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From:Contemporary Popular WritersEllen Gilchrist made a splash on the literary scene in 1981 with a well-received collection of short stories entitled In the Land of Dreamy Dreams. In these stories Gilchrist details the lives of the beautiful and...
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From:Contemporary Popular WritersAt the age of 30 Douglas Coupland became the unofficial spokesman for those born between the early 1960s and 1970s, a generation whose label was coined from the title of his first novel, Generation X (1991). The scant...
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From:Contemporary Popular WritersJudith Michael is the pseudonym of husband-and-wife writing team Judith Barnard and Michael Fain. Their first novel, Deceptions, (1982) inventively traces the lives of twin sisters who decide to switch roles while on...
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From:Contemporary Popular WritersPhilip K. Dick was one of the most important and influential science fiction writers of the last 30 years, challenging readers with such themes as messianism, existentialism, confusion of identity, control of reality,...
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From:Contemporary Popular WritersRobert A. Heinlein was one of the most renowned and influential science fiction writers of the modern era, his works marked with their author's provocative, highly opinionated voice. Most of his early books were written...
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From:Contemporary Popular WritersProlific writer Irving Wallace is often criticized but widely read. He started his career as a writer in the Army during WWII. Most of his early books were nonfiction works, such as The Fabulous Showman: The Life and...
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From:Contemporary Popular WritersAnn Beattie has been described as the chronicler of the counterculture world of her generation, a generation which had to translate itself from the idealism of the 1960s into the narcissism of the 1970s. Her collections...
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From:Contemporary Popular WritersBritish-born Catherine Cookson is an amazingly prolific romance novelist. She has written under the pseudonym Catherine Marchant, and has penned three different series of books: the Bill Bailey series, Mary Ann series,...
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From:Contemporary Popular WritersWith the publication of Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry into Values in 1974, Robert Pirsig quickly attained a cult following and established himself as a fixture of popular culture. The book won...
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From:Contemporary Popular WritersKnown as the daughter of Eddie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds and for her role as Princess Leia in the Star Wars trilogy, Carrie Fisher swept onto the bestseller scene in 1987 with her hugely successful semi-autobiographical...
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From:Contemporary Popular WritersIsaac Asimov was almost unbelievably prolific in both the number of books he produced and the variety of genres he tackled. He churned out mysteries, young-adult and adult science fiction, young-adult and adult...
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From:Contemporary Popular WritersFormer Navy flyer and bestselling novelist Stephen Coonts relies heavily on his career experiences for the subject matter in his books. Despite mixed reviews, he has amassed a considerable and loyal following since the...
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From:Contemporary Popular WritersLarry Niven is a prolific science fiction writer who loves to mix hard science with mind-blowing ideas about time and space. He has collaborated with several authors, particularly Jerry Pournelle. He also has five...
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From:Contemporary Popular WritersJeanette Winterson's first novel, Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit (1985), won England's Whitbread Prize in 1985. The subject is the rejection by the main character (also named Jeanette) of the religious fanaticism which...
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From:Contemporary Popular WritersJohn Brunner was one of the science fiction genre's most prolific and versatile authors, his talents ranging from fantasy and high tech to satire and drama. He authored numerous novels, short stories, poetry, and even a...
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From:Contemporary Popular WritersW. P. Kinsella is probably best known for his stories that use baseball as a backdrop; the movie Field of Dreams, which starred Kevin Costner, was based upon his novel Shoeless Joe (1982). However, Kinsella's first story...
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From:Contemporary Popular WritersRobert B. Parker received his Ph.D. in 1971 from Boston University with a dissertation dissecting the private eye in the novels of Dashiell Hammett, Raymond Chandler, and Ross Macdonald. Two years later his first novel,...
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From:Contemporary Popular WritersDavid Leavitt strode onto the literary scene in 1984 at the age of 23 with a collection of short stories entitled Family Dancing. With a cool, detached style Leavitt addresses the complexities of family. With a maturity...