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Kerr began working on what would become the Deverry cycle in 1982, expecting to produce a short story. The project grew much larger than that, eventually expanding into a series of sixteen novels. Kerr has a contract for two additional full novels in the series. [1] Kerr has likened the Deverry cycle to a play, dividing the story into five acts:
Katharine Kerr was born in Cleveland, Ohio; her maiden name is Katharine Nancy Brahtin.She describes her family feeling more like "British-in-exile" than American. She describes her inability to spell properly using either the British or American systems as a result of having been taught to read solely with British books.
Riptide is a novel by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child, published in 1998 by Warner Books. The novel revolves around a plot to retrieve the buried treasure of nefarious pirate Red Ned Ockham. The treasure, which is estimated to be worth close to two billion dollars , reputedly includes "St. Michael's Sword", a weapon with the power to kill ...
Though the character's full name is never revealed in the series (his first name is Bill), some background details of the detective's life have been occasionally mentioned. An Italian American ( Quarry , 1992), he was raised by a devoutly Roman Catholic mother, and an abusive alcoholic father, as described in Demons (1993).
The Kerry Group Irish Novel of the Year Award is an annual award for Irish authors of fiction, established in 1995. It was previously known as the Kerry Ingredients Book of the Year Award (1995–2000), [ 1 ] the Kerry Ingredients Irish Fiction Award (2001–2002), and the Kerry Group Irish Fiction Award (2003–2011).
Kerry Washington’s character, Maj. Charity Adams, was based on the battalion’s real-life leader. Several moments from the movie are taken directly from documented and real-life events.
In November 2011, Book Drum launched a world map plotting all of the settings of the books covered on the site. The Map was cited by The Guardian, [9] The New Yorker, [10] January Magazine [11] and The Independent, which wrote, "we join a number of book geeks in our addiction to Book Drum's new global map of literary stars and scenes". [12]
Eldorado, by Baroness Orczy is a sequel book to the classic adventure tale The Scarlet Pimpernel. It was first published in 1913. It was first published in 1913. The novel is notable in that it is the partial basis for most of the film treatments of the original book.