So many books have been published these days. It’s easy to miss some of the best ones around for a while because they seem to have been forgotten in the mega-favorite hype of the moment.
I am the type of reader who prefers to read everything the author has written.
A few years ago I decided to read all the books written by Taylor Caldwell. This turned out to be a difficult task when he wrote so many books. In fact, it does not seem to be an exact number, because he wrote several other pen names, including .
After reading about a dozen of his books, I found some information about this author. He started writing at the age of eight years and purportedly never asked for elaborate stories. because he claimed to be psychic. That’s a little hard to believe because of the complexity of his stories. I was also somewhat relaxed because I was still writing full time while trying to read that massive work.
Her full name is Janet Miriam Holland Taylor Caldwell. She was born in England in 1900. Her family in he wrote Her fictional characters often face great odds before they succeed.
CARTAAINS AND THE KING AND THE BELOVED AND THE GLORIOUS PHYSICIAN are two of his famous names. Her other pen names include Mark Holland and Max Reiner, as well as her married name J. Miriam Reback.
Patrick O’Brian, who gave his name as Richard Patrick Russ, was born in England and lived from 1914 to 2000. Another prolific historical comment‘s writer, whose works amaze me because of the intricate details of life on the high seas in the early 1800s. His characters use the language and terminology of the book’s time period. Some of these are challenging to read. In fact, a lexicography was published to provide insight into his works. There is much to be learned from writing.
Like Taylor Caldwell, a best-selling author who never achieved great fame. But people generally love their books. His famous books I recommend as gifts to people in our lives. I like to read them too. His most popular books are his The Aubrey Maturin Series His books are not in book form but will be soon.
Another prolific writer is Louise Erdrich. She is the author of thirteen novels, as well as free books, short stories, and several volumes of poetry. She has won many prestigious awards and is in the running for the Pulitzer Prize for her novel The Plague of Pigeons. Although I never met him, he used to live near me. I just heard about it and started reading the beautiful books written by Native American. and from the heart.
Hopefully, some of these suggestions will open up a new world of less glitzy, but well-read authors to a wider audience.
