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Harry Potter has swept the hearts of millions around the globe. But now that the series has come to an incredible end, what will be the next greatest thing to rise? I've found an aspiring novelist by the title of MC Knight.

Every novelist dreams of leaving their job to write full time. However, I read a survey recently that claimed only 900 novelists in the United States make their living solely from writing novels, or about 700 less than the number of men playing in the NFL.

Jen Safrey is a successful romance novelist with four novels in print.

Letters to a Young Novelist isn't just lectures on style, theme, narrative, and the power of persuasion. It's a chronology of the works that Llosa has analyzed, read, and read again.

Have you ever wondered how a novelist does it? How do they keep their thoughts and stories straight? Some novels have so many threads that it seems nearly impossible to keep track of each and every character.

Novelist and journalist Bebe Moore Campbell died Monday, November 27 from complications due to brain cancer. She was 56.

Bret Easton Ellis is my favorite living author and one of my major writing influences. I count his novel American Psycho among the best works in modern American literature. Here is a brief biography of celebrity novelist Bret Easton Ellis.

Virginia Smith, a Christian novelist, the author of Just As I Am and several other works, has kindly agreed to share about her latest release, her road to publication, and Christian fiction and writing in general.

How the novelist plays the role of teacher in the culture of literature.

An interview with pastor and science fiction author James Somers

This essay discusses what one should do when reading their first novel.

Perhaps my favorite writer summed up in short, from his screenplays to his novels, and how he got there.

Speaking with Eric Jerome Dickey

Neil Gaiman's latest novel, Anansi Boys, is well worth the read. Check out this review to find out why.

In this Q&A, we spoke to Janet Fitch about her debut novel-turned-blockbuster "White Oleander," her phenomenal success, and her journey with writing. Here's what she told us.

Best-Selling Chinese-American Novelist, Amy Tan, is one of those authors that has hit the top of the book charts however has not yet become a common household name.

Charles Dickens was an influential novelist who is considered to be one of the greatest of the Victorian period.

Louisa May Alcott was one of The United States earliest feminists and most treasured novelists. She was a proponent of women's rights and the abolition of slavery.

The writer is an award-winning author and best-selling novelist. His dozen books include four nonfiction works dealing with World War II.

Seriously, in the early years of the 20th century a number of novels were published that supposedly were not actually attributed to the woman who "wrote" them, but rather were the imaginative flights of fancy from the soul of a long dead literary kindred spirit.

This award winning speculative fiction novelist already has a legion of fans, but C.J. Cherryh's woefully underrated short fiction is sure to win over a few more.

Comic book writers should be called artists, just like the novelist or freelance non-fiction writer. This article tells one why.

Treading the familiar Stephen King territory of a writer thrown into the horrors of supernatural chaos, 1408 is more Shining than Misery, but Cusack retains the redeeming pathos-inducing personality of the latter's troubled novelist.

Some of Huntingdon's more famous alumni are Senator Jeff Sessions and novelist Harper Lee. Aside from these facts, Huntingdon is probably most famous for its ghosts. In fact, it may be one of the most haunted colleges in Alabama, if not the South.

A short interview with Carole Bellacera (romance novelist and author of over 200 short stories and articles) gave me insight and inspiration on how to move from nonfiction to fiction.

Dickey talks about working as a fiction writer.

Harry Bernstein began writing in 2002 after the death of his wife Ruby.

Jack Oceano is a freelance writer, novelist and Attorney

British TV personality Louis Theroux, son of novelist Paul Theroux, entertains readers with his intelligent documentary on American sub-cultures.

A biography and ideological analysis by G. Stolyarov II of a magnificent dilettante, a poet, scientist, journalist, dramatist, novelist, and Enlightenment thinker who was an integral father of the Western legacy.

Except for a select few, it is nearly impossible for one person to be so multi-skilled as to know how to do nearly everything in a field of expertise. The same cannot be said of Maya Angelou who was a poet, novelist actress, singer, dancer and even at one time a director.

Rita Frances Dove was born on August 28, 1952 in Akron, Ohio to African American parents.

The poet, columnist, playwright, essayist and novelist whose name came to be associated intimately with Harlem was born James Mercer Langston Hughes on February 1, 1902 at Joplin, Missouri to James Nathaniel and Carrie Hughes.

Scott Turow is a famous American novelist and a master of the legal thriller genre. Here are some little known facts about Scott Turow.

When most people read books, they rarely think about the importance of the setting to the plot of the novel. If you're hoping to become a novelist, you must learn to think of setting as an integral part of the plot, and not just an arbitrary guessing game.

The article tells aspiring romance novelist what they should know before attempting to write an romance.

Clive Cussler, a successful novelist, is taking the producers to court. The film at issue? "Sahara".

Acclaimed novelist Robert Anton Wilson died this past Thursday at his home in Monterey, California, from complications of Post-Polio syndrome. He passed away early in the morning, surrounded by friends and family.

I first knew I wanted to write when I was in the third grade. I had always been a voracious reader even at that age and read well above my age and grade level. When I discovered....

I will readily admit that author, Mary Higgins Clark is my second favorite novelist (closely following the legendary Sidney Sheldon) of all-time, but her most recent book, Two Little Girls In Blue was so well written

A mystery novelist discovers that a magazine reviewer has published a 60 word passage from novel in the review. Only the passage reveals the mystery to the novel! Is this a fair use?

No two novelists follow the same process when developing their work, so running a novel writing club can be a challenge. The two keys to running a succesful novel writing club are listening to your members, and being flexible enough to accomodate them.

He may be overlooked (and lately unpublishable) in American, but author Will Self trumps his contemporaries.

If you look now on a modern map you will not find Transylvania and so you'll be rather inclined to believe that this is a fairy tale land created by the Irish novelist Bram Stoker as the main scene where his famous character "Dracula" lives.

Whether you're writing a novella or a thousand-page saga, Robert Ray's book provides a tried and true method of pacing your story in an effective way that will hold the interest of your readers.

Kazuo Ishiguro's new novel, Don't Let Me Go, seems to be a harmless story about three friends, but mysteries abound. Looking for answers, fans gathered to hear the author read and speak about his new release in San Francisco.

This is a review of British novelist and Booker prize winner, Ian McEwan's novel Saturday.

Unknown to most folks, the trash filmmaker wrote in excess of 200 novels and thousands of short stories... subject matter notwithstanding.