"Patricia Highsmith Patricia Highsmith (January 19, 1921 – February 4, 1995) was an American novelist and short story writer best known for her psychological thrillers, including her series of five novels featuring the character Tom Ripley. She wrote 22 novels and numerous short stories throughout her career spanning nearly five decades, and her work has led to more than two dozen film adaptations. Her writing derived influence from existentialist literature, and questioned notions of identity and popular morality. She was dubbed ""the poet of apprehension"" by novelist Graham Greene. Her first novel, ""Strangers on a Train"", has been adapted for"
"Patricia McGerr Patricia (""Pat"") McGerr (1917–1985) was an American crime writer, primarily known for her puzzle mystery novels. She won an Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine/MWA prize for her 1968 story ""Match Point in Berlin"" and was awarded the Grand Prix de Literature Policiere in 1952 for her 1951 novel ""Follow, As the Night"" (adapted as the 1954 film ""Bonnes à tuer"", aka ""One Step to Eternity""). Her first novel, ""Pick Your Victim"" (1946), was selected as one of the Fifty Classics of Crime Fiction, 1900-1950. She was born in Falls City, Nebraska and grew up in Lincoln. She earned a"
"They would go to work daily and stay until all of their tasks were completed for that day. They had worked collaboratively on many works, but one of the most famous was ""A Long Hard Journey: The Story of Pullman Porter"", which won the Coretta Scott King Award in 1990. They also were the authors of ""Sojourner Truth: Ain't I a Woman"", which also won the Coretta Scott King Award in 1993. Patricia is also a recipient of the third annual (2001) Virginia Hamilton Literary Award, a Newbery Honor Book citation (Newbery Medal runner-up), the National Council of Teachers of"
"Wife,"" which was the basis for the 1969 movie ""Johnny Lingo"" made by the BYU Film Studio. More recently, the 2003 film, ""The Legend of Johnny Lingo"", was also based upon her story. Patricia McGerr Patricia (""Pat"") McGerr (1917–1985) was an American crime writer, primarily known for her puzzle mystery novels. She won an Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine/MWA prize for her 1968 story ""Match Point in Berlin"" and was awarded the Grand Prix de Literature Policiere in 1952 for her 1951 novel ""Follow, As the Night"" (adapted as the 1954 film ""Bonnes à tuer"", aka ""One Step to Eternity""). Her"
"Patricia Briggs Patricia Briggs (born 1965) is an American writer of fantasy since 1993, and author of the Mercy Thompson urban fantasy series. Patricia Briggs was born in 1965 in Butte, Montana, United States. She now resides in the Tri-Cities area of Washington State. Briggs began writing in 1990 and published her first novel ""Masques"" in 1993. She wrote primarily in the fantasy genre until her editor asked her to write an urban fantasy, since the genre was showing promising growth. Briggs wrote ""Moon Called"", which was published in 2006 and made it to the ""USA Today"" bestseller lists. The"
"She was survived by her husband, two children, three siblings, and other members of her extended family. At that time, she was working on a contemporary novel, ""Dogtown"". Patricia Aakhus Patricia ""Patty"" Aakhus (May 17, 1952 – May 16, 2012), also known by her maiden name and pseudonym, Patricia McDowell, was an American novelist and director of International Studies at the University of Southern Indiana. She specialized in Irish themes and won Readercon's Best Imaginative Literature Award in 1990 and the Cahill Award for ""The Voyage of Mael Duin's Curragh"". McDowell was born in Los Angeles in 1952 to Lowell"
"Patricia Anthony Patricia Marie Anthony (March 29, 1947 – July 2, 2013) was an American science fiction and slipstream author. Anthony published her first science fiction novel in 1992 with ""Cold Allies"", about the arrival of extraterrestrials in the midst of a 21st-century Third World War. This was followed by ""Brother Termite"", ""Conscience of the Beagle"", ""The Happy Policeman"", ""Cradle of Splendor"", and ""God's Fires"", each of which combined science fiction plots with other genres in unconventional ways. Several of her short-fiction works were republished in the 1998 collection ""Eating Memories"". Anthony's best-known and most critically acclaimed work is probably"
"Pat Barker Patricia Mary W. Barker, CBE, FRSL (née Drake; born 8 May 1943) is an English writer and novelist. She has won many awards for her fiction, which centres on themes of memory, trauma, survival and recovery. Her work is described as direct, blunt and plainspoken. In 2012, ""The Observer"" named the Regeneration Trilogy as one of ""The 10 best historical novels"". Barker was born to a working-class family in Thornaby-on-Tees in the North Riding of Yorkshire, England, on 8 May 1943. Her mother Moyra died in 2000, and her father's identity is unknown. According to ""The Times"", Moyra"
"bachelor's degree at University of Nebraska, Lincoln and a master's degree in journalism at Columbia University. She is principally known for having created a hitherto-unknown twist on the traditional whodunnit. Her best-known novel, ""Pick Your Victim"" (1946), tells the story of a small group of American soldiers in an isolated Arctic base who are desperate for reading material and diversion. They find a torn scrap of newspaper which has arrived as the cushioning for a parcel. The torn scrap tells part of the story of a man who has been convicted of a murder, and who is known personally by"
"""Set in the same world as the Mercy Thompson series"" Patricia Briggs Patricia Briggs (born 1965) is an American writer of fantasy since 1993, and author of the Mercy Thompson urban fantasy series. Patricia Briggs was born in 1965 in Butte, Montana, United States. She now resides in the Tri-Cities area of Washington State. Briggs began writing in 1990 and published her first novel ""Masques"" in 1993. She wrote primarily in the fantasy genre until her editor asked her to write an urban fantasy, since the genre was showing promising growth. Briggs wrote ""Moon Called"", which was published in 2006"
"effect. Humor would become one of her most striking characteristics as an author, beginning with ""The Lightning Conductor"" (1902), the novel that catapulted her overnight to international fame, selling more than a million copies in America. James Milne, in ""Memories of a Bookman"" (1934), speaks of a ""tradition"" that she was ""the wittiest girl who ever invaded Fleet Street."" Although best known for her series of motor travel romances, she was a literary polymath adept at a wide variety of genres (detective, mystery, Gothic, intrigue, spy, adventure, war, ghost, fairy, pastiche, satire, fictional memoir, muckraking, etc.), often published anonymously or"
"including Finian's Rainbow, The Lark, and Barefoot in the Park. She graduated from Wilde Lake High School in 1977. Lippman is a former reporter for the now defunct ""San Antonio Light"" and the ""Baltimore Sun"". She is best known for writing a series of novels set in Baltimore and featuring Tess Monaghan, a reporter turned private investigator. Lippman's works have won the Agatha, Anthony, Edgar, Nero, Gumshoe and Shamus awards. Her 2007 release, ""What the Dead Know"", was the first of her books to make the New York Times Best Seller list, and was shortlisted for the Crime Writer's Association"
"""Eclipsed"" are all published by Wordsonthestreet. http://www.wordsonthestreet.com Patricia Burke Brogan Patricia Burke Brogan is an Irish playwright, novelist, poet and artist. After moving to Galway from County Clare aged two, Patricia Burke Brogan grew up surrounded by books and music. Her father was a huge influence on her childhood and she began reading and 'scribbling' at a young age. As Patricia grew up, her interest in art, music and writing continued and, despite being told she should focus on one area, she refused to choose between her great loves, as they ""expressed different sides"" of her. She has kept this"
"Patricia Marx Patricia Marx is an American humorist and writer. She currently works as a staff writer for ""The New Yorker"", and teaches at Princeton University and 92nd Street Y. Born in Abington, Pennsylvania, she earned her B.A. from Harvard University in 1975. Her writing has appeared in ""The New York Times"", ""The New Yorker"", ""Vogue"", and ""The Atlantic Monthly"". Marx is a former writer for ""Saturday Night Live"" and ""Rugrats"", and the first woman elected to the ""Harvard Lampoon"". She is the author of the 2007 novel, ""Him Her Him Again The End of Him"", as well as several"
"feels lonely"". Her books have been characterized as breezy, clever, engaging and naughty, with reviewers comparing her style to that of novelists Olivia Goldsmith and Fay Weldon. In addition to writing novels and non-fiction books, she is an irregular contributor to ""The New York Times"" and ""The Huffington Post"", and creator of a series of Xtranormal videoclips, which she publishes on her blog. Zigman is married and has a son. Laura Zigman Laura Zigman is an American novelist and freelance journalist who live outside Boston, Massachusetts. She is the author of the novels ""Animal Husbandry"", ""Her"", ""Dating Big Bird"", and"
"Pamela Freeman Pamela Freeman is an Australian author of books for both adults and children. Most of her work is fantasy but she has also written mystery stories, science fiction, family dramas and non-fiction. Her first adult series, the ""Castings Trilogy"" (""Blood Ties"", ""Deep Water"" and ""Full Circle"") is published globally by Orbit books. She is best known in Australia for the junior novel ""Victor’s Quest"" and an associated series, the ""Floramonde"" books, and for ""The Black Dress: Mary MacKillop’s Early Years"", which won the NSW Premier’s History Prize in 2006. Freeman was born in Sydney, Australia and grew up"
"Patricia Schonstein Patricia Schonstein (born 1952), who also writes under the name Patricia Schonstein-Pinnock, is a South African-Italian novelist, poet, author of children’s books and curator of anthologies. Schonstein, whose novels variously employ the genres of magical-realism, meta-fiction and narrative fiction, is famous for novels such as ""Skyline"" and ""A Time of Angels"". Schonstein’s novels draw heavily on her personal experiences of growing up in Central Africa and to historical events related to the Inquisition, the Holocaust, the Rhodesian War and Apartheid. She pays homage to the child-victims of war in Africa and to refugees, weaving together harsh realities with"
"Patricia Schonstein Patricia Schonstein (born 1952), who also writes under the name Patricia Schonstein-Pinnock, is a South African-Italian novelist, poet, author of children’s books and curator of anthologies. Schonstein, whose novels variously employ the genres of magical-realism, meta-fiction and narrative fiction, is famous for novels such as ""Skyline"" and ""A Time of Angels"". Schonstein’s novels draw heavily on her personal experiences of growing up in Central Africa and to historical events related to the Inquisition, the Holocaust, the Rhodesian War and Apartheid. She pays homage to the child-victims of war in Africa and to refugees, weaving together harsh realities with"
"Patricia Aakhus Patricia ""Patty"" Aakhus (May 17, 1952 – May 16, 2012), also known by her maiden name and pseudonym, Patricia McDowell, was an American novelist and director of International Studies at the University of Southern Indiana. She specialized in Irish themes and won Readercon's Best Imaginative Literature Award in 1990 and the Cahill Award for ""The Voyage of Mael Duin's Curragh"". McDowell was born in Los Angeles in 1952 to Lowell and Betsy (nêe Nichols) McDowell, both of whom preceded her in death, as did a brother, Mark. She earned a BA from the University of California, Santa Cruz,"
"Laura Zigman Laura Zigman is an American novelist and freelance journalist who live outside Boston, Massachusetts. She is the author of the novels ""Animal Husbandry"", ""Her"", ""Dating Big Bird"", and ""Piece of Work"", and is co-author with professional matchmaker Patti Novak of the self-help book ""Get Over Yourself: How to Get Real, Get Serious, and Get Ready to Find True Love"". Zigman grew up in Newton, Massachusetts, and graduated from the University of Massachusetts Amherst. She worked for ten years as a publicist for Times Books, Vintage Books, Turtle Bay Books, Atlantic Monthly Press, and Alfred A. Knopf, before moving"
"of medieval royal residences, castles and abbeys, in England and present day France, many of which still exist such as the Château de Chinon, Fontevrault Abbey, and Château de Loches. Sharon Kay Penman Sharon Kay Penman (born August 13, 1945) is an American historical novelist, published in the UK as Sharon Penman. She is best known for the Welsh Princes trilogy and the Plantagenet series. In addition, she has written four medieval mysteries, the first of which, ""The Queen's Man"", was a finalist in 1996 for the Best First Mystery Edgar Award. Her novels and mysteries are set in England,"
"highly polarized in their judgments. The story is told by the narrator, Neil Klugman, who is working in a low-paying position in the Newark Public Library. He lives with his Aunt Gladys and Uncle Max in a working-class neighborhood of Newark, New Jersey. One summer, Neil meets and falls for Brenda Patimkin, a student at Radcliffe College who is from a wealthy family living in the affluent suburb of Short Hills. The novella explores the classism which afflicts the relationship, despite the fact that Brenda's father, Ben, came from the same environment as Neil. The issue of ethnic assimilation is"
"Patricia Burke Brogan Patricia Burke Brogan is an Irish playwright, novelist, poet and artist. After moving to Galway from County Clare aged two, Patricia Burke Brogan grew up surrounded by books and music. Her father was a huge influence on her childhood and she began reading and 'scribbling' at a young age. As Patricia grew up, her interest in art, music and writing continued and, despite being told she should focus on one area, she refused to choose between her great loves, as they ""expressed different sides"" of her. She has kept this ethos throughout the years and now divides"
"Alice Hegan Rice Alice Hegan Rice, also known as Alice Caldwell Hegan, (January 11, 1870 – February 10, 1942) was an American novelist. Born in Shelbyville, Kentucky, she wrote over two dozen books, the most famous of which is ""Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch"". The book was a best seller in 1902 and is set in Louisville, Kentucky where she then lived. It was made into a successful play in 1903, and there were three Hollywood movie versions of it. The best known is the 1934 film starring Pauline Lord and W. C. Fields. Hegan was married to poet"
"best-selling writers of the first quarter of the twentieth century."" She is best known for her novels and nature books; however, her poetry, children's books, and numerous essays, editorials, and monthly columns for magazines such as ""McCall's"" and ""Good Housekeeping"" are not well known today. After her move to southern California in 1919, Stratton-Porter also became one of Hollywood's first female producers and in 1924 was among the first women to form her own production company. Stratton-Porter, who is remembered for her ambition and individualism, was also a passionate nature lover who encouraged people to explore the nature and the"
"Edith Pargeter Edith Mary Pargeter, OBE, BEM (28 September 1913 – 14 October 1995), also known by her ""nom de plume"" Ellis Peters, was an English author of works in many categories, especially history and historical fiction, and was also honoured for her translations of Czech classics; she is probably best known for her murder mysteries, both historical and modern. She is well known for her medieval-detective series The Cadfael Chronicles. Pargeter was born in the village of Horsehay (Shropshire, England). Her father was a clerk at a local ironworks. She was educated at Dawley Church of England School and"
"terrorist plots so that the Bureau can then claim it is winning the war on terror. Ig is particularly known for its literary fiction. In 2012, the press released ""The Care and Feeding of Exotic Pets"" by Diana Wagman, which was named a Barnes and Noble Discover pick. In 2014, Ig released ""Point of Direction"" by Rachel Weaver, which was named an Indie Next selection. Ig has had multiple titles reviewed by prestigious publications including ""The New York Times, ""NPR"", Publishers Weekly"", ""Oprah Magazine,"" ""Kirkus"" and ""Booklist"". Damn Love, a short story collection by Jasmine Beach-Ferrara, received a PEN/Hemingway Honorable"
"a novelist, instructor, and guest-lecturer, living in the Southern California area, and an adjunct professor at the University College Dublin. Kriegman has taught webseries development and production and sitcom writing at Stony Brook Southampton, lectures at University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB). Kriegman's second novel, ""Things I Can't Explain"", based on the central character in ""Clarissa Explains it All"", was published in 2015. Kriegman’s video-art works are in the Castelli-Sonnebend collection, as well as the Paley Center, Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), The Kitchen Center, and the London Institute of Contemporary Arts among others. Kriegman has won three Daytime Emmy"
"Lauren Willig Lauren Willig is a ""New York Times"" bestselling author of historical novels. She is best known for her ""Pink Carnation"" series, which follows a collection of Napoleonic-Era British spies, similar to the Scarlet Pimpernel, as they fight for Britain and fall in love. A native of New York City, Willig discovered historical romance fiction when she was only six years old, while she was attempting to find books about her idol, Eleanor of Aquitaine. After graduating from the Chapin School, Willig attended Yale University, where she majored in Renaissance Studies and Political Science, and was Chairman of the"
"powers of detection to bear on the case, and to solve not only the mystery of the murdered woman but also the alarming disappearance of some well-known art treasures. Campion discovers the clue to the mystery by tracing two bottles of a very rare wine. Coroner's Pidgin Coroner's Pidgin is a crime novel by Margery Allingham, first published in 1945, in the United Kingdom by William Heinemann, London and in the United States by Doubleday Doran, New York as Pearls Before Swine. It is the twelfth novel in the Albert Campion series. Just returned from years overseas on a secret"
"got an agent and publishing contract with Bookouture.Her novels currently revolve around her main detective Detective Lottie Parker. Patricia Gibney Patricia Gibney is an Irish author of crime fiction who sold 100,000 novels in a month for her first crime thriller. Gibney is from Mullingar, County Westmeath and has lived there all her life. She spent 30 years working with Westmeath County Council. When her husband died in 2009 she turned to art and writing, self-publishing a children's book called ""Spring Sprong Sally"". Gibney then started writing crime fiction and created her first novel in that genre. She worked with"
"her novel Toby's Room, ""The Guardian"" Stated about her writing, ""You don't go to her for fine language, you go to her for plain truths, a driving story line and a clear eye, steadily facing the history of our world"". ""The Independent"" quoted about her, ""she is not only a fine chronicler of war but of human nature."" Pat Barker Patricia Mary W. Barker, CBE, FRSL (née Drake; born 8 May 1943) is an English writer and novelist. She has won many awards for her fiction, which centres on themes of memory, trauma, survival and recovery. Her work is described"
"her eight grandchildren, Emily, Jemma, Polly, Charlotte, Thomas, Arthur, Max and Tilly, but she continued writing until her death. In 2007, she published her autobiography ""You Never Know"" as Claire Lorrimer. In March 2016, she was given the Outstanding Achievement Award at the Romantic Novelists' Association. She died on 4 December 2016 in Hove. Some of her novels have been reedited under different titles or as Clare Lorrimer. Patricia Robins Patricia Robins (1 February 1921 – 4 December 2016) was a British writer of short stories and over 80 novels mainly romances from 1934 to 2016, she also signed under"