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James S. Hirsch is an American journalist and author who has written about sports, race, and American culture. He was a reporter for The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal, and his first book was the best-selling Hurricane: The Miraculous Journey of Rubin Carter.
Biography: An Interdisciplinary Quarterly is an international, academic journal that provides a forum for biographical scholarship. Its articles explore the theoretical, generic, historical, and cultural dimensions of life-writing; and the integration of literature, history, the arts, and the social sciences as they relate to biography.
2015: Society of Midland Authors, non-fiction book of the year, The Birth of the Pill [citation needed] 2017: NAACP Image Awards, finalist, Ali: A Life [13] 2017: William Hill Sports Book of the Year, best sports book, finalist, Ali: A Life [14] 2018: Plutarch Award, best biography, finalist, Ali: A Life [15]
Dune is considered an example of literary world-building. The Library Journal reports that "Dune is to science fiction what The Lord of the Rings is to fantasy". Arthur C. Clarke is quoted as making a similar statement on the back cover of a paper edition of Dune. [72] Frank Herbert imagined every facet of his creation.
Albert James (A.J.) [1] Baime (born July 24, 1971) is an American author, journalist, and public speaker. He is a regular contributor to The Wall Street Journal, [2] and he is best known for his books The Accidental President: Harry S. Truman and the Four Months that Changed the World (2017), Go Like Hell: Ford, Ferrari, and Their Battle for Speed and Glory at Le Mans (2009) and The Arsenal of ...
Myron Joseph Epstein (born January 9, 1937) [1] [2] is an American writer who was the editor of the magazine The American Scholar from 1975 to 1997. He has published books on subjects such as Ambition, Snobbery, Envy, Friendship, and Charm, as well as collections of his essays and stories, many of which previously appeared in various publications.
Joanna Scott was born on June 22, 1960, the youngest child of Walter Lee and Yvonne Scott. She was raised in Darien, Connecticut, with her three older brothers. [1] Her father worked in advertising, and her mother was a psychologist for the school system in Stamford, Connecticut. [2]
William McGuire Bryson (/ ˈ b r aɪ s ən / BRYE-sən; born 8 December 1951) is an American-British journalist and author. Bryson has written a number of nonfiction books on topics including travel, the English language, and science.