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| Mon, 09-26-2005 - 11:55am |
Which authors are from your city or state?
| Mon, 09-26-2005 - 11:55am |
Which authors are from your city or state?
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I live in CT and quite a few authors live here. One of my favorite authors is Mark Twain. Although he was not born here he lived here for a long time. His house is a museum outside of Hartford.
A fairly well known book that takes place here is _The Stepford Wives_by Ira Levin. However, Stepford is a ficticious CT town. Levin created the name by combing the name of two real CT towns.
The town I live in is very small and not large enough to have a well know author. This morning a well-known author's death was all over the news. He lived in Warren, CT which is also a small town and about 40mins north of where I live. See news story below.
Author M. Scott Peck, who wrote the best-seller "The Road Less Traveled" and other novels, has died. He was 69.
Peck died Sunday at his home in Warren, longtime friend and Los Angeles publicist Michael Levine said. He had suffered from pancreatic and liver duct cancer.
Born in New York City, Peck has been the medical director of the New Milford Hospital Mental Health Clinic and a psychiatrist in private practice in New Milford.
Peck spent more than 10 years in private practice and had his first book "The Road Less Traveled" published in 1978. The self-help book that begins, "Life is difficult," has sold more than 6 million copies in North America and been translated into 20 languages. By the mid-1990s, the book had made 258 appearances on The New York Times best-seller list.
Gae
The one that comes first to my mind is
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Mich
I did a quick search to double check a couple I thought were from RI, and found a few others that really surprised me!
Dunno about No. Calif., but near Ventura, CA:
Christopher Moore & Sue Grafton:
I've heard of him! But I don't think I've read anything by him.
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Susan Dunlap is a Northern CA writer who has 2-3 Bay Area series, one of which takes place here in Sonoma County. However, she hasn't had anything published since 1999.
Jacqueline Girdner is from & writes about Marin County.
Dianne Day writes about Fremont Jones, who runs a typewriting service in turn-of-the-century San Francisco. The author lives in Pacific Grove.
Lia Matera also writes a couple of San Francisco mystery series. Unfortunately, she's another one who hasn't had anything out since the 90's.
Iknow there are others, but this is all I can think of right now.
Liz
Liz
Okay, I'm feeling all left out 'cause I can't think of a single author I've read who was from -- and wrote about -- Phoenix.
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