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☆ The Author of ‘Impossible Creatures’ Tucks Big Ideas in Tales of Wonder
  + stars: | 2024-09-19 | by ( Sarah Lyall | More About Sarah Lyall | ) www.nytimes.com   time to read: +1 min
“We lived in places where you could wake to wildness,” encountering “monkeys and snakes and various kinds of incredible birds,” she said. “They paid us to memorize the poems,” Rundell said of her parents. “I was a very mercenary kid, and had quite a retentive memory.”Her books are infused with loss, something she encountered early on. When she was 10, her beloved sister Alison died from a congenital illness at the age of 16. “She was the most gentle person I’ve ever met, and so when we lost her, I just knew I would never meet anyone like her again, and I never have.”
Persons: Rundell, ”, John Donne, ” Rundell, “, Alison, “ I’m Locations: Britain, Harare, Zimbabwe
☆ Bloomsbury had its highest sales year ever thanks to Sarah J. Maas
  + stars: | 2024-05-29 | by ( Samantha Grindell | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +4 min
Read previewBloomsbury Publishing is crediting fantasy author Sarah J. Maas for its record-setting sales year. AdvertisementAnd the company said that growth comes largely from one author: Sarah J. Maas. Bloomsbury's CEO credits fantasy author Sarah J. Maas with driving the publisher's growthIn a statement on its financial report, Bloomsbury's CEO Nigel Newton pointed to Sarah J. Maas as the source of much of the company's financial achievements for the year. Sarah J. Maas had massive sales over the last year. "Sarah J. Maas is a publishing phenomenon and we are very fortunate to have signed her up with her first book 14 years ago."
Persons: —, Sarah J, Maas, Nigel Newton, Newton, JK Rowling's, Harry Potter, Katherine Rundell's, Bloomsbury Maas, Rebecca Yarros, Carissa Broadbent Organizations: Service, Bloomsbury, Business, New York Times, Marvel, Wings Locations: Bloomsbury, children's
☆ Story of a Devastating Wildfire That Reads 'Like a Thriller' Wins Baillie Gifford Nonfiction Prize
  + stars: | 2023-11-16 | by ( Associated Press | Nov. | At P.M. | ) www.usnews.com   time to read: +2 min
LONDON (AP) — A book about a fire that ravaged a Canadian city and has been called a portent of climate chaos won Britain’s leading nonfiction book prize on Thursday. John Vaillant’s “Fire Weather: A True Story from a Hotter World” was awarded the 50,000 pound ($62,000) Baillie Gifford Prize at a ceremony in London. Last year’s prize winner, Katherine Rundell, gave her prize money for “Super-Infinite: The Transformations of John Donne” to a conservation charity. Historian Ruth Scurr, who was on the panel, said she did not feel “compromised” as a judge of the prize. “I have no qualms at all about being an independent judge on a book prize, and I am personally thrilled that the winner is going to draw attention to this subject,” she said.
Persons: Britain’s, John Vaillant’s, Baillie Gifford, Frederick Studemann, Vaillant, “, David, ”, Siddhartha Mukherjee’s “, Katherine Rundell, John Donne ”, Ruth Scurr Organizations: “ Locations: Canadian, London, British Columbia, Fort McMurray, U.S
☆ David Grann and Siddhartha Mukherjee Are Among Contenders for a Prestigious Nonfiction Prize
  + stars: | 2023-09-06 | by ( Associated Press | Sept. | At A.M. | ) www.usnews.com   time to read: +1 min
LONDON (AP) — Books about the perilous state of our world, our food and our relationship with technology are in the running for Britain’s leading nonfiction book award, the Baillie Gifford Prize. Best-selling American author David Grann is nominated for the stirring seafaring yarn “The Wager,” while physician-writer Siddhartha Mukherjee is in the running with “The Song of the Cell.”British journalist Hannah Barnes is on the list for “Time to Think,” which charts the demise of Britain’s controversial Tavistock gender clinic for children. Founded in 1999, the prize recognizes English-language books from any country in current affairs, history, politics, science, sport, travel, biography, autobiography and the arts. It has been credited with bringing an eclectic slate of fact-based books to a wider audience. Last year’s winner was Katherine Rundell’s poet biography “Super-Infinite: The Transformations of John Donne.”
Persons: Britain’s, Baillie Gifford, longlist, John Vaillant’s, Chris van, Daron Acemoglu, Simon Johnson, David Grann, ”, Siddhartha Mukherjee, Hannah Barnes, Tania Branigan’s, Katja Hoyer’s, Katherine Rundell’s, “, John Donne Organizations: Prosperity, “ Locations: British, Tavistock, East Germany
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