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Authors A-Z

Fielding, Henry

(bawdy chap who wrote Tom Jones, Joseph Andrews and Shamela - a mocking parody of Richardson's boring, uptight epistolic novel Pamela.)

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Irving, John

(American ex-pat living in Canada. Closest thing in my opinion to a modern Charles Dickens - whom he cites as a great influence. Author of A Prayer For Owen Meany, one of the most affecting books I've ever read)

Hey, Annabelle

I went for a lurk around The Dusty Shelf and its associated environs. Very nice atmosphere. The thread headers resemble my dancing: open to interpretation :)

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Michael Ondaatje.

- A Canadian author who didn't get much attention outside of Canada until The English Patient was made into a movie.

Currently reading his In the Skin of a Lion with Canada Reads 2002 sponsored by the CBC.
 
Oops, sorry :eek:

At my age, the eyes go, then the brain, then the ... ?

How about

Noel Coward, mostly known for his plays, but also wrote some verse, short stories, and a novel.
 
Ovid - howzat for a bona fide heavyweight!

(And because George Orwell was too obvious, and didn't write as many erotic poems.)

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not really an author, but...

Quentin Blake (did those lovely illustrations for Roald Dahl)-B ;)

P.S. you can thank me for getting that pesky Q out of the way :p
 
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