Walking into the Lyons' den (1st Edition) by Molly Weir Hardcover, 192 Pages, Published 1977 by Hutchinson ISBN-13: 978-0-09-129030-6, ISBN: 0-09-129030-9Ī Toe on the Ladder (Updated) by Molly Weir Paperback, 232 Pages, Published 1975 by Macmillan ISBN-13: 978-5-2, ISBN: 5-X Walking Into The Lyons' Den by Molly Weir Paperback, 192 Pages, Published 1979 by Arrow Bks. Spinning Like a Peerie by Molly Weir Paperback, 475 Pages, Published 1999 by Lomond Books ISBN-13: 978-0-94, ISBN: 0-94 Shoes Were For Sunday by Molly Weir Paperback, 224 Pages, Published 2012 by Penguin Uk International Edition ISBN-13: 978-2-9, ISBN: 2-3 Trilogy of Scottish Childhood (Updated) by Molly Weir Paperback, 592 Pages, Published 1996 by Lomond Books ISBN-13: 978-0-94, ISBN: 0-94
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After complaining to her husband that she could do better, he registered her for a romance writers conference and encouraged her to try her hand at writing. Although she enjoyed the novels, she was dissatisfied with the lack of cultural and ethnic diversity in the characters. To relieve job-related stress in the early 1990s, Jackson began reading romance novels. She went on to earn a degree in business administration from Jacksonville University, and to expand their family by having two sons, Gerald Jr., a Jacksonville-based filmmaker, and Brandon, who is a Political Officer in the US Foreign Service. She married Gerald, her high school sweetheart, in 1972 after graduating from high school. Jackson reached a milestone in her career in October 2013 when she published her 100th novel, becoming the first African American to achieve this milestone.īrenda Jackson was born and raised in Jacksonville, Florida. She was the first African-American author to have a novel published as part of the Silhouette Desire line, and has seen many of her novels reach The New York Times and USAToday bestsellers lists. Brenda Jackson (February 2, 1953) is an American novelist who writes contemporary multicultural romance novels. It's fun and quirky and low angst-a read you could read in under an hour and feel happy that you've had another chance to see what these characters are up to.įrom New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Kylie Scott comes a new story in her Stage Dive series… What ensues is a whirlwind instant chemistry romance and close proximity, Jude and Dean get to know each other and fall in love. As Jude and Dean are two genuinely nice people who haven't settled down together, it makes sense that the band and their wives would want to see them matched up and happy. This time we see the nanny, Jude, and a producer, Dean, get thrown together by the Stage Dive crew. Just What I Needed is a fun short novella that puts us back into the Stage Dive world. Can she woo the man of her dreams? Just What I Needed, an all-new swoony and romantic novella in the Stage Dive series from New York Times bestselling author Kylie Scott is out now! 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He was also active in student politics, serving as a member of the Student Senate. From his sophomore year at the University of Maine at Orono, he wrote a weekly column for the school newspaper, THE MAINE CAMPUS. Stephen attended the grammar school in Durham and Lisbon Falls High School, graduating in 1966. King found work in the kitchens of Pineland, a nearby residential facility for the mentally challenged. After Stephen's grandparents passed away, Mrs. Other family members provided a small house in Durham and financial support. Her parents, Guy and Nellie Pillsbury, had become incapacitated with old age, and Ruth King was persuaded by her sisters to take over the physical care of them. When Stephen was eleven, his mother brought her children back to Durham, Maine, for good. Parts of his childhood were spent in Fort Wayne, Indiana, where his father's family was at the time, and in Stratford, Connecticut. After his father left them when Stephen was two, he and his older brother, David, were raised by his mother. Stephen Edwin King was born the second son of Donald and Nellie Ruth Pillsbury King. In addition to reading and writing, Anna enjoys drinking tea (coconut oolong, anyone?), watching addictive TV shows, and discussing book ideas during long walks with her amazing husband. Every book Anna writes is a product of their unique collaborative process. In 2013, she became a full-time author, pursuing her lifelong dream of writing romance novels.ĭima Zales is the love of her life and a huge inspiration in all aspects of her writing. Currently residing in Florida, Anna is happily married to Dima Zales (a science fiction and fantasy author) and closely collaborates with him on all their works.Īfter graduating from the University of Chicago with a degree in Economics, Anna spent eight years on Wall Street analyzing stocks and writing research reports. Since then, she has always lived partially in a fantasy world where the only limits were those of her imagination. She wrote her first story shortly thereafter. Anna Zaires fell in love with books at the age of five, when her grandmother taught her to read. He entered film industry after leaving school and also penned columns for various publications, including Top, Jade Magazine, Ming Pao, Sing Tao Daily and Youth Weekly. In his student days, Yau was active in the rock music scene and in independent films. He studied communication and film at Baptist College (now renamed Hong Kong Baptist University) between 19. Herman Yau was born in Hong Kong in 1961. Now, to defend life and honor, Ip Man has no choice but to fight - one last time. What began as simple challenges from rival kung fu schools soon finds him drawn into the dark and dangerous underworld of the Triads. In postwar Hong Kong, legendary Wing Chun grandmaster Ip Man is reluctantly called into action once more. Mitchell Business of Cinematic Arts Program John Wells Division of Writing for Screen & Television.Hench Division of Animation + Digital Arts He currently divides his time between New England and Europe. His books have been translated into twenty languages.Įdward has lived in London, New York, New Hampshire and Ireland. Since then he has written five more bestsellers: RUSSKA, a novel of Russia LONDON THE FOREST, set in England's New Forest which lies close by Sarum, and two novels which cover the story of Ireland from the time just before Saint Patrick to the twentieth century. Four years later, when the book was published, it became an instant international bestseller, remaining 23 weeks on the New York Times Bestseller List. After numerous attempts to write books and plays, he finally abandoned his career in the book trade in 1983, and returned to his childhood home to write SARUM, a historical novel with a ten-thousand year story, set in the area around the ancient monument of Stonehenge, and Salisbury. Educated locally, and at the universities of Cambridge, and Stanford, California, he worked in political research, bookselling and publishing. Francis Edward Wintle, best known under his pen name Edward Rutherfurd, was born in the cathedral city of Salisbury. With that being said, I do feel Foley did a good enough job of distinguishing the two works through her character development. The guests are there on these secluded islands for different events, but they still wind up in pretty similar predicaments, and old festering resentments eventually rear their ugly heads. We don’t know who it is and we don’t know who did it. Both books have a group of people traveling to an isolated island getaway, one off the coast of Ireland and one Scotland. Ok, so you know how in my last review I said that Foley wasn’t formulaic? I’m about to contradict myself here, because there are some pretty striking similarities between The Guest List and The Hunting Party, one of her earlier novels. |