Search results for #onthisday1961
Born #onthisday1961 Heinrich Steinfest multiple award-winning Austrian #crime #author #novels explore bizarre events confound analysis Key character is Cheng Viennese #detective Qon Deutscher Krimi Preis (2004 2006 2008 2009) Der Allesforscher shortlisted German Book Prize (2014)
Born #onthisday1961 Luke Sullivan Australian #Eclecticist #visualartist notable 4 irreverent social & religious commentary controversial The Fourth Secret of Fatima Work evolved from constructionist found objects & scavenged materials to more complex style & exploration of medium
Born #onthisday1961 Thunderball 9th #spy #thriller #novel by British #author Ian Fleming’s James Bond 007 series 1st novelization of unfilmed Bond #screenplay 50,938 print run quickly sold out 1st in trilogy introducing SPECTRE's head Ernst Stavro Blofeld adapted for film (1965)
Born #onthisday1961 Jasper Fforde whimsical British #author of Nursery Crime The Last Dragonslayer & Shades of Grey series Best known for Thursday Next #novels rich with clever wordplay playful literary allusions amidst tightly plotted narratives & replete with #fantasy & #satire
Published #onthisday1961 Call for the Dead 1st #spy #thriller by British #author John le Carré about East German spies in Britain introduces George Smiley le Carré's famed recurring character + fictional Intelligence organization The Circus based on MI6 adapted for film (1966)
Born #onthisday1961 Douglas Coupland OB OBC Canadian #author of x13 #novels 2x #shortstorycollections 7x #NonFiction works Towering #satirist of consumerism 1st #novel international bestseller Generation X: Tales for an Accelerated Culture (1991) popularised Generation X & McJob
Born #onthisday1961 Andrei Kivinov pseudonym for Andrei Pimenov Russian #crimefiction #novelist #screenwriter 1st #novel A Nightmare on Strikes Street (1994) published x1 book a year Doomed Cop The Trail of the Boomerang shifted to #thrillers Pseudonym for the Hero Black Gelding
Born #onthisday1961 Arundhati Roy Indian #author Won Man Booker Prize (1997) for #novel The God of Small Things (1997) & became biggest-selling book by non-expatriate Indian #writer Also a political activist heavily invested in environmental & human rights causes
Born #onthisday1961 David Astle Australian co-host SBS Letters and Numbers radio host #NonFiction x8 #childrenlit x3 #novelist x 2 #playwright x3 cryptic crosswords developed a large following 1st #novel Marzipan Plan (1986) shortlisted Miles Franklin Award Cluetopia The story…
Born #onthisday1961 Laurie Halse Anderson American #childrenlit #YAfiction #writer Breakthrough Speak (1999) translated into 16 languages #historicalfictionnovel Fever 1793 (2000) followed by Catalyst (2002) picture book Thank You, Sarah! (2002) Prom (2005) Wintergirls (2009)
Born #onthisday1961 Jordie Albiston Australian #poet 1st #poetry collection Nervous Arcs won Mary Gilmore Award (2006) Albiston's biographical verse The Hanging of Jean Lee used as text for an opera 4th book The Fall was a collection of chained verse
Born #onthisday1961 Irvine Welsh Scottish #novelist x 11 #playwright #shortstoreywriter x 4 collections 1st #novel Trainspotting (1993) adapted for film 1st #shortstorycollection The Acid House (1994) 2nd #novel Marabou Stork Nightmares (1995) Trainspotting sequel Porno (2002)
Born #onthisday1961 Philip Ardagh English #childrenlit #author 100+ books inc adult #Fiction x2 & children's #NonFiction Best known 4 6-book Eddie Dickens series & 3-book Stick & Fetch series Barking Up the Wrong Tree (2018) The Wrong End of the Stick (2019) Off the Leash (2020)
Born #onthisday1961 Andy Griffiths Australian #childrenlit #author + 9 x picture books Best known for his Just! (x 9) series adapted as What’s with Andy animated television series Treehouse (x14) Bum (x 3) & Bad Books (x 2) series #novel The Day My Bum Went Psycho adapted for TV
Born #onthisday1961 Greg Egan Australian hard science #sciencefiction #author x13 #novels 115 x #scifi #shortstories Early work incorporate elements of supernatural #horror Awards include John W. Campbell Memorial Award (1995) Hugo & Locus Awards (1999)
Born #onthisday1961 Tom Perrotta American #novelist x7 #shortstoreywriter x5 + 2x collections & #screenwriter was Called an American Chekhov Best known for #novels Election (1998) & Little Children (2004) his breakout book both adapted for critically acclaimed films
Born #onthisday1961 Francis Gardner OBE TD VR FRGS British #author #journalist & BBCs Security Correspondent bestselling 1st novel Crisis (2016) featured fictional SBS officer-turned MI6 operative Luke Carlton & ruthless Colombian drug lord 2nd #novel Ultimatum (2018) & 3rd …
Born #onthisday1961 Ursula Dubosarsky Australian #childrenlit & #YAfiction #Fiction & 3x #NonFiction English language, grammar and etymology for children #writer work employs a child's voice Won 9 national literary prizes inc. a record 5 New South Wales Premier’s Literary Awards
Born #onthisday1961 Lawrence Lessig III American writer academic lawyer & activist Passionate advocate of reduced legal restrictions on copyright & trademark Founded Creative Commons non-profit devoted to enlarging creative works for others to build & share legally
Born #onthisday1961 Tom Arden pseudonym for David Rain Australian borne #sciencefiction #fantasy #novelist x 9 #novella x 1 Remembered for 5-book Orokon saga +#novels Shadow Black (2002) The Translation of Bastian Test (2005) & Doctor Who #novella Nightdreamers (2003)
