Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
James Lee Burke (born December 5, 1936) is an American author, best known for his Dave Robicheaux series. He has won Edgar Awards for his novels Black Cherry Blues (1990), Cimarron Rose (1998), and Flags on the Bayou (2024). [1] He has also been presented with the Grand Master Award from the Mystery Writers of America.
Alafair S. Burke (born October 1969) is an American crime novelist, professor of law, and legal commentator. She is a New York Times bestselling author of twenty crime novels, including The Ex, The Wife, and The Better Sister, and two series—one featuring NYPD Detective Ellie Hatcher, and the other, Portland, Oregon , prosecutor Samantha ...
Jean-Pierre is a lesbian and was in a relationship with former CNN correspondent Suzanne Malveaux until September 2023. They have an adopted daughter. [51] Jean-Pierre's book, Moving Forward: A Story of Hope, Hard Work, and the Promise of America, was published in 2019. [52] She reviews her life and encourages people to become involved in politics.
John Lee Thompson (1 August 1914 – 30 August 2002) was an English film director, screenwriter and producer. Initially an exponent of social realism , he became known as a versatile and prolific director of thrillers, action, and adventure films.
He has authored books on law, history, race relations, and African Americans. [3] He co-edited a book about American judge Matthew J. Perry in 2004. [3] [4] [5] Burke's 2017 book, All for Civil Rights: African American Lawyers in South Carolina, 1868–1968 is about African American lawyers in South Carolina from the Reconstruction era until 1968.
The film features an ensemble cast of Marie Dressler, John Barrymore, Wallace Beery, Jean Harlow, Lionel Barrymore, Lee Tracy, Edmund Lowe, and Billie Burke. Dinner at Eight continues to be acclaimed by critics; review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes reports an approval rating of 91% based on 22 reviews. [3]
Stan Lee and J.C. Lee c. 1953 Despite his workaholic tendencies, Lee says he was deeply devoted to her and her mother, Joan Boocock, a singer from England who married Lee in 1947. She died in 2017.
Thompson was born in Peoria, Illinois. [3] [2] He and his parents, Dr. Laurence B. Thompson and Pauline (née Marshall), [2] moved to California when he was a year old.He attended University High School where he was a classmate of Norma Jean Baker, later to be known worldwide as Marilyn Monroe.