Be still my beating heart! This book by Alfred and Emily Glossebrenner serves as a guide to various well-loved authors. And they’re all listed in ALPHABETICAL ORDER!!! Okay, it’s not really that exciting. I just draw pleasure from strange things. Repackaged, this would make a great coffee table book.
As a bibliophile, I am rather impressed by the layout. Each two-page spread includes a photo, brief bio, best works, as well as suggestions on what book to read first if you’re interested in trying the author out.
Some fun little tidbits I picked up tonight:
1.Isaac Asimov was a major P.G. Wodehouse fan and loved Gilbert and Sullivan operas.
2.Jane Austen wrote anonymously and wasn’t known as the author until after her death.
3.T. C. Boyle entered the University of Iowa Writers’ Workshop because it was the only one he’d heard of.
4.William S. Burroughs was kicked out of the army for purposefully chopping off part of his finger and once sold his typewriter for heroin.
5.Lewis Carroll invented the idea of the dust jacket.
6.Michael Crichton is 6’9”.
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