NBC in 1995. Scott Baio, Bess Armstrong, Gabrielle Carteris, and Bruce Greenwood led the all-star cast. Mixed Blessings (novel) Mixed Blessings is a romance novel written by Danielle Steel. The plot follows three different couples, who have no correlation to each other trying to make ethical decisions about modern day lives and family life. The book was published by Dell Publishing in October 1993. It is Steel's 31st novel. After the wedding of Diana Goode and Andrew Douglas, Diana comments that they will make a baby on their honeymoon. However, after the honeymoon period is over, she"
"The Diamond of Drury Lane The Diamond of Drury Lane is a children's historical novel by Julia Golding which won the Nestle Children's Book Prize Gold Award and the Waterstone's Children's Book Prize in 2006. The book is set on 1 January 1790. An orphaned 13-year-old girl named Catherine ‘Cat’ Royal lives in the Theatre Royal, after the owner, Mr. Sheridan, who named her after the theatre, found her as a baby. She knows well the Theatre and its surroundings, later 18th century England. One night Cat overhears Mr.Sheridan and his colleague Marchmont, discussing a valuable diamond hidden in the"
"Victoria Foyt Victoria Foyt is an American author, novelist, screenwriter and actress, best known for her books ""The Virtual Life of Lexie Diamond"" and """". Foyt has written articles for magazines such as ""Harper's Bazaar"", ""O at Home"", and ""Film & Video"". Foyt married Henry Jaglom in 1991 and divorced him in 2013. They met after Jaglom viewed a postcard promoting a play Foyt was performing in. She currently lives in Santa Monica, California with her two children. In 2012 Foyt founded the publishing company ""Sand Dollar Press"" in order to promote her series ""Save the Pearls"". Foyt co-wrote and"
"Jewels (novel) Jewels is a 1992 historical romance novel by Danielle Steel. In the novel, 75-five-year-old Sarah, Duchess of Whitfield, looks back on her long and eventful life. It is Steel's 30th novel. The novel debuted at #1 on the ""New York Times"" Best Seller list and remained in that spot for four weeks. It was a paperback bestseller as well, reaching #5 for two weeks. ""Jewels"" was adapted by Shelley List and Jonathan Estrin into a 1992 NBC television miniseries starring Annette O'Toole and Anthony Andrews. Seventy-five-year-old Sarah, Duchess of Whitfield, looks back on her long and eventful life."
"Jared Diamond Jared Mason Diamond (born September 10, 1937) is an American geographer, historian, and author best known for his popular science books ""The Third Chimpanzee"" (1991); ""Guns, Germs, and Steel"" (1997, awarded a Pulitzer Prize); """" (2005); and ""The World Until Yesterday"" (2012). Originally trained in physiology, Diamond is known for drawing from a variety of fields, including anthropology, ecology, geography and evolutionary biology. He is a professor of geography at UCLA. In 2005, Diamond was ranked ninth on a poll by ""Prospect"" and ""Foreign Policy"" of the world's top 100 public intellectuals. Diamond was born in Boston, Massachusetts,"