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I Feel Bad About My Neck
by Nora Ephron (2006)
Perhaps better known for her screenwriting (Silkwood, When Harry Met Sally, Heartburn), Ephron’s brand of smart theatrical humour is on best display in her essays. Confiding and self-deprecating, she has a way of always managing to sound like your best friend – even when writing about her apartment on New York’s Upper West Side. This wildly enjoyable collection includes her droll observations about ageing, vanity – and a scorching appraisal of Bill Clinton.
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Broken Glass
by Alain Mabanckou (2005), translated by Helen Stevenson (2009)
The Congolese writer says he was “trying to break the French language” with Broken Glass – a black comedy told by a disgraced teacher without much in the way of full stops or paragraph breaks. As Mabanckou’s unreliable narrator munches his “bicycle chicken” and drinks his red wine, it becomes clear he has the history of Congo-Brazzaville and the whole of French literature in his sights.
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The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
Radical journalist Mikael Blomkvist forms an unlikely alliance with troubled young hacker Lisbeth Salander as they follow a trail of murder and malfeasance connected with one of Sweden’s most powerful families in the first novel of the bestselling Millennium trilogy. The high-level intrigue beguiled millions of readers, brought “Scandi noir” to prominence and inspired innumerable copycats.
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Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
by JK Rowling (2000)
A generation grew up on Rowling’s all-conquering magical fantasies, but countless adults have also been enthralled by her immersive world. Book four, the first of the doorstoppers, marks the point where the series really takes off. The Triwizard Tournament provides pace and tension, and Rowling makes her boy wizard look death in the eye for the first time.
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A Little Lif 21st century contemporary authors Fall isn’t only about pumpkin spice, Halloween, Thanksgiving, and red-orange foliage. Thanks to the emergence of “Promp-tober” and National Writing Month (NaNoWriMo), October and November have become significant periods for writers to develop their skills, gain more inspiration, and find time to sit down and finish their projects. In celebration with the community worldwide, here are seven writers who heavily influenced 21st-century literature, and shaped today’s batch of storytellers.
(Check out this list of the top seven self-help books of 2023, courtesy of Project Bold Life.)
1. Neil Gaiman
One of Time’s Most Influential People of 2023, English writer Neil Gaiman is more than an author- he’s also a screenwriter, graphic novelist, and one of the creators of modern comics. To many aspiring young writers, Gaiman’s influence transcends his skills and talents in writing with his vocal activism and advocacy for global refugees.
Gaiman’s impact on 21st-century literature is his writing style. Although he tackles writing straightforwardly, he can mix unique ideas and his talent for choosing words to build and create the tone he wants to have for each book. In addition, Gaiman uses a lot of humor to enhance his characters and story. Despite not writing for the comedy genre, many parts of his books offer scenes that make readers laugh out loud. His creations, like “Coraline,” “The Sandman,” “The Graveyard Book,” and “American Gods” may be darkly fantastical, but they have an allure that makes people continue reading. #ad
2. Stephen King
The list of the best 21st-century authors is never complete without mentioning the legendary Stephen King. Aptly dubbed the King of Horror, King is one of the best and most famous horror and supernatural writers who heavily influenced several generations of aspiring novelists in the genre.
Having written over a hundred literary work
101 Famous Authors And Greatest Writers Of All Time
Writers have always had the ability to shift paradigms, define eras and impact a broader society with their craft. From the philosophical musings of Plato, particularly those featuring Socrates’ thoughtful dialogues, to the classic wisdom of Aesop, who influenced fables and storytelling for generations, the art of writing has the unique power to outlive time and space, impacting readers across generations and geographies. Thanks to the masterminds putting ink to paper to tell some of the most powerful stories of human time, we are able to see the world with new eyes and find perspective and solace in our shared human experiences. In this list, I have compiled the works of the 101 greatest authors and writers of all time, celebrating their unique contributions to literature and their mastery of the written word. This list was compiled with the assistance of several librarians at Herrick Library in Holland, Michigan. A fun fact is that Holland, Michigan, partly inspired Lyman Frank Baum’s The Wizard of Oz.
Top Authors
The authors on this list represent a variety of time periods, capturing the evolution of storytelling and its form, from ancient to modern times. This list does not just cover fictional characters and experiences; it points to the insight of these wordsmiths, whose ideas have traveled through time and continue to challenge, disrupt and reform. Although this list spans millennia of written history, including ancient figures like Homer, classical authors like Virgil and Renaissance luminaries like William Shakespeare, modern fan-favorites like J.K. Rowling and Stephen King also made the list. Whether you are a fan of poetry, mystery, horror, romantic fiction, memoirs or autobiographies, there is a writer for every type of reader on this list of the 101 greatest authors of all time.
101. John Grisham (1955- )
American writer John Grisham is an Arkansas-born author best known for transposing his
Famous authors of the 21st century List of 21st-century writers
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This is a partial list of 21st-century writers. This list includes notable authors, poets, playwrights, philosophers, artists, scientists and other important and noteworthy contributors to literature. Literature (from Latinlitterae (plural); letters) is the art of written works. Literally translated, the word literature means "acquaintance with letters" (as in the "arts and letters"). The two most basic written literary categories include fiction and non fiction.
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Fall isn’t only about pumpkin spice, Halloween, Thanksgiving, and red-orange foliage. Thanks to the emergence of “Promp-tober” and National Writing Month (NaNoWriMo), October and November have become significant periods for writers to develop their skills, gain more inspiration, and find time to sit down and finish their projects. In celebration with the community worldwide, here are seven writers who heavily influenced 21st-century literature, and shaped today’s batch of storytellers.
(Check out this list of the top seven self-help books of 2023, courtesy of Project Bold Life.)
1. Neil Gaiman
One of Time’s Most Influential People of 2023, English writer Neil Gaiman is more than an author- he’s also a screenwriter, graphic novelist, and one of the creators of modern comics. To many aspiring young writers, Gaiman’s influence transcends his skills and talents in writing with his vocal activism and advocacy for global refugees.
Gaiman’s impact on 21st-century literature is his writing style. Although he tackles writing straightforwardly, he can mix unique ideas and his talent for choosing words to build and create the tone he wants to have for each book. In addition, Gaiman uses a lot of humor to enhance his characters and story. Despite not writing for the comedy genre, many parts of his books offer scenes that make readers laugh out loud. His creations, like “Coraline,” “The Sandman,” “The Graveyard Book,” and “American Gods” may be darkly fantastical, but they have an allure that makes people continue reading. #ad
2. Stephen King
The list of the best 21st-century authors is never complete without mentioning the legendary Stephen King. Aptly dubbed the King of Horror, King is one of the best and most famous horror and supernatural writers who heavily influenced several generations of aspiring novelists in the genre.
Having written over a hundred literary work
101 Famous Authors And Greatest Writers Of All Time
Writers have always had the ability to shift paradigms, define eras and impact a broader society with their craft. From the philosophical musings of Plato, particularly those featuring Socrates’ thoughtful dialogues, to the classic wisdom of Aesop, who influenced fables and storytelling for generations, the art of writing has the unique power to outlive time and space, impacting readers across generations and geographies. Thanks to the masterminds putting ink to paper to tell some of the most powerful stories of human time, we are able to see the world with new eyes and find perspective and solace in our shared human experiences. In this list, I have compiled the works of the 101 greatest authors and writers of all time, celebrating their unique contributions to literature and their mastery of the written word. This list was compiled with the assistance of several librarians at Herrick Library in Holland, Michigan. A fun fact is that Holland, Michigan, partly inspired Lyman Frank Baum’s The Wizard of Oz.
Top Authors
The authors on this list represent a variety of time periods, capturing the evolution of storytelling and its form, from ancient to modern times. This list does not just cover fictional characters and experiences; it points to the insight of these wordsmiths, whose ideas have traveled through time and continue to challenge, disrupt and reform. Although this list spans millennia of written history, including ancient figures like Homer, classical authors like Virgil and Renaissance luminaries like William Shakespeare, modern fan-favorites like J.K. Rowling and Stephen King also made the list. Whether you are a fan of poetry, mystery, horror, romantic fiction, memoirs or autobiographies, there is a writer for every type of reader on this list of the 101 greatest authors of all time.
101. John Grisham (1955- )
American writer John Grisham is an Arkansas-born author best known for transposing his
List of 21st-century writers
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This is a partial list of 21st-century writers. This list includes notable authors, poets, playwrights, philosophers, artists, scientists and other important and noteworthy contributors to literature. Literature (from Latinlitterae (plural); letters) is the art of written works. Literally translated, the word literature means "acquaintance with letters" (as in the "arts and letters"). The two most basic written literary categories include fiction and non fiction.