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Biographies

 

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Biographies

Students pick their favourite writer

  • Philip Kerr

    “Philip Kerr”

     

    Philip Κerr was a wide-known author during 2003, the year when «If the dead rise not» was published one of the best noir novels he had ever written. He graduated at Endiboutgh where he studied advocacy, but for years was dedicating his life to writing for renowned companies such as “Sunday”, “Times”…

    In 1993 he was included in the list of the best young writers in England. He was also awarded in 2009 from «RBA», for the best police literature which implies his important writing dexterity. However from the age of 10, as he admit, was patinated on literature. 

    Some of his best-seller books, which paved the way to fame are: 1) Berlin Noir 2) A quiet flame 3) The pale Criminal 4) The one from the Others 5) The second Angel.


    Vasileiadis Zacharias

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    Author Philip Kerr (Bernie Gunther Series) Advice for Writers

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  • LOCKHART E. (EMILY JENKINS)

    HER PERSONAL LIFE
    Jenkins grew up in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and Seattle, Washington.In high school she attended summer drama schools at Northwestern University and the Children's Theatre Company in Minneapolis. She attended Lakeside School, a private high school in North Seattle. She went to Vassar College—where she studied illustrated books and graduate school at Columbia University, where she earned a doctorate in English literature. She currently lives in the New York City area.
    HER WORK
    The Boy Book (2006)
    The Treasure Map of Boys (2009)
    Real Live Boyfriends (2010)
    The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks (2008)
    We Were Liars (2014) 
    MY FAVORITE BOOK BY LOCKHART E.
    A New York Times Bestseller. A beautiful and distinguished family. A private island. A brilliant, damaged girl; a passionate, political boy. A group of four friends-the Liars-whose friendship turns destructive. A revolution. An accident. A secret. Lies upon lies. True love. The truth. We Were Liars is a modern, sophisticated suspense novel from New York Times bestselling author, National Book Award finalist, and Printz Award honouree E. Lockhart. Read it. And if anyone asks you how it ends, just LIE.
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    Georges Sari

  • Here is the biography of Jules Verne
    Georgina Mavousoglou

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    Christopher Paolini’s immense love for fictional literature and science fiction inspired him to start writing his first novel. The hero of dragon fairy tales, was born in Southern California in 1983 but grew up in Montana. He never attended public school. his mother taught him at home. As a teenager he discovered to read on his own, he had devoured fantasy novels in particular. At the age of 14, he wrote his own fantasy novel, Eragon. His parents were so impressed that they published a small edition of the book at their own expense. For months, the family traveled to the United States to spread the word. Eventually, in 2004, a publisher was found - and "Eragon" became an impressive success. The second and third parts also became international bestsellers. Eragon: Legacy of the Dragonriders was filmed with well-known actors Jeremy Irons as Brom and John Malkovich as King Galbatorix. Eragon's leading role was taken by the hitherto unknown Edward Speleers, who prevailed over thousands of competitors. The film was released in German cinemas in December 2006. After releasing the fourth part of the Eragon series in late 2011, Paolini thrilled his fans with new fantastic stories about Eragon with his book "The Fork, the Witch and the Worm" in early 2019.

                In 2002, Eragon was published for the first time by Paolini International LLC, Paolini's parents' publishing company. Eragon is the first of a four-book series set in the mythical land of Alagaisia. In 2006, Fox 2000 released the film adaptation of Eragon in theaters around the world. The Inheritance Cycle has sold more than 35 million copies.
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    Christopher Paolini Interview

  • Agatha Christie

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    AGATHA CHRISTIE

  • George Orwell


    Eric Arthur Blair, also known by his pen name George Orwell, was an English novelist, essayist, journalist and critic. His work is characterised by meaningful prose, biting social criticism, total opposition to totalitarianism (absolute control by the government), and obvious support of democratic socialism.

    Biography
    Eric was born on 25 June 1903 in eastern India, but moved to England with his mother and sister, when he was just one-year old. He was educated in England and later joined the Indian Imperial Police in Burma, which was then a British colony (controlled by England). He resigned in 1927 and decided to become a writer. In 1928, he moved to Paris where lack of success as a writer forced him into a series of domestic (at home) jobs. He described his experiences in his first book, 'Down and Out in Paris and London', published in 1933. He took the name George Orwell, shortly before its publication. This was followed by his first novel, 'Burmese Days', in 1934.

    An anarchist (opposed to the government) in the late 1920s, by the 1930s he had begun to consider himself a socialist (supporter of left-wing politics). In 1936, he was hired to write an account of poverty among unemployed miners in northern England, which resulted in 'The Road to Wigan Pier' (1937). Late in 1936, Orwell travelled to Spain to fight for the Republicans against Franco's Nationalists. He was forced to flee in fear of his life from Soviet-supported communists who were beating down revolutionary socialist opponents. The experience turned him into a lifelong anti-Stalinist.

    Between 1941 and 1943, Orwell worked on propaganda for the BBC. In 1943, he became literary editor of the Tribune, a weekly left-wing magazine. By now he was a prolific journalist, writing articles, reviews and books.

    In 1945, Orwell's 'Animal Farm' was published; a political story set in a farm but based on Stalin's betrayal of the Russian Revolution. It made Orwell's name and ensured he was financially comfortable for the first time in his life. 'Nineteen Eighty-Four' was published four years later. Set in an imaginary totalitarian future, the book made a deep impression, with its title and many phrases - such as 'Big Brother is watching you', 'newspeak' and 'doublethink' - entering popular use. By now Orwell's health was getting worse and worse and he died of tuberculosis on 21 January 1950.


    Bibliography
    Novels
    1933 – Down and Out in Paris and London
    1934 – Burmese Days
    1935 – A Clergyman's Daughter
    1936 – Keep the Aspidistra Flying
    1937 – The Road to Wigan Pier
    1938 – Homage to Catalonia
    1939 – Coming Up for Air
    1945 – Animal Farm
    1949 – Nineteen Eighty-Four


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  • J.K Rowling

    • Joanne Rowling (known as J. K. Rowling) was born on 31st July 1965.
    • Jo wanted to be a writer from an early age. She wrote her first book at the age of six, called ‘Rabbit’.
    • At just eleven, she wrote her first novel, about seven cursed diamonds and the people who owned them.
    • Jo studied at Exeter University.
    • After her degree, she moved to London and worked in a series of jobs.
    • Jo conceived the idea of Harry Potter in 1990.
    • Over the next five years, she began to map out all seven books of the series.
    • Taking her notes with her, she moved to northern Portugal to teach English as a foreign language.
    • She married Jorge Arantes and had a daughter, Jessica.
    • When the marriage ended later that year, she returned to the UK to live in Edinburgh.
    • When she completed the full manuscript, she sent the first three chapters to a number of literary agents, one of them, wrote her back, asking to see the rest of it.
    • The book was first published by Bloomsbury Children’s Books in June 1997.
    • In 2001, the film adaptation of the first book was released by Warner Bros., and was followed by six more book adaptations, concluding with the release of the eighth film, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2, in 2011.
    • Also in 2016, J.K. Rowling made her screenwriting debut with the film Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them.
    • The second film, Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald, was released in 2018.
    • The third, Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore is to be released in April 2022.
    • J.K. Rowling has been married to Dr Neil Murray since 2001. They live in Edinburgh with their son, David  and daughter, Mackenzie.
    Anastasia Kougioumtzi

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    J.K. Rowling 'Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2' Interview

  • Colleen Hoover's Biography by Afrodith Louladakh

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  • Agatha Christie

    Agatha Mary Clarissa Miller was born on 15 September 1890 in Torquay, Devon, South West England into a comfortably well off middle class family. What made her upbringing unusual, even for its time, was that she was home schooled largely by her father, an American. Her mother, Clara, who was an excellent storyteller, did not want her to learn to read until she was eight but Agatha, bored and as the only child at home  taught herself to read by the age of five. 

    some of her books

    And Then There Were None
    The Mysterious Affair At Styles
    The Murder At The Vicarage
    Death On The Nile
    Murder On The Orient Express
    The ABC Murders
    The Murder Of Roger Ackroyd
    Five Little Pigs
    Crooked House

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