For Robert Ludlum, life has indeed been his most endearing mentor. He published his first book. And the world suddenly went dark. He was not able to remember anything for twelve hours. It was as though he no longer existed. No name. No memory. No past. Ludlum’s affliction with temporary amnesia formed the backdrop for his most successful... Continue Reading →
Palahniuk began writing fiction in his thirties while attending writer’s workshops, hosted by Tom Spanbauer, who inspired Palahniuk’s minimalistic writing style. His initial works were rejected publication mostly because of the amount of disturbing content. However, Palahniuk managed to get one of his short stories published in a compilation in 1995.The story later became... Continue Reading →
Robert Harris got started as a writer when he won a contract to write a biography of John le Carré. But le Carré said the book could not be published until his death, so Harris started roughing out a novel exploring what would have happened if the Nazis had won the war. He says that... Continue Reading →
C.S Lewis was hugely popular as a teacher – with students. Lewis's Oxford lectures on medieval literature were standing room only with some students sitting in the windows. But some professors resented his popularity. Theologians, in particular, didn't appreciate Lewis invading their academic territory – with more success than they had. Also, his orthodox Christian... Continue Reading →
Michael Crichton is pronounced like "Cry-ten". It  rhymes with frighten. Crichton's first best-seller, The Andromeda Strain (1969), was published while he was still in medical school. The author sky-rocketed to popularity in the 1990s, when director Steven Spielberg turned his book Jurassic Park(1993) into one of the highest-grossing films of all time. Crichton also created the medical... Continue Reading →
Charles Dickens was forced to leave school after his father was jailed for "Bad Debts and so Charles started to work in a blacking factory (a boot polish factory). The conditions were very poor and Charles Dickens suffered from loneliness. It was this phase of his life that Dickens blew life into when he... Continue Reading →
Life of Pi was published in 2001 to warm, although somewhat mixed, critical reception. But the popularity of the book went through the roof after the writer won the Man Booker Prize and became an international best-seller. There were those who had problems with the book as what they saw as Martel’s heavy-handedness with the issue... Continue Reading →
Amitav Ghosh was born in Calcutta and grew up in India, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka. He studied in Delhi, Oxford and Alexandria. Ghosh's work has been translated into more than twenty languages, and he has served on the Jury of the Locarno Film Festival (Switzerland) and the Venice Film Festival (2001). He has taught in... Continue Reading →
Carroll suffered from a bad stammer, but he found himself vocally fluent when speaking with children. The relationships he had with young people in his adult years undoubtedly inspired his best-known writings. Carroll loved to entertain children, and it was Alice, the daughter of Henry George Liddell his dean at Oxford who can be credited... Continue Reading →
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