| It's been twenty years since a young writer in her 20s named Kaye Gibbons wrote a novel called Ellen Foster that has now become a contemporary classic. Indeed, her own kids have read it as part of school assignments. And are they budding writers? Kaye doesn't think so.
Length - 3:15 >> Listen to Kaye Gibbons |
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| Americans are very well informed about crime and punishment. Thanks to books, movies, and TV shows -- both dramatic series and "reality" shows -- we know more than ever. So what does a mystery writer like former federal prosecutor Michele Martinez have to do, to compete in this marketplace?
Length - 2:20 >> Listen to Michele Martinez |
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| Mystery writers are mystery readers, too. So even those who turn out bestseller after bestseller, like Sandra Brown, enjoy curling up with other people's books. But while for many of us part of the fun of reading a mystery is trying to figure it out, Sandra Brown says that is not the way she approaches a book.
Length - 3:11 >> Listen to Sandra Brown |
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| Most authors are delighted to hear from their readers, and perhaps no author is more delighted than R.L. Stine, whose "Fear Street" and "Goosebumps" books have been scaring youngsters by the millions for 20 years. Stine has great affection for his readers.
Length - 3:32 >> Listen to R.L. Stine |
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| Melissa Bank's 1999 bestseller The Girls' Guide to Hunting and Fishing was one of those rare books that worked so well, it ushered in a whole new genre. They called it "chick lit," and while Bank was widely praised, she grew to hate that label....
Length - 2:45 >> Listen to Melissa Bank |
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