Are Maurice Sendak and P. D. James known for writing the same type of books?
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Maurice Sendak Maurice Bernard Sendak ( ; June 10, 1928 – May 8, 2012) was an American illustrator and writer of children's books. He became widely known for his book "Where the Wild Things Are", first published in 1963.
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P. D. James Phyllis Dorothy James, Baroness James of Holland Park, {'1': ", '2': ", '3': ", '4': "} (3 August 1920 – 27 November 2014), known professionally as P. D. James, was an English crime writer. She rose to fame for her series of detective novels starring police commander and poet Adam Dalgliesh.
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Along Came a Dog Along Came a Dog is a children's novel by Meindert DeJong, and Maurice Sendak. It was a Newbery Medal honor book in 1959.
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Mike Simpson (writer) Mike Simpson is a British writer, educator and illustrator. He described his experiences as a teacher in "That'll Teach You!" under the pen-name of Michael James. He is also a member of Thames Ditton Lawn Tennis Club.
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Thomas Pynchon Thomas Ruggles Pynchon Jr. ( , commonly ; born May 8, 1937) is an American novelist. A MacArthur Fellow, he is noted for his dense and complex novels. His fiction and non-fiction writings encompass a vast array of subject matter, genres and themes, including history, music, science, and mathematics. For "Gravity's Rainbow", Pynchon won the 1974 U.S. National Book Award for Fiction.
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Siân James (novelist) Siân James (born 1932) is a Welsh novelist who writes in English.
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J. G. Farrell James Gordon Farrell (25 January 1935 – 11 August 1979) was a Liverpool-born novelist of Irish descent. He gained prominence for a series of novels known as the "Empire Trilogy" ("Troubles", "The Siege of Krishnapur" and "The Singapore Grip"), which deal with the political and human consequences of British colonial rule.
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Bal Samant Bal Gangadhar Samant (May 27, 1924 – January 18 2009) was an Indian writer. He wrote around 80 books in Marathi on a wide range of topics from fiction, biography, Marathi dramas and history. His books include a biography of Richard Francis Burton, (titled "Shapith Yaksha"), Hitler, Deenanath Mangeshkar, Marathi natyasangeet, reincarnation, Bal Gandharva, elephants (titled "Gajaraja"), death and many more.
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James Patterson bibliography This James Patterson Bibliography contains the list of books written and published by James Patterson. The list below separates the books into two main categories: books written for adults and books written for children and teens. Within those two categories, the books are further divided into three subcategories: fiction series, standalone fiction, or standalone nonfiction.
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Ten Thousand Light-Years from Home Ten Thousand Light-Years from Home is a short story collection by Alice Sheldon under the pen name of James Tiptree, Jr. that was first published in 1973. This was the first book Sheldon published.
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James Bugental James Frederick Thomas Bugental (December 25, 1915 – September 17, 2008) was one of the predominant theorists and advocates of the Existential-Humanistic Therapy movement. He was a therapist, teacher and writer for over 50 years. He received his Ph.D. from Ohio State University, was named a Fellow of the American Psychological Association in 1955, and was the first recipient of the APA's Division of Humanistic Psychology's Rollo May Award. He held leadership positions in a number of professional organizations, including president of the California State Psychological Association.
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Kerchak Kerchak is a fictional ape character in Edgar Rice Burroughs's original "Tarzan" novel, "Tarzan of the Apes", and in movies and other media based on it.
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V. J. James V. J. James is an Indian writer who primarily writes in Malayalam. He is known for his unique style of presenting subjects in Malayalam literature world. His first book, "Purapaadinte Pusthakam" ("പുറപ്പാടിന്റെ പുസ്തകം"), was published by DC Books as the winning novel in the novel competition which was conducted as a part of the 25th anniversary celebration of DC Books in 1999. Malayalam film Munthirivallikal Thalirkkumbol (English: When the Grapevines Sprout) loosely based on the short story Pranayopanishath by V. J. James. His style of narration gained much attention and praise.
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James Green (author) James "Jim" Green (born 3 December 1944 in Coventry, is a British writer and broadcaster who turned to writing as a full-time profession after a 25-year career in teaching. He has had over 40 titles published in various genres, from educational text books to travel guides to crime novels. His first foray into crime novels was called "Bad Catholics" (2010 Luath), the first part of a trilogy chronicling the exploits of reformed gangster Jimmy Costello. James has since moved to Accent Press to write a five book series on the development of the US intelligence service
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Frederick Buechner Carl Frederick Buechner (born July 11, 1926) is an American writer and theologian. He is an ordained Presbyterian minister and the author of more than thirty published books. His work encompasses different genres, including fiction, autobiography, essays and sermons, and his career has spanned six decades. Buechner's books have been translated into many languages for publication around the world. He is best known for his works "A Long Day's Dying" (his first work, published in 1950); "The Book of Bebb", a tetralogy based on the character Leo Bebb published in 1979; "Godric", a first person narrative of the life of the medieval saint, and a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in 1981; "Brendan", a second novel narrating a saint's life, published in 1987; "Listening to Your Life: Daily Meditations with Frederick Buechner" (1992); and his autobiographical works "The Sacred Journey" (1982), "Now and Then" (1983), "Telling Secrets" (1991), and "The Eyes of the Heart: Memoirs of the Lost and Found" (1999). He has been called "Major talent" and "...a very good writer indeed" by "the New York Times", and "one of our most original storytellers" by USA Today. Annie Dillard (Pulitzer Prize-winning author of "Pilgrim at Tinker Creek") says: "Frederick Buechner is one of our finest writers."
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Mervyn Peake Mervyn Laurence Peake (9 July 1911 – 17 November 1968) was an English writer, artist, poet, and illustrator. He is best known for what are usually referred to as the "Gormenghast" books. The three works were part of what Peake conceived as a lengthy cycle, the completion of which was prevented by his death. They are sometimes compared to the work of his older contemporary J. R. R. Tolkien, but his surreal fiction was influenced by his early love for Charles Dickens and Robert Louis Stevenson rather than Tolkien's studies of mythology and philology.
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James D. Wallace James Donald Wallace is Emeritus Professor of Moral Philosophy at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and the author of several books on the subject of morality and ethics that draw on the American philosophical tradition of Pragmatism, in particular the ethical theory of John Dewey. His works include "Norms and Practices" (2008), "Ethical Norms, Particular Cases" (1996), "Moral Relevance and Moral Conflict" (1988), and "Virtues and Vices" (1978), as well as numerous articles. His teaching has covered a variety of subjects including: "value theory, practical reasoning, social and political philosophy, bioethics, ancient Greek philosophy, and philosophy of art."
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James S. A. Corey James S. A. Corey is the pen name used by collaborators Daniel Abraham and Ty Franck. The first and last name are taken from Abraham's and Franck's middle names, respectively, and S. A. are the initials of Abraham's daughter. The name is also meant to emulate many of the space opera writers of the 1970s. In Germany, their books are published under the name James Corey with the middle initials omitted.
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P.S. Your Cat Is Dead P.S. Your Cat Is Dead is a novel by James Kirkwood, Jr., original published in 1972, adapted from his play. The book and play were later adapted to film.
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Patrick Ryan (author) Patrick Eugene Ryan (born 1965) is an American novelist and short story writer. His books include "The Dream Life of Astronauts" and "Send Me," as well as three novels for young adults: "Saints of Augustine", "In Mike We Trust", and "Gemini Bites."
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James Watson (author) James Arnold Watson (8 November 1936 - 28 April 2015) was an English writer. The best known of his twelve children's novels is "Talking in Whispers"—winner of The Other Award from the Children's Rights Workshop, runner-up for the 1984 Carnegie Medal, and, in its German translation, winner of the 1987 Buxtehude Bulle award. Two others are "Ticket to Prague" and "The Bull Leapers". He was a lecturer in media and communication studies and he has written three books in the field: "What is Communication Studies?" "Media Communication: An Introduction to Theory and Process" and, with co-author Anne Hill, "The Dictionary of Media and Communication Studies", now in its 8th edition.
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David Reigle David Reigle (August 22, 1952 in Danville, Pennsylvania, US) is an American author and an independent scholar of the Sanskrit scriptures of India and their Tibetan translations. He has written on the Buddhist Kālacakra teachings, and has published research on the sourcebooks accepted in Theosophy. These are the "Books of Kiu-te", i.e., rgyud-sde, the Tibetan Buddhist tantras, and the so-called "Book of Dzyan", which still remains unidentified.