This author wrote a short story, "At the Auction of the Ruby Slippers", about his beloved childhood movie The Wizard of Oz.
This author wrote a short story, "At the Auction of the Ruby Slippers", about his beloved childhood movie The Wizard of Oz. His first nonfiction book was about his trip to Nicaragua after being invited by the Sandinistas. In August 1993, this writer made a surprise appearance during a U2 concert at Wembley Stadium. This author of The Jaguar Smile wrote about his break-up with writer Marianne Wiggins and his use of the title pseudonym in the memoir Joseph Anton. Cat Stevens controversially claimed he would "ring somebody who might do" damage to this man if he ever ran into him. In 1991, two translators of a novel by this man were stabbed. For 10 points, name this Indian author, the subject of a 1989 fatwa calling for his death issued by the Ayatollah Khomeini.
This author wrote a short story, "At the Auction of the Ruby Slippers", about his beloved childhood movie The Wizard of Oz.
Salman Rushdie [or Ahmad Salman Rushdie]